Feminine as F*ck
by Monica Yates
Sometimes the truth is hard to hear. Sometimes it’s a little triggering and very uncomfortable. Yet, we all know that this space is where the true magic happens. Luckily for you, Monica Yates is like the best friend you never had. She gives it to you straight, without all the fluff, so that you can pursue more of what you desire in love, relationships and career. From emotional and energetic trauma/blocks to health, period problems, business and manifestation, Monica helps you get out of your own way to become the version of you that has only been a dream, until now.
Episodes
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504: The 20-Hour Mental Load That's Costing You: Hiring Help Without Guilt & Home Systems for High-Achieving Women with Laura Sahlberg
And why hiring a housekeeper will save your marriage || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/mwg92vLOtZM Monica sits down with her housekeeper and Abode founder Laura Sahlberg to explore the guilt that stops women from hiring help, and why so many who do still feel like they’re drowning. Laura…
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503: Q&A with Hal: How a Masculine Man Thinks, Dividing Responsibilities as a High-Achieving Couple & Our Honest Take on Gentle Parenting
An unfiltered breakdown of parenting and polarity with real-life examples. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/-tk0f_NU9SQ Monica and her husband, Hal, answer your questions about what polarity in their marriage actually looks like behind the scenes. From how Hal leads in their relationship with...
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502: The SAFE Method: 4 Steps to Soften Into Your Feminine Energy & Finally Let Your Man Lead
For the high-achieving and ambitious women craving to soften || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/d9qlZMRnSwk Monica walks you through her S.A.F.E. Method, which gives you the four steps you need to soften in your body so your man can actually lead. She gets into why asking him to lead isn’t...
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My Exact Done-For-You Holiday Systems (So You Can Actually Enjoy December): The Mother Concierge
Here’s how to make this holiday season as stress-free as possible as a mother or mother-to-be. Monica shares why so many mothers spend all of December making the holidays magical for everyone else, only to end Christmas night exhausted and wondering where the month went and how to change it....
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501: Why High Achieving Women Are Still Not Healing Despite "Doing the Work" & What Actually Works with Keri Ford
Because the personal development & nervous system regulation advice you've been following wasn’t designed for a woman like you. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/GVFduLIQqLI Ladies, this is one of the most empowering and FREEING conversations that will totally shift the way you think (and…
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500: The 5 Things That Made Me a Millionaire at 24 and What I Learned About Working Like a Woman Not a Man
500TH EPISODE GIVEAWAY IS LIVE… YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS! (Details below) ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/bM3c_hHmoSA As we celebrate Feminine As F*ck’s 500th episode (!!!), Monica’s giving you an insider look at her founder and business journey over the past 9+ years and diving into the...
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499: Postpartum Glow-Up Series Part 2 | How to Find Yourself Again, Plus My Non-Negotiable Routines as the Female Breadwinner & Default Parent
The postpartum identity shift nobody prepares you for, especially as the default parent || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/eCGz7VYJ1M0 Today, Monica closes out the juicy postpartum glow-up series with the inner work side of it, starting with how she found herself again after having Tripp.…
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498: Postpartum Glow-Up Series Part 1 | Why You Can't Lose the Baby Weight as the Breadwinner (And How to Get Your Body Back)
Hint: It actually has very little to do with your diet or exercise routine. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/gpSj7ZwfVlU In part one of this juicy two-part series, Monica dives deep into why your body holds onto energetic weight even when you’re doing all the right things—especially as a...
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497: She Spent 10 Years Working Like a Man and This Is What It Cost Her with Suneera Madhani
And how she's building her second company on completely different terms. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/xPh8oT44RaE Monica sits down with unicorn founder, investor, and serial entrepreneur Suneera Madhani to unpack the decade she spent working like a man (hello, burnout!) and what it took…
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496: Everything I Did To Have My Dream Home Birth (And Why It Started Long Before I Was Pregnant)
Plus, the most important part of birth prep women are completely missing. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/aHywDpk097Q Today, Monica gives us all the juicy details on everything she did to prepare for her positive unmedicated home birth, and the TOP thing that helped her the most to release...
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495: Your Blood Work Says You're Fine, But You're Not: The Root Cause of Chronic Health Symptoms
Plus, how to finally heal them for good || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/dIakLGPfDNU In this episode, Monica dives into the common (but definitely not normal!) chronic health symptoms she’s helped clients heal over the past 9 years, including fatigue, irregular cycles, infertility, hair...
