The Femme Cast | Unapologetic Visibility & Impact Soul-Led Women
Welcome to The Femme Cast — the transformational podcast for ambitious, soul-led women ready to step into unapologetic visibility, impact, and income.
I’m Maria Rei — Visibility Healer & Coach, and Emotional Alchemist. Each week, I share raw, personal stories, actionable insights, and practical tools to help you step fully into your power, lead from your truth, and create the influence, income, and impact you were born to have.
Whether you’re building a mission-driven business, navigating a career shift, or leveling up personally, you’ll discover strategies and tools to unlock your full potential and show up boldly in every area of your life.
It’s time to stop shrinking… and start stepping into unapologetic power, purpose, and influence.
The Femme Cast | Unapologetic Visibility & Impact Soul-Led Women
Transmuting Feminine Rage into Power | The Reclamation We’ve Been Waiting For And A New Direction For The Femme Cast
Your anger isn’t a flaw to fix. It’s a compass, your soul’s way of saying you’ve outgrown who you were.
In this pivotal episode of The Femme Cast, I share the story behind this new direction for the show: a mission to transmute buried emotions into purpose, voice, and impact. After seeing so many disempowering narratives dominate the coaching and relationship space, I couldn’t ignore the call anymore. The microaggressions, the noise, the online projections, they all awakened something deeper. Rage. But beneath the fire was truth. A message that said, stop hiding.
We explore the two layers of rage, the surface storm that attacks, and the sacred current beneath it that points you toward your next evolution. This is the art of emotional alchemy: transforming discomfort into direction, triggers into truth, and pain into power.
You’ll learn how relationship wounds create energetic imprints that shape your voice, your visibility, and your creative flow. You’ll hear tools to process emotions without shame, anchor your nervous system, and take aligned action even when you have no proof it will work. Because your emotions aren’t obstacles, they’re initiation codes calling you into deeper leadership.
This is about redefining power, worth, and success from the inside out. This is a reclamation of your emotional truth as the fuel for your purpose.
If you’ve felt the pull to rise, pivot, or speak your truth louder, this episode is your permission slip to use the heat as holy fuel.
You are not too much. You’re standing in the fire of your next evolution. Every ounce of rage or grief you’ve carried is a portal to your infinite potential. When you stop running from your emotions and start partnering with them, you don’t just heal. You become magnetic.
Your power isn’t waiting on permission, it’s waiting on you.
✦ Free Gift — The Unapologetic Woman Activation Series
A transformative 3-part guided meditation experience for the woman who knows she’s meant for more.
Reclaim your power, awaken your purpose, and rise unapologetically.
https://thefemmecast.kit.com/activationseries
✦90-Minute Breakthrough Session — Power, Purpose, Impact
A deep-dive session to help ambitious, soul-led women break free from emotional blocks, heal old patterns, and fully reclaim their power, purpose, influence, and impact.
Step fully into your unapologetic era.
