The Downside of Being The Strong Woman Who Holds Everything Together
Release Date: 10/27/2026
The Downside of Being The Strong Woman Who Holds Everything Together
The Awakening Women Show
If you've recognized yourself in this episode, I want you to know that this work isn't about becoming less capable, less independent, or less powerful. It's about learning when to stop carrying what isn't yours. It's about recognizing the patterns that keep you stuck, reconnecting with your own needs and inner wisdom, and learning to take charge of your side of the relationship — even if he's not interested in personal growth or doing the work himself. Because you don't need to wait for him to change before you start changing how you show up, what you participate in, and how you take care of...
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Stop Having the Same Fight: The Relationship Pattern is Keeping You Stuck
The Awakening Women Show
If you're recognizing yourself in this episode, start with my . It will help you begin looking at what's been repeating in your relationship and how those patterns may be affecting you. And if you're ready to go deeper, I've created the Autonomous Woman Vault, which includes my signature program, End The Cycle, additional courses, and approximately 30 hours of live group coaching call recordings. You don't need another year of having the same fight, feeling the same hurt, and hoping things will somehow be different next time. You can start by understanding your pattern and taking charge of...
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Don't Repeat Another Groundhog Year In Your Relationship - Breaking The Patterns That Keep Repeating
The Awakening Women Show
Are you afraid of ending another year having the same relationship conversations, facing the same frustrations, and wondering why nothing has really changed? You tell yourself things will be different. You have the conversations. You try to understand him, understand yourself, communicate better, and figure out what you should do. But somehow, you find yourself right back where you started. The same doubts. The same emotional patterns. The same questions about whether to stay, leave, try harder, or finally let go. And the most frustrating part? You're smart enough to understand what's...
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It's Not Your Job to Be The Emotional Regulator in Your Relationship
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What if you don't need to understand him more, but you've understood him so well that you've stopped listening to yourself? In this episode, Leanne unpacks a dynamic many women know too well: a caring, generous partner who falls apart when things don't go his way, and a woman who slides from understanding to explaining to regulating to exhaustion, and finally to cruelty she doesn't recognize as her own. Using a composite story, we explore how to hold your autonomy when a man isn't emotionally anchored. That means noticing the first signal, dropping the role of his regulator, owning your side...
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Being the Woman Who Owns Herself (The Steps to Take Starting Today)
The Awakening Women Show
What does it mean to 'own yourself'? In this episode, we're talking about what self-ownership means and ways you can start shifting into this today, with some simple changes and mindset shifts. To go deeper, apply to work with Leanne in her Autonomous Woman asynchronous daily private coaching. Get daily support and full access to the Autonomous Woman vault. This is for the busy woman who doesn't want to be tied down to weekly Zoom calls, wants to learn at her own pace, in her own time, but wants to pop in and get support in the moments she needs it most.
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Stop Romanticizing Love, Trust Only When it's Earned, Always Have Your Own Back
The Awakening Women Show
We romanticize being 'all in' with someone, but what does being in a relationship AND looking out for your best interests look like? What does being an autonomous woman mean, when you are in a conscious relationship where you both want to grow, but also have your own lives apart from the relationship?
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Friday Quickie: Love Isn't a Life Plan
The Awakening Women Show
We are conditioned to believe that we are supposed to put our partner’s needs ahead of our own and to be ‘the selfless one’, the one who's always thinking of others first. This is conditioned into us as little girls. We're brainwashed into not being selfish when we're considering our own desires and needs; we're taught early on that it's selfish to think of others first, and so we bring this into our adult romantic relationships, even when it is detrimental. Read the full Substack:
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Holding On To YOU in Relationships - How to Have Your Own Back
The Awakening Women Show
What do you do when the life you've worked so hard to build is successful, but doesn't actually feel like yours? Welcome to a new season of Awakening Women and a deeper evolution of the work. For years, we've talked about relationships, narcissistic abuse, emotional addiction, boundaries, breaking patterns, leaving, staying and learning to recognize what is really happening beneath the surface of our relationships. But I've come to see that the relationship with a man is often the mirror, not the whole story. Because you can be successful, educated, capable and completely independent in the...
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START HERE: The Modern Autonomous Woman
The Awakening Women Show
Awakening Women: A New Chapter The woman you're evolving into doesn't need permission to be MORE of you; she needs you to stop abandoning who you truly are. Welcome to the new era of Awakening Women. This is a podcast for the successful, independent woman who is ready to stop living from only one dimension of herself. Because life is never just one thing. There is grief and joy. There are endings and beginnings. There is softness and power. There are seasons of expansion and seasons of rest. There are moments to speak and moments to listen. Times to push forward and times to pause, reflect and...
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[NEW SEASON] How Independent Women Lose Themselves in Relationships (And How to Become an Autonomous Woman)
The Awakening Women Show
Welcome to a new era of Awakening Women. For years, we’ve talked about narcissistic relationships, emotional addiction, boundaries, breaking the cycle, leaving, staying, and learning to recognize what is happening inside unhealthy relationships. And we’re not leaving that work behind. We’re going deeper. Because eventually, the question stops being “What is wrong with him?” and becomes: “Where have I abandoned myself?” Your relationship with a man can be one of the most powerful mirrors of your relationship with yourself. It can reveal where you’ve stopped trusting your own...
info_outlineIf you've recognized yourself in this episode, I want you to know that this work isn't about becoming less capable, less independent, or less powerful.
It's about learning when to stop carrying what isn't yours.
It's about recognizing the patterns that keep you stuck, reconnecting with your own needs and inner wisdom, and learning to take charge of your side of the relationship — even if he's not interested in personal growth or doing the work himself.
Because you don't need to wait for him to change before you start changing how you show up, what you participate in, and how you take care of yourself.
And you don't have to decide today whether you should stay or leave.
But you do need to be willing to look honestly at the patterns you've been repeating and what they may be costing you.
This is the work I help women do inside the Autonomous Woman Vault.
Inside, you'll find my signature program, End The Cycle, additional courses, and approximately 30 hours of live group coaching call recordings. It's a collection of resources to help you understand your patterns, reconnect with yourself, and begin making different choices in your relationships and your life.
If you're ready to stop having the same fight, carrying the same resentment, and repeating the same cycle, I invite you to explore the Vault.
You can find it through the link in the show notes, along with my Relationship Pattern Discernment Test.
You don't have to do his work for him.
You don't have to keep managing the relationship for both of you.
And you don't have to lose yourself in love.
You can learn to love someone while still belonging to yourself.
That's what becoming an Autonomous Woman is about.
Shop my courses and signature methodologies to shift your relationship fast.