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The Daily Ascent

The Daily Ascent

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Welcome to The Daily Ascent. I'm Molly Carmel — and this is the podcast I always wished existed: a bite-sized, on-the-ground spiritual note that can shift your thinking and your outlook on life. Because sometimes, that's all it takes — a small shift in what we choose to believe — to make the day a little better, and to make us a little more awake, alive… and ascending. Each weekday, we climb together — rising above the noise, finding the flow, and getting grounded in what really matters so you can live your day with more meaning, connection, and ease.2025 Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Self-Help Success
Episodes
  • Ep. 135 | How to Stop Rushing the Things Worth Building
    May 8 2026

    In today's episode, I'm sharing something I caught myself doing recently when a friend of mine started doing some consulting work for me - I wanted twenty years of a business absorbed immediately. And what happened when I recognized my own urgency underneath the frustration and chose to slow down instead.

    Harriet Lerner writes in The Dance of Anger that change is a process, not an event, and it does not happen quickly or without anxiety and pain.

    Today's episode is about trusting the process even when your urgency is telling you to push harder.

    Question to carry into your day:
    What are you trying to rush right now that actually needs more time - and what would it feel like to trust the process instead of fighting it?

    Want to chat about working together? Me too! Visit https://link.allyone.io/widget/bookings/mc-discoverycall to schedule a free call about my Stop Starting Over System.

    Let's Stay Connected:

    • Subscribe on YouTube
    • Instagram: @mollycarmel
    • Check out my Pocket Sages on my Amazon Storefront
    • Questions or want to share your story? Email me at dailyascentpod@gmail.com

    An Operation Podcast production | @OperationPodcast

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    11 mins
  • Ep. 134 | Why Diet Culture Stole Your Patience - And How to Get It Back
    May 7 2026

    In today's episode, I'm talking about something that came up in my SOS group this week that I think doesn't get named nearly enough - one of the greatest abuses of diet culture is what it has done to our capacity for patience. I lived inside that urgency for years.

    Sonya Renee Taylor writes in The Body Is Not an Apology that unlearning is challenging - do not expect neat, tidy resolutions, and we can only get closer if we are willing to be uncomfortable.

    Today's episode is about taking your patience back.

    Question to carry into your day:
    Where in your healing have you been demanding fast results from a process that actually needs time - and what would it feel like to give yourself permission to go slowly?

    If the impatience shows up most loudly around your body and food, let's talk.

    Visit https://link.allyone.io/widget/bookings/mc-discoverycall to book a free discovery call about the Stop Starting Over System.

    Let's Stay Connected:

    • Subscribe on YouTube
    • Instagram: @mollycarmel
    • Check out my Pocket Sages on my Amazon Storefront
    • Questions or want to share your story? Email me at dailyascentpod@gmail.com

    An Operation Podcast production | @OperationPodcast

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    12 mins
  • Ep. 133 | Why We Use External Things to Feel Like Enough (And What to Do About It)
    May 6 2026

    In today's episode, I'm sharing something that happened at a car dealership recently that revealed something about myself I genuinely didn't see coming - and that I think a lot of us are doing without realizing it.

    Geneen Roth writes in Lost and Found that if you're trying to fill something that can't be filled with what you're using, the emptiness never goes away.

    And just because we've been living according to particular beliefs for twenty or fifty years doesn't mean they have one shred of validity.

    Today's episode is about external validation, what we need to be represented by, and what it's actually telling us.

    Question to carry into your day:
    Where in your life are you using something external to tell a story about yourself that you wish you already believed on the inside?

    Want to chat about working together? Me too! Visit https://link.allyone.io/widget/bookings/mc-discoverycall to schedule a free call about my Stop Starting Over System.

    Let's Stay Connected:

    • Subscribe on YouTube
    • Instagram: @mollycarmel
    • Check out my Pocket Sages on my Amazon Storefront
    • Questions or want to share your story? Email me at dailyascentpod@gmail.com

    An Operation Podcast production | @OperationPodcast

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    11 mins
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