The Badass Leader Podcast
Hosted by Executive Coach and Former Fortune 500 Senior Leader Coco Duan, this podcast explores what it truly takes to become a Badass Leader—calm, clear, and deeply self-trusting.
Many high-achieving women are already badass. They just don’t feel like one. Because the Good Girl conditioning that helped you succeed is still running the show—driving overwork, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and constant pressure to prove.
In this podcast, you’ll learn how to unlearn those patterns and start leading from your real power. Through practical tools and insights, you’ll learn how to regulate your nervous system, build internal safety, reclaim your voice and boundaries, and lead with calm, clarity, and confidence.
So you can stop performing…and step into the leader you already are.
A Badass Leader.
Coco Duan is a former Fortune 500 executive turned Executive Coach. After 20 years building a high-powered career while quietly feeling constant pressure and self-doubt, she chose a different path—rebuilding her life from the inside out. Today, she lives and leads on her own terms, with freedom, joy, and fulfillment—and helps other women do the same.
She helps high-achieving women go from Good Girl to Badass Leader—unlearning proving, pleasing, and performing so they can trust themselves, speak their truth, and lead on their own terms. She is the author of Unchecking the Boxes.
Outside of coaching, she dances Argentine tango and West Coast Swing, walks by the ocean, writes, and hosts game nights with friends. Learn more about Coco.