The Salty Goddess

The Salty Goddess
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Anne Margaret Perry | The Salty Goddess Audacity. Authenticity. Authority. Competence Crushes Chaos. This isn’t another feel-good podcast filled with recycled advice and performative nonsense. This is The Salty Goddess Podcast - where clinical experience, real-world leadership, and unapologetic truth come together to do one thing: Create confidence in competence. With 30+ years in EMS, nursing, advanced practice, and education, Anne Margaret Perry delivers sharp, strategic insight on: Executive dysfunction and why you can’t get out of your own way Healthcare systems that look functional—but fail in practice Leadership gaps that cost time, money, and outcomes Personal and professional behaviors that keep you stuck No fluff. No coddling. No empty motivation. Just: Actionable strategies Clinical-level thinking applied to real life Hard truths that actually move the needle If you’re done with surface-level advice and ready to operate with clarity, structure, and real capability—this is where you start. New episodes weekly. Stay audacious. Stay authentic. Stay authoritative. And remember.....competence crushes chaos.

  1. 6d ago

    Avoidance is not peace. It is a prison. Your Ego is the warden.

    Avoidance is sneaky. It does not always look like running away. Sometimes it looks like being busy, private, independent, calm, logical, low-maintenance, professional, or “above the drama.” But what if the thing you keep calling peace is actually avoidance? What if that boundary language, emotional distance, busyness, or polished self-control is not protecting your peace, but in fact helping you build your own prison? In this episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret begins a new three-part arc on avoidant behavior patterns. This first episode is the assessment: what avoidant behaviors are, why people develop them, and what avoidance does for the person who uses it. This is not a diagnostic conversation and it is not medical advice. This episode explores the very human ways people avoid discomfort, vulnerability, conflict, commitment, intimacy, feedback, decisions, success, uncertainty, grief, joy, accountability, and repair. Avoidance often begins as protection. Maybe emotional needs were dismissed. Maybe conflict felt unsafe. Maybe vulnerability was used against you. Maybe being low-maintenance earned approval. Maybe success, visibility, love, or healing created too much risk. But the strategy that protected you in one season can imprison you in another. This episode asks the essential question: Are you protecting your peace, or avoiding discomfort while your ego stands guard at the cell door? If you have ever avoided a hard conversation, delayed a decision, refused to ask for help, stayed in potential instead of action, ghosted your own growth, or called emotional distance “keeping your peace,” this episode will hand you the mirror with just enough salt to make it useful. Avoidance is a prison, not peace. Your ego is the warden. Next week, the arc continues with the audit: how to determine whether avoidance is costing you connection, trust, leadership, intimacy, confidence, and your most valuable currency — time.

    44 min

  2. May 27

    You Cannot Waterboard Them Into Confidence.

    Salty warning: this episode is 65 minutes long. That is not a mistake. That is a masterclass and you are  welcome, it is also free!  Hydrate, pack a snack, adjust your crown, plan a bathroom break, do the work! In this extended episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret closes the confidence versus ego arc with the action phase: how to move from being ego-led to confidence-led, how to build real confidence through evidence and practice, and how to handle people who refuse to grow even after you have led them directly to the Fountain of Confidence. This episode breaks down five practical behaviors for personal growth: telling the truth faster, practicing clean accountability, building competence on purpose, regulating before responding, and keeping small promises to yourself. Anne Margaret explains why confidence is not a mood, a performance, or a motivational slogan, it is a practiced way of life built through self-trust, evidence, repetition, accountability, and emotional regulation. The episode also explores how to lead ego-led people toward confidence without becoming their therapist, emotional valet, self-esteem witness, or unpaid maturity consultant. You will learn how to model confidence-led behavior, correct behavior without attacking identity, ask better questions, reinforce progress, hold boundaries, and recognize when someone refuses to drink from the fountain. And when they refuse? You stop overexplaining. You stop confusing potential with pattern. You adjust access. You stop rescuing them from consequences. You release the assignment. Because confidence is not just knowing who you are. Confidence is knowing what behavior earns access, and what behavior gets escorted back to the gate.

