Life Beyond B.S.

About Life Beyond B.S.

Ready to break free from limiting beliefs and step into your power? Ready to CHOOSE YOU? In Life Beyond B.S., Heather McNally (Life Fulfillment Coach, Speaker, and Author) helps you unlearn the belief systems and the bullshit that hold you back — and teaches you how to live with more awareness, confidence, and joy. Through powerful stories, mindset tools, and unfiltered conversations, you’ll learn to choose on purpose, trust yourself again, and live your life -the one you deserve, the one you dream of - beyond B.S.

Publisher

Heather McNally

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Oct 2025

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

54 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Life After Loss: Grief, Finding Yourself & Learning to Live Fully | 1-Year Anniversary

   One year. 52 episodes. Ten years without my mom. And one date that connects it all. On October 13, 2016, I lost my mom, Patricia "Pat" Rico. On October 13, 2025, I launched Life Beyond B.S. And no, choosing that date wasn't a coincidence. Today, as I celebrate the one-year anniversary of Life Beyond B.S., I'm sharing the deeply personal story behind why this podcast exists, the woman who helped shape me, and how the last ten years have changed the way I see myself, love, grief, and life itself. 💜 A gentle heads-up: This episode is emotional and deeply personal. We talk openly about illness, caregiving, death, losing a parent, grief, and some difficult family experiences. There are tears, vulnerable moments, and honest conversations about things that aren't always easy to hear. Please take care of yourself as you listen. But this isn't simply an episode about losing someone. It's about the life they lived. The ordinary moments that become extraordinary memories. The complicated emotions that come with loving and caring for someone. And what happens when loss makes you question how you're living your own life. It's also about finding your voice, learning to trust yourself, challenging limiting beliefs, and discovering that you don't have to wait until you're more confident, more prepared, or more anything to begin living fully. When I launched this podcast a year ago, I had plenty of fears. I didn't know if I could do it, if anyone would listen, or whether I had what it took. 52 episodes later, I know something I didn't fully believe back then: I'm capable. My voice matters. And so does yours. In this anniversary episode, I reflect on what my mom taught me through her life, what grief has taught me over the past decade, and what a year of honest, vulnerable conversations has taught me about connection, courage, authenticity, and becoming more fully myself. And yes, there are some funny stories, too. Because my mom was so much more than the person I lost. This is also why I do the work I do. I know what it's like to live under the weight of limiting beliefs, expectations, self-doubt, and stories about who you're supposed to be. I also know what it's like to question those stories, reconnect with yourself, and discover a life that feels genuinely yours. As a coach, I help women explore those patterns, reconnect with their own values and desires, build self-trust, and begin making choices that align with who they truly are. If something in this conversation resonates with you, I'd love to connect. I offer a complimentary discovery conversation where we can talk about where you are, what you want for yourself, and whether working together might be a good fit. 🌐 Visit HeatherMcNally.com to connect and explore working together. And to everyone who has listened, watched, shared an episode, joined me for a conversation, or trusted me with a piece of your story over this past year: thank you. You helped turn an idea I'd carried for years into something real. Here's to my mom. Here's to one year of Life Beyond B.S. And here's to another year of real conversations, deeper connections, and living fully, freely, and unapologetically. 💜 If this episode moves you, please like it, follow or subscribe to Life Beyond B.S., and share it with someone who might need this conversation. I'd also love to hear what you take away from it in the comments. Life Beyond B.S. with Heather McNally Real Conversations. Brighter Lives. #LifeBeyondBS #HeatherMcNally #LifeAfterLoss #GriefAndHealing #SelfDiscovery #PersonalGrowth #AuthenticLiving #FindingYourVoice

2. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Stop Trying to Fit In: How to Trust Yourself & Live More Authentically with Elaine Martini

