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The Badass Confidence Coach is your go-to podcast for high-achieving women and men ready to step into their full potential. Hosted by Anna Marolin, therapist, life coach, and 20-year triathlete, this show is not your average therapy session. Anna is on a mission to empower everyone to overcome their self-doubt, crush their goals, and live their most badass lives.
Tune in to discover practical strategies, candid conversations, and actionable advice to conquer the challenges holding you back. From battling loneliness and anxiety to mastering mindset shifts and embracing self-love, Anna dives deep into the struggles we all face, alongside insightful guest interviews and engaging discussions with her husband, Tim.
Expect raw honesty, unwavering support, and a hefty dose of inspiration as Anna shares her expertise gained from over two decades of counseling and coaching experience. Whether you're seeking to boost your confidence, redefine success, or simply kick ass in life, The Badass Confidence Coach is your personal guide to unlocking your full potential.
Subscribe now and join the community of badass women and men who refuse to settle for anything less than extraordinary.
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Send a text Sometimes it’s not that life is falling apart. It’s that the way you’re thinking about it is. The spiral. The catastrophizing. The “why am I like this?” loop that keeps you stuck in your own head. In this episode, Anna and Tim unpack the mindset shifts that almost all of us need to hear, even if we’ve heard them before. From scarcity thinking rooted in childhood to overtraining, people pleasing, perfectionism, and burnout, this episode gets real about the internal patterns that qu...
Send a text You’re in the middle of a conversation and suddenly your brain just… leaves. You’re physically there, but mentally you’re gone. You can’t find the words. You feel weirdly calm, or numb, or like a turtle pulling back into its shell. And then someone says, “Why are you being so avoidant?” or “You’re so emotionally unavailable.” But what if it’s not a character flaw? Join Anna and Tim as they unpack what shutdown really is, what’s actually happening in your nervous system, and why so...
Send a text What if the thing everyone swears by… just isn’t backed by science? Manifestation is everywhere right now. Vision boards. Law of attraction. “Think it, feel it, receive it.” And Anna has thoughts. Not anti-dreaming thoughts. Not anti-spirituality thoughts. But grounded, evidence-based, therapist-who’s-done-the-work thoughts. Join Anna and Tim as they unpack the difference between comforting beliefs and real behavioral change. They talk about the shame loop that can come from “you ...
Send a text When anxiety feels constant, the instinct is to try to shut it down, fix it, or make it disappear. But what if that’s the wrong goal entirely? In part two of this conversation, the focus shifts from understanding anxiety to learning how to live with it without letting it run your life. Join Anna and Tim as they break down the practical, body-based, and mindset tools for dealing with chronic anxiety, from calming the nervous system and reducing overwhelm to interrupting rumination ...
Send a text Anxiety can feel like it’s woven into who someone is. The constant bracing. The looping thoughts. The sense of being behind before the day even starts. In this episode, Anna and Tim slow it down and name what so many people quietly live with, chronic anxiety that doesn’t look like panic, but never really shuts off. Through real stories from their own relationship, work, grief, and daily life, they unpack how anxiety shows up differently for different people. From rumination and ov...
Send a text Some relationships don’t explode. They quietly wear you down. You walk away feeling tense, confused, guilty, or just exhausted, and you can’t quite put your finger on why. Over time, those interactions start to chip away at your confidence, your peace, and your sense of self. In this episode, Anna shares the conversation she wishes she had heard decades ago. Drawing from her personal experience and decades of clinical work, she breaks down the patterns of people who consistently d...
Send a text Everyone has reasons. Everyone also has excuses. And most people don’t slow down enough to tell the difference. In this episode, Anna and Tim get real about the uncomfortable gray area between what is actually true and the stories people tell themselves to avoid discomfort, effort, or responsibility. From athletic training to business, relationships, and personal growth, they unpack how excuses quietly protect identity, offer short-term relief, and keep people stuck, even when the...
Send a text Emotional maturity is not about being calm, evolved, or getting it right all the time. It is about what happens in the moments when you are triggered, defensive, or uncomfortable, and what you choose to do next. In this episode, Anna and Tim break down what emotional maturity actually looks like in real life, including the ways people react, avoid, overexplain, or shut down when things get hard. The conversation covers pausing before reacting, owning your part without tearing your...
Send a text Confidence gets misunderstood all the time. People assume it’s something you’re born with, something loud, something fearless. But that version of confidence usually falls apart under pressure. What actually lasts is built quietly, through repetition, discomfort, and follow-through. In this episode, Anna breaks down what confident people are really doing differently, how they think, how they behave, and how they recover when things go sideways. From keeping promises to themselves,...
