Sense of Soul - Shedding Limitations

Episode Date: May 10, 2024

Today on Sense of Soul Podcast we have Marni Battista she is CEO and founder of the Institute for Living Courageously, Marni has cultivated a research-based, personalized, and holistic system that inspires ambitious women to shed self-imposed limitations, nurture authenticity, and live life on their own terms. She is adept at identifying and resolving thought and behavior patterns that thwart success in a collection of personal and professional spaces. Most of Marni’s clients have been coaching with her for 5 years plus—a testament to the dramatic results her methods offer.  Her new book, Your Radical Living Challenge: 7 Questions for a Meaningful Life will be published by Hay House in January 2025 and probes new ways to enrich happiness, fulfillment, and satisfaction via a unique self-assessment approach that meshes both  spiritual and Judaic frameworks universalized to empower all clients to draw from the roots of their fundamental nature.  She is the podcast of Life Check Yourself, where weekly you’ll get the raw truth from top experts and real people on the important life and love issues you want to know about. https://instituteforlivingcourageously.com/ https://datingwithdignity.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marnibattista/ Instagram: @marnibattista_ TikTok: @marnibattista www.mysenseofsoul.com

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monthly circles, and much more. Now go grab your coffee, open your mind, heart, and soul. It's time to awaken. Today on Sense of Soul, we have Marnie Batista. She is the CEO and founder of the Institute for Living Courageously. She's also the founder of Dating with Dignity. Marnie is a high transformational leader and coach. She's cultivated a research-based personalized and holistic system that inspires ambitious women to shed their self-imposed limitations, nurture authenticity, and live life on their own terms.

She is also the author of the upcoming book, Your Radical Living Challenge, Seven Questions for a Meaningful Life, and the podcast host of Life Check Yourself. She is also a radical truth seeker, which I love. So please welcome Marnie. Thank you so much, Marnie, for coming on Sense of Soul. I appreciate you being with me. Pleasure. Just to start, where are you from? Originally, I'm from the Midwest. So I grew up in Iowa. I'm in Colorado. Yes, I'm living in Colorado now. So I lived in Iowa, long story short, ended up in Los Angeles. I was married to my first husband for 17 years. We got divorced, have three kids. They're grownups. Met my husband now. And when my kids left the nest,

I had a really serious ski accident at the beginning of COVID. And I just sort of had this moment of like life is short. And my mom died at 64. I was 55. And I just had this moment where I thought if I had literally, if I knew today I have nine years to live, what would I do? And the answer was like, I would not just stay in my house in Los Angeles and wait for my kids to come back and visit. I would live my damn life. And so my husband and I sold our house and we ended up living in an RV for a year and traveling around. And while we did that, we fell in love with Colorado. Where are you at in Colorado?

In Steamboat Springs. Oh, wow. Nice. I like Steamboat. Yeah Oh, wow. Nice. I like Steamboat. Yeah. So we're renting. I do this whole life design way of living life.

And so we're experimenting. And they say, you teach what you need to know, that part of my story is like never feeling enough and always choosing the men in my life that I felt like sort of like needed that needed fixing. And it's interesting. So I'm writing a book that's going to come out in 2025 and through Hay House. And in writing that book, it's, you know, it's got my story as part of the story anyway. And so I was thinking of myself as like a character in a book or a movie. Your son will probably appreciate this, right? And so I was like, okay, well, the character has a belief, right? And the whole story has to be about like how that belief changes. I mean, that's really any main character.

They have a belief about the world or themselves and they go through a journey and they change that belief, right? So I was like writing this and I was thinking, well, the belief is it's my job to make other people happy. So where does that come from? And so I traced it, you know, I traced it back and I came up with a scene that from my memory where I was like 10 or 11 years old and I was in the kitchen. I grew up in Iowa, like I told you, and my parents were both there.

My parents were married for 43 years before my mom passed away. And my dad really loved my mom, but he was also like so unconscious of how his words impacted people. And we're in the kitchen and my mom was a smoker. That's how she ended up getting lung cancer. And he says to her, I just don't know why you don't, don't quit smoking. And he says, stupid, stupid, stupid. And then he says, and you're the world's biggest waste of talent. And in that moment, I feel like that's where I earned my like referee uniform.

