2025, my sister: this year is about unlocking your greatness, because anything less is denying your greatness.

In today’s episode, we're talking unmasking the woman you were meant to be.

I can't think of a better person to pull up a seat to this kitchen table than my friend, Cynthia Barnes, a trailblazer on a mission to build a global movement where women are expected—not just encouraged—to own their awesome, joins us for this empowering conversation.

We dive into:

• The art of owning your value and breaking through barriers.
• Setting intentions that align with your true purpose.
• Practical strategies to lead from your inner compass and make this year your best yet.

Cynthia shares her personal journey and actionable insights that will inspire you to embrace your greatness, one micro-decision at a time.

By the end of this episode, you’ll feel motivated, connected to your inner lighthouse and equipped with tools to step into the most powerful version of yourself—and set the tone for a transformative year ahead.

If you liked this episode, you’ll love this one next:
Reclaiming the micromoments that make you feel good 

Connect with Cynthia:

• Website: cynthia-barnes.com
• Instagram: @iamcynthiabarnes
• LinkedIn: cynthiabarnes
• TEDx Talk: Four words to take a compliment

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✨ 12 Life-Changing Lessons ✨ Top nuggets from our most downloaded episodes—listen now!
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Referenced Episodes:

1. Breaking Free from Perfectionism with Megan Bruneau (Ep. 176)
2. Accessing Your Subconscious with Hypnotherapy with Deanna Smith (Ep. 141) 
3. 4 Ways to Ignite Curiosity as a Superpower (Ep. 152)
4. Microtools to Redirect Your Attention to What Energizes You (Ep. 152) 
5. Vulnerability & Awareness with Dr. Liz Sweiger (Ep. 139)
6. Being Bold with Leigh Burgess (Ep. 147) 
7. Bringing Forward Your Voice with Mayor Rosalynn Bliss (Ep 149)
8. 3 Simple Ways to Hear Yourself (Ep 144)
9. Being a Mother in Leadership with Andrea Wilcutt (Ep. 145)
10. Lessons From My Mom (Ep 143) 
11. How to Show Up for Yourself with Kim Napolitano (Ep 155) 
12. Feeling Unmotivated (Ep 134) 

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2 Events To Be With Other Women & Stand In the Intentional Living Method 

• Loopwell (Montclair, NJ) on 1.16: Tickets Here
• Rittenhouse Hotel (Philadelphia, PA) on 1.23: Tickets Here

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Here’s what I know about you, beautiful badass…

This year hasn’t been easy.

The gremlins? They’ve been relentless—showing up uninvited, morphing into new challenges, and testing every ounce of your strength.

And yet, here you are.
Standing. Growing. Learning.

There’s a past version of you looking at who you are today and saying, “Damn, I am so proud of her.”

But let me ask you:
✨ When was the last time you celebrated your strength?
✨ Took a micro-beat to reflect on the lessons 2024, the great professor, taught you?

In this week’s Attention to Intention micro-episode, we’re diving into 3 micro-questions designed to help you:
🔑 Reflect on your journey 
🔑 Recognize the hidden gifts life is offering 
🔑 Receive & sit in your strength & power 

Because here's the truth: 
When you look for the lesson, you find the gift.
and when you find the gift, there's freedom waiting for you on the other side. 

Take 17 minutes to reconnect with yourself—you deserve it. 💪✨

Tune in to discover how the questions you ask can unlock the gifts life is trying to hand you.  #Attention2IntentionPod #IntentionalLiving #HighPerformingWomen

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Have your company sponsor your seat. This is professional development with tangible ROI. Email ([email protected]) or email me, and our team will provide the data to support ROI.
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The words we speak shape the reality we live in.

My friend, I ask you: are you aware of the playlist that's running in your head & the words you use?

Join me as we have Adriana Carrig, Founder: Little Words Project, pull up a seat to this weeks kitchen table convo. 

She turned her pain into her passion that started in her parents basement 7 ten years later & millions of bracelets later, this community is living proof that kindness is a superpower. 

You'll hear us talk about: 

• The power of the words we use 7 how they can create - or limit-our future
• Her journey from being bullied to leading a game changing company
• The mindset shifts & microtools that fuels her keep going. 

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January 23rd Live Event in Philadelphia: Unmasking Authenticity. Tickets here 

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Connect with Adriana: 

• Instagram: @adrianacarrig
• Website: Little Words Project 
• Adriana's Book: The Power of Little Words: How One Kind Word Can Change Everything

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 #WordsMatter #KindnessIsKey #TransformYourMindset #EmpowerThroughWords
#RewriteYourStory #LittleWordsBigImpact #FromPainToPurpose
#MindsetShifts #MicrotoolsForSuccess #PodcastCommunity #WomenInLeadership
#InspiringJourneys #KindnessMatters #PositiveSelfTalk #intentionsetting 

What do you do when something doesn't go the way you intended?

• The work call 
• The client meeting
• The conversation with your partner
• The converstion with your kids teacher
• The triggering moment from the family member 

Where do you go, mentally?

Do you let the self-loathing gremlins pull up frat party style with a kegger & their buddies & they are  full on in your brain? 

