The Grounded & Becoming Podcast

Maxine Adams

Grounded & Becoming is a podcast for women who want to feel rooted in who they are while growing into their strength — the kind that begins with alignment and flows into every part of life. This is a space for women who feel the quiet tension between who they’ve been and who they’re becoming. Not a pull toward more noise or hustle — but toward more clarity. More self-trust. More truth. Here, we explore motherhood, marriage, money, identity, healing, and ambition through the lens of internal authority — the power to respond instead of react, to set boundaries without guilt, and to choose differently than you were conditioned to. Through personal reflections and grounded conversations with everyday women navigating real transitions — evolving, rebuilding, expanding, or starting again — we talk honestly about what it means to grow without abandoning yourself. We honor the spiritual dimension of becoming, exploring intuition, manifestation, energetic alignment, and quantum leaps — always anchored in lived experience and embodied change. This isn’t about performing power. It’s about anchoring into yourself — spiritually and practically — and allowing expansion to rise from that place. Softness and strength aren’t opposites here. They’re integrated. Rooted in calm. 🤍 Rising in power.⚡️

  1. 5D AGO

    How Regulating Yourself Helps You Parent Better | With Heather

    In this episode, I sit down with Heather for a heartfelt conversation about the connection between nervous system regulation and motherhood. We dive into how learning to regulate yourself first can completely transform the way you parent, respond to stress, and support your child emotionally. We talk about breaking reactive cycles, creating more safety and calm within the home, and why children often co-regulate through the nervous systems of their parents. When you begin slowing down, healing, and becoming more grounded within yourself, it naturally helps your child feel more secure, connected, and emotionally regulated too. This episode is for the moms who want to parent with more intention, softness, and presence — while also learning how to care for themselves in the process. 🤍 Follow on imstagram for mor econtent @grounded.and.becoming

    26 min

  2. MAY 3

    Your Glow Up Will Trigger People

    Becoming the best version of yourself means more than healing, growing, and chasing your dreams—it also means being honest about who gets to come with you. In this episode of Grounded & Becoming, we’re talking about outgrowing people, protecting your peace, and understanding that not everyone is meant to have front-row access to your life. Sometimes people project their own pain, insecurity, and unhappiness onto you—especially when your growth reminds them of what they haven’t faced in themselves. Your healing can trigger people. Your happiness can trigger people. Your confidence can trigger people. But that doesn’t mean you’re the problem. This episode is about choosing your tribe, protecting your energy, raising your standards, and remembering that your light is not too much. Sometimes growth means realizing: not everyone is meant to come with you. ✨ For more daily content, follow on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming

    12 min

  3. APR 26

    Slow Seasons, Big Dreams: Making Space for What Matters

    ✨ Episode Description In this episode, I’m talking about what it really looks like to make space for your dreams—especially in seasons where life feels full, busy, and completely different than it did a few months ago. 🤍 As a mom balancing a 9 to 5, motherhood, personal growth, and building something bigger for yourself, it can feel overwhelming. I’ve been reflecting a lot on feeling behind in content creation and disconnected from some of my goals—but I realized something important: making room for your dreams doesn’t always mean having endless free time or a full day dedicated to creating. 🌿 Sometimes, it looks like consistency in the small pockets of time you do have. Sometimes, it looks like choosing rest. Sometimes, it looks like cleaning your home, resetting your space, and protecting your peace. ✨🏡 This week reminded me how deeply our environment affects our energy. Coming home to a clean space felt like coming home to myself again. 🕊️ We’re also talking about the mindset shift around your 9 to 5—it may not be your final destination, but it is part of the path. It’s helping fund the vision, support the dream, and build the life you’re working toward. 💫 This is your reminder that slow seasons are still productive seasons. You are not behind. You are becoming. 🌸 🎙 Listen now on The Grounded & Becoming Podcast—link in bio or wherever you stream your podcasts. 📲 For more daily content, follow along on Instagram: @grounded.and.becoming

    15 min

  4. APR 21

    Returning to Her Body, Awakening Her Gifts with Ali the Empathic Healer

    In this episode, I sit down with Ali the Empathic Healer, also known as the empathic healer, to have a deeply honest conversation about what it really means to come back home to yourself. We dive into her journey of learning to put herself first — not from a place of selfishness, but from a place of healing. Leah shares how reconnecting with her nervous system became the foundation for everything: her peace, her clarity, and ultimately, her creativity. What’s so powerful is how her healing didn’t just help her feel better… it unlocked parts of her she didn’t even know were there — her unique gifts, her intuition, and her ability to show up more fully in her life. This conversation is a reminder that your nervous system isn’t something to fix — it’s something to listen to. And when you do, it can guide you back to who you truly are. ✨ If you’ve been feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or like you’ve lost yourself a little… this episode will meet you exactly where you are. Ali the Empathic healer Instagram @the.empathichealer For mor more daily content follow on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming ✨️🦋💸💫

