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The Abundance Effect

Larisa Makuch, CEO of Abundance Academy

Welcome to The Abundance Effect—the podcast for high-achieving women ready to break through limits, rewire their mindset, and create success without burnout. Hosted by Larisa Makuch, Master Results Coach and CEO of Abundance Academy, each episode delivers practical tools and soul-aligned strategies to help you live a rich, fulfilling life in business and beyond. No fluff—just real conversations, powerful insights, and deep transformation. Let’s dive in.

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S1 · E43
Tuesday · 20 min
S1 E43 Why You Keep Self-Sabotaging: The Unconscious Patterns Behind Your Choices
Have you ever known exactly what you should do… and still watched yourself do something completely different? You planned to speak up, but stayed quiet. You promised yourself you’d stop checking email at night, but reached for your phone without thinking. You knew the difficult conversation needed to happen, but suddenly reorganizing your desk felt urgent. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch breaks down how the unconscious mind influences habits, emotions, decisions, procrastination, self-sabotage, and the patterns that keep repeating even when you “know better.” Inside this episode, Larisa explores: ✔ What the conscious and unconscious minds actually do ✔ Why the conscious mind sets goals, but the unconscious mind often gets results ✔ How automatic patterns shape your choices ✔ Why old programming can keep running your current life ✔ Why “just do better” usually doesn’t work ✔ How to notice one repeated pattern without judgment ✔ Why your automatic patterns are not your destiny You’ll also learn a simple awareness exercise to help you identify what happens right before you fall into an old habit, avoidance pattern, or emotional reaction. Because what has been learned can be examined. What has been automated can be retrained. And what has limited you in the past can become a doorway to something greater. ✨ Join Larisa’s free live masterclass, Mentally Full: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/mentally-full 📖 Read Larisa’s article on the Prime Directives of the Unconscious Mind: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/your-unconscious-mind-what-is-it-set-up-to-provide-and-do-for-you/ 🔗 Connect with Larisa: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch
S1 · E42
September 29 · 43 min
S1 E42 You’re Not What You Eat: How Digestion, Detox & Mindful Eating Change Everything with Carley Simandl
Have you ever eaten what should have been a perfectly healthy meal… and felt terrible afterwards? We spend so much time talking about what we eat. But we spend far less time talking about how we eat — and whether our bodies are actually in a state to receive what we are giving them. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch is joined by Carley Simandl, a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Yoga Teacher, and International Wellness Retreat Host. Carley began her career as a professional makeup artist, working in film, fashion, television, and advertising, completing over 10,000 faces in her makeup chair. But after seeing recurring patterns of redness, inflammation, dehydration, and skin concerns in her clients, she became curious about what was happening beneath the surface. That curiosity led her into holistic nutrition, digestion, detoxification, yoga, breathwork, mindfulness, and what she now calls beauty from the inside out — one breath and one bite at a time. Inside this episode, Larisa and Carley explore: ✔ Why you are not just what you eat — you are what you digest, absorb, assimilate, and eliminate ✔ Why healthy food can still leave you feeling bloated, tired, or uncomfortable ✔ How stress and rushing affect digestion ✔ Why chewing your food matters more than most people realize ✔ Why the mouth is an important but often overlooked part of digestion ✔ How digestion moves through ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation, and elimination ✔ Why mindful eating can change your energy, skin, mood, and overall well-being ✔ The connection between food, mood, emotions, and the nervous system ✔ Why your body needs to be in a receptive state to properly digest ✔ How gratitude and presence can shift your physiology before a meal ✔ Why detox is not one-size-fits-all ✔ What your skin may be telling you about what is happening inside ✔ Why food is an investment in your energy, clarity, performance, and vitality Carley also shares simple practices you can begin using right away, including pausing before a meal, breathing, expressing gratitude, chewing more intentionally, sitting down to eat, and removing distractions from your eating environment. This conversation is especially powerful if you struggle with bloating, low energy, skin issues, sluggish digestion, emotional eating, or feeling disconnected from your body. It is also a beautiful reminder that the simple things are often the things we most easily dismiss. Sit down. Breathe. Chew. Pause. Pay attention. Your body is always communicating with you. The question is whether you are listening. ✨ Connect with Carley Simandl Website: www.thepowerflowcouple.com Learn more about Carley’s Rest and Digest Retreat: https://www.thepowerflowcouple.com/wellness-retreats/rest-and-digest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carleysimandl/ 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E41
