When life brings you to your knees, how do you rise and lead from a deeper, truer place?

In this powerful and intimate conversation, Robbe Pearson shares the moment his world shifted with an unexpected cancer diagnosis—and how the journey that followed transformed not only his health but his leadership, mindset, and sense of purpose. His story is a reminder of how quickly life can change, and how much inner strength we discover when we’re forced to face our own humanity.

Robbe talks openly about navigating fear, building resilience, finding meaning in uncertainty, and learning to receive support when he’s always been the one to give it. His honesty, vulnerability, and grounded presence offer a masterclass in leading with heart, especially when the path ahead feels unpredictable.

In this episode:

✅ The moment Robbe learned of his cancer diagnosis and how he navigated the immediate emotional shock

✅ Facing a health crisis with resilience

✅ The mindset needed to stay grounded, positive, and purposeful during uncertainty

✅ Returning to “normal” after life-changing news

✅ The essential role of reflection, routine, and purpose in sustaining strength

✅ Facing fear honestly and learning to live with its presence

✅ Learning to receive support from others

✅ How this journey deepened Robbe’s leadership, priorities, and sense of purpose

Connect with Robbe:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-pearson-29b7943/

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli is a globally recognized executive advisor, coach, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 100 companies and global organizations.

She created The Inner Edge—a framework, a movement, and a message that flips leadership from mere success performance to presence; from ego to soul. Through her keynotes, podcast, and programs, Janet helps high-achievers find the one thing that changes everything: the mastery within.

Her approach redefines leadership presence—not as polish or tactics, but as the inner steadiness people feel from you and the positive imprint you leave on individuals and organizations.

Chapters

00:00:00 Receiving Life-Changing News

00:06:04 Drawing on Early Resilience

00:09:09 Choosing a Grounded Mindset

00:16:48 Redefining Normalcy

00:19:55 Leading With Renewed Purpose

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

Produced by Ideablossoms

There comes a moment — sometimes quiet, sometimes painfully loud — when something in your life that once felt effortless begins to feel heavy. Maybe it’s the sinking feeling as Sunday night arrives, the subtle dread before opening your laptop, or the growing awareness that you no longer feel like yourself.

In today’s episode, Janet explores these moments not as inconveniences, but as invitations, signals from within that something in your life is no longer aligned with who you are becoming.

This conversation is about the real, grounded work of letting go. Not the inspirational-quote version, but the soul-level honesty it takes to admit when a job, relationship, role, or identity no longer fits. You’ll also hear practical, compassionate guidance for navigating change when you have real responsibilities and can’t simply walk away overnight.

In this episode:

✅ How misalignment first appears in subtle emotional or physical signals

✅ The quiet internal process of letting go before any external change occurs

✅ How to create a grounded, realistic runway for change

✅ Why strengthening your financial foundation is essential for meaningful freedom

✅ The importance of boundaries, support systems, and honest self-reflection

✅ Key questions to help you uncover what your deeper self is trying to tell you

Resources:

Questions for reflection:

• Where in my life am I misaligned, but I'm forcing myself to stay?
• What part of me is asking for growth?
• What physical or emotional signals have I been ignoring?
• What am I afraid will happen if I leave?
• What am I afraid will happen if I stay?
• If nothing changed in the next year, how would I feel?
• What would I choose if fear wasn't making the decision?

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli is a globally recognized executive advisor, coach, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 100 companies and global organizations.

She created The Inner Edge—a framework, a movement, and a message that flips leadership from mere success performance to presence; from ego to soul. Through her keynotes, podcast, and programs, Janet helps high-achievers find the one thing that changes everything: the mastery within.

Her approach redefines leadership presence—not as polish or tactics, but as the inner steadiness people feel from you and the positive imprint you leave on individuals and organizations.

Chapters

00:00:00 Discovering Early Misalignment

00:05:53 Understanding Workplace Disconnection

00:11:10 Beginning Inner Letting Go

00:15:03 Creating a Grounded Path Forward

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

Produced by Ideablossoms

Have you ever noticed that your biggest insights rarely show up when you’re forcing yourself to figure something out? They arrive in the shower, on a walk, in the quiet moments between all the doing. They come when your mind finally slows down enough for something deeper to surface.

In today’s episode of The Inner Edge, Janet explores this “higher wisdom” we all have access to but rarely create space to hear.

Drawing from neuroscience, decades of leadership coaching, and personal stories, Janet reveals why relying solely on rational analysis leaves our decisions incomplete and how integrating intuition, stillness, and embodied awareness leads to truer, more aligned choices.

In a world obsessed with speed and productivity, reconnecting with our inner intelligence is not just helpful, it’s essential.

In this episode:

✅ Why your deepest insights emerge when you stop overthinking

✅ How leaders limit themselves when they rely only on rational analysis

✅ What neuroscience reveals about intuition and the default mode network

✅ How to create stillness to regulate your nervous system and think more clearly

✅ What your body signals before your mind catches up

✅ The power of stepping away to let unconscious processing work for you

About Janet Ioli:

Janet Ioli is a globally recognized executive advisor, coach, and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 100 companies and global organizations.

She created The Inner Edge, a framework, a movement, and a message that flips leadership from mere success performance to presence; from ego to soul. Through her keynotes, podcast, and programs, Janet helps high-achievers find the one thing that changes everything: the mastery within.

Her approach redefines leadership presence—not as polish or tactics, but as the inner steadiness people feel from you and the positive imprint you leave on individuals and organizations.

Chapters for Apple Podcasts

00:00:00 Beyond Rational Analysis

00:10:37 Awakening Inner Wisdom

00:16:22 Slowing Down for Clarity

Connect with Janet Ioli:
Website: janetioli.com
Linkedin: Janet Ioli
Instagram: @leadershipcoachjanet

If you want to become more grounded, confident, and aligned with your deeper values in just 21 days, check out Janet Ioli’s book Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Select “Listen in Apple Podcasts,” then choose the “Ratings & Reviews” tab to share what you think.

Produced by Ideablossoms