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I’m Geneviève. Genevieve. Gen. Entrepreneur. Community builder. Research nerd. And your biggest fan. Every week we explore the psychology behind ambition; through honest conversations about business, relationships, grief, creativity, health, purpose and everything that shapes the way we show up in the world. Expect research-backed episodes, real-life stories and conversations with incredible people from around the globe. Because building a successful life starts with building mental wealth. Welcome to Team Hot Mess.

  1. 20h ago

    You Don’t Have to Be Good at the Things That Heal You - with Kirsten Jenna Lee

    What if the things that help you heal don’t have to be productive, impressive, or even something you’re particularly good at? In this episode of WithGen, I’m joined by Kirsten: writer, digital marketing lecturer, creative human and fellow lover of a beautifully chaotic journal. What starts as a conversation about journaling quickly becomes something much bigger. Kirst shares how putting her thoughts on paper helped her understand what was happening inside an emotionally abusive relationship, reconnect with herself and eventually find the courage to leave. We talk about what it means to look back at old versions of yourself, rebuilding your identity after losing parts of it, and why healing isn’t always about “getting over” something. Sometimes, it’s about finding your way through. And sometimes? It looks a lot less profound. Like making a terrible watercolor painting. We talk about creativity as an outlet, experimenting until you find something that feels like yours, being absolutely shit at things you enjoy, and why not every hobby needs an Instagram account, a business model or a five-year growth strategy. Please. Let yourself have nice things. 😂 Kirst also shares some of her favorite journal prompts, including one deceptively simple question that we both answer in the episode: When have you made yourself proud this year? So whether you journal every week, haven’t touched a notebook since you were twelve, or would rather record a five-minute voice note while walking around the block; this episode is really about creating somewhere you can hear yourself again. Messy is allowed. Imperfect is allowed. Doing something purely because you love it is very, very allowed. 🎧 Come hang out with us, and if this conversation gets something moving in your brain, join the free WithGen WhatsApp community or find me on socials. Everything is linked in the show notes. Link to the community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JG8VnsltAVLB3nHRhAqKMB Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/withgenevieve/ Follow me on Medium: https://medium.com/@genevieve_pool Kirsten's website: https://www.kirstenjennalee.com/about-me Keep going, but softer. ❤️

    You Don’t Have to Be Good at the Things That Heal You - with Kirsten Jenna Lee

  2. 6d ago

    You’re Allowed to Change the Rules (10 Things I Believe Differently After 45 Podcast Episodes)

    Apparently, if you sit behind a microphone long enough and ask enough clever humans about ambition, love, money, bodies, grief, identity and being a f*****g person, eventually some of it starts changing you too. So for episode 45, I’m taking stock. Not of ten things I’ve figured out. God, no. That would be concerning. But ten things I believe differently now. We’re talking about why consistency has a lot less to do with never dropping the ball than I once thought. Why your body might not be a problem that needs fixing. Why not everything you love needs to become a business. Why being needed and being loved are two very different things. And why understanding someone’s behaviour doesn’t mean you have to keep accepting it. We’re also getting into safety versus confidence, changing your mind about the life you thought you wanted, and one of the biggest shifts of all: Changing the rules doesn’t mean you got the old ones wrong. Sometimes you just have more information now. After 45 episodes, I’m actually less interested in becoming certain. I want to become more curious. About why we do what we do. About what makes a life feel like ours. About what I still have completely f*****g wrong. And about who we become when we keep giving ourselves permission to learn. And perhaps most importantly: You’re allowed to change the rules. Even the ones you wrote yourself. If something in this episode makes you think of someone, send it to them. Maybe one of these ten lessons is exactly the permission they needed today. And come join us in the free WithGen community if you’d rather figure this whole being-a-human thing out together. Keep going, but softer. 💜 Link to the community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JG8VnsltAVLB3nHRhAqKMB Link to my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/withgenevieve/ Link to Medium: https://medium.com/@genevieve_pool LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevieve-pool/

    You’re Allowed to Change the Rules (10 Things I Believe Differently After 45 Podcast Episodes)

