The Self-Leadership Podcast

Anna-Maria Tsyupko and Josh Winterson
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What does it actually mean to live intentionally? The Self-Leadership Podcast explores that question through honest, practical conversations. In each episode, we unpack the routines and practices people rely on to stay aligned with what matters to them. We go deeper into how these practices started, why they matter and how they work - and sometimes don’t - in real life. We hope that listeners gain both perspective and practical ways to approach their own lives more intentionally, through practices they can adapt and try for themselves. New episodes bi-weekly. Produced by JamieEverett.io

  1. -1 dia ·  Bónus

    8 Self-Leadership Practices That Stuck With Us | Ep9-Ep16 Highlights

    Across Episodes 9 to 16, our guests shared 40 self-leadership practices drawn from their own lives. For this highlight reel, Anna-Maria Tsyupko and Josh Winterson picked one practice from each episode that had the biggest impact on them. New to the podcast? Start here. If you've been following along, you might find a practice you'd like to revisit. Practices selected: Ep9, 13:17: Breaking away from local maxima Ep10, 20:44: Pausing and reading the body Ep11, 26:32: Disconnecting from the phone Ep12, 55:13: Emotional literacy Ep13, 47:17: Make rest non-negotiable Ep14, 1:02:05: Positive self-talk Ep15, 44:01: Move for four minutes Ep16, 25:34: The Full Seat Rule Which practice would make the biggest difference for you? Tell us in the comments, and subscribe to The Self-Leadership Podcast for more conversations about how we lead ourselves. Connect with your hosts: Anna-Maria: LinkedIn Josh: LinkedIn

    8 Self-Leadership Practices That Stuck With Us | Ep9-Ep16 Highlights

  2. 26/08

    Beyond Busy: 5 Rules to Reclaim Your Attention - Florestano Compagno

    Florestano Compagno became very good at showing up for other people, often before asking what he needed himself. In this episode of The Self Leadership Podcast, he joins Anna and Josh to discuss what he calls selective presence: choosing where your attention and energy belong. He explains how perfectionism and assumed expectations pushed him to overdeliver, and why being present requires clear boundaries. Florestano also shares five practical ways to be more intentional with your attention. Give people your full focus. Leave situations where you have no reason to stay. Exercise without turning your body into another project. Step back when life feels overwhelming. Find small moments of joy in ordinary days. Practices discussed Practice 1: The Traffic Cop Rule Practice 2: The Full Seat Rule Practice 3: Anti Performance Physicality Practice 4: The Greater Picture Check Practice 5: The Tomato Pasta Philosophy Connect with Florestano Compagno Florestano Compagno on LinkedIn Connect with your hosts Anna-Maria on LinkedIn Josh on LinkedIn Chapters 00:00 Introduction 05:24 What does living intentionally mean to you? 15:08 Practice 1: The Traffic Cop Rule 25:34 Practice 2: The Full Seat Rule 34:28 Practice 3: Anti Performance Physicality 45:19 Practice 4: The Greater Picture Check 55:20 Practice 5: The Tomato Pasta Philosophy 1:02:54 Florestano’s five practice summary Subscribe for more honest conversations about the practices that shape intentional lives.

    Beyond Busy: 5 Rules to Reclaim Your Attention - Florestano Compagno

  3. 12/08

    Stress Is My Default. Calm Is My Practice - Saliha Van Nuland

    Stress is a familiar state for Saliha Van Nuland. Growing up in a chaotic environment left her accustomed to hypervigilance, and she still notices how easily her nervous system can move into fight or flight. Childhood chronic bronchitis meant repeated hospital stays and having to relearn how to breathe. Years later, Saliha trained as a breathing teacher and began using the breath to notice stress, change her state and create more space before reacting. She joins Anna and Josh to share the five practices that help her return to steadiness. They explore what breath holds and over breathing can reveal, why a useful reset must be simple enough for a difficult day, and how nourishment, movement and journalling support her wider approach to nervous system regulation. Resources Dr. Belisa, The BREATHE™ Certification Program The School of Self Tabata Connect with Saliha Van Nuland Saliha on LinkedIn Connect with your hosts Anna-Maria on LinkedIn Josh on LinkedIn Chapters 00:00 Introduction 05:40 Living Intentionally 13:03 Childhood stress, bronchitis and relearning breath 18:32 Practice 1: Breathe through the nose 26:35 Practice 2: Exercise the breathing muscles 37:40 Practice 3: Hydrate and nourish in the morning 44:01 Practice 4: Move for four minutes 47:48 Practice 5: Journal what needs attention 53:40 The five practices in review Subscribe for more honest conversations about the practices that shape intentional lives. Featured topics breathwork, nervous system regulation, conscious parenting, emotional regulation, intentional living, nasal breathing, breathing exercises, morning routine

