Send us Fan Mail Start here if you’re ready to trade pretending for truth. We kick off Women Unfiltered with a roundtable on what women are outgrowing: staying too long out of loyalty, swallowing anger to be “nice,” apologizing to avoid conflict, and working past our limits just to be called strong. Julie Fairhurst hosts alongside Tammy Trites, Leah Abrams, and Trish Kimble for a candid, vivid, and bracingly useful conversation. We dig into the reflex to fix everything and how it keeps us stuck in survival mode. Anger gets a full reframe: not a flaw to hide, but information that points to grief, fear, and unmet needs. Desire shows up as a compass, more time, money, rest, intimacy, and we talk about how women are taught to want “just enough.” The panel unpacks praise that costs us, especially the pedestal of “strength,” and the way social media props up a “good life” that often hides real chaos and pain. From boundaries to becoming, we get practical. Saying no is treated as a complete sentence. Rest is framed as resistance, not laziness, with honest talk about personal rhythms and the toll of overdoing. We explore waking up between 35 and 65 (and beyond): owning power, lowering tolerance for nonsense, and shifting from role to soul. Along the way, we draw clean lines between fitting in and true belonging, and between being nice and being kind. The takeaways are simple and strong: you’re not behind, you’re becoming; enough is both a limit and your identity; and you were never meant to survive life quietly. If you’re craving language for what you feel and permission to live it, press play. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a review to help more women find these conversations. Grab the link and get started! Reach out to Trish Kimble: https://www.blank-slate.ca/ Reach out to Lea Abrams: https://www.risewellcoaching.com/ Tammie Trites: tammie@changeyourpath.ca Julie Fairhurst: https://juliefairhurst.com/ Ladies, join us at Write Like a Woman - Empowered by Women Like Me If this conversation stirred something in you… good. That’s where change begins. Make sure you’re subscribed, share this with someone who needs it, and if you’re ready to tell your story, step into your voice, or build a life that actually feels like yours… You’re in the right place. I’m Julie Fairhurst, and this is where stories turn into power. Go to my website if you would like to be a guest on the Women Like Me Stories & Business in the toolbar click Let's Podcast Julie's Website
