Executive Career Coaching vs. Friendly Advice | What Actually Works
Release Date: 05/03/2025
How Miss Maine Landed Her Dream Job at the WNBA
Soul Powered Revolution
Kirsty was told to "stay still" and be grateful at 26 despite feeling unfulfilled. Have you ever been encouraged to settle for "good enough" when your gut was telling you there was more? She says "if it makes you have butterflies, it's probably what you're supposed to be doing." What opportunity has been giving you butterflies that you've been avoiding? Kirsty only asks for feedback from people whose lives she wants. Who are you currently seeking advice from, and do their lives actually reflect what you want for yourself? Running for Miss Maine seemed unrelated to her career but unlocked...
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Breaking the "Humble and Modest" Trap That Keeps Women Stuck
Soul Powered Revolution
Candace was stuck at Level 1 for 5 years despite having an engineering degree and exceptional performance. Have you ever felt overqualified and underutilized in your current role? She mentions being "tied to so many others" as a Black woman carrying family expectations. How does the pressure to succeed for others beyond yourself affect your career decisions? Candace learned that "it doesn't matter what you think, it matters how you can influence people who can do something about it." Where might you need to shift from internal excellence to external visibility? She talks about the biblical...
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How to Stop Reacting and Start Leading
Soul Powered Revolution
In this deeply inspiring client success story, Coach Mo interviews Patti, a healthcare executive who transformed from a reactive, triggered professional into a confident C-suite leader through soul-powered coaching. Patti's journey began during a critical merger acquisition when she realized her patterns of stress response were sabotaging her career advancement. As an experienced nurse who had worked her way from bedside oncology care to running a hospice company for 12 years, Patti possessed impressive credentials and expertise. However, she found herself trapped in cycles of fight-or-flight...
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How Being Rejected for a Raise Led to a 60% Salary Increase
Soul Powered Revolution
In this powerful client success story, Coach Mo interviews Elisa, a talented engineer who went from being shot down for a raise after 22 years of loyal service to landing her dream job with a 60% salary increase—all within 12 weeks of soul-powered coaching. Elisa's transformation began at her lowest point. After thoroughly researching comparable salaries and documenting her extensive contributions, she formally requested a promotion and raise on a Thursday morning. By Thursday afternoon, her request was completely rejected without consideration. This devastating blow left her depressed,...
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Why Working Hard Keeps You Stuck - How This Microsoft Executive Found Her Power
Soul Powered Revolution
In this inspiring story, Coach Mo interviews Shruti, a Senior Director at Microsoft who transformed from an invisible hard worker to a recognized leader after investing in herself through soul powered coaching. Despite her impressive credentials—19 years at Microsoft, a Master's in Computer Science, and technical expertise—Shruti felt "floating" and directionless in her career advancement. Shruti's story reveals the hidden trap that keeps many high-achieving women stuck: the cultural conditioning that says "work hard and you'll be recognized." As an immigrant woman who moved to the US in...
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Fixing Everyone Else's Problems Makes You Unpromotable
Soul Powered Revolution
Coach Mo delivers a powerful wake-up call to professional women who are drowning in everyone else's problems while their own careers and souls suffer. Drawing from her experience coaching over 1,300 women, Mo exposes the dangerous pattern that keeps high-achieving breadwinners stuck: fixing other people's problems instead of focusing on their own power and advancement. This isn't about being selfish—it's about survival. Mo reveals how women are socialized to "clear the table, do the dishes, do the cooking" and carry that same energy into the workplace, making them overworked, overwhelmed,...
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Three Career-Killing Habits High Achievers Must Break
Soul Powered Revolution
Two former healthcare CEOs turned executive coaches reveal the three leadership mistakes that sabotage professional women's careers—and exactly how to break free from them. Coach Mo Faul and Coach Stacey Citrin don't pull punches in this transformative conversation about why "being yourself" isn't enough to advance your career. Drawing from their combined 50+ years of C-suite experience, including navigating mergers, acquisitions, and private equity buyouts, Mo and Stacey expose the hidden traps that keep high-achieving women stuck: being a yes woman, tolerating victim mentality, and...
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Your Energy Affects Your Career Success
Soul Powered Revolution
In this episode, Coach Mo reveals the energetic foundation behind all career success and why most professional women are transmitting wounded energy that keeps them stuck. Drawing from over 40 years of personal development work and her experience coaching thousands of women, Mo breaks down the invisible forces that determine who gets ahead. Through a powerful personal story about being criticized for "talking too much" as a young nursing student, Coach Mo demonstrates how early wounds create subconscious programming that controls 80-90% of how we show up in the world. These wounds don't just...
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The First Generation Problem: Why Women Weren't Raised to Be Breadwinners
Soul Powered Revolution
This is Coach Mo's manifesto... about the unique challenges facing professional women as the first generation to regularly sustain leadership and executive roles. Drawing from her experience coaching over 2,000 women and losing her own job six times, Mo reveals why traditional career advancement strategies fail women and what actually works. Women weren't raised to be breadwinners, yet nearly 50% of households now depend on female income. This creates internal conflict between societal conditioning ("be of service to others") and professional reality ("lead and make strategic decisions"). Mo...
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What Breast Cancer Taught Me About The Power of My Soul
Soul Powered Revolution
In this powerfully personal episode, Coach Mo Faul shares the profound spiritual lessons from her own breast cancer journey and why you don't need a health crisis to transform your life and career. Drawing from her experience as both a survivor and a coach guiding another client through breast cancer, Mo reveals how disease often serves as the ultimate teacher when we've ignored the quieter messages from our soul. She candidly discusses how her double mastectomy fourteen years ago forced her to confront not just her mortality, but the walls she had built to protect herself in the corporate...
info_outlineCoach Mo Faul and former C-suite executive Coach Stacey Citrin explore the critical difference between having casual coffee chats about career challenges and engaging with expert career coaching. Drawing from their combined 75+ years of executive experience and work with over 2,200 professional women, they explain why well-meaning friends, former bosses, and mentors often lack the strategic expertise and unbiased perspective needed for true career transformation.
Through compelling client examples, they illustrate how career transformation requires three elements that casual conversations simply can't provide: strategic accountability, bias-free assessment, and expert navigation of today's complex job market. One recent client secured a $60,000 salary increase after being underpaid for 22 years, while another learned to successfully negotiate compensation after receiving no increases for four years.
This episode offers invaluable insights for professional women who may be relying on network connections or friendly advice for career advancement. Mo and Stacey reveal why these approaches often reinforce limitations rather than expand possibilities, and how professional coaching creates the safety and structure needed for genuine growth. For anyone who's ever wondered if career coaching is worth the investment, this conversation provides a compelling answer: your career is worth millions—invest in it accordingly.