Welcome to Meg Pearson Writes - a space where I hope you get to see yourself reflected in each passage, each story, each failure, success, and celebration - because let’s face it: while our lives’s details differ, the lessons we learn are all the same. And the thing we are all striving for is equal - to be enough as we are and live our authentic lives.

I’ve overcome a 20 year battle with bulimia and alcohol addiction; both habits formed after years of sexual trauma. I was bankrupt at 29, fell into and escaped toxic relationship after toxic relationship, watched my father die from ALS and frontotemporal dementia when I was 30, and I nearly died that same year from suffocation after swallowing a spatula trying to make myself throw up.

After ditching my career as a successful television director around that same time to sell everything I owned to move to Costa Rica with a backpack and dream, I became a serial entrepreneur without even knowing it. I worked full time in the wellness industry and spiritual space for a decade, supported by juice cleanses and ayahuasca before moving back to Canada and found my footing here; back home in my country and in my heart.

I’ve seen some shit. And I know you have too. My mission with this platform (and all the work I do) is simple: to help others feel seen and to permission them to own their story, their mess, and choose truth over anything else.

This space is going to introduce you to my philosophy and stories so you can adopt what feels good, leave behind what doesn’t and hopefully finish each post feeling more excited to be YOU. My main areas of focus will be as follows:

• The Brand that Breathes: this is my core body of work consisting of a book under the same name, my latest iteration of my podcast, signature web design and branding package, and upcoming group coaching program.

• Memoir in Motion: Stories from the front lines aka the dumpster fire that has been my life. Excerpts from my upcoming memoir and reflections on recovery, grief, motherhood, entrepreneurship, sobriety, relationships, spirituality, and the beautiful chaos of being human.

• Breathwork & Becoming: Practical tools and reflections on nervous system regulation, emotional healing, Breathwork, embodiment, and learning to trust yourself again. Less “fixing yourself.” More remembering who you already are.

• Women Who Went First: Interviews and conversations with women who have chosen the unconventional path. Entrepreneurs, creators, leaders, mothers, artists, and everyday rebels who are building lives aligned with their values instead of other people’s expectations.

• The Messy Middle: For anyone standing at a crossroads. Honest writing about pivots, uncertainty, identity shifts, starting over, letting go, and what happens between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming.

A Bit of Me: A girl called Bubbles

Growing up, I suppose you would have called me a happy kid. I grew up on a hobby farm, rode my bike, entered countless crafts into the fall fair exhibition, played sports, enjoyed the odd McDonald’s meal and drive-in movie with my family. I went to Disney World, camped every summer and loved my dog.

When I was 22, my nickname at work was “Bubbles”; a name given to me by a middle-aged man on my TV crew. I was working at MuchMusic (the once upon a time Canadian MTV) and from the outside my life looked peachy keen. My childhood dream had been to get the f*ck out my small rural town and live in Toronto where I could ride the subway to work after all - and I was doing it! Surrounded by cool kids and celebs no less. When I showed up to work - I was a joy. I was so thrilled to be where I was, doing what I was doing and so I was cheerful and bright and damn good at my job.

Little did the world know that I was struggling with bulimia and alcohol addiction and had been battling my own self hatred for years.

But that’s the thing about life and other people’s perspectives. Even when things look great on the outside, they often are vastly different on the inside. That’s a lot of what we’re going to chat about here on this page and in my two upcoming books:

What it means to choose to make change and pivot, even when no one else understands it.

How it feels to ditch patterns, circumstances, relationships, and roles when things look perfect from the outside.

How to follow your heart and integrity; especially when the pivot that you’re choosing looks crazy or wrong to everybody else.

What’s coming:

• Course: The Brand That Breathes: A Four-Step Process for Reconnecting to Who You’re Becoming.

• Breath + Becoming: A virtual breathwork program for women, by women. Tiered options for those who want to simply breathe live with me every week, and the option to join the immersion program that will include monthly masterminds, coaching and workshops.

