Badass Confidence Coach | Your Personal Trainer for Your Mind

Anna Marcolin
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The Badass Confidence Coach is your go-to podcast for high-achieving women and men ready to step into their full potential. Hosted by Anna Marolin, therapist, life coach, and 20-year triathlete, this show is not your average therapy session. Anna is on a mission to empower everyone to overcome their self-doubt, crush their goals, and live their most badass lives. Tune in to discover practical strategies, candid conversations, and actionable advice to conquer the challenges holding you back. From battling loneliness and anxiety to mastering mindset shifts and embracing self-love, Anna dives deep into the struggles we all face, alongside insightful guest interviews and engaging discussions with her husband, Tim. Expect raw honesty, unwavering support, and a hefty dose of inspiration as Anna shares her expertise gained from over two decades of counseling and coaching experience. Whether you're seeking to boost your confidence, redefine success, or simply kick ass in life, The Badass Confidence Coach is your personal guide to unlocking your full potential. Subscribe now and join the community of badass women and men who refuse to settle for anything less than extraordinary. You can also find Anna on Instagram and TikTok @askannamarcolin.

  1. 3D AGO

    273. When You Shut Down and Don’t Know Why

    Send a text You’re in the middle of a conversation and suddenly your brain just… leaves. You’re physically there, but mentally you’re gone. You can’t find the words. You feel weirdly calm, or numb, or like a turtle pulling back into its shell. And then someone says, “Why are you being so avoidant?” or “You’re so emotionally unavailable.” But what if it’s not a character flaw? Join Anna and Tim as they unpack what shutdown really is, what’s actually happening in your nervous system, and why so many people freeze, dissociate, or go silent in hard conversations. They talk about flooding, shame, trauma patterning, attachment fear, and the very real biology behind that moment when you think, I can’t do this right now. This is not about communicating better while your body is in survival mode. It’s about understanding why your body slams on the brakes in the first place. This Episode Covers: What shutdown actually is and why it is not a character flaw.The difference between being avoidant and being overwhelmed.How flooding and cognitive overload shut your brain down.Why shame makes people collapse instead of speaking up.The shutdown cycle in relationships, pursuer versus withdrawer.How “we need to talk” can trigger attachment fear and panic.Trauma patterning, dissociation, and the freeze response.The power of saying “I can do calm and direct, I can’t do escalation”.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth. Mad love! Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coaching The podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYqu Don’t forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform! CONNECT WITH ANNA: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolin Email hello@annamarcolin.com Website https://www.annamarcolin.com

    1h 16m

  2. FEB 12

    272. Manifestation Is Not a Strategy

    Send a text What if the thing everyone swears by… just isn’t backed by science? Manifestation is everywhere right now. Vision boards. Law of attraction. “Think it, feel it, receive it.” And Anna has thoughts. Not anti-dreaming thoughts. Not anti-spirituality thoughts. But grounded, evidence-based, therapist-who’s-done-the-work thoughts. Join Anna and Tim as they unpack the difference between comforting beliefs and real behavioral change. They talk about the shame loop that can come from “you didn’t believe hard enough,” the grift creeping into parts of the coaching industry, and why hope without a plan is not empowerment. This episode breaks down what actually works, instead of fantasizing about the win. This Episode Covers: Why manifestation is widely criticized as pseudoscience.The difference between dreaming and training.The “shame loop with a vision board” and how it disempowers people.Cognitive restructuring and how to challenge self-defeating stories.WOOP: wish, outcome, obstacle, plan.Why positive fantasizing can actually reduce effort.Rehearsing the hardest 30 seconds instead of visualizing the win.Why behavior is the receipt, not the vision board.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth. Mad love! The podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYqu Don’t forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform! CONNECT WITH ANNA: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolin Email hello@annamarcolin.com Website https://www.annamarcolin.com

    59 min

  3. FEB 5

    271. Anxiety Isn’t the Enemy, It’s the Signal to Take the Next Step (Part II)

    Send us a text When anxiety feels constant, the instinct is to try to shut it down, fix it, or make it disappear. But what if that’s the wrong goal entirely? In part two of this conversation, the focus shifts from understanding anxiety to learning how to live with it without letting it run your life. Join Anna and Tim as they break down the practical, body-based, and mindset tools for dealing with chronic anxiety, from calming the nervous system and reducing overwhelm to interrupting rumination and taking action even when fear is loud. This episode is about learning how to tolerate discomfort, stop waiting to feel better first, and move forward anyway, with clarity, compassion, and self-trust. This Episode Covers: Why chronic anxiety keeps the body stuck in threat mode.Using breathwork to change physiology and calm the nervous system.Treating avoidance like a training plan and taking the next right step.How rumination thrives in ambiguity and how to interrupt the loop.Reducing data input, social media, news, and emotional overload from others.The role of sleep, movement, protein, hydration, and caffeine in anxiety.Why isolation makes anxiety worse and connection matters.Learning to tolerate uncertainty instead of compulsively fixing everything.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth. Mad love! The podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYqu Don’t forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform! CONNECT WITH ANNA: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolin Email hello@annamarcolin.com Website https://www.annamarcolin.com

