Living Room Wisdom Podcast

Patrina Wisdom
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🎙️ Living Room Wisdom is a podcast for high-achieving women navigating life, leadership, money, and identity transitions—without burning out or abandoning themselves. Hosted by Patrina Wisdom, each episode offers honest, intimate conversations rooted in lived experience. We explore what it means to lead, earn, choose, grieve, reinvent, and create legacy in seasons where the old ways no longer fit. This is not hustle culture or surface-level self-help. It’s a reflective space for women who have done the work and are ready for a truer, more embodied way of living and leading.

  1. 4d ago

    When Success Isn't Enough: Ambition, Self-Worth & Reinvention with Anne van Leynseele

    You've accomplished so much. But what if you never needed to prove your worth in the first place? For many high-achieving women, ambition can become tangled with perfectionism, external validation, and the pressure to always do more. But what happens when success is driven by curiosity instead of the need to prove yourself? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom®, Patrina Wisdom sits down with Anne van Leynseele, founder and author of Preferment, whose unconventional journey challenges everything we think we know about ambition, success, and retirement. With four degrees and careers spanning entertainment, digital media, law, and agriculture, Anne has never been afraid to begin again. And despite everything she's accomplished, she shares a refreshing perspective: "I don't need the outside recognition." Anne also opens up about a devastating betrayal in her law practice, her experience with PTSD and post-traumatic growth, and how she came to embrace a life guided by curiosity, meaningful contribution, and personal choice. Together, Patrina and Anne explore: Why some high-achieving women feel compelled to prove their worth The difference between ambition rooted in fear and ambition fueled by curiosity Finding confidence beyond achievements and external validation Navigating betrayal, reinvention, and post-traumatic growth Preferment: Rethinking retirement and choosing a life you genuinely prefer If you had nothing left to prove, what would you choose next? Come sit with us. 🎙️ Connect with Patrina: @patrinawisdomConnect with Living Room Wisdom: @livingroomwisdompodcastDiscover Anne's Preferment philosophy: https://rarifiedlife.com/ Your story is your glory.

  2. Oct 14

    Butterflies or Bracing? The Truth About Ambition, Money & Financial Freedom

    What happens when the ambition that helped you build a successful life becomes so familiar that you forget to enjoy what you've created? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom®, Patrina Wisdom welcomes Jaylin Bailey, founder of Infinity Home and Business Funding and director of San Diego eWomenNetwork, for an honest conversation about money, homeownership, financial independence, ambition, and the freedom to choose what comes next. Jaylin shares how experiencing housing instability during childhood influenced her relationship with security and ownership. She reflects on building a career in real estate, helping others create financial opportunities, and why she still loves the butterflies that come with a new challenge. But does the desire to keep achieving always come from excitement? Or can it sometimes become a habit shaped by our past? Together, Patrina and Jaylin explore the difference between pursuing success and allowing ourselves to experience it. From the emotional meaning of homeownership to the importance of supportive friendships and the quiet gratitude of enjoying morning coffee in a home of her own, Jaylin reminds us that financial freedom isn't only about what we accumulate. It's about the choices we're able to make. In this conversation, you'll discover: How early experiences can shape our relationship with money and security Why homeownership can be a powerful step toward financial independence How ambition, fear, and curiosity can influence our decisions The importance of building financial options through real estate and business ownership Why gratitude and contentment matter alongside achievement How the right relationships support personal and professional growth The question to carry with you: Are you moving toward something you genuinely want, or have you simply become accustomed to moving? You can honor the experiences that shaped you without allowing them to determine every decision you make next. About Jaylin Bailey:Founder of Infinity Home and Business Funding and director of San Diego eWomenNetwork. About Living Room Wisdom®:Hosted by Patrina Wisdom, exploring the conversations that help accomplished women move from proving themselves to living with greater choice, clarity, and self-authority. Explore your Success to Sovereignty™ journey:https://thesovereignceo.com/ Connect with Patrina: @patrinawisdomConnect with Jaylin: LI: Jaylin Bailey If this conversation resonates, follow Living Room Wisdom® and share this episode with a woman who's learning to enjoy the success she's worked so hard to create.

