In this week's episode we explore how the concept of ego can help leaders who are highly competitive.

I start with my own fear about how competitive I am and how it has stopped me from taking part in competitions until I reached sixty.

Spiritual circles frown upon competitiveness as it is associated with the ego. But you can be both competitive and spiritual and spirituality has tools to help keep that competitiveness in check so that you use it for the highest good of everyone.

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Wani is the first guest in the new format of the podcast and before we dig into the content of the episode, I wanted to give the behind the scenes of how she came to be a guest. On Friday the 20th of March, I decided to cancel all my future guests on the podcast. I was booked until November 2026. It was a bold move. Once I had messaged the potential guests, I wondered who I could interview for March as I always have one guest per month on the past Friday of the month. I reached out to a woman in a business Facebook community who specialised in burnout and waited.

On Monday at 2 am, which would have been Wani's Sunday, I received an email from Wani asking if I would consider her on the podcast. Her profile was perfectly aligned with the new feel of the podcast. Normally, I pre-interview my guests but I decided to go for it. The next day, we were recording the episode and it is EPIC.

Wani is an Intellectual Property Attorney from Miami, who left her career after receiving sign after sign, for a year, to move to Paris. She had already been on a spiritual journey for nine years, which started after September 11, 2001. After a year of those signs, she sold her home, her car and got rid of almost everything she possessed and moved to Paris. She didn't know the language and had only been there as a tourist once.

She says this is the moment she stepped into what she calls "Self-leadership" which she defines as self-awareness and the willingness to look within, including at our shadow. It requires us to do the work, which can be really hard at times. For Wani, what it looked like was to stop being so hard on herself and more open to life.

Even thought she had made the decision to fully pursue a career in public speaking and change management as a consultant, it was hard for her to let go of her lawyer identity.

To hear her share about what helps her stay centred when life gets overwhelming (how much more overwhelming than a move to a country where you don't speak the language?) and so much more wisdom, click here.

To find out more about Wani, check her website, her LinkedIn profile and her Instagram account.

Have you ever had that moment… where someone pops into your mind out of nowhere—and then, almost instantly, they message you? Or you dream something so specific it feels impossible to ignore… and then it happens?

If you're someone who prides yourself on being logical, rational, scientifically minded… you've probably dismissed those moments. Coincidence. Pattern-seeking. Noise.

Until they happen again.
And again.
And again.

At some point, you start to wonder—what if this isn't random?

In today's episode, we're exploring that uncomfortable, fascinating space where logic meets experience. Where the things you can't explain begin to show up too often to ignore. And what that might mean—not just for how you understand the world—but for how you lead.

Because what if the leaders who make the best decisions aren't just analytical… but are also paying attention to something quieter, less measurable… and just as powerful?

To book a discovery call to find out how you can learn to trust your intuition as a process that both protects you from burnout but also allows you to reach new and sustainable levels of success, click here.