Learn how to discern whether feedback to "smile more" is about diffusing your power or genuine goodwill, and the significant difference between smiling because someone told you to and choosing to smile for yourself. 

I sit down with Sonali Fiske, master storyteller and my TEDx speaker coach, to explore why the people who shape rooms, cultures, and futures aren't always the loudest or most credentialed. They're the ones who can move people, and nothing moves people like story.

Learn how most women confuse power with compliance moves and survival strategies they've outgrown, and how to use my Self-Empowered Leadership Formula to step into your power.

Learn why so many brilliant women leave the game right before they win, and how to build the fortitude to stay and lead in male-dominated spaces. 

Learn how building internal safety enables you to make conscious choices that move you expansively toward what you want.

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Gertrude Lyons, a transformational leadership and development coach who believes something that stops most women in their tracks: every woman is a mother, with or without children.

In this episode, you're witnessing something extraordinary: real women in a live coaching session with me, discovering exactly how their thoughts create their leadership presence.

I reveal the four resiliency modes that shape how you lead and why most women get stuck in coping patterns that lead to burnout.

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. 

Join me this week as I explore the shadow side of loyalty: when your loyalty to others outweighs your loyalty to yourself. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Discover why silence feels so awkward, how senior executives use pauses to signal thoughtfulness and long-term perspective, and practical techniques to implement immediately.

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.