Even Here, Even Now: A Needy Podcast with Mara Glatzel

Send Mara a quick text love note here!What are the things we do to feel safe that ultimately don’t serve our true selves?Today, I'm sharing my 2023 intention: It is safe to be who & how I am. And I’m reflecting on how often I’ve weaponized my competence to make myself indispensable to others. As well as how doing that disavows my own worth and reinforces the idea that I can make myself “safe” by earning my way into relationships.Tune in to hear more about...Weaponized incompetence & the things we pretend we can’t doWeaponized competence & the many ways we wield our strengths to earn social capitalThe illusion of earning “safety” by being goodThe experience that forced me to receive without givingHow our competence robs us of levity & joyThe “shoulds” that came up in my book writing processReleasing our fear that we’re not good enough as we areLearning to feel safe enough, even amidst discomfortLinks:Preorder my book Needy & claim your delicious bonusesLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Winter Camp is open! Join me for five weeks to reclaim yourself with weekly experiments, cozy craft-alongs, fireside sessions, and a community of excellent humans who get it. This isn't another obligation on your to-do list, it's permission to finally put yourself first without the guilt spiral. Doors close Friday, January 9th. Claim your seat at maraglatzel.com/winter-camp.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Living in step with what our bodies are trying to tell us can be a difficult thing to learn. How do we trust the feelings in our body? And how can we practice tracking those sensations and be present with the language our body is speaking?Today, I’m joined by writer and Somatic Experiencing practitioner, Molly Caro May. Together, we discuss how to tune in to ourselves, so we can commit to the things that excite us most and leave the things that don’t behind.Molly is the author of two books, teacher, and the holder of space for 13 plus years. She has facilitated personal story workshops for more than hundreds of people across the globe. She is trained in somatic experiencing and focuses on where language and voice and the animal body meet each other. Her mission is to democratize expression and explore in good company the healing alchemy between story and nervous system.Tune in to hear more about...The growth edge of uncomfortable but tolerableHaving a working understanding of yourselfThe stories we carry about our needsBalancing the consequences of divesting from grind cultureDelighting in your own pace and timingHang out with Molly...Visit Molly’s WebsiteOrder Body Full of Stars and The Map of EnoughJoin Molly’s Bi-Monthly NewsletterJoin Molly’s Membership, The LoamLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Winter Camp is open! Join me for five weeks to reclaim yourself with weekly experiments, cozy craft-alongs, fireside sessions, and a community of excellent humans who get it. This isn't another obligation on your to-do list, it's permission to finally put yourself first without the guilt spiral. Doors close Friday, January 9th. Claim your seat at maraglatzel.com/winter-camp.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!What does it look like to live collaboratively with the world around us? And how do we get in touch with our inner magic?Today, I’m joined by Mimi Young for our final guest episode of 2022. Mimi is an Animist Spirit Medium and owner of Ceremonie, a brand focused on intuition and spirit connection, reawakening us to embodied living with the visible and invisible. She offers a variety of courses, readings, and products with a focus on increasing one’s understanding of and connection to psychic language.Together, Mimi and I discuss animism, spiritual healing, being rather than doing, how we invite our children to live more collaboratively, and even a bit about Mimi’s muggle home. Tune in to remember how to rebuild your relationship with yourself and why our inner and outer worlds are deeply interconnected. Tune in to hear more about...Searching for safety in quiet, solitude, and natureRebuilding relationship with ourselvesCultivating a rich inner worldThe beautiful basics of animismKnowing yourself, getting lost, and finding yourself againLearning to trust the intangibleNeeds as alliesHang out with Mimi...Visit the Ceremonie WebsiteSign Up for Mimi’s Mailing ListFollow Ceremonie on InstagramLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Winter Camp is open! Join me for five weeks to reclaim yourself with weekly experiments, cozy craft-alongs, fireside sessions, and a community of excellent humans who get it. This isn't another obligation on your to-do list, it's permission to finally put yourself first without the guilt spiral. Doors close Friday, January 9th. Claim your seat at maraglatzel.com/winter-camp.