Empowerography

My guests today are Wendy Cohn Osbourne and Dr Lisa Piper. With over 30 years of combined experience in the legal, healthcare, and holistic wellness industries, Dr. Lisa Piper, Ph.D., DNM, and Wendy Cohn-Osborne are the visionary co-founders of CODE Health. Dr. Lisa, a Board-Certified Doctor of Natural Medicine, and Wendy, a seasoned entrepreneur in healthcare solutions and law, bring together a powerful blend of science, strategy, and soul. Their mission is to educate and empower individuals to be intentional with what they put on and, in their bodies, offering revolutionary therapeutics that provide safe, natural alternatives to traditional medications for both people and animals. Through CODE Health, they’re redefining wellness by merging biology, energy, and information medicine to support the body’s innate ability to heal and thrive.. In this episode we discuss frequency medicine, code health, the modern medicine cabinet and building a pa.Website - https://www.codehealthshop.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/codehealthshop https://www.instagram.com/drlisapiper https://www.instagram.com/wendyicohnIn this episode you will learn:1. Why a drop of saline solution backed by 40 years of molecular research is quietly redefining what a medicine cabinet looks like and why Einstein's prediction about frequency medicine is no longer the future, it's right now — CodeHealth was born from a COVID survival story and a biologist with over 200 patents who had never brought his work to the world at scale. One drop. No dosing by weight. Works for an infant, an adult, and a racehorse equally. This is frequency medicine and it's already here. 2. Why the current healthcare system was never designed for true healing and what it looks like when a workers' compensation attorney and a PhD in natural medicine arrive at the same conclusion from completely different directions — Wendy watched injured workers get processed like numbers through a system that cared more about getting them back to work than actually healing them. Lisa watched cancer patients handed comfort cards filled with carcinogens. Both concluded the same thing: Western medicine treats symptoms, not people. Eastern and Western medicine have to hold hands. 3. What makes a female business partnership actually work the trust, the zones of genius, and why praying for the right partner might be the most underrated business strategy there is — Lisa had been burnt badly by business partners before Wendy. She prayed, made a list of exactly what she needed, and Wendy walked into her hair salon chair and never left. Their framework is simple: whoever feels more strongly wins, if you're upset you hang up and come back, and you never stop having each other's backs.“I got very sick with COVID and my father happened to be the neighbor to this brilliant biologist that created these molecular formulas." - 00:02:29“What Lisa and I also talk about is the importance of taking small, incremental steps and changes." - 00:28:55"Everybody wants everything and everybody wants it now. It's this Amazon Prime mentality and your health is not Amazon Prime.” - 01:08:52Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Empowerography #CodeHealth #TheCodeGirls #FrequencyMedicine #BioengergeticTherapeutics #ModernMedicineCabinet #TheFutureIsNow #EasternMeetsWestern #DrugFreeHealing #NaturalAlternatives #FemaleFounders #WomenInBusiness #HealthParadigmShift #InformationMedicine

My guest today is Jaskirat Kaur. Jas is a certified Life Coach from Mindvalley and is a published author of a Punjabi book ‘Roohaniyat’ that offers a spiritual perspective on life, death and everything in between. She is also one of the co-authors of English book ‘Spread your wings’ where her chapter is dedicated to the special needs moms. She is currently working on her third book ‘The mother heals first’ which is a self-healing guide for Autism moms. She recently got an opportunity to speak on stage in an event ‘Soul Mom talks’ in Vancouver and share her story of being an Autism mom. In this episode we discuss autism motherhood, advocacy, spiritual awakening, self-love and soul connection.Website - https://www.pickupsmiles.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/jaskirat_bajwa_dhillonIn this episode you will learn:1. Why a child’s autism diagnosis that felt like an interruption was actually the greatest spiritual awakening of a mother’s life and how choosing the path of growth over victimhood changed absolutely everything—Jaz was checking every box on the conventional life checklist, career, marriage, immigration, new country, new beginning, when her younger son’s diagnosis stopped everything cold. She describes two paths available in that moment: become the victim of your circumstances or ask what life is trying to teach you. Choosing the second path led her out of a decade-long software career, into herself, and eventually into a mission to support autism moms around the world. 2. Why only a healed mother can bring healing to her children and what self-love actually looks like for a mother who is completely depleted, running on no sleep, and has no time left for herself—Jaz is direct about something most caregiving culture never says out loud: the energy you bring to caregiving matters more than the hours you put in. She shares practical, time-free ways autism moms can come back to themselves—from three conscious breaths to dancing while cooking—and makes a case that the greatest gift any mother can give her child is her own healing. 3. Why autistic children are highly advanced souls and the profound spiritual reframe that shifted Jaz from seeing her son as a victim to recognizing him as her greatest teacher—Through the work of Dr. Brian Weiss and her own deepening spiritual practice, Jaz came to understand her son not as someone broken who needed fixing, but as a soul who chose her and who arrived to evolve her spiritually, reconnect her to the present moment, and remind her of who she truly is. She says everything she has become is because of him.“I was born and raised in Northern part of India, Punjab, and I did what every the normal path that you would say you get into a good school, get degrees, and then get a good job, get married on time, have kids." - 00:02:20“I think motherhood in itself, once a woman gives birth to a child, it's always an initiation." - 00:21:06"I would say that, yes, motherhood is important. It's the most important role that you're playing right now. But your identity does not end and begin with motherhood.” - 00:57:16Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Empowerography #womensempowerment #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #AutismMom #HealedMotherHealedChild #SelfLoveIsNotSelfish #AutismAwareness #SpiritualAwakening #CycleBreaker #AdvancedSouls #FillYourCupFirst #InvisibleLabor #AutismAdvocate #MindfulMotherhood #SovereignWoman

My guest today is Dr Laleh Talebian. Dr. Laleh holds a bachelor's degree in Genetics and Food Biochemistry, a Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology from Dartmouth Medical School, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship on biomarkers for Cystic Fibrosis. She directed a clinical research lab on immunotherapy for blood cancers and served as Research Project Manager at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice. She's completing certification as a Naturopathic Medicine Practitioner. In this episode we discuss cancer, cancer prevention, food as medicine, patient advocacy and the precision empowerment pathway.Website - https://www.dynamicnaturaladvantage.com/FB - https://www.facebook.com/drlalehIG -  https://www.instagram.com/dynamicnaturaladvantage/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlalehphd/In this episode you will learn:1. Why losing her father to cancer at 15 turned a molecular biologist into a research scientist with a mission and why she walked away from the career she devoted her entire life to building—Laleh's father survived a surgery with a 4% chance of survival, only to die a year later, exactly 20 years before she became a cancer researcher. But the deeper she went into the system meant to save people like him, the more she saw a system that profits from keeping people sick rather than helping them heal. 2. The number that will stop you in your tracks, 80% of chronic conditions, including cancer, are preventable and why that truth is uncomfortable for an entire industry built on long-term treatment instead of permanent solutions—Laleh pulls back the curtain on what she calls the sick care system, where pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and even food manufacturers all profit from people staying dependent on medication rather than getting healthy. She explains why there is no financial incentive anywhere in the system to get people off treatment for good. 3. Why food prescriptions, not pharmaceuticals, are at the center of her Precision Empowerment Pathway Method and the real story of a client who came off seven of his eight medications and lost 70 pounds—Laleh applies the same targeted therapy approach she used in cancer research, identifying a disease marker and targeting it precisely, but replaces pharmaceutical drugs with personalized food prescriptions based on each person's unique biology. She is clear that her role is not to fix people, but to hand them the tools to become their own expert and take back control of their health.“The very, very first memory, actually, now that you ask that question is my grandfather died of cancer. Maybe I was about seven or eight years old." - 00:02:20“People need to know that they do have control and they do have options." - 00:36:10"I say that make food, your medicine, once and all the time.” - 01:03:24Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Empowerography #podcast #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #PrecisionEmpowermentPathway #FoodIsMedicine #80PercentPreventable #SickCareNotHealthcare #BigPharmaTruths #CancerPrevention #FunctionalNutrition #TargetedFoodTherapy #ChallengeAuthority #TakeBackYourHealth #RootCauseNotSymptom #HealthIsWealth #PreventionOverPrescription #ParkinsonsRecovery #MetabolicHealth #PersonalResponsibility #OutlawScientist #UnstoppableHealth #NutritionTherapy #NutritionHealing #GeneticResearch #Epigentics

My guest today is Diana Bejasa. Diana travels the country and the world, helping men and women in executive positions overcome adversity and cultivate sustainable work-life balance, both personally and professionally. She shares proven, reliable, and repeatable techniques - including manifestation and energy psychology - to help them reduce stress, reclaim energy, and achieve peak performance with immediate, sustainable results.. In this episode we discuss nervous system optimization, the pizza topping analogy, EFT, time/energy focus and presence.Website - https://www.dianabejasa.com/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@dianabejasaspeaksFB - https://www.facebook.com/dianabejasaspeaksIG - https://www.instagram.com/dianabejasaspeaksLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-bejasa/In this episode you will learn:1. Why “hard work equals success” is a lie we've all been conditioned to believe and the moment surviving 9/11 as a high schooler two blocks from the World Trade Center rewired what Diana believed actually mattered—Through multiple catalyst moments, surviving 9/11, watching colleagues lose everything in the financial crisis, waking up with a bald spot from stress while opening nine restaurants in one day, and an unplanned pregnancy that arrived with divorce papers, Diana kept circling back to the same realization: hustle alone was never the missing piece. Alignment was. 2. The pizza topping analogy that completely re-frames how to think about priorities and why overloading your life with every “good” thing leaves you either burnt out on top or raw and falling apart at the foundation—As a former chef, Diana sees life through the lens of food. Pile every topping onto a pizza and one of two things happens: the top cooks while the bottom burns, or the bottom stays raw while nothing on top finishes properly. She uses this to teach high performers how to identify their true priorities instead of trying to carry everything at once. 3. 1.   What it actually means to lead through presence instead of performance and how being diagnosed with complex PTSD became the unexpected key to meeting herself exactly where she is, instead of where she used to be—Diana's word for the year is “present” in every sense of the word. Leading through performance means chasing enoughness through achievement. Leading through presence means working with the real ingredients available right now, including a brain reshaped by trauma, instead of wishing for last season's version of yourself.“First was surviving 9-11 when I was a child. I was a student in high school, went to school two blocks away from the World Trade Center, and I was in my senior year." - 00:02:49“Being in the business world, I think it is a lot of this very male-dominated alpha force energy, like what we were talking about with hustle culture earlier." - 00:22:33"I created this time energy focused journal, it's part of what I call the time energy focus system.” - 00:54:13Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Empowerography #podcastlife #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #TimeEnergyFocus #LeadFromPresence #ItsTheWayNotInTheWay #HustleCultureLies #EnergyPsychology #ThoughtFieldTherapy #ManifestationWithStructure #ComplexPTSDAwareness #GratitudeReframed #DesignAroundRealLife #PizzaPriorities #SuccessIsToTaste #NervousSystemMatters #SelfReflectionAndHonesty

My guest today is Elisabeth Carson. Elisabeth Carson is a global speaker, entrepreneur, and founder of Enhanced Flow, a movement helping people rebuild their lives from the inside out by aligning mind, body, and soul. Her work bridges neuroscience, trauma healing, emotional mastery, and biohacking, uniting science and spirituality through lived experience and personal transformation.. In this episode we discuss healing, the mirror method, neurofeedback, biohacking, consciousness and purpose.Website - https://www.elisabethunlimited.com/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ElisabethUnlimitedFB - https://www.facebook.com/elisabethhoekstra0214IG - https://www.instagram.com/elisabeth_unlimitedLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabethunlimited/In this episode you will learn:1. Why losing everything twice in one lifetime taught Elisabeth that life happens FOR you, not TO you—From a teenage drug binge that left her brain inflamed, to jail, to walking her newborn's father into prison, to having her company and reputation publicly dismantled not once but twice as an adult, Elisabeth has rebuilt from rock bottom more times than most people face in a lifetime. Each collapse became fuel rather than the end of her story. 2. Why addiction doesn't look like what you think it looks like—and the brutally honest truth about being a high-functioning party girl while still being completely addicted—Elisabeth was modeling, acting, and partying with celebrities, never the person living on the street, but she's clear that doesn't mean she wasn't an addict. If you need a substance to feel a certain way because you can't create that feeling naturally, that is an addiction, whether it's alcohol, scrolling, shopping, food, or a relationship. 3. What the Mirror Method is and how a simple four-step process can rewire judgment, trauma patterns and old wounds in real time, in seconds, as you move through your day—Elisabeth's self-developed framework walks through realizing a judgment in the moment, finding its root through a body scan, reprogramming the wounded part of yourself underneath it, and then taking an action step that seals the new pattern into reality before the brain reverts to old programming.“For the first time, when I was 19 years old, I experienced neural feedback and that was after a very long drug binge." - 00:02:43“Sovereignty for me, it really means freedom within my own world to create and pay attention to and have in my energetic sphere exactly what I want." - 00:40:20"What if that painful thing that you've been running from your whole life, what if your purpose was inside of that pain?” - 01:20:53Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Empowerography #podcastlife #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #EnhancedFlow #MirrorMethod #HealingIsTheRealFlex #NeuroscienceMeetsSpirituality #RockBottomToRebuilt #EverythingHappensForYou #SovereigntyOverSurvival #FollowYourIntuition #ShadowWorkHeals #DivineFeminineEnergy #SelfAwarenessIsPower #TraumaInformedHealing #ResilientByDesign #OwnYourStory #FromPainToPurpose #JailToJoy #YourBirthright #UnstoppableMindset #Neurofeedback #Mindbodysoul #Selfawareness #Healing #Biohacking #Consciousness #Neuroscience #Balance #Emotionalmastery #Mindfulness #Addiction #Spirituality

