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Unleashed with Leah Pitzenberger
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Unleashed Podcast explores the journey of female leadership, delving into topics like overcoming self-doubt, embracing radical candor, and navigating the complexities of the modern workplace. Host Leah Pitzenberger, CEO of A People Revolution, offers insightful conversations and actionable advice in under 10 minutes per episode, empowering listeners to lead with courage and authenticity.
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If Your Dream Sounds Reasonable, You're Doing It Wrong
5d ago00:10:55Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThere is a number in your head right now that you would never say out loud. Leah would like you to know she has one too, and that she spent about twenty years pretending she didn’t.In this episode, Leah Pitzenberger tells the story of an event she hosted called Stop Being Easy to Underpay — where she asked a room full of accomplished women what they wanted, watched every single one of them hand her the polite version, and slowly realized she was the last person who should be surprised, because she’d been doing the exact same thing her whole life. She gets honest about the dreams she rounded down and called being mature, the wanting she kept quiet because it felt greedy, and the strange relief of finally saying the real number instead of the reasonable one.Realistic isn’t a personality. It’s just the size of the dream that already fits in the life you’ve got. This one is about saying the too-big thing out loud and surviving it. Support the showLove what you’re hearing? Don’t forget to subscribe to Unleashed and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Let’s rewrite the rules together—one bold conversation at a time.
Transcribe →The Woman You Were Before You Got Good
2w ago00:10:30Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThere is a version of you, somewhere a long time ago, who was somehow more her than the version you walk around as today. Who said what she thought, wanted what she wanted, took up the space she needed, and didn't apologize for any of it.In this episode, Leah Pitzenberger talks about what happens when women "get good" — when, over a thousand small adjustments that all felt rational in the moment, we sand down our edges, manage our tone, soften our honesty, and learn to be palatable. The woman before all of that is not gone. She has been buried under twenty years of strategic adjustment. And she has been patient.This one is about remembering her. Not to become her again — but to bring her with you, so the woman you have worked so hard to become finally has her original self underneath the polish. Support the showLove what you’re hearing? Don’t forget to subscribe to Unleashed and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Let’s rewrite the rules together—one bold conversation at a time.
Transcribe →The Strongest Woman in the Room is Often the Loneliest
3w ago00:10:48Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThe most capable woman in your life is, statistically, the loneliest. Not because she is unsupported. Not because the people around her have abandoned her. But because she has, over years and accomplishments and quiet adjustments, removed the option from her own life of being anything but strong.In this episode, Leah Pitzenberger names what nobody else seems willing to say: that the bar successful women hold themselves to is not set by the world. It is set by them. And it rises. Every promotion, every win, every accomplishment quietly raises the standard for what they are now supposed to have together. Until there is, eventually, nowhere in their lives where they are allowed to struggle out loud. Including with themselves.This one is about the bar you didn't realize you were setting, the cage you didn't realize you were building, and the radical, public, terrifying act of lowering both. Support the showLove what you’re hearing? Don’t forget to subscribe to Unleashed and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Let’s rewrite the rules together—one bold conversation at a time.
Transcribe →Why Women Are So Tired All the Time
4w ago00:10:55Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailIf you are exhausted in a way that no amount of sleep seems to fix, no vacation seems to touch, and no morning routine seems to solve — there is a reason. And it has very little to do with how late you stayed up last night.In this episode, Leah Pitzenberger names what is actually depleting women: the invisible work nobody else sees, the mental load that doesn't show up on any chore chart, the database running in your head every minute of every day that you never get to close. She gets honest about the years it took her to stop apologizing when her husband walked past her with a basket of laundry that was, in fact, also his. And she makes the case that women don't need more luxury — we need actual relief. And those are not the same thing.You are not tired because you are weak. You are tired because you have been awake to everything in your life for twenty years and you have never been allowed to put it down. Support the showLove what you’re hearing? Don’t forget to subscribe to Unleashed and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Let’s rewrite the rules together—one bold conversation at a time.
Transcribe →The Difference Between Being Fine and Being Alive
Jun 100:10:17Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThere is a difference between a life that is technically working and a life you are actually living. And it is much easier to miss than you think.In this episode, Leah Pitzenberger tells the story of leaving a job everyone thought she was crazy to walk away from — the one with the tickets, the parking spot, the access, the kind of resume line that made other people stop and ask how. She wasn't unhappy. Nothing was wrong. Which is exactly what made it so dangerous. Fine doesn't fire you. Fine doesn't betray you. Fine just keeps offering you pretty good days, in a row, for years, until one day you realize you can't remember the last time you felt alive in your own life.This one is about the cost of fine, the seduction of fine, and the quiet, unglamorous courage it takes to walk away from a life that is technically working in pursuit of one you are actually awake inside. Support the showLove what you’re hearing? Don’t forget to subscribe to Unleashed and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Let’s rewrite the rules together—one bold conversation at a time.