   What if the thing you’ve been searching for outside of yourself has been inside you all along? In this episode of Life Beyond B.S., I’m joined by bestselling author, speaker, and Connected Life Path founder Elaine Martini for a conversation about self-trust, intuition, authenticity, people-pleasing, personal growth, and what it really takes to reconnect with yourself underneath all the expectations and beliefs you’ve picked up along the way. Elaine spent years searching for the thing that felt missing - through different careers, relationships, countries and versions of success. But even after getting many of the things she thought she wanted, she realized she still felt the same inside. That realization started a much deeper journey: learning to understand herself, work with her inner critic, reconnect with her intuition and begin living from what actually felt true. We talk about why personal growth isn't about forcing yourself to “think positive,” and why uncomfortable emotions aren't necessarily the enemy. Elaine shares a beautiful way of thinking about emotions: they can be passengers in the car and have a voice — but they don't get to take the wheel. We also dig into people-pleasing, the pressure to fit in, trusting your intuition, changing relationships, following dreams that don't make rational sense, and the courage it takes to show up as who you actually are. Elaine shares why a relationship doesn't have to last forever to have been meaningful or successful — and why we don't have to judge a past version of ourselves using everything we know today. And we talk about something I LOVE: the difference between waiting for confidence and building confidence by actually doing the thing. Elaine wanted to be a writer for more than 30 years. When her book finally became a reality, she could look back at all the things that hadn't worked before and recognize that she needed to become the woman capable of writing the book she eventually wrote. This conversation is for anyone who's ever wondered: Who am I underneath who I've been told I'm supposed to be? Because maybe coming home to yourself isn't about finding one final, finished version of you. Maybe it's learning to listen to yourself, trust yourself, question what no longer fits — and keep choosing what feels true now. 🎙️ In this episode: self-trust, intuition, authenticity, people-pleasing, inner criticism, emotional awareness, anxiety, identity, relationships, personal growth, finding joy, living in the present, overcoming fear, following your dreams, and learning to trust your own inner wisdom. About Elaine Martini: Elaine is a #1 bestselling author, speaker, and founder of Connected Life Path. She is the author of Truly Connected: Create a Life and Work Guided by Your Inner Wisdom, Authenticity, and Soul. Her work helps people reconnect with themselves, their intuition, creativity, purpose and uniqueness — and bring that connection into the way they actually live. If something in this conversation made you think, question an old belief, or see yourself a little differently, don’t keep it to yourself! Like the episode, follow or subscribe to Life Beyond B.S., and share it with someone who needs to hear this conversation too. It’s one of the simplest ways you can help this podcast grow and help these conversations reach the people who need them. 🔗 Connect with Elaine: Website: https://www.elainemartini.com/ (https://www.elainemartini.com/) Elaine's Book (read the first chapter FREE): https://www.elainemartini.com/firstchapter (https://www.elainemartini.com/firstchapter) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elainemartinicreate (https://www.instagram.com/elainemartinicreate) 🌐 Connect with Heather: Website: https://heathermcnally.com/ (https://heathermcnally.com/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeatherMcNallyOfficial (https://www.facebook.com/HeatherMcNallyOfficial) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathermcnallyofficial/ (https://www.instagram.com/heathermcnallyofficial/) And as always, I want to know what this brings up for YOU: Where in your life are you still trying to fit in instead of trusting who you actually are?

3. 

   30 Sept 2026

   When Things Don’t Go as Planned: How to Trust Yourself & Let Go of Control

   Thought You Had Your SHIT Together??? What happens when you do everything “right,” make the plan, prepare for what could go wrong - and life still doesn’t cooperate? In this solo episode of Life Beyond B.S., Heather McNally is talking about self-trust, letting go of control, dealing with unexpected change, and what to do when life doesn’t go according to plan. Because sometimes you really did prepare. You thought ahead. You made the responsible choice. You anticipated the problem. You had the checklist. And then reality apparently did not receive a copy of your itinerary. 😂 Heather shares two very different experiences from her own life - one involving her ongoing battle with Massachusetts and Rhode Island traffic on the way to an art class, and another involving a much more significant experience with changing her relationship with food and discovering that a plan she thought was solid had a pretty important hole in it. And both experiences led to the same realization: Sometimes you don't know what you don't know until you actually live it. That doesn't mean planning doesn't matter. It doesn't mean you shouldn't prepare, make thoughtful decisions, or take personal responsibility when you genuinely could have done something differently. But there's a difference between discovering a flaw in your plan and deciding there's a flaw in you. In this episode, Heather explores why we can become so attached to our plans and desired outcomes, why hindsight makes it incredibly easy to judge past versions of ourselves, and how perfectionism, control, self-criticism, and fear of failure can make an unexpected outcome feel like evidence that we screwed everything up. And then there's self-trust. What if trusting yourself doesn't mean trusting yourself to always make the perfect decision? What if it means trusting yourself to deal with whatever actually happens? You can make the best decision you know how to make with the information you have today. And when tomorrow gives you new information, you can adjust, ask for help, change your mind, make a different choice - or admit that something simply isn't working anymore. Changing the plan doesn't automatically mean you failed. Sometimes it's what failing forward, personal growth, emotional resilience, and healthy self-trust actually look like. Heather also challenges the idea that “having your shit together” means being perfectly organized, prepared, emotionally regulated, responsible, and somehow capable of preventing anything from ever going wrong. Because, good luck with that. 😂 Maybe having your shit together means something else entirely: When shit happens, you don't abandon yourself in the middle of it. You may get angry. Cry. Get overwhelmed. Yell at traffic. Pick a fight you later realize wasn't really about the other person. You're still human. The question isn't whether you handled every moment perfectly. The question is: What happens next? Heather leaves you with two powerful questions for those moments when life doesn't go according to plan: What is true right now? And then: Given what is true right now, what do I choose next? Because you can't control every outcome, every circumstance, or every person around you. But you can learn how to respond to reality instead of beating yourself up because reality wasn't in the fucking plan. 🎙️ Life Beyond B.S. with Heather McNally Break the beliefs. Ditch the bullshit. Reclaim your life. Learn more about Heather, coaching, the podcast, and upcoming offerings at HeatherMcNally.com (https://heathermcnally.com/) If this episode spoke to you, share it with someone who needs the reminder that changing the plan doesn't mean they failed - and they don't need to know exactly what's coming next to trust themselves enough to meet it.

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