In this episode of Life Beyond B.S., Heather sits down with life coach and cancer survivor Dr. Alissa Esposito, founder of The Make It Happen Project and The Modern Manifestation Academy. They dive into how your identity — not just your desires — drives what actually shows up in your life. Alissa shares the belief systems she had to dismantle to step beyond a traditional medical career, how her cancer journey became one of the best things that ever happened to her, and why manifestation is really about science, nervous system regulation, and everyday choices (not wishful thinking). You’ll hear how to start dreaming again, what to do when you’re “stuck but doing the work,” and how a vision board and determined “why not me?” energy helped Alissa dance at a duchess-level ball at Versailles.KEY THEMES & TAKEAWAYS✅ You can outgrow an identity — and that’s a good thing.You’re not meant to stay stuck in your college major, first career, or old version of you.✅ Manifestation = making ideas real, not magic spells.It’s the process of taking something from thought into the 3D world through belief, identity, and aligned action.✅ You don’t manifest what you want — you manifest who you’re being.Your dominant thoughts, energy, and self-concept are what create your repeated results.✅ Awareness is always step one.You can’t change what you don’t recognize. Becoming aware of your dominant thought loops and belief systems is the starting point.✅ Your primitive brain wants safety, not expansion.Fear and “I can’t” are often just your nervous system trying to conserve energy and keep you in the familiar, not evidence that you’re incapable.✅ Vision boards are identity tools, not just art projects.They help you clarify what you want, confront feelings of unworthiness, and measure your growth over time.✅ Cancer was a defining moment, not her identity.Alissa chose to let cancer awaken her to the value of time, intentional living, and true priorities.✅ Change doesn’t require a crisis — but most people wait for one.HEATHER’S REFLECTION❤️ Heather shares her own evolution from “I can’t” girl to “Why can’t I?” woman — and how noticing that pattern was her “brick in the face” moment.❤️ She reflects on how much of her self-hatred and self-sabotage came from internalized beliefs that weren’t even hers — they belonged to parents, culture, and old conditioning.❤️ The dynamic vision board process with Alissa became a critical turning point:❤️ It moved her dreams out of her head and onto a board she saw daily.❤️ It forced her to confront where she was still playing small.❤️ It gave her a visual standard she didn’t want to ignore for six months or a year.❤️ Today, she’s living so many of the things that once felt “for other people”: a podcast, a book chapter, speaking, her coaching work, and more.❤️ Her big invitation: don’t wait for the diagnosis, breakdown, or final straw to wake up. You can choose differently now.CALL TO ACTION:Reflection prompt🔍What is one belief about yourself or your life that might just be a thought you’ve repeated — not an actual fact?🔍What’s the next believable thought you could choose instead? (e.g., from “I can’t” → “Maybe it’s possible for me.”)Micro action:💡Tonight, before bed, name 3 things you’re grateful for and 1 thing you’re looking forward to.💡Notice how you feel after one week of this simple practice.Dr. Alissa EspositoCheck out The Make It Happen Project and The Modern Manifestation Academy: Work with Heather:🌟Book a free 60-minute call to explore life coaching and what “life beyond B.S.” could look like for you: 🌟 Join Heather’s email list at heathermcnally.com for updates on the Happy, Healthy, Whole program and new episodes: If this episode helped you breathe a little deeper or whisper “Why not me?”, please rate, review, follow, subscribe, and share it with a friend who needs it.

