• 55 minutes 39 seconds
    Eni Popoola on the Friends Who Get You, the Opportunities You Pass On, and the Soft Life You Work For

    #352: If you've ever felt the pressure to say yes to everything — every opportunity, every invitation, every trending topic — just because it's available, this conversation is for you. Today I'm welcoming Eni Popoola back to the podcaster. Eni is a content creator, storyteller, and former lawyer, who left Big Law three years ago and has spent every day since building a path that's entirely her own.

    Eni gets real about what it actually feels like to walk away from a plan you've had your whole life, why she's stopped chasing virality and started chasing alignment, and the subtle but powerful difference between friends who agree with you and friends who truly get you. We also get into what visibility has taught her about herself, how she thinks about privacy as a professional boundary, and why the soft life is something you work hard for — not something that just happens.


    This episode is for you if:

    • You're wondering whether the "impressive" path is actually the right one for you
    • You've gone viral and realized it wasn't what you thought it would be
    • You want to build a following that's small but mighty and deeply aligned
    • You're trying to figure out what to share online and what to keep for yourself
    • You're in your 30s (or approaching them) and finally starting to care less about what people think


    We talk about...

    • What it felt like to leave law with no plan and no expectations — and why that was actually freeing
    • Why she's stopped trying to go viral and what she's chasing instead
    • The "appropriateness epidemic" and how she decides what belongs on the internet vs. the group chat
    • How increased visibility taught her she's more social than she ever thought
    • Why her friends don't have to agree with her — but they do have to understand her
    • The journaling practice that helps her know herself well enough to pick the right people
    • What running her business "like a CEO" actually looks like day to day
    • Why she includes a therapist on her professional team
    • Travel as a creative necessity — and all the places she's headed next
    • What luck means to her: you can't have it without the work behind it


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    23 June 2026, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 31 seconds
    Acting As If: How to Claim What’s Coming ft. Lisa Price of Carol’s Daughter

    #351: I'm sitting down with Lisa Price — founder of Carol's Daughter — to talk about growing, pivoting, and changing direction publicly.

    Lisa has been building Carol's Daughter for 33 years. She's navigated equity partners, a major acquisition, public scrutiny, and ultimately buying her company back on her own terms. And through all of it, she's operated from a practice she's had long before it had a name — acting as if.

    We talk about what it actually looks like to claim something before you can prove it. The gratitude practice that rewired how she moves through hard seasons. What she learned about her own role when she became a "small fish in a big pond." And why the easiest, most peaceful deal of her career only felt that way because of everything hard that came before it.

    This isn't a story about random luck. It's a story about preparation, posture, and trusting yourself enough to decorate the tree and make the cookies while you're waiting on the yes.


    This episode is for you if...

    • You're holding the vision of something you’re building
    • You're in a season of waiting and struggling to stay grounded in what you know is coming
    • You've been through something hard in business and are trying to make sense of what it was for
    • You're learning how to tell the difference between the right opportunity and just any opportunity
    • You've outgrown hustle culture but haven't fully landed on what replaces it
    • You want to build with peace, not just with ambition
    • You're navigating public perception of something you've poured your whole self into
    • You're ready to stop performing confidence and start actually practicing it


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    16 June 2026, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    How to Trust the Timing of Your Life ft. Gia Peppers

    #350: In this episode, I’m sitting down with journalist, podcast host, and founder Gia Peppers to explore what it really means to shine—not from a place of performance, but from alignment.

    Because many of us have confused visibility with validation. We thought shining meant being seen, being chosen, being applauded.

    But what happens when the applause fades… or never comes?

    Gia takes us through her journey, from chasing the “dream opportunity” that was supposed to change everything, to having it fall apart in a way that forced her to confront herself, her faith, and what she actually wanted.

    We talk about the quiet work. The healing work. The kind of work that doesn’t trend, doesn’t go viral but changes everything.

    This conversation is about redefining success, releasing timelines, and learning how to show up fully—without needing permission, validation, or a co-sign.

    It’s about shifting from “Who’s shining a light on me?” to “What’s shining through me?”

    And once you feel that shift… you can’t unsee it.