Brad Walsh is an International Speaker, Soul Visibility Guide, podcast host/producer, photographer, and #1 International Best-Selling Author who helps women step into their power and men become compassionate leaders. Through Empowerography, a Top 1.5% Globally Rated Podcast, he has held space for 800+ conversations with extraordinary women, creating a movement to EMPOWER, ELEVATE, and EDUCATE voices around the world.I would like to personally welcome you to Brad's Corner, a new series under the Empowerography Podcast umbrella, a space where I share raw reflections, personal insights, and the lessons I've gathered from the incredible women I've had the honor of interviewing.In Episode 7 of Brad's Corner, in honor of Men's Mental Health Month, I step away from amplifying women's voices for a moment to talk about something that has been sitting on my chest for weeks. A close friend of mine opened up to someone he was trying to build something with—and she ran the other way. That moment cracked something open in me. Because his story isn't rare. It's the story of millions of men who are told to be strong providers and vulnerable partners at the same time, and then punished the moment they actually try to be both. This episode is about the silence that is killing our men, the numbers behind that silence, and what happened when I posted about it publicly and almost no men responded at all.This episode explores:•     Why a friend's heartbreak after opening up emotionally exposed a painful double standard men are facing today •     What happened at the Empowerography Live men's panel that completely shifted the energy of the entire conference •     The real numbers behind men's mental health suicide rates, treatment rates, and the number one reason men give for not seeking help •     Why men's pain rarely looks like sadness and what it actually looks like instead (irritability, anger, withdrawal, overworking) •     What happened when I posted about this publicly and the deafening silence from men that proved the entire point •     Why this work has to start with our boys, long before the world teaches them otherwise •     Why supporting men doesn't compete with amplifying women, it walks right alongside itKey Insights:•     Men are told to be the strong provider and the vulnerable partner at the same time and then punished the moment they choose vulnerability •     Men die by suicide at nearly four times the rate of women, and less than half of men struggling with mental illness seek any treatment at all •     We have raised generations of men to believe silence and stoicism is strength and that belief is literally killing us •     Vulnerability is not the opposite of strength. It is strength Key Message:To every man listening: you are not weak for struggling. You are not broken for feeling things. No human is broken—we just need help, support, and guidance. You are human, and that's all this is. To everyone else: please check on your men. Not the surface level “hey, how are you,” but the real question, the one where you actually wait to hear the answer. Supporting men doesn't take away from amplifying women. It walks right alongside it. We cannot do this alone, not as all the women and not as all the men. We are meant to do this together, as human beings, for our men, for our boys, and for all of humanity."That silence is costing us men everything" - 00:03:43“Vulnerability is not the opposite of strength. It is strength” - 00:11:56"To every man listening to this episode right now, I want you to know you are not weak for struggling" - 00:12:30Contact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Empowerography #BradsCorner #MensMentalHealthMonth #MenWeForgetAbout #VulnerabilityIsStrength #RaiseBetterBoys #MentalHealthMatters #StrongMenStruggleToo #TogetherNotAlone #AllyshipInAction #BreakTheSilence #AskForHelp #SilenceIsKillingUs #MasculinityRedefined

My guest today is Julie D'Ann. As an Illumination Guide, Transformational Life Coach, Inspirational TEDx Speaker, and International Bestselling Author, Julie is passionate about inspiring others to connect within to achieve calm confidence despite any chaos happening in the world. Getting meditation taught in schools and bringing life-changing practices into homes and classrooms is Julie's mission. In this episode we discuss breath work, mindfulness, meditation, gratitude, parenting and our children.Website - https://juliedannauthor.com/TEDx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFYTAKtbzh4YouTube - https://youtube.com/@illuminateyourlife6086FB - https://www.facebook.com/julie.d.ann.2025/IG - https://www.instagram.com/julie_dann_/Amazon Page - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Julie-DAnn/author/B0C1LK5CGK?In this episode you will learn:1. Why a classroom evacuation became the spark for a movement and how something as simple as breathing could rewire the way an entire generation handles big emotions—When Julie's daughter came home and said her class had been evacuated because a child couldn't regulate their emotions, it broke Julie's heart wide open. She realized that child didn't need to be isolated, they needed someone to breathe with them. One simple tool, available to every single child, could have changed the entire outcome. 2. Why the entire education system needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt from the foundation up and what it would actually look like if children were taught through joy, storytelling and co-creation instead of compliance—Julie and Brad don't hold back on this one. The current system was built to create obedient workers, not thriving humans. A reimagined education would honor silence and stimulation equally, treat every child as intrinsically valuable from day one, and replace rigid, forced curriculums with curiosity, storytelling and real human connection. 3. What illumination really means and the three simple daily practices that build calm, confident kids and calm, confident parents—Julie believes we are all light beings covered by layers of conditioning, and illumination is simply removing what is shading that light. She shares her three foundational practices—deep breathing, gratitude journaling, and consciously choosing better thoughts—that any parent can start using today to shift the entire emotional climate of their home.“Anybody can connect through their breath, anybody can learn how to calm the body." - 00:03:43“I think, at the foundation of education is you have to understand it's all two sides of the same coin." - 00:27:49"We are all connected and we are here, not just to survive, we are here to thrive, to live better lives.” - 00:54:20Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Empowerography #podcastlife #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #IlluminationGuide #ConsciousEducation #BreatheToHeal #GratitudePractice #FaceEverythingAndRise #ReimagineEducation #IntrinsicallyValuable #YouAreLightBeings #MasculineAndFeminineEnergy #MindfulParenting #SeaChangeInEducation #ChildrenAreOurTeachers #ChooseBetterThoughts #CalmConfidentKids #StorytellingHeals #YouAreEnoughFromDayOne #ThriveNotJustSurvive #TEDxSpeaker

My guest today is Dana Diaz. Dana S. Diaz is a bes-tselling , award-winning author and global speaker and podcaster. Her memoir trilogy, GASPING FOR AIR, CHOKING ON SHAME, and RISING FROM THE ASHES, was inspired by her lifelong experience with abuse and domestic violence and the healing journey she was led on as a result. Dana has been featured on nearly 300 podcasts worldwide, holding the rank of #1 Most Popular Podcast Guest worldwide in 2024, according to Podmatch.com. You may have also seen her on NBC Chicago and on the main stage of the Ultimate Women's Expo in Chicago. Her emotional intelligence and relatability resonates deeply with attendees of women’s empowerment and wellness conferences, as well as participants in the healing workshop for women she co-leads. In this episode we discuss narcissistic abuse, generational trauma, trauma bonding, shame, forgiveness and self-awareness.Website - https://danasdiaz.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-s-diaz-208927298/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA3d2zZqyIkzwaIPfztOhlwFB - https://www.facebook.com/danasdiazauthorIG - https://www.instagram.com/danas.diazIn this episode you will learn:1. How 40 years of chronic stress and an abusive marriage attacked Dana's body until doctors discovered her own white blood cells were destroying themselves — After years of unexplained symptoms, blackouts, and a rare lung condition, doctors finally named it: decades of fight-or-flight cortisol. The moment her abusive husband moved out, every symptom vanished instantly. A switch flipped. 2. Why healing requires brutal accountability, not for the abuse, but for the choice to stay and why that distinction is the most uncomfortable truth Dana teaches — Nobody is ever to blame for how they're treated. But Dana is clear she had the power to leave at any point in her 25-year marriage. Recognizing that choice wasn't self-blame — it was the discovery of her own power. 3. What shame actually steals from women and the "bag of potatoes" metaphor Dana uses to teach people how to stop carrying other people's trauma — Shame is someone else's unhealed trauma dressed up as your fault. Dana pictures everyone's shame as heavy bags of potatoes she was never meant to carry. The moment she set them down, she stopped sabotaging her own future.“Who was Dana? Dana, I'm not sure she even knew who she was. Dana, to give the short version of the long story, Dana was born to an unwed teenage mother back when it wasn't okay to be born to an unwed teenage mother." - 00:02:22“The part of healing that's scary is taking accountability, I think. I always say the first step in healing is self-awareness." - 00:29:02"Shame steals your freedom.” - 01:16:18Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Empowerography #podcastlife #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #GaspingForAir #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery #PutYourCapeOn #ShameIsNotYours #TakeYourPowerBack #HealingIsNotLinear #BodyKeepsScore #AccountabilityIsPower #BoundariesAreNotSelfish #SelfRespectMatters #SurvivorToThriver #Dana2Point0 #BullshitCallerOuter #DisruptToHeal #ChooseYourself #YouAreNotBroken #DomesticAbuseAwareness #TruthTeller

My guest today is Ana Pashyanti. Ana Pashyanti shares meditation and energy healing practices to empower others to heal and dissolve what stands in the way of their true inner peace and joy. So now she guides others on their paths of healing and awakening into that limitless horizon of possibility we call the human potential. In this episode we discuss awakening, meditation, energy healing, boundaries and trauma recovery.Website - https://www.anapashyanti.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-pashyanti/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@AnaPashyantiIn this episode you will learn:1. Why everything in your life has to collapse before you can truly discover who you are and why hitting ground zero is not the end of your story but the sacred beginning of it — Ana spent decades ignoring her inner voice and giving her power away until she had nothing left, no home, no plan, no direction. It was only sitting at her parents' kitchen table with nowhere to go that she asked herself for the very first time: what do I actually want? That one question and the answer that came back immediately, changed her entire life forever. 2. Why not having boundaries isn't kindness — it's self-destruction and what happens when you spend a lifetime believing that saying yes to everyone else is what makes you a good person — Ana believed that a truly good person would choose self-sacrifice every time. That belief cost her everything. It led her into a situation where she was brainwashed, held against her will, and locked in an apartment by an abusive partner who threatened her family when she tried to leave. The most devastating truth she had to face afterward was that her self-sacrifice hadn't helped anyone. It had enabled them. And it had almost killed her. 3. How to stop blocking your own healing — the difference between repressing your emotions and actually feeling them and the practice that begins to dissolve everything stored in your body that has been weighing you down for years — Ana teaches that the biggest lie we tell ourselves is that we are broken and need to be fixed. We are not broken. We are diamonds with density dimming our light. The path is to consciously go into the darkness, welcome it, and allow it to transmute. Emotions that are not felt get stored in the body as disease. Emotions that are felt and allowed to move through you become energy you can use to build an entirely new life.“I finally, for the first time in my life, sitting at that kitchen table, staring into the bleak nothingness of that dreary February day, I finally, for the first time, asked myself, what do I really want?" - 00:04:44“A lot of us come into this life, if you ask me, even before coming to this life, we come in here thinking that we have to suffer in order to learn." - 00:21:18"You are not only connected to source, you are a source.” - 00:40:35Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Empowerography #podcastlife #womensempowerment #entrepreneurship #womenworthandwellness #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #HealingJourney #SomaticHealing #EnergyHealing #Rewilding #MeditationPractice #ConsciousAwakening #BoundariesAreHealing #SelfSacrificeIsNotKindness #YouAreNotBroken #DiamondNotDirt #IntuitionIsYourSuperpower #GroundZeroToGlowing #SufismAndSpirituality #ShadowWork #SourceEnergy #InnerPeaceIsPowerful #FeelItToHealIt #ShineYourLight #Awakening #Alchemy #Rewilding #Innerpeace

My guest today is Lynn Reckamp. Lynn Reckamp is the Executive Director of Holiday Heroes, where she channels her passion into bringing joy and comfort to pediatric patients—work that truly lights her up. A proud mom of four amazing young adults, Lynn thrives on adventure, whether it’s hopping on a plane to somewhere new, strolling through a farmers market, or soaking up the sun near the water.. In this episode we discuss holiday heroes, social impact, joy, laughter as medicine and kindness.Website - https://www.holiday-heroes.org/IG - https://www.instagram.com/holidayheroesfoundation/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/holidayheroesfoundation/In this episode you will learn:1. Why joy is not just a feeling but a healing force and the science-backed proof that spreading joy to sick children literally changes their vital signs—At a Holiday Heroes hospital party, a nurse pulled Lynn aside during a bedside visit and showed her something extraordinary on the heart monitor of a nonverbal, critically ill child. When Cinderella began singing, the little girl’s dangerously elevated heart rate dropped—and by the end of the first song it had returned to exactly where it was supposed to be. Lynn had to walk away because she was so overwhelmed. You cannot argue with a heart monitor. Joy heals. 2. What it means to lead when your currency is not profit but presence and how the most powerful thing you can offer another human being costs absolutely nothing—Lynn walks into rooms where parents have been sitting bedside for weeks, terrified and exhausted, and her team’s entire mission is simply to bring a moment of joy. No invoice. No pitch. No agenda. Just presence. A dad standing six foot six breaks down in tears watching his bald daughter dance with a costume character. A grandmother chases Cinderella down a hospital hallway to say “you gave us a smile and a memory we will never forget.” That is what leadership without ego looks like. 3. The one truth that changes how you see every stranger you pass on the street and why empathy is not optional but the most important practice we can build into our everyday lives—Lynn has watched parents walk out of hospital oncology units and disappear into the busy streets of Chicago, and no one around them has any idea what they just left behind. She says the most important thing this work has taught her is that you never truly know what someone else is going through. The person who cuts you off in traffic, the stranger who seems cold or rude—they could be carrying something unimaginable. So be kind. Give the compliment. Smile. Pay for the order. It costs you nothing and it could change everything.“Holiday Heroes is a non-for-profit and our mission is so sweet and simple. We spread joy to pediatric patients and we do this by going into these hospitals and we throw parties for the kids." - 00:02:54“I think that even little, we bring joy to these kids and even if it's just 10 minutes of joy, I think what joy means is it gives you a break from stuff that's not joyful and not happy and the bad stuff, the sickness, the illness." - 00:22:53"I just think in general, people are good.  Even people, everyone has bad days, but in general, people are just good.” - 00:39:15Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack

My guest today is Nancy Lynne Griffin. Nancy is a connector and influencer. She attributes her success to personal courage, determination, and joy, when focusing on women’s health and wellness, hence creating Women,Worth & Wellness®. Nancy enjoys every opportunity to inspire and inform women about their personal health and wealth, net worth and self-worth, philanthropy and legacy—so that women feel fabulous, generous, joyful, confident, and on top of their game every day. Nancy Griffin established Women, Worth & Wellness in 1994 as a Private Client Wealth Advisor for her female clients and their families. In this episode we discuss women worth and wealth, health as a priority, menopause, being respectfully selfish.Website - https://womenworthwellness.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/womenworthandwellness/FB - https://www.facebook.com/womenworthandwellnessYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCODT3IoUJsg0HEDx1zMQRHALinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/womenworthandwellness/In this episode you will learn:1. Why your health is your number one asset and how owning it completely transforms not just your body but your confidence, your wealth, and every single relationship in your life—Nancy’s mother told her from a young age that without your health you have nothing, and after over three decades building Women, Worth and Wellness, she knows it to be absolutely true. When women stop putting everyone else first and start treating their own health as a AAA1 priority, something shifts. They show up differently. They glow. And the ripple effect of that single decision touches every corner of their lives, their finances, their families, their freedom. 2. What “respectfully selfish” and “respectfully aggressive” really mean and why reclaiming these words is one of the most powerful acts of self-worth a woman can perform—For too long women have been conditioned to shrink, defer, and put themselves last out of fear of being called selfish or aggressive. Nancy flips both of these words completely on their head. Being selfish means making yourself a priority so you can show up as your best for everyone else. Being aggressive means stepping up, speaking out, and refusing to back down when the world tries to cut you down. When someone called Nancy aggressive, she said thank you and meant it. 3. How the Tall Poppy Syndrome operates in corporate spaces—and the one strategy that defeats it every single time—Born in Australia, the Tall Poppy Syndrome describes what happens when high-achieving women are recruited into organizations and then quietly targeted by those who feel threatened by their presence. The playbook is always the same: make it uncomfortable enough that she leaves on her own. Nancy’s counter-strategy is equally simple and devastatingly effective, don’t give up, don’t back down, don’t disappear. Stay, find a way to get along, and sooner or later the people trying to cut you down will realize they cannot bring you down.“As I started to work with women, you just get this whole aspect that your first priority is your health before you even get to your wealth. " - 00:06:13“I think willingness to choose herself is wellness." - 00:36:06"Live your life and love your life.” - 00:56:42Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Empowerography #tallpoppysyndrome #podcastlife #womensempowerment #entrepreneurship #womenworthandwellness #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #womenswealth

