The Danni Vee Show

Danni

BEYOND HUSTLE - New Era of Power is the podcast redefining success for business owners and entrepreneurs. Rooted in holistic performance and self-leadership, this show goes beyond the grind, diving deep into the mindset, energy, and strategies that create sustainable success. Through insightful solo episodes and conversations with high-achieving entrepreneurs, we explore what it truly means to EMBODY leadership; leveraging my EMBODY framework to help you align your energy, mindset, and actions for next-level impact. If you're ready to ditch burnout and step into a more powerful, intentional,

  1. 2h ago

    Stop Leaving Your Career to Chance with Helen Burton

    In this episode, I have the absolute privilege of sitting down with Helen Burton, Executive Director of LHH Queensland, part of a global firm supporting organisations and individuals through career development, career transition, leadership growth and workforce transformation. Helen is not only an incredible businesswoman, leader and career expert, she is also someone I have personally had the privilege of working under and learning from for the past few years. With more than 25 years of experience helping people build careers they genuinely value, Helen brings so much wisdom to this conversation. Her own career has not been linear either. She started in a Big Four accounting firm, moved into sports management, completed an MBA and eventually returned to consulting, bringing with her a very real understanding of what it takes to change direction, build credibility and create a career that actually aligns with your values. In this conversation, Helen and I explore what it really takes to find work you love, build a professional brand that feels authentic and stay relevant in a changing market. We also talk about why so many people leave their career to chance, why women often find it hard to speak about their achievements, and why curiosity, visibility and human connection matter more than ever. How to find a job you genuinely love Why career clarity starts with self-reflection The importance of understanding your values How to build your professional brand with authenticity Why perception and credibility matter in your career How to understand the market and stay relevant Why women need to become more comfortable sharing their achievements The impact of AI on careers and why human connection still matters Why career planning should never be left to chance How Helen built a career that aligned with leadership, motherhood and her values One of my favourite takeaways from this conversation is Helen’s reminder that your career does not just happen to you. You get to shape it. You get to understand what matters to you and you get to build your credibility, strengthen your brand and create more options for your future. Whether you are in corporate, leading a team, building a business, considering a career change or simply feeling like there is another level waiting for you, this episode will give you so much to think about. Because what you become determines what you build. Connect with Helen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenburton1/ Connect with Danni Instagram: @danniveecoachWebsite: www.dannivee.com Take the Leadership Identity Survey:www.dannivee.com/identity Loved this episode? If this conversation resonated with you, I would love you to share it with a friend, colleague or someone who is ready to become more intentional about their career, leadership and next chapter. And if you haven’t already, please take a moment to follow The Danni Vee Show and leave a review. It helps more incredible humans find these conversations and continue building careers, businesses and lives that feel aligned, meaningful and true to who they are

    37 min
  2. 1d ago

    The Power of Proximity: Why the Right Rooms Change Your Business and Confidence | With Christine Corcoran

    What if your next breakthrough isn't another strategy, course or podcast… but the room you're sitting in? In this episode of The Danni Vee Show, I'm joined by business mindset coach, speaker and founder of Unstoppable Women, Christine Corcoran, for a powerful conversation about why in-person events still matter more than ever. Christine was once my coach and played a significant role in helping me build confidence in myself and my business. This conversation felt particularly special because we're talking about something we both deeply believe in: the right room can change everything. Together, we explore why transformation often happens through connection, proximity and the courageous conversations that only happen when you put yourself in the room. • Why in-person events create opportunities that can't be replicated online.• The role proximity and community play in business growth.• Why so many women keep delaying investing in themselves.• The difference between consuming information and experiencing transformation.• How stepping into the right room can change your confidence, identity and business trajectory.• The power of surrounding yourself with women who challenge, support and elevate you.• What attendees can expect from Christine's upcoming Unstoppable Women event. This conversation is a reminder that growth often asks us to step outside our comfort zones and place ourselves in environments that stretch us because sometimes your next level isn't another piece of information. It's one conversation. One connection. One room. Connect with Christine • Website: https://christinecorcoran.com.au• Instagram: @christinecorcoran_coach• Unstoppable Women Event: https://www.unstoppablewomen.au Connect with Danni Vee • Website: https://www.dannivee.com• Instagram: @danniveecoach• Leadership Identity Survey: https://www.dannivee.com/identity If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot, share it to your socials and tag both Christine and me. We'd love to hear your biggest takeaway. And if you're enjoying The Danni Vee Show, I'd be so grateful if you could leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your reviews help us reach more women who are ready to lead, be seen and create meaningful impact. Who you become determines what you build.

