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. 2D AGO

    276. Do Better: Power, Silence, and the Wellness Industry’s Moral Compass

    Send a text What happens when the people who claim to guide healing stay silent when it matters most? In this episode, Anna speaks candidly about what she has witnessed inside the coaching and wellness industry for years, and why the silence from some of its biggest voices feels impossible to ignore. When influence, money, and reputation collide with ethics, accountability matters. Join Anna and Tim as they explore the psychology behind silence, the danger of putting gurus on pedestals, and why people searching for healing deserve leaders with a stronger moral compass. This Episode Covers Why the silence from major voices in the wellness and coaching industry matters.The difference between legal innocence and ethical responsibility.How vulnerable people searching for healing can be exploited.The psychology behind moral licensing, groupthink, and brand protection.Why charisma and confidence often get mistaken for credibility.The dangers of spiritual bypassing and “love and light” culture.Power dynamics and why clients, patients, and students are not dating pools.Why influence in wellness carries a duty of care, even in an unregulated industry.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 13m

  2. MAR 5

    275. Power Moves That Change How You Think and Feel (Part II)

    Send a text Insight alone doesn’t change your life. Knowing why you think or feel a certain way is only the first step, but real transformation starts when behavior changes. In this episode, the focus shifts from awareness to action and the small, repeatable behaviors that create emotional stability over time. Join Anna and Tim as they unpack the “power moves” that help people move out of anxious overthinking and into self-trust. From naming anxiety in the moment to riding the wave of difficult emotions, they explore how tiny shifts in behavior can reshape how the brain responds to stress. They dive into why understanding something isn’t enough, why repetition matters, and how keeping small promises to yourself builds confidence and resilience. This Episode Covers: Why emotional mastery is built through behavior, not just insight.“Name it to tame it,” labeling anxiety to reduce its intensity.Looking for evidence instead of believing the stories your brain tells under stress.Riding the wave of emotions instead of trying to fix or suppress them.One-tab living and why multitasking overloads the brain.Decision fatigue and creating simple personal policies that remove daily debate.Boundaries without turning every decision into a courtroom explanation.Building self-trust by keeping small promises to yourself every day.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 10m

  3. FEB 26

    274. Mindset Shifts Most of Us Desperately Need (Part I)

    Send a text Sometimes it’s not that life is falling apart. It’s that the way you’re thinking about it is. The spiral. The catastrophizing. The “why am I like this?” loop that keeps you stuck in your own head. In this episode, Anna and Tim unpack the mindset shifts that almost all of us need to hear, even if we’ve heard them before. From scarcity thinking rooted in childhood to overtraining, people pleasing, perfectionism, and burnout, this episode gets real about the internal patterns that quietly run the show. Join them as they explore what it means to treat your feelings as information, not instruction, to stop waiting to feel ready, and to recognize that you’re not behind, you might just be overloaded. This Episode Covers: How scarcity thinking from childhood can quietly shape your default mindset.The difference between feelings as information and feelings as instruction.Why so many of us live in catastrophizing and worst-case scenarios.Boundaries as a resource decision, not a moral argument.People pleasing as a way to manage other people’s emotions.The pressure of perfection, overtraining, and burning yourself out.The shift from “why am I like this?” to “what do I do next?”.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 2m

  4. FEB 19

    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

  5. 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

  6. FEB 5

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

    Send 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

  7. JAN 29

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

    Send 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

  8. JAN 22

    269. Why Some Relationships Leave You Emotionally Drained

    Send 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
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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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