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You've worked hard to get into leadership. You've earned your place. So why does that little voice keep asking, "What if they realise I don't know what I'm doing?" Impostor Syndrome in leadership can show up in surprising ways, even for highly capable, experienced and successful leaders. Having navigated those doubts herself while building high-performing teams in large organisations, Janelle Ryan shares what she discovered about self-doubt, confidence and becoming the leader she wanted to be. Including why she came to see Impostor Syndrome and Fraud Complex very differently, and how some of her most uncomfortable leadership experiences became some of her most valuable. Whether you're stepping into your first leadership role or have been leading for years, this conversation invites you to reconsider what it takes to lead with confidence, authenticity and trust in yourself. Because what if that little voice isn't quite the enemy you've been led to believe? Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

Why is work-life balance so difficult for high achievers, even when you genuinely want more time for yourself? We usually blame an overflowing calendar, work stress, too many responsibilities or simply not having enough time. But, there may be another reason work keeps getting your attention, and traditional advice about boundaries and time management can completely miss it. In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle Ryan explores why we keep prioritising work, what being busy can give us, and why making more room for yourself can be more complicated than it sounds. If you keep promising yourself you’ll make more room for you when work settles down, this conversation may help you see why that never seems to happen. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

How do you solve a problem in your life when you’ve already thought about it from every possible angle? You’ve analysed it. Researched it. Talked it through. Made lists. Considered the options. Gone backwards and forwards. And still, the answer isn’t there. For high performers who are usually very good at problem-solving, this can be particularly frustrating. When thinking has helped you create success throughout your life and career, the natural response is to think harder. But what if that’s exactly what’s keeping you stuck? In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle Ryan explores what happens when conventional problem-solving stops creating clarity, why we can unknowingly limit the solutions we’re able to see, and what can happen when we create space for a completely different possibility. Along the way, Janelle shares the story of a problem she and her husband tried to solve for four years, the 3am moment that changed everything, and the question that revealed an answer. If you’re overthinking a decision, circling the same problem, trying to work out your next move or wondering what you’re missing, this episode will give you something different to consider. Because sometimes the answer isn’t hiding where you’ve been looking for it. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

What do you believe you deserve? At work. In your business. In your relationships. In the way you are treated, paid, heard and valued. That question has been showing up in conversations with clients this week, and underneath it sits something deeper: self-worth. Not the obvious kind. The quieter kind that shows itself in what you ask for, what you accept, what you tolerate, what you explain away and whose opinion carries more weight than your own. In this episode, I explore the subtle ways we hand the measuring stick to other people, why high performers can be particularly good at disguising worth issues, and what changes when your worth is no longer constantly on trial. If you have ever wondered whether you are asking for too much, expecting too much, or whether you should simply be grateful for what you already have, this one is worth listening to. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

What if there are opportunities, ideas, people or completely different ways forward already around you that you simply can’t see? We tend to believe we’re looking at reality as it is. We assess what’s happening, what’s happened before, what makes sense, what feels realistic and what appears to be available to us. Then, from all of that, we decide what is possible. But we don’t see everything. Sometimes the very beliefs, assumptions and rules that have helped us make sense of the world are also quietly limiting what we’re able to notice within it. In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle explores how beliefs can become so familiar that we stop recognising them as beliefs at all, and why your past can have far more influence over what you notice today than you realise. What happens when you remove one of those blinkers? What becomes visible when you question something you’ve accepted as fact for years? Could the opportunity you’ve been waiting for already be sitting in plain sight? This is an episode about possibility, perception and learning to look again. And there’s a deceptively simple exercise inside that could reveal far more than you expect. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

What if creating the life you want requires more than simply working harder? In this episode, I share a very personal thread that has followed me since childhood: my fascination with what we can’t see, what we don’t yet understand and what might be possible. From imaginary friends and séances to neuroscience, quantum physics, mindset, identity, emotional regulation and years of coaching people through real change, this is a conversation about what happens when we stop using only the evidence of our past and present to decide what is possible next. And, importantly, how we begin creating a future that doesn’t exist yet. If this conversation speaks to something you’re ready to create, Taking the Leap begins 1 September. Link is below.  Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

What if discomfort is not a sign to stop? In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle Ryan explores why growth can feel uncomfortable when your beliefs, stories, excuses and patterns are challenged, and when the familiar way of seeing yourself no longer holds. She shares the client feedback that made her smile, why good coaching does not mean automatic agreement, and what can happen when someone holds up the mirror and shows you what you have not been able to see for yourself. So how do you know when discomfort is warning you to stop, and when it is simply the feeling of stepping into something new, bigger, brighter or bolder? That is the question at the heart of this episode. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

“I don’t want to waste my time” can sound like a sensible reason to wait, walk away or leave something unexplored. But what if time isn’t the real issue? In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle looks beneath one of our most convincing explanations for not beginning. Whether it’s a career move, relationship, conversation, course, idea or change you’ve been circling, the desire to use your time wisely may be hiding a more uncomfortable question. What would you choose if you didn’t need to know exactly how it would turn out? This episode will challenge the way you think about uncertainty, the value of experiences that don’t deliver the result you expected and the time quietly being used while you wait for certainty. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

