23: your hustle's not toxic with Ash McDonald

23: your hustle's not toxic with Ash McDonald

"You have the life you're willing to put up with." - Ash McDonald In this episode of the SEEN Podcast, Bryn sits down with entrepreneur therapist Ash McDonald to call out the cultural shame around ambition and what anti-hustle culture got dangerously wrong. Ash makes the case that women have spent years trying to heal themselves out of the very traits that built their lives...and how that pattern is quietly costing them everything. Takeaways: - Anti-hustle culture made ambitious women ashamed of what got them here - Your willingness to go first changes everything - Burnout often lives in the beliefs you carry, not the hours you work - The narrative is always sacrifice - Why Ash left social media and what visibility looks like on the other side - The cost of always asking what something gives without asking what it takes Connect with Ash: Website: ashmcdonaldmentoring.com [https://ashmcdonaldmentoring.com/links?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGncmNUsfNuMqSegdexAkJDFf9NLE0CLsaBPzQvP8VfGKkYyAajYyrkYJjQiCs_aem_tYPPiAnDx0Rg0oT52_rgTA] Connect with Bryn: Instagram: @bryndaylor [https://www.instagram.com/bryndaylor/] Get full access to Pretty Messy Thoughts at bryndaylor.substack.com/subscribe [https://bryndaylor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

22: 6 things I do when I'm in a creative rut

Trust Fund Baby is OPEN: Join Here [https://app.moonclerk.com/pay/2h1cnbgvcga8] 😇 "You're not empty. The energy is stuck." - Bryn Daylor In this episode of the SEEN Podcast, Bryn shares the 6 tools she actually uses when she's in a creative rut. From screaming Noah Kahan in the car to having sex to talking to God on a walk — these are the unsexy, deeply effective practices that get her writing again every single time. This conversation isn't about forcing creativity. It's about unblocking it. Motion over force. Takeaways: - A creative rut isn't emptiness — it's stagnation - Energy wants to move and singing gets it out - You can borrow someone else's creative energy when yours is offline - Service is the fastest antidote to self-absorption - Sex and creativity live in the same place in your body - You're not the source. You're the channel. Get my [https://bryndaylor.myflodesk.com/muse?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGncuYvHMr0XAV_fqWVn7s1YRjQ7dHMh91KoJKDHwn_lcsrvLt4G2QWj-3RrN8_aem__afgHTOPg9HN0icJJBjcjg]free [https://bryndaylor.myflodesk.com/muse?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGncuYvHMr0XAV_fqWVn7s1YRjQ7dHMh91KoJKDHwn_lcsrvLt4G2QWj-3RrN8_aem__afgHTOPg9HN0icJJBjcjg] list of go-to creative resources to wake up your muse. [https://bryndaylor.myflodesk.com/muse?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGncuYvHMr0XAV_fqWVn7s1YRjQ7dHMh91KoJKDHwn_lcsrvLt4G2QWj-3RrN8_aem__afgHTOPg9HN0icJJBjcjg] Connect with Bryn: Instagram: @bryndaylor [https://www.instagram.com/bryndaylor/]  Substack: Pretty Messy Thoughts [https://bryndaylor.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips] Get full access to Pretty Messy Thoughts at bryndaylor.substack.com/subscribe [https://bryndaylor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

21: confession: I’m a trust fund baby

Trust Fund Baby is OPEN: Join Here [https://app.moonclerk.com/pay/2h1cnbgvcga8] 😇 "The more I stopped micromanaging God, the more my life got funded by magic." - Bryn Daylor In this episode of the SEEN Podcast, Bryn comes clean: she's a trust fund baby. Just not the kind you're thinking. She unpacks a lifetime of white-knuckling… the marriage she gripped, the CEO role she turned down, the homes and friendships she clamped down on, and what finally shifted when she read The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer (and discovered the famous author's temple was nine minutes from her front door). From the grief of losing everything she'd built to the active, terrifying, miraculous practice of saying yes to what's actually showing up, Bryn makes the case that the more you trust in something greater than yourself, the more your life gets funded by what's actually meant for you. Takeaways - Why gripping for certainty never actually works, and how to recognize when you're doing it - What it really means to be "funded" and how surrender becomes its own kind of wealth - How letting go can can be an active yes, not passive waiting - What the in-between actually feels like (grief, the void, not knowing who you are) and why that's not a sign you're doing it wrong - The questions to sit with: where do I need to loosen my grip? What if what I'm losing is being removed FOR me? Connect with Bryn:  Instagram: @bryndaylor [https://www.instagram.com/bryndaylor/]  Substack: Pretty Messy Thoughts [https://bryndaylor.substack.com/] Get full access to Pretty Messy Thoughts at bryndaylor.substack.com/subscribe [https://bryndaylor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

20: every woman needs a hoe phase (not with men though)

"You can’t choose well until you fully know what it’s like to choose badly." - Bryn Daylor In this episode of the SEEN Podcast, Bryn gets into the hoe phase  (yes, that one) but then flips the concept on its head. After asking herself what a hoe phase even looks like as a married woman, she lands on something she wasn't expecting: her career. From 3rd grade teacher to gym owner to meal delivery company to the blend of creativity, love, and God she's living now through her business, Bryn makes the case that trying things, pivoting out loud, and refusing to be boxed in isn't a bug. It's a feature. Takeaways - Why having a hoe phase, romantically and professionally, is actually how you choose well - The shame spiral Bryn had with her business coach about every pivot she's ever made, and the reframe that changed everything - Why your purpose is a verb, not a noun — it grows and changes with you - Why pivoting out loud gives the people around you permission to grow too - A question to sit with: where do you need more permission to experiment? Connect with Bryn:  Instagram: @bryndaylor [https://www.instagram.com/bryndaylor/]  Substack: Pretty Messy Thoughts [https://bryndaylor.substack.com/] Get full access to Pretty Messy Thoughts at bryndaylor.substack.com/subscribe [https://bryndaylor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

19: the universe loves a messy b*tch

"You don't have to be perfect to be magnetic. You have to be honest. And honest, most of the time, looks a lot like messy." - Bryn Daylor In this episode of the SEEN Podcast, Bryn opens with the moment she blacked out (twice!) on stage in front of sixty people while telling the story of her dog Wags and the love they shared. What she expected: shame, pity, an audience that pulled back.  What actually happened cracked open everything she thought she knew about magnetism. Bryn makes the case that what you project is what you magnetize… and performing perfection attracts people who want the performance, not you.  Takeaways - Why messy gets a terrible rap, and why that rap is wrong - The critical difference between trauma dumping and messy (one discharges onto people, the other invites them in) - Why the people meant for you don't move toward your polish, they move toward your realness - Why clarity doesn't come from getting it right the first time – it comes from living something fully and letting it teach you - How this applies to love: every messy data point is what makes you a ten out of ten for the right person when they show up Connect with Bryn:  Instagram: @bryndaylor [https://www.instagram.com/bryndaylor/]  Substack: Pretty Messy Thoughts [https://bryndaylor.substack.com/] Get full access to Pretty Messy Thoughts at bryndaylor.substack.com/subscribe [https://bryndaylor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]