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What if getting everything you want in your career didn’t require sacrificing everything you love about your life? In this episode, I sit down with my client Rowsha LaBranche-Thompson, a corporate development executive, wife, and mom of two, who found herself on the path to partnership while working 70+ hour weeks and realizing she had nothing left to give.

Rowsha shares what happened when she stopped following the career path she thought she should want and started asking what she actually wanted instead. We talk about building a career around your real priorities, making extraordinary money without accepting miserable conditions, letting go of the pressure to do everything yourself, and creating a life where your ambition, family, health, and happiness no longer have to compete. If you’ve ever wondered whether wanting more success and more life is asking for too much, this conversation is for you.

In This Episode, You Will Learn

• The career “trade-off” high-achieving women have been taught to accept

• The question successful women are afraid to ask that you should be asking (it changes everything)

• The surprising truth about making great money and having boundaries

• The sign that the career path you worked so hard for might not be the one you actually want (and what to do about it)

• The success metric that could be pushing you toward burnout instead of your best life

• What becomes possible when you stop believing you have to “do it all”

• The non-negotiables every ambitious woman should define before making her next career move

• How to create more time for your family without shrinking your professional goals

• The belief about high-paying jobs that could be keeping you trapped in a career you’ve outgrown

• What opens up when you stop living by everyone else’s definition of success

• The permission ambitious women need to want more from their careers and their lives

• Why the next level of your career might look completely different than you expected

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You are the asset. So why are you the only thing in your life nobody's maintaining?

In part two of the Promotion + Happiness Method, Shayla King closes out the three-shift system with Shift 3: Protect the Asset. This is the episode for the woman doing two full-time jobs in one 24-hour day and calling her exhaustion a personal failure. It isn't.

What you'll learn:

• Why buying back your time is good economics, not extravagance
• The real math behind the dual-career household, and why what you're carrying has never been done before at this scale
• How to buy back time through money or through community, whichever lever is actually available to you
• Why sleep, movement, and regulation are performance strategy, not self-care
• How Shayla builds 10 epic, non-negotiable adventures into her year, on purpose

Performance and happiness are not opposites. You can have the career and the life. Both.

Catch up on part one if you missed it, then hit play here.

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Book your decision call ⁠here⁠.

Work like you don't have kids. Parent like you don't have a job. Today, we're burning that playbook.

In this episode, Shayla King teaches the first two shifts of her Performance + Happiness Method, the framework built for senior female leaders who refuse to choose between the promotion and the life.

• Why your exhaustion is a design flaw, not a personal failure
• The one-page exercise to find what you're carrying that nobody actually assigned
• Why regulation, not hustle, is the promotion skill nobody put in your job description
• Three real scenes for staying powerful under pressure, from the meeting where someone talks over you to the 3am spiral that won't let you sleep
• How to press stop on the doom loop and choose where your brain goes next

Do the one-page exercise. Circle your three. Then come back next week for Shift Three: Protect the Asset.

Register for the FREE Promotion + Happiness Method Live Masterclass at shaylaking.com/2026-promotion-playbook.

The Performance + Happiness Lab is open for enrollment now at shaylaking.com/phlab.

Book your decision call here.

I didn't lose 35 pounds by finding the perfect diet. I lost it by deciding who I was first.

In this episode, executive coach Shayla King shares her actual health and wellness routine, the one behind her transformation from "hot mess mom" to strong, fit, and calm while leading a high-powered career.

Here's what she covers:

• Why identity work has to come before any workout or eating plan for it to stick
• How she built a consistent workout habit while relearning to walk after her coma
• Her simple, high-protein food philosophy (dessert included)
• The micro-breaks she uses to reset her energy between meetings and calls
• Why managing her inner dialogue changed her life more than anything else on this list
• What's actually in her green water, morning and afternoon

What's In My Green Water:

Every morning before the gym, Shayla mixes creatine, Perfect Aminos, and Amino Energy in green apple. The creatine and Perfect Aminos support muscle. The Amino Energy is her pre-workout, that's where the caffeine lives. In the afternoon, she repeats the creatine and Perfect Aminos, minus the caffeine. In addition to building muscle, new studies have shown that creatine is great for brain support. Shayla use it twice a day and it keeps her mentally sharp in the afternoon.

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Some links above are affiliate links, which means Shayla may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.

This is not a diet episode. It's a design episode. Performance and happiness are not opposites, and neither are ambition and health.

Ready to build your own plan? Join the Performance + Happiness Lab at shaylaking.com/phlab

"The world loves a suffering woman." A line that opens one of the deepest episodes yet.

Part two with Krista Williams (author, speaker, host of Almost 30) goes deep. Real deep.

