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59. Backing Yourself When the Stakes Are High
May 18, 2026
52m 36s
Why Does This Feel So Hard? | Imposter Phenomenon, Risk & the Psychology of Difficult Things
May 14, 2026
6m 25s
58. Your Whole Axis Shifts: What Grief Changes About Work and Life
Apr 21, 2026
55m 10s
57. Off the Beaten Path: Identity, Belonging & Building a Career That Actually Fits
Apr 14, 2026
47m 49s
What if interviews don’t just reveal what we think… but actually change it?
Apr 11, 2026
11m 14s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/18/26 | ![]() 59. Backing Yourself When the Stakes Are High✨ | imposter phenomenonrisk taking+5 | Rachel Cashman | Decibelle Creativefearlessfacilitator.co.uk+2 | — | imposter phenomenonrisk scanning+5 | — | 52m 36s | |
| 5/14/26 | ![]() Why Does This Feel So Hard? | Imposter Phenomenon, Risk & the Psychology of Difficult Things✨ | imposter phenomenonpsychology+4 | — | Decibelle CreativeThe Hard Thing Challenge+1 | www.leilaainge.co.uk | imposter phenomenonpsychology+5 | — | 6m 25s | |
| 4/21/26 | ![]() 58. Your Whole Axis Shifts: What Grief Changes About Work and Life✨ | griefidentity shifts+4 | Chrissy Orson | Decibelle Creative | — | griefidentity+6 | — | 55m 10s | |
| 4/14/26 | ![]() 57. Off the Beaten Path: Identity, Belonging & Building a Career That Actually Fits✨ | identitybelonging+5 | Fiorenza Rossini | — | — | career pivotsidentity shifts+5 | — | 47m 49s | |
| 4/11/26 | ![]() What if interviews don’t just reveal what we think… but actually change it?✨ | qualitative researchinterviews+4 | — | — | — | qualitative psychologydouble hermeneutic+4 | — | 11m 14s | |
| 4/7/26 | ![]() I Refuse to Hate Myself: Emma Seville on 'Starting Again'✨ | menopausemidlife transitions+4 | Emma Seville | Starting Again | — | menopausemidlife+5 | — | 58m 10s | |
| 3/25/26 | ![]() Bonus: Everything we know is shaped by where we stand in the world.✨ | independent workwomen entrepreneurs+4 | — | — | — | independent workersentrepreneurs+6 | — | 5m 34s | |
| 3/15/26 | ![]() 55. From War Zones to Motherhood: The Unexpected Path to Building a Business✨ | resilienceentrepreneurship+4 | Femke Harris | Merry-go-round Club | Hong KongAfghanistan+3 | resilienceentrepreneurship+5 | — | 46m 20s | |
| 3/8/26 | ![]() 54. Can Digging in the Dirt Really Improve Your Mental Health? : The Science of Gardening and Wellbeing✨ | mental healthgardening+4 | Kendall Marie Platt | Adventures with FlowersThis Morning+5 | — | mental healthgardening+6 | — | 47m 07s | |
| 3/2/26 | ![]() 53. Goals Don’t Fail, They Reveal: What Happens After the Plan?✨ | goal settingbusiness progress+3 | Emma ThomasLucy Green | Good Company | — | goalsbusiness+5 | — | 41m 15s | |
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| 2/9/26 | ![]() What Actually Happens After You Set a Goal?✨ | goal settingmotivation+5 | Hannah IstedJen Vaughan+1 | — | — | goal settingmotivation+8 | — | 46m 15s | |
| 2/2/26 | ![]() “Nothing Bad Happened”: What Visibility Teaches Us About Confidence✨ | confidencegoal pursuit+5 | BhaviniDuncan+1 | — | — | confidencegoal setting+5 | — | 44m 23s | |
| 1/28/26 | ![]() Are you Avoidance Crafting? | Why do resolutions wobble just when we think they should be working?This episode explores avoidance crafting, impatience, burnout, and how goals, habits, and mental distance shape real progress especially in January.In this episode of Psychologically Speaking, Leila explores the intricacies of human behavior, particularly focusing on the themes of resolutions, goals, and habits. She discusses the common pitfalls of New Year's resolutions, the importance of understanding the difference between resolutions and goals, and how habits play a crucial role in achieving these goals. Leila also delves into the impact of social comparison on our progress and introduces the concept of mental distance as a strategy to combat burnout and maintain motivation. The episode emphasizes the importance of community support and self-compassion in the journey towards personal development.takeawaysJanuary often feels like the longest month of the year.Resolutions are declarations linked to identity and values.Goals provide structure and direction for achieving resolutions.Habits require time to show their impact and rewards.Impatience can lead to negative feelings about progress.Social comparison can intensify feelings of uncertainty.Mental distance can protect against burnout.Avoidance crafting can be a strategic approach to stress.Community support can enhance motivation and accountability.Self-compassion is crucial in the goal-setting process.Leila's Research Services. From fast-turnaround, tailored insight report for freelancers, founders, and thoughtful doers who want evidence-backed answers, to retained services to support your PR messaging as you launchYou bring the questions and curiosity, I bring back a bespoke, research-informed insights packed with plain-language psychology, strategic prompts, and deep, usable clarity. It’s not theory for theory’s sake. It’s practical insight you can apply immediately.head to www.leilaainge.co.uk | — | ||||||