September 22 · 11 min
S1 E41 Morning Routine Not Working? How to Reset Without Starting Over
🎙️ EPISODE 41: MORNING ROUTINE NOT WORKING? HOW TO RESET WITHOUT STARTING OVER Have you ever created a morning routine that worked beautifully… until it didn’t? Maybe you were journaling, exercising, reading, drinking your water, getting up earlier, and feeling organized. Then life changed. You travelled. The kids went back to school. Work got busy. You had a terrible night’s sleep. Your season shifted. And suddenly the routine that was supposed to change your life disappeared. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch explores why this does not mean you are inconsistent, undisciplined, or “falling off the wagon.” It may simply mean you have confused routine with rhythm. A routine often says: “I need to do these exact things in this exact order for this to count.” But a rhythm says: “These are the things that help me come back to myself, and I know how to adapt them to the season I’m in.” Inside this episode, Larisa explores: ✔ Why morning routines stop working ✔ The difference between routine and rhythm ✔ Why all-or-nothing thinking keeps you stuck ✔ Why you do not need to start over every time life interrupts you ✔ How quickly you return matters more than whether you fall off ✔ Why your morning is practice, not performance ✔ How to enter your day deliberately instead of reactively ✔ Why your structure should serve you, not control you ✔ The three morning questions that help you reconnect with yourself ✔ How to build a morning rhythm that supports who you are becoming now Larisa also shares three simple questions you can ask yourself when your morning feels off: 1. What matters today? 2. How do I want to show up today? 3. What is one meaningful thing I will complete? Because you do not need to solve your entire life before breakfast. You need to reconnect with yourself long enough to choose how you are going to enter the day. This episode is especially helpful if your morning routine has stopped working, your schedule has changed, or you feel like you keep starting over every time life interrupts your plans. Remember: Your morning is practice, not performance. Routine is repetition. Rhythm is repetition with flexibility. And that flexibility is what allows you to keep going. ✨ Join Larisa’s free morning reset masterclass: Rewire Your Morning, Reinvent Your Life Register here: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/morning-reset 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E40
September 15 · 11 min
S1 E40 The 5-Minute Habit Behind Lasting Momentum
What if one of the most powerful things you could do for your momentum only took five minutes? In this replay episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch revisits one of her favourite tools for staying aligned, grounded, and in motion when life starts to feel overwhelming: 5-Minute Miracles. These are not hour-long routines. They are not complicated resets. They are small, intentional pauses that help you interrupt the spiral before you slip into overwhelm, reactivity, anxiety, snapping, shutting down, or that “I just can’t do one more thing” feeling. Because sometimes your whole day does not need to be saved. Sometimes you just need to catch the two-to-four-minute wobble before it turns into the rest of your afternoon. Inside this episode, Larisa explores: ✔ What 5-Minute Miracles are ✔ Why small resets can help you stay in momentum ✔ How to interrupt overwhelm before it takes over ✔ Why pushing through rarely works ✔ How state shifts can happen quickly ✔ Why your focus, communication, and self-trust start slipping when you ignore your internal wobble ✔ The connection between energy, emotions, and follow-through ✔ Simple examples of 5-Minute Miracles you can use right away ✔ Why the tool matters less than the intention ✔ How to pause, reset, and proceed ✔ Why tiny intentional resets can help you create a more abundant day Larisa also shares the personal rhythm that helped her recognize when her own energy dips — and how a simple reset can shift the rest of the day. A 5-Minute Miracle could be: A few minutes of breathing. A short walk. A page of inspirational reading. A gratitude reset. A short visualization. A goal card review. A stretch. A glass of water. A mantra. A few squats in the hallway. A moment to pause before you react. The tool itself does not have to be dramatic. The power is in noticing when you are starting to wobble and choosing to lead yourself before the spiral takes over. Because lasting momentum is not built by forcing yourself through every hard moment. It is built by learning how to reset and keep moving. One pause. One reset. One 5-Minute Miracle at a time. ✨ Join Momentum Lab: https://momentum-lab.ca 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E39
