The Confident Woman Podcast

<p>What if you have been doing everything right and your body just stops cooperating anyway?</p><p>This is not the burnout that gets celebrated online. This is not the sleep-deprived, hustle-harder version people wear like a badge of honor. In this solo episode of The Confident Woman Podcast, Rachel Brooks gets honest about the kind of burnout nobody talks about — the one where your entire nervous system crashes, your body starts making decisions for you, and no amount of willpower, prayer, or positive thinking can pull you out of it. She shares what that season actually felt like from the inside, what it cost her, and the one question she now asks before anything gets a yes from her.</p><p>If you have ever said yes to everything and ended up with nothing left, this episode is exactly where you need to start.</p><p><strong>In this episode, you'll hear:</strong></p><ul><li>Why high-performing women are often the last ones to recognize when they have gone too far off path</li><li>The difference between being tired and having your entire operating system shut down</li><li>What the pruning season in John 15 actually feels like when you are living it — and why it does not feel like grace</li><li>The "Does it serve my five?" filter Rachel uses before any opportunity gets a yes</li><li>Why the answer is not a better system — it is getting honest about what actually deserves your energy in the first place</li></ul><p><strong>Scripture for the Soul: </strong></p><p>"Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit." — John 15:2</p><p><strong>Key Quotes: </strong></p><p>"You can't water everything and wonder why nothing's growing." — Rachel Brooks </p><p>"Capable is not the same thing as called." — Rachel Brooks </p><p>"Not everything that lands in your life is yours to carry." — Rachel Brooks</p><p><strong>Your Next Step: </strong></p><p>If this episode landed for you, the next step is simple. Every Thursday at 8 am, Rachel goes deeper into building a simple, sustainable business rooted in faith and freedom. Join the conversation:</p><ul><li>Subscribe to The Confident Woman Weekly: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a></li><li>When you're ready to do the work: The Freedom Framework: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com">freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com</a></li></ul><p><strong>Connect with Rachel Brooks: </strong></p><p>The Confident Woman Weekly: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a> </p><p>The Freedom Framework: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com">freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com</a> </p><p>LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://linkedin.com/in/iamrachelbrooks">linkedin.com/in/iamrachelbrooks</a> </p><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com">iamrachelbrooks.com</a></p>

<p>What does true confidence look like when you are running a global business and raising four kids?</p><p>We often think confidence means having all the answers, but in this episode of The Confident Woman, Rachel Brooks sits down with Sunny Beutler, CEO of Sunrider International, to completely flip that narrative. Sunny shares her incredible journey of growing up in a family business, stepping into the role of CEO, and why she believes the most powerful leadership tool is actually the ability to listen. If you are trying to build a successful career without losing yourself or your family in the process, this conversation is exactly what you need to hear.</p><p><strong>In this episode, you'll hear:</strong></p><ul><li>Why true leadership isn't about having the right answer all the time, but having the humility to listen</li><li>How to build a flexible, hybrid schedule that honors your work commitments and your family's needs</li><li>The importance of setting boundaries and why you can't carry the baggage of a hard day into your home</li><li>How Sunny applies corporate goal-setting strategies to her family life, including spiritual goals for her kids</li><li>Why the work you do inside your home will always outlast your business achievements</li></ul><p><strong>Scripture for the Soul:</strong></p><p>"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." — Proverbs 22:6</p><p><strong>Key Quotes:</strong></p><p>"Confidence isn't having the right answer. It's being a really good listener." — Sunny Beutler</p><p>"What can I take with me in this life is my family." — Sunny Beutler</p><p>"As women, we forget ourselves so easily." — Sunny Beutler</p><p><strong>Your Next Step:</strong></p><p>If this episode landed for you, the next step is simple. Every Thursday at 8 am, Rachel goes deeper into building a simple, sustainable business rooted in faith and freedom. Join the conversation:</p><ul><li>Subscribe to The Confident Woman Weekly: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a></li><li>When you're ready to do the work: The Freedom Framework — <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com">freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com</a></li></ul><p><strong>Connect with Sunny Beutler:</strong></p><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://sunrider.com">sunrider.com</a></p><p>Instagram: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/sunriderintl/">@sunriderintl</a></p><p>YouTube: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@SunriderIntl">Sunrider International</a></p><p><strong>Connect with Rachel Brooks:</strong></p><p>The Confident Woman Weekly: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a></p><p>The Freedom Framework: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com">freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://linkedin.com/in/iamrachelbrooks">linkedin.com/in/iamrachelbrooks</a></p><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com">iamrachelbrooks.com</a></p>

