There’s a place we can all find ourselves in from time to time — a place where it feels like things are happening to us, where someone else is to blame, and where we don’t have a choice. Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching calls t...

I should call that person. I should do the washing. I should do more. Sound familiar? In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching zooms in on a word most of us use without thinking — and shows how it quietly drains our energy an...

It’s difficult to take on the day when you’re feeling tired, overwhelmed, hangry (and yes, Rachel confirms, that’s absolutely a thing), or just generally out of sorts. We know we want to feel capable and grounded, but the gap between where we a...

Not every day needs an overhaul. Sometimes a shift is as small as a change in mindset, a change in what you wear, or simply a change in how you carry yourself through the ordinary hours. In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coachi...

You know the feeling. The load is too much, everything is piling up, and you want to scream. Your body is telling you something — but when you’re running a household, a business, or both, stopping feels like the one thing you can’t afford to do...

You know the feeling — the spiral is building, everything is tightening, and you can sense a meltdown approaching. In that moment, the last thing you need is a complicated strategy. You need something immediate. In this She Short, Rachel Russel...

Taking responsibility can sound like a heavy thing — one more demand on a list that’s already too long. But Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching frames it differently. For Rachel, taking responsibility isn’t about controlling everything. It...

When something has us wound up, our instinct is often to think harder, fix faster, push through. But what if the most useful thing we could do is the opposite — step out of the spiral and back into our senses? In this She Short, Rachel Russell ...

Our brains love a complete story. Beginning, middle, end — filed away as truth. The trouble is, not every story our mind constructs is actually true. We fill in gaps, make assumptions, and before we know it, we’re responding to a version of eve...

Something’s looming. Maybe it’s a conversation you’ve been putting off, a decision that won’t settle, or something on the horizon that’s making your stomach tighten. In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching offers a reframe y...

Before we can move towards anything, we need to know where we’re starting from. It sounds obvious, but as Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching explains, it’s a question many of us resist — because honestly taking stock of where we are can b...

We make countless decisions every day — some that carry real weight, and some as ordinary as what to have for dinner (a question Rachel freely admits she finds endlessly annoying). In this She Snippet, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching s...

Most of us know the question well: what’s the worst that can happen? We reach for it when we’re weighing up a decision, trying to talk ourselves into something, or quietly bracing for things to go wrong. In this She Snippet, Rachel Rus...

It sounds like such a straightforward question: where do you want to be? But as Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching knows from her work with clients, it’s one that many of us struggle to answer. Sometimes we’re so caught in the we...

Have you ever noticed the weight of the word should? It follows us through the day — I should be doing more, I should know better, I should be further along by now. It’s quiet, persistent, and heavy. In this She Snippet, Rachel unpacks...

She Speaks: Five Empowerment Strategies That Don’t Cost a ThingPart Two — A conversation with Narelle Lemon and Rachel RussellEpisode OverviewIn Part One, Narelle and Rachel named the gap — the exhaustio...

She Speaks: For the Women Who Hold More Than Most Will Ever UnderstandPart One — A conversation with Narelle Lemon and Rachel RussellEpisode OverviewThis episode is for the women who keep going even when...

Episode Overview"Can you help?" is vague. "Can you watch the kids for two hours on Thursday so I can shower?" is specific. One of these actually gets results.In this snippet, Delyse Clayden breaks down the three types of su...

Episode OverviewYou're dragging your kids through the school gate with your hair a mess. The parent next to you looks perfectly polished and calm. You tell yourself they've got it together and you don't. But here's what you're not...

Episode OverviewYou're at playgroup watching someone else's child do something yours hasn't done yet. You're at school drop-off comparing yourself to the polished parent who seems to have it all together. You're at home wondering why...

She Snippets for She Speaks Podcast Series 3 — Making Sense of the Hard Bits of ParentingEpisode OverviewSome days you'll navigate the hard moments beautifully. Other days you'll lose your patience, say the wrong t...

She Snippets for She Speaks Podcast Series 3 — Making Sense of the Hard Bits of ParentingEpisode OverviewWe say "take care of yourself first" like it's simple. But when you're in the middle of a child's meltdown—do...

She Snippets for She Speaks Podcast Series 3 — Making Sense of the Hard Bits of ParentingEpisode OverviewWorking in the disability industry, Delyse hears a lot of parents say their child had a meltdown when actuall...

She Snippets for She Speaks Podcast Series 3 — Making Sense of the Hard Bits of ParentingEpisode OverviewWe've all been there—the carefully planned day that suddenly dissolves into chaos. The unexpected meltdown th...

She Snippets for  She Speaks Podcast Series 3 — Making Sense of the Hard Bits of ParentingEpisode OverviewWhen you're going through something difficult—health battles, mental health challenges, overwhelming circu...