The Sage Sorority

Shantel Rousseau

💡 Wisdom. Sisterhood. Real Talk. Welcome to The Sage Sorority—the ultimate podcast for modern women navigating life, career, and relationships with confidence, humour, and a little bit of chaos. Hosted from London, this show is your weekly dose of unfiltered big sister advice, blending deep conversations with fun, relatable insights on self-worth, success, dating, and personal growth. ✨ What You’ll Get in Every Episode: ✔️ Raw, real conversations about life as a woman in your 30s & 40s ✔️ Empowering advice on career, money, relationships & self-care ✔️ Expert guests & inspiring women sharing their unfiltered truths ✔️ A mix of deep wisdom & playful banter—because life’s too short for boring podcasts If you’re figuring out who you are, what you want, and how to live a life that feels as good as it looks, you’re in the right place. Join us for honest discussions on personal growth, female friendships, modern love, and leveling up in every aspect of life. 📍 New episodes every Thursday 🎙 Follow & subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. 💌 Connect with us: @thesagesorority

  1. May 21

    episode 064 - relationships aren't graded solely by outcome

    There's a question that comes up every time someone mentions an ex at dinner: "Where is he now?" And what that question is really doing is asking you to justify whether the relationship was worth having based on how it ended. If there's no ring, no forever, no clean resolution then the whole thing gets filed under wasted time. This episode is a direct challenge to that framing. Shantel breaks down why measuring a relationship by its outcome is not just unhelpful, it actively strips you of your own power. A relationship that ended is not evidence of failure. Presence, growth, vulnerability, and the version of yourself you became inside that chapter (!!!) none of that disappears because someone left. This one covers the narrative most women inherit without questioning, what it actually means to take sovereignty over your own relationship history, the difference between accountability and self-blame, and why grieving a relationship is not the same as admitting you wasted time. If you've ever described a past relationship as a waste, or felt embarrassed about how long you stayed, or quietly wondered whether your past counts, this episode is for you. -- want to book a girl chat session? all the info is here - https://squ.re/45jq3ue want to partner w/The Sage Sorority Podcast? let’s chat - thesagesorority@gmail.com have a question? send in an (anonymous) one for Q&A - https://tellonym.me/thesagesorority 💘 SUBSTACK// https://open.substack.com/pub/thesagesorority INSTAGRAM// https://www.instagram.com/thesagesorority/ TIKTOK// https://www.tiktok.com/@thesagesorority YOUTUBE// https://www.youtube.com/@TheSageSorority subscribe to The Sage Sorority Podcast + leave a (cheeky) 5* rating 💘 apple: https://bit.ly/41ZNwO2 spotify: https://spoti.fi/4iVPAhn youtube: http://bit.ly/45ei8wO THE SAGE SORORITY PODCAST - https://feeds.captivate.fm/thesagesorority/ 💘 catch up with, our founder + host, Shantel instagram// https://www.instagram.com/shantelrousseau/ tiktok// https://www.tiktok.com/@shantelrousseau Snapchat// https://snapchat.com/t/fb8LTRCm youtube// https://www.youtube.com/@shantelrousseauonline OUTFITS - ShopMy// https://shopmy.us/shantelrousseau OUTFITS - LTK// https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shantelrousseau 💘

    20 min

  2. May 14

    episode 063 - misbehave with integrity

    In this episode of The Sage Sorority, Shantel explores what it means for women to “misbehave with integrity,” inspired by Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ The Late Bloomer. This episode is about good girl conditioning, people-pleasing, self-trust, over-functioning, emotional labour, and the quiet resentment that builds when women keep choosing propriety over honesty. Shantel unpacks the difference between being proper and being ethical, why women often delay decisions they’ve already made, and why acting without cruelty, manipulation, or deliberate harm may be the permission you’ve been waiting for. Topics include: Good girl conditioning, People-pleasing and resentment Self-trust and decision-making, Emotional labour in relationships Over-functioning in friendships, family, work, and dating Why “I should” keeps women stuck, Becoming less likeable but more honest Referenced in this episode: The Late Bloomer by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Episode 012: Big Energy, No Apology Episode 027: The Rules Are Made Up Episode 038: The Rebrand Era If this episode resonated, share it with a friend and subscribe to The Sage Sorority on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. -- want to book a girl chat session? all the info is here - https://squ.re/45jq3ue want to partner w/The Sage Sorority Podcast? let’s chat - thesagesorority@gmail.com have a question? send in an (anonymous) one for Q&A - https://tellonym.me/thesagesorority 💘 SUBSTACK// https://open.substack.com/pub/thesagesorority INSTAGRAM// https://www.instagram.com/thesagesorority/ TIKTOK// https://www.tiktok.com/@thesagesorority YOUTUBE// https://www.youtube.com/@TheSageSorority subscribe to The Sage Sorority Podcast + leave a (cheeky) 5* rating 💘 apple: https://bit.ly/41ZNwO2 spotify: https://spoti.fi/4iVPAhn youtube: http://bit.ly/45ei8wO

