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The Femme Cast | Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud

The Femme Cast | Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud

Maria Rei 189 episodes Latest May 12, 2026

The Femme Cast is a podcast hosted by Maria Rei that explores women's safety, voice, and worth. It aims to dismantle the conditioning, systems, and internalized narratives that hold women back from reaching their full potential. The show brings visibility to the lived experiences women are often taught to ignore or minimize, encouraging them to step up and lead with greater awareness and agency.

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The Money Shame Nobody Talks About | My Cycle of Wealth, Loss, and Rebuilding From Scratch Jun 9, 2026 2726 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 rock bottom. Times of earning and expansion followed by sudden collapse, maxed out credit, living on overdraft, and the quiet fear of not being able to pay rent or even buy gas without panic.This is not
The Dark Side of Personal Development | The Billion-Dollar Industry Keeping Women Feeling “Not Enough” May 12, 2026 2647 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-help and spiritual industry: the high-vibe performance culture, emotional bypassing, and the billion-dollar cycle that keeps people chasing the next “healed” version of themselves while quietly reinforcing
What If God Is a Woman | The Truth Patriarchy Doesn’t Want You to Hear May 5, 2026 1173 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 challenges spirituality, culture, and power at the root: what if God is a woman. Not as shock value, but as a radical reframing of creation, intuition, and what it means to be human. If God is the creator of l
Side B | Breaking All The Rules And Saying The Quiet Parts Out Loud, A New Era Of The Femme Cast Apr 28, 2026 1359 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 a growing resistance to the pressure to reframe everything into positivity, I am stepping away from the rules of personal development culture and the marketing boxes we are told to fit into.We explore why wo
Not All Men… But Which Ones? | Rape Culture, Misogyny & Women’s Safety Apr 21, 2026 1954 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 deeper truth: when violence against women gets reduced to stats, we expose how normalized misogyny, exploitation, and assault have become, both online and in real life.I share the emotional weight this story c
Lauren of Love on Why the Coaching Industry Needs a Full Reset | Consent, Truth, and Trauma-Informed Leadership Apr 16, 2026 2882 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 Lauren of Love to unpack what’s really broken in online coaching, and what it takes to rebuild a business rooted in consent-based selling, emotional safety, and unapologetic authenticity.We go straight into it: toxic sales ta
How Breaking Up With Religion Healed My Relationship With Myself And God Apr 9, 2026 1793 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-script. We’re talking about the quiet rebellion so many women feel—but are afraid to admit: outgrowing organized religion, questioning what you were taught, and reclaiming your relationship with the divine on your o
Fear You're Not Enough and Imposter Syndrome | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 5 Mar 31, 2026 1991 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 that you’re not enough. Not ready enough. Not qualified enough. Not polished enough.And here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud: that story isn’t protecting yo
Fear of Speaking Your Truth | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 4 Mar 26, 2026 2032 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 visibility blocks holding ambitious, soul-led women back: the fear of speaking your unfiltered truth. The version that might spark pushback, ruffle feathers, or even get you canceled.We unpack how this fear qui
The Fear of Judgement or Rejection | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 3 Mar 23, 2026 2263 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.If you’ve been showing up online, in your career, or in your life feeling like you’re performing instead of expressing, overthinking every word, reading into every reaction, shaping yourself to be accepted…This isn’t
Fear of Lack & Scarcity | Visibility Glow Up Series Part 2 Mar 12, 2026 2233 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 episode of The Femme Cast is your unapologetic wake-up call.In Part 2 of my Visibility Glow Up Series, we unpack the fear of lack and how scarcity quietly h
International Women’s Day | Feminism, Visibility & The Fall of the Patriarchy Mar 8, 2026 2144 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 pause on our planned programming to talk about what’s really happening beneath the surface. The backlash, the discomfort, and the truth that equality is still fragile. And why

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