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The Ambitious Introvert® is the leading growth and development podcast for the estimated 56% of us who recharge by going inwards. Our purpose is to help you manage your social battery and Own Your Energy®, so you can reach your true potential in your business, career and life. Each week my guests and I will be sharing tips, tricks and hacks on how to build your resilience, master your mindset and cultivate self-leadership - skills that’ll help you reach your goals without trying to be someon ...
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Send us a Text Message. Never has ‘as within, so without’ been as relevant as when we apply it to our success and happiness - two things that this week’s guest on The Ambitious Introvert® Podcast, Andrew Rowe, helps his clients with on the daily. Andrew believes that if your life isn’t as you want it, the first place you need to make changes is act…
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Send us a Text Message. Many coaches focus on solving problems, but my clients aren’t struggling - they’re striving for more. They seek growth in areas of life such as career, business, spirituality, and finances - not because they have to, but because they want to. In this solo episode, I share about rethinking my 1:1 coaching model, and reflect o…
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Send us a Text Message. Are you someone who LOVES taking a quiz or test to learn more about yourself? Or do you think it’s too prescriptive to be put in a box and told ‘how’ you should be? Either way it’s safe to say that personality tests aren’t going away anytime soon. And in this episode of The Ambitious Introvert® I’ll be sharing my own thought…
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Send us a Text Message. Being ambitious means doing things. And doing things means being busy - right?! I’ve had SO many conversations with clients over the years about their relationship to busyness, and how it shows up (good and bad) in their career, business or everyday life. The question is - are we in a healthy relationship with our to do list…
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Send us a Text Message. Us ambitious people LOVE the thrill of working towards something big. Having purpose in our actions. And of course looking forward to that much-desired result at the end. But what happens when all that hard work pays off and instead of fireworks it feels more, well… underwhelming? (As a coach, I can tell you I see this happe…
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Send us a Text Message. Some might think ‘introverted leader’ is a bit of an oxymoron… However those of us who deeply understand introverts aren’t surprised at all that they excel in this type of role! After doubting his abilities for many years, an unexpected public speaking event set Terrance Lee on a path he could never have imagined. Today he’s…
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Send us a Text Message. Ever felt like doing something ‘crazy’? Something that ‘doesn’t make sense’ or is ‘bad on paper’? Often when we feel like that the energy that’s driving the decision can be just too hard to ignore, and impossible to logic our way out of. And as introverts, learning to trust ourselves when making big changes is vital. This we…
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Send us a Text Message. Having high standards is one thing, but if you’re aiming to make everything in your life and work ‘perfect' you're fighting an impossible battle. This week on The Ambitious Introvert® Podcast I interviewed Leadership Coach, Women's Health Advocate and mom of four Chana Ross. She’s sharing her lifelong journey of perfectionis…
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Send us a Text Message. If you’re not thinking of yourself as a brand, you may be doing yourself a huge disservice - whether you’re an entrepreneur or an employee. Personal branding goes WAY deeper than colours, fonts and fancy photographs - and this week’s guest Marielle Legair is an absolute expert in the field. Marielle is a Speaker, LinkedIn To…
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Send us a Text Message. Habits are the foundation of success - unless the ones that are deeply ingrained are actually exhausting you. People pleasing became such an automatic response for this week’s podcast guest, Dr Clare Emma Wild, that it became hard for her brain to even recognize she was doing it! Clare is ​​an academically certified and inte…
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Send us a Text Message. How often do you TRULY take time alone? While the idea is blissful to most of us introverts it can also be tough to turn inwards and be honest about what you want from life - as today’s podcast guest Melissa Unsell-Smith discovered. Melissa is a serial entrepreneur, 2 x tech founder and most recently the brain behind Catalyt…
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Send us a Text Message. If you’ve ever felt that traditional productivity rhetoric actually made you less efficient (and way more drained) you’re not alone! When Quiet and Strong founder David Hall dived into the topic he found that it definitely wasn’t catering to introverts. He’s since written a book on the subject and launched a podcast to suppo…
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Send us a Text Message. It’s been far too long since I’ve shared what’s been going on for me personally, and behind the scenes at The Ambitious Introvert® - and the download stats tell me you LOVE these types of episodes! So here’s all the news… Listen in to hear about: What’s happened since I closed all my business programs down last year My anti-…
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Send us a Text Message. Are you clear on your priorities? And, if so, are you protecting your time and energy to really focus on them? Whether you’re a busy exec or an empire-building entrepreneur, it can be all too easy to lose sight of what’s important during the day-to-day busyness of life. This week on the podcast I’m joined by Jordan Gill, fou…
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Send us a Text Message. When you have big goals and dreams and feel like they’re a long way out of reach, it’s hard NOT to get discouraged. The flip side of being ambitious is that we also feel frustrated when we feel like we’re failing (though as I remind my clients we never really are failing - we’re simply getting closer to the dream incremental…
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Send us a Text Message. My inner child is delighted with the topic of The Ambitious Introvert® Podcast this week, where I’m joined by Amale Ghalbouni talking all things Serious Play® - and specifically, Lego! Amale is a former strategy and innovation consultant turned executive coach, and founder of The Brick Coach. She’s passionate about experient…
