The Self-Coaching Club: Turn your ”Inner Bully” into a Trusted Ally

You Don't Have to Act on Every Feeling: Learning the Skill of Urge Surfing

Our emotions are valuable, but they aren't meant to make every decision for us.

In this episode, we're exploring the emotional regulation skill known as urge surfing—the practice of noticing uncomfortable impulses without immediately acting on them. You'll learn why emotions naturally rise and fall like waves, how curiosity cre...

Have you ever noticed how quickly your mind fills in the blanks after something happens?

A text goes unanswered. Someone seems distant. A conversation feels awkward.

Before we know it, we've written an entire story—and we often believe it's the only possible explanation.

In this episode, we're exploring how curiosity can interru...

🎉 We made it! Episode 100!

It's hard to put into words what this milestone means. When I recorded the very first episode, I simply hoped these conversations would encourage someone. I never imagined how much they would change me too.

In this special episode, I'm reflecting on the lessons God has gently taught me over the past one hundr...

Emotional boundaries protect your energy, identity, and peace. In this episode, Mercy explains how emotional enmeshment develops, how to recognize it, and how to stop absorbing responsibility for other people’s emotions.

• What emotional boundaries really are • Signs you may be emotionally enmeshed • The Ownership Test • How to care without carrying • Practical tools for emotional separation

Healthy boundaries are essential for emotional maturity and relational clarity. In this episode, Mercy provides a step-by-step framework for communicating boundaries with confidence and calm. You’ll learn how to state limits clearly, handle pushback, and stop over-explaining yourself.

• What healthy boundaries actually are • Why communicating boundaries triggers fear • The State–Impact&...

Title: Applying Emotional Intelligence to Self-Coaching

Episode Summary: Emotional intelligence is more than staying calm. It’s learning to treat emotions as data instead of commands. In this episode, Mercy teaches a practical self-coaching method to pause emotional reactions and respond with intention.

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In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• The real components of emotional intelligence

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Title: Elevating Your Self-Talk: The Voice That Shapes Your Life

Episode Summary: Your inner dialogue shapes your confidence, your stress levels, and your growth. In this episode, Mercy walks you through how to identify your Inner Critic, understand why harsh self-talk feels productive, and strengthen your Inner Coach so you can grow without shame.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• The three internal voices driving your beh...

What if growth this year was not about discipline, but trust?

In this final episode of the January Mindset Series, we explore self-leadership as a grounded, sustainable approach to personal growth.

This conversation invites you to replace urgency with integrity and pressure with presence, and to lead yourself with awareness instead of control.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why motivation...

Your mindset shows up most clearly in real-time moments, not quiet reflection.

In this episode, we explore how expectations and emotional triggers influence your reactions and how emotional autopilot can quietly shape your behavior if left unchecked.

This conversation brings mindset work into everyday situations and relationships, helping you respond with intention instead of habit.

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What if the patterns you want to change are not flaws, but protection?

In this episode, we explore how many of our current mindsets were formed to keep us emotionally safe and why understanding this changes everything about personal growth.

This conversation invites compassion instead of criticism and curiosity instead of force.

In this episode, we explore:

• The difference between growth mindset...

January often invites pressure to become someone new. This episode offers a different starting point.

Instead of rushing into goals, we slow down and explore what has actually been shaping your patterns, choices, and emotional responses beneath the surface.

This conversation is about awareness before action and depth before direction.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why goal-setting alone often leads to f...

Subtitle: Creating Soft Goals for the Year Ahead Release: First Episode of 2026

The beginning of a new year often comes with pressure to improve, fix, or prove ourselves. In this opening episode of 2026, Mercy invites you into a different way of starting again. One rooted in God’s grace rather than performance.

This episode introduces ...

As the year comes to a close, this episode is an invitation to slow down.

Instead of jumping straight into goals, resolutions, or “what’s next,” we’re taking a gentle pause to reflect on how far you’ve come—and how much healing has already happened through the inner work you’ve done this year.

In the final episode of The Inside Out Journey, Mercy helps you weave everything together—turning insight into everyday living. This isn’t the end; it’s the beginning of a gentler, more grounded life.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What integration really means

• The four pillars of living your inner work

• How to practice presence in daily moments

• Why healing is a lifelong journey, not a destination

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Manifestation isn’t magic; it’s alignment. In this episode, Mercy shows you how to create intentionally—rooted in purpose, guided by peace, and grounded in faith instead of control.

You’ll learn:

• The difference between pop-culture manifesting and meaningful creation

• How to examine the heart behind your desires

• Balancing action and surrender

• Steps for aligning thoughts, emotions, and actions

• A g...