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When Childhood Shame Shapes Your Life & How to Heal It

Have you ever felt like you're not good enough—even after years of personal growth, success, and achievement?
In this powerful episode of the Ladies Who Leap Podcast, host Lisa Andria sits down with licensed psychotherapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Kristine Jensen, author of Bruised Not Broken: Healing the Shame of a Troubled Childhood.
With more than four decades of experience helping individuals heal emotional wounds, Kristine shares her own deeply personal journey of uncovering childhood shame after retirement and discovering how unresolved emotional wounds can quietly shape our self-worth, relationships, confidence, and happiness throughout life.
Together, Lisa and Kristine explore:
✅ The difference between guilt and shame✅ How childhood experiences shape adult self-esteem✅ Why so many women struggle with self-love✅ The connection between shame, people-pleasing, anxiety, and depression✅ How childhood emotional neglect impacts adulthood✅ Why high-achieving women often feel "not good enough"✅ The power of self-compassion and self-soothing✅ How to recognize and quiet your inner critic✅ Learning to accept compliments and embrace your worth✅ Practical tools to begin healing childhood shame
This conversation is especially valuable for women navigating major life transitions, retirement, personal growth, relationship challenges, or anyone ready to release old emotional wounds and step into greater self-acceptance.
If you've ever questioned your worth, struggled with self-love, or felt exhausted trying to be who everyone else wants you to be, this episode is for you.
🎙️ Guest: Kristine Jensen📖 Book: Bruised Not Broken: Healing the Shame of a Troubled Childhood🌐 Website: https://kristine-jensen.com
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How Solo Travel Changed Her Life: 93 Countries, Courage & Connection

What if one decision could completely change the direction of your life?
In this inspiring episode of the Ladies Who Leap Podcast, host Lisa Andria sits down with world traveler, author, and travel expert Caryl Dolinko, whose planned four-month trip to Europe unexpectedly turned into an incredible eight-year journey around the globe.
Having traveled to 93 countries across six continents, Caryl shares the lessons, adventures, scams, surprises, friendships, and life-changing experiences that shaped her perspective on the world and herself.
The conversation goes far beyond travel. It's about courage, confidence, independence, and becoming the person you're meant to be.
The biggest leap isn't getting on the plane.
It's believing you can.
Together, Lisa and Caryl discuss:
✈️ How a canceled travel companion led to her biggest leap
🌎 The confidence that comes from solo travel
👩 Why women should not wait for someone else to travel with them
📚 The story behind her bestselling travel books
💡 How travel expands empathy, courage, and self-discovery
🧳 Practical safety tips for women traveling alone
❤️ The unexpected journey that led her to care for two homeless boys in Mexico
✨ Why getting comfortable with yourself may be the greatest adventure of all
Whether you're dreaming of your first solo trip, planning your next adventure, or looking for the courage to take a leap in your own life, this conversation will inspire you to stop waiting and start living.
Connect with Caryl Dolinko:
🌐 www.womensguidetoworldtravel.com
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Books Mentioned:
📖 A Woman's Guide to World Travel📖 The Globetrotter's Guide📖 The Complete Guide to Independent Travel
 
🎙️ About Ladies Who Leap
Hosted by Emotional Transformation Coach Lisa Andria, Ladies Who Leap shares inspiring stories of women who courageously step outside their comfort zones to create meaningful, fulfilling lives.
Because growth happens when we leap.
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From Invisible to Empowered: Sharon Vidano on Self-Love, Healing & Finding True Love

