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Dr. Johnna Richardson — Dr. of Psychology, Business Strategist and AI Consultant — hosts real conversations and solo teaching sessions on identity, mindset, AI, and building a brand that actually feels like you. No hustle culture. Just legacy. Join The Identity Brand Studio community where psychology-backed strategies meet AI-powered tools, so you build faster, smarter, and without burning out. All levels welcome. Join the community 👉 brandstudio.drjohnna.co Check out more on Dr. Johnna's site: https://doctorjohnna.com

  1. 1d ago

    Your Title is Not Your Identity | Giselle Butler

    Leaving Corporate Was the Easy Part | Giselle Butler Giselle Butler spent 25 years in corporate marketing, operations, and project management. Leaving wasn't the hardest part. Separating who she was from the title she held was, and she had to do that before she could build anything new. In this episode she names the thing most exit stories skip. "I had to separate my identity from my title. That was the hardest part." She sat with who she was without a company name behind her before she built anything new. Dr. Johnna is a Doctor of Psychology, Business Strategist, and AI Consultant who helps women build businesses rooted in identity rather than borrowed blueprints. What we cover: -Why the title is harder to leave than the job -The three-year gap between knowing and going -Forced attrition and who companies quietly push out -The vitamin D bloodwork that named what nine to nine was costing her -How your existing experience becomes the blueprint for what's next Giselle now helps women aged 30 to 60 in corporate environments build digital products and earn outside a traditional nine to five. CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome, and why Giselle's story matters 01:50 Turning 50, losing joy, and "my career was my identity" 04:22 A word about the Identity Brand Studio 06:26 Separating identity from title, harder than leaving 11:18 A slower pace, and why time is the real resource 18:57 Vitamin D, hives, and nine to nine under the AC 20:14 The three-year gap: she felt it in 2022, left in 2025 22:43 Forced attrition and the people it quietly targets 25:28 How Giselle helps women build digital products now 32:27 "You are the only person stopping yourself" 34:24 Your experience is the blueprint 37:31 The Gold Method, and the gold sitting on the therapists' desks CONNECT WITH GISELLE BUTLER Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/corporatetofreedom8 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corporatetofreedom8 All links and free resource: https://allen.store/freedommindset CONNECT WITH DR. JOHNNA Website: doctorjohnna.com Instagram: instagram.com/dr.johnna Facebook: facebook.com/drjohnnabrynn LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnnabrynn Identity Brand AI Studio: brandstudio.drjohnna.co Video episodes: youtube.com/@dr.johnna All audio platforms: pod.drjohnna.co Keywords: leaving corporate after 25 years, career identity crisis, how to leave your corporate job, forced attrition explained, women leaving corporate at 50, identity and career change, corporate burnout signs, digital product business for beginners, personal brand identity, women over 40 career pivot

  2. Jul 12

    Feeling Behind Isn't Real: From Overwhelmed to AI Mentor | Marni Lindsay

    CONNECT WITH DR. JOHNNA * Website: http://doctorjohnna.com * Instagram: http://instagram.com/dr.johnna * Facebook: http://facebook.com/drjohnnabrynn * LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/johnnabrynn * Identity Brand AI Studio (free community): http://brandstudio.drjohnna.co * Video episodes: http://youtube.com/@dr.johnna * All audio platforms: http://pod.drjohnna.co ---------------------------------------- She came back from a year of maternity leave feeling behind on AI. One year later she'd shipped 10+ products and trained hundreds of women, without writing a line of code. The gap was never real. Marni Lindsay spent seven years in corporate tech as a product owner without ever writing code. Then her son arrived three weeks early, she took a year of maternity leave, and she walked back into a workplace that felt like it had moved on without her. This conversation is about what happened next: the have to versus get to reframe that changed how she saw AI, the moment she realized her colleagues were never actually ahead of her, and how she built more than 10 products and trained hundreds of women in AI during nap times and evenings. Dr. Johnna, Doctor of Psychology, and Marni cover: * Why feeling behind is a story, not a fact * The have to vs get to mindset flip, and the app it inspired * What "not technical" actually means in the AI era * Putting the date in the calendar before you feel ready * Imposter syndrome as evidence you have something worth sharing If you've been waiting until you feel caught up, this episode is your starting line. CHAPTERS 03:12 Why she started She Builds with Claude 05:19 Working Thursday, a mom by Friday 09:40 Back to work in a world that moved on 11:06 The have to vs get to reframe 15:19 What "not technical" actually means 18:04 The train we get to help steer 22:18 From overwhelmed to award nominee 27:57 One Facebook post, 200 women 30:26 Put the date in the calendar first 32:36 Excitement is evidence: Dreamer and Rebuilder 44:42 Work with Marni: community and sprint ---------------------------------------- CONNECT WITH MARNI LINDSAY * Website: https://shebuildswithclaude.com * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shebuildswithclaude * Free Skool community: https://www.skool.com/she-builds-with-claude-7903/about?ref=38d9ac76fc7b44038cfe167a320eef0f ---------------------------------------- KEYWORDS 1. Claude AI for beginners 2. learn AI without coding 3. women in AI 4. AI for female founders 5. returning to work after maternity leave 6. have to vs get to mindset 7. build an app without coding 8. She Builds with Claude 9. imposter syndrome at work 10. AI education for women

