EP165: Breaking Barriers: The Revolution for Women of Colour in Entrepreneurship with Joella
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
Release Date: 09/08/2025
EP185: I Fired the Parts of Me That No Longer Belonged
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
This episode is a raw, unfiltered riff recorded in the moment whilst i was exercising where something real landed and needed to be said. This episode came from a realisation I couldn’t ignore anymore: You can’t build what’s next while letting outdated parts of you keep making decisions. At the end of last year, I realised my identity had shifted but parts of me were still operating from old goals, old fears, old industry conditioning, and old versions of success. And it was creating friction I couldn’t think my way out of. So I did something different. I fired the internal “team...
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EP185: Mindshit speaks the loudest right on the edge of a breakthrough
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
Mind shit gets loud right before a breakthrough. Really loud. Not because something’s wrong. But because something big is about to shift. This Wonder Walk is me catching that moment as it’s happening..... Why fear, doubt, and irritation suddenly spike when you’re close to something next-level How your system will test you at your weakest points (hello tech issues 👋) The difference between reacting and responding when things wobble Why “this is a sign I should stop” is usually just fear doing its job How to keep moving without piling more pressure on yourself The...
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EP183: When success starts costing you more than it gives with Rosie Burgess
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
This episode is a grounded, honest conversation about what happens when a life that works on paper starts to cost you internally. Rosie built a successful corporate career, did everything “right,” and chose to walk away before burnout made the decision for her. Not as a dramatic reinvention but as a deliberate recalibration around family, capacity, and what she was no longer willing to override. This isn’t a story about chasing dreams or burning everything down. It’s about listening when your system starts saying no and having the self-trust to respond. What This Conversation Really...
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EP182: What Self Abandonment Costs You Under Pressure with Suzi Cuthbertson
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
There’s a point where survival stops working. Not because you’re weak. But because the level you’re operating at exposes the cracks in how you’ve learned to cope. In this episode of Confessions of an Unapologetic Rebel, Emma sits down with Suzi to examine one of the most overlooked pressure patterns in high-functioning women: self abandonment. Not as a personal flaw. But as a system that once kept you safe and now quietly limits how much pressure, visibility, and responsibility you can hold. This conversation isn’t about healing for healing’s sake. It’s about what breaks first...
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EP181: The Hidden Collapse Points No One Prepares You For
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
High profile women don’t collapse where the world expects them to. They don’t break at failure. They break at exposure, expansion, and scrutiny. In this episode, Emma pulls back the curtain on the predictable, invisible collapse points she sees time and time again in athletes, reality stars, and women living under public attention. From the after-win crash… to identity lag… to scrutiny overload and belonging fractures… This isn’t weakness. It isn’t ego. And it isn’t “not being able to handle fame.” It’s nervous-system overload at a level most people were never trained...
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EP180: Why Do So Many Performers Crash After Wins, Launches, Press Calls, or Success Spikes?
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
Performers aren’t taken out by failure. They’re taken out by what happens after success. In this episode, Emma breaks down the invisible crash that so many athletes, performers, and public figures experience after the win, the launch, the press call, or the applause. The emotional dip. The anxiety. The identity wobble. The “everything went right, so why do I feel wrong?” moment. This isn’t weakness. It isn’t confidence. And it isn’t mindset. It’s a nervous system and identity issue and once you understand it, the shame drops away. This episode names what most people feel but...
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EP179 If You Want to Hold Visibility in 2026 Stabilise The After Phase
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
Everyone obsesses over how to rise how to become visible, relevant, unstoppable. But almost no one prepares women for what comes after visibility hits. In this episode, Emma cracks open the concept of The After Phase the invisible psychological and nervous system crash that happens after the big moment, the win, the launch, the performance, the press, the spotlight. She shares a raw behind-the-scenes example from her London shoot, breaks down why expansion often triggers contraction, and reveals the real reason powerful women wobble privately after rising publicly. If you want to...
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EP178 - The Identity Behind Virality - What It Really Takes To Be Seen with Anni from Haus of Viral
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
Today I’m joined by the woman who is quietly (and sometimes not quietly) engineering 1M+ views for mission-led CEOs while the rest of the industry is still polishing Canva carousels and calling it strategy. This conversation goes way beyond “how to go viral”. We go into identity collapse, the nervous system triggers no one admits on Instagram, the shadowy side of visibility, and why consistency and content formulas are useless when your system isn’t safe being seen. Ana breaks down the truth about virality: It’s not aesthetics. It’s not posting more. It’s not “speaking to your...