What happens when a successful criminal defense attorney realizes she has spent years feeling invisible, unworthy, and disconnected from herself?
In this powerful episode of the Ladies Who Leap Podcast, host Lisa Andria sits down with transformational life coach Sharon Vidano to explore her incredible journey from surviving to truly living.
After growing up in a strict Asian household and navigating a difficult marriage that lasted 17 years, Sharon reached a turning point. Through healing, self-awareness, spiritual growth, and deep self-love work, she transformed her life — eventually leaving her legal career behind to help women create soul-aligned relationships and lives they truly love.
Together, Lisa and Sharon dive into:✨ Healing childhood conditioning and limiting beliefs✨ The impact of people-pleasing and feeling “not enough”✨ Courageously leaving relationships that no longer align✨ Listening to the whispers before life forces change✨ Self-worth, boundaries, and attracting healthy love✨ Dating from abundance instead of fear✨ Spiritual growth, awareness, and divine guidance✨ Why it’s never too late to reinvent yourself
Sharon also shares how she went from fearful online dating experiences to meeting the love of her life — and now helps women “Date Like the Woman Who Knows She’s the Prize.”
This episode is heartfelt, vulnerable, empowering, and deeply inspiring for any woman ready to stop settling and start choosing herself.
💫 Your transformation begins the moment you ask: “What would I love?”
🎧 Listen now and subscribe to the Ladies Who Leap Podcast for more inspiring stories of courageous women stepping into purpose, healing, and fulfillment.
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Find your Identity Void 

How I Reinvented Myself & Learned to Love Who I Am

What happens when the host becomes the guest?
In this deeply personal and emotional episode of the Ladies Who Leap podcast, Lisa Andria turns the microphone on herself for the very first time.
Known for interviewing courageous women who have leapt out of their comfort zones to create lives of purpose and fulfillment, Lisa felt called to answer the very same questions she asks her guests — honestly, vulnerably, and without filters.
In this powerful conversation, Lisa shares:✨ Her painful childhood insecurities and feeling “not enough”✨ Moving across the country as a teenager and reinventing herself✨ The dream she abandoned — and how it eventually came back to her✨ Her 41-year corporate career and leap into entrepreneurship✨ Her breast cancer journey and emotional breakthroughs✨ The moment she realized: “I don’t love myself”✨ How NLP, Ontological Coaching, and Mental & Emotional Release transformed her life✨ Why self-love is the foundation for confidence, identity, and purpose✨ The inspiration behind her Identity Bloom Method and Identity Void Quiz
This episode is for every woman who has ever wondered:
“Who am I really?”
“Is it too late to reinvent myself?”
“Why do I keep people-pleasing?”
“How do I finally feel confident and worthy?”
Lisa reminds us that transformation is possible at any age — and that leaping out of your comfort zone is where the growth happens.
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From Religious Fear to Spiritual Freedom with Psychic Medium Michele Ogston

What happens when you finally trust the voice inside you?
In this deeply moving episode of the Ladies Who Leap podcast, host Lisa Andria sits down with intuitive psychic medium, ICF-certified coach, and transformational guide Michele Ogston for a powerful conversation about spirituality, intuition, healing, self-love, entrepreneurship, vulnerability, and personal transformation.
Michele shares her incredible journey of discovering her psychic gifts as a child, growing up between Catholic and Jewish traditions, navigating fear around intuition, and ultimately embracing her purpose as a spiritual teacher and healer. She opens up about mediumship, soul work, relationships, emotional healing, entrepreneurship, women’s empowerment, and helping others reconnect with their authentic selves.
This episode is filled with wisdom, emotional honesty, and beautiful reminders that you are not broken — you are becoming.
Topics discussed include:✨ Psychic mediumship and intuitive gifts✨ Childhood spiritual experiences✨ Healing after divorce and major life transitions✨ Women’s empowerment and self-love✨ Entrepreneurship and overcoming fear✨ Energy work, spirituality, and emotional healing✨ Retreats in Maui and transformational experiences✨ Relationships, vulnerability, and authenticity✨ The power of coaching and personal growth✨ Learning to trust yourself and your intuition
Michele also shares inspiring insights about letting go of the life you planned in order to embrace the life meant for you.
If you’ve ever questioned your path, struggled with self-worth, or wondered if there’s something more calling you… this conversation is for you.
 
