Do you ever pause to consider what your personal standards are and how they shape your life? Your standards, whether about how you dress, how you spend your time, or who you spend it with, guide your choices and actions. They set the tone for how you treat yourself and how others treat you, and they can be consciously chosen or subtly learned over time. In this episode, I explore how to notice, assess, and work with your personal standards. I share examples from my own life, from clothing choices to money routines, to show how even small standards reflect your self-worth and influence your daily life. You will learn how to identify when your standards are supporting you or holding you back, why the way you treat yourself is paramount, and how small adjustments can ripple out into other areas of your life. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://maisiehill.com/248 Join us in the Powerful membership: https://maisiehill.com/powerful
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247. Goal Setting and The Long Game of Change
Do you ever feel frustrated when your most important goals seem to take forever to achieve? The goals that require you to expand your identity and sense of self aren’t quick wins or overnight successes. They are the slow burns that transform who you are while you work toward them, demanding patience, commitment, and consistent effort over time. I’m talking about the long game of change and why your most important goals need space to reshape you. You’ll discover how to build delay tolerance, use uncomfortable emotions as fuel, and prune away distractions and old identities that hold you back. You’ll also have practical ways to stay committed when progress feels slow and learn how to keep moving forward even when the immediate reward isn’t visible. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://maisiehill.com/247
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246. Discernment and Trusting Your Inner Knowing
Do you trust the things your body tells you, even when you can’t explain them or get someone else to validate them? Many of us who’ve been socialised as female have been trained to doubt what we sense, to question our instincts, and to defer to others’ opinions, even when our internal knowing is guiding us correctly. This conditioning shapes the way we make decisions, respond to relationships, and navigate our work and creative projects. In this episode, I’m exploring discernment—the ability to perceive what’s obscure and trust your knowing, even when it can’t be fully explained or justified. You’ll learn how to tell the difference between clean discernment and fear-based decision-making, recognise when you’re relying too heavily on external validation, and strengthen your ability to trust yourself. This episode is about tuning into your internal sense, making decisions that feel coherent, and building the muscle to honour your knowing without apology. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://maisiehill.com/246
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245. Overcome Mental Blocks and Stop Giving Away Your Power
Do you ever feel like you're waiting for the perfect conditions before you take action? In this episode, I dive into the mental blocks that prevent us from moving forward. We often give our power away to external factors or other people’s decisions, like sliding all our chips across the casino table and letting someone else bet on our behalf. Mental blocks often show up disguised as facts. Our minds tell us we can’t move forward until we have approval, more resources, or a change in circumstances. You’ll learn how to spot these mental blocks and recognise when you’re betting on others instead of yourself. I’ll explain how making a small move, even when the full picture feels out of reach, can get you back in the game. We’ll also explore how changing the language you use can help unlock new possibilities for action. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://maisiehill.com/245
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244. The Politics of Protecting the Asset
Do you ever feel guilty for prioritising yourself, even when you know it’s necessary? Protecting your capacity — what I call “protecting the asset” — isn’t just about avoiding burnout. It’s about power, socialisation, and whose needs get met while others are expected to keep giving. When you start prioritising yourself, you aren’t just changing your own life; you’re disrupting systems that have long benefited from women’s invisible labour and challenging the social rules that reward overfunctioning while punishing boundaries. In this episode, I explore why taking care of yourself can feel indulgent or selfish and how that guilt was strategically taught to keep you useful to everyone but yourself. We unpack how being socialised as female encourages self-erasure, how workplaces and families rely on invisible labour, and why the people around you are trained to expect you to smooth over tensions. I also cover how to protect your capacity without inadvertently shifting burdens onto others and why doing this work is a political act that models new possibilities for collective care. Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://maisiehill.com/244
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