Why do so many women entrepreneurs struggle to speak up with confidence — even when they’re building successful businesses?

In this episode of Did She REALLY Say That?!, we unpack the hidden conditioning, anxiety, and leadership patterns that keep female business owners playing small — even when they know they’re capable of more.

Because this isn’t just about public speaking.

It’s about identity.
It’s about authority.
It’s about reclaiming the voice you were taught to soften.

Katrina sits down with clinical psychologist and voice expert Dr. Doreen Downing to explore why women often feel like they’re “defending” themselves when they speak — in meetings, on stages, in relationships, and inside their own companies.

If you’re a woman entrepreneur building a business, your voice is your leadership asset. So why does visibility still feel terrifying?

Inside this conversation, we explore:

• Why anxiety is often anticipation of a future moment that hasn’t happened
• The difference between speaking to an audience vs. speaking with them
• How childhood conditioning and corporate culture silence women
• Why nervous system regulation transforms executive presence
• What it truly means to “find your voice” as a female business owner
• How bold leadership begins with internal safety

This episode sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, identity, and authority.

Because fearless speaking isn’t about volume.

It’s about alignment.
It’s about self-trust.
It’s about refusing to shrink inside the very business you built.

Dr. Doreen also shares insight into her 7-Step Guide to Fearless Speaking and the practical journey from anxiety to grounded, unapologetic visibility.

If you’re building a company and know you’re meant to lead at a higher level — this conversation will challenge you to stop bracing and start owning your voice.

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Guest: Stephanie Yesil | Host: Katrina van Oudheusden

What if growth didn’t require burnout?
What if building a business — or pivoting your career — could actually support your real life… even in seasons like motherhood, leadership transitions, or reinvention?

In this refreshingly honest episode of Did She REALLY Say That?!, Katrina sits down with Stephanie Yesil, founder of Elevated Careers, to talk about intentional growth, season-aware leadership, and what it really looks like to build wealth, impact, and autonomy without sacrificing yourself in the process.

Stephanie shares her non-linear path from Teach for America educator → six-figure corporate leader → entrepreneur, including how she built Elevated Careers in a focused “stealth mode” season — while preparing for a baby and resisting the pressure to do all the things.

✨ In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• Why so many high-capacity women stay stuck in service-based identities

• What it means to “sell your time to yourself” (instead of everyone else)

• How to build a business that matches your current life season, not some hustle fantasy

• Why “slow down” isn’t the goal — alignment is

• How to identify and articulate your transferable skills for higher-paying, higher-impact roles

• How to say no to bro-marketing noise and focus on fewer, smarter growth moves

This episode is for seasoned founders, women in leadership, and high-achieving women who want:
✔ more money
✔ more ownership of their time
✔ more impact
✔ without burning themselves into the ground to get it

Stephanie also shares her free resource, “33 Most In-Demand Transferable Skills”, designed to help women clearly name what they already bring to the table — and use that language to unlock new opportunities.

🎧 If you’re building a business, navigating motherhood or leadership transitions, or quietly wondering, “There has to be a better way than this,” press play.

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• is building a business or career alongside real life

• is done equating exhaustion with success

• knows she’s capable of more — but wants it to feel sustainable

• wants growth that actually fits her season

You don’t need to slow down.
You need to grow intentionally. ✨

Ever feel like you KNOW what to do… but you still can’t get yourself to do it?
Like you’ve got the plan, the calendar, the strategy… and yet somehow you’re stuck in the same loop?

Babe — it’s not because you’re lazy. It’s not because you “don’t want it enough.”
It’s because your subconscious is driving the bus… and she’s been taking detours. 😅

In this episode, Katrina sits down with Andi Hess (Rapid Results Coach + Clinical Hypnotherapist + former organizational leadership professor) to break down what hypnosis actually is — and why it might be the missing link between having strategy and finally getting results.

✨ In this convo, you’ll learn:

• What hypnosis IS (and what it’s definitely not — no one is controlling your mind)

• Why strategy alone doesn’t fix self-sabotage

• How subconscious patterns quietly block your next level

• Why confidence isn’t about “knowing how”… it’s about knowing you can handle it

• The tree-and-roots metaphor that’ll change how you see your growth

• The difference between being “in a group” and having real COMMUNITY support

If you’ve ever thought:
✅ “Why do I keep repeating this pattern?”
✅ “What is WRONG with me?”
✅ “I have the plan… why can’t I take action?”
✅ “I need to have it all together before I show up”
…this episode is your permission slip to stop spiraling and start shifting.

