Writing to you from my couch with a cup of ginger tea totally exhausted and with a full heart.

I usually send these out on Monday mornings but we were at the 2026 FIFA World Cup and spent the day in New York City yesterday.

What an experience!

For the backstory, my husband is Ecuadorian and his dream has always been to go see Ecuador play in the world cup which to my surprise actually hasn’t happened every 4 years. Being French and not knowing that much about football (as in soccer) when I met him, I assumed every team always played since every 4 years I would watch France play.

We got to Philadelphia early to spend the day walking around and feeling the vibes before heading to the stadium. And wow were there vibes, I have never experienced something like this. First of all, the whole city was yellow. From the moment we got out of the parking garage, everyone was walking around with yellow Jerseys and starting off chants every second they got. Apparently there were 40,000 Ecuadorians that day!

It was loud, happy and fun. The kind of unity this sporting event creates. There were a few Cote d’Ivoire players here and there and even they were met with love and celebration. A woman walked around with a bag of lollipops and handed them off to every little kid she saw. Smiles everywhere.

As I looked around, I couldn’t help but think about how deeply human it is to want to belong to something bigger than ourselves.

So much of adulthood can feel individualistic. We work from home, build businesses online, move cities, chase goals, and often carry our struggles quietly. Yet here were tens of thousands of people who had never met, instantly connected through a shared identity, a shared dream, and a shared hope.

It reminded me that community isn’t a luxury. It’s a human need.

And perhaps that’s one of the reasons so many of us feel exhausted these days. Not because we’re doing too much, but because we’re trying to do it all alone.

Watching complete strangers hug after a goal, sing together, and celebrate as if they were family (even though it was the other team) reminded me that life was never meant to be a solo journey.

We heal in community.
We celebrate in community.
We become more of ourselves in community.

And maybe that’s the lesson I’m taking home with me this week.

Whatever you’re building, carrying, healing, or dreaming about, I hope you remember you don’t have to do it alone.

With love,
Magali

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Barbara shares the behind-the-scenes story of leaving her successful tech career to build what is now becoming one of the Bay Area’s fastest-growing wellness brands: MNT Studio.

We talk about the courage it takes to pivot careers, building businesses while raising young kids, navigating uncertainty, creating community in a post-COVID world, and why women need spaces that support both wellness and connection.

Barbara also opens up about:

• starting her side business while still working full-time

• the reality of entrepreneurship behind the scenes

• building with your spouse

• autoimmune health and stress

• why “action creates clarity”

• and the power of taking pauses before making big life decisions

We also dive into the vision behind MNT Studio’s “wellness social club” model combining Pilates, co-working, childcare, sauna, and community all under one roof and why this concept is resonating so deeply right now.

This episode is incredibly inspiring for anyone dreaming of building something meaningful, making a career pivot, redefining success, or craving a more connected way of living.

If you’ve been feeling the pull toward something bigger, this conversation will leave you feeling expanded, energized, and reminded that you do not need to see the full staircase to take the next step.

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Writing you this morning from the beautiful outdoor area at The Hivery with my decaf latte brought from home. I just have to say, I a

m so so so very grateful to those of you who jumped in to support my paid substack and have read the first little excerpt of my book. It truly means the world 🥹

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Today I want to share with you two little lifestyle experiments I’ve been playing with that have come out of the accountability thread going on in my Unlock Your Vitality Community.

The first is around experimenting with Ayurveda which led me to understand that an imbalance in my doshas might be caused by too much fire, aka caffeine. I’ve lost track of exactly when I started but I think I stopped coffee (well caffeinated) around 6 weeks ago now.

Over the weekend, on Saturday morning I was feeling like I needed a little pick me up and I was meeting a friend for coffee and a walk and thought: you know what, I can do a half caf, I’m feeling a little low, it’ll be great, I deserve it.

Right away I noticed my thought pattern, I deserve it? What’s actually serving me though?

I grabbed the half caf and went on with our walk and chat. I regretted that decision so quick. My heart started racing, my whole body got hot and I thought, wait I’m feeling so jittery. I don’t like this.

Six weeks prior, life without coffee seemed impossible. And now? Well, I’m committed to the decaf train (at least for now). It feels like this time around, I’m tuned into my body’s needs in a way that I haven’t been before. I don’t remember ever feeling this way after trying coffee again the last times I’ve quit it.

