Call Her Creator with Katelyn Rhoades

Episode 105: 6 Week Reinvention Challenge For Women Who Want To Reset Their Life Before 2026: Part 1
Date: December 2, 2025

Episode Overview

In this motivating episode, host Katelyn Rhoades launches the "6 Week Reinvention Challenge"—a practical and deeply personal journey designed for women who crave a reset before 2026. Katelyn shares her struggles with burnout, self-abandonment, and survival mode, then guides listeners toward awakening their true selves, not just through inspiration, but clear and actionable identity shifts. With journal prompts, intimate stories, and tough-love truths, this is part one of a six-week series aiming to help listeners become the women they are meant to be.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introduction to the 6 Week Reinvention Challenge (00:20)

• Katelyn initiates the challenge as a personal necessity, not a marketing ploy.
• She invites listeners to join the new Create Her Club Instagram broadcast channel for community, accountability, and support throughout the challenge.

Quote:
"This wasn’t born from a cute idea… It was born because I needed reinvention."
— Katelyn (01:20)

2. Awakening the Woman Inside: Visualization & Acceptance (04:00)

• Katelyn encourages a grounding visualization: Imagine the woman you thought you’d be by now, standing before you.
• Reflection prompts: How does she act? What does she tolerate? Where is she confident?

Quote:
"We are waking that girl up. This episode is not just a podcast; this is the moment you're going to decide for yourself: I'm done abandoning myself."
— Katelyn (05:20)

3. Real-Life Stories: Hitting Her Breaking Point (08:00)

• Katelyn shares a vulnerable story of sitting in her “office” (really a cluttered back room), feeling overwhelmed and unrecognized.
• She highlights a gap between external success and internal satisfaction, stuck in “survival mode.”

Quote:
"I had become a version of myself built from survival, not abundance and expansion. I was still being loyal to an identity that was getting in my way."
— Katelyn (09:55)

4. The Power of Self-Honesty & Releasing Old Identities (11:30)

• Reinvention starts when you acknowledge you’ve outgrown your current identity before your life changes.
• Exercise: Thank the previous versions of yourself for getting you here, but recognize it’s time to move on.

5. Women & Silencing Their Desires (14:30)

• Katelyn discusses how women habitually silence their desires, intuition, and needs—not from weakness, but from the demands of daily life and survival.
• Normalizes putting things off and just surviving, but states: survival is not enough anymore.

Quote:
"You didn’t abandon yourself because you were irresponsible… you abandoned yourself because you were just trying to survive. But survival is not where we’re going anymore."
— Katelyn (17:05)

6. Identifying What You’re Outgrowing (21:20)

• Prompt to list habits, routines, or patterns you want to shed before 2026—not out of shame, but honesty.
• Katelyn models this by sharing hers: Over-apologizing, skipping Pilates, not attending church, letting chaos drive her mornings.

7. Soul Cravings & Honoring True Desires (26:00)

• Listeners are guided to identify what their soul is craving (peace, excitement, confidence, purpose, freedom, etc.).
• Avoids superficial answers: "Don’t get a Pinterest board answer. I want a real answer."

8. Activation: Tough Love & the Truth About Change (31:55)

• Awakening is only useful with accountability: Inspiration alone won’t change your life—action will.
• Explains that identity drives behavior, habits, and ultimately, results.
• "You cannot get a new life with the same patterns of your old life."
• Motivation is fleeting; identity-driven action is key.

Quote:
"Motivation is a mood... but identity is a decision."
— Katelyn (43:10)

Quote:
"No one is coming to save you. No one is coming to fix your problems… It has to be you."
— Katelyn (45:55)

9. Sharing Personal Identity Shifts (51:00)

Katelyn models the change by sharing her own identity shifts for the challenge:

• From Reactive to Intentional: "I am no longer the woman who runs on chaos. I am the woman who leads her life with clarity."

  • No more checking phone first thing; slower, more mindful mornings
  • Saying “no” to opportunities that don’t serve her
  • Building buffer time into her schedule

• From Playing Small to Taking Up Space: "I am the woman who will take up space without apologizing."

  • Pitching herself boldly, including for speaking engagements and new opportunities

• From Self-Abandonment to Peace Protection: "I am the woman who protects her peace and energy like it’s currency."

  • Letting go of guilt, refusing to hold others’ emotional burdens

• From Hustling for Worth to Leading from Fulfillment: "I am the woman who prioritizes my wellness, my peace, and my presence."

10. Journal Prompts for Self-Awareness (01:08:10)

Katelyn offers three journal prompts for listeners to ground their insights:

1. The part of me I've been ignoring is…
2. The woman I've been is…
3. The woman I'm becoming is…

Instructions: Answer honestly and kindly, as you would for your best friend.

11. Challenge Assignment & Community Invitation (01:13:20)

• For week one, listeners are to share a brief reflection in the Create Her Club channel:
  • “The part of me I’m waking up again is…”
  • OR
  • “The woman I am becoming is…”

Katelyn asks for honest, succinct responses as the first act of self-leadership.

Quote:
"Honesty is the foundation of identity, and identity is the foundation of reinvention."
— Katelyn (01:15:05)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Self-Abandonment:
  "Playing small isn’t humility, it’s honestly self-abandonment." (01:01:00)
• On Ownership:
  "Every time you keep a promise to yourself—identity… Reinvention is self-loyalty on repeat." (01:03:00)
• On Community:
  "Reinvention is a partnership. You and me and the other girlies… changing our lives from the inside out together." (01:06:32)

Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:20 | Introduction & Invitation to Create Her Club | | 04:00 | Visualization Awakening Exercise | | 08:00 | Personal Story: Breaking Point | | 11:30 | Outgrowing Old Identities | | 14:30 | The Silencing of Desires & Survival Mode | | 21:20 | Prompt: Habits & Patterns to Release | | 26:00 | Soul Cravings & Defining Desire | | 31:55 | Activation: From Inspiration to Action | | 43:10 | The Power of Identity Over Motivation | | 51:00 | Katelyn Shares Her Own Identity Shifts | | 01:08:10 | Journal Prompts for Self-Reflection | | 01:13:20 | Challenge Assignment & Community Accountability | | 01:15:05 | Closing Thoughts & Memorable Quote |

Tone & Language

Katelyn’s language is warm, empowering, direct, and honest—balancing vulnerability with “tough love” accountability. She shares personal struggles, refrains from judgment, and consistently invites honest self-reflection, fostering a sense of community, safety, and tangible hope.

Summary Takeaway

This episode is a compassionate but no-nonsense call to arms for women feeling stuck, burned out, or simply ready for more. Katelyn models deep honesty and vulnerability, coaches listeners through self-awareness exercises, and lays out the first steps toward genuine transformation—not by chasing a new version of yourself, but by awakening the true woman inside. Listeners are invited to join her in community for the six-week challenge, sharing the journey of reinvention together.

Recommended Actions:

• Reflect using the journal prompts supplied.
• Join the Create Her Club broadcast channel on Instagram for accountability.
• Share your brief reflection for week one as your first act of self-leadership.
• Tune in next week for part two: “Routine Team That Rebuilds You.”