In this episode of The Mum Poster Syndrome Podcast, Dr Natasha Wallace is joined by Kanika Vasudeva, an energy expansion coach who supports high-functioning women and mothers to create income, visibility, and impact without burning out.

Together, they explore what it really means to live and work from energetic alignment, and why so many women feel disconnected from success, money, and visibility despite doing "all the right things." Kanika shares her deeply personal journey of transformation following loss, and how this became a catalyst for profound self-discovery, boundary setting, and authenticity.

This conversation unpacks how societal conditioning shapes women's beliefs about success, self-worth, and money, and why reconnecting with your energy, values, and truth is essential for sustainable growth. Natasha and Kanika also discuss the link between energy work and abundance, the importance of examining money shame, and how visibility can become an act of self-expression rather than pressure or performance.

This episode is a powerful invitation for women to stop pushing, start aligning, and build lives and businesses that feel expansive rather than exhausting.

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Website: https://artoflifecenter.com
Email: kanika@artoflifecenter.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kanikaenergycoach

🔑 Key Takeaways

• Kanika supports women to rebalance themselves through energy alignment.

• Operating from alignment allows creativity and abundance to flow more naturally.

• Success often feels misaligned due to societal and cultural conditioning.

• Women are conditioned to prioritise others over themselves, leading to burnout.

• Personal transformation often begins with clear boundaries.

• Loss can act as a catalyst for deep growth and self-discovery.

• Visibility is essential for authentic self-expression, not just business growth.

• Energy work can expand capacity for joy, creativity, and abundance.

• Unpacking money beliefs and shame is key to women's empowerment.

• Investing in yourself creates a ripple effect across life and work.

00:46 — Introduction to Energy Expansion Coaching
03:53 — Finding Aligned Action as a Woman
06:53 — Success, Conditioning & Soul Alignment
09:40 — Authenticity and Self-Discovery
12:31 — Loss as a Catalyst for Transformation
15:47 — Growth, Visibility & Reframing Beliefs
18:15 — Understanding Energy Work
21:22 — Visibility as Self-Expression
29:22 — Boundaries, Saying No & Alignment
36:13 — Money Beliefs, Shame & Empowerment
49:10 — Messages of Love, Worth & Acceptance

In this episode of The Mum Poster Syndrome Podcast, Dr Natasha Wallace challenges the idea that working mums should be striving for "balance", and explains why this pursuit so often leads to burnout, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy.

Natasha explores how the pressure to be perfectly balanced across work, motherhood, relationships, and self-care is unrealistic and emotionally draining. Instead, she introduces a more sustainable and compassionate alternative: freedom over balance, and progress over perfection.

Through practical examples and reflective questions, Natasha shares how managing your energy, rather than your time, can help you feel calmer, more in control, and more aligned with what truly matters in your life. This episode encourages working mums to embrace flexibility, self-compassion, and small intentional changes, without trying to do everything at once.

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In this episode Dr Natasha Wallace is joined by Ralu Atomei for an honest conversation about why so many working mums feel like they're failing, both at work and at home.

Together, they explore how imposter syndrome, societal expectations, and deeply ingrained beliefs about job security and success shape women's experiences in employment, entrepreneurship, and motherhood. Ralu shares insights from her work supporting women in business, while Natasha brings a psychological lens to how an "employee mindset" can intensify fear, self-doubt, and pressure, particularly when women are juggling parenting responsibilities.

They also discuss the low representation of women in leadership and business, and how systemic barriers often get internalised as personal failure. This conversation invites working mums to question who current definitions of success are designed for, and what it might look like to redefine success in a way that supports both mental health and family life.

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Website: https://rebelhealing.net
Email: ralu@mentalwellbeingcompany.com
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