Unshakeable Talks

In this episode of the Unshakeable Talks, Katy sits down with Vanessa Obagi, a nutritional therapist and fatigue specialist, for a conversation about fatigue, burnout, women’s health and the symptoms so many women are told to dismiss. Together, they talk about why ‘normal’ blood tests do not always mean everything is fine, why so many women are running on empty without real answers, and how looking at the body more deeply can completely change the way we understand energy, resilience and long-term health.

Key Takeaways:

‘Normal’ does not always mean optimal.

A standard test result can miss the deeper patterns behind exhaustion, brain fog, poor resilience and feeling unlike yourself.

Fatigue is not something to brush off.

If you are waking up tired, crashing in the afternoon and dragging yourself through the day, your body may be asking for support, not more willpower.

More supplements is not always better.

Taking what everyone else is taking can be expensive and ineffective if it is not actually matched to what your body needs.

Foundations matter more than trends.

Energy, mood and resilience are built through understanding the body properly, not just jumping on the latest wellness product or quick fix.

Specificity changes everything.

Whether it is your health or your business, getting clear on the real issue helps you stop guessing and start making decisions that actually move the needle.

If you enjoyed this episode, you can connect with Vanessa on Instagram @vanessaobagi. If today's conversation has you wondering about your own mineral picture, take Vanessa's free 5 minute Mineral Assessment here, or download her free guide, The Unexplained Fatigue Guide, here. 

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In this episode of The Unshakeable Talks, Katy sits down with Leyanne, shadow coach and founder of Shadow to Sovereign, to talk about why people-pleasing is really a form of manipulation, and how shadow work turned her from someone who kept attracting narcissists into someone who now calls her clients out on their own bullsh*t daily. They get into boundaries in the early days of business, nervous system regulation, and why grounding yourself, even if that just means standing barefoot on your own doorstep, matters more than people think. 

Key Takeaways:

People-pleasing is a form of manipulation.
Leyanne says she used to figure out what someone liked and ‘put that mask on,’ buying people gifts and doing things for them, not from generosity but so they'd never reject her. She's blunt about it: "that's a form of manipulation."

Only you can reject yourself.
Once Leyanne stopped fearing rejection and started finding love from within, she stopped needing everyone to like her. Her line for it: "it's okay, you don't like everybody, so don't expect everybody to like you."

There's a "good" version of manipulation too.
Leyanne distinguishes between manipulating people out of fear, and what she calls ethical manipulation: genuinely wanting good things for someone, like messaging Katy about the podcast because she wanted the exposure to work both ways, not just for herself.

In the early days, your boundaries are your moneymakers.
Leyanne describes opening her massage room at 8pm for a last-minute client message, saying "if you wouldn't have opened at 8pm the door, that client would have slipped out and never come back." Firm boundaries come later, once the business can afford them.

Grounding doesn't require hugging a tree, unless you want to.
Leyanne's Shadow to Sovereign membership runs on daily shadow work prompts, sound baths, tapping and human design, because she believes the deeper work only lands once you can ground yourself every day, even if that's just bare feet on your own paving slabs.

If you enjoyed this episode, you can connect with Leyanne on Instagram @iamthewellbeingwitch and also access her Shadow to Sovereign membership for free here.

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In this episode of Unshakeable Talks, Katy sits down with Kyllie, a marketing strategist who built a six-figure marketing agency before she became a mum and kept it running through her son's open-heart surgery and a move from South Africa to the UK. Together they talk about working motherhood, guilt, ambition, and why so many women feel they have to pretend they don't love their careers. Kyllie also shares why she's built a new consultancy for product-based founders alongside her agency, and why understanding your own marketing matters more than ever in the age of AI.

Key Takeaways:

You don't need to learn marketing, but you do need to understand it.
Kyllie isn't there to turn founders into marketers. She wants them to understand enough that when someone emails promising 20 leads for nothing, they know whether it actually fits, or whether that budget is better spent on ads or a proper shoot. 