I was like, I was like, dad, don't be so mean to mom. Mom, he just loves you. That's why he, you know, I was just like, that was where my superpower was born where, you know, like, I'm going to like, try and fix you. I'm going to try and help mom, like stand up for yourself. Like stop smoking dad. Like, you know, don't talk to people that way. Like you're hurtful.

So I ended up picking men in my life that needed a referee did that in lots of different versions of my life. And so ultimately over that journey, I ended up losing my dignity and self-respect and I ended up getting married, having three kids, getting a divorce. And my mission at that time became, you know, like, how can I help women if they could just shorten that journey by like one day, you know, of not thinking that you're enough of thinking it's your job to put other people before you to stay small, to not set boundaries and get your needs met and have higher standards for yourself, then that, you know, that's my mission. And so that sort of expanded after coaching women on dating and relationships for 14 years, it became really clear to me that it's about so much more

than that, right? Because the truth is, if I help you find the guy, which I have helped thousands of people find the guy, if you still don't have this belief that you're enough and that you can live life on your terms and you get rid of all the shoulds, then you'll just keep having new problems, either in your relationships or at work or with your children, whatever it is. And so really now that mission is expanded. And so I'm really helping women really reinvent themselves and write that new chapter on their terms so that they can live a life beyond their wildest dreams without having to like grind harder or blow up the life that they have. Yes. I mean, and break those patterns of continuously just finding a new body, right? But the same relationship, the same situations, and you think you're doing better and maybe he is better, but still finding yourself looking for the outside to change when it really truly came to pass. So when you said, oh, you're living vicariously, right? So it's like I changed my environment, you know, and lived in the RV.

And that's when I really, really hit home. Like, I feel like, you know, my life, my business, my relationship with my husband, my kids, they're all just basically like the vehicle. They're like the cart in the roller coaster ride that is life. You know, they're just the way we get the lessons and the highs and the lows and the thrills. And so we're living in this, you know, small space. And I was like, wow, I'm kind of still doing this. I'm still doing it in so many ways.

Because if you change the location and you change those things, wherever you go, there you are. And so that journey for me was really about like really finding that stability inside of myself and that be able to resource my home inside myself so that I can have that like wherever the situation, whatever the circumstances are so that, because when that happens, then you can live the big life. You can take the risks. You can go for the relationship. You can go for another job. You can decide to retire and live in Italy because you know that inside you have that stability. Yeah.

Wow. So true. I think about my journey is very similar. By the way, I lost my dad. He was 64 when I lost my dad. What a yucky number. Almost didn't, you know, you barely made, you didn't get to the full retirement. Yeah, no, for sure.

And what's funny is remember back in the day we're young and there's that song from the Beatles. Will you still need me? Will you still feed me when I'm 64? And that seemed so old. Right. And now I'm like 58 and like, I like so many of my friends are in their sixties, like it's not old at all. And so it's like, holy shit. I think back and I was like, Oh, cause my mom passed away in like 2008. And, and I remember

how her friends were so devastated. and I totally get it now. Cause like you're young, like how could one of your girlfriends just not be here. Right. And so it was, yeah, that was really life, right. Life-changing for me to just realize that we can't take it for granted and that, you know, we got to make it happen, happen now. Yeah. Yeah. And I don't know about you, but I sure did get left with having to take care of another child all of a sudden who I call mother. And so I'm like, okay. So you've never paid a bill before. Oh, righty.

So you've never even called a handyman. I'm like, Jesus. Yeah. It's interesting. It's a lot. People don't warn you about this thing as your parents get older. I don't know. That needs to be a book in itself. No, It's interesting. A lot. People don't warn you about this thing as your parents get older. I don't know. That needs to be a book in itself. No, they don't. And that's what's so interesting too, is that, so I work with so many women that are like in the space where you're in,

where like they have parents that are like either alone or aging, plus they also have like their own kids, right? That sandwich sort of generation. And those are the people that stop living their life. And they're like, well, let me just wait till my kid like graduates. Let me just wait till my parents pass away or my mom's more settled. Right. And I've heard my mom say that. Yeah. And then you're like 10 years past. So my, my cousin that I was telling you about that has the son who's a spectrum bless her her mom is 90 99 no I'm like am I and she's gonna be 65 sometimes she's like in that mode where she's like well let me just wait right and I'm like honey I'm not gonna do anything your mom can literally live

