How Kindness Builds Resilience, Confidence, and Creativity (Emma-Louise Elsey)

Neuroscience of Coaching

Emma-Louise Elsey challenges the idea that kindness is weakness, reframing self-compassion as a powerful tool for growth and resilience. Drawing from neuroscience and her unique coaching methodology, she offers tips in “Fierce Kindness” to help us thrive, reduce stress, and inspire positive change.

In each episode of Neuroscience of Coaching, host Dr. Irena O’Brien explains the science-based insights behind a particular concept and interviews a coach to discuss how these apply in the real world. Just as she does in her professional programs, Irena “un-complicates” neuroscience and teaches practical, evidence-based tools and strategies that listeners can use in their coaching practices.

“I want to make kindness a power move to reframe kindness not as being nice, but as this courageous force that helps us show up for ourselves.” — Emma-Louise Elsey

Guest Bio:

Emma-Louise Elsey has been a professional life coach since 2004. She is the founder and former CEO of The Coaching Tools Company, and the founder and current CEO of FierceKindness.com.

Over the last two decades, Emma-Louise has developed powerful, practical tools and techniques to overcome anxiety and a vicious inner critic — when nothing else worked. This journey gave rise to Fierce Kindness.

Her mission now is to spark a kindness revolution, which starts with the person who matters most: you. She believes Fierce Kindness — the combination of kindness and courage — can together create the change our world deeply needs.

Host Bio:

Dr. Irena O’Brien teaches coaches and care professionals how to achieve better results for their clients through neuroscience.

She is the founder of Neuroscience School, which helps practitioners understand and apply insights from cutting-edge neuroscience research. She loves seeing her students gain confidence in their ability to evaluate neuroscience findings and use them successfully in their own practices. Her Certificate Program in Neuroscience is certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for Continuing Coaching Education credit.

Dr. O’Brien has studied neuroscience for 25 years and holds a Ph.D. in the field from the Université du Quebec à Montréal (UQAM), where she did brain-imaging studies. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Language, Mind, and Brain at McGill University.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

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Dr. Irena O'Brien’s website: The Neuroscience School
Emma-Louise’s website and special offer: FierceKindness.com

Credits:

Host: Dr. Irena O’Brien
Producer and Editor: Andrew Chapman
Executive Producer: Danny Iny
Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music credits:

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Artist: Avocado Junkie
Writer: Sander Kalmeijer
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Track Title: Coo Coos
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Writer: Matthew Wigton
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Track Title: In This Light
Artist: Sounds Like Sander
Writer: Sander Kalmeijer
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Special effects credits:

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