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At 52, I’m thinking less about who I’m supposed to become next and a lot more about the life I still haven’t lived.

I’m kicking off Season 7 of the podcast with a personal conversation about what this birthday has brought into focus: the opportunities I’ve almost made myself wait for, old definitions of success I’m no longer interested in carrying forward, and a few expensive business lessons I’m finally ready to talk about. I’m also sharing why this podcast is evolving again, even before I know exactly what that evolution will look like.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why turning 52 has me questioning the version of success I once thought I wanted
• The experience that forced me to confront where I was still waiting to feel “ready”
• A business lesson that took four years to clean up and changed how I think about growth
• Why I’m letting The Limitless Life evolve before I have the full plan
• What it means to stop preparing for your life and start actually living it

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• Iconic Magazine: https://becomingiconic.co/magazine

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You can say you want more and still be living in a way that leaves no room for it.

This month’s affirmations are about expanding what you believe is possible, making space for more support, money, freedom, visibility, and opportunity, and allowing your life to reflect who you are now instead of who you had to be before.

These are for the version of you who is ready to stop just wanting more and become available to actually receive it.

Inside this month’s affirmations, you’ll be supported in:

• Expanding what you believe is possible for you
• Making room for opportunities that stretch your current capacity
• Becoming more comfortable with greater visibility and support
• Creating a life that reflects who you are now
• Saying yes to the opportunities that expand your life

Each affirmation is repeated three times and cycles throughout the episode so you have space to actually let the words land, not just hear them once and move on. Return to this episode daily for 21 days or more to help reinforce the new subconscious patterns you’re choosing to build.

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You can build an audience without ever building a relationship. And those two things create very different businesses.

In this episode, I’m joined by community builder and entrepreneur Kristina Bartold to talk about the relationship side of business that most people underestimate. We get into why being in the right rooms matters, what gets missed when visibility becomes the goal, and the art of becoming someone people actually want to know, refer, and do business with.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why being in the room can matter more than being on the stage
• What most entrepreneurs miss about building real business relationships
• Why some approaches to networking create connection and others create an instant “ick”
• The role generosity plays in referrals, opportunities, and business growth
• What Kristina has learned about building communities people want to return to

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• Website: kristinabartold.ca
• Instagram: @kristina.bartold
• High Vibe Women: highvibewomen.ca

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You may already know what you want. The harder question is what choosing it would ask of you.

In this episode, I’m looking at the space between knowing and choosing, and why more clarity isn’t always the answer. Sometimes the thing keeping you stuck isn’t confusion at all, even if it looks like overthinking, procrastination, or needing more time.

We also get into what makes these decisions feel different when you’ve already built a life, career, business, and relationships around who you’ve been. If there’s something you keep saying you want but still haven’t chosen, this conversation may help you see what’s actually sitting underneath that hesitation.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why knowing what you want doesn’t always make choosing it easier
• What may actually be happening when you keep asking for more clarity
• Why the decisions you make later in life can carry a different kind of weight
• What your hesitation may be revealing about the choice in front of you
• Four questions to help you look at the decision differently

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Becoming the woman you say you want to be is much more challenging than anyone warns you about.

In this episode, I’m talking about the part of personal growth that doesn’t fit neatly into the before-and-after story. You can want different boundaries, more freedom, greater self trust, and an entirely different way of living, then feel surprisingly disoriented when you actually start changing.

Becoming someone new means something else has to be left behind, and sometimes what you feel in that space isn’t doubt or a sign that you’ve made the wrong choice. It’s grief.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why personal growth can feel disorienting even when you want the change
• What can happen when your old identity no longer fits
• Why missing who you used to be doesn’t necessarily mean you should go back
• How to honour who you’ve been without letting her determine what comes next
• Three questions to help you trust the woman you’re becoming

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At some point, you have to stop asking the room to tell you who you are.

This month’s affirmations are about self trust, authority, visibility, and leading like the woman you’ve already spent years becoming. Not waiting for permission. Not chasing validation. Not shrinking so other people can feel more comfortable.

These are for the version of you who is ready to walk into the room knowing she belongs there and move from that place.

Inside this month’s affirmations, you’ll be supported in:

• Trusting your own decisions without waiting for permission
• Owning your worth without needing outside validation
• Taking up space with greater confidence and self trust
• Showing up with more authority in your life and leadership
• Living and leading from the identity you’ve already grown into

Each affirmation is repeated three times and cycles throughout the episode so you have space to actually let the words land, not just hear them once and move on. Return to this episode daily for 21 days or more to help reinforce the new subconscious patterns you’re choosing to build.

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Your inner critic doesn’t always sound critical. Sometimes she sounds responsible, professional, and extremely convincing.

In this episode, I’m looking at the inner critic differently, because the obvious voice telling you you’re not good enough may actually be the easiest one to recognize. The more interesting version is the one telling you to wait, prepare more, explain yourself better, tone yourself down, or make absolutely sure you get it right.

I share a recent realization about my own visibility and the version of myself I’ve been showing online, plus what it revealed about self-protection, authenticity, and being seen. If you’re highly self-aware but still find yourself overthinking, over-explaining, perfecting, or holding back, your inner critic may be doing something much smarter than simply criticizing you.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why your inner critic doesn’t always sound negative
• How reasonable advice can sometimes be fear in a much more convincing form
• What the “Bland Barbie” realization taught me about authenticity and visibility
• Why understanding your patterns isn’t always enough to change them
• A different question to ask when your inner critic tells you to wait, perfect, prepare, or play it safe

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Being the woman who can handle anything sounds like a strength. Until you realize you no longer know how not to.