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Send us a Text Message. With SO many options available to help you reach your potential, it can be overwhelming to know the type of support is best for YOU. Hiring professionals is a big time, energy and financial investment, so it’s important to make the right choice. As an introvert you want to make sure your energy is being spent for the most RO…
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Send us a Text Message. Caring about others is a good thing - until it isn’t. But did you know that over-caring, and using too many of our personal resources worrying about others, can have a detrimental effect on our physical and mental health, and our own performance? On the podcast this week I’m talking to Executive Coach and Leadership Trainer …
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Send us a Text Message. Discovering and understanding your strengths is a pivotal step toward unlocking your full potential. In a world that often emphasises overcoming weaknesses, recognising and harnessing your innate talents helps you to truly ‘Own Your Energy’ as an introvert when it comes to creating your version of success. And in a competiti…
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Send us a Text Message. Here at The Ambitious Introvert® I’m often talking about our energy in terms of leaky boundaries, mindset gremlins and not enough ‘me’ time to recharge. But our physiology also plays a huge part in how much charge is in our social battery, and this week I’m talking to an absolute expert in the field of biohacking and health …
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Send us a Text Message. Ready to set goals and feel confident you can achieve them in the next 12 months? This episode is for you! Forget vision boards, manifestation lists or ‘keeping everything crossed’ - while they absolutely have their place, in this episode we’re breaking goal setting down to its basics, and looking at the 3 components that ar…
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Send us a Text Message. What’s more fitting for an episode airing on Christmas Day than the topic of rest and relaxation - something we should be prioritising all year round, but what the holidays gives us even more opportunity to lean into! Clients will often tell me they’ve taken plenty of time ‘off’ yet still feel tired - and a lack of these two…
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Send us a Text Message. As a coach, podcaster and former air traffic controller, communicating effectively has been vital for me throughout my whole career. But communicating goes so much deeper than simply annunciating words clearly, and this week’s guest on The Ambitious Introvert® Podcast is explaining why compassion is often the missing piece. …
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Send us a Text Message. Covid shook up a lot of things, and the workplace was one of them. With proof of concept that remote and hybrid working don’t reduce productivity (in fact, quite the opposite), companies are now embracing flexible options - which is great news for those ambitious introverts with a severe case of wanderlust! This week on the …
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Send us a Text Message. With the new year approaching there’s so much talk of goals, resolutions and words of the year. If reaching your potential and creating life on your terms is important to you, you’re probably somewhere on your personal development journey already. And while growth, learning and new possibilities are all oh-so-exciting, there…
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Send us a Text Message. When you can’t find the perfect product for your needs, what do you do? This week’s podcast guest Carina Lawson, took matters into her own hands and designed it herself. The result? The globally recognised, award winning Ponderlily® Planner. And the best part? Carina built her business as a busy, introverted mum of young twi…
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Send us a Text Message. Taking big action can feel terrifying, and going against the status quo can bring up some very human fears such as being rejected by the tribe. But as we all know, it’s those leap of faith moments of bravery that lead us to the amazing life experiences on the other side. On The Ambitious Introvert® Podcast this week I’m chat…
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Send us a Text Message. The term intuition can conjure up images of crystal balls and palm readers, but what if I told you it’s something we can all tap into? Whether it’s that niggly feeling in your gut or the desire to take a seemingly random path that makes no logical sense, these subtle signs are often coming from our own internal guidance syst…
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Send us a Text Message. How many times have you held yourself back from: Applying for a promotion Asking for a payrise Pitching yourself to a podcast Or even inviting someone out on a date… …in case you get told ‘no’? No one loves feeling rejected, but in order to reach our potential we need to take aligned action that leads us closer to our goals …
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Send us a Text Message. 3 years is a long time in business, and as the podcast celebrates its birthday I knew it was the perfect time to unveil the new, revamped, improved version - The Ambitious Introvert® Podcast 2.0 if you will! As I shift my business towards doing more of what lights me up AND impacting more people, come behind the scenes to le…
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Send us a Text Message. I am such a Human Design fan that I’ve featured it twice on The Ambitious Introvert® Podcast - I’m rounding out this “Best of the Back Catalogue” series with this conversation I had with Erin Claire Jones back in February 2022. It was great to listen back now I’m 18 months further along in my own HD experiment, and I hope yo…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode holds a special place in my heart as I’ve been ‘Tapping With Brad’ for many years, and EFT is a modality I still recommend to my clients and audience. Since recording this I had the pleasure of meeting Brad at his live event, getting a hug and tapping together in person! This was one of my favourite interviews t…
