The Woman Behind It All | Women-Owned Business, Work-Life Balance, Relationship Advice, Gene Keys, Human Design, Small Business, Overwhelm, Attachment Styles, Shadow Work, Financial Freedom

Some women find their way back to themselves slowly, quietly, one honest decision at a time. Adrian Wigging Frank is one of them. She grew up learning to fight for herself and run when she needed to, and that running eventually took her somewhere she never expected: college athletics, marathon training, an Olympic dream, and then a blown Achilles that redirected everything. From there she built a career in personal training and gym management across LA, Denver, and eventually Durango, where she founded Yo Fitness and created something completely her own. But the studio was only part of the story. The other part was the deeper, quieter, more personal work she did on herself. Through Human Design, Gene Keys, relationship energetics, and some really honest reckoning with what she needed versus what she'd been settling for. She came out the other side of a difficult marriage, a difficult divorce, and a difficult chapter with a team she loves, a business that's thriving, and a life that finally feels like hers. That's the story we're telling today. What we're covering: Adrian's origin story -- growing up in Missouri, learning to protect herself, and how survival instinct became athletic drive that almost took her to the Olympics The pivot she didn't choose when her Achilles blew out, and how that redirection eventually led her to founding Yo! Fitness in Durango Being a 2/4 Emotional Projector and the Human Design and Gene Keys work that gave language to experiences she'd been living but couldn't fully articulate The coaching work we did together around relationship energetics, self-responsibility, and what it looks like to come home to yourself inside a relationship that ultimately couldn't grow with her How she knows now that the divorce was a win, and what her life and business look like on the other side of choosing herself completely Reclamation doesn't happen in one moment. It happens in every brave, honest choice to stop settling and start living as the woman you actually are. 📣 Connect with Adrian Wigging Frank: Yo! Fitness Durango: yofitness.us Instagram: @yofitness.durango Gene Keys Resources: Individual Gene Key Audio Transmissions ($2 each) Complete 64 Gene Keys Audio Library ($100)   📣 Join Babes Before Business: Real friendship first, business second. A community for the full spectrum woman who's done doing it alone. Website: babesbeforebiz.com Join BBB here Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me and Adrian so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Tune Into Related Episodes 117 | From Alaska Wilderness to Peak Performance: Bethany Gleason on Strength Coaching, Small Business, and Saying Yes to Yourself [Meet the Babes Series] 116 | Changing Communities One Invitation at a Time: Tiffany Chacon on Food Equity, Childcare Access, and Justice for Minority Communities [Meet the Babes Series] 115 | The "Shit or Get Off the Pot" Moment: Holly Priestley on Van Life, Real Estate and Life on Her Own Terms as a Woman Entrepreneur [Meet The Babes Series] Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Some people spend years looking for the thing that finally puts all their pieces together. Bethany Gleason spent years doing it in reverse by saying YES to one challenging, slightly unexpected, thoroughly outside-her-comfort-zone experience after another, and trusting that the thread connecting all of it would eventually become clear. Like saying YES to a semester in Alaska of glacial mountaineering and sea kayaking. Yes to leaving volleyball behind to protect her mental health. Yes to becoming an arborist with her brother, where she met her husband! Yes to Durango, to the Adaptive Sports Association, to local High School, to a strength and conditioning certification, and yes to starting her own business, Peak Performance Durango; the vessel that brings everything she's learned about the human body, challenge, and growth into one place. This episode is for every woman sitting on a YES she hasn't said out loud yet. Bc Bethany's story is a masterclass in what happens when you keep saying yes to yourself even when you have no idea where it's taking you. What we're covering: Bethany's journey from Michigan volleyball courts to the Alaskan wilderness to the weight rooms of Durango, and the thread of challenge and growth that connects all of it How she found her way to strength coaching, what finally made everything click, and what she's building with Peak Performance Durango The gap she noticed in her community that nobody was filling, and why she decided she was the one to fill it What happened when she said yes to the Unshakable workshop, identified what was holding her back, and went home and built her business Instagram page that same week Her experience inside Babes Before Business and what genuine community and accountability have meant for her as she builds Bethany's parting message says it all: saying yes to yourself matters. And surrounding yourself with people who do the same? That's where everything changes. 📣 Connect with Bethany Gleason: Peak Performance Durango 📣 If you're a Durango Female Founder, join Babes Before Business!  Where relationships are the root to help you business blow up! Connect with a community of women who refuse to settle in their life and business and are DONE doing it alone. babesbeforebiz.com Join BBB here Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me or Bethany so we can connect and more female founders can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Tune Into Related Episodes 116 | Changing Communities One Invitation at a Time: Tiffany Chacon on Food Equity, Childcare Access, and Justice for Minority Communities [Meet the Babes Series] 115 | The "Shit or Get Off the Pot" Moment: Holly Priestley on Van Life, Real Estate and Life on Her Own Terms as a Woman Entrepreneur 112 | You Can't Ask For More And Shrink For Less: How to Stop Playing Small as a Woman Entrepreneur Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

The work Tiffany Chacon is doing in Southwest Colorado and beyond is the kind that quietly changes the shape of things for entire communities. Food equity. Childcare access. Equality and justice for Latin-X and low-income families. She's been building toward this her whole career as a strategic partnership consultant, a non-profit employee, and a serial entrepreneur with multiple businesses running at once, and she does all of it while raising twins, showing up for her marriage, and continuing to learn what it means to live fully inside her design as a 6/2 emotional projector. This episode of the Meet the Babes series is one of those conversations that covers a lot of ground and somehow still feels like it only scratched the surface. What makes Tiffany's story so compelling is much more than just the scale of what she's building. It's the way she's building it. Rooted in her design, led by invitation, and completely unwilling to rush a move before the timing is right. This conversation will have you thinking differently about the work you're doing, the invitations you're saying yes to, and what it really means to be in community with women who are out here changing things. What we're covering: The work Tiffany is doing locally, state-wide, and nationally in food equity, childcare access, and justice for Latin-X and low-income communities, and what drives her to keep going Her life as a serial entrepreneur, non-profit leader, and strategic partnership consultant, and what it actually looks like to run multiple things at once while raising twins in SW Colorado Her 6/2 emotional projector Human Design and what it's meant in practice to build a life and body of work around receiving the right invitations rather than forcing the door Gate 12, the wordsmith and gate of caution, and the self-recognition work she's done around trusting her timing, holding things close until the moment is right, and releasing the shame around it Her podcast Nature to Nurture and the work she's doing to support overwhelmed parents through nervous system regulation, nature-based rhythms, and real community What finding Babes Before Business has meant to her and what genuine community looks like when it's built on something real Tiffany is the kind of woman who makes you want to think bigger about what your work is actually for. And then go do it. 📣 Connect with Tiffany Chacon: Instagram: @chacon.familia LinkedIn: Tiffany Chacon Podcast: Nature to Nurture on Apple Podcasts 📣 Join Babes Before Business: Real friendship first, business second. A community for the full spectrum woman who's done doing it alone. Website: babesbeforebiz.com Join BBB here Follow along on IG Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Tune Into Related Episodes 115 | The "Shit or Get Off the Pot" Moment: Holly Priestley on Van Life, Real Estate and Life on Her Own Terms as a Woman Entrepreneur [Meet the Babes Series] 108 | Connection Over Competition: How Female Founders Change the Culture of Women Entrepreneurship 102 | How to Make Yourself More Valuable as a Female Founder (The Answer Might Surprise You) Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

One of the things I knew when I started building Babes Before Business was that the women who would find their way into this community would be the kind you want to know. With stories that make you lean in, lives that make you think differently about what's possible, and a way of moving through the world that's equal parts grounded and completely their own. Holly Priestley is exactly that kind of woman. She grew up in northern New Mexico, camping every school break, holiday, and spare weekend her family could find, she developed a relationship with freedom and adventure that would quietly shape every major decision she ever made. Including the one where she accidentally bought a house at 23, the one where she sold almost everything and moved into a van, and the one where she finally said ENOUGH circling; it's time to actually do this! This is the first episode in a new series where I'm sitting down with the women inside BBB to hear their stories, share who they are, and introduce you to the humans behind this community. Holly is the perfect place to start. What we're covering: Holly's upbringing in northern New Mexico growing up camping every break and holiday, being the middle child, and how a childhood spent constantly on the move shaped the woman she became How she accidentally bought a house at 23, why it turned out to be one of the best mistakes she ever made, and what it sparked in her The van life era: what exposed her to alternative living as an actual choice, and the real internal process behind her "shit or get off the pot" decision to go all in How she built a decade-long career in real estate alongside her work as a fractional marketing director, and what that dual path actually looks like day to day Her experience inside Babes Before Business and what it means to finally be in a room with women who genuinely get it Holly is the kind of human who makes you want to rethink the plan you've been following and ask yourself whether it was ever really yours to begin with. 📣 Connect with Holly Priestley: hollycpriestley.com IG: @hollycpriestley 📣 Join Babes Before Business: Real friendship comes first, and business success second. Bc business growth is a product of relationships and trust. BBB is THE community for full-spectrum women who are done doing life and business alone. babesbeforebiz.com Join BBB here Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ 🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free. Tune Into Related Episodes 108 | Connection Over Competition: How Female Founders Change the Culture of Women Entrepreneurship 107 | Busting the "Going All-In On Your Business" Myth: What It Actually Means for Female Founders 102 | How to Make Yourself More Valuable as a Female Founder (The Answer Might Surprise You) Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

