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
EP302: What’s Your Onboarding Blueprint for Success?
A new job, a new home, a new business, a relationship, a move, or any fresh beginning can bring possibility and purpose, but it can also bring pressure. Suddenly there are more doors open in the hallway, more decisions waiting, more people offering opinions, and more distractions trying to pull our attention away from what matters most.
EP301: Moving Through the Hallway of Life
We have the normal responsibilities of work, home, health, relationships, and family, but then summer arrives and somehow adds even more. More plans, more projects, more people needing support, more things blooming in the yard, and more opportunities that sound wonderful but still ask for time, energy, and attention.
EP300: Appreciating Our Itches & Evolution, One Wise Walk at a Time
Episode 300! Today, we are looking back at how True Stride began, how it has grown, and how much can change when we keep showing up with honesty, curiosity, and a willingness to listen to what feels aligned. I look back at the early days, when I was trying to pack in every story, every question, and every takeaway because I wanted so badly to be useful and make every connection clear.
EP298: Support Makes the Mission Possible
Adversity has a way of showing us where we need support, even when we think we should be able to handle something on our own. Since moving to the farm, I have had plenty of moments that stretched me in new ways. Some have been exciting, some have been overwhelming, and some have involved learning more than I ever expected about chickens, weeds, acreage, and all the little surprises that come with farm life.
EP297: The Power of Productive Pressure
I don’t always love how pressure feels in the moment, but I can’t deny that it often brings me into sharper focus. When there’s a deadline or a real sense of urgency, I start to see what matters most and what I can let go of. The extra noise gets quieter, the mission-critical pieces become clearer, and somehow that pressure can turn into momentum.
EP296: The Rule of 3s: A New Way to Navigate Change
Life has a way of reminding us that we are not meant to carry everything alone. This episode is about the power of having a village, whether that village is family, friends, coworkers, or even kind strangers who step in at just the right time. That framework gave me so much perspective because change, even when it’s good, still asks us to let go of something familiar.
EP295: The Hidden Gifts in Misplaced Things
A set of keys on a walking path, a phone left behind in a restroom, or eight tiny screws tucked away in a “safe place” can all feel like inconveniences at first. These moments also invite us to slow down, pay attention, and notice what life may be trying to show us.
EP294: Mistakes, Grace, and the Village Around Us
Life has a way of reminding us that we are not meant to carry everything alone. This episode is about the power of having a village, whether that village is family, friends, coworkers, or even kind strangers who step in at just the right time. I am feeling deep gratitude for the people who helped me keep things moving when I could not do it all on my own.
EP293: Giving, Receiving, and the Beauty of Balance
For many years, I felt most comfortable showing up for others, supporting them, and being of service. What I did not realize at the time was that receiving is its own kind of practice. When we resist help, generosity, or thoughtful gifts, we may be blocking someone else from stepping into their own giving energy.
EP292: Living as Part of an Ecosystem
We do not take our homes, our cars, our belongings, or our land with us when we leave this earth. What we do carry are the memories, the lessons, the awareness, and the energy we create while those things are in our care. Let’s explore what it means to see ourselves as stewards of the spaces, belongings, and living systems in our care, and how honoring that responsibility can create a more beautiful exchange with the world around us.
