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The Grounded & Becoming Podcast

The Grounded & Becoming Podcast

by Maxine Adams

Mental Health Society & Culture

Preparing for Baby #2 After a Birth That Changed Everything

When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I had a vision of how her birth would unfold. I planned, prepared, and imagined every detail. But life had other plans. In this episode, I’m sharing Leia’s birth story, the grief that followed when things didn’t go the way I had hoped, and the journey of finding myself again during postpartum. I’m also opening up about this second pregnancy, how differently I’m approaching birth, and why I’m choosing surrender over control. If you’ve ever had to let go of the version of life you thought you’d have, this episode is for you. Becoming isn’t about everything going according to plan but rather it’s about trusting yourself through the unexpected. This is an honest conversation about motherhood, healing, identity, and learning that sometimes our greatest growth comes from the plans we never saw coming. For more daily content follow on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming

5 Ways I’m Stepping Out of Survival Mode & Coming Home to Myself

Have you ever reached a point where you realize you’ve been surviving instead of truly living? Lately, I’ve been feeling called to slow down, reconnect with myself, and return to the woman I know I’m becoming. Between motherhood, pregnancy, work, and the constant noise of everyday life, it’s easy to lose touch with your intuition, your peace, and your sense of self. In this episode, I’m sharing five simple yet powerful shifts that have been helping me move out of survival mode and back into alignment. From creating moments of quiet before the world has a chance to influence me to embracing grounding rituals that help me feel more present, these are the practices gently bringing me home to myself. This isn’t about becoming a completely different person. It’s about peeling back the layers of stress, overwhelm, and conditioning so you can reconnect with who you’ve always been. If you’ve been feeling disconnected, exhausted, or like you’ve lost yourself somewhere along the way, I hope this episode feels like a deep exhale—and a reminder that your power has never left you. It’s simply waiting for you to return. Journal Prompt: What would change if I chose to reconnect with myself before I connected with the rest of the world? ✨ Follow on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming for more daily content ✨

Why Survival Mode Is Keeping You From Your Potential

For the past month, I’ve been quiet, and in this episode, I’m sharing why. I give a little life update and open up about the season I’ve been walking through—balancing full-time teaching, pregnancy, motherhood, and feeling myself slipping into survival mode. We talk about why I chose to step away from something that brought me so much joy, how I recognized the early signs of burnout, and why I believe survival mode doesn’t just steal your energy—it slowly steals your creativity, your dreams, and your potential. If you’ve been feeling like you’re simply getting through each day instead of truly living, this episode is a reminder that survival was never meant to be your permanent home. There is another way, and sometimes the first step is simply giving yourself permission to pause. For daily content follow on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming

First Trimester Feelings No One Talks About

The first trimester can feel like an emotional rollercoaster. One moment you’re overwhelmed by symptoms, and the next you’re anxious when they suddenly disappear. In this episode, I’m talking honestly about the mental and emotional side of early pregnancy — the overthinking, the fear, the constant checking in with your body, and the pressure to compare your experience to everyone else’s. We talk about why it’s normal to have mixed emotions, why symptoms can come and go, and why no two pregnancies will ever look the same. This is your reminder to trust your body, trust yourself, and trust your baby. You are not doing pregnancy wrong just because your experience looks different from someone else’s. If the first trimester has felt overwhelming, confusing, exciting, scary, or all of the above… this episode is for you 🤍 For more dialy content follow on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming

How Regulating Yourself Helps You Parent Better | With Heather

In this episode, I sit down with Heather for a heartfelt conversation about the connection between nervous system regulation and motherhood. We dive into how learning to regulate yourself first can completely transform the way you parent, respond to stress, and support your child emotionally. We talk about breaking reactive cycles, creating more safety and calm within the home, and why children often co-regulate through the nervous systems of their parents. When you begin slowing down, healing, and becoming more grounded within yourself, it naturally helps your child feel more secure, connected, and emotionally regulated too. This episode is for the moms who want to parent with more intention, softness, and presence — while also learning how to care for themselves in the process. 🤍 Follow on imstagram for mor econtent @grounded.and.becoming

