This week, the Mindfulness Architect, Holly McNeill is joined by Rita Ernst, the Amazon best-selling author of Show Up Positive (2022) and Culture Impact: Strategies to Create World-Changing Workplaces (2023).

Forbes, MSNBC, and over 30 podcasts worldwide have featured Rita as a culture and change management expert. TAP-In Magazine named her the Top Influential Leader of 2022.

She owns Ignite Your Extraordinary, which won the Most Positive Management Consultancy of 2023 and 2024 and the Excellence Award for Workplace Wellbeing Support 2024.

She holds an advanced degree in Organizational Psychology from Clemson University.

On this episode, the Mindfulness Architect, Holly McNeill is joined by Michele Phillips, President of Key Performance — a powerhouse in elevating happiness, excellence, and human potential in the workplace.

With more than 25 years of entrepreneurial experience, Michele blends neuroscience, habit formation, and positive psychology into a refreshingly practical formula for personal and professional success.

Michele's impact spans the globe, partnering with elite organizations like TAG Heuer, Pfizer, Verizon, Schott, Nomura, Barclays, The PGA, and The New York State Bridge Authority.

Through her dynamic workshops, transformational coaching, and high-energy keynotes, she empowers leaders to write their own outcomes — creating cultures where people thrive, teams rise, and organizations transform from the inside out.

If you're ready to shift your mindset, expand your awareness, and step into empowered leadership, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

Tune in, take a breath, and let's pay attention together. 💛✨

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This special Thanksgiving episode is a pause — a gentle breath — for anyone who feels alienated, estranged, or separated during the holidays. In one of the most personal episodes she's ever shared, Holly opens her heart and tells the story of her long, painful journey through parental alienation, estrangement, and years of fighting to stay connected to her children.

She speaks directly to anyone navigating complicated family dynamics: parents missing their kids, adult children distant from a parent, and anyone carrying the ache of disconnection during the holiday season.

And though Holly is deeply grateful for the relationship she has with her children today, this episode is about self-care, self-compassion, and staying open to even the smallest flicker of hope.

She reflects on how the hardest chapters of her life eventually led her back to herself — to awareness, healing, and the rebuilding of a relationship she once feared was lost forever.

If the holidays feel heavy this year, this message is for you.

A reminder that healing is possible.

A reminder that you're not alone.

And an invitation to soften, breathe, and stay open to something better.

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What if the chaos in your life was actually the beginning of something beautiful?

In this inspiring conversation, host Holly McNeill sits down with artist-turned-coach Marc Scheff to explore how creativity, risk-taking, and letting go can reshape the way we live and work.

From leaving behind a career in tech to building a thriving art and coaching practice, Mark shares how his Make a Mess framework helps people create, destroy, and emerge into their most authentic selves.

Key takeaways:

Why creativity is never linear—and why that's a good thing

How to recognize when you're on autopilot and choose differently

The power of identity work in building a fulfilling life

This episode is a reminder that it's never too late to start again, embrace the unknown, and design a life that truly feels like your own.

Connect with Mark:

Instgram: / marcscheff

Linkedin: / marcscheff

Facebook: / marcscheff

What happens when a tech-savvy mind takes a deep dive into mindfulness?

In this episode of Pay Attention, host Holly McNeill sits down with Adam Kobler—leadership coach, technologist, and founder of Protagonist—to explore how meditation and awareness transformed his life and career.

From his early days in management information systems to guiding tech professionals into conscious leadership, Adam shares how mindfulness became his most powerful tool.

Key themes include:

* How routines and automation shape our lives (and how to break free)
* The TAP method: Take A Pause before reacting
* Why AI can't replace human intuition—and never will

This conversation is a must-listen for anyone curious about the intersection of technology, consciousness, and personal growth. Tune in and discover how awareness can reprogram your life.

Connect with Adam Kobler:

Website: https://protagonist.life

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akobleroriginal/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-kobler-geek-leadership/

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Holly's guest this Wednesday is ✨ Dr. Margaret Arnd-Caddigan ✨

A lifelong explorer of both the seen and the unseen, Margaret bridges the worlds of psychotherapy, spirituality, and the paranormal.

With a PhD in social work and a master's in religious studies, she began her career studying the relationship between magic and religion—a curiosity that grew into decades of clinical work helping others navigate the mysteries of the mind and spirit.

Now retired from academia, Margaret continues her calling as a teacher of meditation and the author of four transformative books, including Embracing Paranormal Experiences: A Guide for Experiencers and Their Helpers.

Her work offers grounded, compassionate guidance to those seeking to make sense of extraordinary experiences that defy easy explanation.

🎧 Tune into her podcast, Finding Our Minds, available on all major platforms, where Margaret invites listeners to explore what it truly means to understand consciousness, healing, and the boundaries of human experience.

📩 To connect or learn more, reach out at findingourminds@gmail.com 🌙 Where science meets spirit, and the mind meets mystery.