Advertise on podcast: Stress Talk with Marcyline Bailey

You think you're tired because you're doing too much. Whatif you are tired because of where you are doing it and who you are doing it with? Have you ever walked out of a meeting and felt completelydrained knowing that you only sat in the meeting and listened. You hadn't done anything that should have been that exhausting.  You may have asked yourself, “what happened?” “Why do I feel like my energy is depleted?” Let me tell you that it wasn’t the meeting and it wasn’tjust sitting and listening. It was the environment, the people, and the energy in the room. Once I started noticing where my energy was going,everything changed. I want to share this with you. In this episode of “Stress Talk” Live with Marcyline, we aregoing to share “How Brave Women Change Space and Relations to Stop the Energy Drain.” Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stressmanagement and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast

Is the success you’re chasing even yours? Are you constantlystressed out? Have you said or heard someone say one of the following statements? “I am doing everything right. I have the right credentials,enviable career, status in the community and my profession. Why am I so miserable.” “I wanted to travel the world, but I was made to feel thatsettling down, raising a family is what I am supposed to do.” “I have been chasing a definition of success for years onlyto realize that it wasn’t my definition.” You've achieved the success you were supposed to want. Sowhy doesn't it feel successful? Why do you always feel stressed? Perhaps it is time to have an honest conversation about purpose, values and chronic stress. In this episode of “Stress Talk” Live with Marcyline, we aregoing to share “How to Make Chronic Stress Vanish by Aligning Your Purpose and Values.” Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stressmanagement and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast

I was the woman who could do everything all on my own… until I couldn’t. I was raised to be independent and to not depend on anyone, for anything at any time. Many Black women and Women of Color are raised just like that. We carry the burdens of our family and community like badges of honor. We are the fixers, healers, and bearers of hurts. We put everyone else’s needs before our own. The reality is that “being strong” wears us down and affects our health.  “Being strong” weakens us. If you are nodding your head right now, then this episode isfor you. Asking for help is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign ofwisdom. Because “being strong” is embedded in our core, I want to talk about the cost of doing so. In this episode of “Stress Talk” Live with Marcyline, we are going share “The Hidden Costs Women Pay for Doing Everything All Alone.” Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcastthat focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast

It’s two in the morning and you're lying in bed. You arereplaying conversations you had earlier, rewriting what you should have said, remembering what they said and imagining what they probably thought about what you said. If you're a professional woman over 40, chances are yourbrain doesn't have an off switch. You're replaying work conversations. You're planning ten different scenarios that will probably never happen. You're worrying about things you said years ago. You're anticipating problems that don't exist yet. You are in rumination. When you're in rumination, you feel like you're beingproductive. You're thinking hard. You're problem-solving. You're runningscenarios. It feels like you're doing something about the problem. But here's the truth, rumination is not problem-solving.It's motion without movement. You're moving your thoughts around. You're getting nowhere. In this episode of “Stress Talk” Live with Marcyline, we aregoing to put action to those thoughts as share “Stop Overthinking Swap 3 Common Ideas for 3 Strong Actions.” Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcastthat focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast

🧘‍♀️ LIVE 25-MINUTE GUIDED LOVING-KINDNESS MEDITATION | Follow Along in Real-TimeReduce stress and anxiety naturally with this live guided loving-kindness meditation (Metta practice). Perfect for beginners — no meditation experience required.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎯 WHAT YOU'LL GET FROM THIS MEDITATION━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━This 25-minute loving-kindness meditation will help you:✨ Reduce stress and anxiety immediately✨ Cultivate deep self-compassion and self-love✨ Release feelings of disconnection and isolation✨ Open your heart to yourself and others✨ Develop emotional resilience and inner peace✨ Transform self-criticism into kindness━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💫 WHAT IS LOVING-KINDNESS MEDITATION?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Loving-kindness meditation (called "Metta" in the Buddhist tradition) is one of the most powerful practices for:• Stress relief and anxiety reduction• Building self-compassion• Healing emotional pain• Feeling more connected to others• Overcoming loneliness and isolationThis ancient mindfulness practice teaches you to wish well for yourself and others — opening your heart and remembering our shared humanity.*NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED* — Just bring your willingness to meet yourself with kindness.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━👥 PERFECT FOR━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✓ Meditation beginners looking for stress relief✓ People struggling with self-criticism or perfectionism✓ Anyone feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or burnt out✓ Those experiencing loneliness or disconnection✓ Professional women & entrepreneurs over 40✓ Anyone seeking inner peace and emotional balance━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎧 HOW TO PRACTICE━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. Find a quiet, comfortable space2. Sit or lie down in a relaxed position3. Press play and follow along4. Allow yourself to simply be present5. No judgment — just gentle kindnessThis is a LIVE guided meditation session, so you can practice in real-time with me.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📚 SCIENTIFIC BENEFITS OF METTA MEDITATION━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Research shows loving-kindness meditation can:• Reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression• Increase positive emotions and life satisfaction• Improve emotional regulation• Decrease self-criticism• Enhance feelings of social connection• Boost immune function• Reduce chronic pain and migraines━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💬 ABOUT STRESS TALK WITH MARCYLINE━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Stress Talk with Marcyline offers stress management strategies, mindfulness meditation practices, and wellness wisdom for professional women and entrepreneurs over 40. Drawing on Ubuntu philosophy and ancient wisdom traditions, we help you navigate overwhelm, cultivate resilience, and find peace in the chaos.► Website: www.mlbaileyconsultants.com► Instagram: @mlbaileyconsultants► Podcast: Stress Talk with Marcyline on Spotify

