You are not alone.


There are other women who have been
right where you are.

Each week you’ll be inspired and encouraged by the stories of women experiencing life just like you.

From thriving in transition to navigating fears, discovering your gifts to living a purposeful life, dreaming big to managing priorities and time, we’ll talk about it.

Join seasoned business executive and coach, Laurel Emory, Ph.D., for this unscripted, unrehearsed, unpolished, real-life podcast intentionally designed to help you cultivate confidence, courage, and joy in your life and work.

Motivated by the practical insights and wisdom from courageous women and rooted in truth about who you were created to be, each episode will call you to a life of courage and joy, and will embolden and equip for the adventure.

Regular Episodes

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10. Seven Ways to Cultivate Peace and Beauty When Our Insecurities and Doubts Are Triggered by The Stories of Others, and What is Coaching and Why Invest in Coaching

In this episode of Courage Becomes Her, Laurel responds to listener feedback to talk about what to do when your insecurities, doubts, and limiting beliefs are triggered by other women’s stories. She also talks about her work as a coach and what it means to invest in coaching for yourself. She also announces what she is going to talk about with guests for the remaining episodes of 2022.

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9. Navigating Retirement, Cultivating a New Identity, Embracing Quietness, and Becoming More Whole with Wife, Mom, Grandma, and Former Mortgage Industry Expert – Diane Clark

In this episode of Courage Becomes Her, Diane talks about planning and preparing for retirement, as well as becoming aware of how much her identity was wrapped up in her work and what it has looked like to embrace quietness and become more whole through this new season of retirement.

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8. Moving to a New State, Welcoming a Newborn Baby, Saying Goodbye to Friends, and Finding Inner Peace with Wife, Mom of Four, and Artist – Ashley Ward

Ashley Ward, wife of 14 years, mom to four kids (13, 10, 6, and 2 months) shares openly about the struggle of finding inner peace through huge life transitions of moving to a new state and leaving behind friends and community, having a baby, and trying to manage the feelings of her family and herself.

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Summer Reads 2023

Let's celebrate and support women authors who had new books come out last Summer!