🪞 Episode OverviewIn this solo episode, Heather dives deep into the power of pause — and why slowing down isn’t lazy, it’s revolutionary. Through her own story as a busy mom who once filled every silence with “doing,” Heather unpacks how stillness creates the space for clarity, creativity, and connection.She blends real-life insight with brain science to show how even 60 seconds of intentional pause can shift your body from stress to safety — calming the amygdala, activating your intuition, and reconnecting you with your true self.This episode is a permission slip to stop glorifying busyness and start honoring space. Because as Heather reminds us, the pause isn’t empty — it’s full of answers.🧭 Key Themes & Takeaways✅ The difference between busyness and purpose — and how hustle culture keeps us disconnected.✅ Why awareness can’t exist without space.✅ The science behind stillness: how the parasympathetic nervous system, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex shape your peace and decisions.✅ The truth about burnout: it’s not from doing too much, but from disconnecting from yourself.✅ 3 simple, science-backed ways to integrate pause into daily life.✅ How a moment of stillness sparked Heather’s “Happy, Healthy, Whole” download — and how yours can spark your next breakthrough.🧘‍♀️ Heather’s Reflection“The pause isn’t empty — it’s full of answers, full of healing, and full of the wisdom that’s been trying to reach you.”Heather reminds us that you don’t need to meditate for hours or escape to the mountains to find peace. You just need permission — to breathe, to be, to listen. From her own burnout to breakthroughs on long drives, she teaches that awareness and freedom live inside those small, sacred moments when we stop long enough to hear ourselves again.3 Practical Tools from This Episode1️⃣ The One-Minute Pause👉🏼 Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and ask: “What’s here right now?”👉🏼 One minute of stillness can recalibrate your entire day.2️⃣ The Five Senses Reset👉🏼 Ground yourself by naming one thing you can see, hear, feel, taste, and touch.👉🏼 This brings oxygen back to your brain and activates calm through your vagus nerve.3️⃣ Ask Better Questions👉🏼 What am I avoiding by staying busy?👉🏼 What truth am I scared will surface if I slow down?👉🏼What do I need right now?These questions move you from reaction to reflection — from the amygdala to the prefrontal cortex, where clarity and choice live.Science Meets Soul:🔍 Parasympathetic nervous system: Your rest-and-digest mode that signals safety and calm.🔍 Amygdala: The emotional “smoke detector” that triggers fight, flight, or freeze.🔍 Prefrontal cortex: Your wise, logical “coach” that helps you make aligned decisions.🔍 Neurotransmitters: Deep breathing releases GABA and serotonin, your natural chill and balance chemicals.🔍 Default mode network: The brain’s reflection center — creativity and insight live here when you stop “doing.”🌿 Call to ActionTake one intentional pause today — no phone, no noise, no distraction. Just you, breathing and being. Then ask yourself: What do I need right now?If this episode helped you exhale, share it with someone who needs permission to slow down.✨ Rate and review Life Beyond B.S.✨ Join Heather’s email list at www.heathermcnally.com✨ Book a free 60-minute clarity call: Heather's schedule✨ Stay tuned for her Happy, Healthy, Whole program — coming soon.

Epidosde Info

Guest: Clare Garner — creator of Real & Raw Revolution; founder of Speak to Scale Agency + Speak to Scale Magazine; host of Raw & Real Podcast*Theme:* Ditching perfection, choosing truth, and letting voice (not polish) lead growth

Length: ~55 minutes

Content notes: Discussion of abusive relationship, healing, and liberation

Clare Garner gets deeply real about leaving a 15-year abusive relationship, rebuilding her identity, and birthing the Real & Raw movement that helps women lead with voice over varnish. She breaks down fear as a safety mechanism, why perfection is dead weight, how “failing faster” collapses timelines, and the exact moment Real & Raw “dropped in” (yep—red lipstick and a mirror!). If you’ve ever watered down your message to fit, this is your permission slip to stop performing and start telling the truth..

Key Themes & Takeaways

• Fear vs. truth: Fear often prefers the known pain over the unknown possibility. Move anyway.
• Voice over visibility: Visibility without authenticity feels empty; voice converts because it connects.
• Radical self-permission: Drop “shoulds,” choose desire, and let direction reveal itself after commitment.
• Fail fast, learn faster: “Data, not drama.” Iteration is the fastest path to clarity.
• Identity work: Be careful what follows “I am…”—identity sets your ceiling.
• Community & stages: Real & Raw stages invite unscripted truth that sells without selling.

