Play Big Queen with Kate Bailey

Kate Bailey
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🥂 For the woman ready to lead with power, move with confidence, and own her brilliance. Hosted by Kate Bailey, this show is a movement of bold embodiment, radical reclamation, unapologetic leadership, and building success on your own terms. Created for neurodivergent women, women with disabilities or mental health challenges, and visionary disruptors who are done with fakeness, overwhelm, and perfectionism, this is your space to rise, claim your brilliance, and coronate your Play Big Self. ✨ Ready to step into your Play Big Queen energy? Download the Play Big Queen Confidence and Embodiment Exercises at playbigqueen.com ©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | xxxkatebailey.com #playbigqueen #womeninbusiness #womensleadership #womenempoweringwomen #femaleentrepreneurs #empoweredwomen #leadershipdevelopment #entrepreneurlife #selfleadership #adhdwomen #adhdcommunity #adhdsupport #latediagnosisadhd #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #invisibledisabilities 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CAJa4127V4taFb4G7wWI2 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/play-big-queen-with-kate-bailey/id1498520904 🎧 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaK7ce1AqqvCxwTRV7qNz2ZbQsWQXVutM 👑 Facebook: facebook.com/playbigqueen 👑 Instagram: @playbigqueen 💎 Questions? Email info@playbigqueen.com 💬 Your voice matters and belongs in this conversation. Review the podcast. Comment on episodes. Share your insight or tell me what resonated most.

  1. 52. The Final Episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast

    1D AGO

    52. The Final Episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast

    Summary: In this final and deeply intentional episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate closes the podcast under the Full Wolf Supermoon of January 3, 2026, marking the end of a complete creative and leadership cycle. Rather than nostalgia, this episode centers discernment, boundaries, and orientation — naming what has been carried long enough and what is now ready to be released with clarity. Kate reflects on the Wolf Moon’s traditional associations with survival, territory, and instinct, and shares what she has learned by listening with cultural humility as others reference 2026 as the Year of the Fire Horse. She explores how intensity, momentum, and decisive movement show up when cycles complete, without claiming cultural ownership, but allowing meaning to inform reflection. The episode also documents Kate’s decision to set new digital boundaries through her Facebook and Instagram migration, choosing intimacy and alignment over algorithmic growth. Drawing from her background as an EMS instructor at the FDNY EMS Academy, Kate reflects on leadership rooted in lived experience, honoring the appointment of New York City’s new Fire Commissioner, Lillian Bonsignore, and the kind of grounded authority required to lead complex systems. Weaving together lessons from running, research on visual attention and performance, creative authorship, and lineage, Kate shares why looking toward the horizon changes how we move. She also marks key milestones including the pending Tarantate trademark and the upcoming release of the Anne-Marie red pointed kitten heel in honor of her mother’s 70th birthday. This episode closes the Play Big Queen chapter with respect, completion, and forward motion — while clearly naming what continues beyond the podcast.Keywords: Play Big Queen Podcast, final podcast episode, Wolf Moon January 2026, Full Wolf Supermoon, Year of the Fire Horse, cultural humility, digital boundaries, Facebook migration, neurodivergent leadership, ADHD and focus, embodied leadership, EMS leadership, FDNY EMS Academy, Lillian Bonsignore, NYC Fire Commissioner, lived experience leadership, attention and performance, running and focus, creative completion, heritage driven fashion, Italian lineage, women led brands, creative cycles, authorship and identityTakeaways: ✔️ Completion is a form of clarity, not disappearance✔️ Boundaries help us release what no longer belongs to the next chapter✔️ Listening with cultural humility allows insight without appropriation✔️ Where attention is placed shapes momentum, endurance, and outcomes✔️ Leadership grounded in lived experience creates lasting impact✔️ Creative cycles end so new forms of authorship can emerge🔗 Connect with Kate✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @iamkatebailey🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved#PlayBigQueen #FinalEpisode #WolfMoon #FullMoonReflections #YearOfTheFireHorse #CulturalHumility #DigitalBoundaries #NeurodivergentLeadership #EmbodiedLeadership #WomenInLeadership #EMSLeadership #FDNY #FDNYEMS #NYCFireCommissioner #LillianBonsignore #PublicServiceLeadership #CreativeCompletion #Tarantate #FashionAsStory #LineageAndLegacy

