Podcast Episode: The Courageous Coach with Diane Lloyd

Diane Lloyd in The Courageous Coach Podcast - Season 2 Episode 21

Welcome to episode 21 of the Courageous Coach podcast!

We pull back the curtain on what it really takes to be courageous with your clients, your business, and your life. In this powerful conversation, host Melissa is joined by leadership coach and facilitator Diane Lloyd for an intimate exploration of courage, vulnerability, and the transformative journey of midlife leadership.

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

Courageous coaching requires embracing hard emotions: Rather than rushing clients toward the light or trying to reframe difficult feelings, truly courageous coaches learn to sit with discomfort—both their client’s and their own. This means being curious about shame, grief, and other challenging emotions rather than avoiding them or immediately trying to fix them.
Self-awareness without self-compassion equals self-cruelty: This powerful insight from Jessica Griffin reminds us that developing self-awareness is only half the equation. Without the accompanying self-compassion (and the important middle step of self-acceptance), increased self-awareness can become a tool for self-attack rather than growth and healing.
Intuition is both a whisper and a body experience: Learning to trust your intuition as a coach involves tuning into both the quiet voice that offers “drop-down one-liners” and the somatic signals your body provides. The key question Diane uses to access her intuition is: “What does my heart tell me to do?”
Confidence comes from courage, not the other way around: Rather than waiting to feel confident before taking action, courage is what enables us to take that first step, then another, and another. Each act of courage builds confidence over time, especially when paired with self-compassion when things don’t go as planned.
Midlife women have the power to change the world: There’s incredible untapped potential in women navigating midlife who are ready to step into their full power. By addressing the “invisible barriers” like perimenopause, patriarchal conditioning, and shame, midlife women can access their wisdom, emotional intelligence, and collaborative leadership style when the world needs it most.