Brave Moves: Confidence, Mindset & Business Growth for Women Entrepreneurs

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  Why Traveling Changes Us 27.07.2026 9min

  Travel is a universally rewarding experience, whether it's a week-long vacation at a resort or a backpacking trip through the Mountains. You have the opportunity to meet people, hear incredible stories, expose yourself to new cultures & languages, and ultimately grow as a person. Traveling has been the thing that has changed me and helped me recalibrate in life. A common theme – related to travel – is the growth you experience, specifically within your perspective on the world and those w...
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  Rejected From TEDx: How I Turned a No Into a Yes 23.07.2026 18min

  Everyone sees the finished TEDx talk — the red carpet, the polished nine minutes on stage. Almost nobody sees the first time the speaker applied and got a no. In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins shares the real story behind becoming a TEDx speaker, including her first rejected application and what she did next. Julie breaks down why a rejection from one specific TEDx event isn't a verdict on your message or your worth — it's information about one specific fit, with one speci...
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  Tired? What Your Exhaustion Is Actually Trying to Tell You 22.07.2026 6min

  Some days you wake up tired and go to bed tired, with nothing in between that explains it. In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores mental exhaustion — one of three types of tiredness — and makes the case that fatigue is often the body's way of communicating something you haven't let yourself hear yet. Julie breaks down what mental exhaustion actually looks like: decision fatigue, a mind full of open "tabs," rumination on the past, and a growing to-do list you can't seem...
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  Caretaking vs. Caregiving, And Why the Difference Matters More Than You Think 21.07.2026 10min

  Are you caregiving, or caretaking? In this deeply personal episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the critical difference between the two, and why caretaking, not caregiving, is actually a hallmark of codependency rooted in insecurity and control. Julie breaks down how a caretaker often feels needed and quietly superior to the person they're helping, reassured that they won't be left because they're always needed, while caregiving is help freely given, an expression of love an...
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  Should You Listen to That Advice? A Filter for Business and Career Feedback 20.07.2026 8min

  Grow a business or level up your career, and the unsolicited advice starts pouring in — from family, acquaintances, and that one person at every networking event with an opinion about your pricing. In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins gives you a practical filter for deciding what advice actually deserves your attention, and what deserves a polite thank-you and nothing more. Julie breaks down a four-part filter for evaluating unsolicited advice — has this person actually done...
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  Disappointing Others, and Being Okay With It 19.07.2026 8min

  Do you say yes when you want to say no, just to avoid disappointing someone? In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins tackles one of the hardest skills for high-achieving women to build: being okay with disappointing other people. Julie walks through Don Miguel Ruiz's bestselling book The Four Agreements, applying each agreement — be impeccable with your word, don't take anything personally, don't make assumptions, and always do your best — directly to the fear of letting people ...
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  How to Stop Second-Guessing Every Decision You Make 18.07.2026 8min

  Do you make a decision, then immediately start Googling alternatives, rereading reviews, or asking one more friend for reassurance? In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins tackles second-guessing head-on — and makes the case that the fix isn't more research, it's more trust. Julie breaks down five practical, actionable strategies to stop the second-guessing cycle for good: the 10-10-10 Rule for gaining perspective on any decision, practicing fast low-stakes decisions to build yo...
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  Be-Good vs. Get-Better: What Succeed by Heidi Grant Halvorson Teaches About Goals 17.07.2026 7min

  Are you setting goals to prove you're good enough — or to actually get better? In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins breaks down a key distinction from Heidi Grant Halvorson's book Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals: the difference between "be-good" goals and "get-better" goals, and why that one choice quietly determines whether you give up the moment things get hard. Julie unpacks Halvorson's research on goal setting and motivation, showing how proving-yourself goals collaps...
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  My Dear Friend, Sister Lucilla | She Would Not Believe My Life Now 16.07.2026 12min

  In this deeply personal episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins honors the memory of her dear friend, Sister Lucilla, a nun who passed away in 2009 after a life devoted to faith, service, and joy, and reflects on everything Sister Lucilla never got to see. Julie shares how their friendship began when she was newly 30 and new to New York, and how Sister Lucilla, nurse, teacher, gardener, seamstress, and pre-Vatican II nun — became one of the most treasured relationships of her life. Seve...
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  The Perfectionism Trap | Why "Perfect" Is Never Actually About You 15.07.2026 8min

  Are you trying to behave in a certain way to maximize outside approval? In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins unpacks why perfectionism isn't a high standard — it's a rejection of your true self, and a symptom of chasing an outside standard instead of trusting the inner perfection that already exists within you. Julie breaks down the difference between the perfectionist voice, obsessed with how things look to others, and the self-trusting voice, guided by inner authenticity an...
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  What Your Posture Is Really Telling You 14.07.2026 8min

