335 episodes

Hi! I’m Pooja — a double Harvard grad, ex-management consultant, and former stressed-out overachiever.

I help high-stress high achievers break free from fight-or-flight, step back into their power, and get back to doing their best work.

Join my Less Stress, More Flow course & coaching program waitlist: https://forms.gle/UGMxw2gmFx4V3twF7

Book a free coaching consult: https://poojavcoaching.com/contact

Coaching approach & client testimonials: https://poojavcoaching.com/

An overview of my free resources: https://poojav.substack.com/p/welcome-to-your-brains-bff

Less Stress, More Flow with Pooja V‪.‬ Pooja Venkatraman

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Hi! I’m Pooja — a double Harvard grad, ex-management consultant, and former stressed-out overachiever.

I help high-stress high achievers break free from fight-or-flight, step back into their power, and get back to doing their best work.

Join my Less Stress, More Flow course & coaching program waitlist: https://forms.gle/UGMxw2gmFx4V3twF7

Book a free coaching consult: https://poojavcoaching.com/contact

Coaching approach & client testimonials: https://poojavcoaching.com/

An overview of my free resources: https://poojav.substack.com/p/welcome-to-your-brains-bff

    165. How to Figure Out Whether or Not You’d like Someone’s Job

    165. How to Figure Out Whether or Not You’d like Someone’s Job

    A simple 3 step process



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    Join the Less Stress, More Flow program waitlist: https://forms.gle/mBGNHYkjxAKFWWAt8



    Book a free coaching consult today: https://poojavcoaching.com/contact



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    What my clients have to say…



    “The impacts have been huge. I started feeling more confident and self-assured at work. And that gave me the emotional bandwidth to start building better habits too.



    Now I’m doing a lot better with my work and it's taking up less energy at the same time. I'm not working as hard but I'm getting better results. I feel like this is a more sustainable way that I can conduct myself in my career.”



    —Client | VP at Major Financial Institution



    Read client testimonials: https://poojavcoaching.com/testimonials-page



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    Did you know I have a full table of contents, where all my work is categorized by topic, so you can easily find what you need right now? 



    Check out all my free resources: https://poojav.substack.com/p/welcome-to-your-brains-bff

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    178. How to Use Time Travel to Solve Your Problems

    178. How to Use Time Travel to Solve Your Problems

    My favorite little trick 🛸



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    Join the Less Stress, More Flow program waitlist: https://forms.gle/mBGNHYkjxAKFWWAt8



    Book a free coaching consult today: https://poojavcoaching.com/contact



    Read client testimonials: https://poojavcoaching.com/testimonials-page



    Did you know I have a full table of contents, where all my work is categorized by topic, so you can easily find what you need right now? 



    Check out all my free resources: https://poojav.substack.com/p/welcome-to-your-brains-bff

    • 1 min
    192. A Message for Job-Searchers

    192. A Message for Job-Searchers

    You don’t need more qualifications.



    Join the Less Stress, More Flow program waitlist: https://forms.gle/mBGNHYkjxAKFWWAt8



    Book a free coaching consult today: https://poojavcoaching.com/contact



    Student Mode vs. Expert Mode: https://poojav.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-yous-the-student-and



    Read client testimonials: https://poojavcoaching.com/testimonials-page



    Did you know I have a full table of contents, where all my work is categorized by topic, so you can easily find what you need right now? 



    Check out all my free resources: https://poojav.substack.com/p/welcome-to-your-brains-bff

    • 1 min
    163. Do The Safe Thing Last

    163. Do The Safe Thing Last

    Optimize for learning, not safety



    Join the Less Stress, More Flow program waitlist: https://forms.gle/mBGNHYkjxAKFWWAt8



    Book a free coaching consult today: https://poojavcoaching.com/contact



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    What my clients have to say…



    “Coaching helped me get up and feel empowered and feel like I could actually change my outcome based on how I thought about things.



    Having been a real academic overachiever, I get into this situation where if things are not perfect, I get stuck in a rut. Unless it's all perfect, I don't move forward.



    But Pooja taught me the concept of ‘quantity creates quality’ and gave me practical goals every week, and that really helped me move forward in my professional life (and even in my dating life!).



    I moved from just sitting around in my room overthinking everything and not really taking any action, to having weekly appointments to move things forward, and having someone holding me accountable to getting stuff done. And that just gave me a lot more self-belief and structure.”



    —Client | Communications Consultant turned Lawyer



    Read client testimonials: https://poojavcoaching.com/testimonials-page



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    Did you know I have a full table of contents, where all my work is categorized by topic, so you can easily find what you need right now? 



    Check out all my free resources: https://poojav.substack.com/p/welcome-to-your-brains-bff

    • 3 min
    183. The Fastest Way to Get Clarity: Foster the Dog 🐶

    183. The Fastest Way to Get Clarity: Foster the Dog 🐶

    Less thinking, more doing



    Join the Less Stress, More Flow program waitlist: https://forms.gle/mBGNHYkjxAKFWWAt8



    Book a free coaching consult today: https://poojavcoaching.com/contact



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    What my clients have to say…



    “I was worried the advice I’d be getting would be very general or something that I could just have Googled or seen on Twitter. But that quickly fell away. 



    The advice, the connection, the unique frameworks and analogies Pooja has were like nothing I've ever seen before, outside of her social media.”



    —Client | VP at Major Financial Institution



    Read client testimonials: https://poojavcoaching.com/testimonials-page



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    Did you know I have a full table of contents, where all my work is categorized by topic, so you can easily find what you need right now? 



    Check out all my free resources: https://poojav.substack.com/p/welcome-to-your-brains-bff

    • 6 min
    254. You are not going to turn into THAT guy

    254. You are not going to turn into THAT guy

    I extra pinky promise 🤙🏼



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    It’s not hard to like yourself, or to be confident.



    You already have mountains of evidence and piles of accomplishments to prove your case.



    What’s hard is showing your brain that it’s SAFE to like yourself. 



    That it’s SAFE to be confident. 



    That it’s SAFE to give yourself grace for your mistakes.



    That it’s SAFE to let your guard down and relax into the truth that you are incredible exactly as you are.



    That’s the part we work on in coaching.



    It’s not about beating positivity into your brain.



    It’s about understanding that, through its relentless negativity, your brain is actually trying to protect you.



    And it’s about slowly unwinding that protective mechanism.



    Through love and compassion and humor and understanding…



    Through logic and stories and analogies and real-life mini-practice sessions…



    Until that protective habit is slowly de-conditioned.



    So that you can relax and let ease come in.



    Let’s start today.



    Book a free coaching consult today: https://poojavcoaching.com/contact



    Join the Less Stress, More Flow program waitlist: https://forms.gle/mBGNHYkjxAKFWWAt8



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    What my clients have to say…



    “I realized that you can always create a space of abundance, even when there's scarcity. 



    This process has allowed me to go so deep into myself and realize: Just be more yourself. You don’t have to change. 



    And that abundance helps me to make better, less fear-based decisions."



    —Client | CEO, PE-backed company



    Read client testimonials: https://poojavcoaching.com/testimonials-page



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    Did you know I have a full table of contents, where all my work is categorized by topic, so you can easily find what you need right now? 



    Check out all my free resources: https://poojav.substack.com/p/welcome-to-your-brains-bff

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