Dominate Your Day

What if the reason you feel depleted as a leader has less to do with working too hard and more to do with misdiagnosing what's actually draining you? In this episode of Dominate Your Day, I unpack a powerful coaching conversation about leadership burnout, the hidden cost of too many open loops, and why traditional advice like "just rest more" often falls short. I also introduce a framework that ha...

This summer on Dominate Your Day, we are returning to the episode vault to bring back experts to discuss each of Gallup's five essential areas of wellbeing: Purpose, Social, Financial, Physical, and Community. Today we explore Physical Wellbeing an area that leaders often try to ignore and "push through" the discomfort for the sake of productivity. In this episode, Dr. Gloria Salvo (listen to epis...

Instead of measuring success by tasks completed or constant busyness, what if we measured it by whether or not we made choices that were in alignment with our authentic identity, strengths, and values? In this episode, I introduce a practical framework for intentional daily design: starting the day with a clear intention, focusing on the three most meaningful actions tied to personal strengths, an...

This summer on Dominate Your Day, we are going back into the episode vault to bring back experts to discuss each of Gallup's five essential areas of wellbeing: Purpose, Social, Financial, Physical, and Community. Today we explore Financial Wellbeing the area leaders are least likely to talk about openly. For this episode, Linda Grizely financial educator and creator of the Me Money concept talks a...

Burnout is caused by having too much work... or is it? Research shows that most leaders today are exhausted not from workload, but from constant cognitive overload endless context switching, reactive decision-making, and operating on autopilot. In this episode, I share the concept of the "Daily Revolution," a practice of leading intentionally from one's authentic identity rather than from stress o...

Joining us for today's episode is Meg Hinkley, a volunteer leader with Texas Search and Rescue who has served on more than 130 deployments over the last 13 years. From leading teams during devastating Texas Hill Country floods to helping families navigate the unimaginable pain of missing loved ones, Meg shares what it means to lead with empathy, trust, and integrity. She reminds us that leadership...

What if the problem isn't your schedule but your energy? In this episode of Dominate Your Day, I challenge the traditional focus on time management. Many leaders spend their days optimizing calendars and workflows, yet still end up drained. Why? Because time is neutral it's alignment that determines whether an activity energizes or depletes you. When your work taps into your strengths, values, and...

In this episode, I discuss a critical but often overlooked leadership skill: emotional recognition. High-performing leaders often fall into the trap of suppressing emotions in the name of productivity, but those buried feelings don't disappear they resurface in subtle, costly ways. This disconnect can even lead to a sense of burnout and loss of purpose, not from overwork, but from operating out of...

In this episode of Dominate Your Day, I share five hidden "mission killers" that quietly derail even the most purpose-driven leaders. The issue isn't a lack of care it's subtle patterns like poor routines, decision fatigue, weak boundaries, people-pleasing, and competing priorities. These habits pull leaders into reactive mode and away from their true direction. The key? Awareness and small, inten...

On this episode of Dominate Your Day, I had the privilege of speaking with Jenn Greenhut, whose life took a profound turn after being diagnosed with stage four cancer. Before that moment, she had spent years striving for perfection, often tying her worth to achievement. Initially, her diagnosis felt like punishment, but everything shifted when she chose to see it differently. Instead of fighting h...

Kendrick Leckband's story is a powerful example of what it looks like to step out of a successful career and into a more authentic life. After a high-performing career at a private equity firm, she came to a realization: she wasn't showing up as her true self. Through intentional self-work, including discovering her strengths, clarifying her values, crafting a personal mission statement, Kendrick...

In this episode of Dominate Your Day, I share about the Hula Hoop Principle a simple but transformative way to rethink leadership and personal responsibility. Introduced to me by my therapist many years ago, this principle has completely shifted my perspective. I've noticed that leaders exhaust themselves trying to control others while neglecting the one thing they fully own themselves. The "hula...

Vanessa Peace shares a powerful story of reinvention, resilience, and rediscovery after an unexpected job loss. Drawing from a dynamic career spanning companies like Southwest Airlines, AT&T, and the American Cancer Society, Vanessa reflects on how her personal challenges including raising a daughter with complex medical needs shaped her leadership style and deepened her sense of purpose. Through...

On this episode of Dominate Your Day, Ellen Wood, CEO of VCFO, talks about what it means to be a trailblazer.  Nearly 30 years ago, Ellen pioneered the fractional CFO model long before "virtual" became part of everyday business language. What started as a bold, unconventional idea has now served more than 6,000 clients and helped define an entire industry.     W e discuss  culture, accountability,...

On this episode of Dominate Your Day, I had the privilege of sitting down with Sharon Eubank to talk about her new book, Doing Small Things with Great Love , and the powerful lessons she's learned from nearly three decades of global humanitarian work. Sharon emphasizes that real help is always an exchange grounded in respect, dignity, and listening rather than assuming we know what's best for othe...

Values aren't what you say. They're what you protect especially when it costs something. In this episode, I offer 3 diagnostic questions to help you determine whether or not your values guide your leadership decisions. When values are compromised quietly over time, leadership starts to feel hollow. This isn't a personality problem, it's an alignment gap. When your strengths operate disconnected fr...

Here's what no one tells you about strengths: knowing them isn't enough. Many high-performing leaders know their strengths well and still feel drained or disconnected not because they're doing something wrong, but because something is out of alignment. This episode explores why strengths alone aren't enough and what to notice when leadership starts feeling heavier than it should. I also unpack the...

In this episode of the Dominate Your Day podcast, I speak with speaker, identity strategist, and co-founder and CEO of Build-A-Biz Kids, Leah Coss, to explore how early identity formation shapes the trajectory of our lives. Leah shares her personal journey from growing up in a chaotic and unsafe environment, to making destructive choices as a teenager, to experiencing a pivotal moment of self-awar...

Organizational consultant Jacqueline Robinson joins me for a powerful conversation on authenticity, leadership, and what it truly means to lead from within. We explore my proprietary framework, Authentic Imprint™ the alignment of strengths, core values, mission, and emotional recognition and how these elements shift depending on the season of life you're in. Jacqueline shares how her mission of el...

In this episode, I challenge one of the most common leadership assumptions we've all been taught: that better time management is the answer. But perfectly organized calendars still leave so many leaders exhausted. The real issue isn't time it's energy. It is energy that is your strategic leadership asset managing it intentionally is essential in today's workplace. Listen in to learn about the four...

As we step into 2026, I'm seeing a shift that every leader needs to pay attention to. People aren't quitting their jobs they're shrinking inside them. In this episode, I unpack what that quiet disengagement really looks like and why it's an identity issue, not a motivation or productivity problem. I walk through three warning signs I'm seeing: Addition Sickness, Quiet Cracking, and Job Hugging and...

In this episode of Dominate Your Day, I speak with Dr. Camille Preston, business psychologist and owner of Aim Leadership, about navigating grief, mental health, and authentic leadership. We unpack the concept of "telescoping grief" how personal and collective loss can merge and become overwhelming and the importance of sitting with those emotions rather than pushing them aside. We discuss the ris...

"Change me first." Those three simple words changed everything for me. As we kick off Season 5 of the Dominate Your Day podcast, I want to share my own story. I had outward success—a respected career, titles, and accomplishments that looked great on paper—but felt empty on the inside. People-pleasing, fixing, and performing leadership left me exhausted and disconnected from who I really was. In th...