🌟 Connect with Michele Ogston:Instagram: @micheleogstonclcWebsite: micheleogston.com
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How Cancer Changed Everything: Finding Serenity, Healing & Purpose with Bron Watson

What happens when life forces you to stop… and completely rethink who you are?
In this deeply moving episode of the Ladies Who Leap podcast, Lisa Andria sits down with Bron Watson — nurse, educator, entrepreneur, founder of The Social Coach, and creator of The Serenity Project — to talk about resilience, healing, cancer, burnout, self-love, and finding peace in the middle of uncertainty.
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017 and later an incurable blood cancer, Bron’s entire perspective on success, health, and life transformed. What emerged from that journey was a powerful message: healing is not just physical — it is emotional, spiritual, energetic, and deeply personal.
Bron shares:✨ The wake-up call that changed her life forever✨ Why hustle culture nearly destroyed her health✨ The connection between stress, emotions, and the body✨ What “science meets soul” really means✨ How to find serenity during adversity✨ The importance of asking for — and receiving — help✨ Why being present may be the greatest healing tool of all
This conversation is for anyone navigating grief, burnout, illness, anxiety, overwhelm, or major life transitions. It is also a powerful reminder that even in the hardest moments, we still have choices.
If this episode speaks to you, please like, subscribe, follow, and share it with someone who may need these words today.
Connect with Bron Watson:🌿 Serenity Project: https://serenityproject.com.au
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From Overwhelmed to Organized: How to Escape Mental Clutter & Reclaim Your Life | Lisa Woodruff

If you feel overwhelmed, stuck in mental clutter, or like your life is spinning in chaos… this episode is your wake-up call.
In this powerful conversation, Lisa Andria sits down with Lisa Woodruff, Author of Escaping Quicksand:10 Steps to Overcome the Overwhelm of Modern Homelife, founder of Organize 365 and host of a 24M+ downloaded podcast, "Organize 365", to uncover the real reason you feel disorganized — and why it has nothing to do with effort.
This is NOT about cleaning your house…This is about transforming your mindset, energy, and life systems so you can finally breathe again.
You’ll discover:✨ Why 87% of Americans believe organization is learnable — yet only 18% feel organized✨ The Swiss Cheese Organizing method — and why you should start with your bathroom, not your living room✨ The power of Planned Neglect — and why ignoring some spaces on purpose is the key to lasting order✨ How Lisa quit her teaching job at 40 with no plan and grew Organized 365 into a thriving company✨ The mindset shifts that made the difference between getting organized and STAYING organized✨ Lisa’s remarkable story of attending a retreat at Blackberry Farm — and what happened when she met Jenna Bush
✨ Why the bedroom, bathroom, and closet are the THREE spaces to organize first (and why this changes everything)
✨ Lisa’s journey from fourth-generation female entrepreneur to PhD candidate in Applied Psychology
Lisa Woodruff also shares her inspiring leap into entrepreneurship at 40, how she built a multi-million impact business, and why your community becomes your power when you step into your purpose.
In her leap, there is also a best selling book that can help you with your life organizing skills “Escaping Quicksand” - go to Barnes and Noble to purchase.
This episode will shift how you see your home, your habits… and yourself.
🎧 Listen now and start your leap from chaos → clarity.
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🔗 Connect with Lisa Woodruff:https://organized365.com
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It’s Never Too Late to Reinvent Yourself | Finding Purpose & Breaking Limiting Beliefs

