What if confidence isn't something you need to find before you move forward but something you build by taking the next step?

In this episode, I'm sitting down with Joy Poole to talk about self-trust, confidence, courage, reinvention, motherhood, leadership, and navigating uncertainty.

After 20 years of building her career, Joy and her family made a life-changing decision: they spent 18 months circumnavigating the globe by sailboat.

Four years of preparation, ocean crossings, tight quarters, constant uncertainty, and life far outside their comfort zone taught Joy something she couldn't have learned by simply staying in control.

She learned to ask:

"Is this unsafe, or is it just uncomfortable?"

That question became a powerful way to separate real danger from the discomfort that often comes with growth, change, and becoming someone new.

We talk about building self-trust, "minding the gain," embracing uncertainty, motherhood, marriage, leadership, and what happens when you stop outsourcing your confidence and start collecting evidence that you can handle what life throws at you.

We also talk about reinvention, life transitions, personal growth, and what it looks like to return home and integrate everything you've learned instead of simply going back to who you were before.

Joy Poole is a sought-after leadership coach and speaker who helps leaders navigate growth, change, and uncertainty with greater clarity and confidence. Her work is shaped by years of coaching senior leaders, along with the lived experience of sailing around the world with her family—where uncertainty was a daily reality.

Joy brings real-world storytelling, heart, humor, and practical strategies to her keynotes, workshops, and coaching, helping leaders become calmer, more credible, and more confident at work and beyond.

If you're in a "what now?" season—considering a career change, making a difficult decision, pursuing a dream, or standing at the edge of a new chapter—this conversation is for you.

You don't have to feel ready.

Sometimes, you build confidence by going first.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joypoole/
Website: https://www.joypoole.com/

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What if the thing you're waiting for isn't coming?

The permission.
The perfect timing.
The confidence.
The person who finally says, "Yes, you can."

Sometimes, we wait for those things so long that waiting starts to feel like a decision.

In this episode of To the Core, I'm talking about what it means to stop waiting for permission and start taking responsibility for what comes next.

Not blame.
Not shame.
Not pretending your circumstances don't matter.

Just asking yourself:

What part of this is mine?
And what can I do from here?

I share a season of my own life when everything fell apart—losing our home and vehicles, facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, and being pregnant in the middle of it all.

I couldn't change what had happened.

But eventually, I had to stop asking, "Why us?" and start asking, "Where do we go from here?"

That question changed everything.

If you've been waiting for someone to give you permission to make a change, this episode is for you.

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And send this to a woman who might need the reminder:

Your next move belongs to you.

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What if you're not stuck because you're unqualified—but because you're still waiting to feel ready?

In this episode, I sit down with Alexis Morello, Chief Vision and Purpose Officer, business mentor, founder of The Business of Her Events, and author of Getting Ready for Power, for an honest conversation about confidence, self-doubt, ambition, and what it really means to step into your power.

Alexis shares how she built a national women's conference in Las Vegas, why she intentionally kept tickets accessible at $200, and what happened when a mentor told her the dream she was building would fail. Instead of letting that criticism stop her, she used it to define success on her own terms and keep moving.

We talk about why momentum can matter more than endless preparation, how to stop treating self-doubt like a fact, and why wanting more from your life doesn't mean you're ungrateful for what you already have.

Alexis and I also unpack the pressure women put on themselves to do it all, the role of mentorship in building self-trust, and the difference between performing confidence and actually believing in yourself.

And underneath all of it is a bigger question: What if your worth has nothing to do with what you produce?

If you've been waiting until you're more confident, more successful, more prepared, or simply "ready enough" to take the next step, this conversation is your invitation to question that story.

You don't need to become a different woman before you go after more.

You might just need to start using the power you already have.

Alexis' Business of Her Conference is happening November 14, 2026, in Las Vegas. If this conversation resonates with you, you can learn more about the upcoming event and join Alexis and a community of women coming together to step into their power, purpose, and leadership.

Listen in for a conversation about women, leadership, self-worth, confidence, ambition, purpose, and the courage to stop waiting for permission.

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What if the reason you keep asking "Is this it?" isn't because you need a different life but because you've slowly disappeared from your own?

You can be grateful for your life and still feel restless, disconnected, or like something is missing. In this episode, I'm talking about self-abandonment, people-pleasing, motherhood, identity, and what happens when we get so used to taking care of everyone else that we stop asking ourselves what we actually want.

I share a personal story from planning an event in Las Vegas and the moment I realized I was choosing what was easiest for everyone else instead of what I wanted.

You don't need to blow up your life to feel like yourself again.

Sometimes, you simply need to start asking: What do I want?

If you've been feeling stuck, burned out, restless, or disconnected from yourself, this episode is your reminder that you don't need a crisis to choose yourself.

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What if you know you're worthy but you still don't feel worthy?

You can say "I am enough" a hundred times and still feel the pressure to prove yourself, please everyone, achieve more, or become someone "better" before you believe you deserve love, belonging, and acceptance.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Marisa G. Franco, New York Times bestselling author of Platonic and author of Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment, for a deeply honest conversation about self-worth, self-esteem, shame, people-pleasing, perfectionism, burnout, and secure attachment.

We explore why trying harder to feel worthy can actually keep us stuck and how our nervous system, memories, relationships, and deeply held beliefs about ourselves shape the way we experience worth.

