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The Go-To Podcast for Female Founders Balancing Life & Business Without Sacrificing What Matters Most: Themselves or Their Families
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💛 Do you want to redefine success as a FEELING in your body instead of a milestone or amount in your bank account?
💛 Do you want equal partnership at home so you stop carrying the mental load alone and have capacity to scale your heart-led business?
💛 Do you want to understand your Human Design and Gene Keys so you can finally build from YOUR authentic code instead of following blueprints that weren't designed for you?
If I'm speaking your language, then this is the show for you!
I'm Kaija Dawn - speaker, podcaster, and Human Design & Gene Keys guide for female founders who are building businesses while raising families, and refusing to choose between income and impact, and being a present mom and powerful CEO.
After 15 years as an entrepreneur and investing over six figures in programs that didn't quite click, I discovered this truth: you are the golden ticket you've been searching for.
When I found Human Design and Gene Keys, I finally understood why some strategies worked and others left me overwhelmed, mentally exhausted and drowning in decision fatigue.
Now, I help you cut through the noise, stop chasing shiny objects, and start building your online business or startup from YOUR unique design.
Here we dive into the stuff no one else is saying, like:
✨ The mental load that's killing your business (and your marriage) - and how to have the hard conversations about equal partnership, work-life balance, and time management (especially when you're the breadwinner)
✨ Your Human Design and Gene Keys as your best life & business strategy - so you stop following formulas that weren't built for your energetic signature as a woman in business
✨ Financial freedom, independence, and stability - while being present with your family
✨ Shifting from scarcity to abundance - by building from internal safety, trusting your design, making decisions from love instead of fear
✨ Community with other women in business balancing everything just like you - so you stop feeling lonely and isolated in this journey
This is soul + strategy integration for women who want to make a difference AND an income without sacrificing themselves, their families, or their sanity.
Ready to stop white-knuckling and start trusting your own design, timing, and dreams?
Be brave, not perfect, babe!
Let's dive in.
Episodes

Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025
28 min
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.

Dec 11, 2025
Dec 11, 2025
27 min
Here's the truth about why you keep breaking promises to yourself: you're trying to make decisions without a compass, and every choice becomes an internal battle instead of a clear yes or no.Â
In this episode, I'm sharing how discovering my values after my miscarriage in March 2020 completely changed how I make decisions - and then how learning I'm a Self-Projected Projector took it to the next level.
This isn't just about knowing what matters to you; it's about letting your values work WITH your Human Design Authority to make decisions FOR you.
You'll hear my vulnerable story about that dark time in my life, how my counselor's simple values exercise cracked something open, and the exact framework I use now to stop second-guessing myself and breaking trust with myself.
What we're covering:
- How values become your internal compass that literally make decisions for you
- The different Human Design Authority types and how to use yours for body wisdom
- The Texas Roadhouse bread basket principle (how values + Authority eliminate self-sabotage)
- Why combining what you value with how your body knows creates unshakeable clarity
- The exact questions to ask yourself when you're confused about any decision
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Values Exercise
- Pull your Human Design Chart
- 012 | Be Decisive & Trust Your Intuition Using Your Human Design Inner Authority
Ready to Transform From the Inside Out?
If you're tired of breaking promises to yourself and want to learn how to make decisions from a place of clarity instead of confusion, I have a few spots open for 1:1 coaching.
This is deep work around aligning with your values, understanding your Human Design Authority, and creating the internal compass that makes every choice clear. Send me a DM if you're ready to stop second-guessing yourself and start living in total integrity with who you're becoming.
Screenshot this episode, share it to your stories and tag me!
Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨
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.

Dec 8, 2025
Dec 8, 2025
20 min
Can we talk about the mom guilt that comes with needing space from your kids, while using it to numb out vs actually restoring? Because there's a massive difference between alone time that restores you and alone time that makes you feel worse - and maybe you're experiencing the latter like me...Â
In this raw episode, I'm getting real about hitting my nervous system limits with my 8-year-old daughter and the shame spiral that follows. This isn't about being a bad mom for needing breaks - it's about recognizing when you're using phone scrolling as fake restoration instead of honoring what you actually need. I'm sharing my decision to experiment with late-night creative time, potentially delete Instagram for 30 days, and the bigger message about what needs to shed so we can step into more presence.
What we're covering:
- The 7th Gene Key shadow of division and how it shows up in my parenting and my daughter's design
- Why phone addiction creates guilt-inducing breaks that don't restore anything
- The difference between honoring nervous system limits vs. hiding from your family
- How 2025's snake energy is calling us to shed what's not working, and step into horse energy in 2026
- Why I'm experimenting with switching to late-night creative time
- How awareness of what the seed of our intentions are showing us the real patterns being played out
Ready to Transform From the Inside Out?
If this conversation hit home and you're ready to break your own patterns of numbing out instead of truly restoring, I have a few spots open for 1:1 coaching.
This is about getting honest about what you actually need versus what you think you should be able to handle, and creating sustainable rhythms that support your nervous system and your family. Send me a DM if you're ready to stop the guilt spiral and start honoring what you really need.
Screenshot this episode, share it to your stories and tag me!
Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨
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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.