AI can write you a marketing strategy in five minutes, but it can't tell you when it's wrong.
Kyllie will take an AI-built strategy to version 15 before she ever shows it to a client, because she can read it, challenge it, and catch what a beginner would just accept. 

Being both a present mum and an ambitious woman is a choice, not a contradiction.
Kyllie refuses to pretend she doesn't love working. She likes the version of herself chatting to the mums at the school gates in her gym kit, and the version at her desk straight after, and she doesn't perform either one. 

Most founders aren't missing tactics, they're missing someone tying it all together.
Kyllie's example is the candle business that gets a website from John down the road, then hires the cheapest social media person, then an ads person, and none of them are talking to each other. The founder assumes it's everyone else's job, but they're still the marketing manager, and without one plan connecting it all, they lose sales without ever knowing why.

The most acceptable time to quit is often the most important time to keep going.
When Kyllie's son had open-heart surgery at two weeks old, everyone in her corner would have understood if she'd closed her business. She kept it running anyway, answering emails outside the operating theatre, because she thinks forward and was protecting future her and her family, not just surviving the day. 

If you enjoyed this episode, you can connect with Kyllie on Instagram @kyllie_knightconsulting and find out more about Kyllie's work on her website - kyllieknightconsulting.com. You can also grab Kyllie's free download, The Launch Edit, here, and as a listener you can get 15% off any of her programmes by quoting 'unshakeable'. 

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In this episode of The Unshakeable Talks, Katy sits down with Rebecca Cracknell, impact and identity coach for ambitious women, to explore how the stories we were handed in childhood, in the classroom, and in traditional life structures quietly shape every decision we make in business. They get into the ‘good girl’ conditioning that keeps women ticking boxes rather than choosing, why so many women are completely disconnected from desire, and what it actually looks like to unlearn the patterns that feel fixed but aren't. 

Key Takeaways:

The good girl in you is ticking boxes she never actually chose.
Rebecca grew up in a family of teachers, walked out of university and straight into a classroom, and didn't question it. It wasn't that she didn't want those things (the career, the family, the mortgage) , it's that she'd never actively chosen them. That difference between having something and choosing it is where the unlearning starts.

Women are taught it's shameful to want things, and that disconnection from desire is where you get stuck.
Before you can change anything, you have to know what you actually want. Rebecca describes so many women as completely disconnected from desire, because they've been told wanting things is shallow, superficial, or too much. The first step to unlearning is asking ‘what do I actually want it to look like?’.

The story keeping you stuck is giving you something. Figure out what.
Rebecca asks a question most people skip when they're trying to unlearn old patterns: what does this story actually give me? More often than not, the answer is comfort and certainty - even the certainty of being someone who ‘can't speak in front of crowds’ is preferable to the discomfort of not knowing who you are without that story.

Burning it all down is the easy option. The harder work is the smaller inner shifts.
Rebecca caught herself fantasising about leaving her husband, abandoning her kids, moving to Barcelona - anything to make the business easier. She realised that impulse was the same one that had her deleting entire offers instead of tightening the boundaries around them.

Your growth is a spiral, not a circle, and the wobble never goes away, it just shrinks.
Rebecca describes personal development as a spiral: you come back to the same stories and the same challenges at different levels. The biggest thing her business has given her isn't immunity to the wobble, it's shortening the gap between the wobble and the recovery.

If you enjoyed this episode, you can connect with Rebecca on Instagram @rebeccalcracknell and grab her Expansion Roadmap, Activation Audio and 30 Day Accelerator here.

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In this episode, Katy sits down with Dr Rachel Evans, PhD psychologist and founder of Nourish, a private eating disorder practice. Rachel shares her own experience of developing an eating disorder during her studies, why she walked away from the NHS model entirely, and how she built a practice that actually fits the people she works with. They get into the link between perfectionism and disordered eating, the patterns she sees in ambitious women, and why knowing all the tools doesn't mean you always want to use them.

