Notes on Vulnerability

 Business mentor and "business alchemist" Pandora Paloma doesn't think so. After making millions in sales, she's become convinced that strategy is only part of the picture - the real work is in expanding your capacity, challenging your identity, and being honest about what's really holding you back. In this episode we talk about: How your business can never outgrow the per...

Why do so many people feel lost in their 30s and 40s, even when life looks successful on paper? If you've ever found yourself wondering, "Is this it?" or feeling strangely disconnected from the life you've worked so hard to build, this episode is for you. In this solo episode, resilience coach Alex explores the identity crisis that so many people experience in midlife - but tha...

What does it look like to actually live on your own terms - not just talk about it? Agnes, known on Instagram as The Ginger Witch, is the woman doing all the things a lot of us only dream about. From 10 days of silent meditation in a Vipassana retreat (twice!) to seven weeks training at a kung fu school in the mountains of China, Agnes has made a life out of leaning into discomfort - and she would...

It's easy to assume the answer is discipline, motivation, or confidence - but in this episode, resilience coach Alex reveals what actually makes the difference, and it's none of those things. Alex explores the concept of capacity - why some people have more of it, where it comes from, and crucially, how you can build more of it. She breaks down the real reasons change can feel harder for...

What does it take for a man raised inside a deeply patriarchal religious system to become one of the internet's most prominent voices against misogyny - and then fall in love with a woman who challenges him every step of the way? In this episode, I sit down with Sean and his fiancée Cat - a couple who met in Instagram DMs after Cat noticed Sean posting calm, measured responses to Andrew Tate...

Still grinding through your to-do list, stuck in your head, and wondering why the meditation isn't working? Your nervous system might be the missing piece - and the solution is a lot more fun than you think. In this episode, resilience coach Alex breaks down what nervous system regulation actually means (hint: it's not about being permanently calm), why so many of us stay stuck in a stre...

Anna Morris KC has represented thousands of bereaved families at some of the UK's most high-profile public inquiries - including Hillsborough and the COVID Inquiry. But her path to King's Counsel looked nothing like the rulebook said it should. In this episode, Alex sits down with her old university friend Anna to talk about what it's really like to stand up in court on behalf of 7,...

If you've ever felt the  pressure to have children - even when something inside you said otherwise - this episode is for you. Alex, resilience coach and host of Notes on Vulnerability, gets personal in this solo episode about what it really means to be child-free. Drawing on her own experience and the latest research (including a landmark study from the London School of Economics), she explor...

Erin Harris spent 28 years hiding her arm under hoodies and baggy jumpers. Today she's the two-time World's Strongest Disabled Woman with four world records to her name - and it all started from a single TikTok video.  In this episode Erin opens up about growing up with a limb difference, the bullying she experienced and how discovering Adaptive Strongman in 2022 completely transformed h...

In this solo episode, resilience coach Alex unpacks the science and psychology behind self-perception and why it may be the single biggest factor influencing your success, income, relationships, and ability to reach your goals. Alex explores why so many of us get stuck in cycles of self-sabotage - not because we're lazy or incapable, but because we're trying to change our actions without...

What does it take to start training for an Ironman triathlon in your fifties - and actually cross the finish line? In this episode, Alex sits down with Donna, known on Instagram as The Iron Empress, a midlife endurance athlete who discovered road cycling and triathlon later in life and used it to completely reframe what ageing looks like. Donna shares how she went from city commuter cyclist to Iro...

Are you a woman in your forties feeling overwhelmed, resentful, and bone-tired - and you can't quite explain why? In this first episode of Season 4, resilience coach Alex  Pett digs into one of the most underestimated sources of midlife exhaustion: good girl conditioning . Alex explores how women are taught from a young age to be agreeable, nice, and self-sacrificing - and how this deeply ing...

If you’ve ever set intentions with real hope and still found yourself stuck in the same patterns, this episode offers a different explanation: your nervous system has more say over your future than your mindset does . In this episode, we explore: why you can deeply want change and still feel blocked how survival patterns quietly override your goals why manifesting doesn’t start in your thoughts an...

Gratitude isn’t meant to be a performance - or something you use to override what actually hurts. In this episode, I explore why forced positivity and gratitude lists often create more pressure than peace, and how somatic (felt) gratitude works differently in the nervous system. We talk about: why your body doesn’t respond to pressure how gratitude turns into bypassing without us realising and how...

My guest on this episode is Kerry Chaput , multi-award-winning historical fiction author who celebrates badass women in history. Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . (for individuals) Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach )  www.shore-coaching.com Notes on...

If you're a woman who feels shame around ageing this is for you. Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . Book a 90-min intensive here . Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach )  www.shore-coaching.com Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnera...

My guest on this episode is Shani Silver, author of A Single Revolution and host of the podcast A Single Serving.  Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . 5 Questions to Increase Stress Resilience - download for FREE . (For organisations) Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . (for individuals) Host: Alex, resilience...

3 things we rarely consider that make the best leaders and managers/ Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . Book a 90-min intensive here . Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach )  www.shore-coaching.com Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerab...

The Reticular Activating System is what makes manifestation possible - this is how it works. Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . Book a 90-min intensive here . Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach )  www.shore-coaching.com Notes on Vulnerability on social...

Can you stop wasting time worrying about work? Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . Book a 90-min intensive here . Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach )  www.shore-coaching.com Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta). Music f...

With silver haired curve model, body confidence activist, midlife influencer, Rachel Peru. Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . 5 Questions to Increase Stress Resilience - download for FREE . (For organisations) Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . (for individuals) Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresil...

Insights and practical tools for developing more stress resilience - for individuals and teams. Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . 5 Questions to Increase Stress Resilience - download for FREE . (For organisations) Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . (for individuals) Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alex...

These are some of the things that make burnout in mid life women more of a risk. Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . Book a 90-min intensive here . Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach )  www.shore-coaching.com Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @not...

Do the feelings of imposter syndrome originate inside us? Or are they a natural response to an unequal world of work? Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . Book a 90-min intensive here . Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach )  www.shore-coaching.com Notes o...

Mindset coaching doesn't work ...on its own.  A focus on the nervous system is often what's missing. Book an intro call for resilience coaching here . Book a 90-min intensive here . Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life . Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach )  www.shore-coaching.com Notes on Vulne...