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!How do we stay connected to what we want to create and what we need to take care of?Today, I'm continuing to pull back the curtain on how we hold dreams, make decisions, and move forward with a nod - always - to our own capacity.Join me as I discuss what I’ve learned about maintaining a sustainable life, and giving myself what I need in order to fulfill my inner desires. Tune in to hear more about...The importance of role models for this kind of thinkingGetting clear about what we want and need by building a robust relationship with ourselvesPrioritizing by desire & circumstanceSaying “yes” with sustainability in mindThe story behind the creation of my enjoyment-focused Tuscany RetreatIntroducing my new course, Roost, and what inspired its conceptionDeciding what your life is actually forLinks:Retreat with me in TuscanyJoin me for Roost in 2023 Check out my other coursesLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Winter Camp is open! Join me for five weeks to reclaim yourself with weekly experiments, cozy craft-alongs, fireside sessions, and a community of excellent humans who get it. This isn't another obligation on your to-do list, it's permission to finally put yourself first without the guilt spiral. Doors close Friday, January 9th. Claim your seat at maraglatzel.com/winter-camp.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Some days it feels like we’ve been collectively burnt out since 2020. So how do we find our way back to ourselves after more than two years of distraction and dissociation? And how do we create under these conditions?Asha Frost is an Indigenous (Ojibwe) Medicine Woman, and a member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation. She is the bestselling author of You Are the Medicine and has guided thousands of people through profound and lasting transformation. She is from the Crane Clan, the totem of leadership, and believes in holding space from vision and heart as an energy healer, homeopath and mentor.In today’s episode, Asha joins me to discuss collective and individual care in the face of capitalism, colonialism and everything that pulls us away from ourselves. She also shares how she cultivates creativity under less-than-ideal conditions, and why she returns to the medicine wheel to learn to flow with the cycles of creation.Tune In to Hear More About:The grounding practice of a daily walkThe damage residential schools have on Indigenous children & their familiesFlowing with the cycle of creationFinding beauty in the death & rest phases of the cycle of creationThe challenge of knowing when to say “yes” and “no” to thingsHow to listen to our bodies when they tell us enough is enough Hang Out with Asha:Visit Asha’s WebsitePre-order the Sacred Medicine Oracle DeckFollow Asha on Instagram @asha.frostOrder You Are the MedicineLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Winter Camp is open! Join me for five weeks to reclaim yourself with weekly experiments, cozy craft-alongs, fireside sessions, and a community of excellent humans who get it. This isn't another obligation on your to-do list, it's permission to finally put yourself first without the guilt spiral. Doors close Friday, January 9th. Claim your seat at maraglatzel.com/winter-camp.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!We live in a world that doesn’t respect cyclical energy rhythms. And that makes it so hard to sit with the natural contractions that come after periods of expansion.In today’s episode, I talk about how I’m slowing down to process my current contraction & what happens when we try to override these cycles in our lives.Tune in to hear me explore…Macro & micro cyclesExpansion & creating sustainable, titrated momentumContraction & honoring your need to slow downSigns that we’re trying to override our natural cyclesTethering practices to ground you through hard timesThis episode is great for anyone who’s ever experienced burnout. Listen in if you want support feeling safe & trusting yourself while slowing down.LINKS Preorder my book Needy from your favorite indie bookstore or from AmazonLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Winter Camp is open! Join me for five weeks to reclaim yourself with weekly experiments, cozy craft-alongs, fireside sessions, and a community of excellent humans who get it. This isn't another obligation on your to-do list, it's permission to finally put yourself first without the guilt spiral. Doors close Friday, January 9th. Claim your seat at maraglatzel.com/winter-camp.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!How do you feel about setting boundaries? Are you worried it may alienate you from friends, family, or loved ones?In today’s episode, Melissa Urban joins me to discuss her journey with boundaries, from learning what they really are to setting them with her close connections. Together, we also unpack how boundaries are kind (not selfish) and make us more (not less) free.Melissa Urban is the Whole30 Co-Founder and CEO, a recovered addict, New York Times best-selling author, mother, podcast host, nature churchgoer, and boundary wizard—in a nutshell. Her latest work, “The Book of Boundaries”, is available for pre-order on her website (linked below).Join us as we discuss:What boundaries really are and how they show kindness to our close connectionsThe importance of setting boundaries with yourself as an act of self-loveNavigating conflict with healthy boundariesAttachment styles in conflictThe importance of re-evaluating boundaries regularly as your life and situations changeHang Out with Melissa:Order Melissa’s Book on BoundariesVisit Melissa’s WebsiteFind Melissa on InstagramFollow Melissa on TwitterLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Winter Camp is open! Join me for five weeks to reclaim yourself with weekly experiments, cozy craft-alongs, fireside sessions, and a community of excellent humans who get it. This isn't another obligation on your to-do list, it's permission to finally put yourself first without the guilt spiral. Doors close Friday, January 9th. Claim your seat at maraglatzel.com/winter-camp.