There's a particular kind of hard that comes with believing everything is happening for you while also being in the thick of wishing it had gone differently. Trusting the timing sounds beautiful in theory, but it's a lot more complicated when you're sitting with a result you didn't want, a plan that didn't unfold the way you'd drawn it out, a heart that's grieving something it wanted so badly. This week brought one of those moments for Kaija. Something tender, something personal. But after she journaled on her porch, cried and was held by her community, and she knew it needed to be said out loud. Because surrender isn't the absence of grief. It's choosing to trust the bigger picture while still letting yourself be fully, completely human inside of it. What we're covering: How to hold deep trust and real grief at the same time -- without forcing yourself to skip the sadness or rush toward silver linings What surrender actually looks like when you're white-knuckling a timeline you were never meant to control Where your power lives when the outcome isn't yours to hold and how to pour your energy there intentionally Why having your people around you in the hard moments isn't a luxury, it's a lifeline You can trust the timing and still honor every tear along the way. Both get to be true. A gentle note: this episode touches on fertility and grief.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ 🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free.   Tune Into Related Episodes 113 | Doing What's Best for You Is Doing What's Best for All: Boundaries and Self-Trust for Female Founders 037 | How I Almost Lost the Love of My Life Bc of My Gene Keys SQ & Core Wound Shadows (And How I Overcame Them) 099 | Closing the Identity Gap: How Women Entrepreneurs Embody the Next Version of Themselves Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You stayed quiet again. Maybe it was in a meeting, maybe it was on a massage table, maybe it was the text you typed and deleted three times before putting your phone down and just letting it go. And in that moment of swallowing it, you told yourself you were being considerate. Thoughtful. The bigger person. But what if the kindest thing you could have done -- for yourself AND for them -- was just to say the thing? This episode cracked that question wide open with two stories from Kaija's actual week. A massage table realization that she didn't even speak out loud in the moment (because yes, she does this too). And a friend who caught herself mid-yes, checked in with her body, and chose differently. Both of them landed in the same place: doing what's genuinely best for you doesn't take anything away from anyone else. Most of the time it actually gives everyone more. What we're covering: Where self-compromise is so automatic you don't even catch it happening -- and how to start noticing it in real time Why your honest truth, shared kindly, is actually a gift to the other person (not a burden) What your no creates space for -- and why the right yes can't show up until you stop blocking it How doing what's genuinely best for you ripples out and lifts everyone in the room You were never meant to shrink yourself to keep everyone else comfortable. That pattern stops today bc choosing you is how everyone wins!    Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ 🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free.   Tune Into Related Episodes 112 | You Can't Ask For More And Shrink For Less: How to Stop Playing Small as a Woman Entrepreneur 111 | Energy Doesn't Lie: How Trusting Your Inner Knowing Transforms The Way You Lead, Decide, and Build As A Female Founder 107 | Busting the "Going All-In On Your Business" Myth: What It Actually Means for Female Founders Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

A whole month! That's how long the answer was already there, waiting, while every other thing got the energy that decision deserved. Bc sitting in the in-between felt safer than committing to the yes. But that in-between costs way more than the investment ever did. This episode is the story of what actually happened. The fear underneath the indecision, the conversation that cracked something open, the business credit card that showed up, and then what happened the week she finally pushed play! Three women joined BBB, the podcast popped off, the money flowing right back, plus more! The universe blessing the yes in real time. Kaija's bringing you into the full messy, shaky, seeking-validation truth of this IRL, bc the gap between asking for more and shrinking for less is somewhere most of us are living, and nobody's talking about what it actually costs to stay there. What we're covering: What it really means to ask for more and shrink for less -- and where that contradiction is quietly draining you right now Why the in-between costs more than the decision ever will (and how to stop letting it steal your momentum) The 4-belief flip journaling practice that moves you from stuck to clear to actually doing the thing Why integrating something into your body and actions lands differently than just knowing it in your head -- and where the real spin-off blessings live Your yes is already inside you. This episode is about finally blessing it.   Mentioned in this episode: Babes Before Business (BBB) The community built for women who want besties AND business -- in that order. babesbeforebiz.com BBB IG Inbal Claudio inbalclaudio.com Inbal IG 10x Is Easier Than 2x by Dan Sullivan & Dr. Benjamin Hardy Grab the book here Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here This is 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free. Tune Into Related Episodes 111 | Energy Doesn't Lie: How to Follow What Feels Expansive as a Female Founder 107 | Busting the "Going All-In On Your Business" Myth: What It Actually Means for Female Founders 098 | You're Scared, Not Confused! What Avoidance Is Costing You as a Woman Entrepreneur Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Every decision you've ever made.. the good ones, the ones you wish you could take back, the ones that changed everything.. your body knew the answer to first. Before the spreadsheet, before the advice, before the sleepless night running scenarios. There was a split second where something in you already had the answer. This episode is about learning to catch that moment before your mind talks you out of it. Your energy has been holding the answer the whole time. And here's the part that makes this even bigger than a decision-making tool: that energy isn't just yours. It's something way larger moving through you, guiding you toward the role you're actually here to play. When you follow it, you're not just serving yourself. The ripple goes way out beyond you. This one's short, practical, and a little cosmic✨ And it might be the simplest guidepost you've ever been handed. What we're covering: Why your energy registers the truth before your mind does -- and what's actually moving through you when it does Expansion and contraction as honest guideposts for every decision, season, and next right move Why it's not only okay but necessary for what feels expansive to shift as you evolve How to get quiet enough to feel it and brave enough to actually follow it Your energy is always talking. This episode is about finally letting yourself listen. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ 🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here! 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free. Tune Into Related Episodes 110 | Half-Year Life & Systems Check-in: What's Working, What's Shifting, and What's Coming Next 098 | You're Scared, Not Confused: What Avoidance Is Costing You as a Woman Entrepreneur 097 | From Decision Fatigue to Clarity: The Self-Trust Tool Every Woman Entrepreneur Needs Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Six months ago, Kaija sat down and made some commitments. Five systems, shared out loud on this podcast, with the intention of reclaiming energy, presence, and time. Today she's back to tell you exactly how that went -- the wins, the pivots, the things that stuck, and the things that didn't. And there's a lot more to catch up on than just the systems. Coaching her daughter's team. Playing volleyball and softball. Growing BBB. Showing up for networking events and the chamber. Trying to get pregnant. Living a full, beautiful, genuinely busy life while still pouring into this show twice a week. Something had to give, and Kaija's being completely honest about what that looks like going forward -- including a change to the podcast schedule that's less about pulling back and everything about showing up sustainably for the long game. This one dropped completely off the cuff. No notes, no outline, just a real conversation about the last six months and what the next six are shaping up to look like. What we're covering: The five systems from episode 67 -- a raw, honest six month report on what's actually been working Life updates across all the things: BBB, family, sports, community, and trying to grow it by one more little human Why Kaija is dropping to one episode per week -- and why that decision is a full-body yes What's coming in the next six months and why this season feels like the most aligned one yet Same mission. Same heart. Just shifting how I get to move forward to honor this season of life, business, and expansion! Mentioned in this episode: 067 | 5 Systems I'm Using to Reclaim My Time, Energy and Presence in 2026 Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ 🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free. Tune Into Related Episodes 067 | 5 Systems I'm Using to Reclaim My Time, Energy and Presence in 2026 109 | A Memorial Day Message for the Woman Behind It All 106 | Mom Guilt Is Lying to You: Why Your Business Makes You a Better Mother Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

One life. That's what we've got. And on a day when we're honoring the people who gave everything -- their bodies, their families, their safety, their time -- it feels like exactly the right moment to ask yourself how much of yours you've been giving away too. To old stories. To other people's expectations. To a version of yourself that was never really you to begin with. She's in there. The real one. The bold, full-spectrum, utterly unleashed version of you who's been knocking on the door of your heart for a while now. This episode is the reminder she sent. What came through this weekend was big -- and it needed to be said out loud. About shadow states and how sneaky they are. About the difference between knowing who you are in your head and actually letting her live in your body. About you only getting one shot at this life, and what you're going to do with that. What we're covering: The three things standing between you and actually being her now -- and why remembering who you are goes way deeper than a journal prompt How shadow states show up subtly in your body, your energy, and the way you talk about your own life Richard Rudd on discerning the heart from the mind -- and why getting that order right changes everything What it looks like to make your highest, most authentic self-expression an actual non-negotiable starting today You've already manifested everything you've ever wanted. So what's next? Go way bigger than you've been allowing yourself to think. This episode will light that fire.   Resources Mentioned: Gene Keys Audio Library Gene Keys Book  Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free. Tune Into Related Episodes 108 | Connection Over Competition: How Female Founders Change the Culture of Women Entrepreneurship 099 | Closing the Identity Gap: How Women Entrepreneurs Embody the Next Version of Themselves 096 | The Cost of Energy Leaks for Female Founders (And How To Plug Them) Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Picture the room. A table full of women who actually get it -- the ambition AND the exhaustion, the vision AND the overwhelm, the deep drive to create something meaningful AND the equally deep desire to do stupid fun stuff with people who feel like home. Women who want to strategize AND laugh until something comes out of their nose. Women who are rooting for you so genuinely that your win feels like their win too. That room exists. And you've been craving it longer than you've probably let yourself admit. This episode came straight from the heart -- from a conversation about what it actually looks like to change the culture of women entrepreneurship from the inside out. Like how we pull back when we feel insecure. We shrink when we want to expand. We scroll past the woman we'd love to be friends with because comparison got there first. And all of it traces back to one thing: the very human need for love and belonging that every single one of us is walking around with, whether we're running a seven-figure business or just getting started. So let's talk about what shifts when we stop contracting and start actually showing up for each other. What we're covering: Why women entrepreneurs pull back from the exact rooms and relationships they need most -- and the love and belonging reframe that changes everything What it actually looks like to show up as the full spectrum woman you are -- the CEO and the hot mess, the fighter and the lover, all of it How real, consistent connection between female founders ripples out way beyond the room you're sitting in The culture of women entrepreneurship we're actively building together -- and how you get to be part of it We want the same things. Impact, income, real friendship, strategic conversation, and someone to do silly stuff with on the side. And the women you've been wanting in your corner? They've been looking for you too.   📣 Babes Before Business (BBB) is HERE!  A community built for the full spectrum woman who wants besties AND business -- in that order.  Join the Community Here! Follow Babes Before Business on IG!   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Tune Into Related Episodes 107 | Busting the "Going All-In On Your Business" Myth: What It Actually Means for Female Founders 106 | Mom Guilt Is Lying to You: Why Your Business Makes You a Better Mother 102 | How to Make Yourself More Valuable as a Female Founder (The Answer Might Surprise You) Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

