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Leader Within PodcastThe Plateaued Leaders Path to Break ThroughDiscover the Intentional Leader Blueprint to break through leadership plateaus without working harder. Learn the REACH formula and four leadership savvy areas that transform women leaders from plateaued to purposeful. One reconstructed thought away from breakthrough.
2025-07-2923 min
Leader Within PodcastTransforming from Reactive to Responsive Leadership with Emotional FluencyTransform reactive leadership into responsive influence with neuroscience-backed strategies. Learn the 6-second pause technique, emotional fluency, and brain science behind leadership triggers. Discover how to lead with clarity and purpose, even under pressure.
2025-07-2225 min
Leader Within PodcastExploring the 5 Gatekeepers of Human BehaviourToday, we're diving into the five gatekeepers of human behavior - the fundamental human needs that determine whether your message lands or triggers a threat response.
Before we dive in, let me share an important perspective that might challenge what you've been taught about leadership communication.
It's not what you're communicating, but how you're communicating that determines if your message lands the way you intended!
2025-07-1521 min
Leader Within PodcastThe Secret to Clear Leadership ThinkingIn previous episodes, we've explored the three plateaus that keep women leaders stuck: the leadership plateau, where you feel invisible despite your contributions; the performance plateau, where working harder yields diminishing returns; and the self-belief plateau, where doubt undermines your natural leadership abilities.
But underlying all three of these plateaus is often a single challenge: tangled thinking. When your thoughts are clouded, your leadership presence diminishes, your performance suffers, and your self-belief wavers. That's why today, we're focusing on the secret to clear leadership thinking—because clarity isn't just a nice-to-have quality, it's the foundation upo...2025-07-0833 min
Leader Within PodcastSelf-Doubt Tax: What It's Really Costing YouBreak through leadership self-doubt with proven confidence strategies. Learn how a finance leader overcame career setbacks to become CFO, explore confidence brain science, and discover 5 practical leadership confidence techniques for women leaders.
2025-07-0119 min
Leader Within PodcastYour Busy Calendar Is Killing Your CredibilityThe performance plateau paradox reveals how increased effort can lead to diminished progress due to brain resource depletion. It highlights the confusion between busyness and productivity, with task switching causing significant time loss and impairing cognitive function.
2025-07-0122 min
Leader Within PodcastThe Confidence Myth Keeping You Stuck (and How To Break Through It)Increased effort to prove oneself can paradoxically reduce visibility in leadership roles, often relegating capable individuals to reliable executors rather than strategic leaders. The video explores the "visibility paradox," highlighting how dependable problem solvers may mask their leadership potential. It emphasises the importance of confidence gained through action, effective communication, and intentionality in overcoming self-doubt and breaking through leadership plateaus.
2025-07-0122 min
Leader Within PodcastStuck on a Leadership Plateau? Stop Trying HarderDiscover why working harder isn't breaking you through your leadership plateau and how to escape the four specific "Try Harder Traps" keeping talented women leaders stuck. Learn the brain science behind why additional effort often backfires and the one reconstructed thought that can transform your leadership journey from plateaued to purposeful.
2025-07-0127 min
Leader Within PodcastThe Hidden Reason You're Waking at 2amThat interview classic "What keeps you up at night?" shouldn't be a literal question—yet for most women leaders, it is. If you're waking up at 2 AM with racing thoughts about tomorrow's presentation, difficult conversations, or whether you're truly qualified for your role, you're not alone.
In this episode, discover why your middle-of-night thought spirals aren't a willpower problem—they're a neuroscience problem with a practical solution.
2025-07-0126 min
Leader Within PodcastThe Leadership Kaleidoscope: Why Working Harder Is Keeping You StuckTraditional leadership models are failing today's women leaders. In this inaugural episode, Sue-Anne Higgins introduces a unique approach: the Leadership Kaleidoscope. Discover why working harder doesn't create leadership breakthroughs and how aligning three specific dimensions—your Inner World, Outer World, and External World—transforms leadership from feeling like leadership is an uphill battle, to it feeling effortless. Featuring brain science insights on what actually happens in your brain during leadership challenges and a powerful framework that's helped countless women break through plateaus. Stop working harder. Start thinking differently.
2025-07-0125 min
Leader Within PodcastIntroducing the Leader Within Podcast with Sue-Anne HigginsIntroducing the Leader Within Podcast with Sue-Anne Higgins. Helping women leaders break through plateaus and lead with clarity, passion, and purpose. Each episode demystifies the Try Harder Traps of Leadership while combining neuroscience-informed strategies with practical insights to help you transform your leadership journey from the inside out.
2025-04-0502 min
Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 3 | Deep dive into GenresRachele and Becky do a deep dive into their three favorite genres: Romance, Fantasy, and Thrillers. They decide that they are PRO-TROPE!
All the books we discussed in this episode:
Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang
The Bride Test | Helen Hoang
The Heart Principle | Helen Hoang
Book Lovers | Emily Henry
Secretly Yours | Tessa Bailey
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Author Tessa Dare for Historical Romance
Author Lisa Kleypas for Historical Romance
Julia Quinn | Bridgerton Series
Pride and Prejudice | J...2022-11-1135 min
Happy Chicks PodcastUsing Creativity For More Happiness and Working Shit outNo creative bone is your body…fear not happiness is still open to you!In this episode not only do we explore how to tap into your happy place through creativity but also how you can harness the power of creativity to nut out that pesky problem that is blocking your path.Tamara Protassow is a non-fiction writing coach, accountability coach and course creator. She specialises in developing non-fiction books with purpose-driven writers and holding space where creative inspirations become reality.Tamara has developed and edited books with over 50 au...2022-04-2633 min
It’s For The TableWhy Are We Obsessed With True Crime?Nowadays it seems like crime stories seem more popular than ever. But why are we obsessed with them? This week the IFTT ladies breakdown some facts and information on why specifically women are so intrigued by true crime. We also want to bring awareness of the importance of highlighting victims of these horrible cases versus glorifying the storyline.
Content Warnings: General discussions of violence, murder, and rape. Please listen with caution.
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Jennie Vincow
Maria Hernandez
Dayle Yoshie Okazaki
Tsai-Lian "Veronica" Yu
Vincent and Maxine Zazzara
B...2021-03-1540 min
Destination MysteryEpisode 7: Susanna CalkinsI'm thrilled to have my first historical mystery writer! Susanna Calkins' evocative mysteries feature Lucy Campion, a chambermaid who, amid the social chaos of the Plague and the Great Fire of London, manages to rise to the ranks of printer's apprentice -- an unusual job for a woman at the time. But whether she's a servant or an apprentice, her quick mind and sense of justice are always at the fore. And they often end up embroiling her in murders.
We talk about Susanna's extensive research, which include a mention that the 350th anniversary of the Great...2016-05-1100 min