Your Favorite Self: Cycle-Breaking, ADHD, and Building a Life You Actually Love

Your Favorite Self: Cycle-Breaking, ADHD, and Building a Life You Actually Love

This episode is for the mom who is doing all the "right" things — and quietly feels like something is still missing. MaKenzie sits down with Sophia Hyde, a Certified Master Life Coach, author of Unleash Your Favorite Self, host of the Your Favorite Self podcast, and creator of the Favorite Self app. After years of chasing standards that were never hers — and being told her ambition and drive were signs of a "problem" — Sophia discovered that everything the world was trying to fix about her was actually the very thing that would set her free. Together, MaKenzie and Sophia dive into what it really takes for a mom to stop chasing someone else's definition of success and start building a life she actually loves. They get honest about growing up in dysfunction (Sophia lost her mom to alcoholism at 27), the cycle-breaking work that saved her, and the ADHD diagnosis at 43 that finally gave her the language for who she has always been. Sophia also shares the four-minute rule that changed everything for her family, why the "calm-alert" state is what your kids are actually asking for, and the biggest lie the personal development industry has ever sold moms. If you have been quietly asking yourself, is this really it? — this conversation is your permission slip to find out. What We Cover * Growing up in dysfunction and choosing to break the cycle * The moment Sophia realized her mom was going to drink herself to death * Why parenting yourself is the only way to parent your kids * The four-minute rule for chaotic mornings and school pickups * Why "calm-alert" (not just calm) is the state your kids actually need from you * Getting diagnosed with ADHD at 43 and finally understanding herself * Why what the world tries to fix about you is often your greatest gift * Cycle-breaking as a decision — not a personality trait * The five "F" losses of grief (family, friends, faith, fitness, finances) * The biggest lie the personal development industry has ever sold moms Connect with Sophia Website: sophiahyde.com [http://sophiahyde.com] Instagram: @thesophiahyde Podcast: Your Favorite Self Book: Unleash Your Favorite Self (and companion journal) App: Favorite Self App Connect with MaKenzie Website: www.cleanmomedit.com [http://www.cleanmomedit.com] Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie] A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month [https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about] A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

Emotional Balance, Safety, and Doing the Real Work as a Mother

This episode is for the mom who is longing to create a calm, emotionally safe home for her children — but knows, deep down, that it has to start with herself first. MaKenzie sits down with Rebecca, a spiritual guide, teacher, and mentor who blends numerology, hypnotherapy, and energy mapping to help people understand themselves on a deeper level and create true emotional balance from the inside out. Rebecca opens up about her own transformation — going from a burnt-out mom pouring from an empty cup to a woman who mothers from overflow — and shares the tools that made the biggest difference. Together they explore why so many moms have been taught to talk about their feelings instead of feel them, and how that pattern keeps women stuck in loops for years. Rebecca teaches how emotions become physical energy stored in the body, why every choice literally shifts our molecular structure, and how to use numerology and energy mapping as practical daily tools — not just concepts. She also shares her powerful reframe on masculine and feminine energy in modern motherhood, why so many moms are stuck in masculine mode, and what it actually takes to soften without collapsing everything you have built. If you have been trying to create emotional balance for your kids while quietly falling apart yourself, this conversation is your soft place to land. What We Cover * Why you cannot regulate your children until you regulate yourself * The difference between talking about your feelings and actually feeling them * Why emotions get stored in the body — and what that costs you * How every choice you make literally changes your molecular structure * Why so many modern moms are stuck in masculine energy without realizing it * How to soften into your feminine without losing your capacity or your drive * Numerology and energy mapping as practical daily tools for moms * Why your children are your most honest mirror * What it looks like to make the work work FOR you instead of you working FOR it * Repair-based parenting when you catch yourself passing on old patterns Connect with Rebecca Website: www.akashicbec.com [http://www.akashicbec.com] Instagram: @Akashic_bec Connect with MaKenzie Website: www.cleanmomedit.com [www.thecleanmomedit.com] Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie] A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month [https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about] A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

