Merging Logic and Heart in Women's Leadership.
A podcast for women seeking to thrive in male-dominated environments by cultivating confidence, emotional intelligence, and effective communication skills.
60. How High-Achieving Women Advance Without Burnout: Commanding vs. Coping
I reveal the four resiliency modes that shape how you lead and why most women get stuck in coping patterns that lead to burnout.
59. Survival Masks in Women’s Leadership: What They Are & How to Break Free
Discover a framework of six survival masks that women wear in professional settings and learn how to recognize when these masks limit rather than protect you.
58. Is Your Loyalty Actually Self-Abandonment? How High-Achieving Women Over-Give at Work
Join me this week as I explore the shadow side of loyalty: when your loyalty to others outweighs your loyalty to yourself.
57. The Power of Choice: From Reaction to Intention
We explore what really happens in your brain when you’re triggered, overwhelmed, or put on the spot - and how the path back to your authority is often just one conscious choice away.
56. Strategic Influence: The Feminine Way to Build Power Without Politics
If you’ve ever felt like your hard work isn’t translating into the opportunities you deserve, this episode will change the way you think about influence. Join me this week to learn how to map power dynamics, build authentic connections, and make yourself known to the people who can open doors for you.
55. The Power of Setting an Impossible Goal
In this special anniversary episode celebrating one year of The Balanced Leader, I explore the concept of impossible goals through my own journey of building a globally ranked podcast now in the top 2% worldwide and preparing for my upcoming TED talk.
54. The Neuroscience of Overwhelm: Shift From Panic to Presence
I break down the neuroscience behind why your brain floods with urgency when everything feels important, and how this survival pattern actually shuts down your executive functioning - the very part of your brain you need for leadership and discerning choices.
53. The Price of a Commanding Presence
Learn the price of a commanding presence, how to shift from the old game of "performing for approval" to the new game of self-empowered leadership, and practical steps to stay grounded when all eyes are on you.
52. How to Handle Being Interrupted
Learn 3 things most women leaders do when they’re interrupted and how it shrinks their power, and specific phrases you can use to reset meeting dynamics without attacking the interrupter.
51. No One F’s with Me Energy
Learn how to develop what I call "No One F's with Me Energy" - a powerful approach to maintaining your emotional boundaries while staying empathetic and effective.
50. You're Successful, So Why Are You So Resentful?
If you find yourself resentful and exhausted, even when you’re successful, this episode is for you. You’ll learn the three steps of the Self-Empowered Leadership Formula that will transform how you process challenges, helping you interrupt old patterns and choose empowerment over resentment or waiting to be valued.
49. The Executive Pause: How Leaders Command a Room with Silence
Discover why silence feels so awkward, how senior executives use pauses to signal thoughtfulness and long-term perspective, and practical techniques to implement immediately.
48. Why Real Empowerment Feels Wrong Before It Feels Right
I break down why empowerment feels wrong before it feels right, and how to navigate the messy middle between who you were and who you're becoming.
47. How to Handle an Angry Leader Without Losing Your Power
Learn a powerful reframe for understanding anger in leadership, plus 4 tactical tools to stop absorbing someone else's emotional storm.
46. What to Do When Your Boss Undermines You
Hear real-life examples from my coaching practice and corporate experience of what to do when your boss undermines you.
45. From Nice to Powerful: How to Lead with Authority in High-Stakes Rooms
Tune in this week as I reveal how to make the shift from nice to powerful while maintaining warmth and building trust.
44. Emotional Resilience Isn’t About Controlling Emotion - It’s About Commanding It
Discover why your anger matters, how to express difficult emotions without becoming a bulldozer, and what happens when you finally give yourself permission to use all four emotional directions.
43. Quiet Confidence: The Daily Ritual That Makes You Unshakable
Discover practical daily rituals to build self-validated intimacy, why your brain slides off compliments but grips criticism, and how to stop chasing confidence through achievements.
42. Is It Toxic - or Just Emotionally Immature? How Powerful Women Lead in Male-Dominated Workplaces
Learn the difference between toxic cultures and dysfunctional ones, and 3 tools for holding your power in dysfunctional cultures.
41. A High-Achiever’s Guide to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome with Sarah Boone
Sarah Boone, National Director of Project Management at Devereux joins me to unpack what imposter syndrome really sounds like in the moment and how it shows up differently than most people expect.