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Recorded on Monday, January 26, 2026, Kelli hits pause on her planned topic to process what she describes as another devastating, politically-charged weekend in the U.S. — and the disorienting, nervous-system-whiplash experience of seeing something unfold online before it’s widely reported.

She talks about the specific kind of mindf*ck that happens when:

• You witness something that feels horrifying and unreal,
• The first headlines don’t match what you saw,
• And you start doing that classic Type C / people-pleaser spiral: “Am I overreacting? Am I being dramatic? Am I the crazy one?”

At the center of this episode is a call to stop letting silence gaslight you into self-doubt.

Kelli unpacks how “staying out of politics” can feel safer in the moment—especially for women who were trained to be palatable to survive—but also how that perceived safety can become a very real danger when nobody says anything, to anyone, anywhere.

This isn’t a neat little bow episode. It’s a real-time processing session about fear, denial, people-pleasing, and choosing to tell the truth anyway.

In this episode, Kelli covers:

• Why not acknowledging “recent events” can feel weird and wrong
• The psychological spiral of disbelief when you see something shocking first-hand (or first-scroll)
• How silence makes you doubt your own perception—and why that benefits systems in power
• The “I’m not political” identity… and why that stops working when values are on the line
• The inner conflict of wanting to speak up without sounding ignorant, divisive, or “too much”
• How people-pleasing and fawning show up in business and in civic life
• A simple starting point: tell the truth about where you are (even if you feel late, shaky, or scared)
• Ways to take action: community conversations, donating, learning, and supporting values-led businesses

Resources mentioned (as Kelli references them):

• Women’s March trainings/resources (including guidance for community response and observing).  
• Donating to support Minnesota
• Being more intentional about where your dollars go (especially women-led / artisanal / values-aligned businesses)

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Loudmouth Lab (formerly Kelli Was Here). If you made it this far, bless your brave little ears.

If this episode lit something up and you’re thinking, “well, shit… my digital presence is absolutely not keeping up with my actual taste,” come visit me at www.loudmouthlab.com

That’s where you’ll find the ways to work with me—Squarespace website design, messaging, and color palette curation—that is ANYTHING BUT BASIC.

Because, fellow loudmouth, sensible is not your style—and it's never too late to become yourself.

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We live in a culture that treats consistency like a virtue—and change like a red flag. Stay in the marriage. Stay in the career. Stay in the identity. Stay “on brand.” And if you want to pivot? Suddenly you’re “flaky,” “unreliable,” or “can’t commit.”

In this episode, I unpack the real issue underneath pivot shame: the fear of being perceived as inconsistent can trigger a freeze/rumination loop that keeps you stuck behind the scenes—half-committing, overthinking, and slowly eroding self-trust.

Then we bring it into business: if you’re neurodivergent (or just exhausted from forcing your brain into someone else’s model), you may not need more motivation—you may need more parameters. Guardrails. A.K.A structure that supports consistency without requiring you to become a different person.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why we moralize consistency—and why change can feel like a “character flaw.”
• The pivot shame spiral: fear → freeze → under-commitment → self-trust erosion
• Why “trying not to look flaky” can create the very inconsistency you fear
• Neurodivergence, novelty, and the pressure to appear stable
• How to design offers around the way your brain actually works
• The case for guardrails: a structure that reduces decision fatigue and follow-through friction
• The question to ask before you pivot your brand, offers, or business model

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Loudmouth Lab (formerly Kelli Was Here). If you made it this far, bless your brave little ears.

If this episode lit something up and you’re thinking, “well, shit… my digital presence is absolutely not keeping up with my actual taste,” come visit me at www.loudmouthlab.com

That’s where you’ll find the ways to work with me—Squarespace website design, messaging, and color palette curation—that is ANYTHING BUT BASIC.

Because, fellow loudmouth, sensible is not your style—and it's never too late to become yourself.

