Embodied leadership for nonprofits with LeeAnn Mallorie
Release Date: 06/03/2025
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info_outlineIn episode 124 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol Hamilton and LeeAnn Mallorie discuss about navigating leadership from a place of embodiment, resilience, and grace. They explore:
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how tuning into the body can help leaders make better choices, weather organizational turbulence, and come through crisis with renewed purpose.
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How our effectiveness and influence are deeply tied to how we relate to ourselves—and that honoring our inner wisdom is not a luxury, but a necessity in today’s climate of uncertainty and change.
Episode highlights:
What Is Embodiment and Why It Matters [08:15]
Resilience in a Time of Chaos [11:15]
The Power of Letting Go [13:59]
Balancing Drive with Surrender [17:15]
Grace as Leadership Range [19:26].
Leaders Getting in Their Own Way [22:15]
Co-Creating with What Is [23:26]
Feeling First, Then Acting [26:58]
Leading Through Uncertainty [24:01]
Advice for Those in Transition [29:16]
A Strategic Shift: Collective Leadership [35:15]
Guest BIO:
LeeAnn Mallorie, CEO of Guts & Grace Leadership, began her career as an executive coach in 2006, working with leaders and teams from around the globe. Yet she soon found something was missing—the body. This led her on a personal journey of physical, mental, and spiritual healing, to eventually embrace the feminine side of leadership. Committed to walking her talk, she brings these lessons back to her clients in the corporate, non-profit and government sectors, with surprisingly positive results. Today LeeAnn specializes in bringing feminine wisdom and diverse cultural values into business, as keystone to solving some of our world’s stickiest problems. Using practical embodiment tools, she helps attendees bridge the gap between the hard-driving logical mind and the deeper wisdom of the soul.
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