Peel the Onion Podcast by Olivia Maxwell

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Peel back the layers. Live from your truth. Peel the Onion is a podcast for cycle breakers ready to shed the conditioned beliefs, fears and masks that have kept them playing small - and return to who they actually are. Hosted by Olivia Maxwell - ex-registered psychologist, breathwork facilitator and Akashic Records practitioner - each episode explores the real growing pains of transformation. Like peeling an onion, it burns. And it’s worth it. If you’re done fitting the mould and ready to inhabit your life fully - you’re home.

  1. 4d ago

    #40 When Yes Means Betraying Yourself w/ Kinesiologist Gina Cope

    You know that moment when you say yes — and your whole body says no? In this episode, Olivia sits down with holistic kinesiologist Gina Cope for a raw, honest conversation about what it actually costs to keep saying yes when every part of you is screaming otherwise. Gina returns as Peel the Onion’s very first guest, and the conversation goes deeper than ever. Together, they explore how people-pleasing isn’t a personality flaw — it’s a subconscious survival strategy learned in childhood, wired into the nervous system, and playing out silently in your relationships, your body, and your business right now. This episode explores: Why your body holds a “no” even when your mouth says yes — and where it shows up as pain, skin conditions, cycle issues and unexplainable symptomsThe childhood wound underneath the people-pleasing (and why eldest siblings carry it differently)How unheard nos don’t disappear — they accumulate in the body until it speaks louder than you can ignoreWhat kinesiology reveals about the body’s yes/no before a client says a single wordThe “levels of the building” framework for understanding how trauma becomes expansionWhy doing all the right things — the supplements, the breathwork, the biohacking — still leaves something unresolved (and what that something is)How to hold your ground with grace when a room turns on youConscious motherhood and shaping the subconscious beliefs your children will carry into adulthoodAscension and descension — why embodiment is the missing piece most healing skipsFind Gina here: https://ginacopekinesiology.com.au/ Olivia's Fully Rooted, Fully You Program details here: https://www.oliviamaxwell.com.au/fully-rooted

    #40 When Yes Means Betraying Yourself w/ Kinesiologist Gina Cope

  2. Oct 16

    #39 When the Body Says No More - Stress, Hormones & the Beliefs Running the Show w/ Dominique Webber, Naturopath

    You know the list. Eat well. Exercise. Meditate. Take the supplements. And yet something still feels stuck. In this episode I sit down with Dominique Webber from The Pillars Naturopathy - a naturopath based in Manly who works with women on metabolic health, gut health, and hormonal wellbeing. What starts as a conversation about naturopathy quickly becomes one of the most honest conversations I’ve had about why doing all the right things still isn’t enough when the body is stuck in survival mode. We go into the intersection of our two worlds - the physical body and the inner world - and what it actually takes to heal when stress has become your identity, your baseline, and your way of life. Because here’s the truth: stress isn’t just a feeling. It’s showing up in your hormones, your cycle, your gut, your libido, your fatigue. And the body will keep saying no until you listen. We also get personal. About burning the candle at both ends while building a business. About the self-critical inner voice I carried for years - “you should do better, this was your fault” - and how belief work through EMDR finally moved me from self-sabotage into freedom. About what it means to stop choosing struggle as a way to prove your resilience. This one is for the high-achievers who are doing everything right and still hitting a wall. In this episode: Why chronic stress is the root of most of what Dominique sees in clinic - hormones, gut, thyroid, fatigueThe difference between suppressing symptoms and actually finding the fireOvulatory dysfunction, libido, and the real cost of living in fight-or-flightWhy supplements are supplementary - and what actually moves the needleThe subconscious beliefs underneath the burnout loopMy story of moving from “you should do better” to co-creating with lifeMasculine/feminine energy, the hustle identity, and learning to receive more by doing less Find Domnique here: https://www.thepillarsnaturopathy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thepillars.naturopathy Rooted. Alive. Full out.