    42 min
  2. 51. Finding Your Purpose Without Losing Yourself When You Have ADHD

    12/29/2025

    51. Finding Your Purpose Without Losing Yourself When You Have ADHD

    Summary: In this powerful and grounding episode of the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate dismantles the myth that purpose is a single, fixed calling you must discover before you begin living. Speaking directly to neurodivergent listeners — especially those with ADHD — she reframes purpose as something lived, chosen, and practiced through action rather than overthinking. Drawing from her personal journey through survival, corporate life, EMS work, family upheaval, and creative reinvention, Kate explains why certainty is not a prerequisite for purpose, it’s a byproduct. This episode is an invitation to stop waiting for clarity, stop judging your timing, and start choosing meaning one intentional step at a time. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by too many ideas, frozen by perfectionism, or afraid of choosing the “wrong” path, this episode offers relief, permission, and a radically simpler way to approach purpose today.Keywords: Play Big Queen Podcast, finding your purpose, ADHD and purpose, neurodivergent leadership, survival mode, clarity through action, intentional living, meaning and alignment, purpose anxiety, perfectionism, decision paralysis, creative identity, embodiment, self trust, seasons of purpose, life transitions, women and work, choosing meaning, living with intentionTakeaways: ✔️ Purpose is not a forever path, it is something you choose and live daily✔️ Certainty comes after action, not before✔️ ADHD overwhelm often signals creativity, not confusion✔️ Survival based choices disconnect us from meaning✔️ Purpose changes with seasons, values, and capacity✔️ You do not need permission to claim who you are becoming✔️ Small intentional steps create clarity over time🔗 Connect with Kate✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved#PlayBigQueen #FindingYourPurpose #ADHDLeadership #NeurodivergentWomen #ClarityThroughAction #IntentionalLiving #PurposeWithoutPressure #EmbodiedLeadership #SeasonalPurpose #SelfTrust #CreativeIdentity #LifeAlignment #ChooseMeaning #CreateYourReality

    38 min
  3. 50. Leaving the Room on Purpose: Sicilian Lineage, Creative Cocooning, and the Ethics of Return

    12/22/2025

    50. Leaving the Room on Purpose: Sicilian Lineage, Creative Cocooning, and the Ethics of Return

    Summary: In this milestone 50th episode, Kate reflects on a full year of weekly podcasting and names a quiet but powerful transition underway. Drawing from Sicilian lineage, Southern Italian folklore, Persephone mythology, and women’s migration history, she explores the ethics of leaving the room on purpose. This episode is about creative cocooning, intentional withdrawal, and honoring cycles of departure and return as necessary phases of authority, clarity, and embodied leadership. Kate also shares updates about closing Walk + Tawk, questions the sustainability of constant public visibility, and invites listeners into a more spacious, slower relationship with creativity, community, and self trust.Keywords: Play Big Queen Podcast, creative withdrawal, Sicilian lineage, Persephone myth, Tarantism, women and authority, neurodivergent leadership, embodied creativity, intentional endings, cycles of return, Tarantate, creative development, leaving the room, the war of art, emerging artists, creative process, designers, intentional pause, slow fashion, slow business, visibilityTakeaways: ✔️ Leaving a space intentionally can be an initiation, not an abandonment✔️ Creative authority is often formed in privacy, not constant visibility✔️ Withdrawal can serve both the individual and the community✔️ Developmental phases require different rhythms, structures, and capacities✔️ Returning carries more weight when it follows discernment and depth🔗 Connect with Kate✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved#PlayBigQueen #CreativeCocooning #LeavingTheRoom #SicilianLineage #PersephoneMyth #WomenAndAuthority #EmbodiedLeadership #NeurodivergentLeadership #CreativeProcess #IntentionalEndings #CyclesOfReturn #Tarantate #ArtAndAncestry #SlowCreation #EthicsOfVisibility

    27 min
  4. 49. The Power of Ritual: Dopamine, Behavior, and Why Meaning Creates Consistency

