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323 episodes
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Veronica CisnerosExplicit
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Date created
2020/04/06
Latest episode
2026/02/18
Average duration
38 min.
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8 days
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You're exhausted. Not just physically. Emotionally. You're running a household, keeping up with your career, holding the family calendar together, and still somehow managing the grocery list. You're the default parent, the peacekeeper, the one who never stops, even when you should be resting. And somewhere in between the laundry and the late-night emails, you've lost the version of yourself that wasn't running on fumes. I'm Veronica Cisneros, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, wife, and mom of three. I know what it's like to feel disconnected from your spouse, stuck in silent power struggles over household chores, and torn between excelling in your career and actually enjoying your family. I've been the people-pleaser, the overachiever, the one trying to "hold it all together" while anxiety worked overtime behind the scenes. On Empowered and Unapologetic, we're ditching the guilt and having the conversations no one's having at the PTA meeting. Here, you'll get real talk and therapist-backed strategies on: • Navigating marriage when it feels more like a business partnership than a relationship. • Breaking the cycle of over-functioning and learning to rest without guilt. • Sharing the mental and physical load at home—without another chore chart that no one uses. • Shutting down power-pleasing patterns that leave you drained and resentful. • Managing the anxiety that comes from constantly being "on." If you're tired of looking like you have it all together while feeling like you're falling apart, you're in the right place. This is your space to breathe, laugh, and rebuild connection, without having to compromise yourself in the process. Let's do this together.
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Beginnings, Endings, and the Space In Between: Grieving Life Transitions Without Shame | EU 313
2026/02/18
In this deeply personal final episode of Empowered and Unapologetic, Veronica reflects on what it really means to end something that mattered. Not because it failed. Not because it broke. But because it was fully lived.
We live in a culture obsessed with beginnings, reinvention, and constant forward motion. What we rarely talk about is the quiet grief of transition. The space between who you were and who you are becoming. The discomfort of outgrowing a role, a season, a version of yourself.
This episode is not just about the podcast ending. It is about the endings you may be standing in right now.
• The end of a chapter in motherhood
• A marriage evolving into something new
• A career shifting
• An identity softening
• A season that no longer fits
Veronica explores the emotional in-between that so many women mistake for failure, when it is actually integration. She shares grounding truths about pausing without a plan, releasing old survival strategies, and allowing grief to be witnessed rather than solved.
If you have ever felt foggy, lost, restless, or unsure of what comes next, this conversation will meet you there.
Some seasons exist to carry us forward, not define us forever.
This is not a dramatic goodbye. It is an intentional pause. A reflection on growth, integration, and honoring endings with the same care we give beginnings.
Take what resonates. Release what no longer fits. And trust the space in between.
Book a therapy appointment: outsidethenormcounseling.com
Join me on my next journey: http://veronicacisneros.org/episode313
Stealth Seduction for Long-Term Couples: Re-Establishing Intimacy in the Bedroom with Susan Bratton | EU 312
2026/02/11
Veronica Cisneros sits down with intimacy expert Susan Bratton to talk about what's really happening when sex feels like another task on your to do list. They unpack the opportunity inside sexual disconnection, why so many high-achieving women feel numb or resentful in long-term relationships, and how to rebuild desire without pressure, guilt, or "mercy sex." Susan breaks down stealth seduction, yoni massage, the four types of touch, and simple micro actions that shift the emotional tone at home fast. You'll leave with practical tools you can try tonight, plus a mindset reset that brings intimacy back into the realm of connection, not performance.
Read more here: https://veronicacisneros.org/episode312
Speak to a therapist here: https://outsidethenormcounseling.com
Why Boundaries Feel so Hard for Moms of Teens and Adult Kids with Jennifer Collins | EU 311
2026/02/04
Motherhood changes as your kids grow, but no one really prepares you for the emotional whiplash of teens and adult children pulling away.
Hosted by Veronica Cisneros, LMFT, therapist, mom, wife, and entrepreneur, this podcast is a space for honest conversations about boundaries, identity, emotional labor, and the grief and growth that come with raising older kids.
Each episode explores what it means to love your children deeply without losing yourself in the process. We talk about setting boundaries that protect your peace, navigating power struggles and disconnection, and rebuilding your sense of self when motherhood enters a new chapter.
Through clinical insight, real-life stories, and conversations with trusted experts, Veronica helps women move from fear-based parenting to grounded connection—without guilt, control, or self-abandonment.
If you are a mom who feels stretched thin, unseen, or unsure who you are outside of caregiving, this podcast is for you.
