What if the strongest thing you ever do is let someone help you?

For much of her life, Tracey Holland believed strength meant being self-sufficient.

The capable one.
The reliable one.
The person who could always cope.

It's an identity many women know well.

But when life handed her more than she could carry alone, Tracey was forced to confront a question she'd spent years avoiding:

What if strength isn't about carrying everything yourself?

In this deeply thoughtful conversation, Julie Tague sits down with change leadership expert and Reforge Change founder Tracey Holland to explore grief, resilience, friendship, leadership and the power of letting others in.

Together they discuss the hidden cost of always being "the strong one", why asking for help can feel so uncomfortable, and how the right people can transform our lives simply by showing up.

One of the most powerful insights from this episode is that support isn't one-size-fits-all.

Sometimes we need advice.

Sometimes we need practical help.

Sometimes we need someone to sit quietly beside us while we find our footing again.

The support can remain constant, even when the shape of it changes.

This conversation will resonate with anyone navigating change, loss, leadership, burnout, reinvention, or simply the pressure of feeling like they have to hold everything together.

• Why high-achieving women often struggle to ask for help
• The hidden burden of being "the strong one"
• What meaningful support actually looks like
• How friendships helped Tracey rebuild after profound loss
• Leadership lessons from adversity
• Why the best leaders don't carry everything themselves
• How to create environments where people feel supported and able to contribute

Tracey Holland is the Founder of Reforge Change, helping organisations navigate complex transformation, leadership challenges and sustainable change. With more than 30 years' experience across public, private and third sectors, she is known for her calm authority, practical insight and deeply human approach to leadership.

Hosted by Julie Tague, Unstoppable Women shares honest conversations with women who have turned challenge into clarity, adversity into growth and setbacks into momentum.

Each episode explores resilience, leadership, identity, reinvention and what it really means to become unstoppable.