Struggling to quiet your mind at bedtime? This guided sleepmeditation was created specifically for women over 40 who are ready to release the stress of the day and finally enjoy deep, restful sleep — tonight.  Let this gentle, step-by-step meditation guide you intofull-body relaxation so you can fall asleep fast and wake up feeling restored.  In this session you'll experience: ✅ A calming body scan to melt away tension ✅ Breathwork to quiet racing thoughts ✅ Guided visualization for deep, peaceful sleep ✅ Stress release techniques designed for women over 40  Whether you're dealing with stress-driven insomnia, anxiousthoughts at night, or simply need a restorative sleep routine — this meditation is for you.  💤 For best results:Listen with headphones in a dark, comfortable space. Let yourself drift off naturally — there's no need to stay awake through the full session. Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stressmanagement and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast

Laura’s therapist told her to turn TOWARD the anxiety. 😳And Laura's first thought? She said, "I looked at her like she had 12 heads." Same, Laura. I’ve had similar moments when I did the exact same.But here's what happened when she actually tried it. She sat down, set a 5-minute timer, and just... let the anxiety come. The tight stomach. The tension. All of it set in. And instead of the anxiety growing? It left. Because anxiety that gets acknowledged doesn't have to fight for your attentionanymore. It releases. It breathes. And then it goes. Laura said it in a way I will never forget: "I could let it breathe and let it literally leave my body." We spend so much energy running from how we feel. What if the healing was in the five minutes we stopped running? 💛On tonight’s episode of “Stress Talk” with Marcyline, you will get to watch the conversation I had with the exceptional Laura Bratton. Please join us at 7 pm. After watching try it this week. Set a timer. Turn toward it. Just five minutes. Then come back and tell me what happened. 👇 7-Day Stress Reset Guide https://youtu.be/VDEsFYePfJg Laura’s Book https://www.laurabratton.com/book 📌 RESOURCES & NEXT STEPS: 🎙️ Subscribe to StressTalk with Marcyline: https://www.youtube.com/@mlbaileyconsultants 📲 Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mlbaileyconsultants Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stressmanagement and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast #stresstalk

Are you doing everything right — and still feeling likejoy belongs to someone else's life? 💛 In this episode of Stress Talk with Marcyline, we'rediving deep into one of the most powerful (and most overlooked) secrets to stress relief: Finding Joy in the Everyday. This isn't about toxic positivity or pretending life isn't hard. This is about learning what the happiest women actually DO differently — and how YOU can start today.   🌿 Here's what we're unpacking together: ✔️ Why women over 40 are the most joy-depleted generation — and why it's not your fault ✔️ The difference between pleasure and sustainable joy (this will change how you think) ✔️ 3 Secrets of the Happiest Women — with real, practical strategies you can use THIS week ✔️ The neuroscience of joy and why it's your body's greatest stress antidote 🔑 The 3 Strategies We Cover: 1. The 3-Good-Things Ritual — rewire your brain in just21 days 2. Your Sacred 10 — the one daily ritual that can changeeverything 3. Your Joy Playlist — because laughter is NOT a reward,it's a requirement Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stressmanagement and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast

Everything is hitting you all at once. Your inbox is full.Someone said something sideways to you or gave you the side-eye. Your body is running on fumes because you haven’t had a moment to eat. Heck… it seems like you haven’t had a moment to just breathe, and you feel yourself starting tospiral. Your thoughts go dark and negative. Your chest gets tight.Your head starts to hurt and suddenly you react to everything and everyone from a place of pure overwhelm. When that happens, things turn ugly. What if I told you there's a space that is powerful andintentional between the triggers and the spiral? My friend and mentor shared it with me, and I will share it with you. On today’s episode, I’m introducing you to a strategy called Holding Neutral. In this episode of “Stress Talk” Live with Marcyline, we are going to talk about “3 Steps Wise Women Take to Lower Stress and Boost Happiness Every Day.” Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" an audio/videopodcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast

83% of US workers suffer from work-related stress. Thinkabout that for a moment. Can you name what causes you to feel stressed? Many of youwill say “I love my job, but and then fill in the blank with the very thing that stresses you. How many of you would fill that blank with a type of person, a specific name or a job title? Dealing with co-workers is difficult. It can also lead to anxiety, burnout and that feeling of dread you experience everySunday night. In this episode of “Stress Talk” with Marcyline, we aregoing to share “3 Hidden Ways Your Co-Workers are Triggering Your Stress.” We will break down the seven most common types of stressful colleagues, get into the psychology behind why they act that way, and give you concrete, actionable strategies to cut stress and regain your power. Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stressmanagement and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast

You’ve met all your deadlines, responded to all your emailsand you have managed to clear your desk. What is causing you to still feel that tight knot of stress in your stomach? When you get home, you feel totally wiped out, as if you ran a marathon. You were seated at your desk all day. You probably blame the workload, the pressure from youradmin team, or the never-ending emails. The real problem, however, is something you’re not even noticing? What if the very room you work in is waging a secret war on your well-being? That’s right. Your office might be quietly cranking up yourstress levels. It’s not just in your head; it’s in the walls, the lights, and the air around you. The constant hum of the building, the flickering lights, the non-stop chatter. All of this secretly sabotages your calm. The good news is that you can fight back. We're about to expose seven hidden ways your office ismaking you anxious and, more importantly, show you exactly how to fix them. In this episode of “Stress Talk” Live with Marcyline, we are going to share “7 Hidden Ways Your Office Space is Sabotaging Your Calm.” Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast #stresstalk

It is 2 am and you are wide awake. It feels as if someone pressed a button that caused you tostart thinking and you cannot turn it off. The more you think, the wider awake you become. You look at the clock, and it is now 2:30 am. You turn over thinking that you must get up at 6am.  The thoughts are flowing like a river now. You try lying on your other side. That doesn’t work. You try lying on your back. Nope. You pick up your phone and scroll. It’s just bad news. Whereare the funny posts? You look at the clock, and it is 3 am. You sigh and with frustrated resignation decide that you are going to be sleepy and grumpy at work tomorrow. In this episode of “Stress Talk” Live with Marcyline, we aregoing to share “3 Reliable Sleep Habits that Actually Stop Anxiety from Waking You Up.” Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stressmanagement and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast #stresstalk

You took a break. You switched from your computer screen and picked up your phone. Why do you still feel like you need a break after going back to your computer screen? Was it the notifications? Was it the newsfeed? You laughed at a few silly posts. People are so clever.Isn’t laughter supposed to relieve stress? Why after 15 minutes of scrolling do you still feel tense, nervous or on edge? The “break” you just took wasn’t the “break” that you neededto calm and rest your mind. Instead of turning off the stress response, your internal alarm system, your “break” gave it more fuel. In this episode of “Stress Talk” Live with Marcyline, we aregoing to break down the science of what is causing your “breaks” to fail and what your brain needs to recover when we share “Useless Breaks – Try Four Stress Breaks that Actually Work.” Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcastthat focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast

So, the vacation is over. You are returning to work tomorrowand that relaxed, happy feeling you had a few days ago has been replaced by a quiet, creeping dread. Your out-of-office message is still up, but the reality of your overflowing inbox, the mountain of laundry, and getting back to the grind is setting in hard. That feeling is the post-holiday Sunday blues, and it’s like a massive emotional hangover. If you've got a pit in your stomach or a tightness in your chest, you are not alone. Some research shows that many people, maybe as many as 70%, dread the start of the workweek. It's a type ofanticipatory anxiety—basically, you're stressing about a future that hasn't even happened yet. For a lot of us, especially women over 40 this post-holidaycrash can feel extra intense. Before you let anxiety hijack the last few precious hours of your weekend, what if I told you there are ways to get your calm back? I’m not talking about the generic advice you’ve heard a million times. In this podcast, I’m sharing five unexpected hacks to help you crushthose post-holiday Sunday blues and start your week feeling strong and in control. In this episode of Stress Talk Live with Marcyline, I amsharing “5 Surprising Hacks to Crush the Post-Holiday Sunday Blues.” Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a video and audio podcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stress management and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast

The start of the new year tends to bring pressure, doesn’tit? We are pressured to achieve more, to do more or to be more. Because of this, we make lists of goals to accomplish the feat. “I am going to lose weight.”“This year, I am going to get that promotion.” “This is the year; we clean and purge the house.” “I am going to be fluent in Spanish by the end of the year!” Before the end of January, these goals have probably fadedinto the background of our lives. Resolutions become the catalyst for jokes. We laugh and with resignation stay the same. These types of resolutions make us think that we can change our lives from the outside in. However, healing andchange occur from the inside out.   In this episode of “Stress Talk” Live with Marcyline, we aregoing to share “The 4 Mindfulness Habits That Will Change Your 2026.” Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in theState of Georgia, a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®.) She is the owner of ⁠M.L. Bailey Consultants, LLC⁠, a private therapy practice that specializes in grief, loss, anxiety, and depression. Ms. Bailey is the host of "Stress Talk" a podcast that focuses on helping women live healthy lives through strategic stressmanagement and solution focused self-care. #mlbaileyconsultants #stress #stressmanagement #self-care#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #breath #breathing #newepisode #podcast