September 8 · 17 min
S1 E39 Momentum Life: How to Finish What You Start Without Overhauling Your Life
Do you ever feel like you know what to do… but you’re still not doing it? You know you should follow through. You know you should focus on what matters. You know you should take better care of your body, your goals, your energy, your mindset, your relationships, your life. But then life happens. You start. You stop. You start again. You stop again. And every time you come back to it, it feels like you’re starting over. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch shares the heart behind Momentum Lab — a weekly reset experience created for smart, capable, high-achieving people who don’t need more information… they need a system to return to. Because most people are not stuck because they don’t know enough. They’re stuck because implementation is the hard part. Inside this episode, Larisa explores: ✔ Why more information is not always the answer ✔ The start-stop pattern that keeps people stuck ✔ What Larisa calls the “paradigm of postponement” ✔ Why “later” can quietly become months or years ✔ Why you need a system to return to, not another massive commitment ✔ How Momentum Lab helps you reset, refocus, and move what matters ✔ The role of Five-Minute Miracles inside Momentum Lab ✔ The ONE Method: Observe, Narrow, Execute ✔ Why choosing one meaningful action can create real momentum ✔ What to do when you don’t complete your goal ✔ Why progress is not about never falling off ✔ How follow-through builds self-trust ✔ Why Momentum Lab is intentionally simple ✔ How small choices begin to compound over time Momentum Lab is not about doing everything. It’s about choosing one thing that matters. Taking one meaningful action. Coming back when life happens. Learning from what worked and what didn’t. And becoming the kind of person who keeps promises to herself. Because momentum is not grinding harder. Momentum is focused movement that compounds over time. If you’ve been putting things off, starting over, losing momentum, or feeling like you need a simple rhythm to help you follow through, this episode will show you what Momentum Lab is, who it’s for, and how it works. ✨ Join Momentum Lab: https://momentum-lab.ca 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E38
September 1 · 33 min
S1 E38 Stop Pushing Through Burnout and Start Listening to Your Body with Abbie Kaufmann
In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch is joined by Abbie Kaufmann, an embodiment and nervous system coach who helps high-performing women shift out of burnout, over-efforting, and mental overload into a more sustainable way of operating. Abbie’s work blends science, somatics, nervous system regulation, and cyclical awareness to help women stop overriding their bodies and start working with their natural rhythms. If you’ve ever thought… “I know what to do, but I can’t seem to stay consistent.” “I have the tools, but I’m still exhausted.” “I keep pushing through, but it’s not working anymore.” …this conversation will land. Inside this episode, Larisa and Abbie explore: ✔ Why mindset and strategy alone may not solve burnout ✔ How stress lives in the body, not just the mind ✔ Why technology and constant notifications can keep the nervous system on high alert ✔ What it means to work with your body instead of overriding it ✔ The difference between suppressing emotions and being consumed by them ✔ Abbie’s notice, regulate, and respond framework for emotional awareness ✔ Sneaky signs of nervous system dysregulation in high-achieving women ✔ Why forcing the same level of consistency every day may not be sustainable ✔ How women can begin working with their natural cycles and rhythms ✔ Why structure and flow are not opposites ✔ How fun, play, and celebration support the nervous system ✔ Abbie’s cyclical planning approach for sustainable energy and productivity This episode is especially powerful for high-achieving women who are tired of pushing harder, forcing consistency, and trying to override what their body has been trying to tell them. Because your body is not the problem. Your body may be the missing piece. ✨ Download Abbie Kaufmann’s Cyclical Planning Guide: https://portal.abbiekaufmann.com/widget/form/A7LabiT9Ihu4WCRRT1TF 🔗 Connect with Abbie Kaufmann Website: https://abbiekaufmann.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embodybyabbie ✨ Join Larisa for Momentum Lab https://go.myabundanceacademy.ca/momentum-lab-info 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E35
August 25 · 18 min
S1 E37 How to Create Deeper Connection in a Disconnected World
