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Badass Confidence Coach | Your Personal Trainer for Your Mind
The Badass Confidence Coach is your go-to podcast for high-achieving women and men ready to step into their full potential. Hosted by Anna Marolin, therapist, life coach, and 20-year triathlete, this show is not your average therapy session. Anna is on a mission to empower everyone to overcome their self-doubt, crush their goals, and live their most badass lives.
Tune in to discover practical strategies, candid conversations, and actionable advice to conquer the challenges holding you back…
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- Badass Confidence Coach | Your Personal Trainer for Your Mind
309. A Weekend Off Won’t Fix Your Burnout, So What Will?
Send us Fan Mail It’s 7:00 on a Sunday night. The weekend was good, maybe exactly what you needed, and the dread shows up anyway. You’re still getting…
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308. Your Toughest Relationship Questions Answered: Friendships
Send us Fan Mail You leave lunch with a few friends, and it hits you on the drive home. Not one person asked how you’re doing. You listened to everybody, you…
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307. Your Toughest Relationship Questions Answered (Part II)
Send us Fan Mail You get in the car after lunch with a friend and realize they never asked you a single question. Not one. You know about their job, their…
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306. Your Toughest Relationship Questions Answered (Part I)
Send us Fan Mail The yes that should have been a no. The little dig at dinner that nobody called out, and the whole drive home spent yelling at them in your…
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305. Raising Daughters as a Single Dad Without Losing Your Cool | Michael Steven
Send us Fan Mail A lot of dads look at the mom and daughter bond and quietly decide they're not really needed. They show up a little less, let the weekends…
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304. What 5 Kids Taught Me About Letting Go Of Control
Send us Fan Mail The dishwasher is right next to the sink. Right there. And the dish still ends up in the sink, and before long Anna is barking orders about…
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303. The One Skill That Changes Every Hard Conversation
Send us Fan Mail You know better. You knew you shouldn't have raised your voice, shouldn't have gotten defensive, shouldn't have interrupted, and you did it…
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302. Why Smart Women Still Feel Like Frauds
Send us Fan Mail Confidence is a feeling. Competence is evidence. And when the evidence changes, the feelings don't always catch up. Join Anna and Tim as they…
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301. What My Marriage Taught Me About Emotional Intelligence
Send us Fan Mail You can know every framework for connection and communication and still lose it the second your partner looks at their phone instead of you…
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300. The Thoughts New Moms Are Too Afraid to Say Out Loud | Kristin Mize
Send us Fan Mail There's a version of new motherhood nobody posts about. The one where the thoughts get darker than "I'm tired," and a mom goes quiet instead…
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299. How To Have The Argument You've Been Avoiding
Send us Fan Mail You've already had this argument. In the shower, in the car, at 2 am when you can't sleep. You've explained your side perfectly, anticipated…
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298. The Hardest Part Isn't Doing It; It's Deciding | Jayne Havens
Send us Fan Mail There's a gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it, and most people live in that gap far longer than they need to. Jayne Havens…
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297. The Confidence Lessons I Learned From 20 Years of Triathlon
Send us Fan Mail Twenty feet from the nearest buoy, chop so bad she couldn't see the kayak, panic creeping in fast. That's where Anna found herself mid-swim at…
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296. What 30 Years as a Therapist and Coach Taught Me That No Influencer Can Teach You
Send us Fan Mail It takes about fifteen seconds for a TikTok video to convince you that your mother is a narcissist, your ex is a borderline, or you finally…
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295. Why Everything Feels Like an Identity Now
Send us Fan Mail It's gotten almost impossible to disagree with someone anymore without it turning into a referendum on who they are. Anna's been noticing it…
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294. What Control Is Really Costing You
Send us Fan Mail For years, Anna thought her ability to control everything was a strength. Organized. Reliable. Prepared. Turns out it was anxiety, dressed up…
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293. The Emotional Price of Always Holding It Together
Send us Fan Mail You tell everyone you're fine before anyone even asks. You're the one who fixes things before anyone notices there's a problem, the one who…
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292. When Your Life Looks Fine But Something Feels Off
Send us Fan Mail You did everything right. Built the career, married the person, raised the kids, checked every box on the list you didn't even remember…
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291. I Did the Work, So Why Am I Struggling Again?
