I Can Fit That In

Erin Coupe
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Welcome to I Can Fit That In, the podcast where ambition meets alignment. Hosted by speaker, advisor, author of I Can Fit That In, and former Fortune 100 executive Erin Coupe, this show is designed to help you break free from rigid routines and outdated patterns, and fit in what moves you in work and life. Through personal reflections and candid conversations with high-performers, you’ll uncover shifts, rituals and new ways of thinking that create clarity and sustainable success. Subscribe now and follow along on social media to be empowered to fit in what matters most.

  1. 12h ago

    How to Turn Adversity Into a Life of Purpose | #64

    What if the hardest thing that ever happened to you didn't get to decide how you lived the rest of your life? John O'Leary's story is a powerful reminder that we get to choose what we do with the life we've been given. In this deeply personal episode of I Can Fit That In, Erin Coupe sits down with John O'Leary, whose extraordinary story of surviving a devastating childhood fire has been shared around the world and brought to life in the feature film Soul on Fire. But this conversation goes far beyond the event itself. Erin and John explore resilience, intentional living, leadership, presence, and what it really means to define success on your own terms. There's an especially meaningful connection between Erin and John: they both grew up in the St. Louis area and attended Saint Louis University, a place that played a formative role in both of their lives. Erin watched Soul on Fire with her two boys, who are close in age to John when his accident happened, and the experience stayed with her. She and John talk about how their own experiences with adversity shaped the way they see life, family, faith, and the responsibility we have to use what we've been given to lift other people up. What You'll Take Away: - How John's father's question, “Victim or victor?”, became a lifelong framework for responding to adversity - Why John's definition of success has less to do with achievement and more to do with how you use what you have to serve others - How to shift from asking “Why me?” to recognizing the possibility and responsibility within your circumstances - Why intentional living requires paying attention to how you lead, love, communicate, and treat the people around you - How presence and gratitude change the way you experience the life you're already building Guest Bio: John O'Leary is a bestselling author, speaker, and survivor whose story of overcoming a devastating childhood fire has inspired audiences around the world. His life story was adapted into the feature film Soul on Fire. If this conversation makes you look differently at your own life, take a moment to share it with someone you love. Sometimes the conversations that stay with us longest are the ones that remind us what we already have. Connect with Erin Coupe: Instagram: @authenticallyec LinkedIn: Erin Coupe Connect with John O'Leary: Website: johnolearyinspires.com LinkedIn: John O'Leary Facebook: @JohnOLearyRisingAbove

    How to Turn Adversity Into a Life of Purpose | #64

  2. Sep 29

    Psychotic Grit: When High Achievement Goes Too Far with Dr. Amy Athey | #63

    What happens when your pursuit of excellence turns into an endless need to do more? Dr. Amy Athey joins Erin Coupe to unpack “psychotic grit” and why high performers can push themselves far beyond what actually supports great performance. Dr. Amy Athey is a performance psychologist and executive coach who has spent more than two decades working with elite performers across sport, military, and business. Erin and Amy explore what high performers have in common, why excellence can sometimes turn into perfectionism and compulsive overwork, and how the human stress response can make us fall back on our most rehearsed behaviors when the stakes are high. They also get into recovery, sleep, nervous-system regulation, and the physical foundations that allow leaders and athletes to perform consistently. For anyone who’s ambitious, driven, and always looking for the next thing to optimize, this conversation offers a different way to think about high performance. What you'll take away: - How to recognize when healthy grit has crossed into “psychotic grit” - Why high performers often respond to stress by doing more, even when more is exactly what they don't need - Why recovery and sleep aren't breaks from productivity but foundations of high performance - How perfectionism can make you rigid when the ability to adapt is what the moment actually requires - Simple ways to interrupt stress, reframe difficult moments, and create rituals that support your performance About Dr. Amy Athey: Dr. Amy Athey is a performance psychologist and executive coach who works with elite performers and leaders across sport, military, and business. She is the founder of Athey Performance and the author of Moment Ready. Subscribe to I Can Fit That In for more conversations about intentional leadership, high performance, and creating a more sustainable way to succeed. Connect with Erin Coupe: Instagram: @authenticallyec LinkedIn: Erin Coupe

