Raw & Real with Clare Garner | With Women Who Are Doing The Damn Thing

How many decisions are we making because they genuinely feel right...

...and how many are we making because we're worried what everyone else will think?

This isn't just a conversation about style.

It's about identity.

It's about confidence.

It's about trusting yourself enough to build a life that actually fits who you are today—not who you used to be or who the world expects you to become.

In this episode, I'm joined by Julie Murrell, style coach and image consultant, who now lives in Bangkok after leaving Canada to build a life and business on her own terms.

What started as a conversation about fashion quickly became something much bigger.

We talked about moving abroad.

Finding your people.

Creating a business that gives you freedom.

Why style is about self-expression, not trends.

And how so many of us spend years making decisions based on external validation instead of what actually feels true for us.

Because let's be honest...

Whether it's the clothes we wear, the business we build or the country we choose to live in...

The real question is always the same.

Are you choosing it because it's right for you... or because it's what everyone else expects?

✨ Why style is about confidence, not fashion

✨ Building a freedom-led business

✨ Moving abroad and finding your tribe

✨ Entrepreneurship and designing life on your own terms

✨ Identity shifts and self-expression

✨ Why external validation keeps so many women stuck

✨ Trusting your intuition over other people's opinions

✨ Creating a life that finally feels like yours

🎧 Listen now and then come and tell me your biggest takeaway. Send me a DM on Instagram @claregarnerofficial — I read every message personally, and I'd love to hear what this conversation unlocked for you. And if you want to join the community and gain even deeper access into my inner World, mind and thoughts - come join us over on Substack.

And if you're loving Raw & Real, don't forget to follow the show, leave a review and share this episode with someone who's questioning whether the life they're living still fits who they've become.

What if the life you're dreaming about isn't waiting for you to work harder... but to let go of what no longer fits?

Because let's be honest… so many of us are holding onto things that quietly keep us stuck. Old identities. Businesses we've outgrown. Homes, careers, expectations, belongings, even the idea that we have to niche down and choose just one path.

In this conversation with Kelsey Anderson, we dive into what it really means to trust yourself, follow your intuition and stop trying to force your life into someone else's blueprint.

We talk about neurodivergence, entrepreneurship, moving abroad, selling everything we owned, creating more white space, building a freedom-led life and why sometimes the bravest thing you can do is release what's familiar to make room for what's next.

This isn't just a conversation about business.

It's about creating a life that actually feels like yours.

✨ Inside this episode we cover:

• Why niching down doesn't work for everyone
• Building a business around your life instead of your life around your business
• The power of following your intuition
• Selling everything and moving abroad
• Letting go of possessions, identities and old versions of yourself
• Entrepreneurship, freedom and creating more white space
• Why curiosity will always take you further than certainty

🎧 Listen now and then come and tell me your biggest takeaway. Send me a DM on Instagram @claregarnerofficial or join me over on Substack. I'd genuinely love to hear what this conversation unlocks for you.

You can have the strategy.

You can have the offers.

You can know exactly what you should be doing.

And still feel completely stuck.

This isn't just a conversation about business strategy.

It's about safety.

Because if your nervous system doesn't feel safe to be seen...

To sell...

To raise your prices...

To evolve...

No amount of strategy is going to change that.

In this episode, I'm joined by Gráinne O'Regan, business strategist and mindset coach, who shares her journey from nearly 20 years in corporate leadership, through burnout, into building a business that finally feels aligned.

And honestly?

This conversation became one of the most honest discussions I've had about what actually happens when your business starts asking you to become someone new.

Because growth isn't always about learning more.

Sometimes it's about letting go of the version of you that no longer fits.

✨ Leaving corporate and building a business from scratch

✨ Burnout, motherhood and redefining success

✨ Why strategy without safety rarely works

✨ The balance between masculine structure and feminine flow

✨ Identity shifts in business

✨ Building authority without burning yourself out

✨ Why messaging starts with knowing who you are

✨ Trusting yourself enough to step into your next chapter

If you've ever felt like you know what to do...

But something still keeps holding you back...

This conversation might explain why.

