{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Neuroscience of Coaching","title":"The Neuroscience of Women’s Leadership: The Mastery Trap","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1257,"description":"Why can expertise feel safer than leadership? In Part 3 of the Women’s Leadership Series, Dr. Irena O’Brien and Silvia Causo explore the mastery trap: the pattern where capable women keep learning, preparing, refining, and becoming more qualified, while still hesitating to step into broader influence.  And how “I’m not ready yet” can become a nervous system strategy when visibility, influence, and uncertainty feel risky.This conversation is especially relevant for coaches, women leaders, and helping professionals who want a deeper and more compassionate understanding of why self-minimizing, deflecting praise, or struggling to own their achievements can persist even at senior levels.“Uncertainty is fundamentally unsafe for the brain. But we can learn to accept or to be more comfortable with uncertainty.” — Dr. Irena O’Brien“Leadership really requires an incredible level of a sense of self, really strong sense of self, that it's independent from external validation. — Silvia CausoGuest Bio:Silvia Causo is a trauma-informed coach and energetic realignment facilitator who supports visionary leaders and changemakers to release the mental, emotional, and energetic blocks that limit their fullest expression of power and purpose.Her work moves beyond traditional coaching, bridging neuroscience, somatic healing, and energetic attunement to create profound transformation at every level of being. Through her high-touch, deeply intuitive approach, Silvia helps leaders reconnect to their inner coherence, the state where clarity, confidence, and authenticity naturally arise.Silvia is also the co-founder of Lead & Belong, a pioneering collaboration with writer and scholar Adrianne Arendse. Together, they explore the intersections of leadership, culture, and embodied healing, guiding organisations and individuals to move beyond performative inclusion toward genuine connection, collective wellbeing, and regenerative impact.At the heart of Silvia's work is a simple yet radical set...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/OkRhxohT3r9F1IGONxxYMrSfPeWULpvDdhNwh58USV0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNGMy/MzA0NzI4YmI2OWIz/OTM3NGY0NWU3OWM5/ODk4YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}