    Psychotic Grit: When High Achievement Goes Too Far with Dr. Amy Athey | #63

  3. Sep 22

    How CEOs Build Businesses Without Burning Out with Cabot Earle | #62

    What happens when the next rung on the ladder stops being enough? For many leaders, the hardest part of growth isn't building more. It's deciding what actually makes a life successful. In this episode of I Can Fit That In, Erin Coupe talks with Cabot Earle, a three-time CEO who has led family-owned, investor-backed, and private equity-backed companies, including organizations ranging from early-stage startups to nearly $100 million in revenue. Today, Cabot works alongside business owners and CEOs as an outside peer partner, bringing firsthand experience to the challenges of business growth, leadership transitions, ownership dynamics, and scaling. Cabot and Erin explore what sustainable leadership actually looks like when you're responsible for a growing organization while also trying to build a meaningful life outside of work. They talk about managing pressure, knowing when to bring in an outside perspective, letting go of responsibilities as a company grows, and why professional ambition and personal ambition don't have to compete with each other. What You'll Take Away - Why growth isn't linear and how strong leaders build resilience through the inevitable highs and lows - How to recognize when you're still carrying responsibilities that your growing business no longer needs you to carry - Why outside perspective becomes especially valuable when a company reaches a level of complexity you've never experienced before - How to think about work-life balance as an ongoing recalibration rather than a perfect 50/50 split - Why success, wealth, and achievement can take on an entirely different meaning as your career evolves Guest Bio Cabot Earle is a three-time CEO with experience leading family-owned, investor-backed, and private equity-backed companies. He now works as an outside peer partner to business owners and CEOs, helping leaders think through growth, transition, and complex business decisions. If you're a leader who has ever wondered whether the next milestone will actually make you feel more successful, subscribe to I Can Fit That In for more conversations about building ambitious careers and meaningful lives. Connect with Erin Coupe: Instagram: @authenticallyec LinkedIn: Erin Coupe Connect with Cabot Earle: Website: www.cabotearle.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cabotearle

    How CEOs Build Businesses Without Burning Out with Cabot Earle | #62

  4. Sep 15

    What If You’re Over-Optimizing Your Life? With Buzz Williams | #61

    What if the habits that helped you become successful are the very things keeping you from feeling fulfilled? Buzz Williams joins Erin Coupe to talk about success, identity, leadership, and learning to live from a place of victory instead of constantly fighting for it. Buzz Williams is a longtime college basketball coach who came to this conversation wanting to talk about something far more personal than his career. After reading Erin's book, he began questioning the beliefs, habits, and identities he'd built his life around — and whether they were still serving him. In this deeply personal conversation, Buzz and Erin explore how our relationship with work affects the way we lead, why constantly carrying more can become a form of burnout, and what happens when we stop defining ourselves by our titles and accomplishments. Buzz also shares his shift from "fighting for victory" to learning how to live from victory, and why what leaders believe about their work ultimately shows up in how they lead. What you'll take away: - How to recognize when productive habits have become draining habits - Why your identity can't depend entirely on your title, achievements, or career - How leaders' internal beliefs and nervous systems influence the culture around them - Why doing more doesn't necessarily increase your capacity — and can instead add more weight to carry - How to become more intentional about where you put your energy and attention About Buzz Williams: Buzz Williams is a college basketball coach whose conversation with Erin goes well beyond his career, exploring leadership, personal growth, identity, and the beliefs that shape how we show up in our lives. Subscribe to I Can Fit That In for more conversations about intentional leadership, meaningful work, and creating a more fulfilling life. Connect with Erin Coupe:  Instagram: @authenticallyec  LinkedIn: Erin Coupe www.erincoupe.com Connect with Buzz:

    What If You’re Over-Optimizing Your Life? With Buzz Williams | #61

  5. Sep 8

    Executive Presence: How to Communicate With Confidence and Authenticity with Ann Keil Dux | #60

