The Wired to Win Podcast

Fernanda Lind
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The Wired to Win Show with Fernanda Lind, Founder of Rewired Global, explores the inner mechanics of high-performance leadership under pressure. For leaders and organizations ready to build sustainable success by upgrading how they think, decide, and lead.

  1. Why Conventional Leadership Training Keeps Failing You

    6D AGO

    Why Conventional Leadership Training Keeps Failing You

    You’ve done the training. You’ve taken the notes. You know what good leadership is supposed to look like. And yet… under pressure? You still default to the same patterns. This episode will show you why insight isn’t enough-and what actually rewires how you lead when it matters most. What you’ll learn:  Why conventional leadership training often increases the gap between how you see yourself and how your team experiences you  The real reason behavior doesn’t change-even when you “get it” intellectually  What the Shibboleth study reveals about stress resilience, self-awareness, and team impact  How art and aesthetic experience directly rewire leadership behavior  The neuroscience behind why emotional experiences, not frameworks, create lasting change  How to start using this in your own life (without needing a year-long program) If this episode hit something for you: This is exactly the work we do inside Rewired Global-at the level of your internal operating system, not surface behavior. Your Next Steps: Watch the free masterclass: https://therewiredwoman.com/playbook/ Website: https://therewiredwoman.com/Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/rewired.woman/Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rewiredglobal-fernanda/ Corporations interested in working with Rewired Global: https://rewiredglobal.com/corporates/

    23 min
  2. Why Brilliant Women Leaders Operate at 70%

    APR 17

    Why Brilliant Women Leaders Operate at 70%

    Why you’re not saying the thing you already know You’ve been in that room. You have the answer. You see the pattern. You know exactly what needs to be said. And still… you hold back. You soften it. Delay it. Edit it down. Or worse - you say nothing at all. Not because you lack clarity. But because something in the room feels like a constraint. So you operate at 70%. Just enough to stay credible. Not enough to fully disrupt, lead, or shift the room. And you’ve been doing it for so long… it feels normal. In this episode, we’re breaking that pattern wide open. Because this isn’t a confidence issue. It’s not imposter syndrome. And it’s definitely not fixed with “just speak up more.” This is a neural pattern - and once you see it, you can rewire it. We’re going into things like:  Why your brain is constantly scanning the room for permission  How early career environments trained you to self-edit  The hidden “leadership tax” that’s costing you performance  What Mary Shelley understood about permission that most leaders don’t  Why you’re withholding from rooms that actually need you at full capacity  The real-time question that interrupts the pattern instantly  How to rebuild internal permission so the room stops deciding for you This episode will help you close the gap between what you bring and what you actually deploy - so you can lead at full capacity without second-guessing yourself. Because the 30% you’re holding back? That’s the part the room is waiting for. Your Next Steps: Watch the free masterclass: https://therewiredwoman.com/playbook/ Website: https://therewiredwoman.com/Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/rewired.woman/Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rewiredglobal-fernanda/ Corporations interested in working with Rewired Global: https://rewiredglobal.com/corporates/

    26 min
  3. How to Think Clearly When the World Is Designed to Make You Think Fast

    APR 10

    How to Think Clearly When the World Is Designed to Make You Think Fast

    You’re making big decisions all day. In rooms with real stakes. Real pressure. Real consequences. And most of the time, it feels like you’re thinking clearly. But what if you’re not? What if what feels like clarity is actually speed? What if what feels like discernment is just confirmation bias in a tailored blazer? What if the world around you has been engineered to make fast thinking feel smart - while quietly degrading your ability to think well? This episode will help you understand why clear thinking is not a personality trait, not a talent, and definitely not the same thing as intelligence. It’s a trained capacity. And in a world designed to keep you reactive, fast, certain, and easily manipulated, that capacity becomes a leadership advantage. Your Next Steps: Watch the free masterclass: https://therewiredwoman.com/playbook/ Website: https://therewiredwoman.com/Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/rewired.woman/Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rewiredglobal-fernanda/ Corporations interested in working with Rewired Global: https://rewiredglobal.com/corporates/

    33 min
  4. How to Build a Professional Identity That AI Cannot Disrupt

    APR 3

    How to Build a Professional Identity That AI Cannot Disrupt

    AI Is Not Coming for Your Job. It's Coming for Your Identity. You’ve built your authority over decades. Your title. Your team. Your seat at the table. And now… the structure is shifting. AI isn’t just changing roles. It’s removing the external scaffolding your identity has been standing on. And suddenly, there’s a quieter, more uncomfortable question underneath all the strategy conversations: Who are you… without it? If you’ve ever felt:  Slightly disoriented by how fast things are changing  Quietly unsure where your authority actually comes from  Like you know you’re capable, but can’t fully locate it without the structure This episode is for you. What you’ll learn:  Why AI disruption is triggering identity destabilization (not just strategic change)  The real reason high-performing leaders struggle during transitions  The difference between external identity vs. internal identity (and why it changes everything)  What’s actually happening in your brain when your role shifts  How to build authority that doesn’t depend on your title  The neuroscience behind identity, self-worth, and stability under pressure  3 practical ways to start rewiring your identity-now  Why neuroplasticity is the only real long-term solution in an AI-driven worldWired for Work Workshop: Map your patterns. See exactly how your brain is wired, and what to change:  https://rewiredg.com/wfw Your Next Steps: Watch the free masterclass: https://therewiredwoman.com/playbook/ Website: https://therewiredwoman.com/Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/rewired.woman/Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rewiredglobal-fernanda/ Corporations interested in working with Rewired Global: https://rewiredglobal.com/corporates/

    30 min
  5. Why Powerful Leaders Look Effortless and How to Build That Neurologically