  3. Oct 6

    You Were Never Supposed to Follow the Script - part 2 with Valeria

    What happens when you stop building the life you were supposed to want, and start building one that actually feels like yours? Apparently, you talk for another f*****g hour.... Oops... In Part Two of our Queer Joy conversation, Val and I start with queer dating and somehow make our way through monogamy and polyamory, marriage, second adolescence, body image, sparkly cocktails, boobs, grief, activism and what it means to finally feel at home in your own life. We talk about falling in love when you no longer want to make yourself smaller, why Val believes soulmates aren’t found, they’re forged, and the strange experience of discovering parts of yourself later in life. Because sometimes finally finding yourself feels like two things at once: Elated. And cheated. You can love the life you’re building and still grieve the years that could have looked different. You can wish you’d known sooner and be incredibly f*****g grateful that you know now. And most importantly: you still get what comes next. The relationship. The ridiculous outfit. The friends who become family. The body you learn to love. The ordinary Tuesday where you suddenly realise: f**k, I actually like my life. And maybe every time we make a little more room to live honestly, we leave a little more room for those who come after. 🏳️‍🌈 Listen to Part One first for the beginning of our Queer Joy conversation.💜 Join the free WithGen WhatsApp community if you’re figuring out how to build a life that feels more like you.📲 Send this episode to someone who needs the reminder that they are not late to their own life. And if you loved this one, follow the podcast and leave a rating/review. It helps more humans find us. For who we are now. For those who come after. Val in Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriasroots/ Gen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/withgenevieve/

    You Were Never Supposed to Follow the Script - part 2 with Valeria

  4. Sep 30

    Who Are You When Nobody Needs Anything From You?

    What happens when nobody needs anything from you? No problem to fix. No person to support. No deadline to hit. No one waiting for you to organize the thing, make the decision, keep everyone together or generally have your shit suspiciously together. Who are you then? In this solo episode, Gen explores what happens when our identity gets tangled up with being useful, and why being needed can feel so damn safe. Because if you know what everyone needs from you, you also know exactly who to be. We’re talking about the invisible roles we collect — the fixer, the strong one, the responsible one, the therapist friend, the high achiever — and the difference between having purpose and needing to be useful in order to feel valuable. Plus, Gen gives you five questions to uncover what you actually want when nobody else gets a vote, including one particularly uncomfortable one: What would you still want to achieve if nobody could ever know you achieved it? And then there’s your experiment for the week: one gloriously useless hour. No productivity. No self-improvement. No predetermined plan. Just asking yourself, what do I want right now? Because the goal isn’t to stop being generous, ambitious, reliable or needed. It’s to make sure you still exist underneath all the things you do for everybody else. 🎧 Listen, try the hour, and send this episode to the person who might need permission to be gloriously f*****g useless for a minute. 💬 Join the free WithGen WhatsApp community to keep the conversation going. 📱Follow Gen around on socials! Instagram | Medium | LinkedIn | Substack You are more than what you provide.

    Who Are You When Nobody Needs Anything From You?

  5. Sep 24

    You Were Never Supposed To Follow The Script - with Valeria Arteaga

    What if queer joy isn’t about being loud, proud and happy all the f*****g time? What if it’s simply the moment you realize: I don’t have to hide here. In Part One of this very accidentally two-part Queer Joy conversation, Gen sits down IRL with her dear friend Valeria Arteaga to talk about what happens when you stop following the script you were handed, and start figuring out what actually feels like you. We get into safety, chosen family, queer community, self-acceptance, girlhood, relationships, finding joy in the things you once denied yourself, becoming the safe person you needed when you were younger, and why sometimes the biggest sign of healing is simply being around people who don’t make you edit yourself. Val shares what transition taught her about joy, identity and finally giving herself permission to pursue the things she’s always wanted. Gen talks about finding purpose in protecting and building community for younger queer people. And somewhere along the way we discover that queer joy might be less about celebrating your identity... and more about your identity finally giving you permission to live. Also involved: Thai lesbian soap operas, U-Hauling friendships, questionable boomer moments, loud pink dresses, drumming, lesbian relationship discourse and Michael Jackson inexplicably interrupting the podcast at increasingly inappropriate moments. It’s thoughtful. It’s chaotic. It gets unexpectedly emotional. Basically: very WithGen. Less hiding. More living. A lot more joy. 🏳️‍🌈 And if this episode makes you think of someone who might need to hear it, send it to them. Sometimes building safer spaces starts that simply. 🎙️ Queer Joy Series: You Were Never Supposed to Follow the Script - Part One with Valeria Arteaga Part Two is coming; because apparently giving Gen and Val microphones and expecting them to stop talking after an hour was wildly optimistic. Follow Gen on the gram: https://www.instagram.com/withgenevieve/

