In this deeply resonant episode of The Secret KeepHers, I’m joined by the brilliant and deeply grounded Lorraine Berg—Founder of Human Centered Workplaces and a Strategic Leadership Analyst certified through the BG5 Business Institute.

Lorraine shares her powerful journey from leading a top-tier, high-performance beauty business to experiencing a total system collapse—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. What followed was a radical unraveling, a health crisis, and ultimately, a return to alignment.

We talk about:
• The hidden burnout of overfunctioning leaders
• Ego death and the grief of letting go of what no longer fits
• The cost of outsourcing your worth to performance
• The new workplace paradigm—and what human-centered leadership actually looks like
• The role Human Design and BG5 play in personal and professional transformation
• The ripple effect of internal clarity on external leadership

Lorraine gets real about what it took to step away from a nationally recognized business—and into her truest, most sustainable work yet. This is not just a story of career change… it’s a story of reclamation.

About Lorraine Berg:
Lorraine is the Founder of Human Centered Workplaces and a Strategic Leadership Analyst with over 20 years of entrepreneurial, educational, and business experience. She empowers visionary leaders to grow with clarity, confidence, and precision using personalized consulting grounded in the science of differentiation. Her work helps clients align their leadership, teams, and business strategy for sustainable, human-centered success.

Explore Lorraine’s Work:
🔗 Website: humancenteredworkplaces.com
📰 Latest Interview: Canvas Rebel Article
📖 Case Studies:
– The Power of Saying Yes Correctly
– From Burnout to Empowered Stewardship
💼 BG5 Profile: BG5 Certification Info
💬 Connect on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lorraine-berg-32606823a

My invitation:
Slip this on like a new coat—try it, see how it fits. You don’t need to subscribe to every system, but sometimes one perspective shifts everything. This episode may be the one that reminds you: There’s nothing wrong with you. You’re just ready to come home to yourself.

Let us know if you want Lorraine back—we barely scratched the surface.

****Trigger warning: This episode references different types of abuse. As with all episodes, this information is based on Mary's personal experience and opinions.****

In this episode, I sit down with Mary Breuer, visionary behind Studio Nude Boudoir, to talk about identity, trauma, healing, and the power of seeing yourself fully and without shame.

Mary shares the moment she uncovered a life-altering family secret through a DNA test, and how that revelation cracked open decades of generational trauma, identity confusion, and hidden pain. But it didn’t stop there, Mary used it as a catalyst to reclaim her truth, own her story, and help others do the same.

What began as her own healing journey turned into sacred work...holding space for women to feel safe in their skin and powerful in their presence.

"I stopped performing. I stopped apologizing. I decided it was time to live for me." Mary

"We don’t heal by hiding. We heal by telling the truth—and letting it set us free." Corinne

In this conversation, we explore:
– How our bodies carry the stories we try to ignore
– The truth about people-pleasing, illness, and suppressed trauma
– Boudoir as a sacred return to self—not performance for others
– Mary’s Coloring Confidence art therapy journal and why it matters

Bio: Mary Breuer – Boudoir Photographer, Healer, and Empowerment Catalyst

Mary Breuer is more than a boudoir photographer, she’s a force of reclamation. As the founder of Studio NÜDE Boudoir in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Mary creates sacred spaces where women and couples come home to themselves, often for the first time in years. With a camera in hand and compassion in her heart, she helps her clients see their bodies not as problems to be fixed, but as stories worth honoring.

Her work is deeply personal. It was born from her own journey of healing—through religious trauma, emotional abuse, single motherhood, and the quiet ache of starting over. Instead of becoming hardened, Mary chose to soften. She turned her pain into power, and her lens into a tool for transformation. What began as photography became a form of exposure therapy, helping both her and her clients face their truth with tenderness and courage.

Mary’s sessions are not about vanity, they’re about visibility. She invites her clients to show up fully: in their scars, their softness, their longing, and their strength. Whether she’s guiding a woman into a moment of self-love, capturing deep connection between couples, or celebrating someone’s journey through divorce, recovery, or reinvention, Mary meets them there with reverence.

Beyond the studio, she’s a mother of three daughters, an advocate for radical self-acceptance, and the creator of Coloring Confidence, a self-portrait therapy coloring book designed to bring healing into the hands of those who need it most.

Mary’s story is one of survival, soul, and coming home to the body and she’s just getting started

Website: www.studionudeboudoir.com

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Phone: 920-944-3946

Email: studionudeboudoir@gmail.com

Warning: There is reference to drug use and sexual abuse in this story of recovery.

Welcome back to The Secret Keepers Podcast. In this powerful episode, I’m joined by my friend and fellow transformation warrior, Diana Flowe, a nurse, a mama, a grandmother, and a woman who has walked through the fire of addiction and come out the other side with 29 years of sobriety and a mission to serve.

Diana shares the deeply personal story of her journey from childhood trauma, insecurity, and feeling unloved, to addiction, suicide attempts, and ultimately, radical self-love and healing. Her transformation didn’t come easy..it came with hard work, mentorship, faith, and a willingness to rewrite the story she had always believed about herself.

We talk about:

• Growing up feeling unseen, unloved, and disconnected

• How addiction took root and what it took to truly get clean

• The role of faith, journaling, and reprogramming self-beliefs

• Learning to love herself, even when no one else showed her how

• Becoming a nurse, a mentor, and a living example that healing is possible

• The power of having one person who believes in you

• How to help others reclaim their worth when they feel too far gone

Diana’s golden nugget?
"Love yourself, and find someone who loves you unconditionally until you can believe it for yourself."

Her story is raw, real, and exactly what someone out there needs to hear today.

If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction or self-worth, this episode is a lifeline of hope, truth, and gentle encouragement.

Connect with Diana:
Empowerment and Recovery Coach

As always, thank you for listening. These stories matter. You matter.
And remember: You are not broken. You are becoming.

– Corinne Zuleger
Host, The Secret Keepers Podcast
Learning from life, leading with love 💛