Manifest + Chill

By Tracy FtacekBusiness Entrepreneurship Education Self-Improvement

Manifest + Chill episodes

April 17 Your Second Puberty Is Your Leadership Superpower
She was snapping in board meetings.
Questioning relationships she'd always been certain of. Thinking about
blowing up everything she'd built. Feeling like the most stable person
in every room had suddenly become someone she didn't recognize.
She wasn't falling apart.
She was in her second puberty — and nobody had given it that name yet.
In this episode of Manifest + Chill, I sit down with Tracey Willingham,
aka That Hormone Girl, a licensed social worker turned hormone health
coach who spent 15 years working in oncology, watched women walk out
of cancer treatment with zero support for what came next, and decided
enough was enough.
What Tracey discovered — and what she's now built her entire business
around — is that the thing bringing women to her door isn't hot flashes
or HRT scripts. It's the unnamed chaos of midlife: the inexplicable
rage, the career they suddenly can't stand, the voice they've been
swallowing for decades that has finally had enough.
That, she says, is your second puberty. And for high-achieving women,
CEOs, founders, and leaders who have spent their lives being the glue
that holds everything together — it can feel terrifying.
It is actually your most powerful upgrade.
In this conversation we talk about:
→ Why the women showing up to Tracey's door aren't saying "I have
hormone issues" — they're saying "I'm thinking about a divorce
and I don't know why"
→ The cortisol-leadership connection that is silently running the
show for high-achieving women
→ What it actually means to develop your voice — and why some women
are doing it for the very first time in their 40s and 50s
→ The boss who told Tracey to "sell the sad cancer story, then drink
your water and be quiet" — and how she spent years believing him
→ Why stuttering and stumbling when you finally speak up earns you
50 gold stars (not an apology)
→ The difference between a midlife crisis and a second puberty —
and why that distinction changes everything
→ Tracey's practice for dismantling the negative stories you carry:
"Would you say that to me? Then why are you saying it to yourself?"
→ Why your leadership is not done — it's just finally becoming
all the way yours
Tracey's closing truth for women in leadership:
"Lean into that second puberty and get ready to be the best leader
you've ever been — because you're going to be. Because you finally
trust yourself."
This one is for every woman who has ever opened with "correct me if
I'm wrong" or apologized before she spoke. You are going to want to
share this episode!
CONNECT WITH TRACEY WILLINGHAM:
Website: https://go.thathormonegirl.com/home
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thathormonegirl

Connect with Tracy Ftacek:
Take my FREE quiz for a clearer picture on what type of leader you are and if this is a season to scale, reset or rebuild your business. https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/693f2ec36121380015b3c8f0
Join me for my newest program: The Energy Aligned Business Strategy https://www.tracyftacek.com/energy-aligned
Say Hi and share what came up for you during this episode! Message me at: https://www.instagram.com/tracyftacek/
40 min
April 14 You Don't Have a Revenue Problem. You Have a Structure Problem
Most women founders who come to me think they have a revenue problem. They don't. They have a structure problem. And until you can see the difference, every revenue strategy you try will hit the same ceiling.
This is Episode 1 of The Exit Ready Series — a 6-part arc designed to take you from stuck and bottlenecked to clear on exactly what it
takes to build a business that scales, systemizes, and eventually runs without you.

In this episode:
• Why revenue plateaus are almost never a revenue problem
• What business structure actually means for a founder at your stage
• The three structural problems that silently kill growth: founder dependency, decision bottleneck, and revenue fragility
• Tracy's real story — the company-wide walkout that forced a complete business model rethink
• Why structural problems make your business unsellable — and what to do about it
KEY TAKEAWAY: You cannot fix a structure problem with a revenue solution. The ceiling you keep hitting is structural. This series gives you the framework to break through it.
Take the Exit Ready Business Scorecard Quiz: https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/69dc764083cd3fc3484efffb
Explore the Energy Aligned Business Strategy:
www.tracyftacek.com/energy-aligned
Connect on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/tracyftacek

