Notes on Vulnerability
Stories of resilience, courage and being human. When we lean into the discomfort of vulnerability that's when we find out who we really are and how incredible life can really be.
S4 E4 - Becoming The World's Strongest Disabled Woman with Erin Harris
Erin Harris spent 28 years hiding her arm under hoodies and baggy jumpers. Today she's the two-time World's Strongest Disabled Woman with four world records to her name - and it all started from a single TikTok video.Â
In this episode Erin opens up about growing up with a limb difference, the bullying she experienced and how discovering Adaptive Strongman in 2022 completely transformed her life. What started as a gym session to lose weight before her wedding became a world-class athletic career - within just six months of training she won her first competition.
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S4 E3 Want More Success? Then Change How You See Yourself
Episode 3 from Notes on Vulnerability with resilience coach Alex Pett is all about how your self-perception determines your success. How much you earn, your relationships, whether you're investable, whether you reach your goals, it all comes down to what you tell yourself about who you are.
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What does it take to start training for an Ironman triathlon in your fifties - and actually cross the finish line?
In this episode, Alex sits down with Donna, known on Instagram as The Iron Empress, a midlife endurance athlete who discovered road cycling and triathlon later in life and used it to completely reframe what ageing looks like. Donna shares how she went from city commuter cyclist to Ironman finisher, why she refused to make her age the narrative, and how watching her father's health decline in his fifties lit a fire in her to stay...
S4 E1 - Drop The Good Girl Conditioning In Your 40s Before You Burn Out
Episode 1 from Notes on Vulnerability with resilience coach Alex Pett is all about 'good girl conditioning,' why it can be so problematic for mid life women and what you can do to escape it before you burn out.
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Exploring The Herbtender range of wellness solutions (use code ADAPT20 for 20%).1:1 resilience coaching - book a free intro call here...Why Your Nervous System Decides What You Manifest in 2026 BONUS EPISODE
If you’ve ever set intentions with real hope and still found yourself stuck in the same patterns, this episode offers a different explanation: your nervous system has more say over your future than your mindset does.
In this episode, we explore:
why you can deeply want change and still feel blockedhow survival patterns quietly override your goalswhy manifesting doesn’t start in your thoughtsand how building nervous system capacity is what actually makes change feel safe enough to lastThere’s also a short guided regulation practice you can use to beg...
S3 Gratitude Without Performance: A Different Way to Feel Thankful BONUS EPISODE
Gratitude isn’t meant to be a performance - or something you use to override what actually hurts.
In this episode, I explore why forced positivity and gratitude lists often create more pressure than peace, and how somatic (felt) gratitude works differently in the nervous system.
We talk about:
why your body doesn’t respond to pressurehow gratitude turns into bypassing without us realisingand how real gratitude can exist alongside grief, stress and exhaustionThere’s also a short guided somatic gratitude practice you can return to anytime.
This is the...
S3 E53 - Why Were Women Written Out of History? with historian Kerry Chaput
My guest on this episode is Kerry Chaput, multi-award-winning historical fiction author who celebrates badass women in history.
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S3 E52 Why Women Feel Shame Around Ageing (and how to stop)
If you're a woman who feels shame around ageing this is for you.
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S3 E49 A Chat About Being Single That Every Woman Needs to Hear - with Shani Silver
My guest on this episode is Shani Silver, author of A Single Revolution and host of the podcast A Single Serving.Â
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S3 E50 What Makes a Good People Manager?
3 things we rarely consider that make the best leaders and managers/
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S3 E48 Manifesting with the Reticular Activating System
The Reticular Activating System is what makes manifestation possible - this is how it works.
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S3 E47 If You Worry About Work This Is For You
Can you stop wasting time worrying about work?
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S3 E 46 Why We're Not Ageing Gracefully - with Rachel Peru
With silver haired curve model, body confidence activist, midlife influencer, Rachel Peru.
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5 Questions to Increase Stress Resilience - download for FREE. (For organisations)
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Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach)Â
www.shore-coaching.com
Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta).
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S3 E45 How to Build Stress Resilience (for individuals and teams)
Insights and practical tools for developing more stress resilience - for individuals and teams.
