SHE Speaks Podcast

You know the feeling. The load is too much, everything is piling up, and you want to scream. Your body is telling you something — but when you’re running a household, a business, or both, stopping feels like the one thing you can’t afford to do. In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching meets us right there, in that moment of overwhelm, and offers something remarkably gentle: you...

Not every day needs an overhaul. Sometimes a shift is as small as a change in mindset, a change in what you wear, or simply a change in how you carry yourself through the ordinary hours. In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching returns to one of her favourite reframes — one she describes as almost her favourite on the planet — and brings it right into the texture of a normal day...

It’s difficult to take on the day when you’re feeling tired, overwhelmed, hangry (and yes, Rachel confirms, that’s absolutely a thing), or just generally out of sorts. We know we want to feel capable and grounded, but the gap between where we are and where we want to be can feel enormous. In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching offers something that takes about one second and u...

I should call that person. I should do the washing. I should do more. Sound familiar? In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching zooms in on a word most of us use without thinking — and shows how it quietly drains our energy and makes us feel wrong for simply being where we are. Her solution is disarmingly small: change the first two letters. Swap should for could , and suddenly y...

There’s a place we can all find ourselves in from time to time — a place where it feels like things are happening to us, where someone else is to blame, and where we don’t have a choice. Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching calls this victimhood, and she’s direct about it: it’s not a place that serves us. When we stay there, we give our power away — and often pass that feeling of wrongness on...

You know the feeling — the spiral is building, everything is tightening, and you can sense a meltdown approaching. In that moment, the last thing you need is a complicated strategy. You need something immediate. In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching shares one of the simplest tools in her toolkit: just look up. It’s grounded in what’s known in NLP as a pattern interrupt, and...

When something has us wound up, our instinct is often to think harder, fix faster, push through. But what if the most useful thing we could do is the opposite — step out of the spiral and back into our senses? In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching shares a beautifully simple grounding technique called 3, 2, 1. It’s quick, it can be done anywhere, and it works by gently redire...

Taking responsibility can sound like a heavy thing — one more demand on a list that’s already too long. But Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching frames it differently. For Rachel, taking responsibility isn’t about controlling everything. It’s about reclaiming something. It’s the decision to own how you respond, how you show up, and how you move through your days — not because you have to carry...

Most of us know the question well: what’s the worst that can happen? We reach for it when we’re weighing up a decision, trying to talk ourselves into something, or quietly bracing for things to go wrong. In this She Snippet, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching introduces us to one of her favourite tools from neurolinguistic programming — the reframe. And she offers a simple but powerful inver...

We make countless decisions every day — some that carry real weight, and some as ordinary as what to have for dinner (a question Rachel freely admits she finds endlessly annoying). In this She Snippet, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching shares one of her favourite decision-making tools: a single question that cuts through the noise and reconnects us with the version of ourselves we most want...

Before we can move towards anything, we need to know where we’re starting from. It sounds obvious, but as Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching explains, it’s a question many of us resist — because honestly taking stock of where we are can be uncomfortable, especially when it’s not where we want to be. In this She Snippet, Rachel shares the very first question she asks every client, and unpacks...

Something’s looming. Maybe it’s a conversation you’ve been putting off, a decision that won’t settle, or something on the horizon that’s making your stomach tighten. In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching offers a reframe you can reach for in exactly those moments. It’s fast, it’s practical, and it works by redirecting the question we almost always default to — what’s the wors...

Our brains love a complete story. Beginning, middle, end — filed away as truth. The trouble is, not every story our mind constructs is actually true. We fill in gaps, make assumptions, and before we know it, we’re responding to a version of events we’ve partly invented. In this She Short, Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching shares a powerful question that can interrupt that cycle — one that c...

Have you ever noticed the weight of the word should ? It follows us through the day — I should be doing more, I should know better, I should be further along by now. It’s quiet, persistent, and heavy. In this She Snippet, Rachel unpacks what the research tells us about should and why it so often leaves us feeling like we’re getting it wrong. Then she offers something beautifully simple: a one-word...

It sounds like such a straightforward question: where do you want to be? But as Rachel Russell of Quiet Frankly Coaching knows from her work with clients, it’s one that many of us struggle to answer. Sometimes we’re so caught in the weight of where we are right now that imagining anything different feels impossible. Other times, we hold ourselves back from even allowing the possibility of what cou...

She Speaks: For the Women Who Hold More Than Most Will Ever Understand Part One — A conversation with Narelle Lemon and Rachel Russell Episode Overview This episode is for the women who keep going even when they’re running on empty. The single mothers, the women in rural and remote communities, the mothers of neurodivergent children, the teen mothers who’ve been told they made their bed and now ha...

She Speaks: Five Empowerment Strategies That Don’t Cost a Thing Part Two — A conversation with Narelle Lemon and Rachel Russell Episode Overview In Part One, Narelle and Rachel named the gap — the exhaustion, the stuckness, and the belief systems that keep so many women feeling like they’re not enough, too much, or simply wrong. Now, in Part Two, they move into what can actually shift. Rachel walk...

She Snippets for She Speaks Podcast Series 3 — Making Sense of the Hard Bits of Parenting Episode Overview Some days you'll navigate the hard moments beautifully. Other days you'll lose your patience, say the wrong thing, or handle it in a way you'll regret. That's not failure—that's being human. What matters is the pattern over time. In this snippet, Delyse Clayden refram...

Episode Overview You're at playgroup watching someone else's child do something yours hasn't done yet. You're at school drop-off comparing yourself to the polished parent who seems to have it all together. You're at home wondering why one of your children can do something their sibling can't. In this snippet, Delyse Clayden names the comparison trap for what it is—a n...

Episode Overview You're dragging your kids through the school gate with your hair a mess. The parent next to you looks perfectly polished and calm. You tell yourself they've got it together and you don't. But here's what you're not seeing: they probably feel exactly the same way about someone else. In this snippet, Delyse Clayden unpacks why asking for help feels so imposs...

Episode Overview "Can you help?" is vague. "Can you watch the kids for two hours on Thursday so I can shower?" is specific. One of these actually gets results. In this snippet, Delyse Clayden breaks down the three types of support every parent needs—practical, emotional, and informational—and offers twelve concrete strategies for actually asking for it. Because here's what...

She Snippets for She Speaks Podcast Series 3 — Making Sense of the Hard Bits of Parenting Episode Overview We say "take care of yourself first" like it's simple. But when you're in the middle of a child's meltdown—doubting your abilities, worrying about other people's judgments, genuinely frightened by the intensity of all these emotions—self-care can feel impossible....

She Snippets for She Speaks Podcast Series 3 — Parenting on Hard Mode Episode Overview Parenting requires you to do repetitive tasks every single day with unwavering consistency. If you have ADHD, that's basically kryptonite. In this snippet, Delyse Clayden takes us through eight real ways ADHD shows up in parenting—from staying emotionally available during your child's meltdown (while m...

She Snippets for She Speaks Podcast Series 3 — Making Sense of the Hard Bits of Parenting Episode Overview Women's ADHD often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed—labelled as anxiety, depression, or premenopausal symptoms. The hyperactivity might not be visible, but the poor focus and memory struggles are real. And when you're parenting on top of that, seeking support isn't optional. It...

She Snippets for She Speaks Podcast Series 3 — Making Sense of the Hard Bits of Parenting Episode Overview So you have ADHD and you're parenting—possibly children who also have ADHD. You know the challenges. But what can you actually DO about it? In this snippet, Delyse shares nine practical strategies for parenting with an ADHD brain. From scheduling connection time to delegating tasks to th...