Ready Set Coach Podcast

Finding Career Clarity & Possibility-Driven Leadership with Lindsay Yellin of Yellin Coaching

• Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith • Season 2 • Episode 81

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This week’s guest episode features Lindsay Yellin of Yellin Coaching. Lindsay and Lex discuss possibility-driven leadership and how Lindsay got into the coaching world. She shares how listeners can identify and clarify their values, find career clarity, and adapt a game-changing mindset shift that can help leaders and coaches everywhere.  

 

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

  • Career cliff notes on how Lindsay launched her coaching business.
  • How she found her career clarity.
  • How her burnout experience clarified her values and transitioned her into working full time as a coach.
  • Lindsay and Lex reflect on the jobs and moments in their careers where they realized what type of life they wanted to live.
  • Tips on doing the work to understand yourself and your values and how that translates into your career. 
  • What does Possibility-driven leadership mean, and how can it transform your life and career?
  • Tips on identifying if coaching is the correct route for you depending on what you feel in reflective moments.
  • And more!

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Lexie Smith  

Hi Linds. Linden Lex. Okay, unintended you guys M recorded with Emily, the double E's and I'm as we're sitting here realizing we have the Double L's but funcional not intentional. Today I am here with Lindsay Yellen, she is an absolute freaking rock star you're gonna learn all about her today. I also have to, to say that if you look behind her, there's this this is a plug for YouTube always guys. phenomenal piece of artwork that we were chit chatting about. Ahead of this call today. Can you give a quick I like the story? Can you give a quick kind of recap of where that arts from?


Lindsay Yellin  

Okay, yeah, I love I'd love to hear. So it's this wooden piece with different kinds of colors a little bit abstract. And it actually hung in the first big agency I worked at, well, really the only big agency I worked to save agency for like a decade. But it was like my first big job. And there's our Chicago office. And when they designed it, they brought in all these Chicago artists and street artists who did graffiti on the walls and on the floor, and made these kind of very industrial pieces that hung around the office. And then when we were moving from one office into combine with other offices down the street, they had to get rid of all the art. So they auctioned it off to get money for charity. So I actually I bid and got this one. But I told Lex a little bit. A little bit that weighs on me about this art is I bid against like a friend the nicest, probably the nicest girl, the company. And we got in a bit of a bidding war. And I won and I regret nothing because I love it. It's very special to me. But I also am like questioning myself and like my values are a little challenge there for sure. But it's it's really, it brings me back to the time I spent at that agency, which is a really bulk of like my learning years where I saw beautiful leadership modeled for me and I really grew and learned myself as a leader. And it was a bulk of my career that was super meaningful for me.


Lexie Smith  

I mean, it stands as this representation that is so in alignment with your journey, which we'll get into guys and kind of where you're at now. So I think I think it's beautiful. I also think that the fact that you're even pausing to hesitate that you feel bad reaffirms that you're not a bad person, let me just say that. I definitely can be nice and I can definitely turn on your goober don't mode. So I have this like little picture of like you fighting with yourself of like I'm getting it but like feeling bad, but like it's go time.



That's exactly what I felt like. But I'm really grateful I did because I no longer work, you know at that company, but that company was huge in my life and defining who I am. And now I have a beautiful reminder of it all the time that I look out as I'm coaching and Lady my own business. So it's a very special.


Lexie Smith  

Now, before we get into we're kind of Tina, you know, we're teaming up, and it's gonna be such a beautiful transition today, guys. But before we get there, I have to give a shout out to Lindsey because beyond what she she does full time, she also is our RSC community leader. So when Emily interviewed Emily, Emily was also one of our Ready Set coach community leaders. And what Emily, Meryl and I did was we sat down when we launched this community, which is really still a co creation process in the making. And we're like Who in here, do we feel like embodies what we're trying to build and we feel like we want to stand behind and have them become more and more a part of this thing. And Lindsay is one of the wonderful human beings that we identified, you have been such a gift to both Emily and I and the community at large. And I just want to, to thank you for everything you're doing. And I can't wait to see where the community grows. But I had to give you little extra love and shout out there too. Thanks,



