This week, I found myself reflecting on the woman I used to be and the woman I'm still becoming.

After looking back through photos from the last year and a half, I realized I've slowly let go of some of the habits that help me feel my best. As life gets busier with work, motherhood, friendships, and relationships, I've been asking myself an important question: how do we create space for everything that matters without losing ourselves in the process?

In this episode, I share a personal life update and open up about balancing entrepreneurship, parenting, self-care, and the constant challenge of protecting my time and energy. I also reflect on the journey from 18-year-old Heidi, who struggled with self-worth, people-pleasing, and an eating disorder, to the woman I am today.

We talk about healing, self-love, creating safe relationships with our children, and one question that completely stopped me in my tracks, what superpower do you have today that was born from trauma?

In this episode, we discuss:

• Reconnecting with yourself during busy seasons

• Why healthy habits matter more than motivation

• What I would tell my 18-year-old self

• Healing from shame, self-hatred, and people-pleasing

• Learning to create safety and trust with your children

• Letting go of control as your kids grow up

• Why you either win or you learn

• Finding the gifts hidden inside difficult experiences

  
  

If you've ever felt overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or wondered if healing is really possible, I hope this conversation reminds you that it gets better. Keep going.

I love you guys. Thanks for being here. ❤️

Here are the key moments from the episode:

00:00 Welcome to Heidi’s Lane

04:36 Realising I’ve Been Letting Go of Myself

10:25 The Entrepreneur Struggle No One Sees

13:28 The “Magic” of Movement When You Feel Stuck

15:30 The Moment I Realised No Man Should Love Me More Than I Love Myself

17:12 What 18-Year-Old Heidi Would Think of Me Today

20:25 What I’d Really Tell My Younger Self

24:03 How Cash Is Growing Into a New Role

27:26 The Parenting Advice That Changed How I Listen

30:17 Why You Either Win or You Learn

33:02 The Question That Stopped Me: What Superpower Came From Your Trauma?

36:21 A Challenge to Find the Superpower Inside Your Story

Connect with Heidi:
Website: https://heidipowell.net/

Email: podcast@heidipowell.net

Instagram: @realheidipowell

Facebook: Heidi Powell

YouTube: @RealHeidiPowell

Train with Heidi on her Show Up App: https://www.showupfit.app/

I've been wanting to introduce you to these two for a while now.

Chelsea and Emily are two of my favorite people on the planet. They're funny, they're real, they're the kind of women who walk into a room and make everyone feel like they belong. And the moment I started getting to know them, I felt like I'd known them my entire life.

But what brought us here — to this couch, to this conversation — is their story. And it's one I think a lot of people need to hear.

Both Chelsea and Emily were married to men. Both were navigating life inside a religious community. Both had kids. And both, later in life, discovered something about themselves that changed everything.

They came out. And in doing so, they had to lose a lot — their marriages, their identities, their communities — to finally become who they actually were.

Freedom isn't free. And this episode is proof of that.

This is not just a story about sexuality. It's about what it costs to live honestly. It's about the loneliness of going through something no one around you seems to understand. It's about finding the people who have walked your same road. And it's about what you find on the other side of the hardest thing you've ever done.

I walked away from this conversation different. More compassionate. More open. More convinced than ever that the path to real freedom almost always runs straight through the thing you're most afraid of.

If you've ever had to lose something — or burn something down — to finally find yourself... this one is for you.

We talk about:

• What it actually feels like to come out later in life — with kids, a marriage, and a whole identity on the line
• How your story can get told for you before you're ready
• The loneliness of going through something no one around you has experienced
• Finding your people — the ones who have walked your exact road
• What it means to finally stop performing your life
• How going through hard things makes you less judgmental and more human
• Raising kids inside non-traditional families with love, safety, and zero shame
• "I reserve the right to change and evolve" — and why that's not weakness, it's growth

There's so much laughter in this episode. There's rawness. There are moments that gave me chills. And there are things these two said that I'm still thinking about.

This is one of my favorites I've ever recorded. I think you're going to love them as much as I do.

