Marie just said yes to writing her book. In six months. Alongside her daughter, who is also writing a book. And she's here to tell you exactly how that happened — and why the sequence of events that followed her yes was nothing short of magic.

But first, she needs to talk about your elephant.

This episode weaves together the science of the subconscious mind, the power of visceral visualization, and one of the most important moments in Marie's own story — because understanding how your brain works is only half of it. The other half is knowing what to do when the big, scary opportunity actually shows up in front of you.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• The elephant and the rider — why 95% of your thinking is happening under the surface, and why that 95% is running on negativity bias, threat detection, pain avoidance, and old shame programming that will absolutely override your best conscious intentions if you don't train it
• Why your lizard brain is always going to do three things — take the easy road, avoid pain, pursue pleasure — and what that means for anyone trying to make something real in the world
• Two ways to train your subconscious mind to line up with the future you're creating instead of pulling against it
• What visceral visualization actually is, how to do it, and why spending time every day in a full sensory dress rehearsal of your future self's life is one of the most neuroplastically powerful things you can do
• Why your brain won't even recognize the opportunities that match your desired future if you haven't trained it to look for them — and what it's scanning for instead
• Marie's morning visualization in full — the salty sea air, the coffee, the meditation, the kids, the husband, the assistant calling, the bestseller notification — and what happened when a book publisher in Denver started pursuing a deal with her six months later
• What happened the morning after she signed the contract: 45 minutes of voice memos downloading the entire book, and thing after thing after thing lining up in a way she's experienced too many times to call coincidence
• Why ignoring the niggling feeling — that quiet, persistent pull toward the thing you actually want — makes life muddy and weird, and why listening to it feels like magic
• The three-step process: follow the language your body speaks, visualize the future you're creating every single day, and when the big scary opportunity shows up — say yes
• Why every single person who has ever made their dream real had to take a scary leap. Every single one.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Moxie Mastermind — where subconscious mind training, visualization, and making ideas real is built into the work every week
• Melissa Tears — originator of the neuroplastic trigger-release technique Marie references
• Finding Moxie — Marie's book, now officially in progress

How to connect with Marie:

• On the Web | The Local Bloom
• Instagram: @the.bloom.coach
• All Things Marie on LinkTree

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