HR Voices Podcast

A podcast for independent HR and people professionals, and the businesses they support.

Hosted by Mary Asante of HR Independents, HRi. 

DATE: 4th August 2025

Episode 55: HR Voices with Linda Gent — From Limiting Beliefs to Building Confidence

Guest: Linda Gent, Executive Coach & HR Professional

🎙️ In this episode:

Mary Asante is joined by the brilliant Linda Gent, executive coach and seasoned HR professional, to explore the inner voice that holds many of us back—limiting beliefs—and how to transform them into the confidence we need to thrive.

Linda shares how these beliefs take root, from childhood memories to difficult work experiences, and how they often evolve into what we know as imposter syndrome. Through powerful coaching insights, practical techniques, and real-life stories, Linda shows how HR professionals and business leaders can start dismantling these beliefs and begin showing up more powerfully.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

🔎 What Are Limiting Beliefs?

• The connection between limiting beliefs and imposter syndrome
  
  
  
  


• Common signs of self-sabotaging internal dialogue
  
  
  
  


• Why confidence is often a skill—not a trait
  
  
  
  

📚 Where They Come From

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  • Early experiences, workplace trauma, and ingrained messaging
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Why some beliefs become part of your persona
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

• The role of fear, shame, and internalised criticism
  
  
  
  

🔁 How to Start Rebuilding Confidence

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  • Coaching techniques that challenge limiting narratives
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Tools like journaling, reframing, and reflective cycles
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

• Using positive psychology (PERMA) and strength-based approaches
  
  
  
  

🧍 Why It’s Not About Perfection

• Breaking the myth that you must “know it all” to be credible
  
  
  
  


• Recognising the “archetypes” of imposter syndrome: the perfectionist, the expert, the superhuman
  
  
  
  


• How overcompensation can lead to burnout
  
  
  
  

💬 Being Vulnerable, Being Human

• The power of authentic leadership
  
  
  
  


• How hybrid working has shifted perceptions of professionalism
  
  
  
  


• Why showing vulnerability can build team trust

✨ Key Takeaways:

✅ Your internal voice has the power to shape—or shatter—your confidence

✅ Confidence can be developed with tools like reflection and reframing

✅ It’s okay not to have all the answers—leadership is a team sport

✅ Self-awareness helps you break the cycle of fear-based thinking

✅ Vulnerability, empathy, and connection can boost both wellbeing and performance

🔝 Top Tips from Linda Gent:

• Reflect – Use journaling, self-inquiry, or post-it exercises to explore the beliefs shaping your decisions.
  
  
  
  

• Reframe – Add the word “yet” to your inner dialogue. “I can’t do this…yet” changes everything.
  
  
  
  

• Rejoice – Acknowledge your wins. Celebrate the small stuff. Confidence grows when you recognise progress.

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