    1h 6m

  3. May 20

    Audit Thyself AND Thy Court!

    In this episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret moves from recognition into the full Audit: how to determine whether you are being led by ego or confidence, and whether you have allowed ego-led people too much access to your life. This episode breaks down the difference between ego-led behavior and confidence-led behavior, including how people respond to correction, conflict, criticism, comparison, boundaries, apologies, success, accountability, and vulnerability. Anne Margaret explains why ego protects image while confidence protects integrity, and why self-awareness without action is nothing more than performative emotional fanfare. But this audit does not stop with you. This episode also introduces the Court Access Model: the throne room, inner court, outer court, gate, and outside the Queendom. Because not everyone deserves access to your time, energy, peace, strategy, vulnerability, dreams, or nervous system. Access is earned by behavior, not history, title, guilt, obligation, or proximity. If you have ever wondered whether you are confidence-led or ego-led, whether someone in your circle is safe with access, or whether it is time to demote someone from the throne room to the gate, this episode is your mirror, your audit, and your royal permission slip to adjust access accordingly. Core question: Are you being led by ego, and are you allowing ego-led people too much access to your court?

    53 min

  4. May 13

    Ego or Confidence: Which One Is Running Your Mouth and Your Life?

    Confidence and ego are not the same damn thing, and arrogance is not confidence with better shoes. In this episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret kicks off a new recognition-assessment-audit-execution arc by breaking down the difference between confidence-led and ego-led behavior. Confidence is grounded in self-trust, competence, accountability, and the ability to be corrected without collapsing. Ego, on the other hand, is often image protection, emotional armor, and the desperate need to be seen favorably. This episode explores why ego is not always evil, how trauma, shame, invalidation, fear, and repeated emotional unsafety can create ego-led behavior, and how confidence is built through evidence, mastery, failure, recovery, and self-respect. Anne Margaret also explains the difference between confidence, ego, arrogance, insecurity, and self-esteem, because words matter, darling, and we are not letting performative nonsense run around unsupervised. If you have ever wondered whether you are operating from self-trust or self-protection, this episode will help you recognize which internal operating system is running your mouth, your reactions, your relationships, and your life. This week’s recognition question: Are you protecting your image, or are you acting from your values?

    43 min

  5. May 6

    Nothing Screams Execution like BEHEADINGS on HUMP Day!

    If you ran the audit and thought that was the hard part, think again. In this episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret breaks down the brutal truth most people avoid: awareness is not transformation! Execution is. You’ve already identified the people, patterns, and behaviors draining your time, energy, and peace. Now comes the part that separates high performers from everyone else, making decisions and taking action. This episode dives into: Why clarity is NOT your problem (and what actually is) How to identify and eliminate negative ROI relationships The difference between boundaries and explanations Why most people stay stuck in analysis paralysis How to reclaim and reinvest your most valuable currency: time If you’re still hesitating, delaying, or overthinking, here is your wake-up call. Run the audit… or don’t. Either way, you chose the outcome. 🎯 Perfect for high achievers, entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, and anyone ready to stop tolerating low-return environments and start executing with intention.

    34 min

  6. Apr 29

    Run the audit… or DON’T. Either way, you chose the outcome.

    Run the audit… or DON’T. Either way, you chose the outcome. Let’s stop pretending you don’t know what needs to change. In this unapologetically direct episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret Perry walks you through the ROI Audit: a powerful framework designed to evaluate the real return on investment of your: relationships habits environments and daily decisions Because whether you like it or not: Everything in your life is costing you time. And not everything is worth what you’re paying. Inside This Episode: The one question that exposes whether someone belongs in your life How to identify low ROI people who drain your time and energy Why “trying” without results is a red flag—not effort The difference between grace and self-abandonment How to categorize people into high, neutral, and negative ROI Why your hesitation to act is actually the clearest signal you need to Hard Truths You’ll Hear You are not confused, you are avoiding Not everyone deserves access to you Patterns are not phases, they are forecasts And every day you delay… you are choosing the same outcome Your Action Step Identify three people or situations. Run the audit. Categorize them. Adjust access immediately. Because waiting doesn’t create clarity. It reinforces the problem.

