Put it in a bubble
by Marilyn Barker
People Pleasing and the Price We Pay
About this podcast
Put It in a Bubble is about life, mindset, and everything in between.
Life can get heavy. Between work, relationships, responsibilities, expectations, social media, and everything happening around us, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by things we were never meant to carry all at once.
Hosted by Marilyn Barker, Put It in a Bubble offers honest conversations, relatable stories, practical tools, and simple mindset shifts to help you pause, create some space, and decide what deserves your energy.
The “bubble” is a simple practice you can return to when worry, negativity, fear, frustration, or everyday life starts weighing you down. It is not about pretending difficult things do not exist. It is about recognizing what you are carrying, changing your perspective when you can, taking the next intentional step, and learning to release what no longer needs to stay with you.
Each week, Marilyn explores real-life topics like overwhelm, boundaries, self-talk, relationships, comparison, motivation, stress, personal growth, and learning how to keep moving forward when life does not go according to plan.
You will leave each episode with encouragement, a fresh perspective, and practical ideas you can use in your everyday life.
If you are ready to carry a little less, make space for what matters, and approach life with more intention, Put It in a Bubble is a place to come back to whenever you need it.
Pause. Make some space. Take the next step.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 63 episodes
- People Pleasing and the Price We Pay · 20 min · Season 5 Episode 10Have you ever said yes when you meant no? Swallowed a feeling to keep the peace? Worked yourself to exhaustion making sure everyone around you was okay while quietly falling…
- When the Holidays Bring Up Grief · 18 min · Season 5 Episode 9The holidays are supposed to be a time of joy. But for a lot of us they also carry something heavier underneath. A missing. A quiet ache that does not go away just because the…
- Holiday Stress and How to Actually Manage It · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 8The holidays are supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. But for a lot of us they come loaded with stress, complicated family dynamics, financial pressure…
- When You Are Afraid of Your Own Potential · 20 min · Season 5 Episode 7Most of us assume that what holds us back is the fear of failing. But for a lot of people the real fear runs deeper than that. It is the fear of what happens if we actually…
- When Negativity Is All Around You · 20 min · Season 5 Episode 6Last episode we talked about the highlight reel side of social media and how comparison quietly steals our joy. Today we are flipping that coin over. Because there is another…
- The Comparison Trap · 16 min · Season 5 Episode 5The Comparison Trap Have you ever scrolled through social media and immediately felt like you were somehow behind in your own life? Like everyone else has it together and you are…
- Life is Heavy, lets talk about it.. · 17 min · Season 5 Episode 4Episode Title: Life Gets Heavy. Let's Talk About It. Episode Description: Sometimes life just gets heavy. Not for any one big reason. Just the accumulation of everything we carry…
- Taking Care of Your Mental Health Before You Hit a Wall · 16 min · Season 5 Episode 3Most of us do not think about our mental health until something forces us to. We push through the small warning signs, tell ourselves we are fine, and wait until we hit a wall…
- When You Outgrow People · 15 min · Season 5 Episode 2Have you ever noticed that a relationship that used to feel easy and natural now feels heavy and draining? Not because anything went wrong. Not because anyone did anything…
- Why We Can't Shut Our Minds Off at Night...And What to Do · 13 min · Season 5 Episode 1Have you ever laid down to sleep and your brain just would not stop? You are exhausted. Your body is tired. But the moment your head hits the pillow every unfinished thought…
- Season Four Wrap Up · 13 min · Season 4 Episode 13We made it to the end of Season 4. And what a season it has been. In this final episode Marilyn looks back at everything we covered together, from mental loops and invisible…
- Stop Waiting to Feel Ready · 14 min · Season 4 Episode 12Have you been sitting on something, a dream, a decision, a conversation, waiting for the moment when you finally feel ready to take the leap? In this episode Marilyn gets…
- When You Feel Invisible · 16 min · Season 4 Episode 11Have you ever felt completely unseen even when you were surrounded by people? Not lonely in the traditional sense but invisible in a deeper way, like your presence just was not…
- When Everything Feels Uncertain · 13 min · Season 4 Episode 10Have you ever been in a season where nothing felt solid? Where every decision felt like a guess and no matter how hard you tried things just would not fall into place? In this…
- You Are Further Along Than You Think · 13 min · Season 4 Episode 9Have you ever felt like you were behind, like you should be further along by now, only to look back later and realize just how much you had actually grown? In this episode…
- Asking For Help Without Feeling Like a Burden · 15 min · Season 4 Episode 8How many times have we needed help and stayed quiet instead because asking felt like too much? In this episode Marilyn gets honest about why so many of us would rather struggle…
- When You Do Not Recognize Yourself Anymore · 16 min · Season 4 Episode 7Have you ever looked up in the middle of your everyday life and felt like a stranger to yourself? Not because of one dramatic moment but because of a slow quiet drift that…
- Saying No Is Not Mean · 15 min · Season 4 Episode 6How many times have we said yes when every part of us was screaming no? Not because we wanted to but because saying no felt mean, selfish, or just too hard. In this episode…
- When You Are Tired of Your Own Thoughts · 16 min · Season 4 Episode 5Have you ever felt exhausted not by what is happening around you but by what is happening inside your own head? Those thoughts that just keep running no matter how many times you…
- When We Lose Someone We Love · 20 min · Season 4 Episode 4Losing someone we love is one of the hardest things we will ever go through. And yet so often we find ourselves surrounded by well-meaning words that though they come from a good…







