82. PR Success Story: Deep work, owning your authority and claiming the opportunities that are rightfully yours with Rachel Cashman
48 min
What happens when an experienced founder decides to own her authority, fully and on her own terms? In this episode of PR Made Simple, Pippa Goulden talks to her 1-2-1 client Rachel Cashman about how she uses PR to build authority as an expert in leadership and psychological safety, from press coverage to pitching journalists, building media relationships and creating thought leadership through her own podcast and white paper. Rachel is the founder of The Fearless Facilitator Method® and the person organisations call when they have a conversation they cannot have themselves. With over 20 years working inside the NHS, government, defence and the private sector, she’s become one of the most distinctive voices on leadership under pressure, psychological safety and what happens when nobody in the room will say the thing everyone is thinking. Rachel has worked closely with Pippa in her 1:1 Authority Accelerator this year, and she practises what she preaches. She’s deliberate about exactly where she wants her voice heard, confident turning down what isn’t right, and fast to claim the opportunities that are. In this episode they discuss: The tipping point: why “how are they in that magazine?” finally got her to actWhy the deep work up front, getting clear on what she wants to be known for, made every decision since fasterThe media training that means she’s never fazed by a microphonePattern spotting: how to find PR angles in sensitive client work without exposing a clientHow to pitch journalists and build media relationships as equals, including the cold pitch that led to a meetingWhy her proudest PR wins will never appear on her websiteOwned Authority: how her podcast hit number 8 in the Apple business charts and why her white paper does the filtering for herHow PR sharpened her whole business strategy, and why clients are now budgeting to bring her in for 2027Building authority before launching her new psychotherapy service Find Rachel Cashman here: Website Fearless Dive...