<p>What if you hit every goal, build the business, get the flexibility, and still feel completely empty?</p><p>If you've ever reached the top of the mountain only to realize you climbed the wrong one, this episode is for you. In this solo episode of The Confident Woman Podcast, host Rachel Brooks pulls back the curtain on the reality of the "freedom lifestyle." She shares her own story of building what the online business world calls the dream—consistent income, travel, and total schedule control—only to discover a quiet, persistent awareness that something was deeply off.</p><p>We are constantly sold a version of success that looks good on the outside but leaves us hollow on the inside. Today, we are talking about what happens when the freedom you're chasing actually becomes the thing keeping you in bondage, and how to start building a life that feels true instead of just looking successful.</p><p><strong>In this episode, you'll hear:</strong></p><ul><li>Why hitting your revenue goals and checking off your vision board doesn't always bring the peace you expected</li><li>The danger of adopting someone else's definition of success (and how to figure out what you actually want)</li><li>How to recognize when you are maintaining a version of your life that you have already outgrown</li><li>The five foundational pillars (Faith, Family, Fitness, Fulfillment, and Freedom) for building a sustainable, aligned business</li><li>Why true freedom isn't about having no responsibilities, but about choosing the right ones</li></ul><p><strong>Scripture for the Soul:</strong> </p><p>"A man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." — Proverbs 16:9</p><p><strong>Key Quotes:</strong> </p><p>"You can get everything on your checklist and still feel completely empty." — Rachel Brooks </p><p>"A cage made of gold is still a cage." — Rachel Brooks </p><p>"Sometimes the freedom you are chasing is actually the thing keeping you in bondage." — Rachel Brooks</p><p><strong>Your Next Step:</strong> </p><p>If this episode landed for you, the next step is simple. Every Thursday at 8 am, Rachel goes deeper into building a simple, sustainable business rooted in faith and freedom. Join the conversation: </p><p>Subscribe to The Confident Woman Weekly: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a> </p><p>When you're ready to do the work: The Freedom Framework — <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com">freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com</a></p><p><strong>Connect with Rachel Brooks:</strong> </p><p>The Confident Woman Weekly: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a> </p><p>The Freedom Framework: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com">freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com</a> </p><p>LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://linkedin.com/in/iamrachelbrooks">linkedin.com/in/iamrachelbrooks</a> </p><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com">iamrachelbrooks.com</a></p>