What we get into:

• Why the world doesn't always know what to do with a happy, thriving, confident woman, and the "suffer to deserve it" programming behind it
• Why success makes men more likable and women less likable at work, and how to catch yourself doing it to other women
• Moving from volume-based friendships to depth, and why outgrowing people is part of growth, not a red flag about you
• Setting a boundary with a parent, and why "family" doesn't mean you don't get a choice
• Krista's story about her dad, a Jaguar, a smashed mailbox, and the kind of love that becomes a generational gem

If you've ever felt smaller for being confident or unsure what to do with a friendship that no longer fits, hit play.

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You don't have to want it to be hard. You're just allowed to want it to be easy.

This week Shayla King gets personal. The survival identity she built as a kid. The moment on a college tour with her daughter that hit her sideways. And the concept currently rewriting her life: the separation of tasks. What's actually yours to carry, and what was never yours to begin with.

What you'll take away:

• Why over-functioning feels like personality but is usually just old wiring
• The difference between helping from steadiness and helping from guilt
• A real coaching example: 3 options for supporting aging parents without resentment
• Why "I have to" is almost never actually true
• Permission to want ease, not just earn rest after you've proven enough

Performance and happiness are not opposites. You can be excellent and rested.

Ready to go deeper?

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It's not the most talented person in the room who gets promoted. It's the easiest person to work with.

This week Shayla breaks down three leadership lessons from a year of contractor chaos (a pool guy, a countertop crew, and a whole lot of missed windows) to teach the executive presence skill most leaders never name.

• Communicate in the format the other person actually needs, not the one that's easiest for you
• If people can't get real access or real answers from you, they'll quietly go find someone who gives it to them
• Do what you say you're going to do, exactly when you said it, not eventually
• Why this pattern is the hidden reason smart women get stuck in middle management
• Ease of doing business with you is a trainable, promotable skill, not a personality trait

Capable. Credible. Easy.

That's the combination that gets you trusted with more.

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Everyone says you can have it all, just not at once.

Lynn didn't listen.

She wasn't looking for a new job.

She found one anyway, at a company whose culture she actually loves.

She started dating again as a single mom.

She golfs, does Pilates, takes real trips, and has actual fun with her actual friends.

Not someday. Now. All of it. At once.

Lynn Mulligan, PH+ Lab graduate, walks through how she built a life where performance and happiness stopped competing with each other, and what changed when she stopped treating fun like something she had to earn first.

What we get into:

• Why the best opportunities show up when you stop chasing them
• Dating, single motherhood, and refusing to shrink
• The executive communication skill that got her called out by a senior leader mid-interview
• What it actually looks like to build fun into the operating system
• How emotional regulation shows up in job interviews, dating, and parenting simultaneously
• What the PH+ Lab peer room feels like from the inside
• The shift that made everything else possible

If you've been told the "not at once" line one too many times, this one is for you.

Ready to build your own version? Join the PH+ Lab: shaylaking.com/phlab

Learn how to work with Shayla at www.ShaylaKing.com

If there's a villain in your story, you're in the victim seat.

And the victim seat is the most expensive place you can live.

Shayla King breaks down the one habit that quietly costs high-performing women their power, peace, and happiness: the villain story.

You probably don't know you're running it. Most women don't. This episode shows you exactly how to spot it and get out.

What we get into:

• The single question that reveals whether you're in victim mode right now
• The three villain story types: active, passive, and emotional
• Why the language shift from "I am angry" to "I notice anger" changes everything
• How to redirect a low-frequency conversation without lecturing anyone
• The weekly practice that starts taking your power back today

Plus a personal update on intentional spending, the new pool, and the Resourcing Workshop coming soon.

Ready to do this work inside a room built for women at your level? Join the PH+ Lab at shaylaking.com/phlab.

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The mother wound isn't just a therapy concept. It's the reason high-performing women over-function, over-perform, and can't stop being the good girl in the boardroom.

Shayla King sits down with Krista Williams, host of Almost 30 (120M+ downloads), to go deep on the invisible patterns underneath ambitious women's biggest stuck points. Shayla had been avoiding the mother wound topic. Once she went there, it became one of the most important conversations she's recorded.

What we get into:

• What the mother wound is and why corporate women especially need to look at it
• How Good Girl Conditioning plays out at work: office housework, boundary leaks, over-functioning
• IFS (Internal Family Systems) and parts work as tools for senior women leaders
• The "even if" practice for breaking the performing-for-love loop
• Ancestral burdens vs. ancestral gems: what gets passed down cuts both ways
• Becoming your own inner mother and what that actually looks like

This is Part 1. Part 2 goes into why the world hates a successful woman, adult friendships, and when it's time to cut someone out.

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You're not too ambitious. You're just running the wrong playbook.

In Part 2 of the Lighter Life series, executive coach Shayla King gets specific. Five real ways life gets lighter when you step into the 5% life. Not theory. Not soft self-care messaging. The actual shifts her clients make that change everything.