| 1/23/26 | ![]() Sustainable Goals in an Unsustainable World | Why do goals that feel exciting at first suddenly become exhausting even when we care deeply about them?In this episode of Psychologically Speaking, I explore why goals often become unsustainable not because of a lack of motivation or discipline, but because they’re designed for ideal conditions rather than real life.Drawing on psychology, environmental thinking, and embodied cognition, we look at how our physical and emotional environments quietly shape what we’re able to sustain long before willpower ever comes into play.You’ll be introduced to the concept of solastalgia, a term that describes the distress we feel when the places we call home change in ways that feel out of our control. Originally coined by environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht, solastalgia helps us put language to a sense of discomfort many of us feel right now — at home, at work, and in the wider world.We also explore:Why goal-setting advice often assumes a resource-neutral worldHow embodied cognition explains the link between clutter, noise, uncertainty and mental fatigueWhy living in a brittle, anxious, non-linear environment (often described as BANI or VUCA) quietly drains our capacityHow Conservation of Resources theory reframes burnout, confidence loss, and stalled momentumWhy sustainability isn’t the opposite of ambition — it’s the condition that allows momentum to existRather than asking “How much more can I push?”, this episode invites a different question:What can my current environment realistically support without depletion?You’ll leave with two practical reflections to help you:Name your real working environment (without minimising it)Redesign your goals so they create more resources than they consumeThis episode is especially relevant if you’re:Feeling stuck or depleted despite caring about your goalsParenting, creating, caregiving, coaching, or leading in uncertain conditionsQuestioning whether the problem is you — or the system you’re operating withinFind out more about booking me as a researcher for hire at www.leilaainge.co.uk | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | ![]() BONUS - Goal Derailment | Bonus Episode | — | ||||||
| 12/31/25 | ![]() 48. Lights, Camera… Courage: Dany’s Arctic Documentary Journey | In this deeply honest and energising episode of Psychologically Speaking, Dany Johnston — data & AI consultant, documentary filmmaker, and PhD researcher — shares her most ambitious and vulnerable goal yet: to create and release a new documentary filmed during a once-in-a-lifetime expedition to the Arctic Circle.Dany’s story is one of dual passions: 25 years in business transformation and data, and a lifelong pull toward storytelling, creativity, and human rights. Her PhD bridges those worlds, exploring how data harvesting and AI shape the human rights landscape — and how documentary can help everyday people join conversations that usually happen behind closed doors.But 2026 isn’t about theory. It’s about exposure.The kind she’s avoided for years.Dany openly shares her “abject fear of judgment,” the reason projects from New York still sit on a hard drive, and why this year must be different. Her measure of success? Not just making a film — but submitting it to the festival circuit. | — | ||||||
| 12/30/25 | ![]() 47. The Cupboard Under the Stairs: Emma’s Year of Coherence | In this episode of Psychologically Speaking, Emma returns to share her 2026 goal — and it’s one that will resonate with anyone whose business has grown faster than their systems.Emma describes the year ahead as a “cupboard under the stairs” moment — the kind of messy-but-essential reorganisation that requires everything to come out before the clarity goes back in. We talk about the three strands of her work (Managing the Menopause, The Triple Shift coaching practice, and Holding Up the Sky) and the emotional labour of running a multi-offer business while supporting women in some of life’s most demanding seasons. Why her goal isn’t just tidying — it’s coherence, identity, and focusHer habit of “shiny object syndrome” and the insecurity that sometimes sits beneath itHow under the surface, the real 2026 goal is growing her corporate coaching practiceThe tension between doing what feels easy (reorganising) vs what moves the business forwards (sales & outreach)Why a focus group may be the missing piece in her coherence puzzleEmma shares the three actions she’ll take by the end of JanuaryThis is a thoughtful, honest conversation about visibility, intentionality, and the very human temptation to do the parts of business that feel soothing instead of the ones that feel stretching.If you’re navigating growth, clarity, or identity shifts in your business, this one will feel like a cup of tea, a deep exhale, and a nudge forward. | — | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | ![]() 46. Creative Confidence: The Goal That Strengthens Self-Worth with Bhavini Lakhani | A conversation about creative confidence, goal setting, and how sharing your work builds self-worth. Designer Bhavini joins Leila to explore fear, visibility, and growth.In this episode of Psychologically Speaking, Leila Ainge sits down with creative designer Bhavini (B81 Designs) to explore the psychology behind creative confidence, self-worth, and setting goals that stretch you.Bhavini shares the now-iconic story of her childhood Peter Rabbit — the rainbow-drenched sculpture her mum repainted white — and how that moment shaped her creative identity decades later. It becomes a powerful metaphor for self-expression, suppression, and the courage to show the work you’re proud of.