
High-energy coaching for clearer, braver action.
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Motivational Moments with Maria is an upbeat self-development show built around encouragement, practical reframes, and guest-led insight. Recent conversations move from nervous-system safety and intuitive writing to small-business growth, veterans, and essential service work.
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About Motivational Moments with Maria
Motivational Moments with Maria is a coaching-centered self-help show with a high-energy, conversational feel. Maria opens with warmth, urgency, and a steady focus on inspiration, encouragement, and practical elevation. The show is not quiet background content. It is built to lift the room, name the challenge, and move toward action. Recent episodes show a wide version of personal development. One conversation with Julie Stevens centers on anxiety, trauma-informed somatic healing, nervous-system safety, and the idea that anxious feelings are experiences rather than personal failures. That episode gives the show a grounded, body-aware dimension. It talks about observation, curiosity, triggers, and small practices that help people return to calm. Another episode with Dr. Sarah Jeffress moves toward inner truth, intuitive writing, poetry, clarity, and the next level of personal results. Its energy is celebratory but still reflective. The Ryan Shute conversation broadens the frame again, bringing in small service businesses, unconventional marketing, veterans, essential home services, and the dignity of infrastructure work. That range is part of the show's identity. It treats mindset as connected to health, vocation, relationships, business, service, and daily resilience. Maria's presence is direct and affectionate, often pushing for passion, positivity, focus, and follow-through. The guest format keeps the show from becoming only motivational monologue. Each visitor brings a different vocabulary, from embodied safety to intuitive writing to profitable growth. The pace can be exuberant. The heart of the show remains consistent: people are capable of more when they calm the noise, listen honestly, and act with purpose. It works best for listeners who want personal growth with warmth rather than clinical distance. It also fits people who appreciate coaching that can move from the nervous system to entrepreneurship without treating those worlds as separate. The overall effect is bright, earnest, and action-minded.
Made for: This show is for listeners who want upbeat personal-development coaching with guest perspectives on healing, mindset, clarity, business, and purpose. It especially suits people who respond to warm encouragement paired with direct accountability.
What sets it apart: The show mixes classic motivational coaching with conversations that range from somatic anxiety tools to intuitive writing and service-business growth. Maria's energetic style keeps the episodes practical, personal, and forward-moving.
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Do you need a boost to start your day? Join me, Coach Maria as I deliver some moments of inspiration, motivation and sometimes ass kicking to help you live the life you truly desire and deserve. We will take a journey together to keep you focused, your attitude positive, energy high, mindset strong, and have some fun too. Simply subscribe and you will be notified as soon as the next podcast is available. I am excited to be on this journey with you. Imagine a relationship that is entirely focused on YOU. Imagine someone listening rather than just hearing you. Imagine someone who holds YOU accountable to YOUR dreams and aspirations. That is what Maria delivers to YOU.
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Calm the Body. Clear the Mind.
Motivational Moments with Maria features Maria, a high performance coach, speaking with Julie Stevens, a life coach, trauma-informed somatic healer, plant medicine guide, founder of Urban Retreat Center in Northern California, and creator of Calm Body Blueprint, an eight-week nervous-system program.
Feb 15, 2026·44m·3 clips - 2
Think Like an Olympian
Feb 10, 2026·14m - 3
The 6 Cs to Success
Maria explains why confidence follows consistent courage rather than appearing before action.
Jan 5, 2026·20m·1 clip - 4
Quiet the Mind. Hear Your Truth.
Coach Maria introduces a special guest, Dr.
Dec 24, 2025·47m·2 clips - 5
Staying Sane When the Holidays Get Loud
Dec 15, 2025·38m - 6
The Power of Compartmentalizing
Dec 10, 2025·24m - 7
Ready to Finish Strong? Let's Reflect and Plan Together
Nov 24, 2025·20m - 8
Who Are You When Everything Changes?
