Own Your Shift with Kim

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Self-worth and mindset coaching for women in midlife who have done the therapy, the courses, and the inner work — and still feel like something isn't landing. Host Kim Mayberry is a mindset coach, Reiki Master, breathwork practitioner, and NLP certified trainer. Raw, honest conversations about self-worth, nervous system healing, identity work, and manifestation. No toxic positivity. No performance. Just real talk. New episodes every Wednesday at 5:55 AM.

  1. 2d ago

    What Reiki Really Is (From a Former Skeptic Who Didn’t Believe in Energy Healing)

    Some of you rolled your eyes at the word “Reiki,” and that’s okay. Kim was a total skeptic too. She signed up for a Reiki certification on a whim, felt completely out of place, and almost walked out. In this episode, she shares how she went from skeptic to Usui Holy Fire Reiki Master, explains what Reiki actually is and how it works, walks through the growing research behind it, and tells the real stories that changed her mind for good. In this episode we cover: Kim’s journey from “woo-woo skeptic” to Reiki Master, and why she’s not the healer, just the channelWhat Reiki actually is: universal life energy, how a session works, and why it can do no harmThe science catching up, including recent research on biofield therapy in cancer care and Reiki alongside chemotherapyThe droopy plant that perked up within hours, and why plants (and cells) can’t fake a placebo effectClient stories, including a months-long toothache four specialists couldn’t find, and a heaviness that finally liftedThe physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual benefits of Reiki, and why it’s for anyone who’s readyReiki is a complementary practice and is not a replacement for medical or mental health care. ✨ FREE RESOURCES & NEXT STEPS:💛 Grab the Free Chapter of Unhurtable: https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/freechapteroptin💛 Join the Priority List for The Shift Starts With You: https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/theshiftstartswithyouwaitlist📲 Curious about an in-person or distance Reiki session? DM Kim on Instagram: https://instagram.com/ownyourshift_kim New episodes drop every Wednesday at 5:55 AM. If this episode opened something up for you, please leave a review and share it with someone who’s been curious about Reiki!

  2. Oct 21

    Why You Keep Trying to Fix What’s Already Over (And How to Finally Let It End)

    When something is ending, your brain goes into overdrive trying to save it — the what-ifs, the trying harder, the “I’m just not ready yet.” In this episode, Kim shares how a year and a half of hiding from visibility kept her business stuck, and explains why all that fixing energy isn’t saving anything — it’s grief avoidance dressed up as effort, keeping you stuck in the ending instead of moving toward what’s next. In this episode we cover: Why your brain treats an ending like a threat — and how the “what ifs” keep you in the doing so you don’t have to feel itThe five things we most often try to fix when they’re already over — the relationship, the one-sided friendship, the stalled project, the old version of you, and the future that didn’t arrive on timeThree tools to tell the difference between “over” and “needs more of you” — the energy audit, the honest question, and the pattern checkWhat real grief feels like — the shock, the sadness, the anger, and the relief that feels almost disloyalWhy letting something end isn’t giving up — and the clarity, energy, and lightness waiting on the other side ✨ FREE RESOURCES & NEXT STEPS:💛 Grab the Free Chapter of Unhurtable: https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/freechapteroptin💛 Join the Priority List for The Shift Starts With You: https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/theshiftstartswithyouwaitlist📲 Connect on Instagram: https://instagram.com/ownyourshift_kim New episodes drop every Wednesday at 5:55 AM. If this episode spoke to where you are right now, please leave a review and share it with a woman who has been in overdrive long enough!

  3. Oct 14

    Why Claiming Your Authority Feels Like Losing Yourself (And Why That Grief Matters)

    You cannot step fully into your power without releasing something, and that release creates real grief. In this episode, Kim names the four specific griefs that come with claiming your authority and explains why this discomfort isn't a sign to stop—it's proof that what you're releasing was real. In this episode we cover: • The grief of visibility — the freedom to be a work in progress without an audience • The grief of approval — releasing the external measure of whether you're doing it right • The grief of confusion as a hiding place — moving from student to teacher whether you're ready or not • The grief of relationships that don't survive the shift — the ones organized around the version of you that stayed small ✨ FREE RESOURCES & NEXT STEPS: 💛 Grab the Free Chapter of Unhurtable: https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/freechapteroptin 💛 Join the Priority List for The Shift Starts With You: https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/theshiftstartswithyouwaitlist 📲 Connect on Instagram: https://instagram.com/ownyourshift_kim New episodes drop every Wednesday at 5:55 AM. If this episode spoke to where you are right now, please leave a review and share it with a woman who needs to hear it today!

