The Lucy Gernon Show

Send us Fan Mail As a woman in a leadership position, do you ever feel like there is just not enough time in the day? Do you often ask yourself ‘how can I save more time to do the things I actually enjoy?’ Maybe you have begun to get up earlier in the mornings so you can get more work done but no matter how much earlier you get up, you just can’t catch a break. The good news is, there are multiple...

Send us Fan Mail Do you want to stress less and achieve more in leadership and life? Have you ever wondered how to stress less in order to achieve more in your role? As a woman leader, you have a lot of plates spinning and may begin to feel overwhelmed. If you discover how to alleviate your stress, you will have a clearer mind and in turn, more success will come for you and your team. This applies...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share the single BIGGEST mistake many corporations make. It's so detrimental and is a massive reason we are seeing a mass exodus since COVID. People are not putting up with this anymore. They cannot be brainwashed or bought off with reward and recognition programs. Money can't cut through this ONE thing that so many companies make.  As a business owner...

Send us Fan Mail Do you want to be more present with your loved ones and stop allowing work problems to take over? When you work in a high-pressure environment with so many KPIs to hit, people to lead and clients to please, it can be hard to turn off, especially at home with your family. You may be asking yourself: ‘How can I be more present? ‘How can I become more mindful about life outside work?...

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever feel like you don’t get as much recognition as your colleagues? You work so hard but sometimes you don’t do yourself justice.  Building a personal brand and raising your profile is critical if you want to increase your visibility at work. It gives you more control within your business and allows you to become more trusted and well connected with your boss and peers.  I...

Send us Fan Mail You love seeing people grow and positive outcomes get delivered to your team and getting to play a part in other people's success. All the things you have done in your career are a result of your actions. But you tend to put yourself last before everyone else. You could spend too much time firefighting and not enough time being strategic.  Can you relate? In today’s episode,...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that practising gratitude actually makes you happier? You’re a busy woman, there are a lot of things going on in your life at all times. But what if I told you that if you began to practise gratitude, you would see such a change in your mindset and a change in your mood? As humans, we tend to more quickly focus on the negative aspects of our lives - everything we don’...

Send us Fan Mail In your job, have you ever ended up acting in a way that doesn’t align with the professional persona you want to portray? Have you ever been defensive or shown impatience with your team members or colleagues? All of us have an ego, a level of self-importance deep within ourselves and the ego’s job is to defend ourselves at all costs. If you can relate, this podcast episode is perf...

Send us Fan Mail Do you like things done right and when they're not, you feel anxious?  You are not alone. I found a way to reduce anxiety and shift my mindset around how things “should” be done. Perfectionism shows up in different ways for different people. In this episode, I tell a powerful story that may just shift how YOU think about things needing to be perfect. 

Send us Fan Mail Most people spend their lives not understanding how their own mind works and how the way they think influences their external world.  Your brain is the most powerful computer on earth.  It is the most important and complex organ in your body. So much so that the best engineers and scientists in the world have not been able to recreate it. It receives 400 billion pieces of info per...

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever feel like you’re on the verge of drowning at work and wish you had a lilo to keep you afloat?  Everyone has those particular days at work where everything seems that extra bit more overwhelming.  Most days, you can cope with the challenges but sometimes, it all seems too much. For example, when you’re learning something new like transitioning into a new role or dealing...

Send us Fan Mail Does conflict at work between team members cause you added anxiety and stress? As a woman in leadership, you not only have a team relying on you but also pressure from senior management and your boss to hit KPIs and maintain the levels of productivity you know your team can achieve. But when there is tension in the workplace, this can hinder those achievements putting added stress...

Send us Fan Mail Do you bring your authentic self to work, or do you wear a mask?  Do you find it hard to lead authentically and leave your true self at home? It’s hard as a woman in leadership sometimes as you think you have to have your professional persona and then your real self at home. But when you do that, you cannot lead authentically. You will never truly be in your flow In this episode,...

Send us Fan Mail Do you want to get out of your own way and become the person you were born to be? Whether or not it's easy and familiar or disturbing and tough.  There are certain mental blocks and beliefs we need to let go of in order to achieve that. Today, Ailbhe Harrington shares how to do this.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we go behind the scenes with the one and only Keith Barry! He’s the man Woody Harrelson calls a “genius!" and has featured on the Ellen show. I’m big into mindset so when I decided to cover the topic of the sub-conscious brain on the Powerhouse Revolution podcast, there was only one person who sprung to mind. Keith is a world-renowned Mentalist, Magician &amp...

Send us Fan Mail Something I hear quite often is “ Lucy, I’m not sure if it's a career coach, a life coach, an executive coach, a mentor, or a therapist I need. Can you help me with that ?”  I thought since I’m often asked this, why not do a podcast about it where I can break it down to give you more information. In today's episode, you’ll learn  What exactly is coaching? The difference...

Send us Fan Mail You are a successful, high-achieving leader. You're well respected and are the go-to person when the shit hits the fan! You love multi-tasking and juggling all those balls and getting results.  But there’s one thing I hear time and time again… Lucy, I can manage my team, but I’m not quite sure how to manage up.  I hate asking for help and we are so under-resourced but my boss...

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever feel like you've tried everything to get rid of that dreaded Imposter Syndrome, but nothing works? You've Googled it. You've read self-help books. You may even have asked friends or colleagues. But just when you least expect it - or want it - Imposter Syndrome rears its ugly head again to bite you on the ass! You lose sleep ruminating and waiting to be f...

Send us Fan Mail Do you bring your true self to work or do you find it hard to be authentic?   Today my guest Jay Chopra breaks down exactly what it means to make work more human and talks us through how to do this.     Our missions are actually quite complementary as Jay is an organizational development consultant on a mission to make work more human and mine is to shift corporate culture through...

Send us Fan Mail Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state, similar to meditation, bringing deep relaxation and inner calm.  People who read regularly sleep better, have lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and lower rates of depression than those who don’t.  In addition, research conducted by LinkedIn found that the best way to ensure that you’re happy at y...

Send us Fan Mail You are a woman with a lot of responsibility. You manage your team as well as family demands, and it can all get a bit much at times.  Stress from work may start to pour into other aspects of your life, which you don't want. You get stressed because things fall back on you.  It might threaten your position or your image in the company which in turn might threaten the outcome...

Send us Fan Mail Are you ever just too tired to face cooking after a busy day at work and wish the dinner was already done for you?  Or maybe cooking, in general, has just become a stressful, unenjoyable chore? If you have answered yes to any of the above, this is the episode for you. I wanted to share how you can make cooking, prepping and planning simple and easy meals  part of your routine. Tod...

Send us Fan Mail Do you long for a better work-life balance?   You're probably thinking that it’s just not possible in your line of work as you have to take those calls due to different time zones or there might be so many demands on you that you feel this really strong sense of duty to make sure that you deliver and you don't want to let your boss or the company down.   Work-life balanc...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt like you’re not good enough?  Or that you’re not worthy?  Or maybe you need to be in control of everything even though deep inside you’d love to let go?  You hold beliefs about yourself, others and the world that shape how you think, feel and act. For me, I struggled badly with my self-esteem for most of my life. I never felt good enough. I beat myself up and he...

Send us Fan Mail Many women get to a certain level in leadership and think that’s where they need to stay. They allow the boat to take them to their destination instead of being the driver of the boat. You can be anything you want to be, you’ve just got to decide and then, take strategic action. Whether you want to be CEO, SVP or stay at senior management level, you can absolutely have what you wa...