Key Takeaways:

Perfectionism and fear of failure often run on the same fuel.
Rachel's eating disorder and perfectionism fed each other throughout her studies - the fear of criticism, the need for good grades, the sense that achievement was the only thing she was good at.

There's a difference between adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism.
Adaptive perfectionists have high standards and the self-compassion to handle it when they fall short. Maladaptive perfectionists beat themselves up, or avoid doing the work entirely because it might not be perfect.

The NHS model isn't built for everyone, and Rachel built her practice around that.
Three-hour intakes, support between sessions, no mandatory weigh-ins. She knew from her own experience as a client that one size doesn't fit all, so she built something that doesn't pretend otherwise.

High-achieving women often use food control as the only place the mask comes off.
When you put everything into presenting an in-control business persona, something has to give somewhere. Rachel describes how that release can show up as binging or restricting in private, in a way that doesn't show on the outside.

Having the tools doesn't mean you always want to use them.
Rachel is a psychologist who admits she doesn't always use her own tools. Sometimes something is just rubbish and you need to sit in it for an hour first. That honesty is the point.

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @Rachel.evans.phd and download her free ebook to start understanding your relationship with food here.

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In this episode of the unshakeable talks, Katy sits down with Emma Notschild for a conversation about network marketing, entrepreneurship, confidence and the assumptions women still face when they choose a business path outside the norm. Together, they talk about the stigma around direct sales, what it really takes to make a flexible business work, and why so many women are craving not just extra income, but confidence, community and something that is truly their own.

Key Takeaways:

Women are allowed to build business differently.

There is more than one valid path to income, leadership and independence, and not every successful business has to fit the traditional corporate mold.

Flexibility does not mean easy.

A business that fits around life can be powerful, but it still requires consistency, effort and a willingness to work when nobody is watching. 

Confidence grows through action.

Many women do not start because they don’t feel ready - they become more self-assured by showing up, learning new skills and doing the work anyway. 

Perception is not always truth.

People often judge women in beauty, sales or online business quickly, but assumptions say very little about someone’s intelligence, work ethic or capability. 

Community can change what feels possible.

Being around women who are building, growing and backing each other can be just as powerful as the money, especially for women who have lost part of themselves in motherhood or routine. 

If you enjoyed this episode, you can connect with Emma on Instagram @silhouette.house.uk and if you’d like to know more about what it looks like to be a brand ambassador you can click here. 

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In this episode of the Unshakeable Talks, Katy sits down with Nikki St Paul, business coach and Good Girl Slayer, for a conversation about the subconscious patterns so many ambitious women are still carrying into business. Together, they talk about how people-pleasing, perfectionism, overthinking and the need for external validation keep women small,  and what it really takes to move with conviction, back yourself fully, and build success in a way that actually feels true. 

Key Takeaways:

Good girl conditioning follows you into business.

The habits that once helped you fit in can quietly turn into people-pleasing, perfectionism and overthinking that keep your business stuck.

Conviction matters more than getting it perfect.

Nikki shares how real growth came from moving before she had proof, trusting herself, and making decisions without waiting for certainty.

You do not need everyone to understand you.

A big part of growth is being willing to be misunderstood by many so the right people can fully see and trust you.

Pivoting is not failure.

Changing direction, refining your message and starting small are often the exact moves that create momentum, and that momentum only happens when we position pivoting as opportunity, not failure. 

Celebrate what is already working.

Nikki talks honestly about how overachieving can rob women of joy, and why recognising your courage and progress changes everything.

If you enjoyed this episode, you can connect with Nikki on Instagram @iamnikkistpaul. Nikki also has a free event coming up, Reclaim HER live. Get one of the few remaining tickets here. 

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In this episode of The Unshakeable Talks, Katy sits down with Emily, a Human Design business coach and strategist, to explore how understanding your energetic blueprint can help you build a business that actually fits who you are. Together they talk about visibility, identity, motherhood, neurodivergence, business growth and why the most sustainable success often comes from working with yourself instead of constantly trying to override your natural way of operating.

