Unapologetically Badass

What if ambition didn’t have to cost you your peace?

In this powerful episode of Unapologetically Badass, Renee sits down with entrepreneur, marketing strategist, and Pretty Damn Ambitious™ founder Bianca B. King, a woman who rewrote success on her own terms.

After leaving home at just 13 years old to escape instability, Bianca built a life driven by resilience, determination, and vision. She went on to earn her MBA, close more than $1.6 billion in commercial real estate transactions, and later launched a marketing agency during the 2008 recession with only $700 and a laptop at one point surviving with just $38 in her bank account.

Nearly two decades later, her agency has helped clients generate over $280 million in revenue.

But her greatest breakthrough wasn’t financial, it was redefining ambition itself.

Through her Joyful Ambition™ framework, Bianca now helps women entrepreneurs build profitable businesses without sacrificing their wellbeing, relationships, or identity.

In this conversation, we dive into:

• How to rebuild your life and career after starting from survival mode

• The truth about ambition, burnout, and sustainable success

• Transitioning from corporate achievement to purpose-driven entrepreneurship

• Building wealth while protecting your peace

• Why reinvention is the most powerful season of a woman’s life

• The mindset shifts required to scale profitably without overwhelm

Featured in Forbes, ESSENCE, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and a former Forbes Business Council member, Bianca brings nearly 30 years of business wisdom and the honesty most leaders are afraid to share.

If you’re a woman in your next chapter who refuses to play small, this episode will challenge how you think about success, joy, and what’s actually possible.

🎧 Listen now and step into ambition that finally feels aligned.

What if growing your business didn’t require working more hours… but building smarter systems?

In this powerful episode of the Unapologetically Badass Podcast, Renee Carbone Fleming sits down with world-renowned business mentor, author, and Boldheart founder Fabienne Fredrickson, a pioneer in helping women entrepreneurs scale to six and seven figures while reclaiming their time, energy, and freedom.

For over 20 years, Fabienne has helped thousands of women build leveraged, self-managing businesses that generate millions in revenue without burnout, hustle culture, or sacrificing the life they actually want to live.

Together, Renee and Fabienne dive into:

• The shift from overwhelmed entrepreneur to CEO leadership
• The Leveraged Business methodology explained
• How women can scale beyond six figures with structure and systems
• Why working harder is NOT the path to sustainable growth
• Feminine leadership and freedom-based business models
• Building a company that runs without you

Fabienne is the author of The Leveraged Business: How You Can Go From Overwhelmed at 6 Figures to 7 Figures (and Get Your Life Back) and founder of Boldheart, where she teaches women how to make more while working less and finally enjoy the success they’ve created.

If you’re ready to scale your business, increase revenue, and create true time freedom, this conversation will change how you think about growth.

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What if the reason you feel exhausted isn’t because you’re doing business wrong… but because you’ve been taught to ignore your body while building it?

In this powerful conversation, feminine leadership coach and cycle-syncing expert Renae Fieck shares how one of the most challenging seasons of her life raising three young children while supporting her husband through a brain tumor diagnosis forced her to question the way women are taught to succeed.

After entering entrepreneurship searching for flexibility and freedom, Renae found herself facing another familiar reality: burnout from hustle culture disguised as ambition. When traditional productivity strategies failed, she discovered something unexpected aligning her business with her body’s natural rhythms.

With a background in occupational therapy, somatic healing, and breathwork, Renae now helps high-achieving women scale their businesses using science-backed energy management, feminine wealth energetics, and cyclical strategy so success no longer requires constant overworking.

Inside this episode, we talk about:
- Why hustle culture keeps women stuck in exhaustion
- The hidden cost of ignoring your nervous system in business
- What feminine leadership actually looks like in real life
- Cycle-synced productivity and why timing matters more than effort
- How to build success that supports your life not consumes it

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right but still feel drained… this conversation might completely change how you approach work, leadership, and success.

What if success isn’t something you chase… but something you redefine?

