Unstuck & Unstoppable

Sarah Archer
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Unstuck & Unstoppable is the go-to podcast for ambitious female leaders ready to amplify their impact, boost their income, and achieve career success on their own terms—without burning out or compromising their values. Hosted by Sarah Archer, a leadership coach and career strategist dedicated to empowering women in leadership, this show provides the tools, strategies, and inspiration you need to thrive in your career. Whether you’re looking to overcome imposter syndrome, enhance your leadership skills, or create a sustainable path to success, each episode will offer actionable insights, expert interviews, and real-life stories to help you take your career to the next level. It’s time to stop playing small, unlock your full potential, and create the impact you’re destined for. Tune in weekly to discover how you can lead boldly, live fully, and succeed with confidence and integrity.

  1. 2d ago

    Episode 98 You Know What To Do. So Why Aren’t You Doing It?

    You know you should have the conversation with your boss. Put yourself forward for the promotion. Start exploring other roles. Become more visible. Stop saying yes to everything. You think about it. You might even make a plan. And then… nothing happens. In this episode Sarah explores why knowing what you want to do doesn’t always translate into taking action. Sometimes what looks like procrastination is actually a way of protecting ourselves from uncertainty, rejection, discomfort or the possibility of becoming someone different. We look at what your inaction might be protecting you from, the hidden cost of staying where you are, why waiting to feel ready can keep you stuck, and how your existing identity might make your next career move feel uncomfortable. Most importantly, we get practical. You don't need to have your whole career figured out. You don't need a five-year plan. And you don't need to make a huge, life-changing decision tomorrow. Instead, you can take one small step that gives you more information. Because action gives you information that thinking can't. In this episode, we explore:Why career procrastination isn't always a motivation problemWhat your inaction might be protecting you fromThe hidden cost of staying in a role or situation that no longer works for youThe trade-offs that come with career change and progressionWhy waiting until you feel ready can keep you stuckHow preparation can sometimes become a form of avoidanceThe identity you may be protecting as you consider your next stepHow to make a big career action much smallerWhy small actions generate useful information and build confidenceThe two questions to ask when you know what you want but aren't taking action Timestamps00:00 – Welcome to Unstuck & Unstoppable Introducing the podcast and who it's for. 01:27 – You know what to do, so why aren't you doing it? Why knowing what you want doesn't automatically lead to action. 03:00 – What is your inaction protecting you from? Looking beyond procrastination to the uncertainty, rejection and discomfort underneath it. 04:00 – Maybe you don't have an action problem Why not taking action can sometimes feel like the safest and most rational choice. 06:00 – The hidden cost of staying stuck What another year in the same situation could cost you in energy, confidence, time and opportunities. 07:00 – What will you have to give up? Understanding the trade-offs that come with career progression and change. 09:00 – Are you waiting to feel ready? Why there may never be a perfect moment when you suddenly feel ready to take the next step. 10:00 – Thoughtful or stuck? When preparation and reflection become a way of avoiding action. 11:00 – What identity are you protecting? How becoming more senior, visible or ambitious can require you to step beyond an identity that has served you well. 12:00 – Make the action smaller Why you don't need to rewrite your whole CV, build the perfect business case or completely reinvent yourself. 14:00 – Let action give you information How small experiments can help you discover what you really want and build confidence. 15:00 – Two questions to help you move forward “If I knew I couldn't fail, what would I do?” followed by the more useful question: what's the smallest version of that action? 16:00 – Maybe you don't need certainty. Maybe you need permission. Permission to explore, change your mind, want something different and take a step without knowing exactly where it will lead. 17:00 – Don't let your career reset disappear Choose one small action and put it in your diary. 18:00 – Closing thoughts A final reminder that your career is built through the small decisions and actions you take along the way. Useful Links Join The 7 Day Career Reset Learn about Leadership & Advancement Coaching Programmes Book a Free 121 Clarity Call Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn Rate & Review the Podcast If you found this episode of Unstuck & Unstoppable helpful, please do rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you're kind enough to leave a review, please do let Sarah know so she can say thank you. You can always reach her at: sarah@careertreecoaching.co.uk

    Episode 98 You Know What To Do. So Why Aren’t You Doing It?

  2. 3d ago

    (Day 7) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - DESIGN

    You’ve made it to Day 7! Today is about turning everything you’ve thought about over the last week into action. Rather than trying to map out your whole career, you’ll create a practical 90-day plan with up to three priorities, clear actions and the support you need to follow through. In this episode, you’ll explore: Why 90 days is a useful timeframe for career progressWhat you want to have achieved three months from nowHow to choose your three most important career prioritiesThe actions, people and time needed to make progressWhat will help you actually follow throughHow to turn your reflections from the past seven days into a practical plan Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to Day 700:40 Why create a 90-day plan?01:00 What would make you proud of your progress?01:30 Choose your three priorities02:00 What will make your plan happen?03:00 Complete your 90-day action plan03:30 Look back at your seven-day journey04:00 You don’t need to have your whole career figured out04:30 The Ambition Plan04:45 Your final action and Power Hour reminder Coaching question: What could be different in my career 90 days from now if I actually follow this through? Key thought: You don’t need to have your whole career figured out. You just need to be willing to take responsibility for the direction you’re heading in and make time to move things forward. Useful Links Join The 7 Day Career Reset Learn about Leadership & Advancement Coaching Programmes Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn Rate & Review the Podcast If you found this episode of Unstuck & Unstoppable helpful, please do rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you're kind enough to leave a review, please do let Sarah know so she can say thank you. You can always reach her at: sarah@careertreecoaching.co.uk

