The Marie Forleo Podcast

Have a hard time saying no? Being discerning with your time, energy and attention is a must in today's overstretched and overcommitted world. Even if it feels tricky, the ability to say no with kindness is one of the most powerful skills you can develop. This episode will help you learn how to say no gracefully and honestly so you can spend your precious time on what's most important to YOU. Pdf guide available at: https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/how-to-say-no-ultimate-guide "No" might be a complete sentence, but a few more words can make it a kind one. @MarieForleo

Q: How am I so happy and productive all the time? A: I'M NOT. In this episode, I share how I show up and keep going, even when life is hard. Plus, you'll hear inspiring stories from folks who overcame overwhelm and burnout for good. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/deal-with-overwhelm "When I surrender that which I can no longer carry, I always feel guided to the next step." @MarieForleo

Do you long to write a book, record an album, or learn a second language — but never have time? In this episode, you'll learn my #1 scheduling trick to make time for your passions, no matter what. When my student Dominika tried this, she finished her novel in two weeks flat! https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/make-time-for-your-passion To achieve your goals, you must put your primary passion or your primary project first. @MarieForleo

Determined to make this year really count? Use this 2-step process to simplify and clarify what really matters to you. After this episode, you'll have a list of goals that are realistic and meaningful — so you know exactly what to focus on for the next 12 months. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/goal-setting Sometimes, the best way to grow is to cut back. @MarieForleo

Want to set yourself up for a great year ahead? Keep it simple with this highly effective year-end review. Grab your gel pens and journal, and get ready to feel more grounded and clear as you head into the new year. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/year-in-review It's not till you let go of something that you see how it's been holding you back. @MarieForleo

Feeling behind in your life? Ditch the Compareschlagger and listen to this episode instead! You'll learn a simple way to rescue yourself from this toxic emotional vortex we all seem to slip into. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/feeling-behind-in-life Where you are is exactly where you need to be. Trust the timing of your life. @MarieForleo

How can our families, businesses, cities, and even the global economy thrive — without destroying the planet? "Doughnut Economics" shows us the way. Listen now and learn the #1 factor that influences human behavior, why perpetual growth will destroy everything, and how "going doughnut" can actually save the world. Don't be an optimist. Don't be a pessimist. Be in action. @KateRaworth via @MarieForleo https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/kate-raworth-doughnut-economics

In this special remix episode, Marie and her best friend Kris Carr dive into the stories, science, and exercises that make Everything is Figureoutable so special. It's full of tears, laughter, and unmissable real talk. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/everything-is-figureoutable-book-release-day You wouldn't have the dream unless you already had everything that it takes to make it happen. @MarieForleo

Wondering where you fit into this world — or whether you have anything truly unique and special to offer? The short answer: you DO! Long answer: listen and learn the two steps to finding your special gift (even if you think you don't have one). Remember, no other person has, or ever will have the unique blend of gifts, strengths, perspective, and talents that you have. You're quite literally a one-time mega event in the universe! https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/special-gifts You are a one-time mega event in the universe. @MarieForleo

Want more love and less friction over the holidays? Kirsten Powers — a senior political analyst and author of "Saving Grace" — shares strategies to honor your values and still get along with others, even when you disagree. Listen now and you'll never have to dread family get-togethers again. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/kirsten-powers-how-to-disagree "You're not going to solve the world's problems over Thanksgiving dinner." @KirstenPowers via @MarieForleo

Career changes. Graduation. Divorce. Kids leaving home. Retirement. When the dust settles after any big life transition, you'll inevitably ask yourself, "Now what?" Answering that question can be exciting or overwhelming depending on your approach. In this episode, I'll walk you through an unusual exercise that'll reveal your next right step in life, every time. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/decide-next-step-in-life Now is the time for you to rediscover what's in your heart. @MarieForleo

