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Designing Your Future Self Podcast

Designing Your Future Self Podcast

By: Andrea C. McLean
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 What if the only thing standing between you and the career and life you were meant to lead is the story you've been telling yourself? Designing Your Future Self is the podcast for professionals and executives who are ready to stop playing small and start stepping boldly into their next level. Each episode is built around one powerful theme, one proven strategy, and one actionable assignment to help you close the gap between where you are and where you deserve to be. Season 2 is built entirely around The S.O.A.R. Method® — a coaching framework designed to help you Shift Your Mindset, Overcome Your Challenges, Activate Your Plan, and Reflect and Refine your path forward. Across 52 episodes, we tackle the mindset work, leadership strategies, and career tools that high-achieving professionals need to advance with confidence, influence, and intention. Topics include limiting beliefs, executive presence, leadership advancement, sponsorship, strategic influence, promotion readiness, and designing the future self you were always meant to become. Your host, Andrea C. McLean, is an Executive and Career Coach, Founder of ACM Coaching Group, creator of The S.O.A.R. Method® and The F.L.A.P. Method®, and award-winning author of Decide to Be Your Future Self. With 35 years of global corporate leadership experience, Andrea brings real-world insight, warmth, and deep expertise to every conversation. New episodes every Wednesday. Ready to go deeper? The Promotion Ready Leader Workbook is available now for $47 at andreacmclean.com/promotion-readyAll rights reserved. Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • From Comparison to Celebration

    From Comparison to Celebration
    Apr 30 2026
    Comparison isn't just the thief of joy. In your career, it's the thief of clarity, confidence, and momentum. In this episode of Designing Your Future Self, Executive Coach Andrea C. McLean unpacks the comparison trap: why high-achieving professionals fall into it, what it's quietly costing them, and how to break free. Drawing on the S.O.A.R. Method®, Andrea walks through the three most common comparison triggers she sees in her coaching practice — Milestone Envy, Timeline Anxiety, and Identity Comparison — and shares four practical ways to shift from measuring yourself against others to celebrating your own unique path. Because here's the truth: your career is not a race with other people. It is a journey toward your own fullest expression of leadership. And the only meaningful comparison is between who you are today and who your future self is becoming. Resources: Promotion Ready Leader Workbook — andreacmclean.com/promotion-ready
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    10 mins
  • The Art of Saying No: Setting Boundaries Without Guilt

    The Art of Saying No: Setting Boundaries Without Guilt
    Apr 15 2026
    Every high-achieving professional knows the feeling — the requests keep coming because you're the one who always delivers. But every yes you give to something that doesn't serve your priorities is a no to your future self. In this episode, executive and career coach Andrea C. McLean breaks down why the most capable people in the room are often the ones who struggle most with saying no — and what it's costing their careers. You'll learn where the guilt really comes from, why boundaries are not walls but the architecture of your leadership, and how to say no with confidence, clarity, and grace. In this episode: - Why high achievers attract more demands, and how saying yes to everything becomes a dangerous identity - The three layers behind the guilt: social conditioning, fear of consequences, and a misunderstanding of what boundaries are - How The S.O.A.R. Method® connects boundary-setting to owning your value as a leader - Four practical approaches for saying no without damaging relationships or derailing opportunities Saying no is not selfishness. It is strategic leadership. 🎯 Ready to do the deeper work? The Promotion Ready Leader Workbook is available at andreacmclean.com/promotion-ready for $47. 🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss Episode 5 — we're talking money mindset and rewriting your wealth story.
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    10 mins
  • Transforming Fear into Fuel: Building Confidence from Within

    Transforming Fear into Fuel: Building Confidence from Within
    Apr 8 2026
    Fear isn't the problem. What you do with it is. In this episode, Executive Coach Andrea C. McLean reframes fear entirely, showing you why the most powerful leaders aren't fearless; they've simply learned to use fear differently. Drawing on the F.L.A.P. Method®, Andrea shares four practical tools she uses with coaching clients to transform fear from a paralysis trigger into the fuel that drives bold leadership decisions. If fear has been keeping you stuck, silent, or playing small in your career, this episode will change how you think about it. Resources: Promotion Ready Leader Workbook — andreacmclean.com/promotion-ready
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    11 mins
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