The other experiment I tried and started last week is the treating your cell phone like a “landline”. I got this little wooden box, stuck it to a part of my wall (yes it has a hole at the bottom to fit a charger), here is the link if you’re looking for something similar. The idea is you do what you need to do with your phone standing next to it and when you’re done, you put it back and walk away.

I’m happy to report it did help me lower my screentime by 19% and yes I really hesitated sharing with you on here the screenshot of how much I’m actually on my phone. Wanna try it? What questions do you have?

But honestly? I think this is what I’m learning lately: healing and growth is often less about massive life overhauls and more about tiny experiments. Tiny moments of paying attention. Tiny decisions that slowly shift the way we feel in our bodies and move through our days.

Not every experiment will stick forever. Some are seasonal. Some are exactly what we need for a chapter. But I think there’s something really powerful about approaching ourselves with curiosity instead of criticism.

If you’re wanting to embark on that adventure and want to do it with people around you, come join my online community!

It’s women building businesses, healing burnout, dreaming bigger, slowing down, becoming more visible, taking care of their bodies, and supporting one another through it all.

So if you’ve been craving a space where ambition and wellbeing can co-exist, where you can grow while still staying connected to yourself…you are so welcome inside 💛

And a reminder that paid substack subscribers can to try it out free for 3 months!

Have a beautiful week my loves!

Magali

This feels both exciting and absolutely terrifying to share.

One of the promises I made to my paid subscribers was that I would begin sharing little pieces of my unpublished book manuscript with you as I write and refine it in real time… and today is the very first excerpt.

This is one of the hardest parts of my story for me to speak about publicly. Because it cracked open something I spent years trying to minimize, rationalize, and quietly carry on my own.

This part of the chapter takes you back into my startup years. Into ambition, visibility, self-doubt, intuition and one of the first moments I realized what it felt like to be punished for shining.

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We talked about writing, storytelling, burnout, healing, Substack, and what it actually means to find your voice again after years of silencing yourself.

A few things we touched on during the live:
✨ Why writing can become a somatic healing practice
✨ The connection between burnout, autoimmune illness & silencing your truth
✨ Why movement often unlocks creativity more than sitting behind a computer
✨ How sharing your work before it’s “done” can actually strengthen it
✨ The difference between writing from performance vs writing from truth
✨ Why so many women feel resistance around being seen

And tomorrow the first expert of my book is coming ouuuut and this is how I feel about it!

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Inspired by Outrageous Openness, I’m sharing reflections on surrender, synchronicities, burnout, nervous system healing, and what it means to loosen our grip on life long enough to actually receive.

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Highlights of this episode:
creating pockets of quiet in a noisy world
gratitude as the foundation of abundance
small daily practices that reconnect us to presence
learning to ask for support from life (and actually receive it)
the tiny synchronicities that reminded me things are unfolding exactly as they need to
shifting from a victim mindset into becoming an active creator of your reality

This episode is part reflection, part pep talk, and part invitation to soften into the possibility that things may work out even better than you imagined.

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Writing to you from my couch with a cup of decaf latte. Still on the decaf train over here and let me tell you, 3 weeks later I am definitely still noticing how much my adrenals needed this (aka how tired I am beneath the surface). I’ve been having a matcha here and there and then morning decaf as I simply love the taste of coffee.

Despite the lack of caffeine in me this morning, I feeling especially excited because I am finally launching my paid version of this Substack, Poured With Love ☕️.

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Why now?

Well, almost a year ago, on June 23rd, 2025 I wrote to (my now book coach) telling her I was finally ready to go all in on this book writing process. It was a scary jump. I knew she was the right person from our very first call a few months prior to this email, when she shared how her work helps women heal by giving voice to their stories.

This book is something that’s been sitting within me, for a very long time. It’s something I’ve somehow always known I would do. I can’t believe it’s been almost a year, but really it’s been so many more. In many ways, this writing process has already healed me. Yet I know a big part of my journey is “Healing Out Loud” and sharing it with you.

The book isn’t finished, and I don’t have a release date just yet. There are also stories in it that I’m still not sure will make the final version.

