The 12/10 by Nadja Olivera

Last summer I got shushed. On a date. In my own car. And five minutes after walking away, I was on a sailing yacht being called Reina all day. That story is not about luck. It is about knowing what you want before it arrives. About having a body that recognizes the no before the brain has finished calculating. About being so clear on your standard that walking away from the shush is not even a dec...

Everyone tells you to leave your comfort zone. Make the brave choice. Back yourself. But nobody tells you what is actually happening inside your body when you try. Why it feels like an alarm going off. Why it feels like withdrawal. And why that feeling is not a stop sign. In this episode I share the moment I stopped being able to ignore my own knowing. A stranger asked me one question after a keyn...

Reclaiming the desire. This episode started with a thirty thousand euro price tag, a closed door, and a festival we built ourselves. Because that is what desire does when you stop burying it. It finds another way in. I talk about why so many women say they don't know what they want, but actually do. I go into the psychology of buried desire, how shame gets installed early and quietly teaches...

Have you ever asked yourself what you actually do at 9pm? Not what you wish you did. What you actually do when the day is done, the kid is in bed, and you are alone with yourself for the first time all day? In this episode I am getting honest about something most high achieving women never talk about publicly. The numbing. Not rock bottom stories. Not addiction cautionary tales. The subtle, sophis...

I'm Nadja Olivera, psychologist, life reinvention coach and single mom living in Mallorca. The 12/10 is the podcast for women who have done the work, have the life, and still know deep down that something isn't fully theirs. Every episode we go into the conversations most people are too afraid to have out loud. About settling. About desire. About numbing. About shame. About the brave cho...