Poppy B. Reid Atuatasi

Balanced Armor with Poppy Reid Atuatasi

Society EN ↓ 3 episodes

Balanced Armor explores the space between strength and self-connection. Hosted by a leader, mother, spouse, and woman rebuilding beyond burnout, survival mode, perfectionism, and pressure — this podcast is a reflection on what it means to return back to yourself while still carrying the weight of real life. Through emotionally intelligent conversations on identity, leadership, emotional disconnection, nervous system awareness, motherhood, and becoming, Balanced Armor is about learning that balance is not perfection — it is self-awareness. This is for the high performers, the providers, the lea...

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Poppy B. Reid Atuatasi

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Strength Without Disconnection | 3 Anchors for the Ones Carrying Everything 19.05.2026 37:32

Some people become so good at surviving, leading, nurturing, providing, and performing… they stop realizing how disconnected they’ve become from themselves in the process. This episode is a reflection on emotional suppression, survival mode, leadership, motherhood, pressure, identity, and the quiet exhaustion many high performers carry behind strength. Three anchors for the ones carrying everythin...

2: Coming Back to Yourself 08.05.2026 19:18

Not all disconnection is obvious. Sometimes it looks like achievement. Responsibility. Leadership. Motherhood. Functioning beautifully while quietly carrying more than anyone realizes. This episode is a reflection on identity, self-awareness, and the parts of ourselves we slowly lose while trying to survive.

1: Who I Had to Become vs Who I Really Am 01.05.2026 9:41

Somewhere along the way, many of us learned how to survive through strength. But what happens when strength becomes the very thing disconnecting us from ourselves? In this first episode of Balanced Armor, we begin the conversation.