{"podcast":{"title":"HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design","slug":"her-extraordinary-life-by-design-6619382","podcast_index_feed_id":6619382,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e0f0d33c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://herextraordinarylifebydesign.co/blog/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5eb990d2-bed5-11ee-a732-93878a5b3281/image/PODCAST_COVER_with_Electracast_logo.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Leslie Gaudet","episode_count":200,"summary":"Welcome to HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design, where we celebrate women who are shaping their lives one extraordinary day at a time. Join your host Leslie Gaudet, Self-Care Coach, International Best-Selling Author, and Motivational Speaker, as she invites inspiring women from various walks of life to share their personal journeys and the pivotal moments that influenced their lives. Tune in to discover practical advice, inspiring stories, and actionable strategies that will empower you to design your own extraordinary life. Each episode provides valuable insights from women who have successfully navigated their personal and professional journeys. From overcoming personal challenges to building successful businesses and making a social impact, each episode features diverse stories that showcase the resilience and creativity of women from all walks of life. Subscribe to HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design today and join our community of empowered women. Don’t miss an episode as we explore the extraordinary lives and achievements of women making a difference. Follow us on social media for updates and exclusive content.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T04:17:44.424742+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-extraordinary-life-by-design-6619382"},"episode":{"title":"When Did What Everyone Else Wanted for You Become What You Wanted for Yourself?","slug":"when-did-what-everyone-else-wanted-for-you-become-what-you-wanted-for-yourself","published_at":"2026-04-24T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-extraordinary-life-by-design-6619382/when-did-what-everyone-else-wanted-for-you-become-what-you-wanted-for-yourself","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-extraordinary-life-by-design-6619382","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ECM2167599529.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ECM2167599529.mp3","summary":"In this solo episode of HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design, Leslie Gaudet asks a question that most high-achieving women have never actually stopped long enough to answer honestly. Whose life are you actually living? Not the life that looks impressive from the outside. Not the life other people would say you have. But the life that actually feels like yours, like you designed it. This episode names the identity crisis hiding underneath a life that was built with extraordinary intention — just not around the woman living it. The pattern: succeeding at every expectation that was ever placed on you while the question of what you actually want kept getting deferred to a future season that never quite arrived. The cost: a nervous system, a body, and a capacity for genuine joy that reflect not who you actually are — but who you have spent years performing for everyone else. And the question that this episode is built around — the one that surfaced when the noise finally stopped long enough for you to hear yourself — is the one most women spend their entire lives successfully avoiding. When did what everyone else wanted for you become what you wanted for yourself? This is the fourth and final episode in the April solo series — Living By Design: Health and Vitality on Your Own Terms — and it's for the woman who has designed every area of her life with intention and somehow never applied that same intentionality to the most important question of all. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.com ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can fin…","meta_description":"In this solo episode of HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design, Leslie Gaudet asks a question that most high-achieving women have never actually stopped long en…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2574,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/her-extraordinary-life-by-design-6619382/episodes/when-did-what-everyone-else-wanted-for-you-become-what-you-wanted-for-yourself/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-extraordinary-life-by-design-6619382/when-did-what-everyone-else-wanted-for-you-become-what-you-wanted-for-yourself.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}