Play Big Queen with Kate Bailey

Summary: In this final and deeply intentional episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate closes the podcast under the Full Wolf Supermoon of January 3, 2026, marking the end of a complete creative and leadership cycle. Rather than nostalgia, this episode centers discernment, boundaries, and orientation — naming what has been carried long enough and what is now ready to be released with clarity. K...

Summary: In this powerful and grounding episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate dismantles the myth that purpose is a single, fixed calling you must discover before you begin living. Speaking directly to neurodivergent listeners — especially those with ADHD — she reframes purpose as something lived, chosen, and practiced through action rather than overthinking. Drawing from her personal journe...

Summary: In this milestone 50th episode, Kate reflects on a full year of weekly podcasting and names a quiet but powerful transition underway. Drawing from Sicilian lineage, Southern Italian folklore, Persephone mythology, and women’s migration history, she explores the ethics of leaving the room on purpose. This episode is about creative cocooning, intentional withdrawal, and honoring cycles of d...

Summary: In this episode, Kate explores ritual as a lived, embodied experience rather than a productivity tool or performance. Through a spontaneous wedding trip, everyday moments with her dog, creative learning, and lineage based practices, she shows how ritual supports transitions, regulates the nervous system, and creates consistency through meaning rather than force. The episode weaves neurosc...

Summary: In this episode, Kate unpacks the very real physical, emotional, and biological ripple effects that follow big identity decisions. She explains why transformation and evolution takes metabolic resources, how neurodivergent timing shapes the AuDHD high performance loop, and why integration is not a mindset exercise but a full system recalibration. She explores the Supermoon’s amplifying ef...

Summary: In this intimate episode, Kate Bailey shares a major life and work pivot that reframes her relationship to purpose, leadership, and her life's work coaching industry. She reveals why claiming your neurodivergent identity is a radical act of authority and explains how moving from trauma-driven achievement to self-actualized leadership changes everything. Kate breaks down bottom-up versus t...

Summary: Today’s episode explores the truth about neurodivergent communication and why autistic and ADHD communication styles are powerful, direct, embodied, and deeply misunderstood. Kate breaks down the real science behind autistic and ADHD boundaries, interoception , proprioception , alexithymia , emotional intensity, desire, pacing, overwhelm, sensory overload, and why neurodivergent nervous s...

Summary: This episode breaks down the real truth about what it takes to start a business, inspired by a simple question asked in one of Kate Bailey’s college classes. What began as a conversation with a first time entrepreneur became a clear and grounded roadmap for anyone at the beginning of their entrepreneurial life. Through lived experience and years of mentoring founders, leaders, and neurodi...

Summary: Kate Bailey unpacks the deep and often misunderstood connection between ADHD, estrogen, progesterone, and perimenopause. In this science-backed episode and through her own story of hormonal upheaval, she demystifies what’s really happening in the body during midlife transitions and how these shifts impact motivation, mood, focus, fertility, and overall mental health. You’ll learn how estr...

Summary: In this powerful and emotional episode, Kate shares her lived experience voting as a late-diagnosed AuDHD woman. She opens up about sensory processing challenges, reading comprehension barriers, auditory processing differences, and the internal labor that invisible disabilities require during something as simple and sacred as voting. Kate walks us through her first time accessing a legall...

Summary: In this honest and empowering episode, Kate Bailey opens up about what happens when your launch doesn’t go as planned, and how to navigate it with emotional intelligence, nervous system awareness, and grace. This conversation explores the deeper lessons behind slow seasons, self-regulation in entrepreneurship, and the balance between profit and purpose. Kate also shares how Walk + Tawk We...

Summary: We’ve been taught to push harder, grind more, and perform our way to peace. But what if the medicine your body’s been asking for isn’t another workout… it’s a work in? In this episode, Kate Bailey unpacks the truth about overwhelm, burnout, and why our nervous systems are more overloaded than ever in a world of constant trauma and stimulation. You’ll learn how consistent, embodied rituals...

