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Bonus Episode Beyond Confidence: What’s Really Holding You Back?

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What if confidence isn’t the real issue?

In this bonus episode of The Secrets of Learning and Development, Valerie Merrill interviews Executive Career Transition Coach Julia Bend to unpack a common career assumption: “I just need more confidence.”

But is that really what’s holding people back?

Julia shares practical insights from coaching professionals in transition revealing how what looks like a confidence issue is often something deeper: lack of clarity, misalignment with values or simply being in the wrong environment.

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