In this powerful conversation, Renee sits down with speaker, coach, and Director of Group Coaching at Next Level University, Amy Lenius, to unpack the truth most personal development conversations avoid — growth isn’t always pretty, and healing isn’t always comfortable.

After rebuilding her health, identity, and self-worth following years of chronic illness, Amy now helps women stop performing for approval and start living in deep alignment with who they truly are.

Together, they dive into:

• Why self-worth is the real foundation of success

• The difference between discipline and sustainable consistency

• How emotional resilience creates lasting momentum

• Reconnecting with your identity, values, and purpose

• Redefining success in a way that actually feels fulfilling

This episode is for the woman who’s done checking boxes and ready to build a life that feels as good internally as it looks externally.

Because real transformation doesn’t come from doing more — it comes from becoming aligned.

What happens when the woman who was once silenced becomes the one people listen to most?

In this powerful episode of Unapologetically Badass, I sit down with Harriet Bratt—a speaker, confidence coach, and entrepreneur who helps leaders step fully into their power to speak, sell, and show up boldly on live and virtual stages… and in everyday life.

Harriet’s journey is anything but linear.

From an early ADHD diagnosis handled in a deeply disempowering way, to being bullied and victimized by authority figures as a child, Harriet learned early how damaging it can be to shrink, self-doubt, and internalize other people’s narratives. She became her own worst enemy before learning how to become her greatest ally.

Her story includes a complete reinvention—from care home manager to sought-after public speaker, navigating a painful business partnership breakdown, and courageously starting again as an entrepreneur when alignment was lost. Today, Harriet travels the world with her husband and dogs, speaking, running events, and teaching entrepreneurs how to own their voice, confidence, and presence—without pretending to be someone they’re not.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Reclaiming your voice after years of being silenced

• Turning self-doubt into self-trust

• Speaking and selling with confidence—on stage and in life

• What it really means to “start again” as an entrepreneur

• Why your story isn’t your weakness—it’s your power

If you’ve ever felt underestimated, misunderstood, or held back by your past—and you know there’s more inside you waiting to come out—this conversation will remind you that your voice is not optional. It’s your superpower.

🎧 Tune in if you’re ready to stop shrinking and start being heard.

What if the second half of your life was actually the main event?

In this inspiring and soul-stirring episode of Unapologetically Badass, I sit down with Kerry Damiano, known worldwide as Ms. World Traveler—a woman who proves that curiosity, courage, and reinvention don’t expire with age.

With more than 140 countries stamped on her passport, Kerry has built a multifaceted, award-winning career that spans decades and defies every outdated rule about aging, ambition, and what women are “supposed” to do. From her early days as Miss Idaho USA to becoming a respected force in the global pageant world as a coach, judge, sponsor, and creator, Kerry has spent over 40 years shaping confidence, communication, and presence in women of all ages.

But her story doesn’t stop there.

Kerry is also an accomplished pianist, an award-winning fashion and jewelry designer, a mentor to young women, and the founder of The Amazing Word, a Scripture memorization ministry rooted in faith and purpose. Her work has earned her prestigious honors including the Titan Women in Business Award, AVA Digital Award, Vega Digital Award, NY Digital Award, Dot Comm Award, and seven Global Beauty Awards—yet her greatest achievement may be the way she continues to live with joy, intention, and fearless curiosity well into her 60s.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why reinvention is a lifelong skill—not a midlife crisis

• How confidence, faith, and curiosity compound over time

• Letting go of timelines, labels, and expectations

• Why your “best years” aren’t behind you—they’re waiting for your permission

If you’ve ever felt the pull to do more, be more, or finally say “watch me”—this conversation will remind you that it is never too late to wear the crown, rewrite the script, and live boldly.

🎧 Tune in and get ready to rethink everything you thought you knew about age, success, and what’s possible next.

What happens when the life you’re living could cost you everything… and you finally decide to walk away?

In this jaw-dropping episode, I sit down with Sharon Pfeiffer—former mob wife turned actress, comedian, and unapologetic force of nature—who didn’t just reinvent her life… she escaped it.

