Lightworker Diaries

Tiffany Marlink
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Exploring the realms of feminine leadership, personal growth, mindset, and manifestation through heartfelt narratives, soulful reflections, and practical insights. lightworkerdiaries.substack.com

  1. 6D AGO

    Have Faith

    This episode is different. I sat down today with no plan, no outline, and no agenda. Just an invitation to open my heart and let it speak. What came through is one of the most honest transmissions I have shared on this show, and I hope it lands exactly where it is meant to. This one is for you if you have a desire that you keep talking yourself out of. If you have been driving with the brakes on so long you have forgotten what it feels like to move freely. If some small golden part of you has been quietly asking for your attention and you have not yet given yourself permission to listen. In this episode I share why inner freedom is not something you find outside yourself, what it actually means to train your mind instead of fight it, why time is not stealing your dreams but giving you space to release everything that was never yours to carry, and the simple daily practice that builds faith into a muscle strong enough to hold your biggest desires. If your heart has been whispering something to you, this is your permission slip to finally let it speak. Ready to write and speak from your heart? The Intuitive Writers Guild is open. This is a community for people who want to write from the inside out, not from a formula. Come find your voice, your people, and your creative home. Join the Intuitive Writers Guild Subscribe to the written Diaries on Substack: Subscribe to the Lightworker Diaries Tools that support this podcast: Alitu (recording and production) — Click for 25% off your first 3 months Some links are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Get full access to Lightworker Diaries at lightworkerdiaries.substack.com/subscribe

    14 min
  2. The Good Girl Money Problem with Money Coach Michelle Malawer

    APR 23

    The Good Girl Money Problem with Money Coach Michelle Malawer

    What if your complicated relationship with money has less to do with math and more to do with the stories you were never taught to question? Michelle Malawer is a money coach for women who make good money but don’t feel in control of it. She started her own journey as a self-described hot mess in her 20s, maxing out credit cards and searching for coins in her car just to buy gas, before spending a decade in debt recovery and eventually building a practice to help other women find the solutions she wished someone had handed her when she was suffocating. What drew me to Michelle was a single phrase she used on LinkedIn: good girl conditioning. This conversation unpacks what that means, how it shows up in the way women earn, spend, and ask for more, and what it actually looks like to build a relationship with money that feels like yours. We also get into the difference between fear and intuition when you are about to make a financial decision, what it means to be in a softer season of business, and the three questions Michelle asks before buying any course or program. If money has always felt like something that happens to you rather than something you get to lead, this one is for you. Connect with Michelle:LinkedIn: Michelle MalawerSign up for Money Book Club for women: Sign up here Resources referenced in the show:The Art of Spending Money - Morgan HouselHow to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously - Jerrold MundisSteve Harvey’s “300 Things I Want List Challenge”Writing the Divine - Sara WisemanThe Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron (morning pages) Subscribe to the written Diaries on Substack: Subscribe to the Lightworker Diaries Tools that support this podcast: Alitu (recording and production) — [Click for 25% off your first 3 months] Some links are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Get full access to Lightworker Diaries at lightworkerdiaries.substack.com/subscribe

    50 min
  3. My Poetry Cringe Era (And Why I'm Here for It)

    APR 14

    My Poetry Cringe Era (And Why I'm Here for It)

    I have been a writer for over 20 years. And until 14 days ago, I had never written a single poem. Not because I didn’t want to. Because I was afraid I would get it wrong. This episode is the story of how a quiet afternoon at my favorite coffee shop on the pier, a word that landed on the page with a thud, and the accidental discovery that April is National Poetry Month cracked something wide open in me. I am fully, unabashedly in my poetry cringe era and I have never felt more free. I share what happened when I finally said yes to something purely for the joy of it, why being an absolute beginner at something has been one of the most unexpectedly healing experiences of this season, what a year-long photography project I did 18 years ago taught me about slowing down enough to see the magic around you, and why I think choosing a creative expression and going all in on it every day might be one of the most radical acts of self-reclamation available to you right now. I also have something special coming up this week that I would love for you to be a part of. On Thursday April 16th at 9am Pacific I am hosting a free writing circle. We will open with a creativity activation and clearing, move into silent creative time, and close with an optional group share. Writers, artists, journalers, watercolorists, all welcome. If it makes your heart sing, bring it. The link to register is below. Please share this with your creative people. Join Write with Tiffany, the free writing circle: Register here — Thursday April 16th, 9am Pacific. One hour. Free and open to all. Follow along with the poetry journey: Instagram: @tiffanymarlink | and Threads: @lightworkerdiaries Subscribe to the written Diaries on Substack: Subscribe to the Lightworker Diaries Tools that support this podcast: Alitu (recording and production) — Click for 25% off your first 3 months Alitu is how I can record a podcast and you don’t hear Max snoring beside me without me having to do any editing. It’s the best! Some links are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Get full access to Lightworker Diaries at lightworkerdiaries.substack.com/subscribe