  Have you ever noticed how your posture changes depending on who's in the room? In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins breaks down why posture is one of the most honest indicators of self-worth, self-trust, and confidence — and why it has almost nothing to do with how you look. Julie explores how body language shifts across different relationships and circumstances, why the posture we hold when no one's watching reveals our true relationship with ourselves, and how shrinking phy...
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  Confidence Isn't Waiting on the Other Side of Success 13.07.2026 12min

  Most people believe confidence is something waiting for them on the other side of success: after the launch, the sale, the promotion, the win. In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins breaks down why that belief is backward, using Albert Bandura's landmark research in psychology on fear and self-efficacy to show how confidence is actually built, not found. Julie unpacks the real difference between confidence and self-trust, and shares the three specific things that build lasting ...
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  Did You Have to Earn Love? Healing Conditional Love and Learning to Love Yourself 12.07.2026 12min

  Many of us carry a quiet, painful belief we've never said out loud: that we were loved conditionally, by a parent, a partner, or both. In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins unpacks what unconditional love actually is (hint: it's not the absence of boundaries), why so few of us experienced it fully, and why that pain was never proof that something was wrong with us. Julie shares a personal story about her own experience with conditional love, then walks through why the deepest,...
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  Why Being Liked Isn't the Same as Being Loved (And How to Stop Confusing Them) 11.07.2026 11min

  Being liked and being loved are not the same thing, and for years Julie DeLucca-Collins confused the two. In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie unpacks the real root of people-pleasing: not kindness, but fear. Drawing from her own corporate career, where being "the reliable one" quietly became her entire sense of self-worth, Julie breaks down why people-pleasing keeps your goodness trapped outside of you, in the hands of a jury that never stops deliberating. You'll learn the one question that...
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  The Confidence Origin Story: How Brave Moves Begin 10.07.2026 9min

  In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie takes listeners back to the beginning of her confidence journey and shares the story behind why confidence became such a meaningful part of her life and work. After realizing that some listeners may be joining the Brave Moves journey mid-story, Julie opens the door to her own origin story. She reads from the first chapter of her book, Confident You: Simple Habits to Live the Life You Have Imagined, sharing a vulnerable and memorable junior high moment tha...
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  Courage as a Way of Life: Why Fear Isn't the Only Thing That's Contagious 09.07.2026 9min

  Fear is contagious; we all know that. But courage is contagious too. In this episode, Julie explores what it really means to live courageously, not as one big heroic moment, but as a quiet, repeated way of showing up. She breaks down why courage isn't a highlight reel, and why the hardest part of courageous living is letting go of the outcome entirely. In This Episode: Why fear spreads fast in a room, and why courage spreads just as fastThe myth of courage as a one-time, heroic, cinematic mom...
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  Comfortable Isn't the Same as Good: Why Staying Too Long Costs You Your Best Years 08.07.2026 7min

  Inspired by a powerful quote from Karen Salmansohn, "If you stay too long in a bad situation, you forget it's a bad situation and get comfortable. Meanwhile, the best years of your life will pass you by," this episode explores how we quietly settle into situations, jobs, relationships, and business models that stopped serving us long ago. Julie breaks down why comfortable and good are not the same thing, and challenges listeners to name what they've stopped noticing. In This Episode: The Kare...
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  Hanging On: Why Checking In Matters More Than You Think 07.07.2026 9min

  A video of a German Shepherd sunning himself on a balcony, until one small shift sent him slipping between the rails, sparks this week's Brave Move. His owner happened to glance out at exactly the right moment and pulled him to safety. In this episode, Julie unpacks why the real brave move wasn't the rescue, it was the noticing, and why the people around us who "look fine" may be hanging on more than we realize. In This Episode: The Instagram video that inspired this episode, and why one smal...
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  Everything Is Your Fault; And That's the Most Empowering Thing I'll Ever Tell You 06.07.2026 12min

  What if the most empowering thing someone could say to you started with the words "everything is your fault?" In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins opens with a statement that might make you want to close the app — and then spends the rest of the episode turning it into the most liberating idea you've heard all year. This is an episode about radical responsibility. About the quiet ways we hand over our power without realizing it. About the difference between fault, which looks...
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  Sculpting Your Own Masterpiece Inside 05.07.2026 13min

  If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show Join the Community Brave Moves is a daily confidence and personal growth podcast for ambitious women, women entrepreneurs, and leaders who are ready to overcome self-doubt, build resilience, and take bold action in business and life. Each short, practical episode blends mindset science, decision-making psychology, and real-life stories to help you strengthen your confidence, rewire negative thought patterns,...