In a world where we are constantly reachable, constantly online, and constantly surrounded by noise, many people are still craving something deeper: To be seen. To be acknowledged. To be understood. To be received. To be known. This episode explores the difference between proximity and real connection, why so many high-achieving women may feel lonely without realizing it, and how to begin creating deeper, more meaningful connection with yourself and others. Inside this episode, Larisa explores: ✔ Why being around people is not the same as being connected ✔ The hidden loneliness many high-achieving women don’t name ✔ Why connection is part of a rich and fulfilling life ✔ The difference between creating connection and maintaining connection ✔ Why attention is one of the most basic forms of love ✔ How your morning can help you reconnect with yourself ✔ A powerful practice using like, love, respect, and admire ✔ Why expressing appreciation matters more than just feeling it ✔ How the Five Love Languages can help deepen relationships ✔ Why giving and receiving connection are both essential Larisa also shares a defining moment from one of her Morning Success Calls, where clients went around the room sharing what they liked, loved, respected, and admired about one another. There were tears. There was vulnerability. There was support. And people heard beautiful things reflected back to them that they didn’t even realize others noticed. Because sometimes the thing that deeply nourishes someone else is the thing we assume is obvious. It may not be obvious. Say it. Send the message. Leave the voice note. Write the card. Look them in the eyes. Let them know. ✨ Join the free Rewire Your Morning, Reinvent Your Life Masterclass: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/aamc-morning 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E36
August 18 · 11 min
S1 E36 The Truth About Limiting Beliefs: What They Really Are and How They Keep You Stuck
In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch challenges one of the most overused phrases in personal growth: limiting beliefs. Larisa breaks down where limiting beliefs actually come from, why you weren’t born with them, and how old experiences, meanings, and decisions can become the invisible walls that shape your confidence, money, leadership, business, relationships, and self-image. Inside this episode, Larisa explores: ✔ What limiting beliefs really are ✔ Why beliefs are learned — and can be unlearned and relearned ✔ The sequence of experience → meaning → decision → belief → behaviour ✔ Why the belief is not the first domino ✔ How old decisions can keep affecting your present-day life ✔ The difference between a true limiting belief and fear about something you haven’t experienced yet ✔ Why uncertainty, anxiety, and lack of skill are not always limiting beliefs ✔ How neuroplasticity shows us the brain can change ✔ Why you’re not broken — you may simply be running old information This episode is especially powerful if you’ve done a lot of work on yourself, but still feel like you keep bumping into the same invisible walls. It’s time to stop letting old history dictate the rest of your story. ✨ Book a complimentary discovery call: https://go.myabundanceacademy.ca/discovery-call-30min ✨ Join the free Rewire Your Morning, Reinvent Your Life Masterclass: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/aamc-morning 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E35
August 11 · 17 min
S1 E35 Why I Still Put Pen to Paper in the Age of AI
In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch shares why she still puts pen to paper every morning — especially in the age of AI. This is not an anti-technology conversation. AI can be a powerful tool. But the danger is becoming passive, outsourcing your thinking, and forgetting how to hear your own voice before the world starts giving you answers. Inside this episode, Larisa explores: ✔ Why handwriting creates a different kind of attention ✔ How AI can support your thinking without replacing it ✔ What cognitive offloading is — and when it becomes a problem ✔ Why pen and paper can help you think more clearly ✔ How handwriting slows you down enough to notice your own patterns ✔ Why your morning is a powerful training ground for self-leadership ✔ A simple 5-minute writing practice to use before asking AI, Google, or anyone else what to do If you’ve ever opened your laptop to think through something important, then checked email, opened ChatGPT, looked at your calendar, and still never answered the original question… this episode is for you. Before asking the world for its answer, ask yourself: What do I already know? Write for five minutes. Then use the tools. Wisdom first. Technology second. ✨ Join the free Rewire Your Morning, Reinvent Your Life Masterclass: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/aamc-morning 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E34
August 4 · 33 min
S1 E34 How to Rebuild Trust in Relationships, Parenting & Business