In this episode, I’m exploring what happens when competence stops being something you have and becomes something you feel responsible for proving. For high-achieving women, this pattern can be especially hard to see because it’s often rewarded with trust, responsibility, success, and praise.

But if you’ve built a team, delegated more, set better boundaries, or created more support and still can’t seem to fully let go, there may be something deeper going on. This is a conversation about overfunctioning, leadership, self trust, receiving support, and the cost of always being the one who can handle it.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• When competence shifts from a strength into an identity
• Why overfunctioning is so easy to mistake for leadership
• What may be underneath the need to stay indispensable
• Why more support doesn’t always create more relief
• A different way to think about capability, responsibility, and being supported

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Maybe getting over your fear hasn’t worked because you’ve been trying to solve the wrong fear.

In this episode, I’m breaking down why fear isn’t one single thing and why familiar labels like fear of failure, fear of success, fear of judgment, and fear of not being enough are often too broad to create lasting change. Different fears create different beliefs and behaviours, which means procrastination, perfectionism, inconsistency, and overthinking may be symptoms of a much deeper pattern.

I also share real examples of how a fear of failure can actually be a fear of uncertainty or of being seen getting something wrong, why not every fearful feeling necessarily belongs to you, and what becomes possible when you identify the true source. This work isn’t about becoming fearless. It’s about recovering the self-trust that disappears when you keep organizing your life around a fear you don’t understand.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why “getting over your fear” and working with generic fear labels rarely create lasting change
• How fears of failure, uncertainty, and judgment create different beliefs and behaviours
• Why procrastination, perfectionism, inconsistency, and overthinking are often symptoms rather than the real problem
• How to distinguish between a fear that belongs to you and one you may have absorbed or amplified from someone else
• What changes when you identify the real fear and stop organizing your decisions around it

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Most of us have been taught how to strive for more. Very few of us have been taught how to receive it.

This month's affirmations are designed to support abundance, financial expansion, receptivity, and becoming the version of yourself who naturally welcomes more into your life. They're intentionally created to work with your subconscious mind in a way that minimizes internal resistance, helping you strengthen beliefs that support wealth, opportunity, self trust, and possibility.

These affirmations are for you if you're ready to stop chasing what's already trying to find you. They're an invitation to strengthen your capacity to receive, trust, and live from a place of true overflow.

Inside this month's affirmations, you'll be supported in:

• Becoming the version of yourself who naturally attracts opportunities and abundance
• Developing a healthier relationship with money and receiving wealth
• Releasing subconscious beliefs that create resistance to financial overflow
• Strengthening an identity rooted in expansion rather than scarcity
• Opening yourself to greater trust, possibility, and abundance in every area of life

Each affirmation is repeated three times in a row and cycles throughout the episode so you'll hear each one multiple times as your subconscious mind begins reinforcing these new beliefs. For the deepest impact, return to these affirmations daily for 21 days or more.

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One of the hardest transitions we experience isn't letting go of what hurt us. It's letting go of a version of ourselves that actually worked.

In this episode, I'm exploring a kind of grief we rarely talk about: the grief of outgrowing an identity that helped you build your life, your career, or your business. It wasn't unhealthy. It wasn't a mistake. In many ways, it was exactly who you needed to be. But there comes a point when the version of you that got you here isn't the version that's meant to lead you forward.

We also explore why high-achieving women often mistake this transition for burnout, boredom, or a lack of gratitude, when it may actually be grief. If you've been feeling disconnected from a role, identity, or way of operating that still looks successful on the outside, this episode offers a compassionate framework for understanding why and what might be asking to emerge next.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Why outgrowing a successful identity can feel like grief instead of growth
• The difference between burnout and the natural ending of a life season
• How old identities can continue serving you long after you've outgrown them
• Why letting go of who you've been isn't a rejection of your past, but an honouring of it
• Questions to help you recognize the version of yourself that's ready to be released

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I've been wondering if some of what we've labelled as anxiety, overthinking, or uncertainty is actually something else entirely. What if it's information we've simply never been taught how to interpret?

In this episode, I'm exploring one of the foundational ideas behind my work: that energy isn't just something we feel, it's information. I unpack what I mean when I say "energy speaks before your mouth even opens," why so many women become disconnected from their own inner knowing, and how learning to understand your body's signals can completely change the way you make decisions, build your business, and trust yourself.

We also explore the relationship between intuition, energy, the nervous system, and self trust, and why so many high-achieving women mistake intuitive information for anxiety. If you've ever struggled to explain why something didn't feel right, even when it looked perfect on paper, this episode may completely change the way you interpret what your body has been trying to tell you all along.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• What it means to think of energy as information instead of something mystical
• Why so many women mistake intuitive information for anxiety or overthinking
• How to distinguish your own energy from the energy of the people around you
• Why your body often recognizes truth before your logical mind can explain it
• How reconnecting with your own energy helps you make clearer, more aligned decisions

Mentioned in Episode:

• Daily Energy Management Practice: https://www.brenda-johnston.com/energy-management
• 60 Minute Power Session: https://calendly.com/brendajohnston/deep-dive

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The hardest person to hear is often ourselves, especially after years of putting everyone else first.

In this episode, I'm joined by Jenn Pike, a Functional Medicine Diagnostic Nutritionist and Medical Exercise Specialist for an honest conversation about the subtle ways women disconnect from themselves and the physical, emotional, and spiritual cost of staying there. We explore what it means to come back to your body, reclaim your voice, and begin listening to the wisdom that's been there all along.

