#011 - Stepping Into Your Unapologetic Self, with Gen Stoney

In this episode, I’m joined by Gen Stoney, recovery advocate, mentor, and host of The Unapologetic Woman podcast, for a deep conversation about sobriety, self-trust, people pleasing, intimacy, identity, and what it really means to come home to yourself.Gen shares her story of hitting a major breaking point four years into sobriety, realizing that while she had stopped drinking, she had not yet done the deeper work underneath it all. What followed was a complete unraveling of the performance-based version of herself and the beginning of a much deeper healing journey.We talk about:the difference between being sober and truly feeling alivehow trauma, performance, and people pleasing shape identitythe danger of living for validation while looking “fine” on the outsidewhy so many women lose themselves by saying yes to everyone elsehow self-trust is rebuilt through action, not perfectionwhat it means to become an unapologetic womanwhy boundaries often reveal who was only comfortable with the old version of youhow marriage, intimacy, and healing can look very different than people expectwhat it means to return to the version of you who was there all alongthe tools Gen uses now, including EFT tapping, journaling, meditation, and deep emotional honestyOne of my favorite parts of this conversation is how Gen talks about sobriety and healing not as becoming someone completely new, but as coming back to the truest version of yourself, the version that was buried under trauma, performance, fear, and survival.This episode is for the woman who knows she is done performing, done abandoning herself, and ready to start listening to her own heart again.Connect with Gen Stoney:Instagram: @genstoneyFacebook: Gen StoneyCurrent Offer:Gen is offering a 14-day group Telegram experience called Fully Alive, designed to help women feel more tuned in, tapped in, and turned on with their own lives.Connect with Tori:Instagram: @thetoristaufferJoin the Expansion ClubQuestions about private mentorship: [email protected]