What if your patterns — even the ones that trip you up — are actually trying to protect you?

Let's dive into personality patterns -- what they are, why they are essential to understand about ourselves and how to learn how to manage them. I share the single most profound developmental experience I've been through, the Hoffman Process (link below) where I came to terms with my patterns and learned how to manage them. We'll dive into how to identify yours and tools to learn how to recognize when and where they are showing up. Always remember -- you are NOT your patterns; they are a part of you...but not all of you. 

What if growth doesn’t start with fixing, but instead with understanding ourselves?

In this episode I reflect on how as a society it seems we're so focused on needing to fix ourselves. Or even thinking we are broken in some way aka in need of fixing. We look at the role fixed and growth mindset can play in this (and my own experience of falling off a bike at a young impressionable age) as well as negativity bias and other concepts brought to light via Positive Psychology. Ultimately I offer an invitation to rebrand the need or desire to fix yourself, and instead work to better understand yourself. This is far more valuable! 

What if the part of leadership that needs the most attention isn’t on your resume? 

In this episode I talk about how professional development and personal development are not the same and it's critical to not assume one can accomplish the other. If/when professional development is a priority within an organization, aka there is budget, rarely does it focus on personal development – where the real work lies and where there is an ever greater impact for the leader and everyone around them. Professional development teaches strategy and execution, but not emotional regulation or inner clarity. Both are very important yet professional development most certainly cannot replace personal development. 

Why are you the hardest person you'll ever lead? 

In this episode we reflect on how we move through life often being out of alignment with our most authentic self. This makes leading you much more complicated. I share a simple framework I created that challenges you to see where you are living in full alignment with who you are, and where are you not?  I share my crossroads moment and invite you to consider each and every aspect of your world and how it could be more aligned to you (vs the person you been hustling to be, feeling you should be, or trying to be to make others happy). This is when you're leading you. 

What exactly does 'the work of you' mean and is this podcast for you?

Simply put -- it's the work of getting to know yourself and how to manage yourself so you are living and leading as your most authentic self. This show is for high achieving humans who are happy enough, maybe successful enough, probably high functioning enough, but also recognize there are areas that could be optimized. 

In this episode I share a little bit of who I am and why I feel called to produce this podcast -- to help as many humans as possible deeply understand themselves so you can enjoy spending the rest of your life with the one person you're guaranteed to never escape - you. 

Welcome to The Work of You — a podcast about the leadership that matters most… the kind that starts from within. This isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about finally understanding yourself — so your choices, relationships, and leadership actually align with who you really are.