Together, we dive into nervous system regulation, burnout, intuition, and the patterns that keep so many women overgiving, overfunctioning, and disconnected from their own needs. This conversation is an invitation to stop abandoning yourself in the name of productivity, perfection, or pleasing others, and start creating a life that's rooted in self trust and alignment.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Why so many women become disconnected from themselves without realizing it
• The link between burnout, nervous system regulation, and women's health
• How people pleasing and overfunctioning pull you away from your authentic self
• Why your body often recognizes misalignment before your mind does
• What it looks like to rebuild self trust by listening to your body's wisdom

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• Website: jennpike.com
• Instagram: @jennpike
• Podcast: The Simplicity Sessions Podcast

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How do you know whether you're following fear, intuition, or your higher self?

In this episode, I'm exploring what it actually means to lead from your higher self and why this spiritual concept is so often misunderstood. Rather than treating your higher self as either a mystical idea or a source for everyday answers, I share a grounded perspective on how it can become a practical guidance system for decision making, personal growth, and authentic leadership.

We also explore the relationship between your higher self, subconscious programming, intuition, and soul, and why so many people mistake fear, conditioning, or external validation for inner knowing. If you're seeking greater clarity, trust, and alignment in your life or business, this episode offers a framework for understanding how to make decisions from a deeper place of wisdom.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• What it actually means to lead from your higher self
• The difference between your intuition, subconscious programming, and higher self
• Why inner knowing often comes before logical proof or understanding
• How to recognize the difference between fear and genuine inner guidance
• Why leading from your higher self isn't about having all the answers, but trusting yourself to take the next aligned step

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You've done the healing, gained the awareness, and learned the lessons. The question is: when do you finally start living like the woman you've been becoming?

This month's affirmations are designed to support embodiment, self trust, identity integration, and closing the gap between understanding and action. They are intentionally created to work with your subconscious mind in a way that minimizes internal resistance, helping you reinforce the beliefs, behaviors, and energy of the version of you that's already emerging.

If you've been feeling like you know what's next but haven't fully stepped into it, these affirmations are for you. This episode is for the woman who's tired of waiting to feel ready, tired of living from old versions of herself, and ready to start acting from who she has already become.

Inside this month's affirmations, you'll be supported in:

• Closing the gap between awareness and embodiment
• Trusting yourself enough to move before certainty arrives
• Releasing outdated identities and patterns
• Taking action from who you are now, not who you used to be
• Living at the level you've already grown into

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Some stories shape your life long before you're ready to tell them.

In this episode, I'm joined by author, speaker, and mentor Alexis Carpenter for a deeply honest conversation about identity, trauma, loss, and what happens when a woman stops performing her life and starts telling the truth about it. Alexis shares her journey through addiction, foster care, devastating personal loss, and the collapse of multiple identities that once held her together.

We explore what it really means to move from survival into self leadership, and how telling the truth about your story becomes a powerful catalyst for healing, purpose, and reconnection to self. This conversation is raw, human, and deeply validating for anyone who has ever felt like they've been rebuilding their life from the ground up.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• What it means to stop surviving your story and start telling the truth about it
• How loss can completely reshape identity, purpose, and self perception
• Why high-capacity women often build lives from survival mode without realizing it
• The difference between performing a life and actually living it
• How vulnerability and truth become a pathway back to self connection

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• Dive into the first 18 pages of Changing The Reflection when you join Real Talk Sis Waitlist
• Substack: The Truth Telling Experience
• Website: raisinghopellc.org
• Instagram: @alexismcarpenter | Facebook: Alexis.Carpenter

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You've read the books, taken the courses, learned the mindset tools, and maybe even had profound breakthroughs. So why does it sometimes feel like the same patterns keep finding their way back?

In this episode, I'm unpacking one of the biggest misconceptions in the personal growth and spiritual development space: the belief that self-awareness alone creates lasting transformation. I walk through the four layers that shape your experience of reality, from the conscious mind to the subconscious, the superconscious, and the soul, and explain why so many people get stuck trying to create transformation from the wrong level.

I also share a deeply personal story about my own experience in the spiritual coaching world, how giving away my authority led me further from myself, and why the goal of this work should never be dependent on someone else's wisdom. If you've been doing the inner work but still feel like something isn't clicking, this episode may help you understand what's actually been missing.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Why personal development alone doesn't create lasting transformation
• The four layers of consciousness and how they influence your life
• How subconscious programming shapes behavior, beliefs, and patterns that logic alone can't change
• The difference between your intuition, higher self, and soul
• Why true spiritual work should return you to your own authority, not someone else's

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Some conversations challenge the rules you've been taught to follow, especially the ones you didn't realize you were still living by.

In this episode, I’m joined by Spiritual Mentor and Entrepreneur Jaclyn Shaw for a conversation around truth, God, money, authentic expression, and what happens when you stop building your business around what you think you're supposed to say. Jaclyn shares her journey of honoring her voice, releasing external expectations, and creating a business rooted in alignment rather than performance.

We also explore the intersection of spirituality and entrepreneurship, including money mindset, frequency, self expression, and what it means to build a business that feels deeply true to who you are. This conversation challenges conventional ideas around success and opens the door to a different way of thinking about abundance, purpose, and receiving.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Why following truth over trends changes the way you build your business and life
• What Jaclyn means when she says she's "employed by God"
• How authentic expression becomes a powerful business strategy
• The connection between energy, frequency, money, and receiving
• Why owning your voice often requires releasing shame and external validation

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• Website: jaclynshaw.ca
• Instagram: @the.jaclynshaw
• Facebook: The Jaclyn Shaw
• Podcast: The Jaclyn Shaw Show

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The version of you you're becoming isn't someone you need to create. It's someone you may be ready to stop hiding.

