This episode of Permission is about that in-between space: the quiet after healing, the calm after chaos, and the moment you start asking, “Okay… now what?”
In this conversation, I’m sharing what it looks like to relearn how to want, to dream, and to imagine again — not from pressure or urgency, but from presence and curiosity.
You’ll hear about:
• The awkward space that comes after healing but before clarity
• Why peace can feel boring when you’re used to survival mode
• Letting go of old dreams while honoring the parts that still matter
• How fear, hope, and risk show up when you start wanting again
• Why dreaming doesn’t have to be loud, logical, or fully formed
This is an episode about giving yourself permission to want more — gently.
About trusting that you’re not starting over, you’re starting from wisdom.
About allowing dreams to return without rushing them, monetizing them, or forcing them to make sense yet.
Key takeaways:
• Peace isn’t the destination — it’s the reset before the next chapter
• Wanting something again doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful
• Dreams often return as whispers, not announcements
• You’re allowed to evolve at a pace that feels safe and honest
• Curiosity is enough to begin
I hope this conversation reminds you that you’re not late — you’re just living.
And if you feel that quiet itch to imagine again, maybe that’s your sign that it’s safe to want more now.
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Somewhere between motherhood, business, healing, and growing up… I forgot how to have fun.
Not the curated kind — the real kind. The silly, joyful, present, fully-alive kind.
I caught myself trying to schedule downtime like it was a meeting, and realized I had turned joy into something I had to earn.
This episode of Permission is about remembering how to feel good again, how to trust peace, and how to let joy back into your life without waiting for the next shoe to drop.
In this conversation, I’m sharing what it looks like to unwind survival mode, stop sabotaging good moments, and learn how to actually enjoy your life again — in business, in motherhood, in love, and in your own body.
You’ll hear about:
• Why joy can feel suspicious when you’ve lived in chaos
• The subconscious ways we create drama when things are finally calm
• How peace can feel like a “risk” when you’re used to survival mode
• Letting joy be simple, small, and unearned
• How fun is reshaping my motherhood, my business, and my presence
This is an episode about letting yourself be happy without apologizing for it.
About choosing joy even when your brain goes searching for danger.
About giving yourself permission to feel good — without waiting for chaos to follow.
Key takeaways:
• Peace isn’t boring — it’s safety your body hasn’t learned to trust yet
• Joy doesn’t have to be earned; it can be practiced
• You can hold gratitude and grief at the same time
• The good doesn’t disappear when you stop scanning for danger
• Presence is the permission you’ve been waiting for
I hope this conversation reminds you that you’re allowed to have fun again.
You’re allowed to feel good, to laugh, to play, to enjoy your life — even while you’re growing.
Because joy isn’t a distraction from the work… it’s part of why you’re here.
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Letting go sounds peaceful on Instagram, but in real life? It’s messy. It’s sitting on the floor surrounded by old notebooks, half-laughing, half-crying, wondering why you still have a receipt from 2019 or a Canva file from a retreat five years ago.
This episode of Permission is about what letting go actually looks like — not the aesthetic version, but the human one. The part where decluttering becomes grieving, where control becomes fear, and where releasing the old makes space for who you’re becoming.
In this conversation, I’m sharing what it feels like to outgrow versions of yourself, to loosen your grip on control, and to step into the strange, quiet “floating stage” that happens in between.
You’ll hear about:
• The emotional clutter we hold onto to feel in control
• Why old ideas stop fitting as you evolve
• Grieving past versions of yourself through something as simple as a Google Drive purge
• Letting go of friendships, expectations, and identities that no longer align
• Learning to stop fixing everything — and letting things simply be done
This is an episode about releasing what no longer fits, even when it feels uncomfortable.
About allowing change instead of forcing old routines back into place.
About giving yourself permission to let go, even before you know what comes next.
Key takeaways:
• Control doesn’t prevent chaos — it just delays the freak-out
• Letting go isn’t dramatic; it’s often quiet, awkward, and deeply freeing
• You can love people and still not be meant to grow with them
• The “floating stage” is where clarity begins to form
• Peace isn’t something you chase — it arrives when you finally stop gripping
I hope this conversation reminds you that releasing what weighs you down isn’t losing — it’s making room for what’s meant to come next.
