In our very first episode, hosts Jess Vogelpohl (Consciously Unbecoming) and Monica Rozenfeld (co-founder of Permission to Connect) get raw and unfiltered about why real connection is disappearing and what it actually takes to bring it back.

They dig into the small, unscripted moments that create real human connection: handing a total stranger a sucker at a farm stand, complimenting a woman's dress in line at the grocery store, the "micro-connections" that can quietly change the entire course of someone's day. Jess opens up about living with CPTSD, anxiety, and depression as a neurodivergent woman, and the astrology-fueled "disruption" weekend that led to a much-needed emotional purge. Monica shares her real, unfiltered postpartum depression story, including why she now always asks new moms how they're doing, not just the baby  and what it feels like to go through matrescence, the process of feeling like you have to burn down and rebuild who you are.

Together, they get into nervous system regulation (and how women literally borrow calm from each other), subconscious reprogramming and rewiring limiting beliefs around money and self-worth and the vulnerability of showing up authentically instead of performing for the room.

If you're on a healing journey, deep in postpartum, tired of surface-level small talk, or craving real, vulnerable, women-supporting-women conversation this episode is for you.

Topics covered:

• Micro-connections and the disappearing art of talking to strangers
• CPTSD, anxiety, and depression in neurodivergent women
• Postpartum depression and matrescence — becoming a new version of yourself
• Nervous system regulation and co-regulation between women
• Subconscious reprogramming, limiting beliefs, and self-worth
• Manifestation, aligned action, and hustle culture burnout
• Body image, imposter syndrome, and showing up authentically

Have a story of your own you just have to tell? We're looking for guests, reach out and let us know. Follow along, and let's connect. 

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Jess Kiely-Vogelpohl 

@jessvogs

@consciously.unbecoming

Monica Rozenfeld:

@permissiontoconnect

Or watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/@Consciously.Unbecoming

XOXO,

Jess & Monica