I am so fucking excited about my life right now.

And I don’t say that because everything is perfect.

I say it because I know what it feels like to experience loss, grief, trauma and moments where you genuinely don’t know how you’re going to find your way through.

Those experiences taught me something I wish I could somehow transfer directly to you:

Your life is precious, and it is happening right now.

Not when you have more money. Not when your business grows. Not when you find the relationship. Not when the kids get older. Not when you finally feel confident enough.

Right now.

In this episode, I want to talk about the areas of our lives where we’ve accepted stagnation, unhappiness or “this is just how it is”, and what happens when you decide you’re no longer willing to live that way.

• what feeling stagnant can reveal about what you actually want
• why your hardest seasons can become the beginning of an expansion
• how I’ve learned to turn fear into excitement when I’m doing scary things
• why creating a life you love ultimately becomes your responsibility

Maybe you’ve outgrown the person you used to be.

Maybe the relationship, career, business, friendship or life that once fit you doesn’t anymore.

That doesn’t necessarily mean something has gone wrong.

Maybe you’re expanding.

You are here. You are breathing. There are still things you want to experience, people you want to love, places you want to go and dreams you want to chase.

Go fucking live.

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You can be brilliant, hardworking and incredibly capable, and still find yourself being overlooked.

But what if the problem isn't only what's happening around you?

After speaking at a women in tech event, I left thinking about how many incredible women are frustrated that they're not being heard, recognised or given the opportunities they deserve, while also struggling to speak up, set boundaries, advocate for themselves and communicate what they actually want.

There are absolutely barriers women face in workplaces and leadership.

But this episode is about the part we have the power to change.

I'm talking about radical responsibility, the stories we carry about ourselves and how those beliefs can quietly influence the way we show up, lead and allow other people to treat us.

• why working harder isn't always what gets you recognised
• how your internal narrative can follow you into every room
• what changes when you start advocating for yourself and your career
• why confidence and self-trust are essential for women who want to lead

If you're waiting for someone else to notice how capable you are, recognise your contribution or finally give you the opportunity you've been hoping for, this episode might challenge you to look somewhere different.

At yourself.

Because when you stop outsourcing your power, everything changes.

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When Bad Bunny announced his Australian tour, we thought we were just going to a concert.

We had no idea it would change everything.

What started as two Puerto Rican women trying to find their people became a growing community of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans across Australia. From WhatsApp groups and concerts to parties, new friendships and families finally finding each other, this episode is about creating community instead of waiting for it.

This isn't just a concert recap.

It's a conversation about belonging, identity, culture, courage, and finally finding home on the other side of the world.

In this episode, we talk about:

• how Bad Bunny's tour unexpectedly united Puerto Ricans across Australia
• what happened when we realised there were far more of us than we imagined
• why community doesn't happen by accident
• what this experience taught us about belonging and connection

Whether you're Puerto Rican, Latino, living overseas, or searching for your people, this is a reminder that sometimes one person willing to bring people together can change everything.

🎥 WATCH THE FIRST EPISODE

Before this community came together, Yadi and I sat down to talk about Puerto Rican identity, diaspora, cultural grief, and what it means to carry your roots while building a life in Australia:

https://youtu.be/2Z3D36sK4fI?si=f8QHupwyGE2g2N57

READY TO BUILD YOUR AUTHORITY, CONFIDENCE & PERSONAL BRAND?