💡 What’s inside this episodeHow childhood experiences quietly shape creative identityWhy sharing your work feels terrifying — even when clients love itThe difference between confidence, self-esteem, and self-worthHow fear of rejection stops creatives from posting their workThe “imagined audience” and why visibility feels riskyPractical strategies for building a habit of sharingWhy accountability, community, and collaboration matterHow one difficult client situation derailed Bhavini’s motivation The value of starting a goal that’s really about self-worth, not perfection🎯 Bhavini’s 2026 GoalTo share more of her design work online ,consistently, visibly, and beyond her comfort zone , and to build self-worth by doing the thing she’s been avoiding.With tools like the Rejection Challenge, a bingo card of self-sabotage phrases, and reframing portfolio updates as self-worth time, the episode shows what it looks like to set a goal that genuinely grows you.🧠 Why this episode mattersIf you’ve ever hesitated to show your work, doubted your abilities, or worried about being judged online, this conversation will land deeply. It’s about identity, self-expression, and the quieter psychology behind creative careers.🔗 MentionedB81 Designs (Bhavini)Doing It For the Kids CommunityBeing FreelanceLiz Mosley & The Rejection ChallengeHannah Isted🚀 Join the 2026 Goal SprintWant your own ambitious, exciting 2026 goal — the kind that assumes you can grow from day one? Join Leila’s 60-minute live Goal Sprint.www.leilaainge.co.uk/goalsprint | — | ||||||
| 12/16/25 | ![]() 45. From Stretch Goals to Finish Lines: Goal Setting, Marketing Growth & Marathon Mindset with Hannah | In this episode of Psychologically Speaking, Leila talks with marketer, community-builder and marathon-in-training Hannah Isted, about her 2026 goals. Together, they explore how ambitious stretch goals like scaling a marketing membership and finishing the London Marathon in a faster time, require the same core ingredients: consistency, accountability, community, and strategic planning.This conversation blends the worlds of business growth, running, and mindset coaching, showing how transferable skills like contingency planning, habit building, and overcoming self-sabotage can fuel both entrepreneurial success and marathon training.Hannah shares the motivation behind her bold business goals, the momentum built over four years of consistent work, and the commitment to focusing solely on membership growth. She also talks about how a strong community, from her business audience to her running partners, keeps her accountable and inspired.Switching gears into marathon training, Leila and Hannah explore the running mindset, the role of audiobooks and podcasts in staying motivated, the importance of “time on feet,” and why you don’t need to reinvent the wheel in training. They discuss everything from speed work, consistency, and progress tracking to the quiet ways self-sabotage can creep into big goals.Whether you're an entrepreneur scaling a community, a runner training for a marathon, or someone trying to build better habits in your everyday life, this episode is full of practical insights, inspiring stories, and grounded strategies. | — | ||||||
| 12/9/25 | ![]() 44. The Ripple Effect: Women, Money, and Mission-Driven Growth with Lucy Green | In this episode of Psychologically Speaking: The Goal Experiments, Lucy shares her 2026 goal, not just for her business, but for the women who benefit when she succeeds.We talk about what it means to set a goal that has social impact. Lucy’s ambition is grounded in something practical: helping more women secure meaningful contracts and build financially independent businesses. This is a grounded, thoughtful conversation about the kind of goal that changes not just a business, but the people around it. If you’re setting your own 2026 intentions, Lucy’s clarity and ambition might be exactly the nudge you need.SOCIAL MEDIA & WEBSITE LINKSwww.lucygreen.nethttps://www.instagram.com/lucygreencoaching/ | — | ||||||
| 12/2/25 | ![]() 43. Animation, Ambition, and the 2026 Plan with Duncan Caterall-Mason | In this episode of Psychologically Speaking: The Goal Experiments, animator and filmmaker Duncan Catterall-Mason talks to Leila Ainge on what it really takes to build a sustainable freelance career in the creative industries. They talk about ambition and burnout when you’re raising a family and trying to carve out time to network.Duncan shares his 16-year journey in animation and visual effects, why he’s shifting toward a premium service model, and what launching a new showreel by December will unlock for his growth in 2026. We dig into the psychology of social proof, the realities of client outreach.If you’re a freelancer, creative, or independent figuring out success on your terms — with fewer clients, better boundaries, and a clearer plan — this episode will leave you feeling seen. | — | ||||||
