The Soulful Leader Podcast

Valentine's Day - love it? hate it?  It doesn’t matter because we’ve got vases, cats, 4 minute miles, and the secret to abundance… everything a leader needs to become the remedy for the world!  Stephanie shares a story about her cat breaking a treasured vase, which then gets repurposed… yes, with love, by a client. Maren & Stephanie dive into this simple story and find treasure after trea...

Have you ever thought of your life as a piece of art?  How about your business, or job, or home, or meal?  What would it be like to show up to your business, to your home, to your partner, from a place of “I'm creating art” instead of just slogging through the day?  It would change everything. Today’s special guest, Deanne Fitzpatrick, lives her life with the ideal to create beauty everyday....

Ready to get OFF the crazy train? Then this podcast is for you! What would change in your life if YOU were in charge of your inner pharmacy instead of being a slave to it?  Most of the time we are at the mercy of our chemicals, an adrenalin rush triggered by stress, followed by a crash, looking for the next high, trying to create some equilibrium with yoga, meditation or working out, and then thro...

Leadership is evolving.  Will you be ushering in the change?  Or will you watch from the sidelines hoping to catch up?  If you want to continue to be relevant, now is the time to shift. It is more important than ever to go inward, to take the inner journey.  Self awareness is what is going to change, not only our businesses, but our relationships, our teams and our world. It is our responsibility...

Do you know the symptoms of burnout? Do you ever ignore ongoing physical ailments so you can 'just keep going'? If so, you might be like today’s guest who was 'pushing through' her life thinking her exhaustion, dizzy spells and other chronic issues were ‘normal’.  This week's very special guest, Michelle Leotta, experienced burnout herself and decided to dedicate her life...

A tapestry is created from the back side. The artist works from behind and sees the mess, the hanging threads, the transitions, etc. The world sees the polished, finished looking front, even while it’s in process. A perfect metaphor for our lives and our work. We are the creators of our lives, we not only see the mess, we live in it. The world, looking in, has a very different perspective. Stephan...

How you do one thing is how you do everything and bringing this awareness into your new year affords opportunities you might never have seen before. This theme winds its way through all parts of today’s podcast taking you to a new place for the year to come. Maren and Stephanie share stories about lights, beginnings and endings and up-leveling standards to become the person you want to be. They al...

The magic of the butterfly ...it's a future potential lying within the imaginal cells of the caterpillar, it only becomes a butterfly when transformation is triggered and the process completed.  The perfect metaphor for us, where we are individually, and as a collective on the planet right now.  You feel it. Your own actualization process has been triggered and you are being called by your fu...

Is your holiday season a mad sprint to do all the things, see all the people and tick off all the jobs? There is still time to do it DIFFERENTLY this year. What If you took a half step back, tuned in, then re-engaged on your terms? As a leader, you’d empower all those around you to do the same, you’d be leading from meaning; from a centered, internal compass. Stephanie and Maren help all of us shi...

What would your Holidays be like if you could be REALLY present?   To the sacredness, to the people, to yourself? It’s the season of the longest nights, the most inward time of year, and yet we push ourselves to go, and do, and buy. Stephanie and Maren talk about bringing a bit of presence to ourselves, our needs and nature’s rhythms to transform the holidays… and beyond.  They also share their ow...

How do you create, or run, a business while also caring for humans, helping the Earth, and at the same time have it be really successful?  Today’s guest is an expert in that arena and her insights are amazing. She’s started and mentored multiple businesses and is passionate about this planet and all the people on board, so her start-up have featured sustainability in the forefront. She’s also expl...

What if you weren’t running through your life trying to ‘fix’ it? Imagine a day, a week, a year, or even a lifetime of being present to what is meant to unfold, confidently doing what you are called to do, and joyfully learning from it …with love. Your life would be radically different. Today, Maren and Stephanie go deeply into the interconnectedness of tolerations and delights and the choices tha...

This may be the most important episode we’ve done. As we head into the holidays, we are surrounded by the desire to gift our family and friends with love and kindness - an awesome thing to do! Yet our current consumer based ecosystem has taught us that giving ‘things’ is how we show our love and appreciation.  In today’s episode, Maren & Stephanie talk to Erin Attere, a woman who left her 6-fi...