Oct 20, 2025·14m - 9
Why Self-Care is NOT Selfish
Oct 13, 2025·18m - 10
Creative Visualization
Sep 29, 2025·12m - 11
Invisible Barriers
Sep 15, 2025·11m - 12
The Enthusiasm Advantage
Sep 8, 2025·14m - 13
Energize and Rise
Sep 1, 2025·22m - 14
From Limits to Legends
Aug 25, 2025·13m - 15
Escape the Beige of Normal
Aug 18, 2025·17m - 16
Debunking Myths About Discipline
Jun 2, 2025·20m - 17
Anatomy of Resilience: Steps to Increase Yours
May 27, 2025·13m - 18
Marketing, Vision and Veterans with the Wizard of Ads
Hidden gemRyan Shute, the Wizard of Ads, explains how first-principles thinking, empathetic communication, and distinctive branding can change marketing for small service businesses.
May 13, 2025·51m·3 clips - 19
Navigating the Journey of Caregiving
Hidden gemCaregiver coach Lori Kennedy describes 24 years in disability services and the pressure of providing full-time care.
Apr 14, 2025·28m·1 clip - 20
Embrace Resilience and Thrive
Apr 7, 2025·39m - 21
Beautiful Things Grow In Hard Places
Mar 31, 2025·35m - 22
Weed Out Your Limiting Beliefs: Create Space for Growth
Mar 17, 2025·10m - 23
Seed Your Intentions: Planting the Vision for Your Desired Life
Mar 9, 2025·9m - 24
Healing Your Ancestral Trauma
Mar 2, 2025·42m - 25
The Compass Within: Navigating Life with Self-Trust
Feb 24, 2025·10m - 26
Fueling Your Self Confidence-Self Love in Action
Feb 17, 2025·11m - 27
The Love You Deserve-A Journey of Self-Care
Feb 9, 2025·11m - 28
Trailblazing Transformation: A Conversation with Lt. Colonel Leslie Latimore-Lorfils
Jan 26, 2025·28m - 29
The Journey to Happiness with La Reine Coaching
Jan 19, 2025·33m - 30
Break Free From Approval Nightmares
Jan 12, 2025·13m - 31
The Butterfly Effect of Life
Jan 5, 2025·11m - 32
Get Your SWAGGER Back to Thrive in 2025
Jan 1, 2025·21m - 33
The Journey to Financial Freedom: A Conversation with Janeil Pierre
Aug 26, 2024·32m - 34
From Control to Freedom: Dr. AnnMarie Waite's Journey to Empowerment, Happiness, and Healing
Aug 5, 2024·39m - 35
You Too Can Be An Olympian
Aug 2, 2024·11m - 36
Unleashing Your Inner Superhero: A Conversation with Thania Trieu on Authenticity, Fear, and Activating Your Power
Jul 29, 2024·32m - 37
Unleashing Your Inner Champion: Mastering the Top 5 Skills for Success
Jul 22, 2024·10m - 38
Get Ready to Be Inspired by Jude Monteserrato's Story of Triumph and Transformation
Jul 1, 2024·26m - 39
Embrace the Spotlight: Kelly's Tale of Dance, Transformation, and Pilates Brilliance
Jun 24, 2024·28m - 40
Rhonda Davison: From Hangry to Healing - Turning Pain into Power and Grief into Growth
Jun 10, 2024·32m - 41
Unleash Your Greatness with Mary Beth Flemming: A Journey to Transformation and Wellness
Jun 3, 2024·25m - 42
Who Cares if You Make It or Not? You Should
May 27, 2024·12m - 43
Rising Above: Monika's Inspiring Journey
May 20, 2024·26m - 44
Embracing Resilience: Kiara's Journey of Rediscovery and Mental Well-being
May 13, 2024·34m - 45
Push Past the Terror Barrier
May 7, 2024·13m - 46
Steps to Flourish
Apr 30, 2024·17m - 47
You Have To Start to Be Great
Apr 23, 2024·11m - 48
Have More Fun
Mar 25, 2024·9m - 49
You Can Create Your Own Luck
Mar 13, 2024·17m - 50
Do you Suffer from Imposter Syndrome
Mar 4, 2024·12m