This Best Of episode is not a highlight reel.

It’s a reflection on the conversations that quietly shaped the year. The ones that stayed in the body, not just the mind.

In this episode, I revisit the moments that challenged how we think about leadership, success, and growth, and invite you into a slower, more integrated way of leading that actually sticks.

You’ll hear selected excerpts and reflections from powerful conversations on trust, identity, capacity, grief, and embodiment... followed by a grounding solo reflection to help you close the year without urgency or self-abandonment.

This episode is for leaders who are capable, committed, and sensing that something is shifting.

1. Lisa Rigoli, Episode 32: Trust, change, and carrying the human side of leadership
2. Dr. Anna Levy-Warren, Episode 44: Capacity, overwhelm, and why clarity disappears when the system is overloaded
3. Katie Townsend, Episode 40: Identity, worth, and why success can start to feel heavy when it’s built on proving
4. Chris Mamone, Episode 43: Grief, loss, and being human in positions of responsibility

1. Why balance can stop working... and why that isn’t failure
2. How leaders carry emotional weight quietly, and the cost of doing so alone
3. Why insight alone doesn’t create change. Embodiment and integration do
4. How identity shifts when what once worked no longer fits
5. A gentler way to reflect at year-end without turning your life into a performance review

This episode also marks a transition.

As these conversations unfold, I share why Today’s Balanced Leader is evolving into Today’s Evolving Leader. A space that honours leadership as a mind-body-spirit experience, where change becomes real through presence, embodiment, and integration.

This is not an episode to rush.

It’s one to sit with. To breathe through. And to return to when something inside you feels ready to change... even if you don’t know what’s next yet.