Simply 1 Percent

Meredith Richards and Wendolyn Pascale
  • 5.0 (13)
  • Mental Health
  • Updated Daily

“Small shifts, big change. Simply 1 Percent is about making simple, powerful adjustments in your life and relationships that lead to massive growth.”

  1. 4d ago

    You’re More Disciplined Than You Think | Ep. 57

    Sometimes you watch a random social media video and accidentally end up questioning your entire personality. That is basically what happened here. This week, Meredith and Wendolyn try something different: they watch social media clips and react in real time. What starts with an extremely committed rollerblader turns into conversations about discipline, fear, parenting, inherited patterns, red flags, relationships, goals, and why some people seem able to devote themselves completely to one thing. Meredith starts by wondering why she has never stuck with one hobby long enough to become exceptional at it. But as the conversation unfolds, they realize something: Discipline doesn’t always look like getting up at 5 a.m., training for Everest, or becoming an expert at one skill. Sometimes discipline looks like saying no to something because you want something else more. Sometimes it looks like working through your own anxiety so you don’t hand it to your children. Sometimes it looks like protecting time for the people you love. Sometimes it looks like making decisions today that support the life you want later. And sometimes the thing you assumed was missing from you has been there all along — just in a different form. Your 1% this week: Ask yourself: What is my rollerblading? What matters enough to you that you already make sacrifices, decisions, or commitments around it? You may be more disciplined than you think. 00:00 Social Media Reactions and Life Lessons 00:49 Discipline and Mastering One Skill 05:30 Fear, Parenting and Inherited Patterns 10:33 Red Flags in Relationships 13:38 Vulnerability and Putting Yourself Out There 18:33 Motivation, Discipline and Big Goals 22:38 What Are You Willing to Work For? 23:18 Anxiety and Breaking Family Patterns 27:21 Values, Priorities and Self-Discipline 31:34 Saying No for the Life You Want 33:06 Finding Your Own Version of Discipline

  2. Sep 30

    Leadership at Home: Why It’s Not About Control | Ep. 56

    What does it actually mean to be the leader of a family? In this episode of Simply 1%, Wendolyn sits down with her husband Joe for a candid conversation about leadership, marriage, family culture, traditional roles, sacrifice, responsibility, and what partnership looks like in their home. Wendolyn starts with a statement she knows some people may disagree with: Joe is the leader of their home. But their definition of leadership has very little to do with being the boss, being more valuable, or getting your way. For them, leadership means taking responsibility, considering the needs of the family, making difficult decisions carefully, serving the people you love, and sometimes putting your own wants last. They also talk about why leadership can become unhealthy when it turns into control, why appreciation keeps marriage from becoming a competition, how they divide responsibilities in their own home, and why simply noticing what your partner contributes can change the emotional culture of a relationship. This episode is not about telling every family how it should operate. It is an invitation to think about what leadership, partnership, and appreciation mean in your own home. This week’s 1% shift: notice one thing your partner did today and say it out loud.

  3. Sep 23

    Anxiety Sometimes Looks Like Criticism, People-Pleasing & Over-Explaining | Part 2

    Anxiety can make us seek connection in ways that actually make connection harder. Sometimes it looks like needing reassurance over and over. Sometimes it looks like hiding in the bathroom at a party, staying busy so you don’t have to mingle, performing so everyone likes you, comparing yourself to everyone in the room, or explaining yourself because you’re afraid someone will misunderstand you. In Part 2 of this Simply 1% conversation, Meredith and Wendolyn continue exploring the different “costumes” anxiety can wear. They talk about: -reassurance-seeking and the fear of disconnection -avoidance and the fear of saying or doing the wrong thing -staying busy or helpful so you don’t have to feel awkward -performing and trying to be “on” all the time -comparison and wondering whether you really belong -over-explaining because you want to control how someone sees you -why the same person can move between several of these patterns in one situation The point isn’t to label these behaviors as good or bad. It’s to notice what may be happening underneath them.

