The Soulful Leader Podcast

Planning is the road to success, the path to freedom. 

Or is it?

What if planning only part of the answer, and not having the whole picture is keeping you VERY stuck?

Today Stephanie and Maren unpack what we’ve been taught about planning (and sticking to the plan), how it’s holding us back, how we can use it and what it actually takes to step fully into our flow. It requires both awareness and practice - and it’s a powerful path into ...

“Why is that coming up AGAIN? I dealt with that!”

Have you felt like that? You think, ‘I've been here. I've done this already.’ 

When that shows up, do you get frustrated, assume you did something wrong and beat yourself up about it? Or do you get curious and excited?

Today’s podcast will give you a perspective that goes beyond the judgement of right and wrong; a perspective that will empower and liberate you AND you’ll even...

If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying a big sack of potatoes wondering why you feel tired and heavy and you can't sleep, this podcast is for you.

Today, Maren & Stephanie dive into the Shadow, what it is, why it matters and how to use it to lighten your load and lead a more joyful and fulfilled life.

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”  ~ Carl Jung

When you don’t ...

What happens when we finally get our needs met?

We scramble after money, love, accolades, power, etc., yet study after study shows that once basic needs are met, additional pursuit does not enhance happiness.

Will Smith talks about the concept of “cliff top” (opposite of "rock bottom”) where a person has achieved everything they wanted in the material world—money, fame, sex, and success— and still finds themselves missing lastin...

Resilience is hot! The word is being used in every context from problems, to theories, to solutions - as well as to push people to do even more.

So what is it really and why does that matter to you, your team, and your business?

Today, Stephanie and Maren dive into this maelstrom and talk candidly about what it is, why it's important to you and how to build true resilience within yourself, your team members and your business.  

You live with a constant undercurrent of never feeling like you do enough, you are enough, or that you have enough.

It's exhausting.

That’s the result of being taught to look outside for your value and your worth, it leaves you empty. No matter how much you take from the outside and try to put inside, it doesn’t fill it.

Today, Stephanie and Maren talk about this very poignant, timely subject from the freeing place of inner maste...

Purpose.   Meaning.   Clarity.

Do you ever feel like you’re chasing these in your life and just as you reach them, they, poof, slip through your fingers?

You’re not alone.

In this episode, Stephanie and Maren unpack what it really means to pursue this power trio — not as a destination, but as a living, breathing practice. 

Society treats them as boxes to tick, and that’s part of the problem. Today’s episode explores going beyond what y...

When your emotions are all over the place, it’s easy to fall for everything and anything. You’re easy to manipulate.

On some level you know this, so you tuck those damn emotions aside, ignore them or try to control them - which only makes things worse. They come out at the most inopportune times.

Sound familiar?

The truth is, emotions are not a flaw to be overcome, they are one of the amazing gifts of being human. They are literally e...

It’s nuts out there. And when it’s calm and focused inside - it changes everything.

As a culture, we are

•  easily distracted 
•  obsessive over (fill in the blank) - politics, relationships, finances, etc.
•  experiencing one health, environmental, societal crisis after another 
•  swinging from wound up to completely disengaged 
•  feeling angry one minute to hopeless the next

So how do you stay sane? Focused? How do you even know what t...

What if you could feel more like yourself, have the energy and motivation you imagine AND create meaningful change in the world. It’s not a pipe dream.

If you have ever felt 

• like you’re missing something 
• Like there’s an answer just beyond your grasp
• smaller than you know yourself to be
• as if you just weren’t living up to your full potential
• not as happy as you should be

Today’s podcast has answers -and tools- for you!

This week,...

What if the thing you're clinging to is the very thing holding you back?

In this week’s episode, Stephanie and Maren dive deep into the attachments we hold—money, identity, expectations—and the hidden cost of not letting go. Maren shares her powerful personal story of losing $250,000 and the radical transformation that followed when she chose to see it not as a failure, but as a gift.

Together, they explore:

• The emotional wei...

Have you ever hung on to something you know is not good for you?

A habit, a belief, maybe even a relationship or a job that you know sucks, but you can't seem to let it go?

The thing you say, ‘if only’ this were different, my life would be great, then you don’t change it?

  ~ If only my husband were kinder, stronger, shorter, taller, etc.

  ~ If only my job paid me more money

  ~If only I could lose 20 pounds

The truth is that you s...

Energy is an interesting dynamic. 

It goes where we send it. 

When you are angry and fight against something, that something actually gets fed. You add your energy to it. Shifting focus towards what you want instead, stops feeding the beast you don’t want and diverts the energy into building your ideal - what you DO want. 

"I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that,...

Mel Robbins has caught the nation’s attention with her ‘Let Them’ Theory. It’s simple, it’s empowering and it’s not as one-size-fits-all as people want to make it.

This week, Stephanie and Maren bring opposing views on “Let Them”, which opens up a world of discussions and several thought provoking examples. The essential aspect for leaders is how they use their own experience of sitting on opposite sides of the fence to uplevel the ...

Have you ever felt invisible? Not seen or heard? Isolated?

Ironically, you are not alone. More and more people are experiencing this.

In today’s powerful podcast, Maren shares her own story and together Maren and Stephanie look at this from multiple perspectives including:

• the role that AI has played - and will play - in this phenomenon
• how to heal from from the isolation
• the disease of perfectionism 
• what it means to be a full spect...

Can a business really thrive and NOT be toxic? Can it actually be beneficial to the people running it, its customers, its workers, AND the planet?

Mark Silver has the answer - and it’s a resounding YES!

Mark has worked with 1000’s of businesses over the last quarter century and has proof that every act of business can be an act of love. As leaders grasp what that even means and begin to embody it, we will be the ...

As humans we’ve downplayed, or completely ignored, two essential life skills: playfulness and intentionality. As leaders, we are completely missing the boat. Adding lightness to our lives is the skill we most need to cultivate.

In this week’s podcast, Maren and Stephanie along with their team members, Dave and Lori share the crux of soulful leadership - leadership that heralds play, imagination and positivity - each from t...

Have you ever struggled with any aspect of the holiday season?
If so, you’ll want to tune into today’s podcast.

If you could do holidays differently, what might that look like? And why? 
What would it mean to you to get you in touch with your own inner presence and your gifts?

Mass consumerism, big business, advertising and social media have co-opted our holidays. AND, we’ve internalized the pressure to do...

Think about that time when you were so irritated you could barely see straight. That’s emotional hijacking - it happens more than we notice AND it costs us way more than we realize.

It can cost you a client, a team member, a partnership or even your reputation. As a leader, you definitely want an alternative.

In today’s podcast, Maren and Stephanie talk about Maren’s personal experience of being emotionally hijack...