00:00 – Why You Feel Stuck on Autopilot 02:10 – Marcy’s Childhood Turning Point 06:30 – 3 Levels of “Showing Up” Explained 12:00 – Autopilot vs True Presence 17:40 – Flow State & Human Connection 23:15 – Fear, Ego & Self-Sabotage 29:30 – Real Story: Breaking the Pattern 35:10 – How to Shift Out of Autopilot 42:20 – Emotional Safety & Leadership 50:00 – Belonging, Purpose & Meaning 57:00 – Music & Personal Questions 1:05:00 – Final Message: Choose How You Show Up
Most people don’t realize they’re living their lives in autopilot mode — disconnected, depleted, and going through the motions. In this powerful conversation, Len May sits down with achievement and human-behavior strategist Marcy Axelrod to expose the real reason we get stuck… and what it actually takes to reclaim presence, purpose, and agency.
Marcy breaks down the three levels of “showing up,” why so many of us collapse into the lowest one, and how childhood experiences quietly script our adult behavior without us ever noticing. From flow state and human connection to fear-based self-sabotage and ego traps, this episode goes straight into the psychology of why we hide from our own potential.
You’ll hear one woman’s raw story of breaking her lifelong patterns, learn how to shift out of autopilot in real time, and understand why emotional safety is the missing ingredient in leadership, relationships, and personal growth. If you’ve felt stuck, numb, overwhelmed, or just not fully there… this conversation will hit home.
And of course — we wrap with music, creativity, and the personal questions that make Everything Is Personal what it is.