https://www.thefemmecast.com/breakthrough
Hey you guys, what is up? And welcome back to the show. Welcome if you're new. I'm so excited and grateful to have you here. Today kind of marks a new direction here on the Femcast. It's the end of an era. We're gonna be changing things up a bit. And the reason why we're changing things up a bit is because, in case you haven't noticed, the world is changing. And I think I really do believe women need to be playing a bigger part in where we're going as a collective. And so I'm gonna wing it today because I usually have a plan for every episode. And I usually plan in advance what I'm gonna be, themes of what I'm gonna talk about week to week and month to month, so that I don't, you know, give you guys like so I don't confuse the crap out of you and send you going from one conversation to another, even though I know I've done that. And I apologize for all the times that I've done that in the past because I know I have. But today, and I'm also gonna start to watch my um's. I'm really gonna try. So, and I almost did it again. So for today, I really just want to wing it and talk real. I just want to talk to you guys from the heart about where we're going and why and what led to this change. Because it had a lot to do with the rage work that I've been talking about in the last several weeks and that I've been working on for the last year. If you guys worked with me, then you know. My spiritual healing gifts are in being able to transmute difficult and uncomfortable emotions into power, purpose, and clarity. And that is the work that we do when we work together. And if you've worked with me, you know what I'm talking about. We go really deep, it gets really fucking transformational really quickly. Okay. In doing that work and going deeper, you know, the one thing I always noticed in my clients and really in myself is that if you're a woman with a powerful purpose in this life, if you're a woman who's here to do amazing things and you're not doing them, chances are you're holding on to a lot of rage and resentment. And you might not know it's there. Like it's the kind of thing that's so subtle because you've buried it, it's subconsciously kind of running the show. You know, you've positive thought your way out of it, you think you're in a good place, but it's still kind of secretly lurking behind the scenes, and you're not really fully aware of it. Even though my client, you know, my clients are always very aware, they've done a lot of work, they're very intentional about the lives that they live, they're very conscious of how they create their life and their day, and and you know, they're able to move through their emotions pretty quickly. However, there's always that underlying sort of residual feminine rage that we've been taught to not pay attention to, that's always kind of just sort of like there lurking beneath the surface and can easily be awakened here and there so that it can, it can literally, it's it's it's waking us up. It's waking us up and it's trying to get our attention. And that's what my rage was trying to do for me last year. And so after having done the rage work and, you know, putting it out there into the world, and that was really uncomfortable for me because, you know, one of the things that has always held me back in this industry is the perception not just of what my audience would think, but what other coaches and healers would think, right, about the work that I'm doing. And I realize what a disservice that I was doing to the world by not putting this work out there because we all need to create a healthier relationship with our feelings. We all need to be able to move through uncomfortable emotions in an empowered way so that we can let them work for us because our emotions are never, our emotions are never there to hurt us. They're there to help us evolve, they're there to help us heal, they're there to help us grow. Every emotion serves a powerful and beautiful and magical purpose. We just have to change our perception of what those emotions are and how we move through them, right? Move through them in an empowered way. That is really the only difference. And so as I started doing this work and started leaning into it more and started embodying it more, and I started doing it in my day-to-day whenever I got triggered by something or upset by something. And and truly the effects of the work was so powerful. And over the summer, and this is kind of what led to all of this change that we're going to be talking about, over the summer, I was getting triggered by a lot of stuff that I was seeing in the online community community, especially in the relationship space. I found the content to be very disempowering. I found the content to be just not in the highest, not how do I say this, really disempowering to women and not really creating a safe space for women to step into their highest potential. And we're in a time of and space right now where I don't know if you've noticed, but the world is changing around us, and a lot, there's a lot of moving parts and a lot of things are happening. And I think we're in a position where I think women need to step into their potential, need to play a bigger game and start to make an impact in the world around us because the world has never needed feminine energy more than it does right now. But that requires us to be in an empowered state in order to share that with the world, right? And so what I realized this summer, as I was reading these posts and listening to the reels and listening to the podcasts, and I was getting so angry and frustrated. And, you know, I tried to kind of mediate that by getting into the comments and engaging and sharing my opinion, but I just felt so it just didn't feel like it was enough, you know, and I started sharing more empowering messages and then started to receive all these