How often do we overlook our own leadership because no one has given it a title?
And what changes when someone recognizes what is already within us before we are ready to claim it for ourselves?
In Season 1, Episode 4 of Jam Sessions With Tina Eliana, host Tina Eliana sits down with Julie Lokun, JD, for “How to Recognize Your Everyday Leadership.” It’s a personal conversation about self-trust, courage, judgment, vulnerability, belief, influence, and the leadership we may be practicing long before we recognize it.
Because leadership does not suddenly appear with a promotion, platform, or permission.
Julie Lokun is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, podcaster, and founder of The Mediacasters, an omni-media company that helps entrepreneurs and creatives amplify their voices through podcasting, publishing, and public speaking.
She is also the founder of Cre8tive Con and co-founder, with Dr. JC Doornick, of Dragonfly Podcast Academy, where entrepreneurs learn to launch, grow, and monetize podcasts.
Julie is also one of the people who recognized Tina’s potential and believed in her message before Tina fully understood where it could lead. That history adds another layer of honesty as they explore what it means to see leadership in someone else—and finally recognize it in yourself.
Julie speaks candidly about when living according to everyone else’s expectations was no longer sustainable. She and Tina also examine instincts, emotion, sound judgment, and moments when confidence does not protect us from a blind spot.
Tina and Julie explore questions that reach far beyond a job title:
• What does everyday leadership look like before anyone calls it leadership?
• How much can one person’s belief change another person’s direction?
• What role should emotion play in leadership and business decisions?
• Why can intelligent, capable people still miss what is happening in front of them?
• How do shame and self-blame affect us after a blind spot?
There are moments of laughter, reflection, and vulnerability that may make you reconsider where you have been leading without realizing it—and where you may still be waiting for permission you no longer need.
MEET JULIE LOKUN
Explore Julie’s work and connect with her online:
jamsessionswithtinaeliana.com/julie-lokun
ABOUT JAM SESSIONS WITH TINA ELIANA
Jam Sessions With Tina Eliana is a leadership podcast exploring intentional leadership beyond titles, positions, and organizational charts.
Here, we leave the titles at the door.
Through candid conversations across industries, communities, cultures, and lived experiences, the show examines everyday decisions, relationships, courageous choices, self-awareness, influence, and personal responsibility—often before anyone officially calls us leaders.
No pedestal. No pretending. Just meaningful conversations about how we show up and the influence we carry.
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When did someone help you recognize the leader within yourself?
EXPLORE JAM SESSIONS WITH TINA ELIANA
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ABOUT TINA ELIANA
Tina Eliana is a Leadership and Learning Systems Advisor, author, speaker, podcast host, and community builder who helps people recognize the leader within themselves and organizations strengthen leadership across teams.
A four-time WGU graduate and WGU Alumni Ambassador, Tina is also a patient advocate for Visual Snow Syndrome.
Across her work is a simple belief:
Leadership isn’t reserved for people with titles.
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