I have a special guest today - Leticia Escamilla, a meditation teacher, mindfulness mentor, and transformational speaker.

In our conversation, Leticia and I explore the transformative power of mindfulness and self-awareness.

Leticia shares her journey from corporate life to entrepreneurship, highlighting how mindfulness practices have helped her manage stress and improve emotional well-being.

We discuss the impact of childhood experiences on adult behavior.

Practical mindfulness tools such as breath work, meditation, and journaling are shared, along with the significance of taking time for oneself to foster personal growth and improve relationships.

Mindfulness cultivates self-awareness. Self-awareness is the foundation of building Grounded Confidence.

Start now and begin with baby steps. Consistently taking small actions can lead to significant, lasting changes in your life.

I hope you enjoy listening.

Key takeaways:

• Childhood experiences shape our emotional responses as adults.
• Transforming perspectives is key to personal growth.
• Breathwork is a powerful tool for managing stress.
• Journaling helps clarify thoughts and emotions.
• Self-care is essential for being present for others.
• Mindfulness practices can be integrated into daily life.
• Emotional intelligence can be learned and improved.
• Taking small steps in mindfulness can lead to significant changes.
• It's essential to show up for yourself before others.

Chapters

02:22 The Journey from Corporate to Entrepreneurship

07:17 Childhood Influences on Adult Behavior

13:20 The Power of Mindfulness in Daily Life

16:14 Finding Beauty in Life's Challenges

24:27 Starting Your Mindfulness Journey: Baby Steps

29:59 The Importance of Self-Care

Connect with Leticia:

• Website
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

• Coco Duan helps Successful yet Self-Doubting women executives build their Grounded Confidence to become unstoppable in achieving their goals
• For VIP step-by-step systematic support, apply for Coco's "Build Your Grounded Confidence" VIP coaching program here. She'll be in touch to invite you to a discovery call.
• Please feel free to email her at Coco@CocoDuanCoaching.com with any questions or feedback.

Have you ever wondered if your definition of success is really yours—or if it’s been shaped by family, culture, or what others expect?

In this episode, I’ll take you through my journey from living by my mom’s idea of success to finding what truly matters to me.

For a long time, I chased titles, promotions, and outside approval. But without a clear, personal sense of success, I felt stuck and unsure of myself.

Today, I’ll guide you through a simple core values exercise to help you uncover what success means for YOU.

Identify Your Core Value Worksheet

We’ll look at moments when you felt joy, pride, and fulfillment and use these to identify three key values that reflect what truly matters to you.

With these values in mind, you’ll be able to make choices that feel right for you, building confidence that lasts and isn’t shaken by others’ expectations.

By the end, you’ll have a powerful tool to help you set your own path to success. Join me as we take this critical and meaningful step toward Grounded Confidence.

• Coco Duan helps Successful yet Self-Doubting women leaders build their Grounded Confidence to become unstoppable in achieving their goals
• For VIP step-by-step systematic support, apply for Coco's "Build Your Grounded Confidence" VIP coaching program here. She'll be in touch to invite you to a discovery call.
• Please feel free to email her at Coco@CocoDuanCoaching.com with any questions or feedback.

In this episode, I dive into the powerful connection between how you live, look, and feel, revealing how your physical state directly impacts your grounded confidence.

Today, I’m sharing my journey of physical transformation to show how building a strong connection with your body can shape your confidence. I used to struggle with constant breakouts, exhaustion, and insecurity despite trying every product and method out there. It wasn’t until I started prioritizing sleep, nourishing my body, and reducing stress that I noticed a real change—not just in my skin, but in how I felt about myself.

Through practical insights and personal experiences, I’ll explain why how you look is more than skin-deep—it reflects how you live. If you’re a successful yet self-doubting woman looking to feel unstoppable, this episode will inspire you to make small, meaningful changes to live better, look better, and feel more confident in every area of life.