Summary: What happens when you ask for help from someone who’s “the expert” but their response leaves you feeling disempowered? In this episode, Kate Bailey shares a deeply personal story about power dynamics in therapy, setting boundaries, and the courage it takes to self-advocate. Drawing from her lived experience with cPTSD, dissociation, and embodiment work, Kate explores how courage, repair,...

Summary: This episode walks you through a practical 7-part Business Self-Audit so you can see where your time, money, and energy are going — and what to refine before you scale. We cover pricing based on facts (not vibes), marketing that converts beyond pretty photos, systems that save hours, retention that drives revenue, culture as brand, local visibility, and a CEO energy audit. You’ll also hea...

Summary: Burnout has a way of sneaking in, even when you’re doing everything “right.” In this episode, Kate Bailey opens up about releasing perfectionism, recognizing shifting capacity, and reclaiming energy with compassion. She shares the difference between perfectionism as survival and precision as brilliance, and why resting is just as powerful as achieving. Keywords:   burnout, perfection...

Summary: In Episode 37 of the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate Bailey challenges the myth that leadership is only about owning your personal choices. True leadership is about taking responsibility for repair, trust-building, and equity even when you didn’t create the harm. Kate unpacks the genocidal roots of America’s history, the Doctrine of Discovery, and how systemic inequities still shape our scho...

Summary: In this powerful episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate Bailey unpacks the tension between Christianity and Christian nationalism in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. With bold clarity, she dives into the difference between devotion and indoctrination, how propaganda masquerades as free speech, and why real Christians are called to radical love, justice, and courageous resist...

Summary: Have you been diagnosed with ADHD later in life — in your 30s, 40s, or beyond — and wondered what it means for your confidence, self-worth, and daily rhythms? In this powerful episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast , Kate Bailey shares her raw and honest journey of thriving with late-diagnosed ADHD. She opens up about the grief, shame, and self-blame many women carry before diagnosis, and...

Summary: This Labor Day on the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate Bailey is not talking about barbecues or mattress sales. She is talking about you... the woman carrying the hidden, unpaid, and unacknowledged labor that keeps everything running. Especially if you are neurodivergent or living with an invisible disability or mental health challenge, you know the exhaustion of over-functioning, masking, an...

Summary: In this educational episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate Bailey breaks down the Creative Selling Process step by step showing entrepreneurs, coaches, and creators how to sell without scripts, shame, or self-sacrifice. Drawing from both classic business foundations and her lived experience as a neurodivergent entrepreneur, Kate redefines what it means to sell authentically in today’...

Summary: In this unique episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate loses her voice, but the show goes on. Using AI voices and assistive technology, she explores the power, limitations, and inequities of text-to-speech readers and synthetic voices. From Ava to Darius to Zephyr to Sol, Kate shares her lived experience as an AuDHD woman navigating education, business, and daily life with the help of...

Summary: When the world is on fire, showing up for your business can feel impossible… maybe even selfish. The news cycle is overwhelming, the weight of injustice is crushing, and the last thing you want to do is promote your work online. But here’s the truth: this is exactly when your voice, your leadership, and your offers matter most. In this episode, Play Big Queen Kate Bailey, speaks to entrep...

Summary: In this essential episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate Bailey explores how speech and communication challenges show up for neurodivergent folks, including those with ADHD, autism, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and stroke recovery. She shares her personal experiences with language loss, speech processing, and cognitive overload, while dismantling harmful stereotypes that equate quic...

Episode Summary: In this electrifying episode of the Play Big Queen podcast, Kate Bailey unpacks the nervous system foundation of money work especially for neurodivergent and highly sensitive folks. Fresh off the live Hot Erotic Messy Money intensive, Kate dives into why wealth isn’t built through spreadsheets and shame but through safety, embodiment, and emotional regulation. You’ll hear how trau...

Episode Summary: In this raw and revelatory solo episode, Kate Bailey peels back the layers on journaling, not as a morning routine or productivity hack but as a sacred act of unmasking and reconnection. She shares how an unexpected home writing retreat turned into the catalyst for massive changes in her business offerings, and how journaling helped her hear the voice of her own truth again. You’l...