In today’s episode, we’re joined by Maxine Mallen, founder of Coming Home Coaching. Max’s work is shaped by both her professional training and her lived experience of rebuilding life after abuse and divorce. She brings a rare blend of psychological expertise and personal insight - supportingclients not just with theory, but with deep understanding, resilience, and hard‑won healing.

Trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Thinking Skills and Mindfulness, Max weaves structured therapeutic tools with compassion, grounding practices and practical strategies. Her approach helps people move through anxiety, low self‑esteem, relationship challenges, recovery and major life transitions with greater clarity, confidence and emotional stability.

For Max, healing isn’t about “fixing” yourself. It’s aboutrecognising your strength, reclaiming your voice, and creating a life that feels safe, aligned and empowered. Her story is a powerful reminder that riding the waves of change is a process of rebuilding, reconnecting and choosingyourself.

This episode is especially for midlife women navigatingmajor life transitions, healing from past relationships or seeking a more grounded, self‑led way forward.

You can contact Max via her website and social media channels:

Instagram: https://www.instragram.com/cominghomecoaching/

Facebook: Coming Home Coaching

Website: https://www.cominghomecaiching.net

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In this episode, Marie explores the quiet, complicated wayschildhood survival strategies follow us into adulthood - especially the deep‑rooted need to control everything around us. What begins as a way to create safety inan unpredictable world can become a lifelong pattern of micromanaging, hypervigilance, fixing and gripping tightly to anything that feels like it might slip.

We look at how control becomes a shield, how it shapes yourrelationships and decision‑making, and what it feels like to slowly relinquish control. It’s about learning to trust life again, piece by piece, and discovering that letting go isn’t the same as losing power - it’s reclaiming it. This conversation unpacks what it means to recognise and hold space for thatunderstanding from a place of peace and acknowledgement.

You’ll hear reflections on:

• How childhood environments create control‑driven habits

• Why letting go can feel threatening, even when life is stable
• The emotional shift from survival mode to self‑trust
• Practical ways to soften old patterns without self‑judgment

If you’ve been labelled a control freak and ever wondered why you react so strongly to uncertainty, why you plan five steps ahead or why surrender makes you feel vulnerable, this episode offers a grounded, compassionate space to reflect. It’s not about blaming the past; it’s about understanding it so you can step into your next chapter with peace, acknowledgement and understanding.

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You can follow Marie's personal journey to becoming herauthentic true self by reading and subscribing to ⁠⁠Growing with Grace. ⁠⁠Where she reflects on life's lessons, blessings and the seasons of change as she enters her unapologetic AF ERA.

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DISCLAIMER: the content in this podcast is not intended tobe a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of this podcast. Always seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional if you are experiencing difficulties with mental health.

In today’s episode, we’re talking to Chamiah Goulbourne, the inspiring creator behind Nourish Me Wild. Chamiah is a plant‑based chef who travels across the UK and Europe, nourishing women on health and wellbeing retreats with food rooted in the seasons, bold flavours and a deep belief in plants as medicine.

When she’s not cooking, Chamiah is out exploring the land - foraging for wild herbs and natural remedies that she transforms into skincare, art and herbal tinctures for her online shop. Her lifelong connection to nature shapes everything she creates.

Chamiah opens up about how shifting to a plant‑based diet supported her own health challenges, including stress, inflammation and allergies. Her story is a powerful reminder of how reconnecting with nature and embracing simple, nourishing food can support women - especially during midlife through hormonal changes, burnout and the desire to feel more connected.

You can contact Chamiah, via her website and social media channels:

Website: https://nourishmewild.myshopify.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nourishme.wild

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⁠UNFUNK YOUR SOUL® ⁠ founded by Marie Shaw, a well-being practitioner, X-HAIL® Instructor and NLP Coach in training. UNFUNK YOUR SOUL® is more than a wellness brand - it’s a movement created to help women reconnect with their authentic selves and reclaim joy, especially during midlife transitions. It’s rooted in holistic mind-body practices and designed to support emotional, physical, and spiritual transformation in Staffordshire, UK.

Find our next event here

You can follow Marie's personal journey to becoming her authentic true self by reading and subscribing to ⁠⁠Growing with Grace. ⁠⁠Where she reflects on life's lessons, blessings and the seasons of change as she enters her unapologetic AF ERA.

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DISCLAIMER: the content in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of this podcast. Always seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional if you are experiencing difficulties with mental health.

In this SHORT Series: Let's Talk Turning 50: The Midlife Reset Marie reflects on the intentional steps she’s taking as she celebrates turning 50. She shares how she’s creating a life that truly aligns with who she is today - and the future she wants to actively curate. It’s a story rooted in growth, resilience and embracing midlife with passion and purpose.

This episode is for you if you’re navigating midlife transitions, preparing for a new chapter or moving through shifts such as an empty nest, relationship changes or a career change.

If you have resonated with any of the themes in this episode we'd love to hear from thoughts in the comments.

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UNFUNK YOUR SOUL® ⁠ founded by Marie Shaw, a well-being practitioner, X-HAIL® Instructor and NLP Coach in training. UNFUNK YOUR SOUL® is more than a wellness brand - it’s a movement rooted in holistic mind-body practices, soulful healing and radical self love, created to help women reconnect with their authentic selves and reclaim joy, especially during midlife transitions.