In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa is joined by Rosalie Salamone, founder of Dedita Recruitment Consultant, for a powerful conversation about rebuilding trust, parenting with intention, creating open communication and building relationships that are rooted in honesty and follow-through. Rosalie has spent over two decades helping people navigate their careers and make meaningful connections in their work. Known for her relationship-driven approach, she believes trust is at the core of everything — in business and in life. As a mom of two boys, Rosalie lives that belief every day. Inside this episode, we talk about: ✔ What to do when trust is broken ✔ Why rebuilding trust takes time ✔ How to hold boundaries without controlling your kids ✔ Why parents do not need to have everything figured out ✔ The difference between being friendly and being the parent ✔ How transparency builds trust in business ✔ Why relationships matter in recruiting, leadership, parenting, and life This conversation is especially powerful if you are a parent, leader, business owner, recruiter, or anyone navigating relationships where honesty, responsibility, and trust matter. Because trust is easy to talk about. But when it breaks, the real work begins. 🔗 Connect with Rosalie Salamone on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosaliesalamone/ 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E33
July 28 · 15 min
S1 E33 How to Manage Screen Time Without Meltdowns: Dopamine, Attention & Smoother Transitions
If screen time turns into meltdowns, bargaining, “one more video,” or a full emotional crash when it’s time to turn the device off… this episode is for you. And this isn’t just for kids. Adults get pulled into phones, email, social media, streaming, shopping, and “just checking one thing” too. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa breaks down what screens do to attention, dopamine, motivation, reward systems, and transitions — and how to make screen time smoother without turning devices into the enemy. You’ll learn: ✔ Why not all screen time is the same ✔ How dopamine affects motivation, reward, and attention ✔ Why video games, YouTube, and social media can be so hard to stop ✔ Why reading, boredom, and quiet activities feel so different ✔ What the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends families consider ✔ Why “boredom is not an emergency” ✔ How to prevent screen-time meltdowns before they happen ✔ A simple 5-step transition system for kids and adults The big idea: The transition does not begin when the screen shuts off. It begins when the screen turns on. If you want less chaos, smoother endings, and more peaceful transitions, this episode will help you use devices with more intention — without throwing every screen into a lake. 🎵 Listen to Lukian’s song, Love Multiplies Freely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FFm_I9kaS0 ✨ Join the 5-Minute Miracles Masterclass Learn simple, practical resets to interrupt overwhelm, shift your energy, and regain control in the middle of your real day. 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E32
July 21 · 13 min
S1 E32 Why Self-Care Isn’t Selfish: How to Replenish Your Spirit
When life gets busy, is the first person you stop taking care of… you? In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch explores why self-care is not selfish — it’s responsible, practical, and essential for high-achieving women who are constantly giving, leading, serving, and holding everything together. Inspired by a simple practice from The Empowered Wife by Laura Doyle, Larisa shares what it means to replenish your spirit and why small moments of joy, beauty, rest, and delight can help reduce stress, calm your nervous system, improve emotional regulation, and bring you back to yourself. Inside this episode, you’ll learn: ✔ Why self-care is not a luxury ✔ How chronic stress affects your energy, emotions, and reactions ✔ Why joy supports resilience, creativity, and better decision-making ✔ How small daily self-care rituals can reset your nervous system ✔ Why high-achieving women often put themselves last ✔ A simple 3-part challenge to help you feel more grounded, alive, and connected This episode is for the woman who has been taking care of everyone else for too long and needs the reminder: You matter too. ✨ Join the 5-Minute Miracles Masterclass Learn simple mindset tools and nervous system resets that can shift your energy, focus, and direction in five minutes or less. https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/ml-5-min-miracles- 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E31
July 14 · 21 min
S1 E31 5 Myths About Change That Keep You Stuck
If you’re a high-achieving woman who has read the books, gone to therapy, journaled, meditated, hired coaches, set goals… and still finds herself repeating the same patterns, this episode is for you. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa breaks down 5 common myths about change, willpower, discipline, awareness, and lasting transformation — and why these beliefs may be keeping you stuck. Because real change does not come from working harder on yourself. It comes from working on the right thing. Inside this episode, you’ll learn: ✔ Why change does not always have to take a long time ✔ Why awareness is not the same as transformation ✔ Why willpower and discipline are not enough ✔ How your environment influences your habits, emotions, and choices ✔ Why action alone does not create lasting change ✔ Why you are not broken — you are patterned ✔ How unconscious programming affects health, relationships, business, confidence, and follow-through If you’ve ever thought, “I know what to do, so why am I still not doing it?” this conversation will help you see change differently. You are not lazy. You are not broken. You may simply be solving the wrong problem. ✨ Join The Ultimate Breakthrough Masterclass If you’re ready to identify the real roadblock underneath your repeating patterns, join Larisa for The Ultimate Breakthrough Masterclass. https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/ultimate-breakthrough 🎧 Listen to Episode 29: The Root Cause — Why You Keep Recreating the Same Problems⁠https://pod.link/1860019944/episode/MDBmYzljYTAtODgzZS00YjIyLWE1N2QtZTM4ZWU3Y2M2OTQ2?view=apps&sort=popularity⁠ 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Join the Unleash Your Abundance Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E30
