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Episode 19

There was a literal tornado warning that interrupted the recording of this episode and that may have just been the perfect metaphor for what's happening right now. Life is life-ing in my world and I’m not waiting until the storm passes to tell you about it.

This one’s a love note from me to you if you’ve been trying to fix, figure out, or force your way through a season that’s calling for surrender.

If you're feeling uncertain, frustrated, or exhausted from carrying too much on your own, this episode is my personal experience of how hard the middle can be, and a permission slip and a how-to to let go and practice trusting the universe.

You’re going to hear real-time personal stories I had to ask my husband for permission to share from the middle of our own season of surrender—what I’ve learned, how I’m practicing it in real time, and what it looks like in to try… and try again… to surrender.

Listen in to learn...

✨The difference between surrender and giving up
✨Why needing to know the “how” is blocking the best possible outcomes
✨What to do in the middle of a situation that forces you to surrender
✨The real-time and long-term benefits of surrendering + trusting the universe
✨Practices, affirmations, and reflection prompts to help you let go even when it’s really hard

If you’ve tried controlling, planning, worrying, fixing, advising, and haven’t gotten very far, I hope this episode will serve you in the surrender.

📝 Recovery Reflection Prompt:
Where in my life am I trying to force an outcome instead of letting go and trusting? What would it look like to surrender this and give it over to the care of the Universe?

🔥Let’s connect and light up the world
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Episode 18

In this week’s breakthrough episode of The Girls Who Recover Podcast, I’m joined by the luminous Tracy Hill, founder of A Beautiful Fix and host of the podcast by the same name.

We talk about what it means to remember who you were before the world told you who to be, the magic of surrounding yourself with women who mirror your light, and why you don’t need to be fixed—you just need to come home to yourself.

If you’ve ever felt like you were made for something really beautiful, or that the world dimmed your light somewhere along the way, may this episode give you the same power and permission it gave me.

✨ About Tracy Hill:
Tracy Hill is the creator and host of A Beautiful Fix, a podcast and platform designed to help midlife women feel alive again. After a successful career as a Fortune 500 global marketing executive, she stepped away to rediscover herself—and now helps other women do the same. Through her retreats, Human Design sessions, and honest, heart-opening podcast conversations, Tracy guides women back to themselves—one beautiful fix at a time.

Follow Tracy on Instagram, check out her website, tune into her podcast, A Beautiful Fix, and grab her free guide Finding Your Beautiful Fix.

🔥Let’s connect and light up the world

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Episode 17

✨ What if that setback, silence, or "no" didn’t actually mean what you thought it did? ✨

So often, we make things mean we’re failing, not good enough, running out of time, or missing our shot.
(Ask me how I know... I’ve made ALL of it mean everything about me at one point.)

But here’s the truth:
👉 Most of what we assume isn't even real.
👉 Our brain loves to fill in gaps — usually with fear, not facts.
👉 Meaning is something we create — and we have the power to choose a new story.

In today’s new podcast episode, I’m sharing:
🌟 How I shifted the stories I used to tell myself about failure, money, parenting, and business
🌟 The real impact of making POSITIVE meaning
🌟 How my client Lori broke free from a limiting belief about her worth (and landed a higher offer!)
🌟 Practical strategies — including Byron Katie’s method — to reframe fast
🌟 Why having support (a coach, mentors, community) is non-negotiable when you’re rewriting your story

Bottom line:
Your life will reflect the story you tell yourself.
Choose power. Choose grace. Choose possibility.
(And remember who the f* you are.) 🧡

Connect with me!

✨ Want support rewriting your career, your money story, or your purpose path?
Create your career + income breakthrough in a free 1:1 Breakthrough Call so you can do work you absolutely love and make incredible money without hustling, grinding, or working harder.

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Episode 16: Have you ever said, “Making friends with women as an adult is so hard?” If so, this episode’s for you.

Today’s episode comes straight from my good friend Kena Siu’s panel on her powerful podcast The Midlife Butterfly: Healing, Empowerment, and Self-Discovery and you'll meet six of the most remarkable women- and friends- I know, straight from our podcasting community.

We share our personal struggles with isolation, the competitive mindset many of us were conditioned to carry, and the transformative power of building your own community of women.

💎Episode Gems

• Many of us have a competitive mindset with other women that stems from patriarchal conditioning around scarcity
• Research shows children benefit tremendously when they observe their mothers maintaining strong female friendships
• How to break the ice and make new friends
• Let's talk about friendship "breakups"
• The fastest way to true friendship is authenticity (and not perfection)
• How to decide who deserves a "seat at your table" and who doesn't

📝 Reflect on it:

• Who are the women in your life that truly see and celebrate you? How can you nurture those connections?
• What kind of sisterhood do you crave in this season of your life? What would it feel like to be fully supported?
• What’s one step you can take today to call in your soul-aligned community—whether it’s joining a new group, reaching out to someone, or showing up more authentically?

