What Do You Know To Be True?

In the workplace, Sharon Podobnik Peterson said a trauma response looks like patterns of connection turned into patterns of protection. That one sentence is the spine of trauma informed leadership and what can happen without nervous system regulation. It names why you can walk into a meeting perfectly prepared and still feel your nervous system hijack the room. It explains why defensiveness isn&ap...

What if the midlife reinvention you keep postponing isn't waiting for more data or a better plan, it's waiting for you to trust your gut again? For many professionals like you, career reinvention feels too big to trust your intuition and instead let the big decisions be made by spreadsheets, pros-and-cons lists, and taking the safe route of certainty. Sylvia Taylor calls that inner signa...

In this episode, psychotherapist, author, and TEDx speaker, Kerry-Lyn Stanton-Downes, returns to be relational and answer real questions about applying relational capacity to difficult conversations, provide respectful candor in ways that heals not harms, and create emotional co-regulation in the moments that matter most. In the original conversation, Kerry-Lyn shared the 8 principles of relationa...

Most leaders know when something is off with their team but they steer clear of the difficult conversation. They sense the tension and the confusion, but they lack the courageous leadership and emotional intelligence to say the thing that everyone wants to hear. building. And the team and results suffer. Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel DeDe Halfhill says that silence is the single most expensive ha...

You know when you are overthinking and second guessing a decision, and then once you make the decision you realize your first instinct was right all along? And then there are the other times when you realize gut was dead wrong. That's the paradox of intuition: it's powerful, but it's not always right. And most advice about it falls into one of two camps: "always trust your gut&...

That feeling of it being lonely at the top, it's not a leadership job requirement. It's a signal that you're going against your nature. And yet most leadership development doesn't talk about the impact of loneliness on performance, burnout, and well-being. Not enough at least. Psychologist, TEDx speaker, and author Kerry-Lyn Stanton-Downes makes a bold case: our brains are rela...

Burnout starts when we're operate outside of our zone of genius, out of alignment with our values, and when we've lost touch with our joy. Sheryl Raphael Whitaker has spent the majority of her career making a case most leadership conversations are afraid to make. Joy is not a reward. It's an operating system. As a leadership coach, talent strategist, author of “It Starts with Joy,”...

If you are thinking about becoming a leadership coach, you probably have a lot of questions, such as am I ready? Do I have the skills and experience? What do I have to offer? Do I have the right mindset for leadership development? Executive Coach, Dan Freehling has worked with hundreds of leaders through their most defining career moments, and he believes you may be more ready than you think. But...

You already have everything you need to build the life you want. The only thing standing between you and it?  Your beliefs haven't caught up…yet. And the limiting beliefs you do have are impacting your personal development. Our guest, Brooklyn Dicent, reveals why high-achievers stay stuck on their personal growth path even when they know exactly what they want. What they need is a shift in th...

Curious about nervous system regulation, stress relief, and having more control over your emotional state? You're going want to listen to Ashley Douglas. Do you ever feel like your brain is conspiring against you? Whether it's anxiety about an upcoming event, or in the moment, someone says something and your stress and fears levels overtake your thinking. That's not a character flaw...

What if you could stop waiting for the “perfect plan” and start building your next chapter one smart experiment at a time? For a lot of proven leaders, coaches, and consultants, that constant need to “get it right” turns into overthinking and the feeling of being stuck. This conversation offers a practical way to move from overthinking to intentional trying without blowing up the life you’ve alrea...

If you have been trying to build resilience by "toughening up" and isolating yourself, you are likely feeling more exhausted than empowered. For many in leadership, the path of personal development and the transition from climbing the corporate ladder to living in alignment with your values and purpose brings a unique kind of fatigue. We often feel we have to hide our struggles to mainta...

What's holding us back from discovering our true selves is usually permission...the permission we need to give ourselves to act when we don't have the answers. In this conversation on What Do You Know To Be True?, we explore why growth, meaning, and motivation are only possible when we give ourselves permission to engage with the world and with other people. If you’re asking questions li...

