Insurance doesn’t have to be dull — and Jessica Villarreal is here to prove it. Every Friday, she takes you inside the high-stakes world of business, risk, and claims with unapologetic energy and fearless insight. From behind-the-scenes war stories to real-world strategies that keep businesses alive when things go sideways, this podcast is equal parts bold, fun, and just a little dangerous. If you came for boring, you’re in the wrong place.
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The Boldly Becoming You Podcast is your bi-weekly invitation to become who you were born to be. Underneath the layers of rules and expectations you have adopted over your lifetime, in an effort to connect and be accepted, you've lost much of who you were when you entered this world. Twice a week I will call on you to answer that whisper from your inner wisdom that you have been shushing for years and begin the redesign of your life. On Mondays I'll share truths about the human experience and ...
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A Christmas Eve Claim Shows Why Insurance Only Works When You Plan
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4:36Send us a text A quiet Christmas Eve, a building full of smoke, and a hard lesson about what insurance pays for when holiday décor meets hot-running equipment. We open the door on a real seasonal claim and walk through the exact points where coverage helped, where exclusions bit, and how a few small decisions in November could have saved days of do…
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Cannabis, Caramels, And A Christmas Claim Gone Sideways
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5:59Send us a text Peppermint-scented chaos, a late-night shortcut, and a claims maze no one wants for Christmas. We unpack how a boutique cannabis brand turned a blockbuster holiday promo into an explosive manufacturing failure—and what it really takes to keep a claim from dying on technicalities. We start with the high-energy collide of MJ BizCon and…
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How Leaders Turn Turbulent Layoffs Into Risk-Ready Strategy
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7:32Send us a text The headlines say “realignment,” but we call it what it is: a new wave of layoffs reshaping tech, AI startups, logistics, and professional services. We pull back the curtain on how soft language hides hard problems—insider threats, broken SLAs, brittle processes, and legal exposure—and we walk through practical moves leaders can take…
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How A Government Shutdown Becomes Your Biggest Operational Risk
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7:45Send us a text The news says “shutdown,” but what you feel on the ground is a standstill: flights slowed to a crawl, terminals half empty, permits paused, containers waiting for clearance, and a payroll timer that doesn’t care who’s on furlough. We pull back the curtain on how government stoppages trigger a predictable chain reaction across hospita…
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Inside A Festival Firestorm: How One Leaky Valve Exposed Event Insurance Gaps
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10:49Send us a text The flames weren’t part of the show. One desert gust, one misfiring valve, and Ghost Light Canyon lit up for all the wrong reasons—phones out, tents airborne, and a festival team discovering in real time what their contracts forgot to say. We take you into Spectre Fest’s firestorm and pull apart the liability chain link by link, show…
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The Brewery Seance: The Spirits Didn’t Knock Them Out, the CO2 Did
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12:45Send us a text Candles flickered, fog curled across the floor, and the crowd leaned into the mystery—until the room leaned back. A Halloween brewery show aimed for supernatural and bumped straight into physics, forcing a crash course on oxygen, liability, and reputation in real time. We walk you through the moment the vibe tipped into hazard and th…
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Haunted Risk, Real Liability: When a Cocktail Party at a Haunted Hotel in New Orleans Takes a Fall
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10:01Send us a text The room glowed with candlelight, the jazz was perfect, and the staircase looked like a movie set—until one selfie turned a black tie gala into a trending hashtag. We take you to the Bourbon Orleans Hotel for a story that blends haunted lore with very real liability, unpacking how a six-step fall spiraled into Ghostgate and what it a…
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The Cyber Heist: How Cyber Insurance Can Save You From AI Voice Clones and Fake Invoices — and What Insurance Actually Covers
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10:27Send us a text The heist doesn’t kick in a door—it slips into your inbox, borrows your boss’s voice, and asks you to hurry. We walk through a Texas family business that lost $150K to a “new wiring instructions” email and another $50K after an uncannily perfect phone call that sounded exactly like the CEO. The setup felt normal, the tone was familia…
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The Floating Ferrari Fiasco: When A Hurricane Hits Miami, Who Pays for the Bugatti in Biscayne Bay?
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6:58Send us a textBy Jessica Villarreal
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Bubble Trouble: An LA Influencer Causes a $20 Million Hotel Bath Bomb Disaster
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6:53Send us a text What happens when influencer culture collides with luxury hospitality? A catastrophic pink flood, $20 million in damages, and a masterclass in modern risk management. Dive into the glittery chaos of the insurance world as we unpack a truly spectacular claim that's so quintessentially Los Angeles it hurts. Imagine a top-tier influence…
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Teeing Up Your Coverage: Who Pays When The Fairway Becomes Unfair & Golf Balls Slice?