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• 00:00:00 How Bad Bunny Brought Puerto Ricans Together in Australia
• 00:00:27 Welcome to the Confidence Chronicles: Stand in Who You Are
• 00:01:24 From Eight Puerto Ricans to Eighty: The WhatsApp Explosion
• 00:04:18 The Bad Bunny Super Bowl Moment That Changed Everything
• 00:05:34 We Tried to Get Bad Bunny to Our Party: Shooting Your Shot
• 00:07:58 The Pre-Concert Gathering: Finding Each Other Before the Show
• 00:08:45 Concert Night: Collecting Puerto Ricans Like Pokemon
• 00:09:26 Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation: The Puerto Rican Flag Everywhere
• 00:10:25 Exchanging Phone Numbers With Strangers: Instant Family
• 00:11:31 The Magic of Finding Your People: Serendipity at the Stadium
• 00:15:26 Bad Bunny's Team: Coffee, Culture, and Community on Tour
• 00:16:39 General Admission Chaos: Too Old for This But Here We Are
• 00:18:49 Meeting Erica Peña: When Your Favorite Designer Flies From Bali
• 00:20:09 Surprise Guests From America: Friends Flying In for the Experience
• 00:20:37 The Tears, The Tequila, The Pure Joy: Concert Emotions
• 00:20:58 The Spontaneous Street Party: When the Concert Ends But We Don't
• 00:21:58 Australia Wakes Up to Puerto Rico: The Cultural Impact
• 00:23:43 From Concert to Community: Planning the Christmas in July Parranda
• 00:24:46 Erica Invites 80 Strangers to Her House: What Could Go Wrong?
• 00:25:20 The Parranda: Puerto Rican Christmas Party Down Under
• 00:26:07 Six Pernils and Endless Rice: When Puerto Ricans Bring Food
• 00:28:31 The Kids Dancing With Flags: Passing Down Culture to the Next Generation
• 00:32:52 PR and Media Coverage: Telling the Puerto Rican Australia Story
• 00:34:19 The Mangrove Effect: How Community Creates Ecosystem
• 00:37:20 Supporting Each Other: From Opera to Personal Training
• 00:35:00 The Courage to Take Up Space and Make Noise
• 00:38:54 We're Not Alone Anymore: The Gift of Finding Your People
• 00:40:33 Stay Curious: Finding Similarities in Different Cultures
• 00:39:53 We Invited Puerto Rico to Australia: Final Reflections

I had someone ask me recently:

"What are you actually scared of?"

And it made me realise something...

I'm scared all the time.

Not because I'm doing something wrong.

Because I'm constantly building, creating and stepping into bigger rooms.

In this episode, I share why fear has become one of my greatest teachers, how I've stopped seeing it as something to avoid, and why the opportunities you're dreaming about are almost always hiding on the other side of uncertainty.

If you've been waiting to feel confident before making your next move, this conversation is exactly what you need.

• why confidence doesn't come before courage

• how to use fear as fuel instead of letting it stop you

• why uncertainty is part of creating anything meaningful

• the mindset shift that helps you focus on possibility instead of worst-case scenarios

You don't need to eliminate fear.

You simply need to stop believing it means you shouldn't go for it.

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• 00:00:00 Fear Can Become Your Greatest Teacher
• 00:00:20 Welcome to the Confidence Chronicles: Stand in Who You Are
• 00:01:17 My Face Hurts From Smiling: Everything Is Finally Working Out
• 00:02:30 I'm Always Scared: The Truth About Living in Fear
• 00:03:06 Confidence Feels Like Shit: The Reality of Chasing Your Dreams
• 00:03:50 Born and Raised in Uncertainty: My Beautiful Relationship With the Unknown
• 00:04:52 Life Is Unknown: The Whole Thing Is a Question Mark
• 00:06:19 Your Brain Is Amazing at Being Right: Stop Looking for the Bad
• 00:08:22 Fear and Excitement Feel the Same: Choose Your Story
• 00:08:53 We're Going to America: Embracing Possibility Everywhere
• 00:10:13 I Was Petrified of My TEDx Talk: Using Fear to Fuel You
• 00:10:37 What If Everything You Want Comes True?
• 00:11:50 There Is No One on Planet Earth That Isn't Scared of Something
• 00:13:22 Let Your Fear Fuel You, Not Freeze You
• 00:13:38 You Want a Big Life? Buckle Up, It's Going to Be Petrifying
• 00:14:23 See You in Boston: FFFCon 2026

Last night, something happened with my son that I'll never forget.

What started as tears over something seemingly small turned into one of the most healing moments I've ever experienced as a mother.

Not just for him.

For me.

As someone who grew up with trauma, I realised in that moment I wasn't just parenting my son. I was re-parenting the little girl inside of me who never had someone help her process her emotions.

