Unlocking Your Leadership Energy: How to Shift from Stress Response to Intentional Action
04/02/25 • 37 min
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Unlocking your leadership energy isn't just for executives—it's for anyone navigating life's complex challenges. In this episode, I dive deep into how we can shift from reactive stress responses to intentional, powerful action. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by uncertainty or stuck in unproductive patterns, I'll share transformative insights from the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) that can help you understand your inner dynamics, break free from limiting beliefs, and step into a more empowered version of yourself. Join me as we explore practical strategies to lead more effectively, both in your personal life and professional journey.
In this episode of Mindset Unlimited, I explore a specialized tool to facilitate unlocking your leadership energy, so you can act with intention instead of reacting from stress.
Some of what I explore in this episode includes:
- Why understanding your energy patterns is key to responding rather than reacting in high-stress situations.
- How the ELI differs from personality tests and provides actionable insights for leadership and resilience.
- The seven levels of energy and how they shape your mindset, communication, and decision-making.
- Practical steps to start shifting your energy today—even if you don’t take the assessment.
Through this episode you’ll gain insights, a framework, and a reflection tool to engage stress proactively without toxic positivity.
LINKS TO REFERENCES MADE IN THIS EPISODE:
Sign up for the Energy Leadership Index Assessment
Forbes article Best Tests to Help You Understand Your Strengths and Weaknesses
You’re More Than Your Personality Test episode
Identifying Your True Goals with Amy Pons episode
Stress Release Strategies guide
PROMOTIONAL LINK: Queer News with Anna Deshawn
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Sign up for Valerie’s newsletter
Apply to be coached on the podcast
This podcast was produced by Valerie Friedlander Coaching
Proud member of the Feminist Podcasters Collective
Unlocking your leadership energy isn't just for executives—it's for anyone navigating life's complex challenges. In this episode, I dive deep into how we can shift from reactive stress responses to intentional, powerful action. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by uncertainty or stuck in unproductive patterns, I'll share transformative insights from the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) that can help you understand your inner dynamics, break free from limiting beliefs, and step into a more empowered version of yourself. Join me as we explore practical strategies to lead more effectively, both in your personal life and professional journey.
In this episode of Mindset Unlimited, I explore a specialized tool to facilitate unlocking your leadership energy, so you can act with intention instead of reacting from stress.
Some of what I explore in this episode includes:
- Why understanding your energy patterns is key to responding rather than reacting in high-stress situations.
- How the ELI differs from personality tests and provides actionable insights for leadership and resilience.
- The seven levels of energy and how they shape your mindset, communication, and decision-making.
- Practical steps to start shifting your energy today—even if you don’t take the assessment.
Through this episode you’ll gain insights, a framework, and a reflection tool to engage stress proactively without toxic positivity.
LINKS TO REFERENCES MADE IN THIS EPISODE:
Sign up for the Energy Leadership Index Assessment
Forbes article Best Tests to Help You Understand Your Strengths and Weaknesses
You’re More Than Your Personality Test episode
Identifying Your True Goals with Amy Pons episode
Stress Release Strategies guide
PROMOTIONAL LINK: Queer News with Anna Deshawn
CONNECT WITH VALERIE:
Sign up for Valerie’s newsletter
Apply to be coached on the podcast
This podcast was produced by Valerie Friedlander Coaching
Proud member of the Feminist Podcasters Collective
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LINKS TO REFERENCES MADE IN THIS EPISODE:
Women Making Moves: Coaches on Coaching with Valerie Friedlander
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1 RecommendationsWhat’s really draining your energy isn’t solely the stressors in your life but the patterns you’ve learned to deal with them. If you’re feeling emotionally drained, constantly second-guessing yourself, or stuck in a cycle of over-responsibility and burnout—you’re not alone, and there’s nothing wrong with you. The ways your unconscious has learned to help you may no longer support the life you want. While the state of the world is undeniably overwhelming, many of the most persistent energy drains come from within—especially in how we respond to stress, pressure, and high expectations. In this real-life Energy Leadership Index (ELI) debrief, I walk through a coaching session with a creative, purpose-driven client who’s feeling depleted. Together, we explore how her energy is shaped by both external stressors and internal beliefs, including guilt around setting boundaries, fear of letting others down, and the pressure to always get things right.
In this episode of Mindset Unlimited, you’ll hear Valerie use the Energy Leadership Index Assessment Debrief to help a client explore the question: “What’s really draining your energy and how can you reclaim it using your strengths?”
Some of what we engage in this episode include:
- What the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) Assessment is and how it works
- The 7 levels of energy and how they influence stress, mindset, and behavior
- How your energy levels can lead to exhaustion, motivation, and or both
- Identifying practical strategies that fit you when it comes to supports like setting boundaries and honoring your capacity
If you’re navigating stress, fatigue, or emotional exhaustion and want insight into how to reclaim your energy and feel more empowered, this episode is for you.
LINKS TO REFERENCES MADE IN THIS EPISODE:
Sign up for the Energy Leadership Index Assessment Use Code APRILELI for $150 off!
Unlocking Your Leadership Energy episode
You’re More Than Your Personality Test episode
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This podcast was produced by Valerie Friedlander Coaching
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Mindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women in a Time of Change - Unlocking Your Leadership Energy: How to Shift from Stress Response to Intentional Action
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Hello, my friends, and welcome to another episode of Mindset unlimited today, we are talking about unlocking your leadership energy, how to shift from stress response to intentional action. And we're talking about this because we're in a period of time where being able to step into our leadership ability is key, whether you want to be a leader or not, being able to lead in the world, in your own life, your your way, is really important.
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