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!How do you feel about “quiet quitting”? I love it. And I’ve been encouraging people to quietly quit for years, so I’m happy to see this work make it to the mainstream.In today’s episode, I unpack how to quietly quit your work, your relationships, and your constant attempts at self-improvement.Tune in to hear more about…Why we should rebrand “quiet quitting” as sustainable livingHow to recognize when your work is unsustainableWhy you should quit performing perfection for yourself or other peopleHow to release unrealistic expectationsWhy you don’t need “self-improvement”My wishlist of everything I wish we could all quiet quit right nowThis episode is great for overachievers, perfectionists and people-pleasers. Listen in if you want support quiet-quitting anything or anyone in your life.LINKSPreorder my book Needy from your favorite indie bookstore or from AmazonLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Winter Camp is open! Join me for five weeks to reclaim yourself with weekly experiments, cozy craft-alongs, fireside sessions, and a community of excellent humans who get it. This isn't another obligation on your to-do list, it's permission to finally put yourself first without the guilt spiral. Doors close Friday, January 9th. Claim your seat at maraglatzel.com/winter-camp.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Why do we deny ourselves the grace we offer others? What makes us so “special” that we don’t deserve it, too?In today’s episode, I open up about the depths of my struggle with perfectionism. And I share how I’ve unpacked my ideas of “good work” and “success” to keep doing my work, even when its not perfect.Tune in to hear more about…The idea of “terminal specialness” and why we deny ourselves the grace we offer othersHow perfectionism becomes interwoven with professionalismMy personal Bad Place scenario that’s forced me to reevaluate what “good work” means to meWhy burnout is not a moral failingThe audacity & authenticity of showing up imperfectlyThis episode is great for anyone who feels pressure to be perfect. Listen in if you want support releasing perfectionism and giving yourself permission to be who and how you actually are.Love Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Winter Camp is open! Join me for five weeks to reclaim yourself with weekly experiments, cozy craft-alongs, fireside sessions, and a community of excellent humans who get it. This isn't another obligation on your to-do list, it's permission to finally put yourself first without the guilt spiral. Doors close Friday, January 9th. Claim your seat at maraglatzel.com/winter-camp.

Send Mara a quick text love note here!How do we balance hope and despair, expansion and collapse, survival and rest?In today’s episode, Carmen Spagnola joins me to discuss how she cultivates a small and delicious life in the face of collapse. Together we explore the realities of not being able to meet all our needs, what happens when we’re under-resourced (and what happens when we’re ecologically resourced), and the paradigm shifts we need around needs.Carmen Spagnola is a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef turned trauma recovery practitioner, clinical hypnotherapist, and kitchen witch. As a chef, author, and facilitator, Carmen holds space for renewal amidst turmoil. Her work is an invitation to re-enchantment, soul nourishment, and a deeper and more animistic relationship to the natural world. She provides frameworks and skills to create cultures of collective care in precarious times.Tune in to hear more about…Sitting with your needs when they can’t be metFinding hope & feeling despair in our collapsing worldTaking care of ourselves in survival momentsAttachment theory and how we approach our needsRecognizing yourself as part of an ecosystemHang with Carmen...Find Carmen on InstagramVisit Carmen’s websiteListen to Carmen’s podcast, The Numinous PodcastBuy Carmen’s book, The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes & Rituals for the Wheel of the YearLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.Winter Camp is open! Join me for five weeks to reclaim yourself with weekly experiments, cozy craft-alongs, fireside sessions, and a community of excellent humans who get it. This isn't another obligation on your to-do list, it's permission to finally put yourself first without the guilt spiral. Doors close Friday, January 9th. Claim your seat at maraglatzel.com/winter-camp.