{"podcast":{"title":"The CEO Sage","slug":"the-ceo-sage-formerly-leadership-is-feminine-320766","podcast_index_feed_id":320766,"rss_url":"https://leadershipcoach.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.thevisionary.ceo/podcast/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/5/0/7/250750b5e4a6ffda16c3140a3186d450/The_CEO_SAGE_with_Kris_Plachy_Podcast_Cover_Image_.png","author":"Kris Plachy, Entrepreneurial Sage CEO Management Coach and Consultant","episode_count":368,"summary":"You're vitally important and completely invisible. You're performing in what you once dreamed. The thing you built to free you has become the thing you're trapped inside. You've built something real. A business that works. A reputation that precedes you. By every measure, you're succeeding. And something is wrong that you can't quite name. You've tried the frameworks. You've bought the courses. You've followed the gurus. And on some level you know that none of it is going to give you what you're actually looking for, because what you're actually looking for is yourself. This is The CEO Sage—a podcast for the woman who is ready to stop looking outside herself for the answer. Kris Plachy doesn't offer you recipes or tactics or the \"real way\" to scale your business. She offers you something more rare: permission to listen to what you already know. In intimate, unflinching conversations, she names the truths you've been waiting to hear aloud. That your wisdom matters more than the strategy. That your self-trust is the asset worth protecting. That what feels like failure might actually be an invitation to something better. If you've achieved the success everyone told you to want and di…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T20:19:46.709901+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ceo-sage-formerly-leadership-is-feminine-320766"},"episode":{"title":"If You're Still Holding On, What Are You Really Afraid Of?","slug":"if-you-re-still-holding-on-what-are-you-really-afraid-of","published_at":"2025-07-28T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ceo-sage-formerly-leadership-is-feminine-320766/if-you-re-still-holding-on-what-are-you-really-afraid-of","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ceo-sage-formerly-leadership-is-feminine-320766","url":"https://www.thevisionary.ceo/blog/if-you-re-still-holding-on-what-are-you-really-afraid-of","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/leadershipcoach/July_28_2025_-_If_Youre_Still_Holding_On_What_Are_You_Really_Afraid_Of.mp3?dest-id=234856","summary":"You're not trapped by your business, your team, or even your schedule. You're trapped by the stories you've been telling yourself about what has to happen next. In this third installment of the special mini-series on the seven transitions every successful woman must navigate when she knows it's time for something new, Kris unpacks the beliefs that quietly hold you back—the false truths that keep high-achieving women stuck in businesses they've already outgrown. She gets right to the heart of the stories we cling to when we're afraid to move on, and dismantles them one by one. Like the belief that if you step back and the business doesn't thrive, you've failed. That if you're no longer running things, you've somehow lost your relevance. That wanting something new makes you ungrateful—or worse, that letting go means it was never enough to begin with. Here's what we explore: Why it's not your job to make the business live forever How to let go without guilt, shame, or fear of becoming invisible The difference between relevance and resonance—and why resonance is what actually matters What it means to be a woman in transition and still be powerful How to redefine your value outside of what you produce This episode is not about dismantling your success—it's about unhooking from the beliefs that keep you small, tired, and holding on too tightly. Contact Information and Recommended Resources The best way to stay in the know? Get on the list. I've got some exciting things coming your way, and I always share with my email list first. Head to the thevisionary.ceo/notes and opt in. Linkedin Instagram Facebook Pinterest","meta_description":"You're not trapped by your business, your team, or even your schedule. 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