    25 min

  3. May 7

    episode 062 - how to choose your core values and actually live by them

    In this episode of The Sage Sorority, Shantel breaks down how to choose your core values and actually live by them, drawing on the values clarification work used in therapy and coaching. You'll learn the difference between values, goals, preferences, and aesthetics, why your real values are revealed by your trade-offs, and how to use a six-to-eight value framework as a practical filter for decisions in friendship, dating, work, money, and creativity. If you've ever felt the gap between who you say you are and what your choices keep revealing, this is the episode that helps you name what matters and build from there. LIST OF VALUES 1 - https://brenebrown.com/resources/dare-to-lead-list-of-values/ LIST OF VALUES 2 (also some great exercises in this one!) - https://taproot.com/live-your-core-values-exercise-to-increase-your-success/ want to book a girl chat session? all the info is here - https://squ.re/45jq3ue want to partner w/The Sage Sorority Podcast? let’s chat - thesagesorority@gmail.com have a question? send in an (anonymous) one for Q&A - https://tellonym.me/thesagesorority 💘 SUBSTACK// https://open.substack.com/pub/thesagesorority INSTAGRAM// https://www.instagram.com/thesagesorority/ TIKTOK// https://www.tiktok.com/@thesagesorority YOUTUBE// https://www.youtube.com/@TheSageSorority subscribe to The Sage Sorority Podcast + leave a (cheeky) 5* rating 💘 apple: https://bit.ly/41ZNwO2 spotify: https://spoti.fi/4iVPAhn youtube: http://bit.ly/45ei8wO 💘 catch up with, our founder + host, Shantel instagram// https://www.instagram.com/shantelrousseau/ tiktok// https://www.tiktok.com/@shantelrousseau Snapchat// https://snapchat.com/t/fb8LTRCm youtube// https://www.youtube.com/@shantelrousseauonline OUTFITS - ShopMy// https://shopmy.us/shantelrousseau OUTFITS - LTK// https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shantelrousseau 💘

    37 min

  4. Apr 30

    episode 061 - belle burden, emma grede and the one thing nobody is talking about

    Three episodes. Three completely different topics. And the whole time I kept thinking: why does this all feel like the same conversation? Belle Burden knew before she signed that prenup. Most of us know long before we end a friendship. And Emma Grede? She's getting dragged online for simply trusting herself out loud. Today I'm naming the one thing that connects all three, and why it matters more than any of us want to admit. We're talking about what happens in the gap between knowing something and actually trusting it. Why that gap is costing women more than they realise. And why a woman who has closed that gap completely, like Emma, makes so many people deeply uncomfortable. If you've been listening all month, this is where it all lands. If you're new here, welcome. You found a good one. -- want to book a coaching session? all the info is here - https://squ.re/45jq3ue want to partner w/The Sage Sorority Podcast? let’s chat - thesagesorority@gmail.com have a question? send in an (anonymous) one for Q&A - https://tellonym.me/thesagesorority 💘 SUBSTACK// https://open.substack.com/pub/thesagesorority INSTAGRAM// https://www.instagram.com/thesagesorority/ TIKTOK// https://www.tiktok.com/@thesagesorority YOUTUBE// https://www.youtube.com/@TheSageSorority subscribe to The Sage Sorority Podcast + leave a (cheeky) 5* rating 💘 apple: https://bit.ly/41ZNwO2 spotify: https://spoti.fi/4iVPAhn youtube: http://bit.ly/45ei8wO 💘 catch up with, our founder + host, Shantel instagram// https://www.instagram.com/shantelrousseau/ tiktok// https://www.tiktok.com/@shantelrousseau Snapchat// https://snapchat.com/t/fb8LTRCm youtube// https://www.youtube.com/@shantelrousseauonline OUTFITS - ShopMy// https://shopmy.us/shantelrousseau OUTFITS - LTK// https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shantelrousseau 💘