Brad Walsh is an International Speaker, Soul Visibility Guide, podcast host/producer, photographer, and #1 International Best-Selling Author who helps women step into their power and men become compassionate leaders. Through Empowerography, a Top 1.5% Globally Rated Podcast, he has held space for 800+ conversations with extraordinary women, creating a movement to EMPOWER, ELEVATE, and EDUCATE voices around the world.I would like to personally welcome you to Brad's Corner, a new series under the Empowerography Podcast umbrella, a space where I share raw reflections, personal insights, and the lessons I've gathered from the incredible women I've had the honor of interviewing.In Episode 6 of Brad's Corner, I talk about something I've witnessed in conversation after conversation with women in their 50s and older. Something profound. Something that makes everyone around her uncomfortable. Something that's often misunderstood as a midlife crisis when it's actually a midlife clarity. I'm talking about the moment when a woman stops apologizing for who she is. When she stops people-pleasing, stops making everyone else comfortable, stops shrinking herself to fit into expectations that were never hers to begin with. And everybody around her, her partner, her kids, her friends, her colleagues, looks at her and thinks, "What the hell happened to the old version of her?" But here's what they're missing. She didn't disappear. She didn't go anywhere. She's actually just arrived. This episode explores: What midlife clarity really looks like (and why it's not a crisis, it's a remembering)The shift that happens when a woman stops living for everyone else and starts living for herselfWhat this transformation looks like in real life (boundaries, truth-telling, unapologetic living)Why everyone around her freaks out (and what their discomfort is really about)The return to the divine feminine (powerful, creative, intuitive, unapologetic)A message to the men: How to meet her in this transformation instead of resisting itThe four things men need to do to support the women in their lives through this shift (get curious, stop trying to fix her, grow with her, celebrate her)Key Insights:She's not having a crisis, she's having a breakthrough, a remembering of who she was before the world told her who she needed to beThe discomfort others feel isn't about her, it's about them losing the version of her that made them comfortableThis transformation is a return to the divine feminine: powerful, creative, intuitive, and unapologeticIf you're not willing to grow with her, you're going to lose her, not because she's selfish, but because she is finally choosing herselfYour job is not to fix her, manage her, or get her back to "normal", your job is to meet her where she's at with curiosity, growth, patience, and supportKey Message:If you're a woman in your 50s going through this shift, you are not selfish. You are not broken. And you are certainly not having a crisis. You are waking up to who you truly are. Your job is not to make them comfortable. Your job is to become who you have always been beneath all those layers of conditioning. If you're a man whose partner, mother, sister, or friend is going through this, stop resisting it. Stop trying to get the old her back. She's not coming back. And that is a good thing because the woman she's becoming is the one who was always there. She's just done apologizing for it. Meet her there with curiosity, growth, patience, and support. If you can do that, you will witness one of the most profound transformations you have ever seen. It's not a midlife crisis. It is a midlife rebirth. And that is an absolutely beautiful gift.Contact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTokSubstack#Bradscorner #Podcast #Empowerography #Podcasting #Podcast #Maleally #Midlife #Midlifeclarity #Remembering #Support #Transformation #Breakthrough #Disappear #Invisible #Shift #Boundaries

My guest today is Dr Pauline Crawford. As a visionary British leader, Dr. Pauline Crawford is the Founder and Chief Vision Officer of Corporate Heart International, Past President of the Rotary Club of Global Impact, and Program Director for the International University of Entreprenology. Additionally, she holds the esteemed position of G100 Global Chair for Authentic Harmony & Positive Masculinity. Dr. Crawford is recognized as an accomplished international speaker and author of "The Power of Authentic Harmony." In this episode we discuss gender dynamics, authentic harmony, re-architecting systems, equality and lighthouses.Website - https://www.corporateheartinternational.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/paulinecrawfordmcFB - https://www.facebook.com/pauline.crawford.omps2YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@DrPaulineCrawfordPHDLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinecrawford/Amazon Books - https://www.amazon.com/Power-Authentic-Harmony-Conversations-Transforming/dp/1959471015/In this episode you will learn:1. Why the conversation has to shift from equality to harmony and what “Say goodbye to equality, hello to harmony” actually means for the future of men and women in leadership—After over a century of fighting for equality, Pauline argues the framework itself has become a barrier. Equality asks women to fit into a system built by men, while harmony invites everyone to co-architect something entirely new one that honors the full spectrum of human differences, from gender to generation, as magnificent rather than problematic. 2. What gender dynamics intelligence is and how the four archetypes; Ruler, Philosopher, Sovereign, and Magician can revolutionise how we understand ourselves, lead others, and navigate conflict—Born from 30-plus years of observation, Pauline’s framework maps masculine and feminine energy across four archetypes. When understood as a reference point rather than a label, this map helps individuals identify their natural strengths, understand why certain relationships create friction, and build the kind of complementary teams that function like a well-tuned orchestra, where every instrument matters and none leads alone. 3. How to become part of the solution right now and why pausing, observing, and being intentional are the first three acts of anyone who wants to build a more harmonious world—Pauline’s invitation is not complicated: pause before reacting, get intentional about who you are and what you bring, and start having the conversations that most people are too scared or conditioned to have. Whether it’s in a boardroom, a classroom, or a kitchen, harmony is built one willing conversation at a time and the world is desperately ready for them.“I've always been kind of like a connector, like there's a lighthouse in the middle. " - 00:04:33“The idea of gender dynamics intelligence came from my own experience way back as a young woman." - 00:39:59"Always remember that the conversation is between you and somebody else.” - 01:07:08Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#Empowerography #Empowerographypodcast #podcastlife #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #AuthenticHarmony #GenderDynamicsIntelligence #ConversationGameChanger #CorporateHeart #WomenAndMen #LeadershipArchetypes #SayGoodbyeToEquality #HarmonyNotEquality #MagicalConversations #CollaborativeLeadership

My guest today is Amy Vaughan. Today, I serve multiple missions: As CEO of Together Digital, I lead a platform that empowers 500+ women in digital and tech through strategic networking and community building. As an executive coach, I guide creative leaders and entrepreneurs to lead with authenticity, helping them navigate the intersection of innovation, purpose, and operational excellence. In this episode we discuss community building, women in tech, allyship, together digital and leadership.Website - https://www.togetherindigital.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/_amypvaughan/FB - https://www.facebook.com/togetherindigital/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@togetherindigital3269LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amypvaughan/In this episode you will learn:1.   Why the entrepreneurial spark never dies and how going back to your eight-year-old self is the truest measure of success—Amy grew up creating planeteer clubs and summer camps in a small trailer park in Ohio, already wired for community and entrepreneurship. After decades of conditioning, corporate paths, and self-doubt, it wasn’t until she found Together Digital in her late 30s that she remembered who she’d always been—and realized that eight-year-old Amy would be proud. 2.   What authentic leadership really means beyond the buzzword and why “executive presence” is just veiled feedback telling you to be someone else—Amy breaks down why true leadership isn’t a performance. It requires self-awareness, humility, and vulnerability—not a polished image. When she’s had to navigate layoffs, company sales, and hard transitions, showing up with radical transparency is what built the deepest trust, even earning thank-yous from people she had to let go. 3.   Why women won’t be replaced by AI but will be replaced by women who know how to use it—and the biggest revolution waiting in digital and tech—With AI rapidly replacing mid-tier roles where women are disproportionately concentrated, Amy argues the revolution isn’t just about learning the tools—it’s about embracing a constant-learner mentality, using AI responsibly and creatively, and leveraging the distinctly human qualities no algorithm can replicate: original connections, breakthrough ideas, and the creativity that comes from rest, not relentless productivity.“Entrepreneurship is a choice and you choose to show up no matter how hard it gets. " - 00:05:15“Courage comes through action. You don't gain courage." - 00:35:01"Only you can do you and no one's going to do it for you. You have to really just find your own path.” - 01:11:07Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#Empowerography #Empowerographypodcast #podcastlife #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #TogetherDigital #AuthenticLeadership #WomenInTech #WomenInDigital #CommunityBuilding #BelongingMatters #LeadWithVulnerability #ScarcityMindset #AIAndWomen #CreativeLeadership #WomenSuportingWomen #Allyship #PeoplOverProfit #EntrepreneurMindset #ConstantLearner #SelfAwareness #EnnagramNine #CommunityOverCompetition #OwnYourPath #Resilience

My guest today is Lindsay Jorgensen. Lindsay Jorgensen is a faith-centered mindset mentor who helps people identify patterns that move them out of survival mode and into God-aligned abundance. She approaches this by blending neuroscience, nervous system regulation, and faith-led identity work. After transforming her own relationship with money, safety, God, and purpose, Lindsay now teaches others how to rewire the patterns holding them back so they can create emotional peace, spiritual alignment, and financial overflow — without the hustle, doubt, or fear. Her work centers on the belief that abundance is your birthright, your nervous system is the gateway, and alignment with God transforms everything. In this episode we discuss STEERS framework, god-aligned abundance, grief, purpose and nervous system regulation.Website - https://www.theempoweredmindset.coIG - https://www.instagram.com/empoweredmindsetco/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@empoweredmindsetcoYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@empoweredmindsetcollective/shortsIn this episode you will learn:1 Why grief became the catalyst for the biggest leap of faith and how surrendering to God opened a completely different view of life—Six weeks after giving birth to her third child, Lindsay's mom was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and given 12 months to live. In that moment, on her knees in prayer, Lindsay chose: either sit and wallow in depression and anger, or cling to Christ and look for the opportunity God was showing her and that choice changed everything.2 How depression for 13 years wasn't a brain chemistry problem, it was a pattern problem, and why "maybe I just can't be happy" was the lie keeping her small—Lindsay believed for over a decade that she was just someone who didn't know how to be happy, that depression was her default. But through nervous system work, identifying patterns, and faith-led identity work, she discovered those beliefs were priming the reality she was experiencing—and she could rewrite them.3 What "your existence is your worthiness" actually means and why the unworthiness belief is the root pattern blocking money, purpose, peace, and abundance—The most common pattern Lindsay sees is people believing they're not worthy of success, love, joy, freedom, or money, usually instilled at a young age. But your worthiness isn't earned through achievement or perfection; you are worthy simply because you exist, no matter your background, sins, or mistakes.“The catalyst moment for me though in that time, I was pregnant with my third and that business started to get put on the back burner because of that. The catalyst moment actually for me was unexpected. " - 00:02:42“We will only ever have what we believe is possible for ourselves." - 00:24:19"You are divinely designed with an intentional purpose on this earth. You were created from love.” - 00:52:40Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#Empowerography #Empowerographypodcast #podcastlife #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #FaithCenteredMindset #NervousSystemRegulation #GodAlignedAbundance #SurvivalModeToThriving #PatternBreaking #DepressionRecovery #WorthinessJourney #FaithLeap #MindsetMentor #GriefAndGrowth #DivinePurpose #Neuroscience #IdentityWork #YouAreWorthy #Steersframework #hustleculture #faithcenteredmindsetmentor #gratitude #Charity #neuroplasticity #prayer #Grief

My guest today is Victoria Starr. Victoria Lee Starr is a Spiritual Outlaw and Midlife Midwife who guides women through the sacred season of reinvention using breathwork for transformation, guided microdosing plant medicine support, somatic ritual, and emotional excavation. In this episode we discuss midlife reinvention, being a spiritual outlaw, breathwork, microdosing and liberation.Website - https://www.victorialeestarr.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/victorialeestarr/FB - https://www.facebook.com/victorialeestarrYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChhEmw1zGltoanvgU3usJGAIn this episode you will learn:1 Why self-abandonment becomes a survival pattern and how it shows up as perfectionism disguised as love—Victoria spent decades proving her worth through Ironman races and ultra-marathons, seeking external validation from narcissistic parents and partners who never gave it, until a massive download on a beach in Costa Rica told her: "You will never abandon yourself again."2 How the "perfect life" from the outside can be a prison on the inside and what it takes to blow it all up—Living in Costa Rica's jungle near the beach looked idyllic, but Victoria was suffocating in an abusive relationship, following rules that were killing her soul, until breathwork cracked open the armor and she chose the hardest path: leaving the country, the relationship, and the illusion of perfection.3 What midlife reinvention actually looks like when you stop performing and start living full-time in a van with your dog—After leaving Costa Rica, Victoria lived through 10 months of the darkest nights of her life, then chose radical freedom: living full-time in a Ram ProMaster van for 4 years, learning to trust her intuition, keep herself safe, and step outside society's expectations as a self-proclaimed "spiritual outlaw.“So the first half of my life, this person, this woman, this human that was here on this earth, she adapted to survive. " - 00:02:48“We're souls that have come into this human body and whether we have been here many different iterations and many more to come." - 00:32:13"We all have different iterations of what love is, but it's this energy.” - 01:08:04Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.At Empowerography, we believe stories change lives. Through powerful conversations, community, and empowerment-driven events like the Empowerography Live Conference, we help women turn their voices into impact because your story isn’t just yours…it’s someone else’s survival guide. Learn more at https://www.empowerographypodcast.comContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#Empowerography #Empowerographypodcast #PodcastLife #Podcast #MidlifeReinvention #SpiritualOutlaw #BreathworkHealing #SelfAbandonment #VanLife #MidlifeMidwife #PlantMedicine #SomaticHealing #RadicalFreedom #MidlifeTransformation #EmotionalExcavation #VanLifeWomen #GuidedMicrodosing #BreakThePatterns #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #Selftrust #Innerguidance #Healingjourney #Traumarecovery #Radicalresponsibility #Somaticritual #Sacredseason #Generationalhealing #Selfabandonment #Selflove

My guest today is Darlene Lekowski. Darlene Lekowski is a number one top selling author, speaker, advocate, but most importantly, a survivor.Forced to hide the secret of her childhood trauma for more than fifty years, Darlene is now speaking out. Her message is one of resiliency and healing, and her intention is to use her voice to help others find theirs. In this episode we discuss sexual assault, sibling abuse, family trauma, survivor advocacy and speaking out.Website - https://darlene-lekowski.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/darlenelekowskiFB - https://www.facebook.com/darlenelekowskiDarlene's Book - https://www.amazon.com/Shattering-Silence-Survival-Justice-Telling/dp/1958472433In this episode you will learn:Why sibling sexual abuse is the most hidden form of trauma and shockingly common—Darlene reveals that it's 3-5 times more common for an older sibling to abuse a younger one than parent-to-child abuse, with 1 in every 20-25 children in a classroom experiencing sibling sexual trauma right now, yet families bury it to preserve the "perfect image."How carrying shame from age 7 to your 50s doesn't just destroy your peace, it destroys your body—After decades of silence to protect her "Christian country club family," Darlene's suppressed trauma manifested as physical disease in her 50s, proving that what we bury doesn't disappear—it festers until we either tell the truth or destroy ourselves.What it takes to break a 40-year silence and why speaking the truth—even when your family rejects you, is the only path to freedom—Darlene finally told her story in her 50s, wrote a bestselling book, and now speaks globally about sibling sexual trauma, choosing to save herself and help millions of silent survivors rather than continue protecting the family that never protected her.“At the age of seven, I was betrayed. I was betrayed by family members, which I'm sure some of your listeners can relate to. Brothers, my two oldest brothers, so I'm the youngest of five kids, my two oldest brothers sexually assaulted me from the ages of seven to 12. " - 00:02:18“I hate that as victims, we are the ones that take on the shame." - 00:35:02"It's never too late to tell your story. The silence is not yours to carry.” - 01:03:17Contact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#Empowerography #Empowerographypodcast #Podcast #SiblingSexualAbuse #SexualAssaultSurvivor #SiblingTrauma #BreakTheSilence #SurvivorStory #ChildhoodTrauma #FamilySecrets #HealingJourney #SpeakYourTruth #TraumaRecovery #IncestSurvivor #SexualAbuseSurvivor #CourageToSpeak #EndTheStigma #Survivor #Thriving #Author #Speaker #Advocate #Advocacywork #Taboo #Shatteringsilence #Mentalhealth #Thepoweroftruth #Therapy #Journaling #Forgiveness #Selfforgiveness #Truthtelling #Courtroom #Justice #PTSD #Healing #Healingjourney #Traumarecovery #Support #Stopsilence