Your Glow Up Will Trigger People

Becoming the best version of yourself means more than healing, growing, and chasing your dreams—it also means being honest about who gets to come with you. In this episode of Grounded & Becoming, we’re talking about outgrowing people, protecting your peace, and understanding that not everyone is meant to have front-row access to your life. Sometimes people project their own pain, insecurity, and unhappiness onto you—especially when your growth reminds them of what they haven’t faced in themselves. Your healing can trigger people. Your happiness can trigger people. Your confidence can trigger people. But that doesn’t mean you’re the problem. This episode is about choosing your tribe, protecting your energy, raising your standards, and remembering that your light is not too much. Sometimes growth means realizing: not everyone is meant to come with you. ✨ For more daily content, follow on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming

Slow Seasons, Big Dreams: Making Space for What Matters

✨ Episode Description In this episode, I’m talking about what it really looks like to make space for your dreams—especially in seasons where life feels full, busy, and completely different than it did a few months ago. 🤍 As a mom balancing a 9 to 5, motherhood, personal growth, and building something bigger for yourself, it can feel overwhelming. I’ve been reflecting a lot on feeling behind in content creation and disconnected from some of my goals—but I realized something important: making room for your dreams doesn’t always mean having endless free time or a full day dedicated to creating. 🌿 Sometimes, it looks like consistency in the small pockets of time you do have. Sometimes, it looks like choosing rest. Sometimes, it looks like cleaning your home, resetting your space, and protecting your peace. ✨🏡 This week reminded me how deeply our environment affects our energy. Coming home to a clean space felt like coming home to myself again. 🕊️ We’re also talking about the mindset shift around your 9 to 5—it may not be your final destination, but it is part of the path. It’s helping fund the vision, support the dream, and build the life you’re working toward. 💫 This is your reminder that slow seasons are still productive seasons. You are not behind. You are becoming. 🌸 🎙 Listen now on The Grounded & Becoming Podcast—link in bio or wherever you stream your podcasts. 📲 For more daily content, follow along on Instagram: @grounded.and.becoming

Returning to Her Body, Awakening Her Gifts with Ali the Empathic Healer

In this episode, I sit down with Ali the Empathic Healer, also known as the empathic healer, to have a deeply honest conversation about what it really means to come back home to yourself. We dive into her journey of learning to put herself first — not from a place of selfishness, but from a place of healing. Leah shares how reconnecting with her nervous system became the foundation for everything: her peace, her clarity, and ultimately, her creativity. What’s so powerful is how her healing didn’t just help her feel better… it unlocked parts of her she didn’t even know were there — her unique gifts, her intuition, and her ability to show up more fully in her life. This conversation is a reminder that your nervous system isn’t something to fix — it’s something to listen to. And when you do, it can guide you back to who you truly are. ✨ If you’ve been feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or like you’ve lost yourself a little… this episode will meet you exactly where you are. Ali the Empathic healer Instagram @the.empathichealer For mor more daily content follow on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming ✨️🦋💸💫

You’re Not Chasing Your Dreams, You’re Remembering Them

On a random morning walk I receive this message I had to share. There’s a reason your dreams won’t leave you alone ✨ In this episode, I’m sharing a deeper perspective on why the life you envision — the woman you feel called to become — is already yours, just existing on a different level, a different frequency, a different version of reality 🌿 But here’s the shift: you don’t wait for her… you start becoming her now 🤍 We talk about: Why your desires are placed on your heart for a reason 💫 The idea that your “future self” already exists 🪞 How to start acting like her before you see the results 🌸 Training your nervous system to feel safe in expansion 🧠✨ The healing required to hold the life you’re calling in 🌊 This isn’t about pretending. It’s about embodiment 🌹 It’s about creating internal safety for the life you say you want. Because the moment your nervous system feels safe… everything starts to shift 🔐✨ If you’ve been feeling the pull toward more — more alignment, more purpose, more YOU — this episode is your reminder that you’re not crazy for wanting it 🌙 You’re being guided toward it 💖 Follow on Instagram @grounded.and.becoming for more daily content

Rising Beyond & Finding Her Voice: One Woman’s Healing Journey with JoJo

I sat down with Jojo, author of The Crumbling Tower of Your Life, to dive deep into her healing journey—the experiences that shaped her and led her to write this poetry book. We also explore the expectations placed on women—and how to rise beyond them—as well as the transformative power of love. Throughout our conversation, she shares why it’s so important to realize you’re never truly alone in your feelings—others have felt them too. A heartfelt episode about growth, courage, and finding your own path. ✨️ 📖 You can find her book here: https://a.co/d/03uxOX0n⁠

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