Episode #3
Own It: Personal Ownership, Emotional Intelligence & the Biology Nobody Talks About
This season, we have talked about confidence and self-advocacy. And now Dawnyel Smink arrives to ask the harder question: what gets in the way of both? Dawnyel is the President and CEO of Canyon Lands Insurance and CLI Select Agencies—a network of more than 80 affiliated agency locations across 18 states. She is the co-founder of WIISE, Women In Insurance Sharing Empowerment. She is the author of Don’t Project Your Sh*t on Me! And she has spent more than 15 years building a philosophy of personal ownership that is equal parts framework, fire, and radical honesty. Her ‘I’ll Own It’ framework is built around a single conviction: that real leadership—and real freedom—comes from doing the hard internal work. Breaking toxic cycles. Owning your choices. Stopping the unconscious habit of putting your unprocessed stuff onto the people around you. And then she goes somewhere that almost no one in this industry goes.She talks about what women are managing biologically across a career—and doing it mostly in silence. Pregnancy and postpartum. The years of raising teenagers while building a business. Aging parents. Perimenopause. Full menopause. The hormonal, neurological, emotional reality of being a woman whosebody is changing while the world keeps expecting her to perform at full capacity. Dawnyel has lived all of it. She is talking about it openly because she believes the silence costs women more than the conversation ever could. She wants you to know something. You are not alone. And you are not crazy. Connect with Dawnyel: Website: https://dawnyelsmink.comDon't Project Your Shit on Me: https://dontprojectyourshitonme.comWIISE: https://wiisewomen.com/home
