Courageous Me

Kim Payne
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Hi, I’m Kim Payne. Welcome to the Courageous Me podcast—your go-to for incredible stories and practical tips to add more courage to your life. Imagine what’s possible if courage wasn’t reserved for heroic moments but became part of your everyday life. Whether you're dreaming big, going through a rough patch, or are ready to reignite the fire in your belly, this podcast is for you. Because courage is life’s secret source—it turns the ordinary into magic. And it all starts with you.

  1. 5 days ago

    159. If you're not seen and heard, you're not hired with Christine Blosdale

    What if the thing holding you back isn't a lack of talent, experience, or expertise... but your willingness to let people see and hear you? In this episode, I sit down with Christine Blosdale, The Expert Authority Coach®, bestselling author, and podcasting pioneer to explore the courage it takes to step out from behind the scenes and share your gifts with the world. From an unexpected moment that launched her broadcasting career to building a business helping others become recognised authorities in their field, Christine shares the lessons she's learned about visibility, confidence, and trusting yourself when self-doubt creeps in. Together, we explore why so many capable women hesitate to put themselves out there, what imposter syndrome may actually be trying to teach us, and why authenticity is becoming one of the most valuable assets we can bring to both business and life. Christine also shares the role intuition has played in her journey, the courage required to start over, and why being seen often feels far more vulnerable than simply doing the work. This conversation is a powerful reminder that expertise alone isn't enough. At some point, we must be willing to stop hiding, stop shrinking, and allow others to see who we are, what we know, and the value we bring. If you've ever questioned whether you're ready, worried about what others might think, or felt called to step into a bigger version of yourself, this episode will encourage you to take the next courageous step.   Key takeaways: o   Why so many capable women still hesitate to put themselves out there. o   What imposter syndrome is really trying to tell you. o   Why being seen can feel harder than building a business itself. o   The subtle mistakes that can stop people from trusting your expertise. o   Why authenticity is becoming your greatest competitive advantage. o   How to stop shrinking your brilliance and start owning your expertise. o   Why the next level of success often begins when you let people see the real you.   More about Christine Blosdale Christine Blosdale is The Expert Authority Coach® - a visibility strategist and personal branding expert who helps entrepreneurs, coaches, authors, and thought leaders get seen, trusted, and paid for what they already know.  An award-winning media personality and five-time #1 bestselling author, Christine brings more than 25 years of experience in branding, marketing, and business growth.  Christine has worked with global brands including America Online and Microsoft and has guided hundreds of business owners to elevate their visibility, attract media attention and become the go-to voice in their space.  She’s also the host of The Expert Authority Coach® Podcast - ranked in the top 2% of podcasts globally - and has been featured in Woman’s Day, Take 5, Ticker News, Authority Magazine, and over 100 podcasts, media outlets, and stages around the world.  Christine inspires audiences to think bigger, show up boldly, and recognize the true value of their voice, story, and expertise.   Book a free discovery call with Christine.   Get in touch with Christine: Website: Expert Authority Coach    Instagram: @christineblosdale     YouTube: Christine Blosdale   Facebook: Christine Blosdale   LinkedIn: Christine (The Expert Authority Coach®) Blosdale     Tiktok: The Expert Authority Coach     COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK  Grab your copy of Courageous Me – The courage to turn someday into today.   Where to find me:  Website: Kim Payne    LinkedIn: Kim Payne Instagram: @iamkimpayne   Facebook: KimPayneBiz

    1hr 3min

  2. 27 May

    Ep 158. The courage to be seen: Why your personal brand is more personal than you think with Kim Payne

    What if the way you’re showing up in the world no longer reflects who you really are? In this episode, I explore the surprising connection between identity, visibility, self-expression, and personal branding—and why so many women, particularly in midlife, begin to feel disconnected from the version of themselves they’ve been presenting to the world. From the meaning behind my love of pink, to the hidden ways women dilute themselves to avoid standing out, this conversation unpacks how personal branding is often far less about strategy… and far more about having the courage to fully express yourself. I share stories of reinvention, confidence, visibility, and the subtle moments when women begin to realise they’ve outgrown old versions of themselves. Through conversations about colour, clothing, photography, energy, and identity, I explore what happens when how you show up reflects who you are on the inside. I also share powerful examples of women blending the personal parts of themselves into their work and discovering deeper alignment, confidence, and authenticity as a result. This is an episode about courage, reinvention, self-trust, and the power of allowing yourself to be more fully seen.   Key takeaways: o   Why the things you’re naturally drawn to could hold clues about your identity. o   The surprising connection between confidence, visibility, colours, clothes, and energy. o   The power you take back when you stop trying to look “appropriate” and instead express who you are. o   How blending the personal parts of yourself into your work persona can shape your personal brand. o   Why so many women feel disconnected from their personal brand in midlife. o   What becomes possible when how you show up reflects who you are on the inside.   Bring your personal brand to life: Ksenia Belova - Australia’s best personal branding photographer.     Website: Ksenia Belova        Instagram: @ksenia_belova_photography       COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK  Grab your copy of Courageous Me – The courage to turn someday into today.   COURAGEOUS SHIFT Want to make the impact you know is possible without having everything figured out?  Get access now to The Courageous Shift – a FREE 90 min audio mini-series to work out your next move.  Where to find me:  Website: Kim Payne    LinkedIn: Kim Payne Instagram: @iamkimpayne   Facebook: KimPayneBiz

