🔒 Behind Closed Doors: The Shift That Almost Broke Me

Season 1 – Exclusive

There was a season no one saw.

Not the photos.

Not the business wins.

Not the calm voice.

Behind closed doors, I was exhausted.

In this exclusive episode of Unfiltered Between Shifts, I’m sharing the truth about being “the strong one” — in marriage, in motherhood, in business — and what happens when strength turns into silent pressure.

This isn’t about leaving.

It’s about boundaries.

It’s about resentment that builds quietly.

It’s about learning to speak before you snap.

And it’s about rebuilding your life from the inside without burning it down.

If you’ve ever carried more than anyone realized…

this episode is for you.

🔒 Season 1 Exclusive

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SHIFT 5: Money, Scarcity & Breaking Survival Mode

In this episode of Unfiltered Between Shifts, we’re unpacking money mindset, scarcity patterns, and the hustle culture that keeps so many women stuck in survival mode.

As a blue-collar wife, mom, and entrepreneur, I’ve built businesses while managing a household, raising kids, and carrying the mental load. But I had to confront a hard truth: I wasn’t building from security — I was building from fear.

In Shift 5, we talk about:

• Childhood money beliefs

• Tying worth to productivity

• Burnout disguised as ambition

• And how to create financial stability without living in panic

If you’re navigating entrepreneurship, marriage, motherhood, or financial pressure — this conversation will hit home.

🎧 New shifts drop weekly on Unfiltered Between Shifts.

🎙️ Shift Four: Love, Safety & Stability

What Childhood Taught Me About Love

The way we experience love as children becomes the blueprint for how we expect it as adults — even when we don’t realize it.

In this shift, I’m talking about how childhood shapes what feels safe, what feels familiar, and why calm relationships can sometimes feel uncomfortable if you grew up around unpredictability.

We explore:

    •    How early experiences shape attachment and expectations

    •    Confusing intensity with connection

    •    Why peace can feel unfamiliar after chaos

    •    How childhood patterns show up in marriage

    •    Choosing stability over survival

This episode isn’t about blaming the past — it’s about understanding how we were wired and giving ourselves permission to choose differently.

If you’ve ever reacted strongly in a relationship and later realized it wasn’t about the present moment… this shift is for you.

🎧 New shifts drop weekly on Unfiltered Between Shifts.

🎙️ Shift Three: Growing Up Too Fast

The Cost of Maturity Before You Were Ready

Growing up fast is often praised — being called mature, responsible, or strong at a young age. But no one talks about what that kind of childhood costs us later.

In this shift, I’m talking about what it means to grow up too fast and how survival skills learned in childhood don’t disappear in adulthood. We explore the pressure of being the “strong one,” hyper-independence, burnout, and the quiet grief of missing pieces of childhood you never got back.

This episode covers:

    •    Being praised for maturity that came from necessity

    •    Survival skills that follow us into adulthood

    •    Why rest feels uncomfortable after growing up fast

    •    How childhood patterns show up in marriage, work, and parenting

This isn’t about blaming the past — it’s about recognizing how early responsibility shaped us, and giving ourselves permission to outgrow survival mode.

If you were the kid who had to be strong too soon, this shift is for you.

🎧 New shifts drop weekly on Unfiltered Between Shifts.

he Childhood That Built My Backbone

In this shift, I’m taking it back to where my strength began.

Before the hustle, before motherhood, before survival mode had a name — there was childhood. In Where It Started, I talk about the environment I grew up in, the lessons I learned too early, and the responsibility I carried before I was ready.

This episode explores:

    •    Growing up with awareness instead of ease

    •    Learning independence out of necessity

    •    Taking on responsibility too young

    •    How childhood patterns shape the adults we become

This isn’t about blaming the past — it’s about understanding it. Because when we understand where our backbone was built, we can decide how we carry that strength forward.

If you’ve ever been told you’re “strong” but felt tired underneath it, this shift is for you.

🎧 New shifts drop weekly. Welcome to life Between Shifts & Us.

Welcome to Unfiltered Between Shifts.

In this very first episode, I’m sharing why this podcast exists — and why it was created in the middle of real life chaos.

I’m Alexis: a mom of three, an entrepreneur, and the wife of a blue-collar lineman. Between long shifts, solo parenting, missed holidays, growing businesses, and trying to protect our marriage, life doesn’t slow down — and neither do we.

This episode is about:

    •    What it’s really like living the blue-collar lifestyle

    •    Building businesses while raising kids

    •    Navigating marriage when exhaustion and pressure are constant

    •    Why perfection is overrated and honesty matters more

This podcast isn’t a highlight reel. It’s raw conversations about motherhood, marriage, money, work, and growth — the stuff people don’t always say out loud.

If you’re in a season of survival, growth, or figuring it out as you go… you’re in the right place.

🎧 New episodes drop weekly. Welcome to life Between Shifts.

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