July 7 · 34 min
S1 E30 Realistic Resilience: How to Stay Calm During Uncertainty with Erin Mark
🎙️ Realistic Resilience: How to Stay Calm During Uncertainty with Erin Mark How do you stay calm, focused, and resilient when life feels uncertain? In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch sits down with Erin Mark — national keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and resilience expert — for a powerful conversation about uncertainty, adaptability, calm, purpose, and what it really means to move forward when life doesn’t go according to plan. Erin’s perspective is deeply personal. Born with cystic fibrosis and told she wouldn’t live past 18, Erin entered end-stage disease in 2019 before a breakthrough medication saved her life. Today, she calls these her “bonus years.” In this conversation, Erin shares how her lived experience shaped her work helping people and organizations navigate change, stay engaged, and keep moving forward through uncertainty. Inside this episode: ✔ What “realistic resilience” actually means ✔ How to stay calm when life feels overwhelming ✔ The question Erin uses to regain control ✔ Why adaptability matters more than perfect plans ✔ How to move forward before you feel ready ✔ Why stories help us connect, heal, and lead ✔ The power of remembering: “You woke up today” One of Erin’s most powerful reminders: You don’t need a crisis to change everything. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, or unsure of your next step, this episode will help you pause, reset, and move forward with more calm and clarity. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Connect with Erin Mark Website: www.erinmark.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinmark/ Story Scope Worksheet ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☀️ Summer Reset Series Join Larisa for the Summer Reset Series and stay connected to yourself, your goals, and your momentum this season. 5-Minute Miracles Masterclass: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/5-Minute-Miracles 1-Hour Weekly Reset Masterclass: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/weekly-reset Ultimate Breakthrough Masterclass: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/ultimate-breakthrough Rewire Your Morning. Reinvent Your Life Masterclass: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/aamc-morning ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MyAbundanceAcademy ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ If this episode spoke to you, share it with someone who is navigating change, uncertainty, or a season where they’re ready to move forward with more calm, purpose, and resilience.
S1 · E29
June 30 · 38 min
S1 E29 The Root Cause: Why You Keep Recreating the Same Problems
In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch explores the root cause behind recurring problems like procrastination, overwhelm, inconsistency, perfectionism, people-pleasing, avoidance, and self-sabotage. Because often, the problem you think is the problem… isn’t the real problem. It’s the surface symptom. The real issue may be an unconscious pattern, old belief, emotional charge, identity attachment, or protective strategy quietly running the show. In this episode, you’ll learn: ✔ Why being smart doesn’t make you immune to unconscious patterns ✔ The difference between a presenting problem and a root cause ✔ Why quick fixes, habits, and strategies often don’t create lasting change ✔ How self-sabotage may actually be self-protection ✔ Why breakthrough work requires insight, action, focus, and evidence ✔ A powerful journaling question to uncover the pattern underneath the pattern The question to sit with: What do I already know that I’m pretending not to know? If you’ve been managing the same problem for too long, this episode will help you stop blaming yourself and start looking deeper. Because you don’t need another year of managing the same pattern. You may need to change it at the root. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌟 Ultimate Breakthrough Masterclass Want to understand how root-cause change actually works? Join Larisa for the upcoming Ultimate Breakthrough Masterclass and learn how to identify what’s really holding you back, how unconscious patterns are created, and what’s required for real, lasting transformation. 👉 Register here: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/ultimate-breakthrough ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ This episode includes examples related to physical symptoms and emotional patterns. This is not medical advice. Always work with your medical team for physical or mental health concerns. