Unpack Your Life
Unpack Your Life
Podcast Description
Despite my decade of success as an entrepreneur in real estate, I made a painstaking decision to restart my path in a new city with a new career and a new life. It was time that I stopped living in someone else’s dream life and start living in my own. On the Unpack Your Life podcast, I dive into the courageous stories of those who made the life changing decision to walk away and reinvent themselves. Is it time for you to Unpack Your Life? Tune in for more.
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Focuses on personal growth, career reinvention, and self-discovery, with episodes exploring themes like authenticity in business, confidence through faith, and leadership transformation. Specific episodes include discussions with professionals from various backgrounds sharing their journeys of overcoming challenges and finding purpose.

Despite my decade of success as an entrepreneur in real estate, I made a painstaking decision to restart my path in a new city with a new career and a new life. It was time that I stopped living in someone else’s dream life and start living in my own. On the Unpack Your Life podcast, I dive into the courageous stories of those who made the life changing decision to walk away and reinvent themselves. Is it time for you to Unpack Your Life? Tune in for more.
Have you ever felt like you were performing a role rather than living as your authentic self?
Many high-achieving women reach a point where they realize they have built an identity based entirely on external utility, rather than who they truly are today.
In this powerful episode of Unpack Your Life, host Jane Bond sits down with trauma-informed coach Gia lacqua to dive deep into the hidden costs of over-responsibility. Together, they explore how we often equate being useful with our worth, and how the pressure to be the ultimate fixer can lead directly to burnout and a loss of identity. Gia opens up about her own journey from being the perpetual fixer to understanding the true importance of balance, self-awareness, and somatic boundaries.
Together, we explore the five strategic archetypes that women often embody in their pursuit of success—the Fixer, the Peacekeeper, the Chameleon, the Ghost, and the Prover. Learn how to recognize your own behavior patterns, understand where your role ends and where others begin, and reframe success so it is as unique as your fingerprint. It is never too late to stop over-functioning, embrace rest, and completely unpack your life.
Feeling inspired? Make sure to connect with Gia and tell her you heard her on Unpack Your Life!
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