    36 min

  3. 20 May

    157. What if the ‘right way’ to do something isn’t right for you? with Kim Payne

    What if the reason you’ve been feeling stuck isn’t that you’re doing too little… but because you’ve been trying to do things someone else’s way? In this episode, I explore a liberating truth that has transformed both my business and my life: there is rarely only one “right” way to achieve the result you want. For years, I invested heavily in courses, coaches, and programs that promised success if I followed a specific formula.  And while much of that advice worked brilliantly for the people teaching it, I discovered something important: what works for someone else may be completely out of alignment with who you are. And I unpack the courage it takes to stop blindly following the “guru model” and start listening to your own inner wisdom. This episode is a powerful reminder that success doesn’t require you to become someone else.  It requires you to understand yourself deeply enough to create a path that feels authentic, energising and true for you. If you’ve ever felt like you’re failing because a proven formula isn’t working for you, this conversation may be exactly what you need to hear.   Key takeaways: o   Why the advice that works brilliantly for someone else may be the very thing keeping you stuck. o   How to tell the difference between healthy discomfort and a strategy that is out of alignment. o   The surprising moments when trusting your gut can lead to life-changing breakthroughs. o   What happens when you stop forcing yourself into someone else’s formula and start working with your natural design. o   How uncovering how you’re uniquely wired can transform your business, your energy, and your results.   COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK  Grab your copy of Courageous Me – The courage to turn someday into today.   COURAGEOUS SHIFT Want to make the impact you know is possible without having everything figured out?  Get access now to The Courageous Shift – a FREE 90 min audio mini-series to work out your next move.  Where to find me:  Website: Kim Payne    LinkedIn: Kim Payne Instagram: @iamkimpayne   Facebook: KimPayneBiz

    33 min

  4. 13 May

    156. Do you trust yourself enough to stop hesitating?

    What if the real barrier to the life you want isn’t clarity, timing, or qualifications—but trusting yourself? In this episode, I unpack a pattern I see repeatedly in conversations with women from all walks of life: the hesitation that keeps us stuck.  We know what we want, and what actions to take.  Yet something inside us says, “Not yet,” “I’m not ready,” or “Who am I to do that?” I explore what I call the “hesitation gap”—that uncomfortable space between knowing and doing and reveal why it often has less to do with external circumstances and more to do with self-trust.  Through experiences from women in my community, examples from my own life, and reflections on writing my book and hosting this podcast, I share how courage is often quieter than we think. Self-trust is not something you magically wake up with.  It is built one small promise, one courageous step, and one first-time experience at a time. If something is tugging at your heart, a conversation you need to have, a dream you keep postponing, or a next step you know you need to take, let this episode be the prompt to act now. To trust yourself and take that next step today.    Key takeaways: o   Why so many women get stuck in hesitation, and how it holds us back.   o   How self-doubt disguises itself as a need for more time, more clarity, or more qualifications. o   The surprising way your beliefs shape what you think is possible for your life. o   Why every meaningful leap begins with a first time you feel completely unprepared for. o   How small promises you keep to yourself become the foundation of self-trust. o   The simple question that can cut through hesitation and reveal your next step. o   Why the quiet voice inside you may already know what to do…you just need to trust it.   COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK  Grab your copy of Courageous Me – The courage to turn someday into today.   COURAGEOUS SHIFT Want to make the impact you know is possible without having everything figured out?  Get access now to The Courageous Shift – a FREE 90 min audio mini-series to work out your next move.  Where to find me:  Website: Kim Payne    LinkedIn: Kim Payne Instagram: @iamkimpayne   Facebook: KimPayneBiz

