What do you do when you're standing at a crossroads between the familiar path that terrifies you and the unknown path that calls to you?

Serial entrepreneur and women's hormone specialist Terry Taytosian shares her journey from health crisis at 37—facing 210 pounds, pre-diabetes, heart palpitations, and early perimenopause—to radical transformation. But this isn't your typical before-and-after story.

Terry reveals her brilliant "board meeting" technique for working WITH your inner saboteurs instead of against them. If you've ever told yourself you don't have enough time, money, or support to make a change, this episode will shift everything.

Perfect for the holiday season when stress runs high and old patterns resurface.

About Terry Taytosian

Terry is a serial entrepreneur, certified personal trainer and nutritionist, emotional eating coach, yoga teacher, and certified women's hormone specialist. She's also a mother of two teenagers who have grown up watching her navigate 20 years of entrepreneurship.

Connect with Terry: thouseofrose.com

Your Empowering Action

Complete an Energy Audit:

• Where is your energy going right now?
• What actually gives you energy?
• What fills you up?
• How can you do more of that?
• What can you deprioritize to make space for what matters?

Sister, if you're standing at your own crossroads right now, you're not alone. This week, practice presence. Call that board meeting. Ask your inner critics what they really need.

You've got this, mama.

~ Isabelle

What does it really mean to feel safe—especially when the world around us feels anything but? In this heart-opening conversation with my dear friend and somatic-based life coach, Nicole Dreon, we explore what it means to come home to your body, to your truth, and to your own sense of inner safety.

Nicole helps us understand how our nervous systems are designed to protect us, even when that looks like shutting down, snapping at our kids, or scrolling to numb out. She offers simple tools to bring ourselves back into balance—through awareness, breath, and gentle presence. This episode feels like a warm blanket on a cold day. It’s a reminder that empowerment begins within: the more we trust ourselves, the safer the world feels around us.

✨ Inside this episode:

What it means to feel safe vs. be safe

Why our nervous system’s reactions are actually wisdom in motion

How to honor your emotions without abandoning yourself

A guided embodiment exercise to help you anchor calm in your body

What it takes to be a safe space for others

🧘‍♀️ About Nicole:

Nicole Dreon is a life coach, speaker, and facilitator known for her grounded, embodied approach to growth and transformation. She helps clients reconnect with their body’s wisdom, regulate their nervous systems, and create change that feels deeply authentic and sustainable. With a calm yet powerful presence, Nicole supports people in moving beyond old patterns and returning to a sense of inner safety, trust, and alignment within themselves. You can connect with her and learn more about her work at

Website: https://coachnicoledreon.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoledreon_/

Podcast

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6MIjmcqtkbKD1bnyQngtOQ

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What if the emotions we've been taught to eliminate—judgment, guilt, and shame—are actually essential tools for raising grounded, accountable children?

In this episode, I'm challenging the cultural narrative that says all judgment is bad, all guilt is toxic, and all shame is damaging. While anger, sadness, and offense are celebrated in our culture, we've made it taboo to discern right from wrong, to feel guilty when we've hurt someone, or to experience shame when we've crossed a moral line.

But here's the truth, mama: without judgment, we can't guide. Without guilt, we lose empathy. Without shame, we abandon our moral compass.

I'm breaking down why these three "negative" emotions are actually appropriate, necessary, and healthy—and how we can teach our children to use them as internal signals for growth, accountability, and integrity.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why judgment is actually discernment—and why your child needs it to make good decisions
• How guilt promotes empathy, responsibility, and moral development
• Why shame isn't toxic when it's appropriate—and how it reinforces healthy boundaries
• The difference between being judgmental and having judgment (more on this in an upcoming episode!)
• How to create a family culture with clear values, expectations, and a moral compass—without becoming controlling or punitive
• Why swinging too far away from these emotions leaves our children searching for guidance

This episode is for you if:

• You've been told never to let your child feel guilty or ashamed
• You're uncomfortable setting clear standards because you don't want to seem judgmental
• You want to raise accountable, empathetic children who can discern right from wrong
• You're ready to reclaim your role as a confident, values-driven leader in your home

Resources Mentioned:

Mother's Empowerment Sisterhood – My 12-month membership (IsabelleBridges.com/sisterhood) where we dive deep into creating a life with clear values, warm leadership, and empowered mothering. Enrollment opens soon—join the waitlist today.

Connect with me:

Website: https://isabellebridges.com

Instagram: @IsabelleBridgesBoesch

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