Episodes

Mary and Erin re-group together, as winter deepens and the pandemic stretches on before us. Enjoy hanging out with these two again as they support each other for best practices for center and sanity during this difficult time. Savor winter solstice with Mary as she shares her enthusiasm for this very special day of the year. Mary’s website: https://www.forgivenesstraining.com/

Mary’s point of view from Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis: “Our solutions need to be holistic.” Welcome to this special edition of the Rise and Thrive podcast. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the civil uprising that flamed across Minneapolis, there came a call to end systemic racism in police departments across the nation. The question of how this will be done – reform the system or dismantle the system and transform our approach to police-ing – is a very controversial question. As ...

Are you feeling stressed, “off,” or disconnected? Do you wish to increase your peace of mind and strengthen your assurance on your life path, day by day? Take 20 minutes for yourself, and Mary will guide you into a good “check-in” with yourself, and then lead you into a connection with your soul. Your soul is available to you for wisdom and refreshment, today. Mary Hayes Grieco is the author of The New Kitchen Mystic and Unconditional Forgiveness, and she is a respected Spiritual teacher who l...

Mary and Erin check-in with each other as the reality of Covid-19 takes hold. Mary shares a vision that inspired her back in the 1980s, and it’s giving her comfort now… and helping her see where this all may be leading. Have a listen! Mary Hayes Grieco is the author of The New Kitchen Mystic and Unconditional Forgiveness, and she is a respected Spiritual teacher who lives in the Twin Cities. Visit Mary’s website and sign up for her newsletter and check out future classes at: https://maryh...

Mary Hayes Grieco talks in-depth about how to heal emotional pain through her recipe: “8 Steps to Freedom”, in part 3 of this forgiveness workshop lecture. The Eight Steps to Freedom (Forgiving another person or a life situation) Prepare yourself for healing and change. Step One: State your will to make a change. Step Two: Express your feelings exactly as they are inside you. Step Three: Release expectations from your mind, one by one. Step Four: Restore your boundaries. Step Five: Open u...

Mary Hayes Grieco talks about letting go of expectations that are causing you to suffer, in part 2 of this forgiveness workshop lecture. Here’s the best part: you do not have to talk to the person who has harmed you, or work things out, or reconcile your differences. Forgiveness is not the same as reconciliation – you can forgive someone and never see them again if you wish. You can forgive them and divorce them, or forgive them and proceed with a lawsuit, if that’s what the real-world situatio...

Mary Hayes Grieco talks about her recipe for healing emotional pain in this lecture taken from a recent forgiveness workshop. Forgiveness is not what you thought it was – it’s so much better than that. It’s NOT: forgetting, excusing, saying it’s OK, giving up, being a doormat, staying open to further abuse, tolerating injustice, or reconciling and working things out. Forgiveness is the refreshing experience of letting go of unrealistic expectations that are causing you to suffer; it’s a private...

From a wish, to a prayer, to God’s Idea — Mary Hayes Grieco kicks off the new year with a fun message steeped in both the sacred and the silly, supplying you with support to nourish new and bright prospects in 2020. Mary’s questions for your New Year reflections: In what way or area of my life do I need to give myself full permission to be my real self this year? What do I need to release, in order to shine and to share my gifts more fully from now on? What action step will I take now in 2020 t...

Mary and Erin share their personal stories that inspired them to create Rise and Thrive. The peace, joy and freedom they found in healing sadness, anger, fear, anxiety, and depression caused by disappointments, abuses, traumas, mistakes and tragic losses in their lives. Their hopes and dreams for creating a place where friends help friends get through and get over negative emotions and crappy feelings and heal the wounds they leave behind. A place with fun conversations filled with inspiring rea...

AMBUSHED BY BABIES Silly, Sorry, & Sacred Tales from my Reproductive Adventures, is now available as an ebook and an audio book. It’s a fat, feisty feast of storytelling in which Mary shares her life adventures with pregnancy, birth, and mothering. If you enjoy listening to Mary’s wisdom and animated storytelling on the Rise and Thrive Podcast, you will love this sweet and funny spiritual memoir. From Irish Catholic wise child to pregnant teenager, to hippie home birth mama , and all the way to ...

Enjoy this excerpt from Mary’s teaching in her 2019 Self Mastery Program, as she helps her students ready themselves to tackle their first forgiveness session in the near future. Mary will put you at ease too, if you are in the process of getting your head around the mythically difficult task of forgiving someone. Mary tackles our common resistance with her ease and warm authority that is based on SO much experience of practicing forgiveness and coaching people for 30 years to a breakthrough t...