    This episode is for you if…

    • You’ve ever felt like you did everything “right”… and it still didn’t work out
    • You’re tired of performing your life instead of actually living it
    • You’re in a season of healing, but questioning if it’s working
    • You’re learning how to release timelines and trust divine timing
    • You’re redefining what success looks like for you
    • You’ve outgrown validation, but are still figuring out what replaces it
    • You feel pulled in multiple directions and want to explore more than one version of yourself
    • You’re navigating comparison, social media fatigue, or creative burnout
    • You’re ready to take up space without shrinking, apologizing, or dimming your light


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    9 June 2026, 7:00 am
  • 48 minutes 24 seconds
    Visibility Won't Save You (Here's What Will)

    #349: In this month's solo episode, I'm kicking off our visibility series with a reframe I've been sitting with for a while — and one that's genuinely changed how I think about what it means to be seen as an ambitious woman.

    We've been told that visibility is the goal. Get in the room. Be everywhere. Make sure the right people see you. And I used to believe that. But after watching what happens to women who reach the top and just keep pushing more of the same, I started to think we've been chasing the wrong thing.

    In this episode I'm breaking down the difference between being visible and truly being seen, why they aren't the same thing, and introducing a framework that ambitious woman needs before she hits her biggest milestone. Because every peak has a ceiling, and if you don't have a plan for what comes after, the other side can be a really steep fall.


    What we're getting into:

    • The real difference between visibility and being seen — and why it changes everything
    • The post-peak pivot framework and why you need one before you reach the top
    • Why building in public has real limits — and what oversharing can cost you
    • How to stop giving your power away to gatekeepers and reclaim ownership of how you show up


    This episode is for you if…

    • You've been measuring your success by how many people are watching instead of whether the right people actually see you.
    • You're chasing visibility but something about it feels hollow or exhausting.
    • You've hit a milestone and aren't sure what the smart next move looks like.
    • You want to stop building for the applause and start building for the long game.
    • You're ready to make one strategic decision about how you show up — one that protects your power and moves you toward what's actually next.


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    2 June 2026, 7:00 am
  • 52 minutes 24 seconds
    How to Trust Yourself Without a Co-Sign ft. Toni Bravo

    #348: In this weeks episode, I’m sitting down with Toni Bravo — creator, storyteller, and someone I’ve genuinely loved watching evolve over the years to talk about what it really looks like to trust yourself in real time.

    We get into the mindset behind betting on yourself, and why Toni has such a strong reaction to the word “delusion.” Because for her, it’s never been about convincing yourself something impossible will happen — it’s about believing that what you want is actually available to you, and then doing the work to meet it there.

    We talk about creativity as something fluid and open and why the hardest part isn’t coming up with ideas, it’s trusting yourself enough to follow through on them, even when no one else gets it yet.

    Toni also breaks down what it looked like to leave her 9–5 at 22, not recklessly, but intentionally — building a safety net, creating structure, and knowing when it was time to make the jump.

    We also talk about fear, failure, and how to tell the difference between intuition and doubt, and why your intuition speaks in statements, not questions.

    This episode is about self-trust as a daily practice, not a one-time decision and learning how to move without needing everyone else to agree first.


    This episode is for you if…

    • You keep waiting for validation before you move on something you want
    • You have ideas but struggle to actually follow through on them
    • You’re scared to start because you’re overthinking what could go wrong
    • You’re trying to build confidence but don’t fully trust your instincts yet
    • You feel pressure to explain or justify your vision to other people
    • You’re navigating a pivot (career, creative, lifestyle) and need clarity
    • You want to stop caring so much about what’s “working” and start doing what feels aligned
    • You’re learning how to say no and to trust that it’s the right decision


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    26 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 54 minutes 54 seconds
    How to Beat the Odds: Amy DuBois Barnett on Starting Over, Betting on Yourself, and Winning

    #347: In this episode, I’m sitting down with Amy DuBois Barnett — media powerhouse, former Editor-in-Chief, and now author of If I Ruled the World — to talk about what it really looks like to bet on yourself throughout the many chapters of your life, and the importance of being willing to start over at any time.

    Amy has built a career most people only dream about — from running iconic magazines to leading at the highest levels of media — and then made the boldest move of all: walking away from it to start over as a novelist.

    This conversation is a masterclass in betting on yourself. We talk about what it takes to trust yourself at the highest level, especially when it doesn’t make logical sense to anyone else.

    She breaks down her philosophy that fear is actually growth, and why the very things that scare you the most are often the clearest indicators of where you’re meant to go.

    We also get into something that I think doesn’t get talked about enough: the cost of ambition. What you gain, what you lose, and how to stay connected to yourself while you’re building something big.

