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What is a cycle-breaker? How do we finally step out of the patterns that keep us stagnant and build extraordinary lives? Join Fiona Walsh, a change-maker and cycle breaker who transforms lives as a coach. Every 2 weeks, she steps into the inner worlds of people uncovering their own stories of bravery and strength. You'll hear from experts in personal change, healing sharing practical techniques for self awareness, emotional wellness and lasting personal growth. Come along as we unlock limitations, and embrace freedom on the path to becoming Limitless.
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Julie Reisler was eating out of a parked car when she heard the voice that changed her life. The master coach, Georgetown professor, and two-time TEDx speaker takes us back to the twomoments that cracked her open: a food addiction rock bottom, and a 3:33am panic attack carrying a message she could not unhear.Fiona and Julie trace the childhood roots of people-pleasing and numbing, the difference between fear and intuition, why people-pleasing is a form of lying, and how we are all connectedthrough one energetic field. Julie also shares the two practices that changed everything for her: meeting your inner world before you touch your phone, and going to sleep with your hands on your heart."Our intuition doesn't have a calendar or an alarm clock. It comes when it comes and it's our job. Are you gonna follow it or not?" – Julie Reisler Connect with Julie ReislerWebsite: https://juliereisler.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliereislerPodcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PM0LrtQHd6FaFlY31gi9m Work with Fiona WalshExplore coaching, somatic recalibration, and resources for high performers ready to lead from clarity and nervous system safety:Website: https://www.fionawalsh.co1:1 Coaching & Breakthrough Sessions: https://www.fionawalsh.co/work-with-meInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionawalshcoachingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-walsh-coachEmail: fiona@fionawalshconsulting.com If this episode gave you clarity or a moment of relief, follow the show and leave a review. It helps more high-achieving but quietly overwhelmed leaders find this work, and themselves.
"My identity should not be held in my job and my job title." Morgan WilsonWhat happens to your sense of self when the job you built your identity around disappears overnight?After nearly a decade in legal recruiting, Morgan Wilson was let go, and everything she thought defined her went with it. In this episode she shares the burnout and Sunday-night dread that came first, the six months of inner work that helped her separate her worth from her title, and how she rebuilt a definition of success that comes from the inside out.We talk about the people-pleasing and over-functioning patterns that keep high performers over-giving, how to set boundaries inside high-pressure cultures, why women so often hold back from asking for what they need, and how to tell the difference between running from a job and moving toward something real. Morgan also shares a grounded, practical way to think about AI and career disruption instead of freezing in fear.If you've tied who you are to what you do, and you're quietly burnt out underneath it, this one is for you.Connect with Morgan WilsonWebsite: https://www.thewilson.coLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morganwilsoncoWork with Fiona Walsh:Explore coaching, somatic recalibration, and resources for high performers ready to lead from clarity and nervous system safety:Website: https://www.fionawalsh.co1:1 Coaching & Breakthrough Sessions: https://www.fionawalsh.co/work-with-meInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionawalshcoachingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-walsh-coachEmail: fiona@fionawalshconsulting.comIf this episode gave you clarity or a moment of relief, follow Limitless and leave a rating. It helps more high-achieving but quietly overwhelmed leaders find this work, and themselves.
"I had the dream. But I never believed I could actually hold it. That I deserved it, that I was worthy of it." — GaiaShe had the dream, the drive, and three hours set aside to make it happen. Instead, she found herself crying at her desk, researching why cats sit on keyboards — and finally realizing something was wrong beneath the surface. In this episode, ADHD coach and disruptor Gaia shares what a breakdown, a diagnosis, and years of subconscious reprogramming taught her about why high achievers get stuck — and what it really takes to start betting on yourself.Today on Limitless:The breakdown moment that led Gaia to her ADHD diagnosis at 32Why the procrastination loop isn't laziness — it's fear of not being able to hold your dreamWhat it means to be an "ADHD disruptor" and why Gaia refuses to put out commiseration contentSubconscious reprogramming and hypnosis: getting to the root of what's really blocking youDropping labels entirely — and why that was the most freeing thing she ever didAerial silks, circus training, and the unexpected connection between flying and inner freedomGaia's one micro-step: find your anchor, titrate your nervous system, and build from thereIdentity before action: why stepping into "I am the person who does this" changes everythingThis episode is for you if:You have a dream you can't seem to get out of the starting gates onYou wonder if your procrastination, burnout, or overwhelm might be something deeperYou're tired of advice that doesn't fit how your brain actually worksYou're ready to stop outsourcing your answers and own your own journeyConnect with Gaia: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaiabroda/ Podcast (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/6Iz0TgMV8jYOm28SwkOj89?si=7d5a118b1fc54a59 Podcast (YouTube): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeHQcGNKaa2yI18YHeItWS-M4p8KbkXA-&si=UE9O-dOKM_NdT5T1Work with Fiona Walsh Explore coaching, somatic recalibration, and resources for high performers ready to lead from clarity and nervous system safety:Website: https://www.fionawalsh.co 1:1 Coaching & Breakthrough Sessions: https://www.fionawalsh.co/work-with-me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionawalshcoaching LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-walsh-coach Email: fiona@fionawalshconsulting.comIf this episode helped you see yourself a little more clearly — subscribe and leave a review. It helps more quietly overwhelmed, deeply self-aware humans find this work, and themselves.