    47 min
  3. Jun 9

    Scaling Requires a Different Version of You

    In this episode of The Danni Vee Show, we are having a conversation that I think many women in business need to hear. I believe scaling is not always the strategy problem we think it is. After years of working with founders, executives and high-performing women, I keep noticing the same pattern. Women saying they want growth, greater impact and more freedom while still carrying the habits, behaviours and identity that made sense in the early stages of business but are now slowing the next chapter. The woman who built the business is often not the same woman who grows the business. In this honest episode, I unpack why so many successful women become the bottleneck in their own growth without even realising it, why over-functioning feels safe and the identity shifts required to truly scale in a way that feels sustainable. We explore the hidden cost of being needed, founder dependency, leadership evolution and why business growth often asks us to let go of old ways of operating before the next level becomes possible. If you have ever found yourself thinking “Why does growth still feel so hard even though I know what to do?” then this episode is for you. In this episode, we explore: ✔️ Why scaling is often an identity challenge before it becomes a business challenge ✔️The hidden reason many businesses plateau ✔️ Why high-performing women often become the bottleneck without realising it ✔️ The difference between being highly capable and leading sustainably ✔️ Why over-functioning feels safe and how it quietly impacts growth ✔️ The role founder dependency plays in business success ✔️ The leadership evolution required for your next level ✔️ Why scaling asks for greater self-trust, boundaries and executive presence The version of you who built the business deserves to be celebrated. She worked hard. Took risks. Solved problems and created something meaningful. Yet growth eventually asks something different of us. Scaling is not just about systems, strategy or hiring. Sometimes it asks us to let go of old ways of operating, stop measuring our value by how much we carry and become the leader the next level of business actually requires. Where are you still operating like the woman who built the first chapter? Who do you need to become for the next chapter to finally feel possible? Connect with Danni Vee Instagram: @danniveecoach Website: www.dannivee.com Leadership Identity Survey: www.dannivee.com/identity If this episode resonated with you, I would love for you to take a screenshot, share it to your socials and tag me so I can connect with you and hear your biggest takeaway. And if you have been loving The Danni Vee Show, I would be so grateful if you could leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your reviews help us reach more women ready to lead, speak and live from a place of truth, self-trust and full self-expression. I’ll see you in the next episode. And remember, who you become determines what you build.

    8 min
  4. May 31

    The Visibility Trap Noone Talks About

    In this episode of The Danni Vee Show, we are unpacking a conversation that I believe more women in leadership and business need to hear. Because I do not actually think visibility is the problem. Most women I work with already know they should be showing up more. They know they should be speaking up in meetings, building their personal brand, putting themselves forward for opportunities, sharing their perspective online and stepping into bigger rooms. Yet so many still hold themselves back. Why? Because visibility is not just about being seen. Visibility changes things. It changes how people respond to you. It challenges old identities. It asks you to tolerate judgement, expectations, growth and the discomfort that comes with being fully expressed. In this powerful and thought-provoking episode, I unpack why so many high-performing women struggle to be visible, even when they know they are capable, and why this is often much deeper than confidence. We explore the identity shifts required for greater visibility, the nervous system patterns that keep women playing smaller than they are, and the truth about what it really takes to be seen for the impact you know you are here to create. If you have ever found yourself thinking “I know I should be showing up more, but something keeps holding me back”, then this episode is for you. In this episode, we explore: ✨ Why visibility is rarely a confidence problem ✨ The real reason so many high-performing women struggle to be seen ✨ How visibility challenges identity, belonging and self-trust ✨ Why women often wait until they feel “ready” before stepping forward ✨ The hidden cost of staying invisible in leadership and business ✨ The psychology behind why visibility can feel unsafe ✨ Why self-trust matters more than confidence ✨ The leadership responsibility that comes with being seen Visibility is not about ego. It is not about becoming louder, performing online or chasing attention. Visibility is about leadership. When you stop waiting for confidence and begin trusting yourself enough to be seen, you create opportunities for impact, influence and the people who genuinely need your message to finally experience you. Where are you waiting to feel confident before allowing yourself to be seen? What would change if visibility stopped being something you feared and started becoming an act of leadership? Connect with Danni: 💜 Instagram: @danniveecoach💜 Website: www.dannivee.com💜 Leadership Identity Survey: www.dannivee.com/identity If this episode resonated with you, I would love for you to take a screenshot, share it to your socials and tag me so I can connect with you and hear your biggest takeaway. And if you have been loving The Danni Vee Show, I would be so grateful if you could leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your reviews help us reach more women ready to lead, speak and live from a place of truth, self-trust and full self-expression. I’ll see you in the next episode. And remember, who you become determines what you build.

