Shift Your Story, Change Your Life

The frustrating thing about money patterns is that they rarely make sense on the surface. You can be responsible, pay your bills on time, and know how to save, and still, the second there’s extra money sitting there, something in you starts itching to move it, spend it, invest it, fix something with it, give it away, or make it disappear. Because some part of you may have learned that having money...

The reality is you already know what you're doing. You can see the pattern clearly. You've journaled about it, talked it through with your therapist and your best friend, and maybe even built a whole career helping other people with it. And yet, you're still stuck in it. Self-sabotage doesn't look the same for everyone, and that's part of why it's so easy to miss in yourself.  For some people...

This week’s episode is part two of the Shift Your Story, Change Your Life podcast anniversary Ask Me Anything series, and this conversation gets more personal.  In part one, we talked more about life, relationships, family dynamics, and the messy human things so many of us are navigating behind the scenes.  In this episode, we shift into deeper questions about my own journey, my business...

This week, I’m sharing Part 1 of a special Ask Me Anything episode to celebrate one full year of the podcast. I invited listeners to send in the kinds of questions they would ask if we were sitting down together over coffee or tea, and the questions that came in were thoughtful, honest, and deeply real.  This episode opens up conversation around things so many women carry quietly but live wit...

This week, I’m joining Jamie on the Managing Mental Health Podcast for a grounded an honest conversation about hypnotherapy, subconscious healing, and why so many people stay stuck in the same patterns even when they understand them logically. Jamie, a fellow mental health professional, came into this conversation openly skeptical of hypnotherapy, which made this such an important episode.  W...

This week’s episode is a deep conversation about identity, what it actually is, how it gets formed, how it shapes the way you think, choose, show up, and move through your life, and why so many people stay stuck even when they consciously want something different. This episode explores what happens when your conscious mind says you want a new relationship, a healthier life, a thriving business, or...

This week’s hypnocoaching session is with a woman who came in thinking she had a money problem. On the surface, that made sense. Her business was not where she wanted it to be, financial pressure had been building for a long time, and there was a real ache underneath it all, the kind that comes from wondering when life is finally going to feel less heavy.  But as we moved through the session,...

What if the stories you were taught about money, success, and security were never actually designed to make you feel safe? In this week’s episode, I sit down with money coach and wealth strategist Jill Emanuel to talk about the money beliefs we inherit, the debt cycles so many people silently live in, and what it really takes to create lasting financial change. Jill shares how she grew up believin...

This week’s hypnocoaching session is with a woman who has spent much of her life feeling distracted, bored, and restless, someone who has followed the pull toward movement, change, travel, new opportunities, and new beginnings, again and again. What looks on the surface like a focus issue is actually tied to a much deeper pattern. She shares how, since she was young, she has struggled to stay with...

In this episode, Safiya and I talk about overthinking in a way most people never do as a strategy your system learned a long time ago to try to keep you safe. We get into the kind of overthinking that doesn’t actually help you make a decision or solve a problem. It’s the kind that loops and causes you to replay what you said, with 500 outcomes, and still leaves you feeling tight in your chest and...

This hypnocoaching session is with a woman who has done big things in her life, but money is still the place where she quietly holds back. She’s been the power behind the throne, helped create success, even had a project nominated for an Emmy… and yet she’s under-earned for years. Not because she’s confused or unskilled, but because somewhere inside, it still doesn’t feel fully safe to shine and g...

In this episode, I’m doing something totally different than anything I’ve done on the podcast before: a Bridgerton breakdown, through a subconscious lens. Because I can’t watch a show like a normal person. My brain is always scanning for the patterns running underneath the romance, the longing, the push-pull, and the “why can’t I just…” energy. So today, we’re looking at Season 4’s Benedict and So...

This week’s hypnocoaching session is with someone who’s not lacking confidence in the way people usually mean it. She can do hard things, show up when others ask her to, and make things happen. But when it comes to actually believing in herself, in a deep, steady, I-trust-me kind of way, something shifts. And that shift isn’t because she’s incapable.  It’s because self-belief comes with a fee...