11 min
April 08 72 Hour Shift: How to Break the Control Pattern That's Keeping You the Bottleneck
If you find yourself checking in on everything, redoing work others have done, or feeling like the business can't move without you — this episode is for you. Not because you're a control freak. Because you built a business that required it. And now you need to interrupt that pattern at the source.
In this episode:
• Why control in business isn't a personality flaw — it's a structural problem
• The 72-hour exercise Tracy uses with clients to expose exactly where control is costing you
• How to identify which decisions actually need you and which ones don't
• The difference between being involved and being the bottleneck
• What happens to your business's value when you're the only one who can make things move
Control isn't the problem. A business structure that requires your control is. This episode gives you a concrete way to interrupt that pattern in 72 hours.
Take my FREE quiz for a clearer picture on what type of leader you are and if this is a season to scale, reset or rebuild your business.
https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/693f2ec36121380015b3c8f0
Join me for my newest program: The Energy Aligned Business Strategy
https://www.tracyftacek.com/energy-aligned
Say Hi and share what came up for you during this episode!
Message me at:
https://www.instagram.com/tracyftacek/
Learn more about working together here!
https://www.tracyftacek.com

19 min
April 03 You Don't Trust Yourself As Much As You Think — and Here's What That's Costing Your Business
Most high-achieving women founders have built entire businesses on competence, discipline, and results — but when it comes to the next level decision, they freeze. Not because they don't know the answer. Because they don't trust themselves to act on it.
In this episode:
• The difference between intellectual knowing and embodied trust — and why founders confuse them
• How self-distrust shows up in business decisions disguised as 'due diligence'
• The specific pattern that keeps smart women founders in analysis paralysis
• Tracy's CEO Decision Matrix™ — how to make aligned, confident decisions without the spiral
• Why building an exit-ready business requires a level of self-trust most founders haven't developed yet
Self-trust isn't confidence. It's a practiced skill — and it directly affects your business's ability to scale without you in every decision.
Take my FREE quiz for a clearer picture on what type of leader you are and if this is a season to scale, reset or rebuild your business.
https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/693f2ec36121380015b3c8f0
Join me for my newest program: The Energy Aligned Business Strategy
https://www.tracyftacek.com/energy-aligned
Say Hi and share what came up for you during this episode!
Message me at:
https://www.instagram.com/tracyftacek/
Learn more about working together here!
https://www.tracyftacek.com

16 min
March 30 You're Not Scaling — You're Still Proving: Why This Distinction Changes Everything About How You Build
There's a version of 'working hard' that builds a business. And there's a version that just proves you deserve to be taken seriously. Most high-achieving women founders are doing both — and they can't always tell which is which. This episode is about learning to tell the difference.
In this episode:
• The proving pattern — what it looks like, where it comes from, and how it limits growth
• Why proving-mode decisions feel like scaling but produce a business that depends on you more, not less
• How Tracy identifies proving vs. scaling behavior in the first month of working with a client
• The structural shift that moves you from operator proving her worth to CEO building an asset
• What scaling actually looks like when it's no longer attached to your need to be seen as capable
Scaling and proving look identical from the outside — same hours, same output, same revenue growth. But they build fundamentally different businesses. One builds an asset. The other builds a dependency.
Take the free quiz Energy Aligned Diagnostic to find out where your business stands
https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/693f2ec36121380015b3c8f0
Join me for my newest program: The Energy Aligned Business Strategy
https://www.tracyftacek.com/energy-aligned
Say Hi and share what came up for you during this episode!
Message me at:
https://www.instagram.com/tracyftacek/
Learn more about working together here!
https://www.tracyftacek.com