Muah - K

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In this first episode of 2026, I’m pulling back the curtain on a decision I didn’t expect to make—but couldn’t ignore: renaming my business to Loudmouth Lab.

This isn’t a shiny rebrand or a dramatic pivot for clicks. It’s a real-time conversation about identity, nervous-system-led branding, and what happens when your work gets clearer than the container you built it in.

I talk about the fear of looking flaky, why most branding advice assumes you already know who you are and feel safe enough to be seen, and how that gap quietly sabotages otherwise “solid” strategies. We get into why the nervous system is actually the nucleus of personal branding, how Loudmouth Lab is structured (LiveWire Lab, Leverage Lab, Language Lab, and Look Lab), and why regulation has to come before positioning, pricing, or visibility.

If you’ve been biting your tongue, second-guessing your message, or building a business from your wounds instead of your wisdom—this episode will give you language, permission, and maybe a little relief.

And yes, I also talk through the very real logistics: changing a business name, potentially renaming the podcast, choosing Squarespace over Showit, and what it looks like to let clarity lead instead of fear.

This one’s messy, honest, and very on-brand for 2026.

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Loudmouth Lab (formerly Kelli Was Here). If you made it this far, bless your brave little ears.

If this episode lit something up and you’re thinking, “well, shit… my digital presence is absolutely not keeping up with my actual taste,” come visit me at www.loudmouthlab.com

That’s where you’ll find the ways to work with me—Squarespace website design, messaging, and color palette curation—that is ANYTHING BUT BASIC.

Because, fellow loudmouth, sensible is not your style—and it's never too late to become yourself.

Muah - K

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This episode dives deep into neuroaesthetics, nervous-system-informed branding, and why traditional branding advice fails women who don’t feel safe enough to be seen yet. If you’ve ever felt frozen when it comes to posting, second-guessed your message into oblivion, or burned out after “putting yourself out there,” this conversation will land.

Spoiler: this isn’t about fonts, funnels, or finding the “perfect” brand colors.
 It’s about capacity before clarity—and why creativity itself can be regulating, healing, and wildly clarifying.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why traditional branding assumes you know who you are and feel safe enough to be visible (and why that’s a terrible assumption)
• How neuroaesthetics shows that both making and experiencing art supports nervous system health
• Why creativity improves higher-order thinking, emotional processing, and resilience
• The connection between Type C personalities, people-pleasing, freeze responses, and burnout
• Why so many women feel paralyzed when it comes to marketing—even when they’re talented and experienced
• How suppressed self-expression shows up as exhaustion, inflammation, and disconnection
• Why branding can be an act of self-expression, self-trust, and self-reclamation
• How nervous-system capacity unlocks creativity, intuition, and consistent visibility
• What inspired the creation of Loudmouth Lab and why it’s not “just another branding program”

Key themes & concepts mentioned:

• Neuroaesthetics & art as regulation
• Nervous system safety vs. mindset work
• Limbic brain, survival responses & creativity
• Vestibular, proprioceptive & interoceptive systems
• Type C personality traits
• Burnout, freeze responses & visibility fear
• Branding as biology, not just business
• Self-expression as a healing practice

Curious about Loudmouth Lab?

Loudmouth Lab is a nervous-system-informed branding experience for women who are done biting their tongues and ready to build brands that are so much more than a presence; they carry a pulse. 

The waitlist is where:

• Founding spots open first
• Founding-rate pricing lives
• Early bonuses drop (the good kind)

If building a brand that’s impossible to ignore is on your 2026 vision board, this is your invitation.

👉 Join the waitlist

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Loudmouth Lab (formerly Kelli Was Here). If you made it this far, bless your brave little ears.

If this episode lit something up and you’re thinking, “well, shit… my digital presence is absolutely not keeping up with my actual taste,” come visit me at www.loudmouthlab.com

That’s where you’ll find the ways to work with me—Squarespace website design, messaging, and color palette curation—that is ANYTHING BUT BASIC.

