Burnout Proof Leadership: Identify Shift and Leadership Skills for Midlife Women Entrepreneurs

Burnout Proof Leadership: Identify Shift and Leadership Skills for Midlife Women Entrepreneurs

By Dr. Tracy Christopherson and Michelle TrosethBusinessEntrepreneurshipEducationSelf-ImprovementManagement
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Burnout Proof Leadership: Identify Shift and Leadership Skills for Midlife Women Entrepreneurs episodes

  • The 5 Self-Leadership Skills You Must Master to Lead Without Burnout

    In a world where leaders are constantly pulled in every direction, burnout is more than a risk—it's a reality. This episode dives deep into how self-leadership is the overlooked foundation of sustainable, fulfilled, and impactful leadership. If you're struggling with exhaustion, disconnection, or resentment despite your best efforts, this conversation is your roadmap back to clarity and purpose.

    1. Discover the five essential rules of self-leadership that can transform your energy, focus, and inner resilience.
    2. Learn how to detect and correct the subtle signs of imbalance before burnout takes hold.
    3. Hear real, relatable stories of leaders who reclaimed their influence by confronting their truth and leading from within.


    Listen now to uncover how leading yourself with honesty, discipline, and compassion is the most powerful strategy to lead others and yourself without burning out.


    Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://www.missinglogic.com/newsletter


    New episode every Wednesday morning.


    More from Tracy and Michelle:


    If you are in a season where you’re craving more clarity…

    More alignment…

    More breathing room...


    AND if you are ready to take action…


    Then we invite you to schedule a Breakthrough Clarity Call.


    This isn’t a sales call. It’s a space to gain clarity, activate your next level and get a clear recommendation to go forward.

    Spots are limited each month.

    We prioritize calls for leaders actively seeking change.


    Click HERE to schedule your Breakthrough Clarity Call.


    To contact Tracy or Michelle, email [email protected]


    In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

    23 min
  • The ONLY Leadership Skill That Truly Matters in Times of Transition

    Are you leading through a transition but secretly feeling lost in the in-between?

    Whether you're shifting roles, scaling your business, or simply redefining what success looks like, transitions challenge every part of your leadership identity. This episode unpacks why trying to "power through" change often leads to burnout—and how the most overlooked leadership skill is actually the key to navigating Ending and Beginning as a polarity.

    1. Gain clarity on how to embrace both endings and beginnings without losing momentum, or yourself.
    2. Learn how to lead through the messy middle by developing polarity intelligence.
    3. Discover the habit and identity shifts that burnout-proof your leadership for the long haul.


    Tune in to uncover the one leadership skill that will carry you through every transition with confidence and purpose. We even disclose how we are in a transition ourselves as a business.


    New episode every Friday morning.


    More from MissingLogic:

    Click here to grab a copy of Polarity Intelligence: The Missing Logic in Leadership

    To contact Tracy or Michelle, email [email protected]


    In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

    17 min
  • Conscious Leadership Skills as a New Burnout Cure — Dr. Ron Stotts Explains

    What if the key to your greatest leadership breakthrough isn’t in doing more, but in breathing, being, and becoming?

    Many high-achieving leaders feel stuck, burned out, and constantly struggling. In this episode, Dr. Ron Stotts explores why conscious leadership isn't just a modern trend, but a deep necessity for anyone leading in today’s complex, high-pressure world. If you're craving more clarity, creativity, and ease in your leadership journey, this conversation is for you.

    1. Discover why burnout is often not a workload issue but an internal misalignment—and what to do about it.
    2. Learn how "Big Mind" thinking can radically elevate your leadership presence, performance, and peace.
    3. Walk away with practical tools like the STOP process to reconnect with your inner guidance and lead more authentically.


    Tune into this powerful episode to begin your journey toward becoming a more conscious, fulfilled, and burnout-proof leader.


    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ron-stotts/


    New episode every Wednesday morning.


    More from Tracy and Michelle:


    If you are in a season where you’re craving more clarity…

    More alignment…

    More breathing room...


    AND if you are ready to take action…


    Then we invite you to schedule a Breakthrough Clarity Call.


    This isn’t a sales call. It’s a space to gain clarity, activate your next level and get a clear recommendation to go forward.

    Spots are limited each month.

    We prioritize calls for leaders actively seeking change.


    Click HERE to schedule your Breakthrough Clarity Call.


    To contact Tracy or Michelle, email [email protected]


    In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

    35 min
  • Developing Polarity Intelligence as a Leadership Skill to Navigate Uncertainty and Prevent Burnout

    Are you solving the same leadership problems over and over, only to feel more burned out each time?

