What if confidence isn't something you need to find before you move forward but something you build by taking the next step?

In this episode, I'm sitting down with Joy Poole to talk about self-trust, confidence, courage, reinvention, motherhood, leadership, and navigating uncertainty.

After 20 years of building her career, Joy and her family made a life-changing decision: they spent 18 months circumnavigating the globe by sailboat.

Four years of preparation, ocean crossings, tight quarters, constant uncertainty, and life far outside their comfort zone taught Joy something she couldn't have learned by simply staying in control.

She learned to ask:

"Is this unsafe, or is it just uncomfortable?"

That question became a powerful way to separate real danger from the discomfort that often comes with growth, change, and becoming someone new.

We talk about building self-trust, "minding the gain," embracing uncertainty, motherhood, marriage, leadership, and what happens when you stop outsourcing your confidence and start collecting evidence that you can handle what life throws at you.

We also talk about reinvention, life transitions, personal growth, and what it looks like to return home and integrate everything you've learned instead of simply going back to who you were before.

Joy Poole is a sought-after leadership coach and speaker who helps leaders navigate growth, change, and uncertainty with greater clarity and confidence. Her work is shaped by years of coaching senior leaders, along with the lived experience of sailing around the world with her family—where uncertainty was a daily reality.

Joy brings real-world storytelling, heart, humor, and practical strategies to her keynotes, workshops, and coaching, helping leaders become calmer, more credible, and more confident at work and beyond.

If you're in a "what now?" season—considering a career change, making a difficult decision, pursuing a dream, or standing at the edge of a new chapter—this conversation is for you.

You don't have to feel ready.

Sometimes, you build confidence by going first.

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For Joy's free "Minding the Gain" practice, visit joypoole.com/gain.

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Website: https://www.joypoole.com/

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What if the thing you're waiting for isn't coming?

The permission.
The perfect timing.
The confidence.
The person who finally says, "Yes, you can."

Sometimes, we wait for those things so long that waiting starts to feel like a decision.

In this episode of To the Core, I'm talking about what it means to stop waiting for permission and start taking responsibility for what comes next.

Not blame.
Not shame.
Not pretending your circumstances don't matter.

Just asking yourself:

What part of this is mine?
And what can I do from here?

I share a season of my own life when everything fell apart—losing our home and vehicles, facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, and being pregnant in the middle of it all.

I couldn't change what had happened.

But eventually, I had to stop asking, "Why us?" and start asking, "Where do we go from here?"

That question changed everything.

If you've been waiting for someone to give you permission to make a change, this episode is for you.

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And send this to a woman who might need the reminder:

Your next move belongs to you.

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What if you're not stuck because you're unqualified—but because you're still waiting to feel ready?

In this episode, I sit down with Alexis Morello, Chief Vision and Purpose Officer, business mentor, founder of The Business of Her Events, and author of Getting Ready for Power, for an honest conversation about confidence, self-doubt, ambition, and what it really means to step into your power.

Alexis shares how she built a national women's conference in Las Vegas, why she intentionally kept tickets accessible at $200, and what happened when a mentor told her the dream she was building would fail. Instead of letting that criticism stop her, she used it to define success on her own terms and keep moving.

We talk about why momentum can matter more than endless preparation, how to stop treating self-doubt like a fact, and why wanting more from your life doesn't mean you're ungrateful for what you already have.

Alexis and I also unpack the pressure women put on themselves to do it all, the role of mentorship in building self-trust, and the difference between performing confidence and actually believing in yourself.

And underneath all of it is a bigger question: What if your worth has nothing to do with what you produce?

If you've been waiting until you're more confident, more successful, more prepared, or simply "ready enough" to take the next step, this conversation is your invitation to question that story.

You don't need to become a different woman before you go after more.

You might just need to start using the power you already have.

Alexis' Business of Her Conference is happening November 14, 2026, in Las Vegas. If this conversation resonates with you, you can learn more about the upcoming event and join Alexis and a community of women coming together to step into their power, purpose, and leadership.

Listen in for a conversation about women, leadership, self-worth, confidence, ambition, purpose, and the courage to stop waiting for permission.

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