Badass Confidence Coach | Your Personal Trainer for Your Mind
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.
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Episodes
283 episodes
282. Why You Keep Repeating Patterns That Hurt You (Part I)
You've been here before. Different person, different situation, different details, but the same feeling. That hollow recognition of, why am I here again? And what makes it worse is that you're not oblivious to it. You've journaled abou...
281. The Real Cost of Avoidance and How to Finally Face It
You already know what you're avoiding. You can feel it sitting there, waiting. And yet, staying busy, scrolling, overthinking, keeping the TV loud. It all works, at least for a little while.Join Anna and Tim as they pull back the curtain...
280. Why You Can't Relax Even When Nothing Is Wrong
You sit down. Nothing is actually wrong. No emergency, no conflict, no fire to put out. And somehow your brain is already scanning, already running tomorrow's to-do list, already pulling you back into motion. It's not a character flaw. It's a p...
279. The Real Work of Building Emotional Intelligence
Most of us are walking around operating on three channels: mad, fine, or tired. And if that's the vocabulary we're working with, we're going to keep spinning out in the same patterns, the same arguments, the same spiral of "no one ever chooses ...
278. What Emotional Intelligence Actually Looks Like in a Partner
Everyone's talking about attachment styles, love languages, chemistry. But there's one variable that actually determines whether love feels sustainable or completely exhausting, and most people aren't looking for it.Join Anna and Tim as ...
277. The Habits That Are Quietly Worsening Your Mental Health
It doesn’t look destructive. It looks normal. It looks like staying informed, thinking things through, being strong, or just unwinding at the end of the day. But underneath it, something is building.Join Anna and Tim as they break down ...
276. Do Better: Power, Silence, and the Wellness Industry’s Moral Compass
What happens when the people who claim to guide healing stay silent when it matters most?In this episode, Anna speaks candidly about what she has witnessed inside the coaching and wellness industry for years, and why the silence from som...
275. Power Moves That Change How You Think and Feel (Part II)
Insight alone doesn’t change your life. Knowing why you think or feel a certain way is only the first step, but real transformation starts when behavior changes. In this episode, the focus shifts from awareness to action and the small, repeatab...
274. Mindset Shifts Most of Us Desperately Need (Part I)
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 ...
273. When You Shut Down and Don’t Know Why
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 som...
272. Manifestation Is Not a Strategy
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-spir...
271. Anxiety Isn’t the Enemy, It’s the Signal to Take the Next Step (Part II)
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...
270. Anxiety Is Not Your Personality, It’s Your Alarm System (Part I)
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, c...
269. Why Some Relationships Leave You Emotionally Drained
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, you...
268. Excuses vs Reasons: The Hard Truth We Avoid
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 ...
267. What Emotional Maturity Actually Looks Like
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 br...
266. Habits That Actually Build Confidence
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 repe...
265. After the Anger: Grief, Identity and Who You Become When Family Disappoints You
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 ...
264. When They Don't Show Up: Anger, Betrayal, and Family Disappointment
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 follow...
263. Flipping the Script on Shame, Guilt, and Your Past
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 ourse...
262. Are You the Controlling One in the Room?
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 themsel...
261. The Truth About Control
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 frustra...
260. The Quiet Power of Courage vs the Loudness of Bravery
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...
259. Emotional Mastery: Training Your Mind to Override Fear (Part III)
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 ...
258. Emotional Mastery: Regulate Before You React (Part II)
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 n...