    (Day 7) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - DESIGN

  3. 4d ago

    (Day 6) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - CHOOSE

    Making a career decision can feel difficult when you want certainty before you act. But you don’t have to decide your whole career today. You just need to decide what you’re going to explore next. In Day 6, you’ll consider three possible directions: stay, grow or go, and identify the option that gives you the strongest sense of energy, curiosity or possibility. Chapters00:00 Welcome to Day 6 00:30 Why making career decisions feels difficult 01:00 Stay: What could you change where you are? 01:30 Grow: What would progression look like? 02:00 Go: What could moving somewhere new mean? 02:30 Explore rather than commit 03:00 Your Day 6 action 04:00 Tomorrow: Your 90-day career plan Coaching questionWhat would I like to explore next, without needing to commit to it yet? Key thoughtYou don’t have to make the perfect career decision. You can choose to explore. Intentions are great, but action is where careers start to change. Useful Links Sign Up For The 7 Day Career Reset Learn about Leadership & Advancement Coaching Programmes Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn Rate & Review the Podcast If you found this episode of Unstuck & Unstoppable helpful, please do rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you're kind enough to leave a review, please do let Sarah know so she can say thank you. You can always reach her at: sarah@careertreecoaching.co.uk

    (Day 6) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - CHOOSE

  4. 5d ago

    (Day 5) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - GET VISIBLE

    Being brilliant at your job isn’t always enough. If the right people don’t know what you’re capable of, opportunities can pass you by. Day 5 is about rethinking visibility. It isn’t about showing off or constantly promoting yourself. It’s about making sure the people who need to know about your contribution, strengths and ambitions actually know about them. Chapters00:00 Welcome to Day 5 00:35 Why visibility matters 01:00 Visibility isn’t showing off 01:30 Who knows what you’re capable of? 02:00 Your relationship network 02:30 Who do you need to reconnect with? 03:00 Who do you need to get to know? 03:30 Your Day 5 action 04:00 Your Power Hour opportunity 04:30 Tomorrow: What’s your next move? Coaching questionWho needs to know more about what I’m capable of? Key thoughtCareers aren’t built entirely through qualifications and hard work. They’re built through relationships, reputation, contribution and visibility. Useful Links Sign Up For The 7 Day Career Reset Learn about Leadership & Advancement Coaching Programmes Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn Rate & Review the Podcast If you found this episode of Unstuck & Unstoppable helpful, please do rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you're kind enough to leave a review, please do let Sarah know so she can say thank you. You can always reach her at: sarah@careertreecoaching.co.uk

    (Day 5) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - GET VISIBLE

  5. 6d ago

    (Day 4) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - BE HONEST

    You’ve thought about where you are, what you’ve achieved and what you might want next. Today, it’s time to look at what could be holding you back. Some barriers are genuinely external, but sometimes the biggest blocker is an internal one: a belief, fear, habit or story that’s stopping you from taking action. This episode helps you identify your biggest career blocker and find one small step to start creating movement. Chapters00:00 Welcome to Day 4 00:35 What’s really getting in your way? 01:00 Look beneath the obvious answer 01:30 The career blockers we don’t always recognise 02:00 What would you do if the obstacle disappeared? 02:30 What’s stopping you taking that first step? 03:00 Confidence doesn’t always come before action 03:30 Your Day 4 action 04:00 Tomorrow: Getting visible Coaching questionWhat would I do if the thing I’m worried about wasn’t holding me back? Key thoughtYou don’t have to feel completely ready to take the next step. Sometimes confidence comes because you take action. Useful Links Join The 7 Day Career Reset Learn about Leadership & Advancement Coaching Programmes Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn Rate & Review the Podcast If you found this episode of Unstuck & Unstoppable helpful, please do rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you're kind enough to leave a review, please do let Sarah know so she can say thank you. You can always reach her at: sarah@careertreecoaching.co.uk

    (Day 4) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - BE HONEST

  6. Sep 27

    (Day 3) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - DREAM

    Day 3 of the 7-Day Career Reset is about one of the biggest questions in your career: What do you actually want? Not what you think you should want, what other people expect, or what seems like the obvious next step. This episode helps you step back from job titles and expectations and explore how you want your next career chapter to feel. Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Day 3 00:35 What do you actually want? 01:00 Start with how you want your career to feel 01:30 More of / less of 02:00 Imagine your career three years from now 02:45 Your career and the life it enables 03:00 You don't need to have all the answers 03:30 Your Day 3 action 04:00 Your coaching question 04:15 Tomorrow: What's getting in your way? Coaching question: If I stopped worrying about what other people expected of me, what would I choose? Key thought You don't need to know exactly what your next job is. You just need to start getting clearer about the direction you want to move in. Useful Links Join the & Day Career Reset Learn about Leadership & Advancement Coaching Programmes Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn Rate & Review the Podcast If you found this episode of Unstuck & Unstoppable helpful, please do rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you're kind enough to leave a review, please do let Sarah know so she can say thank you. You can always reach her at: sarah@careertreecoaching.co.uk