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Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life. (for individuals)
Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach)Â
www.shore-coaching.com
Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta).
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S3 E44 Burnout in Mid Life Women
These are some of the things that make burnout in mid life women more of a risk.
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S3 E43 Do Women Experience More Imposter Syndrome?
Do the feelings of imposter syndrome originate inside us? Or are they a natural response to an unequal world of work?
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S3 E42 Mindset Coaching Doesn't Work
Mindset coaching doesn't work ...on its own. Â A focus on the nervous system is often what's missing.
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S3 E41 This is Keeping You Financially Stuck
Money stories, shame and fear heavily influence how we interact with money. This episode is all about how to change these to get financially unstuck.
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Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach)Â
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S3 E40 - Rowing the Atlantic in 54 Days with Cystic Fibrosis (with Sophie Pierce)
Could you spend 54 days out in a rowing boat in the middle of the ocean? Sophie Pierce did and it turned out to be one of the most magical experiences of her life. This is the story of her journey from Lanzarote to Antigua earlier this year.
Guest: Atlantic rower Sophie Pierce.
Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach) www.shore-coaching.com
Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta).
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S3 E39 "Stop Calling Yourself Fat" Uprooting Shame + The Inner Critic
If you ever feel alone, isolated, broken, lost, like an outsider, like you have to hide part of yourself or pretend about something then I guarantee shame is involved.Â
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S3 E38 The Confidence Tip That Never Fails
Want more confidence? This confidence tip always works.
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S3 E37 Can Perimenopause Actually Be A Good Thing?
3 ways in which perimenopause can be a really powerful time of life for you.
Discover Perimenopause Mindset
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S3 E36 How To Be Better At Difficult Conversations
Conflict and difficult conversations are hard - but you can get better at it. Here's how.
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S3 E35 Pleasure as a Tool for Confidence, Motivation, Mood + Productivity.
What if you could be more motivated, confident, productive and happy just by bringing more pleasure into your life? All the evidence supports it..
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S3 E34 How To Go From Sensitive to Confident
Are you sensitive? A highly sensitive person? Here's how to find your confidence.
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S3 E33 New Year Intention Setting + Reflection (a short practice)
A short 5 min practice to help release the old year and set your sights on the life you want to live in the new Â
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S3 E32 How to Find a Literary Agent/Get Published
Have you written a book and want to get an agent and get published? Or do you plan to? This frank chat with Alice Sutherland-Hawes is an insightful look into the publishing process - with lots of tips!
This episode is part of a series of podcasts released between Christmas and NY called New Year, Even Better Supported you. Check out the episodes on adaptogens, ADHD as an entrepreneur, perimenopausal weight gain and healthy joints after 35+ too.Â
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S3 E31 How to Better Manage Pain, Rehab and Joint Health at 35+
Can you change how you manage chronic pain and what can we do to improve joint health as we age instead of expecting deterioration?
Explore Controlled Articular Rotations (a follow along video) - the basics Travis would suggest to help with joint health.
This episode is part of a series of podcasts released between Christmas and NY called New Year, Even Better Supported you. Check out the episodes on adaptogens, ADHD as an entrepreneur, perimenopausal weight gain and getting your book published too.Â
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S3 E30 Having an ADHD brain as a Freelancer/Entrepreneur/Self-employed
What are the challenges of an ADHD brain if you're self-employed/freelancing? Meg is a self-employed coach with an ADHD diagnosis and a ton of tips and insights on how to successfully navigate the working world with an ADHD brain.
This episode is part of a series of podcasts released between Christmas and NY called New Year, Even Better Supported you. Check out the episodes on adaptogens, better joint health = less pain, perimenopausal weight gain and getting your book published too.Â
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S3 E29 Why Do Adaptogens Improve Sleep, Anxiety, Brain Fog?
Are adaptogens really the miracle that some people think they are? If you struggle with poor sleep, bad focus, brain fog, tiredness or you want to increase training performance then adaptogens could be a really smart move.
This episode is part of a series of podcasts released between Christmas and NY called New Year, Even Better Supported you. Check out the episodes on better joint health for less pain, ADHD as an entrepreneur, perimenopausal weight gain and getting your book published too.Â
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S3 E33 Dealing with Perimenopause Weight Gain
So many women gain weight around their middle during menopause and perimenopause. Why does this happen and how can we deal with it differently?
