EPISODE · Apr 23, 2026 · 45 MIN
How to Stop Living by Someone Else's Rules | Invisible Disabilities, Relationship Limits & Breaking Free from the Box
from The Relationship Revolutionary, with Dr. Jeni Wahlig · host Dr. Jeni Wahlig
The box someone built for you was never built with your name on it — and it's time to stop pretending it fits.In this episode, Dr. Jeni Wahlig sits down with writer, speaker, and disability advocate Michelle Steiner, who was told she couldn't go to college, couldn't be published, and couldn't build the career she wanted. She did all of it. Their conversation goes far beyond disability advocacy — it's a reckoning for every person who has internalized someone else's story about what's possible for them.In this episode you'll hear:• Why the real limits keeping you stuck are almost never your identity or diagnosis• What hidden and invisible disabilities reveal about how we love and lead in relationship• Jeni's personal confession about how she perpetuated ableism in her own partnership• What "doing it afraid" actually looks like — and why courage doesn't require certainty• What becomes available when you finally give yourself permission to live outside the boxThis episode is part of the series Hard-Won Truths: Lessons That Transformed Everything. These truths don't come from books. They come from living.🚀 Go deeper inside The Relationship Revolution Community... The space where powerful women (and the partners who love them) learn to lead love differently -- with truth, courage, and support.🔗 Learn more and join here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAIj7diqMCOdLDH4Ufg1X8hQRZLWnTTryE2SxbQDuvqDFf1A/viewform📺 Subscribe to our YouTube channel for all Catalyst Conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@powerfuloveSign up for the "How To Get Your Partner To Finally Show Up The Way You Deserve" Masterclass here: https://bit.ly/masterclass-imworthitGet Michelle's free resource — Steps to Success with a Disability — here:https://www.canva.com/design/DAHEJH5lKTk/ehqIGEoB9Nyqrv8Kg8tNlg/editAdditional resources:Michelle's blog (Michelle's Mission): www.michellesmission.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/michelle.steiner.493966Instagram: www.instagram.com/steiner7250
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The box someone built for you was never built with your name on it — and it's time to stop pretending it fits.In this episode, Dr. Jeni Wahlig sits down with writer, speaker, and disability advocate Michelle Steiner, who was told she couldn't go to college, couldn't be published, and couldn't build the career she wanted. She did all of it. Their conversation goes far beyond disability advocacy — it's a reckoning for every person who has internalized someone else's story about what's possible for them.In this episode you'll hear:• Why the real limits keeping you stuck are almost never your identity or diagnosis• What hidden and invisible disabilities reveal about how we love and lead in relationship• Jeni's personal confession about how she perpetuated ableism in her own partnership• What "doing it afraid" actually looks like — and why courage doesn't require certainty• What becomes available when you finally give yourself permission to live outside the boxThis episode is part of the series Hard-Won Truths: Lessons That Transformed Everything. These truths don't come from books. They come from living.🚀 Go deeper inside The Relationship Revolution Community... The space where powerful women (and the partners who love them) learn to lead love differently -- with truth, courage, and support.🔗 Learn more and join here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAIj7diqMCOdLDH4Ufg1X8hQRZLWnTTryE2SxbQDuvqDFf1A/viewform📺 Subscribe to our YouTube channel for all Catalyst Conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@powerfuloveSign up for the "How To Get Your Partner To Finally Show Up The Way You Deserve" Masterclass here: https://bit.ly/masterclass-imworthitGet Michelle's free resource — Steps to Success with a Disability — here:https://www.canva.com/design/DAHEJH5lKTk/ehqIGEoB9Nyqrv8Kg8tNlg/editAdditional resources:Michelle's blog (Michelle's Mission): www.michellesmission.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/michelle.steiner.493966Instagram: www.instagram.com/steiner7250
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