Andi also shares her free “I Can Handle It” Bundle — a hypnosis meditation + mantra wallpapers that help you feel grounded, capable, and ready for the success you keep saying you want. Because real confidence is:
💥 “Whatever happens… I can handle it.”

🎧 Press play if you’re ready to stop overthinking your way into burnout and start trusting yourself into results.

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🔗 LINKS + RESOURCES📣 Share This Episode With Someone Who:

• has strategy but no traction

• keeps repeating patterns and feels stuck

• is secretly scared of success (even while craving it)

• needs confidence that actually holds up in real life

You don’t need more willpower.
You need your subconscious on your side. 💅✨

Katrina talks with Tanarra Schneider, founder of Rebel 75, about reshaping leadership and culture so they work for real humans, not just revenue targets.

They cover:

• What it means to be a rebel at work (without creating chaos)

• How to build psychologically safe, human-centered cultures

• Why conflict and tension are unavoidable—and how to use them well

• How rituals, routines, and tiny rebellions shift team culture over time

You also hear how parenting a non-binary, autistic, ADHD child shaped Tanarra’s thinking about safety, identity, and making space for people to be who they are.

If you’re building a business, leading a team, or sitting in a culture that feels off, this episode gives you practical ways to start changing things.

Key Discussion Points

• From Corporate to Rebel 75

• Parenting, Identity & Safety at Home

• What Being a Rebel at Work Really Is

• Tiny Rebellions: Small Changes, Real Impact

• The Unquiet Ones. The “unquiet ones” are often quiet people who calmly say the thing everyone else is thinking.

• Rituals vs Routines

• Reimagining Teams & Women’s Leadership

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Tanarra Schneider is the founder of Rebel 75, a culture and leadership firm focused on human-centered ways of working.

Her work includes:

• Leadership systems coaching (always bringing the wider system into the room)

• Culture and team design

• Rethinking rituals and routines like offsites, strategy days, and leadership development

She’s also a parent to a non-binary, autistic, ADHD child, which shapes how she thinks about identity, safety, and belonging at work.

Her long-time personal line: “Leader by design, badass by nature.”

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Resources & Links

Rapid Rebellion Guide (Free)

A practical guide from Rebel 75 that includes:

• Tiny rebellions you can try with your team

• A Ritual Redesign activity to rework an offsite, planning meeting, or review process

• Resetting the Table: questions and prompts to help your team name what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to change in your routines

Referenced Book

• The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker – for better design of offsites, workshops, and group sessions.

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Thanks for listening! If you are enjoying our podcast, leave a comment below. We love hearing from our fans and other female entrepreneurs! We are collaborating to make business better for every woman! Feel free to share this podcast on your favorite social platform. And if you are listening on any of the podcast platforms, we would love it if you could post a 5-star review. Please, help us get our message out! Together, we discover how each woman has the power to unlock another woman when we are open about what we are redefining as women in business.

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About Your Host: Katrina van Oudheusden

™CreatHER™ is a cyclical planning and business recalibration methodology that helps women design their work, decisions, and growth in alignment with their natural rhythms — without burnout, hustle, or self-abandonment.Former Chef at Walt Disney World® Resort, Restaurateur, Speaker, and CEO of Truth Bomb Marketing. Katrina is a sought-after consultant for small business growth among female entrepreneurs.

In this powerful episode, Katrina sits down with interior designer, entrepreneur, speaker, and author Danielle Saintard Valiente to unpack a life that has truly done a 180.

Danielle shares how a turbulent and unsafe childhood led her to redefine what “home” really means—and how a single TV show at age 13 sparked her purpose to create that feeling of home for others. She walks us through her leap from Massachusetts to North Carolina with $900 and a dying car, the strangers who stepped in to support her, and the couple who believed in her so deeply they offered her up to $50,000 to start her own interior design firm.

Then comes the plot twist: within weeks of launching her business, Danielle is served with three lawsuits for $350,000 by her former employer, becomes effectively homeless, and is pushed to the edge—emotionally, financially, and professionally. Her decision not to settle, and to stand firmly in the truth even when everyone told her to “just pay and make it go away,” becomes a defining "Did she really say that?! " moment.

Danielle and Katrina explore fear, faith in yourself, alignment, the reality of the first 10 years of entrepreneurship, the necessity of failure, the power of mentors, and what it takes to dismantle the emotional walls that keep us from real connection. Danielle also shares her vision of stepping onto more stages, supporting nonprofits that prevent childhood abuse, and the ripple effect of one person choosing to believe in another.

This is a conversation about courage, voice, money, lawsuits, survival, and ultimately, deep healing and purpose.

