Inner Work With MaryAnn Walker: Stop People Pleasing and Start Honoring You!
Welcome to Inner Work with MaryAnn Walker—the podcast for recovering people pleasers (many of whom are also highly sensitive) who are ready to stop living on autopilot and finally start honoring themselves.
I work with those who feel emotionally drained from saying yes when they want to say no, from carrying everyone else’s emotions on their shoulders, and from constantly showing up for others while quietly abandoning themselves.
You’ve spent years being the dependable one—the caretaker, the partner, the parent, the professional—and now you’re realizing you’ve lost touch with who you are outside of those roles.
You may feel:
- Burned out from trying to make everyone happy
- Anxious about disappointing others
- Unsure of your own needs, wants, and boundaries
- Overwhelmed by the pressure to keep the peace, even when it costs you your own
If this sounds like you, you’re not broken—and you’re definitely not alone.
As a certified life coach who specializes in supporting recovering people pleasers and highly sensitive souls, I’ll guide you through tools and practices to help you:
- Set guilt-free boundaries that stick
- Reclaim your time, energy, and peace of mind
- Build authentic connections without self-abandonment
- Process emotions in a healthy, empowering way
- Reconnect with who you really are—not just who others need you to be
Each week, I’ll share personal stories, practical strategies, and mindset shifts to help you move from over-giving and burned out to clear, confident, and deeply connected—with yourself and with others.
If you’re ready to stop people pleasing your life away and start living it fully, hit subscribe and let’s do this inner work together.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 178
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
58: Seeking with JJ DiGeronimo
JJ DiGeronimo is a three-time award-winning author, speaker, and former leading woman in the tech industry. She is passionate about helping women raise their frequencies and empower the…
57: How to Identify Needs
In recent episodes, the focus has been on effective communication of needs in relationships to prevent resentment. However, it has become apparent that many struggle with identifying t…
56: “Honestly, Coaching Changed My Life.” Coaching with Florence Matina
In this bonus episode MaryAnn Walker is talking with actress and entrepreneur, Florence Matina. Florence shares that, "Honestly, Coaching Changed My Life."
In this episode, Florence sha…
55: How to Ask For Help
In this episode, MaryAnn Walker helps listeners learn how to ask for help.
MaryAnn identifies common thoughts that hinder seeking help, such as not wanting to be a burden, fearing it sig…
54: Score Keeping & People Pleasing: How Score Keeping Helps & Hurts Relationships
Score keeping is common among people pleasers. And often times score keeping is used in order to manipulate or coerce others into filling your needs. ("I helped you, now you owe me!")
B…
53: Navigating Life's Transitions: Lessons From a Cross Country Move
In this podcast episode, MaryAnn Walker shares her personal journey and insights during a major life transition - moving her family across the country. The episode delves into MaryAnn's…
52: Integrating Scars AND Allowing Space for Multiple Emotions
Today I'm chatting with my friend and body worker, Melodye Curtain. Join as we explore the correlation between integrating physical and emotional scars as well as expanding beyond the s…
51: Healing Her Podcast Interview
I was recently interviewed on the Healing Her podcast, dedicated to interviewing women from different healing modalities and it was so enjoyable, I thought I would also share the episo…
50: Want Matches: Finding Harmony in Relationships
In this podcast episode, MaryAnn explores the concept of "want matches" in relationships. A want match occurs when both individuals in a relationship share the same desires and preferen…
49: Aligned Living: Identifying and Living Your Values.
On this episode, life coach, MaryAnn Walker, explores the significance of values in our lives, how they influence decision-making, and the importance of intentional living. Through pers…
48: The Life Listing: Making Upgrades and Repairs for a Better Future
In this thought-provoking podcast episode, MaryAnn reflects on the process of preparing her home for sale and draws parallels between evaluating a house and assessing one's own life. Sh…
47: The Empty Nest Adventure with Michelle S Evans
This week I'm talking with empty nest adventure coach, Michelle S Evans.
Michelle compares her resistance around giving birth, something unavoidable, to the emotions that can come up ar…
46: Cultivating Happiness: The Society Of Happy Things with Kent Casper-Martineau
It's happening! I am now officially part of a second podcast! Join me on The Society of Happy Things, found on all major platforms, launching July 7th, 2023.
On this podcast we will …
45: Embracing Differences through Compassionate Curiosity
Our brain wants to label things that are new or different as "unsafe" and things that are familiar as "safe" but this doesn't always support us in creating connections with those that w…
44: Maintenance vs Repair
Maintenance is always preferable to repair. But sometimes we haven't even though through what it is that our lack of maintenance is creating.
It's easier to see, for example, that when…
43: Life Lessons Learned
It's my birthday week! So today I'm offering up 43 life lessons learned in my 43 years. Want to leave me a review? Click to leave me a review here on the podcast OR click the link to …
42: Part 3: When the Relationship is Complete/Relationship Circles
Sometimes it is time for the relationship to end, but that doesn't always mean cutting someone off completely. Today we will talk about the 4 relationship circles and how when we truly …
41: Part 2: How to Create Balance In Relationship: Authenticity & Believing Who People Say They Are
This is part 2 in how to create balance in relationship. Today we are talking about fitting in vs belonging as well as believing people when they tell us who they are.
When we approach …
40: Part 1: How to Create Balance in Relationship: Seeing More Clearly & Owning Your Piece
Do you find that you're often giving more in relationship and experiencing burn out? How can you peacefully create balance and reciprocity when it feels like there's just no space for y…
39: Energetic Boundaries
Body workers and compassion souls often open themselves up to other peoples energy in an effort to help them. While the reason is noble, this can lead to fatigue and create unsustainabl…