As we land on the other side of the holidays and slip back into school routines, a lot can feel stirred up—both in our waking lives and in our dreams.

In this conversation, I’m joined by Genevieve Camp—board certified art therapist, certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist and coach, evolutionary astrologer, dreamwork guide, and mama to a wildly creative nine-year-old. Genevieve works at the intersection of trauma healing, giftedness, neuro-complexity, and creativity, weaving together IFS, art, astrology, dreamwork, and meditation.

Together we explore how your nighttime dreams, your “parts,” and your beautifully complex brain can become allies in your empowerment.

In this episode, we talk about:

Why everyone dreams (whether you remember them or not)

A simple way to start remembering your dreams—starting tonight

The powerful idea that there are no bad dreams—how even nightmares arrive in service of healing and wholeness

How to “metabolize” scary or recurring dreams instead of pushing them away

An accessible introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and “parts work”

The tiny but huge reframe from “I’m overwhelmed” to “A part of me is overwhelmed”

What Genevieve means by giftedness and neuro-complexity, and why so many sensitive, deep-thinking moms feel “too much” and “not enough” at the same time

The shame that can come with labels like “neurodivergent”—and how naming can become empowering when we claim who we are

A little toe-dip into evolutionary astrology and how it can illuminate the bigger, soul-level curriculum you’re working with in this lifetime

Empowering action:

Before you go to bed tonight, put a piece of paper or journal and a pen by your bed. As you settle in, gently tell yourself: “I want to remember my dreams.” When you wake up, write down anything you remember—even a tiny fragment. That’s the beginning of your dream practice. 🌙

Resources mentioned:

Genevieve’s website & offerings: GenevieveCamp.com

Book: No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz (IFS)

The Art of Parts workbook (creative IFS exploration) – available through Genevieve’s site

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As mothers, we’re told that if we just try harder, get more disciplined, and stick to our resolutions, life will finally feel better.

But what if the problem isn’t your willpower at all…

What if it’s that your nervous system is already over capacity, and your inner critic is running the show?

In this powerful New Year episode, I’m joined by multi–award-winning psychotherapist, executive coach, and author Lisa Skeffington, who has spent nearly three decades helping high-performing women move from anxiety to true empowerment.

Together, we talk about why so many New Year’s resolutions quietly fizzle by February—and how to create change that actually honors your nervous system, your self-worth, and your real needs.

In this episode, we explore:

Why anxiety is often a messenger, not the “real problem”

The invisible script you’re carrying from childhood—and how it secretly decides whether your resolutions stick or collapse

Five common ways women self-sabotage their goals (and how this is actually a form of protection, not a character flaw)

Why over-giving, over-doing, and “trying harder” are rooted in a deep need to feel enough

The truth about affirmations: when they help…and when they quietly make you feel worse

How to set intentions that are grounded in self-worth and inner safety, not perfectionism or people-pleasing

A simple reflective practice you can do with a cup of tea to discover what you really need right now

Lisa reminds us that resolutions don’t fail because we’re lazy or undisciplined.

They fail when we’re asking an anxious, exhausted system to perform at even higher levels without tending to the fear, doubt, and worthiness wounds underneath.

Real change begins when you stop trying to earn your worth through achievement, and start remembering that you are already enough.

Connect with Lisa Skeffington

Take Lisa’s Self-Esteem Reality Check Quiz and receive a personalized invitation for next steps:

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The holidays arrive at the exact moment nature is inviting us to slow down — but modern holiday culture pushes us to speed up. In this episode, Isabelle explains why that mismatch can strain the nervous system, why holiday “overreactions” are often nervous system state shifts (not personality flaws), and how old brain patterns can get triggered by scents, songs, family dynamics, and sensory overload.

You’ll learn a simple 3-step reset — Name it, Orient, Regulate — plus boundary and rest practices that help you move through the season with more steadiness and self-trust.

• Why winter biology + holiday overstimulation can dysregulate the nervous system
• What “neurotags” are (and why one small cue can trigger a big reaction)
• Why story follows state and how to interrupt the loop
• A simple regulation sequence you can use in real time
• Why boundaries are nervous system protection — not selfishness
• How “winter moments” of rest rewrite your holiday experience

• What holiday cues tend to trigger me?
• What state do I shift into most often?
• What boundary would protect my capacity this year?
• What’s one daily winter moment I can give myself?

As the holidays approach, many women find themselves walking on eggshells — carefully managing other people’s emotions to avoid conflict, guilt, or drama. In this episode, Isabelle explores why “offense” can become a subtle control mechanism in relationships, and why being willing to disappoint someone (kindly) can actually create more honesty, trust, and intimacy.

You’ll learn how to stop living under the “tyranny of the tantrum,” how to tell the truth without over-explaining, and how to set simple holiday boundaries that protect your peace.

• Why you can’t feel close to someone you can’t be honest with
• How offense can function as a control tool (even unintentionally)
• The difference between integrity and “keeping the peace”
• A holiday-ready mindset for saying no without collapsing into guilt
• Simple boundary scripts you can use immediately

• “We’re staying home this year.”
• “We need to head out by 7 — bedtime.”
• “That doesn’t work for our family.”

• What do I avoid saying because I fear someone’s reaction?
• What boundary am I ready to set this season?
• Can I care more about what I think of me than what others think of me?

