The Paradox of Validation
What if the very thing you’ve been told to avoid: validation is actually the thing that could heal you?

In this vulnerable solo episode, I unpack a realization that’s changed everything for me: validation isn’t weakness, it’s nourishment. For soul-led leaders and conscious creators, self-doubt often masquerades as humility. We’re taught to fear ego, to tough it out alone, to be “above” needing affirmation. But what if that’s a lie designed to keep us small?

I share the deeper truth behind the phrase “you can’t read the label from inside the jar, (from my friend Elizabeth)” and how reflection from others can reveal power you never knew you had. You’ll hear why I believe validation, when received with presence, is not about chasing approval but about remembering who you are.

Whether you’re feeling unseen, stuck in a growth plateau, or questioning your impact, this episode will help you shift your relationship with being witnessed. Because someone is waiting for your voice, and it might be you.

There’s a sacred tension in building something real inside systems that were never built for you.

In this episode, I explore what it means to stay in the game. Not to conform, but to quietly transform it from within. Not to opt out entirely, but to create meaningful change.

This isn’t about rejecting business, success, or structure altogether. It’s about reclaiming your voice, your strategy, and your truth without abandoning your soul to do it.

I speak about my own evolution, and why entrepreneurs often feel torn between visibility and integrity.

If you’ve ever felt like you can’t win playing by the rules, but don’t want to burn it all down, this one’s for you.

Join me as we launch The Business of Becoming.

Join me as we begin this incredible journey together.

This episode is about the vow I made to myself at 15. The new vow I just made to myself this week. And how we can keep these vows to ourselves.

Because we have all made one. We have all vowed not to settle. We have all vowed to truly live. We have all vowed to dream big.

And then somewhere along the way we found all the reasons why we couldn't do that.

I so loved sharing this with you and I can't wait to come back each week to share more.

Welcome to The Business of Becoming, a podcast for soul-led leaders, conscious entrepreneurs, sacred disruptors, and anyone who knows they were never meant to settle.

I'm Sabrina Riley, speaker, bestselling author, and conscious business guide. This space invites you into the deeper work beneath the work. This isn't a space about strategies, step-by-step formulas, performing, or proving. But real, unfiltered transmissions to help you remember who you are, why you're here, and the impact you're meant to have.

Here we explore business as a spiritual path through the lens of embodiment, nervous system capacity, Human Design, identity, and authentic leadership.

This is a space for those who are building something real without abandoning themselves to do it.

Because following the rules was never the assignment.
Because presence will always matter more than performance.
Because you were never here to play the game, you were meant to transform it.

This isn’t just about business.
It’s about becoming the version of you that can change the world.

So join me in this conscious business movement. Take your seat and co-create this vision with me.

The world needs the version of you that doesn't settle. And it starts here.