304. The Anger Bag, Shame Sandwich & Question Box: Tools That Help Kids Process Trauma with Jeanette Yoffe
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Release Date: 10/28/2025
307. Stop Hustling & Start Leading with Grace: The Grace Codes with Dr. Kelly Martin Schuh
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You can't 10X your business by just working harder. Actually, the harder you push, the more you push away what you're trying to create. Dr. Kelly Martin Schuh shares The Grace Codes framework—and this conversation wrecked me in the best way. Five hours into climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, a guide asked Dr. Kelly to hand over her backpack. She refused. Every other woman had surrendered theirs, but she insisted she was fine. Then she realized she was weaving on the trail—a sign of oxygen deprivation she hadn't even noticed. The truth? It took 28 porters and guides to get 5 women to the summit....
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306. Empowering Women in Development: Real Estate, Capital, and Confidence with Katie Kim
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In this powerful conversation, Sarah sits down with real estate developer Katie Kim to uncover game-changing strategies for women building wealth through business—not just in it. Katie shares her journey from building someone else’s dream to creating multimillion-dollar developments of her own—and how she’s now helping other women do the same. They cover everything from unlocking public-private capital partnerships to redefining what success looks like when women own their value (and their land). Bonus! Get Katie’s free Deal Development Checklist + access the Build Your Buy Box...
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305. Decision Fatigue Is Killing Your Business: Rena Duell's Story
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304. The Anger Bag, Shame Sandwich & Question Box: Tools That Help Kids Process Trauma with Jeanette Yoffe
The Game On Girlfriend Podcast
Jeanette Yoffe is a psychotherapist, author, foster care survivor, and a powerhouse of healing wisdom. In this episode, she shares her remarkable journey from the foster system to becoming a therapist. We unpack tools she's created—like the Anger Bag and Shamewich—to help children process big emotions like rage, shame, and grief. What we cover in this episode Her personal adoption journey & one-woman show How trauma shapes identity—and how it doesn’t have to define us What the “inner courtroom” and “primal wound” really mean Why transparency is essential in...
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303. Living Your Purpose Out Loud: Lateshia Pearson on Confidence, Vulnerability & Being Real
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302. Self-Directed IRAs: The Retirement Strategy Nobody Told You About with Kaaren Hall
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301. From 40 Guitar Students to Two Thriving Businesses: How Rachel Lipson Built Multiple Income Streams Without Burning Out
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Sarah sits down with Rachel, a spirited creative and entrepreneur, to talk about how she followed two passions and turned them into thriving businesses: a music school and a travel company. Rachel shares the real behind-the-scenes of transitioning from preschool teacher to founder of Blue Balloon School and Brooklyn Family Travelers. What You'll Learn Why burnout actually led to business clarity Rachel’s struggles with delegation—and how she’s learning to let go Lessons from crossing industries (guitar to global travel?! Yes, really.) How to manage multiple businesses and...
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300. 300 Episodes and Counting: Why Your Dreams in Progress Matter More Than Perfect Timing
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299. From Corporate Layoffs to Creative Freedom - How Trinette Faint Built Her Multi-Hyphenate Career
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In this week’s episode of The Game On Girlfriend® Podcast, I sit down with the extraordinary Trinette, a creative powerhouse who has lived multiple lifetimes—in modeling, tech, film, and beyond. After losing her corporate job, she took a gap year to build the creative career she actually wanted. What You'll Learn From modeling in France to starring in indie films Inventing your own rules when the path ahead isn’t clear How to survive a layoff and create the career you actually want Trinette’s rollout of her curated networking experience—and why in-person connections still...
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298. How to Become Your Own Bank: Infinite Banking for Women Entrepreneurs with Erica Neal
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What if the key to financial freedom wasn't another retirement account… but a completely different way of thinking about money? In this episode of The Game On Girlfriend® Podcast, Sarah sits down with finance educator and founder Erica Neal to talk about infinite banking—a strategy that uses custom-designed life insurance policies to help you grow wealth, keep liquidity, and still protect your future. What You'll Learn Erica shares her unfiltered story: from teen mom to Wall Street to building her own wealth management firm, centered on empowering financial education. The...
info_outlineJeanette Yoffe is a psychotherapist, author, foster care survivor, and a powerhouse of healing wisdom.
In this episode, she shares her remarkable journey from the foster system to becoming a therapist. We unpack tools she's created—like the Anger Bag and Shamewich—to help children process big emotions like rage, shame, and grief.
What we cover in this episode
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Her personal adoption journey & one-woman show
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How trauma shapes identity—and how it doesn’t have to define us
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What the “inner courtroom” and “primal wound” really mean
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Why transparency is essential in helping foster youth
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Her new book: The Traumatized and At-Risk Youth Toolbox
From creativity to clinical tools, Jeanette bridges the gap between the pain and the possibility.
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Connect with Jeanette Yoffe
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Website: www.JeanetteYoffe.com
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeanette.yoffe
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YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@Jeanette-icallySpeaking
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanetteyoffe/
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Books: The Traumatized and At-Risk Youth Toolbox https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09TPZM7DY
About Jeanette Yoffe
Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., M.F.T., earned her Master's in Clinical Psychology, specializing in adoption and foster care, from Antioch University in June of 2002. She treats children, teens, and adults with serious psychological problems secondary to histories of abuse, neglect, adoption, and /or multiple foster care placements. She has specialized for the past 20 years in the treatment of children and teens who manifest serious deficits in their emotional, cognitive, and behavioral development. She is also an adopted person, raised in foster care for 6 years.
She's the Founder of Celia Center Inc., a nonprofit supporting the entire foster care and adoption community in Los Angeles, and Clinical Director of Yoffe Therapy Inc., providing mental health services to families connected by foster care and adoption. Jeanette is also an author and creator. Her books include "The Traumatized and At-Risk Youth Toolbox" (featuring over 160 interventions), plus children's books "What is Adoption?" and "What is Foster Care?" (available in English and Spanish). Her one-woman show "What's Your Name, Who's Your Daddy?" is available on Amazon and Audible. She also runs the YouTube channel "Genetically Speaking" with educational videos, animations, and the "Hand Model of the Brain" for kids. In 2006, she received the Los Angeles Foster Care Hero Award. She's appeared on OWN, TLC, and the Hope Network, and speaks regularly to adoptive parents and social workers about the psychological impacts of foster care and adoption.
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About Sarah Walton
Sarah Walton is a business coach specializing in helping women entrepreneurs overcome internal barriers to success. With a background in trauma-informed coaching and nervous system regulation, she takes a holistic approach that addresses both mindset and tactical business skills. Featured on The Today Show and speaking at women's conferences worldwide, Sarah has helped hundreds of women build profitable, sustainable businesses aligned with their values while healing the deeper blocks that keep them playing small. She's the creator of The Money Mindset Course, The Abundance Academy, and Effortless Sales, and the host of the 5-star-rated Game On Girlfriend® Podcast, becoming the go-to source for women who want to build businesses that honor both their ambition and their nervous system's need for safety.