This month's affirmations are designed to support identity shifts, self trust, authenticity, and stepping more fully into who you already are. They are intentionally created to work with your subconscious mind in a way that minimizes internal resistance, helping you create new patterns of thought, belief, and possibility.

If you've been feeling the tension between who you've been and who you're becoming, this month's affirmations are for you. This episode is for the version of you that's tired of waiting for the perfect moment, shrinking to fit, questioning your own voice, or feeling like you're standing on the edge of something bigger but haven't fully stepped into it yet.

Inside this month's affirmations, you'll be supported in:

• Trusting yourself before you have all the answers
• Releasing versions of yourself built around other people's expectations
• Taking up space without apologizing for it
• Strengthening self trust and personal conviction
• Becoming more comfortable being fully seen

Each affirmation is repeated three times in a row and cycles throughout the episode so you'll hear each one a total of nine times. For the deepest impact, return to these affirmations daily for 21 days or more.

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Building a creative life requires more than talent. It asks for self trust, discipline, resilience, and the willingness to keep becoming.

In this episode of The Limitless Life Podcast, I’m joined by hyperrealist artist Erin Rothstein for a conversation about creativity, identity, entrepreneurship, and the evolution that happens when you fully commit to your work. Erin shares what it’s taken to build a successful art career, develop her unique artistic voice, and navigate the mindset shifts that come with creating a life rooted in authenticity.

We also explore the emotional and personal side of becoming. From discipline and creative process to identity shifts and self trust, this conversation is a reminder that the work we create is often deeply connected to who we are becoming in the process.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How Erin built a successful career as a professional hyperrealist artist
• The mindset shifts that support creativity, entrepreneurship, and personal growth
• Why discipline and consistency matter in building a creative business
• The difference between creating for validation versus authenticity
• How personal evolution and self trust shape the art of becoming

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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinrothstein
• Website: https://erinrothstein.com

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You've had the breakthroughs. You've done the journaling, the mindset work, the sessions. But there is something that keeps pulling you back to the same ceiling. 

In this episode, I get specific about what's actually happening when growth stalls: why it's not a motivation problem, or commitment problem, and it's not something more intention-setting will fix. 

I'm recording this one from inside my own upper limit, not looking back at one and I think a lot of you need to hear this.

In This Episode

• What an upper limit actually is, and why most explanations of it keep it too surface-level to be useful
• The difference between what you want and what your system recognizes as safe 
• Why doing identity work as your current self keeps you running the same program underneath every new intention
• The question I ask myself when I'm inside an upper limit, including right now
• Where to start when the tools you've been using aren't reaching the level where the pattern actually lives

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This episode is the honest conversation I wish someone had with me when I was younger. We’re talking about what actually happens to your intuition when you’ve been doing the work, why you can feel something and still not trust it, and the specific reason the guidance that’s supposed to be the most natural thing in the world feels like trying to get a signal in a dead zone.

What we cover:

• Why the intuition conversation, as it’s currently being had in the personal development space, is missing the most important piece
• The belief I carried for years that kept me dismissing my own signals as too small and too ordinary to count
• What the sequence problem is and why insight alone, even really good insight, cannot reach what’s running underneath
• What shifted when I stopped outsourcing my own access, and what that actually looks like in real life

Mark your calendar, June 18th at 7 pm Eastern. The Awakening Session is a free 90-minute live experience on Zoom where I’m going to show you exactly why everything you’ve tried at the surface level hasn’t been able to reach what’s actually running underneath,  and then lead you directly into your own energy so you can experience what it feels like when the signal finally comes through clearly. Registration opens soon. Follow the show so you don't miss it.

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If you've ever made a choice and immediately wondered whether it was actually yours, this episode is for you.

Twenty years in corporate marketing trained me to operate at a speed that felt like capability but was actually conditioned reactivity. When I left and built my own business, I thought I was finally doing things differently. Instead, I brought the entire conditioned nervous system with me, and just upgraded the external authorities I was outsourcing my decisions to.

In this episode, I'm breaking down the difference between deciding and reacting, why they can feel identical in the moment, and what's actually underneath the pattern. This isn't a mindset conversation, it's an internal signal conversation.

We get into:

• The four real-time checks for knowing whether a choice is actually yours
• The difference between a yes that feels like expansion vs. one that feels like relief, and why confusing them is costing you
• Why the gap between where you are and where you want to be is almost never about strategy.
• How Human Design's defined and undefined energy centers play into reactive decision-making
• What to look for in support that expands you vs. support that contains you, and why they can look identical from the outside

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MAY AFFIRMATIONS

Each affirmation will be repeated 3x in a row, and then it loops so you hear each affirmation a total of 9x.

As you listen, allow the words to absorb into you, as you re-program your mind, and your energy for success in all areas of life. 

You can choose to repeat these affirmations out loud, or in your mind, whatever feels right for you.

For results, listen to them daily for 21 days or more.

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Here are the Affirmations that are included in this episode:

• I am choosing to trust my inner signal before I can explain it.
• I am in the process of unlearning the habit of outsourcing my clarity.
• I am the type of person who doesn't need to earn access to my own inner guidance.
• I am the type of person who trusts my energy. 
• I am choosing to live from the deepest part of me, not just visit it.
• I am the type of person who lets my inner knowing lead.

