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ALIGN with Mary Ashley Baker
You’re doing it all—the meetings, the meal plans, the motherhood—but somehow, you still feel like you’re running a race with no finish line.
Welcome to Align with Mary Ashley Baker, the podcast for high-performing women—especially working moms— who want to be present at home and succeed at work… and do both really, really well.
Here’s the truth: overwhelm and burnout aren’t the real problems—they’re symptoms. The deeper issue? You’re running life without a clear, values-based operating system.
Your worth has defaulted to performance, your time to reactivity, and your energy to coping instead of creating peace and capacity.
That’s where the Aligned Action Framework™ comes in. In this show, executive coach Mary Ashley Baker helps you uncover why you’re stuck in survival mode and what needs to shift—your mindset, identity, rhythms, and systems—so you can finally build a life that works. Each episode offers insight and small, practical actions that point you toward the full transformation you’ll experience inside her coaching program.
You’ll explore how to:
- Anchor your mindset – shift from survival thinking to intentional living
- Lead from a rooted identity – know who you are + what matters most
- Inventory your roles + responsibilities – clarify what you carry and why
- Ground your rhythms in your values – build a life that runs on purpose, not pressure
- Navigate with aligned action – follow through with clarity, courage, and accountability
If you’ve ever thought, “I’m doing everything right but still feel behind,” you’re not alone. This podcast will help you see the patterns keeping you stuck—and the framework that can change everything.
👉 Subscribe wherever you listen and join the Aligned Action Framework™ Coaching Waitlist at maryashleybaker.myflodesk.com to go from behind to aligned—for good.
ALIGN with Mary Ashley Baker
02 | The Lie Hustle Culture Sold You (And Why It’s Breaking You)
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Ever catch yourself thinking, “I just need to push a little harder”? You’re not alone.
In this episode, executive coach Mary Ashley Baker calls out the lie that hustle is the price of a meaningful life—and why it’s leaving high-capacity women exhausted, anxious, and disconnected from themselves.
After years developing leaders inside a top-performing Chick-fil-A organization, Mary Ashley unpacks how hustle culture hijacks identity, convincing capable working moms that busyness equals value.
She offers a new way forward: building an operating system for your life rooted in clarity, purpose, and peace.
You’ll learn 👇
- Why high-capacity women confuse movement with meaning
- How performance-based worth keeps you stuck in overdrive
- The illusion of control behind hustle culture
- How the Aligned Action Framework™ helps you rebuild rhythms that last
If you’re tired of running a race with no finish line, this episode is your permission slip to slow down, realign, and remember your worth was never something to earn.
👉 Join the waitlist for the Aligned Action Framework™ Coaching Program at maryashleybaker.myflodesk.com.