    12 min
  5. May 28

    Authenticity Has Been Hijacked: What It REALLY Means To Be Yourself

    In this episode of The Danni Vee Show, I am having a conversation that I believe so many high-performing women need to hear. Because somewhere along the way, authenticity has been hijacked. We hear messages like “just be yourself” all the time, yet for many women in leadership and business, that feels impossible when they have spent years becoming who they needed to be to succeed. The capable one.The strong one.The high performer.The woman everyone relies on. In this honest and thought-provoking episode, I unpack why so many successful women find themselves feeling disconnected, stuck or questioning who they are, even after building incredible careers, businesses and lives. We explore the hidden cost of performing identities we have outgrown, the nervous system patterns that keep us attached to old versions of ourselves, and what authenticity really means when you are evolving into your next level. If you have ever looked around at the life or business you have built and thought, Why doesn’t this feel like me anymore? then this episode is for you. In this episode, we explore: ✨ Why authenticity has become misunderstood and performative ✨ The hidden identities many high-performing women carry without realising ✨ Why success can sometimes leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves ✨ The neuroscience behind why the brain holds onto familiar versions of who we have been ✨ The difference between expressing who you truly are and performing who the world rewarded you for being ✨ Why self-leadership requires honesty, courage and identity evolution ✨ Questions to help you reconnect with the version of yourself you are becoming Authenticity is not about staying the same. It is not about oversharing, proving yourself or performing who the world expects you to be. Real authenticity comes from having the courage to stop carrying identities that no longer fit and learning to trust who you are becoming. Questions to ask yourself: What version of yourself are you still performing because she once kept you safe? What would change if you gave yourself permission to stop maintaining who you have always been and allowed yourself to become who you are now? Connect with Danni: 💜 Instagram: @danniveecoach💜 Website: www.dannivee.com💜 Leadership Identity Survey: www.dannivee.com/identity If this episode resonated with you, I would love for you to take a screenshot, share it to your socials and tag me so I can connect with you and hear your biggest takeaway. And if you have been loving The Danni Vee Show, I would be so grateful if you could leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your reviews help us reach more women ready to lead, speak and live from a place of truth, self-trust and full self-expression. I’ll see you in the next episode. And remember, who you become determines what you build.

    11 min
  6. Apr 22

    Why You Still Don’t Feel Confident (Even With Experience) | Leadership Mindset & Self-Trust

    There’s something I’ve been thinking about since my last leadership immersion in March this year. The room was filled with women leading at different levels. Business owners, senior leaders, General Managers. On paper, these are women who know what they’re doing. And they do. What stood out to me wasn’t capability. It was how much people were still holding. You can see it quickly when you know what to look for. How someone enters a room. How long they wait before speaking. The way they position a question. How much they explain before they get to their point. These are subtle things, but they change how someone is experienced as a leader. The women stopped managing how they were being perceived as the day went on. The conversations became more honest, the questions more direct and you could feel the difference in the room. Their presence changed. This is the part of leadership that isn’t always spoken about. You can build experience, achieve results and still feel that internal hesitation in certain moments. It shows up in how you speak, how you make decisions and how much of yourself you allow to be seen. In this episode of The Danni Vee Show, I talk through what I observed in that room, how this connects to nervous system regulation and why confidence is often less about learning more and more about how safe it feels to show up fully at that level. In this episode, I explore: • What I notice in a room when I’m working with experienced leaders• How hesitation shows up in real time, even when someone is capable• The role of nervous system regulation in leadership presence• Why confidence can feel inconsistent as you step into higher levels• How the EMBODY framework supports alignment in how you lead Your takeaway:Pay attention to where you still find yourself holding back, even in small ways. That’s often where your next level is asking more of you. If you’re ready to strengthen how you show up in leadership and build trust in your own decisions, this is the work I do. Work with me🌐 Leadership Identity Survey: www.dannivee.com/identity📩 Email: danni@dannivee.com📲 Instagram: @danniveecoach💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danni-vee🌐 Website: www.dannivee.com If this episode spoke to you, subscribe, leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating, and share it with someone who is stepping into their next level. I’ll see you in the next episode. And remember, who you become determines what you build.

