Ownit! Powercast

Mary Baker
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The Own It! Powercast is all about personal growth. It's about taking time to learn, grow and change, with You in the driver's seat. Life coach, counselor and teacher Mary Baker will walk you through the necessary ingredients to have great self-confidence, live with purpose and on purpose, and finally start to love your life. This is a show about taking charge of your personal growth, and about taking your fear and turning it into powerful choices that will create sustained changes. Finally understand what's been in your way all along, and the tools you need to get to where you want to be. So if you're serious about transforming your relationships with yourself and others, then this is the podcast for you!

  1. 16h ago

    EP340 Why Is It So Hard to Just Own It?

    Have you ever walked away from a conversation wondering how you suddenly became responsible for someone else's feelings, reactions, or choices? Sometimes responsibility gets shifted around so subtly that we don't even recognize it. And sometimes we're the ones doing the shifting! This week we're taking a closer look at the everyday conversations that reveal how we understand responsibility in our relationships. We'll explore what happens when blame, guilt, expectations, and defensiveness enter our conversations, and how we can begin recognizing what actually belongs to us. Because healthy communication isn't about assigning equal blame or avoiding accountability. It's about learning to recognize our own part without taking ownership of someone else's. Three things you'll take away: Why everyday conversations can leave us feeling responsible for things that aren't ours. How to recognize the difference between accountability and blame. Why understanding who owns what can change the way we communicate and relate to others. The ability to tolerate someone else's disappointment is part of emotional maturity.       Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here! If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap! PLUS receive Mary's weekly insights on confidence, boundaries, self-trust, and healthy relationships.     Need more?  Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice:   https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words         Hey! My signature course is live!  I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program.  Be sure to click here to check it out: https://findyourvoicecourse.com/   Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey!  https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hour

  2. Oct 7

    EP339 Who Owns What: The Question That Can Change Your Relationships

    Have you ever walked away from a conversation wondering, Was that mine to fix? Did I do something wrong? Am I responsible for how they're feeling? Relationships can get complicated quickly when we lose track of where our responsibility ends and someone else's begins. We may take on emotions that aren't ours, try to manage someone else's reactions, or assume that another person's disappointment means we've made the wrong choice. In this episode we're looking at the question: Who owns what in a relationship? We'll talk about personal responsibility, the role healthy detachment plays in staying connected without taking over, and why caring about someone doesn't require carrying everything they feel, choose, or experience. Because healthier relationships aren't about caring less—they're about getting clearer about what's actually yours to own.   Sometimes the most loving thing we can do is let someone own their own choices.   Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here! If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap!   Need more?  Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice:   https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words     Hey! My signature course is live!  I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program.  Be sure to click here to check it out: https://findyourvoicecourse.com/   Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey!  https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hour     Resources: Join the private Facebook group! It's a great group of people working on themselves…and supporting each other.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1212485642262143   Thank you for tuning in to this podcast. Please remember to leave a positive review on your podcast platform and let us know how this episode has been helpful. Also don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Spotify so you don't miss a thing!

  3. Sep 23

    EP338 Tell Me Why: The Missing Piece in Healthy Communication

    Healthy communication isn't just about saying what you think, feel, want, or need. Sometimes the part that creates real connection is explaining why. Not over-explaining, defending yourself, or trying to convince someone that your feelings are justified—but offering enough context to let another person understand what's happening inside you. In this episode we explore how sharing the "why" behind our needs, preferences, boundaries, and reactions can help us move beyond exchanging positions and toward actually knowing one another. We'll also talk about the other half of the equation: becoming curious about someone else's why. Because understanding doesn't mean agreeing, fixing, or giving in. It simply gives us more information—and often, a very different place from which to communicate. Three Takeaways How to recognize the difference between sharing context and over-explaining yourself Why revealing the reason underneath a need, boundary, or preference can feel surprisingly vulnerable How asking "Help me understand why this matters to you" can shift a conversation from opposing positions toward genuine understanding Curiosity can take us places that arguing never will.    Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here! If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap!   Need more?  Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice:   https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words     Hey! My signature course is live!  I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program.  Be sure to click here to check it out: https://findyourvoicecourse.com/   Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey!  https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hour     Resources: Join the private Facebook group! It's a great group of people working on themselves…and supporting each other.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1212485642262143   Thank you for tuning in to this podcast. Please remember to leave a positive review on your podcast platform and let us know how this episode has been helpful. Also don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Spotify so you don't miss a thing!

  4. Sep 9

    EP337: What You're Really Trying to Say: The Truth Underneath the "You" Statement

    Have you ever heard yourself say, "You don't care," "You never listen," or "You obviously don't want to be here"? Sometimes those words point to a very real problem, but they still may not be the deepest truth we're trying to communicate. In this episode we're looking underneath blame, criticism, sarcasm, and those familiar "you" statements to find what's actually happening: hurt, anger, fear, disappointment, longing, or a need we're afraid to name. We'll talk about why vulnerability can feel so much riskier than accusation, how our early experiences shape the way we communicate distress, and how to say what's true without abandoning ourselves, or attacking the other person. Because sometimes the bravest part of communication isn't finding better words. It's telling the truth underneath them.   The bravest sentence is often  the one where you stop telling someone about themselves and start telling them about you. How they hurt you.  What you're afraid of, and what you need.    Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here! If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap! PLUS receive Mary's weekly insights on confidence, boundaries, self-trust, and healthy relationships.     Need more?  Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice:   https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words         Hey! My signature course is live!  I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program.  Be sure to click here to check it out: https://findyourvoicecourse.com/   Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey!  https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hourTop of Form Bottom of Form