• My memoir, Dark is the New Light

• International retreats, events and more!

Who This Platform Is For

• This space is for women who know there has to be more than simply checking boxes and performing their way through life.

• It’s for the woman who has built a successful life on paper but feels disconnected from herself somewhere along the way.

• It’s for the woman standing in the messy middle of a pivot; whether that’s a career change, divorce, sobriety journey, spiritual awakening, business reinvention, empty nest, grief, or simply the realization that the life she’s built no longer fits.

• It’s for entrepreneurs, creators, healers, leaders, and women who want to build meaningful work without selling their souls in the process.

• It’s for the woman who is tired of self-help perfectionism, exhausted by performative personal development, and more interested in truth than appearances.

• It’s for those who are curious about spirituality but grounded in reality. Women who value intuition and personal responsibility. Women who want to trust themselves more than the latest guru, trend, or blueprint.

Most of all, it’s for women who are ready to stop becoming who they think they should be and start becoming who they already are.

This space is for YOU.

After a life spent cycling between achievement and addiction, Meg’s experience with Iboga—a sacred African plant medicine often associated with addiction recovery—became a turning point in her journey toward nearly nine years of sobriety.

But getting sober wasn’t the end of the story.

It was the beginning.

In this episode, Meg explores what happens when alcohol, food, and other coping mechanisms are no longer available to numb grief, shame, fear, and pain. She shares the surprising challenge of learning how to feel again, discovering joy after addiction, and rebuilding a relationship with herself after decades of disconnection.

Topics discussed include:

• Sobriety and addiction recovery
• Iboga and plant medicine experiences
• Emotional healing after trauma
• Learning to feel joy again
• Recovery from self-abandonment
• Personal growth and spiritual healing
• Navigating life without numbing behaviors
• The unexpected freedom that comes after sobriety

If you’ve ever wondered who you might become when you stop running from yourself, this conversation is for you.

Subscribe for more honest conversations about reinvention, recovery, identity, and becoming.

I have been writing my memoir since 2018. If I am honest; I suppose I started it back in the 90’s with my angsty poetry and short stories that will make up much of the backbone of the lessons and learnings I will be sharing inside it. I picked it up again in 2012 I suppose - when I began telling my story in blog form, both on my own page and more publicly in my column of Huffington Post. In 2018 I started calling it a memoir and dedicated more time to writing it; this time more seriously. It wasn’t until then that I felt I had some real themes and meanings I could extract from a life wildly lived.

Writing has been a go-to for me since I was a child. It has long been my way of expressing and make sense of a world that is so seemingly nonsensical. And the more I write, the more I understand that I understand nothing…but I have learned a thing or two about myself and what it means to human.

(I am actually in the midst of writing not one but two books and I am going to be sharing short excerpts here over the summer as I plug away.)

In 2017 I worked with a sacred plant called Iboga from Africa. This particular plant medicine is renowned for its support in releasing addiction and I can honestly say that my experience with it definitely had much to do with my now near nine years of sobriety.

Here, a section of my book on what life was like post-healing:

What my life looked like before I got sober was this: it consisted of my career (whether it was TV in my 20’s, wellness retreats in my early 30’s, or plant medicine in my early 40’s) and my addictions. We all have 24 hours in the day and I spent eight to twelve of those doing my job (and doing it damn well I might add; hello perfectionist striving for approval) and when I would clock out I’d head straight to the liquor store to grab two bottles of wine and maybe a small bottle of vodka. Some days I would also hit the grocery store where I would purchase up to $200 worth of treat foods like ice cream, donuts, frozen cakes, chips and chocolate. I would head home and binge (numbing technique numero uno). Then purge. I’d shower (to cleanse myself of the stench of vomit), let the dog out, and pour myself a glass of wine. That would turn into another... and another. Eventually I would make dinner and open another bottle. After eating and cleaning up I would put on Netflix, drink more, and send regrettable text messages. I would consume until all the booze was gone and then stumble to bed. That was it. That was my life.

