Unapologetically in Power

Jennifer Damaskos
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Tired of proving, performing, and people-pleasing? Unapologetically In Power is your permission slip to stop shrinking and start leading from the truth of who you are. Hosted by Jennifer Damaskos: businesswoman, author, and coach. This podcast is for high-achieving women ready to unlearn who they were taught to be and rise into who they’re here to become. Leadership, money, voice, and identity. No filters. No apologies.

  1. 6d ago

    Episode 43 - Why Affirmations Don't Work And What Your Brain Actually Needs Instead

    You've said the affirmations. You've written them down. You've stood in the mirror and repeated them until something in you went quiet, not peaceful quiet. Skeptical quiet. That's not resistance to your growth. That's your nervous system asking for something more honest. In this episode, Jenn breaks down exactly why affirmations backfire for the women who need them most, and introduces Sovereign Statements, a language practice that builds belief the subconscious can actually accept. In this episode: What a 2009 University of Waterloo study revealed about affirmations and self-esteem (the results aren't what the wellness industry wants you to know)Why your brain functions as a prediction machine and how that makes most affirmations land as fictionThe difference between a destination statement and a declaration of who you're becomingThe believability gap: what it looks like in real life and why saying it louder doesn't close itThe 3-step Sovereign Statement Protocol you can use todayAnchored in: John Maxwell's Law of the Mirror: "You must see value in yourself to add value to yourself." You can't think your way into a belief your body doesn't recognize as true. But you can build your way there one Sovereign Statement at a time. Take the Identity Mask Quiz Find out which of the seven masks is costing you the most right now. Next week: The Invisible One — the mask that perfects not taking up space and calls it humility. Unapologetically In Power with Jennifer Damaskos RISE. REBUILD. REIGN.

    14 min

  2. May 12

    Episode 42: When Adapting to Everyone Else Becomes Losing Yourself

    You've been told your whole life that you're "so easy to be around." Nobody's ever told you how exhausting that is to maintain. In this episode, we're naming the Chameleon Mask. The identity pattern that looks like emotional intelligence, reads as a superpower, and costs you more than anyone around you knows. If you've ever walked into a room and automatically adjusted before you said a single word, this episode is for you. We cover: Why chronic adaptability isn't flexibility. It's a survival response wearing a social skill costumeThe fawn response and why high-functioning women are the hardest to diagnoseJohn Maxwell's Law of Magnetism and what it actually means when you don't know who you areThe real cost of the Chameleon, not just to your identity, but to your influence and leadershipA 3-step Chameleon Audit you can do this week to start finding your fixed pointThis one is personal. Because this mask is mine. If this episode names something you've been living, take the Identity Mask Quiz, link in show notes, and find out which of the seven masks has been running your life. → Take the Identity Mask Quiz Unapologetically In Power is for high-achieving women who are done performing and ready to lead from who they actually are. New episodes every week.

    18 min

  3. May 7

    EPISODE 41- When It Falls Apart, Don't Go Alone

    Disappearing after disappointment isn't rest. It's a wound. In the final episode of this series, Jennifer shares a personal story about a deal that collapsed in 24 hours and what the instinct to isolate almost cost her. Using Maxwell's Law of the Inner Circle, she breaks down why isolation makes you make worse decisions, and gives you a practical framework for activating the three people you need when things don't work out.

    11 min

  4. May 5

    EPISODE 40- When You're Not Chosen: Holding Solid Ground Without Self-Abandoning

    Not being chosen doesn't just disappoint you. It threatens something. And if you've ever felt yourself chase, shrink, over-explain, or perform after a no. this episode tells you exactly why. Jennifer names the abandonment wound underneath that pattern and anchors it in Maxwell's Law of Solid Ground. Because the goal was never to be chosen. The goal is to be congruent.

    13 min

  5. May 1

    EPISODE 39- When It Doesn't Work Out: The Mirror

    When something doesn't work out, the pain usually isn't the outcome. It's what you make the outcome mean about you. Today Jennifer names the identity wound that turns a setback into a self-attack and how to use Maxwell's Law of the Mirror to read the result as data instead of a diagnosis. Including a simple 3-minute Mirror Audit you can use the next time life hands you a result you didn't want.

    11 min

  6. Apr 29

    EPISODE 38- Stop Forcing It: The Worthiness Wound That Calls Hustle "Discipline"

    You know the feeling: jaw locked, sighing every five minutes, rewriting the same thing over and over and calling it discipline. Today we're naming what's actually underneath the push: the worthiness wound that makes you believe you have to suffer to deserve the result. Using Maxwell's Law of Process, Jennifer breaks down why forcing it isn't leadership and gives you a 3-step protocol to interrupt the loop and return with a better strategy.

    12 min

  7. Apr 7

    Episode 37- When You Snap: What Frustration Is Really Revealing

    In Episode 37, we kick off a series on what happens when things do not work out the way you expected, because that is where your leadership gets revealed. Jennifer talks about frustration, emotional regulation, and the control wound through Maxwell’s Law of the Lid, reframed as your capacity to stay in authority under stress. In a candid behind the scenes story, she walks you through how the nervous system escalates and why you can go from calm to reactive so quickly. You will also get a simple, practical protocol to regulate your body, reclaim your voice, and lead without forcing. If you have been feeling reactive, overwhelmed, or like you are fine until you are not, this episode will steady you fast.

    11 min

  8. Mar 31

    Episode 36: Rest Without Guilt, Rewriting Productivity for Your Nervous System

    Rest can feel like a risk when your identity is built on output.In this episode, we talk about why high-performing women do not burn out because they rest too much. They burn out because they do not trust rest. We unpack the guilt loop that makes slowing down feel unsafe, the difference between cyclical and constant productivity, and why nervous system regulation is not laziness; it is leadership. You will leave with a simple way to choose the kind of rest that actually restores you, without the shame and without the spiral. Subscribe and share this with the woman who needs permission to recalibrate, not collapse.

    10 min
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Tired of proving, performing, and people-pleasing? Unapologetically In Power is your permission slip to stop shrinking and start leading from the truth of who you are. Hosted by Jennifer Damaskos: businesswoman, author, and coach. This podcast is for high-achieving women ready to unlearn who they were taught to be and rise into who they’re here to become. Leadership, money, voice, and identity. No filters. No apologies.

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  • Creator
    Jennifer Damaskos
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jennifer Damaskos
  • Show Website
    Unapologetically in Power