The "burn it all down, quit everything, leap and the net will appear" version of all in has been sold so hard for so long that a lot of us started believing our intentional, safety-first approach was actually a mindset problem. Well, it's not. And today we're busting that myth wide open! Building with a safety net is a strength- not a weakness like you've been sold. Neither is having another income stream while you grow your dream isn't a lack of belief. Protecting your kid's stability, your mental health, and your basic needs while you build something meaningful isn't "playing small". That's grown ass woman strategy, baby! And the noise telling you otherwise means it's time to get really good at filtering it out. This one's about putting your blinders up, getting quiet enough to hear your own signal, and deciding once and for all what all in looks like when YOU get to define it. What we're covering: The "all in" myth and who actually benefits from pushing it Why safety is the foundation of sustainable growth -- not evidence that you don't believe in yourself How to filter the noise and stop measuring your commitment against someone else's journey What your version of all in looks like when you give yourself full permission to define it Your dream doesn't require you to blow up your life to prove you believe in it. You get to build the way that's actually built to last.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free. Tune Into Related Episodes 106 | Mom Guilt Is Lying to You: Why Your Business Makes You a Better Mother 104 | When Success Feels Scary: The Nervous System Response Keeping Women Entrepreneurs in Hustle Mode 098 | You're Scared, Not Confused: What Avoidance Is Costing You as a Woman Entrepreneur Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

The guilt shows up right on cue. Laptop closes, kid needs you, and before you've even crossed the room that voice is already running its script.. "You chose work again". "You should've been more present." "A better mom wouldn't want this so badly." It's convincing. AND it has been telling you a story that was never actually yours to believe. What's actually happening while you're building is your kiddo is quietly absorbing what women do. What moms are capable of. Whether their own desires will matter someday. Whether ambition is something they can lean into, too! And every time you sit down and work on something that genuinely lights you up, you're writing the answer to those questions in real time, whether you realize it or not. This one's a permission slip, babe. We're going into the real origins of mom guilt, why it's conditioning dressed up as conscience, and what your kid is actually learning from watching you do this brave, intentional, meaningful thing you're building. What we're covering: Where mom guilt comes from and why it's been lying to you (and most of the women you know) Six ways your business is actively making you a better mother -- not in theory, in practice What your kid is absorbing every time they watch you work, follow through, and trust yourself The both/and reframe that gives you full permission to be a whole woman without choosing sides Your kid gets to grow up watching a mom who bet on herself, and that changes everything about who they believe they get to be! This is the mom guilt reframe every woman entrepreneur needs to hear right now.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ 🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free. Tune Into Related Episodes 104 | When Success Feels Scary: The Nervous System Response Keeping Women Entrepreneurs in Hustle Mode 099 | Closing the Identity Gap: How Women Entrepreneurs Embody the Next Version of Themselves 098 | You're Scared, Not Confused: What Avoidance Is Costing You as a Woman Entrepreneur Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

What if the story you've been telling yourself about being bad with money isn't even true? What if the real issue isn't how you handle money, but how much of it you're actually generating in the first place? That one reframe changed everything for today's guest, and I have a feeling it might do the same for you. Maggie Emerson of Beaucoup Babe went from broke single mom to money mentor, and she now helps women and business owners create and keep more wealth by doing two things most people never combine: the practical (data, systems, what the numbers are actually telling you) and the magical (your relationship to money, the energetics, the embodiment of who you want to be as a steward of wealth). This conversation is the perfect next layer on top of everything we've been unpacking in our last two money episodes, and Maggie brings a perspective that is equal parts grounding and activating. If money still feels like a loaded topic.. heavy with shame, confusion, or that low-grade guilt we talked about a couple episodes back, this one is going to give you so much relief. And a really good quiz to take after! What we're covering: Maggie's journey from broke single mom to money mentor and the exact reframe that removed her shame and changed her next steps How to take the drama out of your money story by looking at the actual data (and why that's the most liberating thing you can do) The difference between the practical and the magical when it comes to your finances and why you need both The 4 money archetypes and what yours reveals about how you relate to, spend, and receive money You are not bad with money! You might just need more information and a totally different relationship with it.   Connect with Maggie Emerson: Instagram: @beaucoup_babe Discover Your Money Archetype -- Free Quiz Activate Your Money Magnetism Masterclass -- May 21st Profit Lab Group Program -- September Waitlist Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ 🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free. Tune Into Related Episodes 104 | When Success Feels Scary: The Nervous System Response Keeping Women Entrepreneurs in Hustle Mode 103 | Financial Freedom Starts Here: How to Spend Without the Guilt Spiral as a Women Entrepreneur 097 | From Decision Fatigue to Clarity: The Self-Trust Tool Every Woman Entrepreneur Needs Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Your business is working! Like, actually working. Money is moving, the systems are humming, and instead of popping champagne you're already scanning for the next problem to solve. The next strategy to add. The thing that must be broken even though nothing is broken. That feeling.. that itch to complicate what's flowing.. is more than "drive". It's your nervous system doing what it learned to do a long time ago -- running a stress response based on fear. This episode is a compliment conversation to the last episode around money energetics. We talked about safety, love versus fear, and the allocation system that changes how you spend. But there's a layer we didn't get to.. what happens when the work is actually paying off and your body still won't let you rest in it. I was listening to Jamie Sea's podcast and she named it so perfectly that I had to bring it here for you. If you've ever thought "it can't be this easy" or "did I even deserve this if I didn't work myself into the ground for it" -- this one is for you. What we're covering: Why success feeling easy triggers urgency instead of celebration (and what's actually going on underneath it) What ease in business actually means -- and why it has nothing to do with being lazy or uncommitted The stress response that keeps female founders running on adrenaline long after they need to Jamie Sea's three-step practice for when the urgency spiral shows up -- so you can pause, regulate, and let it work You didn't come out of the womb believing you had to hustle and grind to deserve good things. You learned that, which means you an UNlearn it. Ease is your birthright. It's time to let things work. Resources Mentioned: Jamie Sea Show Jamie Sea's IG Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ 🎁 Grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free. Tune Into Related Episodes 103 | The Energetics of Money: How to Spend Without the Guilt Spiral as a Female Founder 098 | You're Scared, Not Confused: What Avoidance Is Costing You as a Woman Entrepreneur 096 | The Cost of Energy Leaks for Female Founders (And How To Plug Them) Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You bought the thing. And then immediately, before you even got home, the spiral started. The mental math, the second-guessing, the low-grade shame sitting in your chest for the rest of the day. Sound familiar? Most women entrepreneurs know this feeling better than they'd like to admit -- and almost none of us talk about it out loud. The guilt isn't about the amount. A $6 coffee can wreck your whole afternoon just as fast as a $600 investment can. The spiral has nothing to do with the number on the receipt and everything to do with the energy you spent that money WITH and whether you actually feel safe having it in the first place. This episode is the one I wish someone had handed me years ago. We're going into the energetics of money, what it actually means to cultivate safety with it, and the allocation system that quietly changed everything about how I spend, save, and receive. No guilt spiral required. What we're covering: Why safety is the real foundation of your money relationship -- and how to start building it from the inside out The difference between spending from love and trust versus fear and lack (and how to tell which one is running the show) How to think about the longevity of a purchase instead of just the price tag -- and why that reframe is everything The allocation system that gives you total clarity so you can spend with ease and actually enjoy it Money doesn't have to feel heavy. You get to have a relationship with it that feels good even before you have as much as you want. Resources Mentioned: Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Relay Bank Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ 🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free.   Tune Into Related Episodes 087 | How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck as a Small Business Owner 034 | How I Created Financial Stability as a Single Mom Entrepreneur (Without Child Support) 092 | My Favorite Manifestation Practice for Goal Setting as a Woman Entrepreneur   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

There's something that happens when you walk into the right room. You feel it before anyone even says a word. The energy is different. The conversations go deeper faster. You leave more lit up than when you walked in, with a voice note list a mile long and two new women you can't wait to get coffee with. That feeling is so much more than a coincidence. That's deep energetic resonance. And it's one of the most valuable things you can cultivate as a woman building something. We spend so much time asking ourselves how to be more qualified, more credentialed, more skilled. And those matter, but they're not the whole picture. The rooms you choose to be in, the women you let into your orbit, the conversations you say yes to.. THAT'S where your next level actually lives. In connection. This is a short one today, but don't let the length fool you. What's inside might be the permission slip you didn't know you needed. What we're covering: Why your relationships are your most valuable business asset (and how to start treating them that way) The shift from collecting certifications to collecting genuine, meaningful connections What it actually looks like to put yourself in new rooms -- and why the right ones change everything The invitation to stop waiting and start choosing the people, communities, and conversations that honor who you're becoming Your next level of success is sitting across the table from someone you haven't met yet. Go find her. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   🎁 Haven't grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here -- 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free. Tune Into Related Episodes 099 | Closing the Identity Gap: How Women Entrepreneurs Embody the Next Version of Themselves 098 | You're Scared, Not Confused: What Avoidance Is Costing You as a Woman Entrepreneur 094 | The 3-Step Framework To Live Your Dream Life As A Woman Entrepreneur Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

