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School of Self-Image

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517 episodes
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English
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Tonya Leigh
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Date created
2015/12/30
Latest episode
2026/08/26
Average duration
17 min.
Release period
11 days

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School of Self-Image is the go-to podcast for women who desire to transform their self-image so that they can create mind-blowing results in their lives. Join Master Life Coach, Tonya Leigh, as she shares tips, ideas, and inspiring conversations around elevating your mindset, style, and surroundings to create an extraordinary self-image. Episodes are released each Wednesday. Download the School of Self-Image Manifesto at schoolofselfimage.com/podcastmanifesto

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502: Why Most Reinventions Fail Before They Begin
2026/08/26
Starting September 1st, we're going deep into The 90-Day Reinvention inside the School of Self-Image membership. Three full months of deciding, designing, and embodying the woman you're becoming. If you're ready to stop watering down what you want and finally close the gap between who you are and who you know you can be, join us at schoolofselfimage.com/go. Today's episode is about the five ways I've watched reinventions fail, my own included, and why it's never because we're incapable of change. It's because, before we even begin, we've already watered down what we really want and started negotiating with all the old fears and rules that got us here. I'm still in the middle of my own business reinvention, which means I've lived through every single one of these. In this episode, I'm sharing what I've learned so that when you hit one of these, you'll recognize it for what it is and refuse to give in to it. Here's what we cover: My annual executive physical, and what it confirmed I already knew How my Word of the Year quietly led me to reinvent my business Why I do pre-mortems, and treat every failed reinvention as data Reason 1: Why truth has to come before reinvention Reason 2: Why "should" goals quietly sabotage you Reason 3: Why demanding the "how" keeps you doing math instead of dreaming Reason 4: Why the rules of your old life won't build your new one Reason 5: Why we put our identity on layaway How to start closing the gap in small, ordinary choices What's coming this September in The 90-Day Reinvention, and why the podcast is taking a pause Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #schoolofselfimage #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
501: I'm Reinventing My Business in 90 Days. Here's What I Can Tell You.
2026/08/19
The 90-Day Reinvention is back. Join me this September for three months of deciding, designing, and embodying who you're becoming next. https://schoolofselfimage.com/join Back in May, I stopped recording. No warning, no explanation. Just silence. In that silence, I was being called to change something. This is me finally telling you what that something is: the seven signs I've learned to recognize when I'm standing at the edge of my own reinvention (you might recognize these, too), and the real reason my business needed to catch up with who I've become. Here's what we cover: Why reinvention isn't about becoming someone new; it's about coming back to the truth of who you already are Why I'm no longer interested in being a "better" version of myself, and what I'm chasing instead The word that quietly changed every choice I made this year The big misconception about reinvention, and why your life doesn't have to be bad for you to want one The seven signs you're on the edge of your own reinvention and why they show up in the strangest places – your closet, your calendar, your silence What I'm bringing back this September, and why I'm doing The 90-Day Reinvention differently this time Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #schoolofselfimage #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
500: What 500 Episodes Taught Me (and What's Next) [Poolside Confessions]
2026/07/01
Welcome to Poolside Confessions, my summer series where I sit by the water, slow down, and share what I'm actually living and thinking about. Today's confession is a celebration and an honest look back at 12 years of showing up. 500 episodes. I still can't believe it. My first podcast was published on August 8, 2014, and I have been showing up consistently – week after week – ever since. Over coffee, I pulled out my journal and wrote down every lesson this journey has taught me. In this episode, I'm sharing the lessons from 500 episodes – what consistency has really cost me, what it's changed in me, and what it's given me. I'm also sharing something very hard for me to say out loud: what's coming next. Here's what we cover: Why consistency builds a body of work before it creates a result Your voice isn't something you find; it's something you develop Why you're never going to feel ready, and what to do instead How the work itself changes you from the inside out Why repetition isn't a weakness, it's actually needed The importance of letting yourself evolve publicly and proudly Why your podcast, your blog, your content is an archive of your own becoming How to be devoted to your dreams while staying detached from the outcome Why the more you create, the less precious you become How consistency teaches you to deal with criticism Why creativity lives in the living, not in sitting at home trying to figure out what to say Why the real reward isn't the number, but the woman you become by reaching it What it means when your truest essence asks for a new expression What's next after 500 episodes Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #schoolofselfimage #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
