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We cannot transform what we won’t touch.
It takes real valor to tell the truth about what’s not working, especially when life feels both brutal and beautiful all at once. For leaders, caregivers, and high achievers, it can seem absurd to care so fiercely about the world and still need to answer emails, load the dishwasher, or fold laundry. Yet this is the paradox of modern leadership: holding what’s enormous and what’s ordinary in the same pair of hands.
This week, Karlee launches a new three-part series, The Steady Center, for anyone determined to lead with courage and care in chaotic times. Together with her longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Maria Sirois, she explores how to stay steady when life wobbles.
You’ll learn how to name what’s not working, find your footing between apathy and overdrive, and rediscover the quiet valor that steadiness requires, because honesty is the soil every kind of regeneration grows from.
If you’re ready to stop spinning your wheels alone and begin cultivating steadiness from the inside out, this conversation will remind you: honesty and tenderness are your most courageous starting points.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- (05:41) Telling the truth about what’s not working
- (07:32) Nurturing honesty as the soil where steadiness grows
- (10:55) Why small, tender acts matter more than we realize
- (14:46) The two ends of the spectrum: apathy and overdrive
- (17:01) How to find your steady center between both extremes
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
REPLAY: Staying Steady in Chaotic Times with Karlee Fain and Maria Sirois
REGISTER: The Heroic Leadership Journey
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