The Leader's Table by Diana Murphy

In this episode of The Leader's Table Podcast, host Diana Murphy discusses how to navigate intense emotional moments—anger, anxiety, sadness—during leadership situations like team meetings, difficult conversations, or receiving bad news. Rather than judging or suppressing emotions, she frames them as a portal to wisdom, values, integrity, and truth, helping leaders stay grounded instead of reactin...

In this episode of The Leader's Table Podcast, host Diana Murphy lays out the "dirty secret" of transformational growth for business owners and leaders: real change is often confusing, disorienting, and guaranteed to bring strong emotions, not just excitement.  She argues emotions aren't good or bad, and that resisting grief, anxiety, fear, anger, or disappointment can block not only growth but al...

A leader with a strong presence is often overlooked for support, because people assume they're fine. This is especially true for high-capacity individuals whose lives appear successful on the outside and who may need extra privacy while navigating major business transitions. In this episode, Diana Murphy shares excerpts of her conversation with Caryn Gillen. They discuss resourcing as a baseline—c...

Diana Murphy returns to the microphone after time away, sharing that she has been deepening her work through major personal transition.   She explains that many client challenges are not solved by mindset alone, and she is relaunching with an integration of coaching modalities, real-life stories, and high-impact conversations aimed at leaders, entrepreneurs, and high-integrity, high-capacity peopl...

Annabelle Chamberlain and I had a profound conversation about transforming the way we handle grief. Both of us are from the Life Coach School and we talked about personal experiences and professional insights into managing grief beyond the conventional understanding. Annabelle shared her journey through the grief of losing her father and how it propelled her into specializing in grief coaching, fo...

Welcome back to "The Leaders Table."  I'm your host, Diana Murphy, and today's episode is truly special. Joining me is the incredible Kristen Rocco, who specializes in bold and noteworthy branding, —a theme that resonates deeply with my own journey into more vulnerable, authentic business practices. Kristen and I first crossed paths at a networking dinner, and it was instantly clear that we shared...

You do not want to miss the insights and light bulb shares that happened in this conversation with author Anita Henderson.  Becoming the Minimalist Entrepreneur: Lessons from My Journey to Work Less, Earn More and Play More is a memoir packed with encouraging insights and great nuggets learned along the way. Dig into this podcast and expect to be encouraged and inspired by new ways of thinking abo...

In today's episode, I will let you in on some of the  paths to embracing personal growth and business transformation.   On my journey of becoming single after 40 years of marriage, I learned the importance of self-love, identity shifts, and creating a supportive social life.  Initially uncomfortable, I challenged societal norms and expectations, emphasizing the need to honor my emotions and create...

Welcome to our first REAL episode of the Leader's Table. Bonnie and I have a lively conversation with all the why's & how's of creating great connection with simple loving gestures. And why this can be so important for healthy leadership. Learn how investing in loving gestures and creating small moments of connection with a loved one ARE the key to: Supporting your well-being as a leader. Helping...

This podcast introduces a fresh way of doing business for me. I'm bringing to the table conversations to inspire, clarify and embolden you to do what YOU know you're called to do in the world. Yes, your business is a calling no matter what your actual business is.  And Leadership is brave…….welcome to the party! In this podcast: I will cover that one of my sources of shame growing up is actually a...

The No Regrets-Just Joy theme continues..... What a thrill to bring Bridgette back on the podcast.  Our first conversation was amazing, episode link below.  Just wait until you hear about her new book and get the inside track to a healthier and more powerful mindset around Money.  Her book launch day is TODAY, September 12th, let's celebrate with her and dig into our powerful conversation around m...

Creating No Regrets Just Joy with insightful coaching. One of my favorite coaches, Caryn Gillen, invited me to be coached on her podcast. Yup, live coaching, no prepared script and it was a great session for me on a day I really needed it.  I'm sharing this with you today because I am still benefiting myself from listening to it. Let me know if you do as well. To benefit from this episode: Listen...

No Regrets-Just Joy Series I struggle with what I am sharing with you today.  I did not have a natural way of processing emotion. I have been great my entire life at stuffing it. In today's episode I share the HOW of processing emotion and the WHY it is important. There is joy and insight on the other side, I promise.  Our natural reaction is to avoid emotion, especially the really uncomfortable o...

