The Courageous Coach Podcast

In this season finale of the Courageous Coach Podcast , host Melissa Hague steps back for a solo reflection on the core theme of the past series: Grounded Confidence . Moving away from high-energy finales, this episode offers a slower, deeper exploration of what it means to come back to your own ground rather than constantly reaching for something new. Melissa weaves together the insights shared b...

About the Guest Clare Norman is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coaching Federation, possessing over 20 years of coaching experience. She is dedicated to enabling people to feel truly seen for who they are and empowers individuals to find their authentic voice. In addition to her work challenging leaders to prioritise people alongside profits, Clare specialises in mentor coac...

About The Guest: Emily Young is a Coach with over 20 years of experience, having begun her life-coaching journey two decades ago. Today, Emily specialises in anxiety and wellbeing coaching, splitting her time between her private practice and working with a local hospice, where she supports the wellbeing of staff and volunteers. Passionate about all things human, Emily is deeply interested in helpi...

About the Guest Alison Roberts is a qualified executive coach, senior Learning and Development professional, and the founder of Comms Lab. Throughout her diverse career, which spans roles from Sales Director to Founder to Trainer, she has focused on cultivating the essential "human skills that AI can never replicate," such as intuition, listening, empathy, and connection. Her deep-seated curiosity...

About  the Guest: What if all leaders and organisations oriented towards positive social impact and serving life? If we emphasised connection and being, not separation and doing? What gifts and potential are we not accessing?   Glyn offers compassionate guidance and companionship as people step into the questions and conversations that are urgently needed. A space to slow down, sort through mess,...

About the Guest - Dr Julia Carden PhD MSc PCC FCIPD Julia was born and raised in Cornwall and “made in the Royal Navy”, and now lives in Hampshire. She has been and continues to be on a lifelong journey in developing her own self-awareness. She works as a relational coach and coach supervisor practitioner, with an academic underpinning.  Her work focuses on working with the whole person (both indi...

About the Guest Donna Ward-Higgs is a leadership coach, supervisor, and trusted Wing Woman to leaders, managers and coaching business owners navigating growth, pressure and big decisions. She supports people to untangle the noise, challenge unhelpful “shoulds”, and lead in a way that actually fits — combining sharp thinking, honest conversations and deep respect for the human side of leadership. ...

About Jane Gilham: Coach | Advocate for Women’s Wellbeing & Leadership | Grief Educator in Training Jane Gilham is a coach and mentor for high-achieving women who’ve spent years carrying responsibility, pushing through overwhelm, and quietly losing pieces of themselves along the way. She helps female leaders, executives, and professionals reclaim clarity, meaning, and emotional freedom, withou...

About This Episode Welcome to the premiere of Season Three! In this solo episode, host Melissa Hague sets the foundation for a season dedicated entirely to Grounded Confidence . Moving past the myths that confidence is about being loud, shiny, or perfect, Melissa explores a steadier, more human form of confidence that allows coaches to step into courage without "armouring up". Drawing heavily on t...

About The Episode Host: Kate Chastey is a business mentor and marketing strategist known for helping solo business owners (especially women) build financially stable, emotionally sustainable businesses rooted in clarity, courage, and joy. After 15 years building her own freelance business into a respected franchise, The Passionate PA, Kate made the bold decision to close that chapter in 2024. That...

About The Guests: This roundtable features five members of the Courageous Coach community: Amy Wilkinson – A down-to-earth, real-talk advocate for ditching coaching snobbery and embracing imperfection. Jane Gilham – Speaks powerfully about grief, transition, and finding courage in life’s hardest seasons. Donna Ward-Higgs – Brings heartfelt insight into the power of safety, self-awareness, and retu...

About The Guest: This episode features no guest just the honest, encouraging voice of the show’s host: Melissa Hague. Melissa is a coach who helps others lead with courage, show up more fully, and build meaningful practices from the inside out. Her work is rooted in integrity, self-awareness, and the belief that being human is more than enough. About The Episode: In this solo episode of The Courag...

About The Guest: Diane Lloyd, MA, PCC is a leadership coach, speaker, and facilitator dedicated to empowering midlife women to step into their full leadership potential with confidence, clarity, and courage. With decades of leadership experience and a deep understanding of personal reinvention, Diane has lived the transitions she now helps others navigate. At 43, she made a bold career shift from...

