Turnaround Hypnotherapy

Turnaround Hypnotherapy Female leaders who know their stuff but doubt themselves. Build real confidence — from the inside out.

Sabine Lehner - Exec Coach & Hypnotherapist
15+ years in global corporate.

23/04/2026

Friday wrap-up thought.

True executive presence is built on what you choose not to do. Being available for everything dilutes your focus and your impact.

Before you finish today — audit your calendar for next week.
Find one Yes that should have been a No. Defer it respectfully. Or turn down the request.

Have a great weekend!

22/04/2026

Looking back at when I started my business — there are things I did that make me think: what was I thinking?

There are two ways to look at that. Let past mistakes chip away at your confidence and conclude you've failed. Or see them as the clearest sign of growth.

You did what you could with what you knew at the time. The fact that you're doing things differently now means you've learned and improved — and what went wrong was a stepping stone.

Next time a past mistake comes up — ask yourself what it actually tells you about where you are now.

22/04/2026

A few years ago I applied for a senior role and didn't get it. My mind went straight to "I'm not good enough."

That's what rejection can do — it triggers feelings of inadequacy. And I see this even with senior leaders with decades of experience behind them.

When I got feedback from the recruiter and sat with it, the picture changed. The other candidate was a closer fit for what they needed at that point — nothing to do with capability.

So if you didn't get the role or the promotion — ask yourself whether the gap was actually about capability or about fit. Because not every closed door is feedback about you.

21/04/2026

She was working harder than ever. And it still wasn't enough.

Four major deliverables. Same due date. Unaligned planning from above, landed on her team. Long hours, her team burning out — and she was questioning whether she was managing it well enough.

When we looked at it honestly, it was unachievable with the resources and capacity at hand.
So instead of grinding harder, she went back and raised it. Highlighted available capacity, what could realistically be delivered by when — and what couldn't.

Sometimes the most effective thing you can do is recognise when something is simply not achievable rather than grinding yourself and your team into the ground trying to make it work.

20/04/2026

Start the week with this.

Just because your manager keeps prescribing new ideas doesn't mean you have to run with all of them.

Constantly switching tasks kills your sense of achievement — and your confidence with it.
Sometimes the most confident thing you can do is push back.

17/04/2026

She thought the problem was her performance. It wasn't.

Sometimes the thing draining your confidence and energy has nothing to do with your capability. It's coming from somewhere else entirely — and you've been absorbing it without realising.

I see this pattern a lot with leaders who take full ownership of everything around them. Great quality. But it comes at a cost when the real issue isn't yours to carry.

Once you see where it's actually coming from, everything shifts — your stress, your clarity, and how you show up.

This one might change how you look at your workload.

16/04/2026

When everything is uncertain — try this to take off some of the strain.

When you don't know what's coming, your brain is already working overtime.
Every decision, every unknown takes up mental space. And when that space fills up, confidence erodes and overwhelm sets in.

What helps is structure you don't have to think about.

Plan your actions per day in your calendar and your week high level — then move through without overthinking. It preserves your cognitive capacity and lets you actually get things done.

Structure gives you back control. Then you assess, learn and adapt from there.

Follow me for more on getting out of your head and into action.

15/04/2026

If you're unhappy and stuck in a job but telling yourself the market is too tough to even look — this one is for you.

There's a version of staying put that's a conscious choice. And there's a version where self-doubt is making the decision for you.

The market is hard — but that assumption can close doors before you've even looked through them.
Exploring a move and making a move are completely different things.

You're not handing in your resignation. You just start having conversations.

And follow me for more tips on confidence and getting into action to achieve what you want.

14/04/2026

When budgets get cut and pressure rises — confidence becomes a practical leadership tool.

When you have to achieve more with less, the natural pull is toward the gap.
What's missing, what's hard, what can't be done.
And the longer that goes on, the more it drains you and the people around you.

I worked with a leader last year who was exceptional.
Her team was under enormous strain — tight resources, unchanged expectations.
She consistently brought the focus back to what had actually been achieved, to keep energy and momentum going and attention on what was still possible.

Confidence as a leadership tool means keeping your focus on what you can do with what you have — and acknowledging what has already been delivered.

Comment "audio" and I'll send you the free confidence tool.

13/04/2026

When competition is high — for a role, for a pitch, for a room's attention — how you show up mentally directly influences your outcome.

Doubt and fear don't just feel uncomfortable. They pull your focus away from exactly what you need to be present for.

Try this: mental rehearsal.
Picture yourself in the room, well prepared, calm, answering from your experience.
Run it in your mind a few times before you get there.
When you walk in, you're not navigating the situation for the first time — you've already done it.

Follow me for more on switching from nervous to calm and confident when it counts.

11/04/2026

I've been here before — many years ago after leaving finance. Promising interviews, but roles kept disappearing. Nothing to do with me.

But what I had to realise was that I didn't want those jobs in the first place.
I just didn't know what to do instead.

That in-between space — not knowing, exploring, sitting with an open question — is hard.
Our brains don't like open questions.
But that's where reinvention begins.
It takes longer than we want.
And the panic that comes with financial pressure makes everything harder.

The only thing you can do sometimes is build the mental strength to keep moving while you find the way.

The answers do come — just rarely on the timeline we need.

Comment "Audio" below and I'll send you the free confidence tool.

10/04/2026

When the pressure is high and uncertainty is everywhere — self-doubt and anxiety get louder.

What if what you're experiencing is something you do when you're triggered — a pattern, a reaction, a behaviour — rather than who you are?

Observe what sets it off.
Observe what you do next.
Because if you can do anxiety, you can learn to do something else instead.

Comment "Audio" for the free confidence tool to start interrupting the pattern.

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