Tina Wells wrote six books in three years, and has another twelve on the way. How does she write so consistently? And more importantly, how can you? Listen now to learn why process matters more than talent, how to make time for personal projects, and the one thing every successful writer needs. Plus, you'll get the writing prompt Tina always uses to get her words flowing. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/tina-wells-author We all have within us an ability to be creative, we just have to unlock it. @tinacwells via @MarieForleo

Feel paralyzed by your fear? Susan Cain and Tim Ferriss know the feeling. In this episode, you'll learn their favorite methods for becoming more courageous in the face of fear. Whether you want to learn a new skill or get more comfortable with being uncomfortable, this episode is a must-listen. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/susan-cain-introverts-networking https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/tim-ferriss-tribe-of-mentors

Want to "make it" as a writer? In this episode, seven best-selling authors share the writing advice that helped them collectively write and publish 70 books and 28 bestsellers. Listen for over 100 years of writing experience boiled into bite-sized lessons that'll help you blast through any creative obstacle. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/writing-advice-bestselling-authors I do not want to go to my grave with 50 pages of an unfinished novel in a drawer. @GilbertLiz via @MarieForleo

When the odds are stacked against you, how do you succeed anyway? Foster kid turned NFL athlete, Anthony Trucks shares his 3-step method to upgrade your identity and succeed, even when it seems impossible. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/anthony-trucks-identity-shift You are unintentionally building your life through an identity. @AnthonyTrucks via @MarieForleo

It's weird… but it WORKS! In this episode, learn one simple habit that'll help you take control of your life, silence your nasty inner critic, and finally manifest your dreams. Mel Robbins does this every morning — and now I do, too. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/mel-robbins-the-high-5-habit Your relationship with yourself is the foundation for everything. @MelRobbins via @MarieForleo

What if your definition of success doesn't match the world's? Here's how to feel fulfilled and accomplished, no matter what society thinks. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/definition-of-success

Your time on earth is limited. Are you making the most of it? Listen now for a loving wake-up call, plus three questions to uncover how to make the most of your time — while you still can. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/the-great-reassessment Your time is the most precious, non-renewable resource you have. @MarieForleo

Why do you STOP doing things that you know are good for you — like reading, journaling, meditating, or exercise — especially when you've been able to make the time before? If you want to be more consistently consistent, listen now for 3 science-backed steps that'll help you stick to the habits, routines, and goals you start, long-term. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/make-a-habit-stick There are two types of people in the world, those who have reasons & those who have results. @MarieForleo

How can you take your most important goals from daydream to DONE? In this behind-the-scenes episode, I pull back the curtain on my creative process and how I brought my brand new program, Time Genius, to life. Listen now for never-before-shared insights, plus three simple steps you can follow to turn YOUR exciting ideas into reality so fast that friends will beg you for your secret. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/time-genius-behind-the-scenes Clarity is key to accomplishing any big dream. @MarieForleo

Have an idea for a business or project — but feel too overwhelmed to start? In this episode, you'll learn how to find and follow your joy so you can start before you're ready. If you've got any nasty old beliefs about yourself and the way things "should" be done, this episode is a must-listen. You'll discover that starting small isn't thinking small, and the magic that happens when you follow your joy. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/know-your-worth

"What do you do when people criticize you or the creative work you're putting out into the world? In this episode, Brené Brown talks about believing in and belonging to yourself, even when you feel like a misfit or uncertain. You'll remember that you're ENOUGH no matter what kind of garbage people throw your way — and how to keep doing the work you were born to do. This is the final installment of a special five-week series we're doing on The Marie Forleo Podcast called, Love Letters to Our Creatives. Think of each episode as short, little love letters from me to you — reminding you of the important gifts you have, and a little nudge to make the time for your creative work." https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/brene-brown-braving-the-wilderness

Ready to make a change or share something new — but worried what people will think? In this episode, Gracey Bonney talks about the many ways she's reinvented her life and business, and how to evolve while staying true to yourself. If you've ever worried about being relevant, or let the fear of people's opinions hold you back from doing something new, this one is a must-listen. This is the fourth installment of a special five-week series we're doing on The Marie Forleo Podcast called, Love Letters to Our Creatives. Think of each episode as short, little love letters from me to you — reminding you of the important gifts you have, and a little nudge to make the time for your creative work. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/work-life-balance-grace-bonney

