The Rough Draft Podcast

✨ Episode Summary

In this episode, we sit down with new author Jessica Callery to celebrate the release of her Shadow Work Journal. Jessica is a bestselling author, spiritual mentor, devoted mom of two, and a sobriety advocate. Through her work, she helps others embrace healing and transformation by blending spirituality, intuition, and shadow work.

We dive into what shadow work really is, why it matters, and how you can gently begin to explore your hidden patterns, emotions, and beliefs. Jessica shares her personal journey with shadow work, how it’s transformed her relationships, and why she believes it’s a portal into higher consciousness.

✨ What you’ll learn in this episode:

• What shadow work is and why it’s often misunderstood
  
  
• How repressed emotions show up in patterns, relationships, and self-sabotage
  
  
• Jessica’s personal experience of moving from toxic cycles to authentic connection
  
  
• Practical ways to begin shadow work without overwhelm
  
  
• How journaling can become a daily practice for uncovering and integrating hidden parts
  
  
• Why shadow work is less about perfection and more about reclaiming your power
  
  
  

📚 About the Guest

 Jessica Callery is a bestselling author, spiritual mentor, and devoted mom of two. A sobriety advocate with lived experience in addiction and recovery, she guides others through healing and transformation by blending spirituality, intuition, and shadow work. Her work centers on manifestation, alignment, emotional resilience, and awakening inner guidance with a mission to help people return to their true essence. Jessica empowers her clients to experience profound shifts and create lives of clarity, connection, and purpose.

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• Instagram: @jessicacallerycoaching & @iamjesscallery
  
  
• Website: jessicacallery.ca

🛎️ Resources & Links

• Get your copy of Shadow work → https://books.by/fempower/shadow-work

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✨ Episode Summary

In this episode of The Rough Draft Podcast, Sabrina welcomes bestselling author, keynote speaker, and leadership coach Leisse Wilcox as she launches her third book, The Courage Code. Known as “the secret weapon of the C-Suite,” Leisse shares what it truly means to lead with courage—not as a badge of honor but as a choice we all have, especially in times of adversity.

Together, they explore how courage and emotional intelligence shape the future of leadership, parenting, and human connection in a rapidly changing, AI-driven world. Leisse’s story-driven, neuroscience-backed insights offer practical tools to communicate, connect, and lead—at work and at home.

🔑 What You’ll Learn

• Why courage often comes from adversity—and how to access it on purpose
  
  
  
• The five core components of emotional intelligence that future-proof leaders and parents
  
  
  
• How COVID, tech, and AI have reshaped our relationships—and how to reclaim real human connection
  
  
  
• Why family dinners might just be the secret to raising confident, communicative kids
  
  
  
• Practical, actionable strategies from The Courage Code to transform the way we work, live, and lead
  
  
  

📚 About the Guest

Leisse Wilcox doesn’t just coach leaders—she is one.

As Chief People Officer of a leading infrastructure business with over 20 years of experience speaking and coaching executives around the world, Leisse transforms leadership by helping you become the leader everyone wants to work with.

Known as “the Secret Weapon of the C-Suite” and “the Marie Kondo of Your Unconscious,” she helps ambitious leaders cut through the mental clutter, lead with courage, and create workplaces people are excited to be part of.

An expert in behavioral change, resilience, and high-performance leadership and certified Leadership, Executive, and Organizational Development Coach, Leisse is an award-winning speaker, twice bestselling author, and Forbes contributor trusted by brands like TD, AGF, and Aviva, championing confident communication, resilience, and human-centered leadership that drives results and culture at the same time.

When she’s not building the future of work or coaching leaders to own the room, she’s road-tripping for tacos, listening to Taylor Swift with her three daughters, or binge-watching HBO with her dog.

Follow Leisse:

• Website: leissewilcox.com
  
  
  
• LinkedIn & Instagram: @LeisseWilcox
  
  
  

🛎️ Resources & Links

• Get your copy of The Courage Code → 
• Amazon Canada https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1998721027
• Amazon USA  https://www.amazon.com/dp/1998721027
  
  
  

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🎙️In this soulful episode of the Rough Draft Podcast, host Sabrina Greer sits down with poet and trauma-informed educator Krista Lee Beeler, whose debut poetry collection Cry With Me Sister: We Rise at Dawn is now available worldwide.

Krista shares her journey of transforming lived experiences—growing up with addiction in her home, surviving sexual abuse, and navigating perfectionism and physical illness—into poetry that became both her own healing and a gift of sisterhood for others. She speaks about the power of remembrance, emotional literacy, and breaking cycles through art, writing, and collective circles of women.

Together, Sabrina and Krista explore:

How breakdowns can become portals to breakthroughs

The importance of emotional education and prevention work with children

The healing spiral and how poetry became Krista’s voice after silence

The rise of sisterhood and women’s circles as powerful spaces of transformation

Balancing inclusivity while protecting sacred spaces for women’s healing

Krista also reads one of her deeply moving poems, reminding us that healing is messy, nonlinear, and profoundly beautiful.

✨ Get your copy of Cry With Me Sister: We Rise at Dawn on Amazon or wherever books are sold.
🍁Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1998721175
✨ Learn more about Krista’s work at Kind Spirit Kids
 and connect with her on Instagram [@KristaLeeBeeler].

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🎙️ Rough Draft Podcast — Episode: Growing Upward with Natalie Zombeck

This week, Sabrina sits down with Natalie Zombeck, a multi-passionate teacher, entrepreneur, and now author of Growing Upward, the first release of our fall season!

Natalie shares her journey from classroom teacher to special education resource teacher, autism parent, and business owner—and how those experiences led her to create a much-needed tool for youth navigating the challenges of growing up.