There’s a difference between being welcomed into a room and feeling as though you truly belong there. Fitting in can look like success from the outside. You’re included, accepted and perhaps even admired. Yet beneath the surface, you may still be watching yourself closely, adjusting what you say or waiting for someone else to confirm that you’ve earned your place. In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle explores the subtle but powerful difference between fitting in and belonging, why the distinction influences how confidently you enter relationships, workplaces and new opportunities, and the question that may change how you see your place in them. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

You probably think you know what is influencing your choices. The obvious worries. The familiar doubts. The thoughts that tell you to wait, stay quiet, prepare a little longer or assume something probably won't work. But what about the thoughts that pass through so quickly you barely notice them? In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle explores the surprising connection between your thoughts and a teabag, and how an ordinary thought can begin influencing what you believe is possible and what you choose to do next. This is not another conversation about forcing yourself to think positively or policing every thought that enters your mind. It is an invitation to become curious about the thoughts you may be giving life to, especially the ones that have become so familiar they simply feel true. Pop the kettle on and press play. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

The words you say to yourself and others are not neutral. They shape your confidence, your leadership, your relationships, your decisions and the way you meet the moments that matter the most to you. In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle Ryan draws on more than a decade of coaching leaders, business owners and high-performing professionals to explore how language influences the way we show up, speak up, hold back, over-explain, avoid, don our armour and lead. This is not about being positive for the sake of it. It is about becoming more aware of the language that is quietly running the show, and learning what to do instead. If you are ready to hear yourself more clearly, lead yourself more powerfully and stop letting old phrases shape your next chapter, this conversation is for you. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

What does it really take to keep going when you are creating something bigger for your life, work, family, leadership, relationships or next chapter? In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle Ryan explores resilience, not as pushing through, pretending everything is fine or doing it all alone, but as the capacity to stay connected to your vision when the path becomes uncomfortable, uncertain or bigger than you expected. If you have a big dream, a quiet desire, a new direction or a goal that matters deeply to you, this conversation will help you think differently about setbacks, support, cheerleaders, decision-making, adaptability, optimism and the small practices that help you keep moving. This is an episode for anyone who is creating something more and wants to build the resilience to stay with it. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

We all know the person. The colleague who complains before the meeting has even started. The family member who can’t let a happy moment stay happy. The friend whose drama somehow becomes everyone else’s afternoon. Negative people can be exhausting, especially when you can’t simply avoid them. In this episode, Janelle talks about how to be around negativity without absorbing it, fixing it, joining it or becoming someone you don’t want to be. This isn’t about pretending people don’t affect you. It’s about noticing what happens inside you, choosing your response, and keeping hold of yourself when someone else’s mood starts filling the room. If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation feeling drained, annoyed or like someone else’s energy came home with you, this one is for you. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

Have you ever walked into a money conversation knowing what you wanted to ask for, then heard yourself ask for less? Maybe it was a salary conversation. Maybe it was a fee. Maybe it was a proposal, a scope change, a promotion conversation, or that “quick extra thing” that quietly became part of the job. In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle Ryan explores one of the most expensive patterns many intelligent women carry: making the ask smaller before anyone else has even responded. This is not about becoming pushy, arrogant or demanding. It is about learning to stay with yourself when money, value, visibility and courage are on the table. Because making more money is not only about market rates, pricing, salary bands or negotiation strategy. It is also about the woman making the ask. Can she say the number she actually wants? Can she let someone consider it without rescuing them? Can she stop making the money conversation easier for everyone except herself? If you have ever softened a fee, reduced a salary request, added more for free, or said “I’m flexible” before anyone asked you to be, this episode will speak directly to you. You will also hear a practical tool you can use before your next money conversation, so you can prepare not only the numbers, but yourself to hold them. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.

Promoted from within? That moment can feel exciting, validating… and unexpectedly awkward. One day you’re sitting beside people as a peer. The next, they’re looking to you for decisions, standards, feedback and direction. In this episode of Sky High Coaching Conversations, Janelle explores the identity shift that happens when you become the boss of people who used to be your colleagues. Not the polished LinkedIn version of leadership, but the very human version: wanting to stay warm, wanting to be liked, navigating changed friendships, holding authority, and learning how to lead without becoming someone you’re not. If you’ve recently been promoted, are stepping into leadership, or are finding it harder than expected to lead former peers, this conversation will help you feel less alone inside the transition. Message us! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP Download one or both of Janelle’s complimentary Blueprints, The Unshakeable Woman Blueprint and Success Was The Warm-Up: Explore the complimentary Blueprints Download her new complimentary blueprint: Your Leadership Next Level Join us in March 2027, in a beautiful location, for deep conversation and connection: The Sky High Coaching Intensive Ready for deeper support, powerful conversation and a space designed for high-achieving women creating what comes next? Explore The Soft Strength Salon Prefer a more personal touch?  Private 1:1 Coaching may be for you. Invitation and referral only.