Brad Walsh is an International Speaker, Soul Visibility Guide, podcast host/producer, photographer, and #1 International Best-Selling Author who helps women step into their power and men become compassionate leaders. Through Empowerography, a Top 1.5% Globally Rated Podcast, he has held space for 80p0+ conversations with extraordinary women, creating a movement to EMPOWER, ELEVATE, and EDUCATE voices around the world.I would like to personally welcome you to Brad's Corner, a new series under the Empowerography Podcast umbrella, a space where I share raw reflections, personal insights, and the lessons I've gathered from the incredible women I've had the honor of interviewing.In Episode 5 of Brad's Corner, I share the most personal story I've ever told, the story of the two women who saved me, shaped me, and taught me what real strength looks like long before I ever picked up a microphone. My mom. My Nana. When I was 10 years old, my mom made the hardest decision of her life. She left my biological father after 15 years of marriage, after he had an affair. She packed up what little we could carry, just the clothes on our backs and moved us into a one-bedroom apartment across the street. She slept on the couch every single night. My brother and I shared a bedroom with bunk beds. And she didn't complain. She just did what needed to be done. She got a job as a part-time cashier at a grocery store after not working for 10 years. She raised two boys on that salary. She didn't just survive, she rebuilt. She modeled what true courage looks like. Not the loud, performative kind, but the quiet, relentless kind that gets you through the darkest days. My Nana didn't have to step in. She'd already raised her own kids. She'd earned her rest. But when my mom needed her, she showed up without hesitation, without complaint. She watched us while my mom worked. She held space for her daughter while her daughter rebuilt her life. That is what true love looks like, not grand gestures, but steady, consistent, unwavering presence.This episode explores:The courage my mom showed (leaving, starting over, sleeping on a couch for years)The love my Nana gave (showing up without being asked, holding space, raising us alongside my mom)What they taught me about strength (it's not about never struggling—it's about getting up every day anyway)The permission they gave me to be human (at home, I could cry, feel, talk—I was allowed to be myself)The two worlds I lived in (at home = human, everywhere else = performing masculinity)Why I started Empowerography (to honor women like my mom and Nana who never had platforms)Key Insights:Real courage isn't loud, it's the quiet, relentless kind that gets you through the darkest daysTrue love isn't grand gestures, it's showing up even when it's hard, inconvenient, and you get nothing in returnStrength isn't about never struggling, it's about doing what needs to be done even when you don't feel like itEmpowerography exists to honor women like my mom and Nana who carried invisible labor and quiet strength that no one ever acknowledgedKey Message:Honor the women who raised you, not just with words, but with actions. My mom and my Nana didn't just raise me. They taught me what strength actually looks like. Everything I do, this podcast, the work as a photographer, this mission, this platform, it's all because of them. They are my heart. They are the foundation for the entire Empowerography vision. If you were raised by women who fought for you, who sacrificed for you, who loved you unconditionally, honor them. Show up. Be present. Be honest. Above all else, be human. That is how we honor the women who raised us.Contact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#BradsCorner #Podcast #thewomenwhoraisedme #Empowerography #MasculinityRedefined #honorthewomen #courage #strength #showup #presence #behuman #love #resilience #permission #raisedbywomen #vision #belief #support

My guest today is Sonia Luckey. Sonia is a board-certified nurse practitioner specializing in integrative mental health and spiritual psychology, and the creator of ASCEND™, an 8-week soul-led experience guiding high-achieving women from burnout to embodied sovereignty. With dual certifications in psychiatry and family practice, a Doctor of Nursing Practice, and a Master’s in Spiritual Psychology, her work bridges the nervous system with the soul—blending somatic healing, neuroscience, and spiritual integration to restore clarity, connection, and conscious leadership.. In this episode we discuss integrative mental health, spiritual psychology, the ascend program, shamanism and high achieving women.Website - https://www.sonialuckey.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/sonialuckey/FB - https://www.facebook.com/sonia.gordon1YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWsXnbSGLv77yU-lt0JcygLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-luckey-dnp-285b019/Sonia's Book - https://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Gate-Novel-Awakening-Awakener/dp/B0GXBH48GL/In this episode you will learn:1 Why healing doesn't start with the body—it starts with spirit—Sonia discovered through working with immigrant patients and indigenous medicine that illness begins in your spirit, emotions, and how you see the world, which is why Western medicine alone can never fully heal you without addressing what's happening in the unseen realms first.2 How to bridge Western medicine with indigenous healing without choosing sides—Sonia negotiated with a diabetic patient whose blood sugar was 800 to stay in the clinic for IV treatment while honoring his desire to go into the desert with his medicine man, proving that healing happens when you integrate both worlds rather than forcing people to abandon their beliefs.3 What it means to become the "crazy cat lady" of holistic medicine in a traditional system—By publishing papers, training healthcare companies, and openly practicing mindfulness and indigenous medicine before it was mainstream, Sonia created space for patients to heal their way while meeting all medical guidelines, teaching us that you can be different AND effective.“The medical world, the traditional system really showed me, I think, how people try to heal themselves. " - 00:05:15“That picture that we paint, the illusion that we build, that's really the illusion is that competence equals alignment." - 00:26:08"I think remembering who you are is the process of letting go what you're not.” - 00:56:38Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#Empowerography #Empowerographypodcast #Podcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #IntegrativeMedicine #SpiritualPsychology #HolisticHealing #IndigenousMedicine #MindBodySpirit #BurnoutRecovery #SoulLedHealing #WesternMedicine #ShamanicHealing #HighAchievingWomen #EmbodiedSovereignty #HealingJourney #MindfulnessPractice #Integrativehealth #Selftrust #Holisticwellbeing #Community #Communitysupport #Ascendprogram #Burnoutrecovery

My guest today is Vanessa Cardenas. Vanessa Cardenas is a Betrayal Recovery Specialist, author, and transformational speaker dedicated to helping individuals heal, rebuild, and thrive after experiencing profound betrayal. Drawing from her own life-altering journey and over 20 years as a C-Suite executive, Vanessa has guided countless clients toward emotional freedom, self-worth, and purposeful living. Certified through the Post-Betrayal Transformation Institute with specialized training in trauma coaching, mental fitness, and life transformation, Vanessa’s coaching approach is both compassionate and action-oriented. Her lived experience and professional expertise allow her to create a safe, supportive space where clients can reclaim their identity, rebuild trust, and embrace a future defined by resilience and empowerment. In this episode we discuss betrayal, relationship reset, emotional connection, self-trust and partnership dynamics.Website - https://www.understandingear.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/vanessa_understandingearFB - https://www.facebook.com/UnderstandingEar/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Vanessa-CardenasLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-cardenas-relationship-reset/In this episode you will learn:1 Why betrayal trauma is completely different from other traumas—When Vanessa's husband said "I've met someone" on a beautiful spring day in Central Park, it didn't just shatter her marriage, it opened Pandora's box of every micro-betrayal she'd minimized throughout her entire life, from kindergarten forward, all stacking until one flick collapsed everything.2 How trying to "fix" betrayal with intelligence and psychology degrees backfires—As a C-suite executive with a psychology degree, Vanessa thought she could intellectually solve betrayal trauma, but she learned that betrayal requires a completely different healing approach: you can't think your way out of what you need to feel your way through.3 What "You're not broken, you're responding" actually means—Betrayal survivors aren't behind, aren't damaged, and don't need to be "stronger", they need grace, time, and understanding that their descent into darkness isn't weakness, it's the human response to having your entire reality shattered in three words.“In a nutshell, I had known my husband for three decades. We had been married for two decades and played hooky and went through Central Park together on a beautiful spring day. " - 00:04:18“A lot of people who have been betrayed, who have been cheated on, will want to scream it from the mountaintops." - 00:41:12"No two relationships are the same. Again, as we talked about betrayals on a spectrum, what might be okay for one couple is absolutely not okay for another couple.” - 01:10:40Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#Empowerography #BetrayalRecovery #BetrayalTrauma #RelationshipReset #HealingFromBetrayal #YoureNotBroken #TraumaHealing #EmotionalRecovery #RelationshipHealing #InfidelityRecovery #HopeRoadmap #UnderstandingEar #BetrayalSpecialist #infidelityrecovery #giveyourselfgrace

My guest today is Kristen Brown. Kristen Brown is a personal growth and self-healing author, mentor and speaker dedicated to helping individuals reclaim their true worth and inner power. She is the international #1 best-selling author of The Recovering People Pleaser and the host of the Empower Hour with KB podcast, where she shares lived wisdom, practical tools, and empowering perception shifts designed to awaken and guide individuals on their self-healing journey. In this episode we discuss radical responsibility, self-inquiry, people pleasing and self-love.Website - https://www.kristenbrown.orgIG - https://www.instagram.com/self_love_junkieFB - https://www.facebook.com/KristenBrownCoaching/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@KristenBrownIn this episode you will learn:1 Why the catalyst question "Why don't you treat yourself that way?" changed everything-After her husband abandoned her and three children, leaving her broke and homeless, Kristen's meditation practice opened her to Spirit asking a series of questions that revealed she was the common denominator, not because she was broken, but because she wasn't treating herself like her own best friend.2 How radical responsibility without self-blame creates transformation-Kristen learned to own her patterns (staying too long, not setting boundaries, choosing unavailable partners) while giving herself grace and compassion, recognizing she did the best she could with the evolution, knowledge, and fears she had at the time.3 Why cleaning up your inner world changes your outer reality—When you truly learn to love yourself and put the focus back on you in the truest essence of self-love, you won't see fireworks and marching bands, but you'll witness subtle shifts as your changed energy attracts new experiences that reflect your inner transformation back to you.“One day I was sitting in my room at the edge of my bed, just waiting to go pick up my daughter from school and the idea that I was the common denominator came into my head. " - 00:06:24“Self-abandonment creates resentment, It creates overwhelm, it can create anxiety." - 00:38:21"I feel like love is rooted in the highest essence and energy of what we are made of.” - 00:58:02Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#Empowerography #Empowerographypodcast #Podcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #SelfLove #RadicalResponsibility #PeoplePleaser #InnerHealing #SelfWorth #Meditation #SpiritualGrowth #DivineFeminine #Transformation #RecoveringPeoplePleaser #InnerPower #Awakening #SelfCompassion #selfworth #tsunami #yoga #selfhealing #meditation #boundaries #sisterhood #podcasthost #author #mindset #innerchild #spiritualguide #selfawareness #authenticity

My guest today is Jill Nixon. Hi I’m Jill Alanna, I’m a Shamanic Prosperity Mentor ~ in short I help people access their power, potentials and purpose through integrating their shadow. I am the founder of JAI Breathwork & JAI Soul Activations ~ certified in over 14 modalities, including Quantum Energy Healing, Intuition, Shamanism, Clinical Hypnosis & many more I was guided to create my own modalities bridging the gap between the clinical healing world and the spiritual world. In this episode we discuss shamanic prosperity, breathwork, quantum energy healing, soul path and the divine feminine.Website - https://www.jillalannainternational.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/jillalannanixonJill's Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/1KpL5jhE51zA4igp0prveb?si=7ddfc39f78dd42ceYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@jillalannainternationalIn this episode you will learn:1 Why following your soul's path is the highest form of prosperity; Jill left corporate after one month, pursued acting, then energy healing, and now experiences daily miracles and "holy provision" because she refuses to do anything just for money and trusts that when she follows her soul, source has her back.2 How your unique soul gifts are lying dormant under your deepest traumas, the more you alchemize trauma through shadow work and breathwork, the more your superpowers activate, because source doesn't want your gifts activated without the wisdom that comes from healing what hurt you.3 Why challenges and initiations before breakthroughs are signs you're ON path, not off, when you're about to do something impactful, you'll be tested (Wi-Fi fails, money disappears, obstacles appear), and leaders who give up right before the biggest breakthrough miss the gold that's just one foot away.“The highest path of prosperity is our soul path and prosperity all encompassing. Like people are like, you're so lucky. I have so many miracles. " - 00:07:05“I think we're waking up into true prosperity, true abundance, community, win-win, that there's more than enough to play around, that the highest timeline is what our soul is calling us to do." - 00:39:13"Stop looking externally for all the answers. Come back to yourself. Trust your wisdom. Trust where your soul is guiding you.” - 01:31:12Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#Empowerography #Empowerographypodcast #Podcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #ShamanicHealing #SoulPath #JAIBreathwork #ShadowWork #Prosperity #HolyProvision #TraumaHealing #SoulGifts #EnergyHealing #Abundance #FollowYourCalling #SpiritualAwakening #Manifestation #sovereignty #soulpath #reiki #prosperitymindset #innertruth #divinefeminine #soulactivations #manifestation #quantumenergyhealing #spiritualentrepreneurship #shamanism #traumaalchemy #divineblueprint

My guest today is Frankie Picasso. Frankie Picasso is a Canadian SocialPreneur, Talk Show Host, and Champion for Change who has been transforming lives and influencing culture for over 30 years. She is a 2024 recipient of the WEF ,’Woman of the Decade Award’.Professionally, she is a Certified Life, Business and Master Coach Trainer, Author, Artist, Activist and Radio/TV Host, who just happens to specialize in the Impossible! Frankie is the former Executive Director of Girl Power USA, Chair of the Board for Rural to Action and NGO in Kenya, Founder of the The Good Radiio Network & Co-founder and VP of G-Woman Media. In this episode we discuss the G-Woman Network, radio, media, transformation, women's leadership, the rubber band technique and women owned business.Website - https://www.gwomanmedia.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/unstoppablefrankiepicasso/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/unstoppablecoachpicasso/Frankie's Books - https://www.amazon.ca/stores/Frankie-Picasso/author/B006Z7X7BQ?YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GWomanMediaIn this episode you will learn:1 Why going back to your childhood dreams matters in midlife, when you're asking "what's next?", the things you wanted to be as a kid are often the unfulfilled soul desires waiting to be brought to life, and Frankie proves this by fulfilling her childhood dreams of being an author, radio host, and so much more later in life.2 The gift of writing your parent's autobiography before they pass, Frankie gave her 90-year-old dad the incredible gift of documenting his life story, and hearing him chuckle while reading it saying "I can't believe this was my life" was worth everything, especially from a man who only looked forward and never back.3 Why real coaching is about bubbling up answers from within, not giving advice, certified coaching means asking powerful questions that help clients discover their own truth, not consulting or promising six-figure results, and the coaching industry desperately needs people to understand the difference and demand proper credentials.“I have been transforming from a very young age. I like change. I don't like to stagnate. " - 00:02:27“Shakespeare said, all the world's a stage and I say, if you didn't get the right part, change it." - 00:46:34"Women diminish themselves all the time to fit in.” - 01:15:41Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #ChildhoodDreams #MidlifeTransformation #CertifiedCoach #CoachingIndustry #GWomanMedia #GoodRadioNetwork #SocialPreneur #LifeSkills #RaisingBoys #Authenticity #TransformationalCoaching #ICFCoach #FrankiePicasso #leadership #womeninmedia #positivechange #hypnotherapy #mediaactivism #kindness #selfdevelopment #storytelling #rubberbandtechnique

