In this episode of The GRLPWRDENPodcast, I’m joined by Alicia Alexander, a communications strategist, to explore alignment, clarity, and how life sometimes nudges us back onto our true path.

Alicia has faced profound challenges: losing her boyfriend, surviving a life-saving liver transplant, enduring a long hospitalization during COVID where she couldn’t see her kids or friends, being in a coma, navigating a long divorce, and managing full-time custody of her children. These experiences forced her to pause, reassess, and surrender, teaching her what truly matters in life.

Through these experiences, Alicia learned how living in alignment with your values, priorities, and daily rhythms brings clarity, grounded confidence, and joy. She shares how letting go of social pressures—like alcohol, which her body couldn’t tolerate—and embracing small daily practices, relationships, and intentional “yeses” keeps her centered and connected to what matters most.

We dive into how Alicia defines confidence: knowing what you’re good at, collaborating with others, and celebrating success together. She emphasizes quiet, grounded confidence—the kind that speaks before words—and how authenticity and connection with other strong, independent women amplify real power.

• Key Takeaways:

  ✨ Alignment is a daily practice—it comes from intentional choices, rhythms, and relationships.
  ✨ Clarity often comes through surrendering to life’s corrections, not resisting them.
  ✨ Quiet, grounded confidence speaks louder than performative power.
  ✨ Confidence grows when you know your strengths and celebrate success together.
  ✨ Small, joyful daily practices—music, routines, meaningful connections—keep you centered.

Alicia’s story reminds us that alignment isn’t rigid or fear-based—it’s intentional, joyful, and deeply personal. True confidence and influence come from clarity, consistency, and intentional choices—knowing your strengths, showing up authentically, saying yes to what energizes you, and no to what doesn’t. When you live this way, your energy speaks before your words, your presence inspires trust, and your relationships flourish. Alignment isn’t about control or perfection—it’s about flow, focus, and choosing a life that feels like yours.

Reminder: The guests on GRLPWRDEN speak from personal experience. Their views might not reflect your own—or even mine—and that’s exactly the point. This space is about exploration, not echo chambers. We don’t always find the perfect words or explanations, but we are here trying—because growth happens when we lean into the messiness and keep showing up.