Because, fellow loudmouth, sensible is not your style—and it's never too late to become yourself.

Muah - K

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What do autoimmune disease, burnout, breast cancer, chronic pain, anxiety, and your BRAND have in common?

More than any of us were ever taught.

In this week’s episode, I share the revelation that blew the doors off my decade-long struggle to reconcile my love of personal development with my obsession for creativity, aesthetics, and branding. Spoiler alert: these worlds were never meant to be separate — and the thread that ties them together is something called the Type C Personality.

According to research in neuroscience, psychosomatic medicine, and the work of Gabor Maté, the Type C personality describes women who spend their entire lives self-silencing, people-pleasing, avoiding conflict, and reading the room before they ever read themselves.

And here’s where it gets wild:

• 80% of autoimmune diagnoses are women
• Type C emotional patterns show up again and again in chronic illness, including Hashimoto’s, breast cancer, fibromyalgia, migraines, and chronic fatigue
• These same patterns shape how you show up, speak up, create, dress, and yes… how you brand your business

This episode weaves together my personal story — including both of my sisters being diagnosed with breast cancer while testing negative for the BRCA gene — with the deep, uncomfortable truth that so many of us were conditioned to prioritize attachment over authenticity. What we learned to silence in childhood becomes what we struggle to express in adulthood, and your nervous system does not forget.

I also break down how:

• Your nervous system influences your creativity and capacity
• Branding becomes a modality for healing, not just marketing
• Art, aesthetics, and self-expression regulate your body (hi, neuroaesthetics)
• Your website, your wardrobe, and your voice are reflections of your internal safety

 If you’ve ever felt muted, flat, palatable, “professional,” or disconnected online…
 If your website feels like a costume and not a mirror…

This episode will make everything make sense.

And it might just explain why so many brilliant women feel burned out, stuck, or invisible — and what actually creates the capacity to change it.

 Loudmouth Lab Waitlist

The Myth of Normal — Gabor Maté
 
ACE Score Test (Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire)
 

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Loudmouth Lab (formerly Kelli Was Here). If you made it this far, bless your brave little ears.

If this episode lit something up and you’re thinking, “well, shit… my digital presence is absolutely not keeping up with my actual taste,” come visit me at www.loudmouthlab.com

That’s where you’ll find the ways to work with me—Squarespace website design, messaging, and color palette curation—that is ANYTHING BUT BASIC.

Because, fellow loudmouth, sensible is not your style—and it's never too late to become yourself.

Muah - K

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This week, we’re talking about the phrase that’s been rattling around in my brain—and apparently yours, too:

“I feel dead inside.”

Yep. We’re going there.

• Why “having it all” can still feel empty
• How motherhood, marriage, and midlife shape (and sometimes silence) identity
• Why unmet needs turn into emotional numbness
• The liberation of admitting what you don’t like
• Why saying “I hate that” may save your life
• How authenticity begins with tiny acts of telling the truth
• Why this reclamation is the birthplace of a potent brand

And yes—this ties directly into branding, because a brand without self-expression eventually flatlines.
When you don’t know what you like, what you want, or who you are, you create something that photographs well but lands hollow. (Ask me how I know.)

If you're ready to resurrect the parts of you you've quietly buried, slap in your AirPods. 

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Loudmouth Lab (formerly Kelli Was Here). If you made it this far, bless your brave little ears.

If this episode lit something up and you’re thinking, “well, shit… my digital presence is absolutely not keeping up with my actual taste,” come visit me at www.loudmouthlab.com

That’s where you’ll find the ways to work with me—Squarespace website design, messaging, and color palette curation—that is ANYTHING BUT BASIC.

Because, fellow loudmouth, sensible is not your style—and it's never too late to become yourself.

Muah - K

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If your hero headline still sounds like:

…this episode is your loving intervention.

