Beyond the Cookie Cutter

Feeling stuck in a cookie cutter life? Struggling to inject order into schedule, children, work, and budget? No time for YOU and your UNIQUE needs? In this podcast, you will find insights from women who have – and are still living through many of the things that you are experiencing. They freely share wisdom and valuable lessons from years of experience. Mary Black shares her own lessons learned, along with outside interviews with beautiful, experienced women. Mary is an amazing communicator. She loves to teach naturally through stories that touch the heart. She helps women connect to the power of their own narrative to grow themselves and those they influence in joyful, inspiring ways.

Beyond the Cookie Cutter is a education podcast hosted by Mary Black, with 174 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Mary Black hosts Beyond the Cookie Cutter, a education show with 174 episodes published.

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  Beyond the Cookie Cutter

  Gardening and Life: What Are You Planting?

  Sep 15, 202614 min

  Send us a Text Message! We would love to hear from you! The garden has its own way of telling the truth: what we plant matters. In this episode, Mary explores the law of the harvest and how simple truths, combined with small choices repeated over time, can influence what grows in our lives. She also considers gratitude, patience, and what God has already placed in our hands. Resource: Frog and Toad: Storybook Favorites, by Arnold Lobel. HarperCollins, 2014. We love hearing from you! For more discussion, join us in the Beyond Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/538808736953034 Gathering Women of Hope Facebook page: https://bit.ly/4vs9IOh Podcast Email: marybcooks@gmail.com Instagram: @marybcooks Here's to your joy-filled life! -Mary

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  Enjoy the Journey

  Sep 8, 202633 min

  Send us a Text Message! We would love to hear from you! What if improving yourself isn't about fixing what's wrong with you, but discovering what's possible within you? In this episode, Mary explores the difference between self-criticism and genuine growth—and how God invites us to grow while helping us take the next step. You'll be encouraged to look at one area of your life with curiosity instead of judgment, and to see growth not as proof that you're not enough, but as an opportunity to discover more of who you really are. We love hearing from you! Gathering Women of Hope Facebook page: https://bit.ly/4vs9IOh Podcast Email: marybcooks@gmail.com Instagram: @marybcooks Here's to your joy-filled life! -Mary

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  Enjoy the Adventure!

  Sep 1, 202616 min

  Send us a Text Message! We would love to hear from you! We love hearing from you! Gathering Women of Hope Facebook page: https://bit.ly/4vs9IOh Podcast Email: marybcooks@gmail.com Instagram: @marybcooks Here's to your joy-filled life! -Mary

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  Episode #15

  Small Choices. Simple Truths. Sustainable Growth.

  Aug 25, 202612 minS4

  Send us a Text Message! We would love to hear from you! What if lasting change doesn't come from doing everything, but from making small choices, living simple truths, and allowing growth to happen over time? Mary shares the story behind the new tagline and the philosophy shaping this next chapter—helping women discover who they really are, become confident creators, and use what they have to create a better future for themselves and others. We love hearing from you! Gathering Women of Hope Facebook page: https://bit.ly/4vs9IOh Podcast Email: marybcooks@gmail.com Instagram: @marybcooks Here's to your joy-filled life! -Mary

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  Scarcity and Finding Enough

  Aug 20, 202614 min

  Send us a Text Message! We would love to hear from you! In the last episode, we talked about the emotional ledger—the invisible account we keep when someone hurts us, and the debts we continue trying to collect. This episode takes that conversation one step further: What if part of the reason we have such a hard time letting go is that, underneath the hurt, there is a scarcity belief? We buy into the false belief that “If something was taken from me, there won't be enough left for me.” Mary shares a personal story about discovering how scarcity thinking had turned a difficult relationship into a power struggle—and how letting go of the emotional debt gave her something she didn't realize she was missing: freedom. Because abundance isn't the belief that we'll never experience loss. It's the belief that loss doesn't have the final word. What if there is still enough and more than enough? Enough for you to create, grow, give. Enough for you to become who you were created to be. Sometimes finding abundance isn't about getting more. Sometimes it's about discovering that there was plenty available to us all along. We love hearing from you! Gathering Women of Hope Email: gatheringwomenofhope@gmail.com Gathering Women of Hope Facebook page: https://bit.ly/4vs9IOh Podcast Email: marybcooks@gmail.com Instagram: @marybcooks Here's to your joy-filled life! -Mary

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