  3. Jun 22

    Your Degree Is Not Your Brand: How to Finally Get Seen

    Your degree is not your brand. In the AI era, credentials stopped making you visible. Here's what actually gets you seen. If you're brilliant and credentialed and still feel like the best-kept secret, this one's for you. In this episode, Dr. Johnna names why so many smart women feel invisible right now, and why the usual fixes (another certification, a rebrand, one more website tweak) keep you spinning. In the AI era, expert-sounding content is free and everywhere, so credentials stopped setting you apart. What still moves people is the one thing AI can't replicate: your authenticity and lived experience. Your identity is the advantage. Dr. Johnna walks through the three C's of the AI Identity Advantage: clarity, connection, and consistency. You'll hear why connection is the source of credibility rather than the reward for it, what "stay vulnerable for visibility" looks like in practice, and the story of how she had more visibility leading with who she was than she did leading with her credentials. What we cover: - Why more credentials can make you less visible now - The real root of feeling invisible - The three C's: clarity, connection, consistency - How to stop marketing a blur 00:00 You're credentialed and still invisible 01:00 Pain of not being seen 02:00 Why generic expertise lost its value in the AI era 04:30 This is an identity problem, not a presentation problem 06:00 The three C's: Clarity 07:45 The second C: Connection 09:15 The photography years 12:13 The third C: Consistency 14:20 Stay vulnerable for visibility 17:15 Your takeaway and the workshop MENTIONED AI Identity Advantage workshop (July 1): workshop.drjohnna.co Human-First AI Pulse research: doctorjohnna.com/research Identity Brand AI Studio (free community): brandstudio.drjohnna.co CONNECT WITH DR. JOHNNA Website: doctorjohnna.com Instagram: instagram.com/dr.johnnabrynn Facebook: facebook.com/drjohnnabrynn LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnnabrynn Identity Brand Studio: brandstudio.drjohnna.co Video episodes: youtube.com/@dr.johnna All audio platforms: pod.drjohnna.co

  4. May 30

    The Resilience You Build Before You Need It

    Resilience isn't something you find in a crisis. It's something you've already built by the time the crisis arrives. Mickie Murphy spent 40 years in retirement planning and rose to president of her firm. Then a head-on collision cost her part of her leg and six months in the hospital. She left finance to speak on resilience, and in this conversation she shares what actually carried her through: not toughness, but the small practices she'd been living all along. We talk about building community before you need it, why hope is a practice instead of a wish, the muscle memory of change, and the daily mindset choice that holds it all together. Mickie also shares why she changed careers at 64, and her advice for any woman who feels a pull toward something greater but doesn't have proof yet. The answer: action builds confidence, and clarity lives on the other side of the step you haven't taken. A conversation about resilience, reinvention, and building a life rooted in who you already are. Chapters - 01:20 Forty years in finance, then a head-on collision - 03:07 The pull toward speaking, years before she knew what to say - 06:11 Kindness in the hospital and an unexpected community - 09:44 The research on community and longevity (Blue Zones) - 15:46 Active hope and the hope chest - 21:50 The muscle memory of change - 26:41 Mindset as a daily choice - 31:22 For the woman who feels the pull but has no proof yet - 34:12 Find your people - 36:42 Closing Connect with Mickie Murphy - Website: mickiemurphyspeaks.com - Instagram: instagram.com/mickie.murphy - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickiemurphy/ Connect with Dr. Johnna - Website: doctorjohnna.com - Instagram: instagram.com/dr.johnnabrynn - Facebook: facebook.com/drjohnnabrynn - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnnabrynn - Identity Brand Studio (free community): brandstudio.drjohnna.co - Video episodes: youtube.com/@dr.johnna - All audio platforms: pod.drjohnna.co Keywords resilience, how to build resilience, resilience after trauma, active hope, embracing change, mindset shift, career change at any age, women in business, identity first, finding community, keynote speaker resilience, personal growth for women

