Messy & Magnificent with Karlee Fain

By Karlee Fain

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Welcome to Messy & Magnificent with Karlee Fain - The place high-achievers with big heart and broad vision come to root and rise - one doable strategy at a time.  This show is equal parts inspiring stories and practical tools you can use this week to boslter your time, energy, and expertise. 


Episode Date
What Really Matters | Honoring Priorities That Sustain You
Aug 24, 2025
The Strategic Art of Basking | Why Slowing Down Is Your Most Radical Leadership Move
Aug 10, 2025
Why Does This Always Fall on Me? | A live conversation about stepping out of the fixer role without burning bridges
Jul 27, 2025
Who's Really in Charge Here? Spotting the Power Plays That Make Group Dynamics Tricky with Jack Mason-Goodall
Jul 13, 2025
Why Groups Feel Like Herding Cats—And How to Actually Get Somewhere with Jack Mason-Goodall
Jun 29, 2025
The Pause with a Pulse | How to Navigate the In-Between
Jun 15, 2025
Replace the 5-Year Plan | Why linear goals fail in nonlinear lives
Jun 01, 2025
This Was Supposed to Feel Better | What real change stirs up
May 18, 2025
Self-Worth is an Inside Job | How to navigate self-doubt and lay the groundwork for joy
May 04, 2025
Lost Your Mojo? | Lessons on Languishing and Rediscovering Joy
Apr 20, 2025
What IS Joy, and Why Should I Care About It at Work?
Apr 06, 2025
Rooted, Not Rattled | Leading with a Unified Power When Others Push for Control
Mar 23, 2025
The Terrible Fork Phase|Awkward Beginnings Are How Progress Actually Works
Mar 09, 2025
When the World Gets Too Loud| An alternative to panic in times of overwhelm
Feb 23, 2025
Self-Made? I Don’t Think So. | Why success is a dance, not a solo mission
Feb 09, 2025
Feeling Pressure to Know Your Purpose? | Here’s a simpler way to answer the BIG question
Jan 26, 2025
From Burnout Culture to Replenishment Culture with Saundra Dalton-Smith
Jan 05, 2025
Revisiting: Pockets of Power | How to find more opportunities for joy and empower yourself to say “yes” in your way-too-busy life with Faith Clarke
Dec 22, 2024
Revisiting “You Got This” - Engaging the power of words during change with Gayle Danley
Dec 08, 2024
The Reciprocity Factor | One thing that creates deeper, more authentic relationships
Nov 24, 2024
From Fixer to Free | How We Create New Opportunities by Letting Go
Nov 10, 2024
Unforgetting: How Leaders Reclaim Inner Wisdom, Calm the Mind, and Lead with Purpose
Oct 27, 2024
Turning Down the Heat | Replacing The Year-End Pressure Cooker with a Purposeful Pace
Oct 13, 2024
Feeling Foggy? | Transforming Uncertainty into Opportunity
Sep 29, 2024
The Decision to “Be” |How to become the person you want to be right now
Sep 15, 2024
The Kinship Connection | How to make the ‘Big 3’ areas of your life work together
Sep 01, 2024
Tired of the Unexpected Hijacking Your Time? | How to discern what’s important when you’re feeling pulled in too many directions
Aug 18, 2024
The Sinkhole Effect | What to do when good people have you feeling bad
Aug 04, 2024
Softening Your Secret Shame | A potent way to replace self-criticism with a keen eye for the skills you already have to leap this hurdle
Jul 21, 2024
The Power of Neutral |Wonder as a practice to upgrade unhelpful thoughts
Jul 07, 2024
Waning Into Light | How we keep the light on what fuels us when times feel dark
Jun 30, 2024
Your Legacy of Presence | Prompts to nourish more life-giving goals this week
Jun 23, 2024
Boundary Like A Brockovich | A calming approach when you know they're going to hate what you have to say
Jun 16, 2024
Make Like a Thought… and Leave | How to acknowledge and let go of thoughts that are taking up too much space
Jun 09, 2024
Bravery When The Tide is Turning | How to summon courage when you need it most
Jun 02, 2024
Navigating Change With a Full Plate? | A simple strategy to make big change bite-sized
May 26, 2024
Feeling Unprepared? | How to embody your best when it’s “go time”
