The Dynamic Art of Learning with Marni Battista

Say YES to Your Soul

Tessa and Marni discuss how Marni went through a period of reflection and exploration after a ski accident. After realizing she was afraid of change and was clinging to her old life, Marni decided to do some soul-searching, and discovered her true passions and desires. Marni also discusses her process of designing a life that aligns with her soul's desires and the importance of listening to one's inner voice.

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• A life-changing accident causes Marni to reevaluate her life and embark on a transformative journey
• A poignant moment during recovery leads to a pivot
• Fear of change as a fundamental issue
• Letting go of control and facing the discomfort of the unknown
• Uncovering layers of passions and true desires with iIntentional immersion
• Learning to surrender and have radical faith

About Marni Battista

Marni is an entrepreneur, author, transformational coach, podcast host and radical truth seeker. Her straight-to-the-point podcast and page-turning books drop beautiful pearls of wisdom that will not only make you laugh, but also provide life-changing stories of triumph and courage to stop letting life live you, and start LIVING a life that’s beyond your wildest dreams.

Battista’s works have appeared in the LA Times and The New Yorker, and she has made appearances on Dr. Phil Show, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, and Home and Family TV. Soon, her new book, “Your Radical Living Challenge: 7 Questions for A Meaningful Life” will be published by Hay House.

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Tessa Lynne Alburn believes that every woman has the ability to learn to express their true voice, be heard, and fulfill their dreams.

As a Feminine Energy Coach and Soul Connection Mentor for women, Tessa supports you in having the freedom you crave and strong connections with others, as you live powerfully with joy and a sense of adventure.

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Transcript

Tessa (00:05):

Well, hello there. I am so happy today to be able to introduce you to a friend of mine, a colleague. I've known her for years now, and we have this opportunity to co-create here on the show today. She is Marni Battista. Marni is an entrepreneur, author, transformational coach, podcast host, and radical truth seeker. And I know we're gonna hear a little bit more about her radical life journey and how that shifted things for her, her straight to the point podcast and page turning books drop beautiful pearls of wisdom that will not only make you laugh, but will also provide life-changing stories of triumph and courage to stop letting life live you and start living a life that's beyond your wildest dreams. Marnie's works have appeared in the LA Times, the New Yorker, and she's also made appearances on shows like Dr. Phil, On Air with Ryan Seacrest and more, and her new book, Your Radical Living Challenge: Seven Questions for a Meaningful Life will be published by Hay House in January, 2025. And congratulations on that and welcome, Marni.

Marni (01:28):

Yay. I was thinking, Tessa, that because my daughter is going to do the Hoffman process , and I was thinking that was a long time ago that that happened, which made me think when you said a long time friend, I was like, oh, Tesa. It's been like 17 years or something.

Tessa (01:44):

Yes, it has . Love that . Oh my gosh. Oh, that's so amazing. And that, yes, I'm, I'm really happy for your daughter and for you also, that he's gonna do that. So, Marni, I know the listeners are gonna be happy to hear what you have to share today. So let's get going. I'd love to have you just take us down that journey. Sharing a little bit about the box you we're in before and where you've turned the corners and what you're living life like now.

Marni (02:20):

Well, so I was thinking about our conversation today, and I pulled out this book written by this person named Oriah, and it's called The Invitation. And, I thought that this little passage we kind of describe best where I was. And so, this is from her book called The Invitation. And it says, "It doesn't interest me to know what you do for a living. I wanna know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love or your dream for the venture of being alive." And that's just an excerpt from her bigger body of work called The Invitation. I picked that because I think that when I look at what was life like for the soul of Marni inside the container of my physical self in 2020, I had just sort of survived, gotten through the death of my dad, and my mom had passed away 10 years before.

(03:30):

And, you know, tending to the paperwork and the, you know, sort of trying to put the end of someone's life all into columns in rows, , and putting it to rest. And I was really excited. It was February and almost one year passed the day my dad died. And some friends invited, my husband and I to go skiing. And, we were up in Canada and, it was like the perfect snow day. And if you would've asked me in that moment, like, was your soul being fully expressed? I would've said, Ugh, Tessa, like a golden moment. in my life. Perfect snow day with my friend. And there was a moment where we were skiing, and she was a much better skier than I was, and she went down this road, this pathway, and I thought, for just a brief second, should I go down the pathway she's going down, or should I go around this other way?

