Expansion with Desi Batista

Desi Batista
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 You’re not lazy. You’re not missing a strategy. You’re actually really good at what you do. But your income has been stuck at the same number for longer than it should be, and you can’t figure out why.You’ve tried the new approach. Put in more effort. Maybe even made a big change. And you still keep ending up in the same place.That’s what this show is about.I’m Desi Batista. On Expansion, I talk to psychologists, entrepreneurs, coaches, and high performers about what’s really going on when capable women can’t seem to move past a certain point, and what it actually takes to break through it.If you’ve been stuck at the same income, the same role, or the same level in your business and you’re tired of hearing that you just need a better plan, this show will finally make sense of what’s actually in the way.

  1. 3D AGO

    You're Saving A Dress For A Day That Isn't Coming | Lee Forrester

    You have a dress in your closet you're never going to wear. You know which one. You're saving it for a day that isn't coming. And you've been doing it for years. In this episode, reinvention strategist Lee Forrester names what most women won't say out loud: the life you're living isn't the life you want, and you've made peace with it. We cover: Why women lose themselves in roles and don't notice until the roles end  The "monkeys in your head" that talk you out of every new version of yourself  The codependency hiding inside marriages that look healthy from the outside  Why your closest friends sometimes resist your transformation, and what their silence is actually saying  The exact reason women sabotage the life they say they want when it shows up  What it takes to stop running your life based on the opinions of people who barely think about you If you've been quietly asking yourself "is this it for me" and haven't let yourself answer, this conversation is for you. Connect with Lee: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachingbylee/  Book: Speak! A Guide to Unleashing Every Woman's Voice — https://amzn.to/49viwtC LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachingbylee/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/COACHINGBYLEE If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

    32 min

  2. MAY 7

    Why High Achievers Sabotage Their Own Success | Molly Sapp

    What separates a six-figure earner from a seven-figure one isn't more strategy, more hustle, or a better offer. According to Molly Muret Sapp, it's the identity they're running on and most high achievers never stop long enough to look at it. In this conversation, Molly and I get into the invisible ceiling that keeps brilliant, capable women stuck at the same number no matter how hard they work. We talk about the early experiences that quietly become your financial blueprint, why doing more is often the exact thing keeping you from earning more, and what it actually looks like to do the deeper identity work that moves the needle. In this episode: Why your nervous system responds to growth as a threat and how that shows up in your revenueThe difference in how six-figure and seven-figure earners spend their time (it's not what you think)How limiting beliefs formed in childhood are still making your business decisions todayWhat identity work actually looks like in practice, beyond affirmations and journalingIf you've been doing everything right and still hitting the same ceiling, this episode is going to name what's been happening. Connect with Molly Muret Sapp:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollysappcoaching/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollymuretsapp/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@molly.lee55 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/molly.sapp/ If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

    50 min

  3. MAY 6

    The Inherited Rules That Are Secretly Capping Your Income

    The rules you grew up with are still running your business and they have nothing to do with your strategy, your mindset work, or how hard you're trying. In this episode, I'm breaking down the invisible revenue ceiling that keeps high-achieving women stuck at the same income number no matter what they do. You'll learn exactly where these rules come from, how to spot them in real time, and three concrete ways to rewrite them so your income can finally move. What you'll learn: Why inherited rules (not strategy) are the real source of income inconsistencyHow to identify the old sentences quietly running your business decisionsHow to catch yourself shrinking — and what to do in that momentHow to build new evidence that rewires the rule at its rootIf you've been doing the wealth mindset work but your revenue still feels inconsistent this is the conversation you've been missing. If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

    8 min

  4. APR 30

    Why Your Revenue Plateau Isn't a Strategy Problem | Jess Pinili

    You've changed the strategy. Hired coaches. Tried the new content angle. Why is the ceiling still there? In this conversation with business mentor Jess Pinili, we get into why most women in service businesses stall at a specific revenue level, and why the fix is rarely strategic. Jess works with women scaling service businesses through both strategy and the subconscious work, and she's spent seven years figuring out what actually moves a stuck business forward. We talk about: The morning Jess called her dad crying, refusing to go to work, and the question that flipped everythingHow she moved to Bali with $700 in savings and started the business she still runs todayWhy "capacity is your tolerance for change" is the reframe most women missWhy your revenue doubles and then mysteriously drops back to baselineProcrastination as emotional regulation, not lazinessThe 90-second move Jess uses when her brain is about to talk her out of a hard decisionHow to spot the difference between real resistance and not enough sleepEvery new level has a new devil — the patterns that come back at $10K, $30K, and $100K months ——————————— ABOUT JESS PINILI Jess is a business mentor for women scaling their service businesses. She combines strategy with subconscious and capacity work inside her membership, Woman Mastery HQ. Connect with Jess Pinili Website:  https://womanmasteryhq.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesspinili TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jesspinili YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jesspinili If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

    1h 39m

  5. APR 29

    Why You Keep Burning Out with AI.