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494: Is AI Ruining Your Brain, the Environment, & Your Kids' Future? Emmy-Winning Futurist Natalie MacNeil on Ethical AI Use
Monica’s mostly anti-AI... so she challenged a futurist to change her mind || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/6pkTn-J_9MQ In this episode, Monica sits down with Futurist, Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur, and creator of AI Dream Team™, Natalie MacNeil, for a conversation on AI that…
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493: Rich, Happy & Healthy Series | Part 3: How to Have Your Dream Life Without Burning Out to Get It
On creating alignment so it feels easy (not exhausting) || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/LOezmk20KC4 In the third and final part of the Rich, Happy & Healthy Series (go back and catch up on parts 1 and 2 if you missed them—linked below!), Monica covers what being in alignment actually…
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492: Hear It From My Husband: How to Get Your Man to Lead When He Has ADHD
ADHD isn't an excuse; stop using it as one. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/gvNhF8uBabQ In this juicy little nugget episode, Monica is joined by her husband, Hal, to call out one of the most common excuses she hears from women about why their men aren’t leading: ADHD. Hal is clinically...
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491: Rich, Happy & Healthy Series | Part 2: When Productivity Is a Trauma Response (And How to Tell the Difference)
Why you’re stuck in a loop of goal → feeling nothing → hurry onto the next || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/VrzhtodJ14o In part two of the Rich, Happy & Healthy Series (go back and catch up on part 1 if you missed it—linked below!), Monica covers why chronic productivity is blocking the...
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490: Rich, Happy & Healthy Series | Part 1: Why High-Achieving Women Feel Empty (Even When They "Have It All")
"Are you building your dream life, or someone else's?" ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/eA3uo9_aQU4 This is part one of the Rich, Happy & Healthy SERIES–yep, that means this is just the beginning! If you’ve been constantly chasing the next goal or achievement, and you’re still feeling hollow...
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489: Nobody Warns You About the Motherhood Identity Crisis (Here's What I Learned So You Don't Have To)
So lost, yet so clear. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/c5cc6d9gOw8 Monica vulnerably shares her story of the identity shift she’s been moving through since becoming a mum, including months of nothing feeling right; grieving her signature program, Queen Alchemy, and her highly successful…
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488: You're Burnt Out & It Has Nothing to Do With How Hard You're Working
Spoiler Alert: Burnout actually doesn’t have to do with how much you work. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/3OJWronjhG4 Today, Monica sets the record straight on what burnout actually is, and why it has nothing to do with how hard you’re working. She’s diving deep into what’s really draining...
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487: We Were Never Meant To Do Motherhood Alone: Postpartum Identity, Mum Guilt & Building a Business After Baby with Founder Natalie Ellis
Including the postpartum systems nobody tells you about 🔥 || Monica sits down with founder and NYT bestselling author Natalie Ellis—mum of two and the woman behind the multi-million dollar brand, Bossbabe—for an honest conversation about her recent book launch, the identity shift nobody warns…
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486: You Are the C**kblock to Your Dream Life & Here's What to Do About It
You are the cock block to your own life || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/UjUL_zLk49w Monica breaks down why staying in your hypermasculine is costing you your health, your relationship, and your income, and what you need to do to stop carrying it all and start receiving instead. This…
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485: Is Personal Development Making You More of an A**hole?
Doing the work isn't the goal. Coming home to yourself is. || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBTohmEUSo Monica's been a leader in the trauma healing and feminine/masculine embodiment industry for 10 years now, and in that time, she’s watched so many people get stuck on the...
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484: The Reason You Keep Getting Sick (And It's Not What You Think)
The real cost of not resting || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JjHVxnR9Dk This is a clip from a recent podcast episode Monica did (full episode linked below). In this clip, she’s explaining why waiting until you’re sick to rest isn’t helping your productivity at all, but...
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483: "Cry It Out," Co-Sleeping & How I Survived Sleep Deprivation Without Losing My Mind
What nobody tells you about baby sleep, mom guilt, or your postpartum body || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R1q3RqAa5g You’ve been asking for an update on Monica’s life as a new mum, so here it is, unfiltered! In this episode, she shares exactly how she approached...
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482: The Real Reason You're Exhausted (It's Not Your Workload)
The burnout no one talks about, and the feminine way out of it || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndGIGCNhtdI If you're a high-achieving woman who leads teams, runs a business, or carries the mental load at home (or all three), leadership and visibility fatigue are likely...
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481: What Men Really Want From You—My Husband’s Unfiltered Answer
What he's not telling you, but desperately needs you to know || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYQmN89ary8 We talk a lot about what being in your feminine does for us, but what does it actually give our men? In this episode, Monica dives into the biological, hormonal, and...