What you'll take away:

• You have more choice than you think. In your schedule, your kids' activities, your obligations. Reclaiming that changes your entire experience.
• Needing people to like you is costing you your career. Stop proving. Start positioning.
• You are probably the emotional air traffic controller in every relationship in your life. You can exit that triangle.
• Self-criticism is not growth. Intellectual honesty is. Learn the difference and your confidence skyrockets.
• Your health is not a reward for finishing. It is the foundation. Protect the asset.

We're grateful and we want more. This is your 5% life. Not someday. Right now.

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You don't have to be the strong one anymore.

What if right now, not when the kids get older, not after your next promotion, you could be in the exact same circumstances and feel completely different?

That's what this episode is about.

• Dual-career households are brand new territory. No generation before us has done this at scale, which means there's no playbook. Which means we get to write a new one.
• The double standard is real. A man with a stay-at-home wife is "normal." A woman asking for 5 hours of help a week feels like she's failing. Same need, different judgment.
• A real client story: she rated her life an 8 out of 10 on paper. Underneath, she was numbing out with wine and books every night because she didn't feel good enough. Sound familiar?
• The research is clear: a mother's happiness, more than income, more than parenting style, is the biggest predictor of how her whole family does.
• Lighter is not the same as easier circumstances. It's what happens when you stop needing everyone else's approval to feel okay.

You don't have to hit a wall to deserve something different. If something feels off, it's off.

Ready to feel lighter? The Performance + Happiness Lab fall cohort waitlist is open: shaylaking.com/phlab

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Your boss isn't thinking about your raise. Not because they don't value you. Because you've never asked.

That's not a character flaw. That's Good Girl Conditioning. The quiet belief that wanting it should be enough. That asking is greedy. That the work will speak for itself.

It won't.

In this episode, former Chief People Officer and executive coach Shayla King breaks down the one conversation most high-performing women keep almost having and teaches you exactly how to have it.

Here's what you'll take from this episode:

• The two broken strategies: waiting to be noticed vs. the ultimatum. Both leave money and opportunity on the table.
• What Shayla watched in real promotion rooms as a CPO: the woman who said "I'm open to what's next" never got the role. The person who named the exact thing did.
• The "pull your chair around" move. Stop sitting across from your boss and start standing beside them. Show them the full dream. Ask them to help you build it.
• The question that changes everything: what would I need to be doing for that to be possible here?
• When the answer is no, that's not rejection. It's data. It's a map out. And it's more useful than three more years of quietly hoping.

This works at the office. It works at home in the dual-career household too. Same pattern, different room. Same fix.

Know and declare what you want. Then pull them in.

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Executive moms don't need better time management. They need life design.

You planned the camps, the carpools, the team offsites, and the family trip. And then someone asked: what do YOU want this summer? And you had no answer.

That's not a time problem. That's a positioning problem. And in this episode, executive coach Shayla King is calling it out and giving you the blueprint to fix it.

Shayla shares real stories from her epic year check-in with clients: the woman who waited all summer and ended up with an empty calendar, the client who crushed a high-stakes panel interview AND made it to her daughter's first concert in the same weekend, and what it actually looks like when plans fall apart and you still find a way to have an extraordinary season.

Here's what you'll take from this episode:

• You haven't missed the year. Five months down, seven to go. That's a runway, not a loss.
• You don't find time for an epic life. You take it. Big rocks go in the calendar first. The rest of life builds around them.
• It's not all or nothing. The 5% approach is both/and. The concert AND the career-defining presentation. Not one at the expense of the other.
• When plans break, chase the feeling. Morocco fell through. The spa moved. Nobody spiraled. Because the place was never the point.
• Essentialism is the whole game. At work: run every task through the revenue/cost/client filter and watch your 60-hour week collapse to 30. At home: same skill, different room.

This is the career and the life. Both. During the climb.

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May feels like December. And if you're a working mom, you already know exactly what that means.

End-of-year performances. Last-minute school projects. Graduation parties. Four practices in three days. And somehow you're still expected to show up fully at work, keep the house running, and not snap at anyone.

In this bonus replay, executive coach Shayla King gets real about May-Cember and gives you the mindset reset and practical playbook to stop white-knuckling through it.

Here's what you're walking away with:

• The ownership mindset shift: Even in the chaos, you are still in charge. You are not at the mercy of your calendar.
• Divide your day into thirds: One thing per morning, afternoon, and evening. That's it. You can handle three things.
• The family Google Calendar system: Kids add their own events, send you calendar invites for rides, and own their own stuff. You stop being the human reminder system.
• Thursday Night Planning Meetings: 15 minutes, everyone's schedule on the table, shopping list built, surprises eliminated.
• The dartboard framework: Your inner circle gets your yeses. Everyone else gets a kind, firm no.

This is not about doing less. It's about designing differently. That's what the 5% women do.

One question to carry through this episode: Where could I say no a little more often so I can show up fully for what actually matters?

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🎙️ ABOUT THE 5% CLUB PODCASTThe 5% Club is hosted by Shayla King - former Chief People Officer, executive coach, and founder of Evolve Coaching. New episodes every Tuesday for high-performing women who want the career AND the life. Not someday. During the climb.