to be like 100 I mean who knows at this point she She's a freak. Yeah. Yeah. Are you going to like wait to live your life till you're 80? Yeah. What's your self-worth? Because you would never stop your child from doing anything that they wanted to do, you know, or you would never tell your best friend not to. balance when it comes to how we treat ourselves and how we treat the other people in our lives, which was a huge part of my journey when I discovered that self-love. And that was with a lot of witnessing my thoughts, which in your book, that's largely what it is, is from what I understand, this self-inquiry. Tell me about this self-assessment, this approach to really listening to those thoughts. Well, it's really interesting because we, we, so part of that, like, I'm going to wait

until is a metric that we were sort of born and bred into, which is like what success is, right? Like, because success is that I'm safe to do what I really want, right? Or success means that I'm enough or success means something. And so when my dad died about 10 years after my mom, yeah, it was, it was sad, but he did meet an amazing woman. So he had a really great track record, at least in the love department. But I always say like, he wasn't, you know, he, he was ill, but like, he wasn't planning on dying that weekend kind of thing. And so I flew, flew to Arizona where he was, and it was the last like, kind of two days of his life. And he was mostly unconscious. And he was like mumbling about credit

cards and things like that. And this man was like so loved and had such great achievements and just so much beauty in his life. And I, it made, after he passed away, I thought like, I do not want to be freaking mumbling about credit cards at the end of my life. God help me. You know, my thoughts the same. Yeah. Right. And so I was like, there has to be a different metric. And that's when I came across these seven spiritual questions that come from the old

Testament. And it's interesting, like if they had a better publicist, you might know about these seven questions. It's just the 10ments got a movie deal, you know, and Charlton Heston. So these seven questions. So, but these questions, the story goes in the Old Testament and I've universalized them in how I teach and in my book. But the story goes, you know, you're at the pearly gates and it's like, before you get in, it's like, you know, did you leave a meaningful life? And these questions are the guidelines basically, right? They're the metrics and they're all about, all about self inquiry. They don't say like, did you fix yourself? Did you make enough money? Did you leave your kids, you know, a shit pot of money? You know, what kind of car did you drive? Were you skinny enough? How many wrinkly do you have? And so these questions

are all about saying, did you reflect so that you could create a life of meaning? And those questions are sort of what my book is about and what I'm now teaching and how I decided to kind of start, even though it's hard because because those patterns are really deeply ingrained to start thinking about what it is that I want to use to define my life and my meaning in my life. I love that so much. And I love that. Isn't it called something like the radical living process? I love that it's radical, you know, oftentimes, I don't know, I think the word radical gets a bad rap. So I like, I like that it's radical, you know, oftentimes, I don't know, I think the word radical gets a bad rap. So I like, I like that. Yeah.

So radical, like when I went in and researched, what the hell does that mean? There's lots of different meanings, right? But one of them is like a rerouting. So radical means a lot of things, but it also means like a rerouting, you know, a re-center, you know. And so that's really what this means is it is to to reroute and to recenter and to find that way that is a rediscovery or reinvention of how you're going to do your life. It also is going to heal your future lineages in doing so. A hundred percent. I love that you said that because that's when my dad died, that was the thing. I was like, I love my dad so much. He was like my bestie,

but it was really clear to me. What, what is the legacy that I'm, I'm the matriarch now, like both my parents are gone, right? What's the legacy that I want to leave? And I was like, I'm making a decision to like consciously leave some things behind and take all the things because in one of the meditations I teach, it's, you know, think back to the ancestors, not just a couple generations, but five, six, seven generations before you and the path they took. So, and the struggles they had so that you didn't have to, right. And that's, that's the gift, right? Like they struggled so that, so that we didn't have to and, or to struggle less. And so what are we

going to take and what are we going to leave behind? And that's what I help people do is to create their own radical living challenge by really thinking about how are you going to live your life of meaning in a different way that really works for you consciously. A woman. A woman. Hey, listeners, so sorry for the interruption, A woman. schedule a session with Janine. Go to the Network of Lightworkers on www.senseofsoulpodcast.com and click on Janine and schedule your Chinese astrology reading today. It's the year of the

dragon, so lots of luck and opportunities are coming your way. So go check it out. Now back to our amazing guest. A woman, yes. And I also love that you're a researcher because I've heard you say it before. I also saw it in your bio. I am too. So you do your research even on words, which I love. I love to know, like, why are we using this word? What does it mean? And then you find out the meaning.