(04:31):

And I was like, you know what? I'm feeling pretty great today. So I went down this double black diamond, and if any of you ski, you probably know where this story ends, which was on my back , going down the mountain in a little toboggan. And that accident where I,

(04:52):

SNIPPET - I fractured seven bones in my sacrum, and having the world locked down with me, just a couple of weeks after that gave me this moment to really start asking questions about, who am I if I'm not doing all the things that I thought were me?

Tessa (05:21):

Yes. 'cause you weren't able to do anything. You were needing support and there you were. And so you really had this opportunity to do a deep dive into who you really are.

Marni (05:34):

Yeah. And it was really crazy because, it was the first time, so I was on bedrest for nine weeks, and that means literally not moving, everything hurt. You know, I had to use one of those like claws that really, really old people use to grab things. notice, by the way, I said, really, really old people.

Tessa (05:53):

Right. We're not putting ourselves in that category at all.

Marni (05:58):

No, we're not in the really, really category. Anyway, I had a walker, I called the walker, Johnny Walker I was trying to make the best of my situation. And so I couldn't do anything. I remember even a moment, and you and I were working together at the time, and I was supposed to go do a retreat, and I was like, you guys gotta go for me. And I remember going to the doctor's office like three days before, I couldn't even sit in the chair. It was, I had to lay down on the ground in the doctor office. And I was like, so I can fly Friday, right? He literally looked at me like, what planet are you living on, honey? Not to mention that the whole world was like, you know, knee deep in Clorox, and you know, Purell.

(06:51):

But, I was just sort of like, I just couldn't accept this new way of experiencing my life. And so it was in that like, where I couldn't read almost. I couldn't write, I couldn't do the things I love, knit. I couldn't exercise clearly. I couldn't even go downstairs. So I was living my whole life up from my bedroom listening to it happening on the floors below. People had to come up to the room and just sort of sit with me. And so that was when I started to get really curious. And the message that I got through my sort of spiritual journey at that very beginning was that, it was symbolic, you know, I had broken my sacrum, like the place, you know, of creativity, the place of all that good juju.

(07:47):

And someone said to me, it is time to rebuild, right? To put back together, to start over, create a new foundation. 'Cause like, your sacrum is like the center right of your beingness. And it's time to start rebuilding from your emotions and your soul rather than just your head. You know, like all that activity that was going on for my neck up. And I was like, what does that even mean? And so that was was the beginning of like, wow, I'm gonna have to start really feeling my feelings. I'm gonna have to start really exploring what are the problems that I think I have in my life? Are they really the problems? Are there deeper problems? And that really started me on this path of making different inquiries to get really honest and start looking at, if I have to rebuild, how am I gonna design it? How am I gonna create it?

Tessa (08:50):

Hmm. This is a really big shift, you know, in the way that you were approaching life and your relationship to it. And so I'm curious about like, if you remember one of those first really big moments where you're like, oh, uh, you know, here's who I thought I was and here's who I am now what I'm getting. Or what was one of those big initial ahas for you?

Marni (09:18):

Well, there were so many, but the one that, really showed me the depth of the broken pieces that needed to get put back together was that in addition to being very busy, and very active and productive, I was also very independent and, really sort of had a belief that I could do things better than people most of the time. So why bother asking for help sort of a situation.

Tessa (09:56):

Mm-hmm.

Marni (09:57):

And so, I had this moment where, I looked back, during this time I did 200 steps at the most a day . So on one of those days, which is a high step day, I walked from my bedroom to my bathroom, and I took a shower, and I remember thinking like, oh, I should really ask my husband to help me take a shower. And I was like, I mean, I can do this. I gotta be able to do this.

Tessa (10:27):

Oh, no, I'm, I'm scared. I'm scared.

Marni (10:29):

Yeah.

Tessa (10:29):

Yeah. Okay.

Marni (10:30):

So I went to take a shower and, I didn't fall, but, after about probably maybe 90 seconds, I couldn't reach. So here it is kind now, I, I laugh because it's kind of funny. If you can imagine like the actual feeling where you're sit standing in a shower, and you know, where the like soap, well, in the shower, the soap was down below me. It wasn't up high, you know.

Tessa (10:55):

mm-hmm.

Marni (10:55):

Like on a shelf, it was below my hands. And I literally was like balancing precariously on my two feet that felt like Popsicle sticks, and I couldn't reach the soap. So I'm like, I'm in the shower. I haven't showered in like, days, and all I want is the soap, and I'm trying to bend my leg. I literally can't. And then all of a