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There’s a different kind of exhaustion that comes from pretending — pretending you want to be somewhere you don’t, pretending you’re fine when you’re not, pretending the polished version of you is the real one.
For so long, I thought showing up meant being perfect, composed, and “on.” But what I didn’t realize was that all that performing wasn’t presence — it was hiding.
This episode of Permission is about what happens when you stop curating yourself and finally allow people to see you… the real you.
In this conversation, I’m sharing what it looked like to drop the act, let the mask slip, and relearn how to be visible without feeling exposed.
You’ll hear about:
• Why over-performing and over-curating were my real forms of hiding
• The moment I realized my authenticity had been replaced by polish
• How letting myself be seen shifted my friendships, motherhood, and relationship
• What it feels like to be honest in real time, even when it’s messy
• Why the right people can only connect with the version of you that’s true
This is an episode about choosing honesty over perfection.
About being witnessed in your becoming instead of staying hidden in your pretending.
About giving yourself permission to be seen — fully, imperfectly, and without apology.
Key takeaways:
• Hiding doesn’t always look like disappearing — sometimes it looks like doing too much
• Real connection requires real honesty
• Being seen isn’t comfortable at first, but it is freeing
• You don’t need to be perfect to be worthy
• Presence is enough
I hope this conversation reminds you that people don’t connect with what’s perfect — they connect with what’s real.
And real doesn’t need polishing. It just needs permission.
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Slowing down has never come naturally to me.
For most of my life, I equated rest with falling behind, stillness with laziness, and quiet with something to fear. But what I didn’t realize was that the nonstop motion I lived in wasn’t ambition — it was avoidance.
This episode of Permission was born from finally learning that peace isn’t something you chase… it’s something you learn to sit inside.
In this conversation, I’m sharing what it really looked like to stop running, to listen inward, and to discover that stillness isn’t the absence of progress — it’s the beginning of presence.
You’ll hear about:
• How “doing it all” became my distraction from actually feeling anything
• Why slowing down felt more terrifying than burnout
• The night I hit my breaking point on the kitchen floor
• What happens when your nervous system has only ever known chaos
• The shift that changed my motherhood, my creativity, and my relationship with myself
This is an episode about learning to rest in the middle, not after everything is perfect.
About releasing the belief that worth is something you earn through exhaustion.
About giving yourself permission to slow down, breathe, and be here — fully, honestly, and without apology.
Key takeaways:
• Rest isn’t falling behind — it’s integrating who you’re becoming
• Peace isn’t waiting on the other side of your achievements
• Stillness isn’t nothing happening — it’s where everything finally lands
• Your worth has nothing to do with your output
• It is safe to slow down, safe to breathe, safe to listen to your own life
I hope this conversation reminds you that rest is not a reward — it’s a right.
And if you’ve been moving so fast you can’t hear yourself anymore, let this be the moment you soften.
Because Permission isn’t about slowing life down — it’s about finally showing up for the one you’re already living.
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I’ve been sitting with this one for weeks, honestly, for years.
If you’ve followed my journey, you know this isn’t my first attempt at a podcast. But this time, it’s different. This time, it’s aligned. Permission was born out of everything that broke me open and every version of me I’ve outgrown.
In this debut episode, I’m sharing the story of how I got here, not physically, but here: the woman who stopped performing and started being present.
You’ll hear about:
The “gym girl” who believed control was healing.
The “business version” who said yes to everything until she burned out.
The “relationship version” who tried to fix and hold it all together.
And the woman who finally decided to stop waiting for the perfect moment and just start.
This is an episode about letting go of perfection, choosing yourself, and giving yourself permission to live right now—unpolished, honest, and real.
Key takeaways:
You don’t need to have it all figured out to begin again.
Presence isn’t about slowing life down—it’s about showing up for the life you already have.
Every version of you has a purpose: the disciplined one, the heartbroken one, the one still learning.
I hope this conversation reminds you that it’s safe to evolve, to shift, and to begin again.
Because Permission isn’t about waiting for clarity, it’s about creating it, in real time.
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