She Has The Audacity with Chana Ross

Learning how to trust your intuition starts when you stop treating the signals in your body as proof that something is wrong with you. If you have built a life that looks perfect on paper and still feel the quiet ick, you are not broken. You are being called to something more. Maybe you are the most capable woman in every room, the one everyone comes to for answers, and you keep saying “fine” when someone asks how you are.

On this episode of She Has the Audacity, host and coach Chana Ross sits down with Lacey Newman, a founder, coach, and keynote speaker. Lacey built a real estate team to nearly $1 billion in sales volume while raising two children on her own, then walked away at 45 to rebuild her life and business. She explains capability addiction, the habit that turns the most capable woman in the room into the bottleneck in her own life. She shares how she uses ChatGPT to untangle her thoughts, the zone of genius exercise that revealed strengths she had dismissed as normal, and why rising higher is about cutting the cords that hold you back, not adding more fuel. Consider this your permission to stop settling for fine.

You’ll learn:

• How to trust your intuition when you have spent years overriding it, and why the ick is your body’s signal to hit the brakes, not a flaw you need to fix.
• What capability addiction is, and how being the most capable woman in the room can quietly make you the bottleneck in your own life and business.
• How to trust your intuition by using ChatGPT, or a trusted friend, to untangle your jumbled thoughts and reflect them back so you hear what you actually mean.
• The zone of genius exercise, where you email the 20 people closest to you, and why it reveals the strengths you take for granted because they feel normal.
• How to know what to say no to, using the Michelangelo story from Essentialism, so every no becomes a simple question of whether it supports your vision.
• Why rising higher means letting go of the relationships, tasks, and expectations you have outgrown, instead of asking what else you need to do to succeed.
• Why the people closest to you are often counting on you to stay the same, and why your best advice comes from women who have already walked your path.

We talk about:

00:00 Meet Lacey Newman and the Pivot Year connection

02:49 Walking away from a 20-year real estate career at 45

04:19 The one line a day journal and the ick

06:22 Why do high achievers think something is wrong with them

10:02 How each generation defined success differently

13:20 Capability addiction and becoming the bottleneck

16:25 What an Oura Ring taught Lacey about self-trust

20:56 How to trust your intuition using ChatGPT

23:39 The zone of genius exercise with 20 people

26:34 Rising higher by cutting the cords that hold you

28:24 How do you know what to say no to

33:00 Advice for her younger self and self-forgiveness

Ready to build what’s next with more clarity and less burnout? Learn about working with Lacey Newman at https://laceynewman.com

Connect with Lacey

• Website: https://laceynewman.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heylaceynewman/

Connect with me

• Website: https://www.chanaross.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheHasTheAudacity
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanaross/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chanarosspt

#TrustYourIntuition #SelfTrust #HighAchievingWomen #WomenEntrepreneurs #WomenInLeadership #RedefineSuccess #CareerPivot #Reinvention #OverFunctioning #BurnoutRecovery #PeoplePleasing #CapabilityAddiction #ZoneOfGenius #Essentialism #PermissionToGrow #AmbitiousWomen #SingleMomBoss #WomenOver40 #SheHasTheAudacity

Perimenopause weight gain is the stubborn weight, often 15 to 20 pounds around your midsection, that shows up when progesterone and estrogen start to drop, sometimes as early as your late 30s. If you are eating clean, working out hard, and still watching the scale climb, this is not a willpower problem. It is a hormone problem, and no amount of calorie cutting, cardio, or supplements will fix it on its own. You deserve real answers, not another “you’re fine.”

Holistic leadership coach and women’s health advocate Chana Ross sits down with Karen Martel, certified hormone specialist, transformational nutrition coach, CEO of Midlife Solutions, and host of The Hormone Solution podcast. Karen shares how she gained 15 pounds at 42 while doing everything right, and why hormonal weight loss resistance and perimenopause weight gain need different approaches. You will learn which hormone labs to ask for and when in your cycle to test, why that 3 AM wake-up points to progesterone, estrogen, blood sugar, and cortisol, and what a GlycanAge study of 2,000 female twins found about accelerated aging in perimenopause. Karen also explains how she uses GLP-1 microdosing as the icing on the cake, not the whole plan. Being fine is no longer okay. This is your permission to get the care you deserve.

