Brave Moves: Confidence, Mindset & Business Growth for Women Entrepreneurs
Brave Moves is a daily personal growth and confidence podcast for ambitious women, entrepreneurs, and leaders ready to build self-trust, overcome self-doubt, and take bold action in business and life.
Confidence isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you build through mindset, habits, and small courageous decisions made consistently over time.
Each short, actionable episode delivers practical tools for personal development, leadership growth, mindset mastery, and habit formation. You’ll learn how to quiet negative self-talk, make aligned decisions, build momentum, and develop the confidence to pursue your goals with clarity and courage.
If you’re a woman in business, an aspiring entrepreneur, or someone navigating reinvention, Brave Moves will help you strengthen your mindset, increase resilience, and create real forward progress.
Because brave doesn’t mean fearless. It means choosing growth over comfort and action over hesitation.
Tune in daily for motivation, self-improvement strategies, leadership insights, and the confidence boost you need to make your next brave move.
Episodes
238 episodes
The 3 things that are Killing Your Energy, Why Small Actions Beat Willpower
Energy doesn't flow smoothly. Not in nature, and not in you.In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins breaks down why the smallest unit of action can hold the most power, starting with Max Planck's discovery that energy moves...
Why Writing By Hand Reveals What You Really Think (The Neuroscience of Thinking on Paper)
Have you ever started writing something simple- a journal entry, a text, an email and surprised yourself with what came out? That's not random. It's neuroscience.In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins breaks down why writi...
Stop Trying to Be Perfect: Learn to Recover Faster
Why do we keep repeating the same bad habits, even when we're motivated to change?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores why the goal isn't to eliminate mistakes—it's to recover from them faster. Instead of...
The Mount Everest Mindset: One Step at a Time
Why do so many people give up on their biggest goals?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins uses the powerful analogy of climbing Mount Everest to explain why focusing on the summit can leave us discouraged—and wh...
Women's Intuition: Why You Need to Trust Yourself More
Have you ever ignored your intuition only to discover later that you were right all along?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the psychology of women's intuition, self-trust, overthinking, and why so m...
Why Do I Keep Repeating the Same Patterns? A Look at Family Constellations
Breaking Repeating Patterns with Family Constellations and CuriosityThe episodes introduce family constellations, a method developed by Bert Hellinger that explores how unconscious family-system dynamics can influence recurring life pat...
Your Story Is Your Value: Why People Connect With Stories, Not Perfection
Why do stories matter so much?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins shares the fascinating story of a 2006 experiment where ordinary thrift store items were sold for thousands of dollars after being paired...
A Letter to My Younger Self: Life Lessons I Wish I Learned Sooner
What would you tell your younger self if you had the chance?In this heartfelt episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins shares the life lessons, mindset shifts, and wisdom she wishes she had learned sooner. From learn...
Every Ceiling Becomes a Floor: How Small Habits Create Extraordinary Results
Do you ever feel discouraged because your goals seem so far away?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores a powerful quote from Aldous Huxley: "Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor upon which on...
Energy Awareness, Not Labels: The Ambivert Path
Are you an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert—and does it really matter?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the differences between introversion, extroversion, and ambiversion while revealing the real k...
The God Hours: Why Your Best Ideas May Come in the Middle of the Night
Have you ever woken up at 2 a.m. with an idea you couldn't stop thinking about?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the fascinating history of biphasic sleep, the science of creativity, theta brainwaves...
How to Stop Anxiety From Stealing the Present Moment
Have you ever been having a perfectly good day only to have anxiety suddenly show up and pull you into the future?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins shares a personal experience with unexpected anxiety and the...
Stop Chasing Love and Start Removing the Barriers to It
Are you searching for love, or unknowingly blocking it?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the powerful idea that love, connection, and belonging may not be missing from our lives. Instead, the ...
Are You Present or Just Chasing Pleasant?
Are you spending your life trying to control everything—or learning to be present for what matters most?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the difference between being present and constantly ch...
Every Good Thing in Your Life Started With a Brave Decision
How do you move forward when you're scared?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the connection between fear, courage, confidence, and personal growth. Julie shares why many of life's greatest opp...
What Gwyneth Paltrow Can Teach Us About Assumptions
Why do we jump to conclusions so quickly—and what happens when we don't have the full story?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores a viral moment involving Gwyneth Paltrow and how a quote taken out...
Why Rest Is Not Failure: The Importance of Protecting Your Physical Health
Have you ever felt guilty for slowing down, getting sick, or taking time to recover?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins shares a personal reflection after taking a week off from podcasting due to illness. She e...
Should You Forgive, Ignore, or Walk Away?
Should you forgive, ignore, or seek revenge when someone hurts you?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the popular quote, "Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore,"...
Stop Listening to Promises and Start Watching Patterns
Do actions really speak louder than words?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores why consistent actions reveal more than promises, intentions, or explanations ever can. Inspired by a powerful quote...
5 Life Lessons That Will Make You Happier Starting Today
Are you appreciating your life, or rushing through it, waiting for something bigger?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins shares five powerful reminders for living with more gratitude, intention, joy, and ...
The Biggest Risk Is Staying Where You Are
Are fear and impatience keeping you stuck?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores why the biggest risk in life is often not failure—but staying where you are. Julie discusses fear, comfort zones, ri...
Why Following Your Passion Is Terrible Advice
Should you really follow your passion? Or is that advice keeping you stuck?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins challenges one of the most popular career and personal development myths: "Follow your passi...
Why Motivation Comes Last: The Secret to Lasting Success
Why do some people achieve success consistently while others keep waiting for motivation?In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the powerful connection between identity, habits, mentorship, confide...