The Spiritual Shiftworker: Enjoy the shift, one breath at a time

Lianne McAughey
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Welcome to The Spiritual Shiftworker podcast, I’m Lianne and I’m so excited that you’re here. This podcast is meant to inspire you but also to empower you to make any or all the necessary shifts in your life. Whether it’s adjusting to "shiftwork” or making a small shift in your body, your mind or your soul, this podcast is here for that! Sometimes the shifts that we need to make aren’t always BIG, they can be very small and yet very very powerful. So go grab that java, sit back and enjoy!

  1. 4d ago

    217: Stop living life like a checklist - and the one thing you might be missing.

    Join the 14 day BEAUTY OF AWARENESS challenge. We start October 1st. BEAUTY OF AWARENESS In this week's episode, Lianne shares her experience of living life "from a checklist" and the one thing that she figured out what was actually missing. Want to join Lianne in Italy in 2027 for the RENAISSANCE EXPERIENCE - A 5 Day bespoke experience for the woman who has a beautiful life but knows that there is something more waiting for her. Join the waitlist here: RENAISSANCE EXPERIENCE Early bird enrollment opens to those on the waitlist in December 2026.

  2. Sep 23

    216: How do you value Beauty? Is it "extra" or is beauty a form of self-respect

    In this episode Lianne opens up about an inner voice session that cracked open her relationship with beauty, why she spent years treating it as something she couldn't justify spending money on, and the shift that changed everything. We explore what beauty actually is beyond the materialistic definition, why noticing beauty is a nervous system practice tied to self-worth and self-abandonment, and Lianne leaves you with a simple 14 day challenge to bring more beauty into your life without spending a cent. If it feels aligned to experience the BEAUTY in Italy, join the waitlist for the RENAISSANCE EXPERIENCE WAITLIST FOR THE RENAISSANCE EXPERIENCE 14 Day Challenge - The Beauty of Awareness Starts October 1st - register here for FREE BEAUTY OF AWARENESS

  3. Sep 16

    215: Why You Haven't Taken Action: Procrastination as Self-Abandonment

    Look back over the last five years. How many ideas did you get — a business, a course, a book, a retreat — that quietly died in your Notes app? In this episode, I audit my own idea graveyard and land on an uncomfortable reframe: procrastination isn't a discipline problem. It's a form of self-abandonment. But it's not that simple. Procrastination can also be a protection mechanism. Your nervous system doing exactly what it's designed to do: keep you safe from risk, exposure, and change. I unpack both sides of this pattern, why compassion and accountability need to coexist, and one question to ask yourself the next time an idea shows up and the excuses start. In this episode: Why procrastination is often self-abandonment in disguiseThe nervous system science behind why your mind resists new ideasHow to hold self-compassion and honest accountability at the same timeOne reframe question to interrupt the pattern next time it shows up Grab the 7 questions to ask if you have a great life, but feel something's missing: THE HONEST CHECK IN GUIDE Join me in Italy 2027 - add your name to the waitlist. RENAISSANCE EXPERIENCE Follow Lianne on IG @liannemcaughey and hey, if you loved this episode and would love to buy me a coffee, you can do so here BUY LIANNE A COFFEE

  4. Sep 9

    214: You Can Do Life Alone, But Do You Want To? (The Truth About Independence & Mental Load)

    Just because you can do life alone doesn't mean you actually want to. In this episode, Lianne unpacks a moment that stopped her in her tracks — a woman on Instagram, asked where her husband was while out running errands solo, casually replying "he's at home." That small exchange cracked open a much bigger conversation about independence, the mental load, and what we're really craving underneath it all. Lianne gets honest about her own realization: her frustration was never really about the dishes, the groceries, or the chores. It was about wanting to do life with someone — and how easy it is to slip into autopilot ("The Matrix") rather than risk the friction of asking for help. She also names something rarely said out loud: that the push for women to be endlessly independent, while empowering in many ways, has quietly normalized doing everything — and being — alone. And that fierce independence and wanting a partner to lean on aren't mutually exclusive. In this episode, you'll learn: Why the mental load isn't actually the root of the frustrationHow independence can unintentionally normalize disconnection in relationshipsThe difference between doing life alone and doing life on autopilotWhy feminism's push for independence has an underdiscussed costHow to take an honest inventory of where you've normalized "doing it all yourself"Why the mundane can become magical — once you get honest about what you actually wantGrab the free resource mentioned in this episode: The Honest Check-In — 7 questions to help you get clear on where you've disconnected from what you really want, no matter how "perfect" your life looks from the outside. HONEST CHECK-IN GUIDE Connect with Lianne:Follow on Instagram @liannemcaughey DMs are always open for deep, soulful conversation. If this episode resonated, share it with someone who needs to hear it, and leave a 5-star review. New episodes drop weekly on the Spiritual Shift Worker Podcast