That first day back to work after Iboga was interesting. I stayed later than usual for one thing. Up until that point I had zero patience staying for dinner service at the hotel - my hands would be shaky by then and my capacity for human interaction, nil. No, once my urge to drink took over my capacity to be of service in any way was shot. But that day - that first day back - I stayed (much to the surprise of my staff). In the evening I eventually left and went straight home. I let the dog out. I sat on the couch…

Hmmm… I sat. I looked around the house. I twiddled my thumbs. I asked myself, Do I have any hobbies? I checked my watch. OK, so 6 hours til bedtime…

It was wild. All of a sudden I had all the time in the world that was previously eaten up by addiction.

And so, I got to know me. This was when I began my personal development growth tour version 2.0. Yes - I had been in the wellness world for 5 years by then with a strong focus on nutrition and body health. But in 2017 I got far more into the work. I read. I coursed. I studied, obsessed even. And thank goodness I did. You see this period of adjustment revealed so much; all of a sudden I could feel again after decades of numbing. I started drinking as a teen in order to not have to embody all the fear, anger and shame I felt from sexual abuse. It was easier to disconnect, unplug and disassociate from my life than it was to actually face the parts of me that felt gross, guilty and unlovable. Now, at age 37 allllll of that started to come to the surface.

I am grateful that I was at a time in my life where I had a great (decent) support network. My group of friends were all personal development junkies and my workplace was all about spiritual healing and self study. I had world renowned teachers and healers on speed dial and ayahuasca on tap. And so navigating this period was ok. Christmas came and went and my family saw me (for the first time in YEARS) enjoy brunch booze-free (you should have seen my sister almost fall of her Yorkville restaurant chair when I ordered beet juice and not champagne).

That January my mother had a health scare that sent her to hospital for pacemaker surgery. It was the type of life event that would have normally forced me into a bender - the blackout drunk for days kind - but instead I hopped on a plane from Costa Rica and was able to be by her side for some of her recovery- sober.

In the 6 months that followed I lived. I started get tattooed more regularly. I spent time out of big boats on the ocean. I learned how to scuba dive. I went skydiving. I spent a lot of time writing pages and pages of this very book. I met a guy online and within weeks booked a flight to meet up with him in Croatia for a tour across the country on a rented Harley (although I decided he was too bitter and angry a man and ditched him after 3 days and flew to Italy solo). I wandered the streets of Rome, hitting patio after patio sipping fancy coffee and eating luxurious pasta dishes all by myself…realizing that the old me - the drunk me - would have never thought one could INjoy Rome without wine.

I went to a Shakira concert. Was a guest wellness expert on two live national TV shows in Toronto.

And one day - a good friend at the time turned to me and said, “Meg - I know you quit drinking….but I have to ask: did you start doing cocaine?”

And I get it - from the outside I must have seemed a bit…manic. I was doing ALL. THE. THINGS, after all.

But here’s the thing about numbing yourself silly. When you work really hard to not feel any of the “bad” shit, aka all the heavy painful stuff that you think will kill you - like grief, shame, guilt, and anger…what you inadvertently do is stunt your ability to feel any of the magical stuff too!

Allll those years I ran from my pain, I also capped the amount of joy that was possible for me too. After that Iboga journey, the little girl in me; my SOUL SELF; was ready to FLY! I wanted to feel allll the big beautiful feelings like exhilaration, ecstasy, bliss, and even pain from tattoos. I wanted to feel ALIVE for fuck’s sake! After years of feeling quite dead inside. I needed to recreate my relationship with emotions and I rushed into it like a wild woman running into the forest barefoot. So it freaked my friends out.

The tricky bit was this though; while I was learning how to truly feel happy again I was also having to navigate a new way to approach the harder stuff. My mom’s heart trouble tested me, yes. But so did all the other little moments when my ego was pinged around old beliefs about me not being good enough. At times when I would normally turn to the drink I had to instill new coping skills - new tools - in order to let the feeling move through me and not hold me down - or hold me back in life. It was a real journey towards making my pain my teacher; and learning how to extract the lessons, the learning, and the healing was a full time job all its own.

