The Soulful Leader Podcast

Have you ever felt like your outer success is not congruent with your inner longings? Are you trapped in a role, or position that doesn't match how you feel inside? Today's special guest, Connie Fisher, felt like that and instead of staying trapped in her success, she shifted every aspect of her life and sought the inner abundance for which she longed.  Connie has had many incarnations a...

Do you ever find yourself asking 'Why me'? Maybe your world has gone sideways, it's too overwhelming and you can't help but just throw up your hands? Then you will love today's conversation. Maren and Stephanie go deeply into the shift that happens when you can reframe that very question 'why me?'. Join this engaging discussion and make shift happen in your own l...

"You're not hearing me."  How often have you said that? Certain that you were right. How often have you heard that from someone else? Someone who felt just as certain. We all dig in. And then our thoughts are like a runaway train. Our feelings get involved. It becomes personal. As leaders, it's our job to be the peacemaker, take the higher road. It's not so easy to do. We...

Do you run on adrenaline, push through and then crash? Are you chasing control in your life? Do you feel empty quickly after you hit your goals? If you are like most high-achiever leaders, all three are 'yes'. What if you could have a smoother more effective life, have the control you seek and achieve your goals more easily, joyfully and with fulfillment! Sound too good to be true? It&ap...

Do you feel like you’re always ‘behind’, chasing, trying to just catch up? Are you stuck in a cycle of goal, achievement, new goal, chase, strive, etc? Do you feel burnt out & overwhelmed? *** It's time for a new way of doing ... and being.*** Most people don’t last two weeks with their new year’s resolutions. There’s even a name for the 2nd Friday in January - it’s called Quitter’s Day....

We don't even see it. We are in the hole and can't tell we are there. High achievers. Go-getters. Pushers. We do, do, do until we are fried, and then do some more. Until we can't. Until some part of us breaks - our marriage, our relationships, our health, our sanity. There is another way. It seems improbable because we're taught that this is 'just the way it's done&ap...

What is your relationship to wealth? What is your relationship with joy? What do those two things have to do with each other, and with leadership? Stephanie and Maren offer a whole new paradigm for leaders in 2022 and challenge the status quo of equating self-worth with our wealth, or lack-there-of. A few highlights from their conversation: money/currency is just a current, the flow in your life w...

OUR MOST LISTENED-TO LEADERSHIP EPISODE... Out of our 28 podcasts last year, the most listened-to leadership episode was our one on Healthy Boundaries . Setting up a new way of being CAN'T happen without taking a look at the standards and boundaries behind your habits ...so our most popular 2021 leadership podcast is actually a very timely one as well. We know you'll get even more out of...

Old world leadership is changing. Are you ready for the change? "All the leadership training I've done has been focused on being a good leader in the external world, none has even touched on being an INNER leader, who is even talking about this?" ~ Maren Oslac  As leaders, we know that we can't change the people around us, we can only change ourselves. Most, however, haven&apos...

You are ready for a NEW WAY to reset yourself and create a truly transformative 2022 - for yourself (as a soulful leader) and for your team. We are at a collective pause, a moment to press the reset button, and it's time to do it differently . ~  Are you tired of being caught in the rat race of goal setting and needing to do more?  ~  Are you frustrated doing the same thing and experiencing t...

How can acknowledging the shortest day of the year completely shift your next 6 months? This week, Stephanie and Maren discuss how disconnected we've become, what it would take to tune back in AND how doing so can shift the entire paradigm of both your life and your business. Nature goes inward this time of year so that she can blossom in the spring. What could you, as a leader, learn from he...

Do you find that you need a holiday from the holidays?  Are you exhausted from the “more is better” consumerism?  Have you felt a longing to connect with the deeper meaning of this sacred time of year? This week, Maren and Stephanie have a treat for you. They share a practice every leader will want for themselves, their family and their teams. It not only rejuvenates and transforms Stephanie and M...