    17 min

  5. Apr 23

    episode 060 - emma grede, start with yourself and the disclaimer economy

    The internet has had a lot to say about Emma Greed's new book Start With Yourself this week, and most of it is from people who haven't read it. In this episode, Shantel breaks down what the discourse is actually about, why it keeps happening, and what we're all missing when we rush to poke holes instead of engage. Shantel introduces the concept of the disclaimer economy — what happens when women are expected to pre-account for every possible objection before anyone will engage with their actual idea — and maps it across three areas where it shows up most loudly: motherhood, careers, and major life decisions. This episode covers the three-hour mom discourse, the work from home debate, what the contrast between Emma Greed and Belle Burden's Strangers actually tells us about how women approach partnership, and why clarity is not a hostile act. If you've been online this week, you've seen the takes. This is the longer, more honest conversation. -- want to book a coaching session? all the info is here - https://squ.re/45jq3ue want to partner w/The Sage Sorority Podcast? let’s chat - thesagesorority@gmail.com have a question? send in an (anonymous) one for Q&A - https://tellonym.me/thesagesorority 💘 SUBSTACK// https://open.substack.com/pub/thesagesorority INSTAGRAM// https://www.instagram.com/thesagesorority/ TIKTOK// https://www.tiktok.com/@thesagesorority YOUTUBE// https://www.youtube.com/@TheSageSorority subscribe to The Sage Sorority Podcast + leave a (cheeky) 5* rating 💘 apple: https://bit.ly/41ZNwO2 spotify: https://spoti.fi/4iVPAhn youtube: http://bit.ly/45ei8wO THE SAGE SORORITY PODCAST - https://feeds.captivate.fm/thesagesorority/ 💘 catch up with, our founder + host, Shantel instagram// https://www.instagram.com/shantelrousseau/ tiktok// https://www.tiktok.com/@shantelrousseau Snapchat// https://snapchat.com/t/fb8LTRCm youtube// https://www.youtube.com/@shantelrousseauonline OUTFITS - ShopMy// https://shopmy.us/shantelrousseau OUTFITS - LTK// https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shantelrousseau 💘 ———

    48 min

  6. Apr 16

    episode 059 - the sisterhood chronicles, pt. 6: how to end a friendship with grace

    We've been building toward this one, sages! The Sisterhood Chronicles started with a question: why do female friendships matter so much? We've audited them, we've talked about making new ones, we've named the fatigue of showing up for people who don't show up back. And now we're here, the conversation that somehow nobody gives us language for: how do you actually end a friendship? And how do you do it without losing yourself, burning everything down, or carrying the guilt of it for years afterward? want to book a coaching session? all the info is here - https://squ.re/45jq3ue want to partner w/The Sage Sorority Podcast? let’s chat - thesagesorority@gmail.com have a question? send in an (anonymous) one for Q&A - https://tellonym.me/thesagesorority 💘 SUBSTACK// https://open.substack.com/pub/thesagesorority INSTAGRAM// https://www.instagram.com/thesagesorority/ TIKTOK// https://www.tiktok.com/@thesagesorority YOUTUBE// https://www.youtube.com/@TheSageSorority In part six of the Sisterhood Chronicles, Shantel breaks down the three distinct ways friendships tend to end (the natural drift, the incident that changed everything, and the friendship that has simply run its course) and why each one requires something different of you. She also gets into why we spend so long looping through the "am I being too much / not enough?" checklist before we let anything go, and what it actually means to close something cleanly, with your dignity and theirs intact. This episode also touches on Who Needs Friends by Andrew McCarthy and what a chance encounter in a diner said about how differently men and women are socialised to understand the weight of friendship from the very beginning. This is a heavy one, in the best way. If you've ever been on either side of a friendship ending, this one is for you. In this episode: The three types of friendship endings and how to handle each one. Why we don't have cultural language for friendship breakups the way we do for romantic ones. The difference between giving grace and using it as a stall. When a conversation is warranted and when it isn't. How to speak from the scar, not from the wound, and why that changes everything. Referenced in this episode: episode 006, 025 + 044 + TSS's substack (linked here) If this episode resonated, the best thing you can do is share it with someone who needs it. Screenshot it, send it in a DM, drop it in a WhatsApp thread. Podcasts don't have an algorithm the way social media does, so word of mouth is genuinely how the show grows. And if you haven't already, a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or a comment on Spotify goes a very long way (!!)

