A few weeks ago I admitted something out loud in an executive team meeting that I'd never fully owned before — that I have been leading my business from fear for years, disguised as kindness. In this episode I get into what fear-based leadership actually looks like, what leading from love really means (it's not what you think), and the quote from Unreasonable Hospitality that completely changed how I think about my job as CEO.

• The honest confession I made to my own leadership team — and why it stung a little to say it out loud

• Why leading from fear doesn't feel like fear when you're doing it… it feels like kindness (and why your team knows the difference even when you don't)

• The three specific ways fear-based leadership shows up in a health or wellness business — and which one I've been most guilty of

• A quote from Unreasonable Hospitality that is the clearest definition of leading from love I've ever heard

• The story of something I said to my team years ago that my CFO had to quietly correct me on afterward… and why it was actually coming from resentment, not love

• Four practical shifts to move from fear-based leadership into the kind of leadership that actually builds a strong, safe team

Think of one situation in your business right now where you've been leading from fear — a conversation you're avoiding, something you've been tolerating below your standards, or a decision you've been putting off because someone might be upset. Ask yourself: what would leading from love look like here? Then do that thing.

• Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara

• The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard

• Well Women Business Assessment

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