Neuroscience of Coaching

Mirasee FM

In each episode, host Dr. Irena O’Brien explains the science-based insights behind a particular concept and interviews a coach to discuss how these apply in the real world. Irena “un-complicates” neuroscience and teaches practical evidence-based tools and strategies that listeners can use in their coaching practices.

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Neuroscience of Coaching

Episodes (65)

Thursday The Neuroscience of Women’s Leadership: Why Self-Advocacy Can Feel Wrong
Thu May 7th Vision Is a Brain Process: 20/20 Isn’t the Whole Story
Apr 23rd The Neuroscience of Women’s Leadership: Why Claiming Achievements Feels Risky

Neuroscience of Coaching

May 21, 2026
28 minutes
38 MB

Why can self-advocacy feel wrong, even when a woman’s contribution is clear? In Part 2 of the Women’s Leadership Series, Dr. Irena O’Brien and Silvia Causo explore how visibility, praise, and claiming one’s work can register as risk in the nervous system, not just reluctance or lack of confidence. Through a neuroscience- and trauma-informed lens, Irena and Silvia explore why self-advocacy can feel like exposure, why “the work will speak for itself” often stops working at senior levels, and why the body may signal risk before the mind can explain it. This conversation is especially r...

Neuroscience of Coaching

The Neuroscience of Women’s Leadership: Why Self-Advocacy Can Feel Wrong

Mirasee FM

00:00 -27:43