*A gentle note before you press play: Elif briefly mentions childhood sexual abuse. There are no details, but please take care of yourself while listening. There is also a little strong language.

At six years old, Elif got lost in a crowded street festival in Turkey. She found a policeman, recited her home phone number and got herself back. What she took from that day was simple: I have to deal with it, and I cannot ask for help.

That little girl grew into the woman who always found the way. The fixer. The one with every answer. And it was quietly exhausting her.

In this episode, Elif Köse, founder and editor of Confidence Magazine, shares how she went from chasing free English classes in Brighton as a 21 year old au pair to running a magazine that reaches women all over the world. (Fun fact: I was her English teacher back then 🧡)

We talk about:

• how one childhood moment can shape your whole personality

• over-giving and helping when nobody asked

• seeing your mother as a woman, not only as your mum

• ending a marriage with love instead of a fight

• the moment she stopped people pleasing and started asking "how do I feel about this?"

• why she believes we are not broken

Find Elif at Confidence Magazine Official: https://confidence.elifkose.com/

International Women's Day event, 5 March 2027: https://iwd.elifkose.com/

Come and find me on Instagram @cometribewithme, where my door is always open 🧡

**A gentle note before you press play: this episode includes discussion of a controlling relationship and domestic violence. Please take care of yourself as you listen.

Taylor grew up with a single mum, not enough money and a whole lot of love. She was the good girl, the quiet one, the second mum who kept everyone calm and fixed whatever was falling apart.

Today she's a chartered accountant, a former CFO and a single mum of two, supporting women in business with their finances. But the road here wasn't simple.

In this honest conversation, Taylor shares how being the good girl shaped the way she loved, how she lost her family and friends inside a controlling relationship and found the courage to get out, and how, years later, she realised she'd slowly become the quiet version of herself again.

We talk about why putting yourself first isn't selfish, why grit will only get you so far, and why you were never meant to carry everything on your own.

If you've ever been the strong one who holds everyone else, this one is for you 🧡

Connect with Taylor: https://taylorsmithandco.com/Connect with Dominique: @cometribewithme

New episodes every Thursday.

What happens when a little girl learns that love has to be earned?

Marta Hyder grew up carrying everyone's emotions. She was the parentified child, her mum's best friend before she was ever just her daughter, and the lesson she absorbed was that love is something you deserve, not something you're given.

That belief followed her into two marriages. In this episode she takes us into the darkest chapter, the moment she finally saw the patterns she was repeating, and why she couldn't just leave. The new version of her had to be built inside that relationship first.

We talk about carrying what was never yours to carry, anger as a sign of broken boundaries, rebuilding safety in your body, and the work Marta does now helping women shed the identities that were never theirs.

Her message for you: you are enough, exactly as you are. Love is your birthright. You don't have to deserve it. 🧡

Find Marta: https://www.thethrivinggoddess.com/

Find me on Instagram @cometribewithme, my door is always open.

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