    We talk about timing. About taking years (sometimes decades) to bring something to life, and why that doesn’t mean you’re behind… it means you’re building something with depth.

    This episode is about self-trust, reinvention, and understanding that betting on yourself isn’t a one-time decision — it’s a mindset you come back to over and over again.

    This episode is for you if…

    • You’re ready to take a bigger, bolder bet on your life
    • You’re thinking about making a big pivot but it doesn’t “make sense” on paper
    • You’re scared to start over after building something successful
    • You want to trust yourself more but still look for validation from others
    • You’re navigating ambition and questioning what it’s costing you
    • You have a creative idea that won’t leave you alone but haven’t acted on it yet
    • You’re learning how to love all parts of yourself — not just the polished ones


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    19 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    How to Train Your Mind to Create Luck with Kyyah Abdul

    In this week’s installment of the Betting on Yourself series, I’m sitting down with Kyyah Abdul to talk about what it actually means to create your own luck — not in theory, but in practice.

    We get into the mindset behind “lucky” people, and how to increase your odds of luck through how you think, how you decide, and how willing you are to move forward even when you don’t have all the answers.

    Kyyah brings such a powerful perspective to this conversation. From her background in neuroscience to her lived experiences with loss at a young age, she breaks down how resilience, decisiveness, and self-trust are all things that can be built — not traits you’re just born with.

    We talk about decision-making as a muscle, why so many of us are stuck in analysis paralysis, and how social media has made us way too concerned with optics.

    We also talk about boundaries (and why most people misunderstand them), the pressure of being perceived, and how to stop treating your life like a group project.

    This conversation is a reminder that luck isn’t something you wait for, it’s something you build, decision by decision.

    This episode is for you if…

    • You keep overthinking your next move and feel stuck waiting for clarity
    • You want to be more confident but don’t trust your own decisions yet
    • You’re navigating a transition (career, identity, relationships) and feel uncertain
    • You struggle with boundaries — especially with family, friends, or people you love
    • You feel held back by fear of judgment
    • You’re trying to “do the right thing” instead of doing what actually feels aligned
    • You know you’re capable of more, but something is keeping you playing small


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    12 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 52 minutes 22 seconds
    It’s Time to Bet On Yourself

    #345: In this solo episode, I’m kicking off a brand new series for the month of May all about betting on yourself—what it actually means, how to do it, and why it’s the foundation of creating your own luck.

    This episode is also deeply personal.

    It’s been a full year since the show rebranded to She’s So Lucky, and I almost let that anniversary pass without really sitting with it. But when I finally did, it forced me to reflect, not just on how far the show has come, but on how much I’ve changed.

    What I realized is this: everything we talk about here—luck, success, opportunity, being that girl only works if you’re actually willing to bet on yourself first.

    And not in a surface-level, motivational-quote way. I’m talking about:

    Making decisions that don’t make sense to other people. Letting go of identities that no longer fit. Taking risks before you feel fully ready. And continuing to show up, even when the outcome isn’t guaranteed

    This episode is about stepping into the version of yourself who plays to win, instead of waiting for permission, validation, or a better hand.


    This episode is for you if…

    • You feel like you’ve outgrown a version of your life, career, or identity but don’t fully know what’s next
    • You’ve been waiting for validation, clarity, or the “perfect moment” to make a move
    • You’re tired of comparing your path to other people’s timelines or opportunities
    • You know you’re capable of more, but you’re not fully acting on it yet
    • You’re navigating a pivot and need permission to trust your own vision.
    • You want to start taking yourself seriously and making moves accordingly


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    5 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    THIS Is How You Build Generational Wealth ft. Vivian Tu

    #344: In our final episode of the Lucky Girls Invest series, I’m sitting down with Vivian Tu — aka Your Rich BFF — for a conversation that might change how you think about money forever.

    From Wall Street to building a multi-platform empire and becoming one of the most trusted voices in personal finance, Vivian has built a career breaking down money in a way that actually lands. And in this episode, she’s not holding anything back.

    We get into the real story behind how she built wealth — starting with a formative moment that shaped her entire relationship with money, to the years of building behind the scenes that no one saw, to the mindset shifts that took her from chasing status to building actual financial power.

    This isn’t surface-level advice, it’s the conversation behind the conversation, the stuff people don’t usually say out loud about money, ambition, relationships, and what it really takes to create a life that feels rich on your terms.

