What if the life you worked so hard to build no longer reflects the life you actually want?

In this episode of Try Life On, Maurice Philogene sits down with Jess Ringgenberg, founder of Elixir Coaching and Consulting, to explore the complicated intersection of motherhood, career, identity, and ambition. After building a successful corporate career, Jess reached a point where she questioned who she was beyond her professional achievements and the expectations placed on her as a woman and mother. That realization inspired her to forge a new path, helping women navigate their careers, challenge workplace biases, and redefine success in ways that reflect their own values.

Together, Maurice and Jess explore what it means to stop living by someone else's definition of success and start creating a life that feels like your own.

In this conversation, you'll discover:

• The motherhood tax: How workplace biases, caregiving expectations, and the pressure to be the perfect mother can affect women's careers and well-being.
• Redefining success: Why your identity deserves to extend beyond your career or role as a parent, and how to challenge the expectations that keep you stuck.
• Betting on yourself: How self-trust, visualization, and the courage to embrace uncertainty can help you pursue a more fulfilling path.
• Letting go of guilt: Why work-life balance isn't always realistic, and how giving yourself permission to shift priorities can make room for the life you want.

You don't have to follow someone else's blueprint to build a meaningful life. Give yourself permission to question the expectations, trust your own voice, and discover what success looks like on your terms.

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What if the goal isn’t to build more…but to finally have the freedom to live?

In this episode, Maurice Philogene joins The Mailbox Money Show to explore what happens when you stop chasing the next promotion, deal, or milestone and start designing your life around what truly matters. After building wealth through multiple careers, real estate, and entrepreneurship, Maurice shares why he chose to “de-leverage” his life and prioritize time, experiences, purpose, and meaningful relationships over endlessly growing his net worth.

Together, they explore:

• The Five Freedoms: time, financial, geographic, purpose, and relationships
• Why real estate and wealth should be tools for freedom, not another form of work
• Knowing when you have “enough” and refusing to trade more time for more money
• The importance of investing in family, friendships, and experiences while you still have the time
• Learning to shift from “doing” to “being” and rediscovering the wonder of simply living

Maurice’s story is a reminder that success isn’t just about what you build—it’s about what you do with the life you’ve built. If you’ve ever wondered how much is enough, what you’re really working toward, or whether you’re putting off life until “someday,” this conversation will make you stop and think.

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Maurice sits down with Grayson Hogard, co-founder of Grove Cookie Company with his wife, Marie. Grayson spent 14 years working in logistics at Bonneville Power Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, while Marie had a corporate career of her own.

During the pandemic, a simple baking hobby turned into selling cookies from their townhouse, then corporate gifting, a production facility, employees, and eventually a high six-figure business that allowed Grayson to leave his government career.

Their journey is a real-life example of several Try Life On principles: employment is a resource to build life, go from “If Only” to “What If,” find the “Who” instead of studying the “What” forever, and just do and course correct along the way. They didn’t have every detail figured out before they started. They used what they knew, asked for help with what they didn’t, followed opportunities as they appeared, and kept moving.

For anyone sitting in a traditional job wondering how life could feel different, this conversation offers a practical example. You don’t need to build a $20 million company or chase someone else’s definition of success. You can start from exactly where you are, experiment alongside the life you already have, and gradually create more income, time, confidence, relationships and freedom.

Listen to Grayson and Marie’s story through that lens, and ask yourself: What could I start trying on from exactly where I am today?

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