Shadow work and straight talk about what success hides.
The Mind School sits coaches, strategists and founders down to talk about the messier side of building a business and a self. Shadow work keeps resurfacing, alongside motherhood, Instagram pressure and walking away from a life that looks fine on paper.
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The Mind School is a conversation show about the inner side of ambition: mindset, identity, self-trust and the stories people tell themselves about success. Breanna May hosts, and her guests are largely coaches, strategists and founders. Business comes up, but the questions tend to dig underneath it. Jenna Kennedy's conversation starts from a post she wrote about building a seven-figure business while feeling like she was going through the motions. From there she describes abandoning herself for a belief system that was not hers, and argues that the coaching industry mirrors a wider pressure on people to override their own inner knowing. Rayne Bryant covers similar ground from a different angle. She had a large following and had fallen into influencing, then left it for Reiki, breathwork and a six-day retreat she says broke her open. The host frames the likes and followers as validation for an inner fifteen-year-old girl, which is part of what made walking away so hard. Social media pressure also runs through Monique Forcella's episode. The marketing and messaging strategist behind The Socialista grew from 100 followers to over 95,000, yet recalls obsessively refreshing Instagram to meet a comment rule another person had posted, until she decided she was running her own race. The same conversation takes in the identity shift that comes with motherhood. Then there is shadow work, the show's most distinctive tool. In one episode the host settles in with a coffee, five months pregnant, and looks at imposter syndrome through a shadow work lens, which she sets apart from the usual limiting-belief advice. She also recalls an earlier recording, made when she was tired of being told to stay positive. Felicity Morgan, introduced as the shadow work queen, begins her interview by answering prompts from her own card game, Shadow Play, and her story takes in childhood abuse, homelessness and abusive relationships. Rebecca Antonucci brings the sharpest edges. Her episode covers herpes shame, heartbreak and what the host calls the nuance police, and she takes aim at podcasters with large platforms over how they talk about men and boys. The host does not stay neutral, telling Rebecca she respects her for taking on big names. The register throughout is warm, blunt and quick to laugh. Swearing is common, and the jokes land right beside the hard admissions. For a first listen, the Felicity Morgan episode shows the whole range in one sitting: a card game, a hard life story and easy banter.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants frank talk about the emotional side of building a business and a life, including self-doubt, identity and self-trust, with shadow work, humour and some swearing in the mix.
What sets it apart: Where much mindset talk stops at limiting beliefs, The Mind School reaches for shadow work and gives airtime to guests who criticise the coaching world itself. The host's banter, from a card-game opener to openly cheering a guest on, keeps heavy stories from feeling clinical.
Welcome to The Mind School. The classroom for your mind and soul; where we design our life from the inside out. Here, you will find a human first approach to life, business and relationships to create freedom, growth and constant evolution through mindset, emotional intelligence, leadership and connection to Self. I'm your host Breanna May - Educator, CEO, Mindset and business mentor and my mission is to teach the things we never taught at school so that no dream is left on the pillow and no purpose left unfulfilled. Here you can expect a lot of laughs and thought provoking conversations as we squeeze every drop of juice from this beautiful, precious, crazy thing called life.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Jenna Kennedy weighs the cost of achieving a success that never fully felt like her own.
A seven-figure business should feel like proof that the hard part is over. Jenna Kennedy's story complicates that idea, tracing a childhood shaped by a single mother and money stress into a life where success became linked to escape, family security, and self-worth.
Two friends, one microphone, no polite silences.
Messy parenting, made practical and warm.
School runs, stain tips and mom-group drama, compared out loud.
Practical hope for raising sturdy kids.
Faithful help for the hard parts of mothering.
Interview with Felicity Morgan, shadow work expert, discussing her traumatic past and her work on healing through shadow work.
Host Breanna May returns after a hiatus due to pregnancy complications, sharing her struggle with low iron and the need to prioritize client work over the podcast.
Host Breanna May interviews parenting expert Dr.
The Mind School host talks with Jenna Kennedy about the Instagram post where she described "a successful life on paper" and still felt empty inside a seven-figure business.
A raw and unfiltered podcast documenting the host's pregnancy journey, focusing on mindset, identity shifts, and emotional changes.
A coach with one $10,000 month may feel imposter syndrome because the claim is not yet embodied.
Monique Forkella recounts growing The Socialista from a Canva logo and fewer than 100 followers into a business with more than 95,000 followers.
Rain Bryant describes grieving the marriage, motherhood, and achievement-based identity she built before recognizing that it did not make her feel alive.
Rebecca Antonucci traces her anger at men from high-school bullying, a violent relationship, and a herpes diagnosis.
Host Breanna May interviews Felicity Morgan about her journey from childhood abuse to building a shadow work empire, including a shadow work card game.