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Sarah Tunstall is a Girl Named Storm. At 15, she became a victim of human trafficking and was indoctrinated into the sex trade. Her memoir, A Girl Named Storm, inspired this powerful, emotionally charged conversation that will both break your heart and inspire you. Storm, aka Sarah, bravely opens up about her journey from surviving sex trafficking as a teenager to reclaiming her life and helping o...

Dr. Kerry Kerr McAvoy is a retired psychologist and renowned expert on narcissistic abuse. In this intensely candid conversation, Kerry shares not only her professional expertise but also her hard-earned personal experiences on breaking free from the grip of a toxic, narcissistic relationship. How is it that intelligent, self-aware women end up partnered with deceitful, sometimes dangerous, narcis...

Jennifer Sack is known for her bold approach to self-love, which began with sobriety and evolved into a holistic healing and well-being practice. Jennifer unpacks the hidden traps of self-negotiation and challenges women to embrace change in their journey to rebuilding self-trust.  This conversation also explores the kind of addiction that goes beyond just substances; it’s about the importance of...

She is Jesse Susannah Karnatz, aka the Money Witch, a financial educator and coach who brings wisdom, realness, and a touch of magic to the conversation about women and wealth, and the deeply rooted systems that try to keep them mutually excluded. From shame to savvy, Jessie reminds women of the historical and systemic forces that have shaped their collective money wounds and what it takes for wom...

Dawn Thompson has been where so many women who want success and work for it find themselves: building a storybook-perfect life on the outside, only to realize something essential is missing within. For her, it took more than one near-death health scare or an embezzlement scandal in her business to alter her life path; it took a question from her three-year-old daughter, who wanted to know why her...

Lindsay Jacobi is a transformational mentor, speaker, and founder of Glow Up Collective, helping women who have lost themselves reconnect with their confidence, beauty, boundaries, pleasure, and power. Her work blends deep inner healing with real-life transformation, helping women become more sovereign, regulated, peaceful, and fully expressed in their lives and relationships. With her signature 9...

Ashley Jordan is a role model for Good Girl defectors. She shares her deeply personal journey from living as a high-achieving, approval-seeking “good girl” to reclaiming her authentic, badass, bitch-inspired self. Ashley calls it “unbecoming,” a rejection of trying to become what others expect or demand. She explores what it means to shed layers of societal conditioning and return to one’s true es...

Elizabeth Flock is an Emmy award-winning journalist with bylines in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Foreign Policy, the Guardian, the Atlantic, and many other publications. She’s also an author who leads us through the dark, murky waters of women and vengeance. Her book, "The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice,” unravels what happens when women are betrayed by systems set up to protect them...

What does it mean to be chumped? It means the person you trusted most has a double life and has cheated on you. In this episode, we explore the meaning of betrayal, how it often shatters lives, and can strike so deeply that it feels like a living death. But it doesn’t need to be your epitaph. Our guest and guide is Tracy Schorn, a woman who’s been chumped but rose up to become an award-winning blo...

Edy Nathan is a licensed therapist, certified sex therapist, hypnotherapist, and certified EMDR practitioner, as well as the author of "It's Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss." We also admire her for giving us an iconic quote, one that has become a guiding star for our mission of women’s empowerment, and words we believe every woman should hear and adopt as their mantra. H...

Alisa Gracheva is a licensed mental health counselor and holistic coach with a unique ability to blend ancient practices such as Reiki, meditation, and sacred sound healing with modern, cutting-edge trauma therapies. Informed by her own life trauma and a deep, compassionate perspective on what it truly means to heal, grow, and empower yourself — body, mind, and soul — this conversation is fueled b...

Tori Jenae is a trauma-informed coach, energy psychology expert, and spiritual powerhouse who admits flat out, “I've been through hell and back, and I have the map to get you out.” Through her story, we dive into the transformative process of reclaiming identity beyond societal labels, letting go of limiting roles that no longer serve us, and confronting the silent demons of self-betrayal. We expl...

Judith Houck is a professor of the history of science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a prominent voice in the study of women’s health movements. As the author of Speculum: Examining the Women's Health Movement, Judith offers extensive insight into how feminist activists, often labeled “bitches” by reputation, from the 1960s through the 1980s, not only challenged patriarchal medical i...