Transcribe →When Loyalty Becomes a Leash
May 2500:09:12Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailLoyalty is one of the most beautiful things a woman can have. It is also one of the most effective ways to keep her stuck.In this episode, Leah Pitzenberger talks about the moment loyalty stops being a value and starts being a cage — the job you can't leave because of what you owe them, the relationship you can't exit because of the history, the version of yourself you can't outgrow because too many people were invested in the old one. She gets honest about her own experience of staying loyal to things past their expiration date, why women are particularly susceptible to this particular trap, and what it actually means to honor your past without letting it own your future.Gratitude is real. So is the right to move. This episode is about holding both. Support the showLove what you’re hearing? Don’t forget to subscribe to Unleashed and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Let’s rewrite the rules together—one bold conversation at a time.
Transcribe →The Women Who Changed You
May 1800:11:11Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThere are women in your life who changed the trajectory of who you became. Some of them know it. Most of them don't. Some are still in your life. Some aren't. Some shaped you through love, and some shaped you through the very specific education of watching someone get it wrong.In this episode, Leah Pitzenberger slows down to name the women who made her — the mentor who saw something in her before she could see it herself, the colleague who showed her what she didn't want to become, the friend who stayed when staying cost something. She makes the case that becoming who you are doesn't happen alone. It happens in relationship. And the women who contributed to who you're becoming deserve to be named — at least in your own head, on a random Tuesday, when you realize you're still carrying something they gave you.This one will make you want to call someone. Support the showLove what you’re hearing? Don’t forget to subscribe to Unleashed and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Let’s rewrite the rules together—one bold conversation at a time.
Transcribe →You Don't Owe Anyone Your Story
May 1100:09:15Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailSomewhere along the way, women got the message that being open means being available. That vulnerability means unlimited access. That if you've ever shared a struggle publicly, you're now required to share all of them — to anyone who asks, in any form they want, on their timeline.In this episode, Leah Pitzenberger draws a hard line between generosity and obligation. She gets honest about the pressure women feel to explain themselves — their choices, their boundaries, their silence — and why "you don't owe anyone your story" is not a warning against vulnerability. It's a reminder that your story belongs to you. All of it. Even the parts you haven't figured out yet. Even the parts that are still healing. Even the parts you just don't want to share.Privacy is not the same as hiding. And you don't have to justify the difference to anyone. Support the showLove what you’re hearing? Don’t forget to subscribe to Unleashed and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Let’s rewrite the rules together—one bold conversation at a time.
Transcribe →The Comparison Trap
May 400:08:30Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThere's a woman on your phone right now who is doing more, looking better, and building something bigger than you. Or at least — that's what your brain tells you at 9 PM when you're scrolling instead of sleeping.In this episode, Leah Pitzenberger gets honest about the comparison spiral — why we do it, what it actually costs us, and why social media didn't create the problem (it just gave it a really good delivery system). She talks about the specific kind of comparison that doesn't feel like jealousy, it feels like information. Like evidence that you're behind. And she makes the case that the only metric that has ever mattered is the one you keep ignoring: are you moving toward your own life, or someone else's?This one is for the woman who has ever closed an app feeling worse than when she opened it. Which is all of us. Support the showLove what you’re hearing? Don’t forget to subscribe to Unleashed and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Let’s rewrite the rules together—one bold conversation at a time.
Transcribe →The Invisible Load You Need to Stop Carrying
Apr 2700:11:13Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailYou finished the work day. Made dinner. Got the kids sorted. And now it's 10 PM and you're in bed — and your brain is absolutely not done for the day. The dentist appointment. The permission slip due Thursday. The birthday gift you've been meaning to order for two weeks. The thing you're almost out of at home that you can't remember but you know it was important.Meanwhile, the other adult in your house? Asleep. Like a person who did not spend the last forty-five minutes cataloguing their family's entire operational future in the dark.In this episode, Leah Pitzenberger names what that is: work. Not instinct. Not "just how she is." Work. The cognitive and emotional labor of tracking, anticipating, planning, and managing everything behind the scenes — the kind that runs constantly, shows up on no resume, and is only ever noticed when something goes wrong. This isn't about blame. It's about finally seeing something that's been there all along — so you can stop carrying it alone. Support the showLove what you’re hearing? Don’t forget to subscribe to Unleashed and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Let’s rewrite the rules together—one bold conversation at a time.
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