Hopeful and Wholesome: Wellness, Nutrition, Inner Healing and Self-Improvement for High Achieving Women and Entrepreneurs

Hope Pedraza
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You were never meant to override yourself into success. The Hopeful & Wholesome Podcast is the space where high-achieving women come back to their bodies and find that's where the deeper, richer, more expansive life was waiting all along. Host Hope Pedraza — Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Human Design Guide, NLP Practitioner, and Reiki Practitioner — brings weekly conversations at the intersection of functional health, human design, and soul-led living. Each week we go deep on: Functional labs, hormones, and root cause healingHuman Design, energetics, and body intelligenceNervous system regulation and somatic healingSubconscious reprogramming and inner authorityPleasure, intuition, and the fully reclaimed woman Join Hope and her inspiring guests for transformative conversations designed to help you live your best life with hope and purpose. This is where the reclamation begins: from the inside out. Follow Hope @thehopepedraza  •hopefulandwholesome.com

  1. What If Being Selfish Was the Most Generous Thing You Could Do? with Valerie Jones

    6H AGO

    What If Being Selfish Was the Most Generous Thing You Could Do? with Valerie Jones

    Send us Fan Mail You've been taught that selflessness is a virtue. That putting yourself last makes you a good woman, a good mom, a good partner. But what if that conditioning is exactly what's keeping you stuck, burned out, and disconnected from yourself? In this episode, Hope sits down with Valerie Jones, author, podcast host, and founder of The Selfish Woman movement, to break down why reclaiming yourself isn't selfish at all. It's the foundation for everything. This one will challenge you, liberate you, and maybe make you a little tear-excited. What You'll Learn: Why "selfish" is being redefined, and why high-achieving women need this reframe NOWHow self-abandonment disguises itself as being easygoing, selfless, or "low maintenance"The guilt trap keeping women playing small (and the one question that breaks it)Why the selfless conditioning in our culture was literally designed to keep women from powerHow to stop giving from resentment and start giving from overflowThe daily practices that help you reconnect to your inner being and rebuild self-trustWhy fulfillment is a radical act, and how micro-steps lead to massive transformationResources & Links: 📖 The Selfish Year — available wherever books are sold  🎙️ The Selfish Woman Podcast — Season 5 now airing  🔍 Free Quiz: Reveal Your Mask — valeriejones.ca  🌐 Website: valeriejones.ca 📱  Instagram: @thevaleriejones 📧 valerie@valeriejonescoach.com About Valerie Jones: Valerie Jones is the author of The Selfish Year, host of The Selfish Woman podcast, and founder of The Selfish Woman movement — a global sisterhood redefining what it means to put yourself first. For over a decade, she's been a voice in the dark for women navigating transition, healing, and reclaiming their lives. Today she leads women beyond survival into bold reinvention, magnetic self-worth, and lives that feel as good as they look. Known for her unapologetic storytelling and no-BS truth-telling, Valerie brings fierce honesty, deep empathy, and high-voltage inspiration to every stage she steps on. Join me inside The Quantum Reset: A 3-month high-touch healing experience for visionary women ready to recalibrate their nervous system, decode their biology, and release burnout patterns. With functional labs and multidimensional healing, you’ll remember what it feels like to be fully electric in your body. Apply here or message me HERE with questions. Connect with me on Instagram and tell me what you think! For some more free resources to help you on your journey, click HERE to download my Guide to Seed Cycling and HERE for my guide on Minerals for Chakra Balancing and Longevity (a personal favorite because mineral balancing is my jam!)

