Empowering Women Leaders: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Embracing Intuition

In this episode, Elena Apalkova and Dasha Kose explore Dasha's journey into leadership coaching. They discuss overcoming imposter and "good girl" syndromes, the role of mentorship, and establishing boundaries. Challenges women face in leadership are addressed, focusing on self-observation, unconscious biases, and achieving life-work harmony. The conversation includes visualization techniques, the energy of love and gratitude, and the importance of self-identity and confidence. Dasha shares insights on intuition, handling workplace conflicts, and key coaching lessons, concluding with a summary and closing remarks. (0:00) Introduction of guest Dasha Kose and journey to leadership coaching (1:25) Overcoming imposter syndrome and good girl syndrome (3:54) Impact of mentorship on confidence and importance of boundaries in leadership (5:58) Challenges women face in leadership and methods to become aware of behavior (9:04) Taking hyper responsibility and the importance of self-observation for leaders (12:32) Unconscious bias and natural reactions under pressure in leadership (20:33) Life-work harmony for women leaders and visualization techniques for success (29:59) Energy of love and gratitude in manifestation (34:38) Recap and importance of self-identity and confidence in leadership (37:04) Understanding and using intuition in leadership (38:58) Handling conflicts at the workplace and key lessons from coaching practice (45:32) Summary and closing remarks