Why So Many Women Are Falling for “Guru Culture”

Why White Women Need to Talk About White Supremacy

🎙️ Carrie On! This is one of those conversations that stays with you. Host Carrie Murray sits down with Dr. Akilah Cadet — founder and CEO of Change Cadet, Forbes Next 1000 entrepreneur, public health practitioner, and author of White Supremacy Is All Around: Notes from a Black Disabled Woman in a White World — for a frank, unflinching discussion about the systems white women navigate, enable, and can choose to disrupt. In this episode: * The Supreme Court's recent rollback of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — what happened, why it matters, and why it was predictable * The through-line connecting the end of affirmative action, the end of DEI, and now voting rights * How white women's comfort with whiteness has shaped election outcomes — and continues to * The crucial difference between being an ally and being an accomplice * The upstream/downstream framework for thinking about activism and prevention * Why critical thinking — not social media — is the most important tool we have right now * What it actually looks like to get comfortable being uncomfortable Dr. Cadet also shares a preview of her next book, connecting narcissism to supremacism, and reflects on the role her late grandmother continues to play in her daily life. About Dr. Akilah Cadet: Dr. Akilah Cadet is the founder and CEO of Change Cadet, a consulting firm helping organizations embed belonging into their culture, strategy, and storytelling. She is a Forbes Next 1000 entrepreneur, one of San Francisco Business Times' Most Influential Women, and the author of White Supremacy Is All Around: Notes from a Black Disabled Woman in a White World (February 2024). She is also the host of the Humane Rights Podcast. Resources mentioned: * 📖 White Supremacy Is All Around by Dr. Akilah Cadet — available wherever books are sold; signed copies at changecanet.com [http://changecanet.com] * 🎙️ Humane Rights Podcast [https://www.youtube.com/@HumaneRightswDr.AkilahCadet] — available on all podcast platforms * 📲 Instagram: @changecanet [https://www.instagram.com/changecadet/] * 📬 Substack: The Change Cadet Action Network [https://changecadetactionnetwork.substack.com/] Connect with Carrie Murray: * Instagram: @carriemurray [https://www.instagram.com/_carriemurray_/] * YouTube: Carrie On! with Carrie Murray [https://www.youtube.com/@carrie_murray] Sponsor: Handful Bras Support that moves with you. Carrie wears Handful for filming, workouts, travel, and everyday life. Comfortable, flattering, and designed for real women. Use code CARRIEON at: Handful Bras [https://handful.com?utm_source=chatgpt.com] Call to Action If this conversation challenged you, inspired you, or made you uncomfortable in all the right ways: ✅ Subscribe to the channel ✅ Leave a comment sharing your biggest takeaway ✅ Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it ✅ Follow Carrie On! for more conversations about reinvention, leadership, advocacy, and life after 40

The Moment Your Life Falls Apart Is the Moment It Begins Or Love Intelligence: How to Fall Back in Love with Yourself

🎙️ Carrie On! What if the moment your life cracked you open… was actually the beginning of becoming yourself? In this deeply honest episode of Carrie On!, Carrie sits down with Natasha McCrea to talk about love intelligence, fear, divorce, self-worth, reinvention, and what it really means to stop abandoning yourself. From surviving painful relationships and becoming a self-described “love addict,” to creating a one-woman show, stepping onto a pageant stage in midlife, and helping women reconnect to themselves — Natasha shares the raw truth behind standing in your power. This episode is for every woman who has ever: ✨ Felt disconnected from herself ✨ Stayed too long in spaces that no longer fit ✨ Struggled to receive love or help ✨ Wondered if it’s “too late” to reinvent herself ✨ Needed permission to choose herself first Because maybe this isn’t midlife. Maybe this is your queen era. 🔥 FIRE POINTS * “Fear is the opposite of love.” * “You don’t give from your cup. You give from the overflow.” * “Most women don’t change when they’re inspired. They change when they’re cracked wide open.” * “Disconnection is a trap.” * “You were born knowing how to receive love.” * “We all have galaxies of magnificence.” * “Standing in your power means choosing yourself daily.” * “You don’t have to earn love.” 💻 CONNECT WITH NATASHA MCCREA 🌐 Website: Natasha McCrea Official Website [https://www.natashamccrea.com] 📸 Instagram: @natashamccrea [https://www.instagram.com/natashamccrea] 🎙️ ABOUT CARRIE ON! Carrie On! is hosted by Carrie Murray and explores reinvention, self-discovery, advocacy, entrepreneurship, women’s empowerment, and navigating life before, during, and after midlife. New episodes every Wednesday. If this episode resonated with you, take a moment today to ask yourself: “What do I need?” Then actually listen to the answer. ✨ LIKE this episode ✨ SUBSCRIBE to the channel ✨ SHARE it with a woman who’s ready to stop playing small ✨ And drop a ❤️ in the comments if you’re entering your queen era Because you are not too late. And you are not too much.

