016 | Transforming the Overachiever & Finding Your Inner Champion with Dr. Mandy Lehto
TUR017 - Transforming the Overachiever & Finding Your Inner Champion with Dr. Mandy Lehto
Mandy Lehto, PhD., is a writer, speaker, and executive coach. She has been featured on and has written for several media brands and magazines such as the Sunday Times, Psychology Today, Psychologies Magazine, The Huffington Post, and CNBC. A former director for a global investment bank, Mandy works with high-achieving women and organizations to help them redefine what it means to be successful. In addition to her work as a coach and speaker, Mandy also hosts the podcast, MoxieCast, and is currently writing her first book, “Enough: One Woman’s Journey to Be Less and Be More.”
Mandy joins me today to share her journey through life and the insights she learned about womanhood. She explains why she loves being an executive coach and describes her experiences in the investment banking world. She reveals the problems with being a people-pleaser and describes how her childhood experiences shaped her to become an overachiever. She shares her struggles with impostor syndrome and discusses how she is managing her inner critic today. She also emphasizes the importance of getting help, whether through coaching or mentoring, and the power of reaching out to a community of women.
“We all have an inner elder, an inner wise woman, an inner champion. We always have access to them.” - Dr. Mandy Lehto
This week on The Unwritten Rules Podcast:
Mandy’s journey from childhood to investment banking and executive coaching
What Mandy loves about being an executive coach
Mandy’s advice to her younger self and why it’s okay to let other people not like you
The problems with being an overachiever and how Mandy is learning to ‘self-source’ her worth
Mandy’s experiences with the impostor syndrome and how she dealt with it
Judgy Janet the Inner Critic and managing the impostor syndrome through self-soothing and grounding
The Elder, the Wisewoman, and other counterparts to our inner critics
The power of getting a coach and joining a community
Opening yourself up to receiving help
Our Favorite Quotes:
“The more I work on myself and help others, the more I realize that our being comes with so much power.” - Dr. Mandy Lehto
“From being the golden child who always has to get it right to being the woman who knows that it’s okay if she messes up - it feels good.” - Dr. Mandy Lehto
“Girl, go get yourself a sisterhood that you can trust to empower you when you fail.” - Dr. Mandy Lehto
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