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480: Getting Hotter Postpartum, Out-Earning My Husband & Trusting Your Intuition with Jacqui Kingswell
Hotter after baby than before—and exactly how she did it. || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1muLPn83INw In this episode, Monica sits down with Jacqui Kingswell, a former professional dancer turned co-founder of The Pilates Class and The Birthing Class, a leading voice in…
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479: Your 34-Step Morning Routine (And Being a Control Freak) Is Ruining Your Life
Control got you here, but it's also what's keeping you stuck. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbENttKi0Jg In this episode, Monica breaks down why control has been your biggest asset AND your biggest block, what it’s actually costing you, and how to start releasing it without...
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478: Healthy vs Unhealthy Relationships Part 2: Fighting Is a Green Flag & Hallmarks of Healthy Love
Part two of this juicy convo is here, and Monica’s diving straight in. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/19sNR5gwNVU If you haven't listened to Part One yet, go back and do that first. These two episodes together are basically a whole masterclass on healthy vs. unhealthy relationships, and…
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477: Healthy vs Unhealthy Relationships Part 1: Is It a Red Flag or Is It Just Human?
Social media is flooding women's feeds with content telling them their man is dangerous, their relationship is toxic, and every uncomfortable moment is a red flag. And it's doing real damage. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Z5UaiSM1nYE In this episode, Monica breaks down the actual…
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476: Q&A: Baby Sleep, Female Breadwinners, Polarity and Why Men Want You More When You Set Boundaries
Monica sits down to answer the juicy questions you left her on Instagram! ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Q7JhDbZSiYs From baby sleep advice to maintaining polarity, healing trauma, getting started as an entrepreneur, cycle tracking after having a baby, and more, she really goes there with...
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475: Why Your Inner Control Freak Is Ruining Your Life and Relationships (And How to Finally Let Go)
Learn why you can't let go of control, how controlling behavior blocks your intuition and destroys the polarity in your relationship, and the path back to trusting yourself again. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG5NTlO3kHs Here’s what Monica gets into… 🍯 The importance of...
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474: NUGGET: Navigating Ego Death & Feminine Intuition: Letting Go of the Program That Made Me Millions (The Queen Alchemy Era Is Over)
In this episode, Monica vulnerably shares about the major ego death she’s moving through in her business, feminine intuition, letting go of your business identity, and why she ended her signature program, Queen Alchemy, after 7 years, 16 rounds, hundreds of lives changed, and thousands of glowing...
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473: The L.O.V.E.R. Method™: 5 Shifts to Stop Emasculating Him and Start Inspiring His Masculine Leadership
Learn practical steps to balance your masculine and feminine energy and transform your relationship dynamics. || High-performing women often find themselves exhausted from leading in every aspect of life, including their relationships. In this episode, Monica introduces her transformative “The...
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472: The 5 Wealth Embodiment Secrets Every Woman Must Know (That Goes Beyond Money Mindset) with Shamina Taylor
Unlock the secret to embodying true wealth beyond just “having money.” This is about fully trusting that more is always coming. || In this powerful conversation, Monica is joined by Shamina Taylor, former attorney turned Wealth Consciousness Mentor and bestselling author of the book Unlocking The...
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471: Why Most Business & Career Advice Fails Mothers (And What Actually Works)
Practical tips for balancing a successful career or business and motherhood without burnout. If you’re a high-achieving woman who wants it all, and who wants to be a mother (or already is), Monica will share with you what’s actually possible when you have aligned support and tools. ⇢ WATCH ON...
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470: Men and Money: How Your Love Life Impacts Your Success, Income & Magnetism
If you’re a high-performing woman who wants more money without doing more, this episode reveals why your love life is the missing piece AND your greatest business asset. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/gBiPJKKtvxA?si=jIZk9ENGFRplVQOD Monica’s unpacking the connection between money mindset,...
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469: The Physical Symptoms of Trauma: What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
From bloating and lower back pain to insomnia, self-sabotage, procrastination and anxiety, and dating/relationship patterns… here’s what your symptoms may actually be telling you. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYm9JHRYIEQ In this episode, Monica discusses the most common...
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468: Mother Energy vs Lover Energy: The Subtle Dynamics Killing Your Polarity (And How to Change It)
Many high-performing women say they want their man to lead, but their day-to-day behaviors and actions are actually (unknowingly) c*ckblocking his leadership…and it’s time to fix that. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/KscvKIrBlOk?si=jsUBzZ6aUOrIDPzS In this episode, Monica’s gifting you a...