    In today's complex and high-pressure world, leaders like you are often stuck in a cycle of burnout. Not because you lack skills, but because you’re using either-or thinking for challenges that require both-and solutions. If you're striving to stay grounded while facing volatility, AI disruptions, and emotional exhaustion, this episode is your wake-up call.


    1. Discover why many leadership challenges aren’t problems to solve but polarities to leverage and how recognizing the difference can transform your leadership identity.
    2. Learn the three essential components of polarity intelligence: polarity mindset, meaningful dialogue, and healthy relationships.
    3. Gain practical strategies to strengthen your leadership skills in 2026, including how to spot tension, balance competing priorities, and prevent burnout.


    Listen now to shift your perspective and build the resilient, balanced leadership presence the world needs today.


    To stay abreast on more ways to develop your polarity intelligence, subscribe to our weekly newsletter HERE.


    New episode every Friday morning.


    More from MissingLogic:

    Click here to grab a copy of Polarity Intelligence: The Missing Logic in Leadership

    To contact Tracy or Michelle, email [email protected]


    In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

    15 min
  • Two New Leadership Skills to Burnout-Proof Your Life with Charlène Gisèle

    What if your biggest professional strength was also your most dangerous addiction?

    In today's fast-paced, high-pressure work culture, many high-achieving leaders are unknowingly sacrificing their health, relationships, and integrity in the name of success. If you're constantly pushing boundaries, ignoring warning signs, and struggling to unplug, this episode will challenge the way you view burnout—and offer a path toward sustainable leadership.

    1. Discover how burnout often hides in plain sight—even for the most accomplished professionals—and learn the subtle signs you're heading toward collapse.
    2. Understand the powerful parallels between work addiction and substance addiction, and how to break free from the cycle without compromising ambition.
    3. Gain practical tools like somatic intelligence, “sober work” strategies, and boundary-setting techniques that help prevent relapse and restore balance.


    Tune in now to hear Charlène Gisèle’s powerful story of burnout, recovery, and the life-changing wisdom she now shares with high performers around the world.


    Website: www.charlenegisele.com

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlène-gisèle-bourliout

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlenegisele/


    New episode every Wednesday morning.


    More from Tracy and Michelle:


    If you are in a season where you’re craving more clarity…

    More alignment…

    More breathing room...


    AND if you are ready to take action…


    Then we invite you to schedule a Breakthrough Clarity Call.


    This isn’t a sales call. It’s a space to gain clarity, activate your next level and get a clear recommendation to go forward.

    Spots are limited each month.

    We prioritize calls for leaders actively seeking change.


    Click HERE to schedule your Breakthrough Clarity Call.


    To contact Tracy or Michelle, email [email protected]


    In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

    36 min
  • The TOP Leadership Skill of 2026 that Fuels a High Performing, Thriving Team (Without Burnout)

    Is your leadership style helping your team thrive—or quietly fueling burnout?

    In today's evolving workplace, building psychological safety is no longer optional—it's a required leadership skill. But many leaders struggle to balance being empathetic and holding people accountable. If you're striving to grow your leadership skills while creating high-performing teams without burnout, this episode will shift your perspective.


    1. Discover why psychological safety and accountability are not opposites, but a powerful polarity leaders must balance.
    2. Learn the deeper “mother polarity” of conditional and unconditional respect and how it shapes your leadership identity.
    3. Understand how mastering this dynamic can reduce burnout and help you lead teams that are both empowered and responsible.


    Tune in now to learn the essential leadership skills that will define high-impact leaders in 2026 and beyond.


    New episode every Friday morning.


    More from MissingLogic:

    Click here to grab a copy of Polarity Intelligence: The Missing Logic in Leadership

    To contact Tracy or Michelle, email [email protected]


    In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

    11 min
  • How Brené Brown’s Paradox Lens Can Transform Your Leadership Skills and End Burnout

    What if the key to becoming a grounded, burnout-proof leader isn't about choosing sides but learning to hold two truths at once?

    In today’s complex work environments, leaders often feel torn between competing priorities—productivity & relationships, structure & freedom, self & others. This episode reveals how embracing these tensions through polarity intelligence and transformational leadership can help you lead with clarity, trust, and purpose without burning out.