✨ What you’ll hear in this episode:

• Natalie’s story of working with students for 18+ years and becoming the “go-to person” when they felt lost.
• How her personal journey with her son’s autism diagnosis shaped her perspective as both a parent and educator.
• Why she believes personal development should start earlier—and how her book fills that gap for tweens and teens.
• The importance of giving young people tangible tools for confidence, self-awareness, and growth mindset.
• A peek inside Growing Upward: self-reflection prompts, workbook-style exercises, and powerful real-life stories.
• Natalie’s vision for schools, parents, and youth to use this resource—and what might be next (workshops, online spaces, more stories!).

📖 Growing Upward is available now on Amazon.
This book is for every young person trying to figure out who they are—and for the parents, teachers, and mentors who support them.

🔗 Grab your copy today and help us rally for bestseller status!

• https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FQPKXJ1W 🍁
• Connect with Natalie on Instagram: [@natalie_zombeck]
• Visit her website: [www.nataliezombeck.com]

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In this episode Sabrina interviews creator of The ICU journal, Carly Hickey. 

The ICU journal is a powerful, evidence-based tool designed to support critically ill patients and their families during and after an intensive care stay. Studies show that journaling can reduce post-ICU trauma, anxiety, and depression by helping patients make sense of their experience. Loved ones use this journal to record daily updates, progress, emotions, and milestones—creating a compassionate narrative of hope and healing. For patients, reading the journal later can bridge memory gaps and aid emotional and psychological recovery. This journal honors their journey, offering comfort in crisis and promoting long-term healing through the simple, powerful act of storytelling.

Get your copy on Amazon today. 

🇨🇦https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1998721140?dplnkId=18cf1251-0345-4d7d-9090-a946de994efa&nodl=1

🇺🇸https://www.amazon.com/dp/1998721140?dplnkId=21c09633-66f4-4823-a6a6-181c14118d33&nodl=1

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You’re not broken. You’re just stuck in emotional autopilot, stuffing resentments, overreacting when you don’t mean to, shutting down when you wish you wouldn’t, and wondering why the hell you can’t seem to get off the roller coaster for good.

In this bold, unfiltered guide, best-selling author Jamie Murray delivers a framework for emotional autonomy—the ability to understand, feel, and own your emotions without being controlled by them. Through her signature three-phase process—Learn It, Feel It, Own It—she teaches you how to stop thought spirals, redefine vulnerability, and take ownership of your emotional world. Because here’s the truth: No one makes you feel anything. You do that. And you can undo it.

With humor, grit, and a no-BS approach, she shares how to manage your breakdown moments by mastering the Broke Open moments along the way.

In this episode, we release Jamie Murray's new book, Broke Open live on Amazon, with all of you. 

Get your copy today . . . and any day!

Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1998721094

USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1998721094

Jamie Murray is an author, teacher-turned-CFO, mother, and farm animal enthusiast. She spent years in the trenches of self-discovery, learning how to go from emotional survival to emotional autonomy. Now, she’s here to show you how to do the same.

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Jessica is a Spiritual empowerment leader and author of the upcoming book, “The Light Work: Reclaim Your Feminine Power, Live Your Cosmic Truth, Illuminate The World”

JESSICA ZWEIG, has been described as "a voice of her time” by Marianne Williamson and a “Personal Branding Expert” by Forbes. A serial entrepreneur, Jessica founded three businesses and recently sold her agency, SimplyBe., the nation’s premier personal branding company. Her first book was the #1 bestseller, Be: A No Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self-Worth and Your Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself. Her forthcoming release, THE LIGHT WORK: Reclaim Your Feminine Power, Live Your Cosmic Truth, Illuminate the World, hits shelves August 2024. Host of top-ranked podcast, The Spiritual Hustler, Zweig is a highly sought-after speaker for companies like Google, Mindvalley, Create & Cultivate, and Nike, a leader of a global community of spiritual women and hosts sold-out retreats on business, branding, and spirituality across the world. For more on Jessica Zweig, visit jessicazweig.com. Spiritual empowerment leader and author of the upcoming book, “The Light Work: Reclaim Your Feminine Power, Live Your Cosmic Truth, Illuminate The World”

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www.jessicazweig.com

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  Wani Iris Manly, Esq. is a TEDx and award-winning speaker, a corporate, business, and IP lawyer, three-time bestselling author, and entrepreneur. She’s the founder of the  House of Inspirational Business based in Paris, France, the law firm of W. Manly, P.A., a boutique corporate business and IP law firm she started in 2008 in Miami, Florida, while serving some of the most recognizable companies including, MasterCard Int’l, Inc., Visa, Inc., and Office Depot, Inc. 

  Wani is also the founder of Where Inspiration Meets Law LLC, which provides legal contract templates, legal resources and education for entrepreneurs, coaches, and online businesses to help them legally protect their businesses while fulfilling their purpose-driven missions in the world.   

  As an award-winning speaker on change and entrepreneurship, Wani empowers audiences  to stop waiting on the externals to change, to instead illicit change from within and change your mindset around change and stop acting as if life is a dress rehearsal, and to step into the main character energy to live happily now.   Wani has 20 years of international business, corporate law, and IP law experience while working exclusively with C-Suite executives of U.S. and foreign public traded companies, small business enterprises, entrepreneurs, individual stockholders, and brokerage companies, throughout her career.

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Kathleen Cameron: CEO & Founder of Diamond Academy. 8-figure manifestation coach, wealth creator, and best-selling author. Transformed a vision into a nearly $30M online empire in 4 years, harnessing the power of the law of attraction and manifestation. Empowering thousands globally to achieve unparalleled success and abundance.

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