You’ll learn:

• What hormonal weight loss resistance is, and why the calories in, calories out rule stops working when your cortisol is bottomed out and your progesterone is low.
• Why a calorie deficit and hours of cardio can make perimenopause weight gain worse, as your body downregulates your thyroid and metabolism to protect itself.
• Which hormone labs to ask your doctor for, including estradiol, progesterone, free testosterone, FSH, LH, and a full thyroid panel, and why testing on day 19 to 21 matters.
• Why you wake up at 3 AM in perimenopause, and how progesterone, estrogen, blood sugar dips, and cortisol-binding globulin each play a part in broken sleep.
• What a GlycanAge study of 2,000 female twins revealed: women aged an average of 9 years on the inside during perimenopause, with no accelerated aging seen on estrogen therapy.
• How GLP-1 microdosing works for midlife women, why most women do not need more than 5 milligrams of tirzepatide a week, and why protein and strength training are non-negotiable.
• Why “I’m fine” keeps women from getting care, and how Karen Martel reframes perimenopause as a permission slip to ask what you need to thrive in the second half of life.

We talk about:

00:00 Perimenopause weight gain and why fine is not okay

03:34 Karen Martel’s hormonal weight loss resistance story

09:56 Why a calorie deficit made her gain weight

13:16 Going into menopause at 42 and gaining 15 pounds

16:47 Why most doctors are not trained in menopause

20:18 How estrogen and progesterone affect anxiety and mood

22:27 Why do women keep saying I’m fine

30:32 Should you start with hormones or lifestyle changes

33:25 Which hormone labs should you ask your doctor for

38:00 GlycanAge study on perimenopause and accelerated aging

42:36 Why do you wake up at 3 AM

46:26 GLP-1 microdosing for midlife women and tirzepatide dosing

Ready to find out what phase of perimenopause you’re in? Take Karen Martel’s hormone quiz and explore The Midlife Reset at https://karenmartel.com

Connect with Karen

• Website: https://karenmartel.com
• Midlife Solutions: https://midlifesolutions.org
• The Hormone Solution podcast: https://karenmartel.com/blogs/podcast
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/karenmartelhormones
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfWWN_4IhMZJOXjvj8FDKIQ
• Facebook: https://facebook.com/karenmartelhormones

Connect with me

• Website: https://www.chanaross.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheHasTheAudacity
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanaross/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chanarosspt

#Perimenopause #PerimenopauseWeightGain #Menopause #HormoneHealth #HRT #HormoneReplacementTherapy #WeightLossResistance #MidlifeWomen #MidlifeHealth #WomensHealth #GLP1 #Progesterone #Cortisol #PerimenopauseSleep #HormoneBalance #MenopauseSupport #WomenInLeadership #SheHasTheAudacity

Manifestation, when using the tools found in ancient Kabbalah, is the practice of co-creating your life with God through what you think, speak, and feel, starting from humility instead of control. If you have done the affirmations and the vision boards and still feel stuck, you may be skipping the inner work underneath. Maybe your first instinct is that you are doing something wrong. Maybe you keep hustling because slowing down to actually know yourself feels unsafe. That pressure is often what blocks the very thing you are trying to create.

On this episode of She Has the Audacity, holistic leadership coach and women's health advocate, Chana Ross sits down with Ayelet Polonsky, a trauma-informed facilitator, Kabbalistic manifestation expert, and creator of The Manifestation Method. After six years in India and eight years studying Kabbalah in Israel, Ayelet explains how pain builds your capacity to hold more light, why abracadabra means "I create as I speak," and how to tell intuition from fear. She shares how 21 days of practice led her to her husband, and why her business grew 10X once she stopped hustling and started receiving. Consider this your permission to let manifestation feel lighter.

You’ll learn:

• What Kabbalistic manifestation is, and why Ayelet Polonsky starts with humility: know your what and your why, then surrender the how and the when to God.
• Why everything in your life is happening for you, not to you, and how that reframe gets you out of the victim, perpetrator, and savior triangle.
• How the Kabbalah teaching of light and vessels explains growth: bringing consciousness to your pain breaks a vessel, and the bigger vessel holds more light for manifestation.
• Why the word "want" signals lack, and how Ayelet used abracadabra, "I create as I speak," plus 21 days of visualization to meet her husband on day 21.
• How to tell intuition from your inner opponent: intuition feels instant, exciting, and expansive, while fear lingers and makes your whole nervous system constrict.
• Why your nervous system will never release more than you can safely hold, and why slowing down to know yourself feels so unsafe for high achievers.
• What the queen archetype teaches about divine feminine manifestation, and how tight shoulders, a sore neck, or burnout signal you are pushing instead of receiving.

