"Vulnerability isn't winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up when you don't know the outcome." --Dr. Brene Brown

This week's episode was inspired by this quote and examines the ways our brains think about risk and reward. Whether we're talking about relationships, our careers, or our goals, we must have the courage to be vulnerable in order to receive the big reward. 

Often in coaching we talk about someone being "open" or "closed" as a reaction to a specific thought. In this episode, Coach Sonya discusses the benefits and challenges to being open to receive new thoughts, images of self, relationships, and more in our lives. If personal growth is your goal, don't miss this episode!

Our values are our way of being in the world. In order to be in integrity with ourselves and not participate in counterproductive behaviors (see Ep. 51), we must discover what our values are. Listen as Judith and Sonya talk about how they discovered their values and how they learned to use those values to guide them on their journey to reaching their highest potential and how you can do the same!

People say words to us all the time. There's only an emotion attached to them when we decide to think a thought and give meaning to those words. How do you deal with people's words? Listen this week as Judith and Sonya discuss the importance of keeping words neutral and giving yourself the space to examine your thoughts about them.

Kindness is something we can all extend to others, but it's also important to extend to ourselves. This week, Sonya reflects on the value of kindness and the importance of loving ourselves in order to be kind to ourselves and others. 

Do you have a strong inner critic? If so, this episode is for you! This week, Sonya and Coach Natalie Roush discuss the self-perfectionist, a version of perfectionism that often clouds our judgement about ourselves and our accomplishments. In addition to learning the characteristics of the self-perfectionist, you will learn ways to move past self-perfectionism and say goodbye to your inner critic!

When trying to reach a personal goal, it's easy to find ourselves measuring our progress against a societal ideal or an ideal in our brains. This week, Sonya looks at why we so often measure ourselves against the ideal and how we reassess our goals and move past the mental block an ideal creates.  

Spring is a time of growth and rebirth. It's also the perfect time to think about how we measure our personal growth. This week, Sonya offers ideas about the only way to get a true measure of our own growth and how this measurement offers us the opportunity for more authentic lives and relationships. 

One of the most important reasons to drop our imposter syndrome is the damage is can do to us financially. Imposter Syndrome can keep women under-earning for a variety of reasons. Listen this week as Coach Sonya and financial coach and fractional CFO Carla Moats discuss traps women fall into when they undervalue themselves and tips for overcoming the feeling that we should be doing it all. 

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For most high-achieving women, imposter syndrome isn't something that stops us, but it does slow us down and make us question our abilities. This week, Sonya talks with potter and educator, Sarah Heimann about finding mentors and other tips to help us work through our imposter syndrome to reach our goals.

Curious if you have imposter syndrome? Take my quiz at https://bit.ly/3K8x2tN