640+ downloads in April thus far!!! Say whhhaaaattt?! This is the biggest month this show has ever had, and it happened because of YOU showing up, sharing, and tuning in twice a week like the absolute babe you are!  BUT before I assume I know exactly what you want more of -- I'm just going to ask. There's a quick anonymous Google Form linked below, and I genuinely want to know what topics light you up, what questions you're sitting with, and how I can make this show even better for you! Two minutes. That's all it takes. And it helps more than you know.   👉 Fill out the listener survey here!   Your feedback shapes what comes next. So please, go fill it out. I'm so ready to hear from you!!   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   🎁 Have you grabbed the free Unshakable Private Podcast yet? Get instant access here!! 5 episodes and companion worksheets to help you become unshakable in your identity, decisions, and life. Totally free.   Tune Into Related Episodes 100 | Triple Digit Milestone! The Evolution of This Show, a Gift, and What's Coming Next for Female Founders 097 | From Decision Fatigue to Clarity: The Self-Trust Tool Every Woman Entrepreneur Needs 094 | The 3-Step Framework To Live Your Dream Life As A Woman Entrepreneur Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

100 episodes!!🥹🥳 Whether you've been here since episode one, stumbled in somewhere in the middle, or this is your very first time -- you are here for something special, and I am so glad you showed up today. This episode is different. We're not diving into a framework or a teaching. We're sitting down together, girlfriend style, to talk about the real journey of this show -- the pivots, the shadow work, the moments I thought I'd completely humiliated myself, and how all of it led exactly here. To this. To you. To the most downloaded month this podcast has ever had!! And because I couldn't let this milestone pass without giving you something, I've been quietly creating a gift behind the scenes that pulls everything from this mini-series together into one free, deeply tangible experience. It's inside the show notes, it's waiting for you, and I think you're going to love it. What we're covering: The full evolution of The Woman Behind It All -- where it started, why it shifted, and why this version feels the most solid and true What the 53rd Gene Key has to do with expansion, inconsistency, and finally making peace with being a constant work in progress The free gift I created specifically for you -- five episodes, companion worksheets, and everything we've been building toward What's coming next for this show (including a secret project I'm not quite ready to fully spill yet) Here's to 100 more, baby! And this is just the beginning🫰 📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. 🎁 Access Your Free Gift Here Grab the Unshakable Private Podcast! Five episodes plus companion worksheets to help you close the identity gap, plug the energy leaks, and become the woman you've been building toward. Totally free. Go get it. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Tune Into Related Episodes 096 | The Cost of Energy Leaks for Female Founders (And How To Plug Them) 097 | From Decision Fatigue to Clarity: The Self-Trust Tool Every Woman Entrepreneur Needs 098 | You're Scared, Not Confused! What Avoidance Is Costing You as a Woman Entrepreneur 099 | Closing the Identity Gap: How Women Entrepreneurs Embody the Next Version of Themselves   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

She comes through in the shower. In the middle of a great conversation with a friend. In that gut feeling that says reach out to her or you don't want to work with this client anymore. That version of you -- the bold, intuitive, fully expressed one -- she's not quiet. She's been talking to you for a while now. The question is how much longer you're going to make her wait. This is Episode 99, the final piece of our mini-series before the big reveal in Episode 100. We've covered the energy leaks, the internal compass, the brave thing you've been avoiding. Today we're bringing it all together -- because all of that work points here. To the gap between who you say you are and who you're actually being. And more importantly, to what it looks like to start closing it now. Not someday. Now. What we're covering: The identity gap -- what it actually looks like in real life and why living there is so exhausting Specific examples of embodying her NOW (rep by rep, decision by decision, before it feels "ready") What becomes possible when you make your full self non-negotiable -- in your business, your relationships, and your bank account Why internal safety is the real foundation underneath all of it You don't become her someday. You practice her today, in this decision, in this moment. That's how the evidence builds.   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Tune Into Related Episodes 096 | The Cost of Energy Leaks for Female Founders (And How To Plug Them) 097 | From Decision Fatigue to Clarity: The Self-Trust Tool Every Woman Entrepreneur Needs 098 | You're Scared, Not Confused: What Avoidance Is Costing You as a Woman Entrepreneur Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

The advice you keep asking for? You already have the answer. Somewhere between "I don't know what to do" and the knowing that's already sitting underneath that -- there's usually not confusion. There's fear. And those are two very different things. We've gotten really good at seeking cover. Asking for opinions, commiserating about all the reasons something is hard, collecting perspectives like they're going to finally give us the clarity we're looking for. None of that is wrong, but if you're honest with yourself, you know when you're seeking clarity and when you're seeking permission to keep avoiding. The brave thing doesn't live in anyone else's answer. It lives in the one you've had all along. This is Episode 98, Part 3 of our mini-series building to Episode 100. We covered where you're leaking energy in Ep 96, and your internal compass in Ep 97. Today we're going into the place where those two things intersect -- the brave thing you've been circling, and what it's actually costing you every time you choose comfortable over honest. What we're covering: Why "I don't know what to do" is almost always fear in disguise (and what's actually underneath it) The real cost of avoidance: the self-trust you erode every single time you override your own knowing How self-abandonment ripples into your body, your business, and your relationships (and what opens up when you stop) Why clarity keeps slipping even after your biggest breakthroughs, and what actually makes it stick Every time you say yes to yourself, your whole world gets bigger. That's what's waiting on the other side!   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Tune Into Related Episodes 096 | The Cost of Energy Leaks for Female Founders (And How To Plug Them) 097 | From Decision Fatigue to Clarity: The Internal Compass Every Woman Entrepreneur Needs 086 | Reduce Decision Fatigue In Your Relationship (and Small Business) Using Your Core Values Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

There's a version of you who makes decisions without the mental gymnastics. She knows what she stands for, so when something crosses her desk or lands in her inbox, she can feel the answer immediately. Not because she's more confident or has it all figured out - but because she's clear on her internal compass. You've probably done values work before. Maybe you even listed your top five on a worksheet somewhere. But knowing your values and actually consulting them when you're spiraling at 3am are two completely different things. One is intellectual. The other is the lighthouse that brings you back to yourself when the storm hits. This is Episode 97, Part 2 of our mini-series building to Episode 100. Last week we talked about energy leaks. This week we're talking about the thing that stabilizes the center - your values as your fixed point. The compass that tells you if you're on course or drifting. What we're covering: The lighthouse analogy and why your values are your fixed point in the storm How to find your REAL values (not just the ones you think you should have) Why naming the threatened value stops the spiral in its tracks The gap between the values you say and the values you're living from When you know what you stand for, the 3am spiral loses its power, and YOU get your bandwidth back!   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Tune Into Related Episodes 096 | The Cost of Energy Leaks for Female Founders (And How To Plug Them) 086 | Reduce Decision Fatigue In Your Relationship (and Small Business) Using Your Core Values 094 | The 3-Step Framework To Live Your Dream Life As A Woman Entrepreneur Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You look good on paper. The business is running. The family is fed. You're showing up, doing the work, keeping everything moving. And... you're exhausted. The bone-deep kind that makes you wonder if this it's always going to be like this... but you know there's something bigger and deeper going on. A few years ago, I couldn't figure out why I was running on empty, too. Nothing catastrophic was happening. Just normal life. But I was drained all the time. Then I realized: I was abandoning myself in a hundred small moments every single day. Saying yes when I meant no. Softening the truth to keep people comfortable. Shape-shifting depending on who was in the room. Every single time, I was sending myself a message - you can wait. And my body heard it. This is Episode 96, the first in a mini-series building to something special I'm revealing in Episode 100! We're starting with energy leaks - the subtle ways you might be draining yourself without even realizing it. What we're covering: What an energy leak actually is (and how to spot it in real time) The Bullseye Framework: why everything starts with YOU at the center The real cost of the leak (energy, money, relationships, business) One thing to notice this week that will change everything Awareness is the first step, so let's find where you're leaking!   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Tune Into Related Episodes 094 | The 3-Step Framework To Live Your Dream Life As A Woman Entrepreneur 092 | My Favorite Manifestation Practice for Goal Setting as a Woman Entrepreneur 090 | What Nobody Tells You About Years 3-5 in Business as a Women Entrepreneur Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

"Mom, what's for dinner? When is practice? Where are my socks? Can you help me with this?" And every single question pulls you out of flow, fragments your attention, and reminds you that you're the household CEO even when you're trying to run your actual business. You love your family. You love being the leader. But you also know there's a better way - one where systems do the heavy lifting so you're not constantly on call to direct everyone. Where your mental bandwidth is freed up for the work that actually lights you up. Where your daughter learns responsibility and your partner knows what's happening without you having to manage every detail. This episode breaks down the three core systems I use in my household: a communication board that acts as our family cockpit, a jobs chart that teaches my daughter work ethic and money management, and a 4-jar system that's building her financial literacy from the ground up. These aren't just "mom hacks" - they're business tools that create the space you need to actually do your work. What we're covering: The communication board system (weekly schedule, meal plan, grocery list, to-dos - all in one visible place) Jobs chart for kids (daily responsibilities, paid jobs, invoice system, and why I call them "jobs" not "chores") 4-jar money management (spending, savings, investing, bills - teaching financial literacy early) Why implementing systems reduces resentment and creates equality in your household You're a small business owner who needs bandwidth to lead- not "just a mom" managing a household. These systems give you exactly that!   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Resources Mentioned: Communication Board template from Chelsi Jo Blog Jobs Chart printables from Etsy Invoice template - just Google search and print Wealthfront High-Yield Savings Account Chelsi Jo's "Systemize Your Life" Podcast Episodes: How To Build A Killer Communication Board For You And Your Family with Tiffany Chacon The Menu Board Meal Planning System For Busy Moms Summer Job Board For Kids – Ditch The Chores And Teach Money Management   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

