What if leadership isn’t about being the most confident person in the room? What if it were about being the freest?

In our very first episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on the real stories that led us here and why this podcast exists in the first place.

We didn’t start this show because we always felt like leaders. Quite the opposite.

Dawn grew up in an environment where achievement was everything. She learned to perform, perfect, and control every part of herself to stay safe and stay in charge. That worked… until it didn’t. By chance, she found a leadership training and it showed her what control was really costing her and what freedom could look like instead.

Giorgia had a different story. An introvert raised in a loud, extroverted culture, she grew up believing there was something wrong with her, that she wasn’t cut out to lead. She got good at hiding and doing the work quietly...until the pandemic put her life on a different trajectory, where she found her voice and her freedom.

This podcast is about what happens when you stop leading from who you think you need to be and start leading from who you actually are.

It’s about unlearning everything that kept you performing, pleasing, or staying small and leading from a place of authenticity, joy, and freedom.

And we’re not holding anything back.

If you’ve ever wondered whether there’s a different way to lead - a way that doesn’t cost your health, your joy, or your sense of self - this is where it begins. Let's dive in!

In This Episode

• Why we started Unleash Your Freedom - and what it means to us
• The surprising connection between personal freedom and leadership that most people completely miss.
• How growing up with high expectations turned Dawn into a perfectionist who needed to control everything.
• What happened when Dawn's perfectionism started destroying her health and sabotaging her military career.
• The Facebook ad that led Dawn to a leadership program promising to transform her relationships - did it actually work?
• How Dawn became a leader of leaders.
• How Giorgia's upbringing made her believe she was fundamentally flawed to the point she stopped speaking.
• The wake-up call that made Giorgia realize she was wasting her life - what snapped her out of it?
• The dramatic life changes Giorgia made after this wake-up call: ending a toxic relationship and conquering her fear of public speaking.
• How this realization led Giorgia to step into leadership and gave her the freedom to choose how she shows up in the world.
• What to expect from Unleash Your Freedom Podcast.

Resources

• DM us GRADUATES at @freedomwithgiorgiaanddawn to join the Graduates Leadership Circle
• Connect with Dawn and Giorgia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomwithgiorgiaandawn