Magnify With Sue

Sue Paulson
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What if the answer you've been searching for isn't out there—but already within you? I'm Sue Paulson, and on Magnify with Sue, I help people move beyond self-doubt, fear, and the feeling of not being enough. Through inspiring stories, honest conversations, and practical insights, we'll explore self-worth, confidence, purpose, and personal transformation. If you're ready to stop searching outside yourself and discover the wisdom, strength, and magnificence already within you, this podcast is for you.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    How to Stop Losing Yourself and Start Choosing Freedom—Karina Biernath | Ep 6

    In this episode of Magnify With Sue, I sit down with author Karina Biernath for a heartfelt conversation about self love, fear, freedom, motherhood, relationships, healing, and the journey of coming back to yourself. Karina shares how she once believed happiness meant always smiling, building the right family life, and being loved by others. But after moving from Poland to the United States, entering marriage and motherhood, and facing health challenges, she began to realize that true happiness could not be found by performing, pleasing, or trying to become someone else. Together, we explore what happens when you lose yourself in love, how self care can be misunderstood as selfishness, why our thoughts shape the life we create, and how freedom begins when we stop abandoning ourselves. Karina is the author of Karina: One Woman’s Journey from Fear to Freedom, a memoir about identity, healing, courage, and learning to live more fully from the inside out. Subscribe to The Magnify With Sue Newsletter Before you listen, I would love to invite you to join The Magnify With Sue Newsletter. Each week, I share reflections, tools, and encouragement to help you move from self doubt to self love, from fear to inner peace, and from hiding to shining. Join the newsletter here:https://magnifywithsue.com Connect with Karina Websitehttps://kkbiernath.com Karina’s book, Karina: One Woman’s Journey from Fear to Freedom, is available through her website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Ingram, ebook, and audiobook formats. Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Magnify With Sue 00:33 Meet Karina Biernath 01:51 What Karina believed happiness was supposed to look like 03:23 Moving to America and searching for happiness outside herself 05:05 Health challenges and the body’s invitation to slow down 07:49 Losing yourself in relationships and expectations 09:19 Questioning the expectations we create for ourselves 10:22 Survival, family history, and generational sacrifice 13:51 Looking beyond symptoms and beginning deeper healing 14:33 The turning point toward holistic transformation 15:32 How one thought can begin to change your life 17:56 Self care, selfishness, and staying true to yourself 19:16 Karina’s book and the journey from fear to freedom 20:19 Facing fear and choosing growth anyway 22:24 Love, fear, and stepping outside the comfort zone 24:18 Self love, shadow work, and accepting yourself fully 26:32 The gifts hidden inside life’s challenges 27:25 Creating your life one thought at a time 29:55 What is next for Karina 33:00 Creativity, yoga, writing, and trusting what comes next 33:29 How to connect with Karina and find her book 34:32 Sue’s closing reflection on freedom and magnificence

    36 min

  2. Jun 22

    How to Lighten a Heavy Heart and Find Peace Again | Ep 5

    Join the Magnify with Sue newsletter for weekly tools to help you move from self-doubt to self-love: https://magnifywithsue.com/ In this episode of Magnify with Sue, Sue Paulson explores the deeper emotional and spiritual connection to the heart. Inspired by family health challenges, Sue reflects on how fear, grief, resentment, appreciation, gratitude, and forgiveness can affect the way we carry life in our hearts. This conversation is an invitation to lighten your heart, release what has been weighing you down, and reconnect with the magnificence already within you. Sue shares practical reflections on appreciation, gratitude, and forgiveness, along with a personal story about understanding her father’s love in a new way. Timestamped Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Magnify with Sue00:33 Why Heart Health Is on Sue’s Mind01:24 The Physical Heart and What It Does for Us02:28 The Power of Heart-Related Words03:13 Heavy Hearts, Heartbreak, and Emotional Pain04:28 Grief, Anger, Fear, and the Heart05:41 How Fear and Frustration Affect the Heart07:14 Carrying the Heaviness of the World08:33 Choosing Good News and Heartwarming Stories09:10 Positive Heart Phrases That Shift Perspective10:46 Getting to the Heart of the Matter11:57 The Power of Being Lighthearted13:03 What Children Teach Us About Joy13:59 Appreciation as a Heart-Healing Practice16:23 Taking Responsibility for Your Inner State17:11 Gratitude Through Adversity and Support18:12 Forgiveness as a Way to Release the Burden20:53 Understanding People Through a New Lens22:54 Sue’s Personal Story About Her Father’s Love25:11 Today’s Heart-Lightening Challenge26:19 Closing Reflection and Newsletter Invitation

