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233: How to Have Difficult Conversations: Fan Favorite Replay

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

Release Date: 10/29/2024

260: Big Things Are Blooming in the Leading Lady Community

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

It feels like everything I’ve been working on is finally blooming! I’m super excited to share what’s been going on lately in the Leading Lady community. I started the Leading Lady community because I wanted high-achieving women to have a safe place to explore how to step into their authentic leadership. That includes leading others, but most importantly, how we lead ourselves! In this episode, I’m going over some of our amazing new programs, how our team is growing, and how it all works together to empower the incredible women in our community. Topics covered in...

259: The Key to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: A Fan Favorite Replay

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

Ever feel like you’re just faking it—waiting for someone to find out you don’t really belong? You’re not alone. Imposter syndrome is something so many high-achieving women wrestle with, especially in leadership and entrepreneurship. It’s sneaky, persistent, and can quietly undermine even our biggest wins. In this episode, I’m opening up about what imposter syndrome looks like in my own journey, why it shows up so often for entrepreneurs, and the mindset shift that helps me move through it every time. Topics covered in this episode include: Why you experience imposter...

258: Finding Self-Worth Through the Lens of Personal Branding Photography with Maureen Porto

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

Do you hate having your picture taken? Many successful women entrepreneurs shrink back when it comes to being photographed. If this is you, tune in, because this episode will give you the courage to show up for yourself and for others! Today I’m joined by Leading Lady Ambassador and long-time friend Maureen Porto. Maureen is a personal brand photographer whose mission is to help women feel confident in front of the camera. In this episode of the Leading Lady Podcast, we’re talking about using personal brand photography as a tool to increase your self-worth as a woman and...

257: What 4-Year-Olds Teach Us About Inclusion

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

Want to know where I go when I’m feeling down? I go spend time with four-year-olds! They are the friendliest and most authentic people I know. I find myself showered with compliments, questions, and requests to be best friends. Where along the road do we lose the openness and authenticity we had as little girls? As women business owners, we often get so focused on our own success that we are afraid to connect with and compliment other women we see doing well. It is my firm belief that when women collaborate and connect with each other, we can do more than we can do on our own!...

256: How to Let Go of Fear and Be Brave with Your Business: Fan Favorite Replay

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

It’s no secret that running a business can be scary. You grow a business, put yourself out there, and depend on other people. It can be overwhelming at times and feel impossible to run your business without fear. Now, I don’t like the term fearless. In fact, I don’t think that we can be fearless. It’s a very real emotion and there is no denying that. However, running our business out of fear can seriously derail us. It can stop us from running our business in alignment with our core mission, vision, and values. I’ve seen my share of struggles with my...

255: Uplevel Your Life and Business Alongside a Leading Lady Ambassador with Heidi Schmidt, Jen Howat, Tara De Leon, and Gala McCray

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

Let’s meet more of the inspiring Leading Lady Ambassadors! Each of these women fills the expert role in one or more areas of the Strategic Wheel. I developed the Strategic Wheel to help us see ourselves as a whole person when it comes to caring for not just our businesses but our health, relationships, and everything in between! Today, I’m talking with Heidi Schmidt, Jen Howat, Tara De Leon, and Gala McCray. In this episode, we’re talking about the resources available within the Leading Lady Ambassador Program and how these incredible women have established...

254: The Impact of Leading Lady Ambassadors in Business with Lisa Van Wormer, Chrissy Rey, Julie Blamphin, and Maria Winters

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

Do you try to compartmentalize your identities as a business owner and as a woman? I created the Leading Lady Ambassador Program to help women see themselves as a whole being, and I’m excited to introduce four more Ambassadors who share the same vision. Joining me today are Lisa Van Wormer, Chrissy Rey, Julie Blamphin, and Maria Winters. These women are experts in a variety of fields and offer so much to our community! In this episode, we are continuing the conversation of who the Leading Lady Ambassadors are and what kind of help and knowledge they bring to the...

253: How Leading Lady Ambassadors Support You in All Aspects of Being a Woman and Business Owner with Elizabeth Harris, Erin Harrigan, and Susan Mahaffee

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

Are you taking advantage of the resources available in the Leading Lady community? One of the most helpful resources is our team of Leading Lady Ambassadors! I am so excited to be joined today by three of our 2025 Leading Lady Ambassadors, Elizabeth Harris, Erin Harrigan, and Susan Mahaffey! In this episode, we’re chatting about what you can expect from these Leading Lady ambassadors, specifically as they support the Leading Lady community as a whole and in the Leading Lady business hub. I have personally worked with each of these women, and I know they...

252: Introducing the NEW Leading Lady Business Hub

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

Have you ever felt like you're drowning in the demands of running a business while trying to balance everything else in life? In this episode, I’m sharing something I’ve been working on for the past year—something I wish I had when I was starting my own business. Alongside the amazing Jen Howat, we’ve created the Leading Lady Business Hub—a membership space designed to provide female entrepreneurs with the support, strategy, and community they need to succeed at every stage of their journey. I open up about my own struggles as a young business owner and mom, the challenges I faced...

251: Behind the Scenes of a Collaborative Book: Advice from the Authors of We Lead: Volume 2 (Part 4)

Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

We’re closing out our author interviews! I’ve loved talking with all of these amazing women and learning about the writing process for We Lead: Volume 2. Today I’m joined by Dr. Sara Poldmae, Megan Vaughan, Andrea Neville, and Heidi Schmidt. In this episode, the authors share the main messages of their chapters and how writing helped them better understand their leadership styles. Although they are all from different backgrounds and work in a variety of industries, these women all have something inspiring to share with our community! Topics covered in...

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Sooner or later, you're bound to have a difficult conversation either in your personal or professional relationships. How can you handle it like a real Leading Lady? How can you stay on goal and avoid letting your emotions to overtake the discussion?

In this Fan Favorite Replay episode, we’re talking about creating a healthy mindset that brings positivity around difficult conversations and five crucial steps we can take to empower open communication.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

Why you can’t and shouldn’t avoid difficult conversations
The correct mindset around confrontations
How difficult conversations lead to building relationships

Show notes available at www.leadinglady-coaching.com/podcast

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