Confident You - Raw Conversations

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: de...

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&ap...

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...

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 an...

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:...

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 momen...

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, seam...

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 v...

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 post...

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...

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...

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 trapp...

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 Ha...

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 i...

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 a...

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...

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. A...

If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show For more about the Recalibrate Retreat, visit my website . Get $150 off your FACTOR Meal Plan .  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. Eac...

If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show For more about the Recalibrate Retreat, visit my website . Get $150 off your FACTOR Meal Plan .  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. Eac...

Energy doesn't flow smoothly. Not in nature, and not in you. In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins breaks down why the smallest unit of action can hold the most power, starting with Max Planck's discovery that energy moves in discrete packets, not a continuous stream- a discovery that eventually became the foundation of quantum physics and the Manhattan Project. Julie app...

Have you ever started writing something simple- a journal entry, a text, an email and surprised yourself with what came out? That's not random. It's neuroscience. In this episode of Brave Moves, Julie DeLucca-Collins breaks down why writing by hand activates language, memory, attention, and executive functioning all at once and why that matters more now than ever, in a world where we&apo...

Why do we keep repeating the same bad habits, even when we're motivated to change? In this episode of Brave Moves , Julie DeLucca-Collins explores why the goal isn't to eliminate mistakes—it's to recover from them faster. Instead of striving for perfection, you'll learn how successful people build resilience through quick course correction, intentional attention management, and...

Why do so many people give up on their biggest goals? In this episode of Brave Moves , Julie DeLucca-Collins uses the powerful analogy of climbing Mount Everest to explain why focusing on the summit can leave us discouraged—and why lasting success comes from taking one intentional step at a time. Julie also shares two attention habits that can help you stay focused, make consistent progress, and r...

Have you ever ignored your intuition only to discover later that you were right all along? In this episode of Brave Moves , Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the psychology of women's intuition, self-trust, overthinking, and why so many women have been conditioned to question their own inner knowing. Julie discusses the connection between intuition and emotional intelligence, the impact of peopl...

Breaking Repeating Patterns with Family Constellations and Curiosity The episodes introduce family constellations, a method developed by Bert Hellinger that explores how unconscious family-system dynamics can influence recurring life patterns without blaming parents. Julie explains that family constellations can be applied beyond family relationships to issues like career, money, leadership, self-...