Dec 4, 2025
Dec 4, 2025
52 min
Let's be real about something: you can want a secure relationship all you want, but if your subconscious believes you're unworthy of love, guess which one wins every time.
In this episode, I'm joined by Sim from Heart & Mind Business Coaching to dive deep into the four attachment styles and why understanding them is the key to breaking toxic relationship cycles. Sim has a background in psychology and is certified in integrated attachment theory, and she breaks down exactly how our childhood programming creates subconscious patterns that sabotage our adult relationships. This isn't just theory - we get into the practical tools for identifying your core wounds and the specific technique for reprogramming your subconscious mind.
You'll hear us do a live core wound identification exercise (using my recent trigger around financial stress), learn the exact steps for subconscious reprogramming, and understand why avoidant partners aren't villains - they're just trying to feel safe. Plus Sim shares the gas tank analogy that will completely change how you think about choosing partners and the difference between codependent and interdependent love.
What we're covering:
- The four attachment styles and how childhood experiences create each pattern
- Why your subconscious mind (95%) overrides your conscious desires (5%) in relationships
- The live core wound identification exercise and what my triggers revealed
- The exact subconscious reprogramming technique with evidence and alpha/theta brain waves
- Why avoidants pull away and how anxious types can stop triggering the cycle
Connect with Sim:
Instagram: @heartnmindcoaching
Website: heartnmindcoaching.com
Podcast: The Post-Hustle EraÂ
Ready to Transform From the Inside Out?
If this conversation opened your eyes to patterns you've been unconsciously running and you're ready to do the deep work of healing your attachment wounds, I have a few spots open for 1:1 coaching. This is about identifying your core wounds, reprogramming your subconscious patterns, and learning to love from a place of fullness instead of emptiness. Send me a DM if you're ready to break the cycle.
Screenshot this and share it to your stories - tag me @iamkaijadawn!
Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨
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.

Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
20 min
What if the masks you've been wearing to feel safe are actually keeping you from the connection you crave?
In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the shifts happening in my inner world and why 2025 feels like a collective death and rebirth.
This isn't a typical teaching episode - this is me getting real about my 7th Gene Key shadow of hiding that's been running my life, and the scary but exciting changes I'm making to honor what my body and soul are actually calling for instead of what I think I "should" be doing, and embodying what it really means to be the woman behind it all.
What we're covering:
- Why I'm shifting from 4am masculine energy to nighttime feminine creation time
- The decision to step back from Instagram and make my podcast the heart of everything
- How I'm choosing presence with my daughter over pressure to perform online
- Moving away from my coach's strategy to find my own authentic voice
- Exciting changes coming to the show (including mini Human Design & Gene Keys readings!)
Ready to Transform From the Inside Out?
If this conversation resonated and you're feeling called to do your own shadow work and step into your authentic power, I have a few spots open for 1:1 coaching. This is deep work - looking at where you've been hiding, what patterns are ready to shift, and how to honor your design instead of forcing strategies that don't fit.
Send me a DMÂ if you're ready to shed what's not you and step into who you really are.
Come chat with me in my DMs about what shifts you're feeling too - I want to hear from you!
Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨
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.

Nov 24, 2025
Nov 24, 2025
33 min
In this episode, I'm getting deeply personal about the nuances of trust in relationships and why it's not just about doing your own work. This is about the sacred dance between evolution and acceptance, and how to know when you're growing together versus when you're growing apart. You'll hear about my own journey from a family that modeled emotional distance to creating conscious partnership, the "changer" versus "acceptor" archetypes in relationships, and why my Gene Keys literally wire me to never stop evolving.
I'm sharing David Deida's framework for the three stages of love and how they map to the Gene Keys frequencies, plus the hardest truth of all - sometimes loving someone means setting them free, especially when they have a self-fulfilling prophecy that they're unworthy of love. This includes my vulnerable story about growing up watching my parents turn their backs on each other and a client's powerful journey of walking away with complete peace.
What we're covering:
- Sacred intimacy: fully allowing and embracing your partner's shadows, strengths, and everything in between
- The "changer" vs "acceptor" archetypes and why women often carry the emotional evolution load
- David Deida's three stages of love mapped to Gene Keys shadow, gift, and siddhi frequencies
- How to use your Gene Keys profile (especially the red spheres) to understand relationship patterns
- When growing apart means it's time to honor what is and walk away with love
Ready to Transform From the Inside Out?
If this episode cracked something open and you're ready to do the deep work of creating conscious partnership (whether that's healing your current relationship or preparing for your next one), I have a few spots open for 1:1 coaching.
This is shadow work, Gene Keys integration, and learning to trust your deepest knowing. Send me a DM when you're ready to transform love from the inside out.
Love this episode?Â
Screenshot this and share it to your stories - tag me @iamkaijadawn!
And hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨
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.