Internalized and Inherited Body Shame: Healing What Was Never Yours to Carry

This episode is for the woman who has carried shame about her body for as long as she can remember — and is finally ready to find out that so much of it was never even hers to begin with. MaKenzie sits down with Meghan Machado, a Somatic Embodiment and Sacred Sexuality Coach who helps women reconnect with their bodies and pleasure by releasing shame, rebuilding trust, and feeling safe, alive, and fully expressed. Meghan's trauma-informed approach creates space for deep healing through body awareness, sensual aliveness, and authentic self-connection. Drawing from her training as a VITA Sex, Love, and Relationship Coach, over 20 years as a somatic movement artist, her experience as a Kundalini yoga teacher, solo mother, and her BA in Anthropology, Meghan weaves together embodiment, feminine mystery lineages, and ancestral wisdom reclamation. Together they explore where body shame actually comes from — not just from lived experience, but from the wombs of our mothers, grandmothers, and generations of women before us. If you have carried body shame for as long as you can remember, this episode is your permission slip to finally set it down. What We Cover * Why you started in your grandmother's womb (and the shame you inherited from her) * Epigenetics and why what your grandmother lived through is still living in you * Why mindset work and affirmations alone will never touch what the body is holding * What is actually happening in the body when a woman lives in chronic freeze and shrinking * Why the body will always choose safety over pleasure * How to meet yourself where you are, even if that place is numbness * The live posture experiment that shows how your body responds to shame vs. expansion * Why saying thank you to a compliment is somatic work * Pleasure as reclamation — and how women are performing pleasure instead of feeling it * Raising daughters without body shame and sexual shame Connect with Meghan Instagram: @wisewildembodied [https://www.instagram.com/wisewildembodied/] Website: wisewildembodied.com [http://wisewildembodied.com] Free — Sensual Self-Devotion Ritual: [offerings.wisewildembodied.com/selfseduction] A 15-minute guided audio that brings women into their bodies through self-love, celebration, and sensuality. Meets you exactly where you are. Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie] A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month [https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about] A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

Why Making More Money Feels Unsafe: Money Identity & Nervous System Healing

This episode is for the mom who dreams of building something bigger—but every time she starts making more money, investing in herself, or stepping into a new level, something inside tells her to slow down, play small, or stay where it's safe. MaKenzie sits down with Amy Diamond, money and empowerment coach, transformation expert, and host of the Manifesting Millions Podcast, for an honest conversation about the invisible relationship every woman has with money. Together they explore why earning more isn't just about strategy—it's about identity. Amy explains what happens inside the nervous system when your income changes, why women unconsciously spend their way back to familiar financial patterns, and how childhood conditioning quietly shapes the way we receive, save, invest, and build wealth. They also dive into the stories women inherit around self-sacrifice, why investing in yourself isn't selfish, and how learning to regulate your nervous system creates the capacity to hold more abundance without burnout. If you've ever felt called to dream bigger but found yourself shrinking the moment things begin to grow, this conversation will help you understand why—and show you how to move through it. WHAT WE COVER • What actually happens in your nervous system when your income increases • Why women often unconsciously return to familiar financial patterns • How childhood conditioning shapes your money identity • The difference between earning money through force versus alignment • Why investing in yourself changes every area of your life • How to recognize supportive money beliefs—not just limiting ones • Why your nervous system doesn't want more money—it wants familiarity • The role of identity in creating sustainable wealth • Why mothers struggle to spend time, money, and energy on themselves • Reframing "selfishness" and learning to receive • Why your children benefit most from watching you pursue your dreams • Processing fear while continuing to move forward instead of waiting until you feel ready • Building wealth without abandoning the version of yourself that matters most CONNECT WITH AMY Instagram: @xoamydiamond Free Private Podcast: Unapologetic Abundance [https://www.amyvanmeijl.com/unapologetic] — a free three-day audio series helping women release money shame, stop waiting for perfect timing, and expand their capacity to receive abundance. Website: amyvanmeijl.com [http://amyvanmeijl.com] Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie] A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month [https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about] A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

Why Trying to Fix Yourself Makes You Fail Faster (And What Actually Builds Capacity)

The conversation explores the gap between insight and embodiment, the experience of self-awareness, and the challenges faced by sensitive, intelligent women, especially mothers. Ravelle shares her personal journey and the development of her methodology, Holosoma, which focuses on deep embodiment and coherence across all layers of consciousness. The conversation covers the topics of energy management, holistic healing, and capacity building for mothers. It explores the impact of energy imprints, the concept of Holosoma, and the shift from chasing transformation to building sustainable capacity. It also delves into the interconnectedness of mental, emotional, and physical well-being, as well as the importance of reprogramming and redefining self-identity. Takeaways * Insight vs. Embodiment * The Transactional Nature of Healing Energy imprints impact our mental, emotional, and physical well-being. * Holosoma addresses healing across all layers of consciousness. * Shifting from chasing transformation to building sustainable capacity is essential for holistic well-being. Chapters * 00:00 The Journey to Self-Discovery * 09:20 The Gap Between Insight and Embodiment * 19:11 Curiosity as a Healing Tool * 25:09 The Concept of Holosoma * 34:01 Reprogramming and Redefining Self-Identity Connect with Ravelle Website: ravellelaurette.com [http://ravellelaurette.com] Instagram: @ravellelaurette [https://www.instagram.com/ravellelaurette/] Threads: @ravellelaurette Free Energetic Hygiene Meditation: available through her site Capacity Practice: available through her site Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie] A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month [https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about] A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.