In this week’s episode, Kelli breaks down how the job of your copy has completely changed—and why the formulas that used to work (even just a couple years ago) are now falling flat in a noisy, AI-saturated, scroll-happy internet. 

You’ll learn why copy can’t just make your reader understand what you do anymore—it has to help them understand why they feel the way they do. We’re talking quiet-part-out-loud truth-telling, shared humanity, and language that makes your ideal client think:

Kelli walks you through a simple way to turn your hero section (or any hook) into a tiny emotional gut punch—in the best way possible.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why copy 1.0 (a.k.a. “I help X so they can Y”) is no longer enough,
  and how the role of your hero headline has evolved from “Is this the right place?” to “Wow, she gets me.” 
• The new job of your copy in 2025
• How to write words that feel like a tiny dose of healing
• The three raw ingredients of a potent hero line
• Why generic AI-generated copy is numbing your audience
  and how to use tools like ChatGPT well—to excavate truth, not churn out more “Pinterest prose” and “motivational mush.” 
• What “truth as currency” means for your brand 

Mentions & Links

• The Hero Headline Kit– Kelli’s AI bestie trained on brand strategy + truth-telling prompts to help you write copy people actually feel. Get access via the opt-in linked in the show notes. 
• Uncensor Session (90-minute 1:1) – Remove the muzzle from your message: we uncover what you’re not saying, create safety around it, and turn it into what truly sets you apart.
• Loudmouth Lab Waitlist  (6-month group lab) – For ungovernable women ready to say the quiet parts out loud and build brands with a pulse, not just a presence.  
• Book Mentioned: The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck – on truth, wholeness, and what it really means to live in alignment with yourself. 

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Loudmouth Lab (formerly Kelli Was Here). If you made it this far, bless your brave little ears.

If this episode lit something up and you’re thinking, “well, shit… my digital presence is absolutely not keeping up with my actual taste,” come visit me at www.loudmouthlab.com

That’s where you’ll find the ways to work with me—Squarespace website design, messaging, and color palette curation—that is ANYTHING BUT BASIC.

Because, fellow loudmouth, sensible is not your style—and it's never too late to become yourself.

Muah - K

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If the thing that would make your brand unforgettable is the thing you’re most afraid to say… You don’t have a messaging issue; you have a nervous system at capacity. In this episode, I break down why your body reacts the way it does when you go to post, pitch, or “be authentic” online—and how to work with your system instead of shaming yourself into silence. 

We’ll unpack how shame shows up as procrastination, over-editing, people-pleasing, and total shutdown—and why that doesn’t mean you’re flaky or broken. It means your internal “threat bucket” is overflowing. I walk you through the NSI (NeuroSomatic) lens of input → interpretation → output, and how that explains everything from ghosting your own launch to going blank on Instagram Live. 

I also share the story of a client whose most “unforgivable” moment—cheating on her ex-husband—ended up being the exact pivot point of her coaching work. The same story her nervous system was desperate to hide was the story that held her true edge and most potent positioning. Once we worked with her nervous system and the shame in her body, her articulation, confidence, and clarity finally caught up with the depth of her work. 

If you’ve ever known you have something to say but freeze the second you try to say it out loud, this episode will help you see that authenticity isn’t a personality trait—it’s a capacity you can build. And that capacity is what turns a “nice brand” into one that’s impossible to ignore for the people who are already looking for you. 

In this episode, we get into:

• Why “just be authentic” is low-key cruel if your body thinks authenticity = exile
• What your nervous system actually is in plain language (no woo, just your operating system)
• The NSI model of input → interpretation → output, and how it shows up in your branding
• The “threat bucket” concept and why you lose access to your best ideas when it’s full
• How shame acts as a protective strategy (not proof that you’re a terrible human)
• Real-life examples of nervous-system outputs: procrastinating, over-editing, sounding like Pinterest prose, going blank when someone asks what you do
• Why your edge—the thing that sets your brand apart—is usually the truth you’re most afraid to say
• Simple ways nervous system tools can make visibility feel safer (and eventually, even fun)

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Loudmouth Lab (formerly Kelli Was Here). If you made it this far, bless your brave little ears.