Lex. It is an honor to be a community lead. And I just love the extra honest accountability to be showing up in this space to connect with the incredible coaches out there. And also keeping it even more front of mine than it already is to try to bring in others because you guys have created and are curating and nurturing in such a beautiful space that is needed for us coaches out here and so thank you for creating it. Thanks for inviting me in and thanks for letting me help lead the church. You


Lexie Smith  

that was very sweet. So back to this like perfectly teed up transition. I so the art behind her is super representative of her journey and a career journey. So Lindsay, let's start with what are you doing today? So what what type of coach Are you and then bring us back through how that came to be?



Okay, well, thanks. Okay, great. So, Lindsey Ellen here as you know, but I am a I'm a leadership and career coach and I support exasperated and frustrated execs to find themselves in a connected place back to themselves to be an empowered possibility driven leader, whether that is of their own career journey, or of their teams and of their companies. And I also am a leadership development facilitator. And I think it's I want to talk about this a little bit here, because I'm talking to coaches. But my core offering in the workshop facilitation space is Coach approach leadership, which is how to lead like a coach. So supporting managers and execs to understand and learn how to show up like a coach when our core coaching skills and behaviors and mindsets so they can really transform the way that they lead to more meaning nurturing more meaningful connections that increases engagements and builds deeper relationships. So I just throwing that out there to everybody that how powerful not just what we do in order to help transfer other transform others, but what we do and helping, how it can support others to show up differently in their lives. Even in leadership. Coaching is such a powerful, powerful tool.


Lexie Smith  

Hell yeah.



Hell yeah.


Lexie Smith  

That's what I'd say to that. So how did you get to this place? Did you go to school and you're like, I'm going to be a career and leadership coach, and this is what I'm majoring in. And I'm gonna go out and I'm going to do it. And I already know that coaching is amazing to have



