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I think we can all agree that the online marketing space (personal brands, coaches etc) has a bias towards specific privilege and people living in bodies with those privilege. 

This episode, we’re breaking down the immensely important topic of how certain body types, racial identities and abilities are more "acceptable" and "allowed" to be visible and market their work, or to be on stages delivering keynotes or creative endeavours.  I share actionable tools and tips on how to work towards feeling comfortable in your own skin AND how we can work together to create some real change in the industry ~ so all voices are heard.  Thank you for listening!  Download the FREE How To Be Camera Confident E-book HERE! Check out my People Pleasing Interrupted Masterclass HERE  Check out my website  HERE 

Navigating growth as a coach, thought leader or creative and really, any kind of human…. is challenging at the best of times, but what if you also have a strong inner critic? In this important episode, I talk about where the inner critic comes from, what it's job is (it has one), and how to navigate it when it tries to take you out. I also share the exact first step to take, if you're ready to release yourself from the grip your inner critic has on you, and your possibility. Thank you for listening ~ if you find The Embodied Leader Podcast helpful, please consider leaving a rating and review!  Some links mentioned in this episode: FREE! Unleash Your Voice Meditation. Get it HERE People Pleasing Interrupted Masterclass: www.elisebesler.com/peoplepleasing Get on the Confident A.F. Audio Coaching Program Waitlist HERE  Join me in beautiful Costa Rica for the Resounding Woman Retreat March 2025 www.elisebesler.com/costaricaretreat  Check out my website: www.elisebesler.com 

Not being seen is a deep wound for many, wanting to be seen is a deep desire for many, and being seen can bring up some big feelings and embodied survival responses that can be really challenging to manage … what a conundrum. This Embodied Leader Episode is all about the trauma of visibility and I’m so glad you’re listening!  In this episode, we unpack: - The importance of being valued and seen in our truth, both personally and professionally.

- What happens when our desire to be seen is greater than our capacity (trauma)? - My own experience with visibility in my business. - The impact of systemic oppression and embodied trauma when it comes to being seen. - Why “just show up more” is sh!t advice, and what to do instead.

- How seeing ourselves is an important step towards being seen by others. Links mentioned in the episode: Resounding Woman Retreat Costa Rica 2025: www.elisebesler.com/costarica People Pleasing Interrupted Masterclass: www.elisebesler.com/peoplepleasing  Confident AF Program Waitlist: Get on the list HERE!  Check out my website HERE! 

Finding the courage to be in your brilliance isn't always the easiest thing to do... systemic narratives and personal lived experience might say "that's not safe" ~ and so we hold back, turn our flame down, suppress what we really want to say. On today's episode, we chat about the difference between confidence and courage and I also share a personal story about how I found my own courage in the midst of a big epiphany I had at the beginning of my 40th year. I also share 3 actionable tools for you to start discovering your own courage! Links mentioned on this show: Check out the Resounding Woman Retreat in Costa Rica, March 25th www.elisebesler.com/costaricaretreat  Get immediate access to the People Pleasing Interrupted Masterclass www.elisebesler.com/peoplepleasing  Get your FREE Meltdown Medicine mini video training HERE to help you immediately stop feelings of overwhelm in their tracks ~ YES, even when you're trying to tap into your courage!  Check out my coaching website www.elisebesler.com to see if working together feels like a good fit!

In a world where women give so much of ourselves, we all "know" we "should" choose ourselves more often... but what happens when that feels impossible or overwhelming?  If that's you, my friend, you are NOT alone.  I share my own challenges with self-confidence and how one body based healing modality changed everything for me, and also share how self prioritization and somatic practices can change the game for your own RADICAL self-care practices.  Season TWO, we're here! Theme is: Embodied Self Confidence! Check out the People Pleasing Interrupted Masterclass www.elisebesler.com/peoplepleasing , where you'll gain actionable tools to help interrupt your own people pleasing AT THE ROOT, so you can choose yourself more often! Join me in beautiful Costa Rica for the next international Resounding Woman Retreat in March, 2025! www.elisebesler.com/costaricaretreat

Check out my coaching website here: www.elisebesler.com  Check out my online store with digital offerings to help you evolve past who the world said you should be... https://stan.store/elisebesler 

This episode dives into the principles of embodiment and embodied leadership AND, how they support our leadership, coaching and communication! Check it out! wwww.elisebesler.com/The-Embodied-Leader 

What would results and experiences look like for the people we support if our coaching model was sustainable, ethical and regenerative?

