Do you ever feel like your calendar owns you? Like the only way to prove you're needed is to keep saying yes? This week I'm joined by Lori Owens — Army veteran, certified resilience trainer, and host of Practical Solutions for PTSD — who nearly broke her health trying to prove her worth through overwork. She's sharing the exact moment she realized she had nothing left to give, why she now believes boundaries are bridges and not walls, and one simple, practical shift that turned her burnout into real peace.

Even Jesus stepped away to rest and pray — because our calling was never meant to cost us everything.

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Do you love your team but feel like developing them is one more thing you don't have time for? Have you ever told yourself mentoring is a "nice-to-have" you'll get to once the real work is done? Do you secretly wonder if pouring into other people is stealing from your own growth?

In this episode, you'll hear the story of a newly promoted director who couldn't connect with the team she used to be a peer on — and the one-on-one work that completely turned her perception, her results, and her confidence around. You'll walk away with the single most usable tool inside it — lead your message for your audience, not for yourself — and a whole new way of seeing why investing in your people isn't a distraction from leadership. It is leadership, and it grows you as much as it grows them.

I pray this one blesses you and the people you lead.

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Have you ever ended a week exhausted — inbox empty, to-do list crushed — and still felt like you never touched the one thing that actually mattered? Do you feel busy all day but somehow behind on the work that's really yours? Are you starting to wonder if being "efficient" is the very thing keeping you stuck?

In this episode, you'll learn one simple filter — high-value vs. high-volume — that tells you what's actually worth your yes. You'll walk away able to spot the loud, urgent noise that's eating your day, and with a corporate-safe way to surface the tradeoff to your manager so nothing that matters slips through the cracks. Because the goal was never to do less — it's to give your yes on purpose, to the best thing instead of just the good one.

I pray this one meets you right where you are.

Let's connect:

✨ Get weekly boundary tools, leadership insights, and burnout‑proof systems delivered straight to your inbox — join the insider newsletter at raquel-ita.kit.com/insider.

💬 Join me and a community of high-achieving corporate women in my free Facebook group, Setting Boundaries in Corporate: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2808006476242265/ — come introduce yourself and tell me what's pulling you in every direction.

➡️ Send me an email at settingboundariesincorporate@gmail.com and tell me your biggest boundary struggle.

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Balance is a myth — and chasing it is quietly costing you. If you're salaried and convinced that being "always available" is just part of the job, this episode is your permission slip and your playbook. I bust the boundary myth keeping high-achieving corporate women plugged in 24/7 — the fear that going dark makes you look less committed — and proves the opposite: clear boundaries make you more reliable, not less, and your employer comes out ahead. You'll walk away with three corporate-safe moves you can run before your next day off (the coverage handoff, the status-before-silence note, and how to define a true emergency) so nothing drops while you actually rest. Plus the truth at the center of it all: you don't lose yourself by giving too much — you lose yourself by giving for the wrong reasons. Come learn to say yes on purpose.

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The bravest thing you can do isn't climbing the ladder. It's getting honest about what you actually want — and leading from that instead of from fear.

Have you ever stayed somewhere longer than you should have, telling yourself it was the responsible choice — when underneath, it was really fear? Two years before I left corporate, a mentor I deeply respected told me that if I didn't know what I wanted, it might be time to go explore. I heard it. And I stayed anyway.

In this episode, I get honest about why I stayed, and I walk you through three truths I wish I'd understood back then: why "safe" is usually just "familiar" in disguise, why growth was never the same as the next title, and why the fear you feel isn't a stop sign — it's a sign that it matters. This isn't an episode about quitting your job. It's about refusing to let fear make the decision for you — whether you stay or go.

In 2 Timothy, Paul writes to a young, fearful leader named Timothy and reminds him that God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind. You were not handed fear and left to drown in it. You were given a clear mind to weigh your options and the steadiness to choose well.

So grab your coffee, come sit with me, and let's talk about what it really means to grow — and to lead from intention instead of fear.

Let’s connect:

✨ Get weekly boundary tools, leadership insights, and burnout‑proof systems delivered straight to your inbox — join the insider newsletter at raquel-ita.kit.com/insider.

💬 Join me and a community of high‑achieving corporate women in my free Facebook group, Setting Boundaries in Corporate: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2808006476242265/ — come introduce yourself and tell me what’s pulling you in every direction.

