In this episode of the Women's Empowerment Podcast, I sit down with Katie, host of the Contagious Confidence podcast, as she shares her insights on navigating the challenges of motherhood and career. Katie’s journey from struggling with confidence to becoming a voice for women seeking empowerment has equipped her with invaluable wisdom for working moms.

Together, we discuss:

• Facing the fear of how motherhood might impact your career, and finding strength in your dual roles.

• Managing the emotional rollercoaster of being a working mom and tips for mental wellness along the way.

• Self-advocacy at work and at home—from negotiating for what you need at work to setting boundaries that support your family and personal growth.

Whether you're worried about balancing your professional aspirations with family life or seeking practical tips to boost confidence, Katie offers empowering strategies that every mom can use. Join us for a conversation on finding balance, building self-assurance, and thriving in both motherhood and career.

Keywords: motherhood, career,working moms, confidence, balance, self-advocacy.

Feeling overwhelmed by the daily demands of motherhood? In this transformative episode, we sit down with Kristyn Livermore, a professional hypnotist specializing in stress relief for women and mothers. Discover how hypnosis can be a powerful tool for reclaiming calm, building resilience, and managing the unique pressures of modern parenting.

Join us as Kristyn explains the science behind hypnosis, shares practical techniques to reduce anxiety, and offers powerful visual tools to help transform your stress into serenity. Whether you're balancing work and home life, struggling with postpartum challenges, or simply looking for ways to prioritize self-care, this episode is packed with actionable, useful advice to help you thrive.

Tune in to learn:

• How hypnosis can reduce stress and anxiety

• Practical tools for busy moms to incorporate self-care

• The mind-body connection and its role in emotional healing

• Success stories of mothers who’ve found relief through hypnosis

Don’t miss this episode if you're ready to unlock a calmer, more balanced version of yourself.

Keywords: Hypnosis for stress, motherhood stress relief, women’s mental health, stress management for moms, self-care for mothers, postpartum anxiety, mindfulness for busy moms.

Recovering from a cesarean birth is a deeply personal journey that goes far beyond physical healing. In this episode, I dive into my own post-cesarean healing process, sharing the holistic tools and methods that worked for me—and the ones that didn’t. From physical recovery to mental, emotional, and spiritual healing, we cover it all.

We’ll discuss the importance of healing not only the scar but also the relationship with it, as well as the pressure of "bounce-back culture" and how to challenge those expectations. This episode is a space to empower women, offering insights into childbirth, postpartum recovery, and holistic practices that nurture both body and soul.

Tune in to explore:

• Effective physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual tools for post-cesarean healing

• How to embrace and heal the scar—inside and out

• Challenging societal expectations around postpartum recovery

• Empowering women in their childbirth and healing journeys through holistic practices

Whether you’ve experienced a cesarean birth or want to know more about holistic postpartum healing, this episode offers guidance and inspiration for every step of the way.

Keywords: cesarean recovery, holistic healing post-cesarean, postpartum scar healing, challenging bounce-back culture, empowering women in childbirth, holistic postpartum recovery, spiritual healing after c-section

In this deeply personal episode, I open up about my transformative journey from pregnancy into motherhood—a story filled with both heartache and healing. Join me as I share the raw details of my traumatic birth experience, the emotional toll of navigating a miscarriage, and the powerful lessons I learned when I failed to listen to my intuition.

This is more than just a birth story; it’s about reclaiming autonomy and self-trust after facing some of the most challenging moments of my life. Through vulnerability and reflection, I discuss how I’m moving forward, healing, and rebuilding a stronger connection with my inner voice as a mother and a woman.

Tune in to hear:

• My personal experience with a traumatic birth and miscarriage

• How I navigated the emotional pain and began my healing journey

• The importance of listening to your intuition, and the consequences when you don’t

• How I’m reclaiming my autonomy and stepping into motherhood with more self-trust

This episode is for anyone who has experienced birth trauma, loss, or a disconnect with their inner self, and is looking for guidance, hope, and inspiration.

Keywords: birth trauma, miscarriage healing, pregnancy transformation, trusting your intuition, emotional healing for mothers, traumatic birth recovery, miscarriage journey, motherhood and self-trust.

