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Hosted by Coach Carrie · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 25 episodes
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Welcome to Plucky Not Perfect —a podcast for women in midlife who want to build resilience, find courage, and embrace life’s messy middle with grit and grace. Hosted by Carrie Bradley—coach, caregiver, and cancer survivor—this podcast is about showing up as you are, letting go of perfection, and discovering strength in unexpected places. In Season 2, you’ll hear a mix of solo episodes and interviews with inspiring women who are navigating midlife transitions, health challenges, career shifts, family dynamics, and personal growth. Together, we’ll explore practical tools for resilience, self-care strategies that actually fit into busy lives, and mindset shifts that help you thrive when life doesn’t go as planned. Whether you’re over 40, caring for others while trying to care for yourself, or simply looking for encouragement to keep going—this podcast will remind you that you don’t have to be perfect to feel worthy and live bravely. Plucky means “det
Coach Carrie hosts Plucky Not Perfect Podcast, a education show with 25 episodes published.
Have you ever thought, I'd love to start a podcast... but who would listen to me? If so, you're not alone. I share the story behind launching Plucky Not Perfect, despite being shy, hating the sound of my own voice, and w
What if your sensitivity wasn't a weakness to overcome, but a gift to embrace? Carrie chats with emotional intelligence coach Joanna Brewster for a deeply honest conversation about courage, self-awareness, and learning t
Fearful about getting a colonoscopy? I’m sharing practical colonoscopy prep tips, ways to manage anxiety, and encouragement for facing the fear of cancer screening. As a stage 3 colorectal cancer survivor diagnosed throu
What if the thing you’ve been chasing was never the thing that would make you feel worthy? In this episode, I explore the arrival fallacy—the belief that once we hit a certain goal, we’ll finally feel happy, fulfilled, o
What does it mean to be plucky when life keeps throwing the unimaginable your way? Carrie sits down with author, advocate, and newly-trained voice actor Anne Mok to explore resilience—not as a personality trait you’re bo
In this solo episode, I walk through the structured journaling routine that helped carry me through one of the hardest seasons of my life—after cancer treatment, a failed ostomy reversal, and 40 days in the hospital. But
What does it look like to rewrite your life without burning it down? As I sat down with coach, author, and “Goldie’s CEO,” Michelle Hooey, she shared her powerful story. Her daughter, Goldie, was born in 2023 with comple
This isn’t about keeping resolutions or trying harder. It’s about not quitting on yourself. In this first episode of 2026, I explain what it really means to be plucky and why determined courage (not perfection) is the ke
What happens when life doesn’t just take a detour—but completely reroutes your future? In this deeply moving episode of Plucky Not Perfect, I’m joined by Erika Brouillette—mom, caregiver, advocate, podcast host, and foun
When someone you care about is facing grief, illness, divorce, or any major life shake-up, it’s easy to worry about saying the wrong thing… and end up doing nothing. After my own cancer journey and recovery, I learned fi
What if the bravest thing you could do was to slow down? In this episode, Carrie talks with life coach, speaker, and author Heather Boersma about redefining success, finding rest, and living from a deep sense of worthine
If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s “too late” to start over—or felt stuck between who you’ve been and who you want to become, this is the episode for you. Jennifer Montgomery-Lay’s story is one of unimaginable resilien
In this episode, Carrie shares her personal journey of facing the fear of surgery following her battle with colorectal cancer and past traumatic hospital experiences. She discusses the emotional challenges of preparing f
Do you ever hold yourself back because you’re afraid to speak up — or worried what people will think? Today’s guest, Teri Holland, knows that fear well. Once nicknamed “Mouse” for how quiet she was as a child, Teri has t
Carrie reconnects with her friend Lindsay Aho (Kuehster), who shares her powerful story of loss and rebuilding with courage. Lindsay opens up about life behind the façade of perfection — navigating her husband’s alcoholi
Courage isn’t one-size-fits-all. In this episode, I share 10 types of courage—from beginning and speaking to resting and persisting—and how small, daily acts of bravery can strengthen your “plucky muscles.” Plus, learn m
Ashley Wiles—founder of Sole Girls, TEDx speaker, Ironman athlete, and mom—joins Carrie to talk about building resilience. Ashley shares powerful tools from her new program, The Inner Game, and offers tangible ways paren
What if the things you’re saving for that perfect “someday” are holding you back today? In this episode of Plucky Not Perfect, Carrie talks with TEDx speaker and communication coach Gillian Parlane, whose talk Change You
In this first episode of Season 2 of Plucky Not Perfect, we get real about what it means to show up in the messy middle of life, especially when things don’t go as planned. After a year marked by cancer treatments, compl
Let’s embrace the gift of winter—slowing down, reflecting, and preparing for what’s next. In This Episode: The value of honoring the season you’re in. How to rethink limitations as opportunities for growth. Four reflecti
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