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You've done the work. You know your patterns, you can name your wounds, you have a whole vocabulary for why you do what you do. And yet....here you are. Still hitting the same wall.

This episode is about the thing nobody in the personal development space really talks about: self-awareness, on its own, isn't transformation. 

What get into:

• Why self-awareness and staying stuck are not mutually exclusive
• What productive tension is and why it matters
• Spiritual bypassing vs. spiritual gaslighting 
• The identity of "someone who does the work" and how it can quietly become its own trap
• The one question to ask yourself that doesn't lie

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After Episode 231 on the beliefs you don't know you have, one question kept coming up in DMs, voice messages, and comments: if those beliefs were installed before I was seven, and I can't remember that time, how am I supposed to find them?

This episode is the answer to that question. And it goes somewhere I didn't expect, because when I started pulling on the thread of childhood memory, I kept running into a narrative in the wellness and spiritual space that I think is causing real harm. We're talking about that too.

What we cover:

• What neuroscience says about why those early years are a blur 
• The specific pattern I've seen practitioners get wrong, and why being handed a story about your past is not the same as doing the work
• Why the beliefs from those years don't surface as memories
• How a thought journal functions as a diagnostic tool, not just a journaling practice
• Why the nervous system has to be on board for belief change to actually stick

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What if thw beliefs holding you back aren't the ones you've already named. They're the ones you've never once questioned — because they don't feel like beliefs at all.

They feel like facts.

In this episode we get into why hidden beliefs are so hard to see, how your brain has been quietly reinforcing them for decades, and what the gap between what you consciously want and what you subconsciously expect is actually costing you.

What we cover:

• Why the beliefs running your life aren't the ones you've been working on
• How confirmation bias keeps old beliefs alive long after the original experience
• What the reticular activating system (RAS) is and why it's filtering out the opportunities you say you want
• The gap between conscious desire and subconscious expectation — and why that gap is where all the frustration lives
• The two most reliable ways to start identifying what's actually running in the background

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APRIL AFFIRMATIONS

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As you listen, allow the words to absorb into you, as you re-program you mind, and your energy, for abundance in all areas of life. 

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For results, listen to them daily for 21 days or more.

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Here are the Affirmations that are included in this episode:

• I am in the process of trusting that what I want is already on its way

•  I am choosing to stop waiting for permission to have the life I desire

•  I am the type of person who receives good things without guilt

•  I am in the process of letting it be easy

•  I am choosing to believe I am already enough to have what I desire

•  I am the type of person who expects things to work out for me

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Intuition is not a gift. It is not a special power reserved for the chosen few who seem to have a direct line to the universe, usually while journaling in linen pants near a window.

It is a skill. And the fact that it has been packaged and sold as something mystical and exclusive, something that only certain people have a real connection to, or those who happen to have a large Instagram following and a talent for speaking in circles, is one of the more expensive myths floating around the personal development space right now.

In this episode, we go deep into how your inner guidance system works through your energy centers and how to tell the difference from fear in your body.

What we cover:

• Why intuition is a skill, not a gift, and why the "special intuitive" myth is costing you your self-trust
• The Human Design energy centers that carry intuitive intelligence
• Why "trust your sacral" doesn't apply to everyone, and what to do if you've been trying to access a response that isn't how you're wired
• What fear actually feels like in the body versus genuine intuition, and how to tell the difference
• How subconscious and energetic work clears the way for your intuition to actually come through

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The people holding you back aren't always who you think they are. Sometimes they're the people who love you most, and that's what makes this conversation so necessary and so rarely had.

This isn't an episode about cutting people off or finding a new tribe or “just letting them”. It's about understanding what's actually happening, what it's costing you, and how to keep building anyway, even without the permission, the applause, or the people you most wanted in your corner finally coming around.

What we cover:

• Why the people who benefit most from you playing small are often the ones who love you most
• The four relationship dynamics where this shows up, and how to recognize each one
• What it actually costs you to keep performing smallness for the people around you
• Why their discomfort with your growth is not a sign you're doing something wrong
• How to stop seeking permission from people who aren't able to give it
• Why "just find your tribe" is incomplete advice, and what to do instead

Plus, personal stories from navigating an unsupportive marriage while holding everything together financially, and being blindsided by a mentee who worked against me behind the scenes.

If you've been building something real while feeling unsupported by the people closest to you — this one is for you.

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If you've been listening for a while, you may have already noticed something shifting in this space. I'm more intentional, more precise, more focused on actually leading you somewhere than just giving you content. That evolution is directly connected to what we're talking about today.

This episode is the missing piece between Episode 224 (the identity that built your success may be limiting your life) and Episode 205 (the energetic gap between who you've been and who you're becoming).

Today we get into the mechanics, why identity always shifts last, why top-down personal development work eventually hits a wall, and what actually changes the equation.

If you've done the work, read the books, tried the frameworks, and still keep bumping up against the same ceiling, this one is for you.

What we cover:

• Why behavior and belief work only takes you so far
• How identity gets wired into the nervous system before you have any conscious say in it
• Why affirmations and logic can't reach the layer where identity actually lives
• How your own design works as a diagnostic tool, and what it reveals about your ceiling
• The difference between understanding a pattern and actually updating it

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MARCH AFFIRMATIONS

Each affirmation will be repeated 3x in a row and then it loops so you hear each affirmation a total of 9x.

As you listen, allow the words to absorb into you, as you re-program you mind, and your energy, for abundance in all areas of life. 

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For results, listen to them daily for 21 days or more.

