Maree Burgess

Name: Maree Burgess
Address: St Kilda, VIC, 3182, AU
Telephone: +61419106343
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Helping women 40+ bust the beliefs holding them back. As well as learning how to have the conversations that make the difference.

Create a life by design, not by default.

⬇️ DM me to join the waitlist for the Belief Buster Experiment coming soon. Obsessed with the art of deliberate delegation and how that changes how leaders lead, and how teams engage, collaborate and perform together. Armed with a deep understanding of workplace behaviour, I have a deep drive for learning and have trained in models of excellence to a high level. A Graduate of Neuro-Behavioural Modelling, Certified in C-IQ (Conversational Intelligence), a trainer and master practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), a certified mBIT Coach (multiple Brain Integration Technique), an accredited administer of GENOS instruments (Emotional Intelligence), and an administrator of MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator). I am an expert at facilitating workshops, providing leadership and communication skills training, coaching middle and senior management, and providing support to senior leaders across a range of industries tasked with sponsoring projects.

29/10/2026

“I should be able to work this out myself.”

There’s an interesting belief around our ability to change, because you’re intelligent and capable. You’ve navigated difficult things before, and probably read the books, listened to the podcasts and done plenty of personal development, so surely you should be able to figure this one out too?

But here’s the problem: it’s very difficult to see the lens you’re looking through while you’re looking through it.

Imagine you’ve been snow skiing. You pop on your yellow tinted ski goggles, which reduce the glare. Very quickly you don’t even notice that everything has a yellow tinge. You ski all day, then stop for a hot chocolate. You remove your goggles and you’re startled to realise everything is whiter than you thought, because the lens you were looking through had that yellow tint.

So you can question your own thinking, challenge your beliefs and explore different perspectives, but sometimes we need someone else to ask the question we haven’t thought to ask, and to notice the assumption we’ve been treating as fact.

To say: “Hang on. Is that actually true?”

And suddenly something you’ve been thinking about for six months looks completely different.

Getting support isn’t an admission that you can’t work it out yourself. Perhaps a better perspective is: I don’t have to work everything out by myself.

Sometimes another perspective is exactly what helps you find your own.

If you’d like some targeted perspective shifting, let’s talk. Send me a message.

16/10/2026

I'm not going to tell you what to think.

The work I do with perspectives is about helping you notice how you're thinking and giving you practical ways to create more choice, because a thought can become a story, a story can become a belief, and a belief can quietly shape how you feel, the decisions you make, and what you believe is possible for your life.

The Perspective Shifting Process helps you:
-Recognise the beliefs and meanings influencing you
-Step back from automatic emotional reactions
-Explore the situation through a different lens
-Reconnect with what matters to you
-Choose a response that supports who you're becoming

This isn't about thinking positively. It's behavioural flexibility, which is the ability to find another way forward when your usual thinking keeps taking you to the same place.

You may not be able to control every circumstance, but you can develop more choice in how you see it, interpret it and respond to it.

And that can change everything.

If you'd like to start noticing the stories shaping your choices, I go deeper into this on my private podcast, Inner Alignment. Pop your email in and it's yours > https://bit.ly/inner-alignment

13/10/2026

Lasting change isn't about placing a positive thought over an old belief.

You've read the books, you've listened to the podcasts, and you've tried positive thinking, affirmations and telling yourself not to worry so much. All of these might help for a while. But when you're under pressure, you find yourself returning to the same thoughts, reactions and behaviours, because that's what we do.

Lasting change begins by understanding the perspective beneath the pattern. What are you believing about yourself? What meaning have you given the situation? What invisible rule are you trying to follow?

Then consider what else you might see if you stepped outside your usual point of view.

Perspective shifting isn't about pretending everything is wonderful. It's about loosening your grip on one interpretation long enough to discover that other possibilities exist.

