Episode 90

F*ck Fearless & Choose Bravery with Heather Vickery

Published on: 25th January, 2022

If you haven’t heard my cringe-worthy story of how I spent two years thinking about starting this podcast before I finally pulled the trigger, you can go listen to my One Year Podversary episode to hear all the embarrassing details.  During that two-year period of overthinking and creative procrastination, I even flew from LA to Orlando to attend the Podcast Movement Conference, thinking that would inspire me to get off the fence.  It did not, but it did help me take the first step to connect with today’s guest, Heather Vickery. 

Heather is a leadership and success coach, speaker, workshop facilitator, podcaster, and author.  I found a card promoting Heather’s podcast, The Brave Files while at that podcast conference in 2019.  I picked it up and saved it because I liked the message and branding.  Eventually, I met the fabulous Annie P. Ruggles, who was our guest on episode # 86, and she introduced me to Heather.  The world of female podcasters is a fabulous network of generous and supportive people. 

Heather spoke at She Podcasts Live this year, so we got a chance to meet IRL before recording interviews for our respective podcasts and the timing of this one was just a few weeks after Heather published her best-selling book, F*ck Fearless: Making the Brave Leap.  We talk about the 5 step framework that Heather uses in her coaching programs and outlines in detail in the book, complete with exercises,  examples from clients she’s worked with and people she’s interviewed on her podcast The Brave Files, and plenty of stories from her own life experiences. 

In this fun convo, Heather 

  • Challenges me to join her in recording and posting a video a day for the month of December (we recorded the interview in November) 
  • Calls me out on my belief that as part of nature we are either in a phase of growth or a phase of decay 
  • Mic Drop Moment: “Fearless is for sociopaths and 3-year-olds.”
  • Heather’s framework (hint, it spells out the word B-R-A-V-E) 

If you’d like to connect with Heather Vickery after listening to this interview, here are a few options: 

Get the book:  https://vickeryandco.com/course/fck-fearless-making-the-brave-leap/

Join her free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BraveOnPurpose/

The Brave Files: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brave-files/id1370255228

Was it Chance?: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/was-it-chance/id1597327877

 

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ADHD-ish™
ADHD Business Strategy for Business Owners with Busy Brains
Running a business with ADHD isn't hard because you're distracted. It's hard because most business advice wasn't built for your brain.

Many entrepreneurs with ADHD try to solve business challenges with more productivity hacks, stricter routines, or systems they can never quite sustain. Others keep chasing new ideas, opportunities, and strategies, hoping the next one will finally make everything click.

The result? More cognitive load, more unfinished projects, more decision fatigue, and often more burnout.

ADHD-ish™ is the podcast about ADHD business strategy for business owners with ADHD who want to grow a successful company without forcing themselves to think, work, or lead like everyone else.

Each episode explores the real-world challenges of running a business with ADHD, including ADHD business growth, delegation and accountability, decision-making, executive function in business, burnout prevention, leadership, and building business systems that actually work for your brain. You'll hear practical strategies, honest conversations, personal stories, and expert insights designed to help you make better decisions, follow through on what matters most, and create sustainable success.

I'm Diann Wingert. As a business coach, former psychotherapist, serial entrepreneur, and the creator of ADHD-ish™, I've spent years helping entrepreneurs and business owners with ADHD stop fighting their brains and start building businesses that work with them.

Whether you're an ADHD entrepreneur, an ADHD small business owner, or a founder trying to scale a business while managing the realities of ADHD, this show will help you lead more effectively, grow more intentionally, and build a business that's designed for the way you think.