happen. Exactly like that. Not quite actually likes I was excited to share this with you. So I'm from a small, not small at all, a larger suburb outside Chicago called Naperville. It's quite well known, but from Naperville going to school, Indiana University, and I majored in journalism, but I had to pick a concentration. And I thought I was going to be in PR, and I took a PR class. And I took an advertising class. And I think I wanted PR because there was a big like, sexless city era, and watched a lot of Samantha you know, yep, yep, then, but did not connect to PR. It just didn't work for me, then am I like, whatever, 19 year old self. But I'm very much connected into advertising. And I think the energy, the creativity, the way that teams are working together for this product for clients, I just was really all for it, I was really attracted to it. So I went through college and graduated into the world of advertising into account management. And I quickly began to climb the ranks. And I'll tell this story in like, three different parts to kind of hone in on the moments that helped me realize my transition into a got me into coaching. So I go into advertising, and I'm a junior account person just trying to make clients happy, everybody happy trying to figure it out. And I'm climbing and I'm climbing the ladder. And I get my first real big job at this agency, the one where I got the art from, when I'll never remember, I'll never forget this moment. first really big, huge client project I'm working on. And this is a couple years in or so. And it's around Christmas time. And it's so cold in Chicago, you can't even go outside. But we're on like Christmas break. But we have a huge launch for this client right in New Year's. So we're like working through break. And I'm on the phone with this various boss's boss's boss, like senior leader to get something done to go to a client that I've sent out. And I'll never forget talking to them and hearing in the background their kid come in. Dad, can you play with me? Oh, and my stomach just like drafts you now here we are so focused on like getting out this execution to this client for them to approve over Christmas for this launch, and no one's gonna remember. And I and he was like one thing. I hear him whispering one, one second, give me a few minutes. But you have to go. He's like, no, no, I'm fine. I'm fine. We got to get this done. And I remember in that moment being like, I don't want to be that. Like, I don't want to be my boss's boss's boss. Like, I don't want that. But I knew I you know, I didn't know what I wanted. And so I just kind of felt that career ache for the first time. But I just kept going and climb, climb, climb, climb, and I'd get rewarded. I was getting promoted. And it felt like what I should do, I was doing all the right things and getting all the right accolades. And I was good at it. And I did enjoy it. But that ache was always an undercurrent, that something wasn't right. Like I just knew I couldn't maximize my potential in this role. And my impact is something wasn't aligned. But this job got me to go to London. It's just a huge career goal. And I had set early on in my career, this arbitrary goal that I wanted to be VP, by the time I was 30. I don't know why, but I just made it up in my mind. That felt great. And I could do it. So I go to London, I come back at 29 to a VP promotion. And I'm like, Woohoo, you know, I feel great about myself. I achieved these big boxes in my career checked. But then I get there to this job. And what was cool about it was my first big team leadership role, which was really fun. But that ache was so present, that I really couldn't ignore it. So I knew at that point, I'm like, if I keep going like this, I know where I'm going to be. And I looked around I realized I'm my boss's boss's boss that I didn't want to be here. I was like, oh gosh, so I knew I had to do something. Different for something different to happen in my career. So that's when I had a friend who was a mentor who was a coach. And I remember taking time, and this might be like something for folks who are on the cusp of considering and not knowing what to maybe do around coaching or not was I just looked at my job and said, What is it that I love? What is it that I do feel like I'm maximizing my impact, and it fills me up and what parts do I not. And everything that filled me up was really also kind of what I was known for the agency of like, supporting talent that had had been under bad management coming into teams that were broken culture that needed to be shifted, you know, clients that were really difficult, like these kind of really people focused, talent development type of tasks. So I was like, I think coaching could be a fit. So I ended up exploring coaching. And then during the pandemic, I ended up launching a business and correspondence to getting my getting my certification. And then another and I was kind of gliding along with this kind of side business, and so working full time, and I thought that was kind of working. And then I had another the third big moments where I hit it really bad burnout pandemic, everyone's you know, ever who didn't have that, raise your hand, everyone had it, right. And I went away for two weeks off the grid. And I felt great. And I focused so much on the impact of coaching and myself as a coach and I came back and within three days of being back in my job full time, I was calling my brother in tears, and unhappy and sick and he was like you a week ago, were the happiest I've seen you and I can't remember how long. And you've been back in this job for three days, like this isn't working anymore. And that's when it was like a hit me hard like i This isn't this ache is so big that it's it's hurt. It's harming me, I can't be here anymore. So that's when I began my transition. And I went part time coaching, part time advertising. And by 2022, I was full time coaching. And I started by working in supporting folks and where I needed it and what coaching coaching helped me do, which is clarify my purpose and my values, and reconnect back to myself so that I could navigate my career and navigate myself as a leader powerfully, not having to look to others to do so.


Lexie Smith  

First, thank you for sharing your journey with us. I know that can't always be an easy thing to kind of break down the moments in our life when we we were most vulnerable. I have no idea if you know this about me. But I am resonating, so hardcore with one specific moment in your journey. And I'll share it and then I think that's a great place for us to go a little deeper. I at the time was a 26 year old VP, who ended up in the hospital. From Burnham. Yep. And I had a come to Jesus moment of this isn't sustainable. I mean, like you're sharing your story to me and I have goosebumps over every moment in my body because I literally remember I was carried out of my office in this makeshift structure from with a bunch of the employees like in those like rolly chairs, and they had called my husband's as like no way to pay for an ambulance and fine. My back basically gave out that's what happened. And because we came and picked me up and they had to like, like, anyways ended up in the hospital. And at this point in my career, I didn't have a family yet another part of your story like that really like, like, gonna cry. Um, but I was like, this isn't sustainable for the life that I want to live. What is the life I want to live? Boom. And then when I got into entrepreneurship, I came from thinking my story was so unique to realizing how many people have these moments. So I want to go back to that moment. You figured it out. And this is what you do. So if someone is nearing that moment, they have their own ache. I mean, first, is there anything we can do to prevent them from becoming miserable like you did? Or in the hospital? Like I did? Is there? Is there anything we can do on the front end?



