Entrepreneurship will be emotional. Fact. From doubting yourself, getting rejected, to feeling exposed because you’re having to put yourself out there for the sake of your business, you’ll feel it all. My guest in this episode, Kate Hughes, experienced the lot. Her entrepreneurial journey brought up hard stuff from her childhood, but instead of letting this stop her she did what she advises all business owners to do…. Lean into it and work through it. Kate is a leadership coach, and founder of Your Step Coach. After the gut punch of being made redundant 3 times, Kate took her career into her own hands. She shares the challenges of transitioning to self-employment, and the importance of therapy and self-coaching to be able to lean into the hard stuff and build confidence. You need self-compassion as an entrepreneur, Kate’s story shows it it’s not just possible but essential for you to thrive.   “The biggest emotional journey has been battling shit from my childhood”– Kate   You’ll hear about: 00:00 - Confronting Childhood Challenges 01:59 - Kate's life before leaping into self employment 05:25 - The scariness of starting to market yourself 09:00 - Kate's biggest emotional journey in business 12:56 - How has running a business impacted family life? 17:56 - The changes in how Kate runs her business now 23:59 - Where Kate's confidence comes from 27:21 - The positive & negative impacts of people around you 32:59 - The people for the seasons of your life 39:16 - Embracing network rather than competition 40:45 - Kate's advice for new business owners   Connect with Kate:   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katelouisehughes/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/yourstepcoach/ Your Step Coach - https://www.yourstepcoach.com/work-with-me   Connect with me:   The HoLT - https://www.the-holt.com/ My website - https://leaturner.co.uk/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-turner/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/leadoeslinkedin/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LeaDoesLinkedIn/   Join The Holt waiting list - https://www.the-holt.com/waitlist   My resources:   Check out my course Making LinkedIn Simple - https://leaturner.co.uk/pages/making-linkedin-simple-2023   Take my LinkedIn profile quiz - https://leadoeslinkedin.scoreapp.com/   This podcast is sponsored bySafe Space From The Workplace. You can check out their podcast here - https://shorturl.at/IASSn