Because boundaries are not about pushing your kids away.
They are about coming home to yourself.
Therapy: outsidethenormcounseling.com
Coaching: veronicacisneros.org
This Can't Be It: Boundaries, Reinvention, and the Midlife You Actually Want with Wendy Valentine | EU 310
2026/01/28
You know what's wild about limiting beliefs? They don't show up as "I'm afraid." They show up as "I'm being realistic."
Realistic sounds like:
"I'll do it when things calm down."
"I don't want to rock the boat."
"I'm not ready yet."
"Who am I to want more?"
But sometimes the real fear isn't failing. It's succeeding and realizing you can't keep living the same way once you see what's possible.
Stepping into your light costs you the version of you who survived by staying small. And that's why it feels scary.
If this hit a nerve, listen to the Wendy Valentine episode of Empowered and Unapologetic and let it mess with your excuses in the best way.
Therapy: outsidethenormcounseling.com
Coaching: veronicacisneros.org
From People-Pleasing to Authentic Living: When Being "Good" Starts Costing You Everything with Kamini Wood | EU 309
2026/01/21
Setting boundaries does not always bring you closer.
Sometimes it brings clarity.
In this week's episode of Empowered and Unapologetic, we talk about the part no one warns you about. When you stop over giving, some relationships get uncomfortable. Some get distant. Some fall away.
That does not mean you are doing it wrong.
It often means the relationship was built on your people pleasing, not mutual respect.
Boundaries do not ruin healthy relationships.
They expose unhealthy ones.
If a connection only works when you are silent, flexible, or emotionally exhausted, that is not intimacy. That is survival.
If this hit close to home, this episode is for you.
Therapy: outsidethenormcounseling.com
Coaching: veronicacisneros.org
Breadwinner Energy, Marriage Pressure, and the Money Conversation You Keep Avoiding with Tiffany Irving | EU 308
2026/01/14
Financial abuse is not "money problems." It is control.
It looks like being kept out of bank accounts, having your spending monitored or restricted, being given an allowance, or feeling like you cannot leave because you would not survive financially. It is subtle, strategic, and incredibly effective at trapping women in relationships that are no longer safe.
It is also one of the number one reasons women stay. Not because they are weak. Because financial dependence removes choice.
This is exactly why this week's episode matters.
In this conversation, we talk openly about money, power, marriage, and what it actually takes for women to have financial agency without sacrificing their relationships or themselves. We unpack how financial control shows up, how it impacts intimacy and decision making, and why having access, knowledge, and a plan is not optional. It is protection.
If any part of this made your chest tighten, that is your cue to listen.
🎧 Listen to the full episode of Empowered and Unapologetic wherever you get your podcasts. Share it with a woman who carries the financial weight in her relationship. This information saves lives.
If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. In the U.S., you can also contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788.
Click here to talk to a therapist. Click here to work with Veronica one-on-one.
You Do Not Have to Lose Yourself to Succeed: Judgment, Comparison, & Doubt in Yourself with Kayla Logue | EU 308
2026/01/07
Most women I work with are not lazy, unmotivated, or lacking discipline. They are exhausted. They wake up already behind, already needed, already responsible for everyone and everything. By the time they think about themselves, the day is over and the tank is empty.
That is why my conversation with Kayla Logue landed so deeply.
Kayla is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, multi unit franchise owner of Jet Set Pilates, and the founder of Move Into Words, a nonprofit focused on mental and physical wellness. She is also radically honest about what it actually takes to succeed without abandoning yourself in the process.
One of my favorite parts of our conversation was Kayla's explanation of radical responsibility. This is not about doing more, fixing more, or holding everything together better. It is about clarity.
Radical responsibility means recognizing what is actually within your control and letting go of what is not.
That mindset shift is where confidence begins. Not because life gets easier, but because you stop wasting energy trying to control everything and everyone around you.
Read more: https://veronicacisneros.org/episode307/
Talk to a therapist: https://outsidethenormcounseling.com
The Relationship Check-In Every Couple Needs: How to Evaluate Intimacy, Communication, and Emotional Safety | EU 306
2025/12/31
January has a funny way of sneaking up on your relationship.
The holidays are over. The noise dies down. The house gets quieter. And suddenly you can feel things again. This is the month people reassess their bodies, their careers, their bank accounts. New goals. New plans. New habits.
But almost no one sits down and asks the question that actually matters.
How is my relationship really doing? Not "are we surviving?"
