From Mandazi to Mastery: One Woman’s Fight for Education and Belonging

You Were Never an Imposter — Break Free from Self‑Doubt

In this episode Maureen, a life and purpose coach and mental health advocate, explores imposter syndrome—what it is, where it comes from, and how it shows up in five common patterns (perfectionist, superperson, natural genius, soloist, expert). She explains the costs of living with these feelings and offers compassionate insight into why feeling like an imposter often proves you’re not one. Maureen shares practical tools to heal: naming the feeling, documenting achievements, reframing effort and failure, separating feelings from facts, speaking openly, leaning on community (Ubuntu), and seeking support when needed. The episode closes with grounding exercises, three anchoring truths, and a daily affirmation to help you claim your belonging.   Whether you're seeking to advance your career or relationships, launch a new business, find your purpose, increase your productivity, boost your confidence, or simple become the best version of yourself, then you at the right place!   I wish you peace beyond understanding Peace of I You can DM or Reach out to me: My Coaching offers: 1:1- Coaching, Workshops, Seminars and Speaking: Mail: motivatedbymaureen@gmail.com Via my website: www.motivatedbymaureen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motivatedbymauree1/ [https://www.instagram.com/motivatedbymauree1/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066969400881 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066969400881] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-burgstahler-56b3bbb0 Web: https://motivatedbymaureen.com/ [https://motivatedbymaureen.com/] My books both available on Amazon: Englisch Version - Ubuntu Within: https://amzn.eu/d/3W1kf2W [https://amzn.eu/d/3W1kf2W] German Version - Ubuntu in mir: https://amzn.eu/d/5o9lcIp [https://amzn.eu/d/5o9lcIp] The confident me Rise up: https://amzn.eu/d/7xTrz5m [https://amzn.eu/d/7xTrz5m] Integration can it work? Amani: https://amzn.eu/d/eWfYUUu [https://amzn.eu/d/eWfYUUu] Kann Integration gelingen? Amani: https://amzn.eu/d/3crinjV [https://amzn.eu/d/3crinjV] You Were Never an Imposter: https://amzn.eu/d/09u7Msiq [https://amzn.eu/d/09u7Msiq] Join my Emailist &Subscribe to my newsletter: Email: motivatedbymaureen@gmail.com The Keynote on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ASZc4KFzONY [https://youtu.be/ASZc4KFzONY]

From Pain to Purpose: Lessons That Aligned My Life

Maureen shares the quiet, powerful lessons she learned through pain, delay, and responsibility — showing how hardship often becomes preparation for purpose. This episode explores resilience without clarity, identity revealed under pressure, the danger of disappearing while adapting, and how timing and persistence meet opportunity. She reframes success as inner growth and healing, invites listeners to ask "What is this teaching me?", and leaves you with three anchoring truths and a grounding affirmation. Whether you're seeking to advance your career or relationships, launch a new business, find your purpose, increase your productivity, boost your confidence, or simple become the best version of yourself, then you at the right place!   I wish you peace beyond understanding Peace of I You can DM or Reach out to me: My Coaching offers: 1:1- Coaching, Workshops, Seminars and Speaking: Mail: motivatedbymaureen@gmail.com Via my website: www.motivatedbymaureen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motivatedbymauree1/ [https://www.instagram.com/motivatedbymauree1/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066969400881 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066969400881] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-burgstahler-56b3bbb0 Web: https://motivatedbymaureen.com/ [https://motivatedbymaureen.com/] My books both available on Amazon: Englisch Version - Ubuntu Within: https://amzn.eu/d/3W1kf2W [https://amzn.eu/d/3W1kf2W] German Version - Ubuntu in mir: https://amzn.eu/d/5o9lcIp [https://amzn.eu/d/5o9lcIp] The confident me Rise up: https://amzn.eu/d/7xTrz5m [https://amzn.eu/d/7xTrz5m] Integration can it work? Amani: https://amzn.eu/d/eWfYUUu [https://amzn.eu/d/eWfYUUu] Kann Integration gelingen? Amani: https://amzn.eu/d/3crinjV [https://amzn.eu/d/3crinjV] Join my Emailist &Subscribe to my newsletter: Email: motivatedbymaureen@gmail.com The Keynote on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ASZc4KFzONY [https://youtu.be/ASZc4KFzONY]

