The InspirED Podcast: Creating Shifts That Lead to Income and Freedom

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda sits down with personal stylist Lizette Hendricks to challenge one of the biggest misconceptions women have about fashion: that clothing should fix their bodies. Lisette shares her philosophy of using style to honor a woman's natural features rather than hide or change them. Together, they explore body harmony, seasonal color analysis...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda explores why so many women struggle with negotiation and why the challenge has less to do with confidence than with lifelong conditioning. She explains how women are often taught to prioritize likability over self-advocacy, making it difficult to negotiate compensation, pricing, boundaries, and opportunities. Andrea reframes negotiation a...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda sits down with Ashley Crossan to discuss her remarkable journey from chronic illness to holistic healing practitioner. After years of battling serious health challenges, including chronic illness, long-haul COVID, and Lyme disease, Ashley began exploring holistic health, emotional healing, and energy work in search of answers beyond sympt...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda sits down with Gina Fedeli, founder of P3 Transformation, to explore the powerful connection between identity and leadership. Drawing from her experience leading large teams in male-dominated industries and advising founders and CEOs, Gina shares how self-awareness, values alignment, emotional intelligence, and communication shape the way...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda challenges the belief that women are "too much" and explores how cultural conditioning teaches many women to shrink themselves to maintain acceptance and harmony. Drawing from personal experience, leadership research, neuroscience, and behavioral psychology, Andrea explains why visibility can feel unsafe, how self-silencing affe...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda sits down with Dr. Shenetta Malkia for a powerful conversation about financial independence, healing, identity, and purpose. Together, they explore how childhood conditioning, limited beliefs, relationships, financial abuse, and societal expectations can keep women disconnected from their voice and power. Dr. Shenetta shares her personal...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda challenges the idea that women should be able to “have it all” at the same time without sacrifice or tension. She explores how modern expectations around career, motherhood, relationships, wellness, and success have created unsustainable pressure for women, often leading to burnout, fragmentation, and guilt. Through personal experience an...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda reframes imposter syndrome as a natural response to growth rather than proof of inadequacy. She explores the neuroscience behind visibility, fear, and self-protection, especially for women stepping into higher levels of leadership and expansion. Andrea breaks down the difference between fear and intuition, explains why confidence is built...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda explores what it really means to build a business that supports your life instead of consuming it. Drawing from personal experience, she shares how growth without systems, delegation, and boundaries can quickly turn entrepreneurship into exhaustion. Andrea breaks down the difference between building freedom versus building dependency, exp...

What happens when women stop just consuming information—and start applying it? In this episode, Andrea sits down with Jennifer Kornoely, founder of She Reads, She Leads , to explore the gap between learning and implementation. Together, they unpack why so many women are reading powerful books but still feel stuck, how community accelerates growth, and why conversations—not just content—are what cr...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda challenges the traditional hustle-driven model of success and introduces a more sustainable, aligned approach to building a business. She explores the concept of feminine power in business—focusing on energy, intuition, and cyclical productivity rather than constant output. Through personal experience and research, Andrea explains why ove...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda explores how your relationship with money is shaped long before you ever earn it. She breaks down how early experiences, emotional patterns, and subconscious beliefs influence financial decisions, pricing, and capacity to receive. Through personal insight and research-backed concepts like money scripts, this episode highlights why financi...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda shares her journey from corporate burnout to entrepreneurship, revealing that burnout is often less about doing too much and more about being misaligned with who you’ve become. She breaks down what it really takes to transition into entrepreneurship—from identity shifts to financial preparation—while challenging the idea that leaving corp...

In this episode of the InspirED Podcast, Andrea De La Cerda explores the Likability Trap—a double standard where women are evaluated not only on their leadership, but on how comfortable their leadership feels to others. Through personal experience and research-backed insight, she unpacks how this shows up in the workplace, why it impacts visibility and advancement, and what it takes to lead with c...

In this vulnerable and powerful episode, Andrea shares the moment she realized she had achieved external success — title, salary, status — yet felt completely empty inside. What looked like accomplishment was actually misalignment. Through her story of career pivots driven by fear, shrinking under cultural and workplace expectations, and surviving layered trauma, Andrea unpacks the real signs of m...

In this deeply personal episode, Andrea shares the moment she realized she had achieved everything she was “supposed” to want — the title, salary, and status — yet felt completely empty inside. Through stories of career pivots shaped by fear, shrinking under cultural and workplace expectations, and hitting a mental health breaking point, Andrea unpacks what misalignment really looks like. She expl...

In this episode, Andrea unpacks the hidden emotional, physical, and financial cost of being “good.” Through personal stories of childhood conditioning, people-pleasing, and survival mode in adulthood, she reveals how self-abandonment is often a nervous system response — not a personality trait. Andrea breaks down how “good girl” programming impacts income, leadership, boundaries, and burnout, and...

In this powerful season opener, Andrea shares a deeply personal story about financial dependence, single motherhood, and the night her credit cards were declined at a grocery store with two small children in tow. What felt like a private failure was actually something much bigger: the systemic reality known as the motherhood penalty. Backed by research and lived experience, this episode explores t...

In this episode, Dr. Tracy Baynes, founder and CEO of STEP (Student Expedition Program), shares her journey from oceanography to education, focusing on empowering low-income high school students in Arizona. She discusses the challenges these students face, the importance of family support, and the transformative experiences provided by STEP. Dr. Baynes emphasizes the significance of hard work, int...

In this conversation, Dr. Eva Altobelli discusses the transformative potential of psychedelic therapy, addressing common misconceptions and emphasizing its benefits for personal and spiritual growth. The dialogue explores the unique challenges faced by women in managing mental health, societal expectations, and the importance of self-care. This conversation concludes with a focus on community supp...

This isn’t about pretending life is perfect. It’s about learning how to create moments of magic, even in the middle of the mess. If we’re not intentional about creating joy in our everyday lives, burnout isn’t just possible... it’s inevitable . Because here’s the truth: hustle without harmony leads to resentment, exhaustion, and questioning why you even started in the first place. In this episode,...

If you've ever found yourself staring at a life you didn’t plan, wondering what comes next, this one’s for you. This week, Andrea dives into the messy, beautiful, and often disorienting process of rebuilding your sense of self when life takes an unexpected turn. Whether you're navigating the end of a relationship, a career pivot, a health crisis, or another plot twist you didn’t see coming...

Let's get real: rejection stings. Whether it's a "no" to your proposal, a lost client, or a critical piece of feedback, it can shake your confidence and make you question everything. But here's something I wish I'd known sooner: Rejection isn't the end. It's often the pivot point toward deeper alignment and bigger success.  . . . RESOURCES » ⁠⁠Boundaries Blueprint...

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Women leaders are burning out faster than ever . And too often, we’re doing it in silence. In this episode of The InspirED Podcast , Andrea opens up a conversation we need to be having: why mental health isn’t just a personal issue, but a leadership issue. She unpacks how stigma, self-silencing, and the pressure to “hold it all together” are taking a toll—and what it looks like to lead differently...