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
22: Inspired Action: Turning Dreams into Reality with Dr. Tanya Raquel (Performance & Executive Coach)
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In this conversation, Dr. Tanya Raquel and I explore the transformative journey of moving from a high-achieving, work-focused, and performance-driven life to one filled with mindfulness, self-love, and fulfillment.
Tanya shares her pivotal life moments, including the unexpected passing of her father, which prompted her to reassess her priorities and seek a more meaningful existence.
They discuss the importance of dreaming, taking inspired action, and overcoming people-pleasing tendencies to cultivate self-worth and joy.
The conversation emphasizes the need for intentional living and the power of self-reflection in creating a fulfilling life.
In this engaging conversation, we explore the themes of self-love, parenting, authenticity, and the importance of self-affirmation.
We discuss the challenges of prioritizing oneself while raising children, the significance of modeling self-love for the next generation, and the balance between authenticity and attachment in relationships.
The conversation emphasizes the necessity of self-acknowledgment, the role of support in personal transformation, and the power of stillness and solitude in self-discovery.
00:00 The Journey of Transformation
04:51 Pivotal Moments in Life
09:47 Finding Fulfillment Beyond Work
15:05 Dreaming and Desiring a New Life
19:56 Taking Inspired Action
24:52 The Shift from People-Pleasing to Self-Love
30:02 Tools for Building Self-Worth and Joy
38:58 The Struggle of Self-Prioritization
41:07 Modeling Self-Love for Our Children
43:17 Authenticity vs. Attachment in Parenting
45:10 The Importance of Self-Affirmation
49:23 Navigating Relationships and Self-Trust
52:00 Following Your Knowing: A Journey of Self-Discovery
56:23 The Role of Support in Transformation
01:01:55 Embracing Alone-time and Stillness
Follow Dr. Raquel:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtanyaraquel/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtanyaraquel/
- Website: www.drtanyaraquel.com
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