More Women Are Choosing to Stay Single: Self-Worth, Relationships & Modern Dating

Imposter Syndrome: What If You're Not the Problem?

What If You're Not the Problem? Rethinking Imposter Syndrome If you've ever felt like a fraud despite your achievements, questioned your abilities, or talked yourself out of opportunities because you didn't feel ready, this episode is for you. Today, we're unpacking imposter syndrome through a different lens. Together, we'll explore why so many women struggle with self-doubt, how social conditioning and workplace culture shape confidence, and whether imposter syndrome is always a personal issue or sometimes a response to the environments we're navigating. Through personal stories, research, a guided reflection exercise, and practical tools, this conversation is an invitation to trust yourself a little more, challenge perfectionism, and stop treating every doubt as evidence that you don't belong. Because maybe you're not the problem. Maybe you've just spent too long questioning your place in rooms you've already earned the right to be in. Connect with Kam Insta @coachingwithkam [https://www.instagram.com/_self_ish_me/] LinkedIn Kamila Turek | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamila-turek-019738a7/]

No One Told You Your Cycle Affects Your Career: Women, Stress and Work

We have been taught to push through, show up the same way every single day, and treat our biology as an inconvenience. But what if ignoring our bodies is exactly what is holding us back? In this episode I sit down with Dr. Hanne, clinical psychologist and founder of Thea Psychology, a practice built entirely for women, and we get into something that most advice around women's careers completely skips over. Where are you in your cycle? What is happening in your nervous system? What do your hormonal changes actually mean for how you lead, decide, and show up under stress? These are the questions that changed everything for me. We also get honest about the double bind so many women are navigating at work. Be warm and you are not taken seriously. Be direct and you are difficult. Be emotional and you lose the project. Women's careers are still being judged on personality rather than performance, and that bias lives in all of us, not just in the people above us. Dr. Hanne and I talk about why that happens, what organisations can actually do about it, and how understanding your menstrual cycle and nervous system might be the most underrated tool for your wellbeing and career growth. Your body was never the obstacle. It has always been the map. Connect with Kam Insta @coachingwithkam [https://www.instagram.com/_self_ish_me/] LinkedIn Kamila Turek | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamila-turek-019738a7/] Connect with Dr Hanne Insta @theapsychology [https://www.instagram.com/theapsychology/] LinkedIn Dr Hanne Warren | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-hanne-warren-9b12a2205/] Website www.theapsychology.co.uk [http://www.theapsychology.co.uk] Lead True - women's leadership programme: https://theapsychology.co.uk/lead-true/ [https://theapsychology.co.uk/lead-true/]

More Women Are Choosing to Stay Single: Self-Worth, Relationships & Modern Dating

For years, women were taught that love, marriage, and motherhood were the ultimate markers of success. But what happens when a woman chooses to be single, especially in her thirties? This is an honest conversation about relationships, self-worth, emotional wellbeing, independence, and identity outside partnership. I talk about the difference between loneliness and emotional peace, why relationship quality matters more than relationship status, and how many women are no longer willing to sacrifice themselves just to meet social timelines around marriage and motherhood. This episode is for anyone questioning relationship timelines, or whether fulfilment can exist outside traditional partnership. Connect with Kam Insta (@self_is_me) • Instagram photos and videos [https://www.instagram.com/_self_ish_me/] LinkedIn Kamila Turek | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamila-turek-019738a7/]

Burnout Recovery: My First Panic Attack, the Red Flags I Ignored and What Actually Helped

Seven years ago this week, I had my first panic attack on a packed train to Waterloo. I thought I was having a heart attack. I thought I just needed a few days off and I'd be fine. I was wrong. In this episode, I'm going back to that moment and sharing everything I wish someone had told me about burnout recovery before my body made the decision for me. I talk about the red flags I ignored for years, the shame I carried for not being "strong enough," and the job, and the identity crisis that all fed into it. I also share the five stage burnout model that finally helped me understand what was happening to me, and a simple visualisation exercise that I wish I'd had back then to check in with myself before things fell apart. If you've ever pushed through exhaustion and called it ambition, if you've ever wondered whether what you're feeling is burnout or just weakness, this one is for you.

Not Sure You Want Kids: Motherhood, Doubt and Trusting Yourself

If you have ever been asked when you are having children and felt something complicated rise up in you, grief, guilt, anger, or just a quiet "I don't know", this episode is for you. I have been sitting with this question for most of my adult life, and today I am finally saying the thing out loud that took me years to arrive at. I grew up in Poland, where the path for girls like me was never really a question. Education, marriage, and children. And even after I left, even after I disagreed with all of it, I still felt its shape around me. This episode is the story of how I untangled what I actually wanted from what I had been raised to want, and what I found when I finally stopped waiting for the doubt to disappear. I also bring in the research, because the data on childfree women, parental regret, and overcoming societal expectations is something more of us deserve to hear. This is not an episode telling you what to choose. It is an invitation to ask yourself the honest question, and to trust what comes up before your brain has a chance to edit it. Because your answer belongs to you, and you do not owe anyone an explanation. Connect with Kam Insta (@self_is_me) • Instagram photos and videos [https://www.instagram.com/_self_ish_me/] LinkedIn Kamila Turek | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamila-turek-019738a7/]