I was lying in bed next to my honey today, and this wave just hit me. Like, oh my godddd. This is it!! This is the dream life I've been building! The sweet man sleeping next to me who shows up for me and my daughter in ways I always knew were possible (before I had it). The business that supports us. The freedom to visit his hometown and just be present. The awareness that I get to live like this every single day. It's all here! The magic in the mundane. The life that's already blessing me back for every brave decision I've made to get here. And that's what's available for you, too, love!! This episode breaks down the three-step framework that I believe creates this experience. Awareness of how far you've come. Intention for who you're becoming. Aligned action that embodies her. Plus the foundation underneath it all - safety within yourself, regardless of how much money is in your account or how your partner responds or how many clients you have this month. What we're covering: The moment I recognized I shared with my future mother-in-law🥰 ab how I'm living my dream life (and how you can have that recognition too) The 3-step framework: awareness → intention → aligned action Why safety within yourself is the real foundation (not external validation) How this creates a reciprocal loop that keeps building on itself Your dream life is already hereeeeee. You just have to recognize it and keep creating it every single day.   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Tune Into Related Episodes 092 | My Favorite New Manifestation Hack (That Actually Works) 090 | What Nobody Tells You About Years 3-5 as a Women Entrepreneur 086 | Reduce Decision Fatigue In Your Relationship (and Small Business) Using Your Core Values Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You've probably pulled your Human Design chart. Maybe you've looked at your Gene Keys profile. And you might have read some stuff online that kind of made sense, but you're still not entirely sure how to actually use any of it in your real life. Today's episode is different. I'm doing a live reading for my friend Sabrina - walking through her Type, Authority, Profile, open Throat, and Gene Keys spheres. And I'm doing it in a way that's practical, grounded, and actually applicable to how you live and work. Even if you're not an Emotional Manifesting Generator with a 3/5 profile like Sabrina, you'll walk away understanding how these tools work together to give you clarity on your decision-making, your communication, your life's work, and what actually keeps you healthy and fulfilled. What we're covering: Sabrina's Type and Authority (and why waiting to respond + riding the emotional wave creates sustainable energy) The 3/5 Profile and why trial and error + discerning leadership IS the path  Some of her Defined & Undefined Human Design Centers Gene Keys Sphere's breakdown: Life's Work (5th GK), Evolution (35th GK), Radiance (64th GK), Purpose (63rd GK), Pearl (33rd GK) This is Human Design and Gene Keys in action, baby! Dive in!   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Gene Keys & Human Design Resources: Get Your Free Gene Keys Chart Get Your Free Human Design Chart Individual Gene Key Audio Transmissions ($2 each) Complete 64 Gene Keys Audio Library ($100) The Gene Keys Book by Richard Rudd Tune Into Related Episodes 012 | Be Decisive & Trust Your Intuition Using Your Human Design Authority 013 | Diving Into The Gene Keys Golden Path, Sequences, and Art of Contemplation 011 | How To Set Boundaries & Managing Stress With The 9 Human Design Centers Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You want a manifestation practice that feels tangible. Something you can hold in your hands, read every morning, and feel yourself shift into the version of you who's already living it. You're tired of vision boards that sit in your closet and affirmations that feel hollow when you say them out loud. I found something that works differently. It's called a January Letter, and I've been doing it since the beginning of this year. Every single morning, I read mine. And I'm already watching things from it show up in real time - the opportunities, the clarity, the energy shifts. It combines specificity, emotion, repetition, and action in a way that actually wires your brain for what's possible. This episode breaks down how to create your own and use it to stay activated in the energy of what you're building. What we're covering: What a January Letter is and why it works (manifestation as energy activation, plus strategic action) The questions I answered to create mine (who you're becoming, what you built, the brave stuff, the feelings) A few powerful sections from my own January Letter How to write yours and use it daily to stay connected to your vision Your future self is already there. This practice helps you embody her now.   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Resources Mentioned: Systemize Your Life Podcast by Chelsi Jo - Episode 367: The Number One Thing I Do Every January That's Better Than Goal Setting   Tune Into Related Episodes 086 | Reduce Decision Fatigue In Your Relationship (and Small Business) Using Your Core Values 089 | Why Shadow Work is the Key to Success in Your Women-Owned Business 090 | What Nobody Tells You About Years 3-5 as a Women Entrepreneur Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You want to create content that actually lands. Episode titles people click on. Website copy that converts. Social posts that make your ideal clients think "holy shit, she's in my head." You're tired of guessing what your audience wants and hoping your content gets found. Setting up market research interviews sounds exhausting. And using AI to generate ideas is helpful, but AI doesn't know what people are actually typing into Google at 2am when they're desperate for answers. This episode breaks down the two-step market research hack that gives you your ideal client's exact language AND the search data to know what they're actually looking for. No interviews required. Just Reddit, Ubersuggest, and 30 minutes of your time. What we're covering: How to use Reddit to find your ideal client's unfiltered truth (their exact words, not what they think they should say) The AI shortcut that makes Reddit research even faster How to use Ubersuggest to check search volume on the phrases you find Where to infuse these keywords for maximum SEO impact   📣 Join the Femme Founders Community  Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Resources Mentioned: Reddit - Free market research gold mine Ubersuggest by Neil Patel - Free SEO keyword research tool Tune Into Related Episodes 081 | How to Turn Your Deepest Calling Into Your Most Prosperous Work with the Gene Keys Vocation Sphere 078 | How To Set Boundaries In Business Without Feeling Like An A-Hole 067 | 5 Systems I'm Using to Reclaim My Time, Energy and Presence in 2026 Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You're staring at the business you built with your own two hands, and while you're grateful for it... it feels like looking at someone else's life. The messaging doesn't sound like you anymore. The clients you used to love aren't lighting you up. And you're wondering if you somehow messed everything up. You haven't messed up anything. You're in the Identity Shift Zone - that messy middle phase between years 3-5 where everything that got you here stops working. A friend recently told me, "Everything in my life is falling apart that isn't aligned, and it sucks, and it's hard, but it's good." Bc the embodied truth of this process is that your business catching up to who you're becoming is SUPPOSED to feel uncomfortable. Today I'm breaking down the three phases of entrepreneurial evolution - the Selfish Phase where you prove you can do this, the Identity Shift Zone where misalignment falls away, and the Selfless Phase where you serve from overflow instead of proving your worth. What we're covering: Why years 1-3 are supposed to be "selfish" (and that's actually necessary) How authenticity and vulnerability beats a projected persona every time  The restabilization process: loss, discomfort, doubt, then emergence   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Trust me when I say, there's nothing wrong with you, babe. You're right on time. Evolving, growing and leading, just like you're meant to. Trust it.    Be brave, not perfect! Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You can feel the breakthrough coming. You know your business can flow instead of feeling forced. You know success doesn't have to mean shape-shifting into someone you're not or white-knuckling your way through every launch. You can see it, sense it, almost touch it - but something keeps blocking the path forward. You've tried the strategies. You've pivoted. You've worked your ass off. And still, the same patterns keep repeating. The forcing. The performing. The exhaustion that comes from trying to make it all work instead of letting it work through you. Shadow work is the bridge between where you are and what you already know is possible. This episode breaks down the two shadows most common for female founders - Force and Superficiality - and the three-step process to transform them using the Gene Keys framework. From unconscious to conscious to embodied. What we're covering: Why your shadows run your life when you're not aware of them (and what that actually looks like in business) Gene Keys 34 and 20: Force and Superficiality, and how they show up for female entrepreneurs The path from shadow to gift to siddhi (and why this matters for your business) The 3-step contemplation process to release your gifts Your breakthrough isn't on the other side of another strategy. It's on the other side of becoming conscious. 📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Gene Keys Resources: Individual Gene Key Audio Transmissions ($2 each) Complete 64 Gene Keys Audio Library ($100) The Gene Keys Book by Richard Rudd Get Your Free Gene Keys Chart Tune Into Related Episodes 075 | How I'm Aligning With My Human Design & Gene Keys in 2026 (And How You Can Too!) 073 | How to Contemplate The Gene Keys The Right Way 064 | How to Use the Gene Keys for Shadow Work in Your Relationship Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You've tried every time-blocking system. Every productivity hack. You wake up early, stay organized, batch your tasks. And you're still exhausted. Still behind. Still feeling like you're failing at everything that matters. One of my clients said this to me last week: "Kaija, I'm just so tired of being so resourceful all the time and having to figure everything out and handle everything. It's sooooo exhausting! What IS that?!" I told her: you're not tired from being resourceful. You're tired from running on masculine energy 24/7 as a woman. Your body is begging for balance. This episode breaks down what's actually draining you (spoiler: not your to-do list), why comparison keeps you stuck in overdrive, and how to create the peace and flow you're craving without your business falling apart. What we're covering: Energy management vs. time management (and why your calendar was never the problem) Masculine overdrive and what happens when you're always solving, planning, and pushing The unconscious beliefs keeping you stuck in the exhaustion cycle How to give yourself permission to balance without fearing everything will collapse Despite how you've been conditioned, rest doesn't make you less productive- running yourself into the ground does, babe. And YOU are not available for that anymore!    📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Tune Into Related Episodes 086 | Reduce Decision Fatigue In Your Relationship (and Small Business) Using Your Core Values 083 | How to Grow Your Business Without Losing Your Life with the Gene Keys Brand Sphere & Pathway of Growth 078 | How To Set Boundaries In Business Without Feeling Like An A-Hole   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You want financial freedom. Not just more money, but actual freedom. The kind where you buy groceries without fear of swiping. Where bills feel like a privilege to pay. Where you can breathe easy and know you're covered. Bc I know you've been working your ass off as a women entrepreneur. Building your business. Serving your clients. Yet, maybe you're still stressed about money. You think you're bad with it, but that's not true. You just haven't been taught how to relate to it differently and steward it powerfully. This episode breaks down the energetic shift that has to happen before any tactical system will work. Bc it's gotta go: internal safety first, responsible stewardship second, THEN the structure that makes it stick. What we're covering: Why the belief shift has to come before the budget (and which beliefs actually matter) Responsible stewardship and what it means to treat money like it's safe with you The 6-account system that eliminates panic and creates flow How to set this up this week (even if you're starting with just 3 accounts) You're not bad with money, love. It's just time to build a different relationship with it!   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Resources Mentioned: Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Wealthfront High-Yield Savings Account Tune Into Related Episodes 086 | Reduce Decision Fatigue and Overwhelm In Your Relationship (and Small Business) Using Your Core Values 079 | How Attachment Styles Shows Up in Your Business As A Women Entrepreneur (And Why It Matters) 076 | What It Actually Takes To Build Sustainable Income & Impact As A Women Entrepreneur   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Twenty minutes. Five core values. And suddenly the 35,000 decisions you're making every day become automatic🫰 Maybe it sounds too good to be true, but it happened in my own life after doing a values exercise with my counselor in 2020. Before that, I was in constant overwhelm, second-guessing decisions for days, feeling guilty every time I set a boundary, and carrying around this constant low-grade anxiety about whether I was doing the right thing. Now? Most decisions take seconds because I have an internal reference point that cuts through all the noise. MY VALUES! They filter out what doesn't belong before conditioning to please everyone even gets a vote. #winning This episode breaks down how values reduce cortisol, why they matter specifically for women entrepreneurs carrying 71% of the household mental load, and how understanding your partner's values can completely shift your relationship dynamic. What we're covering: What values actually are (and why they're different from goals) The science showing how values buffer your nervous system against stress How Christian and I did this exercise together and what it revealed The exact three-step practice you can do this week   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me @iamkaijadawn so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Resources Mentioned: Download the Values Exercise Worksheet Tune Into Related Episodes 062 | How to Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: Using Your Values and Human Design Authority to Make Aligned Decisions 070 | How to Set Boundaries in Your Relationship Without Feeling Like An A-Hole 078 | How To Set Boundaries In Business Without Feeling Like An A-Hole Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Maybe you've pulled your profile, read about your spheres, contemplated your wound becoming your calling. And somewhere in there, you might be feeling that familiar entrepreneur overwhelm creeping in - like this is just one more framework you're supposed to master, one more thing to add to your already full plate. But that's actually the opposite of what this work is for. The entire Pearl Sequence has been pointing you toward one thing: simplicity. The moment when all the pieces you've been holding finally click into place and you stop trying so hard. When your business just becomes an extension of who you are instead of something you have to constantly manage. This is the bonus finale of our Pearl Sequence series. We're covering the Pathway of Quantum - what happens when contemplation becomes so natural you forget you're even doing it - plus a grounded recap of the entire series so you actually know how to use this in your real life. What we're covering: The full Pearl Sequence broken down in plain English (your Vocation, Culture, Brand, and Pearl translated into actual business terms) Absorption and the quantum leap: when trying ends and living begins How to keep integrating this work without making it another to-do list Individuation - when your inner life and outer life finally harmonize You've done deep work. Now let it get simple.   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me @iamkaijadawn so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Gene Keys Resources: Individual Gene Key Audio Transmissions ($2 each) Complete 64 Gene Keys Audio Library ($100) The Gene Keys Book by Richard Rudd Go Back and Listen to the Full Pearl Sequence Series: 081 | How To Turn Your Deepest Calling Into Your Most Prosperous Work with the Gene Keys Vocation Sphere 082 | How to Take Bold Action & Attract Your Soul Clients with the Gene Keys Culture Sphere & Pathway of Initiative 083 | How to Grow Your Business Without Losing Your Life with the Gene Keys Brand Sphere & Pathway of Growth 084 | Build Financial Freedom Through Service (Without Burning Out) with the Gene Keys Pearl Sphere & Pathway of Service Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Here's what I've watched happen with nearly every woman I work with: She's been working SO hard to "fix" herself before she can really receive - the money, the freedom, the peace in her body. Like she has to heal this wound first, clear that pattern, get her life together, and then prosperity will show up. But what actually happens is the wound she's been trying to "overcome" is what's been fueling her most powerful work this whole time!! The thing she thought was blocking her from receiving has actually been the source of her calling. And all that effort trying to prove she's worthy of the harvest just keeps her from accessing what's already trying to flow to her. This is Part 4 of our Pearl Sequence series unpacking the Pathway of Service and your Pearl Sphere! We're talking about what opens up when you stop forcing your way to prosperity and start understanding how it actually flows. What we're covering: The solar torus and why giving and receiving happen at the same time How your deepest wound becomes your most creative fuel (without having to "fix" it first) The 6 lines of prosperity and how money wants to flow through you specifically The freedom you want, the financial peace, the business that actually supports your life all show up when you stop scrambling and remember how to let life pour back into you, just as you're pouring into it with your heart-led service.     📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me @iamkaijadawn so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Gene Keys Resources: Individual Gene Key Audio Transmissions ($2 each) Complete 64 Gene Keys Audio Library ($100) The Gene Keys Book by Richard Rudd Tune Into Related Episodes 083 | How to Build A Brand That Scales Sustainably with the Gene Keys Pathway of Growth & Brand Sphere 082 | How to Take Bold Action & Attract Your Soul Clients with the Gene Keys Culture Sphere & Pathway of Initiative 081 | How to Turn Your Deepest Calling Into Your Most Prosperous Work With The Gene Keys Vocation Sphere Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You've felt those moments when your business flows. When the work lights you up. When it feels easy and aligned. You know there's a version of growth that doesn't require sacrificing time with your family or pretending to be someone you're not. You can feel it - that simpler, more sustainable version where things are deeply yours. But then growth happens. More clients, more complexity, more systems. You're making more money but have less freedom. You're expanding but not prospering. And somewhere along the way, you started performing instead of just being yourself. This is Part 3 of our Pearl Sequence series. We're talking about the Pathway of Growth - how to let your business evolve as an organism (not an organization you have to control) - and your Brand Sphere, which shows you how to shine as YOU without the exhaustion. What we're covering: Organism vs. organization: why one creates freedom and the other creates chaos Wealth vs. prosperity (and why growth for growth's sake eventually collapses) Your Brand as your sword - the extension of your spirit you wield in the world The 6 expression styles: Boldness, Passion, Humor, Heart, Wisdom, Vision   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me @iamkaijadawn so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Gene Keys Resources: Individual Gene Key Audio Transmissions ($2 each) Complete 64 Gene Keys Audio Library ($100) The Gene Keys Book by Richard Rudd Tune Into Related Episodes 082 | How to Take Bold Action & Attract Your Soul Clients with the Gene Keys Culture Sphere + Pathway of Initiative 081 | How Your Deepest Wound Becomes Your Most Prosperous Work with the Gene Keys Vocation Sphere 073 | How to Contemplate The Gene Keys The Right Way   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

