Push Back to Power: Creating Empowered Relationships with the Author of PUSH BACK Live, Love, and Work with Others Without Losing Yourself, Tonya Lester

Nov 18, 2025
31 mins

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In this inspiring episode of The EmPOWERed Half Hour, Becca Powers sits down with psychotherapist and author Tonya Lester, whose book PUSH BACK: Live, Love, and Work with Others Without Losing Yourself is helping women reclaim their power without losing their compassion.


Key Moments You Won't Want to Miss:

  • When Tonya explains the real meaning of “shock absorbing”
  • Becca’s reflection on how physical pain revealed deeper stress
  • The power of noticing when you’re “rehearsing” conversations to keep the peace

About Tonya

Tonya Lester, LCSW, is the author of Push Back: Live, Love, and Work with Others Without Losing Yourself and a Brooklyn-based psychotherapist and writer known for her work with relationships and communication.

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