🎧 Listen now and then come and tell me your biggest takeaway. Send me a DM on Instagram @claregarnerofficial — I read every message personally, and I'd love to hear what this episode unlocked for you.

And if you're loving Raw & Real, don't forget to follow the show, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who's ready for their next level... even if it feels a little scary.

Have you ever had that feeling that you're meant for more...

But you can't quite put your finger on what that "more" actually is?

This isn't just a conversation about entrepreneurship.

It's about identity.

It's about peeling back the layers of who you've been told to be... and finding the version of you that was there all along.

In this episode, I'm joined by Holly Hay—hypnobirthing teacher, performer, single mum and woman who's spent the last few years rebuilding herself after trauma, people pleasing and completely losing sight of who she really was.

What started as a conversation about visibility quickly became something much deeper.

We talked about healing.

Authenticity.

People pleasing.

Starting over.

Building a personal brand.

And what happens when you realise you're no longer willing to perform your way through life.

Because let's be honest...

So many of us have spent years becoming who everyone else expected us to be.

This conversation is about what happens when you stop.

✨ Healing after trauma and rediscovering who you really are

✨ Why authenticity is your greatest business asset

✨ The transition from performer to personal brand

✨ Visibility, rejection and learning to trust yourself

✨ Building a movement instead of just building a business

✨ Why your personal story is often your greatest strength

✨ Motherhood, entrepreneurship and rebuilding life on your own terms

✨ Knowing you're meant for more... even before you know what that looks like

One of my favourite moments from this conversation was talking about the difference between growing an audience... and building a movement.

Because honestly?

So many entrepreneurs are pouring hours into social media without ever asking themselves what it's actually building.

Your voice deserves more than borrowed platforms.

It deserves a business that lasts.

🎧 Listen now and then come and tell me your biggest takeaway. Send me a DM on Instagram @claregarnerofficial — I read every message personally, and I'd love to hear what this episode unlocked for you.

And if you're loving Raw & Real, don't forget to follow the show, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who knows they're meant for more... even if they haven't quite figured out what that looks like yet.

Most people think manifestation is about vision boards, affirmations and waiting for the universe to deliver.

I don't.

This isn't just a conversation about manifestation.

It's about taking responsibility for your life.

It's about trusting yourself enough to take the next step, even when you have no idea where it's will lead.

And it's about realising that sometimes the smallest decisions end up changing everything.

In this episode, I'm joined by Kalie Woolley, founder of a self-development book club, podcast host and lifelong book lover, whose journey into personal growth began after her first business failed and life felt... flat.

What started with a second-hand copy of The Secret quickly became something much bigger.

Not because one book magically changed her life.

But because she started changing the way she thought, the way she spoke to herself and, most importantly, the way she showed up every single day.

And honestly?

This conversation ended up challenging a lot of what people believe manifestation actually is.

Because for me...

Manifestation isn't about sitting back and hoping.

It's about taking aligned action.

✨ Why personal growth isn't a straight line

✨ What happened after Kayley's first business failed

✨ Self-love, mirror work and changing the way you speak to yourself

✨ The compound effect of tiny daily habits

✨ Gratitude and why small mindset shifts create big life changes

✨ Why manifestation is about action, not just intention

✨ Letting go of the picture-perfect vision and following the feeling instead

✨ Finding your own path instead of copying everyone else's

If you've ever felt like you're doing personal development "wrong"...

If you've ever wondered why manifestation doesn't seem to be working...

Or if you've been waiting for permission to trust yourself a little more...

This conversation is for you.

🎧 Listen now and then come and tell me your biggest takeaway. Send me a DM on Instagram @claregarnerofficial — I read every message personally, and I'd love to hear what this episode unlocked for you.

And if you're loving Raw & Real, don't forget to follow the show, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who's ready to stop waiting and start creating the life they actually want.

✨ In this episode we cover:

Walking away from a secure career doesn't just test your finances.

It tests your identity.

Who are you when the job title disappears?

When the career you've spent years building no longer feels aligned?

And when you're forced to admit that maybe you're being called towards something completely different?

This isn't just a conversation about leaving corporate.

It's about burnout.

It's about rebuilding your confidence after life throws you a curveball.

