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Plenty with Kate Northrup

148. How No Longer Trying To Convince Anyone and Putting Down Her Sword Freed Dr. Kelly Brogan (and Opened Up More Abundance)

Plenty with Kate Northrup

Kate Northrup

Personalfinance, Education, Business, Productivity, Spirituality, Wellness, Self-improvement, Pleasure, Entrepreneurship, Metaphysics, Nervoussystemhealing, Timemanagement, Womensempowerment, Abundance, Embodiment

4.8840 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

What if the most radical thing you could do isn’t fight harder—but finally put down your sword?


In this episode, I sit down with my friend Dr. Kelly Brogan, host of Reclamation Radio, to explore what happened when she stopped trying to convince anyone and turned her attention inward. We talk about activism, identity, feminine power, marriage, money, and the grief that can live underneath even the most successful life. Kelly shares how examining her own patterns—rather than battling villains—transformed her relationships, her business, and her sense of safety


We also dive into provocative territory around women, provision, ambition, and what it really means to feel supported instead of self-sufficient at all costs. 


If you’re a high-functioning woman whose external success has outpaced your internal peace, this conversation will feel like both a mirror and an invitation.


Most big-time activists have dumpster fires in their personal lives. In my case, activism was an elaborate avoidance strategy.” — Kelly Brogan

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00:00 – Introduction and Personal Reflections
11:24 – Cultural Differences in Behavior
18:55 – Influence of Literature on Life Choices
22:24 – Prioritizing Motherhood
27:45 – Activism and Personal Reflection
39:56 – Unexpected Business Success
48:07 – Creating Personal Connections
01:01:28 – Containment in Business and Relationships
01:06:53 – Weightlifting and Personal Growth
01:09:18 – Conclusion and Farewell


Links and Resources:

Relaxed Money®
Do Less
Money, A Love Story


Connect with Dr. Kelly Brogan:

Website
Instagram
Reclamation Radio Podcast
Vital Mind Reset Program
A Mind of Your Own


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Transcript

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0:00.0

I look back and I feel like we've been duped, ladies, you know, we've been duped and I am living proof because I work two fucking hours a week.

0:09.1

This is one of literally two hours I'm working this week, okay?

0:12.0

I have plenty of money, plenty of money, you know, to, you know, enjoy my life. And I am totally self-sufficient. And all that I

0:26.7

want is a family. Okay. Today's episode is unusual. It is beautiful. And it is with my friend,

0:35.3

Dr. Kelly Brogan, who is the host of Reclamation Radio.

0:40.1

She is a New York Times bestselling author.

0:42.8

She's written.

0:43.9

Her most recent book is called The Reclaimed Woman.

0:47.1

She is a pioneer.

0:49.0

She is controversial.

0:51.1

She is someone who's interwoven in my path in some unusual ways since about

0:56.5

2016, 2017. And we're going to tell those stories. And listening to Kelly for me personally

1:04.0

is incredibly healing because there are so many parallels between her career and her life

1:10.8

and my mother's career and her life.

1:13.5

And then Kelly and I come together in some interesting ways in the choices we've made about

1:19.1

our mothering, our careers, our lives.

1:22.4

So if you are a woman exploring your victim consciousness and healing that, getting out of the victim

1:32.0

perpetrator and rescuer archetypes, if you have been listening to activists in activism

1:42.1

in any way, if there is any way that you are wanting to put down

1:46.4

your own sword and find the exhale. This episode is for you. Kelly has some really controversial

1:52.9

ideas about so many things, including women and money. And I just love hearing her boldly claim the thing that some people want to say but are too

2:04.4

afraid to. So whether you agree or not, enjoy. Welcome to Plenty. I'm your host, Kate Northrop,

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