You're like, ooh, wait, what? Or you're super excited because it means so much more than you thought. Absolutely. Absolutely. And I think that it's really interesting and I don't know your experience in this, but so the latest and greatest in like, you know, for coaching, right. Or in this industry and personal development, there's some, I've been doing it for 14 years and there's like always phases and promises and marketing and all this kind of stuff.

And so the latest and greatest thing for a lot of people now is that they're offering guarantees. I have no judgment around that. Except to say that really having the data that shows that clients get the results that you say they do, because you can actually prove it, that you actually set it up so that someone could look at the data and do the research and see the result. And so that goes through all everything that I do, because I want to look at like, what is the data? What is the research showing not only on how do you create transformation and what modalities and all those things. And can you show how that actually creates a tangible result? Because, and I'm sure you feel the same way. Like we want our clients to not just feel better. We want them to be better. We want them to wake up. Yeah. These five things change. It's not like I just was like, now I understand. There me or anyone else, if you're not doing anything

with it, you're not getting into action. If you're not taking a tidbit from this podcast and being like, you know what, wake up and I'm going to like ask myself a better set of questions, then you're just being entertained, which is great. But I know for me, like I want people to hear my message because I don't want you, I want you to suffer that one day less than I did, you know? So it's about taking action. Oh yeah. You know, I, there's another one that's much like that. It's like, you can have all the knowledge in the world, but until you put that in action, does it turn into wisdom? And I feel that way about AI. I mean, it's like, it knows everything, but it doesn't know wisdom.

It doesn't have wisdom. It has knowledge. And there's a huge difference. I used to know everything about boundaries because I read the books. I was in Al-Anon. I could tell you everything about codependent, no more, from beginning to the end. I was in all the therapy. I was very knowledgeable on it, but I wasn't using it.

And it wasn't until I actually finally start putting down boundaries in my life that I was like, it was like, ting, it was a totally different thing. I finally could really truly live in my truth when I said, I have boundaries. Yeah. I love that you brought this up because one of those seven spiritual questions is, did you seek wisdom? Oh, yeah, of course. Right. Because we spend so much time seeking knowledge. And she's like, I'm starting a business as a consultant coach. And she's like, why isn't this working?

Why isn't that working? And I was like, well, and we talked about her reactions when people react to her posts or her shares. And so she's using that as a reflection of her worthiness or her capability. Right. And yeah. And I was like, well, do you see how you're rejecting these parts of yourself? Right. We were talking about the inner work basically.

And she was like, yeah, but I don't understand. do you see how you're rejecting these parts of yourself? We were talking about the inner work basically. And she was like, yeah, but I don't understand. Like, how am I supposed to figure out what my, you know, all this strategy stuff. And I said, you are trying to focus on the knowledge, right? Yeah. You understand, like, what is the wisdom? Like all this feedback that you're getting isn't as much about the feedback as your reaction to the feedback and you've been hiding your whole life and now you're taking this risk to live courageously and

get visible and and help people right what do you think this business is why is this business showing up in your life like what is how is it parts of your soul's journey and our brain just kept going yeah but you know what should my messaging be? And I'm like, nope, get off the knowledge train. Let's go back on the wisdom train. And it's really, really hard because every part of us is like, doesn't really want to deal with all that crap. The wisdom is where the juice is. That's why I love old people. I freaking love old people. Yeah. I wish I old people. Yeah. I wish I would have been able to interview both of my great grandmothers, sit them down.

Because you know what? For women, especially, this has been a huge, huge thing. I mean, you talked to a woman who's 100 years old. What they went through as a woman over these 100 years has been, I think, probably the greatest transition ever in humanity. Yeah, for sure. For sure. It's, it's amazing. My aunt who's going to be a hundred, she's not super clear at this point, but when she has moments and I ask her, she is like, I've been in the hospital twice, you know, like when I had my baby and, you know, and then she fell once, only twice.

And she's like, and that's because I was positive. I had a positive mindset. I've always had a positive mindset. And I'm like, that's a pearl. I want to take that one. Right. Yeah. Your mindset.

Yeah. Always looking towards the light, even in the dark. Of course. Yeah. Always looking towards the light, even in the dark, of course. You know, another thing I wanted to bring up is that I feel like for myself, there were a lot of conditions that I've had to drop along the way, because I think you kind of were reflecting on that earlier. I actually grew up because my family is very deeply rooted from Louisiana. I mean, that Southern hospitality is a real thing, girl. And that Southern charm, you know, like

put a smile on your face and everyone just go through the fire. And, you know, I wanted to be like that. Like, so it wasn't even so much that, you know, I was tricked into it because of my genetics. I mean, I really looked at them and honored that martyr. I wanted to be that selfless person. And just there was so much retraining I had to do. Yeah. And that I think whether you're from the South or not. Yes.