    Executive presence isn't about performing confidence. It's about staying connected to yourself so you can communicate with confidence, authenticity, and impact. In this episode, Erin Coupe sits down with Ann Keil Dux, Emmy Award-winning Executive Presence Coach and Strategic Communication Advisor, to explore what really makes someone a powerful communicator. Drawing from her career as a television news and investigative reporter, Ann shares how leaders can strengthen executive presence, communicate with authenticity, and stay grounded when the pressure is high. They talk about why so many smart professionals don't actually have a communication problem — they have an access problem. Ann explains how active listening, body language, emotional intelligence, and intentional storytelling can help leaders connect with an audience instead of getting stuck performing the version of themselves they think people want to see. What you'll take away: - Why executive presence starts with access to yourself, not a perfect presentation technique - How quiet leaders can create more presence by slowing down and using fewer words - Why the emotion you want your audience to feel may matter more than the emotion you're feeling before a presentation - How to identify the personal "through line" that connects your career experiences and helps you communicate your value during a career pivot - Ann's Starter Bag framework for preparing for high-stakes conversations, presentations, pitches, and difficult conversations About Ann Keil Dux: Ann Keil Dux is an Emmy Award-winning Executive Presence Coach and Strategic Communication Advisor who helps leaders communicate with greater authenticity, confidence, and impact. If you're enjoying I Can Fit That In, subscribe to the show so you don't miss the next conversation about intentional leadership, personal growth, and creating a more meaningful way to work and live. Connect with Erin Coupe: Instagram: @authenticallyec LinkedIn: Erin Coupe

    Executive Presence: How to Communicate With Confidence and Authenticity with Ann Keil Dux | #60

  6. Sep 1

    Putting Yourself First Isn’t Selfish: Kerry Docherty on Selfishness, Creativity, and Finding Yourself | #59

    What if putting yourself first isn't selfish? What if it's the first step toward becoming more fully yourself? In this episode of I Can Fit That In, Erin Coupe sits down with Kerry Docherty, cofounder of lifestyle clothing brand Faherty and author of the memoir Selfish: Unlearning, Reclaiming, and Telling the Truth. Kerry opens up about the pressure to be good, adaptable, generous, and available to everyone around you, and what happens when you realize you've lost touch with the person underneath all those roles. Kerry and Erin explore self-awareness, creativity, leadership, career identity, relationships, and the courage to tell the truth about what you actually want. Kerry shares how creativity helped her reconnect with herself, why the personal and professional parts of our lives can't really be separated, and how asking "Do I want to?" can be more important than proving "Can I?" Her memoir Selfish grew out of that same process of reclaiming her voice and making space for the parts of herself she had pushed aside. What You'll Take Away: - Why the roles you take on can slowly overshadow your sense of who you are - How unresolved personal patterns can affect the way you communicate and show up at work - Why creativity can be a powerful way to reconnect with yourself - The difference between asking "Can I do this?" and "Do I actually want to?" - How telling the truth about your own experience can change the way you approach work, relationships, and your next chapter Guest Bio: Kerry Docherty cofounded the lifestyle clothing brand Faherty with her husband and his identical twin. A Yale and Pepperdine Law graduate, she is also the author of Selfish: Unlearning, Reclaiming, and Telling the Truth, a memoir about putting yourself back into your own life. If this conversation made you think about where you've been putting yourself last, subscribe to I Can Fit That In and share this episode with someone who needs the reminder that their own needs matter, too. Connect with Erin Coupe: Instagram: @authenticallyec LinkedIn: Erin Coupe Connect with Kerry Docherty: Instagram: @kerrydocherty Read Kerry's memoir: Selfish: Unlearning, Reclaiming, and Telling the Truth Kerry Docherty's official site

    Putting Yourself First Isn’t Selfish: Kerry Docherty on Selfishness, Creativity, and Finding Yourself | #59