Spoiler alert: there is NO such thing as overnight success. In this episode, bestselling author Seth Godin will show you how to create a consistent practice for your creative goals. This is the third installment of a special five-week series we're doing on The Marie Forleo Podcast called, Love Letters to Our Creatives. Think of each episode as short, little love letters from me to you — reminding you of the important gifts you have, and a little nudge to make the time for your creative work. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/the-practice-book-seth-godin

Feel like your dreams don't matter? That you're not enough? That you're selfish or conceited for wanting more for your life? In this episode, Dr. Tererai Trent will help you see that no matter what messages your family or culture passed on to you, YOU get to choose what you carry forward. You get to choose YOUR life over the one expected of you. This is the second installment of a special five-week series we're doing on The Marie Forleo Podcast called, Love Letters to Our Creatives. Think of each episode as short, little love letters from me to you — reminding you of the important gifts you have, and a little nudge to make the time for your creative work. https://www.marieforleo.com/2019/03/tererai-trent-achieve-your-dreams/

Not sure what to do with all your creative inspiration? Worried you'll end up with loads of regret or failure? In this first episode, Elizabeth Gilbert will help you rethink your relationship to inspiration and that capital F word, failure. This is the first installment of a special five-week series we're doing on The Marie Forleo Podcast called, Love Letters to Our Creatives. Think of each episode as short, little love letters from me to you — reminding you of the important gifts you have, and a little nudge to make the time for your creative work.

Are you cut out to be an entrepreneur? Angela Chee, former news anchor and media strategist, joins Marie Forleo to debunk success stereotypes and what it really takes to make it in business. Hint: introverts, empaths, and homebodies can be AMAZING entrepreneurs. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/introverted-entrepreneur-success "You already have everything you need to succeed. You just need to amplify it." @AngelaCheeTV via @MarieForleo

With a booming flower business, three best-selling books, and a reality show on the Magnolia Network, Erin Benzakein gets honest about the road to becoming an "overnight success." https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/erin-benzakein Don't lose heart if you're not good yet, just keep getting back up. ~ Erin Benzakein, Floret Flower Farm via @MarieForleo

Need to grow your business but nervous about hiring the wrong people? In this episode, you'll learn how to find your ideal hire and how to structure your business for growth. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/marietv-call-in-show-one-marketing-secret

Feel like a misfit because of all your interests? Conflicted about what you really want in life? In this episode, you'll learn how to handle moments of career uncertainty and find the path that works best for you. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/listen-to-your-inner-voice You can't find your passion in your brain. You have to feel it through your heart. @MarieForleo

Freaking out because business is slow? In this Call-In episode, you'll learn how to drum up more business when times are tough and the mindset that will set you up for long-term success. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/work-smarter-not-harder If you want to be responsible, keep your promises to others. If you want to be successful, keep your promises to yourself. @MarieForleo

In everything you do, think, or say, you have two choices. Do you want a life of spontaneity, joy, and intelligence? Or one of pain, frustration, and suffering? The intent you put in determines the results you get back. The choice is yours. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/gary-zukav "No one has a choice about what they're going to feel next. But you do have a choice about what you're going to do then." @gary_zukav via @MarieForleo

NEWSFLASH — spreading yourself thin trying to "do it all" doesn't work! It just keeps you miserable and sabotages the very success you're working towards. In this MarieTV, watch Marie coach an overwhelmed entrepreneur in real time on how to take care of your business without neglecting yourself. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/overdoing-it My secret to doing it all is that I don't. @MarieForleo

Multi-million dollar toy creator Azhelle Wade shares the pricing, pitching, and strategy secrets to turn your weirdest ideas into best-selling products. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/azhelle-wade I assume I'll do it wrong. But I can do it. @thetoycoach

