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Let's Just Be Real with Marissa Tonge
how to find acceptance through life transitions & own your authentic identity (146)
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how to find acceptance through life transitions & own your authentic identity (146)

who even am I these days?

Happy Wednesday friends! I hope ya’ll are taking care of yourselves and not digesting too much bullshit nowadays. I’m still deciding if I want to drop a new episode this week or give myself the break that I desperately deserve after hosting my Summer Solstice Retreat, teaching few classes in Jersey, and doing the absolute most last week tbh. But I feel like I have so much to talk about and want to share some of my recent revelations and epiphanies during this crazy ass time we’re living through.

Life Updates + BALI

I’m currently in this stage of listening to myself when I want my creativity to flow vs when I really just need to give myself a break from everything. It’s sometimes not so easy to identify but I was told in my astrology reading with my girl Lara Arbore this week that I need to create more from a place of joy and release the obligations or need to receive or give anything from it. So I’m working on that. You may see my work more randomly on here depending on when my creative juices are flowing. (I’m currently starting to write this post at almost 1am PST) right now.

Side note: Should we have Lara back on the podcast for an collective astrology update? The last time she was on the show we were going into eclipse szn in 2024. Here's a replay

Anywho this week I’m truly getting my life in order (structure, automations, deep cleaning, batching content, etc) so that I can show up in a way that feels both good to me and my communities, and is able to help me reach my goals in a way that doesn’t induce burnout. I’m asking for more support from people around me, and giving myself lots of grace for only being just a girl with a dream. *cues No Doubt*.

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I’m also putting more of my time and energy into the parts of my business that light me up. Like right now, I’m so ECSTATIC to be hosting the Soul & Senses Retreat in Bali next year. I literally just announced it yesterday and I feel like it’s going to be a really good group of people that attend. Bali holds such a special place in my heart and I know this retreat is going to be magical and transformative in so many ways.

If you’re interested in attending, you can take advantage of the early bird sale going on this week and register with a super low deposit and $200 off until this Sunday. Just use the code BALIFEELS.

Retreat Details

In This Episode

Carly Harper is such an amazing person to talk to and have meaningful conversation with. We met for the first time in person last year when she was on my podcast, even though we had followed each other on IG for quite some time. We’re both dancers, creatives, fitness professionals, and love keeping it real so the convo always just flows.

We sat down for a second time to have a comfortable living room chit chat at my retreat, where we got real about identities and detaching, being interested in multiple pursuits as a creative, and we touched a little bit on how my move to San Diego/bi-coastal baddie life has been so far. We get REAL.

And even though we do share some vulnerable thoughts, this episode will also make you giggle and keke a bit. Life’s too crazy to be serious 24/7. Laugh a little!

I hope you enjoy this convo as much as we did. If you want to see our faces to feel more part of the living room convo, then watch below.

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