Taking the First Step: Why Change Feels So Impossible
This Changes Everything with Sarah Rice
Sarah Rice - Wave Podcast Network
4.6 • 884 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
What’s holding you back from taking that first step? This week, Sarah sits down with bestselling author and speaker Mary Marantz to explore why we often feel stuck waiting for motivation, certainty, or confidence that never seems to come. Mary knows this struggle firsthand. She grew up in a trailer in rural West Virginia, far from the life she dreamed of, but step by step, she built a future beyond what she imagined.
In this conversation, Mary shares how she moved forward without feeling ready, without knowing the whole plan, and without waiting for confidence to magically appear. If you’ve been waiting for a sign to finally take action in your own life, you’ve got it now.
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| 0:00.0 | As a reminder, the information provided in this podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. |
| 0:06.5 | It is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. |
| 0:11.8 | Always seek advice of your therapist or qualified mental health provider with any questions |
| 0:16.1 | you may have regarding a medical condition or mental health disorder. |
| 0:19.4 | Never disregard professional medical advice |
| 0:21.4 | or delay in seeking it because of something you've heard on this podcast. The host, |
| 0:25.0 | guests, and podcast network are not responsible for any actions or decisions you make based |
| 0:30.2 | on the information provided. Now, let's dive right in. |
| 0:54.5 | Hello friends and welcome once again to everybody's favorite therapy theme podcast. I'm your host, Sarah. And if you've ever felt stuck like you want things to change, but somehow, I don't know, you just never actually start. Then today's episode is for you. Maybe you've been telling yourself for months or I don't know, |
| 0:59.1 | even years that you'll finally switch careers or write that book or get in shape or set boundaries or just do the thing. But somehow life keeps getting in the way. Or maybe you're |
| 1:04.6 | waiting for motivation to magically show up and until it does you feel paralyzed. Trust me, |
| 1:10.0 | you are not alone. |
| 1:15.3 | Getting started is always the hardest part, and today we're talking about why that is and how you can finally move forward, even if you don't feel ready, even if you don't believe |
| 1:19.9 | in yourself yet, even if you have no clue where to begin. |
| 1:22.8 | And to help us break this down, we're joined by someone who knows this struggle firsthand. |
| 1:27.1 | Our guest today is |
| 1:27.8 | Mary Morantz, a best-selling author and speaker and host of the Mary Morantz show. She grew up in |
| 1:32.4 | a trailer in rural West Virginia where the path in front of her looked nothing like the life |
| 1:38.7 | she dreamed of for herself, but step by step she built a different future for herself, |
| 1:43.2 | eventually earning a spot at Yale |
| 1:44.9 | law school and creating a career beyond what she ever imagined. And the best part, she did not do it |
| 1:50.1 | by waking up and one day suddenly feeling ready. She did it without certainty, without knowing |
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