There are people who drain you. And then there are people who feel like they were sent directly from the universe - like you've known them forever, like working together is effortless, like you're speaking the same language without even trying. You've probably wondered why some clients feel like soul family while others feel like energy vampires. Why some team members just get it and others... don't. Here's what changed everything for me: your fractal line. When the universe was born, it shattered into geometric patterns - and you're karmically designed to connect with specific people. Not everyone. Your people. And when you take bold action on your Vocation (from last episode), the universe reorganizes your Culture to bring them in. This is Part 2 of our Pearl Sequence series. Last episode we covered your Vocation - your wound becoming your calling. Today we're talking about how to actually MOVE on that calling (the Pathway of Initiative) and who you're designed to do it with (your Culture Sphere). What we're covering: The making fire principle: why initiative isn't about being ready, it's about being willing Your fractal line and why you're not meant to work with everyone The 6 ways to build community: Individual, Partnership, Unit, Network, Society, System Why some clients light you up and others drain you (it's energetic, not personal) If you've been stuck in your head overthinking instead of moving, or if you keep attracting the wrong people into your business - this episode will show you why.   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast.     Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me @iamkaijadawn so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Gene Keys Resources: Individual Gene Key Audio Transmissions ($2 each) Complete 64 Gene Keys Audio Library ($100) The Gene Keys Book by Richard Rudd Tune Into Related Episodes 081 | How Your Deepest Wound Becomes Your Most Prosperous Work with the Gene Keys Vocation Sphere 075 | How I'm Aligning With My Human Design & Gene Keys in 2026 (And How You Can Too!) 073 | How to Contemplate The Gene Keys The Right Way Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You've been piecing it together - the calling, the business model, the income strategy. Trying to figure out how to make this thing you KNOW you're meant to do actually sustainable. And maybe you've noticed something: every time you try to follow someone else's blueprint, it feels... off. Like you're forcing yourself into a template that wasn't made for your body, your energy, your way of being. What if there's a reason for that? What if you're not meant to prosper the way they do? Your Gene Keys Pearl Sequence shows you exactly how YOU are uniquely designed to create prosperity. Not some cookie-cutter business model. YOUR design. And the part that can turn everything around for you is.. your deepest wound - the thing you've been trying to "fix" ab yourself is actually your most creative calling. It's not something to overcome before you can do your work. It IS the work, babe! Over the next four episodes, we're diving into the Pearl Sequence. Today we're starting with your Vocation Sphere - where your wound transforms into your calling - and the six different ways people are designed to prosper. Because when you try to force yourself into a different model, that's when business feels impossible. What we're covering: The difference between prosperity and wealth (and why one complicates your life while the other simplifies it) How your Core Wound becomes your Vocation (and why you don't have to "heal" it first) The 6 Line Expressions of the Vocation Sphere The Holy Grail Question that changes how you approach your entire business Why taking initiative is about making fire, not waiting until you're ready This is Part 1 of a 4-part series on the Pearl Sequence. If you've been searching for permission to stop copying someone else's strategy and start building something that actually honors YOUR design - this is it.   📣 Become a Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me @iamkaijadawn so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Tune Into Related Episodes 014 | Unpacking The Gene Keys Life's Work Sphere and Pathway of Challenge 017 | Step Into Who You BE with the Gene Keys Purpose Sphere 037 | How I Almost Lost the Love of My Life Bc of My Gene Keys SQ & Core Wound Shadows (And How I Overcame Them) Be brave, not perfect, my babe!! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

