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You at Your Best
by Morgan Sneed
The You at Your Best Podcast takes a compassionate, growth-oriented, and non-professional approach to life’s struggles. It’s for overthinkers who want to create their dream reality, live more authentically, and step outside of limiting social norms. Your host, Morgan, leads with vulnerability as she opens conversations around tender, meaningful parts of life. Through the lens of healing, self-trust, and self-love, she shares her own journey of tending to her feminine soul and creates space for reflections that acknowledge both the hurt and the hope that can live side by side. Listen along to explore themes of mental health, trauma, relationships, motherhood, and personal growth, always with the intention of helping you come home to yourself and remember your capacity to grow, heal, and thrive.
Episodes
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88. Reminders for Those With Mental Rumination OCD
In this week's insight episode, I share some of the reminders that have helped me when I get stuck in rumination, intrusive thoughts, uncertainty, or the need to understand myself. If your brain constantly asks “what if?”, makes you question your feelings, or convinces you that you need to find…
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87. I Was Finally Diagnosed With OCD
In this episode, I share the story of how I came to understand my OCD, what it was like to spend years feeling like I wasn’t allowed to believe myself, & the grief/relief that came with finally having an explanation. I also talk about starting medication, the fear that it would change who I am, &...
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86. Romanticizing Fall On a Budget
From romanticizing everyday moments to letting yourself create imperfectly, this week’s fun episode is all about romanticizing fall on a budget and making the most of the season without spending lots of money. In this episode, I discuss: Simple and cheap ways to romanticize fall & make everyday...
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85. Receiving Is a Skill
In this week's insight episode, I build on an idea I shared in last week's episode: allowing others to help you, compliment you, love you, and give to you is an important part of being human. Receiving doesn't make you conceited, helpless, or a bad person. You don't have to immediately return…
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84. Feminine Sensuality: Becoming Available to Your Own Life
In this week's reflection episode, I explore what feminine sensuality actually means to me and why I believe it has so little to do with sexuality. Sensuality is about presence, confidence, pleasure, embodiment, and becoming more available to your own life. In this episode, I share: What feminine...
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83. Things I’m Glad I’m No Longer Too Cool For
In this week's fun episode, I share a list of things I used to struggle to allow myself to do because I was afraid they weren't “cool” enough. I talk about the importance of doing what makes us happy, even when we fear judgment, and why the things on this list are actually pretty cool. In this...
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82. For the Sensitive Girls: Things I Would Tell My Younger Self
From feeling unlovable to learning how to trust myself, this week’s fun episode is all about the things I would tell my younger self if I could go back in time. In this episode, I discuss: Why it’s so important to love ourselves as we are Some of my childhood experiences and what I would do...
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81. When Starting Over Becomes Avoidance
In this week's insight episode, I talk about the difference between starting over as a healthy choice and starting over as a way to avoid discomfort. Starting over isn't inherently bad. Sometimes, it's exactly what we need. But taking a small pause before making a big decision can help us...
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80. Integration: When Different Parts of You Become One
In this week's reflection episode, I share a life update about my mental health and finally receiving an OCD diagnosis before reflecting on the idea of integration. Looking back at my older podcast episodes reminded me that, even though I've changed, I've always been me. The biggest difference...
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79. Type C: When You Feel Like a Walking Contradiction
For this week's fun episode, I share a lighthearted reflection on the reality of being type C and having a personality that feels like a walking contradiction. I discuss how one person can be both type A and type B at the same time, and how they actually complement each other way more than the...
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78. Quick Ways to Positively Reframe Your Body Image Struggles
CW: This episode discusses disordered eating & body image struggles. In this week's insight episode, I share tips on healing your body image that have helped me. These tips top-down and are especially useful for those who tend to overthink and overworry. It's a way to quickly reframe in moments…
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77. What Changed for My Body Image When I Stopped Fighting Myself
CW: This episode discusses disordered eating & body image struggles. In this week's reflection episode, I open up about my past struggles with body image, self-hatred, and being incredibly unkind to myself. Then, I share ways that I have grown my mindset around my body and how releasing stress…
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76. My Current Obsessions: Fashion, Music, Creativity & Romanticizing Life
This week's fun episode is a deep dive into the things I have currently been obsessed with and little moments that make life feel meaningful. What started as a simple episode about random things I enjoy slowly became something deeper: a reflection on learning to embrace all the different parts of...