    35 min

  5. 6 May

    155. The courage to find your voice after life knocks you down with Roula Krikellis

    What happens when the very thing that once lit you up… is also the thing that leaves you questioning yourself? In this deeply honest conversation, I sit down with media personality, radio host and community connector Roula Krikellis (also known as RoulaKK or KK Rock Chic) to unpack what it really takes to rebuild yourself after rejection, criticism, health scares, and losing confidence in who you are. From being pushed out of spaces she once thrived in, to navigating the emotional toll of public perception, illness, and self-doubt, Roula shares the raw behind-the-scenes reality of what it took to find her way back to herself…and back to the microphone. This is a conversation about identity. Reinvention. Boundaries. Confidence.  The quiet courage required to keep showing up when your spirit has taken a hit.  And the power of deciding you’re not done yet… even when other people have written you off. Along the way, we explore the hidden emotional weight many women carry behind their smiles, why courage often looks nothing like confidence from the outside, and the surprising role persistence, purpose, and human connection can play in helping you rebuild. There are hilarious moments, vulnerable moments, and some seriously powerful insights around resilience, visibility, self-worth, and finding your voice again. If you’ve ever questioned yourself after criticism, felt misunderstood, lost confidence, or wondered whether you still have what it takes to begin again… this episode will speak straight to your heart.   Key takeaways: o   What really happens when your confidence takes a hit behind the scenes. o   The persistence it took to rebuild a life and identity after being pushed out. o   Why one conversation became the turning point that changed everything. o   The hidden toll of criticism, rejection, and feeling shut down by others. o   How confidence is rebuilt long before anyone sees the comeback. o   Why courage sometimes looks like boundaries, persistence, and refusing to disappear. o   The surprising lesson about visibility, success, and standing out as a woman with a strong voice.   Find out more about Roula: Instagram: @kkrockchic     Facebook: The KK Factor    LinkedIn: Roula Krikellis    Tiktok:  ROULA KK    Follow RPP FM    Youtube:  @RPPFMMornington     @RPPFMLIVE   Where to find me:  Website: Kim Payne    LinkedIn: Kim Payne Instagram: @iamkimpayne   Facebook: KimPayneBiz   COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK  Grab your copy of Courageous Me – The courage to turn someday into today.   COURAGEOUS SHIFT Want to make the impact you know is possible without having everything figured out?  Get access now to The Courageous Shift – a FREE 90 min audio mini-series to work out your next move.

    1hr 1min

  6. 29 Apr

    154. It’s never too late to crack the confidence code with Lena Coates

    Confidence has no expiry date.  What if confidence isn’t something you either have or don’t have… but something you build, one courageous step at a time? In this deeply affirming conversation, I sit down with executive coach and author Lena Coates to explore the kind of confidence that is learned through experience, setbacks, self-belief, and bold new beginnings. From walking away from a 28-year career and navigating what Lena describes as falling off a “cliff,” to starting her own business in her 60s, publishing her first book at 69, and even contemplating studying law in her seventies, this conversation is a powerful reminder that growth doesn’t have an age limit. We unpack how confidence is formed through the very moments that shake us:  The career stumbles that become turning points.  The identities we outgrow.  The unhelpful “good girl” conditioning many women carry without realising.  And the courage it takes to back yourself when there’s no clear map. This isn’t just a conversation about confidence.  It’s about reinvention, self-trust, speaking up, beginning again, and what is possible when you stop letting age, fear, or old stories define what comes next. If you’ve ever questioned whether it’s too late, you’ve missed your window, or if there’s still another chapter in you waiting to be written, this beautiful conversation may be your answer.   Key takeaways: o   Why some of the biggest confidence breakthroughs can come after you’ve fallen off a metaphorical “cliff.” o   How one person saying “I need you” can redirect the course of your life. o   The hidden and unhelpful conditioning many women carry from being the “good girl”. o   How reinvention challenges your past beliefs about timing and aging. o   How the obstacles and mistakes we’d rather forget build our self-trust. o   Why confidence is less about certainty… and more about starting before you feel ready.   This episode invites you to question what dream you had declared as being ‘too late’, may still be calling you?   Get Lena’s book: Cracking the Confidence Code.      COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK  Grab your copy of Courageous Me – The courage to turn someday into today.   Follow Lena on socials: Website: Lena Coates     LinkedIn: Lena Coates     Instagram: @lenacoates.associates       Facebook: Lena Coates      Connect with me:  Website: Kim Payne    LinkedIn: Kim Payne Instagram: @iamkimpayne   Facebook: KimPayneBiz   COURAGEOUS SHIFT Want to make the impact you know is possible without having everything figured out?  Get access now to The Courageous Shift – a FREE 90 min audio mini-series to work out your next move.

