You lead at work. You lead at home.

You carry everyone else’s needs, emotions, expectations, and demands. But the one thing you’re not leading — is yourself.

That changes now.

Meet Gia

The expert women call when success stops feeling good.

Gia Lacqua is a trauma-informed empowerment coach, leadership advisor, former Fortune 100 executive, and pattern-breaking powerhouse helping women who are carrying it all reclaim their confidence, their clarity, and their capacity.

You’ve outperformed, outrun, and outworked everyone’s expectations — except your own. I help women stop performing confidence and start embodying it.

Why High-Achieving Women Trust Gia

The Former Fortune 100 Executive Who Understands the Real Cost of Leadership.

Gia learned the hard way that “strong” and “breaking” can look exactly the same. She finally said “enough,” and now she helps women lead without losing themselves.

Trauma-Informed. Rooted in Neuroscience. Science-Backed. Results-Driven.

Mindset isn’t the problem – your wiring is. And Gia is the coach who knows how to change it. Through a blend of neuroscience, trauma-informed work, and behavioral psychology, she helps women identify the survival patterns sabotaging their success and happiness.

A Global Voice for Women’s Leadership

As an international speaker, author, and host of the “What the Shift” podcast, Gia is known for telling the truth about what ambitious women actually need, not the watered-down advice the world keeps giving them. Her work reaches women in boardrooms, living rooms, and every room where they’re carrying more than they should.

A Fierce, Safe Space for Women Who Hold Everyone Else

Gia gives women what they’ve never had: A place just for them. A confidential, judgment-free space where women can put the armor down and rebuild their confidence, clarity, and capacity.

Get to Know Gia:

The Wake-Up Call That Changed Everything

Gia Lacqua is the strategist behind some of today’s most powerful personal breakthroughs. A former Fortune 100 Vice President turned Chief Empowerment Officer of elivate, Gia is a trauma-informed empowerment coach, speaker, researcher, and author who helps high-achieving women who’ve outgrown who they had to be, step into who they’re meant to be—so they can lead with clarity, confidence, and authentic power. Through her proprietary frameworks, rooted in neuroscience, trauma-informed practices, and two decades of executive leadership, Gia guides women to close the “Truth Gap”: the space between the life they’re living and the one they’re meant for.

Before founding elivate, Gia spent nearly 20 years in the biopharmaceutical industry, where she rose to Vice President while navigating competing demands of career and family. But even as she performed successfully at the highest levels, she felt the disconnect—the cost of living by expectation instead of authentic power. Personal and professional catalysts converged, sparking a healing journey that revealed what was possible when she stopped performing strength and success, and started embodying it. Gia transformed those lessons into a movement—one that empowers women to surface what they’ve been taught to suppress, trust it without fear or guilt, and turn it into decisive, aligned action, from the boardroom to the bedroom. Today, she blends research-backed coaching, lived experience, and bold leadership to help women shift from performance-driven success to purpose-driven self-leadership.

Gia’s insights are regularly featured in Forbes, Newsweek, Thrive Global, Scary Mommy, and WorkLife, and she is a proud member of the Forbes Coaches Council. She is also a sought-after podcast guest and the host of her own show, where she shares conversations on empowerment, leadership, and the truth-telling strategies that redefine success. Beyond her coaching and speaking work, she is the author of the children’s book series Limitless Little Leaders and the forthcoming book PowerShift.

Deeply committed to advancing women’s leadership, Gia serves as First Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, where she helps inspire the next generation of girls to lead with courage, confidence, and character. She holds a BS in Human Development, is a Professional Certified Coach, a Trauma-Informed Certified Coach, and a Certified Neurological Fitness™ Trainer.

At her core, Gia is unapologetic, bold, and purpose-driven. Her philosophy is simple yet profound: real power isn’t built by doing it all—it’s claimed the moment you stop leading from expectation and start leading from truth. Her mission is clear: to help women stop performing success and start embodying it, redefining what impact looks like when it’s led from within.

What I Believe (And How I Lead)

Women don’t need more discipline. They need more support.

Burnout isn’t a badge of honor; it’s a warning sign.

Telling the truth is the most rebellious form of self-care.

Boundaries aren’t walls. They’re paths to freedom.

You’re allowed to want more and want rest at the same time.

Joy is productivity.

Healing happens when we stop betraying ourselves.

Power isn’t something you earn. It’s something you reclaim.

Ready to stop pretending you're fine?

If you’re done overfunctioning, people-pleasing, and performing success for everyone else, it’s time to shift into a life that actually fits.

What worked before may be holding you back