What You're Craving with Molly Carmel
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What You're Craving with Molly Carmel
Welcome to The Daily Ascent. I'm Molly Carmel — and this is the podcast I always wished existed: a bite-sized, on-the-ground spiritual note that can shift your thinking and your outlook on life. Because sometimes, that's all it takes — a small shift in what we choose to believe — to make the day a l...
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Ep. 119 | Why the Danger Zone Isn't the Hard Part (It's the Exhale After)
In today's episode, I'm sharing something I learned in my SOS group that I had never heard named before — post-collapse syndrome.
My first spon...
Ep. 118 | You Don't Need a Reason to Feel What You Feel
In today's episode, I'm talking about a client who couldn't let herself be out of sorts until she could explain why — and what that pattern is costing...
Ep. 117 | How to Read the Signs the Universe Is Sending You (What Driftwood Taught Me)
In today's episode, I'm telling you about something a friend said at dinner that I had to write down.
She called it driftwood — the idea that w...
Ep. 116 | Why Lucky People Aren't Just Born That Way (The Science of Believing You're Lucky)
In today's episode, I'm telling you about Grandma Bev — who just turned 100, sharp as a tack, the woman who opened her doors to my mom and me when we...
Ep. 115 | How to Find Wonder in Everyday Life (What My Dog Taught Me)
In today's episode, I'm telling you about Danny's first walk after two weeks of bed rest — and what it felt like to watch him encounter a fire hydrant...
Ep. 114 | Why You Can't Rush Your Way Back After a Hard Season
In today's episode, I'm telling you about something my mother said to me about Danny — my 75 pound lab mix who just had surgery and is currently on th...
Ep. 113 | Why You Can't Make Brave Decisions Based on What Might Happen
In today's episode, I'm telling you about an amend I almost didn't make — because I was certain I already knew how it would end.
My spiritual t...
Ep. 112 | How to Love Someone as They Are (Not as You Wish They Were)
In today's episode, I'm telling you about a wedding vow that stopped me in my tracks — and a question my spiritual guide has had to ask me more than o...
Ep. 111 | What If Your Hardest Healing Work Is Actually a Privilege?
In today's episode, I'm telling you about a friend of mine who had a real breakthrough — and spent the whole time describing it like a prison sentence...
Ep. 110 | How to Rewrite the Story Your Body Has Been Carrying
In today's episode, I'm talking about one of the greatest gifts of being human: the ability to rewrite our stories.
I've done it over and over...
Ep. 109 | What the Flu Taught Me About Letting Go of My Plans
In today's episode, I'm telling you about the time I got the flu, cancelled my whole week — including patients, which was not easy — and thought I had...
Ep. 108 | How to Change Your Perspective When Everything Feels Wrong
In today's episode, I'm telling you about the time my kitchen turned purple — and how the worst thing about my house in Charlotte turned out to be the...
Ep. 107 | What Are You Fixing So You Don't Have to Feel?
In today's episode, I'm sharing the phone call where my friend and I were deep in fear about the state of the world — and then she pivoted to asking a...
Ep. 106 | Why You Should Never Stop Trying New Things in Your Healing
In today's episode, I'm getting honest about why the EMDR intensive hit so deeply... I have no idea.
What I do know is this: you never know whi...
Ep. 105 | Why the Messy Middle Isn't the End of Your Story
In today's episode, I'm talking about the phone call I had with a friend of mine who told me she was "grieving the end of her career."
And why...
Ep. 104 | Why You're So Exhausted After Doing Hard Things
In today's episode, I'm sharing what happened after I completed a month-long EMDR intensive — and why the days that followed were some of the most imp...
Ep. 103 | How to Make a Decision When You Don't Know What's Right
In today's episode, I'm talking about the thing Harrison Ford's character says on Shrinking that made me pause the TV: "You don't know whether your ch...
Ep. 102 | What If the Next Loving Choice Is Enough?
In today's episode, I'm sharing what happened when a client in deep grief told me she wanted to double down on a strict food plan — and why I suggeste...
Ep. 101 | How to Let Go of Resentment When You're Not Ready to Forgive
In today's episode, I'm telling you about the night my ex walked into my meeting and turned into a brick wall.