Loved this panel? Find and support us here:

• Jennifer Chambers / Podcast: Your Voice Matters / www.jennifer-chambers.com / IG: @jennifer_chambers_
• Tracy Hill / www.a beautifulfix.com / IG: @abeautifulfix / Podcast: A Beautiful Fix
• Jama Patel / www.jamapantel.com / IG: @jamapantel / Podcast: Brand Building: Living the Whole Picture
• Kena Siu / IG: @kenasiu / https://wellbeingproject.ca / Podcast: The Midlife Butterfly: Healing, Empowerment & Self-Discovery
• Casey Taton / IG: @cataton / Podcast: Inner Spark

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Episode 15: Have you ever thought, “That’s just how I am…” or “I’ve always been…” or “That’s just me…?” especially as it relates to something limiting, negative, or constrictive?

If so, this one’s a fiery love note from me to you, my friend.

If you’ve ever felt defined by your past (or even your present) — your career path, your mistakes, your shame, your family dynamics, your degree, your old habits…

I’ve got news for you:

You are not your story.

You are more than your past.

And your history is not your destiny.

In this episode, I’m sharing my own journey of transformation — from recovery from alcoholism, to shifts in the way I approach marriage, to breaking free of the hustle-for-worthiness mindset, to walking away from a safe but soul-starving K-12 career and finally saying yes to my assignment.

You’ll learn:

✨ The biggest stories holding you back (and how to let those go starting this minute)

✨ How to rewrite old beliefs and make new agreements about who you actually are

✨ A diamond of a secret about your past— and how to use it to alchemize your future

✨ My second-favorite F-word and how to use it to create space for your dreams

✨ Why so many women struggle with guilt and low confidence (and how to reverse this!)

✨ The simple process of transformation my clients use to create their dreams

I also share my stories of past shame and guilt and real-life examples of clients who shattered their limiting stories: — from believing they were stuck in jobs and circumstances they didn’t love…
— to becoming acclaimed musicians, world-travelers, entrepreneurs, and women who fully own their power and the true story of who and Whose they are.

Plus, I’m handing you my most effective tool for releasing the past so you can create space for everything you’ve ever wanted.

If you’re ready to stop repeating old stories, let go of the fake news that’s holding you back and start writing a new, expansive, abundant story for your life… this episode is a love note from me to you.

📝 Recovery Reflection: What’s a belief or story about yourself that no longer fits — and what would you love to believe instead?

✨ Want support rewriting your career, your money story, or your purpose path?
Create your career + income breakthrough in a free 1:1 Breakthrough Call so you can do work you absolutely love and make incredible money without hustling, grinding, or working harder.

Free Training: Create the Career You Crave

Free Abundance Guide: Reflect + Release + Receive Your Most Abundant 2025 right here.

Join the Girls Who Recover Movement for more transformational conversations and free trainings on how to transform your setbacks into comebacks and create a career + life you love. Check out our Facebook Community here and network with other powerhouse women pursuing their dreams.

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Episode 14: What happens when the story you’ve been carrying about your mother—and yourself—starts to change?

In this intimate and powerful episode, I sit down with mindset coach Stephanie Rousseau for a deeply honest conversation about mothers, daughters, grief, self-compassion, and the healing that’s possible when we choose to shift our perspective.

Stephanie shares how her mother’s experience with stage four lung cancer pushed her to reframe years of resentment and disappointment into compassion, clarity, and peace. She opens up about her journey through grief, boundary-setting, therapy, and the powerful realization that she didn’t have to fix her mom—or herself—to create emotional freedom.

Together, we explore:

• The complexity and power of mother-daughter relationships
• The pain of watching a parent struggle with addiction—and trying to help
• What it means to be a generational interrupter as a mom today
• The shift from self-judgment to self-compassion—and how it changes everything
• The impact of your own healing on your children
• And so much more!
  
  

Stephanie also shares simple, practical tips for cultivating self-compassion, building emotional capacity, and showing up as a leader in your own life—even while you're still healing.

This episode is a beautiful invitation to release old stories and resentments, soften into the freedom of compassion, and step into the truth of who you really are.

✨ About Stephanie Rousseau:
Stephanie is a certified life and mindset coach, podcast hose, and an incredible mother to two teenage girls. She specializes in helping women shift from judgement to compassion so they can live as the most confident, aligned version of themselves.

Follow her on Instagram and check out her podcast, Pivot on Purpose, and grab her Judgement Detox Guide!