But I do feel ready to share. Ready to be vulnerable in a whole new way and let you into the process as it’s unfolding in real time even though it also feels scary. Whenever I’ve hesitated before hitting “send” on a vulnerable post, those are almost always the ones that resonate the most. I think it speaks to the authenticity and vulnerability we’re all quietly craving — spaces where we can be human, honest, and feel a little less alone in it all.

So one of the perks of being part of my paid Substack tribe, if you decide to join, will be access to unpublished excerpts from my book.

The first excerpt from my book is dropping this Friday, June 5th 😳🥳

What’s included in the paid?

+ Monthly excerpts from unpublished my BOOK (!!!) as I finalize the manuscript.
+ Monthly “The Playbook I Wish Someone Gave Me” my deep dive honest lessons, tools, and reflections on building a business I truly wish I’d had access to earlier.
+ 3 free months access inside my women community of entrepreneurs

Also we’re going live with on Thursday @ 11am pst, join our conversation here.

Thanks for being here my loves and don’t worry, the Monday posts & Wednesday podcast episodes, aren’t going anywhere!

With love,

Magali

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We talk about:

• What happens when “pillow talk” turns into work talk

• The importance of boundaries when building with someone you love

• Why resentment is often a sign we’re not listening to ourselves

• Learning the difference between support, advice, and simply being heard

• The rituals that help us stay connected outside of work

This episode is for anyone navigating entrepreneurship in a relationship, building something meaningful with a partner, or simply trying to create more balance between ambition, love, and real life.

I’m not yet sure when there will be a part 2 but there will be!!! I’ll bring Raul to join this one <3

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I am writing to you this morning with a cup of my fav protein coffee but it’s decaf ☕️

ICYMI, I’m on day 11 without ‘real’ coffee (I’ve had a little matcha here and there), and what I can tell you is I am feeling much more deeply connected to my body (and taking so many naps).

I didn’t want to admit it, but coffee was masking a deeper fatigue post-burnout.

Over the weekend, I worked on a new version of chapter 1 - 3 of my manuscript which took me right back to the experiences of that time.

I felt the frustration rise inside that my body still feels impacted by burnout. A part of me thought: shouldn’t I be “past this” by now?

And then I remembered…it didn’t happen over night.

It took many small decisions over 6 years to get my body into a state of depletion. So surely, it will take many small decisions the other direction to fully come back home to myself.

And truthfully…during my burnout, I never really stopped.

I went straight from leaving my startup as a cofounder, into building this new business. Yes, we took 4 months off with my hubby in between. During that season we got married, traveled throughout Europe, had three weddings (not including our own), and I hosted one of my dearest friends’ bachelorette at my parents’ home just two weeks before our big day.

It was magical. Truly one of the most beautiful seasons of my life. I’m deeply grateful for every memory, every celebration, every sunset dinner, every conversation. It was the perfect way to transition out of one chapter and into another.

But I can also hold the truth that my nervous system never fully exhaled.

Sometimes healing doesn’t ask us to blow up our lives. Sometimes it simply asks us to stop overriding ourselves in tiny ways, over and over again.

To rest before we earn it.

To trust that slowing down is not falling behind.

And maybe the hardest part of healing after burnout is accepting that recovery isn’t linear, glamorous, or fast.

I also don’t believe in some sort of final “arrival.” I don’t think we suddenly wake up one day fully healed, fully evolved, with every wound perfectly tied up in a bow.

We are constantly evolving. Constantly meeting new versions of ourselves.

Through writing this book, I feel like I’m slowly peeling back the layers. Slowly seeing what really happened beneath the surface of those years. The patterns. The coping. The striving. The exhaustion I normalized.

And with that comes something both humbling and freeing: accepting the role I played in all of it. Not from blame or shame but from a place of deeper self-awareness.

Because there’s power in finally being honest with yourself about what you ignored, what you tolerated, and what you kept pushing past in the name of success, productivity, or proving something.

I think healing is less about becoming someone entirely new and more about returning to the parts of yourself you had to abandon just to survive.

With love,
Magali

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A great place to meet amazing women entrepreneurs who are starting and building their dreams too!

This episode is a mix of practical business advice, nervous system support, mindset shifts, and honest reflections from my own journey building both a tech startup and now a soul-led business.

