This New Year episode is a powerful invitation to pause, reflect, and intentionally design your life, goals, and desires for 2026.

Deidre Sirianni walks listeners through the deeper truth behind manifestation and goal-setting — not from hustle or pressure, but from alignment, clarity, and emotional honesty. She explores why so many goals fall apart by February, how subconscious beliefs quietly sabotage success, and why knowing what you truly want (and why) is the foundation for sustainable growth.

Through grounded coaching insight and spiritual wisdom, this episode guides you to ask better questions, create an executable plan, and do the inner work required to move faster with less stress. Deidre also invites listeners into her live workshops inside the Awakening Her Festival, where she’ll support attendees in mapping their year and clearing money blocks so they can step into 2026 feeling focused, empowered, and supported.

In this episode, Deidre covers:

• 15:11 — Why the New Year is a potent time to set intentions that actually stick

• 15:17 — The truth about manifestation, speed, and enjoying the process

• 15:18 — The most important question: What do I really want?

• 15:19 — Desire vs. “should” goals — how misalignment derails success

• 15:20 — Why your why matters more than the goal itself

• 15:21 — The missing piece: creating a real plan instead of vague intentions

• 15:22 — Breaking big goals into milestones to avoid overwhelm

• 15:23 — How subconscious beliefs quietly sabotage money, success, and growth

• 15:23 — Why inner work is non-negotiable if you want lasting results

• 15:24 — Designing goals that feel fulfilling, energizing, and sustainable

• 15:24 — Invitation to the Plan Your Year With Me workshop

• 15:25 — Clearing money blocks with Clear Your Money Karma

• 15:26 — How to step into 2026 feeling focused, supported, and aligned

  
  

  Join Deidre's Plan Your Year Free Workshop on Friday, January 9th at 12pm PST, and her Clear Your Money Karma Workshop on Monday, January 12th inside The Awakening HER Festival.

In this episode, you’ll explore what truly happens when you stop hiding and start using your voice — in your relationships, health, and business.

You’ll be guided through powerful insights and real-life examples that reveal how self-sacrifice, suppressed desires, and staying silent can show up as burnout, misalignment, or even physical symptoms . You'll also learn the Spiritual Initiation of using your truth and how it can radically expand every area of your life.

This episode is an invitation to honour your truth, strengthen your boundaries, and actively participate in creating a life, business, and purpose that actually feels like it.

Episode Breakdown

• 00:00 – Welcome & why using your voice changes everything

• 02:30 – The first calling to speak & saying yes before it made sense

• 05:30 – Autoimmune disease, suppression, and self-sacrifice

• 10:15 – Boundaries, self-honouring, and the spiritual meaning of illness

• 14:45 – Thyroid health, expression, and the feminine voice

• 18:40 – What happens when women step into their power

• 22:30 – Business growth, visibility, and using your voice strategically

• 26:45 – The “it factor” explained (red Thai curry metaphor)

• 32:30 – Relationships, authenticity, and active participation

• 38:15 – Discomfort as initiation into leadership and mastery

• 42:45 – Reflection questions for your life, business, and health

• 47:30 – Awakening Her Online Festival invitation & workshops

  
  

  Join Us at The Awakening Her Online Festival (January 5–14 | Free, Online)

• Deidre’s featured workshops:

  • Clear Your Money Karma
  • Plan Your Year With Me (map out your entire 2026)

  As well as over 20 other talks from other featured speakers!

  
  

  
  

In this energizing conversation, Deidre Sirianni and Leah Van Dolder (dietitian, coach, and founder of The Shed Method) unpack practical, sustainable nutrition for busy women—without restriction or shame. Leah shares how her first job as a telehealth dietitian taught her to “listen between the lines,” and how a healthy food mindset she absorbed from her mom shaped her approach to women’s health, weight loss, and body image.

They dig into why all-or-nothing rules and perfectionism backfire, how under-eating acts as a stressor on the body and brain, and simple routines—planning, prep, and protein—that improve energy, focus, and confidence. You’ll learn the identity shifts that matter (people-pleasing → self-honoring; perfection → excellence), why your nervous system is the quiet MVP, and how fueling your body uplevels business, boundaries, and leadership.

🗒️ Show Notes & Timestamps

00:00 – 04:30 | Friendship, support & entrepreneurship
How Dee and Leah met online, the power of expanding friendships, and why solo business can feel lonely—especially in a small town.

04:30 – 12:00 | Leah’s path: dietitian, telehealth & listening between the lines
First role in a weight-loss clinic (headset era), learning to hear what clients aren’t saying, and her mom’s healthy modeling around food and movement.

12:00 – 20:30 | Why restriction fails: shame loops & “robot plans”
How perfectionism, food rules, and guilt create a reset cycle; shifting from punishment to support and self-worth.

20:30 – 29:30 | Under-eating = stress
Why chronic under-fueling spikes stress, fogs thinking, and stalls results; your organs need baseline energy (calories = currency).

29:30 – 37:00 | The Triple P’s: planning, prep & protein
Practical routines: decide a day ahead, prep protein + produce, keep choices simple (“peas or carrots”), easy breakfasts (Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, shakes), meal kits, and double-batch dinners (hello, turkey soup).

37:00 – 46:00 | Identity upgrades that stick
People-pleasing → self-honoring; perfection → excellence; reactive → responsive. Energy is your edge, speed is queen, and confidence grows by doing the uncomfortable.

46:00 – 54:00 | Fuel before you push
Dee’s back injury lesson (over-training + under-fueling); boundaries for inputs that derail your energy and goals.

54:00 – 1:03:00 | “Magnetize” photoshoot: embody the future youPre-shoot coaching on 5–10-year vision, styling, hair/makeup; women seeing themselves anew—wins included singing all the way home and a new wellness studio purchase.