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In this heartfelt episode of Optimising Leader Brilliance, embodiment coach Maddie Brenner-Roach and host Estelle Read explore the vital connection between body awareness and leadership resilience. Discover how tuning into your body’s signals—like tension in the shoulders or tightness in the chest—can reveal hidden stress and guide you toward deeper self-trust. Maddie shares her transformative Inner Authority Framework to help leaders move from reactive habits to empowered, embodied decision-making. If you feel overwhelmed, close to burnout, or disconnected from yourself, this episode offers practical insights and reflective tools to reconnect with your true inner authority and step confidently into your leadership role.



What You Will Learn:

💡 How to listen to your body’s stress signals and transform unconscious avoidance into conscious awareness
💡 The power of embodied leadership: making aligned decisions with a full-body yes or no, not just a mental yes
💡 Practical steps to build self-trust and shift from proving your worth to embracing your authentic, empowered self

Here’s to your leadership development and personal growth!

Estelle Read

Bestselling Author, Leadership Coach & Speaker


Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:58) Welcome & Show Introduction

(01:23) Tribute to Asterios Drossos

(03:04) Guest Introduction – Maddie Brenner-Roach

(04:02) Interview Begins – What is an Embodiment Coach?

(17:40) Subscribe Prompt (excluded)

(18:15) Inner Authority Framework & Identity Shifts

(52:03) CEO of Yourself & Embodied Yes/No

(53:11) Three Actionable Tips for Leaders

(55:35) Pause, Reflect & Act – Mini Coaching Practice



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What You Will Learn:

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Here’s to your leadership development and personal growth!



Estelle Read

Bestselling Author, Leadership Coach & Speaker



Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:25) About Optimising Leader Brilliance

(02:51) The Stress Bucket — Understanding Your Stress

(06:18) Mind, Body & State of Mind: The Factory Model

(13:17) How Language & Inner Dialogue Rewire Your Mindset

(16:53) From Inner Critic to Inner Captain

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(34:41) Summary & Key Takeaways

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(36:41) Resources & Next Steps

(37:45) Pause, Reflect & Act — Mini Coaching Practice


⭐Download My Free Journal & Self-Coaching Tool:

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⭐Follow Estelle Read:

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⭐Access Resources or Book a Free Discovery Call:

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⭐Estelle Read’s Coaching Programmes:

⬆️⁠The Optimised Leader Programme: NEXT LEVEL⁠

🎇⁠The Resilient Leader Programme: SHINE⁠

 

⭐Buy Estelle Read’s Bestselling Book:

⁠Inner Brilliance, Outer Shine: 10 Antidotes to Imposter Syndrome, Workaholism and Stress ⁠

 

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⁠Receive my free workbook: 10 Antidotes to Imposter Syndrome, Workaholism & Stress, when you sign up. ⁠



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