    43 min

  7. Apr 9

    episode 058 - strangers by belle burden: what everyone is missing

    episode 058 - strangers by belle burden: what everyone is missing We are back. And for the first episode of the new season, I'm doing something a little different, a full opinion piece on one of the most talked-about books of 2026. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden is an instant New York Times bestseller, and with the Netflix adaptation just announced (Gwyneth Paltrow is set to play Belle), this book is about to get a whole second wave of attention. I listened to it on Audible, then bought the hardcover, and I have a lot of thoughts, including some that I haven't heard anyone else say yet. This is not a recap. This is my take. In this episode I get into why this book is being misread as a heartbreak memoir when it's actually a book about financial abuse and wilful self-erasure, why "James" deserves far more scrutiny than he's getting, what the prenup scene should teach every woman regardless of her relationship status, and why his family cutting Belle off after 20 years (!!!!) is one of the most important things in the entire book that nobody is talking about. I also get into the hot take I've been sitting on for years: a lot of women do not want to think for themselves, and this book is one of the clearest examples of what that costs. Strangers by Belle Burden is available on Audible, and in hardcover wherever books are sold. Highly recommend, especially if you're engaged, partnered, or thinking about either. Find me at @thesagesorority @shantelrousseau on Instagram and TikTok, and subscribe to The Sage Sorority on Substack for essays and exclusive content. The Gathering Vol. 2 is coming. Stay close. -- want to book a coaching session? all the info is here - https://squ.re/45jq3ue want to partner w/The Sage Sorority Podcast? let’s chat - thesagesorority@gmail.com have a question? send in an (anonymous) one for Q&A - https://tellonym.me/thesagesorority -- 💘 catch up with, our founder + host, Shantel instagram// https://www.instagram.com/shantelrousseau/ tiktok// https://www.tiktok.com/@shantelrousseau snapchat// https://snapchat.com/t/fb8LTRCm youtube// https://www.youtube.com/@shantelrousseauonline OUTFITS - ShopMy// https://shopmy.us/shantelrousseau OUTFITS - LTK// https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shantelrousseau 💘

    56 min

  8. Apr 2

    episode 019: you’re not lost – you’re just not living on purpose yet (revisit)

    while we’re on a short production break, i’m revisiting an episode that speaks to a very specific feeling... when your life looks fine on paper, but something internally feels slightly off. this is a conversation about that in between space and what it actually means to live with intention rather than just momentum. if you’ve been feeling disconnected, or like you’re drifting without fully understanding why, this episode will likely resonate. If this episode resonates and you’re drawn to navigating life a bit more deeply these days, I offer 1:1 coaching, https://squ.re/45jq3ue -- want to partner w/The Sage Sorority Podcast? let’s chat - thesagesorority@gmail.com have a question? send in an (anonymous) one for Q&A - https://tellonym.me/thesagesorority 💘 SUBSTACK// https://open.substack.com/pub/thesagesorority INSTAGRAM// https://www.instagram.com/thesagesorority/ TIKTOK// https://www.tiktok.com/@thesagesorority YOUTUBE// https://www.youtube.com/@TheSageSorority subscribe to The Sage Sorority Podcast + leave a (cheeky) 5* rating 💘 youtube: http://bit.ly/45ei8wO spotify: https://spoti.fi/4iVPAhn apple: https://bit.ly/41ZNwO2 THE SAGE SORORITY PODCAST - https://feeds.captivate.fm/thesagesorority/ 💘 catch up with, our founder + host, Shantel instagram// https://www.instagram.com/shantelrousseau/ tiktok// https://www.tiktok.com/@shantelrousseau Snapchat// https://snapchat.com/t/fb8LTRCm youtube// https://www.youtube.com/@shantelrousseauonline OUTFITS - ShopMy// https://shopmy.us/shantelrousseau OUTFITS - LTK// https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shantelrousseau 💘

    41 min
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About

💡 Wisdom. Sisterhood. Real Talk. Welcome to The Sage Sorority—the ultimate podcast for modern women navigating life, career, and relationships with confidence, humour, and a little bit of chaos. Hosted from London, this show is your weekly dose of unfiltered big sister advice, blending deep conversations with fun, relatable insights on self-worth, success, dating, and personal growth. ✨ What You’ll Get in Every Episode: ✔️ Raw, real conversations about life as a woman in your 30s & 40s ✔️ Empowering advice on career, money, relationships & self-care ✔️ Expert guests & inspiring women sharing their unfiltered truths ✔️ A mix of deep wisdom & playful banter—because life’s too short for boring podcasts If you’re figuring out who you are, what you want, and how to live a life that feels as good as it looks, you’re in the right place. Join us for honest discussions on personal growth, female friendships, modern love, and leveling up in every aspect of life. 📍 New episodes every Thursday 🎙 Follow & subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. 💌 Connect with us: @thesagesorority

Information

  • Creator
    Shantel Rousseau
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    67
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Shantel Rousseau
  • Show Website
    The Sage Sorority

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