    MAR 27

    Why Powerful Leaders Look Effortless and How to Build That Neurologically

    You know the leader I’m talking about. The one who walks into the room and doesn’t need to perform power. No over-explaining. No overcompensating. No visible bracing when the pressure hits. Just calm. Precision. Authority. And somehow… it looks effortless. Most people assume that kind of presence is natural. But that’s not what’s happening. In this episode, Fernanda breaks down the neuroscience behind why powerful leaders feel effortless - and how that presence is built through deliberate neuroplastic work over time. Inside this episode, you’ll learn how to:  Understand why effortlessness is a structural brain outcome, not a gift  Learn how synaptic pruning removes the neural noise competing with clear leadership  See why true authority comes from elimination, not accumulation  Recognize the difference between performed composure and structural calm  Identify which old survival pathways are still running your leadership  Build the kind of regulatory architecture that creates clean, powerful presence under pressureYour Next Steps: Watch the free masterclass: https://therewiredwoman.com/playbook/ Website: https://therewiredwoman.com/Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/rewired.woman/Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rewiredglobal-fernanda/ Corporations interested in working with Rewired Global: https://rewiredglobal.com/corporates/

    27 min
  6. Stop Managing Your Emotions. Train Your Brain Instead.

    MAR 27

    Stop Managing Your Emotions. Train Your Brain Instead.

    Marcus Aurelius had a morning routine. Neuroscience just proved why it worked. The ruler of the most powerful empire in the ancient world spent every morning doing something that neuroscience has spent thirty years documenting.  He was not managing his emotions.  He was training the neural architecture that determined how his emotions arose in the first place.  Here is what he was actually doing and why the first twenty minutes of your day are the most neurologically consequential twenty minutes you have. Inside this episode, you’ll learn how to:  Understand why your morning sets your entire neural baseline  Use cognitive reappraisal to change emotional responses before they happen Strengthen the prefrontal cortex so you respond instead of react  Reduce amygdala-driven reactivity at the source (not suppress it)  Apply a simple, repeatable daily practice that rewires how you lead under pressure  Build a brain that generates clarity, not chaos This is the difference between: Trying to stay calm… …and becoming someone who doesn’t need to try. Because this work isn’t about control. It’s about architecture. Your Next Steps: Watch the free masterclass: https://therewiredwoman.com/playbook/ Website: https://therewiredwoman.com/Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/rewired.woman/Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rewiredglobal-fernanda/ Corporations interested in working with Rewired Global: https://rewiredglobal.com/corporates/

    33 min
  7. Emotional Charge: The Hidden Neural Force That's Controlling Your Leadership (Without You Knowing)

    MAR 26

    Emotional Charge: The Hidden Neural Force That's Controlling Your Leadership (Without You Knowing)

    You’ve had that moment. Where your reaction is bigger than the room. Where something small hits… and suddenly you’re tight, guarded, defensive - before you’ve even had time to think. And afterward, you’re left wondering:  “Where did that come from?” Because it didn’t match the situation. But it felt real. Here’s what most people don’t realize: You’re not reacting to what’s happening. You’re reacting to what your brain has already encoded. Inside this episode, you’ll learn how to:  Understand why memory is not storage, it’s reconstruction  See how the amygdala encodes emotional experiences that still drive you today  Identify the difference between the story and the charge Recognize when your past is hijacking your leadership in real time  Use memory reconsolidation to actually update the emotional patterns — not just manage them  Build new neural reference points that change how you respond under pressure This is where leadership stops being behavioral…  …and becomes neurological. Because the goal isn’t to control your reactions. It’s to remove the charge that creates them. So you can walk into the room you’re in - not the one you survived. Your Next Steps: Watch the free masterclass: https://therewiredwoman.com/playbook/ Website: https://therewiredwoman.com/Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/rewired.woman/Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rewiredglobal-fernanda/ Corporations interested in working with Rewired Global: https://rewiredglobal.com/corporates/

    29 min
  8. Your Leadership Ceiling Isn't About Capability. It's Neural. And It's Fixable.

    MAR 20

    Your Leadership Ceiling Isn't About Capability. It's Neural. And It's Fixable.

    You’ve done the work. You’ve built the experience.  You’ve developed the skills.  You know what you’re doing. And yet… There’s a pattern that keeps showing up. Most leaders are operating from patterns built 10–20 years ago - under completely different conditions, different stakes, different environments. And those patterns? They still have veto power. In this episode, Fernanda breaks down why your leadership ceiling isn’t about skill, mindset, or effort - and what’s actually happening inside your brain that keeps old patterns running. We’re talking about things like: Why self-awareness isn’t enough to change behaviorHow early career pressure wires long-term leadership patternsWhy you keep repeating patterns you already understandThe concept of your “internal security council”What actually creates lasting change at a neural levelThis episode will show you how to stop trying to “fix yourself” - and start upgrading the structure you’re leading from. What you’ll learn in this episode: Why leadership patterns are structural, not psychologicalHow the default mode network keeps old behaviors runningThe real reason insight doesn’t create changeWhat memory reconsolidation reveals about rewiring patternsHow to identify your exact pattern triggers with precisionWhy change must happen in the moment - not afterThe 3 principles to start rewiring your leadership patternsYour Next Steps: Watch the free masterclass: https://therewiredwoman.com/playbook/ Website: https://therewiredwoman.com/Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/rewired.woman/Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rewiredglobal-fernanda/ Corporations interested in working with Rewired Global: https://rewiredglobal.com/corporates/

    25 min
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The Wired to Win Show with Fernanda Lind, Founder of Rewired Global, explores the inner mechanics of high-performance leadership under pressure. For leaders and organizations ready to build sustainable success by upgrading how they think, decide, and lead.

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  • Creator
    Fernanda Lind
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    52
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Wired to Win Podcast
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