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We explore how mindful self-compassion helps women founders trade hustle and grind for gentle, sustainable motivation. A counselor shares practical tools, early warning signs of overload, and simple grounding skills to build a business with real boundaries.

• definition of mindful self-compassion for female entrepreneurs
• compassionate motivation versus hustle culture
• using mindfulness to return to the present
• therapist-backed skills before other interventions
• Melissa’s journey from burnout to better boundaries
• designing business hours and email expectations
• three pillars: mindfulness, self-kindness, common humanity
• warning signs of overload and isolation
• grounding methods: 5-4-3-2-1, nature, “where are your feet”
• self-kindness tactics: comfort, soothe, validate, provide, protect, motivate

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Burnout isn’t just exhaustion; it’s a slow shift in your identity, boundaries, and belief system that many women entrepreneurs don’t recognize until they hit a breaking point. In this powerful conversation, behavior scientist and burnout survivor Dr. Jacqueline Kerr joins Wendy to unpack the early warning signs of burnout, the difference between passion and self-sacrifice, and why women leaders are especially vulnerable.

Dr. Kerr, one of the top 1% most-cited scientists worldwide, shares the behavior-change strategies she used to rebuild her own leadership after leaving academia, along with practical tools you can apply today—whether you’re leading a team, a company, or your own home office.

You’ll learn how to:
• Identify burnout before it becomes a crisis
• Set boundaries that support creativity, not guilt
• Break perfectionism, people-pleasing, and the “always on” habit
• Lead yourself (and others) through times of change with more compassion

This conversation remains deeply relevant in 2025, as women continue to navigate hybrid work, entrepreneurship, caregiving, and the pressure to be everything to everyone. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, resentful, or stretched too thin—this episode is your reset point.

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We explore disease as the loss of ease across the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual layers, tracing roots through ancestral trauma, environmental toxins, and learned suppression. We share practical tools to notice subtle body cues, rebuild worth, and restore ease in life and business.

• redefining disease as loss of ease across systems
• ancestral load, industrial toxins, intergenerational stress
• childhood suppression of feelings and body signals
• body dashboard metaphor and subtle symptom tracking
• medical gaslighting and turning to holistic care
• moving from supplements to quantum‑level integration
• surrender, perspective, and releasing fear narratives
• entrepreneurial dis‑ease in pricing, clients, and messaging
• observation, mirrors, coaching, and foundation repair
• self‑worth, identity shifts, and emotional maturity
• letting go of anger and drama to regain energy

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Stress doesn’t just live in your head—it shapes your breath, your hormones, and the choices you make when you’re tired and tense. We sit down with intimacy coach and educator Stacie Steinbock of The Golden Thread to explore how pleasure can be a reliable, ethical, and practical medicine for bodies carrying burnout, shame, and even post-cancer changes. Stacie brings a rare blend of expertise: two decades in sexuality education, including medical curriculum work with the UofL School of Medicine, and a rigorous Tibetan Five Element Tantra certification that roots her methods in lineage-based somatic practice.

We trace the real gaps in sex education—silence around desire, relationships, and body image—and how that silence becomes a generational pattern. Stacy shares her ovarian cancer story, surgical menopause, and the intimate process of relearning pleasure when familiar pathways no longer work. From there, we get specific: what somatic healing means, how cellular memory keeps trauma in the tissues, and why talk therapy alone can’t always resolve what the nervous system still flags as threat. You’ll hear how the chemistry of pleasure—dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphins—protects against chronic cortisol, restoring focus, motivation, and calm. We also explore an Eastern perspective that frames orgasm as a momentary taste of freedom from suffering, while reminding us that everyday joys—like a quiet walk or a warm bath—can return the body to safety.

Stacie offers a grounded framework: movement, meditation, connection practices, and pleasure practices clients take home—no touch, clear ethics, collaborative care with medical providers when needed. We include a short guided exercise to feel the difference between recalling pain and invoking a nourishing sensory memory, illustrating how quickly the body can shift states. The takeaway is simple and powerful: pleasure isn’t an indulgence that steals from productivity; it’s the fuel that sustains creativity, resilience, and a clear connection to your why.