My guest today is Kim Herrlein. Kim Herrlein is a visionary entrepreneur, transformational coach, and celebrated author passionate about connecting the dots between creativity, resilience, and empowerment. A native New Yorker who has called the West Coast home for 25 years, Kim's deep love for design, entrepreneurship, transformation, and community has profoundly shaped her professional journey in hospitality and growth mindset training. As the founder of Purveyors of Leisure, Kim manages a portfolio of exceptional vacation rentals and boutique hotels, including her latest venture, The Fainting Couch in Northern California. Her expertise extends to coaching women through her practice, Insight Seeker Coaching, where she helps clients break patterns, embrace their potential, and lead empowered lives through Clarity Catalyst and Creative Action Journey methodologies. In this episode we discuss transformational coaching, grief and loss, boutique hotels, luxury leisure brands, vacation rentals and women's masterminds.Website - https://www.kimherrlein.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/kim_insightseeker/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimherrlein/Kim's Books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kim-Herrlein/author/B0B1BSDVHW?In this episode you will learn:1 Why choosing to love again and again is the most powerful transformation, even after devastating loss (losing her mother at 21, divorce, her ex-husband's suicide), Kim chose love over bitterness, and that choice changed everything about how she shows up in the world.2 How to trust your instincts and make choices with intention, instead of getting placed into roles or repeating patterns unconsciously, Kim learned to integrate what she knew intellectually into her body, making choices that honored herself first rather than obligation.3 The power of energy work and connecting mind, body, and spirit, while therapy helped, it was energy healing that shifted something fundamental inside her, opening her eyes to transformation beyond just intellectual understanding and connecting her to the spiritual side she needed to heal.“I was fascinated by psychology and communication and that's where I spent my academic years pursuing. " - 00:03:55“I came up with the concept of the golden thread spiral and in order for people to change, I believe they need to be aware, accept, accountable, aligned actions, and acknowledge." - 00:25:01"I do think things like the all women mastermind is an important one and things like I have taught men in my courses before and I prefer teaching women.” - 00:53:27Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #TransformationalCoaching #LoveAgainAndAgain #EnergyHealing #TrustYourInstincts #PersonalTransformation #MindBodySpirit #HealingJourney #ChooseLove #PurveyorsOfLeisure #SelfLove #IntentionalLiving #SpiritualGrowth #Resilience #grief #loss #personaltransformation #mindfulness #connect4success #author #luxuryleisure

Brad Walsh is an International Speaker, Soul Visibility Guide, podcast host/producer, photographer, and #1 International Best-Selling Author who helps women step into their power and men become compassionate leaders. Through Empowerography, a Top 1.5% Globally Rated Podcast, he has held space for 750+ conversations with extraordinary women, creating a movement to EMPOWER, ELEVATE, and EDUCATE voices around the world.I would like to personally welcome you to Brad's Corner, a new series under the Empowerography Podcast umbrella, a space where I share raw reflections, personal insights, and the lessons I've gathered from the incredible women I've had the honor of interviewing.In Episode 4 of Brad's Corner, I get real about what true strength actually looks like and spoiler alert: it's nothing like what we were taught.For 30 years, I thought strength meant dominance. Having all the answers. Never showing weakness. Being the guy who could handle anything without ever needing anyone. That's what the world taught me: Be strong. Be in control. Don't cry. Don't ask for help. Don't let anyone see you struggle. So I performed strength while falling apart inside. I suppressed emotions because showing them felt like failure. I isolated myself because needing people felt like weakness and you know what that got me? Exhaustion. Disconnection. A life where I was respected but never really known. Everything changed when I started listening to women. 750+ conversations later, I learned something that shattered everything I thought I knew: The strongest women I've interviewed aren't the ones who never struggle, they're the ones who are honest about their struggles. They're not the ones who have it all figured out, they're the ones who admit when they don't. They're not the ones who never need anyone, they're the ones who ask for help and build communities, and I realized: if that's true for them, why wouldn't it be true for me? This episode explores:The performance trap (how pretending to be strong actually made me weaker)What 750+ women taught me (real strength is built in connection, not isolation)The lie that's killing men (why traditional masculinity is costing us our lives)My own unlearning (how I'm still catching myself defaulting to the performance)What my daughters, wife, and podcast guests actually need from me (not invulnerability, but humanity) Brad's Corner, a place where I work through this stuff out loud, share what I'm learning, and get honest about where I'm still struggling. If you're tired of performing, this one's for you. 💡 Key Insights:The strongest thing a man can do isn't suppress his emotions—it's feel themThe strongest thing a man can do isn't have all the answers, it's admit when he doesn'tThe strongest thing a man can do isn't carry everything alone, it's ask for helpThe strongest thing a man can do isn't dominate, it's partnerThe strongest thing a man can do isn't perform invulnerability, it's show up as fully humanMen who strongly adhere to traditional masculine norms are 2.4 times more likely to die by suicideReal strength is built in connection, not isolation Key Message:Being human is the strongest thing you can be.You don't have to have it all together. You're allowed to struggle. You're allowed to ask for help. You're allowed to feel your emotions instead of burying them. Doing those things doesn't make you weak, it makes you strong. It makes you human. And being human? That's the strongest thing you can be. Not performing strength, but being strong enough to be vulnerable.Contact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#bradscorner #empowerography #thestrongestthingamancando #MasculinityRedefined #CompassionateMasculinity #HealthyMasculinity#MensWork #ModernMasculinity #MentalHealthMatters #MenAndEmotions #MenAndVulnerability #EmotionalIntelligence #PersonalGrowth #MensMentalHealth #Allyship #PersonalGrowth #SelfAwareness #Authenticity #performance

My guest today is Tammy Cohen. Tammy J. Cohen is a connector, author, and founder of Women Beyond the Table, a network empowering women to thrive professionally and personally. Through TC Brand Consulting, She helps businesses align their mission and brand. Tammy authored the award-winning Text Messages to My Sons, inspiring parents to connect deeply with their kids. Tammy is a podcast host and media contributor who resides in Manhattan with her husband and three sons. In this episode we discuss storytelling in branding, community building, women beyond the table, sisterhood and human centered branding.Website - https://tammyjcohen.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/tammyjcohen/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammy-j-cohen/Tammy's Book - https://www.amazon.ca/Text-Messages-My-Sons-Connecting/dp/B0CK3QDHTMIn this episode you will learn:1 Why bringing humanity back into business matters more than ever and how AI should free us up to think and connect (not replace our humanity), because at the end of the day, people buy from people they trust, not bots.2 The power of listening without trying to solve—why the best brand strategists (and humans) don't jump to advice or judgment, but instead absorb, reflect, and help others find their own answers through genuine connection.3 How to balance authenticity with strategy in building your brand because when you're real, you're relevant, and trying to be someone else or copying what works for others never creates the trust and connection that comes from simply being yourself.“At the end of the day, businesses are human. We're human beings. And every human being wants to have feel a connection and a trust point. " - 00:04:52“Taking care of yourself and receiving is really it's a very highest form of self-care." - 00:24:49"We have more ways to connect than ever, and the level of disconnection, it is an all-time high.” - 00:50:29Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #BrandStrategy #Authenticity #HumanConnection #TCBrandConsulting #WomenBeyondTheTable #CustomerExperience #Leadership #BusinessWithHeart #BrandBuilding #missionstatement #mentorship #sponsorship #author #purposedriven #resilience #authenticity #strategy #humancenteredbranding #communication #mindset #parenting#communitybuilding #leadershipdevelopment #gratitude #textmessagestomysons #tcbrandconsulting #motherhood #sisterhood #mentalhealth #breastcancer #generationalhealing #storytelling #womeninbusiness

My guest today is Corbin Chase. Corbin Chase is a holistic health professional, medical intuitive, and spiritual teacher based in Maine. After over a decade in corporate leadership, she now owns Corbin Chase Health, a private practice to support clients in uncovering the root causes of imbalance in happiness, health and peace through a integrative, soul-centered approaches. In this episode we discuss holistic health, spiritual healing, medical intuition, integrative medicine and consciousness.Website - https://corbinchase.health/IG - https://www.instagram.com/wholewithcorbin/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/corbinchase/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf9Uybx-vzUCldykKdo4SPAIn this episode you will learn:1 How to recognize when staying costs more than leaving—the moment your body starts speaking louder than your mind through illness, failed opportunities, and deep unhappiness, and why ignoring your soul's whisper only makes it scream louder.2 The radical faith required for true healing—why prayer and intention aren't optional add-ons but your strongest tools for transformation, and how unconditional love is the doorway that's always been available to you.3 What it means to actually see yourself after years of performing—how corporate conditioning taught you to be whoever anyone else wanted you to be, and why reclaiming your authentic self is imperative for your health and life force.“when you're looking to do soul-centered healing, I always go back, okay, what is it that you believe? Let's start there. Do you believe that you deserve love? Do you believe that you can be happy, healthy, and whole?" - 00:26:07“You are a person with a visa from heaven and that's the way we need to look at our existence." - 00:43:04"The oracle cards basically get to the things that we already know, but we don't consciously know. So it's like putting a light up against who you are.” - 00:46:05Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #MedicalIntuitive #SpiritualAwakening #HolisticHealing #LeavingCorporate #Authenticity #RadicalFaith #UnconditionalLove #Clairsentience #SoulWork #spiritualhealing #holistichealth #medicalintuition #mindfulness #purpose #energywork #spiritualmedicine #connection #consciousness #selflove #innerwisdom #pastliferegression #spirituality #prayer #soulalignment

My guest today is Sam Ritchie. I am a certificated Angel Guide, trained with and featured on Kyle Gray’s website. An Angel guide is someone who works with the Angels, in my case, I specialise in space clearing in person and from floor plans. I read Oracle cards helping to give people clarity and confidence, as well as offering past life regressions. I hold space for two spiritual circles a week and also monthly day retreats with themes such as ‘creating vision boards’, ‘creating a spiritual practice’ and ‘gratitude’. In this episode we discuss angel guides, space clearing, oracle cards, past life regression, shadow work and spiritual gifts.Website - https://www.samangelguide.comFB - https://www.facebook.com/samangelguideYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@samangelguideIn this episode you will learn:Why spiritual growth is actual work—not rainbows and snowflakes and how confronting the parts of yourself you don't like (the shadow side) is the only path to real transformation and wholeness.The two practices most people overlook when awakening their intuition, journaling and meditation and why these unsexy, unglamorous habits are non-negotiable if you want to access your spiritual gifts.How to stop living for other people's approval and own who you are unapologetically because what other people think of you is literally none of your business, and hiding your gifts keeps you small.“In the spiritual closet. I really didn't want to be seen, although I didn't realize until I was about 20 that not everyone could see spirit." - 00:02:28“The hard truth about spiritual work is it is work." - 00:26:46"The oracle cards basically get to the things that we already know, but we don't consciously know.  So it's like putting a light up against who you are.” - 00:46:05Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #SpiritualGrowth #InnerWork #ShadowWork #AngelGuide #Intuition #Authenticity #SelfAcceptance #Meditation #Journaling #spaceclearing #oraclecards #pastliferegression #shadowwork #energyprotection #intuition #remotework #angels #akashicrecords #gratitude #selfacceptance #spiritualgifts #spirituality #archangelmichael

My guest today is Erin Saxton. Erin Saxton is a highly sought-after Emmy nominated TV producer, PR expert and media executive who takes companies, products and people to the number one spot. She founded her firm, eleven Communications, in response to an industry need for a new kind of marketing: strategic yet multi-faceted precision communications. Saxton is best known for her connections and expertise in taking an idea and joining that idea with an instrumental plan and team to consult, connect, and direct the plan forward. eleven Communications continues her track record of successfully having a campaign hit the mark and stay at the top. In this episode we discuss media pitching, Barbara Walters, public relations, personal branding, brand visibility and content creation.Website - https://www.theerinnetwork.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/saxtonerin/FB - https://www.facebook.com/erin.saxton.7LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-saxton-2213288/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ThatGirlFromJerseyIn this episode you will learn:1 How to bridge the gap between your vision and media visibility — Erin reveals why most people pitch themselves wrong, how to craft messages that actually land with producers, and the difference between getting ignored versus getting invited.2 Why success isn't about charging the most, it's about serving with integrity — Learn how Erin built her business by refusing to take clients' college funds, why she fired herself from retainers that weren't working, and how authenticity beats aggressive pricing every time.3 The real conversation you need to have before pursuing visibility — Discover why knowing your true "why" (not the one you tell yourself) determines whether visibility will elevate you or expose you, and how to get brutally honest about what you're really chasing.“I knew I was contributing to something special and I built the research library for Good Morning America and we were moving buildings during my internship time and because I was I scheduled my internship there, I think I was there five days a week."- 00:11:39“My favorite personal Barbara story. I have a few, there's a few I can't say on it. Sorry. No, that's okay. The one that is cute is that it was my birthday with Barbara." - 00:34:09"I think there's usually like an eight to 10% return on pitching. So, you know, for your 20 outlets, if I pitch 20, I'm getting zero to two.” - 00:50:02Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #MediaVisibility #PRExpert #ElevenCommunications #Authenticity #WomenInMedia #Entrepreneurship #MediaPitching #IntegrityInBusiness #ErinSaxton #contentcreation #theview #BarbaraWalters #publicrelations #mediaoutreach #brandvisibility #mediaexecutive #emmynominatedproducer #storytelling #interviewpreparation #prstrategy #networking #author #mentorship

My guest today is Pearl Mashour. Pearl Mashour is an educator, mother of three, Master Women’s Empowerment Coach, and the visionary host of the breakthrough podcast Female Fluence. With an unwavering mission to awaken and elevate women, Pearl has built a thriving community where women are encouraged to be unapologetically themselves, reclaim their confidence, and design lives on their own terms.Her work challenges the outdated narratives that have kept women silent or small, instead inspiring them to embrace their authentic essence and rise, regardless of age or stage of life. Pearl is devoted to helping women reclaim their voice, honor their worth, and embody their power, sharing her message with bold grace and undeniable truth. In this episode we discuss reclaiming your voice, sensitivity as a superpower, female fluence, unapologetic living and stepping into power.Website - https://www.femalefluence.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/pearlmashour_femalefluence/FB - https://www.facebook.com/femalefluenceFB Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1051260860521876/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/femalefluence-abaa23210?YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@femalefluencePearl's Alignment Quiz - https://www.femalefluence.com/alignment-quizPearl's Book - https://a.co/d/03MK8F2jIn this episode you will learn:1 How your worth became linked to sacrifice and why this conditioning must end.2 Why journaling and self-reflection are the keys to reclaiming your identity.3 The power of trusting that quiet voice within you instead of seeking external permission.“One of the reasons I started doing what I'm doing because I felt like if I experienced this, there must be so many others who experienced similar things."- 00:06:48“I've had a lot of amazing leaders that I've interviewed and I've learned a lot from them. It's really about not dominating." - 00:33:28"I think the key is to realize and say, where am I abandoning myself? Like really checking in. Am I living in honesty? Am I worried that I'm going to, I'm trying to avoid disappointing other people?” - 01:01:38Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #ReclaimYourVoice #TrustYourself #WorthNotSacrifice #InnerVoice #SelfReflection #JournalingJourney #StopShrinking #WomenSupportingWomen #FemaleInfluence #TransformationJourney #AuthenticLiving #QuietCertainty #NoMoreApologizing #sensitivityasasuperpower #selfhealing #settingboundaries #selfdoubt #selfworth #perimenopause