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Connect with Larisa Website: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larisa.makuch/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LarisaMakuch ☀️ Summer Reset Masterclasses Ultimate Breakthrough Masterclass⁠https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/ultimate-breakthrough⁠ 5-Minute Miracles Masterclass⁠https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/5-Minute-Miracles⁠ 1-Hour Weekly Reset Masterclass⁠https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/weekly-reset⁠ Rewire Your Morning. Reinvent Your Life Masterclass⁠https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/aamc-morning⁠
S1 · E28
June 23 · 12 min
S1 E28 The Summer Survival Guide: How to Stay Focused on Your Goals
In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa shares a simple but powerful framework for creating a meaningful summer without abandoning yourself, your goals, or your momentum. You'll learn: ☀️ Why summer doesn't need to become a rescue mission in September ☀️ The difference between living intentionally and drifting through the season ☀️ How to identify your "big rocks" and focus on what matters most ☀️ The 7-step Summer Planning Process used in the Morning Magic Challenge ☀️ Why structure creates freedom ☀️ How to build momentum through simple, consistent action ☀️ The hidden danger of the Ostrich Effect and going into hiding when life gets messy If you've ever found yourself saying, "I'll get back to it in September," this episode is for you. Because extraordinary lives aren't built through occasional inspiration. They're built through daily self-leadership. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☀️ STAY PLUGGED IN THIS SUMMER Looking for support, structure, and momentum this summer? Join us for one of our upcoming masterclasses: ✨ 5 Minute Miracles Masterclass https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/5-Minute-Miracles ✨ 1-Hour Weekly Reset Masterclass https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/weekly-reset ✨ Ultimate Breakthrough Masterclass https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/ultimate-breakthrough ✨ Rewire Your Morning. Reinvent Your Life Masterclass https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/aamc-morning ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT WITH LARISA Website https://myabundanceacademy.ca Instagram https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy Facebook https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT THE ABUNDANCE EFFECT The Abundance Effect is a personal growth and mindset podcast for ambitious women who want more clarity, confidence, fulfillment, momentum, and meaning in their lives. Hosted by Larisa Makuch, Master Results Coach, speaker, author, entrepreneur, and founder of Abundance Academy. New episodes every week.
S1 · E27
June 16 · 12 min
S1 E27 How to Turn Inspiration Into Action (And Finally Build Momentum)
Have you ever felt inspired, motivated, and ready to make a change... only to find yourself in the exact same place a few days later? You're not alone. In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa explores the critical difference between inspiration and getting it done—and why so many smart, capable, high-achieving people get stuck between the two. Inspired by an unexpected lesson from her 8-year-old son, Lukian, Larisa shares a simple but powerful truth: Inspiration is a feeling. Motion is a decision followed by action. You'll discover why inspiration alone doesn't create results, how overthinking destroys momentum, and what it really takes to build confidence, consistency, and follow-through. In this episode, you'll learn: ✔ Why inspiration without action feels productive but changes nothing ✔ The hidden reason momentum disappears ✔ How overthinking creates a gap between intention and execution ✔ Why completion builds confidence ✔ How to focus on what matters most instead of chasing every idea ✔ The simple shift that helps you move from knowing to doing Plus, you'll hear the story behind Love Multiplies Freely, a song Lukian wrote in a single afternoon that perfectly demonstrates what happens when inspiration is immediately put into motion. 🎵 Listen to Lukian's song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FFm_I9kaS0 If you've been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, inconsistent, or frustrated by your lack of follow-through, this episode is for you. Because momentum isn't built by knowing more. It's built by moving on what you already know. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT WITH LARISA Website https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ About The Abundance Effect The Abundance Effect is a personal growth, mindset, productivity, and self-improvement podcast hosted by Larisa Makuch. Each week, Larisa explores mindset, self-image, confidence, habits, productivity, abundance, fulfillment, leadership, relationships, health, wealth, and legacy to help you create a richer and more meaningful life.
