Breadwinner Energy, Marriage Pressure, and the Money Conversation You Keep Avoiding with Tiffany Irving | EU 308
Release Date: 01/14/2026
This Can't Be It: Boundaries, Reinvention, and the Midlife You Actually Want with Wendy Valentine | EU 310
Empowered and Unapologetic: Mastering Marriage, Motherhood, and Business - A Business Woman's Guide to Balancing it all.
You know what’s wild about limiting beliefs? They don’t show up as “I’m afraid.” They show up as “I’m being realistic.” Realistic sounds like: “I’ll do it when things calm down.” “I don’t want to rock the boat.” “I’m not ready yet.” “Who am I to want more?” But sometimes the real fear isn’t failing. It’s succeeding and realizing you can’t keep living the same way once you see what’s possible. Stepping into your light costs you the version of you who survived by staying small. And that’s why it feels scary. If this hit a nerve, listen to the Wendy...
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From People-Pleasing to Authentic Living: When Being “Good” Starts Costing You Everything with Kamini Wood | EU 309
Empowered and Unapologetic: Mastering Marriage, Motherhood, and Business - A Business Woman's Guide to Balancing it all.
Setting boundaries does not always bring you closer. Sometimes it brings clarity. In this week’s episode of Empowered and Unapologetic, we talk about the part no one warns you about. When you stop over giving, some relationships get uncomfortable. Some get distant. Some fall away. That does not mean you are doing it wrong. It often means the relationship was built on your people pleasing, not mutual respect. Boundaries do not ruin healthy relationships. They expose unhealthy ones. If a connection only works when you are silent, flexible, or emotionally exhausted, that is not intimacy. That...
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Breadwinner Energy, Marriage Pressure, and the Money Conversation You Keep Avoiding with Tiffany Irving | EU 308
Empowered and Unapologetic: Mastering Marriage, Motherhood, and Business - A Business Woman's Guide to Balancing it all.
Financial abuse is not “money problems.” It is control. It looks like being kept out of bank accounts, having your spending monitored or restricted, being given an allowance, or feeling like you cannot leave because you would not survive financially. It is subtle, strategic, and incredibly effective at trapping women in relationships that are no longer safe. It is also one of the number one reasons women stay. Not because they are weak. Because financial dependence removes choice. This is exactly why this week’s episode matters. In this conversation, we talk openly about money, power,...
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You Do Not Have to Lose Yourself to Succeed: Judgment, Comparison, & Doubt in Yourself with Kayla Logue | EU 308
Empowered and Unapologetic: Mastering Marriage, Motherhood, and Business - A Business Woman's Guide to Balancing it all.
Most women I work with are not lazy, unmotivated, or lacking discipline. They are exhausted. They wake up already behind, already needed, already responsible for everyone and everything. By the time they think about themselves, the day is over and the tank is empty. That is why my conversation with Kayla Logue landed so deeply. Kayla is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, multi unit franchise owner of Jet Set Pilates, and the founder of Move Into Words, a nonprofit focused on mental and physical wellness. She is also radically honest about what it actually takes to succeed without...
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The Relationship Check-In Every Couple Needs: How to Evaluate Intimacy, Communication, and Emotional Safety | EU 306
Empowered and Unapologetic: Mastering Marriage, Motherhood, and Business - A Business Woman's Guide to Balancing it all.
January has a funny way of sneaking up on your relationship. The holidays are over. The noise dies down. The house gets quieter. And suddenly you can feel things again. This is the month people reassess their bodies, their careers, their bank accounts. New goals. New plans. New habits. But almost no one sits down and asks the question that actually matters. How is my relationship really doing? Not “are we surviving?” Not “are we functioning?” But “are we connected?” Most couples avoid relationship check-ins for one reason. Fear. That is why this episode introduced the Five Pillar...
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Why It Hurts So Much When He Chooses His Family Over Yo | EU 305
Empowered and Unapologetic: Mastering Marriage, Motherhood, and Business - A Business Woman's Guide to Balancing it all.
