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Mirror Mirror On the Mic
by malissamatia
Mirror Mirror on the Mic Is where real women hold up the mirror and get honest about who we’ve become-and who we’re becoming next. Hosted by Malissa and Inez, two big-personality moms with a knack for turning chaos into comedy, this show dives into the beautiful mess of modern womanhood: friendship audits, career burnout, healing, and the hilarious truth behind personal growth. It’s equal parts therapy session, slumber party, and self development with sarcasm.
Episodes
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Send This To Every Parent You Know
Parenting advice is everywhere. Do this. Don’t do that. Be more present. Set better boundaries. Hold the boundary. Regulate yourself. Regulate them. Make the memories. Pack the lunches. And whatever you do, DON’T SCREW THEM UP. No wonder we’re exhausted. In this episode, we’re talking about what...
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Maybe You Don't Need Anymore Advice
What happens when you’re raising kids, caring for aging parents, managing a career, keeping a household running… and somehow still expected to take care of yourself? Welcome to the sandwich generation. This week, we start with a little life catch-up and some laughs before getting into a very real...
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I Just Keep Showing Up
I Don’t Know What I’m Building Yet. I’m Just Showing Up. This one is a little stream of consciousness. A little life update. A little gratitude. And maybe a reminder that you don’t have to know exactly where something is going to keep going. We’re talking about emotions and what happens when we...
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I Solved The Case...
Have you ever convinced yourself that if you could just understand why someone hurt you, you could finally move on? Same. In this solo episode, Malissa talks about the mental rabbit hole of trying to solve another person: childhood trauma, attachment styles, psychological frameworks, relationship...
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How To Actually Show Up For The Strong Friend
We all know the strong friend. She’s the one who answers the phone. The one who shows up. The one who remembers what everyone else needs. She’s capable, dependable, and usually the last person anyone thinks to worry about. But who’s checking on her? In this episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic,...
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Is This The Life You REALLY Want??
What if the feeling that something is “off” isn’t something you’re supposed to ignore? This week, I'm joined by Heather Schmid, creator of the film Voice of the Earth, for a conversation about awakening, intuition, and what happens when women finally start listening to themselves. We talk about…
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You Asked. We're Not Sugarcoating It.
This week, you asked the questions…and we’re definitely not sugarcoating the answers. 🎙️ Malissa and Inez are diving into real listener dilemmas about the things so many women are quietly trying to figure out: burnout, breakups, boundaries, friendship, and what happens when you realize you can’t...
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Own Thy Stuff: A Conversation with Joe Machicote
What would change if we all got a little better at owning our stuff? In this episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, I'm joined by my business coach, mentor, and author of Own Thy Stuff, Joe Machicote, for a conversation about accountability, leadership, relationships, growth, and what it actually...
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What If No One Lived Past 22? Inside The Mark with T.A. Thompson
What would happen to humanity if everyone knew exactly how much time they had left? And what if that time ended at 22? In this episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, Malissa sits down with T.A. Thompson, author of the dystopian novel The Mark, to explore a world where no one lives past the age of…
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What Horses Have Been Trying to Teach Us For 56 Million Years
There are some teachers on this planet who never learned our language...yet somehow understand us better than we understand ourselves. In this fascinating conversation, we welcome back coach and horse-guided facilitator Nell Debevoise Dewey to explore what horses can teach us about emotional...
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What If Your Life Doesn't Follow The Script?
What If Your Life Doesn't Follow the Script? From the time we're young, many women are handed the same blueprint: grow up, find a partner, get married, have children. But what happens when your life takes a different path? And why does that make so many people uncomfortable? In this honest and...
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How To Bet On Yourself: A Conversation with Rosie Tran
What do aliens, stand-up comedy, mental illness, and chasing impossible dreams have in common? More than you'd think. This week on Mirror Mirror on the Mic, I sit down with comedian, writer, and creator Rosie Tran for a conversation that starts with one ridiculous question ("How would you explain...
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How Each Zodiac Sign Handles Divorce (Don't come for me)
Do the stars determine how we handle heartbreak...or do they simply give us another way to understand ourselves? In this solo episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, we're taking a lighthearted (and slightly unhinged) tour through all 12 zodiac signs to explore how each one might navigate divorce,...
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I'm Almost Ok: Amanda Landes
What if the goal isn't to be perfectly okay? This week on Mirror Mirror on the Mic, I sit down with forensic psychologist and author Amanda Landes to talk about perfectionism, authenticity, resilience, and what it means to embrace the messy middle of being human. Amanda shares stories from her...
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The Life Skills Nobody Taught Us: Dr. Kimberly Vay
What if your emotions aren't the problem?? In this deeply personal episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, Malissa sits down with her own therapist, Dr. Kimberly Vay, to explore the life-changing principles of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) If you've ever felt overwhelmed by anxiety, grief,...
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The Story That Refused to Stay Lost: Brigid Kennedy
What happens when a family mystery refuses to let go? This week on Mirror Mirror on the Mic, we sit down with author and violinist Brigid Kennedy to discuss her captivating novel, Lost: The Lost City of Incan Gold, a story inspired by her own family's history and a question that lingered for...
