Most of what's stopping you from going after what you really want isn't coming from outside. It's coming from inside. And according to Liz M. Lopez, executive coach, bestselling author, and speaker with 19 years of coaching experience, it comes down to permission.

Candy sits down with Liz to talk about the seven permissions framework she developed after nearly two decades of watching brilliant leaders lock themselves in a fortress of their own making. Permission to fail. Permission to be supported. Permission to take baby steps. Permission to feel confident today exactly as you are. Permission to prosper. Permission to walk away. And finally, permission to succeed.

They talk about why fear is the foundational self-sabotage underneath almost everything, how job hurt and career trauma create invisible rules that run people's lives for decades without them even knowing it, and why asking for support isn't weakness but one of the most strategic things an ambitious person can do.

Liz also talks honestly about living the framework herself, catching herself making decisions from fear instead of strategy, and why after seven years of writing this book, she still considers herself a student of the work, not its master.

Warm, honest, and deeply practical this is a must listen episode.

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