HeyJaredOptimising Your Brilliance: Removing Performance Ceilings for Confident, Strategic Leaders
Stop overthinking & lead with confidence. Hosted by Estelle Read, Executive Coach, Speaker & Bestselling Author - Optimising Your Brilliance is for professional services leaders ready to remove performance ceilings.
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How to Stop Burnout: Your Path to Calm, Confident Leadership (opens the original)
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This episode explores the journey from burnout to recoverywith resilience coach Tracy Doyle, who bravely shares her story of overcoming profound personal challenges. Please note this episode contains discussions of sexual abuse, suicide, and mental health struggles. Listener discretion isadvised. Tracy reveals how life experiences shape the beliefs driving burnout and introduces her transformative Aurora framework to find clarity, calm, and confidence. Tune in to learn practical tools for spotti
Win the First Hour: Reset Your Biology for Calm Leadership (opens the original)
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Winning your first hour each morning is the secret tostaying calm under pressure—and it all starts with biology, not personality. In this episode, Dr. Robert Carter, international bestselling co-author of The Morning Mind and the upcoming The Convenience Trap , shares a neuroscience-backed morning routine that resets your nervous system, thehidden convenience traps draining your resilience, and a simple framework to help you stay centred no matter what the day throws at you. What You Will Learn:
Why Leaders Stay Stuck: How Soft Addictions Sabotage Success and What To Do About It (opens the original)
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Why do high achievers often feel stuck despite theirsuccess? In this episode, Dr. Judith Wright, a neuroscientist and coach featured on Oprah and Good Morning America, shares her insights on the hidden patterns that keep leaders trapped in burnout, conflict, and underperformance. Discover how “soft addictions” and unmet deep yearnings silently sabotage your leadership potential. Learn practical strategies to name your true feelings, reconnect with your core needs, and embark on a path to clarity
From Invisible to Influential: Empowering Leaders to Be Seen (opens the original)
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Feeling invisible in rooms where your leadership should shine? This episode dives deep into leadership visibility and how to raise your profile authentically. Discover why many leaders struggle with imposter syndrome, fear of failure, or uncertainty about how to present their leadership presence confidently. Host Estelle Read chats with Katie Radel, CEO of Ripple Consulting Group, about proven strategies to stop hiding and start leading with visible impact that advances your career and organizat
Break Free from the Overachiever Trap: Leadership Tips for Sustainable Growth (opens the original)
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In this episode of Optimising Leader Brilliance, leadership coach Estelle Read dives into the "Overachiever" saboteur—the relentless drive to prove worth through endless achievements and output. Discover how this pattern creates burnout, toxic work cultures, and personal exhaustion by tying your value solely to performance. Drawing on over two decades of coaching, Estelle reveals the emotional roots of this trap and shares breakthrough neuroscience methods to reset your mindset. Learn how to rec
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