In this episode, I share a personal story about leading from behind in a small, entrepreneurial tech team. The team was fragmented, underperforming, and in constant conflict with other departments — a quiet war in full swing.

I walk through how I:

• Connected with each team member to understand strengths, weaknesses, and ambitions
• Stabilised fragile IT systems and workflows without fanfare
• Built trust, morale, and cross-team collaboration quietly
• Turned invisible leadership into tangible results

We also explore practical reflection questions and steps any leader can use to reduce friction, unite teams, and lead with high impact while keeping stress low.

Takeaways include:

• How to lead invisibly and effectively
• Building trust and psychological safety in a small team
• Practical tactics for smoothing friction and improving collaboration
• Reflection prompts to assess your current leadership challenges

Actionable next step:

Try asking Dex AI Coach:

• “How can I reduce team friction today?”
• “How can I unite my team in shared purpose?”
• “How do I lead from behind instead of pushing from the front?”

Even a quick session can reveal actionable leverage points and reduce your day-to-day stress as a leader.

Resources mentioned:

• Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull

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Summary
In this episode, we break the spell of the “lone wolf” identity — the myth that high performers must grind alone, stay stoic, and win through self-sacrifice. We explore why this model silently burns people out, why it’s collapsing as a leadership archetype, and what replaces it: inner partnership, genuine support, and a way of working that restores energy instead of draining it.

What We Cover
– How the lone-wolf philosophy sneaks into high-stakes careers
– The quiet suffering that looks like competence from the outside
– Why burnout isn’t weakness — it’s a loyalty problem (too loyal to the wrong rules)
– The emotional toll of being “the one who always holds it together”
– The cultural lie that self-reliance is noble
– How isolation becomes self-attack
– The moment a leader realises they’re exhausted because they’ve been the strong one
– What replacing the lone-wolf identity actually looks like
– How inner solidarity becomes fuel, power, and clarity
– Practical questions to shift from isolation to support

Key Takeaway
Burnout thrives where connection dies.
The lone wolf doesn’t fall because he's weak — he falls because he’s alone.
Real strength comes from restoring partnership: with yourself, with others, and with the life you actually want to lead.

Try This
– Ask yourself: “Where am I still trying to do everything alone?” (Ask Dex AI to help you solve it)
– Identify one area where support is overdue.
– Let one person in.
– Notice how your system settles when you stop carrying everything solo.

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In this conversation, we go straight into the territory most professionals tiptoe around: intuition, subtle energy, the “inner signals” you’ve been trained to ignore since childhood.

I talk about why Western culture is so committed to denial, how that denial fuels burnout, and why your quiet inner nudges are often the most honest, helpful guidance you’ll ever get.

We cover everything from witches and shamans, to Victorian emotional repression, to the modern addiction cycle… and yes, the moments in my own life when intuition slammed into me like a freight train.

This isn’t about superstition—it’s about reconnection. Tuning back in to yourself, to others, and to the deeper stream of intelligence running through all of us.

If you’ve been feeling disconnected, numb, over-stimulated, secretly exhausted, or like you’re living 10cm to the left of your actual life… this one’s for you.

In This Episode

• Why so many smart, capable adults are terrified of their own intuition
• The cultural training that teaches us to ignore our inner signals
• How denial and addiction quietly build modern burnout
• Why meditation and yoga don’t “fix” burnout unless you stop overriding your inner voice
• How loneliness dismantles your nervous system
• Stories from my own life of intuitive “hits”—the kind that make you question everything
• How subtle energy shows up in healing work
• Why reconnecting with yourself is the foundation of real leadership
• How burnout recovery gives you back your early dreams—the ones you quietly shelved
• What it takes to step into the “bigger you” you’ve been resisting

Key Takeaways

• Intuition isn’t fringe. It’s human.
• Suppressing your inner experience creates anxiety, addiction, and burnout.
• Reconnection—not productivity hacks—is what heals you.
• Your inner voice is rarely wrong. You’re just out of the habit of trusting it.
• Burnout is a transformation process. It pushes you back into contact with the parts of yourself you’ve been avoiding.
• The dreams you abandoned still matter. They’re signals, not fantasies.
• When you stop running from yourself, your life stops running from you.

If You’re Ready to Get Your Mojo Back

If you want support reconnecting with yourself, healing burnout, and stepping into the version of you that actually feels like you—book a time with me at:

https://mini.dexrandall.com

Let’s map out what your next chapter could look like.

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