  4. Oct 7

    Creating From Emptiness: What the Blank Space Is Actually Asking of You

    In this episode, Kim records from inside the experience of a creative silence—not from the other side with a neat lesson, but from the messy middle of it. When trying so hard to figure things out closes off the very flow you're reaching for, the trying itself is what's blocking the knowing. In this episode we cover: • Why you cannot get to creative presence by trying harder — and what you do instead • The neuroscience of why your best ideas arrive in the shower, on a walk, in the middle of the night — and never when you're forcing them • The difference between creating from effort and creating from presence • Six practical things that creating from presence actually looks like in daily life • Why the blank days are not failure days — they're clearing days ✨ FREE RESOURCES & NEXT STEPS: 💛 Grab the Free Chapter of Unhurtable: https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/freechapteroptin 💛 Join the Priority List for The Shift Starts With You: https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/theshiftstartswithyouwaitlist 📲 Connect on Instagram: https://instagram.com/ownyourshift_kim New episodes drop every Wednesday at 5:55 AM. If this episode resonated with you, please leave a review and share it with someone who needs to hear it today!

  5. Sep 30

    Why Your Pain Gets Quiet When You're Fully In It: The Science of Flow State, the Helper's High, and What Your Symptoms Are Actually Telling You

    What if the thing you keep avoiding because you feel anxious is sometimes the very thing that helps you feel more like yourself again? There are days Kim wakes up with anxiety already sitting heavy before the day has even started. Days when she doesn’t want to talk, work, or show up. And then she steps into a client session she can’t cancel. Somewhere in the middle of being fully present with another person, something shifts. The anxiety gets quieter. The heaviness lifts. She feels engaged, connected, and completely different from how she felt an hour earlier. So Kim started asking: what is actually happening there? Is it distraction? Or is there something deeper happening when we become absorbed in meaningful activity, connection, and service? In this episode, Kim explores three ideas that helped her make sense of the pattern: flow state, the “helper’s high,” and behavioral activation. Not as a promise that meaningful activity fixes every symptom — but as a way to understand why withdrawal can sometimes make us feel worse, while re-engagement can sometimes help us feel more grounded and alive. • The coaching-session moment that started this question• What flow state is and why deep engagement can quiet mental noise• Why anxious thoughts can feel louder when we have more attention available for them• The “helper’s high” and what authentic service and connection can do for our emotional state• Why genuine connection matters more than performing positivity• How behavioral activation uses action to help interrupt cycles of withdrawal and low mood• The difference between rest that restores and avoidance that keeps us stuck• Why “I don’t feel ready” doesn’t always mean “I shouldn’t do it”• How to notice whether an activity leaves you depleted, regulated, energized, or more connected• A pain-specialist story that changed the way Kim thought about symptoms and attention 1. Track the patternNotice what happens to your mood and symptoms before, during, and after specific activities. 2. Make a list of your flow activitiesWhat helps you become absorbed, present, creative, connected, or useful? 3. Schedule them before you feel like itDon’t rely only on motivation. Give meaningful activities a place on your calendar. 4. Learn the difference between depletion and avoidanceSometimes you genuinely need rest. Other times anxiety is asking you to retreat from something that may actually help you reconnect. 5. Stop waiting for perfect readinessYou may not always feel better first. Sometimes the shift begins after you take the first step. The goal isn’t to ignore your body or push through everything. It’s to become more curious about what your symptoms are doing, what helps them soften, and what brings you back into contact with your life. If you’re ready to understand your patterns, interrupt old responses, and practice a different way of showing up, join the Priority List for The Shift Starts With You. Founding round — only 10 spots:https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/theshiftstartswithyouwaitlist Grab a FREE chapter of Unhurtable:https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/freechapteroptin 📲 Instagram: @ownyourshift_kim 🎙️ New episodes every Wednesday at 5:55 AM. Follow Own Your Shift with Kim so you never miss an episode. If this one made you rethink the relationship between avoidance, engagement, and how you feel, share it with someone who may need the conversation.

