Expansion with Desi Batista

She Ran a $40M Business — Then Realized She Was Codependent | Rhonda Petit

Rhonda Petit was running a $40 million business with 12 employees, two kids at home, and a marriage that was unraveling. From the outside, she'd made it. Inside, she was performing — for everyone — and burning out trying to hold it all together. Then came the blowout. And after it, the identity shift that changed everything. In this episode, Rhonda introduces the two identities running most high-achieving women's lives: Ronnie Rescue — the fear-driven performer who fixes, controls, and seeks approval — and Sammy Sovereign, the connector who leads from love, sets real boundaries, and stops mistaking codependency for care. We talk about: • The hidden cost of being the woman who "handles it all" • Why codependency is enabling dressed up as kindness • The difference between operating from fear vs. operating from purpose • Her "40 moment" — when she finally stopped performing • The Terror Barrier and why most people pull back right before the shift • How leaders create (or destroy) psychological safety in their teams • The Three Cs of fulfillment: Create, Contribute, Connect If you've built the thing, hit the goals, and still feel like there's a version of you waiting underneath it all — start here. About Rhonda Petit: Author of The Spirit of Selling, sales leadership coach, and speaker working with HR leaders, business owners, and leader development teams on identity, fear, and human potential. 🔗 Rhonda's Links * Website: rhondapetit.com  * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rhondapetit4845 * Book: The Spirit of Selling — https://amzn.to/3RUM6CP If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/]  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista [https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista]  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista [https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista]  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista [https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista] 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

You're Saving A Dress For A Day That Isn't Coming | Lee Forrester

You have a dress in your closet you're never going to wear. You know which one. You're saving it for a day that isn't coming. And you've been doing it for years. In this episode, reinvention strategist Lee Forrester names what most women won't say out loud: the life you're living isn't the life you want, and you've made peace with it. We cover: Why women lose themselves in roles and don't notice until the roles end  The "monkeys in your head" that talk you out of every new version of yourself  The codependency hiding inside marriages that look healthy from the outside  Why your closest friends sometimes resist your transformation, and what their silence is actually saying  The exact reason women sabotage the life they say they want when it shows up  What it takes to stop running your life based on the opinions of people who barely think about you If you've been quietly asking yourself "is this it for me" and haven't let yourself answer, this conversation is for you. Connect with Lee: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachingbylee/ [https://www.facebook.com/coachingbylee/]  Book: Speak! A Guide to Unleashing Every Woman's Voice — https://amzn.to/49viwtC [https://amzn.to/49viwtC] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachingbylee/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/COACHINGBYLEE If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/]  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista [https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista]  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista [https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista]  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista [https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista] 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

Why High Achievers Sabotage Their Own Success | Molly Sapp

What separates a six-figure earner from a seven-figure one isn't more strategy, more hustle, or a better offer. According to Molly Muret Sapp, it's the identity they're running on and most high achievers never stop long enough to look at it. In this conversation, Molly and I get into the invisible ceiling that keeps brilliant, capable women stuck at the same number no matter how hard they work. We talk about the early experiences that quietly become your financial blueprint, why doing more is often the exact thing keeping you from earning more, and what it actually looks like to do the deeper identity work that moves the needle. In this episode: * Why your nervous system responds to growth as a threat and how that shows up in your revenue * The difference in how six-figure and seven-figure earners spend their time (it's not what you think) * How limiting beliefs formed in childhood are still making your business decisions today * What identity work actually looks like in practice, beyond affirmations and journaling If you've been doing everything right and still hitting the same ceiling, this episode is going to name what's been happening. Connect with Molly Muret Sapp:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollysappcoaching/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollysappcoaching/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollymuretsapp/ [https://www.instagram.com/mollymuretsapp/] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@molly.lee55 [https://www.tiktok.com/@molly.lee55] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/molly.sapp/ [https://www.facebook.com/molly.sapp/] If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/]  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista [https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista]  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista [https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista]  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista [https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista] 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

The Inherited Rules That Are Secretly Capping Your Income

The rules you grew up with are still running your business and they have nothing to do with your strategy, your mindset work, or how hard you're trying. In this episode, I'm breaking down the invisible revenue ceiling that keeps high-achieving women stuck at the same income number no matter what they do. You'll learn exactly where these rules come from, how to spot them in real time, and three concrete ways to rewrite them so your income can finally move. What you'll learn: * Why inherited rules (not strategy) are the real source of income inconsistency * How to identify the old sentences quietly running your business decisions * How to catch yourself shrinking — and what to do in that moment * How to build new evidence that rewires the rule at its root If you've been doing the wealth mindset work but your revenue still feels inconsistent this is the conversation you've been missing. If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/]  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista [https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista]  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista [https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista]  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista [https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista] 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

Why Your Revenue Plateau Isn't a Strategy Problem | Jess Pinili

You've changed the strategy. Hired coaches. Tried the new content angle. Why is the ceiling still there? In this conversation with business mentor Jess Pinili, we get into why most women in service businesses stall at a specific revenue level, and why the fix is rarely strategic. Jess works with women scaling service businesses through both strategy and the subconscious work, and she's spent seven years figuring out what actually moves a stuck business forward. We talk about: * The morning Jess called her dad crying, refusing to go to work, and the question that flipped everything * How she moved to Bali with $700 in savings and started the business she still runs today * Why "capacity is your tolerance for change" is the reframe most women miss * Why your revenue doubles and then mysteriously drops back to baseline * Procrastination as emotional regulation, not laziness * The 90-second move Jess uses when her brain is about to talk her out of a hard decision * How to spot the difference between real resistance and not enough sleep * Every new level has a new devil — the patterns that come back at $10K, $30K, and $100K months ——————————— ABOUT JESS PINILI Jess is a business mentor for women scaling their service businesses. She combines strategy with subconscious and capacity work inside her membership, Woman Mastery HQ. Connect with Jess Pinili Website:  https://womanmasteryhq.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesspinili TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jesspinili YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jesspinili If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/]  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista [https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista]  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista [https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista]  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista [https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista] 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.