Half the people at the top are miserable. The 5% chose differently.

The skill that separates good leaders from truly senior ones isn't strategy. It's emotional regulation. And nobody is teaching it.

In this episode of The 5% Club Podcast, executive coach Shayla King breaks down why your reaction to normal business chaos is costing you more than the chaos itself ever could. And how to stop it.

What you'll take away:

• Why the most respected leaders at the top are calibrated, not checked out, and how to build that calibration now
• The "expected list" tool that stops the despair spiral before it starts
• Real client examples: unemployment filings, ERP disasters, final round rejections, and how a regulated leader handles every single one
• Why composure is contagious and what your team is reading when you react
• The army question that instantly reframes any corporate setback

This is not about caring less. It's about being so grounded that normal business turbulence stops derailing you entirely.

The career you want, at the level you want, requires you to be a stable presence in unstable conditions. This episode shows you how to build that.

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She wasn't stuck. She wasn't desperate. She just knew she wanted more and wasn't sure how to get there.

In eight months, Angela went from cautiously exploring her options to landing a Chief People Officer role at a global company, with a $500,000 base salary, international travel, IPO equity, and a life she stops to appreciate.

This episode is the real conversation. The one behind the LinkedIn success story.

What you'll take away:

• The process Shayla uses to help clients define exactly what they want (not just the title, but the culture, the travel, the team, the life) so they stop settling before they even start applying
• Why Angela turned down a seemingly perfect CPO role because it was in Seattle, and what happened less than seven days later
• How she negotiated a 60% pay increase and why knowing your worth changes the conversation completely
• The mindset shift that made her less reactive at work, less reactive at home, and more present everywhere
• What Protect the Asset actually looks like in practice for a woman with six kids who travels globally for work
• Why the higher you go in corporate, the more freedom you actually have (and why the "good mom ceiling" is a story, not a fact)

Angela didn't come to coaching in crisis. She came at a crossroads. And that's exactly when coaching works best.

If you're a high-performing woman in corporate who knows you're capable of more, this one's for you.

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In this episode, I talk about the question so many ambitious women are quietly asking: Can I have the career and the life?

I break down why so many women are exhausted, why the old playbook for success is broken, and how good girl programming, overwork, and people pleasing keep high performers trapped in lives that look good on paper but do not actually feel good to live.

We talk about executive essentialism, work-life balance, dual-career pressure, and what it means to choose a 5% life on purpose.

If you are a woman leader, a working mom, or someone who wants more success without sacrificing your peace, this episode is for you.

Work with Shayla:

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In this episode, I’m talking about why dual-career families are so exhausted and why so many ambitious couples feel like they are constantly behind.

I break down the real reason this season of life feels so hard, why the old playbook never updated for dual-income households, and what it looks like to build new systems that actually support your marriage, your family, your career, and your energy.

We talk about working parents, breadwinning women, resentment, the invisible load, outsourcing, support, and why protecting yourself as the asset is not selfish.

If you are building a big career and also trying to have a life, this episode will help you feel understood and give you a different way to think about what support really looks like.

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In this episode, I’m talking about a skill that has helped me get to the C-suite, grow my business, and move faster than most people in the room: speed.

I walk you through a real example from my own business and show you what speed looks like in practice, not just as a concept. We talk about executive decision-making, speed in leadership, overthinking, open loops, fear disguised as thoroughness, and why so much of what slows leaders down has nothing to do with the work itself and everything to do with the lag between steps.

If you want to feel calmer, get more done, make decisions faster, and stop losing time to indecision, this episode will give you a practical new way to think about performance.

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In this episode, I’m giving you a real behind-the-scenes look at month one inside the Performance and Happiness Lab.

I walk you through the first four topics we cover: The Model, Executive Essentialism, Executive Networking, and Physical Energy. We talk about how your thoughts shape your results, why high-performing women stay stuck in doom loops and overwork, how to build strategic relationships, and why protecting your energy is part of executive success.

This is a real look at executive coaching for women, career growth, leadership development, mindset, time management, and burnout prevention. If you’ve ever wondered what actually happens inside the PH+ Lab, this episode will show you.

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In this episode, I sit down with two of my clients to talk about the crossover between sports, mindset, and high performance.

We use golf as the backdrop, but this conversation is really about how to think, recover, and perform under pressure in any area of life. We talk about negative self-talk, catastrophizing, confidence, emotional regulation, flow state, and why your identity cannot be tied to one bad meeting, one bad shot, or one rough day.

I also share some of the same mindset tools I use with my executive coaching clients, including how to do an after action review, how to stop spiraling after mistakes, and how to create the kind of thinking that leads to more consistent performance at work and in life.

If you want to strengthen your executive mindset, improve your performance under pressure, and learn how to succeed without making yourself miserable in the process, this episode is for you.