Send us Fan Mail You think you've graduated. You did the therapy, you learned the skills, you got to a good place, and you stayed there for a while. Then one…
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290. You Have the Insight and Still Can't Change
Send us Fan Mail You can explain your patterns better than anyone. You know your attachment style, you know your triggers, you know where it all started, and…
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289. When Self-Improvement Quietly Becomes Self-Rejection
Send us Fan Mail There is a version of self-improvement that stops being about growth and quietly turns into a way to never feel okay as you are. You track the…
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288. Why We Stay Too Long in Relationships That Drain Us
Send us Fan Mail It rarely looks like a blowup. It looks like lying awake at 2 am, replaying a conversation you can't let go of, or standing in the same…
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287. What Emotional Avoidance Looks Like in Everyday Life
Send us Fan Mail Most people picture emotional avoidance as someone who shuts down, refuses to talk, or is clearly in denial. But after 30 years of working…
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286. Why Smart People Still Self-Sabotage
Send us Fan Mail You've read the books. You know your patterns. You can probably explain exactly why you do the things you do. And yet here you are, still…
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285. The Hidden Loneliness of Competent Adults
Send us Fan Mail You look like you have it together. You probably do have it together. And somehow, that's exactly the problem. Join Anna and Tim as they get…
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284. The Slow Burn of Resentment and What's Really Driving It
Send us Fan Mail Resentment doesn't arrive all at once. It builds slowly, quietly, through a thousand small moments where you said yes when you meant no, where…
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283. Breaking Patterns Feels Worse Before It Feels Better (Part II)
Send us Fan Mail A lot of people expect change to feel empowering right away. It doesn't always. Sometimes it feels awkward, boring, exposing. Sometimes it…
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282. Why You Keep Repeating Patterns That Hurt You (Part I)
Send us Fan Mail You've been here before. Different person, different situation, different details, but the same feeling. That hollow recognition of, why am I…
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281. The Real Cost of Avoidance and How to Finally Face It
Send us Fan Mail You already know what you're avoiding. You can feel it sitting there, waiting. And yet, staying busy, scrolling, overthinking, keeping the TV…
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280. Why You Can't Relax Even When Nothing Is Wrong
Send us Fan Mail You sit down. Nothing is actually wrong. No emergency, no conflict, no fire to put out. And somehow your brain is already scanning, already…
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279. The Real Work of Building Emotional Intelligence
Send us Fan Mail Most of us are walking around operating on three channels: mad, fine, or tired. And if that's the vocabulary we're working with, we're going…
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278. What Emotional Intelligence Actually Looks Like in a Partner
Send us Fan Mail Everyone's talking about attachment styles, love languages, chemistry. But there's one variable that actually determines whether love feels…
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277. The Habits That Are Quietly Worsening Your Mental Health
Send us Fan Mail It doesn’t look destructive. It looks normal. It looks like staying informed, thinking things through, being strong, or just unwinding at the…
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276. Do Better: Power, Silence, and the Wellness Industry’s Moral Compass
Send us Fan Mail What happens when the people who claim to guide healing stay silent when it matters most? In this episode, Anna speaks candidly about what she…
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275. Power Moves That Change How You Think and Feel (Part II)
Send us Fan Mail Insight alone doesn’t change your life. Knowing why you think or feel a certain way is only the first step, but real transformation starts…
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274. Mindset Shifts Most of Us Desperately Need (Part I)
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes it’s not that life is falling apart. It’s that the way you’re thinking about it is. The spiral. The catastrophizing. The “why am I…
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273. When You Shut Down and Don’t Know Why
Send us Fan Mail You’re in the middle of a conversation and suddenly your brain just… leaves. You’re physically there, but mentally you’re gone. You can’t find…
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272. Manifestation Is Not a Strategy
Send us Fan Mail What if the thing everyone swears by… just isn’t backed by science? Manifestation is everywhere right now. Vision boards. Law of attraction…
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271. Anxiety Isn’t the Enemy, It’s the Signal to Take the Next Step (Part II)
Send us Fan Mail When anxiety feels constant, the instinct is to try to shut it down, fix it, or make it disappear. But what if that’s the wrong goal entirely?…