Counting down the top 5 episodes of the Women’s Empowerment Podcast - One of the best ways to wrap up the year is to celebrate how far you’ve come with the people you appreciate most! Thank you for joining me this year, and for this holiday special.

Katie Woodruff is a transformational coach, host of the podcast Abundantly Aware and Journaling Tour Guide. She aims to create awareness around the benefits of journaling, meditation and mindfulness for entrepreneurs everywhere so that they can create the life that's wholy their own…

Have you ever wondered why you are the way you are? Maybe you’ve wondered more specific questions like:

Why does time pass so quickly?

Why do I hate doing absolutely nothing? 

Or why do I keep putting things off?

In the book “Why Am I Like This?” Author Dr. Jen Martin answers these questions and many more explaining The Science Behind Your Weirdest Thoughts and Habits.

Well hello there! I am thrilled to introduce you to Sarah Jansel, fellow Canadian and host of the I Created that Podcast.

Sarah recently had me on her show to discuss the relationship between Exercise and Entrepreneurship. Before we dive into this episode, I want to tell you more about Sarah’s show.

The I Created That Podcast is for those looking to be inspired to start an online business, marketing your business, and learn more about Shopify. Host Sarah Jansel is a former 20 year corporate veteran and executive turned creative entrepreneur. Today she’s the CEO of Jansel & Co where they help clients build, brand and grow awesome shoplift stores.

Sarah and her [podcast] guests are excited to share some exclusive tips about how to start a burins, grow and basins, and feature some super cool entrepreneurs and business partners who can help you do it too!

Big shout out to Sarah and her team who were absolutely fantastic during the production of this episode. I loved working with you Sarah and I am very grateful to have been a guest on the I Created That Podcast.

“Book Reports” A Collection of my favourite Personal Development books that I’ve shared on the podcast, including: Atomic Habits, LIMITLESS, The Four Tendencies, GRIT, High Performance Habits, and more!

I'm excited to introduce you to   Katie and her podcast. Contagious Confidence.  Katie is so lovely. She was such an incredible host in terms of really allowing me to be comfortable and share how I really felt. , as a podcast host myself, I know. That some episodes just flow a little easier.

Some conversations, some interactions work a little better than others, and this was one of those really great positive experiences. So I'm really excited to share everything we talked about from consistency and habits and showing up confidently as your own self. And. I don't wanna give it all away. I want you to be able to experience it and hear it and, and also see it…

Christine Lieu is the expert behind CL Designs and the Brand Party Podcast. She's a graphic designer who's traded in climbing the corporate ladder for climbing mountains around the world. Christine helps purpose-driven businesses create cohesive branding, web design, and social content to drive your impact and sales. As featured in Top 10 Canada Design, the Brand Party Podcast delivers fun, honest, to-the-point advice that you can implement RIGHT AWAY in your entrepreneurial journey.

Today I’m going to teach you how I created my entire morning routine using one simple formula. The formula started with one simple habit, and this led to another habit, and another, eventually becoming the wonderfully supportive morning routine I have today!

Kelsey Reidl is a Small Business Marketing Coach with a special interest in Social Media Growth, Search Engine Optimization and Direct Response Marketing Strategy.

After a decade working in Business Development & Marketing Roles for some of Canada’s Top Health Food Brands, Kelsey decided to leave the corporate world so that she could work with Small Businesses and help them adopt The Essential Marketing Success Principles, so that they can work with more clients, generate more cash, and bring the FUN back into marketing.

Through her courses, coaching, and her podcast Visionary Life, she inspires entrepreneurs to challenge the status quo, connect with customers in creative ways, and to never settle for mediocre marketing campaigns.

Kelsey lives in Ontario, Canadia with her husband and rescue pup, Abby. She loves to explore the world in search of the best coffee shops, the most stunning nature, and the wildest experiences (sleeping in the Sahara, mountain biking through canyons, and heli-skiing in Switzerland are some of her best memories!)

One of my favourite quotes of all time, that I often remind myself of, is by Henry Ford, who said, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.

Our thoughts are so incredibly powerful that we can do just about anything that we believe we can. And when we can’t? Or don’t do something, it’s often because of self-sabotaging beliefs that keep us stuck. 