My girl, I know you're the one planning, directing, initiating, controlling. While your partner tends to float, waiting to be told what to do, avoiding the deeper stuff. And that twist in your chest - part resentment, part exhaustion, part confusion.. is your nervous system screaming that something is off. When what you actually want is a partner who sees what needs to be done and just does it. Who initiates the hard conversations. The freedom to drop into your body and your flow without worrying everything will fall apart if you're not managing it all. You want to feel held, seen, heard and to rest without guilt. That gap between what you're experiencing and what you're craving? That's reverse polarity. The energetic roles in your relationship have flipped. You're locked in hyper-masculine mode while your partner operates in passive feminine energy. Neither of you chose this consciously, but this pattern is bleeding into your work, your body, your capacity to build anything sustainable. I learned about this from John Wineland, and it explained everythingggg. It's about seeing what's actually happening- not blame, so you can interrupt the pattern and create the partnership you're craving. What we're covering: What reverse polarity actually is (and why it's making you sick) The hyper-masculine trap: why you can't rest even when you're exhausted How your nervous systems communicate beneath your words What to actually do: awareness, nervous system devotion, boundaries that create safety Your resentment toward your partner? It might actually be toward yourself for not speaking up sooner. Your body is registering this as unsafe. And that ripples into everything. This conversation is tender but necessary. Let's go to the root.   📣 Become A Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me @iamkaijadawn so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Tune Into Related Episodes 054 | How to Evoke Your Partner's Love Instead of Their Defense Patterns By Breaking The Eden Loop - Relationship Physics pt. 3 055 | Are You Compatible or Just Malnourished In Your Relationship? How The Gene Keys Attraction Sphere Can Help You Tell the Difference 056 | The Truth About Trust in Relationships (And It's Not What You Think) Be brave, not perfect, my babe! You got this. Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You know that moment right before you send the invoice where you suddenly feel like you should lower the price? Or when you're about to post something vulnerable and your thumb hovers over the delete button instead? That's your nervous system doing exactly what it learned to do when you were a kiddo. Your childhood survival strategies are running your business decisions right now based on the way you related to your caregivers back then is showing up as undercharging, hiding from visibility, and spiraling on decisions that should feel straightforward. In this episode, we're digging into attachment theory research and the data! And the good news? 80-90% of us can shift these patterns. Your nervous system, and ofc, mindset, beliefs, and patterns are adaptable!! What we're covering: Why anxious attachment makes you undercharge (and how it shows up as constant over-giving) The avoidant pattern: "I don't need help" leading straight to burnout Compulsive caregiving: giving everything away because your worth = your usefulness How gender conditioning compounds all of this (the data is wild) Nervous system regulation tools you can use before your next big decision Strategy only works when your nervous system feels safe. And awareness is the first step, so let's start there.   📣 Become A Woman Behind It All Insider  Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast.   Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me @iamkaijadawn so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Tune Into Related Episodes 076 | What It Actually Takes To Build Sustainable Income & Impact As A Women Entrepreneur 071 | 3 Shadow Work Questions That'll Save You A Decade In Therapy 063 | Autoimmune Issues Aren't 'Just Stress'—They're Suppressed Truth (And Here's What to Do About It) Be brave, not perfect, my babe! Xx, Kaija Dawn . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Be honest: When was the last time you set a boundary and didn't immediately start explaining, justifying, or softening it? That churning in your stomach when you say yes but mean no? The fake smile while you're internally screaming "what am I doing?" Yeah, we need to talk about that. The truth bomb dropping today: Every time you sacrifice yourself to keep someone else comfortable, you think you're being kind. But really? You're leaking precious life force energy and training people not to trust you. Because energetically, they can feel when you're not standing in your truth. Boundaries aren't the walls we build to keep people out. They're the foundation we stand on so we can show up powerfully - in our businesses, our relationships, our mission work, our motherhood. All of it. What we're covering: Why "being accommodating" is actually manipulation (tough love incoming) The spiritual cost of self-abandonment and porous boundaries How Brené Brown's research proves clear boundaries create MORE success The practice: How to state boundaries without over-explaining or feeling like an a-hole This is Part 2 of my boundaries series, expanding beyond romantic relationships into the full ecosystem of being the woman behind it all. The bottom line: Boundaries are gifts. You're not responsible for other people's feelings. And fortune favors the brave. 📣 Become A Woman Behind It All Insider Get first access to new offerings, behind-the-scenes updates, and the content that doesn't make it to the podcast. Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me @iamkaijadawn so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Tune Into Related Episodes 070 | How to Set Boundaries in Your Relationship Without Feeling Like An A-Hole 076 | What It Actually Takes To Build Sustainable Income & Impact As A Women Entrepreneur 062 | How to Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: Using Your Values and Human Design Authority to Make Aligned Decisions Be brave, not perfect, my babe!! You got this. Xx, Kaija Dawn . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

What happens when you stop doing what everyone says you're "supposed" to do and start testing what actually works for your energy, your family, and your business? I spent 8-10 hours a week on Instagram because that's what you do as an entrepreneur, right? Except my daughter kept asking "Mom, are you listening?" while my face was buried in my phone. So I deleted the app for 30 days to see what would happen. The results cracked me wide open in ways I didn't expect. My podcast downloads jumped 39% without Instagram promotion. I reclaimed a full work week worth of time. Aisy rated my presence improvement from a 6 to an 8.5 out of 10. But the biggest shift? The creative clarity that emerged when I stopped unconsciously falling into comparison spirals and started putting blinders up to focus on what actually matters. What we're covering: The real numbers: 39% podcast growth, 152% total growth since November!! How I used those extra 32-40 hours in the month I reclaimed Why my 70% increase in focus unlocked opportunities I never saw coming The difference between life-draining vs life-giving marketing channels and decisions My honest take on whether I'm re-downloading Instagram Craving Deeper Understanding? Ready to challenge what you think is "required" for your business? Try your own experiment - even just a weekend. Track what you care about and email me your findings at [email protected]. Love this episode?! Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Apps & tools mentioned: Otter (transcription app) ScreenZen (app usage governor) Claude AI Jess Ekstrom's Mic Drop Workshop Natalie MacNeil's AI Dream Team You get to decide how you create your impact. Building a business that serves your life instead of stealing from it? That's the real success metric. Be brave, not perfect, my babe! Xx, Kaija   Tune Into Related Episodes 067 | 5 Systems I'm Using to Reclaim My Time, Energy and Presence in 2026 065 | My Phone Addiction Is Stealing My Daughter's Childhood (And What I'm Doing About It) 062 | How to Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: Using Your Values and Human Design Authority to Make Aligned Decisions . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Most female entrepreneurs are building their businesses on quicksand. They have all the strategy, the funnels, the perfect email sequences - but when success comes, it all cracks. Because they never did the unsexy foundation work first. I've invested over $100K in business courses and coaches over the years. Some investments felt desperate and frantic. Others felt like a full-body hell yes. The difference? The seed of intention behind each decision. Today I'm breaking down why your relationship with yourself determines whether your business thrives or crumbles - and it has nothing to do with your marketing strategy. What we're covering: Why your conscious mind wants success but your subconscious keeps sabotaging The bullseye effect: how internal shakiness ripples into every area of life My friend's transformation from manic manifesting to trusting her body's wisdom The specific tools that align your conscious and subconscious beliefs How to move from fear-based decisions to value-based leadership Why community and hard conversations are non-negotiables for sustainable growth Love this episode?! Screenshot it, share it to your stories, and tag me so we can connect and more female entrepreneurs can hear this message they might need today. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   👉 Remember: You're going to fail more than you get it right. That's entrepreneurship. But when you fail from internal safety instead of fear, you fail forward with curiosity rather than collapse.   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

For years, I've been doing things that drained me because I thought I was "supposed" to do to build a successful online business and brand.. IG, FB, a sprinkle of TikTok, all the things that felt heavy and restrictive. Buuuut within my 30-day social media detox, something clicked: I want to be a speakerrrr!! Events, conferences, retreats, companies. The evidence has been there forever - I've loved every time I've presented or taught. So I invested in a Speaker Course and I'm going ALL IN (just like I am right here on my podcast!) But the biggest thing that blew my mind is.. when I looked at my design after making this decision, every single aspect confirms this is exactly where I'm meant to go! So today, I'm breaking down how my 1/3 Self-Projected Projector design and my 4 Prime Gifts have been guiding me to this moment all along. What we're covering: Why I'm literally designed to use my VOICE to share my purpose and direction How my 4 Prime Gifts tell the story of this exact transformation The specific questions to ask yourself about your own design Encouragement to do your own 30-day experiment to align with what lights you up Why this is your year to stop abandoning yourself and start honoring your design Resources Mentioned: The Amy Porterfield Show: Getting Paid to Speak: How to Land Stages, Set Your Fee, and Use Speaking to Grow Your Business w/ Jess Ekstrom Jess's Mic Drop Workshop Craving Deeper Understanding? Drop a comment on Spotify or leave a review on Apple telling me your HD type and Gene Keys info, and NAME what you're making a move on to align with your design in 2026. I'd love to support you along the way. Love this episode? Screenshot this episode, share it on your stories, and tag me with your biggest takeaways from this episode! Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   This is your year to stop abandoning yourself and start honoring what your design has been trying to tell you all along. Be brave, not perfect, my babe! Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

