Warrior Forward: The Podcast

Why Is This Still Happening in America in 2026

On September 4th, a Massachusetts jury spent seven days on the Lindsay Clancy case and couldn't reach a verdict. This episode is not about that trial. It's about the question underneath it: why a country with the most expensive healthcare on earth still can't recognize, name, or treat the most dangerous illness a new mother can have.

In this episode:

Postpartum psychosis is more common than SIDS, treatable in 98 percent of cases, and still not a diagnosis in the DSM. Nobody in America counts the mothers this happens to. The one study that tried found a coin flip between hospital and prison for the same illness. More than a dozen countries decided almost a century ago that a mother in the first year is a patient before she's a defendant. Mental health is now the leading cause of pregnancy-related death in the US, and more than 80 percent of those deaths are preventable. And why, in 2026, the bar for a man's chest pain is a workup and the bar for a woman's mind is patience.

The case is the occasion. The system is the subject.

Sources

Mistrial and jury: NPR, WBUR, GBH, closing arguments

Postpartum psychosis prevalence, treatment and the DSM gap: NPR, WBUR, 2025 expert consensus statement, Biological Psychiatry, via King's College London

Infanticide case outcomes, 34 US cases 1969 to 2010: Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Infanticide and suicide risk in postpartum psychosis: American Journal of Psychiatry

International infanticide laws, California data, Illinois 2018 statute: KQED

Pregnancy-related deaths, 80 percent preventable, mental health leading cause: CDC, Maternal Mortality Review Committees, 36 states, 2017 to 2019

Some days you handle everything with grace, and some days you accidentally weaponize your inbox against an elementary school educator. Both are true. Both are you.

This episode is about the lie we've all been told, that peace is waiting for us on the other side of the chaos. Once the kids are older. Once the business stabilizes. Once we finally get a minute. I'm calling that out for what it is, and handing you a phrase you're going to use for the rest of your life.

In this episode:

• The email that was sent to the wrong person

• Why "who are you when nobody needs anything from you" is a genuinely terrifying question

• The rotisserie chicken meltdown that changed how I think about gratitude and exhaustion existing at the same time

• Chuck it in the fuck it bucket, and how to actually use it

• Why control was never the calm you were looking for

Quote to steal: "You worked too hard and prayed too long for this life to spend it bracing."

New episodes every week. This is not a program. This is a relationship. I'm not going anywhere.

When my daughter Ava told me she was pregnant, I did not have a clean reaction.

Before the joy could land, something else got there first — a mix of shock, fear, grief, and anger I could not name or organize. And for a woman who has spent years doing nervous system work, that undoing was not something I saw coming.

In this episode, I am getting real about all of it.

Not from the other side. From the middle of it.

I share my own story as a young single mother — the hypervigilance, the survival identity, the nervous system that never fully got to stand down even after the hard season passed. I talk about what Ava's pregnancy activated in me, the raw and painful family conversations we had to have, and what it actually looked like to apply somatic work in real time when everything old came rushing back up.

I am not sharing Ava's story — that is hers to tell. But I am sharing mine. Honestly. Without the tidy resolution.

This episode also marks the early end of this season. I am choosing presence over performance — for Ava, for my son, for our new addition, and for the home we are rebuilding together in real time.

What we cover in this episode:

• Why my initial reaction to Ava's pregnancy surprised me — and what my body knew before my mind caught up
• The survival identity I built as a single mother and why it never fully went offline
• What somatic healing actually looks like in the middle of a family crisis — not in a journal prompt, in a real Tuesday afternoon
• The difference between being triggered and being undone
• Why new normals are hard even when they are good
• How we are adjusting as a family to new roles, new rhythms, and a new person we already love fiercely
• Why I am ending the season early — and what is coming in Season 4

If you are in a season where the past has come back online — in your family, your relationships, your body, your business — this episode is for you.

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What does it take to lead in a space that wasn't built for you — while also rebuilding yourself from the inside out?

Colleen Clifford is a commercial fisherman who has spent her career navigating two kinds of open water: the literal kind, and the internal landscape of recovery. In this conversation, Colleen shares her journey through alcohol recovery, what it means to show up as a woman in a fiercely male-dominated industry, and the hard-earned clarity that comes from a life lived close to the elements.

This is a conversation about identity, resilience, and what real leadership looks like when there's no one ahead of you charting the course.

We talk about:

• Her recovery story and what sobriety made possible
• What it's actually like being a woman in commercial fishing — the reality, not the romanticized version
• How she developed her leadership voice in an industry that didn't hand it to her
• What the sea teaches you about yourself that nothing else can
• The unexpected parallels between navigating open water and navigating life

Whether you're in recovery, leading in a space that wasn't designed for you, or just craving a conversation with a woman who has genuinely done it differently — you don't want to miss this one.

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What if the very tool that protected you is now the thing holding you back?

In this episode, we're talking about one of the most important — and least talked about — shifts in leadership development: the move from boundaries to standards. Boundaries are necessary. They're healthy. And at a certain point, they're no longer the primary tool you need.

A boundary is reactive. A standard is structural. And when your standards are truly embodied, most situations that used to require a boundary never even reach you.