About The Guest: Jean Burke supports purpose-driven leaders and teams to thrive, not just keep going. With over 30 years of experience in leadership, coaching, and workplace wellbeing, she brings a psychologically informed, deeply practical approach to helping people lead with greater clarity, connection, and self-awareness. Her work is rooted in the belief that leadership is relational and that m...

About The Guest: Amy Wilkinson is the founder of Fearless Foodies, a coaching and training company dedicated to empowering professionals in the food industry to communicate with confidence, influence, and impact. After more than two decades in new product development, commercial and marketing roles within corporate food manufacturing, Amy took the leap to start her own coaching business nearly fiv...

About The Guest: Dr Jo Hartley is a Career and Life Coach for Doctors who brings over 30 years of NHS experience to her coaching practice. After becoming a consultant in emergency medicine in 2007, Jo experienced her own brush with burnout in 2016, which began her journey of self-exploration and ultimately led her to discover coaching. Jo's path to coaching wasn't straightforward - it involved com...

About The Guest: Claire Pedrick describes herself as "a human who facilitates other people's thinking" - and this beautifully captures her approach to both coaching and life. As an MCC Master Coach with over 15,000 hours of experience, Claire has been coaching for more than 35 years and established 3D Coaching in the 1990s to bring together the simplest and best learning from coaching. Claire is t...

About The Guest: Julie Luscombe is the founder of People Like Me Coaching and Training Consultancy and a certified burnout coach who's made Jersey her home base for supporting overwhelmed professionals. With three distinct careers behind her - mental health nursing in the NHS, public health strategy work, and senior education roles - Julie brings a unique perspective to coaching that's grounded in...

About The Guest: Teresa Wilson has worked as a trainer and facilitator for over 20 years and as a coach for more than a decade through Teresa Wilson Coaching. She currently delivers training and coaching within the Civil Service and the NHS, and for leaders in the third sector. Alongside her one-to-one private practice, she also works as a Mentor Coach. Teresa became interested in shadow work as a...

Episode 14 With Febriona Ruocco About The Guest: Febronia Ruocco is a Global Strategic Insights & Analytics Director and a dual-accredited Executive Leadership Coach. Over her career, she has led insights teams globally for renowned household brands such as Cadbury-Schweppes, Diageo, Heinz, Heineken, and GSK. Alongside her corporate leadership role, Febronia runs her own international coaching...

Finding Your Brave in Supervision with Donna Ward-Higgs About the Guest: Donna Ward-Higgs, a coach, mentor, facilitator, and trainer with a career in people development spanning more than 25 years. Drawing from her own experiences with "the good, the bad and the ugly of workplace leadership," Donna is passionate about fostering emotionally intelligent leaders, teams, and workplaces. She believes t...

THE COURAGEOUS COACH PODCAST - SEASON 2 Get ready to dig deeper into what it REALLY means to coach with courage. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS SEASON Season 2 is fast approaching, and we're not holding back! Host Melissa Hague returns with her signature blend of heart, honesty, and humanity as we dive deeper into the messy, magical world of courageous coaching. This isn't your typical coaching podcast. We'r...

 Season One Finale In this heartfelt season finale, host Melissa Hague reflects on the journey of the Courageous Coach podcast's first season. She revisits key insights from her conversations with remarkable coaches who shared their personal experiences with courage in coaching. Episode Highlights: Different Faces of Courage : Jessie Buscombe revealed that courage often feels like discomfort rathe...

About the Jane Gilham: Jane is an experienced HR leader and coach, who is passionate about people, understands how they drive business performance and most importantly what support they need to thrive.  Working at board level for 20+ years in Human Resourcing, her support of C-suite and leadership teams to achieve rapid business growth through MBO and PE investment has been a significant feature o...

About the Mark Townsend: I help leaders step into their full potential with courage, clarity, and confidence. With over 25 years of experience in the education sector, I specialise in empowering professionals to lead with authenticity, navigate challenges with resilience, and create lasting impact in their organisations. I have worked closely with many head teachers, deputy head teachers, SENCOs,...