You live with a constant undercurrent of never feeling like you do enough, you are enough, or that you have enough.

It's exhausting.

That’s the result of being taught to look outside for your value and your worth, it leaves you empty. No matter how much you take from the outside and try to put inside, it doesn’t fill it.

Today, Stephanie and Maren talk about this very poignant, timely subject from the freeing place of inner mastery. Never feeling like enough, emotional instability and loss of control - all of that is healed from the inside out.

What if you could be SO connected and so clear about why you are here and what that means in your life, that it fills your cup and you are free? That external pat on the back, nice, and not necessary because you are already enough.

The marketers and ad executives don’t want you to know that everything you need is actually INSIDE you. The inner work, the inner validation is what sets you free.

• 6:57 true rest and monkey mind
• 10:39 the value of being uncomfortable
• 13:34 hot dog, salad, or something better
• 18:17 self-reflection isn’t narcissism
• 21:21 who is your exemplar?

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REFERENCES

16:16 Going to a higher place/triangle - Ep 185 You’re Not Lost, You’re Being Called

22:43 Daniel’s Interview - Ep 67 The 3 Questions that Will Change Your Life

25:11 Jeff’s Interview - Ep 153 Bringing Out the Best

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Purpose. Meaning. Clarity.

Do you ever feel like you’re chasing these in your life and just as you reach them, they, poof, slip through your fingers?

You’re not alone.

In this episode, Stephanie and Maren unpack what it really means to pursue this power trio — not as a destination, but as a living, breathing practice.

Society treats them as boxes to tick, and that’s part of the problem. Today’s episode explores going beyond what you’ve been taught to a deeper kind of listening, into the path of inner mastery.

Being in conscious relationship with yourself, your mission, and the larger world around you is the road less traveled. It’s not easy, and it may be exactly what’s calling you - as it is for so many of the high achieving leaders that work with Maren & Stephanie.

Here’s a question to ponder -
👉 Do you know the difference between purpose and mission?
Spoiler: One tends to come from ego. The other? It whispers from the soul.

In addition this, they also explore:

• Why clarity is not a one-time achievement but an evolving, sacred process
• How to tell if your “purpose” is actually ego-driven
• The real meaning of mission—and how it emerges through both joy and hardship
• Why leaders who seek depth must get comfortable with not knowing
• The trap of cultural quick-fixes—and how to trade those for sustainable inner practice
• How collaboration (not competition) is the soil where your mission grows
• The truth about being “all alone” vs. “all one”—and what that means for your leadership

If you’ve ever hit a wall, lost your way, or questioned everything just when you thought you had it figured out—this episode is for you.

Clarity doesn’t come from efforting harder. It comes from slowing down, tuning in, and being willing to walk the long arc of becoming.

🔔 What’s Next?

Go deeper with the Inner Mastery Series. This is where the ideas Stephanie and Maren talk about come alive—in practice, in community, and in you.

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Chapter Markers

0:32 Clarity- a tenant of inner mastery

5:19 Transforming your life, mission vs purpose

9:25 There’s a practice to it

13:09 Avoidance and healing

17:07 Achiever brain

19:22 You are a part of something even bigger

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When your emotions are all over the place, it’s easy to fall for everything and anything. You’re easy to manipulate.

On some level you know this, so you tuck those damn emotions aside, ignore them or try to control them - which only makes things worse. They come out at the most inopportune times.

Sound familiar?

The truth is, emotions are not a flaw to be overcome, they are one of the amazing gifts of being human. They are literally energy in motion, and as such, not only feed us, but are also a powerful path to healing what ails us.

Working with (instead of stuffing, ignoring or controlling) emotions gives you space to listen and to respond rather than just react. It engenders clarity and empowers healthy decisions. It calms the nervous systems and decreases stress.

This is an essential skill for all of us right now for what it can heal - individually, and collectively.

“If we don't feel, we don't heal.” ~Stephanie J. Allen

There is a negative feedback loop running - thoughts and fears and emotions that fester and create inner AND outer toxicity. The good news is that we are the antidote.

It’s a choice inside each one of us.

In today’s podcast, Stephanie and Maren share stories, inspiration and tangible tools to help you shift your internal relationship with emotions so you become your own cure, as well as a kind of “healthy virus” in the world, infecting the people around you in the best, most beautiful way.

When you work inside, it changes, both the internal AND the external. You impact the world around you just by being who you are.

Are you ready to explore emotions differently and find your inner treasure so that you can live it and share it with those you love and with the world?

Listen in and let’s make some shift happen.

• 0:32 Everything conspiring
• 1:28 Clean break
• 5:09 Happening ‘for me, or to me’ choice
• 8:27 If you don’t feel you don’t heal
• 11:36 I got things to do!
• 14:06 Clearing the toxicity
• 19:22 Making it conscious so you can repeat it
• 21:54 It’s not you
• 24:07 Ancient wisdom
• 25:59 We are the antidote
• 28:21 Pain or buried treasure

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