Expansion with Desi Batista
You’re not lazy. You’re not missing a strategy. You’re actually really good at what you do. But your income has been stuck at the same number for longer than it should be, and you can’t figure out why.
You’ve tried the new approach. Put in more effort. Maybe even made a big change. And you still keep ending up in the same place.
That’s what this show is about.
I’m Desi Batista. On Expansion, I talk to psychologists, entrepreneurs, coaches, and high performers about what’s really going on when capable women can’t seem to move past a certain point, and what it actually takes to break through it.
If you’ve been stuck at the same income, the same role, or the same level in your business and you’re tired of hearing that you just need a better plan, this show will finally make sense of what’s actually in the way.
Episodes
15 episodes
You're Saving A Dress For A Day That Isn't Coming | Lee Forrester
You have a dress in your closet you're never going to wear. You know which one.You're saving it for a day that isn't coming. And you've been doing it for years.In this episode, reinvention strategist Lee Forrester names what most ...
Why High Achievers Sabotage Their Own Success | Molly Sapp
What separates a six-figure earner from a seven-figure one isn't more strategy, more hustle, or a better offer. According to Molly Muret Sapp, it's the identity they're running on and most high achievers never stop long enough to look at it.
The Inherited Rules That Are Secretly Capping Your Income
The rules you grew up with are still running your business and they have nothing to do with your strategy, your mindset work, or how hard you're trying.In this episode, I'm breaking down the invisible revenue ceiling that keeps high-achi...
Why Your Revenue Plateau Isn't a Strategy Problem | Jess Pinili
You've changed the strategy. Hired coaches. Tried the new content angle. Why is the ceiling still there?In this conversation with business mentor Jess Pinili, we get into why most women in service businesses stall at a specific revenue ...
Why You Keep Burning Out with AI.
AI freed up your time. So why are you still stuck?You've got four carousels in drafts. Twenty tasks from last week's schedule you haven't touched. A framework ready to launch that's still sitting there. But instead of shipping, you're in...
Why High-Earning Women Stay Stuck After Doing Everything Right — Tanya Pluckrose
She did everything the experts told her to do. Four years later, her business had stalled and her marriage had ended.Tanya Pluckrose thought she had a strategy problem. She didn't. She had an identity problem. In this episode, she breaks...
"Your Income Keeps Resetting Because Your Identity Hasn't Caught Up | Jeni Jonte
Why does your income keep landing at the same number no matter what you try? Jeni Jonte went from physical therapist and Navy lieutenant commander to identity coach, and she kept hitting the same pattern in her own business: a little growth, th...
Why Your Business Won't Scale (And It Has Nothing to Do With Systems)
You're stuck doing everything in your business. And you won't give that work to anyone else because part of you believes that work IS your value.But here's what I'm seeing with the women who actually scale: they don't stop being excellen...
Identity Shifts That Change Everything | Melissa Bright
Most of the women we know who feel stuck aren’t lazy, confused, or missing some magical productivity system. They’re high-achievers. They’re responsible. They’re doing the work. And yet their income, confidence, boundaries, or consistency keep ...
The Filter That's Keeping Smart People Stuck
You probably know someone, maybe it's you, who has everything it takes but keeps hitting the same wall. It's not a talent gap. It's not even a knowledge gap. It's something most success psychology conversations never act...
She Built a Million Dollar Business and Cried in Her Car | Sailynn Doyle
What if you hit the revenue goal and instead of freedom, you got more trapped? Sailynn Doyle built a million dollar business and was working 80 hours a week, crying in her car at 9am on a Tuesday. Not because something went wrong. Because nothi...
Why Hitting the Goal Doesn't Fix the Feeling
What if you hit the goal and it still doesn't feel like enough? Not because something went wrong. But because nothing feels the way you thought it would.In this episode, Desi digs into why high-achieving women hit their revenue targets, ...
The Operating System Running Your Income Was Built When You Were 7 | Judy Tsuei
Have you ever done everything right and still felt like something was off? Like no matter how much you achieve, it's never quite enough?In this episode, Desi sits down with Judy Tsuei, an executive performance coach and NLP practi...
The Strategy Isn't the Problem. It Never Was.
If you've been doing everything right and it's still not working, this episode is for you. Desi breaks down the pattern she keeps seeing in her interviews with high-achieving women. The strategy is rarely the problem. The real ceiling is intern...