499: You're Not Tired. You're Tired of Performing. [Poolside Confessions]
2026/06/24
Welcome to Poolside Confessions, my summer series where I sit by the water, slow down, and share what I'm actually living and thinking about. Last year, I felt a very particular kind of tiredness. Not physical. Emotional fatigue paired with restlessness, and I couldn't figure out why. Was it my hormones? The time of year? What I discovered was something else entirely: I was tired of performing. I don't think of myself as a performer. I live close to my values. I know who I am. And even still, I had been performing. In this episode, I share what I found when I got honest with myself – and why breaking up with your own success strategies might be the most important thing you do this year. Here's what we cover: What success strategies are – and why even your best ones expire Why the things that carried you this far might not take you all the way The moment you realize you're at a three, not a ten Why it's harder to let go of what's working than what isn't The question that cuts through everything Why the fatigue you're feeling has nothing to do with supplements What it actually means to be fully alive Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #poolsideconfessions #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
498: Anxiety or Self-Trust? [Poolside Confessions]
2026/06/17
Welcome to Poolside Confessions, my summer series where I sit by the water, slow down, and share what I'm actually living and thinking about. Today's confession is something I've been sitting with for a while. I started thinking about the seasons of my life when anxiety showed up the loudest. Some of those seasons made sense from the outside – things were hard. But others were confusing. Things were going well. Success was real. And the anxiety was still there. Sitting with all of it, something became clear: anxiety is never really about what's happening outside of you. So what is it about? In this episode, I share what I've come to understand – and the practice that has quietly shifted how I live. Here's what we cover: Why anxiety is never about your circumstances What always accompanied my most anxious seasons – and why I didn't see it at the time How broken promises to yourself create low-grade anxiety you can't quite name What happens when you stop trusting your intuition Why the scary stories you tell yourself about the future are working against you The practices that have built real self-trust in my life Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website:  https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest:  https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter:  https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube:  https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #poolsideconfessions #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
497: The Best Aging Advice I Have [Poolside Confessions]
2026/06/10
Welcome to Poolside Confessions, my summer series where I sit by the water, slow down, and share what I'm actually living and thinking about.  Today's episode is one I've been wanting to record for a while. People assume aging well is a formula. Find the right peptides. Count the right macros. Follow the right protocol.  I'm not here to tell you what to take or track. I'm here to tell you what I've actually come back to, again and again, over the years – the four things that have made the most difference in how I feel, how I move through the world, and how I see myself at 50. Some of it might not be what you expect. Here's what we cover: Why aging well starts with your emotional life, not your physical one The love affair you must have with yourself if you want to enjoy getting older Why women with "arrival energy" are missing the point  and how to stay curious The dictator vs. the wild child: finding the self that leads you through life True pleasure: what it is, what it isn't, and how to tell the difference The overlooked physical practice that changes how you move, walk, and carry yourself Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website:  https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest:  https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter:  https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube:  https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #poolsideconfessions #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
496: The Fear Successful People Don't Talk About [Poolside Confessions]
2026/06/03
