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  • Episode 11: The Architect of a New Life, Mallory Hagedorn on Rebuilding One Day at a Time

    Five years ago, Mallory Hagedorn was a stay-at-home mother of two living in Beverly Hills. Then the FBI knocked on her door. Her husband of almost twelve years, her college sweetheart, was arrested for running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme. Her life as she knew it was over.

    Overnight she had two babies under four, no career, no home, and $100 to her name.

    In this conversation, Mallory walks Caroline through exactly how she rebuilt, step by step: the move back to her tiny hometown of Santa Claus, Indiana, the three-month custody battle that cost six figures, the declaration she made when she won, and the phone call she made twenty-four hours later that started her career.

    Mallory talks about taking her financial empowerment back, the power of exercise, visualisation, believing in yourself and taking action... and the vision board that quietly held a man's silhouette the year she met her partner, Taylor.

    Today Mallory is a solo mum of two boys, a homeowner, the self-taught COO of a hair extension company, and has bravely appeared on a documentary about what happened. This is an honest, practical, deeply moving episode for anyone standing at the beginning of a rebuild and wondering where on earth to start.

    To connect with Mallory and follow her journey head to at @mallorymichelle_ on Instagram and to watch the Documentary go to Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam, from the director of Tiger King Rebecca Chaiklin currently on Prime Video

    To connect with Caroline head to:

    Website: www.caroline-britton.com

    Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching

    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 10: Alive, Connected and Turned On

    In this solo episode, Caroline reflects on one of the most transformative gifts of her 2026 journey - feeling truly alive and "turned on" to her own life. She explores what it really means to be deeply connected to yourself, your body, and your desires, and why so many of us find ourselves going through the motions, disconnected from our own sense of aliveness.

    Caroline shares personal stories, from a stranger carrying her bag in London to a barman fetching coffee from another café in Spain, as gentle proof that when you show up in your full energy, the world responds. This episode is an honest, practical and deeply inspiring invitation to stop living in your head and start coming home to yourself.

    Connect with Caroline

    Website: www.caroline-britton.com

    Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching

    To take this work further, take a look at Caroline's group container THE PATH AHEAD: Power, Identity, and Leadership in Times of Change PRIVATE TELEGRAM GROUP

    23 min
  • Episode 9: Dayne Barkley on Off-Grid Living, True Surrender and Masculine Sovereignty

    In today’s episode Caroline sits down with Dayne Barkley, off-grid tiny home dweller, who is quietly growing a force on Instagram, for a raw and deeply honest conversation about what it looks like to have your world collapse almost overnight, and what becomes possible when you stop trying to outrun the pain.

    In November 2024, Dayne's wife told him she was leaving him for another man. At the same time, he faced the possibility of losing his home due to council proceedings. Having never lived alone in his life, he found himself in solitude on the outskirts of Melbourne, and instead of escaping, he went in. What followed were months of uncomfortable inner work, broken sleep, physical discipline, deep surrender, and an evolving personal relationship with God that has quietly transformed everything.

    The conversation moves between heartbreak and wholeness, masculine sovereignty and the radical act of surrender, off-grid simplicity and the richness of a life built in nature. We explore what it means to hear God's guidance, why true safety in a man has nothing to do with performance, and how the very person who brought Dayne to his off-grid life turned out to be part of a much larger plan.

    In this episode we cover:

    • What it looks like when everything collapses at once and how to survive it
    • Why sitting in the pain, rather than escaping it, is where the real transformation lives
    • The practical healing tools that got Dayne through: movement, sleep, conscious habits
    • How a deeply personal relationship with God emerged from heartbreak and what that practice actually looks like day to day
    • The difference between masculine bravado and true masculine sovereignty and why surrender is at the heart of it
    • Why women feel safe with a regulated, present man and how that safety is built from the inside out
    • Off-grid tiny home living: the reality, the joy, and why Dayne couldn't imagine any other way of life
    • What Dayne would go back and say to himself in the darkest moment

    If you would like to connect with Dayne, you can find him on Instagram @daynebarkley

    Connect with Caroline

    Website: www.caroline-britton.com

    Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching

    To take this work further, take a look at Caroline's group container THE PATH AHEAD: Power, Identity, and Leadership in Times of Change PRIVATE TELEGRAM GROUP

    45 min
  • Episode 8: Catherine Morgan From Necker Island to Burning It Down: Money & the Art of Surrender

    What happens when you build a level of success your nervous system was never prepared for?

