What Happens When Our Only Intention Is to Connect

In this first episode, Maridelle Leyva introduces Sage Space and asks, “what happens when a conversation isn’t about performing, fixing, or proving anything, but simply about connecting? She reveals the answer…magic. The kind of magic that looks like wisdom, joy, breakthroughs, and healing.

She reflects on recording the first four episodes and noticing how conversations felt more meaningful when she set the intention to connect. She shares a practice she uses called Listening for Connection, which includes:

This episode includes a grounding practice, a lyric from the song The Day Brings by Brad, a story about a conversation with her son, and a reflection on silence inspired by Mister Rogers.

A practical invitation to bring more connection into the everyday…starting with yourself.

Maridelle's business and passion project, Intrinsicly, bridges modern science and ancient wisdom to help people and businesses thrive. Learn more at https://www.intrinsicly.com/. 

What Happens When You Begin to Release the Need to Be Perfect?

So…you're listening to the second recording of this episode. The first one felt off.  I had forgotten to set the intention to just connect. Instead, I was "recording a podcast". I was nervous, wanting it to be perfect, and trying to prove myself.

This time around, I remembered what actually matters: connection, and remembering that connection is far more important than perfection. Which leads to the question: what happens for you when you release the need to be perfect?

In this episode, I talk with Maja Varner about the process of her creating her newest offering. "The Science and Practice of Transformational Breakthroughs." We explore what holds us back from taking risks, and how perfectionism can block us from doing things that matter to us.

What We Talk About

What happens for you when you release the need to be perfect?

Connect with Maridelle Leyva

https://www.intrinsicly.com/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maridelle-leyva-855358/ 

Connect with Maja Varner

Instagram: @majavarner

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/majavarner/

In this inaugural episode, host Maridelle Leyva introduces Sage Space by exploring a simple yet profound question: what happens when conversations shift from performing, problem-solving, or information-sharing to purely connecting? Her answer: Magic. The kind that manifests as breakthroughs, wisdom, healing, and joy.

Drawing from her experience recording the first four episodes, Maridelle noticed how conversations felt transformative when she set the intention to connect, but fell flat when she forgot this practice. This insight led her to develop Listening for Connection, a framework built on three pillars:

What You'll Experience:

Maridelle reveals that when connection becomes the foundation, conversations naturally explore four themes: what calls us (purpose, dreams), what challenges us (struggles, obstacles), what moves us (emotions, beauty), and what transforms us (wisdom, growth, endings, new beginnings).

A practical invitation to discover the magic that emerges when we show up simply to connect—first with ourselves, then with each other.

Maridelle's business and passion project, Intrinsicly, bridges modern science and ancient wisdom to help people and workplaces thrive. Learn more at Intrinsicly.