Welcome to Poolside Confessions, my summer series where we gather around the pool and I confess the things I've been thinking, feeling, and experiencing – in hopes of normalizing these conversations and helping you know you're not alone. Today's confession is one that almost every successful woman I've ever talked to has felt at some point. The fear of losing it all. When I first started my business, my fears looked different. Am I good enough? Will I make it? What will people think? And in the back of my mind was this big fantasy of arrival – that when I finally hit a certain number, built a certain life, I'd feel safe. Secure. Like I'd finally made it. You get there. And a new fear is waiting. The bigger the building you've built, the harder the ego whispers about the fall. So many women end up creating a life their younger selves would have been so proud of – and they can't even enjoy it because they're too busy white-knuckling it. Too afraid it's all going to be taken away. In this episode, I'm walking you through the practices that have set me free from this fear – and that I've watched set other women free, too. Here's what we cover: Why the fear of losing it all shows up the moment you finally build something you love The thought pattern that keeps successful women exhausted and unable to enjoy what they've created How to entertain the worst-case scenario… so you can finally make peace with it The compassion practice I use with the scared little girl inside of me Why getting clear on what is enough brings relief How to stop building a prison out of your own success The truth about freedom… and why it was never about the money   Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #poolsideconfessions #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
495: Why Having Personal Style is More Important Than Ever
2026/05/27
Style is your survival strategy. Come find yours: https://schoolofselfimage.com/june We're about to live through the most average decade in human history. AI is becoming really, really good at sounding like everyone. And it shows. But here's the thing that a machine can't do. It can't be a woman who knows exactly who she is. Lately, I'm hearing the same thing from women everywhere: "I feel invisible. I feel replaceable." And these are not invisible women. These are women who've built things. Run things. Walked into a room and used to own it. In this episode, I'm naming what's happening – and making the case that personal style is our survival strategy. Full stop. What this moment demands is originality. Yours. This is a call for you to stop performing a life and start living one that is unmistakably, unapologetically yours. Here's what we cover: Why so many accomplished women feel invisible and replaceable right now What's actually happening as the world gets handed over to AI Why personal style is one of the most enlightening journeys a woman can take The one thing AI can never fake The firehose of formulas, and why copying her will never get you her result The exact moment my business started taking off The June Invitation and what's waiting for you inside the membership Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #styleandselfimage #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
494: The Shopping Secret That Changed My Self-Image
2026/05/20
Ready to discover your personal Style Statement and walk into every season of your life knowing exactly WHO you're dressing? This is the work we're doing inside the membership in June. Join us at https://schoolofselfimage.com/go For most of my life, I hated shopping. Not because I didn't care about clothes – but because I had no idea who I was dressing. I was buying what the mannequin wore. What the sales associate pulled with confidence. What the woman in the magazine made look effortless.  I'd get home, lay everything out on the bed, and still have no idea who I was. So I created a discipline. Three filters. Three questions every piece has to answer before it comes home with me.  In this episode, I'm sharing why most women are quietly living with closets full of near-misses, why that's a self-image problem, and the shopping secret that changed everything. Here's what we cover: Why a closet full of near-misses is actually a self-image problem Filter One: Fit – and why body knowledge is one of the most freeing things you can have Filter Two: Color – and why the "black is chic" rule may be quietly washing you out Filter Three: Style – and how a Style Statement becomes the North Star for everything you wear How the Style Triad changes your life, wallet, and confidence The invitation: what becomes possible when you start dressing a woman you know Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #styleandselfimage #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
493: My Top 3 Style Mistakes (and the Self-Image Story Behind Each One)
2026/05/13
Want to go deeper on your self-image – week by week, one shift at a time? Subscribe to The Edit at https://schoolofselfimage.com/edit Style isn't about clothes. It's your inner thoughts about yourself made visible – one of the most accurate self-portraits a woman paints. A daily, public answer to the question: Who do you think you are? In this episode, Tonya walks through her three biggest style mistakes and, more importantly, what each one was costing her on the inside. Because every style "mistake" a woman makes isn't really a fashion mistake. It's a self-image story wearing her clothes. This one isn't about fashion. It's about what you've been telling yourself – and what your wardrobe has quietly been saying back. Your closet is honest, even when you're not. Here's what we cover: Why every style mistake is actually a self-image mistake The sneaky lie that style requires money – and what it costs you every morning How outsourcing your taste (even to AI) quietly erodes your ability to trust yourself The truth about "waiting clothes" and why a different body can't fix a belief One practice to try this week – no shopping required Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #styleandselimage #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
492: Put Down the Journal. Put On the Outfit.