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EP177 - Gatekeeper (Why You Are the One Blocking Your Next Level)
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
Today’s episode is a big one. A confronting one. A necessary one. Because the gatekeeper you’ve been blaming for your stalled momentum, your diluted confidence, your disappearing magnetism… isn’t your industry, your audience, your schedule, your team, your visibility or whatever bullshit excuse your mindshit has been serving up. It’s you. Not because you’re weak. Not because you’re broken. But because your nervous system still believes that expansion = danger. Inside this episode, I’m walking you through the real reason high-achieving women sabotage the very success they’ve...
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EP176: The Embodiment Revolution: How Owning Every Version of You Changes Your Entire Life
Confessions Of An Unapologetic Rebel
This episode is a whole mood - bold, bitchy, honest, and dripping in the kind of truth most women avoid because they’re still hiding behind “being professional” or “getting it right.” In this conversation, I sit down with the incredible , a woman who embodies the full expression most people only pretend they’re ready for. We go deep into presence, identity, feminine expression, kink healing, shadow work, self-hate, rebuilding confidence, and what it actually takes to stop diluting who the hell you are. If you’ve ever felt like you’re performing instead of living… if...
info_outlineThis week on Confessions of an Unapologetic Rebel, I sat down with the magnetic, crown-wearing powerhouse Joella Prim — founder of The Refrolution, a movement rewriting the rules of entrepreneurship for women of color.
We met serendipitously (aka: the Universe did her thing) at the Go First event — and within minutes, I knew this woman needed a mic in front of her and a stage beneath her feet.
This episode is deep. It’s real. It’s the kind of conversation most people tiptoe around — and we dove straight in, stilettos first.
🧠 What We Really Talked About (No Filter):
👑 The Crown Is More Than a Symbol
Joella breaks down why she wears her crown everywhere, and it’s not for the ‘gram. It’s an unapologetic claim to identity, visibility, and power in a world that teaches women of color to shrink.
🧨 Wanky Rules We Burned to the Ground
We ripped into the invisible rulebook women of color are expected to follow:
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Don’t be too loud
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Don’t talk about race
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Don’t say the truth that might make people uncomfortable
Spoiler: Joella says it anyway. And that’s exactly why this conversation needed to happen.
🧬 Masking, Identity & the Fear of Being Seen
From hair extensions to voice tone to branding choices we unpack how so many women (us included) have edited themselves to be palatable. And the deep nervous system work it takes to STOP.
🔥 Real Talk on Representation
Joella shares how she finally saw herself in the room and why she’s now building spaces for other women of color to take the mic, take the seat, and take up all the space they damn well want.
🧠 Energy is the Strategy
We’re not here for “post more reels” advice. We’re talking energy calibration. Why who you are BEING when you pitch, post, and show up… is the real strategy. And what happens when it’s not clean.
Mirror Moment
Joella dropped this line and I nearly fell off my chair:
“Saying you’re for something doesn’t mean you’re against everything else.”
Let that land.
So many women are afraid to stand for something because they fear the backlash. But the revolution isn’t polite. It’s powerful.
🎁 Practical Rebel Wisdom (aka: Joella’s Love Punch)
To every woman of color listening who knows she’s meant for more but hasn’t seen it modeled in her world yet, you’re not crazy, you’re early.
Joella lays out what to do when:
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You feel invisible in this industry
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You’re the only one who looks like you in the room
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You’re doubting your magic because you don’t see reflections of it anywhere
This conversation is the activation your nervous system didn’t know it needed.
🎧 Listen Now If You’re Ready To:
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Take up more space (with no apology and a LOT of sparkle)
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Start being seen for who you really are not who you think people want to buy from
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Burn the internalised rules that have kept you quiet, safe, and small
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Feel deeply witnessed, no matter your identity or story
🎟️ Guest of Honour:
Joella Prim – Founder of the Refrolution
🔗 Instagram: @joellapriam
📣 Want to join her movement? Slide into her DMs or check the show description.
🔥 Final Truth Bomb:
You don’t need to be more polished. You need to be more powerful.
And power starts with letting people see the real you — crown, edges, roots, rage, softness, and all.
🫶🏻 Share the Refrolution
🎧 Screenshot + share the episode
🎤 Tag @emmagibbsng + @joellaprim
💌 Tell us what hit you the hardest
Leave a review (because my old ones vanished in the rebrand, lol)
👇 And most importantly:
Be bold. Be seen. Be the woman you’ve been waiting for.