Breaking Barriers: How Life Coaching Unlocks Your Full Potential | Tawni Acosta

On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, life coach Tawny Acosta shares her bold transition from a long career in information technology to coaching — with a particular focus on supporting the LGBTQ+ community through the unique challenges of identity, acceptance, and mental health.Tawny brings a rare blend of corporate experience and deep personal transformation to her coaching practice. She speaks honestly about ageism in the workplace, the barriers LGBTQ+ individuals face, and why familial acceptance remains one of the most significant factors in mental health outcomes. She also explores the coaching tools she relies on most — including breathwork and core belief work — and makes the important point that coaches themselves need support too.Key TopicsTawny's transition from IT professional to life coach — navigating ageism and reinventionThe specific challenges facing the LGBTQ+ community around identity, belonging, and mental healthWhy familial acceptance is so central to wellbeing for LGBTQ+ individualsBreathwork and core belief exploration as powerful tools for personal transformationThe collaborative coaching relationship — and why coaches must also seek their own supportAbout Tawny AcostaTawny Acosta is a life coach who specialises in supporting the LGBTQ+ community, helping individuals navigate identity, self-acceptance, and personal growth. After a long career in information technology, she made a courageous leap into coaching — bringing the same analytical rigour and human warmth to helping people break through barriers and build lives that are authentically their own.Journey to Purpose is a personal transformation podcast featuring real conversations about mindset, trauma recovery, self-worth, spiritual awakening, resilience, and finding your life’s purpose. New episodes every week. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Of0Na1qWovS8Aw2X2FU8M 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philippa.bagley/ 🌐 Website: https://philippabagley.com/ Subscribe and leave a review — it helps others find the show.About your hostPippa Bagley is a clinical hypnotherapist specialising in burnout and sleep, and the host of Journey to Purpose. Based in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, she is passionate about helping people reconnect with what truly matters — and build lives and careers that feel genuinely sustainable. Pippa is also studying for an MSc in the Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health at King’s College London. Find out more at philippabagley.com