Episode 9: Doing Business on Your Own Terms: A Conversation with Dr. Hayley D. Quinn

May 24, 2026•2 min read

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We talk a lot about self-compassion like it's a nice idea -- something to aspire to on a good day. This conversation with Dr. Hayley D. Quinn goes a lot deeper than that.

Hayley is a mindset and wellbeing coach, speaker, author, and former clinical psychologist with nearly two decades of clinical experience. She's also a late-diagnosed autistic woman with ADHD who's spent years figuring out what it actually means to work in a way that honours who you are -- and she brings all of that to this conversation.

We cover a lot of ground, including why self-compassion is so often misread as softness (it isn't -- courage and wisdom are at the heart of it), the three flows of compassion and why receiving it tends to be the one most high-achieving women struggle with most, and what happens in midlife when the identity you've built around caring for others starts to shift.

Hayley also talks about her bookFrom Self-Neglect to Self-Compassion-- how it came to be, what it's really asking of readers, and why she included guided meditations you can record in your own voice.

Plus -- practical stuff. How Hayley structures her work week, why white space in your diary isn't a luxury, body doubling as a real productivity tool, and why she's doing pottery on purpose even when it's imperfect.

There's a lot in this one. Take what's useful and leave the rest -- as Hayley would say.

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