  6. Sep 23

    The Passage: What It Actually Feels Like to Cross From Who You Were to Who You're Becoming

    What if the hardest part of transformation isn’t starting — but living through the space between who you were and who you’re becoming? Most transformation stories are told from the other side. The breakthrough. The success. The clean ending. This episode is different. Kim is recording from the middle of it — from inside what she calls the passage. That uncomfortable, grief-filled, plot-twist-heavy space where something has already shifted internally, but your external reality hasn’t fully caught up yet. The old version of you no longer fits. The new version of you isn’t fully embodied yet. And you’re asked to keep moving without having all the evidence. Kim shares what this season has looked like in her own life and walks through the stages of the passage — from recognizing that something is changing, to choosing between the familiar and the unknown, to grieving what you’re leaving behind, and eventually stepping into an identity that no longer feels like something you’re chasing. It simply becomes who you are. • What “the passage” actually is and how it differs from simply feeling stuck• The moment you recognize something is genuinely shifting• How awareness changes suffering into movement• The choice point between what is familiar and what is aligned• Why leaving the old path can still hurt even when you know it’s time• The grief that often comes with becoming someone new• The difference between hoping things will work out and deeply knowing you’re moving somewhere different• Why expansion can sometimes feel like contraction• What begins to change when the new identity takes root Kim also shares what she is leaving behind — the version of herself who stayed small, used confusion as a reason to stay still, and feared being responsible for someone else’s transformation. And what is replacing that fear is something deeper: A growing trust in her own authority. A belief that she is capable of sitting across from another woman in a difficult season and saying: I see you. I know this place. I know the way through. Not because everything is perfect. But because she has lived the passage herself. 1. Your relationship with your own authorityYou stop looking outside yourself for constant permission or proof. 2. Your tolerance for smallnessThe places where you once shrank, settled, or stayed quiet become harder to ignore. 3. How you hold other people’s transformationYou stop trying to rescue people and become more capable of standing beside them while they find their own way through. This isn’t a motivational episode about rushing to the breakthrough. It’s an honest conversation about what transformation can cost — and why becoming more fully yourself can still be worth that cost. If you’re in your own passage and ready to go deeper, join the Priority List for The Shift Starts With You. Founding round — only 10 spots:https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/theshiftstartswithyouwaitlist Start with a FREE chapter of Unhurtable:https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/freechapteroptin 📲 Instagram: @ownyourshift_kim 🎙️ New episodes every Wednesday at 5:55 AM. Follow Own Your Shift with Kim so you never miss an episode. If this conversation found you in the middle of your own transition, share it with someone walking through theirs and leave a rating or review to help more women discover the show.

  7. Sep 16

    The Law of Assumption: How to Tune Into the Reality You Want and Watch Your Life Shift to Match

    What if the reality you want isn’t something you have to force into existence — but something you begin to notice, choose, and live from differently? In this episode, Kim explores the Law of Assumption: the idea that what you repeatedly assume to be true can shape how you interpret situations, what you notice, and how you respond. She opens with a personal story from a run. Before starting, Kim stepped into the identity of someone for whom running felt easy and natural. She came home a full minute faster than her previous runs — same body, same route, different internal starting point. That experience led her deeper into a question: what changes when you stop trying to “think positive” and start examining the assumptions underneath your thoughts? Kim explores Neville Goddard’s teaching on assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled, then connects it to how attention works in everyday life — including how the brain filters enormous amounts of information and prioritizes what seems relevant. The point isn’t that a thought magically controls reality. It’s that assumptions can influence what you notice, expect, tolerate, attempt, and reinforce. • What the Law of Assumption means — and what it doesn’t• Kim’s running story and the role identity played in her experience• Why assumptions can be more influential than passing thoughts• How attention and expectation shape what you notice• Neville Goddard’s idea of “the feeling of the wish fulfilled”• Why affirmations may fall flat when the deeper assumption hasn’t changed• The “channel switching” metaphor for choosing a different baseline• The Fresh Eyes experiment you can try today Thoughts come and go. Assumptions run deeper. They’re the beliefs you often stop questioning because they feel obvious, familiar, or simply true. “I always struggle with money.”“Relationships never work out for me.”“I’m not disciplined.”“Things are always harder for me.” When an assumption becomes familiar enough, you may notice evidence that supports it while overlooking evidence that challenges it. The work isn’t pretending something is true when it clearly isn’t. It’s becoming aware of the assumption you’re living from — and practicing a different one through attention, behavior, and repetition. 1. The Morning AssumptionChoose the identity or internal state you want to practice before the day begins. 2. The Fresh Eyes WalkMove through part of your day as if you’re seeing your life through the eyes of the version of you who already feels grounded, capable, and supported. 3. Assumption AuditingWhen a pattern repeats, ask: “What am I assuming is true here?” 4. Use Physical Evidence DeliberatelyNotice real moments that support the new belief instead of automatically dismissing them. This episode connects to The Creation episode, The Shift Starts With You series, The Shift Framework, and The Frequency episode. If you’re ready to identify the assumptions underneath your patterns and practice a different internal baseline, join the Priority List for The Shift Starts With You. Founding round — only 10 spots:https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/theshiftstartswithyouwaitlist Grab a FREE chapter of Unhurtable:https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/freechapteroptin 📲 Instagram: @ownyourshift_kim 🎙️ New episodes every Wednesday at 5:55 AM. Follow Own Your Shift with Kim so you never miss an episode. If this conversation shifted the way you think about your assumptions, share it with someone who may need it and leave a rating or review to help more women discover the show.