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In this episode, I’m sharing a powerful conversation from a private dinner with some of my clients the night before the 50 Women to Know in Texas Gala.

We talk about naming your inner critic, meeting your inner guide, and learning how to stop overriding what you really want just to make life easier for everyone else. I also share why my word for the year is resolute, what the 95% default looks like for women, and how to consciously choose a different way of living, leading, and succeeding.

This episode is for women who are ready to stop shrinking, stop people pleasing, trust themselves more deeply, and build a career and life that feels aligned, powerful, and fully theirs.

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In this episode, I’m sharing Sleep Like a Boss, one of the top episodes from season one, because if your sleep is off, your energy, mood, focus, hormones, and performance are going to feel it.

I walk you through 14 proven sleep rituals that help high performers improve their sleep quality, recovery, physical energy, and executive performance. We talk about sleep habits for women, bedtime routines, stress and cortisol, hormone health, burnout, autoimmune fatigue, and how to stop treating sleep like an afterthought and start treating it like the high-performance ritual it really is.

If you are a leader, a working mom, or just a woman who is tired of feeling tired, this episode will help you build a better personal playbook for sleep, energy, and recovery.

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In this episode, I’m sharing the Promotion Playbook replay and breaking down why so many brilliant women get stuck in middle management even when they are doing everything right.

I walk you through the tragedy of the high performer, how promotions actually get decided, and the four shifts that help women build more executive presence, visibility, influence, and energy without burning out. We cover career growth, strategic relationships, work-life balance, mindset, and the exact areas I teach inside the Performance and Happiness Lab.

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In this episode, I break down the real reasons so many talented women get stuck in middle management and what it actually takes to become the obvious choice for the next level.

I walk you through my Promotion Playbook, including the four promotion blocks I see most often and the four shifts that help leaders build more executive presence, visibility, influence, and confidence without burning out.

We talk about career growth, executive leadership, promotion strategy, work-life balance, networking, mindset, and how to stop being valued only as the reliable doer.

Learn more about the Performance and Happiness Lab at:
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In this episode, I talk about work-life balance, women in leadership, and how to build a successful career without burning yourself out in the process.

I share my journey from waitress to Chief People Officer, the beliefs I had to unlearn about hustle and success, and the practical shifts that helped me create more space, joy, health, and freedom while still performing at a high level.

We cover executive coaching, career development, burnout, time management, outsourcing, boundaries, and how women can stop living by impossible expectations and start designing a life that actually works.

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#WomenInLeadership #WorkLifeBalance #ExecutiveCoach #CareerAdvancement #BurnoutPrevention #LeadershipCoach #PerformanceAndHappiness #ShaylaKing

In this episode, I share why hard work is not the thing that gets most women to the next level.

I break down what keeps brilliant women stuck, what decision-makers are actually looking for, and how I help my clients build the strategy, visibility, and executive presence that lead to more pay, more scope, and more ease.

shaylaking.com/phlab

#ExecutiveLeadership #WomenInCorporate #CareerAdvancement #ExecutiveCoaching #PerformanceAndHappiness #ShaylaKing

A real behind-the-scenes episode of the Performance and Happiness Lab.

Shayla King sits down with members of a recent PH+ Lab cohort to talk about what changed, what surprised them, and why the Lab is different from other leadership programs.

You’ll hear how they stopped the doom loop, dropped perfectionism, found real community, and started making “one change a week” that compounded into bigger confidence, better boundaries, and more time.

PH+ Lab is opening NOW. Learn more at www.ShaylaKing.com/phlab

Enrollment closes March 17th.

Book your decision call here: https://calendly.com/shaylamking11/ph-lab-enrollment-decision-call

#Leadership #WomenLeaders #ExecutiveCoaching #Mindset #WorkLifeBalance #PerformanceAndHappinessLab

You don’t need more time to decide. You need more self-trust.

In this episode of The 5% Club Podcast, Shayla King teaches how confident leaders make decisions fast without regret. Quick, confident decision making is a skill, and it’s required if you want to be a highly paid and happy executive.

You’ll learn the “Hat, Haircut, Tattoo” test, how to end analysis paralysis, why you should decide to like your decision, and the truth about being “stuck” (hint: you’re avoiding a decision).

Want the full playbook? PH+ Lab is opening soon. Join the waitlist at shaylaking.com.

#DecisionMaking #Leadership #ExecutiveCoach #ExecutivePresence #WorkLifeBalance #5PercentClub

You’re not lacking ambition.

You’re lacking proof that success doesn’t have to taste like misery.

In this episode of The 5% Club Podcast, Shayla King introduces the concept of Conditional Goals, the strategy that helps leaders go after big outcomes without sacrificing their life.

A conditional goal is a goal with guardrails. You pick the outcome, and you pick the standards you refuse to break to get there.

If you’ve ever thought “I want more, but not like THAT,” this episode will change how you think about promotions, leadership, and success.

PH+ Lab is opening soon: join the waitlist at shaylaking.com.