In this episode, Elise shares about a coaching model concept that supports the nervous system work she does with her clients ~ we’re talking about the slow coaching model or slow coaching vs fast results coaching and how this is better for our nervous systems and the nervous systems of our clients, as well as helping us create lasting change in our work. Click and listen in! www.elisebesler.com/embody-your-next-level  www.elisebesler.com/The-Embodied-Leader 

"Our story follows our state". Deb Dana (Polyvagal Theory) Sometimes we don't feel safe to be "in our bodies" ~ that goes for us as coaches and leaders AND the people we support. When we don't feel safe, our brain takes over ~ creating stories, holding onto old patterns and thoughts and really... keeping us stuck.  Listen to this episode to understand more about what to do when we (or our clients) are stuck in story and can't seem to move past it! Notable moments: 4 ways to build greater capacity towards felt sensation, so you can move out of story and move past what's keeping you stuck. Here is the link to The Embodied Leader Incubator https://elisebesler.com/The-Embodied-Leader

Episode 12: Mistakes I've Made As a Coach and Leader (Assuming I Was A Safe Space), ruffled a few feathers. It was the most responded to episode thus far. There was MUCH conversation and discourse about why it's not ok for coaches and leaders to claim our spaces are safe. Not everyone agreed. And that's ok.  Change is scary and takes some time to wrap our heads around ~ AND sometimes needs further clarification... so I whipped up this episode, with 3 reasons why there's no such thing as a safe space and 3 antidotes to support more aligned harm free action.  Here is the link I mentioned in the episode! https://elisebesler.com/the-embodied-leader

"Do the inner work" is a phrase that's thrown around a lot in the coaching industry. Initially, it was probably to be helpful but in the end... often causes more harm than help.  Listen to the final instalment of a series designed to share how we ALL get pulled into toxic traits and tools as coaches, and how we can pull ourselves out of that, so we can create harm free spaces in our work with clients.  Notable: 3 ways "do the inner work" causes harm and a possible solution to get us on a more sustainable path, together.  https://elisebesler.com/the-embodied-leader

Elise talks about how to create TRUE safe spaces in our coaching containers and leadership (it's likely not what you think!) in this important episode! Holding space for safety to emerge is one of the vital ways we can hold trauma aware space in our work, and avoid causing harm to the people who seek us out for support and guidance.. Get The FREE Dignity Centred Sales Conversation Framework HERE! Check Out The Embodied Leader Incubator (Sept - Dec 2023) HERE!

Pt 2 of me pulling back the curtain on the mistakes I'VE made in my career as a coach and entrepreneur, and sharing how I was able to fix them and repair the harm I caused myself and others.  Today: Pushing my clients too far, too fast. Using the industry standard "mindset fixes all" tool, I cringe at the ways I have caused harm to former clients. Listen along to hear how I repaired that rupture in my work.  This 4 part series is meant to illuminate how we all get pulled into the toxic traits of the coaching and leadership industry and not to shame anyone into shifting practices but rather, to encourage us all into the conversation of HOW we can all be a part of the changes that are inevitable and much needed in our industry! You can access the FREE resource "Meltdown Medicine" HERE this is a 7 minute video with two tools you can use to stop overwhelm in your life and work in its tracks!  You can access information about The Embodied Leader Incubator HERE This is a 3 month group coaching program (fall 2023) to help you better understand your nervous system so you can better understand and support the people you work with! 

I'm pulling back the curtain on the mistakes I'VE made in my career as a coach and entrepreneur, and sharing how I was able to fix them and repair the harm I caused myself and others.  Today: Oppressive Marketing Icks. Using the industry standard "leveraging pain points and being the expert that can heal them", I cringe at the dysregulation from which former clients purchased my offers. Listen along to hear how I repaired that rupture in my work.  This 4 part series is meant to illuminate how we all get pulled into the toxic traits of the coaching and leadership industry and not to shame anyone into shifting practices but rather, to encourage us all into the conversation of HOW we can all be a part of the changes that are inevitable and much needed in our industry! You can access the FREE resource "Meltdown Medicine" HERE this is a 7 minute video with two tools you can use to stop overwhelm in your life and work in its tracks!  You can access information about The Embodied Leader Incubator HERE This is a 3 month group coaching program (fall 2023) to help you better understand your nervous system so you can better understand and support the people you work with! 

