Leading Yourself

Carolina de Arriba
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The Leading Yourself Podcast is your go-to space for personal growth, career and leadership development, habits, relationships, and more. Each episode delivers practical insights, tools, and strategies to help you unlock your potential and become the best version of yourself. Join me for real conversations, tough love, and actionable advice designed to help you take meaningful steps toward the life you want. No fluff, just the mindset shifts, habits, and strategies that lead to real results. If you’re ready to stop waiting and start growing, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to The Leading Yourself Podcast!

  1. 4d ago

    364: The Recalibration I Did Not Plan For

    I almost did not record this episode. Not because I did not have something to say, but because I was not sure it fit. I just got back from six weeks traveling, three of which I spent in Spain. And somewhere between the long lunches that nobody was rushing, the evenings that wound down slowly, and the walks that were not workouts, something shifted. Not in a dramatic way. In the quiet, clarifying way that only happens when you step far enough outside your normal to actually see it. Here is the thing about going back to where you are from after years away. You think you are going home. And you are. But you are also holding up a mirror to the life you built since you left. And some of what I saw in that mirror surprised me. My routines, which I am genuinely proud of, which are one of my real strengths, looked different against that backdrop. Some of them were still serving me. And some of them I was doing out of habit, out of identity, because I am a disciplined person and this is what disciplined people do. Not because I had recently stopped to ask whether they were still the right fit for this season. That question is what this episode is about. In this episode: What three weeks of living at a Spanish pace did to my HRV, and what that data pointed toHow I went hours without looking at my phone and did not even noticeThe difference between a disciplined relationship with food and a healthy oneWhat I am actually changing: walking, meals, mornings, evenings, connection, and the honest reason behind each oneThe "tranquila" mindset and what a different relationship with urgency feels like in your bodyThe question I came home asking myself and have not stopped asking since This is the final episode of our July mid-year recalibration series. And it turned out to be the most personal one.

  2. 6d ago

    Morning Brew: Become, Don't Prove

    "Be more interested in becoming than proving."

    Morning Brew: Become, Don't Prove

  3. Jul 20

    363: Course-Correcting Without Starting Over

    You did the assessment. You saw what needs to change. And now the question sitting underneath everything is: how do I actually change it without blowing up everything that is working? That is what this episode is about. In Week 3 of the mid-year recalibration series, we are going to get practical. Not the inspiration version of change, the real version. The one that happens inside a full life, with real constraints, over actual time. We will start by naming the cognitive trap that derails most recalibration before it begins: the instinct to conflate seeing something that needs to change with needing to start over entirely. Then I will walk you through the four specific failure points where recalibration breaks down, not because people lack motivation, but because the process itself has predictable places it goes wrong. And we will close with a five-step framework for what sustained course-correction actually looks like: how to sort what you found, find the highest-leverage adjustment, define the smallest version of change that still matters, build the anchor before you move, and give it long enough to actually take hold. This is the episode for anyone who has done the inner work and keeps stalling at the step where it becomes real. In this episode: Why the brain jumps to starting over, and why that instinct usually costs more than it fixesThe difference between a verdict and a signal and why it changes everything about how you respondFour failure points that derail recalibration even when the motivation is realHow to tell whether you are dealing with an external problem or an internal patternWhy changing everything at once is not commitment, it is a setup for collapseWhat anchoring actually means and why it is the step most people skipThe minimum viable change framework: small and sustained versus large and abandonedWhy six weeks is the real timeline and six days tells you almost nothing

  4. Jul 18

    Morning Brew: Needed or Valued?

    Being needed is not the same as being valued.

    Morning Brew: Needed or Valued?

  5. Jul 13

    362: Your Career at the Halfway Point

    Most professionals do a version of a mid-year check-in that looks like this: count what got done, calculate what is left, get back to work. That is a performance review. Not a recalibration. In this episode, Week 2 of our July mid-year recalibration series, I am going to walk through the four areas of a real career check-in. The kind that goes past whether you hit your targets and into whether you are still growing, still visible, still in the right fit, and still on a trajectory that actually makes sense for where you want to go. This one is for anyone who has been performing fine on paper but feeling something underneath that has been hard to name. Or anyone who has been so busy in the first half of the year that they have not had a chance to look at the bigger picture. The bigger picture is worth looking at. In this episode: The difference between a performance review and a real career recalibrationFour areas every professional should assess at the halfway point: growth, visibility, fit, and trajectoryWhy you can be performing well and still be drifting and how to catch itThe visibility question most people have not asked themselves since MayWhat the excellence zone trap looks like from the insideA simple three-category framework for what to do with what you findOne question to take into the second half of the year

  6. Jul 6

    361: The Life Check-In You Have Been Skipping

    Half the year is gone. Before you sprint into the second half, stop for a minute and actually look at where you are. This week on Leading Yourself, we are kicking off July with a mid-year recalibration series : Are You Still on Your Path? And we start where it matters most: your life. Not your goals list. Not your KPIs. Your actual life. In this episode, I walk you through a five-area life check-in that goes deeper than the usual reflection prompts. We cover energy, relationships, health, joy, and alignment, and I give you the questions that actually surface what you have been not-looking-at, and close with two questions that are simple enough to actually use and honest enough to matter. If you have been feeling like you are moving but not quite sure toward what, this one is for you. In this episode: Why we skip the check-in, and what it costs usA five-area framework for an honest mid-year life assessmentThe energy question most people never ask themselvesWhat relationship drift looks like and how to catch it before it compoundsWhy joy is data, not a luxuryThe alignment question that changes everythingTwo practical questions to walk away withThis is Week 1 of the July series. Next week: your career at the halfway point.

  7. Jul 5

    Morning Brew: The Power of Coming Home

    After almost 3 weeks in Spain visiting my parents, siblings, family, and lifelong friends, I’m back with a full heart, and a powerful reminder. In this special episode of Morning Brew, I share what this trip taught me about rest, belonging, connection, and why some of the greatest things we can do for our health have nothing to do with another workout, supplement, or productivity hack. Sometimes, the best way to move forward is to return to the people, places, and rhythms that remind you who you are. Grab your coffee and join me for a personal conversation about coming home and what it means to truly come back to yourself.

    Morning Brew: The Power of Coming Home

  8. Jun 29

    360: Build your Career Squad

    Back in February 2023, I recorded an episode that I had no idea would become one of the ones you all keep coming back to. I've gotten so many messages about this one, people sending it to a friend going through something hard, listening to it during a tough season, or just telling me it stuck with them. I'm rebroadcasting it today from Spain, where I'm on vacation with my family and with a full heart, because this episode is the reason my first book exists. The 9 People You Need in Your Career Squad comes out September 5th, and every story, every chapter, every person in it started right here. If this episode resonates with you, the book goes even deeper including stories I've never shared publicly before. Pre-order here: ⁠https://buildyourcareersquad.com

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The Leading Yourself Podcast is your go-to space for personal growth, career and leadership development, habits, relationships, and more. Each episode delivers practical insights, tools, and strategies to help you unlock your potential and become the best version of yourself. Join me for real conversations, tough love, and actionable advice designed to help you take meaningful steps toward the life you want. No fluff, just the mindset shifts, habits, and strategies that lead to real results. If you’re ready to stop waiting and start growing, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to The Leading Yourself Podcast!

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  • Creator
    Carolina de Arriba
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    591
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Carolina de Arriba
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    Leading Yourself