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While I’m still stumbling to find my way around the ‘Stack and all of its incredible capabilities I wanted to just drop this here to prove that we don’t need to figure things out before we take the leap, pass “go”, and dive headfirst into the wild Unknown!

This little preview episode is just a teaser about what to expect in upcoming episodes.

Welcome to The Brand That Breathes.

I’m Meg Pearson.

Over the last twenty-five years, I’ve been a television director, yoga teacher, chef, retreat facilitator, breathwork practitioner, entrepreneur, author, mother, and professional pivoter.

I’ve started over more times than I can count.

Some of those pivots were exciting. Some were devastating. Some I chose. Some chose me.

Along the way I’ve navigated eating disorder recovery, bankruptcy, grief, sobriety, motherhood, entrepreneurship, and the uncomfortable realization that a life can look successful on paper while feeling completely disconnected from who you really are.

This podcast was born from a simple belief:

That becoming yourself is rarely a straight line.

Each week, we’ll explore the messy, beautiful process of reinvention through honest conversations about identity, business, creativity, spirituality, recovery, relationships, purpose, and what it actually means to build a life that fits.

You’ll hear solo episodes, conversations with fascinating guests, audio essays from my Substack, behind-the-scenes reflections from my upcoming books, and the kinds of discussions that usually happen after everyone else has gone home and the masks finally come off.

This is the podcast for women who are too smart for self-help bullshit but still want a more meaningful life.

Because your identity isn’t your logo.

It isn’t your website.

It isn’t the version of yourself you’ve been performing for the world.

Your brand is the living, breathing expression of who you’re becoming.

And if you’re in the middle of a reinvention, a pivot, a breakdown, a breakthrough, or simply asking bigger questions than you used to, you’re in the right place.

Welcome to The Brand That Breathes.

If you enjoy The Brand That Breathes and you’d like to support the show, the best way to help is by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Reviews help more women discover these conversations, and they tell the podcast platforms that this kind of honest, nuanced discussion is worth sharing.

As a thank you, I’m giving away my upcoming mini-course, The Brand That Breathes: A Four-Step Process for Reconnecting to Who You’re Becoming.

This isn’t a branding course.

It’s an identity course.

A chance to pause, take stock of where you are, and reconnect with the woman you’re evolving into beneath the expectations, roles, responsibilities, and noise.

Whether you’re navigating a career change, a relationship shift, motherhood, an empty nest, a business pivot, recovery, reinvention, or simply feeling the pull toward something more authentic, this work is for you.

If you’ve left a review, head over to instagram and send me a screenshot , and I’ll make sure you receive the course when it’s released.

Barefoot. Newly married. Drinking wine at lunch. Building a business. From the outside, it looked like a dream.

But inside… I knew something wasn’t right.

One morning, we woke up to a deafening buzzing sound. At first, it was just noise. Then it literally oozed into vision. Honey started dripping through the seams of our bedroom wall and down the windows too.

Bees had built a hive inside the drywall. And I remember standing there thinking…

This is beautiful. And this is a problem.

Here’s the truth I didn’t want to admit at the time:

I loved the idea of my life more than I loved the reality of it.

The jungle. The marriage. The business we were building. It was all… aesthetic. It was all… a story I wanted to be true.

But just like that live hive in the wall- something deeper was misaligned, and eventually, it was going to break through...

This is exactly what I see in business and branding every day.

People fall in love with:

• the aesthetic of their brand

• the identity of being an entrepreneur

• the idea of freedom, impact, success

But they’re building on something that doesn’t actually feel good in their body.

And then they wonder why:

• their content doesn’t land

• their offers don’t convert

• they feel exhausted trying to “show up”

Because here’s the real leadership work:

It’s not just strategy.

