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Deep Work Out Loud

Deep Work Out Loud

Written by: Julie Harris Oliver
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Welcome to Deep Work: Out Loud, The thinking that fuels our life, our work, and our leadership. I'm Julie Harris Oliver. This is the podcast where I sit with another professional coach and we do some work around a single concept, piece of inspiration, a topic we've seen come up in coaching. If we're very lucky, while talking about it, we might demonstrate what coaching might look and feel like. But we'll see how this goes. It's all an experiment. With any luck, you will leave with something you can apply and use in your work or your life or both.2025 Careers Economics Personal Success Self-Help Success
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  • Why We Resist Change (and How to Take the Tiny Next Step) | Deep Work Out Loud w/ Laurie Luh

    Why We Resist Change (and How to Take the Tiny Next Step) | Deep Work Out Loud w/ Laurie Luh
    Oct 6 2026

    In this episode of Deep Work Out Loud, host Julie Harris Oliver talks with executive coach Laurie Luh about why we resist change—even when we know what we want—and how to move forward with low-stakes "micro steps." They explore common patterns like procrastination, fear of failure, fear of success, people-pleasing, and the "immunity to change" concept (the hidden commitments that keep us stuck). Laurie shares practical tools like asking better questions, journaling, visualization, surrounding yourself with people who model the change you want, and taking tiny experiments (write for 15 minutes, record a post without sharing it, draft a newsletter you don't publish). Laurie also opens up about her own resistance to writing a book and how the "shitty committee" in our minds can be loud—but not true.

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    00:00 Welcome to Deep Work

    00:33 Meet Laurie Luh

    02:07 Laurie's Coaching Path

    04:00 Why We Resist Change

    04:37 Three Coaching Buckets

    07:25 Micro Steps and Mindset

    09:21 It's Never Too Late

    11:57 Low Stakes Experiments

    12:52 Fear of Success

    13:51 Immunity to Change

    15:39 Pain of Staying Put

    18:50 Gremlins That Follow

    20:53 Triggers and Fear Data

    22:46 Resisting Writing a Book

    24:22 Newsletter Becomes Book

    25:09 Fear of Success

    26:07 Self Publishing Math

    27:43 Write Like a Journal

    29:45 Shitty Committee Mind

    31:38 Front Door Is Heavy

    33:27 Letting People Go

    36:13 Divine Timing Limbo

    38:54 Be Real Not AI

    39:59 Tiny Next Steps

    44:28 Where to Find Laurie

    45:29 Podcast Wrap Up
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    47 mins
  • Building Financial Clarity to Leave Corporate on Your Terms with Victoria Steward

    Building Financial Clarity to Leave Corporate on Your Terms with Victoria Steward
    Sep 22 2026

    Julie Harris Oliver interviews corporate exit and financial empowerment coach Victoria Steward about why money anxiety can persist even with a large runway and strong earnings. Victoria shares how leaving her US Navy civilian career, selling her house, and saving a six-figure cushion didn't reduce her stress until she faced her lack of clarity about monthly expenses, spending patterns, and the emotions and worthiness stories driving them. They discuss shifting from outsourcing power to money toward building self-trust, using a simple daily cash-flow system, getting clear on what you want your life to look like, and aligning spending with values rather than expectations.

    00:00 Welcome to Deep Work

    01:42 Victoria's Money Story

    05:05 Leaving Without a Plan

    06:40 Facing the Money Facts

    09:45 Rebuilding Self Trust

    12:17 Values First Spending

    18:51 Runway and Safety Numbers

    23:04 Pricing and Worth

    25:02 Designing Post Corporate Life

    29:28 Work With Victoria

    32:33 Dream With a Magic Wand

    33:18 Final Invitation and Wrap

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    #DeepWorkOutLoud #JulieHarrisOliver #VictoriaSteward #ScenicRoute #ProfitForKeeps #MoneyMindset #FinancialEmpowerment #CorporateExit #CareerTransition #SeniorWomen #SelfTrust #CashFlow #PersonalFinance #BurnRate #Runway #ValuesBasedSpending #WomenAndMoney #Coaching #Leadership #Consulting #Pricing
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    35 mins
  • Meet Yourself Now or Be Replicable: Identity, Inner Images, and Animal Symbols with Helena Neubert

