Shift with Maddi

Maddi
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For anyone in their "figuring it out" era: Shift with Maddi blends psychology, motivation and a lot of trial and error into a candid, supportive listen about personal growth and the small shifts that build a bigger life. Hosted by Maddi - honest, relatable, and always in your corner.

  1. 4 days ago

    Ep 16: The Declutter Episode (Out With The Old, In With The New)

    I am genuinely mid-declutter right now, not preaching from some sorted, together place. Between moving back from Australia, living with my parents again, and juggling four contract roles plus dog walking and pole teaching, my brain has been overwhelmed — and this episode is the five-part audit I've actually been running to get some clarity back. I used to think a tidy home meant a boring life. Turns out my best friend Laura was right all along: your outer world reflects your inner world. So here's where I've been finding my energy leaks: 1. Physical: the Vinted haul, the floordrobe, and the "does this make me feel rich?" test (thank you, Denise Duffield-Thomas) - plus why I say thank you to things before they go in the bin 2. Financial: my (self-coined) "financial declutter," consolidating scattered pensions, tracking spending with Tori Dunlap's "how did this purchase make me feel" method, and finally facing the bills I used to bury my head in the sand about 3. Diary: using Clockify to actually see where my time goes, auditing standing commitments, and swapping "I don't have time" for "I'm not prioritising that" 4. People: Aristotle's friends of utility, pleasure, and the good, and why letting a friendship fade doesn't invalidate what it once was 5. Digital: my new-laptop storage disaster (rookie error: I migrated everything instead of starting fresh) and the CVs from when I was 20 that still need deleting Backed by real psychology throughout - Sabine Kastner on visual clutter and cognitive load, Darby Saxbe on clutter and cortisol, and the habit research showing 43% of what we do is autopilot, not choice. This isn't a "declutter everything by Sunday" episode. It's about picking one leak at a time and building from a clear foundation instead of a rocky one. Awareness first, then action. (ps yes my title is a High School Musical reference)

  2. 9 Sept

    Ep 15: The Friendship Episode (With My Actual Friend)

    Friendship isn't passive - it's built the same intentional way everything else is: you find your people on purpose, you tend the good ones and you let go of the ones that only work out of habit. In this episode: - Where to actually meet people as an adult, and the small "insert yourself into the conversation" moves that turn a stranger into a friend - What separates a quality friendship from one running on habit - honesty, effort, and how conflict gets repaired, not avoided - The red flags worth naming: the one-sided "therapy dynamic," energy-suckers, and the phone test for how a friendship actually makes you feel - Navigating jealousy, different life stages, and the "reason, season, lifetime" framing that makes letting go easier - My real friendship with Christina - and what we each appreciate about the other, on mic 📸 Follow: instagram.com/shiftwithmaddi

  3. 2 Sept

    Ep 14: The Things My Friends Know Me By

    A decade ago, her uni girls gave her a 21st birthday gift - an A4 page titled "21 years of...", packed with the sayings, quirks and inside jokes they knew her by. Going through boxes from the move back home, she found it again, and it sparked this one: proof that self-development doesn't mean becoming someone new. In this episode: - The decade-old birthday gift that started it all, and what it's like re-reading a list of everything your friends love about you - Six catchphrases she's lived by for years, explained one by one - from "never skip a h*e phase" to "karma's only a b**** if you are" - The one she didn't even clock she had - until a friend bought her a hat about it - Why the goal was never to erase yourself and start over - some parts are worth keeping exactly as they are 📸 Follow: instagram.com/shiftwithmaddi What's the thing you've said your whole life that still holds up?

  4. 26 Aug

    Ep 13: My Luteal Phase Survival Kit

    I don't know about you but my mind turns to mush during my luteal phase and so I bring you my personal toolkit for helping when you feel like s***... I mean... less than ideal... In this episode: - The four-phase cycle explained simply - and why luteal is the phase for assessing and finishing, not the "bad" one - Five real tools for luteal: choosing comfort on purpose, picking your battles with cravings, the STOP technique for when it spirals, connecting and yoga (yes, you heard me!). - Personal overshares (of course) including coming off birth control 18 months ago and actually learning my own cycle for the first time 📸 Follow: instagram.com/shiftwithmaddi

  5. 19 Aug

    Ep 12: Become Her Now (Not When You Have More Time, Money or a Boyfriend)

    Identity isn't unlocked by future circumstances - it's built through what you do with what you already have, right now. "When I have X, I'll be Y" fails because behaviour is habitual, not resource-triggered - new resources just reveal your existing habits in grander force. In this episode: - Why "I'll do it when I have more time/money/a partner" is really just avoidance in disguise - and the psychology behind why new resources don't change habits - My own money, dating, and personal history examples - The small, unglamorous "identity votes" (yes, even £20 on nails over a glass of wine) that actually build who you're becoming - Why productivity isn't about fitting more in - it's about protecting time for what matters, without the shame spiral 📸 Follow: instagram.com/shiftwithmaddi Where are you waiting for permission to start?

  6. 12 Aug

    Ep. 11: The Magic Words To Level Up Your Life (Spoiler: It's Thank You)

    Gratitude isn't just a nice-to-have soft skill - it's a tool you can point at literally anything (a green light, a break-up, your own liver) to actively shift your state and your path. In this episode: Why gratitude is one of the fastest ways to shift from a scarcity to an abundance mindset - and the psychology research that backs it upMy 8-part gratitude toolkit - from gratitude lists to thanking your own body (and your inanimate objects)The real science behind gratitude, from Stanford's mindset research to neuroimaging studies on how it rewires your brainWhy learning to receive gratitude well matters just as much as giving it📸 Follow: instagram.com/shiftwithmaddi What's one thing today - even something small or annoying - you could say thank you for?

  7. 5 Aug

    Ep 10: The 7 Types Of Rest (And Why Baths Aren't Fixing You)

    Rest isn't one thing - most of us default to bath-and-face-mask self-care, but that only touches one type of fatigue. Knowing which kind of tired you are changes what actually restores you. In this episode: The 7 types of rest (Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith's Sacred Rest framework) - and why sleep alone doesn't fix most of themWhy a "relaxing" scroll session might actually be draining you furtherHow to figure out which type of rest you're actually missing right now 📱 Follow: instagram.com/shiftwithmaddi Which kind of tired are you right now?

  8. 29 Jul

    Ep 9: To All The Boys I've Sh*gged Before

    This is the dating history of me in my 20s - the messy, funny, slightly cringe truth of it, and the patterns that ran underneath every single guy on that list. This is designed as an episode to provide a reference point for when I talk about how tragic my dating history is in my other episodes and why I decided it was essential for me to learn to rewrite my patterns. What you'll walk away with: Why I kept choosing people who liked me more than I liked them The "cool girl, zero expectations" act I ran for the best part of a decade (and what it cost me) The first time I held a boundary and how genuinely good it felt The corrective experience that changed my expectations, before I even had the language for "default settings" Day 23 of my 30-day build-in-public challenge. Come find me on Instagram: @shiftwithmaddi Closing question: if you asked your friends what dating pattern they'd call out in you - what would they say? Tell me in the comments, I want to know I'm not the only one...

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For anyone in their "figuring it out" era: Shift with Maddi blends psychology, motivation and a lot of trial and error into a candid, supportive listen about personal growth and the small shifts that build a bigger life. Hosted by Maddi - honest, relatable, and always in your corner.

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  • Creator
    Maddi
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Explicit
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