In this episode, Safiya and I get honest about one of the most frustrating patterns this time of year: deciding you are “finally” going to be consistent, starting strong, and then quietly falling off and blaming yourself for it. We talk about what is actually happening underneath that cycle and explore why inconsistency is usually not a willpower problem at all.  It is often a nervous system...

This week’s hypnocoaching session is with Erika, a former corporate leader who walked away from the safety of a steady career to build her own leadership and team culture coaching business. On paper, she’s exactly the kind of person you’d trust to walk into a room and lead it. Years of experience. A track record of growing teams. People who’ve worked for her are still reaching out to say how much...

In this episode, Safiya and I explore clutter in a way it’s rarely talked about, not as a cleaning problem, an organization issue, or a lack of discipline, but as a subconscious strategy. We talk about why clutter often isn’t accidental, and why simply “getting motivated” or buying another storage bin never actually solves the problem. Because for many people, clutter is doing a job. This episode...

This week’s hypno-coaching session is with Tianna, a woman who has built her life around being capable, reliable, and deeply devoted to taking care of others. On the surface, she’s successful. She has built a business, gone viral, helped countless women, and carried enormous responsibility in both her personal and professional life. But underneath all of that effort, there’s a familiar frustration...

In this episode, Safiya and I explore one of the most misunderstood reasons people stay stuck: the subconscious fear of change. We talk about why change can feel exciting at first, and then suddenly feel heavy, exhausting, or impossible once you actually try to follow through. Not because you’re lazy, but because your subconscious mind is wired to prioritize safety over growth. This conversation u...

This week’s hypnocoaching session is with a woman who knows her voice matters… and yet freezes when it’s time to be seen or heard publicly. She’s articulate, intuitive, and deeply connected to her work. One-on-one, she communicates with ease. But the moment the spotlight turns toward her, speaking to a group, being on camera, putting herself out there, her body reacts as if something dangerous is...

This week’s episode is a little different. Instead of hosting or coaching, I’m on the other side of the mic in a deep, honest conversation with my friend and colleague, Amber Annette, on her podcast The Business Psychic Podcast . Amber and I have known each other for years, and this conversation feels far less like an interview and much more like two practitioners pulling back the curtain on the p...

What is the subconscious, really? What actually happens inside a hypnotherapy session? Can it bring up painful memories? And does it actually work for things like emotional eating, weight loss, or self-sabotage? This week, we’re rewinding one of the most listened-to episodes from earlier this year. If you joined us last week for Part 1 of this listener-submitted Q&A series, this episode picks...

This week, we’re rewinding back to Episode #2 : Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Q&A - Your Questions Answered: Part 1, one of the most downloaded episodes of the entire year. It’s sitting just under 400 listens , which tells me people are far more curious about hypnotherapy than they often admit out loud. And that’s exactly why I wanted to bring this one back. There is still so much confusion and fe...

This week’s hypnocoaching session is with a woman who has been working hard to grow her business, but nothing is really moving the way she expected. She’s showing up, she’s doing the inner work, she’s trying all the things, and still feeling like something is blocking her, but she can’t quite figure out what it is. As we talk, it becomes clear she’s caught in a very real, very confusing place: wan...

This week, I sat down with my friend Shannon Whaley to talk about something a lot of us carry without realizing it, the stories we were told when we were young, and how they quietly shape the way we love, work, and trust ourselves as adults. Shannon grew up hearing a message that followed her well into her 30s: “You’re not smart.” And even though she went on to get multiple degrees, certifica...

In this solo episode, I’m diving into the real side of gratitude. Not the fluffy “write three things in your journal” version, or the pressure-filled “just be grateful” advice. But the subconscious, neurological, and deeply human layers of gratitude, especially for those who grew up in chaos, survival mode, or environments where softening never felt safe. We explore why gratitude often feels fake,...