When you’ve built a life that looks successful on paper but still feels like a tight corset, reinvention can feel like both rebellion and relief.

In this candid, laughter-filled, deeply honest conversation, Julie sits down with her longtime friend and fellow former PT, TaVona Boggs — Master Certified Coach, fractional CRO, and host of Breaking Protocol — to explore what happens when your identity, career, and even your literal voice all demand a new evolution.

Together, they unpack:

• The bravery of letting go when something no longer fits
• The “niche switcher” wound and how it weaponizes multidimensionality
• The body’s role in reinvention (including losing her voice for 10 weeks)
• The grief and power of midlife, perimenopause, and changing identities
• Why athletes often make the best entrepreneurs — and how pain tolerance, curiosity, and trust build resilience

Equal parts practical and soulful, this episode is a permission slip for every high-achieving woman afraid that changing direction means starting over. As TaVona reminds us:

03:15 – Letting Go and Being a ‘Niche Switcher’

07:28 – Reinvention and Becoming a Fractional CRO

12:10 – Listening to Yourself Over the World

15:15 – The Rule-Breaker’s Defiance

20:21 – The Right of Exile

24:36 – Losing Her Voice: When the Body Speaks

29:02 – Titrating Truth & Reclaiming the Voice

33:12 – Joy, Aliveness & Counter-Culture

36:23 – Enter the CRO Era

43:05 – The Athlete Archetype

46:23 – Identity, Loss & Integration

56:24 – Closing Reflections

Love what you hear? Learn more from Tavona at @tavonadenise on IG

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When bestselling author and publishing mentor Elizabeth Lyons joins Julie for a conversation about trusting your voice, what unfolds is a deeply human, hilarious, and refreshingly honest look at the creative process—from loosening the “Conformity Corset” to navigating self-doubt, self-trust, and sourdough starters. Together they explore what it really takes to write (and live) in your own voice—without needing Oprah’s approval or a book deal to prove it.

00:00 – “Breaking News & Beginnings”
Julie shares breaking news — she’s finished her first book draft (!!) — and introduces Elizabeth Lyons, six-time author, mentor, and queen of saying the quiet parts of the creative process out loud.

06:45 – “The Responsibility of Storytelling”
A deep dive into the ethics of memoir: how to revisit truth without re-traumatizing yourself or your reader, and why every powerful story has to “land the plane.”

12:48 – “What Every Aspiring Author Should Know”
Elizabeth debunks the biggest myths in publishing — from “write a book in a weekend” to “everyone else has it figured out” — and shares her real-world wisdom on patience, process, and staying power.

17:15 – “From Editor to Author: The Art of Self-Trust”
How to trust your voice when doubt creeps in, why creative insecurity is actually a sign of integrity, and what happens when you stop trying to “do writing right.”

27:40 – “The Brené Brown Fantasy: Publishing Realities & Industry Illusions”
A truth-bomb conversation about traditional vs. indie publishing, why The Today Show doesn’t sell books, and how chasing visibility can strangle your creative joy.

43:50 – “Loosening the Conformity Corset”
Elizabeth gets raw about unlearning people-pleasing, learning to feel safe being herself, and surrounding herself with people who let her breathe — not bind.

57:40 – “Future You, Present Peace”
Her signature practice: journaling as “future you.” How it rewires self-trust, softens anxiety, and helps her move through creative life with more ease and humor.

1:06:20 – “The Sourdough Era & The Permission to Begin Again”
They close with laughter, carbs, and creative metaphor — from sourdough starters and Highland cows to the tattoo that reminds us all: you can always begin again.

Love what you hear and want to learn more from Elizabeth?

Check out her website www.elizabethlyons.com and follow her on instagram @elizabethlyonsauthor

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Nervous System Regulation is having its moment, and we love that for it.

But what if regulation isn’t about staying calm, but about reclaiming flexibility, boundaries, and embodied strength as a sensitive high-achiever?

In this episode, Julie reconnects with longtime friend and Somatic Experiencing® practitioner Audrey Burke to explore what real nervous-system “regulation” is (hint: it’s flexibility, not monk-on-a-mountaintop calm).

Audrey traces her path from dancer/yoga teacher to trauma-informed touch work, unpacking why co-regulation and consent-based touch can complete stress cycles when talking can’t. Together they name the difference between embodiment and “moving without being in your body,” the balance of internal/external locus of control, and how sensitive, intuitive women can build boundaries without abandoning compassion.

Audrey shares practical boundary practices (the yarn exercise, push-hands “I can” reps), reframes healthy aggression as protecting life-force, and explains why titration beats catharsis.

Julie weaves in the Conformity Corset, parts-work in coaching, and the both/and of mobilization and rest.

They close with real-life community building beyond “pay-to-play,” and the advice they’d give their younger, hyper-capable selves: trust your body’s cues—and let that be enough.

1. From Movement to Embodiment — 01:03
   Audrey’s journey from dancer and yoga teacher to Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner — and the difference between moving your body vs. being in your body.
2. The Power of Touch — 03:23
   Why touch can be a missing piece in trauma healing and regulation, and how it differs from talk therapy or manual therapy.
3. Redefining Regulation — 08:01
   Unpacking misconceptions about regulation (it’s not endless calm), and reclaiming fight/flight energy as part of a flexible, responsive nervous system.
4. Context, Culture & the Nervous System — 11:32
   Exploring locus of control, trauma, and how regulation can’t be separated from culture, systems, and social context.
5. Boundaries & Sensitivity — 43:13
   Somatic practices like the yarn circle and relationship mapping, the challenges of being a highly sensitive person, and reframing boundaries as acts of care.
6. Reclaiming Healthy Aggression — 56:29
   How suppressed fight responses impact safety, and how titrated exercises help sensitive people feel both strong and relaxed at the same time.
7. Belonging & Community — 1:08:19
   Turning 40, moving back to Durham, longing for non-monetized circles, and building community rooted in secure, ongoing relationships.

Love what you hear from Audrey and want to learn more? Follow her on Instagram at @somaticswithaudrey

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