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. 1d ago

    368: Leading through Transitions: What Are You Transitioning From, and To?

    One question to close out the month. It sounds simple, and it is not. What are you transitioning from, and what are you transitioning to? Most of us cannot answer that, not because we do not know, but because we have never stopped long enough to ask. So in this series close, we stop and ask it together. Part one is a coaching session: why transition starts with putting something down rather than picking something up, why your TO should be a direction and not a title, and the thread that survives both. Part two is your questions. Three that came up again and again this month: how to lead yourself through a transition you never chose, what to do when you are clear on what you want but cannot make yourself move, and the one I am hearing most right now, you have decided you want to be someone different, with different priorities and a different relationship to your career, and every time you try to shift, fear pulls you back. Plus the From / To reflection to close your month. In this episode: Why you cannot step into what is next while still holding what is overHow to answer the TO question without knowing your destinationWhat travels with you through any transitionLeading yourself through a change you did not chooseClarity without movement and the fear underneath itWhy changing an identity is harder than changing a behaviorThe From / To reflection Check out my new book and join the free launch event here: https://buildyourcareersquad.com

  2. 3d ago

    Morning Brew: You Don't Need Their Approval

    “You don't need everyone to understand your decisions. You need to understand why you're making them.”

    Morning Brew: You Don't Need Their Approval

  3. Aug 17

    367: Leading Through Transitions: The Messy Middle

    This is the most personal episode of the series. I share the two years I spent in the middle with this book: writing, deleting, scrapping whole sections, and the quiet stretch where I thought I might not finish. I also share something I am not proud of, that I broke my own pattern and never announced it, because I was afraid I would fail. And I talk about the moment it stopped being a question about the book and became a question about me. Maybe I am not a writer. Maybe I am not the person who writes a book. Then we get practical. The two ways we all get the middle wrong: freeze and thrash, and the three-part anchor that actually gets you through when certainty is not coming: your values, your throughline, and your next honest step. If you are in the foggy, unglamorous, nobody-claps-for-this middle right now , this one is for you. I am in one too. In this episode: Why the middle is where transitions are actually won or lostFreeze and thrash: the two failure modes, and how to tell which one you are inTwo years, one book, and the middle I went through over and overWhen a practical question quietly becomes an identity verdictThe three-part anchor: values, throughline, next honest stepWhy clarity comes from the walking, not before itThe Anchor Card, and two questions to sit with this week Submit questions you would like me to answer live on the next episode here: https://forms.gle/7YdF8VMa3voUnjA69 Subscribe to the Monday Brew here: https://leadingyourself.myflodesk.com/mondaybrew Check out my upcoming book here: ⁠https://buildyourcareersquad.com⁠

  4. Aug 15

    Morning Brew: Be Different

    “When you can't win by being better, you can win by being different.”

    Morning Brew: Be Different

  5. Aug 10

    366: Leading Through Transitions: The Window You Run Past

    Think about the last time you started something new at work. What did you do in those first few days? If you are like most high performers, you got moving fast, head down, proving you belonged. And you ran right past the one moment that mattered: the quiet window at the very beginning, before anyone had decided who you are here, when you could have asked a different question. Not how do I prove myself. But who do I want to be here? This is week two of Leading Through Transitions, about the loud, visible career changes (new jobs, promotions, pivots) and the ones nobody hands you: the scope you stretch into, the project you raise your hand for, the decision to show up differently. I pick up right where last week left off, and get specific about what I did when I switched companies: I slowed down, blocked time each morning to map how the place actually worked before volunteering, and chose who I wanted to be as a leader before I got busy proving myself. Then I bring back the Four Zones of Work as your compass, and explain why the transitions you choose yourself can be the sneakiest burnout traps of all. If you are starting something new, thinking about raising your hand for something, or just deciding how you want to show up this season, this one is for you. In this episode: Why every new job, team, role, or project is a window, and why it closes fastWhat running past the window actually costs you six months from nowThe question to ask before what do I want to accomplish hereThe concrete slow-start practice I used at a new company, and what it producedThe Four Zones of Work, and why high performers burn out in the Excellence zoneA three-step Four Zones audit you can run today

  6. Aug 8

    Morning Brew: The Standard Starts With You

    “Your relationship with yourself sets the standard for every relationship you allow into your life.”

    Morning Brew: The Standard Starts With You

  7. Aug 3

    365: Leading Through Transitions: Who You're Becoming

    Have you ever caught yourself describing who you are with a label that is not quite true anymore? Not a job title , a label. The strong one. The reliable one. The one who always says yes. The words come out the way they always have, and somewhere in the middle a small part of you notices: that is not really me anymore. That moment is what an identity shift feels like from the inside. And it is where we start this month's new series: Leading Through Transitions. In this first episode, I open up about the go-to person I used to be, the one who needed to be in every room, involved in every decision, and the honest truth that the need came from two places at once: real drive, and real fear. I share why, after I left and started over, I chose on purpose not to become that person again, and what was left once the fear got quiet. I am more grounded now than I have ever been, and the purpose that was always underneath just takes a different shape. We talk about why we hold onto old labels, why the messy middle is where the real work happens, and how to move through a big change while staying anchored to what is actually true about you. If something in your life is shifting right now, and you are not sure who you are on the other side of it, this one is for you. In this episode: Why you never notice an identity shift while it is happeningThe two things we do to avoid the discomfort, holding on and grabbing aheadA personal story about the label I chose to set downHow to tell the difference between drive and fearA simple three-part way to hold any transitionWhy the unsettled feeling is a marker, not a warningTwo questions to sit with this week Listen to my conversation with Anthony Trucks referenced in today's episode here: 83: Identity Shift with Anthony Trucks

  8. Aug 1

    Morning Brew: Comfort Zones

    "Your comfort zone is your most expensive habit."

    Morning Brew: Comfort Zones
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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
    599
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Carolina de Arriba
  • Show Website
    Leading Yourself

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