Yes. So great question like so first off hand on my heart to you, I feel you and your story so deeply. And thank you for sharing that. Yeah, like, it sounds big. But you're right. How do we get people so they're not in the hospital or not miserable? And, you know, I think it's don't first thing I say is don't ignore it. I ignored it really early. And instead I went to what should I do? I should keep climbing this ladder. I'm good at this. People are telling me I should keep doing this. And I chose to listen what other people thought versus listening to my own ache. And I think to be totally transparent when I was 24 or however old. I was like that first moment. That was probably a good thing to keep going because if I didn't continue in my career at advertising, at least for some I wouldn't have gotten the experience in the leadership that I in leadership experience and exposure that I did. However, I let it go too long, to the point where I put my like aspirations over like my needs of what I needed. So I aspire to get this job in London, I aspire to get this promotion I aspire to be recognized in this way, thinking that that would fix something. And we all have these like saboteurs. And there's one around like that the just like a very judgy saboteur that judges circumstances, and I'll be happier when I'll be happier when. And when I think you're saying I'll be happier when attached to an achievement with your job that isn't giving you a ton of Stillman and happiness. That's when you're losing sight and with yourself. So I'm often working with clients, when they're at the point where they don't know what they want anymore, because they're so disconnected from themselves. So I think the most important work is when you're kind of in your career, whether you're feeling really fulfilled, or you're feeling like yeah, a little achy is to do the work to understand yourself, then, and you better chance you can do on your own versus needing a partner but a coach is a great partner for that. So understanding things like what are your values? Where do you get impact? What are the type of people you need to be surrounded? And what type of manager that you need? What's the type of work that fills you up? And what doesn't? How do you get curious with yourself so you understand your needs your wants, so that as you will then be able to better story like stories, steer yourself and make decisions that align you to greater fulfillment? Versus greater achiness. And then, and that also, I think, is when we're looking around for those answers versus looking to ourselves.


Lexie Smith  

Pausing, Kaley, I don't know if it's your camera. I



know. I think it's because my skylight the light is.


Lexie Smith  

Okay, so if in that moment people are digging they're doing, you know, they're finding their values. They're hopefully working with someone like you? How do we know? Because again, we're on a coaching podcast, right? If coaching could be the right next step, you identified in your story, some of your core values being related to humans and working with humans. Are there some other things when people are going through that discovery process that would indicate maybe coaching is a route they should consider?



I think what's really interesting about that question is that there's like two parts of it. I see. The first is, no one can tell you a coaching right for you except for you. So you have to answer that for yourself. Just like with clients, like I don't tell them if their jobs right for them, or what decision to make, I try to empower them with the tools and the awareness and the connection for them to decide to figure it out for themselves, and then there to support them through that journey. So it's the same here. However, what I think two ways to approach it is one similar to what I talked about, look around at your job, or what you do and how you spend your time. And what areas of that give you the most satisfaction and fulfillment, and then align that also to like what purpose you want to have, what impact you want to have on others? And is it aligned to a role or a job around coaching, where you're doing some form of coaching. What also I think is interesting about coaching is that it's unregulated, right? And there's a million coaches out there that have the call the million people that call themselves coaches that do all different kinds of things. So I would do a lot of like, like, discovery, to talk with to connect with to explore what are the coaches out there not to tell you how to do it, but to illuminate what's possible as a coach. So then you can decide and define it for yourself. So you can be a very traditional coach like I am, I'm very traditionally trained, I coach using very traditional methods that I like, hone in on what's right for my clients. But I'm a very traditional coach, where there's coaches that are more consulte will mentor you that kind of tell you and teach you and bring you through, but Coach you along the way. And maybe blockers are ways to do it for you. So there are a million ways to define what coaching means for you in your business, in the realm of what your how you're trying to scare people. But what what about us? Does that yeah,