And it's about learning that your value was never in being irreplaceable.

In this episode, I'm joined by Natalie Bulger, who spent 15 years in executive leadership within healthcare before taking a leap into entrepreneurship.

What followed wasn't an overnight success story.

It was a season of uncertainty.

Of taking a step back financially.

Of questioning everything.

Of slowly rebuilding a business that actually felt aligned.

And honestly?

I think that's exactly why this conversation matters.

Because most people only talk about the success after the fact.

We're talking about what it actually feels like while you're living it.

✨ Burnout and knowing when it's time to leave

✨ Walking away from a successful corporate career

✨ Starting a business without having everything figured out

✨ Why slow, steady growth beats overnight success

✨ Letting go of perfectionism and people pleasing

✨ Why you don't have to be irreplaceable to be valuable

✨ Trusting yourself when life doesn't go to plan

✨ Building a business that evolves with you

If you've ever questioned whether you're on the right path...

If you've ever worried that changing direction means you've failed...

Or if you're standing on the edge of making a brave decision...

This episode is your reminder that you're allowed to evolve.

🎧 Listen now and then come and tell me your biggest takeaway. Send me a DM on Instagram @claregarnerofficial — I read every message personally, and I'd love to hear what this conversation unlocked for you.

And if you're loving Raw & Real, don't forget to follow the show, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who's navigating their own next chapter.

Sometimes the hardest decision isn't starting from scratch.

It's walking away from something that's already good.

This isn't just a conversation about changing careers.

It's about giving yourself permission to evolve.

To outgrow the version of you that built the life you have now.

And trusting that the next chapter might be even better.

In this episode, I'm joined by Tracy Vinnicombe—former professional ballerina, sports massage therapist of 21 years, and now business coach helping therapists build businesses that actually support the life they want to live.

But this conversation quickly became about so much more than business.

We talked about perfectionism.

The pressure to always get it right.

Why so many entrepreneurs stay stuck because they're scared of leaving "good" behind.

And why the biggest leap isn't usually into the unknown...

It's choosing to believe there's something greater waiting for you on the other side.

Because let's be honest...

So many of us spend years building businesses that look successful from the outside, while quietly ignoring the little voice telling us we've evolved.

If you've ever felt torn between where you are and where you're being called next...

This episode is your reminder that you're allowed to change your mind.

You're allowed to pivot.

And you're absolutely allowed to become someone new.

✨ Reinvention and changing careers later in life

✨ Life after being a professional ballerina

✨ Building a business that evolves with you

✨ Why perfectionism keeps so many entrepreneurs stuck

✨ The difference between chasing success and following purpose

✨ Knowing when it's time to pivot

✨ Trusting yourself to make the next brave move

✨ Why "good" isn't always where you're meant to stay

🎧 Listen now and then come and tell me your biggest takeaway. Send me a DM on Instagram @claregarnerofficial — I read every message personally, and I'd love to hear what this episode unlocked for you.

And if you're loving Raw & Real, don't forget to follow the show, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who's standing on the edge of their next chapter.

✨ In this episode we cover:

The online world is really good at convincing us that someone else knows the answer.

Follow this strategy.

Post like this.

Sell like that.

Build your business this way.

And before you know it... you've drifted so far away from yourself that you don't even recognise your own voice anymore.

This isn't just a conversation about business.

It's about what happens when success starts costing you your authenticity.

In this episode I'm joined by artist, podcaster and somatic practitioner Clenda Sabrina Lahr, and honestly... it felt like talking to another version of myself.

We both share almost identical journeys.

Building successful businesses.

Burning out.

Losing ourselves trying to follow everyone else's rules.

And eventually realising that the answers we'd been searching for were never outside of us.

We dive into nervous system work, creativity, trusting yourself again and why doing it your way isn't just more fulfilling... it's often the thing that finally creates momentum.

If you've ever found yourself wondering...

"Why does everyone else seem to know what they're doing except me?"

This episode is for you.