  5. May 8

    You're Not Behind. You're Becoming. The Psychology of Liminal Seasons

    You finished the degree. Closed the chapter. Hit the milestone you'd been working toward for years. So why does nothing on your list pull you anymore? If you can't sit still but can't start anything either, if rest doesn't fix the tired, if you don't recognize yourself in your work right now, you're not stalled. You're in a liminal season. In this solo episode, Dr. Johnna unpacks the psychology of post-achievement identity transition. The six signs you're in one. The three frameworks that explain what's happening in your brain and body. And the five-step path forward that begins not with discipline, but with permission. You're not behind. You're becoming. And becoming has its own timeline. WHAT WE COVER The six signs you're in an identity transitionWhy this is not a productivity problemLiminal seasons and the psychology of the middle phaseThe five-step path forward, in orderThe full PDF guidebook for this episode lives inside the Identity Brand Studio, Dr. Johnna's free community for women building identity-based personal brands from the inside out. Join free at brandstudio.drjohnna.co Connect with Dr. Johnna doctorjohnna.com Instagram: @dr.johnna All podcast listening options: drjohnna.riverside.com CHAPTERS 00:00 The post-achievement question nobody warns you about 00:30 Six signs you're in an identity transition 01:45 Why this is not a productivity problem 02:00 Liminal seasons: the psychology of the middle phase 02:30 Why your brain is in recovery mode (not failure mode) 03:15 You are between stories: authoring a new narrative 04:00 The five-step path forward 04:30 Step 1: Name the season 04:45 Step 2: Rest the system 05:30 Step 3: Excavate, don't decide 06:15 Step 4: Test one small experiment 07:15 Step 5: Write the new story 07:45 You're not behind. You're becoming. 08:15 Where to go next

  6. May 3

    You Are Already a Brand. The Only Question Is Who Decided.

    You are already a brand in 2026. The only question is whether you decided, or whether the audience decided for you. Description: In this solo episode, Dr. Johnna unpacks why personal branding is no longer optional, why credentials are losing ground to lived authority, and why AI is quietly separating real thought leaders from everyone else. If you've been waiting until you feel "ready" to package your work and put it into the world, this episode names the cost of that wait. People are no longer trusting institutions. They are trusting people. And the founders building personal brands rooted in identity (not just visibility) are the ones being chosen. Dr. Johnna walks through her Three Clarities framework: Identity Clarity, Messaging Clarity, and Visual Identity Clarity. She also unpacks the four trust signals every audience reads in seconds: competence, warmth, consistency, and commitment. The episode closes with why AI cannot replicate lived authority, and why that's good news for anyone who has actually done the work. This is for the credentialed expert ready to step into her own brand, and for the established founder who has outgrown her original positioning and needs realignment, not a rebrand. Connect with Dr. Johnna: Identity Brand Studio (free): brandstudio.drjohnna.co Website: doctorjohnna.com Instagram: instagram.com/dr.johnna LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnnabrynn Facebook: facebook.com/drjohnnabrynn All audio platforms: drjohnna.riverside.com Chapters: 00:00 You are already a brand 00:50 The default brand problem 01:20 Why people trust people, not institutions 02:10 The cost of staying invisible in 2026 02:30 The three clarities: identity, messaging, visual 03:00 Why identity is the foundation, not branding 04:10 The eight-second test 04:50 Building a positioning statement that works 06:30 Why lived authority beats credentials 07:30 The four trust signals: competence, warmth, consistency, commitment 09:00 Why authenticity wins over AI every time 10:00 AI is a mirror, not a threat 11:30 You don't need a rebrand. You need alignment. 12:00 Join the Identity Brand Studio Keywords: personal brand 2026, identity based business, lived authority vs credentials, AI personal branding, women entrepreneurs, building a personal brand, identity clarity, messaging clarity, default brand, Dr. Johnna podcast, psychology of branding, founder positioning

