The Soulful Leader Podcast

What if your life, and your business, could go from surface level, average, non-fulfilling to rewarding and filled with substance?  Today’s podcast answers that question. Self-awareness and introspection in identifying one's values, as well as recognizing and aligning internal and external values leads to deeper relationships, better decision-making, and a more fulfilling life. Yet, most of u...

For what purpose were you born in this time? In this place? With these people? In this situation? There is a reason. “For every single problem, there is a solution right next to it. And those solutions are us.” - Maren Oslac Life is more than meeting, or even exceeding, societal expectations. Ask anyone who has climbed that ladder. As leaders, we often feel pressured into doing all the ‘right’ thi...

Perfectionism is rampant in our culture. The pressure to do things right, right now, has induced in us a fear of making mistakes. Ironically, that very aversion is what keeps us from doing things ‘right’. It’s a horrible incapacitating cycle that HAS to be broken. Today, Maren & Stephanie talk about this ‘cycle’ we’ve caught in a fun and engaging way, laughing at their own mistakes (yes, Steph...

What if the skills you’ll need to retire well are also the skills you need to live well? And to lead well? It turns out, they are. Retirement is not just reserved for a stage late in life when you're not working anymore, it happens throughout our lives on multiple levels. So having some skill with it can literally change your whole world. Imagine a part of yourself that you’d love to ‘retire’...

“We're not here just to do what everyone else is doing. There's some puzzle piece that we bring to the whole, that's our gift.” - Carissa Kazyss Society has a way of getting us to try to fit in. It’s built into our school system, it’s pervasive across all ad platforms and, subconsciously, it runs our lives. Today’s guest firmly believes that your unique self is the key - not only to...

In a world that celebrates giving and vilifies receiving, how do we learn to receive? And why is it important, especially to leaders? Stephanie and Maren discuss this critical component of leadership that impacts everything from relationships to bottom lines. This powerful podcast looks at receiving through the lens of limiting beliefs, definitions of success, agendas, alternative perspectives and...

“How we lead others is how we lead ourselves.” What does that even mean? And how does it help me as a person, and as a leader? We are different with different people - we’re one way with our spouse, another with our boss, another with our teams - we take on different personas. Last week Maren and Stephanie talked about this ‘inner’ cast of characters and this week they share three powerful practic...

Let’s step into controversy! In business we’re often told to give more than expected. That’s good business. Yet personally, giving more that someone expects, needs or wants is often  a sign of an unhealthy, co-dependent relationship. So which is it? How do we know if we should give more than expected or hold back? This is such a key subject for leaders and businesses that Stephanie and Maren went...

Resiliency. We all want it.  It’s a buzzword in business.  Everyone has an opinion on how to ‘be resilient’. This week, Maren and Stephanie take a look at this hot leadership topic from a slightly different perspective and give three clear, actionable steps that work. If you are ready to up the resiliency in your life and your leadership, you will love today’s podcast. We work hard, grow into prod...

Values are powerful tools, yet most of the time we don’t know what a value is, no less what our particular values are.  Today Stephanie and Maren pull apart what values mean to us personally, and in our businesses. Knowing your values (and your business’ values) is one of the single most impactful thing you can do to attract customers and teams, to increase revenue and retention and even to meet M...

You feel the pressure to excel and exceed and yet you don’t feel connection or support. You start to feel isolated and want to give up. Where do you turn?  How do you bring out the best in yourself? In the people around you? Today’s guest, Jeff Sanchez, experienced that isolation growing up and is now all about creating the remedy - for himself and the world around him.  As a leader he uses his sk...

Negative emotions in our culture are something to be “fixed” and are usually pushed away, blocked or ignored - shoved under the bed of our lives. Just because we've blocked or ignored something doesn't mean that it's gone away, which is essential for leaders to understand. All those things that are pushed aside still take up time and energy, and they actually begin to control life f...

You’re pedaling away in your business and a car goes by at top speed, you pedal faster not knowing how to switch vehicles. Like does attract like, so your life of pedaling attracts more of the same,  gurus teaching how to pedal more efficiently, partners, employees and friends, all working hard and pedaling away.  All this work means you are not in the right place to hear, see or feel all the clue...