    39 min
  2. The Ancient Secret to Hormonal Health Nobody's Talking About: Ayurveda & Dharma with Dr. Harmony Robinson-Stagg

    MAY 12

    The Ancient Secret to Hormonal Health Nobody's Talking About: Ayurveda & Dharma with Dr. Harmony Robinson-Stagg

    Send us Fan Mail What if your fatigue, hormonal chaos, and feeling "off" aren't just physical symptoms, but signals that you're out of alignment with your soul's purpose? In this episode, Hope sits down with Dr. Harmony Robinson-Stagg, Ayurvedic practitioner, Doctor of Chinese Medicine, and registered nurse, to explore the ancient science of Ayurveda through a lens most people completely miss: your Dharma. We're going way beyond doshas and diet. This conversation dives into why so many high-achieving women can have perfect labs, a clean diet, and all the right supplements, and still feel depleted. The missing piece? Purpose. And Ayurveda has been talking about it for thousands of years. What You'll Learn Why Ayurveda is the science of life and longevity, and how Dharma is the backbone most practitioners skipThe real reason your labs look fine but you still feel emptyWhat karmic loops actually are (and the Ayurvedic psychology behind breaking them)How your subconscious "samskaras" keep you stuck in the same patternsA powerful embodiment practice to connect with your higher self right nowWhy knowing yourself deeply is the most selfless thing you can doHow Vedic astrology maps your Dharmic pathSimple first steps to begin your Ayurvedic journey todayResources & Links Mentioned 📖 Ayurveda & The Alchemy of HER — https://www.harmonyinspiredhealth.com.au/book/🎓 FREE Masterclass: Intro to Ayurveda for Health & Wellness Professionals — https://www.harmonyinspiredhealth.com.au/masterclass-ayurveda-for-wellness-professionals/💻 Website — https://www.harmonyinspiredhealth.com.au📲 Instagram — www.instagram.com/harmony.inspired.ayurveda🌿 Become a Certified Ayurveda Holistic Health Coach — https://www.ayurvedaalchemist.com.au📞 Book a Free Clarity Call — https://p.bttr.to/3r0ymHb🎙️ Podcast — https://www.harmonyinspiredhealth.com.au/podcasts/About Dr. Harmony Robinson-Stagg Dr. Harmony Robinson-Stagg is a leading Ayurveda & Women's Health Practitioner, Doctor of Chinese Medicine, and Registered Nurse with over two decades of experience blending Ayurveda, TCM, and Western science to help women reclaim their health and step into holistic success. She's the founder of the Ayurveda Alchemist Academy and creator of the higHERself™ Method — a transformational framework bridging ancient wisdom with modern science. Her debut book, Ayurveda & The Alchemy of HER, is a soul-stirring guide helping women rise in their Dharma and live as their highest self. Join me inside The Quantum Reset: A 3-month high-touch healing experience for visionary women ready to recalibrate their nervous system, decode their biology, and release burnout patterns. With functional labs and multidimensional healing, you’ll remember what it feels like to be fully electric in your body. Apply here or message me HERE with questions. Connect with me on Instagram and tell me what you think! For some more free resources to help you on your journey, click HERE to download my Guide to Seed Cycling and HERE for my guide on Minerals for Chakra Balancing and Longevity (a personal favorite because mineral balancing is my jam!)

    42 min
  3. What Does It Actually Mean to Be "Full of Yourself"? with Ebonie Allard