Lexie Smith  

thank you for highlighting that because I think I'm exactly the second I think not I think I know when I was most and I tell the story transparently, I actually was really attracted to the business model of coaching first, because what I identified in my own self discovery was I really needed to figure out how to work to live. I needed time back I needed, you know, the things I identified, I had a harder time identifying what I loved easier time identifying what I didn't love. And it led me towards, you know, a million podcasts a million things I never got traditionally trained because Ding ding ding there's no APR, which certification? Right. My certification at that point in time was, I guess at that point in time. 10 years of industry experience right So I, you know, I put together what I thought it would look like to teach people and mentor people in PR. And to your point, it's funny like years into it, I realized, oh, maybe I'm I am more consulting Mentari that I am fully coaching and I think there's depending on the niche that you land on, yes, and who you are as a person, different strategies or methods are okay, are okay, my clients come to me because they want some of that, that consultant, they want me to tell them things. Whereas maybe in a position like yours, or maybe more of a life coach, it is more traditional. And we need to take a step back from truly mentoring and, and create a situation that's more more self reflective. So it is interesting to thank you for highlighting that. I think that's a great point.



And I think that so I love that you. We started from different places. Yeah, I knew what I wanted to do. And then it kind of figured out the business afterwards. Like, it kept me it did keep me a bit from I first thought that I had to transition into some type of people HR role, that I couldn't just be a coach. And that was another thing. Like, I just didn't think that I could actually have my business. I thought I was too young. I don't think it'd be like all these things that were all these self limiting beliefs that got in my way. But actually, this is another like, quick story. But I was I remember the moment when I was deciding, like, I need to change, I can't after I had that big break, I can't be here anymore. What do I do, and my company wasn't supporting me to move and HR and all these things. So my brother's like go out on your own, you know, and I was thinking about thinking about doing all the math pros and cons lists all the things. And I was still stuck, I started scrolling my phone to like, distract myself, of course. And I came across this quote from Michelle Obama, where she goes, Don't ever make decisions from a place of fear, make decisions from a place of possibility and help make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn't. And that like. And I offer that to people too, all the time to all my clients, and to everyone out there listening, when you're trying to make decisions, step into different perspectives, and say, if I make this decision from a place of fear, what would I do? Now? What if I did make it from a place of possibility? And what should happen? And what could happen? Then what would I do? So I always try, that's why I talk about possibility driven leadership, because how do you lead yourself and others in your career in your life from more of that place of possibility versus a place of fear. And I think that's really needed when in entrepreneurship. And, and then of course, figuring out the right resources and tools and, and, and systems and operations to make it successful for you.


Lexie Smith  

freaking love that shift. Um, you know, what I want to dive into a little bit deeper to is I think there's, I mean, if we're going to overly generalize, let's say, there's two categories of people. For me, I actually was pretty clear on my values, I lost sight of them. But I was able to clearly be like, Look, I want a family, I want time off the things that mattered to me, felt clear. However, I know a large portion of people don't have the gift of that immediate clarity. So if we're going to talk about one place to start not like how do we go about securing and knowing ourselves deeply. And one week, like, Where's the place to start where someone who doesn't necessarily wake up one day, knowing exactly what they want? How can they start to identify maybe even one of their first values.



So first, what's I think really good to know about values is that they are not aspirational. They are core to you. And Lex, we could have the exact same values, and they're going to mean very different things to you. And I also just the permission that your values are truly your own, they are as unique to you as your fingerprint. And it's not just about naming what your values are, it's also about defining them and understanding them because both of you just say connection is one of my values. How I honor it's very different than how you might honor it. So you really have to get under the hood and define it. But when starting to think about like what are those? What are those values? There's a couple of techniques that I use with my clients. One being thinking about which sounds a little bit like the way the route you went lacks, which was what he must have one of the must haves in your life, for you to feel happy and balanced and fulfilled and okay and satisfy what are those core core needs that you must have, and list them all out. And then if it's like, I must be in outside, maybe nature, I must move my body you know, and I'm very, maybe it's health, maybe it's connection, maybe it's community, there's endless things like one of my values I've now named is possibility and that used to be adventures, but it was like this big thing and I didn't know how to name it like it can be anything that is really core to you. So list them out and then your goal is to get into like your top you only want to have like two to three values. If you have too many values, they kind of lose meaning, and often there's overlap. So one time I worked with a leader and he had like honesty and truth, like transparency, or can I hear like a few different words that we all realize actually laddered up to a core value of integrity. So also feeling about what are your they're gonna have like your primary values or other ones are underneath it, it means that they're still important to you, but there's just one master value. So that's one way in also thinking about things like, what can't you tolerate? Like, what are you tolerating right now, that's really hard for you. Like you said, I knew what I didn't want. When you think about the things that are really hard for you that are causing a lot of strain in your life, that's probably an area where a value is being dishonored. And that can give a lot of insight as well. So if you have a boss that is super disrespectful to you, or you have a company that doesn't act with integrity, as no transparency and disrespectful, other people, like, there's probably some values in there for you that are being dishonored. And that's why things feel so misaligned and where you are. So those are two ways in that


