Carlene Marie
Master Mindpower coach, keynote speaker and author of Enough Already
Carlene Marie (Master Mindpower coach, keynote speaker and author of Enough Already) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Personal boundaries, Life coaching, People pleasing.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Personal boundaries
Marie argues that over-explaining is a weaker boundary and often an unconscious reaction.
“it's really common to be able to over-explain is a weaker boundary”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 38:46
Marie offers a back-pocket boundary script built around stating willingness, a need, and an action.
“I'm willing and I need, so I will. I'm willing to help, but I need advance notice”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 34:14
Marie warns that saying yes when one wants to say no builds resentment that is felt in the body.
“We'll say yes when every ounce of us wants to say no. And over time, that builds so much resentment”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 35:18
Marie frames boundaries as self-stewardship, meaning speaking one's truth without aggression or apology.
“I say that boundaries are self stewardship, that when we can speak our truth without aggression or apology, we are truly stewarding our very best selves”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 34:17
Life coaching
Marie says a good coach should not remain a guide for many years, as the goal is client independence.
“I'm not meant to be the guide for five, 10 years. I wouldn't be doing my job as a coach”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 46:05
Marie argues that one's purpose can change across life stages while core values usually stay fixed.
“our purpose can shift, but most of the time, our principles, our values that we hold dear, those are pretty ingrained”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 20:04
Marie contends that releasing childhood-imprinted stories does not need to be a long or arduous process.
“We think sometimes that the process needs to be long or hard or arduous, and it truly doesn't”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 11:01
People pleasing
Marie questions whether self-sacrifice in the name of service is honorable when it leaves a person completely depleted.
“is that that sacrifice truly honoring when we are absolutely depleted and we've got nothing more to give”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 26:15
Burnout
Marie recommends acknowledging daily micro wins to prevent burnout and stop high achievers from endlessly moving the goalpost.
“I call those like micro moments of micro wins. And just to be able to get into the practice of doing that even daily can be such a game changer and prevent burnout”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 26:47
Divorce
Marie recounts that her identity shifted when her children left home and her 25-year marriage ended at the same time.
“at that flash point my 25-year marriage came to an end and so my identity and everything that i was in the home”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 17:01
Psychotherapy
Marie says she found therapy depleting and wanted tools, accountability and a proven way forward instead.
“the therapy was just sitting in it and talking in it. And I found it very depleting”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 16:21
Forgiveness
Marie describes forgiveness of self and others as the third part of her transformation process, while stressing that trauma is not minimized.
“I do want to say we're not here to make trauma or abuse, we're not minimalizing that whatsoever”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 13:50
Perfectionism
Marie argues that being hardest on oneself is a self-protection strategy against criticism from others.
“I really think it's a survival strategy a self-protection strategy that I want to be the toughest on myself”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 9:32
Self-doubt
Marie says high-performing women she coaches, despite outward success, consistently share a story of not being enough.
“they would share in some way shape or form their not enough story you name it not fit enough young enough attractive enough”
Notes from the Edge: What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene Marie (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 4:28
Appearances
What if Staying Safe is Keeping You Stuck? Overcoming Self-Doubt with Carlene MarieNotes from the Edge · Oct 23, 2026 · 52 min
Lisa Lacy talks with coach Carlene Marie about self-doubt, perfectionism, people-pleasing, boundaries and rebuilding self-worth after major life transitions.
Often appears with
- Lisa Lacy · 1 shared episode