When everything in your life feels important, urgent, or essential… clarity disappears.
This episode explores the tension that forms when you’re carrying roles, expectations, and responsibilities that used to fit but no longer belong in the season you’re in now.
Using the whiskey distillation process as the framework, we examine the three vapors that rise inside every still:
- Heads — the quick, reactive instincts
- Tails — the heavier roles tied to past versions of ourselves
- Hearts — the aligned, purposeful expression worth protecting
Just as distillers make a “cut” to protect the purity of the spirit, leaders and everyday people must learn to do the same.
If you’ve been feeling:
• Overcommitted or stretched thin
• Unsure what you’re supposed to carry vs release
• Pulled between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming
• Burdened by old expectations or outdated responsibilities
• Caught in the tension between what you built and what you’re built for
This episode will help you recognize what’s rising, what no longer fits, and what actually belongs in the next season of your life.
You’ll learn:
• Why tension increases when clarity is trying to rise
• What distillation can teach us about identity, purpose, and alignment
• How to separate the “heads,” “hearts,” and “tails” in your own leadership
• Why old roles matter—but shouldn’t define your future
• Three reflection questions to help you make your own “cut”
• How to protect the heart: the aligned, meaningful work and identity emerging in you
This is an episode for anyone standing at the crossroads of significance—
For leaders, creators, and anyone navigating the space between what you’ve built… and what you’re built for.
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