    MAY 5

    What Does It Actually Mean to Be "Full of Yourself"? with Ebonie Allard

    Send us Fan Mail You've been told your whole life not to be full of yourself. But what if that's exactly what's been keeping you from the fulfillment you're chasing? In this episode, I'm joined by energy specialist and soul contract guide Ebonie Allard for a conversation that is equal parts grounding and expansive. We're talking about what it really means to reclaim yourself, your full self, and why that reclamation is the actual path to fulfillment. If you're a high-achieving woman who's built the life but still feels something is off, this one is for you. What You'll Learn: What "becoming full of yourself" actually means (and why it's not what you think)How suppressing your full expression creates inflammation and dis-ease in the bodyWhy healing in community is more powerful than healing in isolationHow to work with your shadows without making it a heavy, serious ordealWhat soul contracts are and how they connect to your life's purpose and fulfillmentHow your Human Design open centers shape your identity,  and how to stop letting them work against youThe difference between performing your chart vs. softening into itThree grounding questions to check in with your power, presence, and purpose dailyResources & Links: 🌐 Website: ebonieallard.com📊 Get your chart: ebonieallard.com/get-chart🎁 Free resources: ebonieallard.com/freebies🎙️ Podcast: Becoming Full of Yourself on Substack📱 Instagram: @eboniealchemy | @ebonieallard🛍️ Shop (Art Prints, Kismet Code Deck): shop.ebonieallard.com🔗 True Self Training: ebonieallard.com/true-self-training (use code HOPEFUL to get it for FREE!)About Ebonie: Ebonie Allard is an energy specialist, master coach, and soul contract guide whose approach to self-discovery is as playful as it is profound. Blending Human Design, Gene Keys, Astrology, and Numerology with somatic practices and energetic alchemy, she helps culture makers decode their soul contracts, integrate their shadows, and reignite their sacred spark. She's the creator of The Value Filter, Embody Your Design, and The Kismet Codes — and her mission is simple: help you feel unapologetically fabulous about being full of yourself. Join me inside The Quantum Reset: A 3-month high-touch healing experience for visionary women ready to recalibrate their nervous system, decode their biology, and release burnout patterns. With functional labs and multidimensional healing, you’ll remember what it feels like to be fully electric in your body. Apply here or message me HERE with questions. Connect with me on Instagram and tell me what you think! For some more free resources to help you on your journey, click HERE to download my Guide to Seed Cycling and HERE for my guide on Minerals for Chakra Balancing and Longevity (a personal favorite because mineral balancing is my jam!)

    43 min
  4. Stop Borrowing Other People's Identities (And Find Your Own) with Kehla G.

    APR 28

    Stop Borrowing Other People's Identities (And Find Your Own) with Kehla G.

    Send us Fan Mail What if the personal development work you've been doing is actually keeping you from yourself? In this deep, unfiltered conversation, Hope sits down with Business Architect Kehla G. to unpack a concept that might just shatter everything you thought you knew about leadership, identity, and self-trust: epistemic authority. If you're a high-achieving woman who has done all the things — the mindset work, the identity upgrades, the somatic healing — and still feels like something's off, this episode is your permission slip to stop managing yourself and start being yourself. This is one you'll want to listen to more than once. What You'll Learn: What epistemic authority is and why reclaiming it is the key to real self-leadershipWhy the personal development industry keeps you in an identity replacement cycle, and how to break itHow borrowing identities from mentors, social media, and programs quietly erodes your self-trustWhy simplicity and subtraction are the most radical moves you can make in business right nowHow to navigate the "void" when you don't know who you are without your titles, achievements, or rolesThe difference between emotional bypassing and actually being with your experienceWhat the 2027 Human Design global shift has to do with self-sovereignty and inner authorityWhy the most powerful place to lead from requires zero hype — and everything changes when you get thereResources & Links: 🎁 Free Gift — Your Business Reoriented: kehlag.com/yourbusinessreoriented📸 Instagram: @kehlag🌐 Website: kehlag.com🎙️ Podcast — Built for the Edge: Listen here✍️ Substack: substack.com/@kehlagAbout Kehla G. Kehla G. is a Business Architect and Human Design and Gene Keys business mentor known for her precision, depth, and uncompromising clarity. Host of the top-ranked podcast Built for the Edge (500+ episodes, 160+ interviews), she helps entrepreneurs navigate growth, leadership, and high-stakes decisions without self-abandonment. Her work centers on orientation over optimization — helping founders understand where they are, what matters now, and how to move with coherence using Human Design, Gene Keys, and AI as a thinking partner. Join me inside The Quantum Reset: A 3-month high-touch healing experience for visionary women ready to recalibrate their nervous system, decode their biology, and release burnout patterns. With functional labs and multidimensional healing, you’ll remember what it feels like to be fully electric in your body. Apply here or message me HERE with questions. Connect with me on Instagram and tell me what you think! For some more free resources to help you on your journey, click HERE to download my Guide to Seed Cycling and HERE for my guide on Minerals for Chakra Balancing and Longevity (a personal favorite because mineral balancing is my jam!)