What if the life you’ve built… isn’t actually aligned with who you are?
In this powerful episode of the Ladies Who Leap Podcast, Lisa Andria sits down with Kim Costa—Top 5% Realtor in Atlanta, creator of The Wheelhouse Method, and author of Live In Your Wheelhouse—to explore what it really means to reinvent yourself at any stage of life.
After 27 years in a career that didn’t align with her true nature, Kim made a bold leap at age 50—leaving behind security to pursue purpose. Today, she helps others break free from limiting beliefs, rediscover their authentic selves, and create lives that truly fit.
✨ In this episode, we dive into:
How to know when you're living out of alignment
The hidden cost of people-pleasing and self-sacrifice
Turning “mistakes” into your greatest gifts
The 4 M Framework (Myself, Mastery, Mission, Mates)
Why it’s never too late to start over
How your environment (even your home) reflects your inner world
Real stories of transformation and courageous life pivots
This conversation is for any woman who feels stuck, disconnected, or ready for more.
💫 Because your next chapter doesn’t depend on your past—it depends on your courage to leap.
 
🎙 Connect with Kim Costa:Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn: @KimECosta
📘 Book: Live In Your Wheelhouse
 
💖 Connect with Lisa Andria:Website: https://www.ladieswholeap.comYouTube: @ladieswholeap
 

Turn Your Story Into Business Gold: Speak, Write & Publish a Book Fast | Leslie Capps

What if your story wasn’t just something you lived… but your most powerful business asset?
In this episode of the Ladies Who Leap Podcast, Lisa Andria sits down with story-first marketing strategist Leslie Capps to explore how women can turn their lived experiences into powerful messaging, aligned clients, and even published books—without the overwhelm.
Leslie shares her revolutionary approach to writing a book in as little as 30 days using spoken words, AI tools, and strategic storytelling. If you’ve ever felt stuck, unsure how to express your voice, or believed your story “wasn’t important enough”… this conversation will change that.
✨ Inside this episode:
How to turn your story into business gold
Why storytelling is the most powerful marketing tool
How to write and publish a book using your voice (not typing!)
The truth about “selling without the cringe”
Why women’s voices are still undervalued—and how to change that
Using AI in an authentic, aligned way (without sounding robotic)
A powerful real-life breakthrough from Leslie’s work
Leslie’s mission is clear: help women step into their voice, share their story, and create impact—faster and more authentically than ever before.
💫 If you’ve been sitting on a story, a message, or a book idea… this is your sign to leap.
Check out her book: Turn Your Spoken Words into a Publish-ready book in 30 Days 
🔗 Connect with Leslie Capps:Website: https://authorin30.comJoin her FREE weekly Author Lab
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliecapps/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesliejcapps/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leslie.capps.9/
 
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✨ Remember: Your story is not “just your story”… it’s someone else’s permission to leap.
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Heal Your Body Naturally: From Chronic Illness to Holistic Energy Healing | Eva Vennari

What if your body already knows how to heal… and you’ve just never been shown how to listen?
In this powerful episode of the Ladies Who Leap Podcast, Lisa Andria sits down with Eva Vennari, founder of the Elevate Institute, international speaker, and holistic health practitioner who transformed her life after suffering from over 30 unexplained symptoms.
After years of being told “we don’t know,” Eva took her health into her own hands—reversing chronic illness naturally and developing a holistic healing approach that blends science, mineral balancing, energy healing, emotional release, and spiritual alignment.
Together, Lisa and Eva dive into:✨ The truth about chronic illness and why symptoms are often misunderstood✨ How mineral imbalances and toxins impact your energy, hormones, and mental health✨ The connection between emotional trauma, ancestral patterns, and physical symptoms✨ Why self-love, expansion, and awareness are key to reversing aging and disease✨ The dangers of overmedication and how to question conventional healthcare✨ How to reconnect with your body’s natural ability to heal
Eva also shares real client transformations—from physical healing to emotional breakthroughs—and introduces powerful tools like hair mineral analysis and near-infrared sauna therapy.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, unheard, or exhausted from trying to “fix” your health… this episode will open your mind to a new way forward.
💫 Remember: You are the only one who lives in your body. Trust it.
🔗 Connect with Eva Vennari:
🌐 https://theelevateinstitute.com
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