"The world screams at us: it's about addition. I have tried that endlessly. And every time I arrived, there was nobody there but me. And it was empty." - Scott LackeyWhat happens when the inner critic has been running the show for decades — and one quiet Saturday morning, you finally talk back? Scott Lackey spent four months fighting the voice in his head before he finished a single chapter of his book. Then everything changed. In this episode, Scott unpacks the real meaning of sacrifice (it's not what you think), why broken promises to yourself quietly erode your self-trust, and how one decision to stop negotiating with himself led to an Iron Man finish line, a bestselling book, and a fundamentally different relationship with who he is. If you've outgrown the version of success you were chasing — but haven't figured out what replaces it — this episode is your next step.Today on Limitless:Why the inner critic gets louder the closer you get to doing the thing that mattersWhat "sacrifice" actually means — and why it has nothing to do with giving things upThe self-trust jar: how broken promises silently empty it and what fills it back upWhy COVID's silence cracked Scott open and made him confront every unkept promiseHow completing an Iron Man rewired who Scott is as a human being — and how you can apply this to your own big, scary goal"Stop negotiating with yourself" — the one principle that changed everythingWhat Scott's title Wake Up to Die Again is really asking you to look atThe condition of your heart is measured by the words coming out of your mouthFiona's somatic heart technique: how to get an answer your mind could never give youScott's one micro-step toward limitless: why subtraction, not addition, is the pathThis episode is for you if:You've been making and breaking the same promise to yourself for yearsYou're succeeding on the outside but feel quietly hollow on the insideYour inner critic shows up loudest when you're doing the most meaningful workYou're ready to stop accumulating and start releasing what no longer serves youYou've outgrown your old story but haven't yet written the next chapterAbout Scott Lackey:Scott Lackey is a speaker, columnist, and author of Wake Up to Die Again — a raw, vulnerable account of the broken promises, ego sacrifices, and inner battles that led him to an Iron Man finish line and a #1 new release. The Voice of Iron Man, Mike Riley, wrote the foreword.Buy the book: https://scottlackey.com/product/wake-up-to-die-again-book/Work with Fiona Walsh:Explore coaching, somatic recalibration, and resources for high performers ready to lead from clarity and nervous system safety:Website: https://www.fionawalsh.co1:1 Coaching & Breakthrough Sessions: https://www.fionawalsh.co/work-with-meInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionawalshcoachingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-walsh-coachEmail: fiona@fionawalshconsulting.comSubscribe + Review:If this conversation stirred something — a promise you've been breaking, a voice you've been listening to, a jar you know is empty — subscribe and leave a review. It helps more high-achieving but quietly overwhelmed leaders find this work, and themselves.