11 min
March 12Discernment Is a Leadership Skill No One Taught You
Most high-achieving women founders make dozens of decisions every day. But very few of them were ever taught the difference between a reactive decision and a discerning one. Discernment isn't intuition — it's a practiced leadership skill. And the founders who build scalable, exit-ready businesses are the ones who've developed it.
In this episode:
Why discernment is a business skill, not a personality trait — and how to develop it deliberately
The difference between reactive decision-making and discerning leadership, and how each shapes your business structure
How underdeveloped discernment keeps founders stuck in decision fatigue and approval loops
Tracy's CEO Decision Matrix™ — a practical framework for making aligned, confident business decisions without the spiral
Why building a business that runs without you requires you to first build discernment systems that run without your constant involvement
The bottleneck in most founders' businesses isn't strategy — it's the absence of a discernment framework. When you develop it, decisions get faster, cleaner, and far less exhausting.
Take my FREE quiz for a clearer picture on what type of leader you are and if this is a season to scale, reset or rebuild your business.
https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/693f2ec36121380015b3c8f0
Join me for my newest program: The Energy Aligned Business Strategy
https://www.tracyftacek.com/energy-aligned
Say Hi and share what came up for you during this episode!
Message me at:
https://www.instagram.com/tracyftacek/
Learn more about working together here!
https://www.tracyftacek.com
11 min
March 06Support Is Not Soft - It's Strategic
High-achieving women founders are conditioned to handle it themselves. To be the one who figures it out, holds it together, and keeps it moving. Asking for support — building support into the business structure — feels like admitting you can't do it alone. This episode challenges that belief directly: support isn't soft. It's one of the most strategic moves a founder can make.
In this episode:
Why the "I'll handle it" pattern is one of the most expensive habits a growing founder can have
How refusing or under-building support keeps your business dependent on you — and impossible to scale
The difference between emotional support and structural support — and why founders need both to build exit-ready companies
How to identify where lack of support is showing up in your revenue, your systems, and your team
Tracy's framework for building support into your business model before you think you need it
A business that can scale is a business that has support built into its structure — not just its founder's schedule. Building support in is not a luxury. It's a prerequisite for growth.
Take my FREE quiz for a clearer picture on what type of leader you are and if this is a season to scale, reset or rebuild your business.
https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/693f2ec36121380015b3c8f0
Join me for my newest program: The Energy Aligned Business Strategy
https://www.tracyftacek.com/energy-aligned
Say Hi and share what came up for you during this episode!
Message me at:
https://www.instagram.com/tracyftacek/
Learn more about working together here!
https://www.tracyftacek.com
10 min
March 04 Your Capacity Is the New Power Move
Manifest + Chill is the go-to podcast for high-achieving women who are done with the hustle, exhausted by perfectionism, and ready to build the life and business they desire from a place of alignment, feminine power, and deep self-trust.
Hosted by Tracy Ftacek—founder of the Manifest + Chill® ecosystem, creator of the Energy Aligned Business Strategy™, and certified manifestation + visualization coach—this show blends grounded neuroscience, intuitive energetics, identity work, and feminine-led leadership to help ambitious women rise without burning out.
Each episode takes you inside the transformational frameworks Tracy is known for worldwide:
✨ The Manifest + Chill Method™
✨ The Energy Aligned Business Strategy™
✨ The Alignment State Ladder™
✨ The Visualization Loop™
✨ Luxury Magnetism for High-Worth Women
Tracy’s story is its own blueprint: from serial entrepreneur and beauty-tech founder to burnout to seven-figure reinvention, she now teaches women how to create quantum-level shifts by working with their alignment—not against it.
Expect a mix of:
🔥 identity calibration
🔥 ambition without burnout
🔥 manifestation made practical
🔥 intuitive decision-making
🔥 nervous system alignment
🔥 feminine leadership in business
🔥 visualization mastery
🔥 worthiness expansion
…all delivered with the signature, “chill the f*ck out” energy Tracy is known for.
If you’re craving high-ticket levels of clarity, your next identity upgrade, or a more intuitive, feminine, deeply aligned path to success—this is your new weekly ritual.

