I’m joined by Orly Zeewy, author, brand strategist, and the woman who makes fuzzy clear. If you’ve ever felt like your work is valuable but your message is hard to explain, or your pricing still feels like a guess, this episode will land.

We talk about how to identify your zone of genius, communicate it in a way people understand quickly, and charge like the expert you actually are. Orly breaks down why women tend to underprice, how “being nice” shows up in money decisions, and what it looks like to stop defending your rates and start standing in them.

You’ll also hear us get real about imposter syndrome during career shifts, why negotiation matters more than most women were taught, and how the future of work is rewarding human skills like relationship-building, critical thinking, and cultural fluency. If you’re building a business, pivoting careers, or simply ready to own your value without overexplaining, this is your episode.

In this episode, we cover:

• What “zone of genius” really means and how to spot yours

• How to turn clarity into premium positioning

• Why women undercharge and how to shift the mindset behind it

• Pricing with confidence without negotiating against yourself

• How to talk about your work in a noisy, short-attention world

• The skills that will matter most as work and technology keep evolving

• A healthier definition of success, especially for high-achieving women

Connect with Orly :
Website: zeewybrands.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/orlyzeewy
Book: Ready Launch Brand: The Lean Marketing Guide for Startups (Amazon)

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Until next week, stay fierce, stay bold, but most importantly, stay unapologetically you.

You changed the chapter.
The role.
The schedule.
Maybe even the whole direction of your life.

And still, the pace feels familiar. The pressure feels familiar. The push through mindset shows up like it never left.

In this solo episode of We Are Women, Unapologetically, I’m talking about the reason your new chapter can feel like your old one. Your brain is still running old default settings. Patterns that were built in seasons where you had to stay sharp, stay needed, stay on, and stay ahead.

We’re going into the neuroscience behind automatic habits, why context triggers matter, and why exhaustion makes change harder than it needs to be. I also share what this looked like for me recently, the moment I knew my body was done negotiating, and how choosing rest became part of my leadership, not a break from it.

You’ll walk away with a simple reset you can use in real time, even if you’re listening while driving and you never touch a journal.

Key Takeaways

• Why old patterns can follow you into a new chapter

• How automatic habits get triggered by familiar cues

• What habit formation research teaches us about lasting change

• Why rest plays a real role in decision making and behavior change

• Three questions to interrupt autopilot in the moment

• One weekly reset that helps you update a default setting without overhauling your life

Clarity Reset for the Week

Pick one default thought you keep running. Choose a replacement sentence you can actually believe. Practice it once in a real moment this week.

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Some titles come with power. Others come with pressure. Tracy McDonald has held both.

She’s served as a U.S. Secret Service agent, a counterterrorism instructor, a global fraud consultant, and a Foreign Service spouse. But the moments that shaped her most weren’t the ones on paper — they were the ones behind closed doors, in countries few Americans will ever step foot in, when she had to ask herself: What now?

In this episode, Jessica Cumming and Tracy unpack:

• The truth behind the badge

• Why knowing when to leave is a leadership skill

• How to rebuild a career that aligns with your actual values

• Parenting through instability, repatriation, and reality checks

• What women really need to know about power, permission, and pivoting

It’s a conversation about grit, discernment, and trusting yourself to do the brave thing, even when it doesn’t make sense to anyone else.

Key Takeaways:

• Your next chapter doesn’t require your last one’s permission

• The power isn’t in the job, it’s in how you carry it

• Leaving a role doesn’t mean leaving your impact behind

• Every shift builds skills you can’t learn in a classroom

• There is no blueprint for women who lead in unconventional ways

Power Quote:"You add value just by waking up in this world every day. You don’t have to earn it." — Tracy McDonald

Connect with Tracy McDonald:

🔗 ⁠LinkedIn⁠

📸 ⁠CarpeDamnCreative.com⁠ – Her blog of stories and photography from life abroad📅

Want more conversations like this? Follow Jessica on LinkedIn:⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicacumming04/

You make around 35,000 decisions a day. When you don’t trust yourself, every one of those decisions costs more energy than it should. In this solo episode, I break down the internal override that turns everyday choices into mental drain. We talk about how self-trust gets replaced by approval, how conditioning hides behind “being responsible,” and the micro-moves that help you rebuild trust in real time. No dramatic reinvention required. Just a return to the version of you that used to know.

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Key Takeaways:

• Why self-trust didn’t disappear. It got trained out of you.

• How the internal override turns simple decisions into mental drain.

• The difference between intuition and fear dressed up as “being responsible.”

• How approval-seeking quietly replaces your voice in leadership and in life.

• Micro-moves that rebuild self-trust without a full life overhaul.

In this episode, Jessica talks with Dr. Brandi Kelly, a licensed clinical social worker and former school superintendent who has spent over two decades in education. Brandi’s story starts with deep personal loss. She was in high school when her brother drowned, and that moment changed everything. Since then, she’s walked through grief, burnout, family challenges, and the pressure of leadership at the highest levels.

Now, she’s the founder of Spark Hope EDU and helps others rebuild their lives from the inside out. This conversation is honest, emotional, and packed with wisdom for anyone navigating hard seasons, questioning their path, or wondering if it’s too late to make a change.

