Ridiculously You with Julie May

In this episode of The Ridiculously You Podcast, our host Julie May sits down with Katrina Sawa, a sought-after business coach and founder of Jumpstart Publishing, for a conversation that's all about leveling up without losing your mind. Katrina is known for her direct, humorous, and inspiring style—which is perfect for digging into the messy parts of entrepreneurship: confidence, pricing, and the awkward detours of simplifying your marketing.

With 25 years of experience, Katrina Sawa has helped thousands of business owners ditch the performance, boost their pricing power, and build sustainable revenue. This isn't about hustle culture; it's about setting boundaries that stick and automating the garbage-sauce parts of your operations so you can focus on the awesome-sauce that makes you brilliant.

We discuss how publishing a book through Jumpstart Publishing can be a powerful act of radical self-love and a rebellion against shrinking, massively boosting your visibility and credibility. If your inner critic, Brenda, is telling you to stay small or undercharge, this episode is your required listen. You'll walk away with the courage to claim your worth and the practical steps to stop editing the parts that make your business magic.

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In this episode of The Ridiculously You Podcast, our host Julie May sits down with Lara Bokovay, an intuitive coach and nervous system guide, for a powerful conversation about choosing healing over hustling. Lara is a solo mother who walked through burnout and betrayal, only to rebuild her life and business without abandoning herself. We're getting into the messy parts of trauma and self-betrayal, and why the relentless need to perform is a garbage-sauce tactic that keeps you shrinking.

Lara embodies the radical truth that softness isn’t weakness, it's the foundation of real power. Her work blends truth-telling and trauma-informed support to help women lead from their wholeness, not their wounds. This is a crucial reframe: your ambition doesn't have to be fueled by an activated nervous system. We discuss practical takeaways on how to root into your power, set boundaries that stick, and finally stop editing the parts that make you magic.

This episode is your permission slip to prioritize nervous system regulation as a form of radical self-love. You'll realize that you can have a successful business and a full life without constantly performing. Julie May and Lara Bokovay prove that healing gets loud when you decide to take up space and live ridiculously real.

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In this episode of The Ridiculously You Podcast, our host Julie May sits down with Michelle Peth, founder of BEETTAN, for a conversation that rips the mask off the "hustle culture" and hands you a healthy dose of reality. You’ve been told the glossy version of business: a straight line to success. But what about the messy parts and the awkward detours that actually build an empire? Michelle started spray tanning to simply make ends meet and has since created a brand with over 500 partners, all by being ridiculously real.

This conversation is proof that joy and healing can co-exist. Michelle Peth’s story is a beautiful, bold reframe of identity reclamation: you don’t have to perform or shrink to be successful. Instead of trying to be the "perfect CEO," she leaned into her quirky, authentic self, and that became her superpower. If you’ve ever felt like a misfit with a big heart, this one’s for you.

We talk about boundaries that stick , the pressure to be “polished” (and why it’s garbage-sauce), and how to build a business that actually supports you being yourself, not just performing for a paycheck. You're not broken, you're just adapting , and this episode is your permission slip to stop editing the parts that make you magic. You'll walk away with the courage to finally show your own face and take up space.

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In this episode of The Ridiculously You Podcast, our host Julie May sits down with Wendy Bunnell, the creator and host of Taking the Weird Out of Woo, for a courageous conversation about non-traditional healing. Wendy is on a mission to bridge science, spirit, and story to normalize therapies like somatic release and ketamine-assisted healing, and she doesn't mind the awkward detours. We’re getting into the messy parts of healing and why your "garbage-sauce" trauma pattern might be demanding a deeper, more holistic approach.

Wendy's show features skeptics exploring these therapies in real time, proving that getting to the root is the only way to free the soul. This conversation is a massive permission slip to stop editing the parts that make you magic and start exploring emotional intelligence and nervous system regulation as acts of rebellion against shrinking.

This isn't about perfection; it’s about giving yourself permission to try something ridiculously different. When you start taking up space, everything changes, and Wendy Bunnell’s work shows you how. We explore why radical self-love isn't a bubble bath, it's a boundary , and how to embrace the "weird" as the new awesome-sauce.

Want to learn more about Wendy Bunnell? https://www.takingtheweirdoutofwoo.com/ or https://www.wendybunnell.com/

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In this teaser episode of The Ridiculously You Podcast, our host Julie May introduces her audio playground where self-love meets straight talk. Tired of the polished, glossy versions of success? Julie is ready to dig into what really works: establishing boundaries that stick , respecting bodies that deserve respect right now , and celebrating the hilarious, awkward detours we all take on the way to living out loud.

This podcast is a rebellion against shrinking, performing, and disappearing. It’s about radical self-love, brave visibility, and loud healing.

Julie May promises unfiltered healing stories, real-talk sass, and permission to stop editing the parts that make you magic. If you’re burnt out from perfection and ready to live ridiculously real, you’ve found your people.

Get ready for honest conversation and the courage to discuss the messy parts because loving the ridiculous parts of yourself is how you get your power back. This is where we learn to ditch perfection and understand that healing gets loud.

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