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We talk about the very real questions behind entrepreneurship:

1. Should I quit my job and go full-time?
2. How do I stay consistent without burning out?
3. How do I actually get clients?
4. What if I’m scared to put myself out there?
5. Can you really build a successful business without hustling 24/7?

Whether you’re building a side hustle, navigating burnout, craving more freedom, or trying to figure out your next step, this episode will remind you that there’s no one “right” way to build a business.

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I am writing to you this morning with a matcha latte on my sunny balcony. I’m on day 4 experimenting with no coffee. I’ve stopped coffee multiple times in my life, sometimes for really long periods (over a year) but I always find my way back. I LOVE my morning protein coffee.

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So why am I stopping it? For how long?

This month, inside my online community, we started a little accountability circle. We each set out 3 focus areas and then every week are sharing what we are committing to that week within the focus area. The idea being that when you remember the bigger picture and take small actions weekly, you can really move the needle forward. Some of them are business or career related whilst others are more personal.

Learning more about Ayurveda

One of my focus areas for the month is Ayurveda. It’s something I’ve always been interested in, I dove a little bit into when I did my Yoga Teacher Training back in 2018, but I’ve always been curious for more.

I’ve especially been curious about their framework of doshas.

A dosha is essentially your unique mind-body constitution in Ayurvedic medicine (think of it as your personal energy blueprint) that influences everything from your digestion and sleep patterns to your personality and emotional tendencies.

No dosha is right or wrong and each one has qualities that thrive when in balance. But lifestyle, stress, seasons, and so much more can throw things off.

What I love about this concept is that it's never about something being wrong with you — it's about imbalance, and the beautiful idea that you can always find your way back to center.

Change is possible

So here I am, on day 4 without coffee to see if my nervous system can get a little rest. What I have noticed is that I am more in tune with my actual energy.

I’m not setting a timeline, not trying to reach a goal, not out to “fix” anything, just checking in with myself, seeing how I feel and I won’t beat myself up if today is my last day without coffee or if this goes on for weeks or months.

But you know what’s powerful? To know that change is possible. And that I can be a driver of that change.

Is it super uncomfortable? Yes.

Did I have a headache the first day without caffeine? Yes.

Did I want to quit 2 hours in? Yes.

but yet…

I’m not actually sure who said it first but I’ve heard so many versions of it. I have known intuitively my nervous system needs a breather.

But also, in the last few months, anytime an acupuncturist checks my pulse, the next question is: “are you sleeping okay? are you resting well?” and my latest functional testing results: “your adrenals are very run down”…

I’ve talked a lot about the concept of being vs. doing on here. The truth is, I’m a doer. I love that part of me. I want to keep doing, it’s a powerful action.

and…

The parts of me that want to slow down and just “be” get extra quiet when I’m all caffeine’d up.

Oh and if I look back at all the times that I did stop coffee? I always felt amazing but then again, I always went back to it…so I’ll keep you updated on my little experiment. Not coming from a place that something needs to be fixed, just playing with small changes.

It actually reminds me of a book I read years ago — Nudge by Thaler and Sunstein. One of the core ideas is that we don't need massive willpower or dramatic overhauls to change — we just need to design our environment and choices in a way that makes a new option a little easier to reach. A small shift in your default setting can ripple out in ways you never expected. So the shift is simply, what's one small nudge I can give myself this week?

💬 What’s yours? Hit reply or comment, I’d love to know!

with love,

Magali

ps. are you seeing that I changed the newsletter back to “poured with love”? It just came as an intuitive hit this morning. I had changed it to “Unlock Your Vitality” because that’s my company name and felt like I needed things to all match but honestly, this newsletter really is poured with so much love and this subtack is starting to get a life of it’s own. So I’m bringing it BAAAACK!

I’m also launching something V E R Y exciting in just 2 weeks….keep your eyes out for that!

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You’ve heard me mention The Hivery so many times on the podcast because becoming part of this community has genuinely changed my experience of entrepreneurship and being in community with women this year. In this episode, Grace shares the incredible story behind building The Hivery: from her early career as a professional dancer, to searching for deeper meaning and sitting on this idea for 10 years and finally creating one of the first women-centered co-working and community spaces in the Bay Area.