Challenge: What small change can you make this week to live better?

If you haven’t already, hit subscribe so you don’t miss future episodes. Let's build grounded confidence together!

Resources on women's health and strength training:

The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon: How to Exercise & Eat for Optimal Health & Longevity

Why Building Muscle is Key to Longevity | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

• Coco Duan helps Successful yet Self-Doubting women leaders build their Grounded Confidence to become unstoppable in achieving their goals
• For VIP step-by-step systematic support, apply for Coco's "Build Your Grounded Confidence" VIP coaching program here. She'll be in touch to invite you to a discovery call.
• Please feel free to email her at Coco@CocoDuanCoaching.com with any questions or feedback.

"Have you ever been told not to be a quitter? That mentality kept me stuck in things that no longer served me for way too long. It used to be so hard for me to let go, to the point where I stayed in a soul-sucking corporate career for 20 years, a dysfunctional marriage for 12, and even kept going to a dentist I didn’t like for two years. Why was it so hard to walk away? I finally realized it was because I was more worried about what others would think than about how I truly felt.

In today’s episode, I’ll be sharing my most recent experience with quitting – and why it felt so liberating. I joined a networking group that seemed perfect on the surface, but soon realized it wasn’t right for me. This time, I didn’t hold on out of fear of being labeled a 'quitter.' Instead, I checked in with how I felt and what truly mattered to me, and I made the decision to walk away.

Key Takeaways for you:

1. Connect with Yourself First – Take a moment to tune into how you truly feel about your situation physically, emotionally, and mentally.

2. Clarify What Truly Matters to You – Understand your values and priorities; they’ll guide you in deciding what’s worth your time and energy.

3. Let Go of 'What Will They Think?' – Shift the focus from external opinions to what truly aligns with your goals and inner peace.

4. Trust Your Decision – If a choice brings you relief and clarity, it’s a sign you’re on the right path.

5. This is a Practice - This process of reprogramming and building your Grounded Confidence takes practice and repetition.

6. Be Kind to Yourself - when things get hard, but don't give up.

This episode is for you if you're on the fence about something. Listen in, and let’s explore what it truly means to quit with confidence."

• Coco Duan helps Successful yet Self-Doubting women leaders build their Grounded Confidence to become unstoppable in achieving their goals
• For VIP step-by-step systematic support, apply for Coco's "Build Your Grounded Confidence" VIP coaching program here. She'll be in touch to invite you to a discovery call.
• Please feel free to email her at Coco@CocoDuanCoaching.com with any questions or feedback.

Episode 8 - What's Your Gremlin Message?
Episode 9 - Transform Your Gremlin

In this episode, I share a breakthrough that started with what I thought was a money mindset issue. But through coaching, I realized it was actually my Gremlin—the belief that “I’m not successful”—driving my doubts around money. Shifting to “I’m already successful” created a major change in my confidence in how I take action in my business.

If you feel stuck,
If you struggle with self-doubt,
If you notice the gap between what you want to do vs. what you are actually doing,

Then, work on your Gremlin. It can change everything.

Don’t let your self-doubt, insecurity, and fear hold you back any longer; take this step toward building your grounded confidence and becoming unstoppable in achieving your goals.

• Coco Duan helps Successful yet Self-Doubting women leaders build their Grounded Confidence to become unstoppable in achieving their goals
• For VIP step-by-step systematic support, apply for Coco's "Build Your Grounded Confidence" VIP coaching program here. She'll be in touch to invite you to a discovery call.
• Please feel free to email her at Coco@CocoDuanCoaching.com with any questions or feedback.

Please listen to Part 1 of the Gremlin work - 8: What's Your Gremlin Message?