May 19, 2024
Breaking Yourself To Do It All? | When stepping back is the best way to step up
May 12, 2024
Haunted?: How Leaders Address Judgemental “Ghosts” for Present Power
May 05, 2024
Seeing Red Flags? | How to trust your gut now and avoid the drama later
Apr 28, 2024
Are YOU on the List? | The link between trusting yourself and better boundaries
Apr 21, 2024
Up For a Game of Boundary Tic-Tac-Toe?| 9 Indicators that You're Ready To Upgrade Boundary Game
Apr 14, 2024
Tired of Being the Hero? | Why vulnerability is the key to giving yourself more grace
Apr 07, 2024
Going Deeper, Not Faster |A Culmination Episode to Bolster Your Wits, Wisdom, and “Enoughness”
Mar 31, 2024
Self-Help Not Helping? | Why doing less gets better results
Mar 24, 2024
Giving It All But Not Getting Enough Back? | How to reset the relationships that drain you
Mar 17, 2024
Can’t Find Your Finish Line? | How to decide when you truly have done enough
Mar 10, 2024
Feel Like You're Never Doing Enough? | How to hack the comparison complex and find more joy
Mar 03, 2024
Trailer | Season 13 Coming March 3rd
Feb 25, 2024
From Burnout Culture to Rest Culture with Saundra Dalton-Smith
Feb 05, 2023
My Community Runneth Over | Why “self-care” isn’t only about you with Tanika Ray
Jan 29, 2023
Wrestling with Rest | Why our fear of rest is counter-productive and what works better with Anitza Martins
Jan 22, 2023
Pockets of Power | How to be a able to say “yes” to joy in your way-too-busy life with Faith Clarke
Jan 15, 2023
Untangling from Busy | Weaving a more graceful version of success with Meredith Brisson
Jan 08, 2023
A Roadmap to REST | How high achievers recalibrate their busy life and replace perfection with purpose
Jan 01, 2023
Trailer | Join Us for a Season of Rest
Dec 25, 2022
Hunting the Good: Seeking + savoring what is good during change w/ Maria Sirois + our M+M Community
May 30, 2022
The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Why We Need More Human Leadership with Emily Pritchard
May 23, 2022
Your Chic Is Showing: The Generosity of Self Care During Change with Erika Cartledge
May 16, 2022
Need a Minute? How pause allows us to find the opportunities in change. | with Jack Mason-Goodall
May 09, 2022
“You Got This” | Engaging The Power of Your Words During Change with Gayle Danley
May 02, 2022
4 Pillars of Sturdy Change | How leaders move forward when we don't have all the answers yet
Apr 25, 2022
Navigating Change
Apr 18, 2022
Stuck in Machine-Mode? | How embracing the seasons and leaping bravely into change can help you find more joy
Mar 28, 2022
Exhausted? Achy? Out of Steam? | How to learn your body language and listen when it speaks.
Mar 21, 2022
When Tradition Lays a Trap | How to gracefully unburden yourself from obligations that don’t make sense anymore with Suzi Banks Baum
Mar 14, 2022
Ready to Make Great Decisions? | What your body is trying to tell your next move
Mar 07, 2022
Keep it Simple, Sister | How to simplify in the face of overwhelm
Feb 28, 2022
What’s Your Story? | How storytelling can help us connect more deeply with others
Feb 21, 2022
Split-Labeling Disorder | How to embrace your one true self with Farryn Weiner
Feb 14, 2022
Got Ideas? | How to protect your plans and prevent overwhelm
Feb 07, 2022
Hot showers, Dark Chocolate and Finding Your Center: A bite-sized lesson in grounded optimism
Jan 31, 2022
Overwhelm Got You Down? Then it’s time to get S.M.A.R.T.S | How to set holistic and sustainable goals in a changing world
Jan 24, 2022
Want to Be “Enough”? Here’s how women get resourced.
Jan 17, 2022
Putting the Self in Success: How to shape your goals around what gives you joy and meaning
Jan 10, 2022
Building a Stronger Basket: How to plug up the leaks of what’s draining you and preserve more energy for the things you value.
Jan 03, 2022
Got Holiday Blues? How we flip the switch from self-judgement to joy.
Dec 27, 2021
Ok, but what makes sense for you NOW?: Lessons on thriving in a hustle-driven world.