Why So Many Women Are Falling for “Guru Culture”

🎙️ Carrie On! What happens when self-help becomes a sales funnel? In this episode of Carrie On!, Carrie sits down with Debra Eckerling — author, speaker, goal strategist, and The Book Proposal Expert — for a bold conversation about guru culture, coaching scams, publishing myths, and how to actually own your voice in a noisy world. From the rise of “guru-itis” and pay-to-play coaching programs to the truth about traditional publishing versus self-publishing, Deb pulls back the curtain on the industries profiting from insecurity — especially targeting women in transition. This episode isn’t just about writing a book. It’s about finding your message, trusting your instincts, and building a life that feels authentic to you. In This Episode ✨ The difference between real expertise and performative coaching ✨ Why “guru culture” exploded during the pandemic ✨ The hidden business model behind many coaching programs ✨ Traditional publishing vs. self-publishing ✨ Why your voice and story matter more than perfection ✨ How Deb helps thought leaders land book deals ✨ The power of community, connection, and authenticity ✨ Why vulnerable women are often targeted by “transformation” marketing ✨ How to identify your unique message and platform ✨ “Find the who’s for your how’s” — and stop trying to do everything alone Connect with Debra Eckerling 📚 Website: The Book Proposal Expert - [https://www.thebookproposalexpert.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com]https://thebookproposalexpert.com/ [https://thebookproposalexpert.com/] 📲 Instagram: @TheDebMethod - [https://www.instagram.com/thedebmethod/?utm_source=chatgpt.com]https://www.instagram.com/thedebmethod/ [https://www.instagram.com/thedebmethod/] 🎙️ Podcast: GoalChat Live [https://www.youtube.com/@GoalChatLive?utm_source=chatgpt.com] 📖 Book: 52 Secrets for Goal Setting and Goal Getting Connect with Carrie 🎙️ Subscribe to Carrie On! on YouTube: Carrie Murray YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@carrie_murray] 📲 Instagram: @_carriemurray_ https://www.instagram.com/_carriemurray_/ [https://www.instagram.com/_carriemurray_/] 🌐 Website: https://www.carrie-murray.com/ [https://www.carrie-murray.com/] If this episode hit home, send it to the friend who’s drowning in “expert advice” and trying to figure out what’s actually true for them. And if you’ve got a book idea sitting in your Notes app, your journal, or quietly haunting you at 2am… maybe it’s time to stop waiting. 👀 ✨ Subscribe ✨ Leave a comment with your favorite book ✨ Share this episode with someone building their next chapter