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75. Things That Instantly Make Me Emotionally Spiral
This week's fun episode is a light-hearted yet reflective deep dive into some of the things that can make me emotionally spiral, as someone who overthinks basically everything, is deeply creative, and is always trying to balance meaning with overwhelm. From podcast editing and social media to...
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74. When the Fear of Being “Too Much” Starts Controlling Your Relationships
In this week’s insight episode, I talk about what happens when the fear of being “too much” starts controlling the way we show up in our relationships. This episode is the realization that sometimes, anxiety controls our behavior along with our emotions. I share some of the ways fear can turn...
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73. Maybe I Was Never Too Much
In this week’s reflection episode, I talk about the painful feeling that who you are, at your core, might be “too much” even for the people who love you deeply. After a recent experience with loved ones left me feeling emotionally overwhelmed and disconnected, I began unpacking the deeper…
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72. Small Things That Make Healing Worth It
This episode is part 3 of my three-part "realizing you're healing" series. In this week’s fun episode, I talk about the small things that make healing feel worth it. From bookstores and rainy days to deep conversations, outfits that finally feel like you, and moments where you realize you were...
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71. Signs You're Actually Healing
This episode is part 2 of my three-part "realizing you're healing" series. In this week’s insight episode, I talk about what healing can actually start to look like after surviving hard seasons of life. This episode is a continuation of last week’s conversation. This episode is not about “moving...
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70. Realizing How Resilient I Have Always Been
CW: This episode discusses the reality of living through and healing from emotional abuse. This episode is part 1 of my three-part "realizing you're healing" series. In this week’s reflection episode, I talk about recognizing healing in moments that once felt like pure survival. I recorded this...
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69. My Flexible Nighttime Routine for Burnout Recovery
In this week's fun/extra episode, I share my current night routine that is helping me move through chronic exhaustion and get back into my body and the present moment. This routine is less about rigid structure and more about listening to myself. I am sharing this as a reminder that allowing...
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68. Learning How to Rest: What’s Helping Me Through Chronic Exhaustion
In this week’s insight episode, I share what I’m currently doing to start moving through chronic exhaustion and burnout, especially as someone who struggles to slow down, overthinks everything, and feels like they always have to “push through.” This episode is part 2 of my 3-part chronic…
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67. What Chronic Exhaustion Feels Like For Me
In this week’s reflection episode, I talk about what chronic exhaustion actually feels like for me. Not just physically, but emotionally and mentally. I recorded this in the middle of a spiral, during a moment when I realized that my way of “pushing through” life wasn’t sustainable anymore. This...
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66. What I'm Excited for This Spring
In this week's extra/seasonal episode, I discuss things I'm excited for this coming spring. I made this episode because I have spent the last couple of months in my head a lot and struggling with depressive episodes, and spring coming up is reminding me to get out of my head and be more present.…
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65. Learning to Have Fun in Female Friendships | Healing Fearful Avoidant Attachment Style
In this week's insight episode, I discuss different ways to stop negative or toxic friendship patterns and how to truly enjoy friendships through having fun. This episode is part 2 of my 2-part friendship mini-series. In this episode, I share: What friendships used to look like for me vs. how…
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64. Why I Push Friends Away Even When I Care About Them | Fearful Avoidant Attachment Style
In this week's reflection episode, I discuss the reality of having a fearful-avoidant (disorganized) attachment style in friendships. I share my own experience and unpack the reason why I am stable/anxious romantically, but anxious/avoidant platonically. This episode is about facing the painful...
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63. The Rebrand: Being Less Perfect & Finally Starting
Today's reflection episode introduces the rebrand of the You at Your Best Podcast. Which is still me, but a shift toward even deeper authenticity, less perfection, more fun, and more honest self-expression. This episode is especially helpful for anyone who feels stuck waiting to be “ready” before...