Welcome back to Heidi's Lane. ❤️

Here are the key moments from the episode:

00:00 Why This Episode Hits Different

03:14 How Four Strangers Became Inseparable

07:29 Chelsea's Obsession She Couldn't Explain

12:41 Losing Control of Your Own Coming Out Story

18:06 Navigating Divorce, Kids, and Each Other Simultaneously

23:28 Why Emily Kept Saying No to Everything

28:45 Hell Fast-Tracks You to Your Real Friends

34:03 Meeting Someone Who Has Lived Your Exact Life

38:51 The Treadmill Snub That Almost Ended It All

43:17 How Kids Handle Non-Traditional Families Better Than Adults

47:04 Creating a Home Other People's Kids Run To

51:02 The One Phrase That Changes How You Parent

55:30 The People Judging You Are Living It on Delay

59:57 The Airport Security Guard Who Pushed Too Far

01:04:33 The Space Between Reaction and Response

01:09:14 Why Heidi Is Launching a Women's Supplement Line

Connect with Heidi:

Website: https://heidipowell.net/

Email: podcast@heidipowell.netInstagram: @realheidipowell

Facebook: Heidi PowellYouTube: @RealHeidiPowell

Train with Heidi on her Show Up App: https://www.showupfit.app/

Connect with Emily and Chelsea:

Instagram: @em_moves14

The REST of the story you’ve all been waiting for…and the one we’ve been waiting to tell!!🥰

Oh to be young(ish) and in love. One year into this relationship, and it’s only gotten better. It’s only gotten safer. It’s only felt deeper.

I honestly don’t even know how to explain this episode.

What started as part two of the story of how Ryan and I met somehow turned into one of the rawest conversations I’ve ever had on this podcast. We talk about intuition, trauma bonds, nervous system exhaustion, childhood wounds, emotional safety, and what it feels like when you finally meet someone who doesn’t require you to become someone else to be loved.

This episode takes you into the middle of one of the hardest seasons of my life, navigating a relationship I knew deep down wasn’t right for me, while simultaneously experiencing a connection that felt completely unfamiliar, safe, honest, and deeply soul-recognizing.

We talk about:

• Why I kept returning to relationships that hurt me
• The breathwork session that changed how I saw my entire life
• Learning how much I had shape-shifted inside relationships
• The prayer I started saying every single day
• Why emotional safety felt so foreign to me
• The chaos that unfolded in Ohio
• The moment I realized connection was supposed to feel different

There’s laughter in this episode. There’s awkwardness. There’s deep vulnerability. There are things I probably never thought I’d say publicly.

But more than anything, this conversation is about finally understanding the difference between attachment and peace.

If you’ve ever ignored your intuition, stayed too long, questioned your worth, or wondered if healthy love actually exists, I think this episode might hit home for you.

Welcome back to Heidi’s Lane. ❤️

Here are the key moments from the episode:

00:00 Welcome Back to Heidi’s Lane

06:23 Ignoring Intuition to Keep the Peace

10:11 Why Heidi Knew Her Real Match Was Coming

15:01 Trying to Break Free From a 12-Time Breakup Cycle

20:06 The First Time Heidi Felt Emotionally Safe

24:16 The Floodgates Opened: Shame, Secrets & Safety

28:34 Voice Notes, Spirituality & No Flirting

30:01 Telling Kyra About the Instant Soul Connection

35:17 The First Phone Call That Lasted Until 4AM

39:25 The Unexpected Love Triangle Moment

42:00 Why Heidi Almost Walked Away

46:08 Helping Ryan Navigate the Hardest Season of His Life

50:05 Why Ohio Made Their Connection Stronger

54:19 How Heidi Finally Knew What Real Connection Felt Like

61:00 Ryan’s Reaction to Heidi’s Letter

66:00 Feeling Fully Free to Be Yourself

69:30 Family, Fear & Knowing This Was Different

Connect with Heidi:

Website: https://heidipowell.net/

Email: podcast@heidipowell.net

Instagram: @realheidipowell

Facebook: Heidi PowellYouTube: @RealHeidiPowell

Train with Heidi on her Show Up App: https://www.showupfit.app/