Part Two of Redefining Resilience is where this conversation comes together — where resilience is embodied as something that truly sustains us.

Sonia Baillon and resilience expert Karen Dean return to the question left open in Part One: how can women soften without losing their power?

As coaches and longtime friends, they explore resilience through the lens of choice, self-concept, and relationship — with ourselves and with others — reflecting on breath, movement, and nervous system regulation as foundations for lasting change.

Together, they examine how self-compassion and self-forgiveness can reshape identity, and how moving out of survival mode opens the door to sovereignty and inner authority.

This episode integrates mindset and embodiment, offering a new understanding of resilience as something cultivated from being rather than simply reacting.

A guided breathing practice at the end of this episode helps listeners reconnect with their bodies, their inner wisdom, and their capacity to choose differently.

If Part One helped you recognize yourself, Part Two is where everything clicks.

00:00 – Welcome & framing Part Two 02:50 – Karen on softness, feminine energy & responsibility 05:10 – Self-talk, inner child & compassion 08:50 – Whose voice are you listening to? 11:40 – Breath as a tool for resilience 15:00 – Nervous system, stress & choice 18:10 – Movement, music & completing the stress cycle 20:50 – Boundaries, relationships & self-worth 23:30 – Self-forgiveness & growth 25:00 – Containing vs releasing your magic 27:10 – Identity beyond roles and titles 30:00 – Karen’s upcoming work & where to find her 32:50 – Sonia’s reflections: identity, embodiment & redefining resilience 50:40 – Receiving support & self-compassion 54:00 – Guided breathing practice 56:40 – Listener invitation & closing

If this episode spoke to you, here are a few ways to continue the journey:

✨ Listen to Part One: Redefining Resilience: Strong, Capable & Exhausted — to hear how this conversation began.

✨ Explore Karen Dean's work: Follow Karen Dean for resilience tools, speaking, and coaching:

🌐 Website: Karen Dean - Resilience Expert, Inspiring Speaker, Bestselling Author 📕Book: We Are Unbreakable | Karen Dean

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✨ Work with Sonia: If you’re ready to move from survival into sustainable resilience, start with: 🔥 Get Your Spark Back- Contain Your Magic (8-week program) - APPLY HERE

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In Part One of this two-part conversation, Sonia Baillon welcomes resilience expert, bestselling author and friend Karen Dean for an honest, deeply human exploration of what resilience really means for women who are strong, capable — and quietly exhausted.

Together, they reflect on early leadership experiences, feminism, entrepreneurship, and the lived hardships that shaped Karen’s identity, including single motherhood, abuse, and community leadership.

The conversation widens to examine burnout, boundaries, masculine and feminine energy, self-trust, and listening to gut wisdom. Karen speaks candidly about her desire to soften without losing her power, naming a tension many women feel but rarely articulate.

Part One ends with a powerful unanswered question: how can women reclaim their softness while still honoring their strength?

This episode sets the stage for Part Two, where resilience will be redefined in a way that truly sustains.

00:00 – Intro: redefining resilience and framing the two-part series 02:50 – Introducing Karen Dean and today’s focus 04:10 – Shared history at Mount Saint Vincent University 06:40 – First leadership breakthrough 08:40 – Feminism, leadership, and social justice roots 11:30 – Identity, motherhood, and reclaiming self 14:10 – Abusive marriage and learning “I am enough” 17:10 – Choosing independence and redefining partnership 20:00 – Gut vs heart: embodied wisdom 23:10 – Karen’s book We Are Unbreakable 26:40 – Why are women expected to be so strong? 30:00 – Masculine and feminine energy 33:20 – Burnout and the importance of “just being” 37:20 – Boundaries and self-care 41:00 – The young Crone phase 44:50 – Mirror work and self-love 47:50 – Receiving support 49:30 – Softness vs responsibility (leads into Part Two)

Continue the Journey | Links & Resources

✨ Learn more about Karen Dean: 🌐 Website: Karen Dean - Resilience Expert, Inspiring Speaker, Bestselling Author 📕Book: We Are Unbreakable | Karen Dean 📱 Follow Karen on Facebook, Instagram & LinkedIn

💛 Work with Sonia Baillon: 🔥 Get Your Spark Back / Contain Your Magic (8-week program) - APPLY HERE 🌿 Choose Me Promo Bundle: 21-Day Starter Challenge for Embodied Joy + Yoga Nidra Workshop. Use coupon code CHOOSEME26 at checkout to get 26% off! 🎪 Contain Her Magic Experience (events & festivals): Contain Her Magic Experience: Mind-Body Workshop & Yoga Journey

🎧 Listen Next: ➡️ Episode 7 — Part Two of this conversation - Drops Tuesday, February 3, 2026!

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In this heartfelt solo episode, Sonia Baillon reflects on “falling into grace,” showing how gratitude in the midst of setbacks becomes a doorway to transformation.

After a literal fall down the stairs, she shares lessons from her body, mind, and heart, weaving in insights from past episodes on rest, stillness, and self-care.

Sonia also introduces tools for reclaiming your spark and reaching your goals this year — including her NEW Get Your Spark Back program and Contain Her Magic LIVE Experience!

The episode closes with a simple mind-body grounding practice and an invitation to remember that even when life knocks you down, gratitude is the way home to your magic.

0:00 – Opening: We all contain magic – the heart of this episode. 2:10 – Gratitude as alchemy – turning challenge into medicine. 6:30 – The fall – a story of slipping, slowing down, and reflecting. 9:30 – The three containers – mind, body, and emotion in balance. 13:00 – Wisdom from past episodes – rest, nourishment, and self-trust. 21:00 – Falling into grace – finding light in the shadow. 27:30 – Tools for transformation – practices that heal and ground. 33:00 – 21-Day Starter Challenge & Yoga Nidra Workshop. 38:00 – Mind-body coaching – how to align goals with intuition. 42:00 – Is this you? Call to women ready to reclaim their spark. 46:00 – Mini mind-body practice – breathe, ground, and affirm. 47:15 – Closing reflections – gratitude as the doorway home.

✨ Begin Your Transformation Start small and powerful with the 21-Day Starter Challenge for Embodied Joy — a daily self-care reset that helps you reconnect with your body, breath, and spark.

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