We talk about:

00:00 Meet Ayelet Polonsky, creator of The Manifestation Method

04:49 How losing a friend at 20 sparked her spiritual awakening

06:11 What is Kabbalistic manifestation

09:01 Is this happening to you or for you

15:04 Light and vessels and how pain builds your capacity

22:38 What abracadabra means and why want creates lack

24:43 How Ayelet manifested her husband in 21 days

28:40 How do you tell intuition from your inner opponent

31:49 Why slowing down to know yourself feels unsafe

38:05 Divine feminine manifestation and the queen archetype

43:31 A cyclone at Kumbh Mela and the voice that said Israel

49:57 What Ayelet would tell her younger self

Ready to go deeper with Ayelet? Join The Manifestation Method Portal for monthly live classes and guided hypnoactivations at https://www.ayeletpolonsky.com/mm

Connect with Ayelet

• Website: https://www.ayeletpolonsky.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ayeletpolonsky
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ashimron106

Connect with me

• Website: https://www.chanaross.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheHasTheAudacity
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanaross/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chanarosspt

#Manifestation #HowToManifest #KabbalisticManifestation #Kabbalah #JewishMysticism #LawOfAttraction #SpiritualAwakening #InnerWork #Intuition #NervousSystem #DivineFeminine #BurnoutRecovery #ManifestLove #HighAchievingWomen #WomenEntrepreneurs #PermissionToGrow #SelfTrust #SheHasTheAudacity

Wanting more out of life is not a sign that you are ungrateful. It is a sign that you are done settling for fine. When the job is fine, the marriage is fine, the business is fine, and you are fine, that word quietly keeps you complacent and convinces you that mediocre is all you should expect. If you have ever downgraded a dream, told yourself it is not the right season, or felt greedy for wanting more when you already have enough, this solo episode is your permission slip.

Chana Ross, Holistic Leadership Coach, Women's Health Advocate, Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, and host of She Has The Audacity, makes the case that fine is the worst four-letter word in the English language. She draws on two ideas from Kabbalah, ratzon (desire) and the kli and the or (the vessel and the light), to show why your desire for more is sacred guidance, not ego. She shares why she chose to sell Vital Physiotherapy and Wellness when everything looked fine from the outside, names the three lies that keep women stuck in the status quo, and hands you six permission slips plus a simple 15 minute practice to start. You are allowed to be proud of the life you built and still believe something more is waiting for you.

You’ll learn:

• Why fine is the worst four-letter word in the English language, and how saying "I'm fine" keeps you complacent and convinced that mediocre is all you should expect from your life.
• How wanting more out of life and gratitude can both be true, and why asking for an exceptional life is not the opposite of being grateful for the one you have.
• What the Kabbalah concepts of ratzon and the kli and the or teach about desire, and why the pull to create more is the spark within you working exactly as designed.
• The three lies that keep women stuck: that you should just be grateful, that it is not the right time, and that wanting more means burning your whole life down.
• Six permission slips from Chana Ross, including permission to change your definition of success, protect time for what lights you up, and ask for help instead of doing it all.
• How to start wanting more out of life without blowing it up: notice the recurring wish, make room for it with 15 minutes, and say it out loud to one person.

We talk about:

00:00 Why fine is the worst four-letter word

01:09 When your job, marriage, and business are just fine

02:42 Why are women so afraid to ask for more

04:20 Is it ever the right season to want more

05:00 Gratitude and wanting more out of life can coexist

05:34 Ratzon and what Kabbalah teaches about desire

07:53 Kli and or, why you are a vessel for light

09:41 Why Chana sold her clinic when everything was fine

11:36 Three lies that keep you stuck in the status quo

15:15 Six permission slips to want more than fine

20:15 Notice it, make room, and find one person

21:41 Why you should treat fine like a swear word

Connect with me

• Website: https://www.chanaross.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheHasTheAudacity
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanaross/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chanarosspt

#WantingMore #StopSettling #PermissionToWantMore #PersonalGrowth #WomenEmpowerment #MindsetShift #GratitudeAndAmbition #Kabbalah #SpiritualGrowth #WomenInBusiness #HolisticLeadershipCoach #StopPlayingSmall #LiveOnPurpose #SelfTrust #MidlifeReinvention #WomenEntrepreneurs #SheHasTheAudacity

Energetic integrity is the practice of making sure who you are on the inside matches how you show up on the outside, and it's the idea Liana Louzon built her jewelry brand, Rocking Vibe, around from day one. If you've ever felt like your business, your calendar, or even your closet is following someone else's rules instead of your own, this conversation names exactly why that feels so off, and what it takes to fix it. Liana walks through how becoming a mother of three cracked open her old definition of success, why she left a career as a professional photographer to design crystal jewelry that refuses seasonal trends and mass production, and how she built a brand that lets women stay connected to their own intuition instead of chasing someone else's checklist.

