Read the signs, direct your path and get your stride on!
Without emotional contrast, expansion rarely occurs. Embrace your highs and lows to expand your worth, health and strength!
— Mary Tess Rooney
True Stride Podcast
True Stride is that feeling you get when you are aligned with your heart in all that you do, and feel energized and happy with every step you take. This podcast offers thoughtful conversations to help you realize your True Stride at work, at home, during play and with your community.
Ways to Listen and Subscribe
Tune-in every Thursday for wise walks to get your stride on!
(Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Audible, Stitcher and Overcast)
With the idea that realizing your True Stride is a personalized journey, Heart Value expert and fellow Strider, Mary Tess Rooney connects listeners to elevate their value, relationships and joy.
Each weekly episode:
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Takes Striders on a Wise Walk to self-reflect and surface their own feelings and beliefs on a topic
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Offers stories, perspectives and practical ideas to encourage Striders to make choices and take action with intention
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Highlights inspiration and anecdotes to activate more joy and appreciation in your life
Podcast Episodes
EP316: When Staying the Course Changes Everything
When I started True Stride, I was focused on what I could bring to each episode. I wanted our Wise Walks to be useful, and I put quite a bit of pressure on myself to make sure there was something worthwhile in every conversation. What I didn’t think about was how showing up every week might change me. Now I catch myself paying more attention to feelings I might once have brushed aside.
EP315: When Helping Opens Unexpected Doors
Early in my sales career, I found myself teaching sales new hires (who were struggling to get up to speed) about our products, services, and systems. I’m a teacher and healer at heart, so helping them came naturally, even though the time I spent supporting them was time away from earning commission. What I couldn’t see then was that making those small deposits would eventually lead me into sales training and open up an entirely new direction in my career.
EP314: How to Stop Rushing Through Your Life
We fill every open space, try to squeeze in one more thing, and sometimes leave ourselves almost no room for anything to go differently than planned. Then traffic happens, something takes longer than expected, or we simply get behind, and suddenly we’re rushing. What is rushing is really about? What might change if we gave ourselves a little more breathing room? We’ll look at the pressure we put on ourselves, how we respond when things don’t go according to plan, and why communicating can take some of that pressure away.
EP313: Trust What You Already Know
It’s funny how quickly that doubt can creep in. We can have years of experience and plenty of proof that we’re capable. Somehow, we can still convince ourselves that too much time has passed or that we’ve forgotten everything we once knew. Then we step back into it and realize, wait, I actually know more than I thought I did.
EP312: Riding the Waves of Grief and Healing
This year marks 25 years since September 11th. We do not always have to fix what we are feeling, and we certainly do not have to have everything together all the time. Allow yourself to be present with whatever feelings are surfacing and just look at them like waves of emotions and be kind to yourself. I would love to hear what waves you are allowing to wash over you.
EP311: Pressure Test the Life You Want to Build
Pressure testing can reveal a lot more than whether an idea will work. It can show us how we respond when we feel vulnerable, how other people react to change, and where we may be ready to grow. It can also teach us something about our relationships because we often learn the most about ourselves and the people around us when life gets uncomfortable.
EP310: Focus on What You “Have” and “Have Done”
We can accomplish 99 things and somehow we let that one thing we didn’t complete, overshadow all we accomplished. Sometimes life simply requires us to put certain priorities on the back burner while we give our energy to something else. That does not mean those things no longer matter. It may simply mean we are exercising different muscles right now and focusing on what this season in life needs from us.
EP309: Who Has Your Back? Self-reliance Meets Support
The more we allow ourselves to be vulnerable and receive the support we need, the more easily we can move through life’s difficult moments with confidence that we will get through them. What resources are available through your family, friends, or contacts that could help you carry a difficult load?
EP308: The Flavor Profiles of a Satisfying Life
Are there areas of your life where you are depriving yourself of the flavor profiles or sensory experiences that help you feel abundant, grateful, and fulfilled? I started thinking about that again recently, only this time in terms of life. There are certain things I need in my day that help me feel good about how I invested my time. Moving my body is one. Being outside is another. I love learning, having meaningful conversations, working with my animals, and knowing I did something useful for someone else.
EP307: Tapping Out Is Not Giving Up
My mom taught us to keep going, push through the hard parts, and trust that we could get to the other side. That lesson gave me a lot of confidence, but I also remember one time in high school when she completely surprised me. I was struggling with a situation that had become hurtful, and instead of telling me to keep going, she told me that sometimes it is okay to “lick your battle scars and move on.”
