What if everything we've been taught about grief is wrong?

Freud thought grief was a problem to solve. Then Western culture gave us two days to do it, so many of us learned to move on, perform strong, and grieve quietly — alone.

In this episode, Krista sits down with Carla Fernandez, author of Renegade Grief and co-founder of The Dinner Party, a national nonprofit that brings grieving people together around a dinner table, to talk about what grief actually is, what it does to the body, and what becomes possible when we stop treating it as something to recover from.

Whether you're grieving a person, a relationship, a past, an identity, or a life you once dreamed of, this conversation will give you the language, the tools, and the permission to feel it fully.

🎧 In this episode you'll learn:

• Why grief is not a detour
• What anticipatory grief is and why naming it matters
• How to sit with someone else's grief without saying the wrong thing
• Why the people around you go quiet after a loss
• What confident grief actually looks like
• How The Dinner Party is changing the way we grieve together
• Why grief evolves but doesn't end

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “How do I stop feeling like life is happening to me?” — this episode is for you. In today’s conversation, Krista sits down with executive coach Jonathan Basker of the Conscious Leadership Group to explore what it really means to take 100% responsibility for your life — especially when the temptation to collapse into blame, resentment, or burnout feels irresistible.

Jonathan is known for helping leaders drop the victim mindset and step into grounded, heart-led presence. Before becoming a coach, he led strategy inside high-growth startups like Etsy and Betaworks, learning firsthand that surface-level leadership doesn’t survive real storms. But his insights don’t just come from boardrooms — they come from years of inner work, facing his own patterns, and choosing self-acceptance over self-attack.

Together, Krista and Jonathan unpack:

• How to recognize when you’re stuck in victimhood — and shift into self-ownership

• Why awareness is the first step to transformation (and why most people skip it)

• The subtle ways we self-sabotage when trying to “fix” ourselves

• Why acceptance isn’t resignation — it’s the doorway to change

• How to break free from repeating the same painful patterns

• The role of love and self-compassion in real, lasting leadership

This conversation is for anyone ready to stop outsourcing their power, stop looping in the same old stories, and start leading — in work, in relationships, and in life — from the inside out.

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If you’ve ever wondered how to turn your hardest truths into your greatest power — this episode is for you.

In today’s conversation, Krista sits down with brand strategist and truth-teller Kaitlyn Barclay to explore how owning our stories can transform not just our personal lives, but our professional impact. From founding purpose-driven creative agency Scout Lab to courageously sharing her own experiences of survival, Kaitlyn has built a career on the radical power of honesty.

Together, Krista and Kaitlyn unpack:

⟶ How telling the truth—personally and professionally—becomes a catalyst for freedom ⟶ The lifelong ripple effects of speaking out against injustice ⟶ Why great brands (and great lives) are built on clarity, values, and courage ⟶ How to cultivate confidence by claiming your story instead of hiding from it ⟶ The science of brand resonance — and how it applies to your personal identity ⟶ What it means to be “the hero of your own story” and why that matters more than ever

This episode is a permission slip: to tell the truth, to take up space, and to remember that your story—no matter how uncomfortable—is a source of strength, not shame.

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