"We don't need a move, a crisis, or a plot twist to give ourselves permission to upgrade the life we already have." — Fiona WalshWe were all in. Packing boxes. House painters booked. Visited new schools. All systems ready to move from Vancouver to Canmore, Alberta. Then a sudden leadership change flipped everything — and we found ourselves standing in the same life, but seeing it completely differently.This solo episode is a real-time look at what happens when you say yes to expansion, do all the inner work, take the leap — and the ground shifts beneath you. I unpack the urgency spiral that was running my nervous system, the survival patterns that surfaced under pressure, and why this plot twist revealed exactly where I wasn't free.Today on Limitless:- How a sudden leadership change reversed our cross-country move overnight- Why my nervous system instantly regulated once I removed the selling deadline — and what that told me- The moment I started seeing my Vancouver life with completely new eyes after visiting Canmore- An Oracle card spread that mapped the entire arc of this story (it's mindblowing)- Peter Crone's quote that reframed everything: "Life will present you with - people and circumstances to reveal where you are not free"- What I'd been putting off for 8 years — and why it took a move that didn't happen to finally do it- Real-time proof the nervous system work is working: holding sick kids, painters in the house, and a full client load without grippingThis episode is for you if:- You've said yes to something big, done the inner work — and then everything changed- You're holding contradictory emotions right now (relief and grief, excitement and loss)- You've been putting off something that would create space in your life, work, or home- You're wondering whether expansion has to mean going somewhere new- You're curious about nervous system regulation, survival patterns, and what it looks like to stop grippingWork with Fiona Walsh Explore Mind~Body Coaching for high performers ready to lead from clarity and nervous system safety:Website: https://www.fionawalsh.co 1:1 Coaching & Breakthrough Sessions: https://www.fionawalsh.co/work-with-me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionawalshcoaching LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-walsh-coach Email: fiona@fionawalshconsulting.comSubscribe + Review If this episode gave you clarity or a moment of relief, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more high-achieving but quietly overwhelmed leaders find this work — and themselves.🎧 Listen to the previous episode: Ep 66 — "When Life Re-Writes Your Plan: Nervous System Expansion and Survival Spirals"#NervousSystemRegulation #Expansion #PersonalGrowth #LettingGo #InnerFreedom #HighAchievers #SomaticHealing #SelfTrust #LimitlessPodcast #FionaWalsh #SurvivalPatterns #ControlAndSurrender
"You can say yes to a big leap and still spiral on the way through. These two things are not in conflict with each other." — Fiona WalshYou do the inner work. You build the capacity. And then life hands you something you didn't see coming — and your old survival pattern walks straight back in. In this raw, unfiltered solo episode, Fiona shares what's been happening in her own life over the last six weeks: a major family relocation decision made under real pressure, a beautiful moment of nervous system expansion — and then the very human spiral that followed when the execution got hard. This is what it actually looks like to catch your story in real time, locate the pressure from within rather than pinning it on the circumstances, and come back to choice. Not perfectly. But consciously.Today on Limitless:- Why the choice to expand or contract is always available — and why most of us default to survival- How a 10-year vision exercise became the reframe that made a terrifying decision feel possible- What it looked like to stay regulated through one of the biggest parenting conversations Fiona has ever had- When the nervous system work holds — and when the pressure cracks it open anyway- The mentor coaching insight that shifted everything: time is a construct, and the urgency is coming from inside you- How to locate your survival story internally rather than in your circumstances — and why that distinction changes everything- Why catching the spiral, even when you can't stop it, is the whole point of the workThis Episode Is for You If:- You've done significant inner work and still find yourself hijacked by urgency, control, or the feeling that everything is falling apart- You tend to carry the mental load solo and interpret other people's calm as not caring- You know you're in your story but can't get out of it — and you've wondered if that means the work isn't working- You're navigating a big life change and oscillating between excitement and overwhelm- You're curious about what nervous system regulation actually looks like in real life, not in theoryWork With Fiona Walsh:If this episode resonated, Fiona works with high-achieving professionals ready to stop running on pressure and start leading from clarity and nervous system safety.Website: https://www.fionawalsh.co 1:1 Coaching & Breakthrough Sessions: https://www.fionawalsh.co/work-with-me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionawalshcoaching LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-walsh-coach Email: fiona@fionawalshconsulting.comSubscribe + ReviewIf this episode gave you a moment of recognition — or relief — subscribe and leave a review. It helps more quietly overwhelmed, high-achieving humans find this work. And find themselves.