My guest today is Susan Ibitz. Susan is a former political influence consultant, profiler, and civilian hostage negotiator, with expertise and studies in and master’s in Human Behavior, Behavior Economics & Neuroscience. She has been called 'Freaky' and the top expert in her field by the Chicago Tribune and Psychology Today for showing how to profile anyone in 30 seconds in live shows. She is the author and researcher of "Irrational Humans: People Make 35,000 Decisions a Day, and 95% are Irrational, but Why & How?”. In this episode we discuss irrational humans, profiling, hostage negotiation, neuroscience and behavioral economics.Website - https://susanibitz.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/susanibitz/FB - https://www.facebook.com/SusanIbitzHumanBehavior/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-ibitz/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsAwKi2NQchiXWrrMd9-uXAIn this episode you will learn:1 Why human behavior isn’t as complicated as we think—and how understanding our irrational nature can help us communicate more effectively.2 How authenticity and imperfection actually create stronger connection and trust with others.3 Why learning to truly listen and ask better questions is one of the most powerful influence tools you can develop.“Humans are not complicated, they're complex. And the reason I specialize in irrational humans is because I'm the most irrational person in the world."- 00:13:40“Everybody's capable to kill. Everyone. Give me the right circumstances. Everybody is able to be manipulated." - 00:45:48"Stop being paying attention so much to what other people says and start paying attention to what you're saying.” - 01:35:12Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selfcare #professionaldevelopment #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #empathy #struggles #resilience #selfawareness #mindsetshift #awareness #leadership #innovation #authenticity #opportunity #potential #personalgrowth #confidence #gratitude #courage #struggle #fear #selfdiscovery #purpose #growthmindset #womeninbusiness #confidence #uniqueness #patience #failure #humanbehavior #negotiation #irrationalhuman #influence #negotiator #behavioraleconomics #manipulationtactics #neuroscience #emotionalintelligence #bullying #aspergers #hostagenegotiation #profiling #socialinfluence #trauma #politics #influencetechniques

My guest today is Carol Elizabeth. Carol Elizabeth is a dynamic transformation expert, author, and sought-after speaker dedicated to helping women shift their mindset from can’t to capable and go after the changes they seek. With over 15 years of experience, Carol empowers women to live a life REDEFINED through her signature frameworks. Once a couch potato turned 2 time fitness pro in her 40’s. A thriver in the face of all of life’s greatest challenges and reclaiming her true vitality again at the age of 54, Carol Elizabeth walks her talk. From no background or education in business to a multi-passionate, 7 figure CEO of life on her terms, she combines real-life experience, raw authenticity, and a touch of magic to guide women in creating extraordinary lives and businesses. In this episode we discuss identity activation, trusting your magic, self-validation, healing through reflection and overcoming conditioning.Website - https://www.carolelizabeth.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/iam_carolelizabeth FB - https://www.facebook.com/iamcarolelizabeth/Newsletter Signup - https://www.carolelizabeth.com/stay-connectedCarol's Book - https://www.carolelizabeth.com/bookYouTube - youtube.com/@CarolElizabethPodcast - https://shorturl.at/otMVpWork with Carol - https://carolelizabeth.typeform.com/workwithmeIn this episode you will learn:1. Why you should make journaling your non-negotiable.2. Stop looking for external validation and cultivate your inner coach, guide and hype-girl so you can move forward.3. How to take full ownership of your identity and why this is the first step into transformation.“when I dialed down to number one, what is my life journey been about? And then I'm peeling the onion of the layers of helping women who we are being, identity, self-image is so important."- 00:02:24“Most women don't want to be quiet to hear the thoughts because their truth comes out. If you're listening to this, you've heard your truth." - 00:33:42"Release the story that you can't. Release the shame of the things that have happened in your life because your mess truly is your magic.” - 00:59:04Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #divinefeminine #selfawareness #wealth #author #healing #embodiment #awareness #transformation #authenticity #storytelling #identityactivator #identityactivation #journaling #findingmagic #trustyourmagic #radicalresponsibility #transformationalspeaker #sparklespreader #personaldevelopment #innercritic #conditioning #ownership #joy #laughter #selfidentity #innerguide #innercoach #innerseeker #purposediscovery #impostersyndrome #soulguidedliving #confidencebuilding #surrender

My guest today is Melonie de Guzman. With over 15 years in digital media and a passion for driving workplace equity, Melonie has built a career at the intersection of leadership, mentorship, and professional development. I co-founded Rogers Women in Tech, launching its first cross-Canada mentorship program to support women in STEM. As a speaker, I’ve been invited to share insights at the University of Toronto, George Brown College, McMaster University, Queen’s University, Toronto Metropolitan University, Shopify , and was the closing keynote speaker at the first WomenTech Network conference. Beyond speaking, I’ve dedicated my time to mentoring and shaping industry programs. I’ve mentored for Women in Film & Television (WIFT-T), Girls in Tech, and served as a judge for Mentor of the Year at WomenTech Network. I also contributed to programming at WIFT-T and currently serve as Director of Events at Lean In Canada, helping create spaces for professional women to connect, learn, and grow. Now, I help organizations build sustainable mentorships, book clubs, and leadership development programs, so employees can focus on their careers without sacrificing their nights and weekends.. In this episode we discuss women in leadership, women in tech, the broken rung, career strategy, invisible labor and mentorship.Website - https://www.meloniedeguzman.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/meloniedeguzmanLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/meloniedeguzman/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@meloniedeguzmanIn this episode you will learn:1. Why building a career ecosystem beyond your job is so important.2. Don't wait til you feel ready to take the step, confidence is a by-product of taking actionable steps and how to do that.3. How to stop the invisible labor trap and prioritize work that impacts your KPI Reviews.“Let's talk about what is that traditional career path that we're all talking about. For me, I define it as you're getting a degree, you're finding a full-time job that you love, you're doing good work, you're climbing that corporate ladder."- 00:02:18“We all heard about the mental load at home, right? The invisible labor of women that happens in the workplace too, right?" - 00:28:33"When it comes to your job or your next job, don't think about your job as, say you're trying to find a job, as a goal and that's a mindset that so many people go to Oh, if I can only get that manager role, if I only get, no. Think about it as your next job is a tool.” - 00:58:37Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selfcare #professionaldevelopment #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #empathy #struggles #resilience #selfawareness #mindsetshift #leanincanada #awareness #leadership #invisiblelabor #genderbias #glassceiling #mentorship #confidence #gratitude #courage #struggle #career #selfdiscovery #coach #thebrokenrung #purpose

Brad Walsh is an International Speaker, Soul Visibility Guide, podcast host/producer, photographer, and #1 International Best-Selling Author who helps women step into their power and men become compassionate leaders. Through Empowerography, a Top 1.5% Globally Rated Podcast, he has held space for 750+ conversations with extraordinary women, creating a movement to EMPOWER, ELEVATE, and EDUCATE voices around the world. I would like to personally welcome you to Brad's Corner, a new series under the Empowerography Podcast umbrella, a space where I share raw reflections, personal insights, and the lessons I've gathered from the incredible women I've had the honor of interviewing. In Episode 3 of Brad's Corner, I drop into a raw, unfiltered conversation about vulnerability, not as weakness, but as a superpower.For years, I thought vulnerability was something you earned after you had life figured out. That you'd share once you were past it. Once you were stronger. Once you had answers. But 750+ conversations with extraordinary women taught me something completely different.Vulnerability isn't a destination. It's a doorway. This episode isn't about oversharing or trauma-dumping. It's about the courage it takes to be real, to admit you're struggling, to ask for help, to show up imperfectly instead of performing strength. I share what shifted for me when I witnessed hundreds of women being vulnerable in the middle of their becoming, not after they had it figured out, but while they were still in it. And how that shifted everything I believed about strength, leadership, and connection. This episode explores:The lie we've been sold (that strong people don't struggle)What 750+ women taught me (vulnerability is trust, not weakness)My own wake-up call (hiding behind the microphone while asking others to be visible)Armor vs. alchemy (the trade-off between safety and connection)What vulnerability actually is (intentional honesty, not recklessness) Brad's Corner — a place for truth, reflection, and conversation that comes straight from the soul.If you're ready to stop performing and start connecting, this one's for you. 💡 Key Insights: Vulnerability isn't weakness, it's the highest expression of strengthWhen someone is vulnerable with you, they're saying "I trust you with my truth"Vulnerability doesn't repel people, it invites them inYou can't tell people to use their voice if you're not using yoursVulnerability creates permission for others to be real too Key Message:Vulnerability isn't about being ready. It's about being willing. You don't have to have it all together. You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to perform strength when you're actually struggling. When you let people see the real, messy, imperfect you, that's when the magic happens. That's when real connection is built. Because vulnerability isn't weakness. It's a superpower.If this resonates, subscribe to The Empowerography Podcast for more raw reflections on leadership, growth, and what it really takes to show up fully in your life.Contact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedIn YouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#Empowerography #BradsCorner #StepIntoYourLight #VisibilityMatters #CourageToBeSeen #BeSeenBeHeard #showupfully #ownyourvoice #authenticleadership #newepisode #vulnerability #VisibilityIsService #YouCantLeadFromTheShadows #CourageOverComfort #PlayBigger #StopPlayingSmall #YourVoiceIsNeeded #MakeYourImpact #BeBoldBeVisible #presenceoverperfection #theworldneedsyou #theworldneedsyourvoice #MustListen #PodcastLife #OnTheMic #SubscribeAndListen #ShareYourVoice #InspirationDaily #mindsetshift #ListenIn #compassionateleadership #allyship #alliesforwomen #consciousmasculinity #heartcentredleadership #holdspace #supporther #realconversations #podcasting #leadershipfromwithin #consciousleadership #purposedriven #transformationstartshere #selfleadership #personalgrowth #impactoverimpressions

My guest today is Rocio Aquino. Rocio Aquino is a world explorer, media and sales executive, author, and spiritual guide. With a distinguished background in advertising and media, Rocio has worked with Time Magazine, Nickelodeon, Sony Pictures Entertainment. Her global journey has taken her through cities like Mexico, Miami, Hong Kong, London, and now Los Angeles. She is the co-author of The Orchid: The Secret Code of Modern Goddesses, a transformational novel that offers a healing journey through the themes of awareness, gratitude, forgiveness, acceptance, and intention. Recognized as a Bestseller by The Los Angeles Tribune for its cultural impact, and awarded five stars by Reader’s Favorite for its message of healing and growth, The Orchid has also been nominated in five categories at the 2025 International Latino Book Awards, including Best Novel – Adventure or Drama, Best Audiobook, and Best First Book – Fiction. Rocio is also the co-founder of For The Highest Good, a company creating meaningful content and experiences to support conscious living. In this episode we discuss spiritual awakening, The Orchid, Secret Code of Modern Goddesses, forgiveness, higher good and love as power.Website - https://www.theorchidbook.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/theorchidbookLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocio-aquino-17528934/In this episode you will learn:1. How to change your inner channel in order to change your experience.2. Ways to align your thought, words, feelings and actions to create a purposeful life.3. To choose consciously the kind of experiences you want to have in life.“Life is like a little puzzle that at one point you begin to collect pieces, but you don't understand the bigger picture because really it's not supposed to show you."- 00:02:56“For the last three years, I understand love in another meaning." - 00:29:54"Please invest in yourself, yourself from inside.You see, not to have, have whatever you want to make you happy. But that is not power. The real power is inside of you. It's enjoy every moment  Be content with your life.” - 01:35:34Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #divinefeminine #selfawareness #higherself #healing #embodiment #awareness #divinelove #spirituality #spiritual #spiritualjourney#spiritualawakening #soulscalling #meditation #collectiveconsciousness #surrender #vulnerability #connection #awakening #gratitude #forgiveness #selfdiscovery #enlightenment #innerwork #spiritualgrowth #beinginservice #conditioning #frequency #forthehighestgood #coauthor #theorchidthesecretcodeofmoderngoddesses #innerchild #curiosity #love #loveaspower #community #acceptance #frequencyshifting #brainheartconnection #abundancemindset

My guest today is Kayse Gehret. Kayse Gehret is a pioneer in transformational wellness with nearly 30 years of experience guiding others through deep, soulful change. As the founder of Microdosing for Healing, she’s supported over 1,400 people across 30+ countries through intentional, earth-based practices. Known for her down-to-earth yet spiritually rich approach, Kayse also leads a professional training program equipping the next generation of facilitators to bring conscious, earth-based support into modern wellness. In this episode we discuss microdosing, the pharmaceutical industry, plant medicine, transformational wellness and mind-body integration.Website - https://www.microdosingforhealing.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/kaysegehretLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaysegehret/Podcast - https://www.microdosingforhealing.com/podcastIn this episode you will learn:1. How to build moments of stillness into your day to reconnect rather than self-correct.2. Ways to microshift and commit to daily practices to facilitate lasting healing.3. Introducing somatic awareness practices for true transformation.“Right before I stepped into my most current work of earth medicine work, right before I was going to have the meeting that would open the door to that work, I had a really powerful dream. ."- 00:04:52“Micro-dosing is very different in that it's igniting our own healing potential. And when we reach a new set point, it's ours." - 00:36:49"I think we're in this time where nature and earth as things are moving faster and our evolution is happening faster and nature's trying her best.” - 01:07:08Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #transformation #lifestyle #selfawareness #health #embodiment #awareness #mindset #selfcare #authenticity #gratitude #joy #plantmedicine #naturalmedicine #healthinnovation #adversity #struggle #fear #selfdiscovery #advocacy #selfadvocacy #truth #love #illness #healing #healthjourney #holistichealth #microdosing #psilocybin #healing #anxiety #earthmedicine #bigpharma #nervoussystem #mushroommedicine #bodywork #reiki #energy #depression #trauma #therapy #transformationalwellness #community #communitybuilding #mindbodyintegration #plantallies #spirituality #psychedelictherapy #nervoussystemregulation #mentalhealth