    We talk about the difference between making money and keeping it, why so many people stay stuck in the cycle of looking successful instead of being secure, and how to think about generational wealth in a way that actually lasts.

    We also get into the spicy stuff: money in relationships, why you should always have your own account, and the quiet ways people sabotage their financial future without realizing it.

    If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing all the right things but still not getting ahead — this episode is your reset.

    This episode is for you if…

    • You’ve made money but still feel like you’re not actually building wealth
    • You’re ready to understand the difference between earning vs. keeping vs. growing your money
    • You want to break out of the cycle of spending to look successful and start building a life rooted in freedom, time, and real financial security
    • You’re curious what people actually mean when they say “generational wealth”
    • You’re ready to shift your mindset from chasing opportunities to positioning yourself for them (aka creating your own luck)
    • You’ve ever questioned your relationship with money and want to rewrite the narrative.
    • You’re navigating money in romantic relationships and want to do it with clarity, boundaries, and transparency
    • You want to understand how to invest — not just in the market, but in your life, your energy, and the version of you that actually feels rich


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    28 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 57 minutes 36 seconds
    You Don’t Need Millions to Start Investing—Here’s What You Need ft. Jaclyn Johnson

    #343: In this week’s installment of the Lucky Girls Invest series, I’m sitting down with entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Create & Cultivate, Jaclyn Johnson, for a conversation that completely reframed how I think about money, power, and investing.

    Jaclyn was actually the person who helped me make my first angel investment—so this episode feels especially full circle.

    We get into what it really looks like to go from operator to investor, how she built and exited a multi-million dollar business, and why angel investing might be more accessible than you think.

    But beyond the numbers, this is really a conversation about ownership… of your career, your capital, and your future. Because there’s a difference between chasing opportunities and being the person who gets to fund them.

    This episode is for you if…

    • You’re ready to stop chasing opportunities and start becoming the person who decides who gets a seat at the table
    • You’ve been curious about angel investing, but need someone to actually break down how it works
    • You want to understand the real difference between angel investing and venture capital
    • You’re wondering when to raise money, how much to raise, and what mistakes to avoid early
    • You’ve ever questioned whether you’re “thinking big enough”—and want to understand why the boldest vision in the room often gets funded
    • You want to learn how to spot founders who actually win
    • You’re interested in building wealth beyond your primary income
    • You need proof that one aligned decision can change everything (like turning a $10K investment into a $1.2M outcome)


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    21 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 59 minutes 48 seconds
    How to Invest Like Emma Grede

    #342: In this week's episode of She’s So Lucky, we’re continuing our Lucky Girls Invest series with a guest who defines what it means to build power, wealth, and legacy — Emma Grede.

    This is one of those conversations.

    The kind that recalibrates how you think about money, ambition, and what it actually takes to create the life you say you want.

    In this episode, I sit down with Emma for an unfiltered, deeply tactical conversation on what it means to invest. Not just in the market, but in yourself, your relationships, and your long-term vision. From her early days growing up in East London to building and scaling multi-billion-dollar companies, Emma breaks down the real decisions, trade-offs, and mindset shifts that got her here.

    We talk about the difference between being in proximity to power and actually having it. Why so many people are distracted by visibility instead of focusing on what truly moves the needle. And how learning to think like an investor – before you ever write a check – can completely change the trajectory of your life.

    This episode is packed with gems and never-before-told stories from Emma, it’s the kind of insight you only get from someone who has actually done the work, built the businesses, and made the money.

    If you’re serious about building wealth, stepping into your ambition, and operating at a higher level… this one is required listening.

    This episode is for you if:

    • You’re ready to move differently when it comes to money, power, and decision-making — and start thinking like an investor in your own life
    • You’ve been caught up in visibility, networking, or “being in the room” and are ready to refocus on what actually moves the needle.
    • You’re learning how to prioritize yourself, your vision, and your goals without guilt or second-guessing.
    • You want to shift from asking “how do I get in the room?” to becoming the person who owns the room.
    • You’re navigating your relationship with money from scarcity, to stability, to building real wealth.
    • You want to understand why profit matters more than perception
    • You’re building (or want to build) something of your own and need clarity on what actually makes a business… a business.
    • You’re ready to invest in the relationships that matter and stop overextending yourself in one-sided dynamics.
    • You need the reminder that ambition requires discomfort and that choosing yourself is the work.


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    14 April 2026, 7:00 am
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