Today we’re talking THRIFTING! If you’re anything like Mary, you love secondhand stuff and the unique joy it brings to your home. Artist and collector Virginia Chamlee joins us to share her tips, tricks, and secrets to scoring vintage furniture. You will learn... - how thrifting builds confidence - tips for finding valuable vintage furniture and decor - mistakes people make when they shop secondhand Virginia Chamlee is a writer, artist, entrepreneur, and avid collector of vintage. She is the author of Big Thrift Energy, a manual for finding beautiful (often valuable) pieces of design for penni ..read more

Celebrating 200 episodes with sips of tea and a heart full of gratitude. Thank you, my self-lover, for listening to this podcast and giving yourself the gift of self-love. Get my list of 200 Reasons to Choose Self-Love: https://maryscupoftea.myflodesk.com/200 From my heart to yours, Mary Mentioned in this episode: - The Gift of Self-Love: https://maryscupoftea.com/gift-of-self-love. This is a self-love workbook that will help you build confidence, recognize your worth, and learn to finally love yourself. - 100 Days of Self-Love: maryscupoftea.com/journal. This is a guided journal with 100 prom ..read more

My husband and I are celebrating 5 years together and 1 year married! To commemorate, we thought we’d answer your burning relationship-related questions while reflecting on the half decade we’ve spent together. We talk about… - how being married feels different - adult friendships and how they’ve changed since our wedding - our age gap - advice for dating and finding “the one” - tips for repairing after a fight - how to decorate your home together, even if you have different styles - new things we’ve learned about each other post-marriage Tune in for hot takes, relationship advice, and just a ..read more

Would you consider yourself an organized person? What about those with whom you live with? In the hustle and bustle of life, households frequently face daily stress, financial hiccups, and time crunches which are often aggravated by a lack of organization in the home. Professional organizer Nikki Boyd joins us to talk about communication as the ultimate organizing tool for households and well as hacks for keeping your home beautifully organized. You will learn... - ways to communicate with those you live with to ensure a more harmonious household flow - 2 places in one’s home that tend to caus ..read more

Get ready for a pep talk on how to overcome your insecurities and cultivate authentic, true confidence. You will learn... - the difference between true confidence vs. pseudo-confidence - a counterintuitive approach to conquering your insecurities Remember: the only way to conquer your insecurities is by making them a glorious part of you. If you enjoyed this episode, screenshot it and tag @maryspodcast on social media! And make sure to get Mary's books two on self-love: - The Gift of Self-Love: https://maryscupoftea.com/gift-of-self-love. This is a self-love workbook that will help you build c ..read more

Last year, Mary did an interview with Christy Harrison on her podcast, Rethinking Wellness. We are resurfacing that episode here, so you can listen to this “reverse interview” where Mary and Christy talk about how wellness culture coupled with social media algorithms creates a toxic environment for both consumers and creators. Tune into this deeply personal conversation about... - Mary’s history as a bikini fitness competitor starting at age 16, and how it both triggered and exacerbated an ED - how social media algorithms drive us into more extreme diet and wellness content - why Mary thinkin ..read more

A solo episode where Mary talks about an emotion that’s underrated yet magnetic in other people + how you can channel this emotion to lead a more fulfilling life. Mary talks about... - what’s different about this emotion vs. other positive feelings - how experiencing this feeling is also an act of feminism - ways to get out of a funk - how the show Love on the Spectrum is inspiring her If you enjoyed this episode, screenshot it and tag @maryspodcast on social media! And make sure to get Mary's books two on self-love: - The Gift of Self-Love: https://maryscupoftea.com/gift-of-self-love. This is ..read more

There’s often a disparity between how men and women make sacrifices for their relationship. In a long-term partnership, it’s normal and necessary to compromise, but how do we ensure that said compromises don’t make us lose important parts of ourselves in the process? Dr. Alexandra Solomon joins us to talk about how to identify, communicate, and retain independent parts of ourselves as we embark on a life journey with someone we love. We talk about… - how to keep the “me” within the “we” - is dating objectively harder now than it was in the past? why or why not? - should we go through our partn ..read more

Dr. Jen Gunter is an OBGYN with 30+ years of experience as a vulvar and vaginal diseases expert. She joins us today to debunk menstruation myths! Mary asks Dr. Jen questions like... - is menstruating the body’s way of detoxing? - what causes menstrual cramps and period poops? - why/ how is “alternative medicine” harmful? - do chiropractors really work? - what’s the purpose and process of menstruating? Remember: don’t believe baseless claims you see on the internet! Dr. Jen Gunter is an internationally bestselling author, obstetrician, and gynecologist with more than three decades of experience ..read more

I’m out of town for 2 weeks hosting another self-love retreat; this time in southern Portugal with 20 women coming from all over. So in attempts to preserve my energy while still keeping the pod going, I thought it’d be fun to revisit an older episode called “Learning the Difference.” This episode is about DISCERNMENT: the ability to perceive, judge, and understand things in an empathetic, rational, conscientious way. I believe that many things in life lie on a spectrum with nothing being inherently good or inherently bad in all contexts. That’s why it’s important that we have discernment not ..read more