Danielle Saintard Valiente is a passionate entrepreneur, interior designer, published author, and inspirational speaker.

After growing up in an unsafe environment in Massachusetts, she discovered her calling at 13 while watching a design show: to create home as a feeling of safety and love for others. She pursued a degree in interior design, drove 16 hours to North Carolina with $900 in her bank account, and built a career from the ground up.

Over 12+ years in business, Danielle has combined her love of design, communications, and personal development to help others trust themselves, navigate fear, and understand that who you were in the beginning doesn’t dictate who you get to become.

She is IIN-certified in health coaching, a philanthropist committed to preventing childhood abuse, and a sought-after speaker ready to take more stages and support entrepreneurs, especially women, in reconnecting with their voice and power.

Her memoir, 180 Degrees: Emerging from Childhood Darkness, shares her journey from trauma to triumph and offers a message of hope, resilience, and radical self-trust.-------------------------------------

Resources & Mentions

• Book & Film – The Secret

• • Topic: Manifestation, law of attraction, and how what you put out into the universe returns to you.

• TV Show – Trading Spaces

• • The design show that first inspired Danielle to pursue interior design and to create “home” as a feeling.

• CreatHER Planner (from Katrina)

• • A planning methodology designed to help women “plan like a woman,” aligning life, business, and energy.

Special Offer from Danielle

Danielle is gifting a copy of her book to listeners.

How to claim:

1. Go to Danielle’s Instagram

2. Send her a DM with:

3. • That you heard her on Did She Really Say That?

   • The secret keyword: creatHER

Thanks for listening! If you are enjoying our podcast, leave a comment below. We love hearing from our fans and other female entrepreneurs! We are collaborating to make business better for every woman! Feel free to share this podcast on your favorite social platform. And if you are listening on any of the podcast platforms, we would love it if you could post a 5-star review. Please, help us get our message out! Together, we discover how each woman has the power to unlock another woman when we are open about what we are redefining as women in business.

Episode Summary

In this engaging episode, host Katrina van Oudheusden welcomes Amber Daughn, founder of Women on Stage Collective, a speaker development company empowering women. Together, they explore the journey of women entrepreneurs, emphasizing the importance of authentic female voices in business and public speaking. From the challenges of starting a business to the nuances of building strong, nourishing relationships in business, Amber shares her insights and experiences, offering a fresh perspective on women's roles in the speaking industry.

Key Discussion Points

• Katrina's passion for women in business and productivity.

• Amber's introduction and the importance of Women on Stage Collective.

• Challenges Amber faced in building her company and the importance of relationships in business.

• The unique approach of Women on Stage: crafting a woman's unique voice and presence in public speaking.

• Importance of community building and collaboration among women leaders.

• Overcoming self-doubt and the undervaluation of women's natural abilities and skills.

• Using women's natural rhythm and energy cycles to enhance productivity and public presentation.

Guest Bio

Amber is the founder of Women on Stage Collective, a company dedicated to reshaping the speaking industry for women through her signature stagecraft method. With over 15 years in the events industry, she is passionate about helping women refine their voice and plant their flag in the speaking field. Her holistic approach integrates personal authenticity with professional strategies to craft impactful speakers.

Recommended Resources & Links

• Women on Stage Collective: Explore our site and free group via the website

• Stagecraft Challenge: A free five-day live training beginning in January 2026 to help women start their journey in public speaking. For a complimentary seat, connect via the Facebook Group.

Join us for what promises to be an insightful conversation on the shifts taking place in female entrepreneurship and public speaking. Dive into the world of authentic communication and collaboration with Katrina and Amber, and find how you, too, can elevate your voice and presence in your industry.

Thanks for listening! If you are enjoying our podcast, leave a comment below. We love hearing from our fans and other female entrepreneurs! We are collaborating to make business better for every woman! Feel free to share this podcast on your favorite social platform. And if you are listening on any of the podcast platforms, we would love it if you could post a 5-star review. Please, help us get our message out! Together, we discover how each woman has the power to unlock another woman when we are open about what we are redefining as women in business.

About Your Host: Katrina van Oudheusden

Former Chef at Walt Disney World® Resort, Restaurateur, Speaker, and CEO of Truth Bomb Marketing. Katrina is a sought-after consultant for small business growth among female entrepreneurs.

She created a revolutionary business training method called ‘CreatHER™ Business Rewire’. Weaving together time, money, and business growth by preventing burnout and strengthening female leadership skills.

Alongside the CreatHER™ Planner, women are finally experiencing less stress in all areas of their lives. When the focus begins with HERself, women discover a freedom to dream big, increase revenue, and design a marketing strategy that works for them.

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