Key Takeaways:

Human Design can be a practical business tool, not just a spiritual concept.
Human Design can help you understand how your energy works, where your strengths sit, and what may need support in your business decisions, visibility and business model.

Visibility gets easier when you build evidence that it’s safe to be seen.
Rather than waiting to feel fully confident, showing up consistently helps your body learn that being visible, judged or misunderstood is survivable.

Your business should work with your life, not against it.
Emily shares how motherhood, neurodivergence, energy, boundaries and capacity all shaped the way she built her business, instead of forcing herself into someone else’s model of success.

Embodiment takes longer than information.
Knowing something intellectually is not the same as living it. Deep change in business identity, confidence and strategy takes time to land.

You are not broken, you may just need a different blueprint.
Whether the challenge is visibility, money, capacity or confidence, self-awareness should expand you, not box you in.

If you enjoyed this episode, you can connect with Emily on Instagram @emilyarmitage_ and if you want to learn to lead and thrive in a new era of business you can get Emily’s New Era Masterclass for free here.

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In this episode of The Unshakeable Talks, Katy sits down with Paula, founder of Haus of Authority™, to talk about what it really means to build authority in business without squeezing yourself into an identity, brand or leadership style that was never truly yours. Together they talk about visibility, confidence, authenticity, personal branding, standing out online, and why the women who create the biggest impact are so often the ones who stop trying to fit the mould and start fully owning what makes them different.

Key Takeaways:

Authority starts with owning what makes you different.

The thing that makes people choose you is rarely more strategy or more noise; it’s the part of your work, perspective and personality that only you can bring.

You do not need to become louder to become more visible.

Real authority is not about performing confidence online, it’s about having enough internal conviction in what you do that people can feel it whether you’re bold, quiet, gentle or outspoken.

Blending in is expensive in business.

If your brand sounds like everyone else, people may understand what you do, but they still won’t know why they should choose you over someone else.

A strong brand should still work when life wobbles.

When your authority is embedded into your whole business, your work can keep speaking for itself even when life forces you to step back for a moment.

Failure is not proof you’re not good enough.

The women who keep growing are usually the ones who stop making setbacks mean something personal and start treating them as information, feedback and redirection instead.

If you enjoyed this episode, you can connect with Paula on Instagram @itspauladavies and if you want more insights from Paula you can sign up to her newsletter ‘The 10X Effect’ here.

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In this episode of Unshakeable Talks, Katy sits down with Motherhood Empowerment Coach and Return to Work specialist Emma Ford to talk about what really happens when ambitious women become mothers and then have to navigate going back into the workplace. They talk about everything from matrescence and postnatal depression to the loneliness of new motherhood, the messy reality of UK maternity policy, and the pressure women feel to ‘have it all’ at home and at work, often with very little honest support from either side.

Key Takeaways:

Motherhood changes your identity, not just your diary.
Becoming a mum isn’t a quick life admin update; it’s a hormonal, emotional and identity shift (matrescence) that reshapes your priorities, capacity and sense of self - whether you expected it or not.

Honest conversations reduce loneliness more than perfect support.
Even with more podcasts, coaches and communities than ever, many mothers still feel lonely because we’re censoring our real experiences instead of saying, “this is hard and here’s what it actually looks like for me.”

You can’t project‑manage your way out of the hard bits.
No amount of lists, classes or colour‑coded calendars will fully prepare you for how motherhood feels, and trying to optimise every moment often just adds pressure instead of creating space.

Returning to work needs more than a date in the calendar.
A welcome back email and a couple of KIT (keeping in touch) days are not a re‑onboarding plan; women need clarity, realistic expectations, and a space to rebuild confidence if they’re going to stay and thrive rather than quietly leave.

‘Having it all’ has to be redefined on your terms.
For some women that’s the corporate ladder, for others it’s flexible work, entrepreneurship or a complete pivot - but it only works when you’re willing to be honest about your capacity, your season and what you’re prepared to compromise on.

If you enjoyed this episode, you can connect with Emma on Instagram @emmafordcoaching 

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