But this conversation goes far beyond business. Grace vulnerably opens up about losing her mother, supporting her younger sister through terminal cancer while simultaneously expanding her business, and later losing everything she had built during the pandemic when The Hivery was forced to close its doors.

We talk about what it means to hold grief while continuing to show up for your dreams, the courage it takes to start over, and why women so deeply need spaces where they can be fully seen, supported, and human.

This episode is for anyone navigating a transition, rebuilding after loss, questioning what success really means, or craving deeper community in a world that often asks us to do it all alone.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about living life whilst in the messy middle.

Sometimes as I sit in traffic or back when I used public transportation if I sat in a bus, I’d look around and think to myself: “I wonder what’s going on in their lives?”

Despite their hardships, they are showing up. They are showing up for their kids, for their jobs, for their companies, for their friends, for all the

responsibilities they have regardless of what they are going through. Think about all the things we hold at one time.

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The messy middle is that uncomfortable place where you are longing for something: a new life, a partner, good news, a change in circumstance, a new job, freedom, a family, [enter your desire] and at the same time, you keep going through the motions.

It’s continuing to live your life full of hope whilst a part of your heart quietly aches.

In my experience, people tend to share about their journey from a place of having figured it out. There are spiritual beliefs around this, there’s also cultural conditioning of ‘having it figured out’ and then there’s the need to protect our hearts during this time.

The last time I felt in a real big messy middle, was right before deciding to leave my startup. I experienced so much self-doubt. I wasn’t sure if I should stay or go. I felt so lost. Once I made that decision and jumped in to the big unknown pool, I felt the biggest relief and I was still in that messy middle for a while. I didn’t know what was next. It took me 2 years to make the decision to actually leave and then another 2 to feel any sort of stability in my business.

As soon as I was on the ‘other side’ I started talking about it. Not every aspect of it but a big part of it.

Yesterday was Mother’s Day here, (although, in some ways, it doesn’t feel like the ‘real’ one for me because in France it’s not for another few weeks). If you know anything about the US, when there’s a holiday, it is absolutely everywhere and usually for a whole month prior.

I felt like I was doing pretty good this month when it comes to our TTC (trying to conceive) journey and then as this weekend came closer, it hit me like a ton of bricks.

For a moment I questioned how openly I’ve been sharing this, do I need to retrieve? To close up? The truth is, I don’t know how long this will last and so sharing the journey to me feels cathartic. Continuing to be held at times where it feels complex to hold myself.

What I am learning is that the messiness is also where self-trust gets built. Where in the dark moments, you can chose to see the light (even if not right away…).

The messy middle asks you to stay present instead of putting your entire life on hold waiting for the future.

It’s not about waiting for something to happen, it’s about who you become in the process.

Maybe you’re also experiencing a transition, a version of grief, an ending or a new beginning.

My invitation to you is this: don’t wait to fully live your life until you arrive on the other side.

Find small ways to stay connected to yourself now.
To your body.
To joy.
To the people who make you feel safe.
To the version of you that still believes something beautiful is possible.

Let yourself be held. By nature. By rest. By community.

The messy middle can still be a beautiful journey 🫶🏼

With all my love,

Magali

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I open up about my relationship with data tracking, fitness watches, health metrics, and the pressure to constantly optimize ourselves, especially in the wellness and entrepreneurial spaces. Inspired by a friend’s decision to break up with her Apple Watch, I reflect on what happened when I unintentionally stopped using my Garmin and how it actually helped me reconnect to my body, intuition, and self-trust.

I also share the new monthly accountability practice inside the Unlock Your Vitality Community, including the three focus areas I’m currently working on: writing my book, building deeper relationships in my business, and exploring Ayurvedic living.

This episode is a reminder that sometimes healing isn’t about more information, it’s about learning to trust yourself again.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Navigating anxiety and nervous system regulation

• The difference between being vs. doing

• Why wearable data can sometimes disconnect us from intuition

• Reconnecting to movement, running, and body wisdom

• Accountability practices that actually feel supportive

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I open up about my relationship with data tracking, fitness watches, health metrics, and the pressure to constantly optimize ourselves, especially in the wellness and entrepreneurial spaces. Inspired by a friend’s decision to stop wearing her Apple Watch, I reflect on what happened when I unintentionally stopped using my Garmin and how it actually helped me reconnect to my body, intuition, and self-trust.