➡️ Send me an email at settingboundariesincorporate@gmail.com and tell me your biggest boundary struggle.

🎧 Hit Follow so you never miss an episode — and share this with a corporate woman who’s running on empty.

You don't have a focus problem. You have a protection problem — and the difference is everything.

Have you ever left the house before your kids woke up, worked nonstop until your laptop closed, and still driven home knowing you never touched the one thing that actually mattered? That guilt on the commute home isn't a sign you're failing. It's a sign you've been giving your day away — one "quick question" and one hallway "yes" at a time.

In this episode, I walk you through a real day from my corporate season — warehouse stop at dawn, the 8 a.m. meeting I had to schedule myself, the project I finally opened at 4:10 only to be interrupted three minutes in. And then I give you the three steps that changed how I lead: decide your one thing before the day decides for you, run every yes through the filter (on purpose, or out of fear?), and protect it with a hard stop.

The heart of it is this: every yes is a no to something else — so the question isn't whether you're generous, it's whether you're saying yes on purpose. In Luke 10, Jesus tells a frazzled, over-serving Martha that "few things are needed — or indeed only one." He doesn't scold her for caring. He gently gives her permission to choose the one thing. Consider this your permission too.

So come sit with me for a minute, and let's talk about how to get your day — and yourself — back.

If this episode met you where you are, don't let this be the last time we talk this week. I just opened a free community — Setting Boundaries in Corporate Through Simple Systems to Overcome Burnout — for women exactly like you who are ready to stop giving themselves away one yes at a time. Come be around women who just get it. Search the group name on Facebook and ask to join https://www.facebook.com/groups/2808006476242265/ . And if the show has helped you, a quick written review helps another overwhelmed woman find her way here.

I pray this blesses you.

Your boss calls it an "opportunity" — more exposure, more visibility, only a few hours a month. So why does saying yes feel like losing the parts of your life you can't get back? In this episode, I'm taking you inside the day I turned down a role the whole C-suite wanted me in, and the three questions that made the guilt disappear.

You've been taught that the good employee says yes. That the team player doesn't make waves. That a boundary makes you selfish — or worse, the difficult one.

In this episode, I'm sharing the real story of the day my boss pitched me a "development opportunity" that would've cost me dinners, bedtimes, and the few hours I had left with my kids — and how one honest question changed the whole conversation. Then we walk through the three questions to ask before you say yes to anything: What is this costing me? Is it aligned with where I'm going? And is this relationship still mutual?

Here's the truth, friend: a boundary isn't you being difficult. It's you refusing to set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm. (Proverbs 4:23 — "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.")

So grab your coffee, take a breath, and come sit with me. This one's for the woman who's tired of feeling guilty for protecting her own peace.

I'm looking for 3 women to chat with — a free 15-minute call where I just want to hear your story and learn how I can serve you better. On your commute, on a walk, whenever you find the in-between. If that's you, email me at settingboundariesincorporate@gmail.com.

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You've climbed the ladder, checked every box, earned the title — so why does 10pm still whisper "is this really it?" In this episode, I'm taking you back to the season I was striving for everything and never once stopped to ask the one question that changes how you grow.

In this episode, I'm taking you back to a season when I was striving like crazy — chasing every certification, every license, every win — and never once stopped to ask myself the one question that could have changed everything: what am I even striving for?

Here's what I learned the hard way, friend: doing more and being better is not the same as growing. You can climb an entire ladder only to realize it was leaning against the wrong wall the whole time. Real growth doesn't start with doing more. It starts with a pause — with being still long enough to hear what your heart, soul, and mind actually need in this season. (Psalm 46:10 — "Be still, and know that I am God.")

So grab your coffee, take a breath, and come sit with me. This one's for the woman who looks like she has it all together and still quietly wonders if there's more.

✨ I'm looking for 3 women to chat with — a free 15-minute call where I just want to hear your story and learn how I can serve you better. On your commute, on a walk, whenever you find the in-between. If that's you, email me at settingboundariesincorporate@gmail.com.

If this episode spoke to you, would you leave a quick review? It helps another overwhelmed corporate woman find this show right when she needs it.

I pray this one blesses you. 🤍