Embracing Enough is a podcast redefining what leadership really looks like - especially for women who are done performing perfection. Each episode invites bold, honest conversations with women who are leading, healing, and unlearning the stories that told them they weren’t enough. Together, we explore what it takes to show up with confidence, courage, and authenticity - in the workplace, in our relationships, and within ourselves. This isn’t about climbing ladders or checking boxes. It’s about…
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In this episode of Embracing Enough , Dina sits down with nervous system and embodiment expert Dara Steinberg , founder of Slow Down to Become , for a conversation about one of the most overlooked leadership skills: feeling safe enough to trust yourself. Together, they explore why so many high-achieving women mistake chronic stress, overperformance, and people-pleasing for ambition - and how those…
For years, I thought my work was about confidence. I built programs around it. I coached women through it. I spoke on stages about it. And over and over again, I found myself returning to the same question: Why do so many brilliant, accomplished women still struggle to believe they're enough? But during my time in Goldman Sachs' Black Women in Business program, something unexpected happened. As I…
What if loneliness isn't a sign that something is wrong with you? What if it's a signal pointing you toward something you deeply need? In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, Dina sits down with trauma-informed therapist, speaker, and author Dr. Sylvia Kalicinski to explore the hidden reality of loneliness - especially the kind that exists beneath achievement, competence, leadership,…
No one is coming to tell you you’re ready. And honestly? That might be the most freeing thing you hear today. In this episode of Embracing Enough , we’re getting into the quiet, invisible pattern that keeps so many brilliant women stuck - not lack of capability, but the habit of waiting. Waiting to be chosen. Waiting to be validated. Waiting for someone to say, “It’s your turn.” In this episode,…
What if confidence was never something women lacked; but something that was interrupted? In this conversation, I sit down with Jess Weiner - cultural expert, author of A Very Hungry Girl , and longtime advisor to brands like Dove and Barbie - to unpack the deeper story behind how women learn to see themselves, lead, and show up in the world. We go beyond surface-level “confidence” talk and get…
What if the very thing you’ve been praised for… is the exact thing slowing your leadership down? In this episode of Embracing Enough , we’re getting honest about a pattern too many high-performing women know intimately - but rarely say out loud. Because most women weren’t actually taught leadership. We were taught how to be manageable. Easy to work with. Easy to direct. Easy to overlook. And while…
Season 7 of Embracing Enough is about saying what’salready being said in the group chat - out loud. And today? We’re talking to the woman who has done all the work . Therapy? Check.Books? Highlighted.Podcasts? Saved.Breathwork app? Downloaded. You know the language.You can explain nervous system regulation in a meeting.You’ve taught other people about boundaries. And you are still tired. Not…
Season 7 is about saying what the group chat already knows - out loud. And today’s truth? You are not “low confidence.” You are high-functioning and hypervigilant. This episode is for the woman who leads the meeting. The one with the title. The one people describe as “so confident.” And then the Zoom ends… the door shuts… and the spiral begins. Did I talk too much? Was that too direct? Did I look…
In this episode, Dina sits down with Sophia Mikelionis, founder of Gearing Together, to say the part out loud: You can do everything “right”… and still feel completely drained. Sophia’s résumé checks every box. BBA in Finance from Howard. MBA from Syracuse. Climbed the corporate ladder. Delivered. Performed. Excelled. On paper? Thriving. Behind the scenes? Exhausted. Running on deadlines,…
Let’s say what the group chat already knows: Boundaries don’t feel hard because you’re confused. They feel hard because the minute you set one… the temperature in the room changes. This episode is for the woman who: Knows how to say no; but still explains it for three minutes. Knows she’s overextended; but keeps picking up the extra lift. Knows she’s capable; but still manages the room like it’s…