Chana Ross, Holistic Leadership Coach and host of She Has The Audacity, guides Liana through the mindset, the mantras, and the daily practice that keep her grounded as a founder. You'll walk away with a concrete tool for finding your own version of calibration, the story behind Rocking Vibe's intention pyramid packaging, and the exact mantra Liana repeats to herself before every big moment. If you've been told to hustle harder, launch more, and fit the norm, this episode is the permission slip to build it your own way instead.

You’ll learn:

• Why Liana left a career as a professional photographer to build Rocking Vibe, and how becoming a mother forced her to redefine her own measuring stick for success.
• What energetic integrity means and why Liana built her entire jewelry brand around making sure her inside matches her outside, instead of chasing seasonal trends.
• How to find your own version of calibration, whether that is making jewelry, running, or standing in wild water, so you can hear your intuition again.
• Why Rocking Vibe refuses mass production and seasonal collections, and what that decision has meant for a brand built on individuality instead of fitting the norm.
• The story behind the Rocking Vibe intention pyramid, and how writing down a single intention can change the way you show up in your business and your life.
• The mantra Liana repeats before every big moment, and why choosing love and trust over fear is the real work behind building an authentic personal brand.
• What Liana would tell her younger self about trusting the process, and why comparison is the fastest way to lose your own path as a founder.

We talk about:

00:00 How motherhood led to the jewelry brand

00:20 What is your real measuring stick for success

02:36 Liana's daily practice for hearing her intuition

04:52 Why she skips seasonal launches and mass production

09:00 Designing jewelry as a slow fashion passion piece

17:58 How do you calibrate your frequency every day

23:00 The story behind the Rocking Vibe intention pyramid

34:29 The mantra that keeps her passionate and fearless

38:43 Advice for her younger self and her future self

Connect with Liana

• Website: https://rockingvibe.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rockingvibe/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liana-louzon-027763142/

Connect with me

• Website: https://www.chanaross.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheHasTheAudacity
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanaross/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chanarosspt

#EnergeticIntegrity #IntuitiveBusiness #RockingVibe #CrystalJewelry #FeminineEnergy #AuthenticBranding #WomenEntrepreneurs #MompreneurLife #SlowFashion #TrustYourIntuition #HolisticLeadership #SelfWorth #IntentionalLiving #NoMassProduction #EnergeticFrequency #WomenInBusiness #ChooseJoy #SheHasTheAudacity

Rebranding your podcast can be about more than growth, it can be about giving other women permission to stop playing small, and that is exactly why She Has the Audacity relaunched. If you have ever downplayed your own ambition, told yourself your idea was not a big deal, or waited on someone else's approval before making a bold move, this episode was made for you. Host Chana Ross sits down with Simona Costantini to talk about why they chose to evolve the show instead of ending it, and why every woman deserves to hear that her next step does not need permission from anyone but herself.

Chana Ross, holistic leadership coach and host of She Has the Audacity, opens the show's official relaunch with Simona Costantini, founder and CEO of VOLT Productions and host of Happiness Happens. They rebranded specifically for the women in this audience who are quietly outgrowing their old story, whether that shows up as a business, a relationship, or a version of themselves they have been protecting. Simona shares the throughline she uses with VOLT clients to find the message underneath the noise, and Chana names the permission slip she is finally giving herself after 185 episodes. If you are one of the women this episode was made for, you will know it. Give yourself permission to take the next step.

You’ll learn:

• Why we rebranded She Has the Audacity specifically for women who are outgrowing their old story.
• How to know when your podcast, your business, or your own life has outgrown the version you started with
• The permission slip Chana is finally giving herself and every woman listening before her own next bold, uncomfortable step.
• Why Simona believes the universe is never on a budget and how that belief shifts what women allow themselves to ask for.
• Why messing up your first attempt at something new is part of the process, not proof that you should stop trying at all.
• What advice Simona would give her younger self about boldness, self trust, and no longer waiting for permission.

