Call Her Creator with Katelyn Rhoades
Episode 85: The 3 Core Wounds That Keep Women Undercharging and Overworking
Featuring: Shamina Taylor
Date: August 27, 2025
Episode Overview
Host Katelyn Rhoades welcomes powerhouse coach and former attorney Shamina Taylor for a transformative conversation on the hidden wounds driving overworking and chronic undercharging among women entrepreneurs. Shamina unpacks the emotional and subconscious roots of "hustle culture" and shares her journey from high-achieving survival mode to building multimillion-dollar businesses with flow and fulfillment. The episode dives deeply into emotional mastery, rewiring limiting beliefs, and the three core wounds blocking true wealth and ease.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. Hustling as a Trauma Response
- Opening Focus (00:00–06:50):
- Many high-achieving women unknowingly use constant busyness (“hustle”) as a means to avoid uncomfortable feelings.
- Overworking can stem from unprocessed trauma: “Not a lot of people know that hustle can actually be a trauma response, and that blew my mind.” – Katelyn (02:16)
- Shamina explains:
- The inability to be still signals emotional discomfort.
- “If you can't feel, then you don't know that you're dysregulated.” (05:25)
- Overthinking & constant “doing” is often a defense against disappointment, fear, or hurt.
2. Shamina’s Personal Transformation: From Survival to Success
- Backstory & Wake-up Call (06:50–14:52):
- Shamina shares her pivotal “unbecoming” moment—an emotional release during a yoga class that spurred radical changes in her life and identity.
- “Everything that I thought was supposed to make me happy didn’t, because I was disconnected from myself just doing and achieving all the time…” (12:29)
- Her healing required stepping back from law, financial sacrifices, and deep emotional work.
3. Ownership, Emotional Mastery & Creating a New Reality
- Mindset Shift (16:59–19:35):
- Taking radical responsibility for one's life is the prerequisite for transformation.
- Shamina immersed herself in modalities: meditation, journaling, breathwork, and money mindset work.
- “I had to become the wealthiest version of myself, even when there was no money around.” (17:23)
- Manifesting & quantum leaping framed as showing up energetically as her “next level self.”
4. The Three Core Wounds: Abandonment, Betrayal, Unworthiness
- Identifying Core Wounds (19:35–27:04):
- These wounds shape beliefs about money, support, and self-worth.
- “Nine times out of ten, if you desire something and it’s not in your environment, it’s because of you.” (20:09)
- Women with abandonment wounds struggle to trust support, hire help, or build teams (27:23).
- Betrayal wounds often surface as overreaction to perceived “let downs,” even with things like price increases at Starbucks (28:15–32:41).
- Unworthiness drives chronic undercharging, over-delivering, and fear around premium pricing.
5. Signs and Expressions of Core Wounds
- Recognizing Patterns (27:23–34:55):
- Overworking, micromanagement, inability to receive support, and perfectionism are common signs.
- Examples like under-tipping, difficulty accepting compliments, or avoidance of “messy” creative action point to scarcity & self-protection habits.
6. Healing & Reprogramming for Wealth
- Practical Tools & Belief Work (34:55–38:34):
- Shamina emphasizes emotional regulation and dismantling subconscious patterns.
- She advocates for journaling money beliefs and recognizing scarcity-based behaviors learned from childhood.
- “The worst kind of broke is having money and not being able to use it.” (40:32)
7. Abundance, Femininity, and Allowing Support
- Rewriting Wealth Stories (38:34–41:50):
- Shamina’s story of shifting from “hustling out of desperation” to embodying abundance and trusting her needs will be met.
- Encourages women to become prosperity thinkers, embrace desires, and say “yes” to both experiences and things.
- “I live from abundance that I want every woman to be rich and wealthy. Like I want them to have it all. There's so much of this to go around.” (45:13)
8. Ways to Work with Shamina
- Opportunities & Resources (41:59–46:41):
- Upcoming live event: Wealth Consciousness Experience in Chicago.
- Ongoing programs: The Millionaire Club and The Wealthy CEO.
- Book: Unlocking the Quantum Woman (audio and print).
- Free resource for listeners: Instant Cash Flow Method (DM 'creator' to Shamina on Instagram for access).
- Podcast: Unapologetically Rich Women.
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
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On Breaking the Hustle Cycle:
- “Hustle can actually be a trauma response... usually it's because we can't sit still; stillness is really hard. If you can't feel, then you don't know that you're dysregulated.”
— Shamina (02:50–05:25)
- “Hustle can actually be a trauma response... usually it's because we can't sit still; stillness is really hard. If you can't feel, then you don't know that you're dysregulated.”
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On Emotional Breakthrough:
- “In that moment... this dam just broke and I just started, like, bawling my eyes out. It was the most freeing moment.”
— Shamina (09:36)
- “In that moment... this dam just broke and I just started, like, bawling my eyes out. It was the most freeing moment.”
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On Taking Ownership:
- “For the first time, I was no longer… No one else was to blame. Not my parents, not anybody. It was me, and I was only me.”
— Shamina (19:35)
- “For the first time, I was no longer… No one else was to blame. Not my parents, not anybody. It was me, and I was only me.”
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On Desire vs. Validation:
- “When you're in that masculine state you are trying to achieve something usually for validation… a desire is the highest connection for you to receive anything.”
— Shamina (21:34)
- “When you're in that masculine state you are trying to achieve something usually for validation… a desire is the highest connection for you to receive anything.”
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On Money Wounds:
- “If something that you desire is not there, your subconscious mind is keeping you safe from it.”
— Shamina (41:28)
- “If something that you desire is not there, your subconscious mind is keeping you safe from it.”
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On Female Wealth:
- “When women have money in their hands, we do such incredible things… This world needs more love and it needs more of that feminine energy.”
— Shamina (45:55)
- “When women have money in their hands, we do such incredible things… This world needs more love and it needs more of that feminine energy.”
Timestamps for Key Segments
- 00:00–02:50 – Introduction to hustle as trauma; Shamina’s background
- 02:50–06:50 – How overworking is rooted in emotional avoidance
- 06:50–14:52 – Shamina’s rock-bottom yoga epiphany & life overhaul
- 14:52–19:35 – Monk era, rebuilding, and manifesting success
- 19:35–27:04 – Radical ownership and identifying core wounds
- 27:04–32:41 – Core wound signs; practical money triggers example (Starbucks story)
- 32:41–34:55 – Moving from victimhood to abundance and authenticity
- 34:55–38:34 – The three main wounds in detail and their influences
- 38:34–41:50 – Childhood scarcity, reprogramming, and redefining “broke”
- 41:59–46:41 – Ways to work with Shamina, event promo, free gift explanation
How to Connect with Shamina Taylor
- Instagram: @shaminataylor
- Book: Unlocking the Quantum Woman (audio & print)
- Podcast: Unapologetically Rich Women
- DM 'creator' for free gift and intensive consultation offers
Episode Tone & Takeaways
The episode is candid, empowering, and packed with practical wisdom. Katelyn and Shamina normalize the struggles of high-achieving women while offering hope through emotional healing and mindset shifts. Listeners are called to take radical ownership, explore their subconscious beliefs, and embrace a more regulated and abundant way to wealth—one that honors both ambition and feminine energy.