| 11/25/25 | ![]() 42. The Psychology of Goal Setting: Flexibility, Identity & Belonging | Why do some goals stick while others fade?In this episode, psychologist Leila Ainge explores the psychology behind effective goal-setting — blending insights from real conversations with three guests and research on motivation, social identity, and resilience.You’ll hear how Rebecca, Jen, and Darren each navigate creative ambition, self-belief, and belonging, and how their stories reveal the deeper psychological forces shaping success.Expect practical reflection points on:The difference between approach and avoidance motivationWhy flexible four-week check-ins outperform rigid plansHow your social identity shapes confidence and actionWhat it means to design goals that fit who you’re becomingThis is your psychology-backed guide to setting goals that work with your identity, not against it.Ready to stop guessing what’s driving your goals?Download your free Goal Reflection Log — the first exercise from my psychology-backed coaching framework — and start your next check-in, not check-up.Create space to think before the new year rush and design goals that actually fit who you’re becoming.👉 www.leilaainge.co.uk/coaching | — | ||||||
| 11/18/25 | ![]() 41. Drawing Belonging: Darren Scotland on ambition and place, the goal experiments | Designer and illustrator Darren Scotland, founder of Ace of Place, joins psychologist Leila Ainge to talk about creative ambition, belonging, and the self-doubt that often comes with growth.Darren’s 2026 goal is to grow his business from a solo studio into a collaborative creative brand — one that celebrates homes, buildings, and the stories that make them meaningful. Together, he and Leila unpack what it means to balance ambition with authenticity, to manage fear of failure, and to build systems strong enough to hold a bigger vision.This conversation explores:How our sense of place shapes identity and purposeWhy flexibility and structure are both essential for creative growthThe inner voice that whispers “Who do you think you are?” legitimacy, belonging, and self-belief in businessIf you’ve ever tried to scale a business, start a creative project, or make your work feel real in the eyes of others, Darren’s story will resonate.🎧 Listen for practical insight, honest reflection, and a reminder that success isn’t just built — it’s believed. | — | ||||||
| 11/11/25 | ![]() 40. From Procrastination to Publication — with Rebecca Slater | In this episode of Psychologically Speaking, psychologist and researcher Leila Ainge talks with Rebecca Slater, who’s setting a powerful goal for 2026: to write her first book.Together they explore what it really takes to move from wanting to doing — overcoming procrastination, creating time, and building habits that last. Rebecca shares how shifting her mindset, using community support, and redefining success are helping her take the first steps toward authorship.This episode looks closely at the psychology of writing goals, the myth of the “perfect time,” and how accountability and self-compassion can turn creative aspirations into action.Plus, stay tuned for a sneak preview of next week’s guest, Darren Scotland, who shares his big ambition for 2026Key ThemesGoal setting and mindset shiftsOvercoming procrastinationTime management Writing habits and creative disciplineAccountability and community supportwww.leilaainge.co.uk | — | ||||||
| 11/11/25 | ![]() 39. Jen Vaughan on Balancing Nurture and Profit, The Goal Experiments | In this first conversation of The Goal Experiments, psychologist and researcher Leila Ainge speaks with yoga teacher Jen Vaughan about the tension between giving and receiving, authenticity and marketing, nurture and profit.Together, they unpack what happens when care is your craft: how to claim space, ask for fair payment, and show up as your whole self without feeling like you’ve lost something in the process.We follow Jen as she sets her first 2026 “goal-resolution”:Claim space and set clearer boundariesAsk for testimonials and feedbackExperiment with authentic marketing that reflects who she really isIf you’ve ever found it uncomfortable to be paid for the work you love, this episode offers a grounded, compassionate look at the psychology behind self-worth and the art of being visible.Key themesThe psychology of pricing and self-worthFeminine identity in business and creative workAuthentic marketing vs. performanceBalancing nurture with ambitionSetting goals that feel true to youCall to ActionLeila’s goal for 2026 is to double the number of listeners who tune in each week.Share this episode with two friends or colleagues and ask them:“What’s your goal for 2026?”www.leilaainge.co.uk/coaching | — | ||||||
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