Guest Insights (Clare’s big ideas)

💡 On fear: It’s your system trying to keep you “safe,” even when safety = small.

💡 On pivoting: Your frequency changes when you decide; that’s when the how shows up.

💡 On perfection: People don’t want perfect; they want to feel you.

💡 On leadership: It’s not about the polish; it’s about the human behind the brand.

Heather’s Reflection

Clare reminded me that courage isn’t the absence of fear—it’s choosing truth anyway. The more I move from desire (not duty), the faster my next “right step” shows up. I’m done performing; voice first, always.

Resources and Mentions

Clare's website and magazine: https://speaktoscale.co.uk/

Real and Raw LIBERATION, Austin Feb 2026: https://speaktoscale.co.uk/real-and-raw-liberation#real-and-raw-liberation

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• Get your tickets to AUSTIN (Real & Raw Liberation) Feb 2026: https://heathemcnally--iamnataliarichardson.thrivecart.com/the-real-and-raw-liberation-live/
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Breaking cycles, finding your voice, and refusing to shrink: a real, raw conversation on healing and standing in your truth.Episode Summary:In this powerful, heart-forward episode, Heather sits down with women’s empowerment leader Angeline Constantinou, founder of Let’s Break the Silence, to unpack how awareness and ownership can move you from surviving to sovereign. Angeline shares her journey through an abusive marriage, the catalytic moment that led her to file for divorce, the power of journaling as both evidence and healing, and why her next chapter—Her Unapologetic Voice—invites women to stop shrinking for rooms that don’t fit. They dig into limiting beliefs formed in childhood, the necessity of community, and practical steps for getting safe, supported, and seen.Key Themes / What You’ll Learn:✅ Awareness as the first lever of change—and how to cultivate it✅ Shadow work + limiting beliefs (and how early conditioning sticks)✅ Practical safety steps: finances, order of protection, shelters, documentation✅ Why journaling is both medicine and proof✅ Storytelling as liberation (and as a ripple effect for others)✅ Community over competition; curating rooms that match your frequency✅ Evolving from “breaking the silence” to speaking unapologeticallyGuest Bio:Angeline Constantinou is a women’s empowerment partner and founder of Let’s Break the Silence. A survivor turned advocate, she helps women reclaim self-worth, rebuild confidence, and speak their truths—unapologetically. Host of a global podcast now evolving into Her Unapologetic Voice, Angeline leads workshops and international experiences designed to awaken identity, courage, and community.Resources & Mentions:Angeline’s website: https://www.letsbreakthesilence.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61582787212083Awaken Your Identity (2-day workshop; dates mentioned: Nov 11–12): https://rb.gy/pathb0Her Unapologetic Voice (podcast rebrand / next chapter) YouTube Channel: HERENational Domestic Violence Hotline (US): 800-799-SAFE (7233) | thehotline.orgThe NYC Experience: Reserve your seat now at sifurafael.com/nyc or text NYC to 516-242-8732Calls to ActionJoin Heather’s list & get weekly Life Beyond B.S. prompts and updates: www.heathermcnally.comSchedule your FREE 60 minute consultation to see how you can work with Heather: HERE

Real & Raw Liberation. Austin (Feb. 6-7, 2025): GET YOUR TICKETSIf this episode helped you, share it with a friend and rate + review the show.

Guest: Dr. LaChelle Wieme—CRNA, business mentor, retreat leader, and self-described “butt buster” (she helps you spot the big BUTs keeping you stuck). Topic: Busting belief systems, choosing the “and-life,” and her Flow State Money Method.

In this episode, we cover:

• LaChelle’s leap from full-time nurse anesthetist to coach, author, and retreat leader
  

• The “and-life”: success and presence, impact and ease
  

• The Flow State Money Method:
  

• 1. Shift toxic thoughts, 2) Trust divine/inner guidance, 3) Take aligned, consistent action
     

• How to tell if you’re forcing vs. in flow (hello, EAC current—Finding Nemo fans!)
  