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6:37Send us a text Ever wondered what happens when a peaceful Saturday walk to brunch near a country club is interrupted by a rogue golf ball traveling at 150 mph? The aftermath isn't just about a ruined latte and shirt—it's a complex liability puzzle that could cost someone millions. Golf balls are more dangerous than most people realize. These small …
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The Silent Killer: How One Broken Sensor Destroyed Millions in Liquid Gold
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4:42Send us a text Pop the cork on luxury disasters! Jessica Villarreal dives into a spectacular champagne warehouse catastrophe that transforms from a climate control mishap into a multimillion-dollar sticky situation. When a tiny temperature sensor fails in a warehouse storing prestigious bottles of Dom Perignon and Cristal, physics takes over with e…
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Forklift Fiasco: Joe Destroyed Your Warehouse, But Your Lack of Insurance Might Destroy Your Business
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5:25Send us a text What happens when a single forklift accident triggers a $10 million catastrophe? More importantly, what happens when that accident occurs in a bonded warehouse? The story of Joe, our cigarette-smoking forklift operator, serves as a shocking wake-up call for warehouse operators everywhere. When Joe clips a rack after returning from hi…
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Ep 236 Nervous System Regulation in 5 Min or Less
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1:38:11In this episode, we break down the most foundational practice in our entire framework, and answer the question almost every client starts with: "I know I need nervous system regulation… but how the fuck do I actually do that with the life I have?!" We talk about why NSR is not just for the meltdown moments, how it quietly transforms your relationsh…
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Ep 235 Your Complex Life Circumstances (CLCs)
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1:50:17In this episode, we unpack the #1 reason you keep thinking you're the problem when you're not: complex life circumstances and how integrating them instead of ignoring them changes everything about how you work, parent, rest, and relate. We talk about the patterns we didn't even know were patterns: Tasha wondering why she could build empires one wee…
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Ep 234 Cycle-Syncing Changed Everything
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1:55:12In this episode, we unpack one of the most wildly underutilized tools for business, parenting, and being human with a uterus: cycle syncing and how it completely changed the way we work, connect, and rest. We talk about Tasha's 20+ year pattern of crushing it one week and crumbling the next, Brandon trying to decode moods like a foreign language, a…
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Ep 233 What If You're Not Doing It Wrong? And it's not bad?
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1:33:04In this episode, we pull back the curtain on one of the foundational tools we use with our clients across Unshakeable You, Phoenix Rising, Bootcamp and The Village: our deceptively simple "Wins, Effective/Ineffective, and Questions" check-in. We talk about what we're rewatching, orthorexia and the clean eating rabbit hole, your grandmother's apple …
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What do I want???? Whether you're deep in burnout, running on autopilot, or just feeling disconnected from yourself after years of being useful to everyone else… I get it. This episode walks you through the 5 mistakes that keep so many of us stuck in survival mode, waiting for clarity that doesn't come and the first 3 steps to figuring out what you…
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In this episode, we unpack what's actually going on when you "can't stay consistent," and why burnout, chronic stress, and your Complex Life Circumstances (CLCs) keep you stuck in a loop that discipline alone will never solve. We dig into: Why discipline only works after you've built capacity The sneaky ways internalized capitalism, ableism, and ch…
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Is This What Regulation Is Supposed to Feel Like?