This episode is part of a series of podcasts released between Christmas and NY called New Year, Even Better Supported you. Check out the episodes on adaptogens, ADHD as an entrepreneur, getting your book published and healthy joints after 35+ too.
Discover more of Ela and her podcast Find Your Strong.
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Guest: Ela law, nutritionist and intuitive eating counsellor.
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S3 E28 Why Can't You Just Move On?
Getting over it, moving on, letting go can sometimes feel impossible. Forcing yourself never works but there are things you can do to take steps in the right direction.
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Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach) www.shore-coaching.com
Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta).
Resilience at 40+? Read this.
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S3 E27 Can You Make Things Easier If You Stop Telling Yourself They Are Hard?
How can you use your beliefs to shape your reality - and your real life outcomes?
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Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach) www.shore-coaching.com
Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta).
Resilience at 40+? Read this.
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S3 E26 'Tis the Season to be Selfish - How to Not End Up Sick and Tired this Christmas
Do you run yourself into the ground every year and end up sick and tired at Christmas? Then we need to talk about perfectionism and how you can not do that this year..
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Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach) www.shore-coaching.com
Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta).
Resilience at 40+? Read this.
Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life.
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S3 E25 Burnout - avoiding it and recovering from it (for people and organisations).
1 in 5 of us is experiencing burnout. It's not just the result of workplace stress but many workplace cultures are making it a LOT worse. This episode is about the signs and symptoms of burnout, how to avoid it - and how to recover from it.
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Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach) www.shore-coaching.com
Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta).
Resilience at 40+? Read this.
Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5 Resilience Coaching Questions that will Change your Life.
S3 E24 Is Shame + People Pleasing Ruining Your Marketing? How to be authentic and nail positioning and audience too. With Anna Rumbold.
Stop wasting your energy on overly-cautious inauthentic marketing - when you take the people pleasing and the shame out of your approach to marketing everything is going to change. My guest Anna Rumbold is a business and marketing mentor who has so much knowledge and insight to share on the practical, and the deeper, more emotional side of marketing.
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Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach) www.shore-coaching.com
Guest: Anna Rumbold
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Resilience at 40+? Read this.<...
S3 E24 How to Stop Fearing Others People's Judgment (and give fewer f*cks)
If you want to stop fearing the judgment of others - and basically stop giving a f*ck about what doesn't matter, this episode is for you.
FINDING FREEDOM PROGRAM to get liberated from self-doubt, fear and shame - all the info is here. Starting 4th Nov.
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Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach) www.shore-coaching.com
Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta).
Resilience at 40+? Read this.
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S3 E23 Is the Patriarchy Destroying Your Mindset?
If you were raised a woman the patriarchy is probably undermining your confidence, authenticity, self-belief and vision for your life.
Books mentioned:
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World - Elinor Cleghorn. Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - Caroline Criado Perez.
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Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach) www.shore-coaching.com
Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta).
Resilience at 40+? Read this.<...
S3 E22 Never Feel Ready? Stuck in Waiting Mode? Listen to this
Getting stuck in waiting mode is painful and can lead to a lot of regrets. But you don't have to do that - in this episode you'll find out how to get unstuck, out of waiting mode and start taking action.
The Big One: FEAR, SHAME, SELF-DOUBT October Workshop. More info here
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Host: Alex, resilience coach (Insta: @alexresiliencecoach) www.shore-coaching.com
Notes on Vulnerability on social media: @notesonvulnerability (Insta).
Resilience at 40+? Read this.
Try some resilience coaching for free with these 5...
S3 E20 Biohacking Your Health with Fouzhan Shadidi (Optimally Me)
Optimally.Me is a health optimisation platform you can use to bio hack your health. Not sure what that means? Then this episode is for you. We are also very proud to have Optimally.Me as a sponsor this season. You can find out everything you need to know about this innovation business here.
Use the code ALEXSHORE20 for 20% off at Optimally Me Â
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Guest: Fouzhan Shadidi, Optimally Me
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