The hardest moment isn’t when life is falling apart. It’s often when everything is working, but something inside you starts asking for more.

You’ve built a good life. Your career is working. Things are stable. Maybe even successful.

And yet, somewhere beneath it all, there’s the feeling that something is missing.

It's maybe not big enough to blow everything up. It's maybe not even big enough to clearly articulate or explain. It's just enough to make you wonder what comes next.

In this episode of The Inner Briefing, Marie explores the experience many high-achieving professionals encounter but rarely talk about: the moment when achievement no longer feels fully aligned, and purpose hasn’t revealed itself yet.

This conversation isn’t about quitting your job or reinventing your life overnight. It’s about understanding why curiosity, restlessness, or seemingly illogical nudges often appear after we settle into success — and how learning to trust those small signals can quietly reshape your sense of meaning, direction, and fulfillment over time.

You’ll learn:

• Why feeling like “something's missing” is often a sign of growth, not failure

• How purpose actually unfolds without crisis or epiphany

• Why curiosity matters more than certainty

• How to follow intuitive nudges without abandoning the life you’ve built

If you’ve ever thought, “Everything looks fine — so why do I feel this way?” this episode is for you.

Poem reference: https://www.mariegroover.com/post/where-to-go-from-here

There are moments when the world feels too heavy to keep living normally.

You open your phone and see violence, injustice, grief, and chaos. Suddenly posting about your work, your breakfast, your promotion, your art, or even your day job feels..wrong.

It feels insensitive, self-centered, or like you’re ignoring what actually matters.

So what are we supposed to do?

Stop creating? Stop sharing? Stop living?

In this episode, I (Marie Groover) share a conversation with a client who questioned whether she should promote her newly published novel while real harm was unfolding close to home. It was a question that quickly became my own.

Together, we explore the tension between awareness and paralysis, grief and participation, responsibility and humanity.

Because maybe the real question isn’t about social media at all.

Maybe, it's about whether we’re allowed to keep showing up in our lives (at work, in our relationships, in our creativity) while the world is hurting (and while we are hurting with it).

Drawing on a powerful idea echoed by Dan Savage and Glennon Doyle — we grieve, we work, and we dance — this episode offers a reframe:

What if continuing to live isn’t a betrayal of the moment? What if it’s part of what we’re protecting?

If you’ve been wondering whether now is the wrong time to share your work, celebrate something small, laugh with friends, or simply focus on your responsibilities, this conversation is for you.

You are not the problem for still being alive inside a painful world. And your light might be helping someone stay in the fight more than you’ll ever know.

Work with Marie: https://www.thecorppsychic.com/home/about

Strange Breathless Days by Hannah Layne: https://www.strandbooks.com/strange-breathless-days-9798994242728.html

We Can Do Hard Things Episode Reference: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lGCtnMTIbfqus2B3BhAlR?si=KfwAMtioQuK3xGVVyeMBXw

Can AI replace a psychic reader — or make you a stronger one?

In this episode of The Inner Briefing, Marie explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and intuition, and what it means to use tools like ChatGPT inside spiritual practices like tarot, astrology, and Human Design.

You’ll hear how ChatGPT became a neutral co-reader and reflection partner during a real tarot spread — helping Marie identify themes, patterns, and projections she couldn’t fully see on her own.

But this isn’t a “AI will replace spirituality” conversation. It’s a discernment conversation.

We unpack what makes a good psychic reader, why neutrality matters more than certainty, and how AI can support your growth without becoming your authority.

We cover:

• Can AI strengthen intuition and self-trust?
• The difference between insight and energy sensing
• Why ChatGPT can be helpful and misleading
• The danger of AI validation loops
• How to use AI consciously as a self-leadership tool

Because the question isn’t “is this right?”

It’s why does this resonate — and what is it inviting you to see?

Learn more & work with Marie:

• www.mariegroover.com
• www.thecorppsychic.com