✨ Connect with Dana:
Want to create a career that makes you feel fully alive (+ with the money to match)? Catch my free masterclass: Create the Career You Crave

Create your career + income breakthrough in a free 1:1 Breakthrough Call so you can do work you absolutely love and make incredible money without hustling, grinding, or working harder.

Download your free Abundance Guide: Reflect + Release + Receive Your Most Abundant 2025 right here.

Join the the Girls Who Recover Movement for more transformational conversations and free trainings on how to transform your setbacks into comebacks and create a career + life you love. Check out our Facebook Community here and network with other powerhouse women pursuing their dreams.

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Episode 13: We all have moments when we feel like totally giving up—whether it’s in our careers, relationships, personal growth, or just life in general. But what if those moments of doubt are actually signs that you're on the edge of a breakthrough? In this episode, I’m sharing powerful mindset shifts, personal stories, and practical steps to help you keep going when everything in you wants to quit. Plus, I’m weaving in advice from my incredible community on what helps them navigate tough times.

In This Episode:
✔️ The real reason why you feel like giving up—and how to shift your perspective
✔️ Transformational steps to honor your feelings and regain your strength and motivation
✔️ Why connecting with your Source can be a game-changer
✔️ How self-care, rest, and movement can radically shift your energy
✔️ How to take aligned action even when you're feeling stuck

Connect with Dana:
Register for my free masterclass 4/3: Create the Career You Crave

Download your free Abundance Guide: Reflect + Release + Receive Your Most Abundant 2025 right here.

Join the the Girls Who Recover Movement for more transformational conversations and free trainings on how to transform your setbacks into comebacks and create a career + life you love. Check out our Facebook Community here and network with other powerhouse women pursuing their dreams.

DM me your feedback and follow the movement on Instagram

Create your career + income breakthrough in a free 1:1 Breakthrough Call so you can do work you absolutely love and make incredible money without hustling, grinding, or working harder.

Resources & Mentions:

• Siri Baruc Thornton for Breathwork: Instagram I Podcast
• Books: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art I Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams I Heal Your Body
• Big Time Adulting (Caitlin Murray)
• Insight Timer

💬 Join the Conversation:
What part of this episode resonated most with you? DM me on Instagram @Girls.Who.Recover or leave a review on Apple Podcasts!

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⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions about addiction, substance abuse, homelessness, loss, and trauma. If these topics are sensitive for you, please listen with care or reach out for support if needed. You are not alone. 💛

In this deeply moving episode of Girls Who Recover, I welcome the incredible Martha Gilreath—award-winning chef, entrepreneur, and walking miracle. Martha shares her powerful journey from addiction and homelessness to recovery and transformation AND as the creator and owner of Nolita Bakery in New Orleans.

With raw honesty, Martha dives into her struggles, the defining moments that led to her recovery, and the resilience that brought her to a thriving, purpose-driven life that inspires others all over the world.

If you've ever felt like you’ve lost your way, Martha’s story is proof that it’s never too late to come home to yourself.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The reality of addiction, motherhood, and self-worth
• How Martha found the courage to rebuild her life
• The unexpected spiritual shifts that led to her success
• Why recovery isn’t just about sobriety—it’s about rediscovering who you are
• The power of community, purpose, and divine timing
  
  You Can Quote Us:

💡 “I am not a victim of my past. I am fully aware of who I am without God in my life. That’s what I look like.” — Martha

💡 “I started praying for the kind of partner I wanted. And then I became the kind of woman who deserved him.” — Martha

💡 “You don’t attract what you want—you attract what you are. The moment you shift, what you’re available for shifts, too.” — Dana

💡 “Recovery isn’t just about getting sober—it’s about waking up to the life you were meant to live.” — Dana

Connect with and support Martha & Nolita Bakery:
📍 Visit Nolita Bakery – 3157 Orleans Ave, New Orleans, LA
📲 Follow on Instagram – @nolita_nolalove
🌐 Website: nolitanola.com

Connect with Dana:
💵 FREE ABUNDANCE GUIDE: Reflect + Release + Receive Your Most Abundant 2025 right here.

🔥JOIN the Girls Who Recover Movement Facebook Community

💌DM me on Instagram

🚀 CREATE your career + income breakthrough in a free 1:1 Breakthrough Call so you can do work you absolutely love and make incredible money without hustling, grinding, or working harder.

Resources & Mentions:

• The Big Book of King Cake by Matt Haines
• Girls Who Recover Episode 9: The Power of Celebration
• Quiz: Are you an alcoholic?
  
  

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I love you.

I'm so proud of you.

And I believe in your ability to create a life you absolutely love.