    12/15/2025

    49. The Power of Ritual: Dopamine, Behavior, and Why Meaning Creates Consistency

    Summary: In this episode, Kate explores ritual as a lived, embodied experience rather than a productivity tool or performance. Through a spontaneous wedding trip, everyday moments with her dog, creative learning, and lineage based practices, she shows how ritual supports transitions, regulates the nervous system, and creates consistency through meaning rather than force. The episode weaves neuroscience, intuition, and real life storytelling to reframe dopamine as orientation and continuity, not hustle or motivation, offering listeners a grounded way to design rituals that their bodies actually want to return to.Keywords: ritual, ritualistic living, dopamine and behavior, dopamine and consistency, meaning and motivation, neurodivergent nervous system, ADHD and transitions, embodied habits, somatic regulation, nervous system safety, ritual and routine, behavioral neuroscience, embodied leadership, creative ritual, lineage and ritual, identity and behavior changeTakeaways: ✔️ Ritual supports transitions by giving the body clear beginnings and endings✔️ Dopamine responds to meaning and anticipation, not pressure or discipline✔️ Ritual works with the nervous system instead of against it✔️ Small, sensory actions often create the strongest rituals✔️ Consistency emerges naturally when behavior feels coherent and alive🔗 Connect with Kate✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved#ritual #ritualisticliving #ritualwork #ritualoverroutine #everydayritual #sacredordinary #ritualandmeaning #meaningmaking #intentionalrhythm #intentionalliving #presencepractice #bodyledlife #embodiedliving #embodiedleadership #creativeembodiment #creativeprocess #lineagehealing #dopamine #dopaminehealth #behaviorchange #brainbodyconnection #consistencywithoutburnout #meaningovermotivation #nervoussystemregulation #nervoussystemcare #somatichealing #somaticwisdom #neurodivergent #neurodivergentwomen #ADHDlife #ADHDsupport #transitionritual #livedexperience

    32 min
  5. 48. Play Big Uplevels: Evolution Hangovers, Integration Science, and Supermoon Energy

    12/08/2025

    48. Play Big Uplevels: Evolution Hangovers, Integration Science, and Supermoon Energy

    Summary: In this episode, Kate unpacks the very real physical, emotional, and biological ripple effects that follow big identity decisions. She explains why transformation and evolution takes metabolic resources, how neurodivergent timing shapes the AuDHD high performance loop, and why integration is not a mindset exercise but a full system recalibration. She explores the Supermoon’s amplifying effect on identity shifts, the science of ATP as the fuel for growth, and the courage it takes to let your body catch up to the truth your soul declared. This episode invites listeners into a slower, deeper conversation about becoming, timing, preparation, and honoring your neurodivergent brilliance on the long game path.Keywords: identity evolution, ATP and growth, neurodivergent leadership, AuDHD high performance loop, integration science, Supermoon energy, embodiment, nervous system recalibration, transformation process, Play Big QueenTakeaways: ✔️ Identity decisions land first in the soul and only later in the body, which needs time and energy to integrate.✔️ Evolution increases your metabolic demand for ATP, which is why rest, hunger, tenderness, and fatigue often follow big shifts.✔️ Neurodivergent pacing is not a flaw. The AuDHD high performance loop is a real wiring pattern that deserves respect, not shame.✔️ Celebration interrupts the cycle of pressure and helps confidence take root.✔️ SMART goals create scaffolding for brilliance without restricting creativity or intuition.✔️ Integration is not a slowdown. It is the construction phase of your becoming.🔗 Connect with Kate✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved#PlayBigQueen #NeurodivergentLeadership #AuDHDLife #IdentityEvolution #IntegrationJourney #EmbodiedTransformation #UplevelEnergy #SupermoonFeels #SomaticLeadership #NeurodivergentWomen #RadicalReclamation #NervousSystemSupport #CreativeDirectionJourney #TraumaInformedLeadership #WomenWhoRise #PiscesSeasonAlways #MakeYourselfInevitable #glowup #transformation #healing #reclamation

    32 min
  6. 47. Get Behind Me: My 2026 Pivot into Sustainable Neurodivergent Self Leadership + Legacy Coaching

