Confessions of a Recovering Micromanaging Perfectionist Martyr

🌧️ Heard of “toxic positivity”? This episode unpacks what it really means—without shaming the sunny side. ☀️ Come sit with a story about burnout, empathy, and finding the light (gently). 💛 No fixing, just a soft place to land.

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Negative Self-Talk

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🎯 Change doesn’t always feel good—and that’s not a red flag. In this week’s episode, we explore the messy middle of starting new things (and why it’s worth it). 💃💗 From golf coaches to breastfeeding flashbacks, here’s your humble reminder that fun often follows not-fun. 😉

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Positive Self-Talk Work

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When Something’s Not Working – Maybe It’s Time to Fix the System, Not Me

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🧺 Thoughtful or over-the-top? This episode shares a moment where clean laundry led to a cleaner mindset. Two tiny questions made a big shift. 💡💗 Before you help (again), take a moment with us. It might just save you a round trip to Resentment Town. 🎙️💬

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Easy Pleasey – Keeping Check of My Pleasability Meter

Teasey Pleasies – A Solution to Taming the Unpleasable

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We’re closing out our self-talk series 💛 but this isn’t goodbye, just a pause to reflect. This episode unpacks what happens when you swap “truth-telling” for true kindness—and how science has quietly had our backs all along 🧠✨ One final reframe, friends. Just a little light ☀️

Links mentioned in this episode:

1. The Book: What To Say When You Talk To Yourself, by Shad Helmstetter
2. The App: Self-Talk+ offers dozens of focused recordings 
3. The Summary: Mags’ book synopsis
4. Post: Self‑Talk Wake‑Up Call – A New Voice That’s Changing Me
5. Post: Self-Talk 2026 - A Mindset Shift I Wasn’t Expecting
6. Post: Outdated Self-Talk – Time for a Reframe
7. Post: Parenting My Words - One Snarky Comment at a Time

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Ever caught yourself saying “What’s a nicer way you could’ve said that?” 😅 Same—except this time, I asked myself. This week’s episode is about trading MamaDe’s Passive-Aggressive Playlist 🎶 for something softer, clearer, and way more effective. Let’s reframe what we’re really trying to say—one  comment at a time. 💛💬 #TeamConfessions

Links mentioned in this episode:

1. The Book: What To Say When You Talk To Yourself, by Shad Helmstetter
2. The App: Self-Talk+ offers dozens of focused recordings 
3. The Summary: Mags’ book synopsis
4. Post: Self‑Talk Wake‑Up Call – A New Voice That’s Changing Me
5. Post: Self-Talk 2026 - A Mindset Shift I Wasn’t Expecting
6. Post: Outdated Self-Talk – Time for a Reframe

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What if your most “honest” self-talk is actually holding you back? 🧠💭 This week, I’m sharing the surprising reframes that are helping me trade old truths for new pathways. It’s not about pretending—it’s about practicing a voice that helps, not harms. 💛✨ #TeamConfessions #MindsetShift

Links in this episode:

1. The Book: What To Say When You Talk To Yourself, by Shad Helmstetter*
2. The App: Self-Talk+ offers dozens of focused recordings 
3. The Summary: Mags’ book synopsis
4. Post: Self‑Talk Wake‑Up Call – A New Voice That’s Changing Me
5. Post: Self-Talk 2026 - A Mindset Shift I Wasn’t Expecting

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Ever snapped at “What’s for dinner?” 🍽️😤 Yeah… same. This week on Confessions Conversations, my friend Melissa O’Hara joins me for a raw + real chat about burnout, brain rewiring 🧠, and finding calm in the chaos. If you’ve ever felt like the only one holding it all together, this one’s for you 💛✨ #TeamConfessions

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Melissa O'Hara

Meditation for Busy People*

Meditation Apps:

Headspace 

Calm 

Insight Time

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New year, new neural pathways? 🧠✨ This week kicks off our Self-Talk 2026 series—where we’re quietly rewriting those old scripts in our heads. If you’ve ever felt like your inner voice is more critic than coach, you’re in good company. 💬💛 Let’s start this shift together—one gentle reframe at a time. 🎙️ #TeamConfessions

Book Synopsis

Purchase Shad Helmstetter’s book, What to Say When You Talk to Yourself*

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🎉 Happy Fend For Yourself Day! 🎉 This episode celebrates doing absolutely nothing—with love, humor, and a dash of self-talk magic. 🛋️ Whether you're lounging or traveling, this one's a cozy reminder that rest isn’t lazy—it’s imperative. ✨ Kids, you're on your own!

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Fend for Yourself Day

Ferri Bueller

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Curious about What to Say When You Talk to Yourself? 📖🧠 This bonus episode offers a gentle, bite-sized summary of Shad Helmstetter’s classic book on self-talk—what it is, how it works, and why it matters 💬💗. If you’ve been looking for a kinder way to speak to yourself, this is a soft place to start. 🎧

RESOURCES:

1. The Book: What To Say When You Talk To Yourself, by Shad Helmstetter
2. The App: Self-Talk+ offers dozens of focused recordings 
3. The Summary: Mags’ book synopsis

 As an Amazon Associate, I could earn a small commission if you shop through my links. It costs you nothing, but helps keep this wildly underfunded oversharing experiment heading in the right direction 😜.

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