2026/05/06
You've been writing about her for years. You know the way she carries herself. You know the outfits she'd wear, the dinners she'd attend, the way she says her opinion at the table without softening it first. You have written about her so many times you could find her blindfolded. And she is still standing on the wrong side of the page. Today I'm questioning something I love – and that I know you love, too. Journaling is beautiful. It's sacred. But somewhere along the way, writing about the woman you want to become started to feel like the same thing as becoming her. It's not. In this episode, we talk about the gap between the woman on the page and the woman in the mirror – why getting dressed might be the most underused tool in your transformation, and the science that proves what you wear is literally giving your brain instructions about who you are right now. The page is where she was hypothetical. The dress is where she becomes real. You don't have to think your way into her. You can dress your way into her. Here's what we cover: Why journaling, as beautiful as it is, can quietly become the thing keeping you stuck The Self-Image Cycle and its most underused entry point The Northwestern University study on enclothed cognition and what it means for your daily routine The little black dress that changed everything, and why it had nothing to do with the dress The difference between living from your desires versus living from your mood A micro-action to take this week that will bring her forward, no journaling required Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #selfimage #personaldevelopment #tonyaleigh
491: The 30-Day Reset That Changes How You See Yourself
2026/04/29
Join me for The Spring Edit, a month-long experience inside the School of Self-Image that I'm doing right alongside you. One room, one honest look, and one woman deciding who she is now – and creating a space that says so. https://www.schoolofselfimage.com/go  There's a room in my house that I've called my studio for nearly two years. I've never once recorded a podcast in it. Two walls painted black, two white. Not a decision. A series of half-starts that never became anything. Every time I walk past it, it whispers: "You're a woman with beautiful ideas who doesn't follow through." But I know who does follow through. I've been her. The one who sailed through St. Barts in silk, spent a summer in the South of France, walked into rooms and felt like herself. Alive. Creative. Unapologetic. I set her down somewhere along the way. And maybe you did, too. You don't lose that version of yourself all at once. Life fills in around her, and one day you realize the door has been closed for a long time. In this episode, I'm making it public: I'm building that studio. And I want you to do this with me – because your environment is your identity made visible, and the woman you're becoming doesn't live in someday. She lives right now. Here's what we cover: The room in my house I've been avoiding, and the self-image conversation it's been having with me for years Why an empty room is still a mirror, and what yours might be saying about you The woman I've been outgrowing and the one I'm returning to What space you've been walking past every day (and what it's costing you) Why a weekend blitz can clean a room but cannot shift your self-image How 30 days of intentional choices build unmistakable evidence for who you're becoming My public commitment – and the invitation to join me Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl
490: Reinvent Your Life One Room at a Time
2026/04/22
Your environment tells a story about who you are. Inside the School of Self-Image, we're editing it – one room at a time. Join us for The Spring Edit. https://schoolofselfimage.com/join I used to live in a cabin in the woods. Not a charming stone cottage with wildflowers by the mailbox –  a cabin off a dirt road where your social circle is basically whoever delivers your packages. I loved that cabin. But it matched a version of me I was outgrowing. When I moved to a new city and signed the lease on a penthouse I was terrified of being able to afford, I didn't start with a Pinterest board. I started with a question: Who is the woman who lives here? That question changed how I designed my space, how I showed up in my life, and ultimately, who I became. In this episode, I'm sharing how your environment is your identity made visible – and how editing just one room can create a ripple effect across your entire life. From my bookshelf purge to the dinner parties that deepened every friendship I had, this is the story of how I stopped decorating and started designing for the woman I was becoming. Here's what we cover: Why your environment is your identity made visible – and how it's shaping you whether you realize it or not The one question I asked before designing my penthouse that changed my self-image How a single bookshelf kept me stuck in "perpetual repair mode" – and what happened when I cleared it Why starting with "who" instead of "what" is the secret to transforming any room The unexpected ripple effect of redesigning just one room What it means to edit your environment with intention, not just decorate or organize it Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl
