In this wildly honest and unexpectedly hilarious episode, we sit down with four-time Emmy-nominated TV producer, PR strategist, and professional truth-teller Erin Saxton — a woman whose inner rebel is not “inner” at all.
What begins as a conversation about career, reinvention, and authenticity quickly turns into a masterclass on self-awareness, courage, and the messy, tender, deeply human work of becoming yourself. Erin shares the story behind her 100-pound weight loss, the inner voices she had to meet along the way, and the surprising rituals (including alarms in the pantry and silent retreats where she’s not allowed to make friends) that helped her rebuild trust with herself from the inside out.
We explore what it really means to lead — in business, in branding, in visibility, and in your own life. Erin reveals the “velvet steamroller” gift she honed under Barbara Walters, why confidence can coexist with anxiety, and how our sharpest gifts often turn inward as our greatest struggles.
This conversation is honest, disarming, laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply affirming for anyone navigating identity, self-trust, visibility, or the uncomfortable edges of personal transformation.
EPISODE TOPICS
- The inner rebel as leadership: courage, honesty, and discomfort
- Weight, self-trust & the long game of rebuilding your inner world
- Using structure, accountability, and self-awareness to change your life
- The “turtle” metaphor: sticking your neck out to move forward
- Anxiety, autopilot, and the ways we all dissociate
- Why confidence can mask internal chaos
- The art of asking hard questions (Barbara Walters style)
- Authenticity vs branding — and how to know the difference
- Calling bullshit with love
- Imposter syndrome in visibility & leadership
- Marketing as sleight-of-hand: what’s honest, what’s strategy
Connect with Erin Saxton
Instagram: @saxtonerin — https://www.instagram.com/saxtonerin/
Website: The Erin Network — https://www.theerinnetwork.com/
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