Fempreneur True Confessions Podcast

In this powerful and deeply personal episode,we welcome back bestselling author, publisher, and speaker Lynda Sunshine West. Together, we explore the raw truths behind success—the struggles, healing, and self-discovery that don't make it into the highlight reels.

Lynda shares how running away at age five and not being "rescued" shaped decades of self-doubt, people-pleasing, and fear—and how she reclaimed her worth ...

We had such a fun conversation with Cristel on this episode of the podcast. Who said business has to be boring and serious? Not Cristel Sias that’s for sure! Cristel shared her story and powerful business insights with us about: 

• Her philosophy around competition

• Being a college drop out

• What her work playlist is like

• The story of resilience that inspired her 

• And the one piece of advice she’d give her younger self

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During Charity’s episode we hit it harder than burnout at a board meeting! Charity and Angelic got heart-to-heart about: 

• How she made the shift from corporate shackles to freedom and abundance

• How an abundant mindset isn’t just about monetizing and money, it’s about freedom and access to opportunities and options to live at your most fulfilled

• How we dial into our goals and hold ourselves accountable through the pitfalls, stumbli...

EP 117: Sweat Equity & Sisterhood: What My Mother, Masterminds, & Racism Taught Me About Power With Sabrina Morris

You know when you go into a conversation thinking you will talk about one thing and you end up talking about something else, but it turns into SUCH a great conversation?! That’s what happened with this week’s podcast with Sabrina Morris - while we did get around to talking about what we intended to - we also dov...

Veronica is a two-time Amazon bestselling author, speaker, and the passionate founder of Carnelian Wealth Solutions, LLC. With over 20 years of expertise in financial services, Veronica specializes in empowering women in the sandwich generation to take control of their financial futures. 

Veronica’s mission is deeply personal, rooted in her own experience of navigating the financial and emotional challenges following her father’s pa...

An ICF-certified coach with nearly a decade of experience, Becky helps progressive founders who want to grow their companies without losing sight of their people-first values. Operating through an intersectional feminist lens, Becky helps smart, high-achievers break up with hustle culture and redefine success on their own damn terms. Becky is a mom, avid reader, novice baker, and introvert. A former journalist and current host of T...

Meet Nikia Burch, a powerhouse in back-office operations and business support! With over 15 years of experience across industries like real estate, healthcare, and insurance, Nikia has worked alongside everyone from solopreneurs to C-suite execs—bringing deep expertise in finance, HR, business ops, and payroll.

In 2021, she launched Innovative VA LLC, offering virtual support to busy entrepreneurs. Her passion for helping busine...

In this powerful episode, we welcome Tatiana — therapist, trauma coach, and passionate advocate for women’s empowerment. Tatiana shares her personal story of surviving complex trauma, living in chronic anxiety, and how discovering somatic experiences completely transformed her life. From dissociation and burnout to building a thriving business and creating supportive communities, Tatiana opens up about the journey of healing her ne...

Allie Herman is the CEO of Dragonwing, a girls’ activewear company. Dragonwing was originally founded in North Carolina in 2013 as a base layer apparel brand for tween and teen girls. In 2022, Allie acquired the brand from its founder, and relaunched it in Denver, Colorado as a pure play activewear brand.

Dragonwing designs high-quality activewear that girls can wear all day, while at the same time allowing them to feel comfortable,...

It was a pleasure to have Christine on the podcast and hear the origin story of her business and the separation that came with elevation that she experienced as she was building her business. We are so appreciative of her transparency and authenticity as she shared how she overcame that tough time and where she is today with her business. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from and support a fellow fempreneur!

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It was a joy to have Candace on the podcast to talk about this still ever-so-present belief in business today - that we are in competition. Candace shared her personal belief that her only competition is her. Everyone else is a co-creator. She strives to live this ethos every day by helping peers extract their wisdom and more effectively share their expertise. We also talked about being deeply introspective and befriending experien...

It was so great to have Jennifer back on the podcast and catch up with what she has been up to since we chatted back in 2022. Jennifer was one of our very first guests on the podcast and she has been a busy bee since we last spoke. We got into some great topics about intuition, collaboration, barriers to our success, the influence our well being has over our business, and more!

Jennifer has a free 3-part series called the Dream Life...

During Andrea’s episode today, we talked about how what makes you different makes you authentic, how Andrea learned to follow her heart and not the herd (or the hurt), and we also touched on the subject of taking the lessons we’ve learned from what we’ve gone through and allowing them to give us permission to help others overcome similar challenges. 

Get Andrea’s Cheat Sheet for How to Follow Your Heart and Not the Herd Nor the Hurt

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Nancy White joined us today and shared her personal stories about why asking for help is a form of resilience. Her own story is one of resilience with the most challenging life event being just two years ago when her husband was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. She become a living widow, responsible for every single decision and keeping everything operating for their home, livelihood and family. Her favorite story of resilience i...

Kate Mollison is a certified grief coach who uses a unique approach to promote awareness around the importance of grief.  Using her own experiences as a widow, Kate adds a personal touch to an otherwise isolating and difficult topic. She is the founder and CEO of On Tuesdays We Wear Black, a consulting company, working as a Grief & Bereavement  specialist, where she focuses on helping others understand  the connection between “...

Jennifer Regular joined us today for a power-packed conversation! We talked about: 

• How she transformed her fear into freedom by publicly launching her business online, overcoming the fear her ex-husband would find her and carry out his death threat.

• Claiming bankruptcy and giving up her pets, home, and dreams. Raise your hand if you can relate!

• Overriding imposter syndrome by showing up at a collaboration event with very well-kno...

Today’s podcast with Linda Binns turned out to be way more than a discussion about being a people pleaser and learning to trust yourself. The time flew as we dove into Linda’s personal stories, as well as some of our own; from what people pleasing is, why we do it, how do we recover from it, where intuition fits in, and so much more!

Linda has a free Personal Energy Assessment that people can take, which provides a holistic evaluati...

We had a wonderful conversation with Haze Schepmeyer today. Haze shared her story of losing her dream job and the five truths she learned as she began her entrepreneurial journey. Tune in as we take a deeper dive into these fempreneur confessions: 

1. Accepting what’s happening and what’s not happening and looking forward.

2. Asking for money; labeling the services, speaking to the value and the exchange.

3. Asking for help; internal help ...

During our conversation today with Marilyn Rosa-Green we talked about mental health, burn out, and Harry Potter! Well, not so much Harry Potter, more the story behind it - a story that has served to inspire Marilyn to embrace vulnerability and persevere through her journey not only as an entrepreneur, but as a person. Marilyn shared how J.K. Rowling’s story has served as a reminder and inspiration to her over the last five years of...