Ep 36: Coaching as a Leader: You’re Supporting Everyone Else, But Who’s Supporting You?

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Episode 36 • 9th July 2025 • The Coaching Catalysts • The Coaching Catalysts

What happens to leaders and internal coaches when they're carrying everyone? Colleagues, teams, clients, and family but no one is holding space for them? In this episode, your hosts Rebecca Daniel and Sarah Bramall dive deep into the emotional labour of leadership and coaching, posing the all-important question: Who is supporting you?

Join Rebecca and Sarah as they share candid stories from their own lives as leaders, coaches, mothers, and carers. Learn why supervision is not just a ‘nice to have’ but an essential part of sustainable, impactful leadership and coaching practice. This episode unpacks the invisible load internal coaches and leaders carry, the intersectionality of work and caring roles, and offers practical ways to create space, slow down, and refill your cup, so you can keep supporting others without burning out.

Here are the Highlights:

00:00 Introduction: Leadership and the invisible weight of support

02:54 Internal coaching & the realities of juggling multiple roles

05:42 What coach supervision really is and why it’s vital for leaders

08:04 The emotional labour of leadership: what are you holding, and who helps you put it down?

11:10 Intersectionality: mothers, carers, and unseen challenges for leaders

15:20 The “one thing off your plate” exercise and why it matters

18:47 Building a network of support and the difference supervision makes

19:11 The consequences of overwhelm and the shift to grounded leadership

20:49 Small steps: how Rebecca and Sarah stay accountable to self-care and reflection

21:51 Why this work is always in progress and why you don’t have to do it alone

23:26 Join our free roundtables for internal & organisational coaches