Marie Garvey spent years as a successful executive coach and crisis comms expert. But when she found herself alone in a bathroom stall during a business dinner she didn’t want to attend, she knew something had to change. Marie joins Kara to talk about rewriting the rules women live by, building her company Crazy Busy Women in Balance, and why “good girl training” is holding so many women back from the lives they actually want. They talk entrepreneurship, parenting, setting boundaries, and why the “quiet quitting” trend isn’t doing what people think it is.

Chapters:

00:00 – Why Marie walked out of a business dinner

01:55 – The pressure women feel to keep it all together

04:20 – Creating Crazy Busy Women in Balance

06:30 – What success used to mean (and what it means now)

08:15 – Quiet quitting vs actual boundaries

11:45 – Why most leaders are still trapped in performance mode

14:10 – The trap of "good girl training"

17:25 – How Marie defines real power

19:00 – Choosing adoption and building her family

21:50 – Why she doesn’t miss her old life

24:40 – What her clients are craving right now

27:15 – Making time for joy when you're a doer

30:30 – Learning to trust yourself again

33:45 – Redefining success, parenting, and leadership

The Powerful Ladies podcast, hosted by business coach and strategist Kara Duffy features candid conversations with entrepreneurs, creatives, athletes, chefs, writers, scientists, and more. Every Wednesday, new episodes explore what it means to lead with purpose, create with intention, and define success on your own terms.

Whether you're growing a business, changing careers, or asking bigger questions, these stories remind you: you're not alone, and you're more powerful than you think.

Explore more at thepowerfulladies.com and karaduffy.com.

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