It reminded me that every therapy session, every difficult conversation, every tear, every breakthrough and every piece of healing work I've done over the years wasn't just changing my life.

It was changing the way my children experience theirs.

If you're a parent, or you're doing the work to heal from your own childhood, I hope this episode reminds you that your healing matters more than you know.

• the emotional moment that completely shifted the way I saw my own healing

• why regulating your nervous system is one of the greatest gifts you can give your children

• how breaking generational patterns happens in everyday parenting moments

• the lesson that left me crying in the shower with gratitude

If this episode resonated with you, send it to another parent who needs this reminder.

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• 00:00:00 The Generational Trauma We're Not Passing Down
• 00:00:23 Welcome to the Confidence Chronicles: Stand in Who You Are
• 00:01:20 A Self-Acknowledgement Cry in the Shower
• 00:02:29 Why Nervous System Regulation Matters for Parents
• 00:04:36 The World Cup Wake-Up Calls: When Parenting Gets Real
• 00:07:48 The Meltdown Moment: When Your Kid Is Full of Anger
• 00:12:10 Nobody Ever Taught Me How to Process Anger
• 00:10:41 Holding Space for My Son to Release His Anger
• 00:11:41 Underneath Anger Is Sadness: The Breakthrough
• 00:13:44 Breath Work, Tapping, and Settling the Nervous System
• 00:16:12 Your Internal Work Is the Gift You Give Your Children
• 00:18:28 They Model Who You Are Being, Not What You Say

You don't build a powerful personal brand by waiting until you feel confident.

You build it by being audacious enough to show up while you're still scared.

In this episode, I'm sharing why audacity, not confidence, is the real reason some people create incredible opportunities while everyone else stays stuck waiting to feel ready.

If you've been holding yourself back because you're worried about what people think, you're second-guessing yourself, or you're waiting for the "perfect" time, this conversation is for you.

Your personal brand isn't built by playing it safe.

It's built one brave decision at a time.

• why audacity is the real foundation of a powerful personal brand
• how to become magnetic by showing up before you feel ready
• what it actually feels like to build confidence in real time
• why your biggest opportunities are waiting on the other side of courage

If you're ready to become impossible to ignore, this episode is for you.

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• 00:00:00 The Most Audacious Person Always Wins
• 00:00:14 Welcome to the Confidence Chronicles: Stand in Who You Are
• 00:01:08 Audacity Means You're Scared as Hell But Doing It Anyway
• 00:02:29 Introducing the Audacious Personal Brand Masterclass
• 00:03:26 You Are That Big Sister Slapping You Around With Love
• 00:04:18 Every Opportunity Starts With Having the Audacity
• 00:05:02 Confidence Feels Like Shit: The Reality of Audacity
• 00:05:45 Five Minutes Before Every Stage: The Nervous Reality
• 00:06:18 Audacity Happens Before the Moment Arrives
• 00:07:05 The Day I Meet Tony Robbins: I'm Going to Vomit and Die
• 00:09:48 You Already Have a Personal Brand
• 00:11:16 When You're Audacious, You're Magnetic
• 00:11:36 Your Personal Brand Is Built One Brave Decision at a Time
• 00:12:33 I Don't Give a Fuck What You Think About Me
• 00:13:09 Do What You Can: Starting My Podcast in My Car
• 00:13:28 Go Left When Everybody's Going Right
• 00:14:27 Have the Audacity to Be Who the Fuck You Are
• 00:15:05 Category of One Energy: How to Cut Through the Noise
• 00:15:51 Someone Doesn't Like You? Who Gives a Fuck?
• 00:16:08 You Swear Too Much: Yeah Bitch, I Swear in My Intro
• 00:16:55 Say It With the Most Audacity and We Will Follow
• 00:17:57 Come to the Personal Brand Masterclass: Comment the Word Brand
• 00:18:23 The Number One Thing We're Missing: Permission to Be Audacious
• 00:18:50 The Internet Be Lying: It's Nerve-Wracking
• 00:19:40 Audacity Is a Decision You Make
• 00:20:07 How Are You Different? That's When You Start Attracting Everything
• 00:21:05 Thank You for Listening: Share This With a Woman Who Needs It

If You're Over 40, You Need to Hear This

If you've found yourself wondering whether you're still relevant, whether you've been left behind or whether younger creators have something you don't, this episode is your reminder.