Elise interviews VA and Online Business Manager, Robin Hilton about the vital topic of launching offers as an online entrepreneur.

Specifically, how to launch with the care of your nervous system front of mind. Check out The Embodied Leader Incubator! 

https://elisebesler.com/the-embodied-leader Get your FREE Meltdown Medicine tools to help you regulate your nervous system and stop a stress response in it's tracks HERE

Women and further marginalized folks* receive messages from very early on that we should defer to others to answer for us. Join me in this episode on how to hold on to your personal power and learn 3 steps to help you being exploring your own sovereignty in life and leadership! *I know I have some men who consume this content, you are more than welcome to follow along on this episode! 

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Today we’re talking about one of the main challenges so many of us entrepreneurs and folks in leadership experience… BURNOUT. Or rather, my coach brain wants to offer tangible tools so I’ll say: HOW TO PREVENT BURNOUT. Why it happens, what it does to our bodies and how we can begin to heal it.

This one hits close to home for a lot of us, myself included. ESPECIALLY if we’re in the helping industries… as coaches, consultants and online entrepreneurs AND I KNOW it happens in corporate as well. Listen on to learn the first step to preventing burnout in your life and leadership!  www.elisebesler.com/links

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It’s happened to all of us. The time comes to speak up in your personal life or your leadership or work.

And your throat locks up. It feels like a vice grip, or maybe there’s a burning sensation when you swallow. No sound can come out ~ that sucker is locked down OR maybe you cry when you have to speak your truth, including in professional situations. These experiences are all too real and in the moment, or in hindsight, it might feel like there’s something wrong with you

You might ask: What can’t I just speak up?

Well, I’m here to tell you there’s absolutely nothing wrong with you or your voice box… stay with me for the rest of this episode to hear all about what to do when your throat locks up. www.elisebesler.com/links

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Self sabotage can be a real doozy for coaches, folks in leadership and entrepreneurs... and really... anyone.  The thing is, undermining your own ability to achieve your goals, create happiness or success isn't as cut and dried as you might think it is.  Listen to this episode on self sabotage to find out why you do it, and how you can heal it!  https://elisebesler.com/links https://calendly.com/elisebesler/embodied 

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been coached by someone who insists that the blocks you’re bumping up against are simply a mindset problem, only to further regress into a shame or fear response or think something’s wrong with YOU when the mindset hack they give you doesn’t create a lasting shift in your actual beliefs?

Or… Raise your hand if you’ve ever been a coach that offers mindset work as the be all end all to helping your clients create the changes they need in their lives.

It's time to become trauma informed, so we can facilitate LASTING, HARM FREE transformation.

Notable Points In This Episode: The Two Factors to consider BEFORE you offer mindset work.

An invitation to book a discovery call for The Embodied Leader Incubator Program in the Fall!

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FACT: None of us got into coaching and leadership because we want to cause harm to others. We chose these professions because we believe in the innate ability for human beings to be expansive, to rise from the ashes of what keeps them from being fully expressed AND well… we believe people can heal.

And yet,  the coaching and leadership industries are riddled with power-over leadership, toxic and harmful coaching practices and even cult like leaders who prey on the insecurities and stress responses of the folks that need support ~ that shit is harmful.

If you’re hanging out with me today, you’re ready for the inevitable change that’s been a long time coming in the coaching and leadership industries . You're ready to become trauma aware, so you can create lasting change for your clients and the people you work with!

Download the free "Lead With Your Truth" E-Book! www.elisebesler.com/links 

Join Voice and Communication Coach Elise Besler to learn the one skill you need to be a great leader... Psssst, it's something that's already inside of you!  Download the FREE "Unleash Your Voice" Meditation https://elisebesler.com/links

The number one challenge for folks in leadership is not being able to speak up, have hard conversations, or use their voice in other ways. GOOD NEWS… there are reasons for that, and none of them are your fault!

Join veteran Voice and Embodied Life and Leadership Coach, Elise Besler and learn the top 3 reasons why speaking up feels so hard!

Download the FREE "Lead With Your Truth" E-Book https://elisebesler.com/links