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Here are the Affirmations that are included in this episode:

• I am in the process of expanding what I believe is possible for me financially 

•  I am choosing to see myself as someone who generates wealth with ease and intention 

•  I am the type of person who receives large amounts of money without guilt or resistance

•  I am in the process of releasing the version of me who normalized financial pressure

•  I am choosing to relate to money from security, not scarcity 

•  I'm the type of person who outgrows every financial ceiling

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The guru era is ending. And I don't mean that as a metaphor.

In this episode I get into something I've been sitting with for a while — the real reason the coaching industry is collapsing, why the word "coach" has started to carry a whole lot of weight, and what's underneath the collective disillusionment so many people are feeling right now.

This isn't just about a saturated marketplace, it's about a power dynamic that was broken from the start.

We get into:

• The specific power dynamic that broke the industry's trust, and why it was never going to hold
• Why borrowed strategy creates borrowed confidence, and why borrowed confidence is fragile
• The energetic gap, the space between what you're doing and who you actually are
• What it actually means to take your discernment back
• The questions to sit with if you've been white-knuckling someone else's strategy

If you've done everything right on paper and still keep hitting the same ceiling, this one's for you.

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What if the version of you that built your success is the same version limiting your expansion?

In this episode, I explore the hidden cost of performance-based identity, and why strategy isn’t the real issue for most high-achieving women

We get into:

• How conditioning shapes the way you lead, love, and receive
• The difference between mind fear, emotional fear, and identity fear
• Why the fear you think you have is rarely the real one
• How performance-based safety blocks intimacy, overflow, and ease
• The subtle ways you may be turning growth into another form of proving

This isn’t about optimizing your funnel or refining your messaging.

It’s about who you had to become in order to succeed, and whether she’s the woman who can hold the life you say you want next.

If you’ve ever felt successful but still slightly tense… capable but not settled… expanding but not spacious — this episode is for you.

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In this episode, I’m unpacking something I noticed while putting myself back into real-life rooms, and once I saw it, I couldn’t unsee it.

This isn’t about confidence. It’s not about messaging. And it’s definitely not about needing a better elevator pitch.

It’s about why so many conversations feel performative instead of powerful, why polished introductions fall flat, and how “pick me” energy quietly kills real connection, even when you’re saying all the right things.

We’re talking voice, energy, orientation, and what actually creates connection when you stop auditioning and start engaging.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why networking has drifted into performance instead of connection
  
• How “pick me” energy shows up in polished, over-coached voices
  
• The difference between speaking at a room and speaking into a conversation
  
• Why telling women to “speak up” misses the real issue
  
• How the frequency of your voice changes when your attention moves outward
  
  

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FEBRUARY AFFIRMATIONS

Each affirmation will be repeated 3x in a row and then it loops so you hear each affirmation a total of 9x.

As you listen, allow the words to absorb into you, as you re-program you mind, and your energy, for abundance in all areas of life. 

You can choose to repeat these affirmations out loud, or in your mind, whatever feels right for you.

For results, listen to them daily for 21 days or more.

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Here are the Affirmations that are included in this episode:

• I am choosing to act from energetic integrity instead of emotional urgency

•  I am in the process of becoming more embodied in my leadership and presence

•  I am choosing to honour my fire and respond as who I am now, not who I was.

• I am in the process of directing my fire instead of suppressing it.

•  I am the type of person that creates from intention instead of reaction.

•  I am choosing to move in directions that feel true to me, not just familiar.

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You’re clear on what you want. You’re capable, experienced, and "not waiting for permission".

So why does momentum slow down right when it’s time to make a move that actually matters?

In this episode of the Limitless Life Podcast, we’re unpacking the real reason things stall right before the next level, and why labeling it as “fear of success” misses what’s actually happening underneath.

If you’ve ever felt excited, aligned, and ready… but you noticed hesitation or delay when things became real, this episode will help you understand why, without pathologizing it or turning it into another thing to fix.

Inside this episode, we explore:

• Why unrecognized fear often increases as success, visibility, and responsibility grow

• The difference between conceptual fear, emotional fear, and survival-level fear

• Why survival fear doesn’t stop action — it quietly downshifts momentum

• How your system evaluates whether the next level is safe to hold, not just reach

• Why intentions and clarity don’t stick when sustainability hasn’t recalibrated

• How to observe where things slow down without judgment or self-sabotage

This episode also sets the foundation for a new live workshop I’m hosting called The 20 Fears on Feb 12, 2026

It's a FREE 2-hour diagnostic experience designed to help you identify the subconscious and energetic patterns that shape your decisions, timing, and follow-through long before you’re aware of them....registration opens soon.

If you’re recognizing yourself in this conversation and want support seeing what’s really shaping your timing and follow-through, you can book a free Subconscious Strategy Session wth me

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If you’ve made a decision, felt the shift, and instead of feeling energized or excited you feel… quieter, this episode is for you.

This episode is for women navigating growth, leadership, business expansion, and identity shifts who want their next level to actually hold.

This is the close of the Quantum Leap series, and it’s not about initiating another leap or pushing yourself forward. It’s about understanding what actually happens after the shift, why this phase feels unfamiliar, and how capable women unintentionally undo momentum by trying to manage what needs to settle.

This episode is for the woman who knows something has changed, but doesn’t want to walk herself back out of it by overthinking, optimizing, or forcing clarity.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why real quantum leaps rarely feel dramatic after the decision is made
• How to recognize the quiet signs that you’re already “in it”
• Why over-analysis shows up after clarity, not before
• The difference between intuition and restlessness disguised as discernment
• Why integration, not speed or activation, is what makes a leap hold
• How subtle energetic shifts get destabilized by unnecessary effort

The takeaway:
A quantum leap doesn’t collapse because you weren’t ready. It collapses when you don’t let it become normal.

