Come and listen to our Host, Tina Spoletini, and her special guest Mary Printz chat in the “Collaboration Over Competition” Podcast Mini-Series.
This empowering series explores what becomes possible when women stop competing against one another and start building together. We’re shifting the focus from comparison and competition to connection, shared purpose, and collective success. Because when women support women, celebrate each other’s achievements, and share their knowledge and resources, everyone has the opportunity to grow.
Through honest conversations, inspiring stories, and practical insights, we’ll discover how collaboration creates stronger relationships, opens doors to new opportunities, and multiplies the impact we can make in our communities and beyond. From celebrating another woman’s success to building meaningful partnerships, we’ll explore how a spirit of generosity and teamwork can transform the way we approach life, business, and leadership.
Whether you're an entrepreneur, a community leader, a creative, or a woman working toward your next big goal, this series will remind you that you don't have to do it all alone. Your success doesn't diminish someone else's, and another woman's achievements don't take away from your own potential.
Join us as we celebrate the power of women coming together, lifting one another up, and creating opportunities that are bigger than any one of us could build alone.
Mary Printz, M.Ed., holds a Master’s in Leadership and is a Harvard-trained Immunity to Change coach and Adaptive Growth Strategist who integrates adult development, emotional intelligence, and neuroscience. She helps women and high-performing leaders uncover the hidden assumptions that keep them stuck in people-pleasing, comparison, and self-doubt, so they can show up with clarity, confidence, and authenticity. Mary is known for helping people move from insight into lasting, meaningful change.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maryprintz21
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryPrintzCoaching/
Estrangement and disconnection hurt because they activate grief, fear, and stories about what we think our distance “means” about our worth. We explore how collaboration over competition starts inside us, and how self work can change the way we show up even when reconciliation is uncertain.
• estranged parent and adult child dynamics as an identity wound
• grief for the present relationship and the future you imagined
• tension at holidays and family gatherings when people feel guarded
• meaning making as the driver of triggers, rumination, and despair
• behaviours like fixing, over explaining, withdrawing, and peacekeeping as protection
• the key reflection prompt: if I did the opposite, what am I afraid would happen
• leaving the door open without pulling someone through it
• intrinsic worth versus tying value to another person’s response
• seeking support and practising small acts of self kindness
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