Beyond the Cookie Cutter
Feeling stuck in a cookie cutter life? Struggling to inject order into schedule, children, work, and budget? No time for YOU and your UNIQUE needs? In this podcast, you will find insights from women who have – and are still living through many of the things that you are experiencing. They freely share wisdom and valuable lessons from years of experience. Mary Black shares her own lessons learned, along with outside interviews with beautiful, experienced women. Mary is an amazing communicator. She loves to teach naturally through stories that touch the heart. She helps women connect to the power of their own narrative to grow themselves and those they influence in joyful, inspiring ways.
Beyond the Cookie Cutter
Latest Episodes
Seasons: The Harvest Isn’t Only Meant for Today
Every season of life is different. Some bring abundance, and others require us to draw on what we’ve prepared and preserved. In this episode, Mary explores what gardens, savings, and even difficult seasons can teach us about preparation, delaye...
The 60/40 Rule: Making Room for Growth
In this episode, you’ll learn more about how the 60/40 Rule is a simple way to create financial space—to give, save, receive, prepare for the future, and live with greater freedom today. Mary shares personal experiences and explores how small f...
Gardening and Life: What Are You Planting?
The garden has its own way of telling the truth: what we plant matters. In this episode, Mary explores the law of the harvest and how simple truths, combined with small choices repeated over time, can influence what grows in our lives. She also...
The Transforming Power of the 60/40 Rule (Interview)
Have you ever felt helpless to change your financial situation?In this interview, my friend, Mary Ann, tells of her experience with the 60/40 Rule of Saving and how it has changed her perspective on money as well as the whole fina...
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in regards to the podcast on July 31st, it reminded me of the scriptures in Matthew 25, the parable of the talents. I hadn't considered it to be literal as well as metaphorical.
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