In our conversation, we unpack:

• Why you can know you're enough but still struggle to feel worthy
• How hyperachievement, perfectionism, and people-pleasing can become ways of seeking validation
• The "feel-heal-do" framework for working with difficult emotions
• Why shaming your insecurities can actually reinforce them
• How secure attachment changes the way we experience ourselves and our relationships
• The difference between healthy self-esteem and self-esteem that depends on proving yourself
• How memory reconsolidation can help us update painful emotional patterns
• Why old memories and emotional triggers can make the past feel present
• How to stop abandoning yourself in the pursuit of approval, achievement, or acceptance

Dr. Franco brings together psychology, neuroscience, self-esteem research, attachment theory, and emotional healing to offer a different way of thinking about worth: you don't have to fix yourself into becoming worthy.

If you've ever struggled with low self-esteem, self-doubt, shame, people-pleasing, perfectionism, burnout, or the feeling that you're never doing enough, I think this conversation will give you a deeper understanding of where those patterns come from and how you can begin building genuine self-trust from the inside out.

You don't have to earn your worth. You can learn to feel it.

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• Instagram: @DrMarisaGFranco
• LinkedIn: Dr. Marisa G. Franco
• Website: DrMarisaGFranco.com
• Substack: Attached by Dr. Marisa G. Franco
• X/Twitter: @DrMarisaGFranco

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The life you say you want is already being measured by the one you're actually living.

If your words, calendar, relationships, and habits don't match, this episode will call you out in the most useful way possible and show you how to start closing the gap today.

In this episode of To the Core, I'm getting real about integrity, confidence, self-trust, authenticity, alignment, and personal growth.

I recorded this one from my kitchen at 6 a.m., but the message is razor-sharp: integrity is the real foundation of confidence.

Not perfection. Not pretending. Not having every area of your life mastered.

I'm unpacking why so many women know the language of growth — boundaries, alignment, authenticity, discipline, purpose — without actually practicing it in real life.

• Why living in integrity matters more than saying all the right things online
• The difference between announcement energy and actual becoming
• How confidence is built through evidence, not affirmations alone
• A simple 7-day self-audit to reveal what your life is really prioritizing
• The gap between your front stage and backstage, and how to shrink it
• Why trust with yourself is the first step to real confidence
• How your everyday habits and choices shape your identity
• What happens when your words and actions stop matching

I also challenge some of the common ways we drift out of alignment — saying family is a priority while giving it the scraps of our time, claiming our health matters while constantly negotiating against it, or talking about building a business while consuming everyone else's work instead of creating our own.

Because here's the reminder: your life is always telling the truth, even when your mouth isn't.

This episode is for the woman who's tired of performative growth and ready to become someone her own actions can back up.

If you've ever wondered why confidence still feels out of reach, this conversation points straight to the answer: self-trust is built by giving yourself evidence that you can believe you.

Before you move on, grab one piece of evidence today that the woman you say you are is the woman you're becoming.

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What happens when the life you worked so hard to create looks good from the outside—but no longer feels right on the inside?

I had such a great conversation with Kim Costa, a top 5% Atlanta Realtor, author of Live in Your Wheelhouse, speaker, and creator of the Wheelhouse Method, about what it means to recognize when you've outgrown a life that once felt like the dream.

Kim shares the wake-up call that changed everything—from a beautiful 40-acre property that looked perfect on paper to realizing it was quietly draining her. After a life-altering back injury forced her to slow down and reevaluate, Kim began making intentional choices about her home, habits, relationships, and next chapter.

She also opens up about why she once said no to the Oprah Winfrey Show while recovering in a walker, what that season taught her about listening to herself, and how she ultimately rebuilt her life one intentional choice at a time.

We talk about the difference between gratitude and alignment, recognizing when you've outgrown a life that once felt right, and how your environment can influence the person you're becoming. Kim also shares her Wheelhouse Method and the intentional shifts that helped her stop waiting for "someday" and start creating a life she truly loves now.

If you've ever looked around at your life and thought, "I'm grateful, but this doesn't feel like me anymore," this conversation is for you.

For women navigating transition, reinvention, or a season of becoming, Kim's story is a reminder that you don't have to throw everything away to create something more aligned.

Sometimes, the next chapter begins with simply being willing to ask: Does the life I'm living still fit the woman I've become?

So grab a cup of coffee, get comfortable, and join us for this conversation. Press play and let's explore what it might look like to create a life that truly feels like yours.

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Instagram: @kim.e.costa on Instagram

Facebook: Kim Costa on Facebook

LinkedIn: Kim Costa on LinkedIn

Website: Lifestyle Foundations

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Hey Revitalized Womanhood listeners! Today on To the Core, I am getting real about what happens when you stop trying to convince people who aren't ready—and start building for the women who already feel the pull.

This episode was sparked by a conversation about women hesitating over an event ticket, but the deeper conversation is about so much more: readiness, pricing, conviction, and learning to trust what you're creating.

I'm talking about why "not yet" is not the same as "no," why someone's hesitation isn't proof that your offer is wrong, and what happens when we take someone else's uncertainty personally. There's a difference between listening to feedback and letting someone else's hesitation pull you away from your vision.

I also get personal about my own community, the realities of pricing, and what it means to create a room that transforms the people who are truly ready to step into it. Because the goal isn't to convince everyone to come. It's to create something so aligned that the right women feel unmistakably seen by it.

And this isn't just about business. I connect this lesson to coaching, friendship, motherhood, and the people we love but cannot force to grow.

If you're an entrepreneur, coach, creator, or simply a woman standing at the edge of a decision you keep explaining your way out of, this episode is for you.

Because growth has a cost, yes but so does staying exactly where you are.

And when the timing is right, I want you to be ready to say yes without needing to justify it to anyone.

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