Nov 20, 2025
Nov 20, 2025
47 min
What if the biggest spiritual revolution happening right now is in your emotional body?
In this episode, I'm diving deep into the emotional solar plexus with Jenn Greiner, a 3/5 emotional projector who transitioned from 10+ years as a therapist to building her coaching practice around Human Design and emotional sovereignty.
We talk about her journey from feeling guilty for existing (hello, core wound work) to embracing her gifts of anticipation and leadership through the Gene Keys as well!
This isn't your typical "feel your feelings" conversation. This is about understanding the actual energetics of how emotions work, why half the world struggles with emotional authority, and how our relationship with emotions is literally mutating as we speak.
But here's where it gets really juicy..
We dive into the mechanics of emotional authority, why you don't need to wait for a "hell yes" as an emotional being, and how that subtle 60-80% feeling gets to be enough. Jenn shares specific questions to ask yourself while riding your emotional wave that will completely change how you make decisions.
The truth is...
If you have an open or undefined solar plexus, you've probably been carrying everyone else's emotional stuff without even knowing it. And if you're emotionally defined, you might be waiting way too long for clarity that feels different than what you've been told to expect.
🔥 What we're covering:
- Why emotional authority is nothing like sacral or splenic authority (and why that changes everything)
- The physical manifestations that show up when your solar plexus is out of alignment
- How guilt vs. shame shows up differently and why knowing your core wound matters
- The specific emotional wave patterns and what they actually feel like in your body
- Why non-emotional people get the amplified, distorted version of emotional people's feelings
- How the 41st and 31st Gene Keys create the perfect storm for leadership and anticipation
- The questions to ask yourself while navigating your emotional wave
- Why the emotional solar plexus mutation means we're all learning a new way of being
Ready to Go Deeper Into Your Own Design?
If this conversation sparked something in you and you're ready to do the real work of deconditioning - the kind that requires looking at your patterns, your shadows, and the ways you've been living out of alignment - I have a few spots open for 1:1 coaching.
This isn't surface-level work. This is about unraveling the conditioning that's been running your life and stepping into the fullness of who you're designed to be. If you're ready to stop playing small and start living from your authentic power, send me a DMÂ and let's see if we're a fit to work together.
Love this episode? Screenshot this and share it to your stories and tag me @iamkaijadawn!
Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. ✨
Connect with Jenn:
Instagram: @thevitalJenn
Website: Divine Vitality with Jenn
Emotional Sovereignty Starter Kit
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.

Nov 18, 2025
Nov 18, 2025
22 min
Most of us have been asking the wrong question about trust in our relationship entirely.Â
We focus on whether we can trust our partner to show up, to keep their word, to meet our needs- which is valid, of course, but we need to take it deeper.
Relationships are mirrors - and the real question trust is asking you is: Can you trust yourself in this relationship?
In this episode, I'm sharing the raw conversation with my friend whose partner literally left town when she was unconscious and sick for 24 hours. Instead of focusing on his abandonment, we dove deep into why she was choosing to stay and abandon herself. I'm also opening up about my 13-year relationship where I lost myself so completely that I couldn't even choose tomato sauce at the store.
This isn't about blaming yourself or excusing bad behavior. This is about recognizing that your body is constantly communicating through exhaustion, throat issues, feeling hollow, getting sick - and learning to trust that wisdom above all else.
If you've been asking "Can I trust him?" but haven't asked "Am I willing to self-abandon for this relationship?" this episode will shift everything.
🔥 What We're Covering:
- Why relationships are mirrors that show you your relationship with yourself
- The real story behind my friend's partner abandoning her when she was unconscious and sick
- How self-abandonment disguises itself as "working on your relationship"
- Why your body gets sick, exhausted, and hollow when you're betraying yourself
- The choice every woman faces: self-abandon or be brave (not perfect)
- How to identify your values and non-negotiables before communicating them
- Moving from first-stage love (victim/blame) to second-stage love (we-focused growth)
- Why trusting yourself to have your own back changes how your partner shows up
The truth is...
Trust equals safety, and safety equals the ability to thrive. But most of us are looking for safety from our partner instead of creating it within ourselves first. When you trust yourself enough to honor your body's wisdom, speak your truth, and uphold your non-negotiables, you either create the foundation for conscious love - or you get the clarity you need to choose yourself.
Xx,
KD
Questions to Sit With:
- Can I trust myself in this relationship?
- What is my body trying to communicate to me right now?
- Am I willing to self-abandon or be brave (not perfect)?
- What are my actual non-negotiables in relationship?
Ready to go deeper with personalized support?
If you're recognizing patterns of self-abandonment in your relationship and want to build the foundation of radical self-trust but don't know where to start, my 1:1 coaching is designed for women ready to stop fragmenting themselves for love.
Together, we'll identify your specific values and non-negotiables, learn to trust your body's wisdom as sacred information, and create the conscious partnership where you feel deeply seen and supported instead of walking on eggshells. If you're ready to move from self-abandonment to self-trust and build love that honors your truth, send me a DM on IG to explore working together.
Love this episode? Screenshot and tag me @iamkaijadawn - especially if this perspective shift hit you right in the soul.
Warning: This episode is a loving but direct wake-up call. I'm speaking from my mama voice because this message needs to land. You are worthy of relationships that honor your truth, not ones that require you to fragment yourself to survive.
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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.