    45 min
  5. Disconnected Part 3: Performance Culture- The system that taught you to pretend to be ok

    APR 27

    Disconnected Part 3: Performance Culture- The system that taught you to pretend to be ok

    Send us Fan Mail She is the most capable woman in every room she walks into, an often the loneliest. Not because she doesn't have people around her, but because nobody is seeing the real her. And somewhere along the way — in the managing and the performing and the holding it all together, she stopped seeing the real her too. This is Episode 3 and the finale of our series on the hidden systems disconnecting high-achieving women from their bodies, their truth, and their power. And this one might be the most tender of all. Today we're talking about performance culture, the system that taught high-achieving women their inner world was a liability.  That appearing okay was more important than actually being okay. That the gap between who she is and who she performs to be was not only normal, it was necessary for survival. In this episode we're covering: What performance culture actually is, and how it creates chronic disconnection between a woman's inner experience and outer presentationThe sneaky everyday patterns revealing performance culture in her relationships, her business, her body image, and her nervous systemWhy high-achieving women and female entrepreneurs are carrying the heaviest invisible emotional load, and what that costs them hormonally and energeticallyThe mind body connection between performing wellness and actually experiencing it, and why so many women have one without the otherWhat somatic healing, nervous system regulation, and subconscious reprogramming reveal underneath the performanceWhat body sovereignty and inner authority actually feel like for the woman who has spent years performing strength instead of embodying itAnd at the close of this episode we're bringing all three systems together, because purity culture, hustle culture, and performance culture didn't operate separately. They functioned as one perfectly designed patriarchal operating system keeping women disconnected from their bodies, their intuition, their desires, and their power. Three systems. One message. Your body — your truth — your knowing — cannot be trusted. This series exists to dismantle that lie completely. Because on the other side of that dismantling isn't just better hormone health or better habits or better boundaries. It's a whole life — richer, deeper, more expansive, and more alive than anything performance, hustle, or purity ever promised you. That's what's available. And reclaiming it starts with understanding what you've been up against. This is the exact work inside Attune — a 4-week immersive experience for high-achieving women ready to stop outsourcing their power and come back to the body that's been trying to reach them all along. Through functional health, Human Design, somat Join me inside The Quantum Reset: A 3-month high-touch healing experience for visionary women ready to recalibrate their nervous system, decode their biology, and release burnout patterns. With functional labs and multidimensional healing, you’ll remember what it feels like to be fully electric in your body. Apply here or message me HERE with questions. Connect with me on Instagram and tell me what you think! For some more free resources to help you on your journey, click HERE to download my Guide to Seed Cycling and HERE for my guide on Minerals for Chakra Balancing and Longevity (a personal favorite because mineral balancing is my jam!)

    35 min
  6. Disconnected Part 2: Hustle Culture - How Ambition Became the New Obedience