  3. Oct 7

    Who Are You Without the Label? | Alice O’Connell on Identity, Self-Worth & Starting Again

    Who are you without the label? Alice O’Connell spent years as a TV and theatre actress before stepping away from a career that no longer felt right. What followed was not a neat reinvention. It was a much harder question: Who am I without the thing I used to tell people I am? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom®, Alice and Patrina Wisdom talk about identity, self-worth, perfectionism, self-compassion, and the discomfort of being a beginner again. They also explore Alice’s path from acting to knitting, and the metaphor she carries with her now: When knitting is unraveled, the yarn isn’t destroyed. The yarn is still yours. If you’ve ever outgrown a role, title, or version of yourself, this conversation is for you. Come sit with us.

  4. Oct 1

    What happens when the life you built still works—but no longer feels like yours?

    What happens when the life you built still works—but no longer feels like yours? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom®, Patrina Wisdom sits down with Valerie Sorrentino for an intimate conversation about identity, marriage, body wisdom, self-trust, over-nurturing, interdependence, and what it means to come home to yourself. Valerie reflects on a season when she had the marriage, the family, the business, and the responsibilities—and still found herself thinking: “I thought that I should have just been happy.” She shares what happened when her body began pushing back, when saying yes no longer felt automatic, and when she finally gave her husband a two-week notice from the restaurant business they ran together. When he asked what she was going to do next, Valerie had no plan. And somehow, the words came out: “I’m teaching yoga.” She was barely practicing, had no credentials, and didn’t even own a mat. Yet within a month, someone called and asked her to teach. This conversation is for the woman who has built a full life, carries a lot well, and is beginning to ask: Am I still choosing this—or simply continuing it? 🎧 Come sit with us. Continue your Success to Sovereignty™ journey:TheSovereignCEO.com #LivingRoomWisdom #ValerieSorrentino #SelfTrust #PersonalAgency #WomenInLeadership #FromSuccessToSovereignty

  5. Sep 23

    Survival Mode Became My Identity: Healing Trauma & Reclaiming Your Voice | Dr. Pamela Juniel

    What happens when survival mode becomes part of your identity? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom®, Patrina Wisdom sits down with Dr. Pamela Juniel for a deeply personal conversation about childhood trauma, foster care, achievement, self-worth, boundaries, healing, and reclaiming agency over your own life. Pamela shares how she learned very early how to adapt, achieve, and keep moving—until she could finally name what was happening: “I was functioning, not living.” Together, Patrina and Pamela explore how survival patterns can quietly become identity, why achievement can become tied to validation, and what changes when a woman begins using her voice, setting boundaries, and deciding for herself who gets access to her life. They also talk about: Moving from survival mode to self-trustHealing after childhood trauma and foster careSeparating self-worth from achievementReclaiming your voice and personal agencySetting boundaries without abandoning yourselfBeing valued for who you are—not only for what you accomplishHow Pamela’s Pure Abundance Retreat® experience became an act of choosing herselfWhy “I deserve this” changed what she was willing to tolerateHow personal healing can ripple into motherhood, relationships, and purposeMoving from survival toward sovereignty One of the most powerful moments comes when Pamela says: “I will not allow them to control the narrative of who I am anymore.” This episode is for the woman who has become very good at being strong, capable, and dependable—but is beginning to ask: Who am I when survival is no longer in charge? 🎧 Come sit with us. If this conversation resonates, explore the Success to Sovereignty™ Assessment at TheSovereignCEO.com. #LivingRoomWisdom #SurvivalMode #ChildhoodTrauma #FosterCare #HealingJourney #SelfWorth #PersonalAgency #FromSuccessToSovereignty #DrPamelaJuniel #PatrinaWisdom

