Maria Connolly, LPC
Embodied Leadership involves the way you speak, the language you use, the way you position your body, the harmony you feel by being fully present, and the calming and reassuring messages you convey to others. When you practice embodied leadership you’re able to value, motivate, and bring out the best in yourself and others.
If you’re prone to overthinking a thing so much that you can’t make a decision, then this is for you! Whether you call it decision fatigue, decision exhaustion, or analysis paralysis, overcoming it is not a problem of “being smart enough”. Rather, it’s a symptom of not “hearing” your body’s wisdom. In fact, you won’t be overcoming decision fatigue until you resolve the disconnect between your mind and body!
Wanting to feed your ambition comes with a complicated emotional landscape, especially if you’re a woman. I believe what Anthony Trollope said, “It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth.” Yet that ambition can feel surprisingly conflicted.
You may feel a deep pull to grow, lead, create something meaningful, or expand your influence. At the same time, you notice hesitation and doubts creeping in. Will people think I’m too much? Am I ready for this level of responsibility? What if I fail?
Somewhere along the way, leaving a legacy has come to mean leaving something grand behind. A business. A book. A foundation. A body of work that proves we mattered. For high-achieving women, that idea can feel both inspiring and heavy, because it’s one more standard to live up to, another thing to accomplish before we can rest. That’s why I’m challenging that definition! I believe you’re already living your legacy, even if you don’t know it yet.
In the quiet moments before dawn, while most of the world sleeps, Warren Buffett is already awake, not reviewing financial statements, but immersed in a book. This isn’t occasional leisure; it’s a deliberate daily practice consuming 80% of his working hours. What does one of the world’s wealthiest individuals know that many aspiring leaders miss? Never stop learning!
This article on human intelligence is longer than most because there’s a vital point to grasp…
When people speak of human intelligence they’re referring to mental abilities, right? We give great importance to the head — go to the ‘head’ of the class; the main office is ‘head’quarters; she’s the ‘head’ of the department or the ‘head’ of her field; the CEO is the ‘head’ of the company; etc. But there is so much more to being human than being a brain.