What if leadership isn't about arriving at a destination, but about being willing to evolve into the next version of yourself?
On this episode of Ask and Answered by Soul, Jennifer Urezzio talks with business alignment strategist, relational leadership architect, and human design engineer Candy Barone about the evolution of leadership and what happens when we find ourselves standing at the edge of our own growth.
Jennifer and Candy explore what it means to stop fighting the transitions in our lives and instead recognize them as part of our Soul's journey. Candy shares how leadership begins with being willing to bring our unique gifts into the world in service to others—and being equally willing to receive the gifts and support of others.
They also dive into what happens when you've spent years being told you're "too much," why discipline can become sacred devotion when it's aligned with what your Soul desires, and why seeing someone's potential doesn't mean you are responsible for getting them there.
The conversation takes a powerful turn into vulnerability, warrior energy, and the strength found in softness. Jennifer shares her "steel marshmallow" analogy—hard on the outside and fluffy on the inside—and Candy explores the possibility that true leadership isn't choosing between tenderness and fierceness. It's learning how to hold both.
If you're standing at a threshold in your life or leadership, this conversation is an invitation to stop asking when you're finally going to arrive and start asking: Who am I becoming, what am I being asked to let go of, and how am I being called to lead now?
Listen in and discover how surrender, sovereignty, sacred devotion, vulnerability, and your willingness to receive can support your next evolution of leadership.
Candy Barone is a Business Alignment Strategist, Relational Leadership Architect + Human Design Engineer. She's the founder of You Empowered Strong®, creator of the Leadership by Design™ ecosystem, and co-creator of Business Blueprint by Design™. She advises founders and senior leaders on growth's edge who are ready to build their business and life on their own terms. Her work starts with leadership: vision, strategy, purpose. Culture is downstream. It's an expression of how leadership is designed, not a separate problem to fix.
Candy isn't a coach. She isn't a consultant, at least not in the traditional
sense. She's a cycle and threshold architect. She helps leaders recognize the inflection points they're standing in, navigate the transition on the other side of them, and step into their next evolution of leadership: by design, not by default.
She brings 30+ years at the intersection of leadership, culture, and Human
Design as a strategic operating system.
You can learn more about Candy at: https://candybarone.com/.
The Asked and Answered by Soul podcast is dedicated to helping you understand that your Soul is the answer. To learn more about your soul's answers and purpose, access your free guide at www.themythsofpurpose.com.
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