Inner Work With MaryAnn Walker: Life Coach for People Pleasers
Jul 23, 2026 · 20 min · 11 segments
Send us Fan Mail What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't your circumstances—but the story you've been telling yourself about who you are?…
MaryAnn WalkerHost
But to bring this back to you, how would you finish this sentence? I'm the kind of person that, and then fill in the blanks.

Now, because the brain has a little bit of a negativity bias, then you might have some negative thoughts that come in.

For example, you might be thinking, well, I'm the kind of person that good things never happen to.

Now, if those sentences sound familiar to you, guess what? Did you know that those are literally just thoughts? I mean, your brain might be arguing with you and saying, no, it's true.

I mean, yes, you've told yourself the story enough that you've decided to like make this who you are, right? It's like, no, if I'm a person that's a wallflower, this is how I'm going to show up at events, right? You are seeking for reasons that you are that thing and creating evidence for yourself.

And you've just practiced those thoughts for long enough that you've decided to make that your identity.

Because what if you're actually a morning person? What if your lucky in love story is just one day away? What if you're actually the favorite speaker at that event that you just presented at and you gave your brain all the evidence that you'd like totally bombed it and weren't very good? But what if everybody that was listening said, wow, I really appreciated their talk the most because they were so real and authentic.

But to bring this back to you, how would you finish this sentence? I'm the kind of person that, and then fill in the blanks.

Now, because the brain has a little bit of a negativity bias, then you might have some negative thoughts that come in.

For example, you might be thinking, well, I'm the kind of person that good things never happen to.

Now, if those sentences sound familiar to you, guess what? Did you know that those are literally just thoughts? I mean, your brain might be arguing with you and saying, no, it's true.

I mean, yes, you've told yourself the story enough that you've decided to like make this who you are, right? It's like, no, if I'm a person that's a wallflower, this is how I'm going to show up at events, right? You are seeking for reasons that you are that thing and creating evidence for yourself.

And you've just practiced those thoughts for long enough that you've decided to make that your identity.

Because what if you're actually a morning person? What if your lucky in love story is just one day away? What if you're actually the favorite speaker at that event that you just presented at and you gave your brain all the evidence that you'd like totally bombed it and weren't very good? But what if everybody that was listening said, wow, I really appreciated their talk the most because they were so real and authentic.
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