Rissa Miller is a folklorist, speaker, herbalist, public historian, diviner, and, as we learn in this episode, a passionate poet who brings wisdom, warmth, and a rebellious spirit that a Bitch will love. This raw, honest talk evolves from self-betrayal — the shrinking of ourselves to make others comfortable, the struggle between kindness toward others and loyalty to yourself, or wondering how to f...

For this transformative conversation, we invited Executive Coach, Author, and lover of a juicy life, Sasha Cagen. Who’s not afraid to confront controversy, like the words "bitch" or “pussy,” that are often used to embarrass or punish women. Two words, when examined, hold the keys to women’s empowerment. Whether it’s breaking free from people-pleasing, harnessing authentic anger, or deploying a sub...

Walker Kimberly Brandt is a Hollywood actress, model, bestselling author, and passionate advocate who shares her powerful journey through Betrayal, Identity, Trust, Change, and Healing, words that form the B.I.T.C.H acronym and are at the heart of VBB podcast’s 2026 mission. With vulnerability and authenticity, Walker explores deep generational wounds, the importance of facing inherited trauma, an...

Barb Stone is a leadership development coach, trainer, bestselling author, and TEDx speaker who dives deep into the journey of self-discovery, tackling the themes of Betrayal, Identity, Trust, Change, and Healing, the five pillars that spell out B.I.T.C.H., and form the backbone of our Year of the BITCH series. Barb discusses the raw realities of perfectionism, the courage it takes to shed old ide...

Dianne Harris, certified life coach, author, and entrepreneur, adds to our conversation, exploring the powerful five-step path of B.I.T.C.H.: Betrayal, Identity, Trust, Change, and Healing. Dianne opens up a window into her personal journey through betrayal and transformation, the lasting wounds and growth that followed. The conversation gets real around heartbreak, owning your story, letting go o...

Kristen Louise Duncombe is a Paris-based therapist, coach, and author who joins VBB for a candid and deeply personal conversation exploring the complex journey of women’s self-empowerment through the lens of identity, boundaries, and the impact of societal expectations. Kristin shares her story of growing up as the child of a U.S. diplomat, constantly reinventing herself with each move, and naviga...

Janice Selbie is a master practitioner of clinical counselling, a bestselling author, a host of the Divorcing Religion and Sex and Power podcasts, and a religious trauma recovery coach.   In this soul-stirring conversation, Janice courageously shares how she was once a devout cult participant and her journey through the complex intersections of sex and religion to personal liberation. From survivi...

VBB welcomes back a friend, Christina Marlett, who describes herself as a recovering perfectionist, “spiritual ninja,” and self-care revolutionary. Christina is a top-flight self-care coach and the founder of Courageous Self Care, which supports high achievers in taking inspired action while practicing effective, strategic self-care. She’s an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and mother of two except...

We dive into an inspiring and thoughtful conversation with Reverend Dr. Xenia Barnes, a social behavioural scientist and organizational healing expert.   We get right into our acronym, B.I.T.C.H., which stands for Betrayal, Identity, Trust, Change, and Healing. This episode explores how women have been challenged by stereotypes, societal expectations, and the burdens of roles imposed by others. Dr...

If you’re ready to challenge a few stereotypes and discover yourself in the process, you’re tuned into the right frequency with Christopher and Heather kicking off "2026 as The Year of the ' B.I.T.C.H." What you’ll hear is how a word used to punish women has been turned into an acronym that guides women into their power. In this conversation, we reveal what “B.I.T.C.H.” stands for as we move throu...

We (Christopher & Heather) have declared 2026 The Year Of The B.I.T.C.H., the evolution of a word that girls instinctively learn to avoid, and in fear of it, women inadvertently sacrifice their freedoms. Following eight years of talking with women who’ve shared their lived experiences with the word Bitch, we acknowledge the history of destruction it has brought to women's lives, but we have al...

How will you remember 2025? In this deeply personal episode, titled "In Loving Memory of 2025," Heather sets the tone with this quote: “2025 was a year of sacred goodbyes and of release and surrender, healing of the past, closure, kind of trusting cycles, and completing cycles.” Heather's honest and powerful account came after saying goodbye to her father in 20205. Her words demonstrate that loss...