    (Day 3) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - DREAM

  7. Sep 26

    (Day 2) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - LOOK BACK

    When you’re thinking about your next career move, it’s very easy to focus on what you haven’t achieved yet. The promotion you haven’t got. The experience you don’t have. The skills you think you still need to develop. But what if one of the best ways to build confidence about your future is to take a proper look at what you’ve already done? In Day 2 of the 7-Day Career Reset, Sarah helps you look backwards so you can recognise the achievements, strengths and capabilities you may be taking for granted. Because your past successes contain evidence about what you’re capable of next. 👉Join The 7 Day Career Reset for free: careertreecoaching.co.uk/7-day-career-reset Chapters00:00 – Welcome to Day 2 Why today is about looking backwards before you start thinking about what’s next. 00:45 – Why we overlook what we’ve achieved The tendency to focus on the promotion, role or skills we haven’t achieved yet. 01:30 – What are you proud of? A coaching exercise to identify something you’ve achieved over the last 6–12 months. 02:00 – Your achievements are evidence of your capabilities How everyday achievements can reveal strengths such as resilience, leadership, communication and adaptability. 02:40 – The deeper question to ask “What did I have to be, do or learn to make that happen?” 03:00 – Where else could you use those strengths? How your past successes can contain clues about your future career. 03:30 – Build your Achievement Bank Sarah introduces the practical exercise in the Career Clarity Planner. 04:00 – What if you struggle to recognise your achievements? A different way to identify your strengths by looking at yourself through someone else’s eyes. 04:40 – Build your next chapter from evidence, not self-doubt Sarah’s final thought for Day 2 before looking ahead to what you really want. 05:00 – Tomorrow: What do you actually want? A thought to take with you Don’t build your next career chapter from a belief that you’re not enough. Build it from the evidence of what you’ve already shown you’re capable of. Useful Links Join the 7 Day Career Reset Learn about Leadership & Advancement Coaching Programmes Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn Rate & Review the Podcast If you found this episode of Unstuck & Unstoppable helpful, please do rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you're kind enough to leave a review, please do let Sarah know so she can say thank you. You can always reach her at: sarah@careertreecoaching.co.uk

    (Day 2) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - LOOK BACK

  8. Sep 25

    (Day 1) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - PAUSE

    Welcome to Day 1 of the 7-Day Career Reset. Before you can decide where you want your career to go, you need to get honest about where you are right now. This first episode is about pressing pause, stepping away from the day-to-day and taking an honest look at what’s working, what isn’t, and what you may have become so used to that you’ve stopped questioning it. There’s nothing to fix today. This is simply about taking stock. 👉Join The 7 Day Career Reset for free: careertreecoaching.co.uk/7-day-career-reset Chapters00:00 Welcome to the 7-Day Career Reset 01:00 What to expect over the next seven days 02:00 Why today is about pressing pause 03:00 How do you actually feel about your career? 04:00 What’s working well? 05:00 What’s not working? 05:30 What have you stopped questioning? 06:00 Score your career out of 10 06:30 What’s stopping the score being higher? 07:00 Your Day 1 action 07:30 Tomorrow: Recognise what you’ve already achieved Coaching questionHow do I actually feel about my career right now? Key thoughtYou can’t intentionally create a career you love if you never stop to ask yourself whether the career you have is working for you. Give yourself permission to pause. Useful Links Join The & Day Career Reset Learn about Leadership & Advancement Coaching Programmes Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn Rate & Review the Podcast If you found this episode of Unstuck & Unstoppable helpful, please do rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you're kind enough to leave a review, please do let Sarah know so she can say thank you. You can always reach her at: sarah@careertreecoaching.co.uk

    (Day 1) The 7 Day Career Reset Sprint - PAUSE
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Unstuck & Unstoppable is the go-to podcast for ambitious female leaders ready to amplify their impact, boost their income, and achieve career success on their own terms—without burning out or compromising their values. Hosted by Sarah Archer, a leadership coach and career strategist dedicated to empowering women in leadership, this show provides the tools, strategies, and inspiration you need to thrive in your career. Whether you’re looking to overcome imposter syndrome, enhance your leadership skills, or create a sustainable path to success, each episode will offer actionable insights, expert interviews, and real-life stories to help you take your career to the next level. It’s time to stop playing small, unlock your full potential, and create the impact you’re destined for. Tune in weekly to discover how you can lead boldly, live fully, and succeed with confidence and integrity.

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  • Creator
    Sarah Archer
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    105
  • Rating
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    © Copyright 2026 Sarah Archer
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