  5. Aug 26

    EP336 Creating a Life That Actually Fits You

    We've spent the summer learning to know ourselves, heal our relationship with ourselves, and begin living like we matter. But eventually, all that internal work has to show up somewhere…in our relationships, schedules, priorities, boundaries, communities, and the choices we make about how we want to live. In this final episode of our summer series, we're exploring what it means to create a life that actually fits the person you are today. We'll look at the difference between a difficult life and a misaligned one, why growth can change what fits, and how small choices can begin bringing your outer life into greater alignment with your inner one. You don't need to blow everything up or reinvent yourself. But you may need to start paying attention to what fits—and what doesn't.   Know yourself. Heal what needs healing. Honor what you discover. And then...build accordingly.   Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here! If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap! PLUS receive Mary's weekly insights on confidence, boundaries, self-trust, and healthy relationships.     Need more?  Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice:   https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words         Hey! My signature course is live!  I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program.  Be sure to click here to check it out: https://findyourvoicecourse.com/   Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey!  https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hourTop of Form Bottom of Form

  6. Aug 12

    EP335: Honoring Your Needs Without Apologizing

    We all have needs…but somewhere along the way, many of us learned to feel uncomfortable having them. Maybe you became the strong one, the easy one, the helper, or the person who didn't ask for much. You may have learned to put everyone else first, minimize what you needed, or believe that asking for support meant you were needy or selfish. But our needs are part of being human and pretending we don't have them doesn't make them disappear. In this episode we're talking about what it really means to honor your needs without guilt or apology. We'll look at why receiving help can sometimes feel harder than giving it, why taking up space isn't the same as taking over, and what can happen when we continually push our own needs aside. Most importantly, we'll explore what begins to change when you stop treating your needs like an inconvenience—and start living like you matter, too.   Ignoring your needs doesn't make you selfless. When needs aren't met in healthy ways,  they often come out in ways we never intended.     Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here! If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap! PLUS receive Mary's weekly insights on confidence, boundaries, self-trust, and healthy relationships.     Need more?  Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice:   https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words         Hey! My signature course is live!  I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program.  Be sure to click here to check it out: https://findyourvoicecourse.com/   Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey!  https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hour

  7. Jul 15

    EP334 You Are Not Your Worst Moment: Why Is It So Hard to Forgive Yourself?

    Have you ever noticed how easily you can offer compassion to someone else, yet struggle to extend that same grace to yourself? If you've been carrying guilt over a past decision, replaying old mistakes, or defining yourself by a season of your life that you wish had gone differently, you're not alone. In this episode, Mary explores why self-forgiveness can feel so difficult and why so many of us continue putting ourselves on trial long after the verdict should have been laid to rest. As part of The Summer of You series, this conversation invites you to look at your relationship with yourself through a new lens. You'll discover how guilt, regret, perfectionism, and impossible standards can quietly keep you from moving forward—and why healing isn't about pretending the past didn't happen. It's about learning to carry it differently so you can stop letting yesterday define who you are today.     Healing isn't pretending  your past didn't happen. It's refusing to let it decide your future.       Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here! If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap! PLUS receive Mary's weekly insights on confidence, boundaries, self-trust, and healthy relationships.     Need more?  Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice:   https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words         Hey! My signature course is live!  I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program.  Be sure to click here to check it out: https://findyourvoicecourse.com/   Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey!  https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hourTop of Form Bottom of Form

  8. Jun 24

    EP333 Why We Resist Reality: The Fear of Accepting What Is

    As we continue our Summer of You series, we're exploring another important aspect of having a healthy relationship with yourself. Many of us spend a great deal of energy trying to make things work, hold things together, or find ways to create different outcomes in our lives and relationships. While those efforts often come from good intentions, they can sometimes leave us feeling exhausted, frustrated, and stuck. In this episode, we'll look at some common patterns that keep us spinning our wheels and why certain experiences can be so difficult to face head-on. We'll explore the fears, habits, and protective strategies that may be influencing our choices without us even realizing it, and how developing a healthier relationship with ourselves can change the way we navigate life's challenges.     We don't always resist reality  because we can't see it.  Sometimes we resist reality because we know what accepting it would require.     Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here! If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap! PLUS receive Mary's weekly insights on confidence, boundaries, self-trust, and healthy relationships.     Need more?  Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice:   https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words         Hey! My signature course is live!  I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program.  Be sure to click here to check it out: https://findyourvoicecourse.com/   Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey!  https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hour     Top of Form Bottom of Form

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The Own It! Powercast is all about personal growth. It's about taking time to learn, grow and change, with You in the driver's seat. Life coach, counselor and teacher Mary Baker will walk you through the necessary ingredients to have great self-confidence, live with purpose and on purpose, and finally start to love your life. This is a show about taking charge of your personal growth, and about taking your fear and turning it into powerful choices that will create sustained changes. Finally understand what's been in your way all along, and the tools you need to get to where you want to be. So if you're serious about transforming your relationships with yourself and others, then this is the podcast for you!

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  • Creator
    Mary Baker
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    352
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Ownit! Powercast