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To Be Known

A space to know yourself, know others, and let yourself be truly known.

Discover the Heart Behind To Be Known

Hi, I’m Makayla, and I created To Be Known to help you explore yourself and connect deeply with the people and world around you. Join me as we navigate life through honesty, reflection, and meaningful conversations

From the comfort of her cozy corner, Makayla creates a safe place for you to explore yourself & your connections each episode on the To Be Known Podcast.

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Stream the latest episodes wherever you go. Tune in for conversations on self-discovery, vulnerability, and connection.

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I’m in a life mode where I’m losing passion and feeling mentally checked out, while also just realizing that I can’t force myself to show up the way I want to when something in my life feels misaligned... I wish I could.

This is your reminder to give yourself space: to think, to reset, to actually take care of yourself.

New episode is out now! “Finding Space For Passion When You’re Burnt Out & Disconnected” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧

#podcast #fyp #selftrust #inyour20s #personalgrowthjourney

Misalignment can be a signal you need stronger values 🌱
Create a suitable lifestyle
Based on your values❤️
New episode is out now! “Values Here” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#foryou #fyp #clips #mindfulness #lifeadvice

Feelings represent something important 🤔
Prioritize knowing your values
They can be a compass for your choices 🌱
New episode is out now! “Values Here” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧#foryou #fyp #clips #mindfulness #personalgrowth

Living based on your values is hot. Living aimlessly is not.

New episode is out now! “How to Figure Out Your Values (If You Don’t, Nothing Will Feel Right)” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧

#podcast #fyp #selftrust #inyour20s #personalgrowthjourney

You build confidence by showing up 💭
For yourself
Every single day 🤍
New episode is out now! “2 Years” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#foryou #fyp #clips #mindfulness #growthmindset

Confidence isn’t random 🌿
It builds over time
Slowly but surely ❤️
New episode is out now! “2 Years” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧#foryou #fyp #clips #growthmindset #mindfulness

It’s time for the 2-year anniversary episode! Thank you to everyone who has tuned in each week of TBK for the past 727 days (official birthday is on Wednesday, expect a much more sappy post) 🫶

In this week’s episode, I share with you 12 lessons/truths I’ve come to truly understand because of my dedication to this podcast & of course my listeners!

New episode is out now! “What Growth *Actually* Looks Like: 2 Years of To Be Known” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧

#podcast #fyp #selftrust #inyour20s #personalgrowthjourney

New can be scary
That’s normal 💫
Do it anyway 🦋
New episode is out now! “Decisions Final” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#foryou #fyp #clips #lifetips #changeyourlife

There’s freedom in just deciding 🦋
Start building from it
That’s where your life moves forward 🌟
New episode is out now! “Decisions Final” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#foryou #fyp #clips #personalgrowth #mindfulness

If there is anything I’ve learned, it is that you don’t need a better decision… you just need to trust the one you already made.

What’s keeping you stuck in life isn’t the choices you’ve made, but constantly going back and questioning yourself.

At some point, you have to move forward like it’s going to work out for you, because that’s when it actually does.

New episode is out now! “Let Your Decisions Be Final (Self-Doubt vs Self-Trust)” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧

#podcast #fyp #selftrust #inyour20s #personalgrowthjourney

Making everyone happy isn’t your responsibility 💫
You were never meant to carry that weight 🦋
You’re allowed to just exist in love
New episode is out now! “People Happy” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧#foryou #fyp #clips #growthmindset #mindsetshifts

You didn’t become this way for no reason 💭
People pleasers are made, not born 🌱 Give yourself some grace
New episode is out now! “People Happy” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧 #foryou #fyp #clips #mindfulness #personalgrowth

Wanting to make people happy isn’t a bad thing…
but if you’re anything like me (a recovering people pleaser), it can turn into something else really quickly.

You start scanning the room, picking up on everything, and feeling like it’s your job to fix it.
Over time, that stops being kindness and starts becoming pressure.

In this episode of To Be Known, I’m breaking down the difference between people pleasing and joy generosity… and why one will ALWAYS drain you (can you take a guess which it is?)

The goal isn’t to stop caring about people,
it’s to stop feeling responsible for their happiness.

That’s the problem with trying to make everyone happy.

New episode is out now! “The Problem With Trying to Make People Happy” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧

#selfhelp #podcast #fyp #peoplepleaser #peoplepleasing

Feeling stuck doesn’t mean you’re trapped 🌿
It might just mean it’s time to reassess
And explore new possibilities 🦋
New episode is out now! “Career Slump” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#podcast #foryou #fyp #growthmindset #mindsetshifts

A career slump doesn’t mean your life is falling apart 🌿
Sometimes it simply means you’re in a different season
Some seasons are for building and some are for reflecting 💫
New episode is out now! “Career Slump” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌
Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#podcast #foryou #fyp #lifetips #mindfulness

Sometimes feeling stuck is just a signal,
telling you to pay attention to what isn’t working anymore.