DM Shayla the goal you want and the condition you refuse to break to get it.

#ExecutiveCoaching #Burnout #WomenInLeadership #CareerGrowth #WorkLifeBalance #5PercentClub

High-performing executives don’t just work harder. They think differently.

In this episode of The 5% Club Podcast, Shayla King teaches economic thinking in a way that’s simple, practical, and immediately usable, even if you “aren’t a numbers person.”

You’ll learn the executive mental models that drive better decisions, bigger impact, and less wasted time. We’re talking profit, margin, sunk cost, opportunity cost, value vs preference, marginal analysis, EBITDA, and more, plus how to use these concepts to stand out in meetings and get trusted with higher-level decisions.

Consult Week is open (limited spots): book your free consult at shaylaking.com and bring your biggest challenge at work or at home.

Share this episode with a leader who needs to stop being busy and start being effective.

#ExecutiveCoaching #LeadershipPodcast #BusinessStrategy #DecisionMaking #CareerGrowth #WomenInLeadership #5PercentClub

If you’ve never booked a consult with a coach, you’re probably picturing…
a sales pitch.

That’s not what this is.

It’s a working session.

You bring the mess.
I help you find the real problem.
We build your next step.

And even my clients say this part surprised them:
zero pressure.

Because consult week is open, and I only have a couple spots.

So if you’ve been circling this for months…
this is your sign.

Book your consult at shaylaking.com.

your coach, cheerleader, and accountability partner, Shayla

Comfy vs called.

If you’ve been hearing the whisper “there’s more for me than this,” this episode will help you make a clean decision with a simple scorecard: Growth, Respect, Energy, Future.

Free tool + Consult Week at shaylaking.com.

#Leadership #Mindset #DecisionMaking #CareerGrowth #5PercentClub

A 5% transformation story with Dr. Ana Urukalo.

We talk about leaving corporate medicine, rebuilding confidence, opening a solo practice, and stepping into CEO-level decision-making, with real leadership lessons from the PH+ framework.

#Leadership #Entrepreneurship #Mindset #5PercentClub #PHLab

If your goals are solid but your follow-through disappears the second you’re tired, stressed, or cold… this episode is for you.

We’re talking neuroscience, the motivational triad, and how to outsmart your “toddler brain” with one powerful tool: pre-deciding your responses to your excuses.

This will save your year.

#Mindset #Habits #Neuroscience #ExecutiveCoaching #Discipline #5PercentClub #PHLab

If promotions and paychecks aren’t enough anymore and you want a life that actually feels good to live, this episode is for you.

I’m sharing how I design my year on purpose, why executives need to plan joy the same way they plan work, and how Epic 2026 helps you create a year you’re proud of. One intentional day can change everything.

Join us January 18th at shaylaking.com.

#LeadershipMindset #EpicLife #ExecutiveCoaching #IntentionalLiving #Epic2026 #5PercentClub #DesignYourYear

Welcome to season two.

This episode breaks down the 5 % movement and the mindset shift that allows leaders to rise without losing themselves. I share my journey from burnout to balance, from hustle to intention, and how identity and standards drive real success.

If you’re ready for this to be your year of reinvention, this is where it starts.

#LeadershipMindset #ExecutiveCoaching #WomenWhoLead #5PercentClub #CareerGrowth #HighPerformanceHabits #IntentionalLiving

I went into a routine appointment and woke up in a coma on life support. That moment changed everything for me, and today I’m sharing the clarity it gave me about how I want to live and lead.

You’ll learn why most people live small, why fear of emotion stops us from dreaming bigger, and the simple shift that will free you to build a life that feels incredible to live.

If you want 2026 to feel aligned and intentional, join me for Epic 2026 at shaylaking.com.

#LeadershipMindset #ExecutiveCoaching #WomenWhoLead #MindsetMatters #LifeDesign #Epic2026 #5PercentClub

If the holidays usually feel rushed, stressful, and over planned, this episode will feel like a deep breath. I am talking about how to slow down, choose one to three real “memory makers,” and give yourself luxurious amounts of time with the people who matter most. We will cover why presence is a performance strategy, how to say no without guilt, and what it looks like to design a year that feels as good as it looks on paper.

If your 2025 looked successful but did not feel aligned, join me for Epic 2026, my one day virtual retreat, at shaylaking.com.

Before you set a single goal for 2026, you need to know what actually mattered this year.

In this episode, I walk you through the reflection steps that most leaders skip and how to identify your 20 percent high-ROI work so you can set goals that actually move your career and life forward.

Join my free reflection workshop here: www.shaylaking.com

I’m recording this right before Thanksgiving with my house already decorated for Christmas — and today is all about slowing down enough to reflect before you launch into 2026.

In this episode, I walk you through the most important step leaders skip: reflection with a why.
Not just what happened… but why it happened.
Why you avoided certain things. Why certain projects drained you. Why certain goals finally clicked.