    16 min

  4. APR 7

    Stopping the Perception Scan with Performance Coach Ally Erickson

    Have you ever walked into a room and immediately started reading the energy, adjusting yourself, softening your edges to make sure everyone was comfortable? If that sounds familiar, this episode is going to hit close to home. Today, I am joined by Ally Erickson, a performance coach who left a decade-long corporate career to help deeply intuitive women stop managing perception and start living in their full authority. I met Ally through my mastermind and knew almost immediately that her work was something my audience needed to hear about. This conversation goes deep fast. Ally shares what it actually felt like to outgrow the identity she had so carefully built in corporate, why the leap from a successful career into something truer is both terrifying and inevitable when the heart pull gets loud enough, and what she calls the sophisticated survival strategy that so many high-achieving women have been running without even realizing it. We talk about the difference between being the thermometer in a room versus setting the thermostat, why managing perception leaks your power even when it feels like it is keeping you safe, what identity-level transformation actually looks like versus trying to change behavior on the surface, and why the reaction you have been bracing for your whole life might be exactly where your magic is waiting. If you are a deeply intuitive woman who can read a room in seconds and has been using that gift to take care of everyone else instead of leading from your own authority, this one is for you. Ally is also hosting a masterclass called The Cost of Managing Perception. If this conversation sparked something in you, I highly recommend registering for it using the links below. Connect with Ally: LinkedIn: Ally Erickson Instagram: @theallyerickson Who Does She Think She Is Podcast: Listen on Spotify Register for the Masterclass: The Cost of Managing Perception Subscribe to the written Diaries on Substack: Subscribe to the Lightworker Diaries Tools that support this podcast: Alitu (recording and production) — [Click for 25% off your first 3 months] Some links are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Get full access to Lightworker Diaries at lightworkerdiaries.substack.com/subscribe

    47 min
  5. Permission to Be Happy

    APR 2

    Permission to Be Happy

    What if the most powerful thing you could do in this moment, for yourself and for everyone around you, is simply allow yourself to be happy? I know. It sounds almost too simple. But stay with me. This episode started with a photo. Me at seven or eight years old, sitting on a rock with my brother and cousins, eyebrows knitted together, carrying the weight of the world on my face. And I recognized that face. I had seen it before, in other photos, across other years, and even in a photo of my mother. It stopped me cold. What followed is a real and unscripted transmission about joy, what it means to suppress it, why so many of us learned it was not safe, and what becomes possible when you finally give yourself permission to come back to it. In this episode I share what came through during a recent visibility exercise in my mastermind that cracked something open in me, what the emotion code heart wall removal process actually felt like from the inside including the part nobody talks about, why the concept of toxic positivity genuinely lights me up, and what I believe is the most powerful thing any of us can do right now given everything happening in the world. This one went somewhere I did not expect. And I think it might be exactly what you need to hear today. If something in you has been waiting for permission to be joyful, to be playful, to be the fullest expression of who you actually are, consider this your invitation. Subscribe to the written Diaries on Substack: Subscribe to the Lightworker Diaries Our new business: joyfulmagnet.com | @joyfulmagnet on Instagram and Facebook Mentioned in this episode: Shoshana Raven and the concept of the war on happy peopleThe Emotion Code by Dr. Bradley Nelson Tools that support this podcast: Alitu (recording and production) — [Click for 25% off your first 3 months] Some links are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Get full access to Lightworker Diaries at lightworkerdiaries.substack.com/subscribe

