Maria Rei
The Femme Cast | Your Unbecoming Begins Here
You're listening to The Femme Cast. The podcast where the quiet parts finally get said out loud. Where we undo, unbecome, and unlearn everything the world told us we should be. I'm Maria Rei. Leader, Speaker, & Advocate. I'm an advocate for women's worth, wealth, voice, and empowerment, and a catalyst committed to breaking the cultural patterns that silence and diminish women, and keep them from their potential. I bring visibility to the lived experiences women are taught to ignore, minimize, or survive quietly, so women can step up, step out, and move through the world with greater confidence...
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Episodes
3 Signs You Have a Self-Worth Wound (Why It's Affecting Your Money, Career & Relationships) 09.07.2026 35:37
How do you know if you're struggling with a self-worth wound... and what do you actually do about it? In this deeply personal episode of The Femme Cast, I share the three biggest signs you have a self-worth issue that's quietly influencing every area of your life, from your finances and career to your relationships, confidence, body image, and ability to receive abundance. The conversati...
The Hidden Gift Behind Job Loss, Friendship Breakups & Unexpected Life Changes 06.07.2026 30:04
What if losing the job, friendship, relationship, or opportunity you desperately wanted to keep wasn't a failure at all? What if it was life doing for you what you couldn't do for yourself? In this deeply personal episode of The Femme Cast, I'm unpacking the uncomfortable truth about why the rug sometimes gets pulled out from under us and why those painful "ejection" momen...
I Thought I'd Healed This. Turns Out I Was Just Getting Started. 02.07.2026 30:32
I thought I had healed my worthiness wound. Turns out, I had only met the first layers. In this raw and deeply personal episode of The Femme Cast, I'm pulling back the curtain on the self-worth struggle I never expected to face again, this time through money, career uncertainty, financial stress, and survival fears. When relationships fell apart, I healed the betrayal. When visibility trigger...
TFC Live | When You Know Deep Down It's Time to Leave (Girl, Unbecoming Chapter 1) 29.06.2026 31:52
What happens when you finally stop trying to make something work that deep down you know isn't meant for you? In this raw, unfiltered episode of The Femme Cast that was recorded LIVE on my Substack page, we hit record with zero preparation and dive into the powerful theme behind chapter one of my memoir: Girl Unbecoming After divorce, dating in downtown Toronto, and years of moulding myself t...
The Double Shame of Money: Money Shame, Scarcity Mindset, and Why You Feel Wrong With It and Without It 25.06.2026 29:28
Money can feel like a paradox. Not enough of it can feel like proof you are unworthy. Having it can feel like something you need to hide. In this deeply personal episode of The Femme Cast, I unpack the double bind of financial shame and how it quietly shapes self-worth, ambition, and identity. I trace the early money beliefs that shaped my inner world for years: that money is hard for me to make,...
You Are Not Your Job, Your Income, or Your Breakup: A Raw Conversation on Self-Worth & Identity Loss 23.06.2026 24:40
If you've ever lost a job, watched your savings disappear, gone through a painful breakup, faced debt, or felt like life pulled the rug out from under you, this episode is for you. In this deeply personal conversation, I'm sharing one of the most profound lessons from my own rebuilding journey: how to find self-love, radical acceptance, and self-worth when everything around you seems to...
Leading With Impact: Why Vulnerability and Fear Are the Gateway to Your Real Influence 18.06.2026 35:52
The fastest way to shrink your life is to hide the very thing that could set someone else free. This episode of The Femme Cast goes deep into vulnerability as a practical skill for impact, not a personality trait. We explore why the parts of yourself you most want to hide are often the exact places your purpose is trying to break through. If you have ever frozen before posting, held back in conver...
Rebuilding After Everything Falls Apart: Trusting the Breadcrumbs Back to Yourself 16.06.2026 38:15
If you're in the middle of rebuilding your life, not because you chose to but because life chose it for you, and you're wondering whether you're doing it "right," this episode is for you. I've rebuilt my life more than once. But there's a profound difference between choosing to blow your life up on purpose and having life pull the plug for you. One feels exciting...
The Money Shame Nobody Talks About | My Cycle of Wealth, Loss, and Rebuilding From Scratch 09.06.2026 44:15
In this deeply vulnerable episode of The Femme Cast, I share what I have kept private for years. My financial life has not been a straight line of growth, but a repeated swing between abundance and rock bottom. Times of earning and expansion followed by sudden collapse, maxed out credit, living on overdraft, and the quiet fear of not being able to pay rent or even buy gas without panic. This is no...
The Dark Side of Personal Development | The Billion-Dollar Industry Keeping Women Feeling “Not Enough” 12.05.2026 42:56
I’ve been quietly breaking up with the personal development machine, and this time, I think it’s for good. In this deeply personal episode of The Femme Cast, I unpack the darker side of the self-help and spiritual industry: the high-vibe performance culture, emotional bypassing, and the billion-dollar cycle that keeps people chasing the next “healed” version of themselves while quietly reinforcing...
What If God Is a Woman | The Truth Patriarchy Doesn’t Want You to Hear 05.05.2026 19:33
What if the reason women have been controlled throughout history is because their power has always been patriarchy’s greatest threat. In this episode of The Femme Cast, we ask a question that challenges spirituality, culture, and power at the root: what if God is a woman. Not as shock value, but as a radical reframing of creation, intuition, and what it means to be human. If God is the creator of...
Side B | Breaking All The Rules And Saying The Quiet Parts Out Loud, A New Era Of The Femme Cast 28.04.2026 22:39
Side B of The Femme Cast is where the polished world of personal development ends and the raw, unfiltered truth begins. This episode marks a turning point. After a season of loss and grief, and a growing resistance to the pressure to reframe everything into positivity, I am stepping away from the rules of personal development culture and the marketing boxes we are told to fit into. We explore why...