Who are you beyond what you do, beyond your title, your successes and failures? As a leader, you’ve been conditioned to believe that your value lies in solely what you do, not who you are. Most of us don’t know who we are beyond our positions, our jobs, or our accolades.   Maren and Stephanie explore this engaging topic without shame, blame or shying away from the fears and doubts it brings up. So...

Which would you prefer: to attract or to promote? You might say “attract, of course” but your conditioning will lead you otherwise.  Attraction requires allowing and you don't even allow yourself a compliment. Society teaches us that our value is based on what we DO, how much we effort, push and promote.  You KNOW this, and you may not even notice the price, the very hefty price, that you are...

Why are you exhausted at the end of the day, or even at the end of a meeting?  Is being tired just 'normal' for leaders, just 'how life works'?  What if it's actually NOT normal, NOT how life actually works?  What if you could be energized by living your life??? When an iceberg flips, it releases as much energy as an atomic bomb.  Stephanie and Maren apply that analogy to...

What we create in this world has a further-reaching impact than we realize.  Much further. As leaders, it's our moment - to not only grasp the magnitude but to begin our personal shift to a more conscious way of being - to claim the positive impact is our birthright.  Maren & Stephanie recently had the opportunity of a lifetime: to spend a day on a protected, one-of-a-kind island in the A...

Are YOU the one in five people that can solve the puzzle in today's episode? Being playful and finding flaws seem to be on opposite ends of a spectrum, which makes this podcast with Stepanie and Maren even more engaging. Go on today’s journey with the pair to find the link between the playful and flaws and in the process unlock insightful leadership (and personal) keys. Improve your explorato...

You’ve checked all the boxes of leadership.  You are a master of making things happen.  And still there’s a voice inside saying, “there’s more”.  You KNOW there’s more, you’re just not sure how to get from the successful life you have to the one that’s calling you. It’s time to move beyond the serial adrenaline rushes and create real, lasting, impactful change. In this week’s podcast, Maren and St...

Physics tells us that the hardest part of doing something is starting it and stopping it. Inertia (n) :  - the resistance an object has to a change in its state of motion - a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged As leaders, we see this play out every time we begin or end something - both in ourselves and in our teams.  We know that they require the most effort, time and attention, but do...

Do you have healthy boundaries?  Do you have any boundaries?  Can you hold your boundaries? As leaders, your time and expertise are in high demand. Clear boundaries are often the only thing between you and being a stressed-out mess (and all the downline effects of that!) Clear boundaries are also key to evolving yourself and achieving your goals. Do you feel stuck where you are? The successful per...

Richard Branson does it. He walks into a room and checks his ego at the door. He doesn't need to have all the answers and actually consciously chooses to NOT have the answers. Society would have us believe that leaders are the answer people. As leaders, we take that on and 'should' on ourselves to know it all. Maren & Stephanie discuss the toll this takes on us as leaders AND th...

Have you ever felt like you worked REALLY hard to climb the ladder only to find that it was leaning against the wrong wall?  What then? Do you get into the “who’s to blame” or “I failed” or “why didn’t I” game? What if it was absolutely perfect and climbing that ladder was necessary to set you up for your next adventure? Stephanie calls those moments of potential regret ‘divine irritants’. We can...

What happens when your opinion differs from your team, your boss, your friend, your spouse? Is it a different response in private than it is in public?   For leaders at any level, this is critical. Do you default to conflict, judgment, silent disapproval? Or is there room to listen, explore, accept and discover? This week Maren and Stephanie expose a difference of opinion that happened during last...

The Underworld, The Outerworld, The Innerworld The stories we tell ourselves define who we are… but are those stories set in stone? What if you could weave your stories as YOU wanted them to be, or reshape existing stories? Maren and Stephanie explore this fascinating subject and unearth great truths for leaders at all levels. They directly address several stories in their own lives (like you can’...

Life did not come with a manual.  Business comes with too many.  How do we find our way?  Today’s episode explores the challenges, and benefits, of living in the unknown. It delves into empowering leaders in their ‘quest’ in life.  There was an amazing response to last week’s episode so this week, we continue the conversation about Empowering Questions, answer YOUR questions and take the discussio...