And if you want to take this deeper, I’m hosting a free two-part Reflection Workshop on December 10 and 17 — live with me and other 5%ers. You’ll walk into 2026 feeling calm, clear, and powerful.

Register at ShaylaKing.com

your coach, cheerleader, and accountability partner, Shayla

In this episode, I sit down with one of my former 1:1 clients, Dr. Wendy Crossman, a vice president overseeing billions in global aerospace supply chain. When Wendy came to me, she was overwhelmed, reactive, exhausted, and feeling unlike herself.

A year later — calm power. Boundaries. Joy. A dream job. A more connected family. A mobile bar business. Travel. Creativity. And a brain that’s no longer running a doom loop.

We talk about motherhood, leadership, burnout, identity, essentialism, relationships, and what it really looks like to become the happiest and most successful version of yourself. If you’ve ever wondered whether you can be an executive AND have a life… this episode will show you how.

Join the waitlist for PH+ Lab at ShaylaKing.com

Hi friends, it’s Shayla King, your favorite executive coach.

Today’s episode is for every woman who is the first female breadwinner in her entire family line…and doesn’t even realize the power of what she’s doing.

If you’re the woman holding your household together emotionally, financially, logistically, and mentally while still chasing big goals, this is going to change how you see yourself forever.

Inside this episode I walk you through:
✅ The signs that you’re the first female breadwinner in your family
✅ Why the pressure feels heavier for you than it ever did for past generations
✅ The silent rules women are expected to follow (and why they keep you exhausted)
✅ Why November was about saying no
✅ Why Yes December is about saying yes to bigger money, bigger roles, bigger dreams
✅ How to protect the asset (you) without guilt, shame, or apology
✅ How to rewrite your life’s playbook so you finally feel alive instead of obligated

Women are out here trying to mom like they don’t have careers and work like they don’t have kids…
while carrying a load no woman before them ever had to carry.

You deserve support.
You deserve money.
You deserve margin.
You deserve a life you love.

This month, we build it.

Every program I offer is 50 percent off for Black Friday, including PH+ Lab and 1:1 coaching.
If you’ve been waiting for the right moment, this is it.

Tell me in the comments:
What are you saying YES to this December?

Join my programs and start building your epic life: ShaylaKing.com

#FemaleBreadwinner #WorkingMoms #WomenInLeadership #ExecutiveCoaching #YesDecember #MindsetShift #BurnoutRecovery #WomenSupportingWomen #CareerGrowth #The5PercentClub

your coach, cheerleader, and accountability partner, Shayla

Hi friend, it’s Shayla King—your favorite executive coach and former Chief People Officer.

For years, leaders have been asking me:
“Shayla, your coaching is full… but can you please teach us how your clients keep landing the kind of jobs we dream about?”

Well—it’s finally here.

In this episode, I’m breaking down my brand-new course, Land the Leadership Role, dropping the week of Black Friday. I built it to help frustrated, underpaid, overworked leaders finally get seen, get paid, and get promoted into six-figure and multi–six-figure leadership roles.

I’ll walk you through:
✅ The truth about what really happens inside hiring rooms (and why capability isn’t enough)
✅ The 3 things every hiring leader looks for—and most candidates miss
✅ My SHOW Method for mastering your interview stories
✅ How to network like a 5%er (even if you’re introverted)
✅ How to position yourself instead of proving yourself
✅ Why your next salary leap isn’t just about money—it’s about freedom

This is the exact process my private clients pay $25K–$35K for. Now it’s all inside a step-by-step course designed for busy corporate leaders who want the results without the burnout.

Join the waitlist for early access, lowest price, and exclusive bonuses at www.ShaylaKing.com

Let’s get you promoted, paid, and living your best life.

#ExecutiveCoaching #CareerGrowth #LeadershipDevelopment #InterviewTips #MindsetShift #WomenInLeadership #The5PercentClub #LandTheLeadershipRole #Promotion #SalaryIncrease

your coach, cheerleader, and accountability partner, Shayla

I built my career from IHOP waitress to the C-Suite. Billion-dollar M&A deals. Chief People Officer. Leading global teams, raising kids, and creating a life with luxurious amounts of time for what mattered most.

And then I walked away.

Not because corporate was bad. Not because I was burned out. Not because “entrepreneurship is the only path.”
I left because I knew I could help more leaders create a life they actually love.

And two weeks later…I was in a coma.

In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of:
✅ Leaving a C-Suite seat to build my coaching business
✅ Surviving a medical mistake, coma, and learning to walk again
✅ Rewiring my brain for resilience and identity after trauma
✅ Going from “corporate executive” to “I’m a powerful executive coach”
✅ The mindset shift that changed everything:
 “It will take longer than I expect, and I can handle it.”

I’ll teach you the exact mental tools I used to rebuild myself and my business from the ground up.
Not hustle. Not grind.
Identity. Belief. Calm power.

If you’ve ever wondered who you must become to step into your next level, this episode is your blueprint.