If this resonates, subscribe, share with a friend who needs relief, and leave a review to help more listeners find this conversation. To explore Stacie’s work, reach out for her free 30-minute consultation and ask for the complimentary ebook on pleasure as medicine.

Offer: 1:1 private intimacy coaching with Stacie for individuals, couples, and partnership systems

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Kumiko Sanayama, Shiatsu grandmaster and founder of Five Lives Center of Shiatsu, shares her expertise on managing stress and anxiety through self-shiatsu techniques. Drawing from her family's tradition and years of practice with clients like Giselle Bundchen and Nicole Kidman, Kumiko explains how this powerful healing art can transform wellbeing through mindful touch.

• Shiatsu follows the same pressure points as acupuncture but uses hands, elbows, and knees instead of needles
• Kumiko developed "intuitive Shiatsu" by adapting traditional techniques to individual needs
• The Japanese characters for Shiatsu represent connecting people through hands, sun, moon, and earth
• Each session is customized as practitioners assess clients through stretches and careful observation
• Entrepreneurs commonly experience stress in the back, shoulders, neck and wrists from computer work
• The pandemic increased interest in touch-based therapies as people sought alternative wellness approaches
• Digital communication creates "metal energy" that needs to be melted with "fire energy" through touch
• Self-care techniques are available on Kumiko's YouTube channel for those unable to visit practitioners

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Dive into the world of LENS (Low Energy Neurofeedback System) with Nicole Bankhead, founder of Serenity Wellness Counseling, as she explains this gentle, tech-assisted approach to supporting your nervous system. Learn how this innovative therapy can help entrepreneurs struggling with sleep issues, anxiety, and burnout through a process that takes just minutes per session.

• LENS Neurofeedback provides a mirror for the brain, allowing it to see and correct its own patterns
• The therapy maps 21 points on the brain that correlate to specific functions
• Most clients experience improved sleep and decreased irritability after just a few sessions
• Treatment typically begins weekly then decreases in frequency as improvement occurs
• Sessions take only about 20 minutes with the actual feedback lasting just seconds
• Results tend to be permanent, unlike medication that requires ongoing use
• LENS works exceptionally well alongside traditional talk therapy
• The therapy can help entrepreneurs who notice increased anxiety, irritability, or sleep problems

If you're interested in trying LENS Neurofeedback, you can call Nicole's office for a free first session. Even if you're not in her area, her team can help connect you with providers near you. Please subscribe for more self-care tips and leave a review if you enjoyed this episode.

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Ever feel trapped between diet culture's rigid rules and your body's confusing signals? You're not alone.

Wellness coach Paige Harris breaks down why traditional approaches to healthy eating fail so many women, especially those who've cycled through restrictive diets for years. The problem isn't lack of willpower—it's that chronic dieting damages your body's natural hunger cues, making intuitive eating nearly impossible.

"You can't be intuitive anymore because you've learned so many different rules about what you should or shouldn't be eating that you don't know how to listen to your body's own cues," Paige explains. That's where intentional eating comes in—a revolutionary approach that helps you make conscious food choices based on what your body actually needs, not what diet culture dictates.

Drawing from her personal journey through orthorexia and her subsequent healing, Paige shares how her study abroad experience in France transformed her relationship with food. Surrounded by a culture that celebrates rather than fears food, she discovered that eating rich, whole foods didn't lead to weight gain but instead sparked a deeper understanding of nourishment.

For female entrepreneurs, especially, the connection between proper nourishment and business success can't be overstated. "Low-calorie diets are low-energy diets," Paige emphasizes. When you're not eating enough, your body responds by increasing stress hormones, leading to anxiety, abdominal fat, and decreased productivity—the opposite of what you're working toward.

Ready to transform your relationship with food? Grab Paige's Food Feelings Workbook from the show notes and take the first step toward eating with intention rather than restriction. Your body—and your business—will thank you.

Guest Offer: Food Feelings Workbook. This guide is meant to help you get more in tune with your eating habits to see how certain foods you eat are affecting your body. Use it, and you can say goodbye to constant bloating, puffiness, and discomfort for good!

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