We dig into:

• Why boundaries, while essential, are exhausting as a long-term strategy
• The difference between protecting your time and protecting your identity
• Why powerful women over-explain — and what it's actually costing them
• What identity-level leadership looks like when it's fully embodied

If you've done the work, held the line, and still feel like you're constantly defending your choices — this one's for you. Join our off line community: https://kimwalsh.myflodesk.com/waitlist

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Capable women don't accumulate responsibility because they ask for it. They accumulate it because no one thinks to ask if they want it. There's a difference. A significant one.

One is a choice. The other is an assumption that your capability equals your availability. And the most subtle, insidious part of this pattern is that it often starts as something that feels good. Being needed feels like mattering. Holding things together feels like strength. Anticipating everyone's needs feels like love. Until one day it doesn't.

Until the weight of it is heavier than any single responsibility on its own. Until you're exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't touch. Until you're competent and depleted at the same time, which is one of the most disorienting feelings a high-performing woman can have.

On this week's Monday Minset, Kim disects the structural overload. It's not burnout from overwork. It's the accumulation of things you never consciously chose to carry. Things that were assigned to you quietly, by rooms that needed a stabilizer and knew you would be one.

The recalibration starts here: not by dropping everything, but by asking, for the first time, which of this did I actually choose?That question changes everything.

What if the thing you've poured everything into building… isn't actually protected?

In this episode, Kim sits down with Berkley Sweetapple—trademark attorney, business owner, and mother—to have the conversation most female founders avoid until it's too late: the legal side of scaling a business.

Because here's the reality no one talks about loudly enough—your brand is an asset. And if it's not protected, it's vulnerable.

Berkley brings a refreshing, no-BS approach to law, breaking down complex legal concepts into language that actually makes sense for real women building real businesses. From trademarks to contracts to the emotional and logistical reality of motherhood and entrepreneurship, this conversation bridges the gap between ambition and protection.

This isn't about fear. It's about ownership. It's about leadership. And it's about building something that actually lasts

You don't rise into the next level of business by working harder.

You rise by building smarter— with structure, protection, and decisions that support the version of you who's actually scaling.

Because nothing will humble you faster than building a brand you don't legally own.

Berkley Sweetapple is a trademark and business attorney, entrepreneur, and mother who helps women protect and scale their businesses with confidence. After starting her career in litigation, she shifted her focus to proactive legal strategy—helping founders avoid costly mistakes before they happen and build brands that are fully protected from the ground up.

Connect with Berkley: IG https://www.instagram.com/berkleysweetapple/ Website: https://berkleysweetapplelaw.com/

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What happens when the very industry you've built your career in… starts to take something from you?

In this episode of Warrior Forward, I sit down with Linda Giammarese, an Emmy-recognized creative whose work spans high-level television production, including projects like Pose .

But this conversation? It's not about red carpets or recognition.

It's about what it costs to operate at that level.

We get into the reality of working inside high-pressure industries where long hours, constant performance, and invisible expectations are the norm—and what happens when your body starts responding in ways you can't ignore.

Linda shares her personal experience navigating hearing challenges in a career built around production environments, opening up a deeper conversation about stress, identity, and sustainability.

Because here's the truth most people avoid:

You can love your work… and still be slowly paying for it in your body.

• The real pressure behind high-level creative industries

• What it takes to sustain a career in fast-paced production environments

• How chronic work stress quietly impacts your body over time

• Navigating hearing challenges in a demanding professional space

• The identity shift when your capabilities—and capacity—change

• Why success without sustainability will always catch up

How many times have you hit a wall, looked at everything you've built, and thought: I just need to start completely over?

New strategy. New offer. New routine. Maybe a whole new life.

In this episode, Kim is calling out the pattern that keeps ambitious women stuck in an exhausting loop of rebuilding, relaunching, and reorganizing — without ever actually addressing the real problem.

Because here's what's actually happening: you've grown. Your capacity has expanded. Your clarity has sharpened. But your tolerance level hasn't caught up.

And when growth outpaces your standards, overcommitment isn't far behind.

Kim breaks down why reinvention is often just a more elaborate form of avoidance, what outdated standards actually look like in real life (you will recognize yourself), and the four-step process for raising the line without burning down what you've already built.

This one is direct, practical, and twenty minutes long. No fluff.

In this episode:

• Why ambitious women keep rebuilding instead of recalibrating
• The difference between growth and discernment, and why you need both
• What it means to be running on an outdated operating system
• How to audit your tolerations honestly
• Four steps to raising your standard and holding the line

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What happens when a woman has no choice but to keep going?

In this raw and radiant episode, Cierra Lueck—online business strategist, former army wife, and fierce mother—joins Kim to unravel the quiet storm behind "having it all together." From the trenches of entrepreneurship to the hospital bed where her son nearly slipped away, Cierra opens up about the brutal beauty of survival after survival.

This is not a comeback story. It's a keep going anyway story. A tale of motherhood without a manual. Business without burnout. Grief without guilt. And the sacred rage and love it takes to rise while the world still demands your calendar be color-coded.

If you've ever worn too many hats, cried behind closed doors, or wondered how to rebuild your life while still being everyone's everything—this episode was stitched together for you. Connect with Cierra: https://www.instagram.com/cierralueckconsulting/

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