  7. Aug 25

    How to Perform Under Pressure Without Burning Out with Jeff Salzenstein | #58

    What if pressure isn't the problem? What if the way you carry it is what's holding you back? In this episode of I Can Fit That In, Erin Coupe sits down with Jeff Salzenstein, former top 100 world-ranked tennis player, Stanford All-American, NCAA Champion, and now a leadership speaker, performance advisor, and coach. Jeff draws on more than a decade competing at the highest levels of professional tennis, as well as deeply personal experiences with his brother's addiction and loss, to explore what high performers can learn about resilience, stress, identity, and leadership. Jeff introduces his Own Your Zone framework, built around three areas: restoring the body, rewiring the mind, and reconnecting the heart. He and Erin also unpack how to handle pressure, build emotional resilience, reshape limiting beliefs, and create the internal foundation needed to perform well without sacrificing your well-being. Key Takeaways - How to build the skill of bouncing back when things don't go your way - Why your identity is shaped by your repeated thoughts, choices, emotions, and actions - How the Own Your Zone framework can help leaders strengthen their physical, mental, and emotional foundation - A simple “up until now” technique for interrupting limiting beliefs and creating new possibilities - Practical habits that can help you regulate stress and perform better under pressure, including morning sunlight, breathing practices, and intentional transitions between work and home Guest Bio Jeff Salzenstein is a former top 100 world-ranked tennis player, two-time Stanford All-American, NCAA Champion, and leadership speaker, performance advisor, and coach who helps leaders and organizations perform at their best under pressure. If this conversation gave you a new way to think about pressure, performance, or leadership, subscribe to I Can Fit That In and share the episode with someone who could benefit from these ideas. Connect with Erin Coupe: Instagram: @authenticallyec LinkedIn: Erin Coupe Connect with Jeff Salzenstein: LinkedIn: Jeff Salzenstein Instagram: @jeffsalzenstein

    How to Perform Under Pressure Without Burning Out with Jeff Salzenstein | #58

  8. Aug 18

    How Your Uniqueness Makes You a Better Leader with Nina Fluck | #57

    Your biggest career detour might be the very thing that makes you a better leader. Nina Fluck shares why your unique experiences, strengths, and even failures can become your greatest professional assets. In this episode of I Can Fit That In, Erin Coupe sits down with Nina Fluck, a people and culture leader with more than 15 years of experience helping organizations build high-performing teams and strong workplace cultures. Nina shares how her early career as a professional performer shaped the way she approaches leadership, collaboration, and people strategy, and why the skills you develop in one chapter of life can follow you into the next. The conversation explores leadership development, workplace culture, team performance, career transitions, and self-awareness, with a central question: What happens when you stop trying to fit a traditional definition of success and start recognizing what makes you different? Nina also shares practical ways leaders can create stronger connections with their teams and help people see the unique qualities they bring to the organization. Takeaways: - How experiences from seemingly unrelated careers can become powerful leadership skills - Why the unique qualities of people on a team can create a genuine competitive advantage - How leaders can make development conversations more meaningful than a simple performance checklist - Why staying connected to your own energy, interests, and sense of fulfillment makes you a better leader - How to stop comparing your current chapter to an earlier version of yourself and embrace what's next Guest Bio Nina Fluck is a people and culture leader with more than 15 years of experience helping organizations build high-performing teams and strong workplace cultures. Before moving into HR and people leadership, Nina was a professional performer, an experience that continues to shape her approach to leadership and collaboration. If this conversation made you think differently about your own strengths, career path, or leadership style, subscribe to I Can Fit That In and share the episode with someone who's navigating their own next chapter. Connect with Erin Coupe: Instagram: @authenticallyec LinkedIn: Erin Coupe

    How Your Uniqueness Makes You a Better Leader with Nina Fluck | #57
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Welcome to I Can Fit That In, the podcast where ambition meets alignment. Hosted by speaker, advisor, author of I Can Fit That In, and former Fortune 100 executive Erin Coupe, this show is designed to help you break free from rigid routines and outdated patterns, and fit in what moves you in work and life. Through personal reflections and candid conversations with high-performers, you’ll uncover shifts, rituals and new ways of thinking that create clarity and sustainable success. Subscribe now and follow along on social media to be empowered to fit in what matters most.

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  • Creator
    Erin Coupe
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    82
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Erin Coupe
  • Show Website
    I Can Fit That In

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