  5. Sep 2

    213: The Courage to Be Misunderstood: How to Use Your Past to Move Forward

    Have you ever dimmed your own voice just to keep the peace? In this episode, Lianne unpacks why the path to living as your true self almost always requires the courage to be misunderstood — and how the moments you overrode your own intuition are actually a map back to yourself. She shares an honest look at growing up feeling "different," the quiet pressure to perform certainty on every trending topic, and why the people closest to you may (unintentionally) discourage your growth. You'll learn how to spot the physical "threshold" feeling that shows up right before you talk yourself out of what you already know to be true — and why revisiting those past moments is the key to making more aligned choices going forward. This episode is for the woman who has a good life and still feels like she's disappeared a little inside it. Why the pressure to have a public opinion on everything can pull you away from your own inner voiceA networking-event story about a woman criticized for writing a book — and what it reveals about differing "levels" of consciousness, not better or worse, just differentHow childhood and teenage experiences of feeling "out of place" quietly teach us to override intuitionWhy suppressed intuition becomes an embedded pattern that requires intentional reprogrammingHow to use past moments — and the physical sensation that came with them — to recognize when you're standing at a new thresholdThe difference between fear-based hesitation and genuine intuitive guidanceWhy being misunderstood (even seen as "the villain") is sometimes the cost of no longer abandoning yourself How can you tell the difference between fear-based hesitation and genuine intuitive guidance when you're standing at a threshold in your own life? Resistance from the people around you often reflects their own fears — not a flaw in your path. Grab the HONEST CHECK IN HERE: 7 QUESTIONS FOR THE WOMAN WHO HAS A GOOD LIFEFollow Lianne on IG @liannemcaughey

  6. Aug 26

    212: Fear-Based vs. Intentional Decisions: Are You Planning the Holidays from the Wrong Place?

    A thread I posted almost by accident: Halloween candy sitting next to Christmas decorations in stores — hit over 10,000 views and 140+ comments almost overnight. Most people agreed. Some pushed back, saying there are bigger things in the world to be upset about. Both reactions are worth sitting with. In this episode, I'm digging into what's actually driving how we plan for the holidays — and for the future in general. Are you making those decisions from a calm, intentional place? Or are you rushing into them from fear? I walk through why that pause — just asking yourself which one it is actually changes the outcome. This isn't about not planning ahead. You can absolutely plan for the future. The real question is what you're planning from. We'll talk about: Why "there are worse things happening" is a form of minimizing your own valid reactionThe difference between a fear-based decision and an intentional one — and why they can look identical from the outsideThe pause that changes everything: one question to ask before you decide anything about the holidays (or anything else)Why planning ahead isn't the problem — planning from fear isHow this cultural rushing (candy next to Christmas decor) mirrors a bigger pattern of never landing anywhere before being pulled to the next thingListen if you've ever caught yourself scrambling to plan something and wondered whether that urgency was really necessary — or if you were doing it from a calmer place, you'd choose differently. Make sure to follow Lianne on Threads @liannemcaughey And IG @liannemcaughey

  7. Aug 19

    211: The 72 Degree Life: Why Feeling Fine Might Be Keeping You From Your Purpose

    There's nothing wrong with a comfortable life — stable, safe, needs met. But what if that exact comfort is the reason you haven't reached for what you're actually here to do? In this episode, I'm introducing a concept I'm calling the 72 Degree Life: not too hot, not too cold, nothing wrong enough to fix, nothing alive enough to feel. I break down Maslow's hierarchy of needs and show why getting your foundation met can quietly convince you that's the ceiling — when it's really just the floor. I also draw a hard line between two things that can look identical from the outside but aren't: a regulated nervous system and a resigned one. One is safety. The other is numbness in disguise. If you've ever felt like nothing is wrong in your life, and yet something still feels unlived underneath it all — this episode is for you. In this episode: What the "72 Degree Life" actually is (and why it's more dangerous than a crisis)A breakdown of Maslow's hierarchy of needs and where most women get stuckWhy self-actualization is a pull, not a problem to fixThe critical difference between nervous system regulation and emotional resignationWhy comfort can be the very thing keeping you from your soul's calling

  8. Aug 12

    210: Why saying "I don't know what I want" is a lie that is keeping you stuck.

    I was sitting in my car in an underground parking garage, on the phone with my friend Vicky, asking myself: how did I get here? Is this actually my life? That question cracked open something I couldn't ignore — so I asked myself the harder one: what do you actually want? In this episode, I talk about why so many women answer that question with "I don't know" — and why I think that's rarely the truth. It's not that we don't know. It's that we've abandoned ourselves, consciously or unconsciously, for so long that we've stopped listening. Midlife isn't just a crisis — it can be both a reinvention and a return to who you already are underneath it all. I share a practice for getting honest: sitting down — through a voice note, a journal entry, however it comes out — and asking what you want now, what you used to want, even what you wanted as a kid before you forgot. It's not a one-time question. You have to keep asking it, and keep holding the vision, until it becomes real. Grab the Honest Check-In Guide to start asking yourself the questions that get you back to you. HONEST CHECK IN GUIDE

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Welcome to The Spiritual Shiftworker podcast, I’m Lianne and I’m so excited that you’re here. This podcast is meant to inspire you but also to empower you to make any or all the necessary shifts in your life. Whether it’s adjusting to "shiftwork” or making a small shift in your body, your mind or your soul, this podcast is here for that! Sometimes the shifts that we need to make aren’t always BIG, they can be very small and yet very very powerful. So go grab that java, sit back and enjoy!

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