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270. Anxiety Is Not Your Personality, It’s Your Alarm System (Part I)
Send us Fan Mail Anxiety can feel like it’s woven into who someone is. The constant bracing. The looping thoughts. The sense of being behind before the day…
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269. Why Some Relationships Leave You Emotionally Drained
Send us Fan Mail Some relationships don’t explode. They quietly wear you down. You walk away feeling tense, confused, guilty, or just exhausted, and you can’t…
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268. Excuses vs Reasons: The Hard Truth We Avoid
Send us Fan Mail Everyone has reasons. Everyone also has excuses. And most people don’t slow down enough to tell the difference. In this episode, Anna and Tim…
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267. What Emotional Maturity Actually Looks Like
Send us Fan Mail Emotional maturity is not about being calm, evolved, or getting it right all the time. It is about what happens in the moments when you are…
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266. Habits That Actually Build Confidence
Send us Fan Mail Confidence gets misunderstood all the time. People assume it’s something you’re born with, something loud, something fearless. But that…
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265. After the Anger: Grief, Identity and Who You Become When Family Disappoints You
Send us Fan Mail Anger is loud. It fuels action, creates clarity, and gives a sense of control. But what happens when the anger fades, and the crisis is over…
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264. When They Don't Show Up: Anger, Betrayal, and Family Disappointment
Send us Fan Mail There are moments when life cracks open, and someone has to step forward. A parent lands in the hospital. A sibling relapses. A marriage falls…
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263. Flipping the Script on Shame, Guilt, and Your Past
Send us Fan Mail There are the things people can see on the surface, and then there are the things that live underneath, the stuff that feels too heavy or too…
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262. Are You the Controlling One in the Room?
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes control shows up long before anyone notices it, slipping into conversations as overexplaining, micromanaging, or trying to keep…
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261. The Truth About Control
Send us Fan Mail There is a particular tension that shows up when someone is trying to manage a moment, a schedule, or an entire group. Maybe it is the person…
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260. The Quiet Power of Courage vs the Loudness of Bravery
Send us Fan Mail There are moments when life demands something big and visible from us, and there are moments when the bravest thing we do is in complete…
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259. Emotional Mastery: Training Your Mind to Override Fear (Part III)
Send us Fan Mail What happens when your brain tells you to stop, when fear, anxiety, or self-doubt take the wheel? In this final part of the Emotional Mastery…
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258. Emotional Mastery: Regulate Before You React (Part II)
Send us Fan Mail When life throws a curveball, emotional mastery isn’t about pretending to be calm, it’s about learning how to return to calm. In this second…
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257. Emotional Mastery: You Can’t Outthink Your Feelings (Part I)
Send us Fan Mail So many of us were taught to keep it together. Push it down, keep it moving, stay in control. But what happens when the pressure builds and…
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256. "That’s Just Who I Am" is the Lie That Keeps You Stuck
Send us Fan Mail Ever catch yourself saying “that’s just who I am” like it’s the end of the story? That sentence can feel like truth, but more often, it’s fear…
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255. You're Not Average, You're Underestimating Yourself
Send us Fan Mail How many times have you told yourself, “I’m just average”? That quiet self-dismissal, that resistance to going all in, it’s more common than…
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254. IFS and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with Curt Kearney
Send us Fan Mail What happens when talk therapy isn’t enough? When the pain runs so deep that even the best therapist can’t reach it? Curt Kearney joins today…
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253. The Trap of “I Deserve More”
Send us Fan Mail There’s a quiet heartbreak that comes from doing everything right and still feeling overlooked. When the mindset of “I deserve more” creeps…
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252. Porn, Faith, and the Hidden Crisis of Male Loneliness (Part II)
Send us Fan Mail What if real connection feels harder than ever, and a screen seems safer than a person? In this continuation of their deep dive into men's…
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251. A Biopsychosocial Dive into Men's Mental Health (Part I)
Send us Fan Mail Something’s shifting for men today, especially those in their twenties. The anxiety, the isolation, the lack of direction, it’s everywhere…
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250. Hope Is Not a Strategy for Success
Send us Fan Mail Do you know that feeling when you're waiting for things to change, but nothing actually does? That's hope fatigue. In this episode, Anna and…