My guest today is Franceska McCaughan. Franceska McCaughan is a 2x best-selling author, award-winning inspirational keynote speaker, and multi-brand entrepreneur redefining what it means to turn pain into power, and purpose into profit. She is the author of SurThriving, a raw and inspiring memoir that chronicles her journey from foster care at 12 due to abuse and neglect to global entrepreneur. Through her story, Franceska reveals how healing childhood trauma can become the foundation for reinvention, leadership, and true success on your own terms. As the Founder of Goddess Millionairess, Franceska guides high-achieving women through deep personal transformation to reclaim who they are beyond achievement and conditioning. Her work merges Human Design, trauma-informed coaching, and embodiment practices to help clients build lives that feel as good on the inside as they look on the outside. In this episode we discuss Goddess Millionairess, human design, embodiment, trauma, inner child healing and wealth consciousness.Website - https://www.franceskamccaughn.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/franceska.mccaughanFranceska's Book - https://www.amazon.com/SurThriving-breaking-childhood-poverty-trauma-ebook/dp/B0CGMM27FZ?ref_=ast_author_dp&th=1&psc=1In this episode you will learn:1. How alignment helps to create sustainable success.2. How setting uncompromising boundaries is the foundation for authentic leadership and sustainable growth.3. Why aligning with your human design gives you the correct toolbox for your unique mission.“A lot of us who are change makers, trailblazers, cycle breakers, we knew from a very early age when it didn't make sense."- 00:03:13“Anyone that's listening human is, and you're not familiar with human design is actually very incredible. It is me calling it a personality test. It's like calling a Bentley a tricycle." - 00:29:29"It starts with me, but it ends with you.” - 01:02:53Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #vulnerability #healing #lifestyle #selfawareness #humandesign #energy #energywork #emotionalintelligence #awareness #lifepurpose #authenticity #mindset #spirituality #spiritual #healing #spiritualawakening #gratitude #joy #forgiveness #adversity #struggle #fear #selfdiscovery #energyalignment #selfadvocacy #truth #collectiveconsciousness #love #selfacceptance #selftrust #intuition #meditation #trust #divinetiming #manifestation #trauma #traumahealing #traumainformed #author #goddessmillionairess #integrity #leadership #feminineenergy #boundaries #financialfreedom #wealthconsciousness #innerchildhealing #neardeathexperience #embodiment #abundancemindset

My guest today is Monica Kretschmer. Monica Kretschmer is a visionary founder, podcast host, speaker, and global thought leader advancing women’s leadership and allyship worldwide. She is the Founder and CEO of the Universal Womens Network™, Women of Inspiration™ Awards, and SupportHER™, platforms built on the belief that Women of Inspiration don’t wait for opportunities—they create them. After leaving a 15-month marriage with a seven-month-old baby and navigating 15 years of litigation, including a 22-day trial, Monica transformed adversity into purpose. She has since amplified more than 1,200 women globally, creating a ripple that enables women to go further, faster. In this episode we discuss single motherhood, the universal womens network, mental health, the ripple effect, men as allies and gender equality.Website - https://www.universalwomensnetwork.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/universalwomensnetwork https://www.instagram.com/womenofinspirationawards https://www.instagram.com/womenofinspirationpodcastFB - https://www.facebook.com/universalwomensnetworkLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakretschmer/Twitter (X) - https://x.com/uwomensnetworkYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@universalwomensnetworkPodcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5HNcHpzJgJg3mRUfKnLBkxIn this episode you will learn:1. Why putting yourself first is NOT selfish and why it's so important.2. A step by step framework for launching bold ideas.3. The hidden superpower of resilience and how to create a plan to strengthen your resilience.“I say that every woman has a reason or a purpose that they start their business and I will go back to my purpose and why I started everything that I'm doing now, it comes back to a time when I was a new mom."- 00:02:43“There's so much undermining the capabilities of women that, and I say that we're walking every single day shoulder to shoulder with women that have achieved so much success, personal success, professional success, and they're so humble." - 00:32:06"I think what will happen if we continue to bring men into the equation, actually put a value on their contribution, because I haven't seen that happening, because it was all a culture of us against them and perpetuated and I've seen it clearer than anybody.” - 01:04:56Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #purpose #transformation #intuition #innerwork #innerpeace #trauma #selfremembering #embodiment #transformation #heartcentered #selfawareness #femininepower #vulnerability #sisterhood #love #leadership #genderequality #theuniversalwomensnetwork #womenofinspirationawards #supporther #networking #litigation #allyship #globalthoughtleader #visionary #singlemotherhood #selfcare #resilience #malechampions #purpose #mentorship #womensleadership #rippleeffect #gratitude

My guest today is Dr. Nona Djavid. Dr. Nona Djavid is a mom, author, international speaker, and founder of eLIVate Club and One Week/Month Mastermind, where she helps people create the business and life of their dreams. With an education in neurology from UC Berkeley and a doctorate in chiropractic, she blends science and philosophy with universal truths to guide entrepreneurs and visionaries toward self-mastery and freedom. She is the author of eLIVate Your Life—featuring a foreword by Michael Beckwith—which outlines seven pillars for personal transformation that have impacted thousands globally. Having been featured in Forbes, NBC News, CBS News, FOX, HuffPost, and more, Dr. Nona’s message bridges spirituality and strategy, teaching others how to achieve quantum leaps in life and business through alignment rather than overexertion. Her signature One Week/Month Lifestyle shows entrepreneurs how to build million-dollar businesses while working only seven focused days a month, allowing them to live, lead, and love more fully. In this episode we discuss living your unreasonable life, quantum leaping, possibility mindset, rewiring beliefs aWebsite - https://www.elivate.me/IG - https://www.instagram.com/nonadjavidFB - https://www.facebook.com/drnonadjavid/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nonadjavid/Twitter (X) - https://x.com/nonadjavidDr Djavid's Book - https://www.amazon.com/eLIVate-Your-Life-Nona-Djavid/dp/1504355474In this episode you will learn:1. How to implement and lay down the foundation for living your own unreasonable life.2. Ways to help you stop trying to prove your worth.3. The power of expanding your identity and a quick way to start that shift in your life.“If we take out all the accolades, all the degrees and everything else, the earliest childhood memory that I have is actually when I was two and a half."- 00:02:20“Something that I share all the time, and I've learned this pretty deeply is that what we end up experiencing in life is what we have experienced basically outside of what we have experienced in the past we are not capable of experiencing anything different all right so it might." - 00:26:59"Something I live by, which is if you want something that is wildly different in your relationship, in your life, in your business, in any area, you're gonna have to do things that are wildly different.” - 00:42:49Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selfawareness #personalgrowth #mindset #transformation #innerpeace #coach #legacy #leadership #mindsetmastery#selfdiscovery #selfreflection #selflimitingbeliefs #speaker #inspiration #mentalconditioning #challenge #fear #author #unreasonablelife #fulfillment #nervoussystemhacking #elivateyourlife #quantumleap #freedomlifestyle #identityexpansion #rewiringbeliefs #purpose #unreasonablevision #trauma #neuroplasticity #connection

My guest today is Sylvie Beljanski. Sylvie Beljanski, a French lawyer by trade, is a health advocate for holistic medicine, internationally known author, public speaker, and entrepreneur. She is the Founder and President of The Beljanski Foundation, whose mission is to research natural approaches to cancer, and serves as CEO of Maison Beljanski, an international dietary supplement company. She is the award-winning author of Winning The War On Cancer: The Epic Journey Towards a Natural Cure, a best-seller that has brought her to stages around the world. Ms. Beljanski is also the producer of the Beljanski Integrative Cancer Conference, a premier event uniting leading doctors, researchers, and advocates to advance integrative approaches to cancer care. In this episode we discuss cancer research, health innovation, holistic medicine and the Beljanski FoundationWebsite - https://beljanski.org https://maisonbeljanski.com IG - https://www.instagram.com/thebeljanskifoundationFB - https://www.facebook.com/thebeljanskifoundationLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylviebeljanksiYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@beljanskifoundationSylvie's Book - https://winningthewaroncancer.com FREEBIE - https://www.beljanski.org/the-beljanski-approach-to-cancer-free-ebook In this episode you will learn:1. Why it's so important to self-educate instead of outsourcing everything to authority figures.2. The risks of mammograms.3. The importance of being mindful about the things we put both into and onto our bodies.“My father was a biologist, a PhD in molecular biology, was working at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. My mom was also a scientist working with him."- 00:02:31“These perfected several plant extracts is coming from the Amazon rainforest, It is traditionally used for malaria. You use only the bark and you make an extract." - 00:21:58"Until the 19th century, everything was, medicine was natural. For centuries, we were, medicine was all about plants and cataplasm and things like that. And then came 19th century, came chemistry.” - 00:59:00Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #transformation #lifestyle #selfawareness #health #embodiment #awareness #heavymetals #mindset #integrativemedicine#selfcare #authenticity #gratitude #joy #chemo #radiation #naturalcure #plantextracts #naturalmedicine #healthinnovation #thewaroncancer #author #adversity #struggle #fear #selfdiscovery #advocacy #selfadvocacy #truth #holisiticcancerresearch #love #illness #healing #healthjourney #holistichealth #westernmedicine #womenshealth #healingjourney #environmentalhealth #selfhealing #mammograms #pharmaceuticalindustry #diet #lifestyle #medicine #cancerresearch #canceradvocate #cancerstemcells #emotionalhealing #breastcancer #environmentaltoxicity

My guest today is Wendy Corner. Wendy is a communication coach who works with authors and speakers. She takes Entrepreneurs along the journey of expressing their wisdom on paper from the idea to the finished manuscript to publishing to speaking about your wonderful work. #YourWordsHavePower whether they are written, spoken out loud or said in your thoughts. In this episode we discuss voice empowerment, storytelling, communication coaching and internal dialogue.IG - https://www.instagram.com/wendy.in.your.corner/FB - https://www.facebook.com/wendy.corner.39/ https://www.facebook.com/corner.net.au/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-corner-making-a-difference/In this episode you will learn:1. Wendy's four core question communication coaching framework.2. Actionable tips for self-love and using your voice without apology.3. The "energy first" shift to help create a domino effect of confidence.“As a child, I was trying to force my way through.  I was, the background is I had a father who was a bit of a drama queen and could turn on a sixpence."- 00:04:47“Before I begin working with people, I'll sort of ask them, why this? They're four main questions I ask them. Why this message? Why this audience? Why now? Why you? We do that as a snapshot.." - 00:25:49"How do you speak to yourself? Check in. Do you actually love yourself? Do you care for yourself?” - 00:45:06Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #transformation #selfworth #selfawareness #reflection #embodiment #awareness #transformation #confidence #mindset #storytelling #love #gratitude #yourbrilliance #innertruth #coach #celebration #voiceempowerment #confidence #dream #performance #conversation #innervoice #selfcare #thepowerofthepause #leadership #communication #collaboration #yourvoicematters #serviceoverself #bestsellingauthor #publicspeaking #resonance #selfsabotage #voice #authenticvisibility #communicationcoach #selfdoubt #confidencebuilding #womensvoices #voiceempowerment #speakingconfidence #personaldevelopment #talkcreation #storytelling #author #internalscripts #trauma #voiceleadership #authorcoaching #author #speakertraining #tedxcoaching #courage #vulnerability #creativeconfidence #speechpathology

My guest today is Wendy Behar. Wendy Behar is a licensed therapist, addiction coach, international speaker, and author of #YourRules. YourLife. Sober since 1998, Wendy has helped thousands of women and families break free from codependency, build boundaries, and reconnect with their authentic selves. Her work blends professional expertise with lived experience to empower women and families to heal, set boundaries, and thrive through compassion, positivity, and practical tools — empowering others to heal emotionally, spiritually, and interpersonally. In this episode we discuss addiction, sobriety, recovery, boundaries, mental health and codependancy.Website: https://wendybehar.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/addiction_therapist_wendy/FB - https://www.facebook.com/wendy.behar.5LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-behar-5b21281a9Wendy's Book - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NRZ93XN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_.c7TFb1FMDR64In this episode you will learn:1. How to stop people pleasing and set firm boudaries.2. Simple, actionable steps to help rebuild confidence after years of betrayal.3. How to ask for help.“I would say the most important part of who I am is a woman in recovery."- 00:02:02“The true healing begins when you've had enough, when you're in enough pain to ask for help." - 00:27:47"Taking yourself into consideration and tapping into what really lights you up and what is healthy and good for you.” - 00:49:51Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #manifestation #spiritualgifts #divinefeminine #selfawareness #healing #embodiment #awareness #transformation #authenticity #soulconnection #spirituality #spiritual #spiritualjourney #presence #sobriety #addiction #recovery #mentalhealth #rockbottom #alcohol #support #community #boundaries #peoplepleasing #alcoholicsanonymous #twelvesteps #selfabandonment #gratitude #yourrulesyourlife #author #counselor #emotionalsobriety #addictionrecovery #selfcare #therapist #addictioncoach #traumahealing #trauma #askingforhelp #codependency #anger #relapseprevention #communitysupport #recoveryjourney

My guest today is Regan Caruthers. Regan’s path was informed by her early schooling where she meditated daily, practiced Tai Chi, and learned about the power of Divine Love and conscious thought. But she would reject these teachings as she sought to fit in and find social acceptance. Quickly rising through the ranks, Regan had a successful career as a Silicon Valley corporate executive in the educational software industry. But corporate ascension, an extra-marital affair, and a tumultuous first marriage were mere reflections of her brokenness and need for deep healing. Once she consciously committed to practicing what she had learned so young, her life began to change. She’s the founder of Aset Yoga Center and dedicates her life to teaching and helping her clients achieve a more intimate and disciplined inner life. Her compassionate approach creates safe spaces for transformation and wellness, through one-on-one coaching, yoga sessions, and her Ready to Awaken courses. She conducts yoga classes for her community as an act of service at no charge In this episode we discuss inner work, yoga, spiritual growth and the Aset Yoga Center .Website: https://regancaruthers.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/regancaruthers/FB - https://www.facebook.com/regan.caruthersRegan's Book - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0DL6HLZT9In this episode you will learn:1. Some practical tools you can implement immediately to begin creating inner harmony.2. The 8 limb blueprint you can use in every day life.3. What some of the common misconceptions are about yoga in western culture.“I think I've always been a teacher. Like when I look back on my life beginning at, I think I was maybe seven and I had a student named Paxton who was a neighbor who would literally before dinner come to my home and I would design curriculum."- 00:03:21“I know it sounds contrived, but you know people do the best they can with the consciousness and awareness they have." - 00:39:17"There's no honest post awakening handbook that I have found. There's a lot of BS out in the world about it but anyway, what I ended up learning how to do, which now in today's world is called remote viewing, I learned how to leave my body.” - 01:02:20Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #soulsascenstion #spiritualgifts #soulcontracts #divinefeminine #selfawareness #higherself #healing #embodiment #awareness #divinelove #heartmath #innerdiscipline #spirituality #spiritual #spiritualjourney#spiritualawakening #soulscalling #love #sacredunion #meditation #meditation #collectiveconsciousness #surrender #vulnerability #connection #awakening #gratitude #forgiveness #selfdiscovery #yoga #enlightenment #aset #innerwork #spiritualgrowth #serviceoriented #eightlimbsofyoga #divineconnection #mindfulness #remoteviewing

