79. Your Life Isn’t a Democracy: Stop Outsourcing Your Decisions (Self-Trust Series Part 3)
Ambitious-ish: Success Without Burnout for Smart, Driven Women
Release Date: 09/02/2025
81. Self-Acceptance Is the Antidote to Self-Abandonment
Ambitious-ish: Success Without Burnout for Smart, Driven Women
Have you ever tried to build a life while constantly criticizing yourself and wondering why nothing feels stable? Maybe you push yourself under the bus, act like your own worst critic, or apologize for your needs. When you reject yourself, every boundary crumbles and every goal feels impossible because you’re building on quicksand. In this episode, we dive into why self-acceptance is the real antidote to self-abandonment. We talk about how patterns of people-pleasing, over-functioning, and constant apologizing were survival strategies that made sense at the time, and how...
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Balance is a Myth (And That's Actually Good News) (An Ambitious-ish Snack)
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A snack-sized episode about the importance of being intentional, not balanced For more information, go to:
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80. Resentment is a Clue
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Have you ever felt resentment building up inside you and pushed it aside? Maybe it’s when you’re carrying the emotional labor in your relationship, or managing extra work while everyone else seems to coast. Resentment isn’t just frustration—it’s a signal from your nervous system, telling you where your boundaries have been crossed and where you’ve been carrying more than your share. In this episode, we explore why resentment is actually valuable information. You’ll walk away with five practical steps for redistributing responsibilities, setting boundaries,...
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How To Get Out Of Survival Mode Masterclass 9/12 at noon MT
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Your Last Chance to Break Free From Survival Mode (With Us, Live, For Free) LINK: For more information, go to:
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79. Your Life Isn’t a Democracy: Stop Outsourcing Your Decisions (Self-Trust Series Part 3)
Ambitious-ish: Success Without Burnout for Smart, Driven Women
How many people did you ask before making your last decision? Maybe you reached out to a friend, a mentor, or someone you respect, hoping for clarity. You gathered opinions, weighed options, and still felt unsure. Each new voice adds noise, making it harder to hear your own instincts. Constant advice seeking is actually self-abandonment disguised as thorough decision-making. In part three of our trust series, we explore why you already know what you want but often hesitate to act without everyone else’s permission. You’ll learn how to tell the difference between getting...
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Your Fall Comeback (An Ambitious-ish Snack)
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A bite-sized episode about how this fall is your comeback moment. For more information, go to:
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78. Intuition vs. Anxiety: How to Trust Your Gut and Make Better Decisions (Self-Trust Series Part 2)
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How often do you ignore that quiet knowing inside you, only to realize later it was right all along? That inner guidance—the signals your body and nervous system send—is smarter than you think. Ignoring it keeps you stuck making decisions with incomplete information, second-guessing yourself, and relying on logic alone. In this episode, we dive into why your gut processes information faster, deeper, and more accurately than your conscious mind. We unpack the science behind your "gut brain," explain why intuition is informational rather than emotional, and show you how to...
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Your Obsession With Productivity Isn’t a Flaw (An Ambitious-ish Snack)
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A snack-sized episode about how your flaws are ACTUALLY coping mechanisms. You’re not broken, you just need to adapt. For more information, go to:
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77. Self-Trust is Everything & Why You've Been Doing it Wrong (Self-Trust Series Part 1)
Ambitious-ish: Success Without Burnout for Smart, Driven Women
How many promises have you broken to yourself this week? Every time you say you'll take a lunch break and don't, or agree to something you didn’t want to do, you chip away at your self-trust. And when that trust is shaky, it gets harder to make bold decisions, hold boundaries, or believe in your own judgment. Self-trust is the operating system everything else runs on. Without it, things fall apart. This week, we’re launching our trust series by getting to the root of it all. What is trust, really? And why does self-trust matter more than you might think? It’s not built...
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The Most Important Words You’ll Ever Say to Yourself (An Ambitious-ish Snack)
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A bite-sized episode about having your own back. For more information, go to:
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