Not "are we functioning?"
But "are we connected?"
Most couples avoid relationship check-ins for one reason. Fear. That is why this episode introduced the Five Pillar Relationship Check-In. A simple framework. No overthinking. No spiraling. Just honesty.
Read more here: http://veronicacisneros.org/episode306
Talk to a therapist: https://outsidethenormcounseling.com/
Why It Hurts So Much When He Chooses His Family Over Yo | EU 305
2025/12/24
What happens when your partner keeps choosing his family over you and no one ever explains why it hurts this much?
In this episode, Veronica Cisneros breaks down the hidden childhood conditioning, loyalty programming, and attachment wounds that show up when boundaries with in laws go sideways. With honesty, humor, and zero sugarcoating, she explains why this dynamic feels so triggering, why it is not about jealousy or control, and what is really happening underneath the resentment.
If you have ever felt second, silenced, or emotionally unsafe in your own marriage, this conversation will finally put words to what your body already knows. This is not about blaming. It is about understanding, healing, and deciding what changes next.
👉 Read the full blog and episode breakdown: https://veronicacisneros.org/episode305/
👉 Talk to a Therapist: https://outsidethenormcounseling.com
Confidence Isn't a Personality Trait, It's a Practice | EU 304
2025/12/17
In this episode of Empowered and Unapologetic, Veronica Cisneros sits down with Nada Lena, two time TEDx speaker, best selling author, and founder of Rise Up For You, to unpack why so many high functioning women still struggle with confidence and what actually helps. Nada breaks down the difference between confidence as a skill and self confidence as a mindset, why perfectionism and impostor syndrome keep so many women stuck, and how our inner dialogue quietly shapes how we show up in motherhood, marriage, and work.
You will learn why confidence has nothing to do with being outgoing or fearless, how to identify the specific patterns that are chipping away at your self trust, and simple, tangible ways to start rebuilding confidence without fake positivity or hustle culture pressure. This conversation is honest, practical, and grounding, especially for women who look capable on the outside but feel unsure on the inside.
If you have ever wondered if you are doing enough, being enough, or getting it right, this episode is for you.
👉 Read the full blog and episode breakdown: https://veronicacisneros.org/episode304/
👉 Talk to a Therapist: https://outsidethenormcounseling.com
It's Okay to Be Difficult: Asking for What You Need in Your Relationship | EU 303
2025/12/10
We talk about one of the most powerful shifts a woman can make in her relationship: giving herself permission to be "difficult." Tonya breaks down why so many high-achieving women silence their needs, how resentment builds when we keep the peace at our own expense, and what it actually looks like to communicate with clarity, honesty, and confidence.
If you've ever been called a nag, too emotional, or "hard to deal with," this conversation will help you understand why your voice matters more than you think and how to start using it without guilt.
And if you're ready to go deeper, I want to invite you to join my Marriage Reset webinar series, where we break down the exact conversations, boundaries, and mindset shifts that help you rebuild connection and stop carrying the relationship on your own.
Use promo code REIGNITE50 at checkout for $150 off the webinar bundle.
Save your spot here: https://outsidethenormcounseling.com/marriage-reset/
Tune in, take a breath, and let this episode remind you that asking for more is not the problem. Staying silent is.
Why We Feel Unsafe in Our Closest Relationships | EU 302
2025/12/03
So many women struggle to feel truly safe in their relationships, even when everything "should" feel fine. In this episode, Veronica talks with psychotherapist and bestselling author Jessica Baum about why your body might still brace for abandonment, why love can feel overwhelming or distant, and how early attachment patterns quietly shape the way you show up with your partner today. Jessica breaks down anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment in a way that finally makes sense—and explains why your reactions aren't dramatic, irrational, or broken. They're protective.
Together, Veronica and Jessica dive into abandonment wounds, emotional neglect, earned security, and what it really takes to build safe, connected relationships as an adult. If you've ever wondered why you keep repeating the same painful dynamics or why closeness can feel terrifying, this conversation will help you understand your emotional blueprint and start rewriting it.
Read more at https://veronicacisneros.org/episode302/
and sign up for the Marriage Reset Webinar Series at https://outsidethenormcounseling.com/marriage-reset/
Reigniting Intimacy: Why Your Sex Drive Isn't the Problem (And What Actually Is) | EU 301
2025/11/25
Feeling disconnected from your partner? Wondering why your desire feels muted, or why intimacy suddenly feels like one more thing on your never-ending list?