Find our next event here

You can follow Marie's personal journey to becoming her authentic true self by reading and subscribing to ⁠⁠Growing with Grace. ⁠⁠Where she reflects on life's lessons, blessings and the seasons of change as she enters her unapologetic AF ERA.

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DISCLAIMER: the content in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of this podcast. Always seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional if you are experiencing difficulties with mental health.

In this episode, Marie's is talking to Janine Scarff a sobriety coach who is helping women rethink their relationship with alcohol whether that means cutting down, taking a break or quitting altogether. With nearly seven years of sobriety under her belt, Janine brings not only professional insight but deep personal experience to her work. Her journey has been transformational and she’s passionate about breaking the stigma around alcohol struggles.

Beyond her coaching work, Janine is a home-educating mum to a teenager, step mum to three boys and founder of a home-ed cooking club. She’s also a lover of gardening, spreadsheets, and cake - so yes, we cover a lot of ground!This episode is a heartfelt, honest and hopeful look at what it means to choose a different path with alcohol - and how that choice can ripple out into every part of life.

You can contact Janine, via her website and social media channels:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SoberCuriousCoastal

Website: www.sobercuriouscoastal.co.uk

Insta: www.instagram.com/sober_curious_coastal/

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UNFUNK YOUR SOUL® ⁠ founded by Marie Shaw, a well-being practitioner, X-HAIL® Instructor and NLP Coach in training. UNFUNK YOUR SOUL® is more than a wellness brand - it’s a movement created to help women reconnect with their authentic selves and reclaim joy, especially during midlife transitions. It’s rooted in holistic mind-body practices and designed to support emotional, physical, and spiritual transformation in Staffordshire, UK. Find your next event here

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DISCLAIMER: the content in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of this podcast. Always seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional if you are experiencing difficulties with mental health or alcohol.

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses baby loss, including miscarriage and stillbirth. Please take care while listening.

In this deeply moving episode, Marie opens up about her experience as a bereaved grandparent following the heart-breaking loss of her granddaughter. With raw honesty and compassion, she reflects on the emotional toll of baby loss and the silence that often surrounds it. Marie also shares how Baby Loss Awareness Week offers a vital space for remembrance and community - shining a light on an unimaginable grief that many feel uncomfortable talking about.

The episode explores the broader context of pregnancy and infant loss where the statistics show that approximately 15 in every 100 pregnancies end in miscarriage and around 13 babies die shortly before, during or shortly after birth each day in the UK. These numbers highlight the urgent need for awareness, support and open conversation.

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⁠UNFUNK YOUR SOUL® ⁠ founded by Marie Shaw, a well-being practitioner, X-HAIL® Instructor and NLP Coach in training. UNFUNK YOUR SOUL® is more than a wellness brand - it’s a movement created to help women reconnect with their authentic selves and reclaim joy, especially during midlife transitions. It’s rooted in holistic mind-body practices and designed to support emotional, physical, and spiritual transformation in Staffordshire, UK.

Find our next event here

You can follow Marie's personal journey to becoming her authentic true self by reading and subscribing to ⁠⁠Growing with Grace. ⁠⁠Where she reflects on life's lessons, blessings and the seasons of change as she enters her unapologetic AF ERA.

If you would like to show your support for the Podcast andMarie’s work buy a virtual vegan pizza at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Me a Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠. This will help to support Marie, so she can continue creating more content for you.

DISCLAIMER: the content in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of this podcast. Always seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional if you are experiencing difficulties with mental health.

In this episode Marie explores the liberating power of reclaiming your voice in midlife and to embrace life phases and transitions. From career changes to rediscovering personal passions, we dive into stories of how you can live boldly, unapologetically and on your own terms. Whether you're facing an empty nest, a new beginning or simply craving more, this episode is your reminder: life doesn’t stop, it evolves.

Whether you’re navigating an empty nest, a career change ora personal reinvention, this conversation is for you.

Tune in if you’re ready to:

💬 Say yes to what feels right - and no to what no longer fits

🌱 Grow through change, not just go through it

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⁠UNFUNK YOUR SOUL® ⁠ founded by Marie Shaw, a well-being practitioner, X-HAIL® Instructor and NLP Coach in training. UNFUNK YOUR SOUL® is more than a wellness brand - it’s a movement created to help women reconnect with their authentic selves and reclaim joy, especially during midlife transitions. It’s rooted in holistic mind-body practices and designed to support emotional, physical, and spiritual transformation in Staffordshire, UK. Find our next event here

You can follow Marie's personal journey to becoming herauthentic true self by reading and subscribing to ⁠⁠Growing with Grace. ⁠⁠Where she reflects on life's lessons, blessings and the seasons of change as she enters her unapologetic AF ERA.

If you would like to show your support for the Podcast andMarie’s work buy a virtual vegan pizza at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Me a Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠. This will help to support Marie, so she can continue creating more content for you.

DISCLAIMER: the content in this podcast is not intended tobe a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of this podcast. Always seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional if you are experiencing difficulties with mental health.