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If you’ve made a decision about your next level, your business, your identity, how you work, and instead of feeling unstoppable, you feel… off, then this episode is for you!

This isn’t about mindset or astrology (even though I do mention that), and it’s definitely not a sign that you're being tested.

This is about what actually happens in your system after a real decision, the decision to have a quantum leap and move forward...this is about the part no one prepares you for, and where most women quietly pull back.

[00:00 – 03:10]
Why January is an energetic “loading screen” (and why forcing a fresh start doesn’t work)

[03:11 – 07:45]
Snake year → Fire Horse energy: why the shift feels fast, confronting, and uncomfortable

[07:46 – 12:30]
The moment clarity lands, and why it feels different during a quantum leap

[12:31 – 18:20]
Why confidence often wobbles after the decision (not before)

[18:21 – 24:10]
What’s actually happening in your subconscious and nervous system during this phase

[24:11 – 30:40]
Why fatigue, hesitation, and distraction are recalibration signals, not red flags

[30:41 – 36:15]
The difference between intuition and your system defaulting back to safety

[36:16 – 41:00]
How most women unknowingly undo their quantum leap, and how not to be one of them

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JANUARY AFFIRMATIONS

Each affirmation will be repeated 3x in a row and then it loops so you hear each affirmation a total of 9x.

As you listen, allow the words to absorb into you, as you re-program you mind, and your energy, for abundance in all areas of life. 

You can choose to repeat these affirmations out loud, or in your mind, whatever feels right for you.

For results, listen to them daily for 21 days or more.

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Here are the Affirmations that are included in this episode:

• I choose to believe that expansion is safe for me now.
• I choose to feel safe as my income and capacity expand.
• I am the type of person who allows my business to evolve without forcing outcomes.
• I choose to trust my voice without needing external validation.
• I choose to release urgency, pressure, and fear around finances.
• I choose to step away from people and situations that limit my growth.

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In this Legacy Series conversation, I sit down with Rebecca Ogilvie, founder of The Detour Co. Muskoka, to unpack what it really looks like to build a product-based brand rooted in integrity, intuition, and energetic alignment.

What began as a deeply personal detour, simple skincare rituals during a season of depletion, motherhood, and reconnection, became a business devoted to helping women slow down, tune in, and treat themselves with respect.

This episode is about energy leading before strategy, self-care as self-respect, and creating something sustainable that actually feels good to run. 

In This Episode:

• Why energy speaks before your marketing ever does
• How small, intentional rituals rewire confidence and self-trust
• The link between self-care, self-respect, and identity
• What motherhood revealed about intuition, protection, and leadership
• Building a product brand from intention instead of pressure
• How nature mirrors self-acceptance and compassion
• What it means to create a business with integrity and longevity
  

SHOP THE DETOUR CO ✨ Free shipping for your next order! Use code LIMITLESS 

The Detour Co products remind you to slow down and enjoy the experience of those micro moments that remind us what it is to be human. Learn More Here

Connect with The Detour Co Muskoka on Instagram @thedetourco.muskoka

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If you’re successful on paper but running on adrenaline behind the scenes, this episode will land.

In this Legacy Series conversation, I sit down with Robina Abramson Walling, board-certified health and life coach and doctoral candidate in natural medicine, to talk about what’s actually happening in the bodies of high-achieving women.

We break down why so many ambitious women lose their edge, struggle with energy, focus, hormones, and confidence, and why pushing harder is often the worst possible response.

This episode bridges science, energy, and leadership in a grounded way, without fear-based hormone narratives or surface-level mindset advice.

In this episode, we cover:

• What chronic stress actually does to the nervous system and hormones
  
• Why burnout often shows up as high-functioning depression
  
• How energy dysregulation impacts leadership capacity
  
• Why perimenopause is misunderstood and over-pathologized
  
• How the Regulated CEO leads without sacrificing herself
  

This is for the woman who knows her next level won’t be built on pressure, hustle, or adrenaline.

🎧 Listen now and share this with the woman who needs to hear it too

Learn more about Robina and the Regulated CEO: www.routeofhealing.com

Connect with her on Instagram: @routeofhealing

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This Legacy Series episode is a deep conversation about redefining success, listening to the body’s wisdom, and designing a life that supports who you are now.

Ameera Virani shares her journey from global leadership, burnout, and illness into a new way of living and leading that prioritizes clarity, peace, and conscious choice.

Inside this episode:

• How burnout and grief can become catalysts for intentional life design
  
• Why freedom numbers are personal and rooted in feeling, not comparison
  
• The hidden conflict many women carry between success, family, and values
• Legacy as a lived experience, not a future achievement
  
• What it really means to choose yourself without guilt
  

This episode an invitation to stop surviving inside your success and start designing a life that actually fits.

Connect with Ameera

Website: ameeravirani.com

Visioneering Experience: Visioneering

Instagram: @ameera.virani

Linked In: Ameera Virani

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When your body whispers, do you listen — or do you wait until it screams?

In this powerful Legacy Series conversation, I sit down with Bruna DiCecca, founder of Ritual Beauty & Wellness, to unpack what really happens when your business, identity, and nervous system collapse at the same time… and how you rebuild from truth instead of survival.

This is a lesson in body-led business, reinvention, and the courage to burn down what no longer matches your energetic signature.