    AI freed up your time. So why are you still stuck? You've got four carousels in drafts. Twenty tasks from last week's schedule you haven't touched. A framework ready to launch that's still sitting there. But instead of shipping, you're in the chat asking AI to help you tweak something else. The bottleneck isn't content creation. It's not systems. It's you. In this episode, I'm breaking down how AI exposes where you're actually stuck, why you keep choosing optimization over execution, and what your identity has to do with it. Because the version of you that stays in the chat perfecting things forever isn't the version that makes money. The one who ships does. If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

    6 min

  6. APR 23

    Why High-Earning Women Stay Stuck After Doing Everything Right — Tanya Pluckrose

    She did everything the experts told her to do. Four years later, her business had stalled and her marriage had ended. Tanya Pluckrose thought she had a strategy problem. She didn't. She had an identity problem. In this episode, she breaks down why high-earning women in service-based businesses, coaching, and corporate roles stay stuck even after they've tried every coach, every course, and every content push. We cover: How to recognize when you're hitting an identity ceiling, not a strategy one The behaviors that look like ambition but are actually proving energy Why overgiving, people pleasing, and frantic content creation signal the same root problem The self-punishment loop that activates every time a metric disappoints Why 95% of your business decisions are happening subconsciously The process Tanya uses with clients to rewrite the identity that's capping their income What Bob Proctor taught her about self-image that changed everything If you're a high-earning woman who has executed hard and still feels like you're running into the same ceiling, this conversation names what's happening and what actually has to shift. Connect with Tanya Pluckrose: 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tanyapluckrose 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyapluckrose/ 👥 Facebook (The Success Mindset Lounge): https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesuccessmindsetlounge 🌐 Website: https://www.tanyapluckrose.com/ If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

    58 min

  7. APR 16

    "Your Income Keeps Resetting Because Your Identity Hasn't Caught Up | Jeni Jonte

    Why does your income keep landing at the same number no matter what you try? Jeni Jonte went from physical therapist and Navy lieutenant commander to identity coach, and she kept hitting the same pattern in her own business: a little growth, then a pullback. In this episode, Desi and Jeni explore why affirmations don't work when your nervous system rejects them, what your income thermostat is actually set to and who set it, and why the women who keep the money always shift the identity before the revenue shows up. If you've been stuck at the same level and every strategy feels like throwing spaghetti at the wall, this one will change how you see the problem. Connect with Jeni Jonte:  Website: theinnerauthoritycollective.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeni-jonte/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JeniJonte If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

    31 min

  8. APR 15

    Why Your Business Won't Scale (And It Has Nothing to Do With Systems)

    You're stuck doing everything in your business. And you won't give that work to anyone else because part of you believes that work IS your value. But here's what I'm seeing with the women who actually scale: they don't stop being excellent. They just stop being the one doing the work. In this episode, I'm breaking down exactly why you're trapped—and what actually has to shift for you to get your freedom back. Show Notes: How you get trapped doing everythingThe belief that's keeping you stuckWhat changes when women actually scaleThe one shift that mattersThis episode is for women in service-based businesses making $15K-$50K/month who feel like they're doing it all and getting nowhere. Ready to scale without losing yourself?  If this episode sparked something in you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. DM me "stuck" if you're doing everything right but can't break past a certain level. Connect with Desi Batista:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista 1:1 Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/desibatista/30min Subscribe and leave a review if this show is adding value. It helps other women find it.

    6 min
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 You’re not lazy. You’re not missing a strategy. You’re actually really good at what you do. But your income has been stuck at the same number for longer than it should be, and you can’t figure out why.You’ve tried the new approach. Put in more effort. Maybe even made a big change. And you still keep ending up in the same place.That’s what this show is about.I’m Desi Batista. On Expansion, I talk to psychologists, entrepreneurs, coaches, and high performers about what’s really going on when capable women can’t seem to move past a certain point, and what it actually takes to break through it.If you’ve been stuck at the same income, the same role, or the same level in your business and you’re tired of hearing that you just need a better plan, this show will finally make sense of what’s actually in the way.

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  • Creator
    Desi Batista
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Expansion with Desi Batista
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