Diana is back on the mic solo style!  This is a powerful episode where she shares how Overidentifying as a Business Owner is what got in my way of living a great life! Turns out that living a full life creates a full business. Take Aways:  How a Revenue Goal can get in the way of your great work Focus on the Impact you're making vs the gap in reaching your goals Making Relationships a Priority vs...

Listen into this vibrant and encouraging discussion with owners Chantel and Mwale.  They run the League of Experts community.  Of course their work is right up my alley, they LOVE helping owners lean into their unique edge & genius as they grow their businesses.   Takeaways: You can meet your husband and business partner at the same time.  What a beautiful love and life story they share on how the...

Prepared to be encouraged by this authentic conversation between 2 coaches who have seen it all: pivots, disappointments and also aligned results.  Ben and I get into the nitty gritty of the way to create a resilient mindset as you grow your business and make important decisions on what your committed to going forward.   About Ben: Dr. Benjamin Ritter, founder of Live for Yourself Consulting, is a...

I had an absolute blast interviewing the man behind this podcast.  Jeremy created the music for my podcast and produces every episode. He calls himself a sound designer.   I couldn't wait to share this interview with you, his story of moving from a corporate space and creating a audio editing business of his own.   The first thought Jeremy shared was that when he produced The Regret-proof podcast,...

Pouya Haidari 5.5.23 Listen to this high energy interview with Pouya Haidari.  He specializes in sales but has so much to share about his journey as an owner.  Pouya shares that one of his personality traits was being stubborn by nature.  That stick to it mentality has really given him great success. I most loved hearing about his early departure from corporate because he KNEW this didn't fit him....

I contacted Jacqueline for an interview after she shared a great post on LInkedIn that really got my intention.  Listen into another Smart, Brave High Integrity trusted advisor who bring commercial banking to the small business owner.  I loved our interview, you will too. Jacqueline spent over twenty years in business banking before starting Commercial Capital Solutions. She identified the need fo...

just loved my conversation with Robert, we're colleagues in Atlanta and when I heard his story of scaling and then deciding NOT scale and why, I knew you had to hear the story.  To scale or not to scale?  Join us for this vibrant discussion around scaling.  Robert as a Financial professional loves helping companies to scale.  But is scaling for you?  Listen into Roberts story of his own business b...

There are so many nuggets in this vibrant interview.  Be sure to get to know VK and his work better by checking out his website .  His Ted Talk is great. I loved the opportunity to interview VK, listening to his story of business building you learn so much about him.  VK teaches us something important, seeing our FULL potential.  Hint: it's unlimited! He built his business and helps others build t...

Come meet client and now friend Kim Wachtel on the podcast today!!! Kim brings her experience and her shares her challenge with growth in her business and how to bring in more support and help when needed.  Kim trusted HOW she wanted to do her business and it has paid off!! I highly recommend Kim as a realtor in Atlanta on BOTH the selling and buying side.  She loves helping her clients pick not o...

Mark and I had a great discussion on our podcast.  Dig into hear some powerful nuggets on how to grow as a solo owner.  He holds a "not to do" meeting with his team weekly, I loved hearing about this powerful tool.  Listen in how he shares that 'constraint' (doing less, focusing on ideal clients, etc.) is a powerful innovation driver.  He also shares a unique way he helps business owners create th...

Listen in as I interview Chris Castillo, EOS Implementer.  Chris shares his experience of becoming a solo practitioner after being a part of a huge growth as co-founder of The Life Coach School.  We pull back the curtain and Chris shares the challenges we all face when we think we have to run a small business on our own.   Chris is an EOS Implementer and lives in Dallas.  He works with companies t...

Tiffany Castagno is CEO & Founder of CEPHR, LLC , a Human Resources Consulting Firm that supports Small to Mid-sized Businesses to build their infrastructures-to-scale, strong teams, and a strong Employer Brand and Culture. Plan to be inspired by Tiffany's energy and beautiful sharing of her story of starting her solo practice in the HR Field.  I got to know Tiffany through my network and loved he...