Dec 20, 2021
Feelin’ the Boundary-Backlash? How to stop fearing the boundary reactions of others and create the environment you need in order to thrive.
Dec 13, 2021
Are You Self-Stingy? How to stop skimping on your needs and receive the resources to THRIVE.
Dec 06, 2021
Need an Escape? How to harness the power you already have to bolster the life you want. | With Caroline Castrillon
Nov 29, 2021
Revisiting: Making Money Moves: Upgrading Your Finances & Personal Power (Ep 13 ReRelease)
Nov 21, 2021
Revisiting: Trust Your Knowing: How Women Rise From Doubt to Leading Themselves Forward with Suzi Banks Baum (Ep 35 ReRelease)
Nov 15, 2021
Revisiting: Feeling The Holiday Stress? Here's a framework for more ease during full times (Ep 6 ReRelease)
Nov 08, 2021
Revisiting: The Antidote to Overwhelm - How To Stay Steady Within Yourself In Moments of Uncertainty (Ep 20 ReRelease)
Nov 01, 2021
Expanding into Self: How to find authentic community and create deeper connections
Oct 25, 2021
Feel Like You Don’t Belong? How to invite authentic community through confidence, vulnerability, and self-connection.
Oct 18, 2021
Your Culture Connection: How to communicate your needs and bridge boundaries within your culture with Dr. Senem Erem
Oct 11, 2021
Common + Unity: How to live longer, be happier, and find unwavering support for your success through the power of community
Oct 04, 2021
Recalibrating Your Inner Compass : How boundaries help us reestablish self-trust and reconnect with what matters most
Sep 27, 2021
Tired of doing the Boundary Back & Forth? How to start setting boundaries and stop feeling guilty
Sep 20, 2021
The Boundary Bandwagon: How to make heart-driven decisions and connect with boundary-supportive community
Sep 13, 2021
Wanna Break Free? How workplace boundaries protect us from the need to please
Sep 06, 2021
Still Never Enough? How Driven Women Cultivate Lasting Fulfillment
Aug 30, 2021
Take A Minute: How to make wisdom-based decisions at your own pace
Aug 23, 2021
Building Sturdy Roots to Rise: How we champion authenticity, vulnerability, and nourishment in your life and career
Aug 16, 2021
Feeling Worn-Out? How to experience more soul-satisfying nourishment
Aug 09, 2021
Walking Our Talk: Cultivating A Productive Downtime Habit
Aug 02, 2021
Room for Rest: How to Reclaim Your Productive Downtime like a Pro
Jul 26, 2021
Being Hospitable to Yourself: How to build rest and recovery into your work life with Dan Landes
Jul 19, 2021
Ready To Rebound from a Rest Deficit? How Pros Get More Rest and Recovery.
Jul 12, 2021
A History of No Rest: Why “over-working” triumphed and how we reclaim productive downtime
Jul 05, 2021
The Secret Sauce - The “Best Of” Practices That Women Are Using To Elevate Their Joy and Their Careers
Jun 28, 2021
Had Enough of Self-Sacrifice? How women are modernizing the myths of success through sisterhood and solidarity with Jennifer Madriz
Jun 21, 2021
Feeling a Lack of Zest for Your Work? What’s sabotaging your professional mojo and what you can do about it
Jun 14, 2021
What IS Joy, and Why Should I Care About it at Work?
Jun 07, 2021
Losing Yourself in Busyness? Sustainability stories that’ll inspire you to reconnect with your most valuable asset
May 31, 2021
Got the Burnout Blues? How one woman went from breakdown to breakthrough and found joyful sustainability and a career with purpose with Sandrine Crescini
May 24, 2021
Have To Do It All Yourself? How women get aboard the “Allyship” and let a few key people and strategies bolster their professional success.
May 17, 2021
Not Going Backwards: How We Elevate The Careers of Women During Covid
May 10, 2021
What Ceiling? The 3 Under-taught Skills That Get Women Past Professional and Financial Barriers
May 03, 2021
Dump Motivation, It’s A Bad Boyfriend: The Mindsets that take women who are beginning something new from fickleness to follow through
Apr 26, 2021
Just Thrown A Curveball?! The specifics of how my company builds something new and revamps after our plans are foiled.
