Don't Shrink to Fit: Empowering and inspiring women one story at a time.

Don’t Shrink to Fit: The Podcast for women who refuse to play small. Empowering conversations. Inspiring transformations. Limitless possibilities. Are you ready to step into your power, break free from limitations, and create the life of abundance and joy you’ve always wanted? Don’t Shrink to Fit is more than a podcast—it’s a movement. Hosted by Claudia Noriega-Bernstein, an abundance coach, author, and speaker, Don't Shrink to Fit isn’t just a podcast—it’s a movement. Each episode brings you powerful insights from incredible experts who share strategies and mindset shifts to help you break through limitations and step into your fullest potential. You’ll also hear from courageous, driven women who have faced life’s toughest challenges and transformed them into opportunities. Every episode is an invitation to grow, heal, and evolve as we navigate the ups and downs of life together.

Episodes

I always wanted to be the good girl my mom wanted me to be with Claudia Noriega-Bernstein

April 22, 2025 • 13 mins

This episode is one of the most personal and emotional ones I’ve ever recorded. It’s not just about motherhood, or healing, or family—it’s about my journey of unbecoming the “good girl” I was told I should be, and finally becoming the woman I was always meant to be.

For decades, I tried to earn a kind of love that should have been given freely. I over-gave, over-delivered, and shrank myself to fit into a mold that never truly fit me...

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Finding the courage to pivot with Emily Florence

April 15, 2025 • 53 mins

In this heartfelt and empowering episode of Don’t Shrink to Fit, I sit down with author, coach, and storyteller Emily Florence for an inspiring conversation on courage, authenticity, and the power of trusting your inner voice.

Emily shares her bold journey of leaving law school just days after starting, walking away from a life that looked “successful” on the outside but felt misaligned within. From listening to the whispers of her ...

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The Mild Side of Wild with Candace Dunaway

April 8, 2025 • 61 mins

In this inspiring episode of the Award wining Don’t Shrink to Fit Podcast, I sit down with the radiant and grounded Candace Dunaway—creator of the beautiful six-part video series The Mild Side of Wild. Candace is a passionate storyteller, nature lover, and gratitude practitioner whose mission is to help others reconnect with the natural world, find joy in everyday moments, and embrace a more active, intentional life.

We talked about...

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Healing Generational Conditioning: Why It Stops With Me! with Kate Kripke

April 1, 2025 • 60 mins

This week on my podcast Don't Shrink to Fit, I dive into this very topic with the incredible Kate Kripke, a maternal and child mental health expert, therapist, and author of Reinventing Supermom. Kate has spent over two decades helping high-achieving moms navigate the emotional weight of motherhood, breaking through anxiety, guilt, and burnout to create a more authentic and fulfilling experience for themselves and their childr...

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The power of trust – Building it in our kids and ourselves with Claudia Noriega-Bernstein

March 25, 2025 • 11 mins

In this heartfelt and powerful episode of Don’t Shrink to Fit, Claudia explores the essential role trust plays in our lives—especially in the way we raise our children and show up for ourselves. From building trust through consistency to understanding how secrets can form when trust is broken, this episode offers insight, tools, and a personal story that highlights how trust can shape confidence, self-worth, and lifelong emotional ...

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The Power of Saying YES to Yourself with Lori Pappas

March 18, 2025 • 51 mins

This week on Don't Shrink to Fit, I had the privilege of sitting down with the incredible Lori Pappas—a woman who has shattered expectations, defied societal norms, and lived life entirely on her own terms.

Lori’s story is a testament to resilience, choice, and the magic of saying YES—not just to opportunities, but to yourself. She shares her journey from overcoming a challenging childhood to building a successful business in a...

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Loving yourself in one week and for the rest of your life with Rachel Madorsky

March 11, 2025 • 51 mins

In the latest episode of Don't Shrink to Fit, I had the pleasure of speaking with the incredible Rachel Madorsky about empowerment, self-love, and shifting the way we approach boundaries in our lives. Have you ever had one of those moments where a single conversation shifts something inside you? Where words resonate so deeply that you feel like you’re being seen, understood, and guided—all at the same time?

That’s exactly what ...

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Living between two worlds: The Immigrant Experience with Fabiola Noriega-Daneri

March 4, 2025 • 35 mins

What does it mean to belong? For many immigrants, the answer is complicated. In this episode of Don't Shrink to Fit, I sit down with Fabiola Noriega-Danera, who shares her powerful journey of immigrating to the U.S., moving back to Peru, and then returning once again—only to realize that a sense of home isn’t tied to a place, but to who we are.

We dive into the emotional complexities of feeling torn between two cultures, the st...

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Unbecoming for self-love with Vevian Vozmediano

February 25, 2025 • 54 mins

In this powerful and deeply personal episode of the Award winning podcast Don't Shrink to Fit, I sit down with Vevian Vozmediano, a trauma-informed mental health coach who helps women release stored emotions tied to their past and reconnect with the parts of themselves they’ve been too afraid to explore alone.

Vevian shares her courageous journey of self-discovery, the emotional price she had to pay to distance herself from fam...

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Are you helping or enabling? with Claudia Noriega-Bernstein

February 18, 2025 • 18 mins

Have you ever found yourself trying to fix things for the people you love? Whether it’s your child, partner, or friend, we want to help. We want to make things easier. But what if, instead of helping, we’re actually holding them back?

In this week’s episode of the Award winning Don't Shrink to Fit Podcast, I’m diving into a tough but necessary conversation: the difference between helping and enabling.

For years, I thought I was ...

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Just ask Spirit with Sherianna Boyle

February 11, 2025 • 55 mins

What if your emotions were the key to unlocking messages from Spirit?

When life feels frightening or uncertain… what if the answers are already within you?

On this episode of the award-winning Don't Shrink to Fit podcast, I sit down with the brilliant Sherianna Boyle, author of 11 books, including the Emotional Detox series, Energy in Action, and her latest, Just Ask Spirit. Sherianna shares how our emotions and Spirit, working ...

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Permission to Pause: A Powerful Conversation with Liz Clifton

February 4, 2025 • 41 mins

Have you ever felt guilty for taking time for yourself or prioritizing your own well-being? That’s about to change!

Welcome to Don’t Shrink to Fit – the winner of the 2024 Women in Podcasting Award in the Coaching category!

On this episode of my award-winning podcast, Don't Shrink to Fit, I’m thrilled to welcome Liz Clifton, who is here to share powerful insights on how to give ourselves permission to pause, embrace self-love, a...

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