Lexie Smith  

I'll offer I mean, like, and you put such a beautiful structure to something that feels so big and overwhelming and the way you just articulated that was brilliant. And like kudos, a little 26 year old Lexi, for knowing at the time how to miscellaneous Lee find that out about herself. But I'm very aware that that's not the case for everyone. And I'm sure I'm gonna have a midlife crisis at some point. So I think you can correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure values probably can evolve or shift, right? Like, I became a mom, holy moly, I became a new human when I became a mom, not entirely, but like, I want things that I thought were going to be a value really, truly, deeply are now. And so I think there's many moments in life where that kind of framework and way of thinking, it's almost like I'm so business minded, like you should audit your business every quarter, I feel I feel like you almost want to maybe this is terrible, but like, is there okay, maybe this is a question rather? Should you audit? Should you do check ins with your values? And how often how frequently?



Good question. So you, you literally took the words out of my mouth that your values evolve as you do. So I often talk to leaders, and I'm like, do you know your values? And they're like, oh, yeah, I didn't exercise and I define them like five years ago, I'm like, No, let's try again, like you aren't you, there's something that you should, honestly, you should be thinking about them every day, if not every week, because until they become very second nature to you, your values are your compass. So if you're starting a business, if you're navigating a hard situation, if you don't know how to manage a client or, or you're you're struggling with a situation like something feels really hard, are very, like really great. Your values, use them to help name what's going on, when you start to name something, you start to, you're able to tame it a little bit better and feel a little bit set by a greater sense of control over it, and have a greater sense of understanding of yourself. So they're very useful tool to use on the regular. But to answer your question about re evaluating them, I would check in with them, I probably every year, you're really connected to them just to kind of check in. But also, if you're going through a big change, so you're realizing that you're really unhappy with your job, you are becoming a mom, you are wanting to start a career business, you want to pivot in your business, revisit your values, I always was I the first thing I do any client is values, I think it is the most foundational thing you can do for yourself. So go back to the source, go back to that foundation of your values, and start there and see how that can guide the rest of whatever you're working through.


Lexie Smith  

To kind of cosign how important they are. And I think transfer horribly. For career and life. I just went through a rebranding exercise for my agency. Oh, yeah. And I hired this wonderful consultant. And she was a former client of mine, Hillary Hart Lane, and we had this three hour brain dump. And the whole point was to get this brand identity for the agency. But where did we start? We started with me, and she asked me what are your values as a person? And so getting a clearer understanding of that is just like step one, right? Before you can even think of the business side? Because if you don't know that about you, how the heck are you gonna go about identifying them for an extension of you, especially as a coach, because as a coach, like you are your brand, right?



So 100% It's so funny. I literally just did the same thing. I'm going through a rebrand right now. And I what it helped me so much that I was connected to my values. And what had happened just like two years ago, I got married, and it was in the pandemic. And there are a lot of things that are really hard. It definitely called it really called me into action to lean into all the tools I built as a coach and I do coach. I don't coach anything that I haven't used it experience myself. So I really had to put the tools to work. It was a very difficult moment for me and I use my values. So strongly to help me articulate what was going on and help me reevaluate that maybe I had a new value I didn't know about before, that was really being challenged there. And so then two years later, here I am, I'm reevaluating my values for my brand. And because I was so connected to them, and connected to how maybe they had evolved a little bit, it created such a strong, like grounding place for the rest of my brand to take off from because also, if you aren't living in your values, and you're showing up, people should you should leave the room and people should know how to describe you. And they should be saying things that aligned to your values. Yeah. And then you're attracting clients, where they either similar values or like, like, adjacent values. Yeah. And that makes a really big difference. And then you're attracting more of the right people for you.