It’s the willingness to ask:

In digital marketing, this shows up as:

• brands that look polished but feel hollow

• messaging that sounds good but isn’t true

• offers built from trends instead of lived experience

And audiences can feel that.

I went through this myself for a time - back in 2021 trying to mute my brand; morphing into a soft, neutral look and feel as to live up to the “spiritual” image I thought clients in the space desired...

And of course it wasn’t until I better owned my bold that the right buyers rolled in...

The most powerful brands right now?

They’re not the prettiest - they’re the most honest.

They’re built by people who are willing to:

• dismantle what isn’t working

• pivot without shame

• tell the truth - even when it disrupts the story

That moment in the jungle was one of the first times I realized:

Sweet doesn’t always mean right.

And eventually, if something isn’t aligned…

It will find a way to show itself.

If your business feels heavy right now…If your content feels forced…If your brand looks good but doesn’t feel like you anymore…If your LIFE is misaligned…

This might be your “honey in the walls” moment.

And the work isn’t to cover it up. It’s to listen.

Because the most magnetic brands (lives!) aren’t built on performance.

They’re built on truth.

This is the work I’m doing inside Rebel Soul Media right now- helping people build brands that actually match who they are, not just who they think they should be.

Because your body always knows when something isn’t aligned- even when your mind is still trying to sell the story.

For years, I thought my problem was the company I worked for.

I started my television career full of ambition and excitement. I loved the energy, the pace, the storytelling, and the feeling of being part of something important. Yet despite the promotions, opportunities, and obviously cool quotient of being a TV director at age 25 - I would go home feeling exhausted, disconnected, and empty.

Looking back, some of that exhaustion was undoubtedly tied to my addictions and afflictions at the time (hello high functioning alcoholic with bulimia). But I can also see now that spending years immersed in a news environment filled with death, disaster, tragedy, and crisis takes a toll on a person. A soul can only absorb so much before it begins to change them. Not to mention my soul had (has) a bigger purpose and she started to nudge me away (so that I could figure out what I should be moving towards).

Rather than leave television altogether though, I tried making smaller moves (as many of us do when faced with the discomfort of massive change). I left one network for another. I moved from CityTV to CTV. Then into satellite television. Then SunTV, CBC, and back to Global. Then other roles within the industry. Every time, I convinced myself that perhaps it wasn’t television itself that was the problem - perhaps it was simply the wrong company, the wrong position, the wrong environment.

But the same feelings followed me everywhere.

The same tension.

The same exhaustion.

The same quiet voice whispering that I no longer belonged there.

The turning point arrived when my father was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (yes, the same thing Bruce Willis has been faced with).

Suddenly, life became very real. When you learn that a parent is dying and there are still years of unspoken words between you, something shifts.

I left my job and spent several months resting (spiraling?) while my partner at the time supported me. During that time, we became engaged and began planning a fairytale wedding. Outwardly, life appeared to be coming together beautifully.

But beneath the surface, everything was unraveling.

My father’s illness forced me to confront my own shadows. The engagement ended abruptly two months before the wedding. I found myself couch surfing, broke (and bankrupt), unemployed, and deeply entrenched in addiction.

Yet somehow, I kept returning to television.

I moved from one role to another, one network to another, one opportunity to another. The Weather Network. Online Video Producer. Reality TV.

As much as I knew the industry wasn’t for me, I didn’t know who I would be without it.

That was the real problem. Television had become part of my identity. Leaving wasn’t simply changing careers.

It meant becoming someone new.

During the final months of my father’s life, I traveled across Canada while working on a reality television show. By the time I returned home, he had deteriorated dramatically. I was fortunate enough to be present with him and my family at the hospital when he took his last breath.

The following week, hundreds of people attended his funeral. Story after story poured in about the impact he had made on their lives.

As I listened, something became painfully clear. My father had touched people. He had changed lives.

And despite all my success in television, I felt no connection to the work I was doing. And so the week after we buried my dad I walked into my executive producer’s office and I quit.

