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Apr 2025
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1206: [LIFE UPDATE] Choosing Joy When Th...

Hosted by Heather Chauvin | Insights inspired by Mel Robbins, Bréne Brown,
About this episode

How to Fight Like Hell to Feel Alive in a World That Keeps Telling You To Stay Broken.

  • Expose the Cultural Gaslighting: that tells women they’re “too much” for wanting more—when in reality, they’re just waking up to their power.
  •  Redefine the Fight: how to pursue what sets your soul on fire without falling into burnout, guilt, or performative productivity.
  • Claim Your Aliveness Out Loud in a world that benefits from your silence—what it really means to live fully, fiercely, and unapologetically awake.


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