Being called easy to work with sounds like a compliment but what if it’s actually costing you? In this solo episode, Monique de Maio explores how people-pleasing, weak boundaries, and saying yes too often can lead to burnout and lost opportunities. Discover why discernment not difficulty is the key to becoming great to work with and creating a bigger impact in your life and leadership.
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Possibilities with Monique de Maio is a podcast for women who want to think more clearly, choose more intentionally, and stop outsourcing their power.
Each episode blends strategic thinking with real-life leadership lessons and honest conversations about growth, confidence, burnout, and change, without hype or platitudes.
This podcast is part of our mission to amplify women who are redefining work, life, and leadership.
Many listeners discover Monique through the podcast and continue the conversation through her book, keynote talks, and strategic advisory work.
Possibilities with Monique de Maio* is a podcast featuring real conversations with real women navigating leadership, career growth, wellness, money, reinvention, and life design. With 100+ episodes, the show blends candid conversation with actionable insights. You'll hear from women who pivoted careers with courage, leaders who set boundaries without guilt, entrepreneurs who built businesses while keeping their lives, and experts who reframed wellness, money, and success. There are no gurus, no hype, just honest stories and practical strategies from women who've been there. Whether you're navigating a career transition, struggling with overwhelm, or trying to figure out what you actually want, this podcast meets you where you are and helps you move forward.
You can listen to *Possibilities with Monique de Maio* on all major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Visit moniquedemaio.com/podcast to access links to all platforms and browse episode topics.
The 7 Secrets to Creating a Life You Love: A Practical Guide for Women in Leadership* is a book that distills decades of Monique's experience into actionable frameworks for intentional living. It's the book she wishes she'd had in her 30s and 40s when she was navigating the challenges of leadership, motherhood, career growth, and life design.
The seven secrets cover: being your authentic self, spending time intentionally, making choices one at a time, not letting your job take over your life, speaking to yourself like a best friend, creating the story you tell others, and using intention to set your environment up for success. This is not theory. It's a practical, no-nonsense book filled with tools that work.
The 7 Secrets to Creating a Life You Love* is available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle formats. You can also order bulk copies for your team or organization through Monique's website at moniquedemaio.com/book, which includes options for signed copies and custom packages for corporate events or book clubs.
Yes. Monique is available for book signings, author talks, and book-themed workshops for organizations, events, and book clubs. These sessions can be combined with keynote speaking, executive roundtables, or standalone author events. Book talks typically include a conversation about the 7 Secrets framework, Q&A with the audience, and signing time. Contact Monique's team through moniquedemaio.com/contact to discuss options and availability.
Most people do not have a direction problem. They have a trust problem.
They know what they want. They just do not trust that knowing enough to act on it.
Monique's Three Words Worksheet is a simple but powerful framework to help you name what you stand for, filter every decision through it, and stop second-guessing yourself.
This is not about doing more. It is about finally trusting what you already know.
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