    #39 When the Body Says No More - Stress, Hormones & the Beliefs Running the Show w/ Dominique Webber, Naturopath

  3. Sep 30

    #38 The Absence of Self — How the Emptiness Became the Calling w/ Roberto Cansella

    What if the moment you felt most empty was actually the moment your real life was beginning? In this episode, I'm joined by Roberto — known as Nuki — a transformation mentor and podcaster whose path into entrepreneurship started not from ambition, but from a felt sense of absence. A deep, unsettling emptiness that turned out to be the most honest signal he'd ever received. We go into the places most people skip over: the gap between knowing something in your mind and actually living it in your body. The difference between meditating on your vision and genuinely feeling it as real. What it means to jump timelines — with your eyes open — and why curiosity might be the most underrated spiritual compass there is. Nuki brings in the concept of Sahu — the Egyptian term for the spiritual body — and we explore what it actually looks like to embody your spiritual gifts rather than just understand them. This one goes into Egyptian lineage, light workers and cycle breakers, the role of astrology held loosely (not as a cage), and what it takes to build something from the inside out. For the high-capacity people building legacies and creating from their essence — this is your episode. In this episode: The "absence of me" — how emptiness became Roberto's catalystMeditation twice daily to feel the quantum, not just visualise itSahu, the spiritual body, and embodying your gifts beyond the intellectJumping timelines with eyes open as a lived spiritual practiceCuriosity as compass — how it drives both healing and expansionEgyptian lineage, light workers, and building something that outlasts youWhy being fully human is the gateway, not the obstacleRooted. Alive. Full out. | Olivia Maxwell | Olivia Maxwell is a former psychologist, EMDR practitioner, breathwork facilitator and Akashic Records Guide based on Sydney's Northern Beaches. She works with people at the point where the old identity is no longer sustainable and something deeper is asking to emerge - more of their true unique essence they came here to radiate 100%. Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/om_oliviamaxwell/ Website | https://www.oliviamaxwell.com.au/ | Roberto "Nuki" Cansella | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/nuki_cansella/ Website | https://nukicansella.com/ Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/@nuki_cansella?si=5wlZW0sMMnoqsUyL

    #38 The Absence of Self — How the Emptiness Became the Calling w/ Roberto Cansella

  4. Sep 24

    #37 The Answer to My Burnout Was Quieter Than I Expected Minisode w/ Olivia Maxwell

    I was on the brink of burnout - and the thing that turned it around wasn't a better strategy, it was silence. On choosing yourself over the loud, busy mind loop, and why that gets hardest exactly when you're standing in a threshold. | Olivia Maxwell | Olivia Maxwell is a former psychologist, EMDR practitioner, breathwork facilitator and Akashic Records Guide based on Sydney's Northern Beaches. She works with people at the point where the old identity is no longer sustainable and something deeper is asking to emerge. Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/om_oliviamaxwell/ Website | https://www.oliviamaxwell.com.au/ Sign up my Sydney Breathwork Container Here | https://www.oliviamaxwell.com.au/rooted-alive-full-out

    #37 The Answer to My Burnout Was Quieter Than I Expected Minisode w/ Olivia Maxwell

  5. Sep 14

    Being Fully Human (Part 1) w/ Sean Vitorovic #36

    What if being fully human - messy, uncertain, uncomfortable, expanding - is not the thing getting in the way of your becoming? What if it is the whole point? This episode is a conversation about what it actually means to be human. Not the curated version. Not the version that has it together. The version that feels the pull toward something more, answers it anyway, and discovers that the gap between knowing your gifts and living them can only ever be closed from the inside. I sat down with Sean Vitorovic - NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist, clinical Pilates teacher and former Google employee experience lead - for one of the most real conversations I have had on this show. Sean is someone who explores the edges of himself and of life, and who recently followed an inner call to leave the security of Google and build something entirely his own. In this episode we speak to: What being fully human actually means - and why embracing it is the spiritual work, not the obstacle to itSean's journey of returning to himself and answering the inner call to step out on his ownThe gap that opens between knowing your divine gifts and actually living them - and what closes itConfidence in self and in your gifts when the discomfort is loudestLeaning toward the edges of yourself as the path to real expansionBridging humanity and divinity - not as opposites but as the same journeyThe gap between knowing and living closes when you stop waiting to feel ready and start being human enough to begin. Peel the Onion with Olivia Maxwell explores the intersection of psychology and soul.  Find Sean here https://looongclub.com/ and on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@LooongClub Find Olivia at https://www.oliviamaxwell.com.au/ and on Instagram @om_oliviamaxwell