Shortly after the funeral, I traveled to Cuba for a long weekend.

I spent four nights drinking heavily, sleeping with random men, numbing myself in all the familiar ways.

But every morning, I sat alone on the beach and stared out at the ocean. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was praying.

I asked for guidance. I asked what I was supposed to do next.

Most importantly, I asked what it was that I truly loved (because I had been unhappy for so long that I had forgotten)

The answer arrived clearly.

Raw food. Yoga.

Confusing at first, and rather “Eat, Pray, Love” random seeming - but I went with it.

Within weeks, I enrolled in a yoga teacher training program and began studying under a raw vegan chef who taught me not only how to prepare food, but how to build an educational business around it.

For the next year and a half, I maintained one foot in television and one foot in wellness.

I worked on a morning show while attending training, teaching classes, and slowly building a new life.

Eventually, I made the leap. And I left television for good.

Not because I was certain. But because I finally trusted myself more than I trusted my fear.

That decision would eventually lead me to Costa Rica, where I spent the next decade reinventing myself over and over again - as a culinary educator, caterer, bakery owner, retreat facilitator, executive chef, workshop leader, breathworker, coach, mother, writer, and entrepreneur.

What looked like a series of disconnected careers was actually a long journey toward myself.

And every pivot that followed would teach me the same lesson:

The hardest thing to leave is never the job. It’s the identity attached to it.

What’s your experience in purpose, passion, and pivoting? Anyone else 45 and not sure what they want to DO when they grow up - but at lease you know who you want to BE?

“The Brand that Breathes” is my new body of work consisting of a book under the same name, my latest iteration of my podcast, signature branding package, and upcoming group coaching program. If you are interested in working with me please book a complimentary consult call.

In this episode, I’m talking directly to breathwork facilitators (and other somatic practitioners) who left their certification with powerful skills - but very little support for what comes next.

I share:
– the gap I see over and over again between certification and sustainable practice
– why so many facilitators feel overwhelmed by booking, messaging, tech, and visibility
– how to think about offers, marketing, and systems without burning out
– and what it actually means to build a business that supports the work instead of draining you

Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠Rebel Soul Media ⁠⁠⁠⁠

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In this episode, I’m breaking down the mindset shift I had to make when I moved my work online, and the exact place I see new digital entrepreneurs get stuck over and over again.

If you’ve been saying “I want an online business” but haven’t quite crossed into “I run one,” this episode is for you.

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We talk about career pivots, losing everything you thought defined you, and rebuilding confidence - on camera and in real life. Tanya shares her journey from Miss Canada and Hollywood TV to creating the Life Masters podcast and teaching women how to use their voice without performing or pretending.

If you’re navigating reinvention, visibility, or confidence in a digital world you didn’t grow up in - this one’s for you.

Get $50 off Tanya's "Mastering the Spotlight" course with the coupon code: AGDW50!

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We talk filters (not funnels), values over vibes, and why the most effective marketing starts with knowing who you’re not for.

If you want clients who respect your work, trust your process, and align with how you actually operate - this episode is your reset.

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It isn’t loud.It isn’t constant.
And most of the time, it isn’t happening on social media.

In this episode, I’m talking about the kinds of marketing that fly under the radar - the work that doesn’t show up in your feed, but quietly builds trust, authority, and momentum over time.

We’ll explore:

• Why social media is just one distribution channel, not the whole strategy

• How things like speaking, podcasting, networking, referrals, and collaborations do the heavy lifting behind the scenes

• Why owned platforms (your website, email list, and long-form content) matter more than ever

• The power of local marketing and relationship-based growth

• And how to stop measuring your success by what’s visible online

This episode is for the business owner who’s doing meaningful work; even if it doesn’t look flashy or “content-y” from the outside.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re doing enough because you’re not constantly posting…
This is your permission slip to trust the kind of marketing that doesn’t need to perform to be effective.

Quiet doesn’t mean ineffective.
Sometimes it means strategic.