In this episode of Empowered and Unapologetic, I sit down with somatic sex therapist Susan Morgan Taylor, MA, to unpack the real reasons women lose desire…and why your sex drive isn't actually the problem.
We talk about the nervous system, feminine energy, pleasure pathways, libido "mismatches," and how to reconnect with yourself so intimacy stops feeling like pressure and starts feeling like possibility again. If you've ever worried that something was "wrong" with you, this episode will give you clarity, compassion, and a new way to understand desire.
👉 Read the full blog and episode breakdown: https://veronicacisneros.org/episode301/
👉 Join our Marriage Reset Webinar Series: https://outsidethenormcounseling.com/marriage-reset/
This conversation is your reminder that you're not broken ... you're just ready to reconnect.
The Mid-Relationship Reset: Why Every Couple Needs One (Yes, Even Yours) | EU 300
2025/11/19
Ever look at your partner (the person you've built a whole life with) and think, How the hell did we get here?You're not alone. In this milestone 300th episode, Veronica gets brutally honest about the moment every couple eventually hits: the distance, the resentment, the emotional load, the disconnect you can feel even while sharing the same bed. Instead of pretending everything's fine or offering a highlight reel, she breaks down why every relationship needs a RESET ... not because it's broken, but because you've changed, your partner has changed, and the relationship hasn't caught up yet.
This episode dives deep into the real stuff no one talks about: intimacy that fades, resentment that builds, parenting that drains you dry, and old wounds that sneak into new arguments. Veronica walks you through what a real reset looks like: curiosity, ownership, micro-intimacy, and the conversations that can bring a marriage back to life. If you're craving connection, honesty, or a fresh start with your partner, this is the episode you cannot skip. Let's reset: together.
Read more: https://veronicacisneros.org/episode299/
Coaching: https://veronicacisneros.org/
Talk to a therapist: https://outsidethenormcounseling.com
How to Have a Good Divorce Without Losing Your Sanity, Your Kids, or Your Sense of Humor | EU 299
2025/11/12
What if divorce didn't have to destroy you, or your kids? In this powerful episode, Veronica sits down with author and Google executive Sarah Armstrong to talk about how to navigate divorce with grace instead of guilt. Sarah shares how she rebuilt her life as a single working mom, created intentional boundaries like "Grace Time," and learned that peace comes from presence, not perfection.
Together, they unpack what a good divorce really means, why saying "no" without excuses can save your sanity, and how to take the high road (even when it's uphill). If you've ever wondered how to protect your kids, your career, and your sense of self through one of life's hardest transitions, this episode will show you it's possible.
Read more: https://veronicacisneros.org/episode299/
Coaching: https://veronicacisneros.org/
Talk to a therapist: https://outsidethenormcounseling.com
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Francesca Sipma 2025/06/05
Love this show!
Veronica is so energetic and asks the questions we all want to know! I appreciate her enthusiasm, energy and the smart guests she features on her plat...
Janine Mix 2025/04/15
Inspirational and practical…
Veronica has amazing energy and is very intentional with her guests. I felt honored to be one of them! She blends deep insight with practical tips, ma...
meganlyonsshare 2025/01/16
Awesome info to inspire action!
Love the information Veronica is giving on this incredible podcast! Excellent guests, genuinely helpful work, and a comfortable and encouraging delive...
Dr. Sherry Peel Jackson 2025/01/08
Great Balance!
Veronica truly shows women how to balance life in an empowering way. She carefully selects guests that pour into the listeners so that they can thrive...
AngryCrafter75 2024/06/10
Great Advice, Horrible Sound
I love to listen for the advice. Really do feel more powerful afterwards. Yet I avoid listening because the sound is bad, like she’s recording in a ca...
purplechi21 2024/02/06
Stellar advice
Veronica is one of the best when it comes to marriage and family therapy. Not only is she highly credentialed, her life experience makes her that much...
supersteph8 2023/04/08
I learned something new!
Highly recommend this show- lots of compelling stories and actionable insights.
Natalia Mor. 2023/02/17
Be careful what you ask for because she delivers
I found Veronica via a Mom app called Peanut in a moment when I felt overwhelmed emotionally. Not only with motherhood (read: lack of sleep) but also ...
Michiko.To 2023/02/02
She is on my speed dial
Topics she covers are really relatable and they are really helpful guidance for you, if you and your partner are struggling to move to the right direc...
Fit2rein 2022/12/12
So relatable!
Veronica shares her whole heart in this podcast and gives us real world examples that we can incorporate into our lives immediately. I would highly re...
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