Hosted by Liz Jolley, founder of The School of Courage™, this podcast helps ambitious women navigate leadership, motherhood, burnout, career crossroads, relationships, self-trust, and conscious living — so they can feel more grounded, present, and proud of the lives they are creating.
Each episode helps you create more space between what happens and how you respond, so you can feel calmer, think more clearly, and become more grounded at work and at home.
These are some of the best first episodes if you are new to The Great Leader Great Mom Podcast. Start here for grounded conversations on leadership, motherhood, overwhelm, confidence, and emotional well-being.
A strong place to begin if you feel torn between ambition, motherhood, pressure, and the desire to feel more grounded in your real life.
Start here if your inner dialogue is harsh, exhausting, and quietly undermining your confidence at work and at home.
A favorite for women who are tired of chasing balance and want a more honest, grounded way to think about work, home, and self.
Learn to use the Power Question Framework to define success and lead yourself when your company’s expectations are constantly shifting.
Start here if you keep thinking the right role, boss, or workplace will finally make you feel secure, valued, or enough.
A beautiful episode for women who want more emotional steadiness and a more compassionate relationship with real life.
These conversations are rooted in three core ideas that help women feel more grounded, more present, and more powerful in real life.
Learn to notice what is happening in your mind, emotions, and relationships so you can respond with more awareness instead of living on autopilot.
Go DeeperCreate space between what happens and how you react so you can stop spiraling, stop people-pleasing, and make decisions from self-trust instead of pressure.
Go DeeperBecome the version of you who can lead at work, love at home, and stay rooted in who you are without losing yourself in the process.
Go DeeperChoose the area where you want support most right now — belonging to yourself, staying grounded at work, or being more present at home. You can also search for a specific challenge, feeling, or conversation below.
Below you’ll find the full list of episodes in this category. Start with the one that best matches what you’re facing right now, or scroll to explore them all.
Other people’s opinions can feel like truth when you haven’t defined success for yourself. Liz Jolley shows how to hear feedback without collapsing, shapeshifting, or surrendering your own view.
Vague feedback can send you spiraling or make you dismiss it completely. Liz Jolley shows how to separate the label from the facts, ask for specifics, and find the real learning.
Work can hijack vacation when your brain equates dedication with constant availability. Liz Jolley shows how to plan work windows, manage your mind, and actually be present while you’re away.
A grounded episode for working moms on how to love their kids deeply without letting guilt, over-functioning, and constant availability run their day.
A grounded episode for overwhelmed women on why the fear of “dropping a glass ball” creates burnout, and how to replace fear and self-judgment with self-compassion, conscious thinking, and love.
Instead of wishing your terrible week away, learn how to move from your reactive "lizard brain" into your planning prefrontal cortex so you can stop just surviving your life and confidently take back the driver's seat.
If these conversations are helping you feel more grounded, more present, and more powerful in your real life, there are a few ways to keep going. Listen on your favorite platform, start with the featured episodes above, or explore deeper support through The School of Courage.
Come back anytime you need support around leadership, motherhood, overwhelm, confidence, relationships, or emotional resilience.