I also share the new monthly accountability practice inside the Unlock Your Vitality Community, including the three focus areas I’m currently working on: writing my book, building deeper relationships in my business, and exploring Ayurvedic living.

This episode is a reminder that sometimes healing isn’t about more information, it’s about learning to trust yourself again.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Navigating anxiety and nervous system regulation

• The difference between being vs. doing

• Why wearable data can sometimes disconnect us from intuition

• Reconnecting to movement, running, and body wisdom

• Accountability practices that actually feel supportive

Jennifer's article I mentioned

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Writing to you from my balcony, drenched in sunlight, the air is still cool but the morning sun is warming my body. I am filled with gratitude this morning. My body woke me up naturally around 6.30am, I felt rested and like I have so much time ahead of me before my first call. I heated up some water. Made myself a ginger tea and rolled out my mat on the balcony to move my body. I followed that with some journaling and a delish breakfast.

Slow Monday mornings have truly changed my life. As I sip on my coffee which I made myself with so much love, I can remember the deep longing inside my bones that called for a start to the week like this one.

Side note: as I have started writing…a very loud leaf blower keeps getting closer to me, just my reminder that perfection isn’t something to strive for…but also can we find another tool? I’m sure for the person using it, it is just as much if not more uncomfortable than for everyone around them.

I remember feeling so much envy for anyone around me who wasn’t living the way I was. Waking up at 5.45am for my first call of the day at 6am followed by a never ending meetings tunnel until about 3pm, where I’d reach for my third or fourth cup of coffee because there was zero energy left in me.

When envy and jealousy can be a teacher

I really believe envy can be a positive tool. A way for our soul to realize its’ true desires and then, well it’s up to us to actually make a change.

I was speaking with a friend the other day and we were comparing envy and jealousy.

Have you ever felt jealous?

It seems like such a long time ago now (10+ years!) but at the beginning of our relationship with Raúl (now hubby), I very much experienced jealousy. It’s something I brought to therapy and we both worked on together. This one perspective shift actually taught me a lot about boundaries which have carried over into my work today.

At that time, jealousy in my head, was followed by the fear of, could they go off and experience something together better than what we have?

It made me look at the way I was acting with men. An affair doesn’t just happen from one day to the next. Let’s take the typical work affair scenario we’ve seen countless times in the movies. It never goes from 0 to 100. We see the kindling through conversations, the gentle moments of touch, the overnighter ordering in, etc…

I want to pause here. I am by no means bringing any judgment to you or your story. Simply speaking from my own experience and what I’ve understood about my relationship with jealousy.

I remember my therapist asking me, could you see any lines being blurred with anyone around you? Are you flirting with men and giving them a certain idea that you could see lead to something?

Was I consciously doing any of that? No, not at all.

So she invited me to notice the small ways, I wasn’t putting up boundaries or maybe see if I was flirting when I didn’t intend on it or the ways my body language was saying something different than what I actually meant.

What happened over the next several months was an eye opening experience of all of the ways I was feeding my own jealousy. As I began to change my thoughts and then my actions, jealousy dissipated in my relationship.

Just like that, one morning I woke up and it was completely gone. I had zero idea the amount of responsibility I carried in that jealousy. I went from blaming to taking responsibility.

Setting boundaries as a business owner

What that did for me was teaching me an invaluable lesson about boundary setting as I started my second business.

In 2022, I started working with clients one on one as a coach. When you’re in my line of work, sometimes boundaries can be blurred, friends can become clients, clients can become friends, and pretty quickly, I found myself “working” on friend time.

Something wasn’t sitting right with me.

I became aware that any time I didn’t respect my own boundary, I was giving permission for someone else to disrespect it too.

What followed was noticing for the next few weeks all the ways I wasn’t setting boundaries and then outlining them out clearly, so that

So let me ask you, do you truly respect your own boundaries? What about other people’s boundaries when they’re presented to you?

I would love to hear your thoughts and comments below…

With so much love,

Magali

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I’m breaking down the difference between the exploration phase and the deepening phase, and why understanding where you are can change everything. I share my own journey of trying different paths, from health coaching to Reiki to business coaching and how each season gave me clarity on what truly felt aligned.