Today we’re getting honest about how to overcome self-sabotage and get the heck out of our own way!

With almost 250 episodes of the show, it’s hard to know which ones to listen to first! Here are the top 10 episodes of all time. Re-listen, share your favourites, and dive right in as we count down the most popular episodes of the Women’s Empowerment Podcast

Marina is a brand expert helping freedom obsessed entrepreneurs build true to self personal brands to grow their platforms, income and live vivaciously…

The irony of this episode title when this podcast episode is coming out late because life just got hella busy on my end! Nevertheless, I do have some really great tips and tools for you in this episode. And since you’re a busy bee like me, I’m going to aim to keep this one short and sweet so that you can use your precious time on taking action!

Ever since I was a little girl, I have LOVED astrology! My grandmother introduced me to it, and used to read me my horoscope when I was with her. As I grew older and deepened my interest and education in astrology I learned about more than our sun signs. I learned about moon signs, rising signs, birth charts, Saturn returns, aspects, and transits and so much more!

To this day my enthusiasm and curiosity of astrology only grows and I’m excited to share with you what your moon sign says about your habits!

Amanda Hunter is an embodied feminine leadership coach who ditched the 9-5 to follow her soul’s purpose where she gets to infuse pleasure and play with being of-service.

Blending woo with science, Amanda supports soulful entrepreneurs in cultivating their inner authority to become the leader of themselves first, and see their businesses expand as a result. She thrives on seeing women stepping into their power, playing bigger and taking up more space as they come to reside their true essence…

Elle Hamilton is a Self Discovery Guide and Human Design Expert, supporting women seeking clarity and confidence in navigating their life path. Her approach empowers clients to reject societal expectations, embracing their own journey with a unique blend of self-awareness and intuitive lifestyle design. Through exploration of their Human Design Chart, she helps clients rediscover their authentic self, realize their unrestricted potential, and seize a life of empowerment and freedom….

I like to joke that if you tell me your habits, I will tell you your future. Kind of like a modern day fortune-teller hahaha but seriously, where you are a year from now is a reflection of the choices you choose to make right now.

Just like where you are in life today, is a reflection of the choices you made one year ago! Share with me in the comments of this video, or DM me on instagram @vallavignelife to let me know what dream future you want to build and we can reverse engineer this with tiny habits.

When it comes to change, tiny is mighty. There are super small changes that change everything in our lives! These changes become habits, and those tiny habits can make or break our futures. Why? Because a lot of our habits happen automatically, or by default. This can lead to frustration, or feelings of going through the motions with no goals achieved or set. 

It can also lead to happiness, freedom, and success by your definition. The difference between these two outcomes? Is a life by default, versus a life by design.

Olivia is an actress and content creator based out of Toronto. Acting has always been a part of her life but content creation began in 2016 when Olivia started her YouTube channel (oliviag.tv). To merge the two worlds, she started her YT channel by interviewing film industry professionals. That was her way of continuing to network within the Toronto film & TV industry while highlighting the wonderful behind the scenes talent. Since then, she's appeared on show's such as the Umbrella Academy and Sex/Life on Netflix. In the last few years, she's opened up her own media company called Olivia G Media which specializes in UGC content creation.  If you want to touch base with Olivia, you can find her on all platforms @OLIVIAGUDANIEC or find more info on her website at oliviagmedia.com

After years of dealing with her own health struggles and not getting the help she needed or could afford at the time, Jess took it on herself to become what she was looking for. She's now a certified Health Coach and Level 2 Integrative Health Practitioner that works on holistically balancing the body from a root cause perspective. She primarily works with women, virtually and worldwide, supporting them fully with their gut function, energy, weight and hormonal imbalances allowing them to be empowered in their body, alive with a sense of purpose and feeling youthful…

If healthy habits were so easy to create and implement into our lives, there’d be a lot more iconic people in the world. People who would be crushing their goals, making a more meaningful impact, and enjoying optimal health.

So what separates the people who succeed with their high-level goals, and the ones that don’t make it past the first few days?

In today’s episode of the Women’s Empowerment Podcast, I’m going to share how one powerful tool can increase your chances of success by 95%