What happens when your partner keeps choosing his family over you and no one ever explains why it hurts this much? In this episode, Veronica Cisneros breaks down the hidden childhood conditioning, loyalty programming, and attachment wounds that show up when boundaries with in laws go sideways. With honesty, humor, and zero sugarcoating, she explains why this dynamic feels so triggering, why it is not about jealousy or control, and what is really happening underneath the resentment. If you have ever felt second, silenced, or emotionally unsafe in your own marriage, this conversation will...
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Confidence Isn’t a Personality Trait, It’s a Practice | EU 304
Empowered and Unapologetic: Mastering Marriage, Motherhood, and Business - A Business Woman's Guide to Balancing it all.
In this episode of Empowered and Unapologetic, Veronica Cisneros sits down with Nada Lena, two time TEDx speaker, best selling author, and founder of Rise Up For You, to unpack why so many high functioning women still struggle with confidence and what actually helps. Nada breaks down the difference between confidence as a skill and self confidence as a mindset, why perfectionism and impostor syndrome keep so many women stuck, and how our inner dialogue quietly shapes how we show up in motherhood, marriage, and work. You will learn why confidence has nothing to do with being outgoing or...
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It's Okay to Be Difficult: Asking for What You Need in Your Relationship | EU 303
Empowered and Unapologetic: Mastering Marriage, Motherhood, and Business - A Business Woman's Guide to Balancing it all.
We talk about one of the most powerful shifts a woman can make in her relationship: giving herself permission to be “difficult.” Tonya breaks down why so many high-achieving women silence their needs, how resentment builds when we keep the peace at our own expense, and what it actually looks like to communicate with clarity, honesty, and confidence. If you’ve ever been called a nag, too emotional, or “hard to deal with,” this conversation will help you understand why your voice matters more than you think and how to start using it without guilt. And if you’re ready to go deeper, I...
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Why We Feel Unsafe in Our Closest Relationships | EU 302
Empowered and Unapologetic: Mastering Marriage, Motherhood, and Business - A Business Woman's Guide to Balancing it all.
So many women struggle to feel truly safe in their relationships, even when everything “should” feel fine. In this episode, Veronica talks with psychotherapist and bestselling author Jessica Baum about why your body might still brace for abandonment, why love can feel overwhelming or distant, and how early attachment patterns quietly shape the way you show up with your partner today. Jessica breaks down anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment in a way that finally makes sense—and explains why your reactions aren’t dramatic, irrational, or broken. They’re protective. Together,...
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Reigniting Intimacy: Why Your Sex Drive Isn’t the Problem (And What Actually Is) | EU 301
Empowered and Unapologetic: Mastering Marriage, Motherhood, and Business - A Business Woman's Guide to Balancing it all.
Feeling disconnected from your partner? Wondering why your desire feels muted, or why intimacy suddenly feels like one more thing on your never-ending list? In this episode of Empowered and Unapologetic, I sit down with somatic sex therapist Susan Morgan Taylor, MA, to unpack the real reasons women lose desire…and why your sex drive isn’t actually the problem. We talk about the nervous system, feminine energy, pleasure pathways, libido “mismatches,” and how to reconnect with yourself so intimacy stops feeling like pressure and starts feeling like possibility again. If you’ve ever...
info_outlineFinancial abuse is not “money problems.” It is control.
It looks like being kept out of bank accounts, having your spending monitored or restricted, being given an allowance, or feeling like you cannot leave because you would not survive financially. It is subtle, strategic, and incredibly effective at trapping women in relationships that are no longer safe.
It is also one of the number one reasons women stay. Not because they are weak. Because financial dependence removes choice.
This is exactly why this week’s episode matters.
In this conversation, we talk openly about money, power, marriage, and what it actually takes for women to have financial agency without sacrificing their relationships or themselves. We unpack how financial control shows up, how it impacts intimacy and decision making, and why having access, knowledge, and a plan is not optional. It is protection.
If any part of this made your chest tighten, that is your cue to listen.
🎧 Listen to the full episode of Empowered and Unapologetic wherever you get your podcasts. Share it with a woman who carries the financial weight in her relationship. This information saves lives.
If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. In the U.S., you can also contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788.
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