Long Life Learning

Shawna Samuel on the Feminist Coaching Mindset


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This week, Kavitha is joined by Shawna Samuel, founder of the Mental Offload Coaching and Advisory Practice, to discuss coaching that is responsive to lived experience of women leaders in today's workplace. Shawna came to coaching after years as a marketing expert across Europe helped her realize that her greatest potential for leadership came in the form of mentoring others to success and achievement. She shares with Kavitha how feminist coaching breaks down traditional coach-client hierarchies, explains what it means to be a "productivity nerd," and discusses how leaders can overcome "Cinderella Syndrome" and work more effectively toward achieving their professional ambitions.

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Long Life Learning S3Ep3 Transcript – Shawna Samuel

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Information on YGELP and Yale SOM Executive Education:

  • Yale SOM Executive Education Homepage

  • Certificate in Professional Coaching Program Homepage

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Resources Mentioned in Today's Episode:

  • The Mental Offload and Shawna's accompanying podcast

  • Likeable Badass by Alison Fragale

  • Influence is Your Superpower: How to Get What You Want Without Compromising Who You Are by Zoe Chance

  • The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, by Tom Reiss

About Today's Guest

Shawna Samuel is an executive coach specializing in the needs of women balancing demanding leadership roles with busy family lives. She is the founder of a boutique coaching & advisory practice, The Mental Offload, and hosts The Mental Offload Podcast. She works with clients across sectors (corporate, academia, entrepreneurship) to help them achieve more in life and work, with less stress. She built her business to share the strategies she developed in her two decades of professional experience working across more than 20 global markets. In addition to her coaching work, she's also a passionate advocate and speaker on issues of women's leadership and gender equity in the workplace. Shawna holds an MBA from Yale School of Management in addition to several coaching certifications. She lives with her husband and 2 children in Paris.

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