The Woman Behind It All | Women-Owned Business, Work-Life Balance, Relationship Advice, Gene Keys, Human Design, Small Business, Overwhelm, Attachment Styles, Shadow Work, Financial Freedom

You know what nobody tells you about people-pleasing?
Every time you say yes when you mean no, you're not just breaking a promise to yourself - you're literally poisoning your body and your relationships from the inside out.

I used to think being "nice" meant swallowing my truth and keeping everyone else comfortable. Then I learned that resentment doesn't just live in your head - it lives in your tissues, your thyroid, your gut. And all that built-up rage from breaking trust with yourself? It has to go somewhere, and usually it gets projected onto the people you love most.

Today, I'm sharing the framework that Brené Brown shares in her Power of Vulnerability training sessions that completely shifted how I approach boundaries, plus the exact language for saying no or YES authentically!

What we're covering:

• Why authenticity is the foundation of boundaries (not people-pleasing)
• Brené Brown's "choose temporary discomfort over long-term resentment" mantra
• The default patterns working against you and why boundaries feel impossible
• How to share an authentic no AND yes with specific examples
• Three practices to integrate this week: reflection, practice, pause

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Email me at hello@kaijadawn.com and let's talk about whether this is a fit for you.

 

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Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You've been asking me how I launched my podcast, so I'm spilling the tea on the exact 17 steps I took to go from terrified perfectionist crying in my car to a top 10% globally ranked show in 4 months.

Let's be real - I had a full breakdown moment where I was literally bawling my eyes out driving to a client appointment, asking the universe for help because perfectionism had me so gripped I couldn't finish one episode.

The breakthrough came when I heard "LET GO" clear as day, and everything shifted. Now here we are at episode 69, and I'm sharing my whole messy journey so you can skip the drama and actually launch your show.

 

What we're covering:

• Why I followed Stefanie Gass's roadmap religiously (even though she's super religious and recently rebranded to "God-Led Business")
• The foundation work that matters more than fancy equipment (niche, title strategy, TSO statement)
• My equipment breakdown: why I ditched the expensive mic for a $10-20 lapel mic
• The technical setup that actually works (don't just upload to Spotify, use Podbean!)
• Launch day review strategy that boosted my rankings from day one

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All the resources I mentioned:

🎯 Stefanie Gass Podcast Episodes & Resources:

• 10 Tips to Start a Podcast in 30 Days
• 4 Week Podcast Launch Plan
• Step by Step Launch Checklist! Making a Podcast a Reality in 30 Days or Less!
• Stefanie Gass's free podcast launch checklist
• Podcast to Profit program (if you're feeling froggy like me)

👩‍💻 Equipment & Software:

• Lapel mic ($10-20 on Amazon)
• Audacity (free recording software)
• CapCut (free video editing for intro/outro with music)
• Otter voice recording app

🛠️ Platforms & Tools:

• Podbean distribution platform ($14/month) - CRUCIAL, don't just use Spotify!
• Apple Podcasts Connect (analytics)
• Shutterstock (royalty-free music ~$50)
• ListenNotes.com (track your global ranking - this is how I know I'm top 10% podcast!)
• Ale Merino Graphic Design podcast templates

 

Be sure to tune into the next episode on How to Set Boundaries Without Being an Asshole! It's gonna be 🔥🔥🔥

 

And remember - you can show up in a messy bun, no makeup, no bra, and still create a baller episode. Your message deserves to be heard, and you don't need to have it all figured out to start.

 

Be brave, not perfect, my babe!
Xx, Kaija
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Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Starting January 1st, I'm deleting Instagram for 30 days. No posting, no scrolling, no "just checking" - I'm going completely off social media to test if you can build a profitable business primarily through your podcast.

What we're covering:

• Modeling healthy screen boundaries for my 8-year-old daughter and being more present with her as my main driver for doing this
• My business hypothesis that there's another way to build business beyond the "you HAVE to be on social media" narrative
• Exact metrics I'm tracking and what I'm testing
• How you can join the experiment or follow along

Download the ScreenZen app on Apple | Android 

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If you want to experiment alongside me or follow my journey, email me at hello@kaijadawn.com.

I'll be sharing weekly updates with real data - the struggles, breakthroughs, and results.

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Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

I've been operating in manic reactive mode - fitting things in whenever I can, feeling scattered with 47 tabs open in my head, never feeling truly done with work or fully present with my family. And I'm over it.

