She didn't just lose everything. She lost everything she'd spent her whole life trying to become.

Kirsten Franklin entered this world with the odds stacked. Adopted by white parents in a homogenous neighborhood in the 1970s. Neurodivergent in a world that had no framework for that. Straddling two financial realities after her parents divorced — one where money was easy, one where everything was a struggle. She made a decision early: she was going to make F-you money. She was never going to be poor again.

So she became a lawyer.

And then a colleague systematically dismantled her career. Then the 2008 financial crisis hit. Then her license was suspended. Then she found herself a single mother with an infant and no place to live.

The universe, as Kirsten tells it, had been tapping her on the shoulder for years. She just didn't listen. So it took everything.

In this episode, Genea and Kirsten trace the full arc … from a childhood of feeling unwanted and out of place, to the ego-driven climb, to the total collapse, to the woman who now wakes up like a kid on Christmas morning and helps high-achievers become unfuckwithable.

They talk about control, denial, the difference between intellectual knowledge and embodied change, and why your leaky vessel has to shatter before it can hold anything worth having.

Four moments from this conversation that don't leave you:

🔹 The colleague who sabotaged her career from … and why Kirsten's denial of it was actually the more important story

🔹 What it felt like to be homeless with a law degree, an infant, and a suspended license in 2009 … and why she now calls it the best year of her life

🔹 The difference between checking a box and embodied change … and the moment she finally felt what that difference actually is

🔹 Why becoming unfuckwithable has nothing to do with not caring … and everything to do with being so at peace with yourself that nothing outside you gets to decide your worth

If you've been doing all the right things and still feel like something essential is missing ... this episode names what's actually in the way. Listen now.

About Kirsten:

She is a retired attorney turned founder, investor and elite performance coach who has helped thousands of high-achievers become UnF*withable in business and life.

Connect with Kirsten:

Website https://kirstenfranklin.com/

Instagram handle @kirsten_franklin

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsten-franklin/

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