In this lecture, Mary Hayes Grieco shares her New Year’s message and explores women’s empowerment through the framework of her Self-Mastery tools. THE TOOLS AND HABITS THAT MAKE YOU THE QUEEN OF YOUR LIFE: WILL – Use your will, your spiritual muscle, to create and change the things you can for the better; surrender to a Higher Will with things you must accept. “The wisdom to know the difference.” DISCIPLINE – Actions and attitudes that you do in the short term whether you feel like doing it or...

Mary and Erin discuss a new documentary film they love with the film’s writer-director, Dawn Mikkelson. Risking Light reveals how forgiveness is truly the path to permanently healing the pain from anger, resentment, and grief even in what seems like the most impossible situations. To learn more about the film and where to view it visit: www.RiskingLight.com.

Our expectations have so much to do with how we feel at any moment in time. Negative emotions and crappy feelings almost always show up when people around us don’t say or do what we expect, when situations don’t turn out the way we planned, or when we don’t meet our own expectations for ourselves. Mary and Erin explore the relationship between our expectations and our happiness. They reveal how to set and manage expectations that bring peace and joy to our lives. Episode Highlights, Ideas and W...

When we feel stressed, overloaded, or scattered, it’s usually because our boundaries are not in place. The lines between what we do and don’t want in our lives. The lines between who we are and who we aren’t. Mary and Erin explore the relationship between boundaries and our happiness and sanity. They help you define and maintain your boundaries including Mary’s ingenious method for delivering the “glowing golden word NO.” It leaves the person receiving your NO feeling as though they’ve been hand...

We all fall short in life. Feel really bad about something we’ve done or a decision we made. The shame, remorse and self-blame can be killers. Especially if we don’t deal with it and try to bury it. Mary and Erin share candid and inspiring stories about the difficulty of facing into the pain, letting go of the disappointment and forgiving ourselves for our missteps and the wonderful wisdom and refreshing rewards that come from doing it. Episode Highlights, Ideas and Wisdom The most difficult, ...

Mary and Erin introduce an ingenious idea to prevent annoying family members from robbing your fun during the holidays. We all have them. One or two people in the family that drive us crazy or we just don’t like. We feel anxiety and tension from the moment we see them. It happens every year, but it doesn’t have to. Mary and Erin let you know how to enjoy holiday get-togethers with your family no matter who shows up. Episode Highlights, Ideas and Wisdom The people in our family are ours for a l...

Mary and Erin take on the sexual abuse crisis in our culture and how to heal from the wounds and pain it’s inflicting. Mary shares inspiring stories from her 30 years of helping victims move on from even the most abominable attacks. Rape and gang rape victims who have healed and gone on to live normal lives filled with peace and joy and, surprisingly, even compassion for their attackers. It’s a sober, but exhilarating conversation full of hope for sexual assault victims and predators as well as ...

Are you ready to give Mary’s 8 Step method for forgiveness a try? First, listen to this episode where Mary shares tips on preparing to do the steps. And how to care for yourself afterward. You got this! Relief is on the way!

Mary and Erin discuss how forgiveness is refreshing and healing, and by doing it, you can feel better and brighter, by accessing Spirit’s healing energy. Mary explains how in steps 6, 7 and 8 of her forgiveness method, you can experience a spiritual cleansing, a reset in your life, that brings peace and feels terrific.

Step Five is a key ingredient of Mary’s recipe for healing. In this episode, Mary and Erin go deep on what it means to “open up to life again” and how to do it. Mary explains how this turning point helps us connect with the goodness of life. And she explains how to draw on your higher power to get healing you need.

Mary and Erin reveal the liberating act of setting boundaries in our lives. Drawing lines between what is ours and what isn’t. What we will and will not do. What we will and will not allow to happen to us. How we do and don’t want to use our time and energy. Mary walks you through defining boundaries that reflect your values and intentions and help you restore calm and sanity to your life.

We naturally expect people in our life to be good, smart, and do the right thing. We rightly fuss and fume when they do bad and stupid things that hurt and disappoint us. We wish they could and should be different than they are, but we can’t control that. Mary and Erin reveal how to stop tormenting yourself about the disappointing things people do, and how to get over our hurt feelings.

Getting out the bad memories, negative emotions, and crappy feelings that have been haunting you, is the beginning of the healing process. Honoring and expressing your true feelings passionately and out loud, is key to your emotional healing process. Don’t be afraid to have the messy cry! Or to yell your head off. Empty your heart of the stored up emotion. Mary and Erin will show you how to do the releasing that refreshes, cleans you out, and helps you to heal.