S01E82 When life removes your safety net

S01E86 How to stop living on autopilot

This week on the Empowered Women Life Leaders podcast, Karen Bashford explores how to stop living on autopilot and start consciously leading your life. Drawing on her own experience of nervous breakdown and recovery, she talks about the power of pausing, asking better questions, and reclaiming your time, energy, and boundaries from family, work, and constant demands. If you’ve been giving everything to everyone else and feel drained, this episode will help you rediscover your needs, your peace, and your right to choose differently.

S01E85 Angeline Constantinou

This week on Empowered Women Life Leaders, Karen Bashford welcomes Angeline Constantinou, founder of Let’s Break the Silence. Angeline shares her powerful journey from a seemingly “perfect” marriage hiding verbal and physical abuse, to reclaiming her identity, financial independence, and personal power. In this honest conversation, she talks about the fear, shame, and guilt that kept her silent, the pivotal moment that led her to file for divorce, and how personal development and online community support helped her rebuild her life and now empower other women who have experienced abuse and trauma.   Let's Break the Silence Home [https://letsbreakthesilence.com/] Let's Break the Silence with Angeline - YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@letsbreakthesilence7]

S01E84 How is the relationship with yourself

In this week’s episode of the Empowered Women Life Leaders podcast, Karen Bashford explores the most important relationship you’ll ever have: the one with yourself. Drawing on her own journey through nervous breakdown and recovery, Karen unpacks why so many women abandon their own needs, fall into people-pleasing, and struggle to set boundaries. She invites listeners to reflect on how they treat themselves, recognise their trigger points, and begin building a kinder, more honest, and more empowering relationship with who they truly are.   https://karenbashford.com [https://karenbashford.com] https://slothorbeaver.com [https://slothorbeaver.com] Karen Bashford - YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@Karenbash]

S01E83 JD Rose

This week on Empowered Women Life Leaders, Karen Bashford is joined by financial well-being coach JD Rose, who shares how a chaotic childhood, financial instability, and a bipolar parent shaped her relationship with money, safety, and self-worth. JD reveals how boarding school became a turning point, why many women feel deep shame around money, and how healing trauma, regulating the nervous system, and grounding in spirituality are key to creating true financial well-being. This powerful conversation invites listeners to pause, reflect on what they truly want from life, and open to possibilities beyond the choices they can currently see. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jd-rose/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jd-rose/]  IG: @the.resourced.woman   Website:  https://www.theresourcedwoman.com/ [https://www.theresourcedwoman.com/]

S01E82 When life removes your safety net

In this episode of Empowered Women Life Leaders, host Karen Bashford reflects on the period in her life when she became homeless with her beloved cat Saffy and had her sense of safety stripped away. Drawing on a recent article she wrote for TransformReads, Karen explores what “home” truly means, how losing everything challenged her foundations, and how she moved from fear to acceptance and genuine contentment through practising self-love and redefining her own worth. TransformsReads article : How Homelessness Redefined What Home Really Means [https://www.transformreads.com/how-homelessness-redefined-what-home-really-means/] Karen Bashford Empowerment Mentor and Therapist: https://karenbashford.com [https://karenbashford.com] Sloth or Beaver Coaching Tools®: https://slothorbeaver.com [https://slothorbeaver.com]