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What if one of society’s biggest blind spots is how much we  expect mothers to carry?

From emotional regulation to attachment, to shaping tiny nervous systems, we place enormous responsibility on mother and then often leave them to do it alone.

This week on the podcast, I’m exploring the invisible weight of motherhood. Inspired by a study on lab rats and addiction showing that early nurturing impacts later susceptibility to substance use. I discuss the deeper message: not that mothers are to blame, but that we’ve placed an impossible burden on women. We expect perfect nurturing in a culture that offers little support, little rest, and very little village. What if the real question isn’t “What’s wrong with mothers?” but “What kind of world have we built around them?” If you’ve ever felt the invisible pressure of caregiving or love a mother who does, this episode is for you.

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In this episode, we explore the idea that a pivot is not a restart, but more of an evolution. Inspired by a real-life career crossroads, we talk about how changing direction in life doesn’t mean starting over, but rather integrating everything you’ve already lived and learned. Whether it’s career, health, relationships, or where you choose to live, every pivot is built on the wisdom you already carry forward.

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This episode is for the woman who is still showing up to her life… but feels like something inside her has quietly checked out.

We’re talking about functional burnout , the kind no one sees.  The kind that looks like competence, reliability, and “having it all together” but feels like exhaustion, misalignment, and disconnection on the inside.

This is especially for the woman on the brink of change;  reinventing herself, outgrowing her life, and trying to hold it all together at the same time.

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You’ve grown. You know you have. So why are the same old emotions showing up again?

In this episode, we’re unpacking the disorienting experience of feeling “low” emotions after you’ve already done so much inner work. This is for the woman who thought she had moved past the shame, the fear, the grief…only to have it resurface and make her question everything.

Those emotions aren’t coming back because you’ve failed.  They’re coming back because you’re meeting them from a more expanded version of yourself.

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We like to think we’re seeing people clearly.  That what we’re reacting to is what’s actually happening. But most of the time?  We’re not seeing them.  We’re seeing them through us.

In this episode, I talk about the moments where I’ve been completely convinced I was right, only to realize I was looking through a very specific lens. One shaped by old beliefs like “I don’t matter” or “I’m not being respected.”

When you start to notice the lens… You get a little space. And in that space?  You get choice. Not to blame yourself.  Not to excuse anyone else.  But to shift how you see, and that shifts everything. Because sometimes the most powerful change isn’t out there.  It’s in the way you’re looking.

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We women have said we have been invisible for a long time.  Especially older women.  We're told to be visible, to speak up, to show up fully, but no one really talks about what happens after you do. In this episode, I unpack the real reason being seen feels so risky for women: the judgment, the interpretation, the nervous system responses that make us want to shrink back into safer, more edited versions of ourselves. From business to relationships to aging, this is about the tension between wanting to be deeply known… and wanting to hide at the exact same time. Inspired by Jim Carrey, this episode explores what it actually takes to stay rooted in yourself when you step into visibility and why that might be the real work. 

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I woke up in the middle of the night, completely awake, but I couldn’t move, couldn’t speak, and there was a heavy pressure on my chest. Both times, there was a figure in the room that felt very real. I thought I was losing my mind… until I discovered that women across cultures have been describing this exact experience for centuries, sometimes calling it the Night Hag, the Mare, Kanashibari or as I recently learned, Inoculous.

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When most people think of medicine, they think of something they take.

But what if real medicine isn’t found in a bottle at all?

In this episode of Women on the Brink, we explore a different way of understanding healing.  One that's rooted in connection, presence, community, and the natural world. From the clinic room to the forest trails, this conversation unpacks how medicine can be something you live, not consume, and why the most powerful forms of healing are often the most subtle.

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What if the life you’re holding onto… is the very thing holding you back? In this episode of Women on the Brink, I share the moment I had to leave a long-term relationship because our values were not aligned.  And here's the big question that changed everything: Who do I want to be 10 years from now, and would that woman be proud of the life I’m living today? This is a conversation about courage, timing, and what it really feels like to step into the unknown.

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At some point, healing turns into a full-time job… and your body still feels exhausted. More treatments. More rules. More effort. But what if that’s the problem? This episode explores why doing everything to get better can actually slow you down and how learning to pull back might be the thing that finally lets your body catch up.

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