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Embodied Power, Divine Collapse & Leading From the Heart
What happens when everything you built burns down—and you
rise anyway?
In this deeply powerful episode of Iconic Leadership,
Karissa Adkins sits down with transformational leader, embodiment coach, and
multi–best-selling author Angel Cottrell for a raw, expansive
conversation about divine collapse, embodied leadership, and why heart-led
business is not a weakness—but the ultimate strategic advantage.
This episode is a permission slip for women who are done
performing leadership and are ready to become the woman who can hold her
vision.
Angel shares her story of radical reinvention, the
breakdowns that became her breakthroughs, and why true transformation requires
ownership, nervous system regulation, and choosing yourself—even when it’s
uncomfortable.
If you’ve ever felt like your business, leadership, or life
is asking you to evolve… this episode will meet you right there.
✨
What You’ll Hear in This Episode
isn’t about discovering who you are—but creating who you choose to become
of her “divine collapse” and how everything falling apart became
the foundation for her next level
women get stuck in the mess—and how to turn it into a message
breathing entity with a mind, body, heart, and soul
must be heartless—and what becomes possible when leaders lead from the
heart
power and ends the victim narrative
in your life may be proof of your evolution—not failure
perfection, embodiment, and real leadership
feel, release, and step into at the Rise event
? Key Takeaway Moments
? “If you don’t go
within, you go without.”
Angel explains why avoiding inner work eventually costs you
everything—personally and professionally.
? Breakdown is not
punishment—it’s preparation.
The collapse you didn’t choose may be clearing space for the leader you’re
becoming.
? Ownership is the moment
power returns.
When you fully own your story, you get to stand on it—not be buried by it.
? Heart-led leadership is
not anti-profit.
You don’t have to choose between soul and success. Healthy businesses require
both love and boundaries.
? Familiar patterns
returning doesn’t mean you failed.
If it feels familiar but foreign, it’s because you are not the same woman
anymore.
? You are worthy of your
purpose—even if no one else can see it yet.
Show Links
? Buy the Book:
Alpha Queens Rising
A powerful collective of legacy stories from women who chose to rise when
it mattered most — including Larissa Reid as a featured author in Volume
I.
? http://amazon.com/author/karissaadkins
? Grab Your
Ticket to RISE 2026
Where Purpose Meets Power — a live women’s empowerment and
leadership experience featuring keynote voices shaping the next era of iconic
leadership.
?
Bellevue, NE | March 19, 2026
? https://rise.alphaqueencollective.com/rise-the-alpha-queen-experience-event?am_id=angel9234
? Book a Private
Call with Karissa
Ready to rise into iconic leadership, clarify your strategy, and step fully
into your CEO identity?
? https://alphaqueencollective.com/claritycall15m
About the Guest: Angel Cottrell
Angel Cottrell is the founder of Apollo Consulting Group,
a transformational force for founders, CEOs, and powerhouse leaders. She is a
multi–best-selling author, international award-winning speaker, embodiment
coach, and soul-led strategist guiding leaders through radical reinvention and
embodied evolution.
Her work is for women who are done playing small and ready
to lead from truth, power, and purpose.
https://www.apolloconsultancygroup.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelcottrell/
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By Transformation Talk RadioWhat happens when everything you built burns down—and you
rise anyway?
In this deeply powerful episode of Iconic Leadership,
Karissa Adkins sits down with transformational leader, embodiment coach, and
multi–best-selling author Angel Cottrell for a raw, expansive
conversation about divine collapse, embodied leadership, and why heart-led
business is not a weakness—but the ultimate strategic advantage.
This episode is a permission slip for women who are done
performing leadership and are ready to become the woman who can hold her
vision.
Angel shares her story of radical reinvention, the
breakdowns that became her breakthroughs, and why true transformation requires
ownership, nervous system regulation, and choosing yourself—even when it’s
uncomfortable.
If you’ve ever felt like your business, leadership, or life
is asking you to evolve… this episode will meet you right there.
✨
What You’ll Hear in This Episode
isn’t about discovering who you are—but creating who you choose to become
of her “divine collapse” and how everything falling apart became
the foundation for her next level
women get stuck in the mess—and how to turn it into a message
breathing entity with a mind, body, heart, and soul
must be heartless—and what becomes possible when leaders lead from the
heart
power and ends the victim narrative
in your life may be proof of your evolution—not failure
perfection, embodiment, and real leadership
feel, release, and step into at the Rise event
? Key Takeaway Moments
? “If you don’t go
within, you go without.”
Angel explains why avoiding inner work eventually costs you
everything—personally and professionally.
? Breakdown is not
punishment—it’s preparation.
The collapse you didn’t choose may be clearing space for the leader you’re
becoming.
? Ownership is the moment
power returns.
When you fully own your story, you get to stand on it—not be buried by it.
? Heart-led leadership is
not anti-profit.
You don’t have to choose between soul and success. Healthy businesses require
both love and boundaries.
? Familiar patterns
returning doesn’t mean you failed.
If it feels familiar but foreign, it’s because you are not the same woman
anymore.
? You are worthy of your
purpose—even if no one else can see it yet.
Show Links
? Buy the Book:
Alpha Queens Rising
A powerful collective of legacy stories from women who chose to rise when
it mattered most — including Larissa Reid as a featured author in Volume
I.
? http://amazon.com/author/karissaadkins
? Grab Your
Ticket to RISE 2026
Where Purpose Meets Power — a live women’s empowerment and
leadership experience featuring keynote voices shaping the next era of iconic
leadership.
?
Bellevue, NE | March 19, 2026
? https://rise.alphaqueencollective.com/rise-the-alpha-queen-experience-event?am_id=angel9234
? Book a Private
Call with Karissa
Ready to rise into iconic leadership, clarify your strategy, and step fully
into your CEO identity?
? https://alphaqueencollective.com/claritycall15m
About the Guest: Angel Cottrell
Angel Cottrell is the founder of Apollo Consulting Group,
a transformational force for founders, CEOs, and powerhouse leaders. She is a
multi–best-selling author, international award-winning speaker, embodiment
coach, and soul-led strategist guiding leaders through radical reinvention and
embodied evolution.
Her work is for women who are done playing small and ready
to lead from truth, power, and purpose.
https://www.apolloconsultancygroup.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelcottrell/