You Can’t Be Over-Resourced: Strong Leaders, Hidden Load, and Pivot Amnesia

A leader with a strong presence is often overlooked for support, because people assume they’re fine. This is especially true for high-capacity individuals whose lives appear successful on the outside and who may need extra privacy while navigating major business transitions.

In this episode, Diana Murphy shares excerpts of her conversation with Caryn Gillen. They discuss resourcing as a baseline—coaching, bodywork, emotional wellbeing, and lifestyle supports that create a “nest” so leaders can make big decisions with integrity. Caryn prompts a key takeaway about “amnesia” during pivots: people forget their full breadth of life and work experience and start acting like they’re beginning from scratch, which fuels imposter syndrome. 

Diana urges listeners to be honest about their emotional experience, ask for practical support, lean into trusted relationships, use coaching or reflection to spot patterns, and remember everything they bring to the table during change.

The clips come from Caryn Gillen’s podcast, Coach Business, and the conversation with Diana is Episode 201.