
Inner Work With MaryAnn Walker: Stop People Pleasing and Start Living For You!
Welcome to Inner Work with MaryAnn Walker—the podcast for empaths, highly sensitive women, and recovering people pleasers who are ready to stop living on autopilot and start reconnecting with who they really are.
I work with women—often in midlife—who are emotionally exhausted from constantly meeting everyone else’s needs while ignoring their own. They’ve spent years in roles like caretaker, partner, parent, or professional, and now they’re waking up to the truth that they don’t really know themselves outside of those roles.
They’re struggling with burnout, people-pleasing, compassion fatigue, unclear boundaries, and the overwhelming pressure to be everything for everyone.
If that sounds like you, you’re not broken—and you’re not alone.
As a certified life coach who specializes in supporting highly sensitive women, I’ll guide you through tools and practices to help you:
- Set healthy, sustainable boundaries without guilt
- Reclaim your energy and emotional well-being
- Build deeper, more authentic connections without abandoning yourself
- Learn how to process emotions rather than getting stuck in them
- Remember who you are beneath all the roles you've played
Every week, I’ll share personal stories, practical strategies, and powerful mindset shifts to help you stop surviving and start living—with clarity, confidence, and compassion.
If you're ready to come home to yourself, hit subscribe and let’s begin your inner work.
Episodes
174: The Lie That Time Heals All Wounds (And What Really Does)

173: Feeling Invisible and Walked All Over? Doormat vs Welcome mat Energy

172: What is Codependency: How to Know if You're Codependent

171: How to Create Lasting Change: Your Thoughts Create Your Reality

170: The Dark Side of Empathy: When Understanding Becomes Self-Abandonment

169: Let Your Experience Be Your Power Move | Reinventing Your Life With Confidence

168: Am I A Jerk Now? How to Set Boundaries Without Becoming the Villain

167: How to Know If They Are Choosing You

166: The One Tool That Changed My Life: Say What You Mean & Mean What You Say

165: Reclaiming Your Worth Beyond What You Give (Breaking Free of Transactional Relationships)

164: The Johari Window: What You Know, Don't Know & Hide About Yourself

163: How to Reconnect With Your Intuition

162: How to Stop Fixing, Controlling, and Over-Accommodating Everyone

161: The Truth About That "Bad Feeling" You Just Can't Shake

160: Why Staying Silent Is the Most Dishonest Thing You Can Do

159: Why Drama-Seekers Are Obsessed with You (and How to Finally Stop the Cycle)

158: How to Know if it's a Setback or a Life Transition

157: The Emotionally Healthy Man: How to Feel Without Shame with Chris O'Neil

156: Energetic Boundaries 101: A Survival Guide for Empaths

155: Emotional Hygiene for Empaths & Highly Sensitive People: Why it Matters More Than You Think

154: How to Process Emotions Using The RAIN Technique

153: Trauma Bonds: The Ruby & Kevin Franke Story

152: The Secret Super Power of Empaths & Highly Sensitive People That No One is Talking About!

151: How to Stop Doom Scrolling While Remaining Informed

150: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Identifying Red & Green Flags in Relationship
