Conversations with Coach LA

The Confidence Code: Owning Your Voice and Presence

Episode Summary

In this empowering episode of Conversations with Coach LA, we decode confidence—what it truly means, how it shows up, and why so many of us, especially Black women, are taught to shrink instead of shine. Guest Siedah Moore, Author, and aspiring mental health clinician joins Coach LA for an honest and healing conversation about breaking racial scripts, navigating imposter syndrome, and learning to stand tall in spaces that often attempt to quiet our voices.

Episode Notes

In this episode of Conversations with Coach LA, we’re unlocking The Confidence Code — because your voice matters and your presence deserves the room.
Special guest Author, and aspiring mental health clinician, Siedah Moore joins us to break down how racial scripts, microaggressions, and imposter syndrome affect confidence, especially for Black women.
 

• Key findings discussed:
  • 60% of women regularly experience self-doubt at work (KPMG, 2022).
  • Women are more likely to attribute their success to luck rather than ability.
  • Among Black women, this is compounded by stereotype threat, double consciousness, and the need to "code-switch" to survive in predominantly white spaces.
• Coach LA and Siedah discuss how perfectionism, rooted in survival mechanisms, undermines confidence and prevents women from taking risks.
• The concept of "internalized oppression" is introduced to show how structural racism becomes internalized self-critique—where one begins to censor or second-guess oneself before others even have the chance to do it.