You know, as women, we like learn like the more productive we are, the more we do for other people, the more cookies we get, so to speak. Right. And so, I mean, who doesn't want a cookie? Right. Like, so we just keep doing it and doing it. But there's a lot of power from really owning who you are and starting to make choices and all of those fun things. And yeah, I think I really encourage anyone who's listening, if you're writing that story of your life and you go back and you had to find the moment where the belief is born, you know, to start looking at that and be like, wow, look how this has played out all my life. I remember when I was thinking about this, part of one of those things that my dad said when I was younger and my mom, it was like a joke that I was thinking about this part of one of those things that my dad said

when I was younger and my mom, it was like a joke that I was like super incoordinated and, you know, like I was like my dad. Anyway, I was, remember I was on a hike when we were on the RV trip and kind of killing it. And I had this thought, I was like, oh my God, what if it just wasn't true? Literally, right? Like, wait, what? Like, oh, you have blonde hair, right? And you're like, no, I have brown hair. And they're like, well, no, actually, right? And I was like, wow, that's how much we believe what we're told.

You know, like really, it's just like two random people after your parents made a decision or had a thought or had an idea. And we go, well, that's true. That's who I am. I'm uncoordinated. And I was like, whoa. Like, what would my life have been like if I didn't believe that? It's kind of crazy.

It is kind of crazy. We've been playing small so long and we've put ourselves in these little boxes unconsciously or wanting to be just like that and rewiring that brain. But there was no way that I was able to move beyond those limitations until I did that self-inquiry. And in that space is where I connected with my self-worth and self-love and that there was something bigger than me. And there was something bigger even than the beliefs that I was sold to believe. Yeah. And when you do that self-inquiry, when you're seeking wisdom, that's the most empowering thing you can do, right? Rather than asking, why did this happen to me? Or why did I

fall down? Or why is this not working? Like, we don't know the answer. That's, that's our brain just trying to, you know, lives to make meaning, but that what's more empowering is to ask questions and do that reflection that you can actually answer when you get still and you listen. My gosh, Marnie, I'm so excited that you and I are talking about going inward and talking about our relationship with ourself first, because I think that's the most successful thing in relationships with others. Absolutely. And that, so I was always the good, the dating coach, relationship coach. People, how do I get my ex back? Or, you know, how do I, how do I make meet better, better men online?

I'd be like, I don't know if you want my answer. Cause like the answer is work on you. No, no, no. You know, it's just, there's no men in my town. And so that would be like great, like disqualifier fire. I'm like, well, if you think that's your problem, go find another coach. There's like a zillion of them. But if you want to fall in love with yourself so that you can fall in love with someone

else, I'm here for it. Oh my gosh. Iillion of them. But if you want to fall in love with yourself so that you can fall in love with someone else, I'm here for it. Oh my gosh. I freaking love that. You know, it's funny. The first time I ever realized it was during the early parts of my awakening or like,

you know, coming to know myself, my daughter had a broken heart for the first time. And, oh, I never felt that before. I mean, you know,

of course I've experienced my own broken heart, but to feel your daughter's, I mean, I felt that before. I mean, you know, of course, I've experienced my own broken heart. But to feel your daughter's, you know, she was like 16 or whatever. I mean, I looked at her brother. I was like, you got to go beat this dude up. I mean, you know, and I heard it was actually my children have been my greatest teachers. I tell you. But I remember I was sitting outside with her on this bench that we had in our backyard. it was actually my children have been my greatest teachers i tell you but i'm sitting i remember i was sitting outside with her on this bench that we had in our backyard and i said well you know

what we can go buy him some avalanche tickets and you can go get him some chocolate milk and donuts and go over there and it'll be fine and then she looked at me she goes what mom he just broke up with me why Why would I want to bring him donuts and chocolate milk? Chocolate milk solves everything. This is my thinking, and she looks at me, and she's like, no, if he doesn't want to be with me, then why would I want to be with him? And I was like, how the hell did you get so smart? That's wisdom. And I just, I sat with myself though, as she walked away and I thought, oh my God, that's so dysfunctional. I mean, I would have got that boy back.