Never experienced a traumatic event? Think again. Even prolonged pandemic stress can trigger a trauma-response. Listen and learn how trauma affects your brain and body, symptoms to look out for, and 4 science-backed methods to heal your trauma for good. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/dr-gordon-healing-trauma When trauma comes, we can learn from it, heal from it, and move through it. @drjamesgordon via @MarieForleo

Learn the #1 thing we get wrong about personal growth, why divorce should be called "completion," and where to go from rock bottom. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/dr-shefali Growth is a subtractive process. @DrShefali via @MarieForleo

Marie shares her non-negotiable self-care routine for unstoppable energy and passion, plus 3 proven steps to get — and stay — motivated no matter what. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/3-steps-to-getting-unstuck Ambiguity is the enemy of execution. @MarieForleo

No time to pursue your creative dreams? Learn how to turn on your creative flow anytime, anywhere with the prolific artist, musician, and poet Morgan Harper Nichols. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/morgan-harper-nichols It's okay to modify the dream. @morganhnichols via @MarieForleo

Got endless ideas and goals for your life and business — but not enough bandwidth to make them happen? In this episode, you'll learn how to stop trying to do it all, so you can say YES to what's most important to you. Some seasons of life call for a slower, more focused approach, and this episode will help you embrace it. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/focus-on-what-matters Simplify to Amplify. @MarieForleo

Stop people pleasing — and become a boundary boss! Real-world scripts and strategies to kick your people-pleasing habit and honor what's most important to you. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/terri-cole Chronic people-pleasing is driven by fear not love. @terri_cole via @MarieForleo

Are you living a lie? Listen to your body — it's an expert polygraph test for your soul's deepest desires. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/martha-beck Integrity is the cure for unhappiness — period. @MarthaBeck

Squeamish about selling? Learn three easy steps to target the right customers, nail your messaging, and sell without being sleazy. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/principles-of-selling If you want your business to thrive, you must fall in love with sales and marketing. @MarieForleo

Do your words spark action? Cole Schafer of Honey Copy shares his secrets to hook your audience, hold their attention, and get results.

Things happen to us each and every day that we have no control over. Planes get delayed. We get sick. Devastating events occur. But what happens to you is only a tiny sliver of how your life goes. In this episode, learn a powerful mental trick to (always) be in control of your happiness. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/be-in-control The impact that any outside situation has on your life depends on how you react or respond to it. @MarieForleo

Did last year pass you by with little to show for it? Marie shares 2 simple steps to break out of your quarantine slump and fire up your dreams again. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/take-control-of-your-life Ambiguity is the enemy of execution. @MarieForleo

Life feeling stale and boring? Here are 3 ways to have fun, be spontaneous, and "bring the party" back to your life today (and every day). https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/how-to-enjoy-your-life Fun is an inside job, always within your control, and a choice that you have to make every single day. @MarieForleo

Your critics don't get to decide who you are — you do. Discover your gifts, embrace your flaws, & learn how to be a disrupter who creates change for the greater good. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/luvvie-ajayi-jones The thing that people want you to quell, the thing that they want you to be less of, it's typically the thing that you are gifted at. @Luvvie via @MarieForleo

Questioning the value of the work you bring to the world? Learn why your creativity and art is a service to the world — and how to stop limiting your growth, fulfillment and income ASAP. See the full post and video version of this episode here: http://www.marieforleo.com/2013/09/value-what-you-do/ The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. - Pablo Picasso via @MarieForleo

Are you letting fear hold you back? Learn how Bethany Hamilton got the courage to surf again just 4 weeks after losing her arm to a tiger shark — then went on to win a national title. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/bethany-hamilton "You don't need easy, you just need possible." @bethanyhamilton via @MarieForleo None of the beautiful things happen overnight. @bethanyhamilton via @MarieForleo

It's about time! After 30+ years working toward diversity, inclusion, and gender equality, Hattie Hill shares her vision for the future — and how YOU can make a difference. https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/hattie-hill Don't you ever say what you can't do — until you try. @EngageHattie via @MarieForleo