My guest today is Alicia Tappan. Alicia Tappan is a survivor, a powerhouse, and a change agent in the fight against human trafficking. She is the Founder and CEO of Survivor-Led Solutions, a nonprofit dedicated to giving dignity and credibility back to survivors to change the narrative of Human Trafficking and exploitation. She is a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success. She empowers fellow survivors through leadership development, mental health support, and professional training. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Forensic Psychology, focusing on Crisis Management, Alicia brings lived experience and academic insight to her work. Her top-selling trauma psychology professional memoir, Brave Girl Diaries, is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In this episode we discuss human trafficking, mental health, PTSD, advocacy and survivor-led solutions.Website: www.survivorledsolutions.orgIG - https://www.instagram.com/survivorledsolutionsLinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/alicia-tappan-0796472b0FB - https://www.facebook.com/tappanconsultingAlicia's Book - https://a.co/d/9DG37dWIn this episode you will learn:1. The R.E.N.T. Check four step routine to help you stay grounded after trauma.2. Different ways to become an ally for trafficking survivors.3. How to spot the patterns and hidden red flags of grooming and trafficking.“I just want to say, if we don't normalize some of these conversations, they're going to be taboo and stigmatized."- 00:05:53“Human trafficking is now the leading criminal industry in the world. So it's going to take a lot of people doing a lot of work." - 00:44:21"Human trafficking is a mental health issue. It's not about sex. It's not about labor. It's about power and control.” - 01:18:12Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #humantrafficking #advocate #advocacy #nonprofit #survivorledsolutions #support #ally #survivor #mentalhealthmatteres #mentalhealth #hope #trauma #traumainformed #humantraffickingawareness #community #ptsd #EMDR #equinetherapy #therapy #traumarecovery #education #survivoradvocacy #consent #grooming #addiction #abuse #allyship #author #musictherapy #arttherapy #sexualexploitation #consenteducation #crisisintervention #publicspeaking #awareness #traumainformedcare #makingadifference #breakingsilence #volunteering #survivorledinitiatives #bravegirldiaries #rentcheck #healing #leadership #humantraffickingawarenessmonth

My guest today is Kaitlyn Talamante. Kaitlyn Talamante is the CEO and Owner of LadyBoss, a women’s health and lifestyle company that has helped over a million women transform their bodies, minds, and lives. But her story didn’t begin with success, it began with survival. Her journey with LadyBoss began as a customer, then a customer support agent, then Director of Operations, and eventually the CEO and owner of the entire company. Today, she leads with transparency, grit, and grace, using her story to show women what’s possible when they stop apologizing for who they are and start walking boldly in their purpose. Kaitlyn’s mission is simple but powerful: to help women silence the lies that tell them they’re not enough, rediscover their worth, and rise into the unapologetic, faith-fueled leaders they were born to be. In this episode we discuss Ladyboss, women in business, transformation, weight loss, sisterhood and faith-based entrepreneurship.Website:  www.ladyboss.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/kaitlyntalamanteLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlyntalamante/FB - https://www.facebook.com/KaitlynTalamante1Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/1INPivCOunqVDp5AhNAg1I?si=ea35c8822c304815In this episode you will learn:1. Why perfection is a myth and surrender is power and how to let go of perfection and surrender.2. How leaning into grace gives you permission for growth.3. Why true transformation isn't just numbers on the scale, it's about getting your thoughts, habits and spirit in sync.“I joined Ladyboss as a customer about six, almost seven years ago. And I wanted to work for a company that had such an impactful mission and had made such, helped with such a transformation in my life."- 00:02:43“Knowing my why and knowing that the purpose is so much bigger than me because it's not always easy." - 00:28:08"You're not broken. You're becoming. Don't wait for perfect. Start now.” - 00:51:37Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #selfawareness #embodiment #innerwork #heartcentered #selfawareness #growth #adaptability #courage #vulnerability #authenticity #feminineenergy #leadership #community #selfcare #comparison #selftrust #selfreflection #selfdiscovery #purpose #feminineleadership #purpose #alignment #selfworth #accountability #clarity #growthmindset #inneralignment #identity #ladyboss #weightloss #grace #faith #transformation #sparklemail #perfectionism #love #purposedriven #leadership #trauma #impostersyndrome #weightlossjourney #ceo #spiritualstewardship #bodypositivity #bodyacceptance

My guest today is Heather Moyse. Heather Moyse is a four-time Olympian, two-time Olympic gold medalist, World Rugby Hall of Famer and one of the most versatile athletes in Canadian history. But she’s more than her medals. She’s climbed Antarctica’s highest peak. Recovered from career-threatening injuries. And turned life on autopilot into a mission to help others stop settling and start leading lives that light them up. With a master’s in occupational therapy and a gift for helping people see the possibilities and unlocking potential, Heather now works with high performers, helping them rethink what’s “realistic”, prevent or overcome burnout, and lead with more energy, purpose, and power. Through her book Redefining ‘Realistic’, transformative coaching, and powerful keynotes, Heather doesn’t just inspire, she equips people to embrace challenges and thrive like champions. In this episode we discuss mindset, women in sports, self-sabotage, mental agility and high performance.Website: https://www.heathermoyse.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/heathermoyseLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-moyse%E2%9C%A8-oly-bsc-mscot-15976550/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/heathermoyseFB - https://www.facebook.com/heathermoyse1Heather's Book - https://the-possibility-playground.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/book-redefining-realisticIn this episode you will learn:1. How taking responsibility for your mindset helps take you power back and opens the door to real change.2. Replace "Can I do this?" with "How close can I get?" to help remove the fear of failure and quiet the critics.3. Pay attention and try to catch yourself making an excuse or assumption and this will weaken the power of self-sabotaging thoughts.“I actually didn't start taking sports seriously or training or even lifting weights until I was 27. So I came at this whole high performance in sport world at a completely different angle than most people who start at four and are trying to reach the next level all the time."- 00:06:02“You can't change what you refuse to own. So once you accept that it is your mindset that needs to change or the way that you're thinking about things or whatever, not with judgment, but with curiosity." - 00:38:47"Our brains are naturally going to go to excuses or assumptions or whatever. I don't think the key is to try and never have them.The key is to catch us making them.” - 01:00:26Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selfawareness #personalgrowth #mindset #napoleonhill #transformation #innerpeace #coach #legacy #leadership #mindsetmastery#selfdiscovery #selfreflection #olympian #selflimitingbeliefs #womeninsports #speaker #athlete #mentalgameshifter #inspiration #mentalconditioning #challenge #fear #mentalagility #performance #author #selfsabotage #resilience #olympicgoldmedalist #values

My guest today is Isabelle Von Boetticher. Becoming an independent holistic health practitioner & life coach didn’t happen overnight and was a long way with many ups and downs. I shifted my career a couple of times, lost friends, life partners and self confidence. I faced chronic health problems and still did not give up living for fulfilment, happiness and a healthy life on my terms. During my own healing journey I deep dived into traditional healing trainings, reiki, mindfulness, energy work and shamanic education and discovered my own healing gifts. Today I merge 20+ years of leadership development experience as a working mom in the corporate world with modern medicine knowledge and traditional healing practices to empower women through my Personal Energy Management coaching approach. It is my passion to support ambitious mompreneurs and female business leaders, activating their confidence, energy, focus and joy in order to thrive through challenging life transitions like relationship and career shifts, menopause, caregiving to elderly parents and empty nesting. In this episode we discuss personal energy management, holistic health, female business leaders, burnout and energy currency.Website: https://cayae.net/IG - https://www.instagram.com/isacayae/LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/isabelle-von-boetticher-fouchard-1141ba40YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@isabellevonboetticher-health4UFB - https://www.facebook.com/isabelle.vonboetticher.58/Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youve-got-it-the-isabelle-show-podcast/id1808974604FREE GIFT - https://energyleakassessment.cayae.orgIn this episode you will learn:1. Why it's so important to release guilt around resting.2. Healing requires you to address root causes, not just the symptoms and you can start by asking better questions.3. Ways to consciously manage your energy.“At one point I was feeling that you can only work so much on your time management to get everything done, but time is limited. Or you can work as much as you want on your health, healthy eating and working out, but all of this is restricted, is limited."- 00:02:24“The sad things about limiting beliefs is they are true because you believe in them. If they are not so encouraging, it's sad, but if you change them into a positive belief, they are true as well." - 00:23:49"When I started working, with women and then obviously being a mother myself, I realized that it's so much more encouraging and it generates so much more energy within if I started to accept myself as a whole and with all the cracks.” - 00:51:58Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #burnout #selfcare #holistichealth #selfawareness #energybody #burnout #personalenergymanagement #healing #embodiment #awareness #yoga #meditation #mompreneur #breathwork #energycurrency

My guest today is Leisa Reid. Leisa Reid is known as The Speaking Strategy Mentor and is the Founder of Get Speaking Gigs Now™ and the CEO of the International Speaker Network™. Having delivered over 600 talks and authored 9 books, Leisa has helped business owners scale their impact beyond 1:1 — through the power of speaking. She believes speaking isn’t just about giving a talk; it’s about creating a consistent strategy to get booked, stay booked, and attract clients for the lifetime of your business. Leisa is passionate about showing experts how to use speaking as a serious revenue pathway, without the pressure of being perfect or “salesy.” Her down-to-earth approach and proven system empower business owners to confidently share their message, grow their business, and make the impact they were born to create. In this episode we discuss public speaking, building confidence, speaking mastery and brilliance hoarding.Website: https://GetSpeakingGigsNow.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/leisareid https://www.instagram.com/getspeakinggigsnow/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leisareid/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/LeisaReidFB - https://facebook.com/getspeakinggigsnow/ https://www.facebook.com/leisa.reid.2/FREE GIFT - https://GetSpeakingGigsNow.com/tips In this episode you will learn:1. Ways to fill your speaking gig pipeline.2. How to show up as you, in your brilliance so you attract the right people and the right gigs.3. How to craft a crystal clear talk title.“I can certainly relate to self-doubt. And I think anytime I expand or am in a place of discomfort or challenge, I experience that, It's like my Achilles heel, if you will."- 00:05:08“I'll often say that's the key to bookability is being ready to be, say yes." - 00:26:01"Stop hoarding your brilliance.” - 00:52:11Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #transformation #selfworth #selfawareness #reflection #embodiment #awareness #transformation #confidence #mindset #storytelling #love #gratitude #yourbrilliance #innertruth #coach #celebration #voiceempowerment #confidence #dream #performance #conversation #innervoice #selfcare #thepowerofthepause #leadership #communication #collaboration #yourvoicematters #serviceoverself #bestsellingauthor #publicspeaking #resonance #selfsabotage #getspeakinggigsnow #voice #authenticvisibility #speakingstrategy #voiceyourstory #internationalspeakernetwork #speakingstrategymentor #selfdoubt #speakinggigspipeline #brilliancehoarding #confidencebuilding #womensvoices #voiceempowerment #ignoranceonfire #speakingconfidence #personaldevelopment #talkcreation

My guest today is Jodi Scott. Jodi Scott is a dynamic force in the realm of Health&. Wellness. Armed with a Master's degree in Health Psychology, she specializes in the intriguing field of Psychoneuroimmunology. Founding Spry Life with her certified herbalist sister and graphic designer mother, Jodi is the visionary behind renowned brands such as Green Goo First Aid, Southern Butter, and Good Goo CBD. In this episode we discuss psychoneuroimmunology, green goo, the mind-body connection and holistic health.Website: https://www.greengoo.com/IG - https://www.instagram.com/greengoohelps/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodi-scott-7234331b8/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@greengoohelpsFB - https://www.facebook.com/GreenGooHelps/In this episode you will learn:1. A powerful mindset shift that builds inner trust and confidence.2. The SHAMAN Routine and how it can help your daily resilience.3. Some simple 30 second micro-workouts that instantly calm your nervous system.“When I got my master's in health psychology, I was training the resident physicians on the bio-psychosocial model. And what that was, having the physicians not just prescribe a medication, but look at the patient as a whole person."- 00:03:06“We use a term in the house called shaman. And it's our acronym of, and it very much is an extension of PNI and these practices." - 00:21:42"When we created Green Goo, which is plant-based first aid and personal care products, and the goal in doing this was that we were living a very healthy lifestyle, very mindful of sustainability.”00:56:32Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selflove #resilience #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #healer #manifestation #spiritualmentor #spirituallanguage #selfawareness #microhabits #burnout #mindbodyconnection #resilience #sprylife #shaman #healing #embodiment #awareness #mindfulness #mindset #presence #purpose#healthpsychology #psychneuroimmunology #wellness #plantmedicine #greengoo #presence #humanity #meditation #naturalskincare #sleep #firstaid #presence #selfcare #cannabis #psychedelics #micropractices #holistichealth #journaling #trauma #selfdiscovery #selfworth #selflove #selfadvocacy #breathwork #stressresponse #emotionalgrounding #sleephygiene #recovery #gratitude

My guest today is Jen Nash. Jen Nash is a pivot coach, keynote speaker, and author of the award winning book: The Big Power of Tiny Connections. A former Creative Director for global agencies serving Fortune 100 clients like Apple, Citibank, and Hershey’s, Jen spent more than two decades helping brands communicate more powerfully. Then life threw her a curveball. After walking away from a twenty-year creative career and watching her wedding vanish into covid—and rebuilding from the ground up—Jen discovered the mindset shifts and connection tools that now shape her pivot coaching practice. Today she helps high-performing female entrepreneurs and leaders navigate pivotal life and career transitions with more clarity, confidence and joy. Her clients often double their income, deepen their relationships, and reconnect to purpose in ways that transform their lives.. In this episode we discuss the power of tiny connections, career pivots, pivot coaching and clarity tools .Website: https://www.jennash.comIG - https://www.instagram.com/realjennashLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennash-connect/Jen's Book - https://jennash.com/booksIn this episode you will learn:1. Practical tools that unlock clarity and confidence.2. Steps you can implement immediately to move from feeling stuck to taking courageous freedom-focused action.3. Why tiny connections matter and how a single small interaction can completely change your trajectory.“I think when most people hear the word pivot, they think strategy, a new plan, a new direction. But real reinvention isn't swapping one version of your life for another."- 00:03:47“Tiny connections are your fastest way forward to whatever it is that you want." - 00:28:12"Try to remember what others are going through and be there for them so they feel heard and seen and cared for.”00:52:45Empowerography Live Conference 2026 | April 24th - 26th | Toronto, OntarioThe Empowerography Live Conference 2026 is more than an event, it’s a 2.5-day in-person experience designed to help women reconnect to their voice, their power, and their next chapter.From April 24–26 in Toronto, women from around the world will gather for deep conversations, powerful storytelling, hands-on workshops, and real human connection. This is a space where growth happens, clarity is found, and transformation begins—not through surface-level motivation, but through lived experience, shared wisdom, and intentional action.If you’re craving community…If you’re ready to be challenged, inspired, and supported…If you feel that pull to step into more of who you truly are…This is for you.🎟️ Tickets are limited.👉 Learn more and secure your spot at https://shorturl.at/NtvVFContact Brad:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInYouTubeX (Twitter)TikTok#empowerographypodcast #women #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #findingyourpurpose #podcast #womensupportingwomen #soulalignment #heartcentered #selfcare #professionaldevelopment #personalgrowth #mindset #purpose #empathy #struggles #resilience #selfawareness #mindsetshift #pivot #awareness #leadership #innovation #authenticity #opportunity #potential #confidence #gratitude #askforhelp #courage #struggle #fear #selfdiscovery #coach #negotiation #purpose #growthmindset #womeninbusiness #connection #confidence #tinyconnections #author #pivotcoach #careertransition #positiveintelligence #soulleveltransformation #creativeburnout #joy #dancing #visualization #authenticnetworking #community #claritytools #storytelling #thepoweroftinyconnections #fear #mentorship #resilience #communitybuilding #courage