microaggressions and comments, especially on my YouTube channel. I got these like long paragraph-length comments of like micro-aggression and retaliation from my perspective. And I just felt myself getting angrier and angrier and angrier and angrier. And so I did the work on myself. I went in and I looked at the rage and I looked at the frustration that I was feeling and I looked at the resentment. And, you know, as the process, you know, leaning into the process and where where it kind of how it kind of guides you through processing the rage, I asked the rage why it was here, what it was trying to tell me, and what it was that I wasn't seeing, and what where what direction does it, what it action or direction does it want me to take next. And, you know, initially, as I started to move through it and I started to explore it, you know, there's that surface level first, right? We always hit that surface level. The there's two, there's two levels to rage, right? If we if we look at the journey or if we look at the life cycle of rage in our emotional body and in our physical body, even, you know, it starts as anger, turns into frustration, then resentment, then rage. This is not the um, you know, this is not the psychological dictionary's version of rage, but this is how I've seen it in my body and in my emotional experience and in other women as well. So, you know, we ignore, we something happens, it makes us angry, we ignore it, we try to sweep it under the rug, we hope it's not going to happen again, it happens again, then we start to get frustrated, then we start to get resentful, and then we go into full-blown rage, right? And when we look at rage, or any of those emotions really, but specifically, let's let's talk about the rage today. There's always two levels. There's the surface level, which is the egoic expression of the rage, right? Where this person did this, that person said that, I don't like them, I don't like their face, I don't like what they're saying, I don't like the sound of their voice. I can't believe they said that, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Like we just we go on the attack. We put that that is the victim state, that is the projection, right? Of what's actually what what is triggering the deeper layer. Okay, so we let that out, we let that be, we let that be seen, we let that be heard, we give it love, we give it visibility, and then it kind of settles down. And then we go deeper. Okay, what is the real meaning here? What is the highest expression of this rage? What is this rage really trying to show me and tell me? And as I started to have those deeper conversations, what the rage was telling me is, what are you doing? Get in the conversation. Like this is triggering you for a reason because you're meant to be in that circle, not the one that you've been hiding out in. Now, let me be clear. When we work together, like I said, we transmute a lot of the difficult emotions and turn them into power, clarity, and purpose. Um, I've said that a thousand times. I will say it again. You know, it's all about creating a comfortable relationship, a harmonious relationship with our emotional body, and use and learning to move through all of our emotions in a healthy and empowered way. A lot of the work that we do when we work together is at our relationship level because that is what triggers a lot of our emotional healing, whether it's healing a relationship with a parent, healing a relationship with a partner, healing a relationship with a friend, healing a relationship with a sibling, healing any past trauma or relationship stories that are running the show today. And when we do this work, it's not always about bringing the relationship into harmony. It's really about moving through what it was trying to teach us about ourselves and creating a different story than the one that we may have created when we were kids. You know, usually a lot of these memories are memories from when we're younger, usually between one and seven. But, you know, oftentimes they can be any anytime, any time in our life where we experience a pain or a betrayal or hurt or trauma in a relationship, it can create an imprint on our energetic signature that changes the way, that changes the way we um how to what's the word that I'm looking for? That changes the way we interact with the world around us, that changes our energetic frequency. And and if we don't, if we don't move through that emotional experience properly and you know, avoid attaching the negative stories to those experiences, it it can it can muck up our our energetic signature and just keep attracting things that we don't want into our experience. When we can learn to move through our emotional body in an empowered state and move through a whole array of complex emotions and allow them to be present and allow them to transform us in the most powerful and beautiful ways and make it mean something amazing and incredible, even if it is uncomfortable, that is magic and that is what we do. So um recognizing that you know a lot of the work or a lot of what we talked about on the on the podcast has been around relationships, and that will continue to be a theme because I think empowered relations relationships means that we are in an empowered state. So we'll continue to talk about empowered relationships, but please, please understand that this is so much more important, and I I really want you to lean in when I say this. What we're gonna be talking about on the Femcast is gonna be so much more important than calling in the perfect partner or, you know, 10xing your income, even though we will like, even though we will be talking about those things, and those things do get to matter, and you do get to have those things. I'm not saying that you don't. That's not what I'm saying when I say this to you, and I need you to hear me. You get to have your desires met. Whatever that desire is, you get to have those desires met. Assuming, of course, they're heart-guided desires and not desires that you've just adopted because the world told you that you're worthy when you've achieved them, right? There's that. There's a lot of that, and it's happening a lot in the personal development community and the spiritual community. And I want you to pay close attention. Just because some healer or coach tells you if you don't 10x your income, it's it's a reflection of your worth, or if you don't manifest the perfect partner, it's a reflection of your worth. It's not. We're on a journey, we're here to do things, we're here to fulfill a purpose and a mission. And I believe that is universally true. I believe it is universally true that if you are created, nothing is created at random. And if you are created and you are here and you are in this life, then you have a purpose to fulfill. Whether that purpose is to start a business, be an accountant, be a mom, be a pillar in your community, start a podcast, be a speaker, be a coach, be a healer, be a doctor, be whatever, be a librarian. It doesn't matter. We're all here, and that that is that is focusing purpose when it aligns with vocation, and it doesn't have to. It does not have to. Many of us have more than one purpose. Maybe we do need to start a business. Maybe we are starting a family. Maybe the kids that we're growing, that we're raising are going to change the world one day. Maybe we are supporting a partner in their career. Maybe they're supporting us in our purpose and our mission. It is different for everyone and everything, but I want you to just hold that for one second. If you're here, you're here for a reason and there's a purpose that must be fulfilled. And as long as you're aligned with that purpose, everything else is will come. The important thing is don't worry about it. Let it be. And that's not to say we don't do the work. Of course, we do the work. Of course, if we have relationship wounding, we do the work on the relationship wounding so that you can be a match for a loving and healthy relationship. And yes, I am still, I am still very powerful when it comes to doing that work. If you are looking for somebody to do that work with, however, that can't, I don't want that to be the focus of the conversations. I feel like we're here to play a bigger game. I feel like we're here with a bigger purpose. And if you follow this podcast, you're here to do some amazing shit. You're a badass woman with a badass purpose and some badass shit to do. So, what I want to do with this podcast, in addition to helping you create healthier, more empowered relationships, in addition to healing any, you know, self-worth issues that are holding you back, keeping you small from your fullest potential, I want to help you to step into that purpose and potential that you were divinely created to fulfill here on this earth. If you're meant to speak, I I want to help you, I want to help you access your voice, your truth, your story. If you're meant to be visible, I want to help you be visible. If you're meant to do and create amazing things in this world, I want to be able to help you tap into the potential to do that and the clarity to do that. And I want that to be the focus of our work together. I want that to be the focus of our podcast because the world needs you, and I need you to hear that. The word, the world needs, and I hear word. That's interesting that I said that. Whatever it is that you've been gifted with, the world needs you to share it now. And yes, sometimes it's uncomfortable, and yes, sometimes you can feel like, you know, I think I always think back to the moment when I started doing this and I started the podcast. Well, actually, first it was a blog, then it was a YouTube channel that failed miserably. That was just way too much work. That totally burnt me out. I hated it. Um, and then it became the podcast, right? When I think back to the beginning, it was scary. And I think the biggest fear that almost stopped me dead in my tracks, and I talked about this in a previous episode, was what the hell will everyone think of me? You know, I was coming from a world that was so different. I was working for a consulting firm. I was in leadership development. I was managing, you know, the executive leadership team's coaching program. I was help helping to coordinate national leadership development programs and trainings for some of the highest executives in North America. And here I was going on the spiritual path to what? Like walk around Asia and my flip-flops and a sarong and visit temples and meditation retreats. Like, my god, I was like, people are gonna think I'm fucking nuts, and they did, they absolutely did, but honestly, and it wasn't clear to me then where I was going or what I was gonna be doing, it wasn't clear at all. It was it was just an inner knowing that this wasn't it, I need to be someplace else. And that energy, that power was moving through me like an electric current, and it just made it so impossible to ignore. And the more I try to ignore it, the louder it got. And I've got an engine roaring past me right now, and I'm sure you can probably hear it. Note to you guys if you ever want to start a podcast. Number one, I'm gonna be doing a masterclass on how to, you know, like grow a podcast and get your voice out there and be visible and be heard and get your message out into the world. That's coming. Stay tuned. But also, if you do start a podcast, don't edit it because it's the only proof that it's not an AI-generated content uh uh podcast. That is why I do very minimal editing on my podcast episodes because you know it's just it can't be AI generated. But um, you know, having said that, stepping out was scary. I was terrified of what people were gonna think of me, and people did think I was crazy. I thought I was crazy. Like, how can I leave this perfect, perfect, cushy job and just go out into the unknown and trust that I'm gonna be okay? It was still scary, and I probably, you know what, in retrospect, as I look back on my journey, I probably wouldn't have I still would have done it, I wouldn't have done it the same. I would have done it a little bit differently. And that's um, you know, I I'm gonna be sharing with you guys like do as I say, not as I did. I do as I do now, yes, because now I'm a little bit smarter, but the way I did it then, mm-mm, don't do it that way. It's so hard. Um there's a better way. But, you know, for those of you who are feeling that pull to do something, to say something, to create something, to put something out into the world, and you know, and you don't know why, and it doesn't make any sense, your purpose will never make logical sense. Please know that. I want you to lean into that, and I want to help you to lean into that. And if you're already out there and if you're already doing the work, and something's just, you know, you're do out there, you're doing the work, you're you're sharing the things, you're doing everything right, but something just feels off. Something doesn't feel you've lost that spark, you've lost that connection to your purpose or what you're doing or what you're creating or what you're putting out there in the world. That's what we're going to be focusing. That is that is the magic because that is what the world needs the most right now. And so, and I'm also opening up interviews again as I move through this. And this is scary for me too. Please know, because, you know, this is part of my livelihood, right? Especially like in the last year, like after I've been, you know, um, there has been a lot of transition in in my career. And, you know, I did always do this sort of part-time and have work on the side, and that has kind of put me, like that has kind of evolved in ways that I didn't anticipate. And so, you know, it's put me in a position where I do rely on this, and it is scary to pivot right now, it's very scary. But this is me doing exactly what it is that I'm telling you to do. I am trusting this power, this current, this feeling, this nudge that is moving through me right now and telling me to go into this direction, even though I have no proof that I'm going to be okay. I have no proof that it's going to work. I have no proof that anyone is going to love what I'm putting out. All I know is that my soul is calling me to talk about this. And I am leaning in and I am trusting. And I'm trusting that as I follow my soul, as I follow the inner guidings of my heart, of my soul, of my purpose, I know that I'm being guided by something so much bigger than myself. And I know that when I allow myself to be guided by something so much bigger than myself, that I will always be taken care of in whatever that looks like. I can let that go. I can, I can trust, I can surrender it. And that in itself is scary. But I will say one thing. Every time I have come into massive abundance in my life, it's when I've surrendered to that call, when I've surrendered to that feeling, and I've trusted that whatever this higher power is that is guiding me is going to provide, things always tend to work out. It's scary. It's uncomfortable. It makes me nauseous sometimes. I'm not gonna lie. Um, but this is how I move through that. Every time I feel that panic, every time I start to spiral, every time I start to just feel that uneasiness, I take a deep breath, I acknowledge the feelings that are coming up for me, I breathe through them, right? Having that rebirth experience with our emotions when we just allow them to be present, move through them and breathe, and allow them to release. And then when everything comes back to balance and I feel okay, I remind myself of that belief. As long as I'm following my inner guidance, my higher purpose, this higher um energy that is here, that is guiding me, that is that is that is speaking to me, that is trying to move me, as long as I follow this voice, this knowing, this nudge, I know I'm gonna be divinely supported. And so I keep leaning into that and I keep imagining surrendering my worries to a higher power and trusting that they're gonna be I'm putting this in your hands and I'm trusting that everything's gonna be taken care of, and then I go and do the thing that is being that I'm feeling is being asked of me to do, and that's exactly what I'm doing here today, and that's exactly the purpose behind this podcast. So, yes, we are still going to focus on talking about breaking toxic relationship patterns and dynamics, things like people pleasing and um you know speaking your truth and setting boundaries, but it's going to be in a bigger context than just your relationships. It's going to be in a much bigger context because you are here to do amazing things, badass things, and create an impact in the world. And that is what we're going to be helping you do here on the Femcast. So I hope you'll stick along or stick up, stick around for the ride for the ride. I hope you'll join us. Um, the world needs you right now, it needs your feminine energy and it needs your your magic. And we need to be in an empowered state in order to be able to do that. And so I would be honored if you would let me help you do that through this podcast. Let me know what resonated for you. Let me know what's been coming forward for you. Let me know what that thing is that has been on your heart to do, be, and create, and let's start to make it happen. If you email me at Maria at the femmecoach.com or send me a DM at the femcast. I love to hear from you guys. Let me know what that thing is on your heart that you're wanting to create that is begging to be created through you. And let's find a way to help you do that. Until next time, you guys, massive love.