In this jam-packed episode, I'm sharing the five specific systems I'm implementing to reclaim my time, energy, and presence in 2026. This isn't about being more productive for productivity's sake - this is about designing a life where I can be fully present with my 8-year-old daughter AND build the business I'm meant to create.

You'll hear about my five-block time blocking system, the Sunday planning ritual that's becoming sacred, why I'm finally diving into MeisterTask workflows, and the jobs chart that's going to stop my daughter from thinking I'm her personal ATM.

I'm also sharing our family's keto experiment following Dr. Courtney Hunt's protocol as we prepare to try for another baby, plus how I'm setting all of this up while she's with her dad over Christmas break.

Fair warning: this is a lot, but I'm sharing my process in real-time so you can take what resonates and experiment alongside me.

What we're covering:

• Five-block time blocking system and how it creates structure for spaciousness
• Sunday planning ritual with Horacio Dream Planner and weekly reflection process
• MeisterTask DWM workflows (daily, weekly, monthy tasks) to finally close my laptop feeling done
• My daughter's jobs chart, money jars system, and why she's going to start invoicing me
• Family keto experiment with Dr. Courtney Hunt's HFFF protocol for optimal health

Ready to Transform From the Inside Out? If you're feeling that same pull to restructure and create systems that support presence AND profit, I'd love to hear which system resonates most with you.

DM me and let me know which one you want to try - I encourage you to start with just one and experiment alongside me!

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Links mentioned:

• Chelsea Jo's podcast: Systemize Your Life
• MeisterTask Task Management Software
• Horacio Printing Dream Planner
• Horacio Printing Vision Board Kit
• Dr. Courtney Hunt

Be brave, not perfect, my babe!
Xx, Kaija

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Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

There's something sacred about taking a quiet moment on Christmas Day to connect with the people who matter most - and that's exactly what this episode is about.

In this short, heartfelt episode, I'm sharing my deep gratitude for this community of women who are done pretending they have it all figured out and ready to trust their inner knowing. Whether you've been here since the early days or just found the show, this message is for you. I'm also giving you a sneak peek into 2026 - the restructuring, experiments, and real-time process I'm bringing you along for, plus three specific ways you can support the show's growth.

What we're covering:

• Gratitude for this brave community choosing depth over perfection
• What's coming in 2026: systems, experiments, and figuring it out together
• Three ways you can help this message reach more women who need it

Ready to Transform From the Inside Out?

If you're ready to challenge your relationship with hustle and people-pleasing in 2026, email me at kaija@kaijadawn.com.

Also, I want to hear your insights, wins, and questions as we head into this new year! Pop into my inbox and let's talk about it!

Leave a review if this podcast has served you - it helps new listeners find us!

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Merry Christmas, and be brave, not perfect, my babe!
You're so worthy of it all.

Xx, Kaija

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Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

You know that sinking moment when you realize you're in a million places at once but nowhere at the same time? Like you want to be present, but the feeling of 'being behind', 'having so many things to do', or justifying needing to be 'productive' when you're really just addicted to your phone.... yeah, me too. I've had that realization on repeat lately, and it's been hitting me like a freight train.

In this raw episode, I'm sharing three wake-up calls that made me realize I'm stealing precious moments with my 8-year-old daughter and teaching her terrible habits about screens versus presence.

This isn't perfectly packaged - this is me processing in real-time about restructuring my entire life and business around what I actually value. You'll hear about the heartbreak of half-listening while scrolling, why I'm questioning the social media narrative entirely, and the shift from manic busyness to intentional presence.

What we're covering:

• How phone addiction is fragmenting my attention and modeling bad habits for Aisy
• Why I'm testing a podcast-first business strategy instead of chasing Instagram
• The difference between being busy versus being effective
• Reflection questions to examine your own patterns with work and presence

Ready to Transform From the Inside Out?

If you're feeling this same tension between building a business and being present with your family, and you're ready to design your life around what you actually value instead of what everyone says you "should" do, email me at kaija@kaijadawn.com.

I have a few 1:1 coaching spots open in January for women ready to create systems that support presence AND profit.

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Be brave, not perfect, my babe!
Xx, Kaija

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Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

If you're sick of having the same fights every 4-6 weeks, the thoughts of "are we compatible?", and that urge to run when things get hard - those are clues that your shadows miiiight be running the show, and the Gene Keys give you the exact map to transform them from relationship issues into deeper connection and trust in your relationship. #Winning 

In this episode, we're talking about using the Gene Keys to dive deep into she shadow work that actually transforms you and your relationships from the inside out. 

