Welcome to Experience Over Expectation

Mary McCorvey
Jul 8, 2025
1 min read

Originally published on Mary McCorvey's Substack.

Sometimes, we build our lives around a plan. A career plan. A family plan. A five-year plan. And sometimes… life shows up with a different idea.

That’s where Experience Over Expectation begins.

In this short video, I want to personally welcome you to the podcast and tell you why I created it—and who I created it for.

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I’ve lived a life that’s been full—of both beauty and breaking points. Parenthood, purpose, reinvention, love, loss, and hard-earned wisdom.

This isn't a podcast about how to stick to the plan. It's a podcast about living life on your own terms. What we learn and how we change along the way.

If you’ve ever had to rebuild, reimagine, or redefine yourself— If you’re done with pretending everything is fine when it isn’t— If you believe your life is bigger than your résumé—

You belong here.

I’m so glad you’ve found your way to Experience Over Expectation.