    12/01/2025

    47. Get Behind Me: My 2026 Pivot into Sustainable Neurodivergent Self Leadership + Legacy Coaching

    Summary: In this intimate episode, Kate Bailey shares a major life and work pivot that reframes her relationship to purpose, leadership, and her life's work coaching industry. She reveals why claiming your neurodivergent identity is a radical act of authority and explains how moving from trauma-driven achievement to self-actualized leadership changes everything. Kate breaks down bottom-up versus top-down coaching, and how to shift your work from income-focused to legacy-aligned. She emphasizes honoring body rhythm, capacity, and your unique process as foundations for sustainable leadership and creative longevity. Kate also shares her 2026 mantra, Everyone Get Behind Me, walks through her 2026 tarot reading shaping her strategy, and closes with an embodiment ritual to anchor this energy in the body. This episode is for anyone ready to lead from truth, set fierce gentle boundaries, and build a business and life that protect your authentic purpose, creative energy, and zone of genius.Keywords: neurodivergent identity, autistic identity, AuDHD, Actually Autistic, ADHD identity, coaching industry, career pivot, ethical coaching, trauma driven coaching, self actualized leadership, bottom up coaching, top down coaching, sustainable leadership, capacity, leadership, slow business, creative energy, authentic purpose, legacy building, intuition in business, tarot reading, embodiment ritual, neurodivergent boundaries, emotional currency, reframing coaching, creative authority, spiritual leadership, sensory needs in leadership, ADHD Entrepreneur, ADHD Entrepreneurship, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Creative Director, Zone of Genius, Visionary WomenTakeaways: ✔️ Build from self-actualization, not trauma, to rise into your real timeline. ✔️ Claiming your neurodivergent identity is a declaration of authority, clarity, and creative direction. ✔️ Evolve your work without burning it all down and integrate past iterations of yourself that still hold truth. ✔️ Top-down leadership protects energy; bottom-up work builds lasting legacy. ✔️ Honor your body’s rhythm and capacity, they are leadership tools. ✔️ Rituals like mantra vocalizing, tarot, and intention-setting clarify strategy and align creativity. ✔️ Boundaries built with radical tenderness keep your emotional currency clean and your purpose intact.🔗 Connect with Kate✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved#neurodivergentidentity #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ADHDidentity #selfactualizedleadership #ethicalcoaching #coachingindustry #bottomupcoaching #topdowncoaching #sustainableleadership #slowbusiness #creativeenergy #authenticpurpose #legacybuilding #intuitioninbusiness #tarotreading #embodimentritual #neurodivergentboundaries #emotionalcurrency #creativeauthority #spiritualleadership #womeninbusiness #womeninleadership #ADHDentrepreneur #zoneofgenius #visionarywomen #spiritualcoaching #KateBailey #PlayBigQueen

    54 min
  7. 46. Neurodivergent Communication: Boundaries. Desire. Power.

    11/24/2025

    46. Neurodivergent Communication: Boundaries. Desire. Power.

    Summary: Today’s episode explores the truth about neurodivergent communication and why autistic and ADHD communication styles are powerful, direct, embodied, and deeply misunderstood. Kate breaks down the real science behind autistic and ADHD boundaries, interoception, proprioception, alexithymia, emotional intensity, desire, pacing, overwhelm, sensory overload, and why neurodivergent nervous systems communicate with clarity and honesty. You’ll learn how to set boundaries without masking, how to honor your nervous system, how to protect your energy in conversations, and how to build relationships that actually work for your autistic or ADHD brain. This episode is essential for anyone navigating communication challenges, shutdowns, meltdowns, misinterpretation, rejection sensitivity, and sensory-based overwhelm in work, love, friendship, leadership, and everyday life. This is neurodivergent communication as sovereignty, not a flaw.Keywords: neurodivergent communication, autistic communication, ADHD communication, autistic boundaries, ADHD boundaries, alexithymia and autism, interoception autism, proprioception autism, sensory overload, autistic overwhelm, ADHD emotional intensity, neurodivergent relationships, regulating nervous system, autistic burnout, ADHD burnout, boundary setting for neurodivergent adults, embodied leadership, autistic masking, ADHD masking, autistic emotional processing, Play Big Queen Podcast, neurodivergent friendship, autistic conflict, pacing and capacity, autistic sensory needs, ADHD regulation, autistic desire, neurodivergent nervous systemTakeaways:✔️ Neurodivergent communication is not unclear. It is direct, honest, and shaped by sensory intelligence. ✔️ Boundaries for autistic and ADHD people are self-commitments based on values, capacity, and regulation, not rules placed on others. ✔️ Interoception and proprioception shape how autistic and ADHD adults name emotions, recognize overwhelm, communicate needs, and stay grounded. ✔️ Emotional intensity is not overreaction. It is fast, full-volume nervous system processing that often overlaps with alexithymia. ✔️ Desire in neurodivergent people is body-based and deeply truthful, not fantasy or impulse. ✔️ Leadership grows when you honor your pacing, sensory needs, timing, and communication style instead of masking. ✔️ Boundaries protect connection, energy, and long-term sustainability, especially for neurodivergent nervous systems.🔥 Join Walk + Tawk Wednesdays 👉 https://www.xxxkatebailey.com/WalkandTawk🔗 Connect with Kate✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved#neurodivergentcommunication #neurodivergentwomen #neurodivergentadults #autisticwomen #adhdwomen #autisticadult #adhdadult #latediagnosed #latediagnosedautistic #latediagnosedadhd #AuDHD #actuallyautistic #adultadhd #sensoryprocessing #interoception #proprioception #alexithymia #nervoussystemregulation #emotionalregulation #neurodivergentrelationships #masking #unmasking #autisticintensity #adhdintensity #autisticexperience #adhdexperience #autisticvoice #adhdvoice #adhdclarity #adhdinsights #adhdhealing #neurodivergentstrengths #neurodivergentpower #boundaries #boundarieswork #embodiedleadership #neurodivergenthealing #playbigqueen #neurodivergentpodcast