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1:30:58In this episode we dig into: What actually happens when you stop living in survival mode and your nervous system finally chills the fuck out? Spoiler: it's weirder than you think. Having time doesn't mean you magically know how to enjoy it. Sometimes the pause feels like a loss you didn't see coming. The very real tension between finally having spa…
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Ep 229 Bagel Boundaries & B's Tues/Fri Plan
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2:44:09If you've ever wonder what it's like for 2 coaches to live and work together, pursuing their own goals and holding each other accountable - this episode is the most transparent we've been I believe. We have a real conversation about each others goals, boundaries around them and the ways we will and will NOT be holding each other accountable. We get…
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2024 goals, patterns of addiction and learning about what each other has figured out in these first few weeks of 2025 Parenting, codependency, eating disorder, caffeine, plans and healing - we cover a lot in this first-ever unedited 2+ hour conversation. Join our email list here Grab our Burnout Recovery Starter Kit here Join Tasha at the Boldly Be…
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If you've ever felt like you were carrying the weight of the world alone, this episode is a reminder that none of us gets through life—or big movements—on our own. I shared raw insights into my journey, showing how leaning into community and prioritizing self-care made it possible to heal, rebuild and thrive. In this episode I dig into The inner tu…
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I woke up Monday morning AGAIN feeling very clear that my last 20 years of professional experience and personal healing led me to this season of humaning. Like all of us, our family has been processing the results of last week's election while holding space for all the emotions and thoughts flooding in. One thing I know for sure is that the leaders…
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Ep 225 How to Stop Abandoning Yourself Part 2
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50:34What are you avoiding right now? What are the rules about doing it "right" that are keeping you stuck? Get unstuck, move out of perfectionism, avoidance procrastination and into action that feels good again. Build evidence in your skills and your ability to follow through with the things you care about by using Draft Mode in all your goals and inte…
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Ep 224 How to Stop Abandoning Yourself (part 1)
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36:51You were taught to abandon yourself in small and discreet ways through your whole life and now, as an adult, you feel like garbage because you don't do the things you say you're going to or you don't "follow through" (go back to ep 223 to listen). In this episode, we give you the first 3 steps to stop abandoning yourself so make sure you grab paper…
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What if you aren't actually bad at follow through? There are some sneaky rules about "follow through" that are making it impossible for your goals and dreams to become a reality. If you don't real about your complex life and the reality of living in survival mode the last 2-3 decades, you will never see or feel a difference. When you redefine follo…
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I don't understand how this is something more people aren't talking about but there is a mountain of evidence showing this is a non-negotiable piece to a healing burnout and cPTSD. Humans are not meant to do life solo - we are co-creators, we rely on one another for feedback, encouragement, challenges and passing on wisdom. In this episode, Brandon…
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Ep 221 Get Your Goals WITHOUT Burning Out
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1:27:47Working the hardest and the longest has NOT brought you the results you've been looking for. In this episode, we break down the S.H.E. Method and give you homework so you can move out of the hustle and grind pattern and finally focus your energy and attention on what matters. And there is a great question at the end that might resonate with you a l…
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In this episode, I share from my heart about why I am so passionate about the work I do. I have been doing intense healing over the last year and something clicked in the last week making it feel easy breezy to share from my heart vs the overthinking, research based, data oriented place I forced myself to work from for years. If you want a shot of …
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Ep 219 Whose Dreams are You Working On Today?
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48:11In this episode, we talk about why your day has become about other people's goals and dreams, the questions Brandon and I habitually ask ourselves, and how Brandon's phone countdown timer has helped him ask himself: What can I do right now? What new choice can I make right now that is aligned with any of my goals? We dig into the difference between…
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How does burnout REALLY happen? What is happening in your body? What is happening in your everyday life that could be fast tracking you to burnout? In this episode, Tasha gets a little nerdy with some of the science of allostatic load, stress vs stressors and 4 specific actions you can start doing today to decrease the impact of stress on your mind…
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Ep 217 Waiting for the other shoe to drop
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27:58I wish I knew that part of healing and actually creating the life you want to experience - with joy, attunement, connection, authenticity and feeling safe in the space you exist in - wasn't all gamor and ease. There is a period of adjustment that I wasn't expecting and in this episode my intention is to pass along this lesson to you, to enable you …
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In this episode of The Boldly Becoming You podcast we travel back in time to the dark ages of our relationship. A time without communication. A time…without boundaries 😱😵😵😱 We cover: How the older you get, the more overwhelming boundaries can become How capacity but also the fear of being a burden, inconveniencing someone else and what we see other…
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This one might hit you right in the trauma. You are sacrificing your time, energy and your future far too often for far too little. The reality is…you're a problem, you're a real problem. But so were we. In this episode, we talk about: Tasha and Brandon talk about the silent fight in sharing Instagram posts with each other How I kept telling myself…
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What started out as a fun, lighthearted exploratory adventure has turned into a journey to trust myself and my body after years of feeling untethered from it. One of the biggest disappointments in getting sick in 2014 and being officially diagnosed in 2017 with myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME/CFS, was that Brandon and I were told, "It's unlikely you'…
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If you're a list maker, note taker, or a to-do guru then you KNOW that if it's not on a list, it ain't happ'nin. So then why oh why does everyone get all weird when we bring up the topic of Vision Boards? …is it maybe because they have been turned into this big scary expectation of happily ever after or else? Or maybe it's because no one ever told …
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Ep 212 The power of Visualization could bring you…goats? 🐐
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1:08:36In this episode, we get into the weirdly challenging concept of Visualization - what it really is, why it feels hard and what to do to make it easier AND more effective. As we battle our self-imposed timer we dig into our respective relationships with visualizing and goal setting…And we talked about goats, and to a lesser extent, chicken. Seats to …
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Ep 211 Do you have the capacity to do more?