At some point in our lives, the things you once felt really excited about might stop feeling that way.
Your motivation drops & you start questioning everything.
 Typically, the first thought most of us have is: did I mess something up?

But most of the time, a career slump isn’t about failure.
It’s just information.

In this week’s episode of To Be Known, I’m talking about why these seasons happen, why they can feel so scary when they do, and how they can actually show you what energizes you and what doesn’t anymore.

New episode is out now! “What Your Career Is Actually Supposed to Feel Like in Your 20s” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧

#selfawareness #podcast #personalgrowth #fyp #careeradvice

Self-respect helps you see reality clearly.
You stop falling for potential.
And start choosing reality. 🌿
New episode is out now! “Date Well Self-Respect” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌
Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#podcast #foryou #fyp #mindfulness #mindsetshifts

Dating well doesn’t start with finding the right person 💘
It starts with self-respect.

When you respect yourself, dating changes. You stop auditioning for love, chasing potential, or convincing someone to choose you. You learn to live by your standards, observe instead of idealize, see what value you bring to the table, and only accept that value back in a partner.

The first episode of my Dating Well series is out now! “Self-Respect Changes Who You Attract │ Dating Well” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧

#podcast #fyp #datingtips #datingadvice #relationships

The magic isn’t later. 💫
It’s happening in the middle of your ordinary Tuesday. 🌿
Right now is where your life is.
New episode is out now! “Like Right Now” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#podcast #foryou #fyp #abundance #abundancemindset

This full moon was all about self-care 🫶 I’m so thankful I created this little practice to keep me to keep me grounded!

#fullmoon #selfcare #personaldevelopment #inyour20s #fyp

The mind is powerful. 💫
What you believe expands. 🌿
Choose carefully.
New episode is out now! “Like Right Now” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#podcast #foryou #fyp #creativity #selfhelp

The best upgrades in life are the little shifts we make that compound over time.

In this week’s episode of To Be Known, I’m sharing what’s been grounding me lately! The habits, products, wellness rituals, and mindset shifts that are actually working in my life right now.

New episode is out now! “What’s Actually Improving My Life Right Now | Habits & Wellness Favorites” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧

#selfawareness #innerwork #personalgrowth #fyp #habitchange

Abundance isn’t blind optimism 🌿
It’s openness 🤍
It’s receptivity
New episode is out now! “Scarcity vs. Abundance” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#podcast #foryou #fyp

Scarcity fears being alone 🌱
Abundance sees growth 💫
Time is the real currency
New episode is out now! “Scarcity vs. Abundance” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#podcast #foryou #fyp

Have you been asking yourself, “What if this is as good as it gets?”

That question comes from a place of fear. Fear that this is just… it.

In this week’s episode of To Be Known, I’m sharing with you why this question keeps us struck, about scarcity vs. abundance mindsets, and how the questions you ask yourself shape the life you stay in.

Abundance is the ability to remain open to life, and see that good flows through you and to you.
Scarcity keeps you closed and contained to your current reality.

You can be grateful and still want more. That doesn’t make you dramatic. It makes you honest.

New episode is out now! “Is This As Good As Life Gets? A Talk on Scarcity vs. Abundance” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧

#selfawareness #podcast #personalgrowth #fyp #abundance

You are not a burden 🤍
Connection is human 🌱
Ask before it’s heavy
New episode is out now! “8 Habits” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#podcast #foryou #fyp #mindfulness

Novelty wakes your brain up 🌟
Small joy creates big change 🌱
Curiosity keeps you present
New episode is out now! “8 Habits” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧
#podcast #foryou #fyp #habitchange #neuroplasticity

It is easy to think that change comes from big decisions.
New jobs. New cities. New goals.

But the biggest shifts that have happened in my 20s (so far) came from habits: the small, repeatable things I could rely on when motivation wasn’t there.

In this week’s episode of To Be Known, I’m walking you through the 8 habits that genuinely changed my life and sharing with your the neuroscience and psychology as to why they actually work. They work because they reduce decision fatigue, regulate your nervous system, and build self-trust over time. When something becomes automatic, your brain stops fighting it, and that’s when growth actually sticks.

If you’ve been waiting for a breakthrough in your life, this might be your reminder that your efforts of consistency compound faster than you think.

New episode is out now! “8 Low-Effort Habits To Change Your Life (They've Changed Mine)” is available to listen on Spotify & YouTube 💌 Click the link in bio to listen 🎧

#selfawareness #personalgrowth #fyp #habitbuilding #habitchange

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