    APR 21

    Disconnected Part 2: Hustle Culture - How Ambition Became the New Obedience

    Send us Fan Mail You are tired in a way sleep doesn't fix. You've done everything right. Built the business. Hit the goals. Checked every box on the list that was supposed to make you feel like enough.  And underneath all of it, there is a bone-deep exhaustion that no amount of optimization, supplements, or morning routines has been able to touch. This exhaustion is a conditioning problem. And this episode names it. Last week we pulled back the curtain on purity culture and women's body disconnection. This week we're talking about the system that picked up right where it left off. Hustle culture didn't just tell high-achieving women to work harder. It told them their body was an obstacle to their goals. It turned exhaustion into a status symbol, rest into something to be earned, and built an entire wellness industrial complex around optimizing the female body, rather than listening to it.  And for female entrepreneurs and business owners, this conditioning runs especially deep. In this episode we're covering: How hustle culture weaponized ambition against women's bodies, and why the most driven women are often the most hormonally depletedThe sneaky everyday patterns that reveal hustle culture living in your nervous system, your hormones, and your daily habits right nowWhat chronic stress and body override actually does to cortisol, hormone balance, and adrenal health in high-achieving womenWhy more biohacking, more supplements, and more wellness optimization keeps failing, and what functional health actually reveals underneathThe real cost of hustle culture on women's energy, creativity, intuition, and body sovereigntyWhat becomes available for women entrepreneurs when they stop overriding and start listeningThis is the episode for the woman who is succeeding on paper and running on empty in her body.  The woman who can't remember the last time she felt genuinely rested. The woman whose hormones, gut health, or nervous system are sending signals she keeps overriding because stopping feels impossible. The starting place might surprise you. Ready to stop overriding and start listening? Attune is a 4-week immersive experience for high-achieving women and entrepreneurs ready to reclaim their energy, reconnect to their bodies, and discover how much deeper and more expansive life gets from there — through functional health principles, Human Design, nervous system regulation, and somatic healing. Join us at here Next week Part 3: Performance Culture — How Appearing Okay Became a Full Time Job Join me inside The Quantum Reset: A 3-month high-touch healing experience for visionary women ready to recalibrate their nervous system, decode their biology, and release burnout patterns. With functional labs and multidimensional healing, you’ll remember what it feels like to be fully electric in your body. Apply here or message me HERE with questions. Connect with me on Instagram and tell me what you think! For some more free resources to help you on your journey, click HERE to download my Guide to Seed Cycling and HERE for my guide on Minerals for Chakra Balancing and Longevity (a personal favorite because mineral balancing is my jam!)

    32 min
  7. Disconnected Part 1: Purity Culture- How You Were Taught Your Body Was the Problem

    APR 14

    Disconnected Part 1: Purity Culture- How You Were Taught Your Body Was the Problem

    Send us Fan Mail There's a belief living in your body that you never consciously chose. It arrived before you were old enough to question it, before you had language for it, before you even knew it was being installed. And it's been quietly running the show ever since. It sounds like this: Your body cannot be trusted. Maybe not in those exact words, it rarely is.  It shows up as the apology you give before you've said anything wrong. The smaller thing you order when you actually want the pasta.  The guilt that creeps in the moment you start to actually rest. The way you explain, justify, and defend every boundary like your "no" needs a legal brief to be valid. This is Episode 1 of a 3-part series on the hidden systems that disconnected high-achieving women from their bodies , and this one goes all the way back to the beginning. We're talking about purity culture.  And before you click away thinking this doesn't apply to you — you didn't have to grow up in church for purity culture to live in your nervous system.  This conditioning seeped into family systems, schools, diet culture, media, and yes, even the wellness industry itself. Most women absorbed it before they were old enough to realize what was happening. In this episode we're covering: What purity culture actually is, and why it extends far beyond religion into diet culture, body image, and women's healthThe sneaky everyday ways purity culture conditioning still shows up in high-achieving women right nowWhy the woman who can't stop people pleasing, shrinking her desires, and apologizing for existing is conditioned (and how to decondition these parts)What this conditioning actually costs you, in your hormones, your nervous system, your business, and your sense of selfWhy nervous system healing and body reconnection have to start with understanding where the disconnection came fromThis isn't about blame. This isn't about religion. This is about understanding the water you've been swimming in, so you can finally choose something different. Because you cannot heal your relationship with your body, regulate your nervous system, or reclaim your inner authority on top of an unconscious belief that your body is the problem. That belief ends here. Ready to go deeper? Attune is a 4-week immersive experience for high-achieving women ready to reconnect to their body's intelligence, rebuild self-trust, and reclaim their inner authority — through nervous system regulation, Human Design, somatic healing, and subconscious reprogramming.  Join us at HERE. Next week for Part 2: Hustle Culture — How Ambition Became the New Obedienc Join me inside The Quantum Reset: A 3-month high-touch healing experience for visionary women ready to recalibrate their nervous system, decode their biology, and release burnout patterns. With functional labs and multidimensional healing, you’ll remember what it feels like to be fully electric in your body. Apply here or message me HERE with questions. Connect with me on Instagram and tell me what you think! For some more free resources to help you on your journey, click HERE to download my Guide to Seed Cycling and HERE for my guide on Minerals for Chakra Balancing and Longevity (a personal favorite because mineral balancing is my jam!)

