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Confidence Expert: “Poop Soup” and the Pain of Not Knowing What's Next

What happens when everything you’ve worked for starts to feel misaligned—but you’re too successful to quit and too scared to stay?

In this episode, Kelli Thompson, leadership coach and author of Closing the Confidence Gap, returns to the show to talk about the messy middle—what she calls the “Poop Soup” phase—when clarity hasn’t arrived, but your gut already knows it’s time for change.

Kelli shares the story of her own career pivot, the rejection that woke her up, and the internal unraveling that followed. We talk about why doubt is a feature, not a flaw, how to recognize the difference…

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