Becoming Power

Valerie Black

English Business Health & Fitness Management Mental Health

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Episodes 18

Avg. Duration 39m

Activity Highly Active

Apple Rating ★ 5.0 (15)

Since Apr 2024

Latest Episode May 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule

Every 2 Weeks

Format

Episodic

Consistency

27%

Hosting

feeds.transistor.fm

About This Podcast

What is power? Well, that's complicated. We've learned to associate power with money, influence, position, fame, politics, and even certain bodies. Becoming Power is a podcast about a different perspective on power. Host Valerie Black highlights how true power emerges from the practices that help us transform and evolve as humans and serve as a foundation for our work in the world. She talks with leaders, executives, athletes, and activists about how they nurture their own inner power. Valerie analyzes their insights and turns them into meditations, visualizations, and bite-sized experiments for you to integrate into your own life. Whether you're looking for a greater sense of power at work, a deeper relationship with yourself, or ideas for developing your own powerful practices, Becoming Power is for you.

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Recent Episodes

S2 EP 2.09 - Permission to Become: A Love Letter to Your Power

May 12, 2026 26m

I keep noticing something in my work, in my friendships, even in myself: so many people are starving for permission.Permission to rest. To stop performing all the time. To tell the truth.Permission…

S2 EP 2.08 - Arriving in Your Power with Brooke Edwards

Apr 28, 2026 1h 7m

Do you know what it would feel like to arrive in your power?We talk about power like it's a destination but I don't think that that's true. I mean, I have had clear, undeniable moments that I can…

S2 EP 2.07 - Seen, Known, and Valued: Sarabeth Bickerton on Naming Your Uniqueness

Apr 14, 2026 1h 4m

It was two and a half years ago, but I can still taste it—that mix of confusion, grief, fear, and exasperation from the job hunt after a layoff.I kept hearing the same things:“You’re…

S2 EP 2.06 - Walking Each Other Home: Power, Elderhood, and Belonging with Shirley Showalter

Mar 24, 2026 48m

There are times in the world and in our lives when hope feels abstract. Maybe there’s a little ironic detachment. Maybe it’s more of a passive wish than taking action. And there’s nothing wrong with…

S2 EP 2.05 - Incomplete Power: Keeping Your Wisdom Online

Mar 10, 2026 18m

This morning, I was halfway through my meditation when it finally clicked. Not in a big, ah-ha way. More like a little sigh.Yup. I’m scared.I didn’t know that’s what it was at first. I thought it was…

S2 EP 2.04 - Creating Containers: From Field Kitchens to Yoga Studios with Fiona Donovan

Nov 25, 2025 55m

Picture two spaces. In one, a field kitchen bubbles over with life. Under a makeshift tent, pots clatter, onions hiss on a portable hot plate, and someone’s calling out, “We need more rice!” A…

S2 EP 2.03 - The Practice of Caring Out Loud with Samara Bay

Nov 11, 2025 1h

I was a shy and intense kid. The kind who always wants to sit at the grownups table instead of running around with the other kids.But I noticed early on that my intensity could confuse or overwhelm…

S2 EP 2.02 - Raising Your Hand: Finding Power in the Full Light of Day with Kriste Peoples

Oct 21, 2025 48m

There are moments in life–many moments if we’re lucky–when we outgrow an old form. What once felt right starts to feel too small. Something inside insists: there’s more than this.So the seed cracks.…

S2 EP 2.01 - The Stories We Need Right Now: Hands-Dirty Hope

Oct 07, 2025 14m

We are living in a world that currently feels unsettled, to say the least.At best, people seem confused. At worst, frozen, or acting out. There is so much anger and uncertainty in the air.One way I’m…

S1 Ep 1.08 - Reclaiming Intuition as a Valid Way of Knowing

Sep 24, 2024 28m

Intuition can manifest as a sudden, sharp knowing or as a slowly dawning certainty. Regardless of its speed, intuition carries a powerful sense of knowing, signaling us on a deep level, "Hey, pay…

S1 Ep 1.07 - Externalizing Intuition: Using Tarot to Come Back to Yourself with Charlie Claire Burgess

Sep 10, 2024 1h 1m

This year, I’ve spent a lot of time feeling lost. Since my layoff, I’ve been planting seeds and imagining myself into many new life shapes, wondering which seeds will take root.This darkness can feel…

S1 Ep 1.06 - Rupture, Repair, and Resilience: A New Take on Perfectionism

Aug 27, 2024 25m

After a recent bout of contending with my own perfectionism, I had a profound realization. Perhaps calling myself a recovering perfectionist is incorrect. Maybe my perfectionism isn’t something that…

S1 Ep 1.05 - The Myth of 100%: Embracing Imperfection in Creative Work with Amber Petty

Aug 13, 2024 52m

Are you a perfectionist?Has anyone referred to you that way before?As a coach, I understand that the desire to “get it right” plagues most of us in some way. And these tendencies can be especially…

S1 Ep 1.04 - Pleasure & Rest: Creating a Menu of Refuge

Jul 30, 2024 24m

There’s a lot of talk out there about self-care and rest. We all experience stress and dysregulation in this world, and rest is essential for our emotional and physical well-being.Yet sometimes, when…

S1 Ep 1.03 – Inner Frontiers: Conversations on Power and Passion with Darcy Constans, MD

Jul 09, 2024 48m

What rituals and practices do you turn to when you need refuge?In a recent conversation with my friend and former colleague, Darcy Constans MD, I realized that we had a cherished childhood touchstone…

S1 Ep 1.02 – Building Self-Trust

Jun 25, 2024 17m

Picture this: you’ve just completed a big project. All the work (and stress) is over, and you can breathe a sigh of relief. Right? So, how quickly do you start itching to know how others think it…

S1 Ep 1.01 – Building Joyful Reflective Practices with Sara Lawson

Jun 25, 2024 46m

Have you ever felt like your brain was being a real jerk? Our inner worlds can be brutal. But it is possible to intentionally cultivate a gentler, more generative landscape that offers us strong…

S1 Introducing Becoming Power

Apr 05, 2024 2m Trailer

Power—what a complicated word. What does it take to become powerful? Money? Fame? Connections? Or perhaps just being born into the right kind of body?I believe power—true power—results from deep…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Becoming Power have?

Becoming Power has published 18 episodes since April 2024, covering topics in Business, Health & Fitness.

Is Becoming Power still active?

Becoming Power is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 39m.