🎧 Press play.

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In this episode, I’m talking about the power of the pivot, what it really means to change direction with integrity, and why so many people are reassessing their work in the wellness, spiritual, and online business spaces.

We explore:

• why values-based business matters more than ever

• the difference between aligned pivots and performative rebrands

• personal brand alignment after major life and career shifts

• the commodification of healing and plant medicine

• and what selling with integrity actually looks like in today’s digital world

If you’re standing at a crossroads in your business - or feeling called to pivot without selling out - this episode is for you.

Links mentioned:
• Digital Clarity Session• RebelSoulMedia.ca• Digital Marketing Made Simple newsletter

In this episode of Analog Girls, Digital World, Meg Pearson kicks off a new industry-specific series with a deep dive into web design for Realtors, personal branding, and visibility in an increasingly saturated market.

If you’re a real estate agent doing “everything right”; posting on Instagram, sharing listings, using a brokerage website - but still feeling invisible online, this episode breaks down why that might be happening and what actually works instead.

This conversation goes beyond trends and templates. It explores how Realtors can build a recognizable personal brand, use Instagram intentionally, and create a digital presence that builds trust before a buyer or seller ever reaches out.

This is not about becoming Instagram famous. It’s about creating a brand and website that support long-term business growth.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Web design for Realtors: why most agent websites fail

• The difference between brokerage branding and your personal brand

• Why cookie-cutter Realtor brands blend in online

• Instagram tips for real estate agents that build trust (not spam)

• How buyers and sellers actually choose agents online

• How to position yourself as a lifestyle brand in your niche

• A Realtor-specific website template designed to convert

Prefer to READ things or do you want to have text to refer back to? This podcast is also available in BLOG form ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠.

And because I’m here to help you build a digital presence without the overwhelm, I’m giving you two free tools to get started today:

⁠⁠The Website Audit ⁠⁠: a personalized video review of your current site⁠⁠ The Website Content Planner⁠⁠: if you don’t have a site yet and need a copy-and-clarity roadmap

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In this episode of Analog Girls, Digital World, Meg Pearson delivers a grounded Instagram 101 breakdown for entrepreneurs who are tired of guessing, chasing trends, or posting without a real strategy.

Drawing from real-world experience in media, digital marketing, and current SEO studies, Meg walks through Instagram best practices for business owners, including what actually works in 2025, and what doesn’t.

Prefer to READ things or do you want to have text to refer back to? This podcast is also available in BLOG form ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠. You can also get the links to resources here.

And because I’m here to help you build a digital presence without the overwhelm, I’m giving you two free tools to get started today:

⁠⁠ The Website Content Planner⁠⁠: if you don’t have a site yet and need a copy-and-clarity roadmap

Check out ⁠⁠⁠Rebel Soul Media ⁠⁠⁠

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More than you’d think.

In this episode, I break down how my background as a live TV director trained me to deliver top rated web design under pressure; long before I ever touched a CMS platform. From making fast decisions with zero margin for error to managing complex systems and leading with confidence, the skills required to run a live broadcast are the same ones that allow me to design strategic, conversion-ready websites in a single day.

We’ll talk about why you don’t actually need a top web design firm to get a high-quality website, how leadership and systems matter more than templates, and why ethical, clarity-driven design outperforms manipulative marketing every time.

If you’re a service provider who wants a website that works; without the chaos, tech overwhelm, or fear-based tactics - this episode will change how you think about web design altogether.

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We’ll talk about the real uses of a website (spoiler: it’s way more than a digital business card), how blogging supports long-term discoverability, what your homepage is actually supposed to do, and the key steps to create a brand-aligned, conversion-friendly site; whether you're DIY’ing or hiring a designer.

Prefer to READ things or do you want to have text to refer back to? This podcast is also available in BLOG form ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠.