"Against all the advice and everyone around me telling me I'd never be successful because of the choices I'd made — I just had this nagging feeling like there's got to be something more." — Leah YardWhat do you do when the story you were handed - the one that says you are not smart enough, not educated enough, not from the right world - has been confirmed so many times that you have started to believe it? Leah Yard grew up on remote lighthouse islands, dropped out of school, worked entry-level jobs through her twenties, and had a complete mental breakdown before she ever built anything. And then she built anyway. In this episode, Leah and Fiona explore what it actually takes to move from victim to creator - not through a mindset hack or a viral moment of motivation, but through the slow, honest, unglamorous work of taking radical responsibility for your story, learning to use the darkness as fuel, and starting before you are remotely ready. If you have ever used your own past as evidence that you are not enough, this one is for you.Today on Limitless:- How Leah went from a complete mental breakdown in her early twenties to building a sustainable jewellery brand that reflects exactly who she is- Why the isolated, misfit kid who grew up on a lighthouse island became her greatest creative asset- The difference between playing the victim and taking radical responsibility and why the victim story is genuinely a great excuse- How to use the darkness, the chip on your shoulder, the rage — as fuel rather than a spiral- Why resilience is not about never getting knocked down, it is about knowing you can always get back up- The somatic truth about sensitivity: why what you were shamed for as a child is often your greatest superpower as an adult- Why your subconscious has no concept of time — and how that explains why rejection at 40 can send you right back to being nine years old- Two non-negotiables Leah swears by: starting before you are ready, and the promise you make to yourself every time you move your bodyThis Episode Is for You If...- You have a story about why you are not enough - and part of you is still running on it- You have done personal development work but find yourself still slipping into old loops of self-doubt, comparison, or victim thinking- You are a sensitive, highly feeling person who grew up being told that was a weakness- You are sitting on a business idea or creative dream and keep waiting until you are more ready, more qualified, or more certain- You want to build something real - and you know the inside work and the outside work are the same workConnect with Leah YardWebsite: https://leahyarddesigns.comConnect with Fiona WalshExplore coaching, somatic recalibration, and resources for high performers ready to lead from clarity and nervous system safety.Website: https://www.fionawalsh.co 1:1 Coaching and Breakthrough Sessions: https://www.fionawalsh.co/work-with-me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionawalshcoaching LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-walsh-coach Email: fiona@fionawalshconsulting.comSubscribe + ReviewIf this episode gave you a moment of clarity, permission, or recognition — subscribe and leave a review. It helps more quietly high-achieving people who are ready to stop running on old stories find this work, and themselves.#RadicalResponsibility #InnerFreedom #ResilienceJourney #SensitivityIsAStrength #HighAchievers #LimitlessPodcast #FionaWalsh #PersonalDevelopment #NervousSystemHealing #SelfTrust #VictimToCreator #WomenInBusiness
"Just keep taking out the trash out of you - you're doing great." – Evan's mother, appearing in a dreamWhat if the way you used to cope - the partying, the numbing, the non-stop overdoing - was also the thing that saved you? And what if the very thing you're grieving in midlife isn't a person, but a version of yourself you've been slowly abandoning?In this deeply honest episode, Fiona sits down with Evan, the world's first Party Coach, to explore what happens when grief goes underground - and what it takes to find your way back into your body, your joy, and genuine human connection. From benders in Brooklyn to sober raves and sauna parties in Chicago, Evan's journey is both a reckoning and a reclamation. This one will crack you open.Today on Limitless:- Why grief pushed Evan into years of partying, numbing, and over-functioning - and why he has zero regrets- The annual March pattern: how unprocessed grief can hijack the same month, year after year- What Evan's mother told him in a dream - and why "taking out the trash" is his life's guiding metaphor- The difference between using substances to get into your body vs. learning to get there on your own- Why Evan went to 150 parties sober - and what he discovered about frequency, presence, and nostalgia- What "party" actually means: a surprisingly radical redefinition for midlife- The loneliness epidemic, the death of third spaces, and why human connection has never felt harder - or more necessary- What a scream club, a sauna rave, and poker night have in common (and why they matter)- Why Evan believes party culture will save humanity - and what that actually looks like in your 40sThis Episode Is For You If...- You used partying, alcohol, or over-functioning to cope in your 20s and 30s - and you're still making sense of it- You're craving real connection but find it harder to access than ever- You're in midlife and wondering what fun, joy, and social life even look like now- You've done therapy but feel like something deeper - body-based, experiential - is still missing- You're ready to let go of who you were and find out who you are nowIf this episode stirred something in you — a hunger for real connection, a desire to stop numbing and start feeling — this is the work.Work With Fiona Walsh:Website: https://www.fionawalsh.co 1:1 Coaching & Breakthrough Sessions: https://www.fionawalsh.co/work-with-me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionawalshcoaching LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-walsh-coach Email: fiona@fionawalshconsulting.comConnect with EvanThe Party Coach — the world's first party coach The Party Within — Evan's 7-stage method for letting go of nostalgia and reconnecting with joy. Website: https://partycoach.me/Subscribe + ReviewIf this episode gave you permission to grieve, to let go, or to reimagine what joy looks like in this season of life — subscribe and leave a review. It helps more people who are quietly craving depth and real connection find their way to this work.#PartyCoach #GriefAndHealing #SomaticHealing #MidlifeConnection #InnerFreedom #NervousSystemHealing #HumanConnection #LimitlessPodcast #FionaWalsh #LettingGo #ReconnectWithYourself #HighAchievers
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