  4. Sep 16

    Anxiety Doesn’t Always Look Like Anxiety (Part One) | Ep. 55

    Anxiety does not always look like panic. Sometimes it looks like criticism. Sometimes it looks like people-pleasing, control, over-explaining, shutting down, avoidance, or trying to manage how other people see you. In this episode of Simply 1%, Meredith and Wendolyn continue their anxiety series by exploring the less obvious ways anxiety shows up in everyday life and relationships. Using the idea of a very dysfunctional “costume party,” they look at what might be underneath the critic, the people-pleaser, the controller, and the over-explainer. Why do some people criticize before they can be judged? Why do people-pleasers work so hard to prevent disconnection? Why does over-explaining sometimes come from the fear of being misunderstood, disliked, or seen the wrong way? And what happens when an old voice from your past is still narrating how you behave today? This week’s 1% shift: Notice the costume before you judge the behavior. Ask yourself: What am I doing? What am I afraid of underneath it? What am I trying to protect? Is this response actually helping me connect? Sometimes anxiety does not look nervous. Sometimes it walks into the room dressed as something else

  5. Sep 8

    When Anxiety Shows Up as Control| Ep. 54

    Control is often fear trying to create safety. Have you ever needed someone to respond right now, say it the right way, text back correctly, calm down quickly, make a decision, or do something your way so you could finally feel okay? In this episode of Simply 1%, Meredith and Wendolyn continue the anxiety series by talking about how anxiety can show up as control in relationships. Sometimes control looks like micromanaging. Sometimes it looks like needing the conversation now. Sometimes it looks like reading into someone’s tone, spiraling over a text, assuming “if they loved me, they would know,” or trying to manage the outcome so you do not have to sit in uncertainty. But control is not always about power. Sometimes it is fear trying to create safety. Meredith and Wendolyn talk about micromanaging, timing, emotional safety, anxious and avoidant patterns, text-message spirals, “we need to talk,” resentment, repair, and how to tell the difference between a reasonable request and anxiety trying to run the relationship. This week’s 1% shift: before you try to control the moment, ask yourself: Is this moving us toward connection or away from it?

  6. Sep 2

    Why Am I Reacting Like This?| Ep. 53

    Have you ever reacted to something and later thought, “Why did that feel so big?” In this episode of Simply 1%, Meredith and Wendolyn talk about activation — what happens in your body after anxiety’s alarm goes off. Through stories about a wooden spoon that looked like a snake, cockroaches, embarrassment, car accidents, guilt, and safe people, they explore how old fear can show up in a new moment. Sometimes your body is not just reacting to what happened — it is reacting to what the moment reminds you of. This week’s 1% shift: assess it before you obey it.

  7. Aug 26

    Stay Curious: Why Some Couples Still Like Each Other| Ep.52

    Why do some couples still genuinely like each other after years together? In this episode of Simply 1%, Meredith sits down with Wendolyn and Joe for a funny, honest, and meaningful conversation about marriage, curiosity, anxiety, humor, roles, family culture, and what it looks like to stay on the same team. Through questions about warning labels, weather patterns, Goodwill runs, roaches, old-man jeans, postpartum anxiety, love languages, carrots, trash TV, and building fences, Wendolyn and Joe show what it can look like to keep learning your person over time. This conversation is not about having a perfect relationship. It is about staying curious, being teachable, knowing each other’s strengths, using humor without contempt, maintaining connection before something breaks, and choosing the culture of your home instead of simply repeating the culture you came from. This week’s 1% shift: ask someone you love one question that helps you know them better — not because you don’t know them, but because connection needs maintenance.

  8. Aug 19

    Anxiety Is An Alarm, Not A Decision | Ep. 50

    Have you ever wondered if your anxiety is protecting you — or keeping you from actually living? In this episode of Simply 1%, Meredith and Wendolyn talk about anxiety, what it is, what it is not, and why it sometimes serves an important purpose. Anxiety can be a signal to pause, prepare, pay attention, or practice discernment. But when fear starts making the decisions, it can keep us frozen, avoidant, and disconnected from the life we actually want to experience. Through stories about parenting, safety, intrusive thoughts, cockroaches, trauma, control, and learning to “do dangerous things carefully,” Meredith and Wendolyn explore the difference between helpful anxiety and anxiety that has taken over. They also talk about what it looks like to support someone in high anxiety without minimizing, rushing, or trying to fix their feelings too quickly. This week’s 1% shift: the next time you feel anxious, ask yourself, “What kind of anxiety is this?” Is it asking you to prepare, discern, pay attention, get support, build a skill, or work through something deeper? Anxiety is an alarm for assessment — not an alarm for a decision.

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“Small shifts, big change. Simply 1 Percent is about making simple, powerful adjustments in your life and relationships that lead to massive growth.”

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  • Creator
    Meredith Richards and Wendolyn Pascale
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    58
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Meredith Richards and Wendolyn Pascale
  • Show Website
    Simply 1 Percent