    27 min

  3. Jun 15

    How to Diagnose the Relationships Shaping Your Life | Ep 4

    Join the Magnify with Sue newsletter. Sign up here: ⁠https://magnifywithsue.com⁠ In this episode of Magnify with Sue, Sue Paulson invites us to look at relationships in a much wider way. Not just romantic relationships or friendships, but our relationship with money, work, health, politics, fear, possibility, and even ourselves. Sue explores how our attitudes, emotions, fears, hopes, and old beliefs shape the way we relate to different parts of life. She shares a powerful exercise about writing a letter to money as if it were a person, and how that simple reflection can reveal hidden resentment, fear, judgment, or resistance. This episode is a gentle but practical invitation to pause and ask: What am I in relationship with? What is working? What is not working? Where did this attitude come from? And what small shift could help me move closer to joy, peace, and my own magnificence? Sue also reminds us that we do not have to transform everything overnight. Sometimes growth begins with one small shift, one better question, or one new perspective. This is an episode for anyone who wants to move from fear to self-love, from doubt to inner peace, and from old patterns into a more open and compassionate way of living. In This Episode, Sue Talks About: How we are in relationship with everything around us Why our attitudes and emotions reveal what is really going on How childhood sayings and beliefs shape our relationship with money A simple letter-writing exercise for diagnosing your relationship with money Why negative labels can keep us stuck in fear, doubt, and worry How to ask better questions instead of staying trapped in old assumptions Why transformation starts with small, honest shifts How to notice what brings joy and what blocks your magnificence Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Magnify with Sue 00:33 Diagnosing your relationships 02:02 Attitudes, emotions, fears, hopes, and dreams 04:31 Understanding your relationship with money 06:37 The letter-writing exercise 08:06 What your words reveal about your beliefs 09:52 What is working and what is not working? 11:42 Hopes, dreams, and fantasies in relationships 12:34 Our relationship with politics and the world 14:42 Asking better questions 15:25 Choosing one relationship to explore this week 17:02 Small shifts that create transformation 17:53 Closing thoughts and newsletter invitation

    19 min

  4. Jun 8

    How to Awaken Your Inner Magnificence and Find Peace Through Hard Seasons with Sue Paulson | Ep 3

    Join the Magnify with Sue Newsletter Get weekly reflections to help you move from self-doubt to self-love, from fear to inner peace, and from striving to remembering who you truly are. Sign up at: https://magnifywithsue.com In this special episode of Magnify with Sue, I’m sharing a conversation I originally had as a featured guest on Abstract Essay with Daniel Lucas. In this interview, we explored some of the deepest parts of my journey, including my near-death experience, two experiences with cancer, bankruptcy, divorce, business failure, and the lessons that helped me keep going through seasons that felt heavy and uncertain. We also talked about my books, Magnificent Misery and The Healing Call of Cancer, and why I believe our hardest experiences can open the door to deeper healing, greater awareness, and a more truthful understanding of who we really are. At the heart of this episode is one message: you are more powerful than the adversity in front of you. You came in magnificent. The work is not to become worthy, but to remember the magnificence that has always been within you. Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Magnify with Sue 00:33 Sue’s background and life-changing near-death experience 01:07 Introducing Sue Paulson on Abstract Essay with Daniel Lucas 01:53 What kept Sue going through divorce, bankruptcy, business failure, cancer, and hardship 03:52 What it means to be a Magnificence Mentor 04:12 Why Sue believes we are born magnificent 06:57 The difference between feeling better and awakening to your magnificence 08:18 The meaning behind Magnificent Misery 10:14 Sue’s near-death experience and what it taught her about love, life, and worthiness 13:33 Why Sue calls cancer a healing call, not just a battle 16:37 Self-improvement vs. embracing your magnificence 19:52 Why the word “magnificence” matters 20:50 Where to find Sue’s books and teachings 21:34 Encouragement for anyone going through their own difficult season 23:18 Closing reflection and invitation to join the Magnify with Sue newsletter

    24 min

  5. Jun 2

    You Were Never the Problem: How to Break Free From the "Not Enough" Belief | Ep 2

