Passionista Takeovers: Stories of Purpose — At The Passionistas Project, we believe in the power of women sharing their stories to inspire, uplift, and remind each other what’s possible. Through our Passionista Takeovers: Stories of Purpose series, we’re opening our platform to the incredible women in our community. We have asked our Power Passionistas and Premium Members to take over our blog to share their personal journeys — the moments, challenges, and turning points that

Sisters Amy and Nancy Harrington, founders of the Passionistas Project, interview Carroll Patrizi, host of Conversations with Carroll and founder of the Surrender Movement, about courage, authenticity, and women sharing unfiltered stories. Carol describes growing up as one of 11 children, learning through storytelling, and later realizing she is the author of her own story after a painful divorce and a therapist’s insight about “insanity” and accountability; she also stopped

In a culture that rewards urgency, storytelling can start to feel like something you’re falling behind on. As if there’s an invisible clock ticking, telling you that you should have written this by now, shared it already, moved on to the next thing. We’ve felt that pressure ourselves. There were stories we rushed because we thought timing mattered more than readiness. And there were others we avoided because we assumed we needed more clarity, more distance, or more courage be

There’s a quiet pressure many writers feel to make their stories useful. To extract a clear lesson. To wrap the ending in a bow so the reader knows exactly what to take away. We’ve felt that pressure, too. There were times we reached the end of a story and thought, Now I need to explain what this all means . So we did. We spelled it out. We added conclusions that felt tidy, even when the experience itself hadn’t been. But the stories that lingered, the ones people returned t

Our next guest Lindsay McDonald is a passionate entrepreneur who built a unique bakery brand infused with hip hop culture, cinnamon rolls, and a strong sense of community. Lindsay's journey embodies women empowerment and motivational stories of overcoming obstacles, including funding challenges and personal loss, to create a thriving business. In this inspiring episode, Lindsay shares how motherhood fuels her passion and how involving family, especially her son, plays a cen

One of the most persistent beliefs we hear — especially from women — is that sharing your story is somehow indulgent. That speaking about your own experiences takes up too much space. That your voice might be a burden rather than a gift. We’ve carried that belief ourselves. There were moments when we almost didn’t share a story because we worried it would sound self-focused, or unnecessary, or like we were asking for attention we hadn’t earned. We told ourselves to wait until

One of the most common questions we hear from writers is deceptively simple: How long should my story be? And beneath that question is usually something else entirely: How much is enough? We’ve asked ourselves that same question more times than we can count. Early on, we believed longer meant more meaningful. If we could just include one more detail, one more explanation, one more insight, the story would finally feel complete and worthy of being shared. What we eventually le

In this episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast, sisters Amy and Nancy Harrington dive deep into an inspiring conversation with Lisa Richer, a neurodivergent success partner and founder of Journey2Bloom. Lisa shares powerful motivational stories about her journey overcoming childhood anxiety, late diagnosis of ADHD, and other neurodivergent challenges, alongside her elite gymnastics background and how she transformed setbacks into triumphs. Discover female empowerment t

Hi Passionistas — It’s tempting to believe that trust is built by having everything figured out. By sounding confident. By presenting a clean, polished version of the journey once you’ve reached the other side. We used to think that, too. Early on, when we talked about our work or shared our story, we focused on what had gone right. We smoothed over the uncertainty. We skipped the moments when we weren’t sure what the next step was or whether we were even on the right path. W

One of the quiet fears we hear from women in our community is this: What if I’ve already told this story and I tell it differently now? As if changing the way you speak about your past somehow invalidates the version you once shared. We’ve felt that tension ourselves. There are stories we told years ago that we would write very differently today—not because they were wrong, but because we’ve changed . At the time, we told them from a place of survival, or striving, or needing