Mirror Mirror On the Mic

Dicks I Met Online

Swipe right at your own risk. 😳
This week on Mirror Mirror on the Mic, I sit down with author and storyteller Bryn Merrick 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, Bryn shares the stories that made her laugh, cringe, question humanity, and ultimately learn more about herself. From bizarre first dates and unbelievable messages to red flags that should have come with warning labels, this conversation is equal parts comedy, cautionary tale, and empowerment.
In this episode, we discuss:
✨ The wild reality of modern dating apps✨ How to spot red flags before you're in too deep✨ Why women often ignore their intuition (and how to stop)✨ The funniest and most unbelievable dating stories from Bryn's journey✨ What dating taught her about self-worth, boundaries, and resilience✨ Why sometimes the worst dates make the best stories
Whether you're actively dating, happily partnered, recently divorced, or simply here for the chaos, this episode will have you laughing, gasping, and texting your friends, "You HAVE to hear this."
Because sometimes the road to finding yourself is paved with a few dicks you 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 realities that don't always make it onto social media, including summer anxiety, body image struggles, parenting fatigue, financial stress, and the surprising fact that some people experience seasonal depression during the summer months.
If you've ever felt like everyone else is having the summer of their dreams while you're just trying to make it through the week, this conversation is for you.
In this episode, we'll discuss:☀️ Why summer can feel emotionally overwhelming☀️ The hidden pressure to create the "perfect" summer☀️ Body image challenges and comparison traps☀️ Surviving summer with kids without burning yourself out☀️ How to create a more intentional and enjoyable season☀️ Why you don't have to win summer to have a meaningful one
Because the goal isn't to have a perfect summer.
The goal is to actually be present for the one you're already living.
🎙️ New episodes of Mirror Mirror on the Mic drop every Thursday. If this episode resonated with you, be sure to follow, rate, and share it with someone who might need the reminder that enough is enough. 💛

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 version of yourself you thought you’d be by now.
In this episode of Mirror Mirror on the Mic, Malissa and Inez talk about the complicated reality of grief, estrangement, divorce, identity loss, motherhood, and the strange ways humor and heartbreak can coexist. They explore statistics around family estrangement, the emotional impact of losing connection with loved ones, and why grief is not something we “get over,” but something we learn to carry differently.
This conversation is vulnerable, funny, honest, and deeply human. From chaotic stories about kids and painters to deeper reflections on loss, shame, healing, and rebuilding, this episode is a reminder that sadness does not cancel out joy and that healing is rarely linear.
If you’ve ever felt alone in your grief, stuck in survival mode, or like life turned out differently than you imagined, this episode is for you.
And if you’re ready to reconnect with yourself in small, realistic ways, our 21-Day Reset is open now. The link is https://stan.store/MalissaConnorsCoaching/p/21-day-hot-girl-reset and don't forget to follow us @mirrormirroronthemic on Instagram!
 
and ps. The viral post is now at 1.1M 😊

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 about toxic relationship dynamics, emotional conditioning, trauma bonds, narcissistic tendencies, identity loss, and what it actually takes to heal.
We talk about how people unconsciously search for evidence to confirm painful beliefs they formed early in life, why toxic relationships can feel familiar or addictive, how gaslighting and emotional manipulation impact the nervous system, and why awareness is the first step toward real transformation.
This conversation is compassionate, insightful, and honestly one that I think will resonate with so many people who have ever questioned themselves inside a relationship.
If you’ve ever wondered:• Why do I keep ending up in the same patterns?• Why is it so hard to leave emotionally unhealthy dynamics?• Why do I keep abandoning myself to be chosen?• How do I finally break free and heal?
…this episode is for you.
Because healing doesn’t start with perfection.It starts with awareness.
You can find Dr. Zeine at https://foojanzeine.com/ and her app https://foojan.com/
And if you are thinking you want to work with ME....here is the link to my 21 Day Reset https://stan.store/MalissaConnorsCoaching/p/21-day-hot-girl-reset