In this episode, we dive into:

• The quiet whispers your body gives you long before burnout hits
• The moment Bruna realized she was living inside someone else’s vision
• What really happens when your nervous system shuts down
• Rebuilding a business from soul, & strategy
• The identity collapse that COVID triggered — and the rebirth that followed
• How trauma-informed, body-based modalities brought her back home
• Why your 40s + 50s are your true activation years
• How to lead a business that nourishes you instead of draining you

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Up until now, the Quantum Leap Series has walked you through the mechanics, identity, calibration, the gap, the NOW goal. The LEGACY Series is the embodiment of those.

This special December lineup is designed to shift your frequency through real conversations with real women who lead, build, and rise at a completely different level.

We begin with Jen Szpigiel — founder of Becoming Iconic, Iconic Magazine, and a global media brand reaching women in over 48 countries. Her story isn’t just inspiring… it’s activating. Jen has built empires, lost everything, rebuilt from truth, and created a movement that continues to expand across the world.

This conversation is a masterclass in leadership, reinvention, identity evolution, and what it actually takes to rise when life hands you a plot twist (or twenty).

In this episode, we explore:

• The whisper for “more” and the ache high-capacity women feel when they’re meant to expand
  
• Jen’s early leap from corporate and the narratives she refused to buy into
  
• Losing her entire online presence overnight, and what rising from the ashes really looked like
  
• How Iconic Magazine became a global brand built on intention, integrity, and legacy
  
• Why legacy-led women lead, build, and rebuild differently
    

Takeaway: Legacy isn’t a milestone, it’s an identity. And the moment you choose truth over comfort, reinvention becomes inevitable.

Connect with Jen:

Becomingiconic.co

ICONIC Magazine 

Becoming ICONIC on Instagram

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DECEMBER AFFIRMATIONS

Each affirmation will be repeated 3x in a row and then it loops so you hear each affirmation a total of 9x.

As you listen, allow the words to absorb into you, as you re-program you mind, and your energy, for abundance in all areas of life. 

You can choose to repeat these affirmations out loud, or in your mind, whatever feels right for you.

For results, listen to them daily for 21 days or more.

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Here are the Affirmations that are included in this episode:

• I choose to trust the version of me that I am becoming, even when my mind wants proof first.

•  I choose to release the pressure to fix, force, or figure everything out.

•  I choose to believe that expansion is safe for me.

•  I choose to receive with ease.

•  I choose to release the need to prove.

•  I choose to embody the frequency of my legacy now.

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Everyone talks about the energy of a Quantum Leap…
but almost no one talks about the structure required to actually hold one.

In this episode, we dive into the deeper truth behind why so many high-achieving women struggle with consistency, discipline, and forward momentum, and why it has nothing to do with effort.

In this epsiode:

• Why your Quantum Leap can’t live inside a calendar built by your old identity
• How your subconscious and energy patterns shape the way you use time
• The 3 structural shifts that stabilize your leap (without overwhelming your system)
• How to recognize the exact moment your old identity tries to take the wheel
• Why Human Design — used strategically — gives you the map for aligned structure

This episode will hit you with those “oh… that’s why I do that” realizations that change everything.

If you’re ready to stop trying harder and start structuring your life in a way your future identity can hold, this one is a must-listen.

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You’ve been doing the inner work, your energy’s shifting, and then… chaos hits.
Old patterns resurface, clients act weird, and people start projecting their discomfort onto you!

Before you start doubting everything, stop and listen to this episode!

In this episode we get into what’s really happening when your Quantum Leap starts triggering your life—and how to navigate the pushback without losing your momentum (or your mind).

You’ll learn:

• What it actually means when your life starts “reacting” to your new frequency
  
• How to recognize energetic “tests” and choose your higher standard in the moment
  
• Why other people’s triggers aren’t your problem to solve
  
• How to stabilize your leap without burning everything down
• The simplest way to rewire your subconscious while everything around you is rearranging

I've got a few of my Free Subconscious Strategy Sessions available for 2025. Now is your chance to grab one and get to the bottom of where your energy or subconscious may be limiting your growth:
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You’ve declared your Quantum Leap year....but nothing’s moving yet, and to be honest, it feels like everything is NOT working.

In this episode, I break down one of the most misunderstood parts of energetic growth — the space where your frequency has shifted, but your external world hasn’t caught up yet.

Here’s what we get into:

• Why “acting as if” doesn’t work — and what to do instead
• The difference between the Energetic Gap and the Silent Phase
•  How to hold your frequency before the evidence appears
•  The identity shift that collapses time between your intention and your reality
•  The exact practices to stabilize your energy when nothing seems to be working
  
  

This is the work that turns embodiment into momentum, and momentum into results.

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NOVEMBER AFFIRMATIONS

Each affirmation will be repeated 3x in a row and then it loops so you hear each affirmation a total of 9x.

As you listen, allow the words to absorb into you, as you re-program you mind, and your energy, for abundance in all areas of life. 

You can choose to repeat these affirmations out loud, or in your mind, whatever feels right for you.

For results, listen to them daily for 21 days or more.

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Here are the Affirmations that are included in this episode:

• I’m the type of person who takes bold, aligned action even when it feels uncomfortable.
•  I choose to trust that my expansion is inevitable.
• I’m in the process of making the extraordinary my new normal.
• I’m the type of person who thrives in the in-between.
• I’m the type of person who allows rapid expansion to feel safe and sustainable.
• I’m in the process of rewriting what success feels like in my body.

Want to listen on-the-go? Check out The Limitless Life Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Did you know the show is now ranked in the top 5% most popular shows globally!

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