Lexie Smith  

Yeah. You know, speaking of clients, I do want to give us an opportunity. I know we've been we've been saying a lot of helpful things for everyone listening maybe on the coaching, coaching line, but who do you serve? Who are your ideal clients, and everyone listening? I want you to also listen for friends and family. Right? If Lindsey isn't your coach, do you have a spouse, a partner, a friend, you know, someone who could benefit from her like, listen up, because she is about to share, who she serves and what values align with her clients.



Thanks, Lex. I really appreciate the opportunity to speak to that. So I work mainly, but not exclusively with folks in the corporate space. Um, but I support leaders who are feeling they're at an impasse in their career. So it's really two camps, one of which you are feeling very lost and are frustrated. And they know they want to make a change in their career, they're feeling stuck, they've kind of where I was, they climb the ladder, now they're looking around, and they're like, I don't know how I got here, I don't know what to do next. And they want to move forward very intentionally, they don't want to just jump to another job, where they feel like they like put another band aid over the problem, they want to get to the root of the problem that got them there. So they can start doing something different in their career. But I also work with leaders who are perhaps in a role, who are realizing they're not really they're not having the impact that they want to have. And they are feeling a little bit burned out or exasperated and how they're leading their team, their own career in this role or, or leading the company and supporting them reconnect to what it means to be powerfully aligned, intentional leader of themselves and others.


Lexie Smith  

Beautiful and where can people go to learn more about how to work with you. So



you can grow you can go to my website of yelling, coaching.com and find time with me and anyone here if you want to dig into deeper deeper into values or your purpose or your questions or coaching, scheduled time with me, I will gladly support you in any way I can with a complimentary copy always. Or they can follow me also on Instagram at Lindsay Yellen is my handle all one word, that would be the great places to connect, I'm going to continuing to as I'm going through my own rebrand, sharing more and more content that mirrors a lot that we talked about today. And more, especially in how to be a more empowered leader for yourself and for others. And I'd love for you to follow along and see what resonates and what you can also teach me. Yeah,


Lexie Smith  

oh, I love that. And guys, we'll put that in the show notes. Now, before before I let you go, I have to do what we always do at the end of the at the end of the show where this let me rephrase this, what Emily always does to me. And I always forget this is a part of our our show is homework. She's like, Okay, let's see, what's the homework, I'm like, great. Let me come up with it on the spot. So you probably have already thought about this a little bit. But if we were gonna give homework to everyone listening, what would that look like? What's your homework for them today?



My homework to you is they don't wait, check in with yourself on your values, even if you think you know them. Check again. So what I always give the homework to my clients before we talk about values, is there's two podcasts I recommend one is actually a podcast with Brene. Brown from I think unlocking us, maybe it was nearly one of the two I'll send it share with you Lex that is called living in your values. And they just do a great job talking and defining it and giving you their process that they fall through that they work through. So I love to offer different ways because you never know what language will connect with somebody to understand the concept. So I think that is great. And then I also have other resources and where I've talked about values more deeply and have even a values worksheet that I'm happy to share here. So I will the homework is to start to get curious with yourself about values and immerse yourself in the concept and see how that can transform the way that you are leading yourself leading your business and how you feel more connected to yourself and your needs to live a more balanced and fulfilled life.


Lexie Smith  

Beautiful, perfect, puts our homework to shame. I love it. The last part of this show. I'm gonna end there's more to participate in I know and the last last last last last part of this show. I'm going to invite you to participate in it I'm gonna start and I'm just gonna see if you understand how to jump in for everyone listening. Thanks for joining us on the red coach podcast. Yes, it's always that on the fly and terrible things guys bye