    Stress Is My Default. Calm Is My Practice - Saliha Van Nuland

  4. 29/07

    Everything is Hard Before It Is Easy - Beth Jones

    The first month in Angola was awful. Beth had quit her job as a petroleum engineer, sold the house in Aberdeen and moved with her husband to a country where she knew nobody, didn’t speak the language and couldn’t safely go out on her own. He left for work every morning and was the only person she saw all day. What got her through was a line she found while looking up motivational quotes: everything is hard before it is easy. Six months in, she is learning Portuguese, working part time and travelling to places she never expected to see. Beth joins Anna and Josh Winterson to talk about what happens to a driven, goal oriented person when the structure disappears. Practices discussed Practice 1: Set a clear goal Practice 2: Plan the route Practice 3: Do the work Practice 4: Reflect and adjust Practice 5: Positive self talk Connect with Beth Beth Jones on LinkedIn Connect with your hosts Anna Maria on LinkedIn Josh Winterson on LinkedIn Chapters 00:00 Introduction 05:41 How Angola changed Beth’s perspective 09:24 Living intentionally 22:45 Practice 1: Set a clear goal 35:12 Practice 2: Plan the route 40:12 Practice 3: Do the work 52:35 Practice 4: Reflect and adjust 1:02:05 Practice 5: Positive self talk 1:10:28 The five practices in review Subscribe for more honest conversations about the practices that shape intentional lives. Featured topics Ambition, goal setting, self discipline, self reflection, high achiever mindset, career change, Ironman triathlon, time management, gratitude, personal growth, living abroad

    Everything is Hard Before It Is Easy - Beth Jones

  5. 15/07

    I Travelled From Italy to Bali Without Flying to Cure My Burnout - Diego Scarsella

    Creative burnout pushed Diego Scarsella to leave his London life behind and rethink what meaningful work could feel like. After returning to Italy, the product designer set out on a seven month overland journey from near Milan to Bali, travelling one bus ride at a time to find his spark again. Diego joins Anna and Josh to share what the journey revealed about courage, intentional living and the space creativity needs. He explains why courage often arrives after we act, how stillness helps us understand what we have experienced, and why rest can be more useful than another hour of busy work. The conversation also explores the difference between doing what looks productive and doing what feels meaningful. Diego’s practices are deliberately flexible. You don’t need a seven month trip to begin. A walk, a short rest, a page of reflection or a few unproductive minutes of play can be enough to notice what you need next. Connect with Diego Diego Scarsella: LinkedIn Connect with your hosts Anna-Maria: LinkedIn Josh: LinkedIn Chapters 00:00 Meet Diego Scarsella 06:03 Why recovery became an adventure 13:11 Finding meaning in small daily actions 17:41 What stillness reveals after intense experiences 21:34 Burnout, boreout and misaligned work 27:55 Practice 1: Spend time in nature 33:18 Practice 2: Document, reflect and move on 38:35 Practice 3: Let go to make space 47:17 Practice 4: Make rest non negotiable 52:08 Practice 5: Create something every day 1:00:28 The five practices in review Subscribe for more honest conversations about the practices that shape intentional lives. Topics creative burnout, intentional living, travel, finding your spark, rest and recovery, meaningful work, busy work, creativity, time in nature, journalling, self reflection, letting go, courage, community

    I Travelled From Italy to Bali Without Flying to Cure My Burnout - Diego Scarsella

  6. 1/07

    A Money Date With Yourself - Minna Schmidt

    Anna-Maria and Josh speak with Minna Schmidt, a financial wellbeing coach and co founder of Flourish Financially, a money and wealth academy for women. Minna shares how her relationship with finance changed over time, why so many people avoid looking at their money, and how financial confidence can create more freedom, security and choice. The conversation also moves far beyond money. Minna talks about the health wake up call that forced her to set boundaries, the question that now guides her life, the role of purpose in financial decisions, and why emotional literacy matters even in highly structured work. She also shares her love of Finnish sauna as a place for presence and reflection. This is a conversation about money, but it is really about agency. What are you avoiding, what are you building, and does it actually belong to you? Minna Schmidt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/minnaschmidt/ Connect with your hosts: Anna-Maria: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atsyupko/ Josh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshwinterson/ Resources: The Psychology of Money: https://amzn.eu/d/06d7I3Hz Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 06:55 What intentional living means to Minna 10:48 The health wake up call that forced a boundary 20:26 How Minna found her purpose 24:18 Practice 1: financial self care 33:49 Practice 2: purpose led living 39:49 Practice 3: sauna as presence and renewal 46:24 Practice 4: embracing discomfort 55:13 Practice 5: emotional literacy 1:05:01 Minna’s five practices in summary intentional living, money beliefs, values based living, burnout, personal growth, seeking discomfort.

