Amanda L. Christian | Women's Executive Coaching

Intuitive Leaders Win: Why Smart Women Trust Intuitive Leadership Too

The hidden competitive advantage that separates visionary leaders from data-driven followers I still remember the meeting where I ignored every instinct screaming at me to walk away. The spreadsheet looked perfect. Market analysis? Solid. Financial projections? Conservative and promising. Risk ...

Leadership Lessons: Harvest Your Year's Growth & Release

While everyone's making New Year's resolutions about "better leadership," I want to share something I've learned in my own leadership journey and also observed in my practice that might reframe how you think about this year's challenges. The leadership lessons most development programs focus on?...

The Authority Gap

When Accomplished Women Leaders Stop Proving and Start Embodying You're in another December planning meeting. You've spent the year delivering results—exceeding targets, leading initiatives, solving problems no one else could crack. And yet here you are, again, front-loading your recommendation ...

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...

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...

Feeling Stuck at Work?

Here's Why Executive Presence Advice is Making It Worse Stuck at work despite doing everything "right"? You're Googling this at 3am because you've tried all the executive presence advice—speak up more, lean in harder, command the room—and you're still invisible. Here's the truth no one's telling...

Q4 Career Strategy: Why the Next 90 Days Determine Your 2026 Promotion

Here's what nobody's telling you about Q4 career strategy: While everyone else is mentally checking out and coasting toward the holidays, the women who get promoted in 2026 are strategically positioning themselves right now. I know—you're thinking, "Amanda, it's September. Shouldn't I be focused...

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...

Mid Life Career Change: Your Declaration of Independence from Success Paradox

July 4th isn't just about America's freedom—it's about recognizing when your own success has become your prison. If you're researching mid life career change, wondering if switching careers will finally make you feel as successful as you look, I'm going to tell you something based on 30+ years in...

Stop Being a Perfectionist

Why Your Greatest Strength is Actually Your Biggest Prison Listen, Beautiful Soul. If you're reading this because neurotic perfectionism is ruining your life, you're not alone—and you're definitely not broken. You're just trapped in a prison you built yourself, one "perfect" email rewrite at a t...

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