What if the reason nothing is changing isn’t because you lack discipline, but because you’ve treated desire like it’s an optional nice-to-have?

So many high-achieving women want more space, more influence, more alignment, more ease. And yet they postpone what they want, waiting for a crisis, a breakdown, or external pressure to justify change. We were taught to change when something is wrong, not because something inside of us wants more. But desire isn’t indulgent. It’s information.

Tune in this week as I break down the difference between change driven by disgust or demand and change driven by desire. You’ll hear why desire is not a feeling but a decision, why high-achieving women often dampen their desire, and how to turn desire into a decision that reshapes your identity and your leadership.

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If you’re experiencing more pushback lately, more questioning, more resistance, or more polite disagreement, nothing has gone wrong. In fact, it may be the clearest sign that your leadership is expanding.

Many high-achieving women reach a moment where leadership suddenly feels heavier, not because they’re less capable, but because they’ve outgrown the version of themselves that relied on being agreeable, adaptable, and easy to work with. In this episode, I unpack why pushback often shows up precisely when women begin leading with more clarity, conviction, and presence.

Tune in this week to learn why pushback is often a signal of power and identity expansion, not leadership failure, what happens when you stop leading from the edges and start activating people, and why pushback is not something to manage away, but something to understand and meet without self-abandonment.

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Most women don’t stay stuck because they don’t know what they want. They stay because what they’re doing actually works. The strategies that earned you success kept you safe, got you approval, and delivered results. But survival isn’t leadership, and it isn’t freedom.

In this episode, I introduce the framework that now underpins all of my work: The Inner Authority Change Model. Drawing from my own transformation and years of coaching high-achieving women, I break down why change isn’t about willpower or fixing yourself. It’s about understanding the forces that initiate real change and learning how to stay with it when your nervous system wants to retreat.

Tune in this week to learn the change formula behind real, lasting growth. I share how change is catalyzed through disgust, demand, or desire, why discomfort and disruption are signs that something is working, and how to anchor yourself through identity shifts without self-abandonment.

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