Returning to Yourself: A Conversation with Maribeth Swan

Returning to Yourself: A Conversation with Maribeth Swan

Returning to Yourself: A Conversation with Maribeth SwanLinda Binns
Published on: 23/04/2026

The final interview in the Self-Led Leadership series There is a particular kind of reconnection that happens when we stop running and striving. Not necessarily a dramatic transformation or a sudden awakening. Rather, a quiet, steady return — to our body, to nature, to the truth we always carried but somehow learned to distrust. That is the heart of my final conversation in the Self-Led Leadership interview series. And I couldn't have asked for a more fitting place to close. Maribeth Swan is an intuitive counsellor, flower essence guide and educator whose work centers on nervous system healing and helping people reconnect with their deeper essence. She brings lived experience, intuitive awareness, and trauma-informed care to her work — supporting people through grief, loss, and the kind of emotional unravelling that quietly precedes real growth. What drew me to Maribeth, and what I think will stay with you long after you watch this interview, is the quality of gentleness she brings. A reminder that the return to ourselves doesn't have to be hard.

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A Different Kind of Success: A Conversation on Self-Leadership, Women, and Honoring Your Own Rhythm

A Different Kind of Success: A Conversation on Self-Leadership, Women, and Honoring Your Own Rhythm

A Different Kind of Success: A Conversation on Self-Leadership, Women, and Honoring Your Own RhythmLinda Binns
Published on: 26/03/2026

Sometimes we don’t need to hear about something else to motivate and shift us quickly, or yet another formula to follow. It’s refreshing to hear from someone who opens up a space where we can recognize ourselves. My recent conversation with Patricia Noel Drain felt like that because she was speaking from a place many women intuitively recognize, a place that is shaped by experience, reflection, and a deeper kind of self-trust.

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