The repeating the situation. The uncomfortablenesss in your body. The trying to numbe with the things. Until you stuff it down, you don't hear it anymore. 

If this hits, my sister: I want to give you the 3-part self-acceptance elixir that I've been whippin up for myself so you can move from a place of self-loathing (because that's really where this need for achievement comes from) to a place of lasting change & that lives in self-acceptance 

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#FromSelfLoathingToSelfLove #EmotionalWellness #MentalClarity
#HealingJourney #InnerPeace #WomenEmpoweringWomen
#WomenSupportingWomen #SheLeads #WomenWhoRise #Mindset #anxietyrelief 

Whew, baby! Life, she is a lesson curator, isn't she? The lessons she's giving, they just keep dropping. This year has been full of lessons for me & I know it has for you too. 

Here’s the thing: when you approach life’s journey with a mindset of learning, you bounce back faster and uncover a better version of yourself on the other side. 💡✨

The evolution of you? What’s on the other end is such a gift. 🎁 But before you can receive those gifts, you have to deal with being uncomfortable & sitting in it.

And let’s be real—it foofin’ sucks when you’re in the middle of it. Change is hard, even when we know it’s good for us. Here’s to being human. 🤍

In this week’s episode of the Attention to Intention Podcast, I’m sharing 3 micro-lessons I’ve had to learn this year. These lessons are helping me look for the wisdom in life’s challenges, lean into the gifts around me, and evolve into a better version of myself. It's my hope, my friend, they inspire you to do the same.

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#intentionalliving #lifelessons #microtools #selfgrowth #selfgrowth #changeishard #courage #wisdom #selfevolution #womensupportingwomen #womenpodcasters #forwomenbywomen #empoweredwomen #womeninspiringwomen #mindset 

You ever hear the saying: you teach people how to treat you. SAME thing with our energy (the unspoken message we bring into every room).

It took me a hell of a long time to realize the power of the energy that you bring into the rooms you're in & the ripple impact it has. 

In this kitchen table conversation with the beautiful badas* & ray of sunshine, Ebony Travis, Global Well-Being at a Global Organization we're talking about the gift of a #reset 

• Simple microtools to shift your lens & the impact of how people treat you
• Micromoments to be human in what can feel lie a robotic transacational world
• What being real means & how we both uncovered what it means to us 

When you put down the mask that you've been taught to hide behind, while it as once built to protect you, isolates you from other. Here's to the gifts on the other side of putting down the mask. 

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Connect with Ebony

• Instagram: @ebonytravis  
• LinkedIn: @ebonytravis 
• Website: livingauthentically.com 

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In a world that often feels like quicksand, it’s all too easy to fixate on what we lack and let those gremlins run the show. But what if you could break free from that cycle?

Inspired by Dr. Benjamin Hardy's transformative book The Gap and the Gain, I’ll unpack the power of focusing on what you do have instead of what’s missing.

Discover the micro-decisions you can make daily to step into a perspective of gratitude, where you’re more aware of your strengths and the progress you’re making.

Shift your lens, find the good, and remember who has the power to choose your focus: you do.

Pull up a seat my friend and let’s start seeing life through the lens of gains, one intentional step at a time

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Perfectionism. There's so much more to it than just this need to get the achievement.

This sh*t is deep rooted & it's this self-induced prison that we can place ourselves in (hell I have & sometimes still do!)

When I connected with Megan Bruneau & she shared with me this prison of perfection & the freedom in awareness around it, where it stemmed from & rewriting the enough-ness of it: I said, girl do I have a seat for you. 

Megan Bruneau whose been quoted by Deepak Chopra as the Millennials Therapist, is a no bullsh*t, relatable voice that has landed her appearances on Good Morning America where she has talked about her own mental health, eating disorder history & doing so with vulnerability & humor. She's a therapist / coach / speaker that is on a mission to help you like yourself & life a little more. 

Philadelphia Event with Rittenhouse Hotel on 11.7: Grab Your Ticket 

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• Instagram: @meganbruneau
• Website: meganbruneau.com

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#BreakingPerfectionism #WomenSupportingWomen #OwnYourImperfections #FreedomFromPerfection #PerfectionismDetox #RealAndUnfiltered #PerfectlyImperfect #LettingGoOfPerfect #WomenEmpoweringWomen #AuthenticSelf #RedefineSuccess #ProgressOverPerfection  #HighAchievingWomen #FemaleEmpowermentPodcast #WomenWithPurpose #MindsetReset #UnleashYourPotential #OvercomingPerfectionism

80% of women have unresolved stress & anxiety in their bodies.

We've been taught to move on from something & we believe we should, while our bodies are keeping score.

We're talking about the power of micro-breathwork to help you move through the years of built up sh*t that you're body in hanging onto with my girl, Shannon Missimer  

Shannon Missimer is building a movement on reconnecting with YOU which was built off her own army crawl in life. She had a large career in insurance turned stay at home mom realized that she was existing, lost herself in all the things & built her work around what she needed: intentional living rooted in holistic well-being

Philadelphia Event with Rittenhouse Hotel on 11.7: Grab Your Ticket 

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• Instagram: @shannonmissimer
• LinkedIn: @shannonmissimer
• Website: shannonmissimer.com 

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