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467: Why High-Performing Women Struggle to Ask for and Receive Help (And Feel Guilty Resting)
How this relates to motherhood, growth, success, and slowing down || So many high-performing women are burnt out, resenting their partners, feeling disconnected sexually, and struggling with infertility, rough pregnancies, and/or postpartum depression—all while wearing the phrase, “I don’t need...
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466: This Is Why You Don’t Get Sustainable Results After Events (Plus, Immersion 2026 Tickets Are Open!)
If you’re a high-performing woman who has “tried everything,” but still feel stuck in the same patterns, this episode is for you. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/JLfV4d1slV8?si=jyZ6t4p7_0vU203I Monica breaks down why most typical healing practices and events leave women feeling overwhelmed…
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465: The Trauma Cycle Explained: Why You Keep Repeating the Same Patterns
Exploring the ways trauma is secretly running your life (even if you had a “good” childhood) || “Trauma” has become a buzzword, especially in the personal development space, but most women still don’t *actually* understand what it is or how it’s running their lives. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE:...
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464: Is Polyamory a Trauma Response? What No One’s Saying About ‘Woke’ Relationships
And why women crave commitment (even if they think they don’t) || In today’s episode, Monica poses the question: What if what’s being marketed as “spiritual evolution” in relationships is actually nervous system dysregulation in disguise? She’s talking about what’s really going on with polyamory,...
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463: You Can Manifest Money, But Can You Actually Hold It?
And why money mindset isn’t getting you closer to your money goals… ⇢ Watch the episode on YouTube now: https://youtu.be/G6CvmLTwLiY?si=4FNAMXZiVXwfwJIu In this episode, Monica breaks down the crucial difference between calling money in and having the nervous system capacity to keep it, grow…
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462: Overthinking Is a Trauma Response: Why High-Achieving Women Still Don’t Trust Themselves
Breaking down the psychology and somatics behind why AND how to actually change it || In today’s episode, Monica’s talking about why overthinking develops, how it impacts decision-making, leadership, relationships, and why high-achieving women are especially prone to it. You’ll also learn how...
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461: Why High-Achieving Women Struggle to Surrender in Sex, Love, and Relationships with Allana Pratt
Power, polarity, and being ravished… and what feminine leadership actually requires. In this powerful conversation, Monica is joined by author, speaker, and intimacy expert Allana Pratt for an honest and deeply healing exploration of motherhood, sexuality, and what it really takes to be safe in...
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460: This Is the Last Year You’ll See My Business Like This (Behind-The-Scenes of an Identity Shift After Motherhood)
𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 (𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥) 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 10 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧...
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459: What to Do When You Don’t Get What You Manifested in 2025 + the Step You’re Missing When Looking Ahead Into 2026 (A Masterclass)
If your 2025 didn’t go as planned (and the things you 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 you were manifesting still haven’t shown up), this one’s for you! Today’s episode is a full-on masterclass on the real reason you’re not seeing results and how to actually shift things in 2026. Hot tip: You’re not lacking…
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458: Why You’re Still Waiting to Say YES to the Life You Want
As a high-achieving and self-led woman, it's time to stop using your nervous system, your to-do list, or your calendar as an excuse for why you’re not living the life you say you want. In this quick and powerful episode, Monica calls out the real reason high-achieving women don’t say yes to their...
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457: How Embodied Feminine Leadership Changed My Relationship, Career, and Confidence
A personal, living case study on becoming the woman I always talk about helping others become || We’re flipping the script today and sharing an interview where the beautiful Louise of the “Healing Honeys” podcast hosted Monica to hear all about HER personal healing, business journey, and feminine...
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456: 2026 Industry Predictions, Feminine Leadership, Community as an Expander and HER Year Is Closing Soon for 2026
If 2025 was not what you expected, this is your reminder that 2026 gets to feel different. In this episode, Monica breaks down her predictions for the coaching industry, what women are actually craving in the age of AI, and why feminine leadership, embodiment, and community are absolutely...
About this show
Sometimes the truth is hard to hear. Sometimes it’s a little triggering and very uncomfortable. Yet, we all know that this space is where the true magic happens. Luckily for you, Monica Yates is like the best friend you never had. She gives it to you straight, without all the fluff, so that you can pursue more of what you desire in love, relationships and career. From emotional and energetic trauma/blocks to health, period problems, business and manifestation, Monica helps you get out of your own way to become the version of you that has only been a dream, until now.
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