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We explore why success can feel empty and how to find real fulfillment by aligning goals with core values. Constance Curtis shares tools for identifying values, breaking people pleasing, and moving from awareness to action with simple daily practices.

• redefining success as fulfillment over validation
• purpose as who you are, not what you do
• listing what lights you up, then asking why
• choosing 3–5 core values as a compass
• common blocks including people pleasing and low self-worth
• three-stage method of awareness, acceptance, action
• practical tools such as joy journaling and vision work
• 30-day abundance challenge to shift from scarcity
• sensing values in the body for clarity
• one aligned step toward a six to twelve month goal

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We share how dance and science come together to boost memory, confidence, and joy in learning, and why representation and community change what kids believe is possible. We also offer practical ways families and teachers can prepare students for change, teamwork, and real-world success.

• movement-based learning that increases recall and focus
• STEAM explained with practical classroom choreography
• low-pressure, high-signal assessment using movement
• bridging school to workforce with emotional intelligence
• planning for change and building flexibility early
• overcoming limiting beliefs with language and mentorship
• redefining success beyond a single college path
• tech fluency balanced with analog problem-solving
• how families can find programs and create exposure
• connection, community, and purpose-driven careers

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We invite strategist and soul whisperer Taryn Voget to unpack why excitement is a reliable GPS for purpose and how to dismantle the beliefs that keep us stuck. We share tools, stories, and a simple lens to move from burnout to a truer expression of genius.

• excitement as practical guidance for purpose
• Taryn’s path from consulting to the Genius Lab
• mixing neuroscience, strategy and energy work
• burnout warnings and the role of rest
• the 30-ideas list and 90-day challenges
• ego-driven hustle versus inner-led desire
• how beliefs script fear and resistance
• paradox of gifts hiding under deepest doubts
• second-person exercise to unlock your voice
• saying yes to a new expression of genius

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Some stories don’t just inspire—they recalibrate what you believe is possible. Today we sit down with Dr. Sue McCready, a pediatrician who turned her hardest season into a blueprint for thriving. After multiple miscarriages, a vivid dream pointed to clotting. Baby aspirin, acupuncture, and a deeper dive into methylation genetics helped her welcome a healthy child—and transformed the way she serves women through midlife and beyond.

We unpack the practical and the profound. Sue shares a mind flip question that can change the trajectory of a hard day—what’s great about this—and the mantra that kept her steady: I’m sculpting my soul. We talk about authenticity as a magnet, how people-pleasing hides our gifts, and why owning quirks can be a bridge to the right partners, clients, and friends. Sue opens her coaching toolkit, from Tony Robbins’ six human needs framework to pattern-spotting that turns stuck loops into fresh choices. If you’ve ever wondered why certainty keeps you small or how growth can become your top priority, this segment will find you where you are.

Then we go deep on hormones. Estrogen is queen, with receptors on nearly every cell, which is why perimenopause can feel like a symphony of symptoms—brain fog, eczema, migraines, mood swings, sleep shifts. We discuss testing, lifestyle foundations, and how to think about hormone therapy with nuance rather than fear. Sue also introduces her Midlife Personality Quiz—visionary, inspirational, giver, and detail mamas—so you can lean into strengths and guard against common traps like perfectionism or burnout. We close with a compass that never fails: what would love do, whether love means setting a boundary or taking courageous action.

If you’re ready to stop surviving and start living on purpose, this conversation offers both science-backed steps and soul-level guidance. Listen, share with a friend who needs hope, and tell us: what’s the one shift you’re making this week? Subscribe, leave a review, and help more women find their way to a life they truly love.

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What if the very thing that keeps tripping you is the doorway to freedom? Cassandra sits down with author and spiritual director Jessica Morris for a soul-deep conversation about addiction, faith, and the surprising grace of surrender. Jessica grew up in an alcoholic family, carried the wound of being called “a mistake,” and learned to survive with food and alcohol. The turning points came through brave love: a sister who set a boundary, a counselor who named the blockage, and a recovery room where honesty didn’t equal shame.

From there, the path opens into Higher Powered—how a “higher power” becomes a living relationship. Jessica shares how she moved from numbing to noticing, from hiding to looking up, guided by a counselor who modeled truth without judgment. Seminary enters the story not as a career track but as a quest to understand why encounters with Jesus divide life into before and after. A class on Revelation sparks the idea of personal eschatology: endings that are actually beginnings. Paul’s new sight, Lazarus stepping out of the tomb, and Nicodemus seeking at night echo Jessica’s own transformation.