Key Takeaways:

• Real leadership often starts in the hard places

• Burnout is your body asking for something different

• It's okay to walk away, even after decades in a role

• Healing starts when you stop going it alone

• Hope is something you build, not just something you feel

Power Move of the Week:
Practice the pause. Slowing down is sometimes the boldest thing you can do.

Want to learn more?
Follow Jessica on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicacumming04/

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Contact Brandi:

https://sparkhopeedu.com

Stop making other people’s comfort your responsibility. If you’ve been swallowing comments, smoothing tension, or staying quiet to keep the peace, it’s not “maturity”—it’s self-silencing. And over time, it chips away at your confidence, your self-trust, and even your nervous system’s ability to feel safe being seen.

In this episode, Jessica Cumming breaks down what really happens when you finally speak up—not dramatically, not aggressively, but clearly. She shares the real-life moment a familiar comment crossed the line and she stopped protecting a dynamic that was never protecting her. The result wasn’t chaos—it was relief, alignment, and a version of herself she could finally respect.

Here’s the CLEAR method to speak up without starting a fight:
C — Clarify what’s actually bothering you (say the real thing, not the softened version)
L — Listen to your gut (your body notices misalignment first)
E — Evaluate the cost of silence (will you respect yourself tomorrow?)
A — Align with your values (speaking up is integrity, not aggression)
R — Respond directly (one sentence is enough)

This episode is for the woman who’s tired of shrinking in meetings, swallowing comments in relationships, or carrying emotional weight she never agreed to hold. Your voice doesn’t come back all at once—it returns one sentence at a time.

Power Move of the Week: Say one thing you’ve been swallowing. One clear sentence. Then stop negotiating with yourself about whether you were “too much.”

Want to learn more? Follow Jessica on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicacumming04/
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What if burnout wasn’t the end but your invitation to begin again?

In this powerful episode of We Are Women, Unapologetically, I sit down with Chris Coladonato, a former high-achieving corporate leader turned speaker, coach, and creator of the therapeutic coloring book Color Me, Unplugged. Together, we unpack what burnout really looks like for high performers and why so many of us don’t even realize we’re in it until we’ve broken.

🎧 Chris shares:

• The subtle signs of burnout she missed (until it was too late)

• Her journey from corporate success to breast cancer diagnosis

• The messy, raw middle of losing your identity after “doing it all”

• Why coloring became her reset tool—and how it can help you too

• The life-changing mindset shift that helped her finally love herself

This isn’t just a story of quitting. It’s a story of choosing: to pause, to heal, and to become.

If you’re stuck in “the in-between” the gooey, hard part of growth—you are not alone. And this episode is your permission to stop proving, and start becoming.

✨ Power Takeaways

• “I didn’t know I was burned out—until I started living differently.”

• “I wore busyness like a badge…and a security blanket.”

• “Coloring wasn’t an escape. It was how I learned to focus again.”

• “The cancer didn’t break me. It made me finally receive love.”

🎁 Resources + Links Mentioned

🔗 Chris's Website: connectioncatalyst.com
📘 Color Me, Unplugged Coloring Book – Available now
📲 Follow Chris on Instagram: @chriscolaunplugged

💌 Free Reset Gift for Listeners

Feeling stuck in the swirl? Download my free reset guide:
👉 Clarity in 10: A Quick Reset

📞 Ready to Reset Your Life & Career?

You don’t have to figure this alone.
✨ Book a complimentary Clarity Call: https://www.jcnewbeginnings.com/booking-calendar/clarity-call?referral=service_list_widget

🗣️ Connect with Me

Instagram: @jessicacumming04/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicacumming04/
Website: https://www.jcnewbeginnings.com/

When a title changes, whether through a layoff, divorce, caregiving shift, empty nest, or a chapter you didn’t choose—it can shake your identity more than you expect. For many high-achieving women, roles become anchors. They give structure, direction, and meaning. So when a title ends, it’s easy to feel lost, irrelevant, or unsure of who you are without it.

In this episode of We Are Women, Unapologetically, Executive Life Strategist Jessica Cumming breaks down the emotional and psychological impact of identity loss and why women feel it more intensely. Jessica shares personal insight, real-life examples, and the deeper truth every woman needs to hear:

Your power didn’t leave with the title.
Your worth didn’t disappear with the role.
You are still becoming.

This episode will help you reconnect to the woman you’ve always been, even when life reshapes your path. Whether you're navigating a career transition, a changing family role, or a season of reinvention, this conversation gives you clarity, hope, and a grounded path forward.

Inside this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why women tie identity to roles like mother, wife, caregiver, and leader
• How title loss impacts self-worth, confidence, and emotional stability
• What remains constant when life forces reinvention
• How to rebuild your sense of self without a title to lean on
• The strengths you carry forward into your next chapter
• How to anchor yourself during identity transitions
• The truth about reinvention after 35, 40, 50+

If you've ever whispered, “Who am I without this title?” this episode will help you hear yourself again — and reclaim the power the world could never take from you.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.