    36 min
  8. 45. The Real Truth About Starting a Business: Advice for First Time Entrepreneurs

    11/17/2025

    45. The Real Truth About Starting a Business: Advice for First Time Entrepreneurs

    Summary: This episode breaks down the real truth about what it takes to start a business, inspired by a simple question asked in one of Kate Bailey’s college classes. What began as a conversation with a first time entrepreneur became a clear and grounded roadmap for anyone at the beginning of their entrepreneurial life.Through lived experience and years of mentoring founders, leaders, and neurodivergent women, Kate clarifies the parts of entrepreneurship most people never say out loud: why being your own boss often means working harder, why stability fuels creativity, how every business is built on solving a specific problem, and why mastery comes from time and consistency rather than instant success.This episode offers a reality check with compassion and precision, helping new entrepreneurs understand the emotional, financial, and relational foundations required to build something real, sustainable, and aligned. It is essential listening for anyone dreaming of their first venture or returning to entrepreneurship with a clearer sense of self.Keywords: how to start a business, entrepreneurship for beginners, women entrepreneurs, neurodivergent entrepreneurs, business foundations, entrepreneurial mindset, nervous system and business, problem solving in business, sustainable entrepreneurship, Kate Bailey podcastTakeaways:✔️ Entrepreneurship feels like freedom but requires deep ownership, responsibility, and emotional capacity.✔️ Stability supports creativity and protects the nervous system from desperation driven decisions.✔️ All entrepreneurship is problem solving and every business must solve a meaningful problem for a specific group of people.✔️ Time compounds like interest and mastery develops through years of consistent refinement.✔️ Simplicity in systems, offers, and operations prevents overwhelm and creates long term success.✔️ Relationships, community, and reciprocity are foundational because no entrepreneur succeeds alone.🔥 Join Walk + Tawk Wednesdays 👉 https://www.xxxkatebailey.com/WalkandTawkIf you’re ready to reclaim your energy and brilliance, book your Private Coaching Session with Kate:👉 xxxkatebailey.com/private-coaching-sessions🔗 Connect with Kate✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved#PlayBigQueenPodcast #WomenEntrepreneurs #StartABusiness #EntrepreneurshipForBeginners #NeurodivergentEntrepreneur #BusinessMindset #CreativeEntrepreneurship #SustainableBusiness #NervousSystemSupport #EmbodiedLeadership #EntrepreneurialJourney #WomenInBusiness #KateBailey #WalkAndTawkWednesdays

    29 min
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🥂 For the woman ready to lead with power, move with confidence, and own her brilliance. Hosted by Kate Bailey, this show is a movement of bold embodiment, radical reclamation, unapologetic leadership, and building success on your own terms. Created for neurodivergent women, women with disabilities or mental health challenges, and visionary disruptors who are done with fakeness, overwhelm, and perfectionism, this is your space to rise, claim your brilliance, and coronate your Play Big Self. ✨ Ready to step into your Play Big Queen energy? Download the Play Big Queen Confidence and Embodiment Exercises at playbigqueen.com ©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | xxxkatebailey.com #playbigqueen #womeninbusiness #womensleadership #womenempoweringwomen #femaleentrepreneurs #empoweredwomen #leadershipdevelopment #entrepreneurlife #selfleadership #adhdwomen #adhdcommunity #adhdsupport #latediagnosisadhd #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #invisibledisabilities 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CAJa4127V4taFb4G7wWI2 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/play-big-queen-with-kate-bailey/id1498520904 🎧 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaK7ce1AqqvCxwTRV7qNz2ZbQsWQXVutM 👑 Facebook: facebook.com/playbigqueen 👑 Instagram: @playbigqueen 💎 Questions? Email info@playbigqueen.com 💬 Your voice matters and belongs in this conversation. Review the podcast. Comment on episodes. Share your insight or tell me what resonated most.

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