We talk about:

00:00 Chana introduces the She Has the Audacity relaunch

02:39 Why rebranding is a co-created evolution not a restart

06:25 What is VOLT Productions and why Simona started it

07:54 How Happiness Happens became Simona's most therapeutic project

10:49 Why the message mattered more than the format

12:01 The permission that has to start with you first

15:07 Why validation is not a bad thing to need

18:38 Simona's law school seed and taking the next step

21:00 What society's box actually costs women

23:19 Why you are allowed to want something more right now

25:59 What advice Simona would give her younger self

28:11 What Simona's younger self would say to her now

Connect with Simona

• Website: https://www.voltproductions.co
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simona__costantini

Connect with me

• Website: https://www.chanaross.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheHasTheAudacity
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanaross/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chanarosspt

#PermissionToGrow #StopPlayingSmall #PodcastRebrand #PodcastRelaunch #WomenEntrepreneurs #WomenInLeadership #PersonalGrowthJourney #FindYourVoice #BusinessRebrand #BoldnessOverFear #SelfTrust #PodcastProductionAgency #HolisticLeadershipCoach #WomenSupportingWomen #PurposeDrivenBusiness #GrowthMindset #ShowUpBold #SheHasTheAudacity

Midlife reinvention means rebuilding your business, your parenting, and your sense of purpose all at the same time, and it rarely happens on your schedule.

If you've spent years pouring yourself into a business or a cause while your kids grew up in the background, this episode is for you. After an unannounced break, Chana Ross returns to explain exactly what pulled her away from the mic in the fall of 2025 and what it taught her about time, priorities, and where her energy is actually needed most. This is a raw, real-time look at midlife awakening, empty nest transition, and the quiet questions that come with reaching a new stage of life and business.

Chana Ross, Holistic Leadership Coach, Women's Health Advocate, and Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, hosts She Has The Audacity and built Vital Physiotherapy and Wellness from the ground up as a self-described accidental entrepreneur.

In this episode she shares the biggest update behind her break: Vital Physiotherapy and Wellness officially joined the Bravella Health family in January 2026, becoming part of an online perimenopause and menopause care clinic so clients get seamless, one-stop support instead of juggling multiple providers. You'll hear what led to that decision, how she's renegotiating time between business and family now that her oldest is leaving the nest, and what's ahead for the show. Press play and come back for what's next.

You’ll learn:

• Why Chana stepped away from She Has The Audacity in the fall of 2025 and what was really happening behind the scenes during the break.
• How Vital Physiotherapy and Wellness became part of the Bravella Health family in January 2026 and what that merger means for client care.
• What pelvic health physiotherapy has to do with midlife reinvention, and how Chana's accidental entrepreneur story shaped her whole career.
• How to recognize when your business or your family needs more of your time, and how Chana is renegotiating that balance right now.
• Why a graduating teenager and an empty nest can trigger a midlife awakening even when your parenting years are far from over.
• What questions to ask about purpose and fulfillment when the thing that used to light you up stops feeling like enough.
• What's coming next on She Has The Audacity, including deeper conversations on midlife, purpose, and perimenopause and menopause care.

We talk about:

00:00 Welcome back and why the podcast took a break

00:58 What's coming next for She Has The Audacity

01:18 Family update, kids growing up and leaving the nest

02:11 What changes when the parenting years shift

04:04 Growing a business while parenting how do you choose

04:35 Chana's accidental entrepreneur story and pelvic health physiotherapy

06:06 Meeting Jamie and the Bravella Health connection

07:11 Why Vital Physiotherapy joined the Bravella Health family

08:57 Chana's midlife awakening and what it means

09:23 What does purpose look like right now

10:19 How to be featured as a future guest on the show

Connect with me

• Website: https://www.chanaross.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheHasTheAudacity
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanaross/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chanarosspt

#MidlifeReinvention #MidlifeAwakening #EmptyNest #WomensHealthAdvocate #PelvicHealthPhysiotherapist #HolisticLeadershipCoach #PurposeAfterForty #AccidentalEntrepreneur #PerimenopauseCare #MenopauseCare #WorkLifeBalance #MidlifeWomen #ReinventionJourney #EntrepreneurLife #ShesHastheAudacity

Every woman who has built a meaningful life knows this truth: success does not always equal fulfillment.

At some point, new questions begin to surface. What matters most now? Who am I becoming? And how do I want to live this next chapter? She Has the Audacity is a podcast for women who are ready to move beyond expectations and create lives of depth, alignment, and impact.

Hosted by women’s health advocate, founder of Vital Physiotherapy & Wellness, and mother of four, Chana Ross, this weekly show brings together honest conversations with women who are redefining leadership, wellbeing, and personal growth.

