Candlelit Conversations - When The World Says Shrink, Take Up Space She Ignites podcast

Candlelit Conversations - When The World Says Shrink, Take Up Space

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Ready for a conversation that trades perfection for fire and turns doubt into momentum? Kari sits down with Rebecca Paciorek, online business manager, author ally, and unshakable encourager - to explore what it really takes to burn the rules, rebuild on your terms, and rise louder than before. From a double layoff to a thriving service business for authors, coaches, and speakers, Rebecca shows how reinvention looks when you choose clarity over panic and practice over platitudes.
The heart of this episode is health, honesty, and the long road. Rebecca shares the unfiltered arc of losing 100 pounds over six years, navigating a frightening A1C spike, weight loss surgery that didn’t deliver, PCOS, diabetes, a hysterectomy, and a carefully managed low‑dose GLP‑1 protocol. We dig into the emotional and practical layers: what to do when your body refuses quick fixes, how to partner with doctors, and why stamina, not speed, creates sustainable change. You’ll hear simple, doable habits, tracking, resistance work, inflammation awareness and the mindset shifts that keep you going when results lag.
We also talk visibility and voice. Rebecca can speak to a thousand on stage, yet live video once terrified her. A single cruel comment almost kept her off camera for years. Her comeback is a playbook: short unscripted lives, batch days, compassionate self-talk, and the reminder that other people’s projections are not your truth. For authors and creators, she shares practical marketing steps, media kits, pitching podcasts, email lists, and community accountability, drawn from her Authors Allies membership and podcast. The thread tying it all together is one deceptively simple rule: be nice. Kindness as a practice, confidence as a muscle, and courage as a daily rep.
If you’re building a body of work, a healthier body, or a braver voice, this is your nudge to do it anyway, messy, honest, and on your timeline.

Subscribe, leave a spicy review, and share this with the woman who needs to hear she’s allowed to take up space. What’s the first brave step you’ll take today?

Find Rebecca here: https://linktr.ee/rpaciorek

www.sheignitescandleco.com

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Post-production editing by SoulFlow Studios - https://soulflowstudios.com/

Chapters

1. Candlelit Conversations - When The World Says Shrink, Take Up Space (00:00:00)

2. Lighting The Movement (00:00:04)

3. Guests Join The Fire (00:00:46)

4. Meet Rebecca Pachoric (00:01:45)

5. Burning Limiting Beliefs (00:04:53)

6. Breaking The Pay Gap Myth (00:06:31)

7. A Ten-Second Truth: Be Nice (00:07:59)

8. Legacy, Fun, And Being Real (00:09:29)

9. The “Impossible” Hundred Pounds (00:12:01)

10. Health, Hormones, And Help (00:15:31)

11. When Tools Help And When They Hurt (00:20:31)

12. Doing It Scared On Video (00:22:59)

13. Handling Criticism And Trolls (00:26:09)

14. Do It Anyway: The Mantra (00:28:36)

15. Rebecca’s Work With Authors (00:29:59)

16. From Real Estate To Authors (00:33:15)

17. Bookish Products And Collabs (00:36:00)

18. Offers: Membership And Media Kit (00:37:10)

18 episodes