Vicki Keith is one of the most successful marathon swimmers in the history of the sport. She holds an unprecedented 16 world records, many of which surpassed both the male and female mark - including her record for swimming the 93 km double crossing of Lake Ontario in 1987, being the first person to swim across all five Great Lakes in 1988 and the distance world record for open water butterfly at...

Cleaning out a garage leads to a conversation about inner transformation and the truth of living joyfully. Learn how to break free from old patterns and embrace your life of abundance. “You can transform through pain and suffering or you can transform through joy and abundance and the magic of life” ~ Daniel Goodenough Did you know that you have a choice?  The tendency to fight, or to run away, pe...

We’re all going somewhere, where are you going? Have you noticed that you struggle the most with the things you most want? There’s a reason. There’s also a way to change it.  If you’re tired of the inner mind chatter and ready to create a life that you enjoy, that’s in-joy, today’s episode is for you. This week, Stephanie and Maren bring simplicity and impact to the understanding that thoughts cre...

“My mindset has always been, we have a finite amount of time on this earth. And I don't want to get to the point where I look back and feel like I've wasted my entire career time, doing something that didn't make me happy, or didn't make me fulfilled, or for me, didn't make me feel like I was impacting my community in a positive way.” ~ Trina Clarke This week's podcas...

Do the right things, hold the right job, make the right amount of money, be self-reliant - this is how we get accepted, be lovable. Stay in the box, or you get shamed. This is the narrative of our culture. We are immersed in it and don’t even realize how much it runs our lives. Today, Stephanie and Maren share a few of the ways they are transcending this false, and harmful, narrative and how that...

Season Two of the Soulful Leader Podcast has officially begun! Season One spanned 144 podcasts - one podcast every week for almost 3 years. Yes, a single season spanning that many episodes is unusual, and if you are a regular listener, you know that not much about Stephanie and Maren fits the norm. Thank goodness. Soulful leaders have a deep-seated longing for something more in life, beyond extern...

Do you wake up to a to-do list already waiting for you? Do you ever feel stuck in the life you’ve created? It’s possible that you are not in flow. One of the quickest ways to step into flow is by starting to live questions instead of answers. This seems counter-intuitive. It’s not. As a child you knew this - your natural state was asking questions - and then you got conditioned out of it. Question...

Did you know that asking the question ‘how?’ can be dangerous?  It’s probably the most common question we ask, especially as leaders, and it can destroy the very things we seek to create. How will he get that done?  How do we find more clients?  How will I make 7 figures?  All great questions, and it’s essential they are asked in the right timing. When the timing is wrong, it’s actually debilitati...

You are MORE than you believe. We know it.  You don’t realize how much of your self image is based on conditioning, based on your past. There are BRILLIANT aspects of you that you’ve squashed and put aside, because you were conditioned to fit in, you were told you were ‘too much’. It’s time to retrieve those parts and step into your shiny, amazing, uniqueness. It’s time to own your natural flow. B...

There's a genius in all of us, how do we unlock it? This is such a critical question for ourselves AND our businesses Maren & Stephanie have dedicated 6 full podcasts to this question, and exploring answers. There’s tons and tons of business advice out there, everyone telling you ‘do this, do that’. Yet it may not be right for you, your unique genius. How can you tell? Over 6 episodes Ste...

Do you ever feel like you just wish you had more energy to get through your day? You’ve had the life sucked of you and you're reaching for the fridge, or the worst type of thing, to help pick you up? Understanding your natural flow, and the flow of those around you, can help you stay out of that downward spiral. This is especially true for leaders who are constantly dealing with teams of conf...

Do you use your profile tests for you, or your business? Have you found that the results become a novelty, or even an excuse for bad behavior? Or are you able to use them as a means to really owning your (and your team’s) Genius AND increasing the flow of your business? Profile tests have the potential to help us grow as people, as leaders and even to help us grow our businesses, when used with in...