    58 min

  4. JAN 29

    270. Anxiety Is Not Your Personality, It’s Your Alarm System (Part I)

    Send us a text Anxiety can feel like it’s woven into who someone is. The constant bracing. The looping thoughts. The sense of being behind before the day even starts. In this episode, Anna and Tim slow it down and name what so many people quietly live with, chronic anxiety that doesn’t look like panic, but never really shuts off. Through real stories from their own relationship, work, grief, and daily life, they unpack how anxiety shows up differently for different people. From rumination and overanalysis to decision paralysis and scanning for threat, this conversation brings language to experiences many have never been able to explain out loud. Join them as they explore why anxiety sticks around, how it slowly shrinks life, and why it’s not a personality trait but a nervous system stuck on high alert. This Episode Covers: The difference between chronic anxiety and panic or diagnosis.Living in a constant state of bracing and being on edge.How rumination, looping thoughts, and overanalysis fuel anxiety.Decision fatigue, avoidance, and analysis paralysis.Negativity bias and interpreting neutral moments as threats.How anxiety shows up in the body, including jaw tension, gut issues, and exhaustion.The way anxiety quietly shrinks life and limits joy.Why anxiety is not your personality, but an alarm system that can be retrained.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth. Mad love! The podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYqu Don’t forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform! CONNECT WITH ANNA: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolin Email hello@annamarcolin.com Website https://www.annamarcolin.com

    1h 6m

  5. JAN 22

    269. Why Some Relationships Leave You Emotionally Drained

    Send us a text Some relationships don’t explode. They quietly wear you down. You walk away feeling tense, confused, guilty, or just exhausted, and you can’t quite put your finger on why. Over time, those interactions start to chip away at your confidence, your peace, and your sense of self. In this episode, Anna shares the conversation she wishes she had heard decades ago. Drawing from her personal experience and decades of clinical work, she breaks down the patterns of people who consistently dysregulate your nervous system and erode your mental health, often without obvious cruelty or bad intent. Join Anna and Tim as they explore how compassion can turn into self-abandonment, why some dynamics feel familiar even when they hurt, and how wisdom sometimes looks like stepping back instead of leaning in. This is not about being mean. It is about being honest with yourself and protecting your mental and emotional well-being. This Episode Covers: Why feeling emotionally exhausted after certain interactions is important data.How repeated personality patterns quietly impact your nervous system.The difference between supporting someone and becoming their emotional dumping ground.Chronic victimhood and why endless empathy without action drains you.Drama as stimulation and how chaos can masquerade as connection.Boundary pushers and how they train people to self-abandon.Criticism, sarcasm, and contempt as subtle confidence killers.Hot-and-cold relationships and why inconsistency is destabilizing.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth. Mad love! The podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYqu Don’t forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform! CONNECT WITH ANNA: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolin Email hello@annamarcolin.com Website https://www.annamarcolin.com

    1h 12m

  6. JAN 15

    268. Excuses vs Reasons: The Hard Truth We Avoid

    Send us a text Everyone has reasons. Everyone also has excuses. And most people don’t slow down enough to tell the difference. In this episode, Anna and Tim get real about the uncomfortable gray area between what is actually true and the stories people tell themselves to avoid discomfort, effort, or responsibility. From athletic training to business, relationships, and personal growth, they unpack how excuses quietly protect identity, offer short-term relief, and keep people stuck, even when they swear they want change. Join Anna and Tim for a direct conversation that challenges listeners to look honestly at their patterns, recognize when a real limitation turns into a self-protective story, and take ownership without shame. This discussion is grounded in lived experience, including moments where quitting would have made sense, but didn’t. This Episode Covers: The real difference between excuses and reasons.Why excuses are often wrapped in truth but driven by avoidance.How relief can be a warning sign you chose comfort over progress.The role of self-awareness in catching excuses in real time.Why high performers struggle with excuses just as much as anyone else.Capacity limits, burnout, grief, and when this conversation does not apply.How to make adjustments without opting out entirely.Asking the hard question, is this a fact or a story protecting me.Ready to get out of your own way and finally feel grounded in who you are? Join the Emotional Mastery Group Coaching Cohort this January and learn how to regulate your nervous system, stop second-guessing yourself, and move through life with more clarity and power.  www.annamarcolin.com/coaching-packages/p/emotional-mastery-group-coaching-january-2026-cohort Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth. Mad love! The podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYqu Don’t forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform! CONNECT WITH ANNA: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolin Email hello@annamarcolin.com Website https://www.annamarcolin.com

