Loving Your Leadership Life®

Turning around a sinking ship has more to do with one person than anyone else. You know who it is. But is that person owning their leadership? Listen to discover: What leadership is and where it starts. The difference between being reliable and taking personal responsibility. How to know when you are lacking leadership maturity. What happens when you own that you are always choosing your thoughts,...

Do you worry about what your team thinks of you? It might be keeping you from showing up authentically. Listen to discover: The most important leadership lens to work on to improve performance. What happens when you stop taking things personally. What your team wants to see and hear from you. The creation formula you can work on to lead authentically. To stay up to date on everything Loving Your L...

What are some stories you hold tightly? Those stories can narrow your view if you repeat them over and over. You can broaden your view to see what you might be missing. Listen to discover: What may be driving your decisions and actions. How infants can teach us about narrowing perspectives. Some common leadership perspectives that can hinder a leader and their team. Questions you can ask yourself...

Leadership can sometimes feel like Groundhog Day. However, there is a way to lead and also experience more life. Listen to discover: How the leadership grind can keep you from seeing beyond the fires you put out every day. How to know when you are leading in automatic. What great leaders are able to do to break out of the grind. An easy strategy you can work on this week to help you see beyon...

Ever notice that you know what to do but you still manage to stay stuck? It is all very human. Listen to discover: The underlying thought that can keep you stuck. Ways to know if this is you. How we manage to stay in this self-created cycle. How you can start to erase that well-worn message that keeps you stuck. How your self-leadership creates a positive ripple effect. To stay up to date on every...

Looking to do some self-improvement this year? Make sure you check in on your motivation. Listen to discover: What drives a lot of our resolutions and goals without our noticing. What we are actually doing when we look to “fill a gap” or improve. How we can think about ourselves to create more positive motivation. What we need to clarify to help increase the likelihood of sticking to our resolutio...

Feeling a little wound up? I accidentally just had a year of unwinding. Listen to discover: How feeling at ease has nothing to do with doing less. The benefits of leading while being at ease. How you can make this your year of unwinding. To stay up to date on everything Loving Your Leadership Life™, click here ! If you think this content will help or be of interest to someone you know, send them o...

Have you started planning for the coming year? What might happen if you add some imagination to the mix? Listen to discover: The new addition to my visioning process. How building your imagination muscle can lead to new possibilities. How to cultivate imagination with your team. Benefits to using imaginative thinking. To stay up to date on everything Loving Your Leadership Life™, click here ! If y...

Every once in a while, I’m just off. Other times, I’m on fire. It all depends on how well I am managing my energy. When it is on point, I am too. Listen to discover: Why your energy is important in leadership. The four areas that comprise your energy. Some of the ways I help leaders to show up from their best energy. To stay up to date on everything Loving Your Leadership Life™, click here ! If yo...

We want the opportunities but they come along with some pain. It is all part of the curriculum. Are you in? Listen to discover: Why we avoid pain. Some of the ways we keep ourselves stuck. What happens to your leadership and life when you seek pain out instead. Interested in learning more about how this works? It is easier than you think. Click here to schedule a complimentary consult. To che...

Sometimes we don’t want to be where we are and wish we could be somewhere else instead. What if we flip that thought? Listen to discover: The idea about wishing you were somewhere else that may be causing discontent. What might happen if you accept that you can create contentment in the here and now instead. Good advice to help calm nerves before going on a big stage. What not wanting to be i...

The holidays are here and it’s time for some reflection. What do you want to bring into existence the coming year? Listen to discover: Why create is such a great word for inspiration. How opening up to new ways of thinking makes the difference between the dreamers and the doers. What we can learn about bringing something into existence from Olympians. How to tap into your future self to figure out...

Are you missing out on what others can offer because of how you think they make you feel? Often, we create a knowing gap when we focus on the effect and not the perspective others bring to the table. Listen to discover: How well we really know the people on our team. What you are focusing on that keeps you from seeing the hidden potential of others. The magic dust that helps yo...

Sometimes we hold people back and we don’t even realize it. Seeing and accepting how we do this is how to inspire rather than lessen performance. Listen to discover: The secret to being a great leader. How your blind spots can be demoralizing to your team. Examples of common leadership behaviors that unintentionally lessen the input and output of others. Questions you can ask to shed light on your...

Do you have perfectionist tendencies? Sometimes we can’t tell how much they hold us back. Listen to discover: What unconsciousness is and how it can keep us from growing. What drives perfectionism and its potential outcomes. How to think differently about the pressures that we put on ourselves. Some mind shifts to try out to move beyond perfectionism. Interested in learning more about how this wor...

Do you feel stuck sometimes? Being indecisive can keep us from learning what we are made of and what we can accomplish. Listen to discover: The number one thing we tell ourselves that keeps us stuck. Strategies to try out for making decisions quicker. The most important thing you can work on to ensure that you don’t hold yourself back by being indecisive. Interested in learning more about how this...

Is your heart feeling heavy these days? When you are hurting for what others are feeling and are unable to help, that sense of helplessness is called empathic distress. Listen to discover: How empathic distress shows up and what it can lead to over time. Why consciously practicing self-leadership is so helpful in times like these. Steps you can take to ease your own sadness for what others are exp...

The world is pretty challenging right now. The same holds true for leadership. You might be asking what you can do to make things better. Here is an invitation to make a real impact. Listen to discover: Why most life coaches become life coaches. The unintended consequences of leadership. What the research shows about the impact of life coaching. What happens when physicians receive coaching. What...

What are you telling yourself about your stress? Here is a more helpful way to think about it. Listen to discover: The simple tweak in your thinking that will make stress your friend. What can happen when you change the way you look at your stressors. How to reframe common stress thoughts to reduce your stress response. To check out my Loving Your Leadership Life™ membership, go to drjuliabarrow.c...

Every now and then, the universe reminds me that plans don’t always work out. I’m ok with that. What about you? Listen to discover: The missing part about making plans. What happens when you accept that plans will not always work out. Why we create our own tension about plans. The one thought you can drop to ease that tension. To check out my Loving Your Leadership Life™ membership, go to drjuliab...

The pursuit of achievement sure can be overwhelming. How is it impacting you? Are you tying your worth to performance? Listen to discover: How achievement culture starts early and continues into adulthood. The tie between performance and social status. How to reframe self-induced pressure to get results from a state of calm. What you model when you recalibrate. To check out my Loving Your Leadersh...

Sometimes it seems impossible to stay on top of that to do list. Trying to keep up with it feels so overwhelming. What might happen if you loosen up your grip on it? Listen to discover: What an invisible mental load is and how it makes you feel. What might happen if you loosen up your expectations of yourself? How to do a risk assessment on tasks you are most attached to on your to do list. The me...

Last week, Simon Cowell opened up about his own mental health journey. It is a perfect example of the concept I call leadership calming. Let’s take a deeper dive. Listen to discover: What kept Simon from taking his mental health more seriously. What Simon said it felt like when he was able to process what was holding him back. What is fueling our internal engines. How to balance out the stress and...

The human body always wants to be calm but goes into survival mode when it is under constant stress. If you notice your body trying to self-soothe, there are some ways to help it. Listen to discover: The two driving systems that control your emotional state. How you contribute to your primary emotional state. What it takes to change your emotional state for the long term. Three easy leadership cal...

There is an invisible part of leadership that requires way more of you than you might expect. When you learn to deal with it all, though, look out. Listen to discover: The invisible part of leadership. What leadership brings to the surface time and time again. Why leadership really takes courage. What it takes to hold the hard parts and the joyful parts of leadership at once. The extra benefits of...