The Femme Cast | Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud
You're listening to The Femme Cast — the podcast about saying the quiet parts out loud.
I'm Maria Rei — People Leader, Pattern Breaker, & Equity Advocate
I’m an advocate for women’s safety, voice, and worth, and an impact catalyst committed to breaking cultural patterns that silence or diminish women. I bring visibility to the lived experiences women are often taught to ignore or minimize, so women can move through the world with greater awareness, agency, and power.
This is the space where I get honest about what's actually shaping women's lives: the conditioning, the systems, the unspoken rules, and the gap between what we experience and what we're told to accept.
We cover power, gender conditioning, identity, relationships, work, religion, politics, bodies, and culture and the systems shaping modern womanhood — not from a place of having all the answers, but from a place of refusing to pretend the questions don't exist.
Because the patterns are real. The conditioning is real. And most of us were never given the language to name it.
That's what this show is for.
Some episodes are reflective. Some are sharp. Some are deeply personal. And some are just me saying what we're all thinking with zero apology — and probably a little bit of sass and sarcasm.
Some episodes will fire you up. Some will make you uncomfortable. Some will make you feel like you finally cracked a code you've been staring at your whole life.
This is not another self-help show. It's a catalyst for systemic change and transformation.
The Femme Cast | Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud
Latest Episodes
Side B | Breaking All The Rules And Saying The Quiet Parts Out Loud, A New Era Of The Femme Cast
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Not All Men… But Which Ones? | Rape Culture, Misogyny & Women’s Safety
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The coaching industry doesn’t need more scripts. It needs truth.In this powerful conversation on The Femme Cast, I sit down with transformational mentor Lauren Eliz Love from
How Breaking Up With Religion Healed My Relationship With Myself And God
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If “Who am I to do this?” has been quietly running your life… this is where we burn that story down.We’re closing out Visibility Glow Up Month with the most insidious visibility block I see in high-capacity, soul-led women: the belief t...