Send a text Anger is loud. It fuels action, creates clarity, and gives a sense of control. But what happens when the anger fades, and the crisis is over, yet something inside still feels heavy? In this episode, the conversation moves beyond rage and into the quiet aftermath that nobody prepares you for. The sadness, the grief, the identity shift that comes when family members disappoint you in moments that mattered most. Join Anna and Tim as they unpack what it really feels like when the peop...
Send a text There are moments when life cracks open, and someone has to step forward. A parent lands in the hospital. A sibling relapses. A marriage falls apart. And suddenly it becomes painfully clear who shows up and who disappears. The anger that follows is not mild frustration; it is rage, shock, grief, and a deep sense of betrayal that cuts into how family is understood. Join Anna and Tim as they unpack what happens when family members fail to show up during crisis, especially around the...
Send a text There are the things people can see on the surface, and then there are the things that live underneath, the stuff that feels too heavy or too messy to name out loud. This episode digs into the quiet weight of shame and guilt, the parts of ourselves we think disqualify us from being powerful. Join Anna and Tim as they unpack what it means to look at your life without fear of the dark corners. They talk about the difference between a rap sheet and a resume, how past mistakes can bec...
Send a text Sometimes control shows up long before anyone notices it, slipping into conversations as overexplaining, micromanaging, or trying to keep every moment calm. It can feel protective or helpful, even when it quietly disconnects people from themselves and each other. Join Anna and Tim as they sit with the real tension of recognizing controlling behavior, especially when it comes from a place of fear or old patterns that once made sense. They dig into how control takes root, what it co...
Send a text There is a particular tension that shows up when someone is trying to manage a moment, a schedule, or an entire group. Maybe it is the person urging everyone to hurry up, maybe it is the one correcting the plan, or maybe it is the quiet frustration building inside when things are not going the way they pictured. This episode looks at what is really happening beneath that urge to take charge. Join Anna and Tim as they unpack why controlling people exhausts us, why so many of us sli...
Send a text There are moments when life demands something big and visible from us, and there are moments when the bravest thing we do is in complete silence. This episode breaks open the difference between courage and bravery, especially the way most of us mix them up without ever really questioning why. Join Anna and Tim as they talk through the surprising definitions they didn’t know, the stories that shaped their understanding, and the everyday ways we all face ourselves. From firefighters...
Send a text What happens when your brain tells you to stop, when fear, anxiety, or self-doubt take the wheel? In this final part of the Emotional Mastery series, the conversation unpacks what it means to train your nervous system and override the internal voice that says “you can’t.” From performance anxiety to everyday overwhelm, it explores how to move from protection to power by understanding what’s really happening in the body and mind. Join Anna and Tim for a grounded and honest look at ...
Send a text When life throws a curveball, emotional mastery isn’t about pretending to be calm, it’s about learning how to return to calm. In this second part of the series, Anna and Tim dive deeper into what it really means to regulate yourself when your nervous system is in overdrive. From understanding how emotions spread faster than logic to exploring why our reactions often betray what we “know,” this conversation gets real about the gap between theory and practice. Join them as they unpa...
Send a text So many of us were taught to keep it together. Push it down, keep it moving, stay in control. But what happens when the pressure builds and the old strategies stop working? In part one of this powerful series, Anna shares what emotional mastery really means, why it’s not about staying calm or looking composed, but about building awareness, naming what we feel, and learning to surf the emotional waves instead of damming them up. Join Anna and Tim as they unpack the truth behind sup...
Send a text Ever catch yourself saying “that’s just who I am” like it’s the end of the story? That sentence can feel like truth, but more often, it’s fear in disguise. Whether it shows up as “I’m just not good at relationships” or “I’ve never been confident,” it keeps you in the same loop, stuck in the same patterns. Join Anna and Tim as they unpack the power of mindset and the moment everything starts to shift. From fixed narratives to feedback that stings, they get real about the ways we hi...
Send a text How many times have you told yourself, “I’m just average”? That quiet self-dismissal, that resistance to going all in, it’s more common than you think. But what if that story is the exact thing keeping you stuck? Join Anna and Tim as they dig deep into the mindset trap of “being average.” This episode is a bold callout and a loving push. It's for the people who’ve been holding back, who know there’s more inside them but can’t quite get past the fear, the comfort, or the doubt. Ann...
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