{"podcast":{"title":"She Is Courageous Podcast with Shelley Bosworth","slug":"she-is-courageous-podcast-with-shelley-bosworth-7029339","podcast_index_feed_id":7029339,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/she-is-courageous/","website_url":"https://shelleybosworthofficial.com/shes-courageous-podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c73354f8-fb78-4125-9492-c9418c37d60b/shelley-podcast.jpeg","author":"Shelley Bosworth","episode_count":93,"summary":"The She Is Courageous Podcast is for capable women who look confident on the outside but know they’re holding back on the inside. Hosted by Dubai-based business and mindset coach Shelley Bosworth, this podcast explores the psychology of ambition and the mindset patterns that shape how women show up in their careers, businesses and lives. With over 25 years in leadership and business, Shelley brings real-world perspective to the inner work, challenging the idea that confidence comes first and showing why courage is the real catalyst for change. Through honest solo reflections and thoughtful guest conversations, she explores the beliefs, pressures and patterns that keep high-performing women stuck in overthinking, burnout or self-doubt, even when they’re doing everything “right.” Because confidence rarely comes first. Courage does.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T08:21:26.028764+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/she-is-courageous-podcast-with-shelley-bosworth-7029339"},"episode":{"title":"You're Not Leading, You're Performing","slug":"you-re-not-leading-you-re-performing","published_at":"2026-05-25T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/she-is-courageous-podcast-with-shelley-bosworth-7029339/you-re-not-leading-you-re-performing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/she-is-courageous-podcast-with-shelley-bosworth-7029339","url":"https://shelleybosworthofficial.com/shes-courageous-podcast/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a8d627a7-4baa-438e-9a3d-b0c2736bfad5.mp3","summary":"Ever feel like you’re performing leadership instead of actually leading yourself? In this episode, Shelley gets honest about the pressure women still feel to sound, act, and lead a certain way in order to be taken seriously. From boardrooms to business ownership, she unpacks the exhausting balancing act so many female leaders are stuck in, being confident but not “too much”, warm but not soft, assertive but still liked. This is a real conversation about modern female leadership, self-trust, and what happens when you stop trying to fit someone else’s idea of what a leader should look like. You’ll hear: Challenge the leadership behaviours you’ve been taught to perform Recognise where you’ve been shrinking parts of yourself to fit in Reframe leadership as alignment, not control or perfection If you’re building a team, leading people, stepping into visibility, or navigating bigger responsibilities, this episode will get you thinking differently about how you lead and who you’re becoming CONNECT WITH SHELLEY Shelley Bosworth is a Business Mindset coach working with ambitious women from founders scaling their businesses to senior leaders navigating the pressure of high performance. She helps them break through self-doubt and overthinking so they can make bolder decisions and lead with more courage and confidence, without burning out. She works with clients 1:1, delivers keynote talks, and runs leadership development programmes for corporate teams. She is also the founder of Courageous Connections, an international online networking community for women in business. 📍 Based in the UAE, working globally. Check Shelley out here Follow Shelley on Instagram Connect with Shelley on Linkedin Join Courageous Connections Global Networking Shelleys Tik Tok Watch episodes on Youtube Got…","meta_description":"Ever feel like you’re performing leadership instead of actually leading yourself? In this episode, Shelley gets honest about the pressure women still feel…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1308,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/she-is-courageous-podcast-with-shelley-bosworth-7029339/episodes/you-re-not-leading-you-re-performing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/she-is-courageous-podcast-with-shelley-bosworth-7029339/you-re-not-leading-you-re-performing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}