The Badass Leader: Helping High-Achieving Women Lead with Calm, Clarity, and Deep Self-Trust
Hosted by executive coach and former Fortune 500 leader Coco Duan, this podcast explores what it truly takes to become a badass leader—someone who leads with calm, clarity, courage, and deep self-trust.
Many high-achieving women are already badass.
They just don’t feel like one.
Because the Good Girl conditioning that helped them succeed is still running the show—driving overwork, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and constant pressure to prove.
Through this podcast, Coco helps you unlearn those patterns so you can stop performing and start leading from your real power.
Each episode offers practical tools and insights on topics such as:
• Regulate your nervous system to create internal safety and expand your capacity to handle pressure
• Unlearn Good Girl conditioning (play safe, please, and prove)
• Reclaim your voice, boundaries, and sense of self
• Realign how you lead—so you can show up calm, clear, and deeply self-trusting
With 20+ years of corporate leadership experience and deep personal transformation, Coco has helped women around the world step into the leaders they already are.
A Badass Leader.
Learn more about her 1:1 Badass Leader Program:
https://www.cocoduancoaching.com/vip-coaching
The Badass Leader: Helping High-Achieving Women Lead with Calm, Clarity, and Deep Self-Trust
8: Silencing the Voice That Says ‘I’m Not Enough’: A Powerful Exercise to Reclaim Your Confidence
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Do you ever catch yourself thinking, “What will they think?” Whether it’s a work presentation, a networking event, or posting on social media, I used to worry if people thought I wasn’t smart enough, interesting enough, or confident enough.
That fear held me back from speaking up, asking for help, and fully expressing myself. I felt small, constrained, and limited, wanting to be more expressive, confident, and free, but something always got in the way.
It wasn’t until I discovered my Gremlin message—that inner voice telling me I wasn’t enough—that I realized what was really holding me back. In this episode, we’ll explore how to identify your own Gremlin message and take your first steps toward replacing it so that you can take a critical step into your grounded confidence.
You can find the Emotion Wheel here.
The list of common Gremlin messages:
- I’m not smart enough
- I’m not pretty/attractive enough
- I’m not strong enough
- I’m not persistent enough
- I’m not valuable
- I’m not deserving (of love, success etc)
- I’m not worthy (of love, success etc)
- I’m not important
- I’m not lovable
Want to go from Good Girl to Badass Leader—calm, clear, and deeply self-trusting?
I offer a free 60-minute consultation to help you get clear on where you are, where you want to go, and what’s holding you back.
From there, we’ll explore what working together could look like.
Book your call:
https://calendly.com/cocoduancoaching/1-hr-consultation