    34 min

  7. Apr 22

    55 Seasons isn't enough- Why Aren't You Acting Accordingly?

    You are not broke. You are not unlucky. You are not out of opportunities. You are hemorrhaging time. And most of it is being wasted on people, patterns, and behaviors that produce absolutely zero return on investment. In this unapologetically direct episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret Perry delivers a hard truth most people avoid: People have ROI - emotionally, intellectually, and energetically. “Trying” without results is performative effort—not progress. Habits and routines are predictive algorithms of the future. You cannot fix someone committed to their own dysfunction. Our internal dialogue is either building your life, or sabotaging it. This episode dives deep into: Why words mean nothing without consistent action (Verba vs. Acta) The danger of investing in low-discipline, high-drama individuals How to identify patterns that forecast someone’s future behavior Why purpose must be intrinsic and not borrowed or outsourced The brutal reality of finite time and why most people waste it on gossip, assumptions, and emotional nonsense How your environment and proximity influence your identity over time And most importantly: A perspective that will stop you in your tracks: Life is not measured in years… but in seasons. When you realize someone had only 55 springs, 55 summers, 55 autumns, and 55 winters… you begin to understand just how limited your time really is. Even 100 seasons wouldn’t be enough. So why are you wasting even a fraction of yours? Episode Dedication This episode is dedicated to Piper, my Princess Piobaire, whose time was spent fully, loyally, and without wasted investment. SALTY Final Truth When someone shows you who they are through patterns, behaviors, and consistency: Believe the data. Not the story. Not the promise. Not the potential.

    31 min

  8. Mar 18

    Office Drama, Flirting, Gossip & Zero Accountability

    Some of y’all don’t have a workplace problem… you have a behavior problem dressed up as personality. In this unapologetic, fireside truth session, Anne Margaret—The Salty Goddess—calls out the real reasons people stay stuck professionally in 2026. And spoiler alert? It’s not your boss. It’s not your coworkers. It’s not “bad luck.” It’s you. Inside this episode: Why workplace flirting, “soft power,” and manipulation scream insecurity—not influence How repeating the same behaviors guarantees the same chaotic outcomes The harsh truth about leaders who gossip (hint: they’re not leaders—they’re liabilities) Why lack of gratitude is a career killer The uncomfortable reality of people who critique everything but fix nothing How toxic workplace culture is often created—and sustained—by behavior, not circumstance This episode is not gentle. It’s not curated. And it’s definitely not for people committed to staying the same. 🎙️ Expect: ✔️ Brutal honesty ✔️ Real workplace examples ✔️ Behavioral accountability ✔️ Zero tolerance for excuses If you’ve ever wondered: Why you’re not getting promoted Why workplace environments feel toxic Why leadership feels broken Or why nothing seems to change… This is your mirror. Because over here? We don’t do performative growth. We do behavioral correction. So go ahead—get uncomfortable. Growth lives there.

    25 min
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Anne Margaret Perry | The Salty Goddess Audacity. Authenticity. Authority. Competence Crushes Chaos. This isn’t another feel-good podcast filled with recycled advice and performative nonsense. This is The Salty Goddess Podcast - where clinical experience, real-world leadership, and unapologetic truth come together to do one thing: Create confidence in competence. With 30+ years in EMS, nursing, advanced practice, and education, Anne Margaret Perry delivers sharp, strategic insight on: Executive dysfunction and why you can’t get out of your own way Healthcare systems that look functional—but fail in practice Leadership gaps that cost time, money, and outcomes Personal and professional behaviors that keep you stuck No fluff. No coddling. No empty motivation. Just: Actionable strategies Clinical-level thinking applied to real life Hard truths that actually move the needle If you’re done with surface-level advice and ready to operate with clarity, structure, and real capability—this is where you start. New episodes weekly. Stay audacious. Stay authentic. Stay authoritative. And remember.....competence crushes chaos.

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  • Creator
    The Salty Goddess
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    68
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    Explicit
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