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. 1d ago

    Episode 47 - Sovereign Gratitude: Why Gratitude Lists Don't Work And How to Feel What You're Grateful For

    You write three things. Close the notebook. Feel exactly the same. That's not a gratitude practice, that's a task. Today we're talking about the difference between listing what you'regrateful for and actually feeling it. By the end of this episode you'll have your first complete Sovereign Gratitude practice. In this episode: • Why gratitude lists stay on the surface — and what the subconscious actually needs to register something as real • The difference between a gratitude statement and a gratitude experience (and why your nervous system knows which one you're giving it) • Dr. Andrew Huberman's research on gratitude and the nervous system — why narratizing gratitude activates the same neural circuits as actually receiving something good • Exactly how to write Sovereign Gratitude entries, with real examples from Jenn's own practice • The one step most people skip that makes the whole practice land in the body Anchored in: John Maxwell's Law of Awareness "You must know yourself to grow yourself." Gratitude isn't a list. It's a felt experience. When you feel it, really feel it, it changes what your bodybelieves is possible. This is Part 2 of the Sovereign Practice series.Next week: Layer Two — Sovereign Statements. How to write them, say them, andbuild a complete set that belongs entirely to you. Take the Identity Mask QuizFind out which of the seven masks is costing you the most right now. Unapologetically In Power with Jennifer Damaskos RISE. REBUILD. REIGN.

    12 min

  2. Jun 23

    Episode 46 - What Is The Sovereign Practice: And Why Most Daily Practices Fail

    What Is The Sovereign Practice — And Why Most DailyPractices Fail You've started the morning routine before. The journaling. The gratitude list. The affirmations. And two weeks later, nothing. Not because you're undisciplined. Because it didn't meananything to your body. Today we start building something different. In this episode: • The three reasons most daily practices fail — and why discipline has nothing to do with it • Why gratitude lists, affirmations, and morning routines stay on the surface instead of creating real change • The Sovereign Practice: a three-layer daily framework that works at the level where change actually happens — the body, the subconscious, the felt sense • The neuroscience behind why writing by hand and speaking out loud both matter (and why skipping either one breaks the loop) • Exactly what to do this week to prepare before the next three episodes build each layer in full Anchored in: John Maxwell's Law of Intentionality "Growth doesn't just happen. You have to be intentional aboutit." A daily practice isn't a habit you're trying to build. It's a decision you make every morning about who you'rebecoming. The reason your practice didn't stick wasn't lack of discipline. It was lack of felt meaning. The Sovereign Practicefixes that. This is Part 1 of a 4-episode series building TheSovereign Practice layer by layer. Next week: Sovereign Gratitude: Layer One. Take the Identity Mask Quiz Find out which of the seven masks is costing you the most right now. Unapologetically In Power with Jennifer Damaskos RISE. REBUILD. REIGN.

    10 min

  3. Jun 16

    Episode 45 - The Woman Underneath the Title: Who Are You When You're Not Being Useful?

    Who are you when nobody needs anythingfrom you? When you're not the mom, the boss, the coach, the fixer, the capable one? If that question makes you uncomfortable, this episode is for you. This is the final episode of the maskseries, and it goes to the one underneath all the others. In this episode: • The identity fusion wound: why deriving your entire self from your roles feels like dedication and strength, and what it actually costs • Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's research on identity collapse during life transitions, and why high-performing women are most at risk • Jenn's personal story: what happened when she kept moving through grief, loss, and building, and the moment the lights went out • How identity fusion shows up in real life (including why a free afternoon feels more anxious than relaxing) • The Woman Underneath Audit: 3 steps to find the woman who exists outside of her usefulness Anchored in: John Maxwell's Law of Identity: "To lead others well, you must first know yourself." Your title is what you do. Your sovereignty is who you are. One can be taken. The other cannot. Jenn mentions the book she co-authored Take the Identity Mask Quiz Find out which of the seven masks is costing you the most right now. Next week: The Sovereign Practice: A daily framework that integrates everything from the mask series intosomething you can actually use every morning.Unapologetically In Power with Jennifer Damaskos RISE. REBUILD. REIGN.

    17 min

  4. Jun 9

    Episode 44 - The Invisible One - The Cost Of Making Yourself Easy To Overlook

    You've been so easy to be around. So low-maintenance. So understanding. And somewhere along the way you got so good at not needing anything that you forgot you were allowed to. This episode is for the woman who has been praised her whole life for being accommodating  and has quietly built a life where nobody really knows what she needs. In this episode: Anchored in: John Maxwell's Law of Influence: "The true measure of leadership is influence nothing more, nothing less." You cannot influence from invisibility. Visibility isn't vanity. It's responsibility. Disappearing isn't humility. It's a wound wearing humility's clothes. Take the Identity Mask Quiz Find out which of the seven masks is costing you the most right now. Next week: The Woman Underneath the Title, who are you when you're not being useful?

    15 min

  5. Jun 2

    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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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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
    48
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jennifer Damaskos
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    Unapologetically in Power