  8. Sep 9

    Your Emotions Are Trying to Tell You Something: How to Use Your Emotional Guidance System to Navigate Your Life

    What if your emotions aren’t problems to manage — but signals that can help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface? In this episode, Kim explores how to use emotions as information instead of treating them as something to suppress, fix, or push through. She opens with one of the most honest stories she’s shared on the show: the intense anxiety she felt right before launching this podcast. At the time, it felt like a clear sign to stop. But after pressing publish anyway, she began to recognize an important distinction — sometimes discomfort is a warning, and sometimes it shows up because you’re expanding beyond what feels familiar. That experience changed the way Kim listens to her emotional guidance system. • Why emotions can be information rather than obstacles• How to tell the difference between a warning signal and an expansion signal• Anger as a possible boundary signal or direction signal• The question Kim asks when anxiety shows up• Why worry often pulls us into an imagined future• Why fear doesn’t always mean “don’t go”• Gratitude as an intentional practice• The difference between empowerment and excitement• How joy and love can help reveal what feels aligned• Three questions to use with almost any emotional response ANGERAsk what boundary, expectation, or situation the anger may be pointing toward. Is something genuinely out of alignment — or are you reaching a new edge? ANXIETY & WORRYInstead of automatically treating anxiety as proof that something is wrong, ask whether there is a real issue that needs attention or whether you’re anticipating an outcome that hasn’t happened. FEARFear can signal danger, but it can also appear when you’re entering unfamiliar territory. The goal isn’t to ignore it — it’s to understand what it’s responding to. Kim also explores gratitude, empowerment, joy, and love — not simply as rewards for when life is going well, but as states you can intentionally reconnect with during a difficult season. The point isn’t to force positivity. It’s to notice what your emotions are showing you and use that information to choose your next step with greater clarity. 1. What are you pointing at?What situation, belief, boundary, desire, or fear is underneath this feeling? 2. Is this something I need to address — or something I’m about to expand into?Is the emotion asking you to stop and pay attention, or are you moving beyond what has previously felt safe and familiar? 3. What do you need from me right now so you can release?Do you need rest, a boundary, a conversation, reassurance, movement, or a different decision? Your emotions don’t have to become storms you simply survive. They can become part of an ongoing conversation with yourself. If you’re ready to understand your patterns, interrupt old responses, and practice a new way of relating to yourself, join the Priority List for The Shift Starts With You. Founding round — only 10 spots:https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/theshiftstartswithyouwaitlist Grab a FREE chapter of Unhurtable:https://www.ownyourshiftwithkim.com/freechapteroptin 📲 Instagram: @ownyourshift_kim 🎙️ New episodes every Wednesday at 5:55 AM. Follow Own Your Shift with Kim so you never miss an episode. If this conversation helped you understand one of your emotions differently, share it with someone who may need it and leave a review to help more women discover the show.

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Self-worth and mindset coaching for women in midlife who have done the therapy, the courses, and the inner work — and still feel like something isn't landing. Host Kim Mayberry is a mindset coach, Reiki Master, breathwork practitioner, and NLP certified trainer. Raw, honest conversations about self-worth, nervous system healing, identity work, and manifestation. No toxic positivity. No performance. Just real talk. New episodes every Wednesday at 5:55 AM.

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