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Friendship Audit: Part 2
Making friends as an adult feels weird... and somehow nobody warns you about it. One day you're surrounded by classmates, coworkers, roommates, and spontaneous plans. Then suddenly you're juggling careers, kids, relationships, aging parents, and a calendar that somehow still has no room for...
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Dicks I’ve Met Online
Swipe right at your own risk. 😳 This week on Mirror Mirror on the Mic, I sit down with author and storyteller Bren Marrick to talk about her hilarious, shocking, and sometimes downright terrifying experiences navigating the world of online dating. Inspired by her book, Dicks I've Met Online…
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You Don't Have to Win Summer
In this episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, we unpack the pressure that often comes with the season: the expectation to create magical memories, keep the kids entertained, look a certain way in a swimsuit, take the perfect vacation, and somehow enjoy every minute of it. We talk about the…
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Grief Can Sit With Us
Grief is not always loud. Sometimes it looks like scrolling your phone while trying not to cry. Sometimes it looks like laughing with friends and then breaking down in the car afterward. And sometimes it looks like grieving people who are still alive, the family you thought you’d have, or the...
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How Toxic Relationships Rewire Your Reality
How do the beliefs we formed about ourselves years ago quietly shape the relationships we choose, the pain we tolerate, and the stories we continue to repeat? In this episode, I sit down with clinical psychologist and Awareness Integration Theory founder Dr. Foojan Zeine for a deep conversation...
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You Auditioned Your Way In: Why Perfectionism Isn’t Success
Somewhere along the way, being chosen became the goal. The invite. The approval. The seat at the table. And you got really, really good at it. Reading the room. Saying the right thing. Being who they needed you to be so you could stay. From the outside, it looked like high achievement. But…
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The $3 Million Carpenter vs. The Broke Athlete Problem
What if everything you’ve been taught about money is… incomplete? In this episode, I sit down with David Nassief to unpack one of the most surprising wealth contrasts you’ll ever hear: why a professional athlete earning millions can end up broke within a few years… while a blue-collar worker...
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Who Were You Before You Started Performing
Somewhere along the way, being "easy", "strong", and "low maintenance" became your personality. But it didn't start that way. In this episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, we're pulling back the curtain on the version of you that learned how to perform in order to be loved, chosen, and safe...and...
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It's My Birthday: I Have a Gift for YOU
Friday I turn 43 and I wanted to share with you the things I wish someone had told me long ago. Its pain turned into power and I want to pass it along to you. And I want you to pass it along to someone who needs to hear it too. Happy Birthday to me. I hope you accept my gift of love and lessons....
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I'm not Healed, I'm Interrupting
You don’t have to be healed to start doing things differently. In this episode, I’m taking you into real life with me… because I have mediation starting this week, and the stress of it? It’s intense. Honestly, more intense than buying a house… and if you’ve ever been through that process, you…
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How Your Blood Affects Your Personality
Today’s episode feels a little bit like sitting down with someone who has been studying humans… her entire life. Marita Littauer is a multi-faceted author, speaker, and entrepreneur with over 50 years of experience helping people understand themselves and each other on a deeper level. As the...
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Love, Loss, and the Life you are Still Meant to Build
What if your life falls apart… after you finally built the one you always wanted? In this episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, I sit down with Steve Gamlin, former radio DJ turned motivational speaker/stand-up comic, who knows what it means to rebuild a life more than once. Steve walked away from…
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No One is Coming to SAVE you...So here is how you SAVE YOURSELF
What happens when you realize no one is coming to rescue you… and somehow, that truth becomes your power? In this raw and deeply honest conversation, I sit down with Tracey Smaldino to talk about what it really means to survive trauma—and the moment you stop waiting for someone else to step in…
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The Bravest Thing You can do is STOP
What if the most courageous move you could make...isn't pushing harder, but pressing pause? In this episode, I sit down with Nell Derrick Debevoise Dewey for a conversation that feels like a deep exhale for anyone who's been stuck in the cycle of doing, proving, achieving...and quietly burning…
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Maybe it's not about YOUR WEIGHT
What if the reason you feel stuck with your weight has nothing to do with willpower? In this episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, Malissa sits down with certified life, health and nutrition coach (also TEDx Speaker) Laura Conley to talk about the real reason so many women feel trapped in the…
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Frozen, NOT Broken
Have you ever told yourself, "why can't I just get over this?" In this episode, we are talking about the difference between broken and frozen. Because so many of us walk around believing there's something wrong with us when the truth is much simpler and much kinder. Your nervous system might just...
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Confidence vs Shame: How to not feed the shame MONSTER
In this episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, we talk about shame vs confidence. What does shame do to us? How do we become confident? Well, we break down some science (my fav) and show you where shame just simply does not stand a chance. We also breakdown a framework for you to stop feeding shame...
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Love Yourself
I had a crazy thought today. What if instead of listening to middle aged white men about what to do in the world today, what if we asked our children?? They are so much wiser than we give them credit for. So in this episode, I interview my own kids so they can school us in how to be better…
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You are the Cake NOT the Frosting
We've been taught to believe that love, validation, motivation, and even calm come from outside of us. A text. A compliment. A relationship. A win. Thats's frosting. In this episode, we break down the cake analogy-why you have to be fully baked on your own before anything external can actually...
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Dating Disasters and Baby Angel Questions
Hey Hey! Ok so February kinda punches us in the face with all the love stuff. So what if we do a quick lil reframe. First, it is essential that we all laugh before we grow. Second, we need to feel like we are not alone. So in this episode you will hear 2 hilarious, albeit disturbing, stories of...
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Power, Processed
In this episode, we close out our Power Series by slowing down and reflecting on what this journey stirred up for us personally. We talk about what it's been like to explore power in the body, power in boundaries and power in your voice. And the power of choosing yourself...not as a concept, but…
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The Story You Were Born to Tell: Power Series
The power of your story is profound! Sometimes when we show the parts of ourselves we try to conceal, it helps another person feel seen, heard and valued. Perfection is NOT required, contrary to popular belief. So sit down, listen up and let me lower the temperature of this chaotic world. I can't...
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POWER SERIES: Power in Your Boundaries
Boundaries aren't about being cold...they're about being safe! In this episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, Malissa and Inez continue the Power Series with Power in Your Boundaries. It features Malissa's signature framework: The Velvet Rope Method. Think of your life like a club you own: not...
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POWER SERIES-Power in your Body
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Listen, I know the pressure to do a full rebrand of your body this month feels overwhelming. So...what if you choose something different?? In this first episode of the power series we explore how to regain a bit of power in your body. And I'm not talking about lifting weights…
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The POWER Series
You don't need a NEW you. You need your POWER back! And this series is going to give it to you! Series starts January 8th!!! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @mirrormirroronthemic and go our website www.mirrormirroronthemic.com for special info and join the Reflection Squad!
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My Gift to You
This episode is like a white elephant gift. You are either gonna love it or hate it but either way, I hope it makes you laugh. Merry Christmas to all of you! Thank you for listening!
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Goodbye 2025
In this episode, Inez and I have a VERY honest conversation about what has gone on in 2025. We talk about the most difficult part of the year and why this lil podcast is the bright light. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for listening and sharing. 2026 we are going to blow your mind with…
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Before the Next Chapter: What I learned this year
This year was one for the books! I was in what felt like a war zone most of 2025. But here I am, still standing! And I'm taking back my power, one step at a time. If this year felt heavy for you too, maybe these lessons will help you walk into 2026 with renewed purpose and intention. And, I want…
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The Family that Found Us: Love, Identity, and Adoption
My mother's life began as a secret. But that secret, like all truth, eventually came out. This is a story of love that found a way and unfolded exactly as it was supposed to. Adoption is the most beautiful and profound act of love and I can't wait for you to join me as we celebrate it. Don't…
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Her Story is our Story: Women of the Bible
Listen, when we think of women from the Bible we often think of the word submission. And that story is not what you will hear today. Inez is giving us the best history lesson EVER! We are learning about how these small but mighty women changed the course of history/the world. They are baddies!...
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My Therapy Gems
I have been in therapy since 2007 so I have collected quite a few gems since then. Today, I am going to share my 5 biggest lessons with you. I hope this episode makes you feel seen. Don't forget to visit our website for blog posts and join the Reflection Squad so you can get this level of love...
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A Father-Daughter Sitdown
A boomer and millennial walk into a podcast... Listen as I interview my dad and we chat about life, heroes, and how to get through tough things. Oh and my dad totally calls me out on looking like a gremlin or Miss America on social media. You will def be giggling in this one, but you also might...
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The Loneliest Generation: Why Our Teens are Struggling
In this powerful episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, Malissa and Inez sit down for an honest, emotional, and eye-opening conversation about the rising epidemic of teen depression. With rates of anxiety, depression, and loneliness skyrocketing in the last decade, today's teens are carrying more...
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Chat with me, your friend, Mal
This episode should feel like you and I are just chatting away drinking a glass on red blend after we stuffed our faces with Turkey post Thanksgiving meal. It's a VERY honest take on what life is molding me into. And I do give a lil shoutout to my old childhood bestie and thank her for the bada$$...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Mirror Mirror on the Mic Is where real women hold up the mirror and get honest about who we’ve become-and who we’re becoming next. Hosted by Malissa and Inez, two big-personality moms with a knack for turning chaos into comedy, this show dives into the beautiful mess of modern womanhood: friendship audits, career burnout, healing, and the hilarious truth behind personal growth. It’s equal parts therapy session, slumber party, and self development with sarcasm.
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Mirror Mirror on the Mic Is where real women hold up the mirror and get honest about who we’ve become-and who we’re becoming next. Hosted by Malissa and Inez, two big-personality moms with a knack for turning chaos into comedy, this show dives into the beautiful mess of modern womanhood: friendship...
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