Take my FREE quiz for a clearer picture on what type of leader you are and if this is a season to scale, reset or rebuild your business.
https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/693f2ec36121380015b3c8f0
Join me for my newest program: The Energy Aligned Business Strategy
https://www.tracyftacek.com/energy-aligned
Say Hi and share what came up for you during this episode!
Message me at:
https://www.instagram.com/tracyftacek/
Learn more about working together here!
https://www.tracyftacek.com

13 min
March 03 Aligned and Well: Why High-Achieving Women Can’t Outwork Their Hormones
Manifest + Chill is the go-to podcast for high-achieving women who are done with the hustle, exhausted by perfectionism, and ready to build the life and business they desire from a place of alignment, feminine power, and deep self-trust.
Hosted by Tracy Ftacek—founder of the Manifest + Chill® ecosystem, creator of the Energy Aligned Business Strategy™, and certified manifestation + visualization coach—this show blends grounded neuroscience, intuitive energetics, identity work, and feminine-led leadership to help ambitious women rise without burning out.
Each episode takes you inside the transformational frameworks Tracy is known for worldwide:
✨ The Manifest + Chill Method™
✨ The Energy Aligned Business Strategy™
✨ The Alignment State Ladder™
✨ The Visualization Loop™
✨ Luxury Magnetism for High-Worth Women
Tracy’s story is its own blueprint: from serial entrepreneur and beauty-tech founder to burnout to seven-figure reinvention, she now teaches women how to create quantum-level shifts by working with their alignment—not against it.
Expect a mix of:
🔥 identity calibration
🔥 ambition without burnout
🔥 manifestation made practical
🔥 intuitive decision-making
🔥 nervous system alignment
🔥 feminine leadership in business
🔥 visualization mastery
🔥 worthiness expansion
…all delivered with the signature, “chill the f*ck out” energy Tracy is known for.
If you’re craving high-ticket levels of clarity, your next identity upgrade, or a more intuitive, feminine, deeply aligned path to success—this is your new weekly ritual.

Take my FREE quiz for a clearer picture on what type of leader you are and if this is a season to scale, reset or rebuild your business.
https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/693f2ec36121380015b3c8f0
Join me for my newest program: The Energy Aligned Business Strategy
https://www.tracyftacek.com/energy-aligned
Say Hi and share what came up for you during this episode!
Message me at:
https://www.instagram.com/tracyftacek/
Learn more about working together here!
https://www.tracyftacek.com

30 min
February 26 You've Outgrown the Version of You That Built This
Manifest + Chill is the go-to podcast for high-achieving women who are done with the hustle, exhausted by perfectionism, and ready to build the life and business they desire from a place of alignment, feminine power, and deep self-trust.
Hosted by Tracy Ftacek—founder of the Manifest + Chill® ecosystem, creator of the Energy Aligned Business Strategy™, and certified manifestation + visualization coach—this show blends grounded neuroscience, intuitive energetics, identity work, and feminine-led leadership to help ambitious women rise without burning out.
Each episode takes you inside the transformational frameworks Tracy is known for worldwide:
✨ The Manifest + Chill Method™
✨ The Energy Aligned Business Strategy™
✨ The Alignment State Ladder™
✨ The Visualization Loop™
✨ Luxury Magnetism for High-Worth Women
Tracy’s story is its own blueprint: from serial entrepreneur and beauty-tech founder to burnout to seven-figure reinvention, she now teaches women how to create quantum-level shifts by working with their alignment—not against it.
Expect a mix of:
🔥 identity calibration
🔥 ambition without burnout
🔥 manifestation made practical
🔥 intuitive decision-making
🔥 nervous system alignment
🔥 feminine leadership in business
🔥 visualization mastery
🔥 worthiness expansion
…all delivered with the signature, “chill the f*ck out” energy Tracy is known for.
If you’re craving high-ticket levels of clarity, your next identity upgrade, or a more intuitive, feminine, deeply aligned path to success—this is your new weekly ritual.

Take my FREE quiz for a clearer picture on what type of leader you are and if this is a season to scale, reset or rebuild your business.
https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/693f2ec36121380015b3c8f0
Join me for my newest program: The Energy Aligned Business Strategy
https://www.tracyftacek.com/energy-aligned
Say Hi and share what came up for you during this episode!
Message me at:
https://www.instagram.com/tracyftacek/
Learn more about working together here!
https://www.tracyftacek.com

13 min

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Tracy Ftacek built, scaled, and exited companies before becoming a business coach for women founders. Now she shares exactly what it takes inside Manifest + Chill® — the podcast for ambitious women building scalable, exit-ready businesses.

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