The heart of the episode is practical and piercing: dying to self is not a one-time vow. It’s the daily chipping of barnacles—sugar, alcohol, judgment, pride, the need to control—so the boat can move again. Jessica’s guidance is refreshingly simple: get honest with God, even if the prayer is only “help me.” Write the letter you’ll never send. Trust that the scales fall in time. If you’re stuck, longing to live on your own terms while anchored in faith, this conversation offers language, tools, and hope to start where you are and keep going.

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What if your breakthrough doesn’t come from pushing harder, but from reclaiming joy as your operating system? We sit down with strategist and licensed therapist Nicole Van Valen, founder of Keen Insights and author of The Joyful Leader, to explore a practical path out of burnout and into purpose-driven performance. Nicole brings 25+ years across healthcare, behavioral health, and corporate leadership, blending mental health expertise with real-world tools leaders can use when the calendar is packed and the pressure is high.

We start by naming the traps—perfectionism, people pleasing, and the grind reflex—that keep high performers stuck in toxic environments. Nicole shares how she cultivated a “second battery” outside of work through dance and creativity, and why joy must be built, not waited on. You’ll learn the Joy Menu technique to lower friction in stressful moments, a simple three-breath reset you can use mid-meeting, and a clear distinction between happiness (event-based) and joy (internally cultivated). The conversation anchors on Nicole’s Ready–Set–Go framework: Ready to rediscover yourself and recharge, Set to design your landscape and boundaries, and Go to deliver aligned results without sacrificing your well-being.

Along the way, we dive into psychological safety, resilient cultures, and why service and philanthropy expand your capacity to lead. Nicole’s stories—from boardrooms to community projects in South Africa—highlight how purpose fuels energy, creativity, and follow-through. If success still feels heavy, this is your invitation to shift from surviving to thriving, to swap grit-only tactics for a sustainable strategy that restores clarity, connection, and courage.

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Ever feel like you’re doing “all the right things” for your health and still spinning your wheels? We open up a different path with health strategist and Grace & Grit host Courtney Townley—one that trades perfection for practical skills and turns midlife into a launchpad rather than a slowdown. Instead of chasing one-off outcomes, we build the foundations that make change stick: honest awareness, smart organization, reliable follow-through, and the courage to realign without the drama.

We start by unpacking why the wellness rulebook fails so many women—especially at midlife. Courtney shares how a postpartum wake-up call revealed the blind spot in mainstream health: obsessing over weight while ignoring mindset, identity, and nervous system capacity. We explore integrity pain (that inner friction when your habits don’t match your values), the stress bucket model for simplifying life’s load, and why resilience is less about gritting your teeth and more about how you recharge. From micro-recovery breaks and nervous system respect to habit design you can actually maintain, the conversation offers tools that feel doable on your busiest days.

Midlife becomes a liminal space—between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming—where health serves as base camp for the climb of your life. You’ll learn how to reduce unnecessary stressors, add intentional challenges to build capacity, and parent your brain with useful thoughts that pull you forward. We also cover when talk therapy isn’t enough and how somatic support can unlock long-stuck patterns. If you’re ready to lead your health with clarity and grace, this is your roadmap to living full out.

Grab Courtney’s free Midlife Magic Quick Start Guide, keep an eye out for her book The Consistency Code (November 4, 2025), and connect at graceandgrit.com. If this episode helped you rethink your health story, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review to help more women find it.

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We explore how fierce grace turns breaking points into breakthroughs, and why reframing pain can unlock purpose, faith, and agency. Jesse Torres shares tools to identify current limits, trace their roots, and rescript meaning so action becomes sustainable.

• defining the stuck feeling and why knowledge without healing fails
• Jesse’s story of survival, loss, faith and a kindness that changed everything
• arguing with reality vs accepting and choosing new meaning
• three pillars of trauma: undiagnosed, unacknowledged, unresolved
• practical methods to find the “invisible thread” behind current limits
• fierce grace as a balance of power and softness in life and leadership
• self-love as the lens that changes how we see humanity
• coach vs mentor and how results in coaching are measured
• simple steps to sustain change and rebuild self-trust

Book a free call and get the 10-step guide to freedom: Go to IamFierceGrace.com. Click Let’s Talk to schedule your complimentary assessment

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