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1:06:44In this episode we talk about a concept that is overlooked by almost everyone. Capacity. Where does it all go? Why do we think we have more of it than we do, and a few ideas that will get you thinking…"oh yeah, that does make me tired". AND we give you a few tips to navigate this whole "capacity" issue. This is a big deal, because without understan…
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Ep 210 Big Goals, Big Stress, and a Countdown Clock
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57:58Earlier this week we asked the question: "What do YOU think is stopping you or standing in the way of you having what you want" In this episode, we dig into your responses and our own relationship with goals, success and how we completely shifted our focus to out of burnout and off the neverending treadmill of letdown and disappointment in ourselve…
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Ep 209 2024 Word of the Year and How to Use It
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41:26I don't know if you've noticed, but almost all of the 2024 new year content on social media is basically gone. That's because all of that "New Year, New You" crap is all based on the idea of having everything PERFECTLY mapped out all before January 1st. At R & R, we know that expecting yourself to have your entire year perfectly planned and ready t…
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Ep 208 I FAILED and I am So Proud of Myself
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26:382023 was a BIG year for my personal growth and healing. It was a lot of inner work and in this episode I share the big lessons I learned including the new non-negotiable I made a vow to do before I touched anything I care about. As a result of the commitment I made last year to keep facing my fears, and having the support I needed to stick with it,…
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Ep 207 I Stormed Out of Therapy (in complete denial)
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24:58If you're like I was, a successful business owner making 6 figures for multiple years, but thinking that one more hour, one more call, one more post was going to be the thing that makes or breaks your business, you need to listen to this episode. I share a very personal story about a distressing couples' therapy session that had me REELING, raging …
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Ep 206 Why Hobbies are so Hard and You Need One Anyway
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49:05Doom scrolling IG and binge-ing New Girl and Schitt's Creek are not hobbies or special interests 😉 my friend. But if you're like me, or Brandon, you have a complicated relationship with fun, creativity and "leisure time" because ...like who has time for that? In the long-term, not having activities that are exclusively for your joy or pleasure will…
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Ep 205 Comments from Internet Mean Girls turned into LOVE
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55:55In this episode, Brandon shares part of his journey to create his first 2 originals in his clothing line. You'll hear the story behind the Introvert Hoodie and the power of having art you can wear that speaks to your needs and desires. Plus, how mean girls on the internet started a ripple of love and authenticity to Brandon's self-expression this y…
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Being seen, listened to, understood, and validated is a CRUCIAL missing piece from our respective childhoods. And it continues into our adult lives, for many reasons, deteriorating your ability to see how truly brilliant and meaningful you are. In this episode, I share a story about a birthday cookie that made me feel invisible and one of the MAJOR…
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Ep 203 Hard Conversation led to one small but life changing habit
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48:05How a hard conversation led to one small habit and the massive ripple effect a year later. Brandon shares his experience including the adventures and creativity he's been inspired by, as well as the Introvert Hoodie and BB Sweatshirt he launched last month. (you can pre-order yours here) Check out Habit Magic and the new flex pay option through Wed…
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Ep 202 She almost threw in the towel...
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1:17:39Nell was fed up with her business being so hard, waking up with her heart racing, pressure in her chest and flushed with anxiety and panic as she launched into action to get her business WORKING. Her confidence was on a roller coaster, depending on how her social media content was performing, and she was angry, flooded with emotion and was close to…
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If you're like me, for most of your life, you've been told to not make excuses for "bad behavior" or when you didn't get something done that you were supposed to. And as a result, you haven't been able to actually give yourself the grace and compassion you deserve for all the times, and all the ways, your good intentions and thoughtful planning did…
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Ep 200 I have changed so things have here too
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14:25TWO HUNDRED episodes and it's been a full evolution. In this episode I share some of the things I have learned, let go of and what's coming up next in this season of expansion, releasing MORE perfectionism to make room for BIG Bold worthiness and joy. Thank you for being on this journey with me and I love how we keep showing up to do this together.…
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