Not All Men… But Which Ones? | Rape Culture, Misogyny & Women’s Safety 21.04.2026 32:46
Sixty-two million visits to an “online rape academy”… and the loudest response online is debating the numbers. This episode of The Femme Cast goes where most conversations won’t. It names the deeper truth: when violence against women gets reduced to stats, we expose how normalized misogyny, exploitation, and assault have become, both online and in real life. I share the emotional weight this story...
Lauren of Love on Why the Coaching Industry Needs a Full Reset | Consent, Truth, and Trauma-Informed Leadership 16.04.2026 46:51
The coaching industry doesn’t need more scripts. It needs truth. In this powerful conversation on The Femme Cast , I sit down with transformational mentor Lauren Eliz Love from Lauren of Love to unpack what’s really broken in online coaching, and what it takes to rebuild a business rooted in consent-based selling, emotional safety, and unapologetic authenticity. We go straight into it: toxic sale...
How Breaking Up With Religion Healed My Relationship With Myself And God 09.04.2026 30:03
What if the very thing you were taught would bring you closer to God… actually kept you disconnected from yourself? This episode of The Femme Cast is raw, unfiltered, and completely off-script. We’re talking about the quiet rebellion so many women feel—but are afraid to admit: outgrowing organized religion, questioning what you were taught, and reclaiming your relationship with the divine on your...
Fear You're Not Enough and Imposter Syndrome | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 5 31.03.2026 33:21
If “Who am I to do this?” has been quietly running your life… this is where we burn that story down. We’re closing out Visibility Glow Up Month with the most insidious visibility block I see in high-capacity, soul-led women: the belief that you’re not enough. Not ready enough. Not qualified enough. Not polished enough. And here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud: that story isn’t protecting...
Fear of Speaking Your Truth | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 4 26.03.2026 34:02
Your content can be honest and still feel wrong coming out of your mouth. That tension? That’s where transformation begins. In this episode of The Femme Cast, we dig into one of the deepest visibility blocks holding ambitious, soul-led women back: the fear of speaking your unfiltered truth. The version that might spark pushback, ruffle feathers, or even get you canceled. We unpack how this fear qu...
The Fear of Judgement or Rejection | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 3 23.03.2026 37:53
The fastest way to lose your voice? Asking, “What will everyone think?” And if you've been asking yourself that question, then this episode of The Femme Cast, is your wake-up call. If you’ve been showing up online, in your career, or in your life feeling like you’re performing instead of expressing, overthinking every word, reading into every reaction, shaping yourself to be accepted…This isn...
Fear of Lack & Scarcity | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 2 12.03.2026 37:23
Do you filter what you say, create, or share through the lens of “what will keep me safe, financially secure”? Do you find yourself over-performing, shrinking your voice, or chasing recognition instead of your soul-aligned purpose? If so, this episode of The Femme Cast is your unapologetic wake-up call. In Part 2 of my Visibility Glow Up Series, we unpack the fear of lack and how scarcity quietly...
International Women’s Day | Feminism, Visibility & The Fall of the Patriarchy 08.03.2026 35:54
International Women’s Day was never meant to be polite. It was born from protest. From disruption. From women refusing to stay silent inside systems that depend on their invisibility. In this raw, unfiltered episode, I pressed pause on our planned programming to talk about what’s really happening beneath the surface. The backlash, the discomfort, and the truth that equality is still fragile. And w...
Fear of Success and Failure | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 1 02.03.2026 37:26
If you’re a woman terrified that being successful comes with a hefty price, or that trying and failing will humiliate you, this episode of The Femme Cast is for you. Welcome to Part 1 of my 5-part Visibility Block Series for Visibility Glow-Up Month. We’re diving into the sneaky, intertwined fears of success and failure that keep ambitious women stuck in hustle, procrastination, self-sabotage, a...
Stop Shrinking | The Truth About Visibility No Coach Will Tell You 26.02.2026 37:32
If you’ve tried every strategy, template, and swipe file, and still hear crickets…it’s not because you’re broken. The real problem isn’t strategy; it’s safety. Your body equates visibility with danger, and until you honor that, no tactic will work. In this unapologetically honest episode of The Femme Cast, I share my personal story of ghosting social media for two and a half years, spiraling throu...
REAL Confidence with Simone Knego | From Self-Doubt to Unshakable Self-Trust 19.02.2026 33:48
Confidence doesn’t show up on command. It grows where you plant it. In this unapologetically real conversation on The Femme Cast, I sit down with keynote speaker, author, and podcast host Simone Knego to unpack the REAL method for building confidence that sticks: Respect yourself Embrace your failures Ask what you truly want Live without limits Simone’s journey, from CPA to mom of six, to climbing...
The Good Girl Lie | Why Being Palatable Is Killing Your Visibility, Impact, and Income 16.02.2026 30:52
This episode is a no-BS dismantling of the “good girl” routine, and how it quietly keeps powerful, intuitive women stuck, unseen, and underpaid. I’m sharing the lived truth of how people-pleasing flattened my voice, drained the energy from my content, and kept my impact capped… until I finally said the thing I was afraid to say. We talk about why watered-down honesty creates invisibility, why your...
Gemma James on Turning Pain into Purpose | Why Sharing Your Story Heals You and Others 12.02.2026 43:04
In this raw, permission-giving conversation, I sit down with Gemma James, creator and host of the Muse Yourself podcast, to talk about grief, reinvention, and the quiet courage it takes to be seen when every instinct tells you to hide. After a catastrophic season that blew her life apart (loss, displacement, identity death) Gemma found an unexpected lifeline: a simple morning ritual of coffee and...
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