    34 min
  8. Are you healing or just avoiding? The truth about our personal growth journey, deconditioning and your next level with Krystal Thompson

    APR 6

    Are you healing or just avoiding? The truth about our personal growth journey, deconditioning and your next level with Krystal Thompson

    Send us Fan Mail What if the healing work you've been doing is actually keeping you stuck? In this episode, I'm reuniting with one of my favorite humans — conscious business mentor and Human Design guide Krystal Thompson — for a conversation that will stop you in your tracks. We're going deep on the thick line between healing and avoiding, why high-achieving women get addicted to dopamine without ever touching a substance, and how the Healy device gave Krystal a reading that completely rewired the trajectory of her life and business. If you've been in the "healing soup," chasing the next modality, or doing all the things from a frantic energy,  this one's for you. This is the conversation your nervous system has been waiting for. What You'll Learn in This Episode: The critical difference between healing and avoidance,  and why it matters more than you thinkHow Krystal discovered she had a dopamine addiction rooted in her open Ego Center (and what that actually means for how she was running her business)What the Healy device is, how it reads your quantum field, and why you can't hide from what it tells youHow to identify whether your actions are driven by genuine desire or a need to prove somethingWhy the deconditioning process is non-linear, and how to stop making yourself wrong when you need to unplugThe Mount Everest metaphor that reframes rest as a required part of your ascentWhat the current astrological shift means for the healing era we've been in,  and what's being asked of us nowWhy the answer you've been searching for might already be here — you just have to stay in it long enoughResources & Links Mentioned: 🎙️ Krystal's Podcast Her business: The Aura Lab: https://theauralabcourses.co/links📲 Follow Krystal on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xkrystalthompson/About Krystal Thompson: Krystal Thompson is a Conscious Business Mentor for creatives, mystics, and visionary entrepreneurs. She uses a combined 15 years of experience in Human Design, subconscious reprogramming, and digital marketing to help new paradigm entrepreneurs break the rules, trust their energy, and build lives and businesses that feel as good as they work. Find her weekly on The Aura Lab podcast and on Instagram @xkrystalthompson. Join me inside The Quantum Reset: A 3-month high-touch healing experience for visionary women ready to recalibrate their nervous system, decode their biology, and release burnout patterns. With functional labs and multidimensional healing, you’ll remember what it feels like to be fully electric in your body. Apply here or message me HERE with questions. Connect with me on Instagram and tell me what you think! For some more free resources to help you on your journey, click HERE to download my Guide to Seed Cycling and HERE for my guide on Minerals for Chakra Balancing and Longevity (a personal favorite because mineral balancing is my jam!)

    42 min
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You were never meant to override yourself into success. The Hopeful & Wholesome Podcast is the space where high-achieving women come back to their bodies and find that's where the deeper, richer, more expansive life was waiting all along. Host Hope Pedraza — Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Human Design Guide, NLP Practitioner, and Reiki Practitioner — brings weekly conversations at the intersection of functional health, human design, and soul-led living. Each week we go deep on: Functional labs, hormones, and root cause healingHuman Design, energetics, and body intelligenceNervous system regulation and somatic healingSubconscious reprogramming and inner authorityPleasure, intuition, and the fully reclaimed woman Join Hope and her inspiring guests for transformative conversations designed to help you live your best life with hope and purpose. This is where the reclamation begins: from the inside out. Follow Hope @thehopepedraza  •hopefulandwholesome.com

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