    Join the Magnify with Sue newsletter at https://magnifywithsue.com/ This episode, we're going deep on something that's been quietly running your life for a long time — this feeling of not enough. I know it well. I lived it for decades. The failed business in my 20s, a marriage that ended, the money I made that still didn't fill the hole — I kept striving, kept improving, kept trying to measure up. And none of it worked. Because I was starting from the wrong place entirely. In this episode, I'm tracing where "not enough" comes from — all the way back to childhood, to the words that took root before we even knew what was happening. I'll walk you through how that belief shows up in every corner of our lives: in the striving, the spending, the never-quite-satisfied feeling that follows every achievement. And then — the turning point. My near-death experience in 2000 changed everything I thought I knew about whether I had to earn my place in this world. What I found on the other side shook me to my core. In the best possible way. I'll share the simple but powerful exercise that began to rebuild my sense of self-worth from the ground up — and I'm giving you a challenge at the end to try it yourself this week. You came in magnificent. You didn't have to earn it. Let's go find it. Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome to Magnify with Sue 00:00:37 Introducing the "Not Enough" Concept 00:02:09 How Words Take Root in Childhood 00:05:50 Self-Doubt Grows Like a Weed 00:07:17 Business Failures, Divorce, and Still Striving 00:12:50 Making Money and Still Feeling Empty 00:15:40 Why Retail Therapy Never Fills the Hole 00:18:00 Starting From a Place of Lack 00:19:51 Sue's Near-Death Experience in 2000 00:23:11 There Is No Book of Judgment 00:25:20 Building the Magnificence Muscle 00:28:11 The 100 Good Things Exercise 00:31:51 Your Challenge for This Week 00:32:33 Join the Magnify with Sue Newsletter

    33 min

  6. Jun 2

    You Were Born Magnificent: The Truth About Self-Worth | Ep 1

    Join the Magnify with Sue newsletter for weekly inspiration, practical reflections, and tools to help you reconnect with the magnificent person you already are.Sign up today at: https://magnifywithsue.com/ Have you spent your life trying to measure up, improve yourself, or prove your worth, only to feel like something is still missing? In this first episode of Magnify with Sue, I share the heart behind this podcast and the life-changing realization that transformed everything for me. For years, I believed that success, happiness, and fulfillment would come from fixing what was wrong with me. Like many of us, I learned early on to focus on my weaknesses, compare myself to others, and constantly strive to become "better." But after a profound near-death experience, I began to see a different truth. What if you were never broken? What if the magnificence you've been searching for has been within you all along? In this episode, I explore how self-doubt is often learned, why striving can keep us disconnected from ourselves, and how inner transformation creates the foundation for outward growth. This conversation is an invitation to look beyond fear, criticism, and old conditioning and reconnect with the magnificent person you already are. If you've ever felt invisible, isolated, or like you've done everything right and still aren't where you want to be, this episode is for you. Together, we'll begin the journey back to your true self. Timestamped Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Magnify with Sue 00:00:41 Why This Podcast Exists 00:01:28 A Lifetime of Struggle and Striving 00:02:43 Learning to Focus on Our Weaknesses 00:04:36 The Cost of Self-Doubt and Constant Improvement 00:05:58 My Near-Death Experience Changed Everything 00:07:04 Looking Within Instead of Looking Outside 00:07:50 Understanding Self-Induced Suffering 00:09:13 Discovering Your Inherent Magnificence 00:09:53 Finding Your Voice and Your True Self 00:11:17 What to Expect from Future Episodes 00:12:28 Final Encouragement and Invitation 00:12:50 Join the Magnify with Sue Newsletter

    13 min

  7. Jun 1

    Magnify with Sue Podcast Trailer: Why Doing Everything Right Still Doesn't Make You Happy

    What if the reason you feel stuck, unfulfilled, or like something is missing isn't because you're not enough? In this trailer episode of Magnify with Sue, Sue Paulson shares the message she wishes someone had told her decades ago: you were born magnificent. Whether you've achieved success and still feel empty, or life hasn't unfolded the way you hoped, this podcast is designed for people who are tired of searching for answers outside themselves. Each week, Sue explores the journey from fear, self-doubt, and feeling "not enough" to self-love, clarity, confidence, and inner peace through solo episodes and inspiring guest conversations. If you've ever asked yourself, "How come I'm not happy?" this podcast is for you. Join the Magnify community and receive weekly inspiration, insights, and tools for personal transformation: https://magnifywithsue.com Follow Magnify with Sue wherever you listen to podcasts and join us for Episode One.

    2 min

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What if the answer you've been searching for isn't out there—but already within you? I'm Sue Paulson, and on Magnify with Sue, I help people move beyond self-doubt, fear, and the feeling of not being enough. Through inspiring stories, honest conversations, and practical insights, we'll explore self-worth, confidence, purpose, and personal transformation. If you're ready to stop searching outside yourself and discover the wisdom, strength, and magnificence already within you, this podcast is for you.

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