If the holidays tend to leave you feeling like the overworked event planner, caterer, housekeeper, and emotional support human all rolled into one… this episode is for you.

In this conversation-style solo episode, Isabelle invites you to gently rewrite the “mom does everything” script and begin relating to your family as an actual team during the holidays.

You’ll receive real, word-for-word scripts you can use with:

• Younger kids who want to help but need a clear “job”
• Tweens and teens who are ready to share real responsibility
• Partners or co-parents who genuinely want to support you but don’t always see the full mental load
• Extended family members when you’re setting calmer, more sustainable boundaries

We’ll explore:

• Why so many moms end up carrying the invisible labor of the holidays
• How to name a shared “holiday vision” so everyone’s experience (including yours!) matters
• Age-appropriate ways to bring your kids into the magic-making
• Language that shifts your partner from “helper” to true co-owner
• A simple 3-step weekly ritual to bring your family into team energy

You are not meant to be the entire village.

You’re allowed to be inside the magic you’re creating—not just behind the scenes.

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Breaking the Trance of Unworthiness with Monica Rodgers This conversation with Monica Rodgers cracked something open in me, and I have a feeling it’s going to do the same for you. Monica is a mentor, catalyst, and art-loving creatrix who talks about something she calls the “trance of unworthiness”—and wow, did I feel it in my body when she named it. We’re talking about all the tiny messages we get as girls and women that slowly teach us to doubt ourselves, shrink, and disconnect from our own truth. We also talk a lot about breath, the body, and how to start giving ourselves actual approval instead of waiting for it from everyone else. In this episode, we chat about: - What the trance of unworthiness is and how it can feel like “death by a thousand paper cuts” - How many of us were raised by wounded maidens (mothers who never got to fully become themselves) - Why girls often start dimming their light around ages 10–14 and what we can do differently now - The difference between keeping the peace and making peace (and why Monica loves irreverent, “oh hell no” women) - A super simple way to “microdose worthiness” with the phrases: “Thank you. It’s true.” “I approve.” - How to notice when you’ve literally stopped breathing freely, and what that says about your sense of safety - What it looks like to raise daughters (and sons) who trust themselves, even when it’s inconvenient for us as parents 🙃

Your Next Empowering Action:

Put your hand on your heart and say: “I approve.” Even if you snapped this morning. Even if you didn’t get everything done. Even if you feel messy. Notice your breath. Are you breathing? Like really breathing? If not, can you soften your shoulders, unclench your jaw, and let a deeper breath in? These tiny moments are how we start to step out of the trance and back into our own lives. Mentioned in this episode: Monica’s Women’s Bill of Rights You can download it (and write your own) at: jointherevelation.com

After you listen, send me a note and tell me: Where are you ready to stop living in the trance of unworthiness and start practicing “I approve”? 💛

What do you do when you're standing at a crossroads between the familiar path that terrifies you and the unknown path that calls to you?

Serial entrepreneur and women's hormone specialist Terry Taytosian shares her journey from health crisis at 37—facing 210 pounds, pre-diabetes, heart palpitations, and early perimenopause—to radical transformation. But this isn't your typical before-and-after story.

Terry reveals her brilliant "board meeting" technique for working WITH your inner saboteurs instead of against them. If you've ever told yourself you don't have enough time, money, or support to make a change, this episode will shift everything.

Perfect for the holiday season when stress runs high and old patterns resurface.

About Terry Taytosian

Terry is a serial entrepreneur, certified personal trainer and nutritionist, emotional eating coach, yoga teacher, and certified women's hormone specialist. She's also a mother of two teenagers who have grown up watching her navigate 20 years of entrepreneurship.

Connect with Terry: thouseofrose.com

Your Empowering Action

Complete an Energy Audit:

• Where is your energy going right now?
• What actually gives you energy?
• What fills you up?
• How can you do more of that?
• What can you deprioritize to make space for what matters?

Sister, if you're standing at your own crossroads right now, you're not alone. This week, practice presence. Call that board meeting. Ask your inner critics what they really need.

You've got this, mama.

~ Isabelle

What does it really mean to feel safe—especially when the world around us feels anything but? In this heart-opening conversation with my dear friend and somatic-based life coach, Nicole Dreon, we explore what it means to come home to your body, to your truth, and to your own sense of inner safety.

Nicole helps us understand how our nervous systems are designed to protect us, even when that looks like shutting down, snapping at our kids, or scrolling to numb out. She offers simple tools to bring ourselves back into balance—through awareness, breath, and gentle presence. This episode feels like a warm blanket on a cold day. It’s a reminder that empowerment begins within: the more we trust ourselves, the safer the world feels around us.

✨ Inside this episode:

What it means to feel safe vs. be safe

Why our nervous system’s reactions are actually wisdom in motion

How to honor your emotions without abandoning yourself

A guided embodiment exercise to help you anchor calm in your body

What it takes to be a safe space for others

🧘‍♀️ About Nicole:

Nicole Dreon is a life coach, speaker, and facilitator known for her grounded, embodied approach to growth and transformation. She helps clients reconnect with their body’s wisdom, regulate their nervous systems, and create change that feels deeply authentic and sustainable. With a calm yet powerful presence, Nicole supports people in moving beyond old patterns and returning to a sense of inner safety, trust, and alignment within themselves. You can connect with her and learn more about her work at

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