    1 hr

  7. 22 Apr

    153. The courage it takes to feel something rather than rush to fix it with Kim Payne

    What do you do when life throws something at you that completely disrupts your sense of normal? In this honest and in-the-moment episode, I share what it looks like when your emotions don’t follow logic… when your body reacts before your mind can catch up… and when the instinct to “just get on with it” no longer works. This isn’t a conversation about having the answers.  It’s about what happens when you don’t.  When you’re sitting in the discomfort, questioning your reactions, and feeling the tension between what you think you should feel… and what’s moving through you. We explore the quiet but powerful shift that happens when you stop trying to override your emotions and instead listen to them.  From the physical cues your body gives you, to the stories your mind creates, to the unexpected clarity that can come when you allow yourself to pause… there’s something in this for anyone who has ever felt thrown off course. This episode is a reminder that not all courage looks like action.  Sometimes, it looks like staying with what’s uncomfortable… long enough to understand it. And in that space, something deeper begins to unfold—the kind of self-trust you needed all along.   Key takeaways: o   What it really looks like to feel your feelings… without rushing to fix or override them. o   The subtle (and often ignored) signals your body gives you in moments of shock, stress or emotional overwhelm. o   Why the instinct to “push through” can disconnect you from exactly what you need most. o   How attachment quietly shows up in your life… until something forces you to see it. o   How giving yourself grace in the moment can completely shift how you move through something hard. o   The powerful shift that happens when you step back and see what’s actually real vs what just feels real. o   The kind of courage it takes to tune into your heart… and not override it. o   Why some of the most powerful silver linings only reveal themselves when you slow down enough to notice them.   Where to find me:  Website: Kim Payne    LinkedIn: Kim Payne Instagram: @iamkimpayne   Facebook: KimPayneBiz   COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK  Grab your copy of Courageous Me – The courage to turn someday into today.   COURAGEOUS SHIFT Want to make the impact you know is possible without having everything figured out?  Get access now to The Courageous Shift – a FREE 90 min audio mini-series to work out your next move.

    28 min

  8. 15 Apr

    152. From Shame to Shine: The courage to face what you’ve hidden most with Clare Elizabeth Dea

    What happens when the very thing you’ve spent your life hiding… becomes the thing you’re here to share? In this deeply raw and powerful conversation, I sit down with author, performer, and speaker Clare Elizabeth Dea as she prepares to release her new memoir: Shame to Shine-Dancing with My Shadows.  But this isn’t just a conversation about writing a book, it’s about what it takes to revisit your past, own your truth, and put your story into the world… again. Clare opens up about the courageous decision to pull her first book off the shelves and the eight-year journey that followed to rewrite it from a place of deeper truth, alignment, and self-responsibility. We explore the layers of shame that shaped her identity, from body image and belonging to relationships, money, and the lies we sometimes tell to protect ourselves, and how facing those shadows became the very pathway to her purpose. This conversation is honest, emotional, and at times confronting… but also incredibly empowering. Because beneath it all is a powerful message: your story, especially the parts you want to hide, might be the very thing that sets you (and others) free. If you’ve ever felt like you’re not enough, like you don’t quite fit, or like there are parts of your story you’d rather keep hidden… this episode will have you questioning what’s possible if you chose to bring them into the light. Key takeaways: o   The untold story behind Shame to Shine… and why it’s being released now. o   The hidden cost of carrying shame and how it quietly shapes your life. o   Why we hide parts of ourselves… even from those closest to us. o   What happens when you finally tell the truth about something you’ve carried for years. o   The behind-the-scenes reality of writing a memoir that goes far beyond what people see. o   Why the stories we’re most afraid to share are often the ones that matter most. o   The shift that happens when you fully own your story—all of it.   About Clare Elizabeth Dea: Once a perfectionist hiding in the wings, Clare Elizabeth Dea has claimed the stage as a performance artist, keynote speaker, workshop facilitator and author, inspiring women to transform shame into power and shine on stage with unstoppable flair. Think Liza Minnelli meets Brené Brown. Blending comedy, song, and electric storytelling, she crafts an experience that is part TED Talk, part Broadway spectacular, giving everyone permission to take up space and be truly seen in their authentic expression. 🌟 Her memoir: Shame To Shine launches on 29th April, 2026.  Featured on mainstream media, various publications, and social media platforms, Clare is celebrated for creating spaces where women truly connect, collaborate, and shine their brightest together.   Follow Clare or get in touch with her:  Website: Clare Elizabeth Dea    Instagram: @clareelizabeth_dea      Facebook: Clare Elizabeth Dea     Where to find me:  Website: Kim Payne    LinkedIn: Kim Payne Instagram: @iamkimpayne   Facebook: KimPayneBiz   COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK  Grab your copy of Courageous Me – The courage to turn someday into today.

    1hr 6min
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Hi, I’m Kim Payne. Welcome to the Courageous Me podcast—your go-to for incredible stories and practical tips to add more courage to your life. Imagine what’s possible if courage wasn’t reserved for heroic moments but became part of your everyday life. Whether you're dreaming big, going through a rough patch, or are ready to reignite the fire in your belly, this podcast is for you. Because courage is life’s secret source—it turns the ordinary into magic. And it all starts with you.

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  • Creator
    Kim Payne
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    159
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Kim Payne
  • Show Website
    Courageous Me

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