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Send us a Text Message. With so much talk of social media, algorithms and the like, I’m excited to re-air this “Best of” episode about the power of LinkedIn. The beauty of creating evergreen content is that this super valuable conversation between Lindsay and I is still as relevant now as when we recorded it in February 2021! If you’re curious abou…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the first episode of “Best of the Back Catalogue” Series, where I’m sharing some of the most popular episodes from the last 3 years. I loved recording this interview with Kyle, who’s been a big part of my own personal and business growth journey. Tune in to hear about Emotion Code and how it’s perfect to help us l…
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Send us a Text Message. We’re so used to people sharing big flashy client results on social media, but we rarely see anyone sharing the powerful coaching questions that empowered them to get there. That’s about to change as I’m dedicating this episode of The Ambitious Introvert® to just that, and sharing 3 of the juiciest questions I’ve asked my pr…
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Send us a Text Message. This week on The Ambitious Introvert® Podcast I’m wrapping up this decision fatigue mini series with some of my favourite ‘life hacks’ - the ones that get things running on auto as much as possible, freeing up my bandwidth for the juicy, important decisions in life! I’ve shared many of these with my clients over the years, a…
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Send us a Text Message. This week’s episode of The Ambitious Introvert Podcast is Episode 155. Can you believe we've made it this far? It feels a little crazy to think about! Whether you've been with us since the beginning or are new to the show, there's plenty of valuable content for you to explore. With 154 other episodes covering a wide range of…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, I’m discussing the topic of decision fatigue - and in particular how it affects introverts. I’m sharing my own experiences and insights, drawing from my background as an air traffic controller. I’ll explore the meaning of decision fatigue, its impact on decision-making, and whether it is a skill that can be …
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Send us a Text Message. Ever wondered how some introverts and extroverts can have such harmonious relationships AND embrace their differences? From their contrasting qualities to how this dynamic unfolds, it's definitely a journey of understanding and connection. Erin Woodruff, Communications Coach and Certified Life Coach shares her experience of …
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Send us a Text Message. When my guest Joanna Rawbone found out she was an introvert it was such a revelation that it played a pivotal role in her personal growth and business. Joanna’s an Executive Coach and certified Myers Briggs Practitioner, and she truly believes that owning your strengths and articulating them positively is key to flourishing …
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Send us a Text Message. My guest on the podcast this week is Brittany Herzberg, a former massage therapist turned copywriter. Brittany uses an SEO-based copywriting & marketing approach to help her clients stand out online while attracting the right kinds of clients from the start. We delve into the realm of SEO and the art of harnessing social pro…
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Send us a Text Message. Did you know that a large number of great salespeople are also introverts? This week I’m joined by Candice D’Angelo, founder of The Selling Lab - a sales training agency where online and offline business owners level up their sales skills. Recognised as a fast-growing online sales coaching business with an audience of more t…
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Send us a Text Message. As an introvert you might not think PR and publicity is for you, but my guest on the podcast this week is here to tell you otherwise. Dina Behrman is a PR strategist and publicity coach and she helps coaches, consultants and service providers pitch - and get featured in - the press through her group programme and high touch …
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Send us a Text Message. In this week’s episode of The Ambitious Introvert Podcast® I’m delighted to be joined by guest Bibigi Haile. Bibiigi is a Strategic Visibility Advisor to women in leadership, and she helps her clients to identify their superpower, mirror it back to them and support them while they step into their zone of genius. As well as b…
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Send us a Text Message. This week on The Ambitious Introvert® Podcast I’m joined by Messaging & Strategy Consultant Liz Rohr. Liz supports her clients to communicate what they do, who it's for and how they do it - while also giving themselves permission to be truly honest about what they want. Liz is a highly sensitive empath, runs two businesses a…
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Send us a Text Message. We all know the coaching industry is unregulated, and unfortunately that means we’ve seen some pretty unscrupulous behaviour online. But thankfully not every coach is like that, and this week I’m joined by the amazing Carly Anna to talk about the change she wants to see in the industry - and how she’s contributing to it. Aft…
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Send us a Text Message. This week I’m joined by my friend Analena Fuchs who is sharing her expertise on the Gene Keys. Analena is a Human Design coach for conscious introvert leaders, and she helps her clients to create success in a sustainable way that allows them to fully enjoy their life and business. I’m fascinated by my Human Design, but to me…
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Send us a Text Message. This week on The Ambitious Introvert Podcast® I’m delighted to share my very first Client Spotlight episode with you. Lauren Lea is an OBM and fractional COO, and she has recently launched OBM Associates®, a new arm of her business. Lauren’s been a client since October 2022 and we’d been connected for around 6 months before …
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Send us a Text Message. I love my regular calls with my clients and there’s a real magic to the conversations we have, especially as I work with the vast majority of my clients on a long-term basis. But over the years I’ve found that not every client needs to have weekly calls, and there are plenty of other mediums that allow for them to work throu…
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Send us a Text Message. Setting goals is one of the first things we do when we start a business, and they’re truly invaluable in keeping you motivated and on track. But there’s a whole other side of setting goals that we don’t always take into account, and this is the exact thing I’m talking about this week on the podcast. Joining me in this discus…
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