👇 Comment below:
What identity are you stepping into next?

Join the waitlist for 1:1 coaching + the PH+ Lab: ShaylaKing.com

#MindsetShift #ExecutiveCoaching #LeadershipDevelopment #WomenInLeadership #Resilience #IdentityWork #CareerGrowth #EntrepreneurJourney #The5PercentClub

your coach, cheerleader, and accountability partner, Shayla

I brought my client DeArcy on the mic to talk about the shift every ambitious leader wants: more impact, more pay, more calm. She is a senior healthcare executive at a global leader, and in this episode we walk through how she stopped overcommitting, built true executive presence, and earned time protection for high-impact work without losing her life outside of work.

Here is what we cover:
• Saying no to non-promotable work and the “nothing new” rule
• Essentialism at the executive level and creating real capacity
• Time blocking that leadership actually respects
• Executive presence and confidence when stakes are high
• Interview resilience after near-misses and how to turn exposure into allies
• Boundaries, family, and designing luxurious amounts of time
• Why it really gets easier at the top when you work like a 5%er

If you want promotions, paychecks, and peace, this one will light you up.

Comment with your favorite takeaway or a question for me and DeArcy. I read them.

Subscribe, rate, and share with a leader who is ready for the 5% life.

#ExecutiveCoaching #ExecutivePresence #Leadership #CareerGrowth #WomenInLeadership #TimeFreedom #The5PercentClub #PHPlus

your coach, cheerleader, and accountability partner, Shayla

I created this episode because I know how hard it can be to say no—especially when you’re the one everyone counts on.

Welcome back to The 5% Club. I’m Shayla King, a former C-Suite executive turned business and life coach, and this episode kicks off my No-vember Challenge—four weeks, four lessons, and four ways to reclaim your time, peace, and power before the year ends.

Here’s what we’re covering:
✅ Week 1: Saying no to non-promotable work that keeps you overworked and overlooked.
✅ Week 2: Saying no to holiday stress so you can choose peace over proving.
✅ Week 3: Saying no to clutter and creating calm in your environment (and your mind).
✅ Week 4: Saying no to negative self-talk with my powerful mindset tool, Thoughts on Trial.

It’s time to stop saying yes to what drains you and start saying yes to what matters.
You’ll leave this challenge lighter, calmer, and back in control of your time and energy.

💫 Join me inside The No-vember Challenge—it’s only $97 for all four weeks, lessons, and a private Facebook community where I’ll be live coaching and answering your questions.

👉 Sign up now at www.shaylaking.com

We don’t just dream about better lives in the 5% Club—we design them. One powerful no at a time.

#MindsetShift #ExecutiveCoaching #LeadershipDevelopment #WorkingMom #Productivity #TimeFreedom #NoVemberChallenge #The5PercentClub

Most people live in a swirl of negativity—complaining about work, money, and life—without realizing it’s quietly keeping them broke, stressed, and stuck.

In this episode of The 5% Club, Executive Happiness Coach Shayla King shares how to break free from toxic thought loops and train your brain to think like the top 5% of leaders.

What you’ll learn:
✅ How negative conversations poison your mindset and results
✅ Why victim thoughts keep you underpaid and overlooked
✅ The 5% solution to protect your energy and rewire your brain
✅ Simple ways to redirect negativity without being preachy
✅ Habits that create wealth, happiness, and executive success

I also share my personal story—from C-Suite roles to surviving a coma—and why I now choose positivity for the rest of my life.

✨ Subscribe for more executive coaching, mindset training, and career growth strategies.

#ExecutiveCoaching #MindsetShift #LeadershipDevelopment #Happiness #CareerGrowth #The5PercentClub

🎙 Discipline vs. Desire: Why Willpower Isn’t the Answer 

Hey friends—it’s Shayla King, your favorite executive coach for leaders who want more performance, more pay, and way more happiness. 

If you’ve ever told yourself “I just need more discipline”… you’re wrong. 

You don’t need more willpower. 
You need systems, identity, and desire. 

In this episode, I’m breaking down: 

• Why willpower and motivation always fade 

• How your identity is secretly running the show (and how to upgrade it) 

• The neuroscience of follow-through—how to train your brain to want what your future self wants 

• The exact mantras and mental scripts I use to show up whether I feel like it or not 

• How to create desire on demand so action becomes automatic 

I’m sharing a personal story about shifting from “high-performing hot mess mom” to calm, intentional executive—and how you can use the same identity shift to make habits stick without white-knuckling it. 

If you’re a leader, entrepreneur, or high-achieving woman who keeps stalling on the habits, goals, or projects you actually care about, this episode is your playbook for finally following through. 

#ExecutiveCoach #LeadershipDevelopment #ProductivityTips #MindsetMatters #FollowThrough #DisciplineVsDesire #HighPerformanceHabits #WomenWhoLead #KingMindset #5PercentClub #PerformanceAndHappiness