Essential listening for anyone ready to stop holding the best parts of themselves back.

Some people find their way to a courageous pivot through careful planning. Others get there because life makes the decision for them. And then there's the kind of wisdom that only comes from having done both, and arriving somewhere you never could have mapped.

Rachel Druckenmiller is the kind of guest who says things you'll be repeating to yourself for weeks. About what it means to say yes before you feel ready. About the difference between a life that looks successful and one that actually feels alive. About speaking your desires out loud, even the ones that seem too big, too unlikely, too far away. About how the things that fall apart are often quietly clearing the path to what's next.

There is a particular kind of courage in letting yourself be seen doing the thing you love most. Rachel has had to find that courage more than once, in more than one arena. What she's discovered on the other side is nothing short of a blueprint for coming home to yourself.

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Covered In This Episode

• What it looks like to spend 13 years being really good at a job that was never quite yours, and what happens when the body starts keeping score.
• Why saying yes before you feel qualified is not recklessness. It is, as Rachel puts it, how you earn the qualification in the first place.
• What a recurring throat issue, an Epstein-Barr diagnosis, and a dream about drowning in her kitchen were all trying to say, and how long it took her to listen.
• The one question, from one trail angel, that Rachel could not un-hear. And how sometimes the person who frees you is simply the one who asks what you actually want.
• March 2020. Eighty percent of her booked business gone overnight. What Rachel did next, and why being willing to not be above anything is one of the most underrated forms of courage.
• A spinal fracture, a two-year legal silence, and the unexpected thing that came from losing her freedom of movement. How rebuilding trust in her body led her back to her voice.
• How a little girl who sang alone to her stuffed animals ended up with an original song on a Times Square billboard. No credential, no label, no plan required.
• The practice of saying your desires out loud, even the ones that feel too big. The phrase Rachel repeats every morning. And what it looks like to finally stop bracing for things to go wrong.

Chapters 

00:00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro
00:05:09 Making Up a Job That Didn't Exist Yet
00:09:03 Saying Yes Before You're Ready
00:19:10 The Dream, the Downturn, and What Your Body Knows
00:23:56 Trail Angels and the Permission to Leave
00:29:35 March 2020: The Collapse and the Comeback
00:38:51 The Accident
00:43:33 Finding Music in the Rubble
00:47:38 Times Square: Creating Your Own Moment
00:52:29 The National Anthem and Saying It Out Loud
00:57:04 Show Me How Good It Can Get

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Related Episodes

• EP 015: Tenacity for Ongoing Reinvention with Chef and Author Christine Flynn — For anyone who has ever had to start over from scratch, more than once, without a guarantee it would work out.

• EP 019: The Fear of Being Seen — For anyone who has a dream they've been keeping quiet, singing to the stuffed animals instead of the room.

• EP 021: A Creative Pivot: Why Being Good at Something Isn't Enough with Textile Artist Jen Arron — For anyone sitting inside a version of success that no longer feels like enough, and wondering what it would take to follow the pull toward something truer.

Links + Resources

• Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz — The mindset classic Rachel references as part of her ongoing inner work around self-image and belief

• The Master Key System by Charles Haanel — The book Rachel and her study group are working through, using weekly meditations to focus on expansion over fear

• Steal the Show by Michael Port — The public speaking book that started to shift Rachel's trajectory, recommended by a stranger at a bar who already was where she wanted to be

More About Rachel Druckemiller

• RachelDruckenmiller.com — Rachel's home base for her speaking work, keynotes, and leadership programs
• Rachel on LinkedIn - the platform that helped launch Rachel's career as a professional speaker
• Rachel on Instagram — @UnmutedLife
• Rachel's Music on Spotify — Find her original songs, including Light Bulbs, Somebody, and more, wherever you stream
• Rachel on YouTube

For nearly 20 years, Rachel Druckenmiller has been helping leaders and their teams get unmuted and come alive at work and in the world.

A TEDx speaker, she has been recognized by Forbes, Smart Meetings, and Workforce Magazine for her work helping leaders build confidence, clarity, and presence.

She spent 13 years at one of the largest employee benefits consulting firms in the U.S. serving as Director of Wellbeing and Employee Engagement and partnering closely with HR leaders and executive teams. She has worked with leaders at Fortune 500 companies, associations, and private firms, and holds a Master’s degree in Health Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. While in her corporate role, she also became a health coach and was a Certified Culinary Nutrition Expert and food blogger whose own healing journey with food was part of her unmuting.

Today, Rachel works with high-performing professionals who are capable and committed, yet often second-guess themselves or hesitate to speak up. Her work helps leaders think more clearly, advocate for themselves more effectively, and lead with greater presence and impact. She's also a singer-songwriter, and you can find her music wherever you stream music. You can learn more about Rachel at www.RachelDruckenmiller.com.