Amanda L. Christian | Women's Executive Coaching

Collective Trauma is Hijacking Your Brain

Here's How to Reclaim It A note before we begin: I rarely wade into political territory—my work focuses on leadership psychology and neuroscience. But I'm seeing something in my executive coaching practice that I can't ignore anymore. Here's the brutal truth: Your decision fatigue isn't just co...

Why Am I Stuck in My Career?

The Real Reason Your Success Strategies Stopped Working If you're asking yourself "why am I stuck in my career" despite doing everything that used to work, here's what nobody will tell you: You haven't failed—your strategies have expired. The perfectionism that got you promoted is now burni...

Anxiety and the Holidays

How to Architect Rest Instead Here's what no one tells you about anxiety and the holidays: They suck. And if you're a high-achieving woman juggling a demanding career, they suck exponentially harder. While everyone else gets misty-eyed about "the most wonderful time of the year," you're secretl...

The Quiet Promotion

Your 'Opportunity' Is Just Unpaid Labor With Better Marketing The quiet promotion scam that's turning layoff survivors into corporate cash cows I'll never forget the moment I realized I'd been played. At one point in my career, I went from managing one team to suddenly managing three dis...

Do I Have Imposter Syndrome?

(Here's Why That's the Wrong Question) Do I have imposter syndrome? If you're a high-achieving woman asking this question, I want to start by saying this: what you're experiencing is real, valid, and incredibly common among successful women. You're not imagining it, and you're definitely not alo...

The Competence Trap: Why High Performers Stay Invisible in Leadership

Here's what no one tells you about being really, really good at your job: It's the fastest way to become invisible for leadership roles. You feel stuck, overlooked, and trapped by your own excellence. But here's the plot twist—that "trap" you think you're in? It's actually hidden leverage you did...

The Energy Code: How High-Achieving Women Create Sustainable Success

Sustainable success shouldn't feel like an oxymoron, but for most high-achieving women, it totally does. So here's the thing. I was raised with one absolutely insane rule: You only rest when the work is done. And can I just say? In corporate America, work is NEVER done. Like, never. There's alw...

How Women Lead: 4 Natural Patterns from Exhausted to Influential

I'd always been able to see patterns others missed, but I didn't have words for it. And when I'd bring up what I was seeing—inefficiencies, better ways to do things, connections others overlooked—I was consistently poo-poo'd. "You don't know what you're talking about." So I learned to stay quiet...

What Are the Traits of an Effective Leader? The Revolution Hidden in Your 'Flaws'

"Just smile your pretty smile, take notes, and bring them back to me to solve." That's what my manager said when sending me to a meeting with irate division heads. The Technology head couldn't attend, my manager couldn't attend, so they sent me—the woman—to be a note-taker. "Do you really think...

Resilience as a Strength

Why Most Women Leaders Get It Wrong (And What Actually Works) Nobody talks about how resilience as a strength looks suspiciously like having mascara streaks in your car after a meeting that went sideways. The most courageous leaders I know don't fake a quick bounce—they grieve the setback, grab...

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