Apr 19, 2021
Devotion to the Dream: What to stop so you can really start with with Charlyn Reihman
Apr 12, 2021
Inviting Newness In: How We Clear Space for What’s Important
Apr 05, 2021
The Purposeful Pause - How Women Get Colossal Results By Contracting Before We Expand
Mar 29, 2021
Permission to Pause More Than Most People: How to not waste the crisis you just lived through
Mar 22, 2021
Tired of Feeling Guilty? How Wise Women are Exploring Guilt and Becoming Better Leaders with Catherine Flavin
Mar 15, 2021
Thinking About Change? How We Find Focus and Make Elevated Choices
Mar 08, 2021
Out of Sync? How Wise Women are Receiving Nourishment
Mar 01, 2021
Asking For What You Want Without Fear: How Inclusivity Helps Everyone Thrive with Faith Clarke
Feb 22, 2021
Boundaries Go Both Ways: How to Unearth Your Boundary Questions and Be an Ally to the World
Feb 15, 2021
Boundary Bravery: How Women are Giving Themselves Permission to Set Boundaries with Amy Ziegert
Feb 08, 2021
Feel Like Your Life Isn’t Your Own? How Women Are Building Bridges and Setting Boundaries Like a Boss
Feb 01, 2021
Exhausted? Try Way-Power Instead of Willpower: How women are moving forward re-energized without bypassing what needs to be addressed
Jan 25, 2021
2 Ways You’re Thinking Like A White Supremacist: How women are upgrading from overwhelm to focus right now
Jan 18, 2021
Experiments in Spaciousness: How women know where they can afford to do WAY less without messing anything up.
Jan 11, 2021
The Art of Subtraction: How Women Keep Career Plans Simple, Life-Giving And Successful During Complex Times
Jan 04, 2021
Daring To Pause Before you Plan: Karlee's Nourishing "PPE Method" for Making Your Best Decisions at Work and Beyond, Part of 1 of 3
Dec 28, 2020
Lifestyle Rich: Free yourself from the tyranny of "I need to do it all" thinking and get big results by going small with Karin Rozell
Dec 21, 2020
Being Lied To? The 4 Types of Power and What to Do When What Someone Says, And What They Do, Are Different
Dec 14, 2020
Trying To Do It All Yourself? How smart leaders stop being the hero and start building emotional integrity with Tom Steding
Dec 07, 2020
6 Unspoken Rules Women Are Breaking: How we have a career that gives us life, not takes it
Nov 30, 2020
The Art of Humble Leadership: How to Soften into Your Power And Expand Your Team with Michela O’Connor Abrams
Nov 23, 2020
Celebrating The Wisdom of Women: Your Favorite Guest Moments From Our First Year
Nov 16, 2020
The Best of Our First Year: Your Favorite Messy and Magnificent “Karlee Moments”
Nov 09, 2020
When People Don’t Do What You Want Them To: Opening The Door To Meaningful Human Connection with Jack Mason-Goodall
Nov 02, 2020
Got Decision Fatigue? The 4 Acts of Discernment That Women Who Make ‘Right Decisions’ Know
Oct 26, 2020
Is Doubt Messing With You? How to Cultivate a Partnership with Doubt So It Helps, Not Hinders, You.
Oct 19, 2020
Masterful Storytelling: How to Share Your Stories to Transform and Engage with Others with Dr. Maria Sirois
Oct 12, 2020
Rising Together: Hear Revolutionary Career-Driven Women Share Their Wits & Wisdom Inside Our Podcast Pajama Party
Oct 05, 2020
Single Mom Strong: How Our Body Leads Us Into Courageous Activism for Ourselves and Others with Lanna Brown
Sep 28, 2020
Feeling Scattered? Replenish Your Clarity With This Grab-n-Go "Focus Sandwich"
Sep 21, 2020
The Matrix of Receiving: How Women Elevate From Grind to Spaciousness with Marla Mattenson
Sep 14, 2020
How to Quit What Drains You: 6 Unofficial Roles Women Are Resigning From
Sep 07, 2020
Are You Sabotaging Your Career By Over-Working? 6 Ways to Get Better Results In Less Time.
