The Gutsy Podcast | Mindset, Personal Development & Entrepreneurship for Women

Hosted by LauraAura® | Keynote Speaker, Coach, and Entrepreneur of 19 Years

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Aug 2026

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The Gutsy Podcast is for women, entrepreneurs, and go-getters who are ready to stop holding back and start making gutsy moves in their lives and businesses. Gutsy is the belief and action that happens in the split second when you’re faced with a decision—but this time you choose to go for it instead of going back. Hosted by Keynote Speaker and Coach, LauraAura, this show is your weekly guide to owning what you actually want, shifting the mind junk that’s been holding you back, and taking bold steps toward your goals. Each week, you’ll get powerful insights, actionable strategies, and inspiring stories designed to help you break free from overthinking and overcomplicating. Whether you’re tuning in for a full episode or a quick Powerback® session, you’ll walk away with the confidence and clarity to stop fighting yourself and start going for it. Desire drives you, but gutsy? That’s what gets it done.

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August 18, 202647 min

593: Why Successful Women Keep Repeating the Same Relationship Patterns with Laura Nagiel

You can build a business, lead a team, handle pressure, and usually figure shit out. So why does dating or love feel so much harder? Today's guest, Laura Nagiel, is a dating and confidence coach and the creator of the DREAM Framework, the method she's used to help high-achieving women find the one. We're talking dating, perfectionism, control, receiving, and all the ways ambitious women unintentionally recreate the same exhausting patterns, not just in work, but in love too. But if you dig deeper, this conversation isn't really about dating or your current relationship at all. It’s more about your relationship with yourself. Self-trust, letting go of control, and being willing to ask yourself some pretty uncomfortable questions about what you actually want and whether you're creating space to receive it. In this episode, you'll learn: Why high-achieving women struggle with dating even when they excel everywhere else The link between perfectionism, control, and people-pleasing in relationships How childhood patterns quietly shape adult relationship habits What it means to become a "match" for the relationship you want Why receiving (love, help, support, time) is the real common denominator Resources from this episode DREAM Framework — Laura Nagiel's signature six-month coaching program guiding high-achieving women through discovery, healing, and strategy to find a committed, high-value partner. Auralign Mastermind — My high-touch coaching space for women who are ready to stop depleting themselves for everyone else and start building a business and life that actually works for them. Clarity Session — A casual, no-pressure call with me to talk through what's going on and figure out your right next move. 🎙️ Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify 📲 Follow LauraAura on TikTok: @ThatLauraAura 🔥 Join The Gutsy Collective : Learn More 💡 Work with LauraAura: www.LauraAura.com Connect with Laura Nagiel TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Connect with LauraAura Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Support the show Leave a Review! We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support. https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970

August 11, 202622 min

Powerback 592: 4 Unfiltered Truths That Will Grow Your Business

Every single person I work with comes to me because I said the thing they needed to hear. I called it for what it was and helped them find the solution to finally fix it. Today I'm handing you four unfiltered things I've said to my clients that ended up growing their business: slow the fuck down, get rid of an offer, ditch the framework, and talk like you, not your old boss. I'm not going to pretend any of this is comfortable to hear. It wasn't easy for me to learn how to say these things out loud either, and it's not always easy to receive them. But if you've been busting your ass and still feel like something's missing, or you've got momentum but it feels heavy and off, that's your sign. Let this be the episode that gets you out of your own way, so you can take your Powerback® and finally build the business you want to be building. We’ll go through: Why slowing the fuck down is the fastest way to actually speed things up The offer you're holding onto that needs to go Why frameworks are textbooks to learn from, not blueprints to follow Talking like you instead of your old boss Resources from this episode Clarity Session — a casual, no-pressure conversation with me to figure out what's really going on and get clear on your next right move. The Gutsy Collective —my community for driven women making gutsy moves in their lives and businesses. Connect with LauraAura Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Support the show Leave a Review! We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support. https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970