    Caroline Britton sits down with her dear friend Catherine Morgan, global speaker, author, and founder of The Money Panel, for an honest conversation about what really unfolded after they both returned from a transformational trip to Necker Island with Richard Branson.

    Catherine shares the profound awakening she experienced on the island's final morning, and traces what followed: a record launch, a seven-figure year, a new home, and then the quiet, certain knowing that none of it was truly hers. Within a year she had closed almost every programme, released most of her team, and stepped into nine months of rest, EMDR therapy, and deep recalibration, emerging with an ADHD and autism diagnosis and a business that finally feels like her own.

    The conversation then turns to money, and why our relationship with it is always a mirror of our relationship with ourselves. Catherine unpacks the generational pattern she discovered in her own family lineage and shares a live heart-breathing practice that explains why bringing the body into safety with money is the missing piece most people skip entirely.

    In this episode we cover:

    • What Necker Island truly activated — and why it wasn't what either of them expected
    • How to know when the version of success you've built is no longer yours
    • What nine months of intentional rest and recalibration actually looks like
    • Why your relationship with money is a direct reflection of your relationship with yourself
    • How inherited family trauma shapes the way we hold, receive, and release money
    • A live heart-breathing practice for making financial decisions from a regulated nervous system
    • The shift from manifestation to actualisation — and the new operating system being called for now

    To find out more about Catherine's work, find her on Instagram @catherinemorganmoney or over on her website www.catherinemorgan.com or www.themoneypanel.co.uk.

    Catherine is also the host of the podcast 'It's not about the money.'

    Catherine is running a free live experience. The Great Release is available to sign up to if you want to take this work further.

    Connect with Caroline

    Website: www.caroline-britton.com

    Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching

    To take this work further, take a look at Caroline's group container THE PATH AHEAD: Power, Identity, and Leadership in Times of Change PRIVATE TELEGRAM GROUP

    57 min
  • Episode 7: Show Me How Good It Gets To Be

    Why do we struggle to let things be really good? Often because our nervous systems are conditioned for survival and not receiving, and then when life starts to shift in our favour, we often shrink back just when we are being called to expand.

    Caroline Britton explores what it actually takes to stop bracing for the next hard thing and start allowing more of the good in - more opportunity, more joy, more magic, and why expanding your capacity to receive is one of the most powerful things you can do right now.

    Drawing on her own experience of profound growth at the start of 2026, Caroline shares the practices, mindset shifts and daily intentions that have allowed her to move from coping to truly thriving, and how you can begin doing the same.

    In this episode we cover:

    • Why the old patterns come back just as things start getting good and what to do when they do
    • How to use your body, not just your mind, to fully receive what's coming in
    • The role of discernment when opportunities start arriving faster than you can process them
    • Why seeking joy, not just meaning, is the real amplifier
    • How to build a co-creative relationship with God/The Universe so that expansion becomes a daily practice, not a lucky streak

    Connect with Caroline

    Website: www.caroline-britton.com

    Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching

    To take this work further, take a look at Caroline's group container THE PATH AHEAD: Power, Identity, and Leadership in Times of Change PRIVATE TELEGRAM GROUP

    23 min
  • Episode 6: Getting Back in the Arena: The Courage to Act After Significant Change

    Why do we stay on the sidelines after significant change? Because the vision state feels safe, and the arena feels terrifying.

    Caroline Britton explores what it actually takes to stop preparing and start showing up, and why no amount of journaling, dreaming or planning is a substitute for getting back out there and trying.

    From her own experience rebuilding her business and personal life at the start of 2026, Caroline shares the process she used to reconnect with her why, step back onto the pitch and trust herself to handle whatever the arena throws at her.

    In this episode we cover:

    • Why staying in the vision state keeps you stuck
    • How to find the motivation to act without self-criticism
    • Taking action in the face of fear and discomfort
    • Why trusting yourself, not protecting yourself. is the key to getting back out there

    Connect with Caroline

    Website: www.caroline-britton.com

    Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching

    To take this work further, take a look at Caroline's group container - THE PATH AHEAD: Power, Identity, and Leadership in Times of Change (Telegram - Soul Coaching)

    17 min
  • Episode 5: Ben Bidwell on Getting Out of Your Head, Identity Shifts and the Roots of Real Change

    Why can't you think your way through change? Because real transformation doesn't happen in your head.

    Performance and Breathwork Coach, Ben Bidwell, joins Caroline to explore what it actually takes to shift at identity level and why more information, sheer willpower and trying to fix your way through it will never be enough.