• Retreats, healing in the body, and releasing old patterns (E4 trauma method)
  

• Boundaries, family, and modeling what’s possible for our kids
  

Takeaways:

• Your “BUT” = a Belief Underestimating Truth
  

• You don’t need to know the whole path—follow the breadcrumbs
  

• Tiny aligned actions compound faster than nonstop hustle
  

More about LaChelle: Dr. LaChelle Wieme is a spirit-led mompreneur who knows what it’s like to juggle a career, family, and a deeper calling. As an execution of faith, she left her 20 year nurse anesthesia career to create more impact, income, and time with her family. Now she’s on a mission to help other women do the same.

As a speaker, best-selling author, podcaster, peak performance coach and business strategist, Dr. LaChelle specializes in helping God-centered, impact-driven, service-based solopreneurs manifest consistent 5 figure months without overthinking and overwhelm. She helps others identify and overcome the "buts" that have been holding them back from their God-given purpose. Her unique blend of scripture, brain science, and quantum physics enables the clarity, belief, and follow-through they need for lasting change and manifesting a life with more peace and fun.

Website: https://iam-lifebydesign.com/

IG: @LaChelleWieme

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Episode 3: The Power of Choice: How Small Decisions Create Big Change

Learn how every choice - even the small ones - becomes a vote for the life you want.

Awareness is the first step toward transformation, but choice is where your power begins. In this episode, Heather dives deep into what it means to choose differently — even when life feels stuck or out of control. She shares a personal story about a pivotal decision that changed everything, and how one conscious choice can set off a chain reaction of transformation.

You’ll learn: • Why awareness alone isn’t enough to change your life • How to harness the tiny space between stimulus and response • Why small, consistent choices create massive momentum • The simple nightly practice that rewired Heather’s mindset and joy

Takeaway: You don’t need a miracle to change your life — you just need one choice, made with awareness and intention.

✨ Journal Prompt: “Where in my life am I saying I don’t have a choice, and what choice is actually available to me?”

💬 Affirmation: I always have a choice, and my choices create my reality.

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Welcome back to Life Beyond B.S., where we ditch the belief systems (and the other B.S.) that keep us stuck and learn to live with awareness, alignment, and choice.

In this episode, Heather dives deep into the very first step toward any real change: awareness — that powerful moment when you finally see what’s been driving you. She shares her own brick-in-the-face story that changed everything and teaches how awareness opens the door to choice, healing, and self-trust.

You’ll learn:
✨ What awareness actually means — and why it’s more than just “noticing.”
✨ How your subconscious runs 95% of your daily life (and how to take back the wheel).
✨ The “I can’t” moment that became Heather’s turning point.
✨ Simple ways to practice awareness daily — journaling, breathwork, pausing, and body check-ins.
✨ How to recognize when you’re running on autopilot and choose differently.

Mentioned in this episode:
📔 Soul Awakening Journal by Heather McNally — available on Amazon.
🌐 Free Limiting Beliefs Finder → heathermcnally.com
💬 Connect on Instagram → @heather_a_mcnally

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Welcome to Life Beyond B.S. — the podcast where we ditch the belief systems and the bullshit that keep us stuck and start choosing differently.

In this first episode, Heather McNally shares her personal story of transformation — from growing up in chaos to caregiving, loss, and rediscovering the power of choice. You’ll learn how your beliefs are formed, how to start questioning the ones that hold you back, and how awareness is the first step toward real change.

✨ In this episode:

• The truth about belief systems and subconscious programming

• Heather’s story of resilience, caregiving, and growth

• Why awareness leads to freedom

• A powerful reflection: “What’s one belief you’ve carried that isn’t truly yours?”

🎙 About the show:
Life Beyond B.S. is about alignment over autopilot, freedom over fear, and creating joy that actually lasts.

🖥 Connect with Heather:
Website → heathermcnally.com
Instagram → @heather_a_mcnally
Free Limiting Beliefs Finder → on her website

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