The Woman Behind It All | Women-Owned Business, Work-Life Balance, Relationship Advice, Gene Keys, Human Design, Small Business, Overwhelm, Attachment Styles, Shadow Work, Financial Freedom
A soulcast for the woman who knows there’s more to her—more truth, more depth, more expression—and is ready to live from the inside out. Hosted by Kaija Dawn, Human Design and Gene Keys facilitator, and sacred mirror for women remembering who they are beneath the noise, the roles, and the expectations.
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113 | Doing What's Best for You Is Doing What's Best for All: Boundaries and Self-Trust for Female Founders
<p >You stayed quiet again. Maybe it was in a meeting, maybe it was on a massage table, maybe it was the text you typed and deleted three times before putting your phone down and just letting it go. And in that moment of swallowing it, you told yourself you were being considerate. Thoughtful. The bigger person. But what if the kindest thing you could have done -- for yourself AND for them -- was just to say the thing?</p> <p >This episode cracked that question wide open with two stories from Kaija's actual week. A massage table realization...
112 | You Can't Ask For More And Shrink For Less: How to Stop Playing Small as a Woman Entrepreneur
<p >A whole month!</p> <p >That's how long the answer was already there, waiting, while every other thing got the energy that decision deserved. Bc sitting in the in-between felt safer than committing to the yes. But that in-between costs way more than the investment ever did.</p> <p >This episode is the story of what actually happened. The fear underneath the indecision, the conversation that cracked something open, the business credit card that showed up, and then what happened the week she finally pushed play! <br> <br> Three women joined BBB, the podcast popped off, the money flowing...
111 | Energy Doesn't Lie: How Trusting Your Inner Knowing Transforms The Way You Lead, Decide, and Build As A Female Founder
<p >Every decision you've ever made.. the good ones, the ones you wish you could take back, the ones that changed everything.. your body knew the answer to first. <br> <br> Before the spreadsheet, before the advice, before the sleepless night running scenarios. There was a split second where something in you already had the answer. This episode is about learning to catch that moment before your mind talks you out of it.</p> <p >Your energy has been holding the answer the whole time. And here's the part that makes this even bigger than a decision-making tool: that energy...
110 | Half-Year Life & Systems Check-in: What's Working, What's Shifting, and What's Coming Next
<p >Six months ago, Kaija sat down and made some commitments. Five systems, shared out loud on this podcast, with the intention of reclaiming energy, presence, and time. Today she's back to tell you exactly how that went -- the wins, the pivots, the things that stuck, and the things that didn't.</p> <p >And there's a lot more to catch up on than just the systems.</p> <p >Coaching her daughter's team. Playing volleyball and softball. Growing BBB. Showing up for networking events and the chamber. Trying to get pregnant. Living a full, beautiful, genuinely busy life while still...
109 | A Memorial Day Message for the Woman Behind It All
<p >One life. That's what we've got. And on a day when we're honoring the people who gave everything -- their bodies, their families, their safety, their time -- it feels like exactly the right moment to ask yourself how much of yours you've been giving away too. To old stories. To other people's expectations. To a version of yourself that was never really you to begin with.</p> <p >She's in there. The real one. The bold, full-spectrum, utterly unleashed version of you who's been knocking on the door of your heart for a while now. This episode is...
108 | Connection Over Competition: How Female Founders Change the Culture of Women Entrepreneurship
<p >Picture the room. A table full of women who actually get it -- the ambition AND the exhaustion, the vision AND the overwhelm, the deep drive to create something meaningful AND the equally deep desire to do stupid fun stuff with people who feel like home.</p> <p >Women who want to strategize AND laugh until something comes out of their nose. Women who are rooting for you so genuinely that your win feels like their win too.</p> <p >That room exists. And you've been craving it longer than you've probably let yourself admit.</p> <p >This episode...
107 | Busting the "Going All-In On Your Business" Myth: What It Actually Means for Female Founders
<p >The "burn it all down, quit everything, leap and the net will appear" version of all in has been sold so hard for so long that a lot of us started believing our intentional, safety-first approach was actually a mindset problem. Well, it's not. And today we're busting that myth wide open!</p> <p >Building with a safety net is a strength- not a weakness like you've been sold.</p> <p >Neither is having another income stream while you grow your dream isn't a lack of belief. Protecting your kid's stability, your mental health, and your basic needs while...
106 | Mom Guilt Is Lying to You: Why Your Business Makes You a Better Mother
<p >The guilt shows up right on cue. Laptop closes, kid needs you, and before you've even crossed the room that voice is already running its script..</p> <p >"You chose work again". "You should've been more present." "A better mom wouldn't want this so badly."</p> <p >It's convincing. AND it has been telling you a story that was never actually yours to believe.</p> <p >What's actually happening while you're building is your kiddo is quietly absorbing what women do. What moms are capable of. Whether their own desires will matter someday. Whether ambition is something they can...
105 | Are You Bad With Money or Just Not Making Enough? How Women Entrepreneurs Build Real Financial Freedom With Maggie Emerson
<p >What if the story you've been telling yourself about being bad with money isn't even true? What if the real issue isn't how you handle money, but how much of it you're actually generating in the first place? That one reframe changed everything for today's guest, and I have a feeling it might do the same for you.</p> <p >Maggie Emerson of Beaucoup Babe went from broke single mom to money mentor, and she now helps women and business owners create and keep more wealth by doing two things most people never combine: the practical (data, systems, what...
104 | When Success Feels Scary: The Nervous System Response Keeping Women Entrepreneurs in Hustle Mode
<p >Your business is working! Like, actually working.</p> <p >Money is moving, the systems are humming, and instead of popping champagne you're already scanning for the next problem to solve. The next strategy to add. The thing that must be broken even though nothing is broken. That feeling.. that itch to complicate what's flowing.. is more than "drive". It's your nervous system doing what it learned to do a long time ago -- running a stress response based on fear.</p> <p >This episode is a compliment conversation to the last episode around money energetics. We talked about safety...