In this episode, we’ll continue diving into the Gremlin work— transforming the limiting belief that "I’m not good enough" into an empowering truth that "I am good enough." This method is broken down into five transformative steps:

1. Acknowledging: Identify your Gremlin—the limiting belief that holds you back. By bringing this hidden message to light, you begin to strip away its power over you.
2. Integrating: Understand that your Gremlin once served a purpose, protecting you from hurt or failure. But now, it’s outdated and no longer fits who you are today.
3. Releasing: Let go of the old belief and give your Gremlin a new job. Instead of limiting you, it can now encourage and support your growth.
4. Shifting to an Empowering Belief: Replace the false message with the truth—“I am enough”—and find real-life evidence that supports your new belief.
5. Taking Aligned Actions: Reinforce your new belief by acting on it. Each small step aligned with your new truth strengthens your confidence and rewires your mindset.

Join me in this transformative process to build your grounded confidence and become unstoppable! Don’t forget to subscribe for more empowering episodes.

The script to say to Gremlin:
“I thank you, honor you, and embrace you.. And you are not needed to hold me back from your goal..."

"Since I no longer need you to protect me from….., I would like you to, instead, use your energy to do Gremlin’s new job."

Imagine your gremlin saying back to you, “ I’d love to. I’m only here to help.”

• Coco Duan helps Successful yet Self-Doubting women leaders build their Grounded Confidence to become unstoppable in achieving their goals
• For VIP step-by-step systematic support, apply for Coco's "Build Your Grounded Confidence" VIP coaching program here. She'll be in touch to invite you to a discovery call.
• Please feel free to email her at Coco@CocoDuanCoaching.com with any questions or feedback.

Do you ever catch yourself thinking, “What will they think?” Whether it’s a work presentation, a networking event, or posting on social media, I used to worry if people thought I wasn’t smart enough, interesting enough, or confident enough.

That fear held me back from speaking up, asking for help, and fully expressing myself. I felt small, constrained, and limited, wanting to be more expressive, confident, and free, but something always got in the way.

It wasn’t until I discovered my Gremlin message—that inner voice telling me I wasn’t enough—that I realized what was really holding me back. In this episode, we’ll explore how to identify your own Gremlin message and take your first steps toward replacing it so that you can take a critical step into your grounded confidence.

You can find the Emotion Wheel here.

The list of common Gremlin messages:

- I’m not smart enough
- I’m not pretty/attractive enough
- I’m not strong enough
- I’m not persistent enough
- I’m not valuable
- I’m not deserving (of love, success etc)
- I’m not worthy (of love, success etc)
- I’m not important
- I’m not lovable

• Coco Duan helps Successful yet Self-Doubting women leaders build their Grounded Confidence to become unstoppable in achieving their goals
• For VIP step-by-step systematic support, apply for Coco's "Build Your Grounded Confidence" VIP coaching program here. She'll be in touch to invite you to a discovery call.
• Please feel free to email her at Coco@CocoDuanCoaching.com with any questions or feedback.

In this episode of the Grounded Confidence podcast, Coco Duan explores the transformative impact of solitude, stillness, and silence on your inner dialogue. She explains that when you connect with yourself in these quiet moments, you become aware of your thought patterns, a crucial step toward personal growth. Most of our 60,000 daily thoughts are repetitive and negative, undermining confidence. Coco shares her personal battle with self-criticism, from harsh inner judgments to moments of self-doubt, and how she overcame them by practicing self-compassion. Drawing from Dr. Kristen Neff’s teachings, Coco introduces the three pillars of self-compassion—mindfulness, common humanity, and self-kindness—that helped her shift from being a "shaky mess" to an "unshakable force of nature."

Tune in to learn how to quiet your inner critic, transform your mindset, and build your grounded confidence.

• Coco Duan helps Successful yet Self-Doubting women leaders build their Grounded Confidence to become unstoppable in achieving their goals
• For VIP step-by-step systematic support, apply for Coco's "Build Your Grounded Confidence" VIP coaching program here. She'll be in touch to invite you to a discovery call.
• Please feel free to email her at Coco@CocoDuanCoaching.com with any questions or feedback.