Last July I had a hysterectomy. And I want to tell you that everything after was a smooth, graceful journey of healing and self-discovery.

But I would be lying to you. And lying to you is not what this show is about.

What actually happened is: I woke up from surgery, my hormones did whatever they wanted, and my business started cracking at the seams. Somewhere in the middle of all of it, I had a very loud, very inconvenient realization. I had been doing everything wrong. Not just the surgery. My whole setup. The way I arranged my life, my work, my energy, my time.

My body and my business both blew the whistle at the same time.

In this first episode I'm sharing how I got here, what starting over actually looks like when you still have teenagers and a mortgage and a business to run, and why my body and my business were failing for the exact same reason.

This is the conversation you've been having in your head. We're having it out loud.

• Why the hysterectomy was the thing that finally made Shay stop overriding her body's signals
• The slow creep of building a business you're miserable in and not even noticing
• What "starting over" actually looks like when you can't blow up your whole life (mortgage, teenagers, travel sports)
• The moment Shay realized her body and her business were failing for the exact same reason
• What it means to be a 4/6 Projector running a Generator's life for 16 years, and what happens when your design finally stages a revolt
• Why the pivot she's making isn't about quitting, it's about finally building something that fits how she's actually built

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[00:00] The hysterectomy, the hormones, the 18-wheeler realization

[01:45] Welcome to She Claims Herself - who this show is for and what we do here

[04:30] Part One: The Body - what happened after surgery and what her body was finally saying

[08:00] Advocating for yourself: the hysterectomy she asked for 10 years before she got it

[09:30] Stopping being able to perform fine and what she found underneath

[11:00] Part Two: The Business - 16 years of done-for-you work and the 3pm couch

[14:30] Where the body and business stories connect - the same problem in two places

[16:00] Human Design: running a Generator's life in a Projector's body

[18:30] The pivot: what starting over actually looks like

[22:00] Why she started She Claims Herself - who she's building it for

[23:30] Close: you are enough, you are safe, you are loved

• Human Design - specifically the 4/6 Projector type (If you want to find your Human Design chart, search "Jovian Archive free chart" — enter your birth date, time, and location.)
• Perimenopause and hormonal shifts post-hysterectomy
• Endometriosis and fibroids and the reality of advocating for your own diagnosis (The Menopause Society provider finder: menopause.org/find-a-provider — if you're looking for a doctor who actually knows this stuff, start here.)

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