    A Money Date With Yourself - Minna Schmidt

  7. 17/06

    Addition by Subtraction: Choose to be Present - Ricardo Camarinha

    At 33, Ricardo was lying on a couch, recently divorced and freshly out of his second business, when he saw his future with uncomfortable clarity. If he kept going, he'd be a 60 year old salesman in the wine trade, living a life he never chose. He got up and changed direction. Ricardo is a serial entrepreneur and father of three who built his own businesses for most of his adult life. In this episode of The Self Leadership Podcast, he shares how that moment on the couch reshaped his sense of purpose, and why the season he's in now belongs to raising his kids. Anna and Josh explore six practices with him: jujitsu as a form of meditation he calls human chess, disconnecting from his phone and going back to the 90s, being fully where you are, prioritisation and the order of things, writing to empty your head, and learning to trust other people. Underneath all of it sits one idea: a fulfilled life might come from having less in it, not more. Connect with Ricardo: Ricardo Camarinha on LinkedIn Connect with your hosts: Anna and Josh Resources: Thinking, Fast and Slow Why We Sleep Getting Things Done The Organized Mind Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and meet Ricardo 02:18 Learning with AI and building things again 07:09 What living intentionally means 08:33 The couch moment at 33 12:25 Purpose in seasons of life 16:14 Practice 1: Jujitsu as meditation 26:32 Practice 2: Disconnecting from the phone 31:53 Practice 3: Being where you are 37:57 Practice 4: Prioritisation and the order of things 39:56 Practice 5: Writing things down 45:41 Practice 6: Learning to trust people 47:13 Recap and closing thoughts self leadership, intentional living, presence, digital detox, jujitsu, meditation through movement, life purpose, prioritisation, personal growth, focus, emotional resilience

    Addition by Subtraction: Choose to be Present - Ricardo Camarinha

  8. 3/06

    I Had The PERFECT Career But It Was Draining Me - Carmen Balacianu

    Self leadership does not always begin with another goal. Sometimes it begins with a pause. Anna and Josh are joined by Carmen Balacianu, a former Senior Vice President of Marketing, who now works as an Executive and Awakened Leadership Coach. Carmen shares how a life that looked successful from the outside became a “golden cage”, and how burnout helped her reconnect with her body, purpose and joy. Together, they explore why slowing down can feel so difficult, how to listen when your body says no, and what it means to set goals without becoming attached to them. Carmen also shares five self leadership practices that can be done anywhere, without a notebook, app or plan: pausing, reconnecting with purpose, practising non attachment, showing up authentically and grounding in nature. If you have been pushing through, chasing the next milestone or wondering why success still feels heavy, this conversation offers a softer and more honest place to start. Carmen Balacianu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmenbalacianu/ Connect with your hosts: Anna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atsyupko/ Josh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshwinterson/ Resources: The Surrender Experiment: https://amzn.eu/d/0fSFJBzR Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 04:41 Leaving the golden cage behind 09:19 What intentional living means to Carmen 17:19 Goals, flexibility and listening to the body 20:44 Practice 1: Pausing and reading the body 31:08 Practice 2: Staying aligned with purpose 41:06 Practice 3: Non attachment and surrender 50:08 Practice 4: Authenticity and vulnerability 1:04:21 Practice 5: Being grounded in nature 1:08:29 Carmen’s recap of the five practices Keywords: corporate burnout, awakened leadership, non attachment, somatic coaching, body awareness, emotional check ins, conscious leadership, grounding in nature, authentic leadership

    I Had The PERFECT Career But It Was Draining Me - Carmen Balacianu
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What does it actually mean to live intentionally? The Self-Leadership Podcast explores that question through honest, practical conversations. In each episode, we unpack the routines and practices people rely on to stay aligned with what matters to them. We go deeper into how these practices started, why they matter and how they work - and sometimes don’t - in real life. We hope that listeners gain both perspective and practical ways to approach their own lives more intentionally, through practices they can adapt and try for themselves. New episodes bi-weekly. Produced by JamieEverett.io

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  • Autoria
    Anna-Maria Tsyupko and Josh Winterson
  • Anos em atividade
    2026
  • Episódios
    18
  • Classificação
    Para todos
  • Copyright
    © Anna-Maria Tsyupko and Josh Winterson
  • Site do programa
    The Self-Leadership Podcast