This week I'm doing something a little different. Just me sharing what's been on my heart after celebrating my mom's 80th birthday.

My husband spent four nights making 200 handmade pierogi from scratch to surprise her. I put together a slideshow of almost every photo that exists of her life, black and white photos of a little girl in postwar Warsaw, all the way through to the woman she is today, who still swims in the ocean every chance she gets and has more trips planned than I do.

And going through all of those photos, I just kept thinking about what it actually took for her to build this life.

My parents were born into a Poland that was still being rebuilt after World War II, where the Soviets came in as soon as the Nazis left, where my grandparents had a business the Communist party seized, took the profits, left them the debts. Where waiting ten years for your own apartment was just normal. Where people stood in ration lines for bread that wasn't there.

And somehow, in the middle of all of that, my mom had this quiet knowing that she would one day live in the United States. Even while communist propaganda was telling her how horrible it was. She just knew.

This episode is about her. But honestly, it ended up being about legacy: what our parents and ancestors carried so we could have the lives we have today.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• The moment Karolina's mom decided they weren't going back to Poland and how that decision changed our entire lives
• How my parents defected from Poland during Poland's martial law: where the government was at war with its own citizens.
• What the first years in the United States actually looked like: trying to find work, not speaking the language and the recessions that almost took them out
• The slide show that went through 80 years of my mom's life set to Polish classical music and what it felt like to watch it with her
• Why I think my mom is the visionary of our family, and what I've inherited from that

If you've ever thought about the shoulders you're standing on — this one is for you.

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You're ambitious and driven. You show up. And yet something feels off. Fatigue, the brain fog that won't lift, the periods that wreck you, and constant overwhelm.

Your doctor told you everything looks fine. But you know it's not.

In this episode, Karolina sits down with Leslie Jackson, functional nutritionist and founder of the Becoming Her movement, to talk about what's actually happening in the bodies of high-performing women, why conventional medicine keeps missing it, and what it really takes to operate at your peak without burning your body to the ground.

Leslie went from panic attacks in Ubers, misdiagnosed ADHD, and propping herself up with IV drips just to function in enterprise sales…to becoming the wellness-obsessed sales rep who outperformed everyone in the room, then pivoting to build a functional nutrition practice dedicated to ambitious women who refuse to settle for feeling mediocre in their own bodies.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• The hormone nobody is testing for, and why it explains the gap
• Why you might be experiencing early menopause symptoms decades too soon
• The express lane past everyone who is still drinking (Leslie says it boldly)
• The three unsexy lifestyle non-negotiables that move the needle more than any supplement
• Why your gut health is secretly tanking your business performance
• How healing internal inflammation creates more capacity to hold your big external goals

If you've ever felt like your body is working against you instead of for you, this episode is for you.

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Euphoric the Club is the premier space to lose the desire for alcohol as you surround yourself with successful women who don't drink (and the women who are becoming them). Euphoric the Club includes full access to all of my alcohol-free programs to make alcohol meaningless as your dreams take center stage.

If you know you're meant to help other people change their relationship with alcohol and create a profitable online brand, be sure to get on the waitlist for the Empowered AF Coach 5x Certification – and get 5x certified as a world class alcohol-free empowerment coach, subconscious change coach, success coach, NLP practitioner, and hypnosis practitioner and implement our 0 to $100k Coach Method™ as your build a profitable brand.

Profiling successful people who don't drink and where the alcohol-free lifestyle and entrepreneurship collide. Subscribe to the Euphoric AF YouTube channel.

Join over 20,000 souls who tune into weekly newsletters on the competitive advantage you get alcohol-free. Get on the Euphoric newsletter.

Read Euphoric: my HarperCollins bestseller on losing the desire for alcohol while getting high on your dream life. Be sure to get your copy of Euphoric: Ditch Alcohol and Gain a Happier, More Confident You today.

Apply to be our next Thought Leader to master premium selling and thought leader positioning to publish your book and deliver your keynote onstage.

Follow @euphoric.af on Instagram.

And as always, rate, review, and subscribe so we can continue spreading our message far and wide.

Are you holding back your story, your transformation, and your insights because you don't want to be too "salesy"?

Premium selling is one of the most underrated and important skills you can master, ESPECIALLY if you know you're meant to build something bigger than yourself.

And it doesn't have to have an ick factor or feel like bro marketing. When selling stops feeling uncomfortable, it can start feeling like leadership.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why you could be hiding a "cure for cancer" and what that actually means
• The difference between bro marketing funnels and real, relationship-based selling
• Why coaches hit a hidden ceiling when they never learn facilitation skills
• The concept of "soul contracts" and why some people are meant to work with you
• A story that will change how you think about a $3,000 coaching investment

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If you know you're meant to help other people change their relationship with alcohol and create a profitable online brand, apply now for the Empowered AF Coach 5x Certification – and get 5x certified as a world class alcohol-free empowerment coach, subconscious change coach, success coach, NLP practitioner, and hypnosis practitioner and implement our 0 to $100k Coach Method™ as your build a profitable brand.

Watch new weekly videos and podcast episodes on my YouTube. Subscribe to the Euphoric AF YouTube channel.

Euphoric the Club is the club where successful women who don't drink (and the women who are becoming them) grow together. Get access to all of my alcohol-free programs and methodology as you lose the desire to drink for only $62.

Awarded the most empowering book in the sober curious genre, be sure to get your copy of Euphoric: Ditch Alcohol and Gain a Happier, More Confident You today and leave a review.

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