S1 · E26
June 9 · 30 min
S1 E26 The Courage To Reinvent Yourself
🎙️ EPISODE 26: THE COURAGE TO REINVENT YOURSELF What happens when you stop asking, "What should I do?" and start asking, "Who am I becoming?" In this special episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa sits down with her brother, Andriy Prokopchik, for a conversation about purpose, identity, meaningful work, discipline, leadership, and having the courage to pursue a new chapter—even when life is already comfortable. After becoming a teacher, building a life he loves, and finding purpose in education, Andriy made another bold decision: joining the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve. Together, they explore: • Finding purpose through action • Imposter syndrome and self-confidence • The power of environment and culture • Teaching, leadership, and service • Why time is your most valuable asset • Becoming the person your next chapter requires One of the most powerful moments comes when Andriy shares: "If I don't do it now, I never will." A simple reminder that many of the things we're waiting for are waiting for us, too. 🌅 Join the Morning Magic Challenge: https://event.myabundanceacademy.ca/morning 🔗 Connect with Larisa: Website https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow
S1 · E25
June 2 · 8 min
S1 E 25 How to Unlock Creativity, Energy & Motivation Through Your Environment
Feeling flat, uninspired, creatively blocked… or stuck in the same emotional patterns? This episode is for you. In Episode 25 of The Abundance Effect, Larisa explores the powerful connection between your environment, sensory input, emotional state, creativity, motivation, and energy — and why doing the same things differently can completely change how you feel and function. After a spontaneous shift during one of her Morning Success Calls, Larisa noticed something fascinating: The same routines… The same structure… But a completely different emotional experience. And it opened up a deeper conversation around: 👉 music and memory 👉 state change 👉 creativity and nervous system regulation 👉 neuroplasticity 👉 emotional access 👉 and how your environment shapes your results This episode blends neuroscience, personal growth, psychology, and practical application in a way that is simple, relatable, and immediately usable. You’ll learn: Why music can instantly shift your emotional state How your senses influence creativity, focus, and motivation The neuroscience behind dopamine, memory, and environmental input Why your routines may not be the problem How to access different parts of yourself without “reinventing” your life Simple ways to feel more energized, alive, creative, and connected again Because sometimes… you don’t need a new strategy. You need a new state. And your state is something you can influence on purpose. 🎧 Listen now and experiment with your own environment this week. S1 E24 “I’m So Busy” Is Ruining Your Life (Here’s Why)Unleash Your Abundance4.06K subscribersAnalyticsEdit video3SharePromoteAsk6 views May 26, 2026 The Abundance Effect#mindset #productivity #personaldevelopmentAre you actually busy… or have you just normalized overwhelm?In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch breaks down one of the most common phrases high-achieving women use every single day:👉 “I’m so busy.”But what if that phrase is quietly sabotaging your clarity, confidence, relationships, productivity, and integrity?This episode explores the psychology of busyness, overwhelm, communication, and identity — and why the words you repeat shape the life you live.Drawing on neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), Larisa explains why saying “I’m busy” reinforces stress patterns and keeps people stuck in cycles of overwhelm and avoidance.If you constantly feel like there’s never enough time, struggle with follow-through, or feel emotionally exhausted despite working hard… this episode will hit.🔥 Key Takeaway:Busy is not a badge of honor.It’s often a lack of clarity, direction, boundaries, or honest communication.And when you clean up your language… you clean up your thinking, decisions, and results.📝 Mentioned in this episode:11 Words & Phrases That Keep People Stuckhttps://myabundanceacademy.ca/elimina...🚀 Join us in the Momentum Lab:https://momentum-lab.ca/ Connect with Larisa: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuch Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenow Website https://myabundanceacademy.ca/
S1 · E24
May 26 · 8 min
S1 E24 Why Saying “I’m Busy” Is Keeping You Stuck
Are you actually busy… or have you just normalized overwhelm? In this episode of The Abundance Effect, Larisa Makuch breaks down one of the most common phrases high-achieving women use every day: 👉 “I’m just so busy.” But what if that phrase is doing more damage than you realize? This episode explores how the language you use shapes your identity, your decisions, your confidence, and ultimately your results. Drawing on neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), Larisa explains why saying “I’m busy” reinforces stress, overwhelm, lack of clarity, and disconnection from what actually matters. If you constantly feel overwhelmed, struggle with follow-through, or feel like you never have enough time, this conversation will help you rethink the way you approach productivity, priorities, communication, and personal responsibility. In this episode, we cover: Why saying “I’m busy” keeps you stuck The psychology behind overwhelm and identity How language impacts your brain and behavior Why high-achieving women normalize busyness The connection between communication, integrity, and clarity What to say instead of “I’m busy” How vague language creates internal conflict and stress Simple mindset shifts to create more focus and follow-through You don’t find time. You make time for what matters. And the words you repeat every day become the patterns you live. Mentioned in this episode: 📝 Larisa’s article: 11 Words & Phrases That Keep People Stuck https://myabundanceacademy.ca/eliminate-these-11-words-from-your-vocabulary-today/ 🚀 Join us in the Momentum Lab: https://momentum-lab.ca/ Connect with Larisa: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myabundanceacademy/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-makuch/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larisa.makuchFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashyourabundancenowWebsite: https://myabundanceacademy.ca/ If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who keeps saying they’re “too busy.” Because sometimes… the language we use is the very thing keeping us stuck.

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