And because I’m here to help you build a digital presence without the overwhelm, I’m giving you two free tools to get started today:

⁠⁠The Website Audit ⁠⁠: a personalized video review of your current site⁠⁠ The Website Content Planner⁠⁠: if you don’t have a site yet and need a copy-and-clarity roadmap

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This episode is something different.

In this reflective, behind-the-scenes conversation, I'm sharing my fave Rebel Soul Media projects of 2025 - not because they were perfect, but because they reveal how I think, build, and support clients from the inside out.

This is not a trends episode.It’s a values episode.

If you’re a coach, creative, or business owner who wants to build something real; something that can grow and evolve without burning you out -this conversation will resonate.

And because I’m here to help you build a digital presence without the overwhelm, I’m giving you free tools to get started today:

The Website Content Planner⁠⁠: if you don’t have a site yet and need a copy-and-clarity roadmap

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We go deep into why breathwork is revolutionary, not just relaxing. We talk about how Chakra Breathwork weaves tantric, yogic, Taoist and Chinese medicine principles to help you move emotion, manage your energy, and remember that you are your own medicine. 

We also get into:

• The “spiritual f*ckery” in the online space and why values and ethics have to come first

• What it really looks like to take an in-person healing business online

• Redefining freedom and success as women, caregivers, and creators; beyond the bro-marketing fantasy of endless 20K months

• And we talk about Natrishka’s experience working with me as her biz bestie

If you’re a breathwork lover, a practitioner, or a woman who knows she’s meant for leadership but is tired of the fake, curated “authenticity” online, this one is going to land right in your body.

In the episode we also talk about:

• Chakra Breathwork Facilitator Training (starting January 11, 2026)

• The Crew membership for ongoing breath, integration, action, and embodiment

• Special pricing for Canadians and a discount for US-based folks

Learn more & join the January Chakra Breathwork Training

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Prefer to READ things or do you want to have text to refer back to? This gist of this podcast convo is also available in BLOG form ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠.

And because I’m here to help you build a digital presence without the overwhelm, I’m giving you two free tools to get started today:

⁠⁠The Website Audit ⁠⁠: a personalized video review of your current site⁠⁠ The Website Content Planner⁠⁠: if you don’t have a site yet and need a copy-and-clarity roadmap

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Spoiler: it’s not your website, your funnel, or your offer. It’s the inconsistent behavior that sneaks in when fear, comparison, and outside opinions take the wheel.

I’m sharing real-talk insights from my 12+ years in online business - from directing live TV to building multiple wellness brands, running retreats in Costa Rica, and now helping Gen-X entrepreneurs, healers, artists, and small businesses build brands that actually convert.

We’ll unpack:

• The real reason strategies often “don’t work”

• How the marketing funnel actually functions (no bro marketing BS)

• What happens when you pivot, tweak, delete, and second-guess instead of staying consistent

• What it really takes to see momentum (hint: patience AND repetition)

If you’ve ever wondered why your marketing feels stuck or why hiring help didn’t magically solve everything - this episode is your clarity moment.

Prefer to READ things or do you want to have text to refer back to? This podcast is also available in BLOG form ⁠HERE⁠.

And because I’m here to help you build a digital presence without the overwhelm, I’m giving you two free tools to get started today:

⁠The Website Audit ⁠: a personalized video review of your current site⁠ The Website Content Planner⁠: if you don’t have a site yet and need a copy-and-clarity roadmap

Check out ⁠⁠⁠Rebel Soul Media ⁠⁠⁠

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Together, we pull back the curtain on the manipulative marketing tactics that have infected the online coaching and MLM world.

From “mindset hacks” that silence your intuition to emotional manipulation disguised as empowerment, we unpack how easily these spaces can start to feel… well, culty. Maggie breaks down the BITE model - that’s Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control -and shows us exactly how it plays out in the digital business arena.

If you’ve ever questioned the shiny promises of six-figure launches and “just believe harder” messaging, this one’s your permission slip to trust your gut, sharpen your discernment, and stop letting toxic marketing mess with your mind (or your money).

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