Brave Moves -Daily

Julie Delucca-Collins
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Brave Moves is your daily reminder that confidence isn’t something you’re born with, it’s something you build... one small, courageous step at a time. Each short, actionable episode helps you quiet self-doubt, build momentum, and create the mindset and habits that lead to real growth. You’ll learn how to make decisions with clarity, trust yourself fully, and take bold action even when you’re afraid.  This show is for anyone ready to stop waiting for “someday” and start showing up today, in business, relationships, and life. Because brave doesn’t mean fearless; it means choosing to move forward anyway.  Tune in daily for a spark of motivation, practical tools, and a confidence boost to help you make your next brave move. 

  1. 17H AGO

    Relationships Don’t Heal Your Wounds, They Reveal Them

    Relationships don’t create your triggers. They activate old survival patterns that were already there. In this Brave Moves episode, Julie explores one of the most misunderstood truths about love and partnership: relationships are not meant to heal us or fix our wounds for us. Instead, they reveal where our work still lives and invite us to take responsibility for our own nervous systems. Julie shares insights from her own relationship with Dan, highlighting that the strength of a relationship isn’t found in being unwounded, but in being self-aware. Real relationships involve two human beings with nervous systems that will get stressed, triggered, overwhelmed, and dysregulated, sometimes right in front of each other. This episode breaks down why intimacy activates old survival responses, why taking things personally keeps us stuck, and how understanding the difference between early dopamine-driven attraction and long-term oxytocin-based bonding can change how we experience love. You’ll also learn why partners who can self-soothe tend to do better together, and why your partner is not your therapist, healer, or fixer, but someone who walks beside you as you each do your individual work. This conversation is compassionate, grounded, and rooted in nervous system science, offering a powerful reframe for conflict, disappointment, and connection. In This Episode, You’ll Learn: Why relationships trigger old survival patternsThe role of nervous system regulation in healthy partnershipsWhy partners are not meant to heal or fix each otherHow self-awareness strengthens long-term relationshipsThe difference between dopamine attraction and oxytocin bondingWhy real love includes disappointment without being brokenHow self-soothing improves relational stabilityMain Takeaway: Relationships don’t heal your wounds for you.  They reveal where healing is still needed and that awareness is where growth begins. Today’s Brave Move: The next time you feel triggered in a relationship, pause and ask yourself, “What old survival pattern is being activated right now?” Regulate first, then respond. Invitation: Julie invites listeners to join the Confident You Co-Op, a weekly community of brave women doing the inner work and outer work together. Inside the Co-Op, members build self-awareness, confidence, leadership, and sustainable businesses with consistent income, while supporting one another to make a meaningful difference in the If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show Check out my New Book: Confident You -The Raw Conversations! My The Brave Moves Podcast is created for anyone who wants motivation, direction, and growth for their life. If you follow online mentors like Tony Robbins, Mel Robbins, Rich Roll, Marie Forleo, Brene Brown, Rhonda Byrne, The Life Coach School, and other inspirational teachers. If you want more tools coaching, and inspiration, sign up for my newsletter HERE. ✨ Download: The 10-Day Brave Moves Challenge & Journal build your confidence one small habit at a time → ✨ Visit my website: https://goconfidentlycoaching.com/ ✨ Book a FREE 30 minute thrive coaching session

    8 min

  2. 1D AGO

    Do You Need a Pep Talk or a Hug?

    Sometimes you need a push. Sometimes you need permission to rest. In this Brave Moves episode, Julie explores a simple but powerful distinction that can completely change how you support yourself and others: knowing when you need a pep talk and when you need a hug. A pep talk is about mobilization. It helps shift your mindset from “I can’t” to “I will.” It’s a tool for courage, performance, and action, especially when you’re capable but hesitant, standing at the starting line and needing a push. A hug, on the other hand, is about stabilization. It offers safety, co-regulation, and reassurance. It tells your nervous system that you are not alone, regardless of outcomes or productivity. When you’re overwhelmed, grieving, or emotionally poured out, a hug isn’t indulgent, it’s necessary. Julie also shares why a pep talk given too early can feel like pressure, and why the most effective leaders, supporters, and self-leaders know how to read the moment before responding. This episode is an invitation to stop forcing motivation and start practicing attunement, with yourself and with others. In This Episode, You’ll Learn: The difference between mobilization and stabilizationWhen a pep talk helps and when it hurtsWhy hugs create nervous system safety and co-regulationHow to tell what you actually need in the momentWhy attunement matters more than motivationThe leadership skill of knowing when to push and when to pauseThe Pro Move: The best supporters lead with a hug to lower the heart rate and create safety, then follow with a pep talk once the body is calm enough to actually hear it. Today’s Brave Move: Pause and ask yourself honestly, “Do I need a pep talk or a hug right now?” Then give yourself the one you truly need, not the one you think you should need. That’s self-leadership. Here is the creator who inspired this episode. https://www.instagram.com/timmchiusano/?hl=en If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show Check out my New Book: Confident You -The Raw Conversations! My The Brave Moves Podcast is created for anyone who wants motivation, direction, and growth for their life. If you follow online mentors like Tony Robbins, Mel Robbins, Rich Roll, Marie Forleo, Brene Brown, Rhonda Byrne, The Life Coach School, and other inspirational teachers. If you want more tools coaching, and inspiration, sign up for my newsletter HERE. ✨ Download: The 10-Day Brave Moves Challenge & Journal build your confidence one small habit at a time → ✨ Visit my website: https://goconfidentlycoaching.com/ ✨ Book a FREE 30 minute thrive coaching session

