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🎧 In this episode:

This week on Sparky Life, Lia dives into one of the most honest and vulnerable chapters in her journey through the trades. From surviving abuse to navigating the complicated, coded dynamics of being a woman in a male-dominated industry — this episode is raw, revealing, and unforgettable.

💥 Lia shares:

• Why pre-apprenticeship changed her life — and what most people get wrong about the trades
• The shocking psychology experiment that revealed how predators choose victims
• Why she studied body language and neuropsychology at night — while wiring outlets by day
• The math skills she had to rebuild after growing up with dyslexia
• A secret backdoor into the union no one talks about
• What actually happens with pay equity and raises in the trades
• The invisible pressures of “being one of the guys”
• And the gut-churning moment her trusted mentor started crossing lines

This is the kind of story that needs to be heard — especially by women considering the skilled trades. It’s about power, perception, and what it really takes to not just survive, but thrive, in a world that wasn’t built with you in mind.

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – From Shelter to Pre-Apprenticeship

01:04 – Falling in Love with the Trades

01:25 – Studying Abuse & Body Language

02:17 – The Psychology of Predators

03:05 – Rebuilding with Electricity

03:31 – Dyslexia, Measuring Tapes, and Math

04:11 – Getting Help from a Mentor Teacher

05:03 – How I Got into the Union

05:49 – The Secret “Back Door” into Unions

06:54 – What You’ll Really Earn as an Electrician

08:25 – Equal Pay for Women in the Trades

09:14 – Becoming the Only Woman on the Crew

10:03 – Learning Soft Skills from “Captivate”

10:29 – My Sopranos-Style Mentor

11:55 – Trying to Fit In with the Guys

12:11 – “You’ll Always Be the Woman in the Room”

13:01 – Realizing the Illusion of Acceptance

14:07 – The Gut Feeling I Couldn’t Ignore

15:04 – The Toxic Culture Around Reporting

16:16 – The Moment Everything Changed

16:40 – What Comes Next…

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