{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6502ec015032c7001167fc64/69b7b49d1b5a7dfbdf40e97e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Chloe Brennan Lift Your Limits: The Athlete Mindset Tools Behind Confidence, Change and Self-Belief","description":"<p>In this episode of&nbsp;She Who Dares Wins, Michelle sits down with&nbsp;Chloe Brennan&nbsp;– two-time&nbsp;World’s Strongest Woman (u73kg),&nbsp;England’s Strongest Woman, coach, and founder of&nbsp;Lift Your Limits&nbsp;– to explore what really sits behind strength, success, and daring to change your life.</p><p><br></p><p>Chloe shares how she walked away from a “perfect” academic path in psychology, pivoted into&nbsp;learning disability nursing, and then again into&nbsp;elite strongwoman competition&nbsp;and&nbsp;holistic strength coaching. She opens up about therapy, hypnotherapy, and the “not good enough” complex that drove her, as well as the identity crisis that hit&nbsp;after&nbsp;she’d ticked off all her biggest goals.</p><p><br></p><p>You’ll hear Chloe and Michelle dig into:</p><ul><li>Why going against expectations was the first real act of daring in Chloe’s life</li><li>How sport exposed deep-rooted beliefs about not being good enough</li><li>What hypnotherapy actually is (and isn’t) – and why high-performing athletes love it</li><li>Identity, external validation, and what happens when you’ve achieved “everything”</li><li>The pressure to stay in one box – athlete, creator, or coach – and how to let yourself be&nbsp;<em>all</em>&nbsp;of you</li></ul><p>This is a conversation for anyone standing at a crossroads, feeling they “should” stay where they are, but knowing there’s more.</p><p><br></p><h2>Key Takeaways</h2><ol><li>Going against expectations is often the first brave step&nbsp;– leaving psychology for nursing was Chloe’s first real act of owning her life.</li><li>Performance problems are usually mindset problems&nbsp;– most athletes Chloe works with hit the same beliefs: “I’m not good enough”, fear of failure, and perfectionism.</li><li>Hypnotherapy isn’t mind control&nbsp;– it’s about self-efficacy, rewiring limiting beliefs, and using evidence of who you already are.</li><li>Identity is fluid, not fixed&nbsp;– you don’t have to choose between being an athlete, a creator, or a coach. You’re allowed to be all of it.</li><li>Success without inner work can feel empty&nbsp;– Chloe hit podiums and world records and still felt flat until she faced the deeper stuff in therapy.</li><li>External validation isn’t evil, just incomplete&nbsp;– it feels good, but it can’t replace self-acceptance.</li><li>Backing yourself is a dare&nbsp;– confidence doesn’t mean no doubt; it means moving&nbsp;<em>with</em>&nbsp;the doubt anyway.</li></ol><p><br></p><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><ul><li>0:00:00&nbsp;– Introducing Chloe and the “She Who Dares Wins” question: how she’s dared and won</li><li>0:01:30&nbsp;– Leaving a “perfect” psychology path for disability nursing and owning her first big pivot</li><li>0:03:40&nbsp;– Discovering strongwoman through trampolining injuries, powerlifting and an accidental first comp</li><li>0:08:40&nbsp;– From nurse to full-time strength coach and building a holistic coaching business</li><li>0:09:50&nbsp;– Hypnotherapy explained: busting myths and how it transforms athlete mindsets</li><li>0:15:55&nbsp;– Titles, world records and still not feeling “enough” – when success doesn’t fix the emptiness</li><li>0:18:12&nbsp;– Therapy, triggers, and realizing sport was carrying a deep “not good enough” story</li><li>0:25:05&nbsp;– Identity, parts integration, and letting “athlete Chloe” and “human Chloe” coexist</li><li>0:31:16&nbsp;– Purpose, presence and Alan Watts – questioning the obsession with “getting somewhere”</li><li>0:38:53&nbsp;– Friendship, boundaries and letting people (and followers) go when they’re not your people</li><li>0:46:39&nbsp;– January pivot: saying she was “done” competing to finding her way back to strongwoman</li><li>0:52:26&nbsp;– Athletes, businesswomen and mindset: why Chloe’s work goes far beyond the gym</li><li>0:56:57&nbsp;– Chloe’s dare for women: back yourself, acknowledge your wins, and do it even when you doubt yourself</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Join Dare Club <a href=\"https://admin.stan.store/stores/?tab=details\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Here</a></p><p>Shop hoodies and Tees www.shewhodareswins.com</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Michelle Hands"}