<p>There is one question that, when you ask it honestly, changes everything about how you build your business, your decisions, your yes, and what you finally give yourself permission to walk away from.</p><p>In this solo episode of The Confident Woman Podcast, Rachel Brooks gets real about the difference between building toward the life you actually want and building away from the one you're afraid of. She traces the thread from her book Chasing Perfection all the way into her business, and what she discovered when she realized she had stopped chasing perfection and started chasing success instead. Same wound. Different reward.</p><p>This one is for the woman who has been doing all the right things and still feels like something is off. The one who keeps building but can't figure out why it never feels like enough. The problem was never your work ethic. It was the foundation you were building from.</p><p><strong>What You'll Hear:</strong></p><ul><li>The one question that filters every offer, every decision, and every yes before Rachel moves forward</li><li>Why chasing someone else's version of success will always pull you away from your own version of freedom</li><li>The five F's Rachel uses as her personal filter for everything she builds</li><li>Three practical ways to apply this question right now to your offers, your content, and your yes</li><li>Why the inner work is not the soft work you do before the real work starts — it IS the real work</li><li>How discernment, not strategy, is the skill that actually simplifies everything</li></ul><p><strong>Key Quotes:</strong></p><p>"When I stopped chasing perfection, I started chasing success. Same wound, different reward."</p><p>"You cannot build a freedom-based business from a self that hasn't done the work to know what freedom actually means to her."</p><p>"That's not a strategy story. That's a discernment story."</p><p><strong>Scripture for the Soul:</strong> </p><p>"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding — in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight." — Proverbs 3:5-6</p><p><strong>Ready to Keep Going?</strong></p><p>If this episode landed, the best next step is joining The Confident Woman Weekly — a faith-fueled newsletter for purpose-driven women building a life and business rooted in clarity, freedom, and discernment. Every Thursday at 8:00 AM, straight to your inbox.</p><p>Subscribe here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a></p><p>The Freedom Framework: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com">freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com</a></p><p><strong>Connect with Rachel Brooks:</strong> </p><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com">iamrachelbrooks.com</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://linkedin.com/in/iamrachelbrooks">linkedin.com/in/iamrachelbrooks</a> </p><p>Subscribe to The Confident Woman Weekly: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a></p><p>The Confident Woman Weekly: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a></p>

<p>What if you're not broke because of what you're doing, but because of what you're believing?</p><p>In this milestone 365th episode of The Confident Woman Podcast, host Rachel Brooks sits down with Lisa Easton, founder of the only all-female investment club in the United States and 2025 Glamour Woman of the Year. Lisa went from bankruptcy and living in a single room in her sister's house — no job, four kids, zero support — to building two seven-figure businesses in four years. Her answer... The program running in the back of your mind is the only thing standing between you and the life you keep scripting about.</p><p><strong>In this episode, you'll hear:</strong></p><ul><li>Why your subconscious is running a program that keeps you broke and exactly how to rewrite it</li><li>The daily morning routine every millionaire and billionaire Lisa worked for had in common, and how she finally adopted it herself</li><li>Why affirmations and journaling don't work without this one critical ingredient (most people skip it entirely)</li><li>How Lisa scripted her way from rock bottom to seven figures using a check she wrote to herself in 2022 — still in her wallet today</li><li>The biggest money mindset mistake Lisa sees women make, and why skepticism is costing you more than any bad investment ever could</li><li>What to do with your money once you actually start making it, and why you can't save your way to wealth</li></ul><p></p><p><strong>Scripture for the Soul:</strong></p><p><em>"For as he thinks in his heart, so is he."</em> — Proverbs 23:7</p><p></p><p><strong>Key Quotes:</strong></p><p><em>"You have to become the thing you want to become before it comes to you."</em> — Lisa Easton</p><p><em>"Making a million dollars was easy. Changing the mindset to make a million dollars took me decades."</em> — Lisa Easton</p><p><em>"You have to feel it. You can't just write it. You can't just say it. You have to feel it."</em> — Lisa Easton</p><p></p><p><strong>Your Next Step:</strong></p><p>If this episode landed for you, the next step is simple. Every Thursday at 8 am, Rachel goes deeper into building a simple, sustainable business rooted in faith and freedom. Join the conversation:</p><p>Subscribe to The Confident Woman Weekly: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a></p><p>When you're ready to do the work: The Freedom Framework — <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/freedom">iamrachelbrooks.com/freedom</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Connect with Lisa Easton:</strong></p><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://lisameaston.com">lisameaston.com</a></p><p>Podcast: <em>Her Rich Life</em> — <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://herrichlife.com">herrichlife.com</a></p><p>Instagram: @<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/herrichlifepodcast/">herrichlifepodcast</a> | @<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/lisameaston/">lisameaston</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Connect with Rachel Brooks:</strong></p><p>The Confident Woman Weekly: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe">iamrachelbrooks.com/subscribe</a></p><p>The Freedom Framework: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com">freedom.iamrachelbrooks.com</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://linkedin.com/in/iamrachelbrooks">linkedin.com/in/iamrachelbrooks</a></p><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://iamrachelbrooks.com">iamrachelbrooks.com</a></p>