How to Connect to your Leader Within

Life fully loved
10 December 2023

How to Connect to your Leader Within

Free will or predestination? It’s a question as old as time. I won’t debate the merits of both arguments because I have a firm stance: free will.

Because of free will you have choice, choice in how you respond to a person or circumstance. Your best responses come when you listen to your Leader Within. Today’s Life fully loved provides the steps you can take to do so.

Leader Within

You choose whether to listen to your inner guidance system – or not. In CTI coaching, it’s called your Leader Within. The Positive Intelligence (PQ) model calls it Sage.

Regardless of naming convention, your inner voice knows what’s best for you. You access it through empathy. If you want to visualize its location in your brain, it lives on the right side, in the non-verbal part of you that holds imagery, emotion, and energy.

For me, though, my Leader Within lives in my heart. It keeps me whole by connecting my mind, body, heart, and spirit.

Tune Inward

You hear your inner voice by tuning in to the right frequency. If you don’t hear yours, you may be listening to a different radio station. Your radio station may have lots of static or play loud music.

Your Leader Within has a quieter signal. You have to listen more carefully. To tune in to the right station, start by recognizing that the current one you’re listening to isn’t the only station. It’s just your default station.

You can select another station any time you want. When you allow stillness to settle within you, that calmer voice can be heard. Trust that voice. It’s on your side. You know it’s the right one when the voice speaks lovingly – positively – instead of with fear – negatively.

Identifying your Leader Within

It can be hard to listen to your internal voice, to distinguish saboteur voices from your Leader Within. Here are three ways to help you identify it correctly:

Get present – 6 techniques;
Drink the Kool-Aid – understand love as the cornerstone of Leader Within;
Choose to see things differently – focus on the emotion behind your thought.

Light of the World

Your Leader Within holds the light within you. When you connect to yours, you see you’re part of a larger grid. You have a function – to light the world. You are not here randomly living in a random-less universe.

The world isn’t meaningless but meaningful, same as you. Each person has a way to serve in this meaningful world. To be God’s Hands.

And let me clear to those who don’t subscribe to a spiritual belief system that I’m speaking to you as well. You live in a self-fulfilling universe which means what you see is what you get and vice versa.

Dissatisfied with what you see or what you’ve got? Change it. Make a choice to be or do differently. Be different by shifting an attitude. Even a millimetre is good. Do differently by trying something new. Remind yourself not to stick to Einstein’s definition of insanity – doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Choice and Free Will

You are never trapped. If you feel imprisoned, it’s because of prison bars of your own making. You have free will. You can choose to open that jail cell at any time, melt the iron bars, walk around or climb over them. Since you made them, you can destroy them too.

Listen to your Leader Within. Make decisions based on the guidance you receive. You can’t go wrong. Live a purpose-driven life. A life fully loved.

Header Photo by Milivoj Kuhar on Unsplash

You have to be open minded in order to grow. The coaching that Laura gave me opened my eyes to what and how I was doing things and allowed me to see the bigger picture. I am not done yet but I already see the changes in my everyday life.
MM

I think coaching is a great way to help you clear your mind when you get stuck with overwhelming situations or when stepping into changes in your life.
MO

Coaching is life changing. It pushes you outside your comfort zone and challenges your perspectives. It is highly motivating and the exercises and techniques used are both fun and informative. I think the main benefits of coaching are to see yourself, others and the world more clearly. I think coaching is valuable to anyone regardless of where you are in your life or career.
LE

I honestly never thought I’d need a coach. I thought coaching was for CEOs and industry VIPs. I didn’t think it was for the “little guys” (i.e. me). Now, I’m of the belief that everyone – yes, EVERYONE – needs a coach. Coaching has really benefitted me and I’m so grateful to have had that time with Laura. It’s changed my life!
VB

Laura is very patient. She took the time to understand what was causing me to be stuck where I am today and help me build a better vision so I can continue to grow.
MM

I think Laura’s coaching was what I had been waiting for. Laura was so approachable, kind, and open. Her willingness to help and support made a difference for me. I found in her coaching new strategies, ideas, and perspectives that I could incorporate into my goals and objectives that I didn’t see before.
MO

Laura is an incredibly intuitive, positive and caring coach. Her techniques helped me recognize both my strengths and areas I might want to explore as I embark on the next chapter of my career. The exercises she employed were instrumental in providing self perspective and challenging my frames of reference.
LE

Laura is a natural coach. Her probing and compassionate questions helped me learn about myself: my value system, interests, goals and strengths.
LM

Coaching sessions with Laura gave me new perspectives on how to process specific feelings and situations in life. She showed me how to sit with my emotions, acknowledge them, and then use visualization strategies to move through them. I now feel more confident and in control of how I choose to walk through life.
CP

From the beginning, Laura put me at ease, creating a safe, open space for me to talk and share freely without fear of judgement. I loved the variety of approaches she used depending on the topic we were working on and it was fun being able to try out things I wouldn’t have considered before! With Laura’s coaching, I substantially grew my confidence in the workplace, overcame fears, dealt with issues I’d been carrying around for many years and, most importantly, learned to value myself and define a path forward into the future.
AG

Laura’s coaching was a breath of fresh air and EXACTLY what I needed at that point of my life. I didn’t realize how impactful coaching was going to be, but by the end of the sessions together, I left feeling refreshed, inspired and genuinely curious about what my future held for me. Because of Laura and her coaching, I believe I became a better person – someone who is more open-minded, someone with a clearer focus, and someone who is willing to explore opportunities and possibilities far more than I ever did before.
VB

I engaged Laura for coaching as I took on an expanded role leading an asset management company in Canada. As a female, I knew I would be a role model and had high expectations of myself. I was feeling overwhelmed and anxious.

In our first few coaching sessions we worked through exercises that allowed me to reflect on my purpose, leadership style and what mattered most to me. I continue to be grounded by the clarity I achieve in my coaching sessions – allowing me to be resilient and confident when challenges came my way.
OS