  7. Apr 25

    How to Lead Your Business From Rest Instead of Pressure

    Guest: Anna Girgan, Founder and CEO of Epiphanies Coaching Most high-achieving women don't have a productivity problem. They have a posture problem. They've been rewarded their whole lives for leading from pressure, performance, and proving, and somewhere along the way they confused that pressure with progress. This episode is about the quiet alternative. What it actually looks like to lead a business from rest, from energy, and from a refilled cup, and why that posture isn't the soft path. It's the more productive one. What we cover in this episode Why burnout is rarely a workload problem and almost always an identity problemThe fragmenting cost of showing up as a different version of yourself in every roomWhy pressure productivity produces less than rest-led productivityThe research behind play as a foundational adult need, not a rewardHow to do an honest energy audit when your body is already telling you something is off Connect with Anna Girgan Website: https://www.epiphaniescoaching.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myepiphanies.coFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/anna.girgan Connect with Dr. Johnna Website: https://doctorjohnna.comFree community: https://brandstudio.drjohnna.coInstagram: https://instagram.com/dr.johnnaFacebook: https://facebook.com/drjohnnabrynnLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/johnnabrynn Chapter 02:53 Anna's why and the corporate burnout that started everything05:10 The night Tony Robbins changed her trajectory09:36 Dr. Johnna on hitting stage three burnout during her doctorate12:18 Rewiring worth: human being, not human doing15:11 Why "Epiphanies" is the name and what it represents17:51 The first practice: Power Hour and protecting your first 30 minutes20:16 The research behind adult play and the National Institute for Play26:24 Energy management vs time management30:25 The energy assessment and how stress energy works33:55 The Loehr and Schwartz research on energy and performance38:15 How to lead from rest instead of pressure40:00 No Meeting Mondays as a quiet rebellion42:36 Building business systems around your energy43:59 How to work with Anna and the July Dana Point mastermind Keywords:lead from rest, identity-based business, women entrepreneurs, anti-hustle business, energy management for founders, burnout recovery, high achieving women, female founder coaching, psychology-backed business, identity-first strategy

  8. Apr 20

    Your Identity Is the Only AI Strategy That Actually Works

    In this episode of The Dr. Johnna Show, I sit down with Andrea Corbett, a UK-based identity coach and AI business strategist for women over 40. We talk about why "who am I to do this" freezes credentialed women for years, why AI becomes a time-waster without identity clarity, and Andrea's formula: Identity + Impact + Income = Legacy. Chapters00:00 — Meet Andrea Corbett 02:11 — Breakdown to breakthrough: Andrea's identity story 05:38 — Why she jumped into AI after missing the internet wave 09:18 — "Who am I to do this?" and what finally breaks it 12:21 — The reframe: the AI in AI is the authentic individual 14:29 — What to do when a woman is frozen in self-doubt 19:01 — You are the brand (or you're in default brand mode) 22:52 — Andrea's bodybuilder identity lesson for business 25:32 — Train AI like a new employee 27:15 — Is AI saving you time or wasting it? 29:53 — How Andrea actually uses AI in her business 35:49 — Brain-blown: getting comfortable with AI's possibilities 39:49 — Identity Brand Studio and the AI Identity Blueprint 42:30 — Andrea's formula: Identity + Impact + Income = Legacy Connect with Andrea CorbettInstagram: instagram.com/andreacorbett_ Book a clarity call: andreacorbett.com/clarity-call Connect with Dr. JohnnaWebsite: doctorjohnna.com Instagram: instagram.com/dr.johnna Facebook: facebook.com/drjohnnabrynn LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnnabrynn J oin Identity Brand Studio: brandstudio.drjohnna.co Video episodes: youtube.com/@dr.johnna All audio platforms: drjohnna.riverside.com Keywordsidentity based business, AI business strategy for women, authentic AI, women entrepreneurs over 40, identity first business, psychology backed business, Andrea Corbett, Dr. Johnna, AI for female founders, personal brand AI

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Dr. Johnna Richardson — Dr. of Psychology, Business Strategist and AI Consultant — hosts real conversations and solo teaching sessions on identity, mindset, AI, and building a brand that actually feels like you. No hustle culture. Just legacy. Join The Identity Brand Studio community where psychology-backed strategies meet AI-powered tools, so you build faster, smarter, and without burning out. All levels welcome. Join the community 👉 brandstudio.drjohnna.co Check out more on Dr. Johnna's site: https://doctorjohnna.com

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    Dr. Johnna
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    2026
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