The Gutsy Podcast | Mindset, Personal Development & Entrepreneurship for Women
The Gutsy Podcast is for women, entrepreneurs, and go-getters who are ready to stop holding back and start making gutsy moves in their lives and businesses. Gutsy is the belief and action that happens in the split second when you’re faced with a decision—but this time you choose to go for it instead of going back.
Hosted by Keynote Speaker and Coach, LauraAura, this show is your weekly guide to owning what you actually want, shifting the mind junk that’s been holding you back, and taking bold steps toward your goals.
Each week, you’ll get powerful insights, actionable strategies, and inspiring stories designed to help you break free from overthinking and overcomplicating. Whether you’re tuning in for a full episode or a quick Powerback® session, you’ll walk away with the confidence and clarity to stop fighting yourself and start going for it.
Desire drives you, but gutsy? That’s what gets it done.
The Gutsy Podcast | Mindset, Personal Development & Entrepreneurship for Women
565: How Childhood Trauma Shapes High-Achieving Women with Jess Frost
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
Growing up around addiction, dysfunction, or emotional unpredictability shapes you — and it can show up in your business and career.
In this episode of The Gutsy Podcast, LauraAura sits down with Jess Frost, a trauma-informed Self-Leadership and Emotional Agility Coach who specializes in working with Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA).
Jess shares how early experiences with addiction and codependency influence identity, boundaries, emotional regulation, and confidence in adulthood — especially for high-achieving women and entrepreneurs. Together, they explore what self-leadership actually means, how trauma responses can quietly drive decision-making, and why healing isn’t about blaming the past but understanding it.
This conversation is honest, grounding, and empowering — especially if you’ve ever struggled with people-pleasing, over-responsibility, emotional suppression, or difficulty trusting yourself.
You are not defined by your history. And healing doesn’t mean rewriting it — it means reclaiming your voice within it.
In This Episode
- What it really means to be an Adult Child of Alcoholics (ACOA)
- How childhood dysfunction shapes adult identity and leadership
- The link between codependency and high achievement
- Trauma responses that look like “strength” on the outside
- Emotional agility and learning to feel without collapsing
- Why self-leadership is the opposite of self-abandonment
- Reclaiming your voice after years of people-pleasing
- How healing impacts business, relationships, and boundaries
Resources from this episode
Want a space to practice this kind of inner work and communication in real time? Come join The Gutsy Collective — a space for high-achieving women building new foundations and making the small, consistent moves that matter. This is where we practice being seen, heard, and supported—together.
🎙️ Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify
📲 Follow LauraAura on TikTok: @ThatLauraAura
🔥 Join The Gutsy Collective: Learn More
💡 Work with LauraAura: www.LauraAura.com
Connect with Jess
TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Website
Connect with LauraAura
Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | LinkedIn | Web
Leave a Review!
We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support.
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970