    1. Discover why paradoxes are not problems to solve but truths to steward and how this shift in thinking can unlock sustainable leadership.
    2. Learn how to build grounded leadership by developing self-trust, becoming trustworthy, and cultivating trust with others.
    3. Explore how healthy relationships and meaningful dialogue empower transformational leadership and create thriving team cultures.


    Listen now to uncover how leveraging paradox can transform your leadership—and help you stay grounded, resilient, and burnout-proof.


    New episode every Wednesday morning.


    More from Tracy and Michelle:


    If you are in a season where you’re craving more clarity…

    More alignment…

    More breathing room...


    AND if you are ready to take action…


    Then we invite you to schedule a Breakthrough Clarity Call.


    This isn’t a sales call. It’s a space to gain clarity, activate your next level and get a clear recommendation to go forward.

    Spots are limited each month.

    We prioritize calls for leaders actively seeking change.


    Click HERE to schedule your Breakthrough Clarity Call.


    To contact Tracy or Michelle, email [email protected]


    In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

    30 min
  • Avoid New Year Burnout by Balancing Where You Are with Where You’re Headed

    Ever feel stuck between where you are and where you want to be—especially at the start of a new year? Then you are experiencing today’s holiday tension polarity- the last in our Holiday Tension Series!

    If you're a high performer grappling with unfinished business from 2025 while trying to set bold goals for 2026, you're not alone. This episode dives into the real tension between your current reality and your future aspirations—and why this isn't a problem to fix but a polarity to leverage for lasting transformation.


    1. Learn how to ground yourself in your current reality without losing sight of what’s possible in the year ahead.
    2. Discover a step-by-step method to align your daily actions with your long-term vision.
    3. Hear how we personally navigate this polarity as business leaders—and how you can do the same.


    Start your year with clarity, intention, and momentum—press play to learn how to balance who you are now with who you’re becoming in 2026.


    New episode every Friday morning.


    More from MissingLogic:

    Click here to grab a copy of Polarity Intelligence: The Missing Logic in Leadership

    To contact Tracy or Michelle, email [email protected]


    In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

    12 min
  • Why Closing 2025 Is the Leadership Reset You Need to Avoid Burnout in 2026

    On this New Year’s Eve, before you rush into goals and resolutions, pause for a moment. Are you designing 2026 from the wisdom of your future self—or repeating patterns that no longer serve you?

    If you’ve ever felt stuck repeating the same goals year after year without lasting change, this episode is your wake-up call. Instead of rushing into 2026 with vague intentions, discover how completing your current year with clarity and intention lays the foundation for real transformation.


    1. Learn why 80% of New Year's resolutions fail and how to set a vision that actually sticks.
    2. Get the reflective questions that help you close out 2025 powerfully and step into 2026 with purpose.
    3. Discover how choosing a personal "word of the year" can serve as your internal compass all year long.


    Listen now to uncover the powerful year-end completion process that sets you up to thrive—not just survive—in 2026.


    We can kick-start your 2026- set up a Discovery Call here and step into more clarity, balance and leadership confidence.


    New episode every Wednesday morning.


    More from Tracy and Michelle:


    If you are in a season where you’re craving more clarity…

    More alignment…

    More breathing room...


    AND if you are ready to take action…


    Then we invite you to schedule a Breakthrough Clarity Call.


    This isn’t a sales call. It’s a space to gain clarity, activate your next level and get a clear recommendation to go forward.

    Spots are limited each month.

    We prioritize calls for leaders actively seeking change.


    Click HERE to schedule your Breakthrough Clarity Call.


    To contact Tracy or Michelle, email [email protected]


    In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

    21 min
  • How These Two Leadership Skills can Shift Family Conversations Helping You Beat Conflict and Holiday Burnout

    How can you turn tense holiday debates into meaningful, connection-building conversations?

    The holiday season often brings more than just festive cheer. It also comes with emotionally charged conversations, conflicting traditions, and clashing opinions. If you're bracing for tension at family gatherings, this episode will help you shift from reactive to responsive, transforming conflict into deeper connection.

    • Discover the powerful roles of advocacy and inquiry in diffusing holiday tension and fostering understanding.
    • Learn practical ways to balance these two skills for healthier, more productive conversations.
    • Walk away from family gatherings feeling grounded, heard, and more connected with your loved ones.


    Listen now to learn how to use advocacy and inquiry to create peace, ease, and genuine connection in your holiday conversations.


    New episode every Friday morning.


    More from MissingLogic:

    Click here to grab a copy of Polarity Intelligence: The Missing Logic in Leadership

    To contact Tracy or Michelle, email [email protected]


    In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

    12 min

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