Your experience isn't a disadvantage. It's your greatest competitive edge.

Erika shares why so many women over 40 lose confidence online, how comparison steals your power, and why your lived experience is something no trend, algorithm or AI can ever replace.

• why so many women over 40 are questioning their confidence
• the hidden cost of comparing yourself to younger creators
• how to reconnect with your experience, wisdom and authority
• why your next chapter can become your biggest one yet

If you're over 40 and building a business, changing careers or stepping into a new season of life, this episode will remind you exactly who you are.

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• 00:00:00 The Comparison Crisis: Why Women Over 40 Are Second-Guessing Themselves
• 00:00:36 Welcome to the Confidence Chronicles: This One's For You If You're Over 40
• 00:01:57 Feeling 28 at 43: Refusing to Believe in Age Limitations
• 00:02:42 What You're Really Comparing: Experience vs. Confidence
• 00:04:37 This Is Not a New Problem: Every Generation Faces This
• 00:07:06 You Forgot What You Built: Remember Who You Are
• 00:09:09 The Internet Rewards Loud, But Business Rewards Trust
• 00:12:04 Stop Outsourcing Your Authority to Younger People
• 00:14:34 You Are a Category of One: Stop Asking How to Be Like Her
• 00:18:25 Midlife Reinvention: Who Am I Now and What's Important?
• 00:21:08 Am I Relevant? The Question You Should Be Asking Instead
• 00:22:46 Your Experience Is Yours Alone: Nobody Can Take That Away
• 00:24:06 Get High on Your Own Supply: Remember Who You Are

Have you ever looked at someone online and wondered why they're so much further ahead than you?

In this episode, Erika shares why comparison is one of the fastest ways to destroy your confidence and why most of us are comparing completely different lives without even realising it.

From age and motherhood to money, support systems and life experience, there are countless factors we never see behind someone's success. Yet we compare ourselves anyway.

This conversation is a reminder to stop measuring your life against someone else's timeline and start focusing on building your own.

• why comparison without context is keeping you stuck
• the hidden factors you're forgetting every time you compare yourself
• how social media distorts success and fuels self-doubt
• practical ways to come back to your own lane and rebuild confidence

If you've been feeling behind lately, this episode will help you see yourself, and your journey, differently.

📖 GET ERIKA'S BOOKS
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📩 GROW YOUR FANBASE — Learn the timeless skill that turned my 1,000 followers into a 7-figure global business
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♟️ The Queen's Table
My high-level mentorship for women ready to step into leadership, visibility and legacy.
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✨ The Next Level
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→ https://thequeenofconfidence.com/the-next-level/

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Everyone is telling you to move faster.

Scale faster.
Launch more.
Post more.
Do more.

But after building a multi-seven-figure business, I learned that the biggest breakthroughs didn't happen while I was moving faster. They happened when I slowed down long enough to build the foundations that could actually support the next level.

In this episode, I share one of the hardest business lessons I've learned, why slowing down isn't failure, and how creating strong systems, boundaries and alignment can become the greatest growth strategy you'll ever implement.

• Why slowing down can accelerate your growth
• The mistake ambitious entrepreneurs make when scaling
• What to focus on before chasing the next opportunity
• How to build a business that actually supports your life

If you've been feeling stuck, overwhelmed or like you've lost your momentum, this episode will change the way you think about growth.

👇 Let me know in the comments:
What's one area of your business or life that needs stronger foundations before you chase the next goal?