Each episode blends thoughtful dialogue with practical insight, helping you reconnect with your values, strengthen your voice, and live with greater intention. These are not conversations about doing more. They are explorations of what it means to live with clarity, courage, and choice. Because when women have the audacity to live on their own terms, they change what is possible for everyone.

👉 Subscribe to She Has the Audacity and share it with a woman who is ready for what’s next.

You’ll learn:

• Why achievement alone does not guarantee fulfillment, and what audacity actually means when you apply it to how you lead, work, and live.
• How Chana Ross moved from measuring success by an outside checklist to defining it through her own values as a physiotherapist, coach, and mother of four.
• What to expect from She Has the Audacity: weekly honest conversations with women reshaping what leadership, wellbeing, and purpose look like today.
• Why pausing to question your choices, instead of defaulting to what is expected, is the first step toward living with more intention.
• What changes when a woman decides to live with clarity, courage, and conviction instead of shaping her choices around other people's expectations.
• Why living audaciously is not about doing more, it is about becoming more: living with deeper truth, clarity, and meaning in your everyday choices.

We talk about:

00:00 What does it mean to have the audacity

00:29 Meet your host, Chana Ross

00:56 What happens when you pause and choose on purpose

01:17 Why doing it all was never the actual goal

01:40 What changes when one woman lives audaciously

Connect with me

• Website: https://www.chanaross.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheHasTheAudacity
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanaross/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chanarosspt

Hi everyone

I wanted to take a moment today to share something with you directly. She Has The Audacity has had such an incredible year — the conversations, the connection, the depth we've explored together… it truly means more to me than I can say.

And as someone who believes deeply in intentional leadership — in aligning how we work with how we want to live — I'm practicing what I teach.

So, I'm pressing pause for a short while.

Not because anything is ending but because we are in the process of building and growing. There are some exciting shifts happening behind the scenes — new voices to bring in, new conversations to explore, new ways to support you as you design what's next in your life and leadership.

This break is a moment to reflect, refine, and build something even more aligned with the mission of this show: To create a space where women can tell the truth, lead with purpose, and choose what feels real — not just what looks impressive.

I'll be back with fresh episodes in the new year. In the meantime, if you're new here or catching up, this is a perfect moment to revisit past conversations that resonated — or discover the ones you haven't heard yet.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for giving me the space to grow and the support. Thank you for listening, reflecting, and showing up for these deeper conversations — for supporting our community and for supporting yourselves.

I can't wait to share what's coming next.

Rest isn't a luxury to earn, it's a biological need that tells the truth about how we're living.

In this episode of She Has The Audacity, I sit down with Dr. Leigha Saunders, naturopathic doctor, sleep expert, and founder of The Sleep Fix, for a conversation about what our sleep is really trying to tell us.

Through her own postpartum experience and years of clinical practice, Leigha has seen how exhaustion isn't a sign of weakness, but information, a reflection of nervous system overload, hormone shifts, and the invisible weight of responsibility women carry. Her work reframes rest as a form of self-leadership: the foundation for clarity, health, and purpose.

Together, we explore how to rebuild a relationship with rest in every season of life, from PMS to postpartum to perimenopause, and what changes when we start treating sleep as a signal, not a symptom.

Here's what you'll take away from this episode: ✨ Why sleep is a mirror for the nervous system — and a vital sign of wellbeing ✨ How hormonal transitions shape our rhythms, energy, and emotional capacity ✨ The mental load's role in restlessness, anxiety, and 3 a.m. wake-ups ✨ Why sleep "hacks" and supplements only go so far without alignment ✨ How self-trust, boundaries, and nourishment restore deep rest ✨ Practical tools for understanding — and honouring — your body's cues

This is a conversation about coming home to your body. About redefining productivity as presence, and remembering that rest isn't what you step away from — it's what allows you to return to yourself.

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Connect with Dr. Leigha Saunders: 📱 Instagram: @drleighasaunders 🌐 Website: drleighasaunders.com 🛌 Program: The Sleep Fix

If this conversation resonated, we'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share it with a woman who's ready to wake up rested, clear, and in rhythm with herself.

✨ WORK WITH CHANA ROSS! ✨

Are you an ambitious woman who is a leader at work, at home or in the community and you are looking for support with overcoming perfectionism, determining your next right step, overcoming self-doubt and learning to advocate for yourself and fall in love with the next version of you? Chana can help you anywhere in the world through coaching. Visit chanaross.com to learn more.

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