    14 min
  6. Divine Detours

    MAR 26

    Divine Detours

    What would you do if you spent two months going all in on a business idea, followed every sign, did all the right things, and still felt nothing moving? That is exactly where I found myself. And this episode is the honest account of what happened next. I am Tiffany, host of the Lightworker Diaries, and I share the unfiltered experience of building a life and business that is actually aligned with who I am. No scripts, no polish, just real transmissions from someone in the middle of the becoming. In this episode I open up about what it looks like when you are doing everything right and the energy still goes flat, the moment I declared out loud that I was no longer willing to build in scarcity, a pivot I never saw coming that lit me up from the inside out, a brand new business I just launched with my partner Dave, and why this podcast almost disappeared before I decided to keep it just for the joy of it. If you are in a season where the path keeps shifting and you are not sure whether to trust it or quit, this one is for you. Subscribe to the written Diaries on Substack: Subscribe to the Lightworker Diaries Our new business: joyfulmagnet.com | @joyfulmagnet on Instagram and Facebook Tools that support this podcast: Alitu (recording and production) — [Click for 25% off your first 3 months] Some links are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Get full access to Lightworker Diaries at lightworkerdiaries.substack.com/subscribe

    29 min

  7. JAN 30

    You're Allowed to Be a Beginner

    This week’s episode is a behind-the-scenes reflection on entrepreneurial resilience, growth edges, and the power of letting yourself be a beginner again. I share how a moment of self-doubt and near-quitting turned into one of the most clarifying weeks I’ve had so far, and why asking for help changed everything. This is an episode about learning curves, nervous system growth, and choosing to stay in the arena even when it feels uncomfortable. In this episode, I explore: * Why sometimes clarity only comes after giving an experience time to settle * Letting yourself be a beginner, even when you have decades of experience in other areas * The difference between mastery skills and growth-edge skills, and why sales and marketing pushed on mine * How asking for help from the right people can instantly shift perspective and momentum * Why surrounding yourself with people who have already walked the path matters * Reframing discomfort as a training ground rather than a signal to quit * How past resilience practices prepared me for this season of visibility and initiation * Remembering that growth is not linear, and learning is meant to be lived, not perfected I close this episode with an invitation to reflect on your own growth edge. Where are you learning something new? Where might you be expecting yourself to already “know” something that you’re actually allowed to practice, stumble through, and grow into? Subscribe to The Lightworker Diaries Read my personal essays, channeled transmissions, and listen to the Diaries podcast on Substack: 👉 Subscribe to the Lightworker Diaries Tools That Support This Podcast * Alitu – The software I use to record and produce each episode. I can’t recommend Alitu highly enough. It’s brilliant for removing my dog's snoring in the background. Use my referral link for 25% off your first 3 months: 👉 Check out Alitu * Hello Audio – The platform that delivers my private podcast experiences. 👉 Check out Hello Audio Some of the links in these show notes are affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my work in this way. Get full access to Lightworker Diaries at lightworkerdiaries.substack.com/subscribe

    15 min

  8. JAN 22

    When You Feel Like You Should Be Further Along

    In today’s episode, I unpack the pressure I’ve been feeling around time, urgency, and the belief that if I slow down, everything I’m building will disappear. What began as a conversation about business momentum revealed something much deeper: an old nervous system story that equates rest with loss, abandonment, and danger. This is a gentle but powerful exploration of why ease can feel unsafe, even when things are working. In this episode, you’ll hear me explore: * Why urgency often comes from fear, not misalignment * The difference between planting, growing, and harvesting seasons, and how they can exist at the same time in different areas of life * How comparison to volume-based hustle models creates unnecessary pressure * The subconscious belief that if you stop tending to something, it will be taken away * Childhood experiences that taught me rest equals disappearance, and how that pattern followed me into business * Reframing rest as a stabilizing force instead of a threat * Why building from spaciousness creates a different frequency than building from force * How trusting your nervous system’s pace can actually support long-term success I close this episode with an invitation for you to reflect: * Where does rest feel dangerous in your life? * What are you afraid will disappear if you slow down? * And what becomes possible if you trust that what you’re building is allowed to stay, even when you step back? You are allowed to build something that lasts. You are allowed to rest. And you are allowed to let the unseen carry you, too. Click here to register for the Earn More, Have More Masterclass Click here to check out Wonderly Accounting Get full access to Lightworker Diaries at lightworkerdiaries.substack.com/subscribe

    14 min
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Exploring the realms of feminine leadership, personal growth, mindset, and manifestation through heartfelt narratives, soulful reflections, and practical insights. lightworkerdiaries.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Tiffany Marlink
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Tiffany Marlink
  • Show Website
    Lightworker Diaries