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♟️ The Queen's Table
My high-level mentorship for women ready to step into leadership, visibility and legacy.
→ https://thequeenofconfidence.com/the-queens-table/

✨ The Next Level
Build your confidence, audience and income.
→ https://thequeenofconfidence.com/the-next-level/

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• 00:00:00 When Everything Slips Through the Cracks: The Reality of Going Too Fast
• 00:00:58 Welcome to the Confidence Chronicles: Stand in Who You Are
• 00:01:52 The Hardest Year: Behind the Scenes of Building a Business
• 00:02:45 From Dead Broke to Audacious Belief: The Power of Purpose
• 00:04:24 The Conversation That Changed Everything: We Need to Slow Down
• 00:05:51 Structure: The Word of the Year That Wasn't Exciting
• 00:07:02 The Queen Bee Role: Getting Out of Every Department
• 00:07:26 Adding University Placement to the Mix: Perfect Timing or Chaos?
• 00:08:50 Learning Your Energy Type: Why Being Home Doesn't Work for Everyone
• 00:10:11 Seeing the Gaps: What Slowing Down Revealed About the Business
• 00:10:41 Too Dramatic or Too Real? From 500 Miles an Hour to Double Brakes
• 00:11:53 The 10-80-10 Process: A Game-Changing Framework for Founders
• 00:13:45 Organizing Everything: Notion, Google Drive, and House Cleaning
• 00:14:42 Sales Over Content: Reorganizing Priorities That Actually Matter
• 00:15:36 Cleaning Up the Client Journey: Funnels, Emails, and Simplification
• 00:16:01 When You're Bored, Make Your Business Better: The Unsexy Work
• 00:16:37 Coming Out of the Cave: WD-40 on My Joints and Cleaning Cobwebs
• 00:18:49 Slow Down to Speed Up: The Arrow Analogy That Explains Everything
• 00:19:28 Trust the Process: Less Pressure, More Intention, More Wisdom
• 00:19:54 You Can't Achieve Big Dreams with Chaos: The Hard Truth
• 00:20:15 Your Dream Has Your Name on It: Nobody's Taking It Away
• 00:21:00 Get Off Your Phone: Your Brain Is More Messed Up Than You Realize
• 00:21:42 It's Not Always Roses and Flowers: The Real Behind the Scenes

What happens when the thing you've been praying for finally arrives?

In this deeply personal episode, I share the reality of receiving one of the biggest opportunities of my career and the unexpected emotions that came with it.

Because while social media loves to celebrate success, very few people talk about the sacrifices, guilt, sadness, and complexity that can show up when your dreams start becoming reality.

This conversation is about ambition, motherhood, purpose, sacrifice, and learning how to hold joy and grief at the same time.

• the side of success most people never talk about
• why getting what you want can bring unexpected emotions
• how to navigate guilt when your dreams impact the people you love
• the reality of sacrifice, ambition, and building an extraordinary life

If you're building something meaningful, chasing a big dream, or feeling torn between what you want and who you love, this episode is for you.

READY TO BUILD YOUR AUTHORITY, CONFIDENCE & PERSONAL BRAND?

📖 GET ERIKA'S BOOKS
→ Becoming Magnetic (Penguin Random House, 2025)
→ Confidence Feels Like Shit (2020)
Available here: https://shop.thequeenofconfidence.com/collections/book
Amazon, Barnes & Noble or any audio book app

📩 GROW YOUR FANBASE — Learn the timeless skill that turned my 1,000 followers into a 7 figure global business
→ https://courses.thequeenofconfidence.com/offers/TKhTxM3n/checkout

♟️ The Queen’s Table
My high-level mentorship for women ready to step into leadership, visibility and legacy.
→ https://thequeenofconfidence.com/the-queens-table/

✨ The Next Level
Build your confidence, audience and income.
→ https://thequeenofconfidence.com/the-next-level/

🎤 BOOK ERIKA TO SPEAK
→ For keynotes, corporate events, and women's leadership conferences in Australia and the USA: https://thequeenofconfidence.com/speaking/

📲 FOLLOW ERIKA
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thequeenofconfidence/?hl=en
→ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erika-cramer-queenconfidence/
→ Website: https://thequeenofconfidence.com/about/
→ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thequeenofconfidence

👑 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE TO THE CONFIDENCE CHRONICLES
→ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2MUxtupRLNGB8cuNC9mwXI
→ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-confidence-chronicles/id1439434022
→ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWtf2VIsUYg-vkERa16r_VcFNz3Bt6kLI
→ All platforms: https://thequeenofconfidence.com/podcast/

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