He may have been miserable, but I would have gotten, you know, acts of service to be my thing to be like, well, let me come clean your house. Yes. It was such an awakening to me though. And in that moment, I was like, I was so proud that at least it stopped with me. Yeah. She didn't, yeah. She's so much stronger than I would have been, but I'd like sunk back. I think you actually talked about that back into my unconscious self and to, to that ego, but somehow along the lines, like you were

saying earlier. And I think I did a lot of work, you know, thinking, where did this root from? Like, where was the first place in my life that I felt like chocolate milk could solve the world's problems? I love that. And it's, yeah. And so finding that story and then being like, wait, what if that's not the truth? What could be possible for me? Yeah. Yeah. Well, Marnie, tell everybody about your podcast too, and your YouTube, because I really enjoyed them both. Oh, thanks. So I have a podcast called Life Check Yourself, which is on Spotify and Apple, and then you can watch episodes on YouTube. And then I also drop a little bit like 15, 20, 25 minute,

like long form how-to videos on a lot of things that are problems that really busy women have around self-worth, productivity, time management, limiting beliefs, how to let go of attachments, lots of great videos. I mean, I have been doing these videos about dating and life for nine years, no more 14 years. So if you're interested to see what I look like in my forties, feel free to also go there. I love that. Yes. And not being

attached to even that. Cause you know, as I'm moving into my crone phase, I actually, I was looking at myself earlier because I'm letting, I've been letting my hair grow just like, you know, you probably can't see all the gray, but I've just been accepting it. And so I was seeing that it was like right to there. You could see like the old dye and it's like, Oh God, now that it's really coming down. And just not being attached to that, though, being more attached to the wisdom that I'm gaining, you know, and that's really what I've, you know, staying positive and thinking about that while everybody else is trying to change their faces and their bodies and all the things that I'm just like, you know, I think positivity actually might keep you looking even younger, to be very honest.

Absolutely. Aunt Marilyn still looks amazing. It is true, though. And actually, I just heard something recently that they did this, some sort of research, and they found that authenticity, authenticity was actually a higher vibration than love. I believe that. Well, there you go. I said, we don't love unconditionally.

I mean, we love, like, I love you as long as you have, you know, look good. I love you as long as you're, you know, bringing home money or bringing home A's or hitting a home run. Yeah. I mean, if, if we can be authentic, then we can have a greater understanding and acceptance of love. And most of us don't even really know who we are. You know, I think that's the other thing like in radical living is the light that you have today, whatever age stage or phase you're in was probably designed by an identity that was long time ago. And so we have to keep evolving. We have to keep looking at

that identity piece and being like, who am I today? And that's one of the other seven questions is like, were you, you, right? Like, were you just being your most authentic self? And so really looking at like the energy of authenticity and how do you bring that into everything you do? I want my life. That was like my, my big thing. And what I'm trying to teach is that like, my soul is like express like a big Jackson Pollock, you know, that, that painter that takes white canvases and just like, then his

burst of color, you know, and it, it's art, right. But it looks like just colors. Right. And so I'm like, if I have a, if I have a blank canvas and I were just to Jackson Pollock, my soul onto the, onto the world, how would that show up in like my relationships and my health and my wellbeing and my career, all those sorts of things. So that's another way to think about where you being you. Yes. Thank you so much for coming on. Can you tell everybody just one more time, remind them the name of your book? I really appreciate all of the shows that I've been on where I get to talk about it because one of the most important

things is in order to have this book impact the most people, getting feedback on what we're talking about on messages that resonate, like what's really feeling alive. Like I love all that feedback. So as we continue to like publish, edit, go through the publishing and even marketing process, like that, it really hits home. So I just appreciate you having me on to talk about it so far before we actually release it into the world. But I'm going to be talking about lots of radical living on my Facebook page, which is Marnie Batista and my Instagram, which is Marnie Batista underscore.

And then you can also go to datingwithdignity.com because I'm still helping people find love as part of this whole radical reinvention. Awesome. How often do you put out episodes? Every week. Every week. Okay. Every week. Awesome. Awesome. And what is the name of that again? It's called life life check yourself life check yourself i love that like life check yourself or life check yourself whatever you need at the time whatever you need it to be check yourself girl thanks for having me on all right nice to meet Bye. Thanks for listening to Sense of Soul Podcast.

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