August 4, 202643 min

591: The Ache for More - Figuring Out What You Truly Want with Katie Pulsifer

There are seasons in life when everything looks fine, but doesn’t feel quite right. It's not that you're ungrateful or that anything's necessarily wrong, but something inside of you keeps saying there's more. Today's guest, Katie Pulsifer, is a master certified life coach and creator of the Golden Coaching Certification. With over 13 years of experience, Katie has trained thousands of coaches and guided high-achieving women out of overwhelm and people pleasing and into clarity, self-trust, and purpose. We're talking about that ache for more, why so many women feel stuck even when life looks good on the outside, and how we've gotten so practiced at knowing what everyone else needs that we've lost touch with what we want. In this episode, you’ll learn: The ache for more and what it actually feels like Signs you're stuck even when life looks good on paper The guilt passed down through generations Questioning what you've always considered "normal" Katie's own story of rebuilding a life that reflects who she actually is Reclaiming self-trust, your voice, and your purpose Resources from this episode Golden Life Coaching Certification — Katie's heart-led coach certification program, built on 13+ years of coaching and training thousands of coaches: Clarity Session — If this conversation hit home, this is the next right step. It's a casual conversation with me to figure out your next gutsy move. 🎙️ Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify 📲 Follow LauraAura on TikTok: @ThatLauraAura 🔥 Join The Gutsy Collective : Learn More 💡 Work with LauraAura: www.LauraAura.com Connect with Katie Pulsifer Facebook | Substack | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Connect with LauraAura Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Support the show Leave a Review! We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support. https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970

July 30, 202626 min

Powerback 590: Your Next Move Deserves Better Than What's Left of You

If you want to take your business to the next level, you have got to give yourself space to do it. Your routine is set in stone, but maybe you have a new idea, trying to grow through the cracks like a little weed, saying, “hey, look at me!” I'm in this with you in real time. I've been wanting to write a book for a decade, and this year I finally had to get honest about where all of my creative energy was going, and make room to pour into the book instead. That's also why the Gutsy Podcast cadence is changing: we're moving from two episodes a week to one, alternating a guest episode and a Powerback®. It's the same evaluation I walk women through inside Auralign — protecting a sleep schedule, blocking off a CEO day, letting go of commitments that no longer serve. It's going to feel a little bumpy at first, and you're going to have to hold your new priority sacred and say no to the stuff that used to fill that space. But once you give yourself the room to go deep, the clarity starts pouring in, and that's exactly why it's time to take your Powerback® and start making the space your next level is waiting for. We'll go through: Why cramming your creation time in between meetings keeps your next-level idea stuck How to evaluate where your time, energy, and creation are actually going Real examples from women inside Auralign making space for their next level Why the Gutsy Podcast cadence is changing (and what that means going forward) The mindset shift it takes to hold your new priority sacred Resources from this episode LauraAura's book pre-launch list — Follow along behind the scenes as I write my book! Auralign Mastermind — My 6-month group coaching experience, the space to work through this same kind of evaluation with support. Connect with LauraAura Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Support the show Leave a Review! We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support. https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970

July 28, 202645 min

589 : Midlife Isn't a Crisis. It's Your Chance to Reinvent Yourself with Wendy Valentine

Do you ever look around at the life you built and think, wait, is this it? Maybe the kids are growing up, your career doesn't fit anymore, your business is evolving, or your relationships are changing. Or maybe you just have this quiet feeling that the version of you who built this life is not the same woman who's meant to build the next chapter. Sometimes this gets labeled as a midlife crisis, but what if it's actually just an invitation to do things your own way? Today's guest, Wendy Valentine, believes that midlife isn't a crisis at all. It's a catalyst. After navigating divorce, menopause, job loss, debt, an empty nest, and a devastating personal loss all at once, she found herself on the bathroom floor, wondering how she would ever rebuild her life. What happened next completely changed the way that she saw herself and what's possible. In this episode: Why midlife isn't a crisis but a catalyst Wendy's story: divorce, menopause, job loss, debt, an empty nest, and a devastating loss, all at once Grieving the versions of yourself you've outgrown Identity, reinvention, and self-trust Letting go of who you thought you had to be Trusting yourself without having all the answers Resources from this episode Women Waking Up: The Midlife Manifesto for Passion, Purpose, and Play — Wendy's book on reinventing midlife using her 7-step FREEDOM method. FREEDOM at Midlife — Wendy's signature group coaching program that walks you through her 7-step FREEDOM framework for midlife reinvention. The Midlife Makeover Show — Wendy's top-ranked podcast on embracing midlife as a powerful new beginning. The Gutsy Collective — My integration space for deepening self-trust, confidence, and making Gutsy moves. 🎙️ Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify 📲 Follow LauraAura on TikTok: @ThatLauraAura 🔥 Join The Gutsy Collective : Learn More 💡 Work with LauraAura: www.LauraAura.com Connect with Wendy Valentine Facebook | Substack | Instagram | Web Connect with LauraAura Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Support the show Leave a Review! We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support. https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970

