The Ellevated Life with Dorothy Enriquez

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Leadership shouldn’t cost you your peace. On The Ellevated Life with Dorothy Enriquez, you’ll join Dorothy—leadership expert, culture strategist, and recovering perfectionist—as she unpacks what it really takes to build a self-managing team. With humor, heart, and hard-won wisdom, she’ll help you stop running your million-dollar vision on fumes. Each episode brings you tight playbooks, real stories, and exact scripts that Dorothy uses to help CEOs and women at the C-level lead with confidence, authority, and ease. Let’s live it, lead it, and love it.

  1. Jan 7

    Finale: The Spark Behind the Confidence Spark

    This season finale is a moment of honesty. In this episode, I share why I’m writing The Confidence Spark and why this book became unavoidable at this point in my life and leadership journey. What started as culture work, leadership development, and organizational strategy slowly revealed a deeper through-line: confidence. Not the loud kind. Not the performative kind. But the kind that shapes how we talk to ourselves, how we decide, how we show up in transition, and how we stay grounded when life asks us to stretch into rooms we’ve never been in before. I reflect on my journey of becoming a writer, beginning in 2012, navigating rejection, releasing expectations, and ultimately publishing my first book in 2023. I also talk about why confidence isn’t unshakable, why it does fluctuate, and why deep-rooted self-trust matters more than polished certainty. To close the season, I read a sneak peek from the preface of The Confidence Spark, a promise to myself and to the women this book is written for. Season One of The Elevated Life comes to a close here. I’m taking a brief pause to let this season breathe and to deepen the work behind it. If you’ve ever felt confident in one season and uncertain in the next, this episode is for you.

  2. 12/29/2025

    Courageous Possibilities: Vision, Change, and Faith-Based Leadership

    This past year reshaped me in ways I didn’t expect. It wasn’t loud or flashy; it was refining. In this episode, I reflect on what I learned during a season of crushing, sifting, and quiet transformation as a CEO, a mom, a wife, and a woman committed to purpose. I share how leadership changes when faith deepens, what marriage and motherhood revealed about humility and communication, and why refinement is often the birthplace of courageous possibilities. This conversation isn’t about having everything figured out — it’s about trusting God’s character, learning from lean seasons, and preparing for what’s next with clarity and gratitude. If you’re walking through a season that feels heavy, slow, or unclear, I hope this episode reminds you that growth is still happening, even when you can’t see it yet.

  3. 12/15/2025

    Bullies Are Expensive and Leaders Are Paying the Bill

    Workplace bullying doesn’t always look like shouting or slamming doors. Sometimes it looks like slick comments, constant criticism, power plays, and “high performers” who leave emotional wreckage behind them. In this episode, Dorothy gets personal about being bullied at work in her 30s, by a peer, while delivering strong results, and how quickly “just let it roll off your back” turns into stress, distraction, and survival mode. She breaks down why bullying is not just a people problem, it’s a culture problem and a cost center. You’ll hear why bullies are often protected when they produce results, why that decision quietly drives away top talent, and what research tells us about who actually loses their job when bullying goes unchecked. Spoiler alert, it’s usually not the bully. This conversation is for CEOs, leaders, managers, and professionals who care about performance and people. Because culture is not what you say you value, it’s what you tolerate. And bullying, no matter how productive it looks on paper, is expensive. In this episode, we explore: What workplace bullying really looks like (especially peer-to-peer) Why high-performing bullies are often the hardest to address How bullying creates fear, disengagement, and silent exits The real retention and wellness costs leaders underestimate Why “suffering in silence” is more common than you think What leaders must be willing to confront to protect culture If you’ve ever wondered whether addressing bullying is “worth it,” this episode makes the answer very clear.

  4. 12/08/2025

    Leading when You're Healing

    Sometimes the woman with the title is also the woman rebuilding herself behind the scenes. In this episode, we talk about what it really means to lead in the middle of a healing season—when your heart is tender, your nervous system is tired, and your ambition is still calling your name. Drawing on the humanity of Brené Brown, the neuro-truths of Dr. Bruce Perry, and the raw honesty of Self-Healing Isn’t Pretty, we explore why growth doesn’t always look graceful, why your body refuses to “push through” anymore, and how blind spots shape the way you show up as a leader. This isn’t a lecture; it’s a mirror.A reminder that you can carry a vision and still be in recovery mode.That you can lead with courage while tending to the parts of yourself that feel fractured.That healing isn’t a detour from your leadership. It’s part of the path. If you’re navigating a hard season, a transition, or a quiet unraveling no one else sees, this conversation will help you breathe, reset, and remember:You’re not behind. You’re becoming.

  5. 12/01/2025

    Confidence Isn't Loud - It's Certain

    In this micro pep talk, I’m breaking down one of the biggest myths about leadership: that confidence has to be loud, bold, and booming. The truth? Real confidence is calm. It’s grounded. It’s certain. In this episode, I talk about what confidence actually looks and feels like when you’re leading — not performing. I share how presence is shaped by alignment, clarity, boundaries, and the quiet conviction that you belong in every room you step into. If you’ve been trying to “act confident” instead of feeling confident, this episode will help you shift from noise to knowing… and step into a version of leadership that doesn’t require you to be anything other than yourself.

  6. 11/25/2025

    When Your Team Stops Listening

    When your team stops listening, it can feel personal, but it’s really diagnostic. In this episode, I share how to recognize what silence means, rebuild psychological safety, and strengthen your leadership presence so people re-engage. We’ll talk about curiosity, credibility, and consistency, the real tools that turn quiet rooms into collaborative ones. If you’re ready to be heard again (and lead with calm authority), this one’s for you.

  7. 11/10/2025

    Stop Rescuing Under Performers

    If you’ve ever found yourself rewriting someone’s work at midnight or making excuses for a team member who just won’t rise to the occasion—this one’s for you. In this episode, we’re tackling the leadership trap of rescuing under-performers. You’ll learn how to recognize when support turns into enabling, why “potential” can become a prison, and what courageous accountability really looks like. Because saving people from their own responsibilities doesn’t make you a better leader—it makes you a burnt-out one. Loved this episode? Share it with a woman of color at the C Suite level, a founder, a business leader navigating teams. Enjoy this show! Please rate us 5 stars. And write a glowing review.

  8. 11/03/2025

    You're Not Behind, You're Being Refined

    If you’ve been looking around and feeling like everyone else is further ahead — take a deep breath. You’re not behind, you’re being refined. In this episode, I’m talking about what it really means to walk through a refining season as a leader, a woman, and a human. The moments that feel slow, uncertain, or even painful are often the exact moments that build our wisdom, clarity, and confidence. I share how refinement has shown up in my own life and business, what it’s teaching me about stamina and surrender, and how to keep leading even when progress feels invisible. In this episode, I explore: How to recognize when you’re in a refining season What refinement reveals about your leadership How to lead, rest, and reset while you’re being shaped If this season feels heavy or unclear, I hope this episode reminds you that you’re not late — you’re being prepared.

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Leadership shouldn’t cost you your peace. On The Ellevated Life with Dorothy Enriquez, you’ll join Dorothy—leadership expert, culture strategist, and recovering perfectionist—as she unpacks what it really takes to build a self-managing team. With humor, heart, and hard-won wisdom, she’ll help you stop running your million-dollar vision on fumes. Each episode brings you tight playbooks, real stories, and exact scripts that Dorothy uses to help CEOs and women at the C-level lead with confidence, authority, and ease. Let’s live it, lead it, and love it.

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