    Being Fully Human (Part 1) w/ Sean Vitorovic #36

  6. Sep 2

    Resistance Is the Signal Minisode w/ Olivia Maxwell #35

    This minisode is about what it actually feels like to be fully present with yourself - pleasant or unpleasant - without running from it, fixing it, or performing your way through it. This episode explores: Why resistance is not a problem to solve - it is a signal that you have disconnected from yourself and from source consciousnessThe difference between avoiding life and being genuinely at peace with what isHow to use thankfulness and gratitude as an anchor - not a bypass - to return to love, light and your own essenceSilencing the distractions that pull you out of the moment and back into your headA simple gratitude affirmation practice to ground yourself back into who you actually are todayThis is not about toxic positivity. It is about coming home to yourself - fully, honestly, in this moment - and finding that you were always enough to return to. Peel the Onion with Olivia Maxwell explores the intersection of psychology and soul. Instagram: @om_oliviamaxwell. Website: https://www.oliviamaxwell.com.au/ Fully Rooted, Fully You 9-Week Program - Applications now open. Apply here: https://www.oliviamaxwell.com.au/fully-rooted

    Resistance Is the Signal Minisode w/ Olivia Maxwell #35

  7. Aug 6

    For the One Still Figuring It Out - A Message for Existing and Upcoming Entrepreneurs

    I recorded this one from my car, parked outside, baby asleep in the back seat. And honestly - that is the whole message. Building something on your own terms does not wait for perfect conditions. Neither does your intuition. In this minisode I am speaking directly to the entrepreneurs and emerging leaders who are drowning in everyone else's formulas, frameworks and five-step plans - and losing the thread of their own knowing in the process. This episode explores: Why someone else's formula will never work the same way for you - and why that is not a failureThe order that actually works - intuition first, then let logic and strategy followHow to feel the difference between aligned action and performance-based doingThe reminder that there is a higher plan and frequency at play in your business and your life - bigger than any algorithm or launch calendarWhy the most successful thing you can do right now is come back to your own divine alignmentThis one is honest, unpolished and recorded in a car park. Which means it is exactly what it is meant to be. Peel the Onion with Olivia Maxwell explores the intersection of psychology and soul. Find Olivia on Instagram @awakened_mbs or at awakenedmbs.com.au.

    For the One Still Figuring It Out - A Message for Existing and Upcoming Entrepreneurs

  8. Jul 24

    Rooted, Alive, Full Out ✦ A Threshold I Recently Crossed and I am Forever Changed Minisode #33

    This one's personal. For a long time I carried things that were never mine to carry...patterns, imprints, an armour I built just to feel safe in the world. I was doing life from effort, not from essence. This episode is me speaking into that. Into what it's taken to come back into my body...to feel safe there, to feel grounded there, to stop performing my way through and start living from my own energy instead. It's the journey that birthed Rooted, Alive, Full Out - a new 3-part breathwork immersion launching 23 August, built from everything this threshold crossing taught me. Check it out here https://awakenedmbs.com.au/events/ Because living fully in your own essence, safe in your body and free of what isn't yours...that's not a nice-to-have. It's your birthright. | Olivia Maxwell | Olivia Maxwell is a former psychologist and intuitive guide based on Sydney's Northern Beaches, working with people at the threshold where the old identity no longer fits and something deeper is asking to emerge. Blending Trauma-informed psychology with Akashic Records, breathwork and somatic work, she guides high-functioning, soulful people out of the loop and into a life that's rooted, alive, and fully their own.  Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/awakened_mbs/ Website | https://awakenedmbs.com.au/ Group Breathwork Container Starting 23rd August | https://awakenedmbs.com.au/events/

    Rooted, Alive, Full Out ✦ A Threshold I Recently Crossed and I am Forever Changed Minisode #33
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Peel back the layers. Live from your truth. Peel the Onion is a podcast for cycle breakers ready to shed the conditioned beliefs, fears and masks that have kept them playing small - and return to who they actually are. Hosted by Olivia Maxwell - ex-registered psychologist, breathwork facilitator and Akashic Records practitioner - each episode explores the real growing pains of transformation. Like peeling an onion, it burns. And it’s worth it. If you’re done fitting the mould and ready to inhabit your life fully - you’re home.

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