July 23, 202624 min

PowerBack 588: How To Make Better Decisions, Faster

You've thought about it long enough, and it's time to make a decision. But right before you make your move, your brain kicks in and turns something simple into something that feels 10,000 times more complicated. The problem is you're going outside of yourself for permission, asking everyone and their sisters, brothers, neighbors, and dogs what they think, gathering up opinions like Pokémon cards, until you don't know which end is up anymore. Better decisions only come from an internal agreement with yourself. In this Powerback®, I'm walking you through three ways to make better decisions, faster, so you can make gutsy moves you didn't even know you were capable of. We’ll go through: Getting clear on what you actually want (and what you don't) Why waiting until the emotion passes leads to better decisions Learning to trust your body's unfiltered truth over your brain's noise Resources from this episode Free Clarity Session — A free 30-minute call to talk through what's going on and figure out your right next move, if you're on the edge of a decision and need help making it. Connect with LauraAura Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Support the show Leave a Review! We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support. https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970

July 21, 202646 min

587: Undoing Corporate Programing in Your Own Business with Ilene Kastel

Imagine selling a 7-figure company you built from the ground up, without knowing what was next. Could you do it? Could you even let yourself think about it? Today's guest, Ilene Kastel, did just that. After 14 years building a mental health counseling practice from nothing, she walked away because, as she puts it, "I just knew what I was doing wasn't it anymore." We get into what it actually looks like to leave corporate for reinvention — the self-reliance that replaces hierarchy, the isolation that shows up when collaboration disappears, and the nervous system cues that tell you when you're forcing a decision instead of trusting one. I share my own version of this — 20-plus years in branding and marketing, thinking I'd do that until the day I died, and then starting over. Ilene and I both know that feeling of rebuilding competence from scratch, and why doing it inside a community beats doing it alone. If you're sitting in a corner office wondering if there's something else calling you, by the end of this episode, you'll have real language for what your body's already been telling you. In this episode, you’ll learn: Selling a 7-figure business without knowing what's next Golden handcuffs and leaving corporate for reinvention Listening to your nervous system as a business skill Calculated risk vs. burning it all down Undoing corporate habits in business ownership Isolation, community, and finding your people Imposter syndrome and comparison The real-life logistics of a big pivot Resources from this episode Mindfully Modern Collective — Ilene's coaching practice, offering one-on-one coaching, breathwork journeys, half-day intensives, and retreats. Auralign Mastermind — If you're pivoting your business focus, taking your growth to the next level, and ready to build your next chapter your way, Auralign is where you get the support as you make those moves. 🎙️ Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify 📲 Follow LauraAura on TikTok: @ThatLauraAura 🔥 Join The Gutsy Collective : Learn More 💡 Work with LauraAura: www.LauraAura.com Connect with Ilene Kastel Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Connect with LauraAura Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Support the show Leave a Review! We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support. https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970