    10 min

  3. 2D AGO

    What Clutter Is Really Saying About Your Worth

    Clutter isn’t just about stuff.  It’s about stories. In this Brave Moves episode, Julie explores how the things we hold onto “just in case” often reflect deeper beliefs about worth, safety, and whether we believe our best days are ahead of us or behind us. Expired vitamins. Old mugs. Drawers full of dust and postponed decisions. On the surface, everything may look fine, but clutter is often trapped energy, emotional backup files we never closed, and a nervous system quietly operating in survival mode. Julie shares why clutter isn’t mess, it’s delayed choice, and how our surroundings constantly communicate messages to our nervous system like “don’t expand,” “stay small,” or “make do.” She also challenges the belief that wealth lives in saving things, reminding listeners that true abundance begins with dignity, emotional safety, and how we treat our everyday lives. This episode is an invitation to stop living inside outdated identities and environments built around fear, and to begin creating spaces that signal readiness, alignment, and possibility. If you’ve ever felt guilty about enjoying pleasure, struggled to let go of things that no longer serve you, or sensed that your environment might be holding you back, this episode will help you see clutter through a new, empowering lens. In This Episode, You’ll Learn: Why clutter is often postponed decisions, not messHow your environment mirrors what you believe you deserveThe connection between clutter, nervous system safety, and survival modeWhy outdated homes often reflect outdated identitiesHow pleasure, dignity, and daily joy relate to abundanceWhy wealth begins internally before it shows up externallyToday’s Brave Move: Remove one item from your space that carries old energy, and upgrade one thing you use every day. Not to impress anyone, but to tell your nervous system, “I’m ready for what’s next.” Key Takeaway: Your surroundings are always speaking to you. Change the environment, and you begin to change the story you’re living inside. If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show Check out my New Book: Confident You -The Raw Conversations! My The Brave Moves Podcast is created for anyone who wants motivation, direction, and growth for their life. If you follow online mentors like Tony Robbins, Mel Robbins, Rich Roll, Marie Forleo, Brene Brown, Rhonda Byrne, The Life Coach School, and other inspirational teachers. If you want more tools coaching, and inspiration, sign up for my newsletter HERE. ✨ Download: The 10-Day Brave Moves Challenge & Journal build your confidence one small habit at a time → ✨ Visit my website: https://goconfidentlycoaching.com/ ✨ Book a FREE 30 minute thrive coaching session

    7 min

  4. 3D AGO

    People Pleasing Is an Auto-Renew Subscription: How to Stop Paying with Your Energy, Peace, and Nervous System

