When Life Feels Heavy: Emotional Resilience, Real Support & Breaking Survival Patterns as a Mom

January 29
1h 10m

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What do you do when life feels heavy — emotionally, mentally, and energetically — and you’re still expected to show up for everyone else?

In this powerful Talk Show panel episode, Mary Dibble is joined by Shauna Buno Smith and MaryBeth for an honest, deeply human conversation about emotional resilience, coping through difficult seasons, and learning how to process emotions without shame — especially as mothers.

Together, they unpack what it really looks like to navigate personal and professional challenges while carrying responsibility for others. From anxiety and overwhelm to privilege, pressure, and survival patterns, this episode creates space for truth, vulnerability, and grounded wisdom.

You’ll hear real conversations about:

  • Allowing emotions instead of suppressing them
  • Disrupting negative patterns before they run your life
  • Modeling resilience and authenticity for your children
  • Building true support systems (and recognizing when support isn’t safe)
  • Practicing self-compassion instead of self-judgment


This episode is a reminder that you don’t have to “be strong” all the time — and that healing often begins the moment you allow yourself to be real.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or like you’re carrying too much alone, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

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Shauna B is a Life Reinvention and Empowerment Coach, Mom of 3, Podcast Host and Adventure Seeker. Below are ways to connect more with her resources, and freebies. If you loved this episode leave a review or send her a quick message.  ~ 

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MaryBeth is on a mission to help women become fierce through messy action, baby steps, and cultivating confidence. As a self-diagnosed AuDHDer, she has a passion for helping neurospicy entrepreneurs succeed, and uses her lived experience to offer solutions and alternatives to the standard advice that doesn’t always work for us. Her goal is to help women break out of the box society says they're supposed to fit into and start living a life that lights them up. 

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