Peel the Onion Podcast by Olivia Maxwell
Peel back the layers to reach your true self. – Olivia Maxwell, Founder of Awakened Mind Body Spirit Pty Ltd
Welcome to Peel the Onion, a podcast dedicated to guiding you back to your truth. It’s a space to reconnect with the whispers of your soul and heart—the parts of you that have always been there but were silenced by the noise of the mind, conditioned beliefs, fear, and the need to 'play small' to fit in.
That outdated story no longer serves us in this evolving era. Yet, until we uncover and release these layers, they continue to shape our daily lives and limit our fulfillment.
Peel the Onion is a safe space for cycle breakers to share their stories and the wisdom gained from living inauthentically. We explore the growing pains and challenges of transformation—much like peeling an onion, it burns!
In 2024, I peeled back one of my toughest layers: stepping out of the psychology system as a psychologist and into my own fullest expression as a healer. This journey has taught me that the rewards of alignment and authenticity are beyond anything I could have imagined.
Together, we’ll challenge societal and personal conditioning, shed the masks that drain our energy, and embrace the freedom of being our true selves.
If you’re passionate about holistic health and healing, personal growth, spirituality, meditation, mystical truths, and uncovering who you truly are, Peel the Onion is for you. Be inspired by heart-led leaders and stories of courage, authenticity, and transformation.
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– Olivia
Peel the Onion Podcast by Olivia Maxwell
Laughter, the Nervous System & Breaking the Stress Loop w/ Bianca Spears #29
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What if the way out of burnout wasn't more discipline - but more play?
In this episode I sit down with Bianca Spears, a thought leader shaking up the coaching and facilitation world by blending neuroscience, nervous system regulation and a whole lot of laughter into what she calls the NeuroPLAYstic Way.
We get right into the onion. Bianca shares the burnout that cracked her open in 2021 - the 2am wake-ups, the can't-switch-off loop, the chronic stress that no amount of "doing it right" could fix. I share my own version from my consulting years: the meditation, the fitness, the clean foundations all in place, and still that inner voice waiting in the chair - you're not enough, do more, prove yourself.
Together we explore why high-functioning, Type-A, caretaking people so often burn their wick all the way down, and what actually breaks the pattern when willpower can't.
In this conversation:
✦ Why a dysregulated nervous system keeps you stuck in the same survival loop
✦ The difference between understanding burnout and actually healing it
✦ How laughter moves the body out of fight-or-flight and into safety
✦ Neurons that fire together wire together - and how to rewire them
✦ A live demo you can feel through the screen
This one is for the high-achievers, the carers, the ones who can't seem to stop - and are ready to come home to their bodies and live, not just function.
Rooted. Alive. Full out. ✦
| Bianca Spears |
Bianca Spears is a thought leader shaking up the coaching and facilitation world in the most playful way possible. She blends coaching, neuroscience, and psychology with a whole lot of laughter in her science-backed method, The NeuroPLAYstic Way. Bianca helps leaders, coaches, and facilitators grow their impact, attract more clients, and create transformational sessions, all while having fun.
The NeuroPLAYstic Way Facilitator Training (enrolment closes 6 July) | https://neuroplay-cjhfamvm.manus.space/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/bianca.spears
Website | https://www.biancaspears.com
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YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/biancaspears
| Olivia Maxwell |
Olivia Maxwell is a former psychologist and intuitive guide based on Sydney's Northern Beaches, working with people at the threshold where the old identity no longer fits and something deeper is asking to emerge. Blending psychology with Akashic Records, breathwork and somatic work, she guides high-functioning, soulful people out of the loop and into a life that's rooted, alive, and fully their own.
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/awakened_mbs/
Website | https://awakenedmbs.com.au/
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