Lead Without Losing Yourself: Return Home to Your Natural State of Clarity, Confidence, Energy, & Creativity.

Unfazed Under Fire Podcast

We explore what it really means to lead with clarity, courage, and heart in a world that often feels like it's asking us to harden and constantly prove ourselves. This first installment of our three-part series examines the vibrant way of being many of us felt as children before life taught us to shrink and armor up.
• Examining the phenomenon of reconnecting with childlike wonder while maintaining adult wisdom and experience
• Ryan shares his personal experience of reaching a heightened state of awareness and clarity through his interactions with Anatoly on the podcast.
• How theta brainwave states in childhood allowed deeper connection with our environment and creativity
• The impact of emotional hijacking in our information-saturated world and its effect on our well-being
• Discussion of why we cannot simply think our way into higher states like joy, confidence, and creativity
• Exploring how reconnection with our authentic self provides greater agency, emotional regulation, and presence
• The neuroscience behind maintaining heightened states through long-term potentiation
• David shares his personal transformation through the Resilient Leader Method and the profound impact on performance, presence, creativity, and well-being.
What if you were never broken, just buried? What if coming home was the bravest, wisest thing you could do to revolutionize not only your life but your effectiveness as a leader? The path home is already you.

Connect with Our Co-Hosts:

- Anatoly Yakorev: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yakorev/

- Ryan McShane: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-mcshane-743382a/

Unfazed Under Fire Podcast - Host: David Craig Utts, Leadership Alchemist

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https://www.unfazedunderfirepodcast.online

Chapters

1. Returning to Our Essential Nature (00:00:00)

2. The Heightened State Experience (00:09:17)

3. Emotional Hijacking in Modern Life (00:19:13)

4. How Children Experience the World (00:30:15)

5. The Longing for Authentic Self (00:39:50)

6. Benefits of Reconnecting with Your Core Self (00:50:28)

7. David's Personal Reset Experience (00:58:10)

8. Closing Thoughts and Preview (01:09:38)