  6. Sep 16

    You Don’t Need the Whole Plan: Courage, Wealth & the Pivot with Allie Ramo

    What if you don’t need the whole plan before you make the pivot? This week on Living Room Wisdom™, Patrina Wisdom sits down with Allie Ramo of Appreciation Financial for an honest conversation about redefining wealth, choosing courage, and stepping into a new identity before you have every answer. Allie never planned on a career in financial services. Her world was health and fitness. She studied public health and kinesiology, became a certified health coach, and brought the discipline of an athlete into the way she approached life. Then an unexpected opportunity opened a different door. As Allie began spending time around entrepreneurs, hearing their stories, and seeing business ownership up close, what once felt unfamiliar began to feel possible. That experience led to one of the biggest ideas in this conversation: Sometimes we don’t need more certainty. We need more proximity to what’s possible. Together, Patrina and Allie explore: What courage looks like when fear is still presentWhy proximity can make a new path feel possibleMoving from employee to entrepreneurHow an athlete’s mindset translates into business and financial wellnessThe power of doing small, hard things consistentlyBuilding the habit—and muscle—of savingThe connection between physical, emotional, and financial healthNavigating a new identity when others still remember the old oneWhy a pivot doesn’t mean starting overRedefining wealth around freedom, flexibility, and choiceFor the high-achieving woman who has built a successful life but can feel herself being pulled toward something different, this episode is an invitation to stop demanding the entire map before you allow yourself to consider a new direction. The woman who got you here still matters. The lessons still matter. The experience still matters. You may simply be ready to use all of it differently. Your next chapter doesn’t have to make complete sense before you begin moving toward it.

  7. Sep 9

    I Did Everything Right… So Why Did I Still Feel Empty? | Lakisha Grimes Fletcher

    What happens when you build the life you were told would make you successful… but quietly realize you no longer feel connected to yourself? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom®, Patrina Wisdom sits down with Lakisha Grimes Fletcher — poet, author, advocate, and contributing author of Anatomy of Abundance: From Success to Sovereignty™ — for a powerful conversation about identity, reinvention, self-trust, and what it means to choose yourself again. Lakisha shares her journey of becoming the woman who could handle everything — building a career, raising a family, carrying responsibilities, and showing up for everyone around her — while discovering that achievement alone does not create fulfillment. Together, Patrina and Lakisha explore the hidden patterns many high-achieving women experience, including perfectionism, over-functioning, people-pleasing, and creating success from stress rather than alignment. They discuss: Why successful women can still feel empty after achieving their goalsHow to recognize when an identity no longer fits who you are becomingThe connection between self-trust, intuition, and listening to your bodyMoving from survival and performance into presence and sovereigntyCreating a life built around alignment, freedom, and authentic choice This conversation is for women navigating life transitions, personal growth, leadership, reinvention, and the next chapter of who they are becoming. Because success and sovereignty are not the same thing. Sometimes the next step is not doing more. It is coming home to yourself. Your story is your glory.

  8. Sep 2

    What If Your Strength Is Actually Survival?

    What if some of the behaviors that helped you succeed are the same behaviors keeping you from your next level? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom, Patrina Wisdom sits down with Virginia Wilcheck of Transcending Pathway for a deeply honest conversation about the hidden patterns behind high achievement. Virginia shares her journey of learning to become everything her family needed—and how those early survival patterns shaped how she navigated relationships, safety, boundaries, and self-trust. Together, they explore: Why high-achieving women often become experts at handling everythingHow people-pleasing and overfunctioning can look like success from the outsideThe difference between creating from survival and creating from choiceWhy your body often recognizes what your mind has not processed yetHow boundaries help you reclaim your time, energy, and capacityWhy self-trust is the foundation of sovereignty The powerful question: “What do I need today?” This conversation is for the woman who has achieved a lot… but is ready to ask: Am I building this life from choice—or from old patterns I learned long ago? Because awareness creates choice. And choice creates freedom. Listen to Living Room Wisdom and join conversations that remind women: Your story is your glory.

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🎙️ Living Room Wisdom is a podcast for high-achieving women navigating life, leadership, money, and identity transitions—without burning out or abandoning themselves. Hosted by Patrina Wisdom, each episode offers honest, intimate conversations rooted in lived experience. We explore what it means to lead, earn, choose, grieve, reinvent, and create legacy in seasons where the old ways no longer fit. This is not hustle culture or surface-level self-help. It’s a reflective space for women who have done the work and are ready for a truer, more embodied way of living and leading.

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  • Creator
    Patrina Wisdom
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    136
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Patrina Wisdom
  • Show Website
    Living Room Wisdom Podcast

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