July 16, 202618 min

Powerback 586: 3 Signs You're Looking for Permission Instead of Taking Action

There's a move you're ready to make, and you've been doing everything except taking the actual action to do it. You can feel it coming. You know what you want to do, but doesn't it feel better to go outside yourself first, to other people, and get their opinions before you commit? That's what we're talking about today: the three ways you're looking for permission instead of taking action. Permission feels comfortable because it spreads the responsibility around, but the only responsibility you actually have right now is fulfilling the promise you made to yourself. I'm not going to pretend this is comfortable. Change is going to feel scary and uncertain because you've never done this particular thing before, but friend, you do not need permission to go after the things you know are right for you. Validation doesn't create confidence — your action does! So take your Powerback®, take a deep breath, and go do the one thing you've been dancing around. We’ll go through: The habit of collecting opinions instead of making a decision The "one more thing" trap that keeps moving your finish line Consuming more than you're creating Resources from this episode The Gutsy Collective — The community I built for women making bold moves, including the many women I've walked alongside through divorce. When you're navigating something this big, you don't have to do it alone. This is the place to make your next gutsy move with women who will celebrate the chaos with you and help you find your way through. Connect with LauraAura Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Support the show Leave a Review! We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support. https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970

July 14, 202658 min

585: Working With Your Hormones Instead of Against Yourself with Dr. Aumatma Simmons

I was a totally normal person yesterday, so why did I wake up today feeling like I can't do anything, and I want to burn it all down? We call that PMS, we call it hormonal, and usually we say it like it's an insult. Today's guest, Dr. Aumatma, is straddling two worlds right now. She's taking her work in fertility and expanding it into leadership, and after I dug into her work and watched her TEDx talk, I knew I had to get her on the show. She and I talk about hustle culture, and why working against your hormones instead of with them is exactly what's driving the burnout and fatigue so many women are living with day to day. She makes the case for reclaiming "I am hormonal" as power instead of an apology, and we get into what it looks like to plan your life, your energy, and your work around your cycle instead of a 24-hour clock that was never built for you. In this episode, you’ll learn: Working against your hormones vs. working with them The masculine "push" culture vs. a 28-day cycle Reclaiming "I am hormonal" as your power Migraines, headaches, and the weight of the world Receiving support without losing yourself The Silence Methodology, step by step Resources from this episode Dr. Aumatma's TEDx Talk — If you want to go deeper on working from a place of safety instead of fight-or-flight, you must listen to this TED talk. Holistic Fertility Institute — Dr. Aumatma's practice, where she's guided thousands of women through fertility support that works with their hormones instead of against them. Auralign Mastermind — If you're pivoting your business focus, taking your growth to the next level, and ready to build your next chapter your way, Auralign is where you get the support as you make those moves. 🎙️ Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify 📲 Follow LauraAura on TikTok: @ThatLauraAura 🔥 Join The Gutsy Collective : Learn More 💡 Work with LauraAura: www.LauraAura.com Connect with Dr. Aumatma Simmons Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Youtube | Web Connect with LauraAura Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Support the show Leave a Review! We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support. https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970

July 9, 202623 min

Powerback 584: Slow Down To Speed Up - Switching Busy for Intention

If you're cramming your calendar full of little things to avoid the deeper work you know you need to do, this one's for you. What I've seen over and over again with ambitious women is that busy isn't just a calendar problem but an identity problem. You've tied your worth to how much you're doing and how fast you're going for so long that slowing down feels dangerous. Like you're falling behind or even falling apart! But what if busy is actually the thing keeping you from the breakthrough you keep saying you want? In this Powerback®, I'm talking about why we stay stuck in execution mode, what it costs us to keep cramming surface-level work into every crack of our day, and how strategically slowing down is the thing that speeds everything up. Busy is a safety mechanism. Busy feels productive. And busy is also what's standing between you and the business and life that you actually want. Take your Powerback® and let's flip the script on busy. We'll go through: Why being busy feels productive, but it’s a trap The difference between doing the work and cramming the work What it really means to slow down How to identify what actually needs your time and attention most Practical ways to start introducing white space into your days Resources from this episode Auralign Mastermind — If you're pivoting your business focus, taking your growth to the next level, and ready to build your next chapter your way, Auralign is where you get the support as you make those moves. Free Clarity Session — If you're curious about Auralign or just want to talk through where you're at and what your next move looks like, book a free Clarity Session with me. Connect with LauraAura Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web Support the show Leave a Review! We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support. https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970