    Meet Yourself Now or Be Replicable: Identity, Inner Images, and Animal Symbols with Helena Neubert
    Aug 11 2026
    What if the clearest way to understand yourself wasn't a personality test, but a painting? In this episode of Deep Work Out Loud, Julie Harris Oliver welcomes Helena Neubert, a Silicon Valley-based life guide and artist from Germany who uses visualization, coaching, and symbolic imagery to help entrepreneurs and leaders explore identity. Helena's background is in large-scale painting and corporate visualization, where she made business patterns and product stories visible through information-dense symbols long before she brought that same skill into coaching individuals. Helena walks Julie through The Original, her four-week one-to-one process that integrates values, mission, personality frameworks, meditation, and guided inner journeys to surface a client's personal symbols, culminating in a bespoke painting of that person's essence. They talk about synesthesia and how metaphor and inner images build what Helena calls a landscape of meaning, one that supports clarity and decision-making in a way words alone often can't. Helena also leads Julie through a live conflict exercise using animal symbols, beaver and muskrat, and shares her own animal symbol along the way. The conversation lands on why self-knowledge matters more, not less, in the age of AI: it's grounded, personal, and far harder to replicate than anything generated for you. In This Episode: Helena's path from large-scale painting and corporate visualization into coaching The Original, her four-week process for surfacing personal symbols through values, mission, and guided inner journeys How a bespoke painting becomes a mirror for a client's essence Synesthesia, metaphor, and building a "landscape of meaning" A live animal symbol exercise using beaver and muskrat to explore conflict Why self-knowledge is harder to manipulate or replicate, especially in the age of AI ⏰ Chapters 00:00 Welcome And Setup 00:32 Meet Helena Neubert 02:24 From Art To Visualization 03:20 Visualizing Business Stories 03:58 The Original Process 05:16 Coaching Through Metaphor 06:14 Values And Animal Symbols 08:16 Synesthesia And Inner Images 09:54 Inner Gallery Of Self 13:02 Guided Journeying Origins 15:51 Quick Animal Conflict Exercise 17:57 Muskrat Meets Beaver 19:12 Traits and Tensions 20:44 Image Reveal Surprise 22:21 Territory and Social Structure 23:32 Animal Symbols in Conflict 25:40 Guessing the Hummingbird 29:01 Finding Helena and Wrap-Up 29:49 Privacy and Final Takeaway 30:53 Podcast Outro Challenge 👤 About Helena Neubert Helena Neubert is a Silicon Valley-based life guide and artist from Germany who helps entrepreneurs and leaders explore identity through visualization, coaching, and symbolic imagery. Her background spans large-scale painting and corporate visualization, and she now guides clients through The Original, a bespoke process culminating in a painting of their personal essence. 🌐 Website: https://www.helenaverse.co 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@helenaverse 📰 Newsletter: https://3sipsoftea.substack.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helena-neubert/ 👤 About Julie Harris Oliver Julie Harris Oliver is an Executive Coach, Leadership Development Professional, and host of the Deep Work Out Loud podcast. Through thought-provoking conversations with coaches, leaders, and subject matter experts, Julie helps professionals develop greater self-awareness, strengthen leadership skills, navigate career transitions, and create meaningful personal and professional growth. Each episode explores practical insights you can apply to your work, relationships, leadership, and everyday life. 🌐 Website: https://julieharrisoliver.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔔 Subscribe for More Leadership & Coaching Insights If you enjoy conversations about leadership, executive coaching, emotional intelligence, mindset, workplace culture, and personal growth, make sure to Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss a new episode of Deep Work Out Loud. 📌 Subscribe & Stay Updated: → https://www.youtube.com/@DWOLJulieHarrisOliver?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Connect with Julie Harris: Website: → https://www.julieharrisoliver.com/ Instagram: → https://www.instagram.com/julieharrisoliver/ LinkedIn: → https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-harris-oliver Book a FREE Call: → https://www.julieharrisoliver.com/coaching-appointment #DeepWorkOutLoud #LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutiveCoaching #SelfAwareness #Identity #Visualization
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    32 mins
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