You don't always need another strategy. Sometimes you need a different lens.
What lens are you looking through right now? If you're ready to look at the beliefs beneath your patterns, I explore this further on my private podcast, Inner Alignment. Add your email and it's yours > https://bit.ly/inner-alignment

08/10/2026

Have you ever noticed that the same kinds of situations keep affecting you, so that you respond in an unhelpful way?

Things like:
-One difficult conversation ruins your afternoon.
-One piece of feedback has you questioning whether you're good enough.
-One setback becomes evidence that nothing is going to change.

The worst part is, you know you're overthinking, but telling yourself to "stop overthinking" doesn't help. That's because the problem isn't that you're thinking too much. It's that you're viewing the situation through the same perspective every time.

Our minds quickly fill in gaps, make assumptions and attach meaning to what happens, and then we react to that meaning as though it is the only truth.

The good news is that your first interpretation doesn't have to be your final one. You can pause, become curious, and ask: What am I making this mean, and what else could be true instead?

That question creates space for a different response.

If the same situations keep catching you out, I go deeper into how to pause and find another interpretation on my private podcast, Inner Alignment. Pop your email in and it's yours > https://bit.ly/inner-alignment

07/10/2026

Have you ever walked away from a conversation and replayed it in your for the rest of the day (or week)?

You analyse what they said, wonder what they meant, and you think about what you should have (or could have) said differently. And before long, you're not only thinking about what happened. You're carrying the frustration, embarrassment or disappointment with you. And that is not useful.

How much of what you're feeling comes from what actually happened, and how much comes from the meaning you've given it?

We rarely respond only to events. More often, we're responding to our interpretation of them. So we tell ourselves:
"They don't respect me."
"I made a fool of myself."
"This always happens to me."
"I'm not good enough."

Those conclusions can feel like facts, yet they are only one possible perspective.

Consider this: what else could that conversation mean?

24/09/2026

Someone once told me their situation was "just how things are." Six months later they were living proof that it wasn't. Same facts. Different lens.

"There's nothing I can do." "It's too late for me." "That's just how things are here." "I'm too old to start again." "I've always been like this."

When you believe there's only one way to see something, you believe there's only one way to respond. That's where you get stuck, because the lens you're looking through decides what you can see. Look through the "it's too late" lens, and you won't see the opportunities still there. Look through the "I've always been like this" lens, and you won't see the possibility of change. Look through the "there's nothing I can do" lens, and you won't notice the small choices you actually have.

The situation hasn't trapped you. The lens (perspective) you are looking at this from has.

Change doesn't always start with changing the situation. Sometimes it starts with asking what you're not seeing yet, or how you could look at this another way.

Same situation. Different lens. Different meaning, different choices, different possibilities. I call that perspective shifting, and it's one of the most practical things you can do because it changes what you believe is available to you.

Next time you catch yourself thinking there's nothing I can do, or it's too late, or I've always been like this, pause. Ask yourself what someone who believes it's never too late would see. Ask what someone who believes they can change would notice that you're missing. Ask what someone who believes there's always a choice would do differently.

You don't have to believe it yet. Sometimes one shift in perspective opens a door you couldn't see before.

22/09/2026

A client said to me last week, "I should be able to cope with this." I asked her who told her that and she couldn't answer.

"I should be able to cope." "I shouldn't let people down." "I need to have the answer." "I shouldn't make a fuss." "I should be grateful." "I shouldn't need help." "If I work hard, someone will notice."

These are the invisible rules so many of us live by. Some of them served you beautifully. Working hard, being dependable, helping others, those things probably built you a wonderful career and life. But a rule that served you at 25 doesn't automatically get a lifetime membership.

Who decided you should be able to cope with everything? Who said asking for help is weak? Who made the rule that good women don't speak up?

You're allowed to question these once you notice them. Because when we don't, we exhaust ourselves trying to follow rules we never consciously chose. We say yes when we mean no because we should help. We stay silent because we shouldn't make a fuss. We push through exhaustion because we should be able to cope.

Then we wonder why we're so tired. It's because the rules have been running the show and you didn't even write them.