    Have you ever realized you’ve been paying for something month after month that you no longer use, enjoy, or even remember signing up for? In this Brave Moves episode, Julie shares a personal story about an unexpected subscription that quietly drained her bank account for years and how it became the perfect metaphor for people pleasing. People pleasing often starts as a survival strategy. It helps us belong, stay safe, and avoid conflict. But when it stays on “auto-renew,” it slowly depletes our energy, disrupts our nervous system, and pulls us away from alignment and peace. In this episode, Julie invites listeners to gently examine where they may still be paying emotionally, relationally, or energetically into patterns that no longer serve them. Without shame. Without self-judgment. Just awareness and choice. This is a powerful reminder that just because something once helped you doesn’t mean it deserves lifetime access to your time, energy, or identity. In This Episode, You’ll Learn: Why people pleasing often operates on autopilotHow people pleasing impacts your nervous system and sense of calmThe hidden cost of staying subscribed to outdated patternsWhy stepping back does not make you a bad or irresponsible personHow to assess where your energy is being spent without guiltWhy awareness, not shame, is the first step to changeOne Big Takeaway: Just because you’ve been paying into something for a long time doesn’t mean you owe it your future. Today’s Brave Move: Do a personal audit. Identify one place where you’re still paying emotionally or energetically into something that no longer serves you, and choose to start where you are, without beating yourself up. Invitation: Julie also invites listeners to join the Confident You Co-Op, a weekly community where brave women come together to work, grow, support one another, amplify their voices, and build sustainable businesses with consistent income and meaningful impact. This is a space for thought leaders who are committed to sharing their gifts with the world while also making sure those gifts pay their bills. You don’t have to unsubscribe alone. If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show Check out my New Book: Confident You -The Raw Conversations! My The Brave Moves Podcast is created for anyone who wants motivation, direction, and growth for their life. If you follow online mentors like Tony Robbins, Mel Robbins, Rich Roll, Marie Forleo, Brene Brown, Rhonda Byrne, The Life Coach School, and other inspirational teachers. If you want more tools coaching, and inspiration, sign up for my newsletter HERE. ✨ Download: The 10-Day Brave Moves Challenge & Journal build your confidence one small habit at a time → ✨ Visit my website: https://goconfidentlycoaching.com/ ✨ Book a FREE 30 minute thrive coaching session

    7 min

  5. 4D AGO

    Holding the Heavy and the Beautiful: Finding Peace, Hope, and Humanity in a Chaotic World

    In a world where heartbreaking news and beautiful moments often exist side by side, how do we hold it all without shutting down, burning out, or feeling guilty for experiencing joy? In this Brave Moves episode, Julie reflects on the deep duality of life. One moment marked by devastating loss and grief, the next by the miracle of new life. Through this lens, she explores why we are allowed to feel sadness and happiness, heaviness and hope, without guilt or shame. This episode is an invitation to step out of constant emotional alertness and into intentional peace. Julie shares why protecting your peace is not avoidance, why calm is not indifference, and how choosing grounded presence allows us to show up as a steady source of hope, kindness, and compassion for others. If you’ve ever wondered how you can stay calm when the world feels overwhelming, or questioned whether it’s okay to feel joy while others are suffering, this episode will meet you right where you are. In This Episode, You’ll Hear: Why life is lived in duality, not absolutesHow grief and beauty can exist at the same timeWhy feeling joy does not diminish compassionThe cost of living in constant emotional alertnessHow protecting your peace helps you serve others betterWhy calm, faith, and grounding are acts of leadershipHow peace becomes something we can offer to othersToday’s Brave Move: Name one heavy thing you’re holding compassion for and one beautiful thing you’re allowing yourself to feel fully without guilt. Let them coexist. If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show Check out my New Book: Confident You -The Raw Conversations! My The Brave Moves Podcast is created for anyone who wants motivation, direction, and growth for their life. If you follow online mentors like Tony Robbins, Mel Robbins, Rich Roll, Marie Forleo, Brene Brown, Rhonda Byrne, The Life Coach School, and other inspirational teachers. If you want more tools coaching, and inspiration, sign up for my newsletter HERE. ✨ Download: The 10-Day Brave Moves Challenge & Journal build your confidence one small habit at a time → ✨ Visit my website: https://goconfidentlycoaching.com/ ✨ Book a FREE 30 minute thrive coaching session

    6 min

  6. 5D AGO

    Capable Doesn’t Mean Doing It All: How Fierce Women Choose Traction, Margin, and Clarity

    Being capable doesn’t mean you’re meant to carry everything. In this Brave Moves episode, Julie expands on the Fierce Life conversation and dismantles one of the most common traps high-performing women fall into: believing that capability equals responsibility. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. This episode explores how true fierceness is not about hustle or over-functioning, but about discernment. Julie breaks down the difference between motion and traction, why burnout often comes from misdirected energy, and how leaving margin creates clarity, creativity, and better decision-making. You’ll be invited to slow down, reassess where your energy is going, and ask a powerful question that can instantly shift how you lead, work, and live: If I fully believed my success was inevitable, how would I act differently today? This episode is for capable women who are ready to stop proving and start choosing, and who want to lead from alignment instead of exhaustion. In This Episode, You’ll Learn: Why being capable does not mean doing it allHow over-functioning leads to burnout, even in successful womenThe difference between busy work and traction-creating actionsWhy margin is essential for clarity and leadershipHow believing success is inevitable changes daily decisionsWhat fierce leadership actually looks like in real lifeToday’s Brave Move: Identify one thing you’re doing simply because you can, not because it’s creating traction, and release it. Create margin and choose focus over exhaustion. Key Takeaway: Fierceness isn’t about doing more.  It’s about doing what matters, on purpose. If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show Check out my New Book: Confident You -The Raw Conversations! My The Brave Moves Podcast is created for anyone who wants motivation, direction, and growth for their life. If you follow online mentors like Tony Robbins, Mel Robbins, Rich Roll, Marie Forleo, Brene Brown, Rhonda Byrne, The Life Coach School, and other inspirational teachers. If you want more tools coaching, and inspiration, sign up for my newsletter HERE. ✨ Download: The 10-Day Brave Moves Challenge & Journal build your confidence one small habit at a time → ✨ Visit my website: https://goconfidentlycoaching.com/ ✨ Book a FREE 30 minute thrive coaching session