    8 min
  7. Apr 21

    From Self-Neglect to Self-Compassion: The Psychology High-Functioning Women Need to Hear with Dr Hayley Quinn

    In this episode of The Danni Vee Show, I’m joined by former clinical psychologist, speaker and author Dr Hayley D Quinn for a deeply honest and grounding conversation about self-neglect, burnout and what it really takes to build a compassionate relationship with yourself. This is a conversation so many high-functioning women, leaders and business owners need to hear. Because on the outside, it can look like you’re holding it all together. You’re showing up, leading, achieving and being there for everyone else. But underneath that, there can be a quiet pattern of self-neglect that often goes unnoticed for years. Hayley shares her personal journey, her professional insights, and the powerful work behind her book From Self-Neglect to Self-Compassion, helping you understand that compassion is not something you either have or don’t have. It is a skill. And it is one that can completely change how you lead, live, and relate to yourself. We explore how women have been conditioned to prioritise others, how this shows up in leadership and business and why many women avoid themselves without even realising it. This episode is not about adding more to your to-do list. It is about coming back to yourself. ✨ What self-neglect actually looks like in everyday life✨ Why high-functioning women often don’t recognise their own burnout ✨ The difference between self-compassion and self-indulgence✨ Why compassion is a skill and an ongoing practice, not a one-time shift ✨ How women are conditioned to prioritise others from a young age✨ The hidden reason women say “I don’t have time for myself”✨ How avoiding yourself creates a different kind of pain✨ The three flows of compassion and why receiving it can be the hardest✨ How self-compassion changes your leadership, communication, and decision-making✨ Why understanding yourself is the foundation for sustainable success✨ A simple daily practice to start reconnecting with yourself Start with one simple question. “How am I, really?” Not once a month. Not when things fall apart......Today. The relationship you have with yourself is shaping every decision you make, every boundary you set, and every result you create. Get Hayley’s book: From Self-Neglect to Self-Compassion 👉 https://drhayleydquinn.com/product/book/ Connect with Dr Hayley D Quinn: 👉 Website: https://drhayleydquinn.com 👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drhayleydquinn If this episode resonated with you, this is the work I do. I support female leaders and entrepreneurs to step into their next level of identity, leadership and influence through my EMBODY framework. Take the Leadership Identity Survey: 👉 www.dannivee.com/identity Explore working with me: 👉 https://www.dannivee.com Connect with me on Instagram: 👉 https://www.instagram.com/danniveecoach Connect with me on LinkedIn: 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannivee If this conversation landed for you, I would love for you to leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. It helps more women step into this work and create real change in their lives and leadership. I’ll see you in the next episode. And remember, who you become determines what you build.

    28 min
  8. Mar 10

    The Hidden Cost of Overthinking in Leadership and Business

    Overthinking is often praised as a strength in leadership. It looks like responsibility. Care. Strategic thinking. But over time, overthinking becomes expensive. In this episode of The Danni Vee Show, I explore why many capable leaders and business owners find themselves stuck in cycles of analysis and hesitation, even when they already know the next step. Overthinking rarely comes from a lack of intelligence or capability. More often, it comes from the pressure of leadership itself. When the stakes increase, the brain naturally shifts into risk detection, which can lead to second-guessing decisions, replaying conversations, and delaying action. I also share moments from my own business where I caught myself overthinking decisions that ultimately required expansion rather than more analysis. This episode explores the leadership cost of overthinking, how nervous system regulation impacts decision-making, and how my EMBODY framework supports leaders in building the internal capacity required for sustainable growth. In this episode, I explore: • Why overthinking is common among high-performing leaders• The neuroscience behind hesitation and risk detection• How overthinking slowly erodes self-trust in leadership• Why capable business owners often delay decisions they already know are right• How leadership expansion can trigger internal resistance• How the EMBODY framework supports clearer decision-making Reflection for you:Where might overthinking be slowing your leadership down? Are you seeking certainty before making decisions that actually require courage? What decision have you already thought about enough? If this episode resonated and you want to strengthen your leadership identity, build internal capacity, and lead your business or team with greater clarity, this is the work I do. Work With Danni 📩 Email: danni@dannivee.com📲 Instagram: @danniveecoach💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danni-vee🌐 Website: www.dannivee.com If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe, leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating, and share it with a leader or business owner who might need this conversation. I’ll see you in the next episode. And remember, who you become determines what you build.

    7 min

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BEYOND HUSTLE - New Era of Power is the podcast redefining success for business owners and entrepreneurs. Rooted in holistic performance and self-leadership, this show goes beyond the grind, diving deep into the mindset, energy, and strategies that create sustainable success. Through insightful solo episodes and conversations with high-achieving entrepreneurs, we explore what it truly means to EMBODY leadership; leveraging my EMBODY framework to help you align your energy, mindset, and actions for next-level impact. If you're ready to ditch burnout and step into a more powerful, intentional,