    1h 8m

  7. JAN 8

    267. What Emotional Maturity Actually Looks Like

    Send us a text Emotional maturity is not about being calm, evolved, or getting it right all the time. It is about what happens in the moments when you are triggered, defensive, or uncomfortable, and what you choose to do next. In this episode, Anna and Tim break down what emotional maturity actually looks like in real life, including the ways people react, avoid, overexplain, or shut down when things get hard. The conversation covers pausing before reacting, owning your part without tearing yourself apart, sitting with uncomfortable emotions, and telling the truth before resentment takes over. They explore boundaries without drama, listening without trying to win, and repairing quickly after conflict. This episode is grounded, personal, and clear about one thing: emotional maturity is not perfection. It is practice, awareness, and a willingness to do your part. This Episode Covers Pausing before reacting instead of handing control to a trigger.Owning your part without collapsing into shame or self-attack.Sitting with discomfort rather than outsourcing emotions.Telling the truth early before resentment builds.Adding nuance and moving away from black and white thinking.Holding boundaries calmly without overexplaining or threatening.Listening to understand rather than trying to win.Repairing quickly after rupture and cleaning up your side of the street.Ready to get out of your own way and finally feel grounded in who you are? Join the Emotional Mastery Group Coaching Cohort this January and learn how to regulate your nervous system, stop second-guessing yourself, and move through life with more clarity and power.  www.annamarcolin.com/coaching-packages/p/emotional-mastery-group-coaching-january-2026-cohort Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth. Mad love! The podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYqu Don’t forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform! CONNECT WITH ANNA: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolin Email hello@annamarcolin.com Website https://www.annamarcolin.com

    1h 8m

  8. JAN 1

    266. Habits That Actually Build Confidence

    Send us a text Confidence gets misunderstood all the time. People assume it’s something you’re born with, something loud, something fearless. But that version of confidence usually falls apart under pressure. What actually lasts is built quietly, through repetition, discomfort, and follow-through. In this episode, Anna breaks down what confident people are really doing differently, how they think, how they behave, and how they recover when things go sideways. From keeping promises to themselves, to taking action before they feel ready, to learning how to carry anxiety instead of letting it run the show, this conversation cuts through the myths and gets honest about what confidence actually requires. Join Anna and Tim as they explore the difference between cocky and grounded, why humility matters, and how earned confidence grows from emotion regulation, structure, and practice. This Episode Covers: Why confidence is built through reps, not motivation.The difference between confidence and cockiness, and how humility fits in.How confident people think when they don’t know the answer yet.Why taking action before feeling ready is non-negotiable.How keeping small promises to yourself becomes the hidden engine of confidence.What it really means to recover after failure instead of spiraling or quitting.Why confidence is rooted in self-trust, not self-love.How learning to regulate emotions changes everything about confidence.Ready to get out of your own way and finally feel grounded in who you are? Join the Emotional Mastery Group Coaching Cohort this January and learn how to regulate your nervous system, stop second-guessing yourself, and move through life with more clarity and power.  www.annamarcolin.com/coaching-packages/p/emotional-mastery-group-coaching-january-2026-cohort Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth. Mad love! The podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYqu Don’t forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform! CONNECT WITH ANNA: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolin Email hello@annamarcolin.com Website https://www.annamarcolin.com

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The Badass Confidence Coach is your go-to podcast for high-achieving women and men ready to step into their full potential. Hosted by Anna Marolin, therapist, life coach, and 20-year triathlete, this show is not your average therapy session. Anna is on a mission to empower everyone to overcome their self-doubt, crush their goals, and live their most badass lives. Tune in to discover practical strategies, candid conversations, and actionable advice to conquer the challenges holding you back. From battling loneliness and anxiety to mastering mindset shifts and embracing self-love, Anna dives deep into the struggles we all face, alongside insightful guest interviews and engaging discussions with her husband, Tim. Expect raw honesty, unwavering support, and a hefty dose of inspiration as Anna shares her expertise gained from over two decades of counseling and coaching experience. Whether you're seeking to boost your confidence, redefine success, or simply kick ass in life, The Badass Confidence Coach is your personal guide to unlocking your full potential. Subscribe now and join the community of badass women and men who refuse to settle for anything less than extraordinary. You can also find Anna on Instagram and TikTok @askannamarcolin.

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