Are you a leader who struggles with personal branding, or maybe you’re unsure how to create a personal brand that actually feels like you? Many leadership coaches and small business owners struggle with a personal brand strategy and self-promotion because it feels inauthentic or overwhelming. But in today’s digital world, having a defined personal brand strategy isn’t just about vanity, it’s a min...

Do you feel successful on paper but stuck in reality? High achievers often self-sabotage not because they lack discipline, but because they're challenged to break the patterns that get in the way of their personal development. And then there's imposter syndrome that rears its head. Janet Livingstone reveals exactly how to use Internal Family Systems to break this cycle and reverse impost...

Exhausted and out of balance? Feeling burnout? You’ve hit the metrics. You’ve secured the title. You’ve done everything 'right.' So why does winning feel so draining? If you feel like life is rushing by while you're stuck on a hamster wheel of productivity, you aren't broken—you're just out of rhythm.  In this conversation, Ayurvedic Doctor and Corporate Wellness Expert, S...

As a leader or coach, you are trained to have a plan. You drive the agenda, you solve the problem, you move the ball forward. But what if your leadership or coaching need to "drive" is actually causing you to miss the most important thing in the room? In this "What Do You Know To Be True?" conversation with Joel Monk, co-founder of Coaches Rising, we explore his superpower: &qu...

In this conversation, Dr. Lalith Wijedoru talks about discovering his superpower by speaking his uncomfortable truths through storytelling, which allowed him to unlock his potential and possibilities for creating space for others to share their stories.  And while speaking one’s uncomfortable truths has its perils, Lalith makes meaningful impact in the organizations and communities he’s involved w...

You love people. You love connecting them. But lately, your "superpower" of community building feels more like a drain than a gift. You not wanting to hide; you are a "Super-Connector" who has run out of burners on the stove. In this episode, Suzanne Weller, an unapologetic extrovert and master connector and community builder, reveals the surprising truth about connection burno...

This is a conversation with Danielle Letayf, and how she discovered her superpower to help other develop their personal brand and have the courage to unlock their possibilities and rewrite the stories they tell so they can make meaningful impact in the communities they serve. We spend the first half of our careers building a reputation, a resume, and a safety net. But what happens when the "s...

You have likely spent years trying on your personal development journey trying to "fix" yourself. You’ve read the books, attended the workshops, and analyzed your weaknesses, hoping that once you finally polish away your flaws, you’ll feel complete. But what if the very act of trying to "fix" yourself is exactly what keeps you stuck? What if you are enough already? (Spoiler Ale...

The data is perfect. The strategy is sound. So why isn't anyone paying attention? What are they not adopting change? While they understand the "what," but they don't feel the "why." A big step in your personal development is to embrace leadership storytelling to create deeper, emotional connections with your audience, create meaning in change, and be a change leadersh...

I came across this problem-solving framework 20 years ago and I’ve used it on almost every project I’ve been a part of ever since, and it is incredibly effective. All appreciation and snaps to Alex Osborn and Dr. Sydney Parns for developing the Creative Problem-Solving Process.   True Snacks are bite-sized learning clips that come from an episode of the What Do You Know To Be True? podcast. The po...

Do you ever feel like you’re doing everything “right,” but somehow you keep ending up in the same frustrating patterns? The meetings change, the projects change, even the people change…but the result feels way too familiar. If you’ve secretly wondered, “Maybe I’m the problem. Maybe I’m broken,” this conversation is for you. In this episode, OD practitioner and leadership coach Roger Kastner shares...

Are you ready to learn more about the capability that some experts are saying is the number one way to futureproof your career? In this excerpt from our full What Do You Know To Be True? conversation with Future of Work leader, author of the “Life-Work Revolution,” speaker, Career Strategist, Kason Morris, he shares a perspective on future proofing our careers in a way that’s different than what a...