489: You Don't Have a Clutter Problem – You Have a Self-Image
2026/04/15
If you see yourself in this story, the School of Self-Image is where this work lives. Step inside at https://www.schoolofselfimage.com/go I need to tell you something that I've never said on this podcast before. My home is beautiful. My closet is curated. My kitchen is organized to within an inch of its life.  But my bathroom cabinets? Chaos. Beautiful, expensive chaos. Standing in front of those open doors, 17 serums deep, I didn't have a big epiphany. I got embarrassed. The real kind. The kind where your stuff holds up a mirror, and you don't love what you see.  Because that mess wasn't a storage problem. It was a self-image problem wearing an organizing disguise. In this episode, I'm getting into what your stuff is telling you about yourself, why the bins and labels and the weekend purges never stick, and what really shifts when you stop trying to organize your things and start reorganizing how you see yourself. Here's what we cover: What your closet says about you – and why it might be an identity crisis hanging on a rack Why the organizing industry sells you systems for a problem that isn't about systems How every single thing you own is a decision filtered through how you see yourself The real reason you're exhausted at two o'clock (it's not because you're doing too much) What happened when I sorted my bathroom cabinet by "who bought this" instead of keep or toss Why the old stuff becomes unbearable once you change at the self-image level One thing you can do today to start choosing the woman you're becoming Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl
488: The Space You Keep Avoiding – and What It's Trying to Tell You
2026/04/08
If this episode stirred something in you, The Edit – my weekly newsletter – delivers more of these shifts straight to your inbox. Subscribe free at: schoolofselfimage.com/edit. What if the thing you've been avoiding isn't the problem… but the portal? In today's episode, I'm taking you inside a deeply personal story – one that started with a box in my garage but led somewhere I didn't expect. Because we all have something we've been walking past. A space. A conversation. A version of ourselves we quietly packed away. And what most of us don't realize is that avoidance isn't neutral. It's quietly draining the energy, clarity, and connection we need to become who we're here to be. This episode is about what happens when you finally stop walking past it – and start listening to what it's trying to tell you. Here's what we cover: • Why avoidance isn't laziness – but a fear of the emotions waiting on the other side • The hidden emotional layers behind what we avoid: disappointment, regret, fear, nostalgia, and grief • How "quiet avoidance" creates an ongoing drain on your energy, focus, and momentum • What it really means to grieve a former version of yourself – and why that matters • The realization that you haven't lost who you were – you've just lost the connection to her • Why the feelings you've been avoiding are never as heavy as the avoidance itself Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl

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Ashinbloom 2026/04/21
Wow!
Tonya is a master at helping me and so many other people. She’s given me so many ideas how to change my life, my mindset, my identity. I just recently...
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GoldCountryArtist 2026/04/10
The Space You Keep Avoiding
This was such an insightful and powerfully moving podcast. I’m a new listener and I hope that you will continue this thread of thought in future podca...
★★★★★
smalltownista 2026/02/20
Solid Gold!!
The SOSI concepts and the way Tonya teaches them are absolutely life changing. My life has improved beyond measure since listening to this podcast and...
★★☆☆☆
Itslikethattoday 2026/02/19
What happened?
Tonya, the magic is missing. Why the infomercial vibe? Also, your retirement take is out of touch. “Change your thoughts” sounds like Brooke Castillo....
★★★☆☆
Heather01978 2026/01/02
What is happening??
I love Tonya and this podcast, but I’m really scared that the newest revamp is changing the whole vibe of the show. I don’t know how to explain it, bu...
★★★☆☆
Vkwgreen 2025/07/09
Subtle Shift
I’ve been a Tonya fan for years! It felt like she was a good friend, even though I’ve never met her. I still think she’s awesome, but lately she seems...
★★★★★
Missy1264 2025/05/01
My morning inspiration
Thank you, Tonya, for being my role model and inspiration. Your podcasts are the highlight of my morning commutes! Your wisdom, insights and down-to-e...
★★★★★
Ash Henr 2025/04/17
Love Tonya!
Tonya gives very insightful advice. Her perspective is very much appreciated.
★★★★★
kjbabbs 2025/04/11
Kindred Spirits
I found Tonya’s podcast several years ago when it was still “French Kiss Life”. I had just given birth to my second child and was struggling to find m...
★★★★★
IdoLoveBurgers 2024/09/25
She’s that girl.
I have never left a review for a podcast before (keep in mind, I’ve been listening to podcasts since 2019) but when I have to audibly say out loud “ye...
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