The Isolation Epidemic & the Collapse of Modern Connection

🎙️ Carrie On! What does love actually look like after 40, after divorce, after decades of putting everyone else first? Carrie sits down with Dr. Wendy Walsh — psychology professor at Cal State, Emmy-nominated co-host of The Doctors, and CNN relationship commentator — for one of the most honest, funny, and science-backed conversations about love, dating, and intimacy you'll hear this year. Dr. Wendy spent 20 years as a single mother before finding love on the apps in her 50s — following her own advice. Now happily married to Julio, she's here to share exactly what worked. In this episode: * Why your marriage didn't fail — it culminated (and that's okay) * The unconscious contract formed between the first text and first sex * Why delaying intimacy is the single most powerful dating move a woman can make * Dating app paradox of choice — and why matching with fewer people gets better results * The menopause power shift and why midlife women are biologically built for leadership * Honest talk about sex, erectile dysfunction, and intimacy after 40 * The gas station love story that will make you believe in romance again * Gen Z's attachment crisis and what parents need to know * How to navigate politics in dating without making it a dealbreaker Fire Quote: "There is this myth in our culture that we will meet a soulmate somewhere in our twenties and be happily married until death do us part. In fact, that is the most atypical form of human pair bonding that exists on the planet." — Dr. Wendy Walsh Connect with Dr. Wendy Walsh 🌐 Dr. Wendy Walsh Official Website [https://www.drwendywalsh.com/] 📸 Instagram @drwendywalsh [https://www.instagram.com/drwendywalsh/] 🎥 YouTube – Dr. Wendy Walsh [https://www.youtube.com/@DrWendyWalsh] Connect with Carrie Murray & Carrie On! 🌐 Carrie Murray Website [https://www.carrie-murray.com/meet-carrie-murray] 📸 Instagram @carriemurray [https://www.instagram.com/_carriemurray_] 🎥 Carry On! YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@carrie_murray/featured] 💼 LinkedIn – Carrie Murray [https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriejmurray/]

Veteran on 18 Meds: "The System Robbed Me of Healing

🎙️ Carrie On! ⚠ TRIGGER WARNING This episode contains discussion of: • Sexual assault • Suicide and suicidal ideation • Mental health struggles and psychiatric medication If you or someone you know needs support, please reach out to the National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. Episode Overview In this powerful episode of Carry On!, host Carrie Murray sits down with Angie Peacock — U.S. Army veteran, trauma-informed coach, and featured subject of the documentary film Medicating Normal. Angie shares her raw, courageous story of surviving overmedication, psychiatric drug withdrawal, and years of medical dismissal, and how she ultimately found her way back to herself through community, agency, and self-advocacy. If you've ever been told 'this is just how it is' — this conversation is for you. FIRE POINTS: * Prescribed meds instead of being heard * Went from 1 to 18 medications in 2 years * Overmedication can mimic mental illness * Withdrawal was worse than the original trauma * 4.5 years of severe withdrawal symptoms * Doctors dismissed her lived experience * Feared being honest → would be given more meds * First validation: “It’s a side effect, not you” * Medicating Normal helped save her life * “We’ve medicalized human emotion” * Lack of informed consent in mental health care * 1 in 4 women are medicated * De-prescribing can take years, not weeks * Healing requires agency, not compliance * Your symptoms may be signals, not sickness Connect with Angie Peacock Website: https://angpeacock.com [https://angpeacock.com] Instagram & TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/angpeacockmsw [https://www.instagram.com/angpeacockmsw] Van Life & Adventure: @beinghuman_rv on Instagram Connect with Carrie Murray & Carry On! YouTube: https://youtube.com/@carriemurray [https://youtube.com/@carriemurray] Apple Podcasts: Search "Carry On with Carrie Murray" on Apple Podcasts Spotify: Search "Carrie On with Carrie Murray" on Spotify 💜 If this episode resonated with you, please leave a comment below with a big red heart, like and subscribe on YouTube, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. It helps more people find these conversations. Episode Sponsors: Be Woman Marketing Struggling to DIY your website and marketing? Stacey Beeman of Be Woman Marketing helps passionate business owners ditch the overwhelm. From strategic websites and automated Disclaimer The Carrie On! podcast is a space for honest conversations, personal stories, and powerful perspectives. Content shared is for informational and storytelling purposes only and should not be considered professional medical, legal, financial, or therapeutic advice. Some episodes may contain sensitive topics or adult language. Listener discretion is advised. Views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host or affiliated organizations. We encourage listeners to seek out qualified professionals for guidance tailored to their individual needs.