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62. Healing Perfectionism: Moral Scrutiny, Anxiety, Gratitude, & Resentment
In today's reflection episode, I discuss my struggle with perfectionism and read some of my journal entries. In this episode, I share: Deep-rooted perfectionism Intense moral scrutiny & OCD-like patterns Self-acceptance Relationship Anxiety/OCD Social Anxiety Finding gratitude Releasing…
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61. Finding Daily Joy in Motherhood: Creating Routines & Choosing Yourself
Today's insight episode discusses ways to thrive as a mom. This episode is especially useful for stay-at-home moms, but also a great reminder for any mom struggling with guilt or shame around how they approach motherhood. In this episode, I share: How to choose yourself and your child Letting go…
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60. Thriving as a Highly Sensitive Person: Recognizing & Managing Overwhelm
This week's insight episode is a non-professional explanation of having a highly sensitive personality. I share characteristics of an HSP, how to thrive as an HSP, and ways to learn about your brain to aid in proper self-care. In this episode, I share: The emotional and inner world sensitivities,...
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59. How to Actually Be Confident
Content note: This episode touches on sexuality and personal empowerment. Nothing explicit, but shared honestly and openly. This week's insight episode shows you how to actually be confident in yourself. Not through being like others, but through strengthening your relationship with yourself. In...
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58. Reflection on Being the Oldest Daughter
This week's reflection episode is about my experience and my take on being the oldest daughter. I share my experiences, some universal experiences, and the common childhood trauma of the oldest daughter. In this episode, I share: My personal experience & traumas as the oldest daughter. Common...
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57. The Moment I Realized Healing Doesn't Always Look Like Peace
In today's reflection episode, I discuss a day this week that was really difficult for me. A day that changed everything about what I thought I knew. This was triggered by something that I knew I needed to do, but was terrified of. In this episode, I share: Parts from a journal entry of mine...
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56. Why You Avoid Being Alone & How to Start Loving Your Own Company
Being alone can be terrifying because it means we have to face all of the things we have been avoiding: repressed trauma or negative emotions. We sometimes have beliefs that negatively impact our relationship with ourselves. This insight episode challenges that belief. In this episode, I share…
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55. Things That Actually Help
In today’s insight episode, I talk about the small, ordinary things that help me feel human again, especially on days when everything feels a little heavy or disconnected. This episode isn’t about fixing yourself or going deep. It’s about noticing the tiny moments that gently bring you back to...
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54. Discovering Your Gift & Truly Accepting Yourself
In today’s insight episode, I talk about discovering your gift and your purpose. Not by becoming someone else, but by finally accepting who you already are. I share the story of how I discovered mine, the moments that led me toward self-acceptance, and how your deepest sensitivities and quirks...
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53. An Intentional Christmas: My Bucket List, Heart Intentions, & Traditions
In today’s seasonal episode, I open up about what it means to have an intentional Christmas that isn’t shaped by comparison, pressure, or trends, but by genuine presence and what truly matters. In this episode, I share: The shame I carried last year around my Christmas décor and comparison. How...
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52. Showing Up Imperfectly
In today's reflection episode, I discuss some personal struggles I have been dealing with and what it means to show up even when you aren't perfect. I share ways I have been reframing my mindset around these situations. In this episode, I share: My struggle with perfectionism in parenthood, my...
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51. Trusting Yourself Through Anxiety: Working With Your Mind, Not Against It
Our brains lie to us. Not because they hate us, but because they love us and want to protect us. That’s why intrusive thoughts and scary feelings appear. It's our brain’s way of keeping us safe from the things we don’t understand. But that doesn’t mean we have to let them control us. In this...
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50. Why You Overshare & How to Stop Doing it When You Have Anxiety
I have always been someone who overshares. This is a trait I have come to love about myself, but there are times when oversharing is unnecessary and causes me an immense amount of distress and anxiety. This episode is for those times. In today's insight episode, I discuss oversharing - why we do...