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This episode will help you understand what season your business is in, whether you’re meant to be exploring or deepening, so you can stop second-guessing yourself, align your energy with where you actually are, and move forward with more clarity, confidence, and ease.

Inside this episode:

• What it actually means to be in an exploration season

• When it’s time to shift into deepening

• The 80/20 balance that creates sustainable growth

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Writing to you from my cozy couch this morning with a cup of tulsi & ashwagandha tea that came recommended from Cindy, my friend & teacher after a session with her yesterday (if you’re looking for a bodyworker and healer in the Bay, she’s amazing).

I know I talk about the idea of being vs. doing a lot but it’s because I’m really trying to understand it for myself and maybe this reflection can help you too.

We live in a world that rewards us for the list of achievements we “did” not for the human that makes us whole. Even our language is adapted to this: “How are you doing?” “You’re doing great!”

Am I being great though…?

I had a therapy session a few weeks ago where we were exploring my trying to conceive journey (if you’re new here, we’re 2.5 years in with my hubby & I recorded a very open and vulnerable podcast episode here) and at the end of the session she said: the only thing you need to do between now and our next session is: no doing, just being.

Of course, keep working but find more space to be, maybe have Raúl cook more, don’t take action right now around this fertility journey, just be…

When your being allows for others to do the doing

One of the things we’ve structured in our marriage is that I cook & Raúl cleans. I don’t do a single dish and in return make sure we’ve got lunch & dinner covered (breakfasts we each figure out). That’s worked for us for a long time. When I brought it up to him, he shared being open to it and we left it at that.

A few days later, when I came back from a yoga class and he was cooking dinner. Before I could even think, I dropped all my things and jumped in to help and he said: “just go be, I’m cooking”, we both laughed...

I smiled and thanked him, and went on to take a bath. Whilst I was in there, I reflected on how foreign this moment was feeling. On how there’s rarely a time in our home where he’s “doing” and I’m “being” and my responsibility in that. How my doing all the time, doesn’t create the space for him to do for us.

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Being ≠ is not the same as doing nothing

One thought that kept creeping back up though was this idea that I’m meant to do nothing. Something about that felt ‘disempowering’ like I’m supposed to sit around and wait and ‘give up’ in some ways? Is that surrendering? I felt defeated thinking that, how can this be receiving and letting go? Is it supposed to feel this way?

It made me dive back into one of my favorite books, Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R. Hawkins.

Fast forward to a walk with my dear friend Mel over the weekend, I was telling her how much I feel in flow in my business. What feels like divinely picked, soul-aligned clients are coming through and I’m “selling” the least I have in years. I’m trusting and business is well, ‘businessing’, it feels authentic, grounded and so easy.

I was sharing how I’m still working on feeling that same trust in my fertility journey and she said:

“I wonder what entrepreneur Magali, could teach trying to conceive Magali?”

Just like that, a tiny question sparked so much hope. What if the answer was already in me, what if I already knew how to “be” I just hadn’t applied it to another part of my life?

So what would that part of me say she’s learned about being in the flow?

It’s actually not, not doing.

Would clients come through if I didn’t talk about my offers, get out in the world, network or work ‘on’ my business? Nope…

Have I also experienced that when I was in urgency mode, operating from scarcity and fear, trying to force sales in my DMs that I was actually blocking them from coming through? Yep…

Letting go or “Lâcher prise”

So in the same way, that I am doing the little things in the background to make my business happen—I have laid out the soil, planted the seeds and then watched it blossom into honestly, something I couldn’t even imagine.

I can practice this in my health and fertility journey too.

Not through peeing on LH strips everyday, testing every hormone and analyzing every piece of data or questioning every single thing I put into my body but through “actions coming from that place of clarity not fear”.

So what feels clear to me right now is to replenish my minerals which is helping me with, letting my hubby cook for me so I can be, trusting what I choose to eat, how I chose to move along with other aligned choices…or as my friend Jennifer from reminded me: exercising my agency.

When I started this journey I heard a lot of comments like: relax and it will happen, just don’t stress and you’ll be okay. Whilst honestly, those comments felt hurtful to hear during my moments of grief, I am starting to see the well-intentioned meaning behind it.