✨ Burnout and losing yourself in online business

✨ Why following every strategy isn't always the answer

✨ Nervous system regulation and somatic work

✨ Rediscovering your creativity

✨ Why artists, entrepreneurs and creatives need to trust themselves more

✨ The pressure to succeed before it's "too late"

✨ Freedom, purpose and creating a business that actually feels like you

✨ Learning to recognise the difference between fear, procrastination and genuine rest

🎧 Listen now and then come and tell me your biggest takeaway. Send me a DM on Instagram @claregarnerofficial — I read every message personally and I'd love to hear what this episode unlocked for you.

And if you're loving Raw & Real, don't forget to follow the show, leave a review and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it.

✨ We talk about:

There are some conversations that stretch you while you're having them.

This was one of those conversations for me.

It started with talking about freedom, moving countries and trusting your gut...

...and somehow evolved into one of the most honest conversations I've ever had on Raw & Real about shame, self-worth, women's bodies, conditioning, confidence and what it really means to come home to yourself.

This isn't just a conversation about erotic leadership.

It's about the parts of ourselves we've been taught to hide.

The conversations we've been taught not to have.

And what becomes possible when we stop living the life we think we're supposed to want and start listening to ourselves instead.

Ghislain shares her own story of surviving domestic violence, becoming a teenage mum, rebuilding her entire life and now helping women reconnect with themselves in a way most of us have never even considered.

And honestly?

There were moments in this conversation where I found myself feeling uncomfortable.

Not because anything being said was wrong...

But because it made me realise just how much conditioning so many of us are still carrying.

If you've ever felt disconnected from yourself...

If you've built the business, ticked the boxes, achieved the goals and still wondered why something feels missing...

Or if you've ever questioned whether you're actually living life on your own terms...

This conversation is for you.

✨ Trusting yourself enough to make life-changing decisions

✨ Leaving the life everyone expects you to live

✨ Domestic violence, trauma and rebuilding from the ground up

✨ Shame, conditioning and why so many women feel disconnected from themselves

✨ What erotic leadership actually means (it's probably not what you think)

✨ Confidence, self-trust and living from your body instead of your head

✨ Why healing isn't about becoming someone else—it's about coming home to yourself

✨ The power of uncomfortable conversations

🎧 Listen now and then come and tell me your biggest takeaway. Send me a DM on Instagram @claregarnerofficial — I read every message personally and I'd genuinely love to hear what this conversation brought up for you.

And if you're loving Raw & Real, don't forget to follow the show, leave a review and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it.

Because let's be honest…

So many women are carrying shame for chapters of their life they wish nobody knew about.

This episode is proof that your past doesn't disqualify you.
It can actually become the very thing that changes someone else's life.

This isn't just a conversation about addiction.

It's about identity.

It's about self-worth.

It's about rebuilding your life after hitting rock bottom.

And it's about what happens when you finally decide that surviving isn't enough anymore.

Hayley Allens joins me to share the incredibly honest story behind her own transformation—from addiction, homelessness and searching for validation in all the wrong places, to becoming a therapist, author of The Hot Girls Healing Guide, and a woman building a movement helping other women reclaim themselves.

Along the way we also end up diving into something I absolutely love talking about…

Why your message deserves more than social media.

Why movements will always outlive marketing.

And why sometimes the thing you're most afraid of creating is actually the thing you're here to build.

If you've ever wondered whether your story is "good enough"…
If you've ever questioned whether people would really want to hear your voice…
Or if you're standing on the edge of creating something bigger than yourself…

This episode is your permission slip to stop waiting.

✨ Hayley's journey from addiction, homelessness and rock bottom

✨ Why healing isn't linear

✨ Learning to stop seeking validation from everyone else

✨ Turning lived experience into meaningful work

✨ Building a movement instead of just a business

✨ Why every entrepreneur should stop waiting until they're "ready"

✨ Podcasting as an authority-building business asset

✨ Why your voice deserves a vehicle big enough to hold it

If this conversation resonated with you, I'd love to hear from you.

🎧 Listen now and then come and tell me your biggest takeaway. Send me a DM on Instagram @claregarnerofficial — I read every message personally and I'd love to hear what this episode unlocks for you.

And if you're loving Raw & Real, don't forget to follow the show, leave a review and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it.

✨ In this episode we cover: