The Femme Cast | Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud
You're listening to The Femme Cast. The podcast where the quiet parts finally get said out loud. Where we undo, unbecome, and unlearn everything the world told us we should be.
I'm Maria Rei. Leader, Speaker, & Advocate.
I'm an advocate for women's worth, wealth, voice, and empowerment, and a catalyst committed to breaking the cultural patterns that silence and diminish women, and keep them from their potential. I bring visibility to the lived experiences women are taught to ignore, minimize, or survive quietly, so women can step up, step out, and move through the world with greater confidence, agency and awareness.
This is the space where we get honest about what is actually shaping women's lives, including what it looks like when women lead, speak up, and show up fully in their communities and careers, and what gets in the way of them doing it. Sometimes that looks like unpacking gender conditioning and the systems of modern womanhood. Sometimes it looks like two people saying the thing nobody at the table was willing to say first. We cover power, identity, relationships, work, religion, politics, bodies, and culture, and we do not tiptoe around any of it.
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. Some will crack open something you have been carrying your whole life. Some are the lessons I learned the hard way, mistakes I made, and what I wish someone had told me sooner. And some are just the conversation you wish you could have had at the table. The one where nobody is performing, nobody is softening the truth, and someone finally just says it.
This is not another self-help show.
This is for women ready to dismantle everything standing between them and their full potential, step into their power, and unbecome everything that was never theirs to begin with.
Episodes
191 episodes
Rebuilding After Everything Falls Apart: Trusting the Breadcrumbs Back to Yourself
If you're in the middle of rebuilding your life, not because you chose to but because life chose it for you, and you're wondering whether you're doing it "right," this episode is for you. I've rebuilt my life more than once. But there's...
The Money Shame Nobody Talks About | My Cycle of Wealth, Loss, and Rebuilding From Scratch
In this deeply vulnerable episode of The Femme Cast, I share what I have kept private for years. My financial life has not been a straight line of growth, but a repeated swing between abundance and ro...
The Dark Side of Personal Development | The Billion-Dollar Industry Keeping Women Feeling “Not Enough”
I’ve been quietly breaking up with the personal development machine, and this time, I think it’s for good.In this deeply personal episode of The Femme Cast, I unpack the darker side of the self...
What If God Is a Woman | The Truth Patriarchy Doesn’t Want You to Hear
What if the reason women have been controlled throughout history is because their power has always been patriarchy’s greatest threat.In this episode of The Femme Cast, we ask a question that c...
Side B | Breaking All The Rules And Saying The Quiet Parts Out Loud, A New Era Of The Femme Cast
Side B of The Femme Cast is where the polished world of personal development ends and the raw, unfiltered truth begins.This episode marks a turning point. After a season of loss and grief, and...
Not All Men… But Which Ones? | Rape Culture, Misogyny & Women’s Safety
Sixty-two million visits to an “online rape academy”… and the loudest response online is debating the numbers.This episode of The Femme Cast goes where most conversations won’t. It names the d...
Lauren of Love on Why the Coaching Industry Needs a Full Reset | Consent, Truth, and Trauma-Informed Leadership
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
What if the very thing you were taught would bring you closer to God… actually kept you disconnected from yourself?This episode of The Femme Cast is raw, unfiltered, and completely off-...
Fear You're Not Enough and Imposter Syndrome | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 5
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...
Fear of Speaking Your Truth | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 4
Your content can be honest and still feel wrong coming out of your mouth. That tension? That’s where transformation begins. In this episode of The Femme Cast, we dig into one of the deepest vis...
The Fear of Judgement or Rejection | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 3
The fastest way to lose your voice? Asking, “What will everyone think?”And if you've been asking yourself that question, then this episode of The Femme Cast, is your wake-up call.
Fear of Lack & Scarcity | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 2
Do you filter what you say, create, or share through the lens of “what will keep me safe, financially secure”? Do you find yourself over-performing, shrinking your voice, or chasing recognition instead of your soul-aligned purpose? If so, this ...
International Women’s Day | Feminism, Visibility & The Fall of the Patriarchy
International Women’s Day was never meant to be polite.It was born from protest. From disruption. From women refusing to stay silent inside systems that depend on their invisibility.In this raw, unfiltered episode, I pressed pau...
Fear of Success and Failure | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 1
If you’re a woman terrified that being successful comes with a hefty price, or that trying and failing will humiliate you, this episode of The Femme Cast is for you. Welcome to Part...
Stop Shrinking | The Truth About Visibility No Coach Will Tell You
If you’ve tried every strategy, template, and swipe file, and still hear crickets…it’s not because you’re broken. The real problem isn’t strategy; it’s safety. Your body equates visibility with danger, and until you honor that, no tactic will w...
REAL Confidence with Simone Knego | From Self-Doubt to Unshakable Self-Trust
Confidence doesn’t show up on command. It grows where you plant it. In this unapologetically real conversation on The Femme Cast, I sit down with keynote speaker, author, and podcast host
The Good Girl Lie | Why Being Palatable Is Killing Your Visibility, Impact, and Income
This episode is a no-BS dismantling of the “good girl” routine, and how it quietly keeps powerful, intuitive women stuck, unseen, and underpaid. I’m sharing the lived truth of how people-pleasing flattened my voice, drained the energy from my c...
Gemma James on Turning Pain into Purpose | Why Sharing Your Story Heals You and Others
In this raw, permission-giving conversation, I sit down with Gemma James, creator and host of the Muse Yourself podcast,...
People Pleasers, Hidden Rage & the Rise of the Unapologetic Woman
If you’re the “nice one”, the accommodating one, the woman who keeps the peace, over-delivers, swallows her truth, and tells herself it’s fine…this episode is for you. Because beneath people pleasing isn’t calm.It’s suppressed ...
The Hidden Cost of Hiding Your Spiritual Gifts | Why Playing Small Holds You (and Everyone Else) Back
What if staying “safe” is quietly costing you your joy, your purpose, your voice? In this episode of The Femme Cast, I pull back the curtain on the real cost of hiding your spiritual gif...
Coming Out of the Woo-Woo Closet | Visibility Wounds, Sharing Your Spiritual Gifts & Leading Before You Feel Ready
This episode of The Femme Cast is a raw, unapologetic conversation about visibility, emotional alchemy, and the courage to be seen before you feel “ready.” I’m sharing the real story behind com...
Cell Talk with Maria the Cell Repair Fairy | Rewire Your Body, Claim Your Limitless Self
What if your body isn’t the problem, and your anxiety isn’t a life sentence? Meet Maria, the Cell Repair Fairy, the unapologetic woman who turned her nervous system into a BFF...
Feminine Rage | The Secret Superpower That Makes Women Unstoppable To Create Change
Anger isn’t a flaw. It’s a compass pointing straight to the boundaries you never set, the truths you swallowed, and the life you’re ready to claim. After years of people-pleasing and self-abandonment, I stopped sanding off my edges to keep ever...
The Courage to Speak: Transform Your Emotions into Powerful Posts & Podcasts
Your feed feels loud. Your heart feels heavy. Every post, email, or video you try to create sounds either too soft or too sharp. If you’re a conscious creator, empath, or healer, you know the fear of saying the wrong thing—and right now, it can...