In Session With Francesca: Hidden Parts and Leadership
What happens when your leadership style doesn’t fit the traditional mold of “executive presence”? In this live coaching session, Tracy works with Francesca, a principal designer navigating feedback that suggests she needs to share more of her perspective—but what if her greatest strength isn’t being the loudest voice in the room?Together, they uncover the inner tension between her cautious part that fears getting it wrong and the budding part of Francesca that leads with curiosity, collaboration, and deep noticing.In this episode, we explore:How to navigate the inner voices that show up when receiving tough feedbackWhen your leadership style doesn’t match what your company is expecting from youHow to bring your full self to high-stakes environmentsWhy being quiet doesn’t mean you’re not leadingA simple way to start leading with more confidence on your termsBy the end of the episode, you'll see how naming and nurturing your inner voices might be the boldest leadership move of all.
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Martin Scorsese Your Parts (Character Studies for Your Inner Voices)
You’ve met your hidden parts, those inner voices that shape how you live, work and lead. Now it’s time to direct them.In this guided episode, you’ll turn your loudest inner voice into a fully developed character—because the more you understand your parts, the more power you have to work with them (instead of being hijacked by them). Whether your inner Doubter sounds like a snarky teenager or your Perfectionist wears a crisp power suit, we’ll bring your mental chatter to life in vivid, creative detail.In this episode, we’ll explore:How to give your parts a personality, voice, and vibeWhat your parts truly care about underneath their behaviorWhy embodying your parts leads to more awareness and less reactivityWhat happens when you meet your inner voices with curiosity, not controlHow character work deepens your ability to self-coach and shift patternsSubscribe to the Hidden Parts Hotline newsletter to grab your Hidden Parts Workbook to follow along in more detail, and let’s give your inner voices a casting call.
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Pick Up Your Brain Phone! (Your Hidden Parts Are Calling)
Ever feel stuck but can’t figure out why? In this hands-on mini-workshop episode, Tracy guides you through an exercise to start to identify and map out your inner voices—the ones pushing, doubting, fixing, or hiding—so you can make clearer, more confident choices. Whether you're walking, multitasking, or journaling, you’ll begin to shift your internal system toward more balance and clarity.We’ll explore:Why feeling stuck is often a result of competing inner voicesHow to identify which parts of you are running the showA visual or mental exercise to map your partsHow to rebalance the voices for more aligned actionOne small next step to experiment with after the episodeSubscribe to the Hidden Parts Hotline where you can download a free workbook with a mapping exercise to follow along at your own pace.
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In Session With Cody: Hidden Parts and Creative Work
In the last episode, you learned about why your mental chatter shows up. But what does it actually sound like when someone sits down and starts sorting through the noise in real-time?In this episode, I’m joined by writer and artist Cody Cook-Parrott to do exactly that. In our real coaching session, Cody’s in the thick of editing their sixth book—procrastinating hard, missing deadlines, and feeling completely overwhelmed. But as we peel back the layers, it’s not just about edits. It’s about their inner parts trying to protect them: the tantruming toddler, the stressed-out assistant, and the wise elder all trying to take the lead.Together, we map what it looks like to move from gridlock to grounded action. You’ll hear:How Cody learned to reassign roles to their inner voicesWhy the editing work triggered a deep internal freezeWhat shifted when they invited a more resourced part to take chargeWhy play, compassion, and a little structure can change everythingAnd how building a relationship with your inner champion builds actual momentumThis episode is a front-row seat to the kind of inner transformation that helps you do your most meaningful creative work—even when the world feels unsteady.
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How To Decode Your Mental Chatter
Ever feel like your mind is full of chatter? Second-guessing, over-complication, and self-doubt? You’re not alone. In this first episode of Hidden Parts, we dive into why your mental chatter gets so loud—especially when you’re on the brink of something new—and how to decode it. I’ll share why your brain is wired this way, introduce you to "parts work" (a game-changing tool for making sense of inner conflict), and give you practical ways to start moving through the noise. Tune in to learn how to stop battling your own mind and start making aligned, courageous choices.Notes: Parts work is a term made popular by Richard Schwartz, author of the book No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model. This podcast is not a substitute for therapy or professional mental health care. It is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered a replacement for a relationship with a licensed therapist.
Hidden Parts is a podcast about your mental chatter—the inner voices that shape how you live, work and lead. This show explores why they show up and what to do when they get loud so you can move forward with more confidence. Host Tracy Candido, executive coach and experiential designer, introduces neuroscience-backed method parts work as a tool for every day life. Each episode shares stories, insights and actionable ways to befriend your inner world and separate the noise from the wisdom.
+ Hidden Parts is edited by Softer Sounds
+ Collage image on podcast art is by Jesse Draxler
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