At 22, she was married into the mob. By her early 20s, divorced with a baby. And after years of being pulled back into the same dangerous patterns, she made a decision most people would never have the courage to make…

She left New York in the middle of the night—her home, her businesses, her entire life behind—and started over from scratch in South Florida.

No safety net.
No guarantees.
Just guts.

What followed? A complete reinvention.

From nail salons to the stage… from survival mode to spotlight… Sharon is now an actress, stand-up comedian, playwright, and host of her own podcast We Tawk FUNNY-WTF!—proving that your past does NOT get to define your future.

This episode is about more than escaping a life…
It’s about choosing yourself when it’s hard, scary, and uncertain as hell.

If you’ve ever felt stuck… this conversation might just shake something loose.

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She wakes up Rhode Island every morning, but Bekah Berger’s real superpower isn’t radio—it’s self-trust. As a co-host on 92 PRO FM Mornings, a podcaster, TV contributor, and all-around media powerhouse, Bekah’s success didn’t come from one big break—it came from a thousand small yeses.

In this episode, Bekah shares how choosing herself, staying unapologetically authentic, and refusing to say no to aligned opportunities built a career (and life) that actually feels good. From radio studios to TV screens, motherhood, marriage, and everything in between—this is a masterclass in trusting your voice and owning your lane.

If you’ve ever felt like success had to look a certain way… this conversation will crack that wide open.

What if the life you worked your ass off to build… isn’t actually the one you’d choose?

In this unapologetically real conversation, Renee sits down with Dr. Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer—a PhD-level social psychologist, executive coach, and former C-suite leader who spent over 30 years at the top… only to realize success without alignment is just well-managed drift.

After losing her executive role at 56, Cynthia didn’t panic—she pivoted. And not in the fluffy, “find yourself” kind of way. She created a framework that’s now helping high-performing women reclaim clarity, control, and direction in their careers and lives.

Inside this episode, we get into:

• The difference between being stuck vs. drifting (and why most women don’t see it)

• What really happens when your identity is tied to your title—and it disappears

• Why pushing harder is NOT the answer

• The power of intentional decisions over default success

• How to course-correct your life without burning it all down

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right but something still feels off… this is your wake-up call.

Because being successful isn’t the goal. Being aligned is.

If you're a high-performing woman feeling stuck, burned out, or disconnected from your success, this episode dives into leadership transformation, career pivots, and how to find clarity and direction in your life and career. Dr. Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer shares powerful executive coaching insights for women ready to stop drifting and start leading with intention.

Website: www.dr-cynthia.com

In this powerful episode, I’m joined by Simone Little, a Business & Productivity Strategist, Operations Architect, and trusted advisor to over 50 women-led businesses scaling to 6 and 7 figures.

Simone isn’t teaching theory — she’s lived every role. From CEO to admin to sales and marketing, she’s worn all the hats, navigated the overwhelm, and learned firsthand what actually works behind the scenes of high-performing businesses.

After leaving Corporate America and launching multiple successful ventures, Simone discovered the truth most entrepreneurs don’t talk about: growth without structure leads straight to burnout. Through experience, intuition, and data-driven frameworks, she built a proven system that replaces hustle with strategy, chaos with clarity, and stress with calm.

In this conversation, we dive into:

• The biggest mistakes high-achieving women make when scaling

• Why doing everything yourself is the fastest way to stall growth

• How structure, team alignment, and leadership unlock sustainable success

• The underrated systems that quietly power 6 & 7 figure businesses

• How to shift from reactive overwhelm to confident, strategic leadership

• Why visibility (podcasts, speaking, collaborations) must be supported by strong operations

• The mindset shift that brings both profit and peace

This episode is a must-listen for women CEOs who are tired of holding it all together, craving expansion without exhaustion, and ready to build a business that actually supports the life they want.

✨ Bottom line: You don’t need to work harder. You need better structure — and Simone shows you exactly how.

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