If this episode lit something up and you’re thinking, “well, shit… my digital presence is absolutely not keeping up with my actual taste,” come visit me at www.loudmouthlab.com

That’s where you’ll find the ways to work with me—Squarespace website design, messaging, and color palette curation—that is ANYTHING BUT BASIC.

Because, fellow loudmouth, sensible is not your style—and it's never too late to become yourself.

Muah - K

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If your brand feels like a money pit or a mute button on your real voice, you might be building from your loudest wound—perfectionism, people-pleasing, shame—rather than your highest wisdom. In this episode, I break down how neurosomatics (applied nervous-system work) becomes the most unlikely, wildly effective brand strategy: it gives you the safety to be honest, polarizing, and prolific—aka a brand with a pulse, not just a presence. 

What we cover

• The “loudest wound vs. highest wisdom” lens—and how it quietly drives over-investing, rebranding spirals, and content paralysis. 
• Why willpower and “just post it messy” often fail when your body reads visibility as a threat (freeze → buy another course → repeat). 
• What complex trauma and fawn responses look like in business (over-editing, being bland, motivational mush). 
• How neurosomatic drills (think: vision, vestibular, interoception, proprioception) expand capacity so your voice and decision-making turn back on. 
• The brand result: disarming candor, creative stamina, and content that actually resonates. 

Links:

Get on the waitlist for Loud Mouth Lab- early 2026 launch; early-bird pricing + bonuses for waitlisters.

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Loudmouth Lab (formerly Kelli Was Here). If you made it this far, bless your brave little ears.

If this episode lit something up and you’re thinking, “well, shit… my digital presence is absolutely not keeping up with my actual taste,” come visit me at www.loudmouthlab.com

That’s where you’ll find the ways to work with me—Squarespace website design, messaging, and color palette curation—that is ANYTHING BUT BASIC.

Because, fellow loudmouth, sensible is not your style—and it's never too late to become yourself.

Muah - K

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If you’re dodging decisions because you “might change your mind,” you’re not broken—you’re human. This episode digs into how fear of judgment fuels commitment-phobia in branding, why shame makes visibility feel unsafe, and how to move from survival brain to self-led brand decisions you can actually stand behind. Evolution isn’t a branding liability—it is the brand when you honor it out loud.

What you’ll learn

• Why “I’m scared to commit” is usually fear of judgment (and how your nervous system treats social risk like a threat).
• How shame keeps you invisible—and burns you out while you’re trying to be seen.
• Evolution as a brand asset: owning pivots publicly to build trust and magnetism.
• Self-leadership > people-pleasing: bold brands come from confidently self-led humans.
• A practical reframe for decisions (colors, offers, posting) when you don’t “know” yet.

Key takeaways / quotables

• “If you’re doing this right, you’re supposed to be moving and evolving.”
• “It’s hard to build a brand from a place of wanting to be invisible while trying to be visible.”
• “Your perpetual evolution? That is the brand.”

Lightly bossy notes for your future self

• “I don’t know” is a flag for survival brain, not a stop sign. Make the smallest true choice, then iterate.
• Choose colors/offers because they’re true now, not because they’re trending. Permission to outgrow them later.

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Loudmouth Lab (formerly Kelli Was Here). If you made it this far, bless your brave little ears.

If this episode lit something up and you’re thinking, “well, shit… my digital presence is absolutely not keeping up with my actual taste,” come visit me at www.loudmouthlab.com

That’s where you’ll find the ways to work with me—Squarespace website design, messaging, and color palette curation—that is ANYTHING BUT BASIC.

Because, fellow loudmouth, sensible is not your style—and it's never too late to become yourself.

Muah - K