If you’re in a place of desiring something whether a partner, a baby, a new job, a growing business, a home, community, know that I see you and maybe through sharing my journey, something woke up in you. If so, I’d love to hear it in the comments.

With so much love,

Magali

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You are in for a TREAT. In this episode, I’m joined by Amber Allen-Peirson (aka ), a creative, educator, and storyteller whose work deeply moved me when I experienced her workshop in our coworking community.

We dive into a powerful framework she teaches around the three identities we all carry—and how understanding them can completely shift the way you see yourself, your relationships, and the world around you.

This conversation is an invitation to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with who you are beneath everything you’ve been told to be.

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In this episode, we explore:

• The difference between your 3 identities: self-identified, assigned, and projected identities

• Why feeling misunderstood might actually be a doorway to deeper self-trust

• How to navigate other people’s perceptions of you without losing yourself

• The role of projection in judgment, triggers, and emotional reactions

• Why burnout, anxiety, and breakdowns can be powerful catalysts for coming back to yourself

• How to strengthen your inner voice in a world constantly telling you who to be

This episode isn’t about fixing anything, it’s an invitation to get curious and maybe… seeing yourself a little more clearly. Hope you love it!

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Writing to you from The Hivery today with my drinks all stacked up: my protein coffee & my nettle tea. I generally write these cozied up on my couch on Monday morning but we have guests over and I felt so grateful to have a space to go to this morning to fully plug in.

Well that and because my friend Jennifer McClanahan from is hosting a Masterclass on “Holding Your Power Responsibly” and I cannot wait.

So let me get to today’s topic. I usually sit in meditation and let the Monday morning thoughts glide onto the page but this morning looked a little different. As I drove over from my house to this space, I thought to myself: this space and a few other things have had such a positive impact to me as a solopreneur, I want to share those today.

What other things that are changing the way I do business?

As a business coach, I get asked a lot about strategic marketing, sales strategies, which CRM I use, accounting advice, how to build a financial model, etc…whilst all of those things are ways I support my clients, that’s not what I mean.

I’m talking about the things that are supporting me as a whole human, allowing me to continue to evolve and awaken, and letting that be what I lead and create my business from.

I saw this quote the other day on social media that said:

And WOW does entrepreneurship force you to face your deepest wounds. Anyone else have that experience?

There are three things that have really supported me as a whole human that I wanted to share with you today:

1. Therapy + Coaching + Healers. It was really through both my therapist/coach and my reiki healer that I was able to notice the harm I was doing to myself by staying in my previous startup and these women supported me through my transition into this new business (and continue to). A few months ago, we were reflecting in a session about how my work is no longer what dictates my worthiness. If I supported women from that lack, I would be an entirely different business coach. Continuing to support my growth as a human has only positively impacted as a result the type of coaching and support I provide because I am coming from that filled cup.

2. Community (aka The Hivery + my community of entrepreneurs). This is a big one. I think I am only now unraveling the impact of our pandemic times and this forced isolation that lingered on for a little too long. Just as I started writing this post, familiar faces have come in, hugs and little chats about how our weekends were have been exchanged. It just feels so good to have a space to come to and learn from these brilliant women. I can’t wait for you all to get to know Grace Kraaijivanger, the founder of this spot (she’s coming on the Pod soon!). The other space that has been giving me so much life is my own entrepreneurship community of women, getting to connect with each other deeply and help support each other through all of our struggles has been a true gift.
   

3. Experiencing life outside of work we just went camping to celebrate my husband’s birthday with his brother and gf and had the best time being in nature. We were blessed by our Pachamama as we hiked on the Mendocino shores and saw splashes of water. We spend a good 40 mins watching these whales from afar. A dear friend of mine was helping me reflect last week how much I grasp experiences out of life. It was such a helpful reflection for me and reminded me that during my burnout, I stopped doing a lot of that. Burnout can be described as a state of severe mental, emotional, and physical exhaustion caused by intense, prolonged, and unmanaged fixation on a single task, project, or goal. This is why I love using the “circle of life” tool in my practice to help us notice the places in our lives which might need a little more tending to.

So may this post serve you as an invitation to reflect the things in your own life which are supporting you as a whole human and which areas are maybe in need of a little more tending to?

I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments!

With love,

Magali

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