This isn't about doing random shadow work journals from Amazon - it's about having the precise blueprint of your genetic predispositions that show up in your relationships.

You'll hear Carl Jung's wisdom blended with Richard Rudd's Gene Keys system, why the Venus Sequence holds the keys to your unconscious relationship patterns, and the exact contemplation process that transforms shadows into gifts.

I'm walking you through the Venus Sequence spheres - from your Purpose sphere that determines relationship chemistry to your Core Wound sphere that carries your ancestral patterns. Plus practical examples of how the 37th Gene Key (weakness/equality/tenderness) and 59th Gene Key (dishonesty/intimacy/transparency) show up in relationships, and the journaling prompts that actually create biochemical shifts instead of just mental understanding.

What we're covering:

• Why Gene Keys shadow work beats random journaling for lasting transformation
• My personal breakdown with the 12th Gene Key and how it almost destroyed my relationship
• The Venus Sequence: Purpose, IQ, EQ, SQ, and Core Wound spheres explained
• The contemplation process: recognize shadow → contemplate siddhi → live through gift
• Practical examples and journaling prompts for immediate application

Links mentioned:

• Free Gene Keys Profile
• Individual Gene Keys Audios ($2 each)
• Full 64 Gene Keys Audio Library ($100) 

 

Ready to Transform From the Inside Out?

Girl, I know you're tired of the same relationship patterns playing out and are ready to do shadow work that actually transforms your relationship, heart, and biochemistry, which is why I have a few spots open for 1:1 coaching.

This is the space where identify your specific Gene Keys and Human Design aspects, work with your exact shadows (not generic ones), and create the safety and intimacy you crave from the inside out.

Send me a DM when you're ready to stop running from your shadows and start mining the gold within.

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Listen to Similar Episodes:

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054 | How to Evoke Your Partner's Love Instead of Their Defense Patterns By Breaking The Eden Loop - Relationship Physics pt 3

043 | The 4 Teachers Who Taught Me What Traditional Therapy Never Could About Relationships

 

Be brave, not perfect, my babe!
Xx, Kaija

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Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.

Here's something your doctor probably won't tell you: your PCOS, thyroid issues, gut problems, and autoimmune flares aren't just stress - they're your body's sacred intelligence system trying to wake you up to what you're not willing to face.

In this raw, unfiltered episode, I'm sharing the most vulnerable parts of my story - how I went completely deaf in my right ear because I stopped listening to myself, why I gave myself a miscarriage at 5 months pregnant, and the moment I lost my voice after the universe slapped me awake in April.

This isn't easy to share, but I need you to understand that your 60 trillion cells are always listening and responding to your internal and external environment, and your symptoms are sacred information, not betrayal.

You'll hear about the body's whispers-to-screaming cycle, why the right side of my body going offline was connected to seeking external validation instead of trusting my feminine intuition, and the specific questions to ask when physical symptoms arise.

Plus I'm walking you through exactly how the pattern escalates from "something feels off" to full autoimmune flare-up, and how to catch it at the whisper stage instead of waiting for your body to scream.

What we're covering:

• Why autoimmune issues, PCOS, and thyroid problems are your body's protection system, not punishment
• The whispers-to-screaming cycle and how symptoms escalate when we ignore our inner knowing
• My personal stories: going deaf, miscarriage, and laryngitis as spiritual wake-up calls
• How your DNA responds to electrochemical signals from suppressed truth and self-abandonment
• The questions to ask when physical symptoms arise: "What truth am I not honoring?"

Ready to Transform From the Inside Out?

If this conversation cracked something open and you're ready to go from self-abandonment to radical self-trust, I have a few spots open for 1:1 coaching.

This is about learning to listen to your body's whispers before they become screams, creating safety in your nervous system, and addressing the spiritual and emotional roots of physical symptoms. Send me a DM if you're ready to stop abandoning yourself and start trusting your body's sacred intelligence.

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Be brave, not perfect, my babe!
Xx, Kaija

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Disclaimer: This podcast shares personal stories, experiences, and reflections on relationships, consciousness work, and personal growth. The content is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health support, medical advice, or therapeutic treatment. If you're experiencing crisis, abuse, or severe mental health symptoms, please reach out to a qualified professional. Your journey is your own - trust yourself to know what support you need and when you need it.