Lessons Learned the Hard Way: Coming Home Through Truth

Lessons I learned the hard way: coming home through truth. In this episode of Empower Mind Talk, host Maureen reflects on hard-earned lessons about kindness, silence, being undervalued, and staying too long in hurtful spaces, exploring how these experiences affect mental health and growth. She offers compassionate insights and three core truths — hard lessons teach, it’s okay to outgrow what once fit, and wisdom comes from experience — inviting listeners to choose themselves, heal, and find belonging. Whether you're seeking to advance your career or relationships, launch a new business, find your purpose, increase your productivity, boost your confidence, or simple become the best version of yourself, then you at the right place!   I wish you peace beyond understanding Peace of I You can DM or Reach out to me: My Coaching offers: 1:1- Coaching, Workshops, Seminars and Speaking: Mail: motivatedbymaureen@gmail.com Via my website: www.motivatedbymaureen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motivatedbymauree1/ [https://www.instagram.com/motivatedbymauree1/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066969400881 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066969400881] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-burgstahler-56b3bbb0 Web: https://motivatedbymaureen.com/ [https://motivatedbymaureen.com/] My books both available on Amazon: Englisch Version - Ubuntu Within: https://amzn.eu/d/3W1kf2W [https://amzn.eu/d/3W1kf2W] German Version - Ubuntu in mir: https://amzn.eu/d/5o9lcIp [https://amzn.eu/d/5o9lcIp] The confident me Rise up: https://amzn.eu/d/7xTrz5m [https://amzn.eu/d/7xTrz5m] Integration can it work? Amani: https://amzn.eu/d/eWfYUUu [https://amzn.eu/d/eWfYUUu] Kann Integration gelingen? Amani: https://amzn.eu/d/3crinjV [https://amzn.eu/d/3crinjV] Join my Emailist &Subscribe to my newsletter: Email: motivatedbymaureen@gmail.com The Keynote on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ASZc4KFzONY [https://youtu.be/ASZc4KFzONY]

Small Cuts, Deep Scars: The Truth About Microaggressions

Microaggressions, the small cuts that reach the soul — this episode of Empower Mind Talk explores how subtle comments, questions, and jokes accumulate to harm mental health, belonging, and trust. Host Maureen names the lived experience of those quiet wounds, explains why impact matters more than intention, offers grounding truths and an affirmation, and invites listeners to protect their energy and trust their perception.   Whether you're seeking to advance your career or relationships, launch a new business, find your purpose, increase your productivity, boost your confidence, or simple become the best version of yourself, then you at the right place!   I wish you peace beyond understanding Peace of I You can DM or Reach out to me: My Coaching offers: 1:1- Coaching, Workshops, Seminars and Speaking: Mail: motivatedbymaureen@gmail.com Via my website: www.motivatedbymaureen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motivatedbymauree1/ [https://www.instagram.com/motivatedbymauree1/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066969400881 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066969400881] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-burgstahler-56b3bbb0 Web: https://motivatedbymaureen.com/ [https://motivatedbymaureen.com/] My books both available on Amazon: Englisch Version - Ubuntu Within: https://amzn.eu/d/3W1kf2W [https://amzn.eu/d/3W1kf2W] German Version - Ubuntu in mir: https://amzn.eu/d/5o9lcIp [https://amzn.eu/d/5o9lcIp] The confident me Rise up: https://amzn.eu/d/7xTrz5m [https://amzn.eu/d/7xTrz5m] Integration can it work? Amani: https://amzn.eu/d/eWfYUUu [https://amzn.eu/d/eWfYUUu] Kann Integration gelingen? Amani: https://amzn.eu/d/3crinjV [https://amzn.eu/d/3crinjV] Join my Emailist &Subscribe to my newsletter: Email: motivatedbymaureen@gmail.com The Keynote on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ASZc4KFzONY [https://youtu.be/ASZc4KFzONY]

From Mandazi to Mastery: One Woman’s Fight for Education and Belonging

An article in the BNN (Karlsruhe) shares Maureen’s journey from selling mandazi in Kenya to pay for school, to moving to Germany, facing racism, and rebuilding her life through education and work. She reveals how resilience, a life-changing apprenticeship, motherhood during crisis, and the Ubuntu philosophy led her to become a coach, author, and mental health advocate — a story of strength, belonging, and hope. Whether you're seeking to advance your career or relationships, launch a new business, find your purpose, increase your productivity, boost your confidence, or simple become the best version of yourself, then you at the right place!   I wish you peace beyond understanding Peace of I   You can DM or Reach out to me:   My Coaching offers: 1:1- Coaching, Workshops, Seminars and Speaking: Mail: motivatedbymaureen@gmail.com Via my website: www.motivatedbymaureen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motivatedbymauree1/ [https://www.instagram.com/motivatedbymauree1/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066969400881 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066969400881] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-burgstahler-56b3bbb0 Web: https://motivatedbymaureen.com/ [https://motivatedbymaureen.com/] My books both available on Amazon: Englisch Version - Ubuntu Within: https://amzn.eu/d/3W1kf2W [https://amzn.eu/d/3W1kf2W] German Version - Ubuntu in mir: https://amzn.eu/d/5o9lcIp [https://amzn.eu/d/5o9lcIp] The confident me Rise up: https://amzn.eu/d/7xTrz5m [https://amzn.eu/d/7xTrz5m] Integration can it work? Amani: https://amzn.eu/d/eWfYUUu [https://amzn.eu/d/eWfYUUu] Kann Integration gelingen? Amani: https://amzn.eu/d/3crinjV [https://amzn.eu/d/3crinjV] Join my Emailist &Subscribe to my newsletter: Email: motivatedbymaureen@gmail.com The Keynote on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ASZc4KFzONY [https://youtu.be/ASZc4KFzONY]