How She Really Does It – Details, episodes & analysis

I'm back. After more than two years away, I'm returning to the podcast I've been hosting since 2006, and I'm not pretending the time away was tidy or planned. This episode is an honest look behind the curtain at what really happened, what kept me from returning sooner, and what I've learned about leadership, resilience, and beginning again. If you've ever had a project, dream, or part of yourself that you've struggled to return to, this conversation is for you.

WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

•       Why my pause lasted over two years instead of the two months I originally planned.

•       What a series of starts and stops really looks like behind the scenes of a long-running podcast.

•       How Parkinson's Law has shaped the way I work, travel, and create space for myself.

•       The identity I am letting go of and what it feels like to figure out who you are in your fifties.

•       What I have been doing professionally during the pause, including leadership resets, business infrastructure immersions, and company offsites.

•       The invitation to be gentle with yourself when something you meant to do keeps not happening.

RESOURCES FOR YOU

•       Make sure you subscribe to never miss a show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-she-really-does-it/id307368679

•       If you're interested in working with me, reach out at hello@howshereallydoesit.com

•       Share this episode with a friend who needs permission to be gentle with herself.

Last year, I found myself on a retreat utterly exhausted. I knew I was craving more space in my life and business. So in the fall, I started doing just that. I began shutting down certain lines of business while continuing to do high-quality work with my clients, and after 17 and a half years and over 1000 episodes, I've made the decision to hit pause on the podcast too.

Join me this week as I share why my soul is craving space, rest, and even boredom, how I'm creating more space in my life and business by hitting the pause button, and the endless possibilities that I believe await us both on the other side. Until we meet again, stay curious, stay open, and stay true to yourself.

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Whether it's at home or in the workplace, we are all leading different aspects of our lives. One of the responsibilities of a leader is to provide feedback, which takes a lot of courage and is very vulnerable.

This week, discover how to lead, coach, and provide feedback with effectiveness, compassion, and in a way that allows people to thrive. Learn the questions leaders should ask themselves when providing feedback and why it's important to never let the fear of disappointment get in the way of setting goals.

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Do you worry about what other people think of you? Do you let other people's judgments hold you back from doing what you want? In this episode, hear the reasons we focus on other people's judgments, and why trying to get other people to change the way they see you doesn't work. I'm showing you how to stop playing small and how to use other people's judgment to create opportunities in your life.

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In this episode, I'm talking about the old way of creating change and sharing a new way that is effective, sustainable and much less exhausting. Discover the importance of acknowledging your strengths as well as your weaknesses, and why your flaws help you become who you are, not keep you from creating the change you want.

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Listen in this week as I share what boundaries are, what it looks like to have them in place, and the problem with setting them. I'm sharing a way to reframe how you look at boundaries in your life and giving you some examples of how you can use them to support yourself and other people.

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Can you believe that this podcast has been in existence for over 15 and a half years and we have over 800 shows? It can be so overwhelming to know what episodes to listen to when you need them, so we've created a podcast playlist to solve this problem.

This is your opportunity to get started and dig in, so tune in and hear what the Leader of Your Life podcast playlist consists of, and how to reduce the overwhelming 800+ podcasts down to the episodes you need right now.

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I'm sharing some common sports myths and fairy tales that have created prison walls in our lives, the difference between them, and how they affect us. Discover why pursuing your goals feels so vulnerable and the role vulnerability plays in our lives, and learn how to overcome your internal obstacles and deal with setbacks.

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In this episode, I'm sharing the problem with pursuing a happily ever after and how to approach life instead. We don't live in a fairy tale, so when the ending does not turn out, who do you become from what you are learning? Learn the importance of feeling and experiencing the happy moments, and what to do instead of arguing with reality.

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In this episode, I'm showing you what you can be doing instead of dress rehearsing tragedy. Whatever you are facing in your life, you have limited capacity and you need to take care of yourself, so I'm sharing the effects of going in with your eyes wide open, what it means to live in this way, and how to start managing risk without dress rehearsing tragedy.

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