The Truth About Authenticity and Owning Your Story with Jennifer Griffith

What if the story you are not saying out loud is the one quietly shaping how you lead, price, decide, and show up in your business?In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with Jennifer Griffith, author, speaker, and host of the About Your Mother podcast. Jennifer’s work explores the relationships and defining moments that shape who people become, and her debut memoir, Both Sides of Then: Finding Love After Abandonment, offers a powerful lens on motherhood, resilience, abandonment, and rewriting the next chapter without erasing the backstory.Together, Shauna Lynn and Jennifer explore why authenticity cannot be copied from someone else’s framework, how borrowed business advice can pull entrepreneurs away from their real strengths, and why the most meaningful stories often begin in the places people have been taught to hide.Listeners will walk away with a stronger understanding of how to use their own story as a source of clarity, confidence, connection, and business direction.Timestamps:(01:50) - (05:12) - Why hidden scripts shape leadership, pricing, boundaries, and capacity(05:13) - (11:21) - Authenticity, borrowed business advice, and the danger of copying someone else’s strategy(11:22) - (17:22) - How to use case studies, frameworks, and your own why without losing yourself(17:23) - (24:21) - Finding the deeper origin story behind your business, passion, or creative work(24:22) - (31:43) - Negative narratives, reframing painful moments, and using hard stories as fuel(31:44) - (40:23) - Owning your story, identity, family history, and what empowerment really means Resources:Book Your FREE Coaching Assessment Call with Shauna Lynn: https://www.aboutshaunalynn.com/coachmeLearn more about the show: AboutShaunaLynn.com/podcastBoth Sides of Then: Finding Love After Abandonment by Jennifer Griffith: https://byjennifergriffith.com/the-book/Ep 100: Why People Pleasing Is Burning You Out and How to Set Boundaries Without Guilt: https://www.aboutshaunalynn.com/rwrb-podcast-episodes/people-pleasingEp 115: Why the Loudest Business Advice Is Not Always the Smartest Move: https://www.aboutshaunalynn.com/rwrb-podcast-episodes/loudest-adviceConnect with Jennifer Griffith:Learn more about Jennifer: https://www.byjennifergriffith.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.griffith.904/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byjennifergriffith/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ByJenniferGriffithEmail: [email protected] Griffith is an author, speaker, and host of the About Your Mother podcast, where she explores the relationships, family histories, and defining moments that shape people’s lives. Her debut memoir, Both Sides of Then: Finding Love After Abandonment, is a candid reflection on motherhood, resilience, family complexity, and the lasting impact of the stories people inherit and choose to rewrite. Through her writing, podcasting, and speaking, Jennifer invites others to look honestly at both the beauty and the mess of their stories, find connection through shared human experience, and become more empowered by the truth of where they have been and where they are choosing to go next.