I felt the armor go up, the rage...
Ep. 100 | Why Your Hardest Patterns Are the Last to Change
In today's episode, I'm telling you about the patch of snow on my nature trail that refused to melt — and what it taught me about why our deepest patt...
Ep. 99 | Why the Things You Can't Control Might Actually Be Protecting You
In today's episode, I'm giving you a Danny update! His surgery went beautifully, but now we're navigating the chaos of a joyful seventy-five-pound Lab...
Ep. 98 | The Prayer That Stopped Me From Chasing What I Don't Have
In today's episode, I'm sharing a conversation I had with one of my closest friends who asked me the question everyone loves to ask: "So what's going...
Ep. 97 | How to Start When Everything Feels Too Big
In today's episode, I'm sharing what happens when my dog Danny's third surgery sends me into full shutdown mode, and the reading from Melody Beattie's...
Ep. 96 | What If Being Too Much Is the Whole Point?
In today's episode, I'm talking about the moment a coaching client said to me — half joking, fully serious — "I'm worried you're going to fire me beca...
Ep. 95 | You're Not Broken, So Stop Trying to Fix Yourself
In today's episode, I'm talking about the Instagram trend of calling out wellness influencers for the endless cycle of products and fixes — and the ti...
Ep. 94 | Stop Waiting for Permission to Take Back Your Space
In today's episode, I'm talking about what happened when I stopped waiting on my brother to tell me what my own life was going to look like - and took...
Ep. 93 | Your Best Is Already Better Than You Think
In today's episode, I'm talking about a story Ana Gasteyer told on Amy Poehler's podcast Good Hang that I haven't been able to shake — about playing E...
Ep. 92 | What My Podcast Producer Keeps Teaching Me About Grace
In today's episode, I'm talking about the emails I keep writing to my podcast producer Shantale — and how her consistent, unflappable kindness is teac...
Ep. 91 | How to Stop Fawning and Start Asking for What You Want
In today's episode, I'm talking about the phone call I got from a friend in the middle of a breakup — and why the most important question I asked her...
Ep. 90 | The Danger of Making Anyone Your Authority
In today's episode, I'm talking about something a healer used to say to me all the time — "healers are humans" — and why the way we unconsciously elev...
Ep. 89 | Why Blind Faith in Spiritual Leaders Can Cost You Everything
In today's episode, I'm talking about an article that shook me — and what the Epstein files, the silence of the wellness industry, and the courage of...
Ep. 88 | The Power of the Pause Before You React
In today's episode, I'm talking about what happened at my dog's daycare that taught me about the space between impulse and action.
I share how I...
Ep. 87 | What If Promoting Yourself Is Actually an Act of Service?
In today's episode, I'm talking about the text my bff Lauren's mom sent me from a dinner in Florida that called out my lack of social media presence —...
Ep. 86 | What a Moped Driver in Marrakesh Taught Me About Overthinking
In today's episode, I'm talking about what I learned from watching moped drivers navigate the wild, chaotic streets of the Marrakesh Medina — and why...
Ep. 85 | Why the Shedding Never Stops (And Why That's the Point)
In today's episode, I'm talking about a voice memo my friend sent me in the middle of eclipse season — and why I couldn't sugarcoat my answer when she...
Ep. 84 | Why the Second Time Through Is Never As Scary
In today's episode, I'm talking about what happened when we got hit with another massive blizzard — and why twenty inches of snow didn't scare me the...
Ep. 82 | When the Universe Has a Better Plan Than You Do
In today's episode, I'm sharing a new mantra that's getting me through one of the hardest winters I can remember: THE SNOW WILL MELT.
I share t...
Ep. 82 | When the Universe Has a Better Plan Than You Do
In today's episode, I'm telling you about Kimberly - the stranger on a plane who became a friend after I thought my flight was ruined.
I share...
Ep. 81 | Why Stepping Outside Your Box Is Medicine for the Soul
In today's episode, I'm talking about what happened when I got back from Morocco - and why new experiences might be exactly what your soul is hungry f...
Ep. 80 | How to Stop Giving Away Credit for Your Own Wins
In today's episode, I'm talking about something a client wrote to me that made me realize how often we give away credit for our own wins.
I sha...