Are you holding yourself back from knowing the real you?

On today’s episode of Potent, Steven is joined by Leslie McDaniel to discuss her lifelong journey of self-awareness through personality typology and core gifts, as well as how her curiosity has shaped her life. Through emphasizing body awareness and presence, the two highlight some of the most common pitfalls in self-awareness pursuits and offer practical advice for living a more potent life.

About Today's Guest

Leslie is a self-discovery coach, podcast host, and curious human whose quest for self-understanding leads her to see the positive ripple effects of self-love. With her open heart, intuitive questions, and deep wisdom, she guides clients to have insight into all that is transpiring in their lives. Leslie's clients gain clarity on their life's path with tools such as personality typology and the Core Gift Discovery Process so that they can have an authentic impact on the things that matter most.

https://hellopersonality.com/

Show Notes

02:24 The Role of Self-Awareness in Personal Growth

09:32 Overview of Personality Models: MBTI, Enneagram, and Core Gifting

14:14 The Scientific Debate: Validity of Personality Models

28:46 Personal Growth and the Pitfalls of Personality Typing

37:35 The Role of Myers-Briggs in Self-Awareness

40:34 The Journey of Personal Growth and Self-Discovery

44:56 The Core Gift Discovery Process

50:32 The Impact of Core Gifts on Personal Development

01:01:31 Expanding Self-Awareness Through New Experiences

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The Potent Podcast is produced and edited by Justin Sinclair, who also composed the theme music. Additional editing support and mixing by Aaron Feeney.

This podcast is brought to you by the Monk Manual. The Monk Manual is dedicated to providing best-in-class tools for helping you build a more potent life, and experience peaceful being and purposeful doing on a daily basis. If you’d like to be more intentional with your time and energy - please visit monkmanual.com.

Where is the unrest in your life truly coming from and what can be done about it?

On today’s solo episode of Potent, Steven describes his personal journey with the Monk Manual and shares lessons he’s learned about honesty, dealing with unrest, embracing change, and focusing on serving others to achieve personal growth and reach one's full potential.

About Today's Guest

Steven Lawson is the founder and creator of the Monk Manual, a productivity company on a mission to fix productivity by serving the whole person, mind + body + spirit. After searching high and low for a more holistic and fulfilling approach to work and human flourishing, he found it amongst the ancient path of the monks. Featured in Inc, Forbes, and Fortune magazine, this new (old) model for work and personal growth has already helped over 100,000 people cultivate peaceful being and purposeful doing in their everyday lives. Steven lives in Buffalo, NY with his wife and three children.

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

01:46 Steven’s Journey with Monk Manual

03:46 Lesson 1: By Definition, Visionaries Will Be or Feel Misunderstood

05:27 Lesson 2: Success Doesn't Look The Same For Everyone

10:12 Lesson 3: Unrest is a Messenger

14:22 Lesson 4: Internal change is the important, neglected work

20:02 Lesson 5: Shifting Focus from Self to Service

26:18 Ending Questions for Reflection Toward Personal Growth

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The Potent Podcast is produced and edited by Justin Sinclair, who also composed the theme music. Additional editing support and mixing by Aaron Feeney.

This podcast is brought to you by the Monk Manual. The monk manual is dedicated to providing best-in-class tools for helping you build a more potent life, and experience peaceful being and purposeful doing on a daily basis. If you’d like to be more intentional with your time and energy - please visit monkmanual.com.

What’s stopping you from returning to the truest version of yourself?

On today’s episode of Potent, Steven is joined by Kelly Wendorf, founder and CEO of EQUUS, as they talk about rewilding, authenticity, and integrating nature-based experiences for personal and professional development, along with the challenges of finding belonging beyond societal labels, specifically presence, and self-awareness. Throughout the episode, the two also discuss embracing wisdom traditions, opening up to new perspectives, and optimizing personal growth through connection with oneself and nature.

About Today's Guest

Kelly Wendorf, Founding CEO of EQUUS, a leadership development firm, is an author, a socially responsible entrepreneur, disruptor, and expert in the art form of taking people through transformative change and onto meaningful levels of success, purpose, and profound fulfillment. She has been assisting her clients to navigate transformation for over 30 years, and in so doing has extensively researched this question: what conditions need to be created to allow people to live a life of deep authenticity, freedom, and joy? Having also experienced numerous tectonic shifts in her own life, she intimately knows the landscape of metamorphosis and transformative change. She has been called a corporate shaman and a CEO whisperer. Her work has been featured in Forbes, VOGUE, Huffington Post, and The New York Times. Her latest book Flying Lead Change – 56 Million Years of Wisdom for Leading and Living published by Sounds True, invites us to look to the evolutionary intelligence of nature, and nature-based wisdom to meet the challenges we face today. She works inside a spectrum of clientele – from Amazon to Microsoft to some of the most underserved communities. She serves her clients from all over the world remotely and also in person, alongside her talented co-facilitators––a herd of eight equines––on her small ranch just outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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https://kellywendorf.com/

https://www.equusinspired.com/

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

02:52 What is Rewilding?

11:28 From Corporate to Coaching with Horses

27:28 Navigating Spirituality and Business

38:12 The Essence of Presence and Overcoming Categorization

44:00 The Power of Presence

54:43 The Essence of Presence in Equine Principles

01:06:21 Practical Tips for Cultivating Presence

01:09:22 Rapid Fire Questions: Insights and Advice

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The Potent Podcast is produced and edited by Justin Sinclair, who also composed the theme music. Additional editing support and mixing by Aaron Feeney.

This podcast is brought to you by the Monk Manual. The monk manual is dedicated to providing best-in-class tools for helping you build a more potent life, and experience peaceful being and purposeful doing on a daily basis. If you’d like to be more intentional with your time and energy - please visit monkmanual.com.