    7 min

  7. 6D AGO

    Embrace Your Fierce Self

    In this conversation, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores the concept of living fiercely, emphasizing the importance of self-trust, setting boundaries, and embracing one's true self. She discusses how many individuals, particularly women, often shrink back due to societal pressures and the need for validation. By sharing personal anecdotes and insights, she encourages listeners to stop outsourcing their decisions and to listen to their inner voice. The conversation highlights that living fiercely is not about becoming someone new but about reclaiming and embracing who you already are. Takeaways Living fiercely starts with self-trust.Many individuals shrink back due to societal pressures.Setting boundaries is essential for personal growth.Fierce individuals process their emotions deeply.It's important to listen to your inner voice.Living fiercely is about embracing your true self.You have the power to heal and grow.Confidence comes from practice and self-acceptance.Every brave move brings you closer to your true self.You deserve to be the person you are meant to be. If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show Check out my New Book: Confident You -The Raw Conversations! My The Brave Moves Podcast is created for anyone who wants motivation, direction, and growth for their life. If you follow online mentors like Tony Robbins, Mel Robbins, Rich Roll, Marie Forleo, Brene Brown, Rhonda Byrne, The Life Coach School, and other inspirational teachers. If you want more tools coaching, and inspiration, sign up for my newsletter HERE. ✨ Download: The 10-Day Brave Moves Challenge & Journal build your confidence one small habit at a time → ✨ Visit my website: https://goconfidentlycoaching.com/ ✨ Book a FREE 30 minute thrive coaching session

    7 min

  8. JAN 29

    Who Are You Without the Story

    In this episode, Julie DeLucca-Collins explores three profound truths: identity, healing, and the illusion of safety. She discusses how our identities are often shaped by survival instincts and societal expectations, leading to a false sense of self. Healing is portrayed as a messy but necessary process that requires change and emotional honesty. The illusion of safety is examined, emphasizing that true safety comes from self-trust and embracing discomfort. Julie encourages listeners to confront these truths to foster personal growth and make brave moves in their lives. Takeaways Much of our identity is built in moments of survival. Healing is often messy and requires emotional honesty. Many seek comfort without the willingness to change. True safety comes from trusting ourselves. Facing our truths can open up new possibilities. We often cling to false safety in familiar situations. Healing leads to freedom from old patterns. Curiosity is key in exploring our choices. Brave moves come from truth, not pressure. Creating a community of brave movers is essential. If you loved this episode, text me and let me know what you though. Support the show Check out my New Book: Confident You -The Raw Conversations! My The Brave Moves Podcast is created for anyone who wants motivation, direction, and growth for their life. If you follow online mentors like Tony Robbins, Mel Robbins, Rich Roll, Marie Forleo, Brene Brown, Rhonda Byrne, The Life Coach School, and other inspirational teachers. If you want more tools coaching, and inspiration, sign up for my newsletter HERE. ✨ Download: The 10-Day Brave Moves Challenge & Journal build your confidence one small habit at a time → ✨ Visit my website: https://goconfidentlycoaching.com/ ✨ Book a FREE 30 minute thrive coaching session

    6 min
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Brave Moves is your daily reminder that confidence isn’t something you’re born with, it’s something you build... one small, courageous step at a time. Each short, actionable episode helps you quiet self-doubt, build momentum, and create the mindset and habits that lead to real growth. You’ll learn how to make decisions with clarity, trust yourself fully, and take bold action even when you’re afraid.  This show is for anyone ready to stop waiting for “someday” and start showing up today, in business, relationships, and life. Because brave doesn’t mean fearless; it means choosing to move forward anyway.  Tune in daily for a spark of motivation, practical tools, and a confidence boost to help you make your next brave move. 

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  • Creator
    Julie Delucca-Collins
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    116
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Brave Moves
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