What happens when you finally stop trying to be the entrepreneur everyone else thinks you should be - and start becoming the one you actually are? This episode is pure storytelling. No notes, no script - just me sharing the messy, beautiful journey of the last few years and how I finally crystallized who I'm meant to serve. I'm talking about the breakdowns, the humiliation of stepping out and stepping back (over and over), and how it all led me to Rachel - not just my ideal client avatar, but the archetype of the woman I AM, the woman YOU are. And the plot twist is... after years of struggling to fit myself into the online coaching world, I discovered my actual path forward. Podcasting and Professional speaking. Because OF COURSE! I mean, cmonnnnn- Give me the mic and let's go! What we're covering: The pattern that kept me stuck: stepping out and stepping back for years Who Rachel actually is - and why she's the female founder (creative, driven, heart-centered, and deeply complex) The both/and of our nature: driven and soft, logical and intuitive, strong and scared How I discovered professional speaking through Amy Porterfield & Jess Ekstrom Why all the hard lessons and humiliation make perfect sense now Ready to Understand YOUR Unique Design? If you don't know your Human Design or Gene Keys yet, now's the time to pull them: Human Design Chart: GeneticMatrix.com (free) Gene Keys Profile: GeneKeys.com (free) Save them - because in the next episode, I'm breaking down exactly how my Human Design and Gene Keys align with everything I just shared, so you can start seeing how YOURS work for you too. Tune into the next episode: How I'm Aligning with My Human Design & Gene Keys in 2026 (So You Can Too) Want to Go Deeper? If you're a female founder who's been trying to figure out your messaging, your path, your alignment - and you keep hitting walls or stepping out and stepping back - this is the work I do in my 1:1 containers. We'll get clear on who YOU actually are (not who you think you should be) and how to bring your gifts forward in a way that feels genuinely aligned. Email me at [email protected] and let's talk. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨ Be brave, not perfect, my babe! Xx, Kaija P.S. - To all my Rachels out there (yes, you): I see you. I AM you. And I love you so much. Keep going. 💛 Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

There's something magical about discovering a system that explains patterns that show up in every relationship, every decision, every moment of your life - AND THEN  gives you a roadmap to shift them. But only if you know how to use it properly.     The Gene Keys are a powerful self-awareness system that shows you the frequencies you're genetically programmed to experience. But there's a specific way to work with them that most people never learn. Today I'm breaking down the contemplation practice that turns information into transformation.   What we're covering: The three-step process: recognize shadow → contemplate siddhi → release gift A live example using Gene Key 20 (superficiality/self-assurance/presence) The three contemplation questions that unlock your highest expression and next right action How to let this wisdom reveal itself without forcing   Craving Deeper Understanding?    If you want someone to guide you through your Gene Keys chart and help you understand what it all means for your life and relationships, I offer Gene Keys readings. Email me at [email protected] and we can set that up.   Love this episode?  Share this episode on your story with your biggest takeaway and tag me @iamkaijadawn on IG!  And Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   📣 Join my Woman Behind It All Insiders Email List   Links mentioned: Individual Gene Keys Audio Contemplations ($2 each) Full 64 Gene Keys Audio Library ($100) Pull your Gene Keys Profile   Be brave, not perfect, my babe!  Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Why is it so much easier to live disappointed than to live joyfully? And why do we tamper down the very parts of ourselves that could inspire others the most? This episode started as a voice note I sent to a friend who's been exploring how to help women step into their full expression - but it turned into something so much bigger. I'm sharing Brené Brown's insight that joy is the hardest part of vulnerability, how the coaching industry's "be loud, be bold" mentality can sometimes mask deep insecurity, and why your unique expression needs to be conjured from your own life experiences - not copied from someone else's projection. What we're covering: How childhood shame blocks adult expression and what to do about it Why the most insecure people are often the loudest (and what that means for you) Moving from disappointment-based living to joy-based living The masks we unconsciously wear and how to recognize them Why inspiring others starts with allowing yourself to feel genuine joy Resources Mentioned Inside: Diary of a CEO Episode: Brené Brown: We're In A Spiritual Crisis! The Hidden Epidemic No One Wants To Admit! Power of Vulnerability with Brene Brown  Craving Deeper Relationships? If you're ready to stop hiding behind masks and start expressing your authentic truth - even when it feels vulnerable - this is exactly the work I do in my 1:1 containers. Email me at [email protected] and let's talk about supporting you in this process.   Have you ever noticed how some decisions feel easy and clear, while others have you spinning in circles for weeks? There's usually something deeper going on beneath the surface - and it's not about the decision itself. I've been thinking a lot lately about what makes the difference between decisions that drain us and ones that energize us. Why do we sometimes know exactly what we want, and other times feel completely disconnected from our own knowing? Today I'm sharing three shadow work questions that help cut through the noise and get to what's actually true for you - not what you think you should want, but what you actually do want. What we're covering: Why urgency and pressure around decisions are usually red flags worth exploring The seed of intention behind every choice and how it determines what grows in your life The bullseye analogy: why your relationship with yourself informs every other relationship My favorite question that changes everything about how you approach difficult choices A simple practice to try this week with one decision you've been sitting on   Ready to Transform From the Inside Out? If you want support doing this deeper work and aligning with who you truly are so you can show up powerfully in your relationships, this is exactly what I do in 1:1 coaching or 1-hour Clarity Calls. DM me and let's chat about if we're a great fit!  Try this week's practice and email me at [email protected]! I'd love to hear what comes up for you and celebrate you for doing the work. Love this episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a new drop. ✨ 📣 Join the Woman Behind It All Insiders Email List   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Have you ever noticed how some decisions feel easy and clear, while others have you spinning in circles for weeks? There's usually something deeper going on beneath the surface - and it's not about the decision itself. I've been thinking a lot lately about what makes the difference between decisions that drain us and ones that energize us. Why do we sometimes know exactly what we want, and other times feel completely disconnected from our own knowing? Today I'm sharing three shadow work questions that help cut through the noise and get to what's actually true for you - not what you think you should want, but what you actually do want. What we're covering: Why urgency and pressure around decisions are usually red flags worth exploring The seed of intention behind every choice and how it determines what grows in your life The bullseye analogy: why your relationship with yourself informs every other relationship My favorite question that changes everything about how you approach difficult choices A simple practice to try this week with one decision you've been sitting on   Ready to Transform From the Inside Out? If you want support doing this deeper work and aligning with who you truly are so you can show up powerfully in your relationships, this is exactly what I do in 1:1 coaching or 1-hour Clarity Calls. DM me and let's chat about if we're a great fit!  Try this week's practice and email me at [email protected]! I'd love to hear what comes up for you and celebrate you for doing the work. Love this episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a new drop. ✨ 📣 Join the Woman Behind It All Insiders Email List   🤝 Related episodes: Episode 050 | How to Speak Your Truth Without Abandoning Yourself or Attacking Your Partner 056 | The Truth About Trust in Relationships (And It's Not What You Think) 070 | How to Set Boundaries in Your Relationship Without Feeling Like An A-Hole   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You know what nobody tells you about people-pleasing? Every time you say yes when you mean no, you're not just breaking a promise to yourself - you're literally poisoning your body and your relationships from the inside out. I used to think being "nice" meant swallowing my truth and keeping everyone else comfortable. Then I learned that resentment doesn't just live in your head - it lives in your tissues, your thyroid, your gut. And all that built-up rage from breaking trust with yourself? It has to go somewhere, and usually it gets projected onto the people you love most. Today, I'm sharing the framework that Brené Brown shares in her Power of Vulnerability training sessions that completely shifted how I approach boundaries, plus the exact language for saying no or YES authentically! What we're covering: Why authenticity is the foundation of boundaries (not people-pleasing) Brené Brown's "choose temporary discomfort over long-term resentment" mantra The default patterns working against you and why boundaries feel impossible How to share an authentic no AND yes with specific examples Three practices to integrate this week: reflection, practice, pause 📣 Join my Woman Behind It All Insiders Email List Ready to Transform From the Inside Out? If you're ready to move from self-abandonment to self-trust in your relationships, this is exactly the work I do with women in my 1:1 containers. Email me at [email protected] and let's talk about whether this is a fit for you.   Loved this episode? Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it, and hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You've been asking me how I launched my podcast, so I'm spilling the tea on the exact 17 steps I took to go from terrified perfectionist crying in my car to a top 10% globally ranked show in 4 months. Let's be real - I had a full breakdown moment where I was literally bawling my eyes out driving to a client appointment, asking the universe for help because perfectionism had me so gripped I couldn't finish one episode. The breakthrough came when I heard "LET GO" clear as day, and everything shifted. Now here we are at episode 69, and I'm sharing my whole messy journey so you can skip the drama and actually launch your show.   What we're covering: Why I followed Stefanie Gass's roadmap religiously (even though she's super religious and recently rebranded to "God-Led Business") The foundation work that matters more than fancy equipment (niche, title strategy, TSO statement) My equipment breakdown: why I ditched the expensive mic for a $10-20 lapel mic The technical setup that actually works (don't just upload to Spotify, use Podbean!) Launch day review strategy that boosted my rankings from day one 📣 Join my Woman Behind It All Insiders Email List Ready to Transform From the Inside Out? If this episode gives you the push to finally launch that podcast you've been thinking about, leave me a review (Apple Podcasts AND a 5-star rating on Spotify) and share this with someone else who needs to hear it!   ❓ Got specific podcasting questions? Hit me up at [email protected] - I'm here for the wins, the struggles, and all!   ✨ Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode!   All the resources I mentioned: 🎯 Stefanie Gass Podcast Episodes & Resources: 10 Tips to Start a Podcast in 30 Days 4 Week Podcast Launch Plan Step by Step Launch Checklist! Making a Podcast a Reality in 30 Days or Less! Stefanie Gass's free podcast launch checklist Podcast to Profit program (if you're feeling froggy like me) 👩‍💻 Equipment & Software: Lapel mic ($10-20 on Amazon) Audacity (free recording software) CapCut (free video editing for intro/outro with music) Otter voice recording app 🛠️ Platforms & Tools: Podbean distribution platform ($14/month) - CRUCIAL, don't just use Spotify! Apple Podcasts Connect (analytics) Shutterstock (royalty-free music ~$50) ListenNotes.com (track your global ranking - this is how I know I'm top 10% podcast!) Ale Merino Graphic Design podcast templates   Be sure to tune into the next episode on How to Set Boundaries Without Being an Asshole! It's gonna be 🔥🔥🔥   And remember - you can show up in a messy bun, no makeup, no bra, and still create a baller episode. Your message deserves to be heard, and you don't need to have it all figured out to start.   Be brave, not perfect, my babe! Xx, Kaija . . . Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.