#177 The Cost of Living in Systems Not Designed for Women

Today, I interview Katrina van Oudheusden, who reflects on how early family dynamics, expectations, and learning to be capable from a young age shaped the way she learned to push through, stay productive, and quiet parts of herself.Growing up in a large family with strong values around stability and responsibility, Katrina learned to perform well and do what was expected. As an adult, those early patterns followed her into high-achieving environments, where productivity was prioritized and bodily signals were often set aside, eventually leading to exhaustion and a sense of losing her voice.A turning point came when she began questioning whether confidence, speaking, and success were meant to be forced at all. That question opened a deeper exploration of listening to the body and recognizing rhythms many women are never taught to honor.Today, Katrina supports women in slowing down, reconnecting with themselves, and building lives and businesses that feel aligned with who they are. In this conversation, we explore how voice, trust, and presence begin long before speaking, and what becomes possible when listening replaces pushing.__________________Katrina van Oudheusden (van Oud-who’s den) is a Business Growth Coach and creator of the CreatHER Method, a framework that helps highly accomplished women grow their businesses without burnout.With a background rooted in Disney’s legendary customer experience philosophy, Katrina brings a unique blend of strategic precision and emotional connection to everything she creates.Through her offerings, including CreatHER Business Rewire, the CreatHER Planner, and her in-person CreatHER Rest & Reset, she helps ambitious women reconnect with their natural rhythms and design businesses that flow.Katrina’s work blends the art of customer experience with the science of business scaling, turning clarity into cash flow, rest into results, and creativity into sustainable impact.__________________Find Katrina here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrinavanoudheusden/https://www.pinterest.com/thetruthbomb/https://truthbombmarketing.com/go/authentically-female/authentic-femalehttp://creatherplanner.comSupport the showI’m Dr. Doreen Downing and I help people find their voice so they can speak without fear. Get the Free 7-Step Guide to Fearless Speaking https://www.doreen7steps.com​.