    You Were Never Supposed To Follow The Script - with Valeria Arteaga

  6. Sep 18

    You're Not Inconsistent, You're Exhausted

    I'm on vacay, y'all! So here's a little replay. Please take care of yourselves, and in doubt, join the WhatsApp community for free-hee (insert Michal Jackson here) https://chat.whatsapp.com/JG8VnsltAVLB3nHRhAqKMB If you’ve been telling yourself you’re inconsistent, lazy, or behind... this episode is for you. In this solo episode, ⁠Geneviève⁠ talks honestly about unlearning the belief that consistency means showing up the same way every day, no matter the cost. She shares how fear-driven discipline slowly turned into self-abandonment, how her body pushed back, and why learning to work with cycles changed everything. This isn’t a motivational episode. It’s a permission slip. In this episode, we talk about: why forcing consistency often leads to burnout how your body keeps score when you ignore it what “productive rest” actually looks like redefining compassion as regulated care and why showing up softly can still count If you’re tired but still care deeply, press play and take a breath. Links & mentions: 🎧 Conversation on PMS & cycles with Amy Dave → ⁠Click here⁠ 🌿 Stay in touch with Gen → ⁠Find her on insta ⁠ Want to get in on the WhatsApp community? Join us for free! 👉 If this episode resonated, consider sending it to someone who might need a little permission too.

    You're Not Inconsistent, You're Exhausted

  7. Sep 12

    The Familiar Hell: Why We Repeat What Hurt Us with Tasch Rogers

    What if the thing that feels like home… is actually the thing that hurt you? In this raw and wildly honest conversation, Gen sits down with Tasch Rogers to talk about the familiar hell: the patterns, relationships and survival strategies we keep returning to simply because our nervous systems learned to recognize them. Together, they unpack what it means to become the black sheep and cycle breaker in your family, why healing can feel incredibly lonely, how childhood wounds follow us into adult relationships, and why finally experiencing safety can sometimes feel more uncomfortable than chaos. They also get personal about abusive and narcissistic relationships, people-pleasing, nervous system regulation, boundaries, neurodivergence, relational healing, self-worth and the strange experience of realizing that some of the things you once called personality traits were actually ways you learned to survive. And perhaps most importantly: healing does not mean becoming so understanding, forgiving and regulated that everybody gets to keep access to you. Compassion isn’t the same thing as proximity. If you’ve ever wondered why you keep repeating a pattern you know isn’t good for you, felt like the difficult one for changing your family dynamic, or found yourself learning what safe love actually feels like… this conversation is for you. 🎧 In this episode:Why familiar doesn’t necessarily mean safeBecoming the black sheep and cycle breakerHow childhood wounds show up in adult relationshipsNervous system regulation and relational healingPeople-pleasing, boundaries and self-abandonment 💬 Don’t do the messy middle alone. Join the free WithGen WhatsApp community and meet other cycle breakers, overthinkers, neurospicy humans and beautifully complicated people figuring this shit out alongside you. You can find the link by clicking here! 📖 And keep your eyes peeled: Gen’s upcoming book, Keep Going, But Softer, is on its way — 46 lessons for navigating life, grief, ambition, relationships, nervous systems and everything in between without constantly declaring war on yourself. Find Gen on insta: https://www.instagram.com/withgenevieve/ Or her articles on Medium: https://medium.com/@genevieve_pool Tasch on insta: https://www.instagram.com/taschrogersofficial/

    The Familiar Hell: Why We Repeat What Hurt Us with Tasch Rogers

  8. Sep 6

    How to Find Yourself Again After You’ve Lost Yourself

    What happens when a chapter of your life ends, and part of your identity seems to disappear with it? Maybe it was a breakup. A friendship ending. A job you’d built your life around. Burnout. Caregiving. Or simply realizing that the version of you who built your old life isn’t quite who you are anymore. In this solo episode, Gen explores the psychology of why we can genuinely feel like we’ve “lost ourselves” after major life changes and, more importantly, what to actually do about it. We’ll work through 5 psychology-backed steps to help you get reacquainted with yourself, including how to name what you really lost, separate what was theirs, ours and mine, collect evidence of who you are now, experiment with possible versions of yourself, and decide what you want to remember, keep, release and discover. Because maybe you don’t need to reinvent yourself. Maybe you need to get curious about the person who’s already there. Grab a pen for this one. You’ll need it. 🩷 🎧 In this episode: self-concept, identity after loss, self-expansion, possible selves, journaling, relationships, career changes, grief, caregiving and finding your way back to yourself. Want somewhere to figure out the messy life stuff alongside other humans? Find Gen at the WithGen website or DM her on Instagram to join the free WithGen WhatsApp community. https://www.instagram.com/withgenevieve/

    How to Find Yourself Again After You’ve Lost Yourself
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I’m Geneviève. Genevieve. Gen. Entrepreneur. Community builder. Research nerd. And your biggest fan. Every week we explore the psychology behind ambition; through honest conversations about business, relationships, grief, creativity, health, purpose and everything that shapes the way we show up in the world. Expect research-backed episodes, real-life stories and conversations with incredible people from around the globe. Because building a successful life starts with building mental wealth. Welcome to Team Hot Mess.

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