    31 min

  5. APR 19

    You’re Not Chasing Your Dreams, You’re Remembering Them

    On a random morning walk I receive this message I had to share. There’s a reason your dreams won’t leave you alone ✨ In this episode, I’m sharing a deeper perspective on why the life you envision — the woman you feel called to become — is already yours, just existing on a different level, a different frequency, a different version of reality 🌿 But here’s the shift: you don’t wait for her… you start becoming her now 🤍 We talk about: Why your desires are placed on your heart for a reason 💫 The idea that your “future self” already exists 🪞 How to start acting like her before you see the results 🌸 Training your nervous system to feel safe in expansion 🧠✨ The healing required to hold the life you’re calling in 🌊 This isn’t about pretending. It’s about embodiment 🌹 It’s about creating internal safety for the life you say you want. Because the moment your nervous system feels safe… everything starts to shift 🔐✨ If you’ve been feeling the pull toward more — more alignment, more purpose, more YOU — this episode is your reminder that you’re not crazy for wanting it 🌙 You’re being guided toward it 💖 Follow on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming for more daily content

    10 min

  6. APR 14

    Rising Beyond & Finding Her Voice: One Woman’s Healing Journey with JoJo

    I sat down with Jojo, author of The Crumbling Tower of Your Life, to dive deep into her healing journey—the experiences that shaped her and led her to write this poetry book. We also explore the expectations placed on women—and how to rise beyond them—as well as the transformative power of love. Throughout our conversation, she shares why it’s so important to realize you’re never truly alone in your feelings—others have felt them too. A heartfelt episode about growth, courage, and finding your own path. ✨️ 📖 You can find her book here: https://a.co/d/03uxOX0n⁠

    32 min

  7. APR 12

    Your Energy Is Sacred: Releasing What Isn’t Yours

    In this episode, we dive into the deep, often uncomfortable truth about energy — not everything you’re carrying belongs to you. So much of what we hold isn’t ours… it’s inherited, absorbed, or taken on from a place of love, survival, or conditioning. But there comes a moment on the healing journey where you’re called to release it. I share my personal journey of learning to protect my energy, especially after stepping into motherhood and creating my own family. It shifted everything — how I show up, what I hold, and what I no longer allow into my space. We talk about: ✨ Releasing emotional weight that isn’t yours ✨ Learning to say no without guilt ✨ Why protecting your energy isn’t selfish — it’s sacred ✨ Honoring your needs without over-explaining This is your reminder that your energy is sacred. You don’t have to carry everything. You don’t have to give it away so freely anymore. 🤍 For daily grounded + becoming content, follow along on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming 🌿✨

    19 min

  8. APR 5

    Grounded & Becoming New Era: Where Softness Meets Fire

    This is your invitation into a new era… Grounded & Becoming 2.0. In this episode, I’m sharing the shift that’s been unfolding beneath the surface—the move away from constant doing, pushing, and proving… and into a deeper, more embodied way of becoming. We’re talking about finding the balance between softness and fire. Between calm presence and inner power. Between surrender and self-leadership. This isn’t surface-level growth. This is deep healing. Nervous system work. Identity shifts. This is the work that asks you to slow down… to feel… to release… and to rise differently. If you’ve been craving a softer way to grow—without losing your edge, your ambition, your power—this is for you. Welcome to the version of you that is both grounded… and unstoppable. 🌿🔥 Follow on Instagram for more @grounded.and.becoming

    8 min
See All (30)

About

Grounded & Becoming is a podcast for women who want to feel rooted in who they are while growing into their strength — the kind that begins with alignment and flows into every part of life. This is a space for women who feel the quiet tension between who they’ve been and who they’re becoming. Not a pull toward more noise or hustle — but toward more clarity. More self-trust. More truth. Here, we explore motherhood, marriage, money, identity, healing, and ambition through the lens of internal authority — the power to respond instead of react, to set boundaries without guilt, and to choose differently than you were conditioned to. Through personal reflections and grounded conversations with everyday women navigating real transitions — evolving, rebuilding, expanding, or starting again — we talk honestly about what it means to grow without abandoning yourself. We honor the spiritual dimension of becoming, exploring intuition, manifestation, energetic alignment, and quantum leaps — always anchored in lived experience and embodied change. This isn’t about performing power. It’s about anchoring into yourself — spiritually and practically — and allowing expansion to rise from that place. Softness and strength aren’t opposites here. They’re integrated. Rooted in calm. 🤍 Rising in power.⚡️

Information