The Confidence Course starts 24 March 2026…

Category: Leadership

Understanding the origins of overfunctioning If you recognised yourself in my last post about overfunctioning, you’re not alone. I had a huge response to this article which tells me that...

  Overfunctioning is one of the four hidden patterns I wrote about recently that often arise when we don’t feel good enough. The other three – avoidance, paralysis and people-pleasing...

How overfunctioning, avoidance, paralysis and people-pleasing all stem from the same core belief — and what happens when you begin to let it go. If I could identify one theme...

  So many of the leadership coaching women I work with tell me that when they were young, they were praised for being good, nice, and well-behaved. This lines up...