Pick one "should" or "shouldn't" that's been quietly running your life. Write it down. Ask yourself: 'Says who, and does this still serve me?'

If the answer is 'no', or even 'I'm not sure', you've found a belief worth questioning. You don't have to follow every rule you were handed. You're allowed to write new ones.

Comment "SAYS WHO" if you've noticed a rule you've been following that you never actually chose.

18/09/2026

Your boss challenges your idea. So you tell yourself: "She doesn't think I'm capable."

You forget someone's name. So you tell yourself: "My memory is terrible. I'm losing it."

You don't get the job. So you tell yourself: "See? I knew I wasn't good enough."

The event happened, but the meaning was added by you, and most of us never stop to ask: what else could this mean?

Maybe your boss challenged your idea because she's genuinely interested. Maybe you didn't get the role because someone else was simply a better fit, not because you're not good enough. Maybe forgetting someone's name means... you forgot someone's name.

Not everything needs to become evidence against you.

This becomes a trap. We collect evidence all day long that confirms what we already believe about ourselves. If you believe "I'm not capable," your brain will find proof everywhere. A forgotten name becomes "I'm losing it." A challenge becomes "She doesn't believe in me." A missed opportunity becomes "I'll never be good enough."

But none of those meanings are facts; they're interpretations, and interpretations can be questioned.
Here's what to try instead, next time something happens and your brain immediately jumps to a negative meaning, pause and ask: "What are three other ways I could interpret this?"

If your boss challenged your idea, maybe she's testing it because she's considering it.

If you forget a name, maybe you had a lot on your mind today. And side note, I saw a new dentist today, who introduced themselves, and I immediately forgot their name (sigh).

If you didn't get the job, maybe the timing wasn't right, or someone else was a better fit for what they needed right now.

The event stays the same, but the meaning you give it changes everything.

Which one of these have you done this week: the boss, the idea, the name, the job? Next time it happens, catch yourself, and ask what else it could mean.

16/09/2026

You don't speak up in a meeting. So you tell yourself: "I'm not confident."

You look at a role you'd love. "I'm not experienced enough."

Someone else gets promoted. "Maybe I'm just not leadership material."

Notice what just happened? A moment became an identity. You didn't speak up in that meeting, yet that doesn't mean you're "not confident." Those are two very different things: one describes something that happened, the other starts defining who you believe you are. The reality is, when you turn a moment into an identity, you stop seeing it as something you can change, because if you believe "I'm just not confident," what are you supposed to do with that? Do you try harder to be confident, or wait until confidence magically appears?

This type of thinking keeps you stuck.

Instead if you say, "I didn't speak up in that meeting," now you're looking at behaviour, and behaviour can be questioned, practised, adjusted.

Here's what to try instead. Next time you catch yourself saying "I'm not confident" or "I'm not experienced enough" or "I'm not leadership material," pause and reframe it. "I didn't speak up this time" instead of "I'm not confident." "I don't have experience in this area yet" instead of "I'm not experienced enough." "I didn't get that opportunity" instead of "I'm not leadership material."

One describes what happened and the other tells you who you are, so choose the one that leaves the door open.

Comment "REFRAME" if you've been turning moments into identity. You're not alone.

11/09/2026

What if confidence was never the requirement?

We think confident women act because they're certain, that they speak up because they're fearless, or they apply because they know they're qualified. And yet, that's not how it works.

Confidence rarely arrives before the action. Waiting for it before you begin is like waiting to feel fit before you exercise. The thing you're waiting for is built by doing the thing you're avoiding.

You don't need confidence to take the first step. You need enough self-trust to take one small step while uncertainty comes along for the ride. Confidence gets created afterwards, when you look back and think: I handled that. I did the thing I thought I couldn't do.

So instead of asking "How can I feel more confident?" ask, "What would I do next if confidence wasn't required?"

I unpack this more on my private podcast, Inner Alignment. Enter your email and it's yours > https://bit.ly/inner-alignment

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