The Elevated Leader with Leigh Ann Mastronardi

Start your day with clarity, balance, and intention.

This 10-minute guided meditation is designed for busy business owners and leaders who want to ground their energy, release stress, and set a powerful tone for the day ahead. Together, we’ll focus on creating balance, aligning your energy, and setting clear intentions so you can step into your work with confidence and presence.

Take this time for yourself before the emails, the meetings, and the demands of the day. Your energy sets the tone for your business, so lead it well.

Press play each morning and give yourself the reset you deserve.

Whether you’re preparing for a big competition or just want to fall back in love with dance, this episode is your go-to mindset reset. Based on my leadership talk for competitive dancers, we’ll dive into vision alignment, overcoming comparison, choosing progress over perfection, and leading yourself with confidence. You’ll hear inspiring stories (including one about a dancer who broke free from perfectionism), guided reflection questions, and a short visualization you can use before every performance.

Listen anytime you need to get grounded, focused, and ready to dance your best, no matter what’s happening around you.

Episode 4: What Does It Mean to Be an Elevated Leader?

What does elevated leadership actually look like-and how do you know if you’re leading from alignment or just running on autopilot?

In this episode, Leigh Ann gets real about the difference between traditional leadership and elevated leadership. She shares her personal story, the burnout that changed everything, and the 4 core pillars that now guide her work with entrepreneurs and CEOs who are ready to lead with more clarity, presence, and purpose.

You’ll learn:

• Why “self-leadership” is where everything starts

• How to stop leading from pressure and start leading from vision

• What it takes to build an empowered culture (even in hard seasons)

• How to create success that doesn’t cost you your peace

This is the episode you’ll come back to when you’re ready to reset, realign, and rise.

In this deeply personal episode, I’m sharing the moment that brought me to my knees, literally.

It was a quiet morning, the kids had just left for school, and I found myself on the kitchen floor, completely undone. That moment of surrender cracked something open in me and marked the beginning of a new chapter, not just in my personal life, but in how I lead, live, and show up for others.

Over the past few years, I’ve evolved into a different person. I’ve experienced heartbreak, healing, and growth that has pushed me toward a deeper calling: leadership development rooted in self-awareness, faith, and alignment.

This episode is about the internal work.
I’ll walk you through:

• -The burnout and perfectionism that led to my breaking point

• -How The book "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz  became part of my healing and mindset shift

• -The leadership lessons I’ve learned through surrender and spiritual growth

• -What it really means to lead with presence, purpose, and people-first focus

If you’ve ever felt like you’re holding it all together on the outside while falling apart inside, this episode is for you.

Grab a warm drink, take a breath, and join me for a conversation about the moment everything changed, and how it led me home to myself, to my faith, and to a more grounded way of leading.

In this episode of The Elevated Leader, I’m taking you back to a defining moment in my leadership journey—the day I was asked to fire an entire team on my very first day as a manager at just 22 years old.

I share how that one uncomfortable moment shaped the kind of leader I am today, and why doing the hard thing with integrity is the foundation of real leadership.

We’ll talk about:

• What I learned working on my uncle’s farm and restaurant as a kid

• Why I believe leaders are built through challenge

• A simple framework to help you have hard conversations with clarity and courage

• How avoiding discomfort protects you, not your team

• And what it really means to lead with integrity—even when no one’s watching

This episode is both gritty and gentle—a mix of real-life leadership, personal growth, and a reminder that every hard thing we face is shaping us into the leader we’re meant to be.

In this episode, Leigh Ann talks all things leadership. What it means to be a great leader and the importance of vulnerability in leadership. With 24 years of leadership experience, Leigh Ann shares important leadership insights.