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49. Turning Overthinking into a Gift, My Struggle with Self-Expression, & Some Exciting Changes
In today's reflection episode, I discuss a breakthrough I recently had and how this breakthrough inspired some really exciting changes that are coming to the podcast. In this episode, I discuss: Writing Struggling with words & self-expression Overthinking is a gift Exciting changes Journal prompt...
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48. Temporary Happiness vs True Fulfillment - Why You Need Both
This week's episode is short and straight to the point. It is about the difference between temporary happiness and true fulfillment. Temporary Happiness: Comes from things that may not be fulfilling long-term, but can help us feel better on hard days. Splurging on something you normally wouldn't...
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47. The Reality of Having an Addictive Personality & Beginning the Process of Letting it Go
CW: This episode briefly discusses disordered eating & body image struggles. In this week's episode, I explore what it really means to have an addictive personality and why so many of us find ourselves dealing with different forms of addiction. An addictive personality isn't limited to drugs or...
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46. You Have to Go Through it to Get to it | The Worst Year of my Life
TW: This episode very briefly discusses suicide. Nothing explicit, but shared honestly. This week's episode discusses the idea that you have to go through difficult, challenging, and unpleasant times to get to where you want to be. I start by discussing 2022, which I consider the worst year of my...
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45. My Fall 2025 Bucket List
I discuss new beginnings and the things that I want to change and/or do this fall season. I talk about wanting to take more care of myself, having more alone time, working on my passions, and spending quality time with my family. I also share the things that I'm excited about for fall, such as…
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44. Being Yourself Without the Need for External Validation
This week's episode is inspired by a quote I saw on Pinterest: "Allow yourself to shine without the desire to be seen." I discuss trusting yourself, being authentic, loving yourself, and more. FIND ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Personal Instagram: @morgzworldd Podcast Instagram: @youatyourbestpodcast…
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43. Having a Balanced Life
This week's episode discusses the importance of balancing out everything in our lives to make them more fulfilling. We achieve this by experiencing and reflecting on our emotions, engaging in relaxation, and enjoying moments of fun. The biggest factor is being present, regardless of what we are...
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42. Being Authentically You for Overthinkers
Reminders for being authentic: There are many authentic versions of you. You already know who you are. Don't overthink it! Accept who you are and who you used to be without judgment. Listen to your intuition. Stay true to your boundaries. Be vulnerable. Let others be themselves. FIND ME ON SOCIAL...
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41. Romanticizing Fall as a Mom
This week's episode is about finding joy in fall and the colder months as a mom. Ways to do that include: Fall outfits Fall festivities Fall/Halloween photoshoots Being more intentional Fall/Halloween Decorating Spending time with friends & family Journaling FIND ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Personal...
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40. The Power of Gratitude in Hard Times
In this week's episode, I discuss gratitude and how it can benefit your life, especially during difficult times. I discuss everyday habits we can implement, such as noticing the small things that bring us peace, joy, or take some of the load off of us, expressing gratitude to those we love,...
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39. Learning to Trust & Believe in Yourself
This week's episode is about believing in yourself through listening to your intuition, having a growth mindset, trusting the process, self-understanding, journaling, and manifesting. The podcast I discussed in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qFCoWkn1CY&t=3716s GOOGLE FORM LINK:...
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The You at Your Best Podcast takes a compassionate, growth-oriented, and non-professional approach to life’s struggles. It’s for overthinkers who want to create their dream reality, live more authentically, and step outside of limiting social norms.
Your host, Morgan, leads with vulnerability as she opens conversations around tender, meaningful parts of life. Through the lens of healing, self-trust, and self-love, she shares her own journey of tending to her feminine soul and creates space for reflections that acknowledge both the hurt and the hope that can live side by side.
Listen along to explore themes of mental health, trauma, relationships, motherhood, and personal growth, always with the intention of helping you come home to yourself and remember your capacity to grow, heal, and thrive.
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The You at Your Best Podcast takes a compassionate, growth-oriented, and non-professional approach to life’s struggles. It’s for overthinkers who want to create their dream reality, live more authentically, and step outside of limiting social norms. Your host, Morgan, leads with vulnerability as...
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