Aug 31, 2020
Before you Make Another To-Do List: A Work-Nourishing Ceremony to Honor What You're Already Doing Well with Georgia Wall
Aug 24, 2020
Is Your Work Mojo Down? Here’s 4 Types of Nourishment for the Soul Of Your Career
Aug 17, 2020
Emotional Success: How to Leverage Your Unique Values Like the World’s Best Brands do with Farryn Weiner
Aug 10, 2020
Outgrowing Your Circle? How To Find Where You Really Belong Like A Pro
Aug 03, 2020
Speaking From Our Scars: Authentic Leadership with Guest Host Ginni Saraswati of The Ginni Show
Jul 27, 2020
Is Your Confidence Shaken? How to Leverage Your Signature Super Powers To Do That Thing You Really Want To Do
Jul 20, 2020
Reopening Gently: A Simple Practice to Process What Just Happened and Move Forward with Wisdom and Grace
Jul 13, 2020
Trust Your Knowing: How Women Rise From Doubt to Leading Themselves Forward with Suzi Banks Baum
Jul 06, 2020
Recovering From Perfectionism: How Women Make Progress Without Sacrificing Their Joy
Jun 29, 2020
Got Information Overload? How to get clear and sturdy so you can keep rising right now
Jun 22, 2020
Curing the Knee Jerk “Yes”: Doable Boundaries That Will Set You Free with Nancy Levin
Jun 15, 2020
White Women Don’t Turn Away - 4 Ways to Amplify The Voices and Work of Black Women
Jun 08, 2020
Reclaiming Your Time: The 3 “B-words” That Give Women Back Their Time and Energy
Jun 01, 2020
Can’t Focus or Get Motivated? How to hide under the covers AND still prosper.
May 25, 2020
Never Enough? How Driven Women Cultivate Lasting Fulfillment
May 18, 2020
The Formula For Making Great Choices: Especially when everyone has an opinion about it what you should be doing.
May 11, 2020
Self-Sacrifice Is Not The Future of Business or Medicine with Shavawn Boyer, RN
May 04, 2020
Feeling Stuck or Exhausted? Great, There Is Something Right With You
Apr 27, 2020
Hearing The Answers Within You: How Lakshmi Voelker Re-invented Her Business And Our World
Apr 20, 2020
What To Do If All Your Plans Just Went Out The Window And You Don’t Have All The Answers Yet.
Apr 13, 2020
Patriarchy Stress Disorder: Removing invisible barriers to your joy and fulfillment with Dr. Valerie Rein
Apr 06, 2020
Creating the Career & Life You Want: Even If Others Disagree Or Don’t Get It
Mar 30, 2020
The Antidote to Overwhelm - How To Stay Steady Within Yourself In Moments of Uncertainty
Mar 23, 2020
Sh*t just hit the fan: How We Do Well At Work During Tough Times
Mar 16, 2020
Over-scheduled? 3 Ways Women Cure Time Sabotage
Mar 09, 2020
Being Self-Full: How to get what you need without being selfish
Mar 02, 2020
Doubting Yourself? How we transform doubt into power, confidence, and clarity
Feb 24, 2020
Building the Habit of Courage: How to stop enduring what drains you with Dana Lemay
Feb 17, 2020
How Other People Talk To You: Discover the one person that actually elevates you
Feb 10, 2020
Making Money Moves: Upgrading Your Finances & Personal Power
Feb 03, 2020
Permission to Rest: And how to have the time to do it!
Jan 27, 2020
Is it the right time to change careers?
Jan 20, 2020
Am I Doing My Life Right? (Spoiler Alert: Here’s how picking your own path actually works.)
Jan 13, 2020
I Answer Your Juiciest Questions About How I Run My Business and My Mental Game
Jan 06, 2020
PART 2: How to Set Your Best Goals & Finally Follow Through On Things
Dec 30, 2019
PART 1: How to Set Your Best Goals & Finally Follow Through On Things
Dec 23, 2019
Feeling The Holiday Stress? Here's a framework for more ease during full times
Dec 16, 2019
Five BETTER Questions to Ask When Change Comes Calling
Dec 09, 2019
Hit your limit? The 5 Doable Steps to Setting Realistic Boundaries
Dec 02, 2019
Done Burning Out? The 4 phases of growth and sustaining success
Nov 25, 2019
Nobody really gets you? How to upgrade your adult relationships
Nov 18, 2019
One Word That Will Elevate Everything You Do
Nov 11, 2019
Messy and Magnificent - Coming Soon
Nov 06, 2019