Means to Ascend

In this episode we dive into the fight and flight response and some tools we can use to move through our stress. We'll learn how this is showing up for us and how regulation can help us to become better leaders.  To join the Means to Ascend leadership community you can go to https://ascendantnow.com/means-to-ascend/. 

In this episode we normalize the stress responses fawn and freeze and talk about gentle strategies to move through them.  If you'd like to join our free leadership group "Means to Ascend" you can sign up here .  For more information on Ascendant's leadership style and strategies to implement go here . 

Today we'll talk about our nervous systems and some of the common stress responses we find ourselves falling into including fawn, fight, flight, and freeze. The biggest takeaway from today is learning that this responses are not inherently bad, but to bring some more awareness as to what we feel most often and what is triggering it. In our next episode we'll touch base on tools to regula...

Join us as we chat about how important self awareness is in leadership and beyond. We discuss self aware vs. unaware traits in leaders, how to become more comfortable with feedback, how to shift our perspectives, and more.  Join our free leadership community Means to Ascend and get access to amazing content drops, office hours and free workshops: https://ascendantnow.com/means-to-ascend/ To learn...

Welcome to our first podcast episode as we introduce ourselves and talk about our recovering perfectionist journeys. We'll explain why perfectionism is so harmful to our mental health as well as detrimental to our leadership ability, and how we're finding more ways to lead imperfectly.