    From Ben's own journey through emptiness and misalignment in his twenties, to discovering breathwork as a tool for accessing deep inner truth, Ben shares what he's learned about real change, modern masculinity and why safety is the soil for transformation.

    In this episode we cover:

    • Why you can never outperform your identity
    • How breathwork unlocks what's stored beneath the surface
    • The role of compassion in healing
    • What true masculine leadership really looks like

    You can find more about Ben at benbidwell.com and @benbidwell_ on Instagram

    Connect with Caroline

    Website: www.caroline-britton.com

    Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching

    To take this work further, take a look at Caroline's group container - THE PATH AHEAD: Power, Identity, and Leadership in Times of Change (Telegram - Soul Coaching)

    39 min
  • Episode 4: Aislinn Walton on Surrendering Control, Trusting the Free Fall and Leading from Soul

    What if letting go was the most powerful thing you could do?

    Aislinn Walton ,mentor, intuitive and energetics coach, joins Caroline to explore what it really means to surrender, lead from the soul and trust the free fall when everything feels uncertain.

    In this episode Aislinn and Caroline discuss:

    • Why rushing grief bypasses the alchemy of your next rebirth
    • How to tell the difference between fear and intuition
    • What to do when your body associates success with loss
    • The beliefs the most successful women always come back to

    Find Aislinn on Instagram Aislinn Walton (@abundancewitch) • Instagram photos and videos

    Connect with Caroline

    Website: www.caroline-britton.com

    Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching

    To take this work further, take a look at Caroline's group container - THE PATH AHEAD: Power, Identity, and Leadership in Times of Change Join Telegram Group

    52 min
  • Episode 3: Bryn Daylor on Rebuilding from Zero and How to Finally Let Life Be Really, Really Good

    Episode 3: Bryn Daylor on Rebuilding from Zero And Why No One Is Coming to Save You

    What does it take to leave everything behind and build a life entirely on your own terms?

    Bryn Daylor left a decade-long marriage at 30 with no home, no income and nothing but a blank canvas. What followed was six years of re-building brick by brick - and discovering that everything she created, she made herself.

    In this episode Caroline and Bryn talk about:

    • Why big change can't and shouldn't be rushed
    • How to strengthen faith when nothing has shown up yet
    • The power of storytelling as a tool for healing
    • How to finally allow life to be really, really good

    Find Bryn at @bryndaylor on Instagram, her podcast Seen, and Substack at Pretty Messy Thoughts.

    Connect with Caroline

    Website: www.caroline-britton.com

    Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching

    To take this work further, take a look at Caroline's group container - THE PATH AHEAD: Power, Identity, and Leadership in Times of Change (Telegram - Soul Coaching)

    45 min
  • Episode 2: The Other Side of Change: The glimmers, the peace and the re-build

    In this deeply personal episode, Caroline shares the story of her 2025 - a year that began with a clear plan and slowly unravelled into one of the most challenging and ultimately transformative periods of her life.

    From a collapsed house sale and the end of a relationship, to the mounting pressure of running a business, Caroline takes us through the moment she stopped pushing and started surrendering - and how that shift changed everything.

    She opens up about what it truly looks and feels like on the other side of change: the unexpected gift of boredom, the glimmers of joy that began lighting the way, and how following small intuitive nudges - boxing, walking new routes, Kundalini yoga, creative writing - helped her reconnect with who she really is.

    In this episode, Caroline explores:

    • Why her carefully laid plans for 2025 fell apart — and what that was really about
    • The difference between forcing from fear and moving from alignment
    • What surrender actually looks like in practice (it's not passivity)
    • The role of boredom in nervous system healing
    • How following joy becomes the map when everything feels uncertain
    • The glimmers that told her she was on the other side of change
    • How she stepped into 2026 from a place of wholeness, not lack

    A moment that will stay with you: Standing by the sea in Turkey, on the phone to her solicitor, exchanging on the family home - Caroline describes the flood of peace that came from choosing peace over ego, and knowing, in that moment, that this was always how it was supposed to be.

    Reflection question from Caroline: How can I meet myself more deeply in this season of my life?

    Connect with Caroline:

    Website: www.caroline-britton.com

    Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching

    To take this work deeper, take a look at Caroline's Private Container - THE PATH AHEAD: Power, Identity, and Leadership in Times of Change (Telegram - Soul Coaching)

    22 min

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