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 inside?It felt like pressure.Like performing.Like slowly drifting further away from yourself.
Because here’s the truth no one teaches:
There is a difference between high achievement and perfectionism.
One expands you.The other edits you.
One builds a life that feels aligned.The other builds a life that looks impressive… but costs you your voice, your values, and your peace.
In this episode, we’re unpacking:
The subtle ways self-abandonment gets rewarded
How perfectionism disguises itself as success
Why “fitting in” might actually be your biggest red flag
And how to tell if you’ve earned your seat… or auditioned for it
If you’ve ever felt like you had to become someone else to be accepted—this one is going to hit.
And more importantly… it might set you free.
If you are ready to Reset with me, here is the link to join https://stan.store/MalissaConnorsCoaching/p/21-day-hot-girl-reset 

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 quietly builds lasting wealth.
This isn’t about income. It’s about behavior.
We dive into:
Why high earners still struggle financially
The habits that quietly build (or destroy) wealth over time
The difference between looking rich and actually being wealthy
How everyday decisions compound into long-term financial freedom
The mindset shift that changes everything
If you’ve ever thought, “I just need to make more money,” this episode might completely flip that belief on its head.
Because wealth isn’t built in big moments.It’s built in the small, consistent choices no one sees.
🎧 Listen in… and you might never look at money the same way again.
And here is the one pager you MUST download https://onepagewealthcompass.com/

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 asking the real question:
Who were you before all of that?
We talk about:
The subtle ways the "soft life" can turn into self-abandonment
Attachment theory and how it impacts our relationships to others and ourselves
Why avoiding conflict isn't the same as protecting your peace 
This isn't about becoming someone new. it's about remembering the person who existed before she learned how to shape-shift to survive.
If this episode hit something in you..if you're starting to realize how much of your life has been built around performing instead of actually feeling like yourself...
I want you to come a little closer.
I'm launching my Hot Girl 21 Day Reset and this is for the woman who is tired of living on autopilot, tired of choosing quick fixes, tired of calling it "fine" when its actually just familiar.
We are focusing on:
Calming your nervous system
Getting honest about what you actually want
And helping you feel like yourself again...in your real, everyday life
Here is what you do...
Go to our instagram: @mirrormirroronthemic and I'm sharing all the details there, and that's where you'll be able to get in first when it opens.

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. Seriously share this episode! 
And, follow us on Instagram @mirrormirroronthemic so you can see the good we are putting out into the world each and every day.

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 know that’s saying something.
But here’s what’s different this time.
I’m not spiraling.I’m not numbing.I’m not abandoning myself.
I’m interrupting the patterns that used to run my life… in real time.
And it’s not some big, dramatic transformation.It’s small moments.It’s choosing differently while I’m still overwhelmed.It’s eating the orange instead of going on autopilot.It’s showing up even after I cry.
In this episode, we talk about:
What pattern interrupts actually look like in everyday life
Why this isn’t a discipline problem… it’s your nervous system
How stress pushes you toward old coping mechanisms (and how to gently break that cycle)
What it means to walk through hard things as a different version of yourself
If you’ve ever felt stuck in the same habits, the same reactions, the same cycles… this episode is going to hit.
Because the pattern doesn’t break when life gets easier.
It breaks when you decide differently… in the middle of the hard.
✨ I’m also hosting a free 5-day reset (April 20–24) where I’ll walk you through how to start interrupting these patterns in your own life. You can join through the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLSWRR7I9v3a60PkpsIz3ELBhZqB4X2xulhyrk3ElIFsw3AA/viewform?usp=header 
You don’t need to be fully healed.
You just need to be willing to do one thing differently today.

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 daughter of renowned personality expert Florence Littauer, Marita was immersed in the study of personalities from just nine years old, traveling, observing, and eventually carrying forward a legacy that has impacted millions.
But what makes Marita so fascinating isn’t just the decades of experience… it’s the way she teaches you to see people. To recognize patterns, needs, strengths, and blind spots… sometimes before a single word is even spoken.
In this conversation, we’re diving into personality types, the way we understand them, how they shape the way we love, communicate, and show up in the world… and maybe most importantly, how understanding them can completely change the way we relate to ourselves and others.
And selfishly… I took her personality assessment, so we’re also going to break down what it says about me. So if you’ve ever wondered why you are the way you are… or why someone in your life makes absolutely no sense to you…
This episode is going to feel like someone just handed you the instruction manual.