“...but Susie makes it look so easy…”  Is there a version of this that you say to yourself?  Be honest.  We are ALWAYS comparing ourselves, and yes, even our learning process to those around us, and we usually come up short. Why? Because we compare ourselves to the people who are already where we want to be! We don’t look at those behind us, or take into consideration all the elements that got the...

“You've been down there, Neo. You know that road. You know exactly where it ends. I know that’s not where you want to be.” ~ Trinity, The Matrix We are all searching.  Like Neo, we know there is more to life. Yet we don’t know how to access it ...and then we either feel sorry for ourselves, or we chastise ourselves.  In today’s episode Maren & Stephanie laugh about, AND debunk, the ‘poor...

Who are we beyond what we do? When Stu Murray almost died and lost his career, and his identity, as a pro footballer, he made the choice to find out. His amazing journey led him to become a leader, lover and visionary… from the inside.  What a beautiful podcast. We had the honor of interviewing Stu this week. We talked about everything from what defines a leader, to relationships, to yoga, to his...

Have you ever looked under the hood of ‘generosity’?  What does generosity mean to you?  Why does it matter?  Could you be ‘generous’ with yourself?  How might that impact your life? Your business? This episode was recorded soon after the week that hurricanes Ian & Fiona impacted Canada and the USA. Often tragedy brings out the best in humans and today Stephanie and Maren discuss the generosit...

Have you ever felt like there was something wrong with you?  Have you ever looked at your neighbor, your boss or your partner and seen so clearly exactly what’s wrong with them?  Then you have the keys to the kingdom, the shortcut to getting everything you want… you just need to know how to those keys! Today Stephanie and Maren have a rich conversation about the power of relationships to be mirror...

Did you know that there is an antidote to expectations? There is, and it's not what you'd 'expect'!  How do you know if you're living from a place of expectations?  What's the alternative? One of our listeners asked about expectations in our Facebook group and it sparked an amazing conversation. From dissecting expectations and where they come from, to just being done...

Does your ego need a time-out so your inner leadership can get some time-in? When you are on the surface of the water you’ll be tossed about by any weather patterns that come by. This is so often where we get stuck as leaders… and we’re taught ‘self care’ techniques like taking a bath and going to a yoga class. These are helpful, and when the s**t hits the fan; they're not the solution.  This...

Do you ever feel tossed and turned like a small vessel on the waves of the ocean? Then you’ll want to listen in! Stephanie and Maren go into practices that take you beyond the surface of life into the depth and the meaning, into the joy and peace, into the love and the oneness. This episode is profound beyond words and the deep sweetness of it will touch your soul. How do you invite spirit in? Wha...

Your life's impact is calling you and it's THE most important conversation you’ll ever have. Today, Maren & Stephanie have the honor of interviewing their teacher, mentor and coach of 20+ years Daniel Goodenough along with fellow traveler and business transformer, Jill Taylor.  Daniel knew why he was on this planet before he was three years old, to help others wake up to, and find th...

As leaders, our job is to find solutions to problems. At the end of the day, our ability to solve or not solve the challenges before us determines our value - both in the external world, and how we view ourselves. What if you could expand the solution set and find more options with better end results? Today’s podcast explores that inspiring and empowering rabbit hole and includes: The quality of t...

Do you ever get so stuck you’re not sure where to turn? As leaders, it’s easy to feel the need to have the answers …and then we feel like we have to defend our position, we dig in! That never feels good, and rarely works out well. Today’s podcast explores what it could mean to wait and explore multiple answers, putting more energy into the quest than into a right-now, concrete, one-and-done answer...

Sometimes you hit a brick wall and don't know where to turn. As a human, this can feel overwhelming, as leaders, it can feel threatening. That's where this week's guest, Peter Stuart, excels. After experiencing that angst personally, multiple times, he dove fully into learning how to see what's behind the curtain. When all roads lead to a dead end, there is an answer ...and Pet...