In this conversation, Elissa discusses the critical role of energy, stress, and presence in effective leadership. She emphasizes the importance of understanding and interrupting negative leadership patterns to create a positive impact on teams. By cultivating self-awareness and intentionality, leaders can foster a supportive environment that enhances team performance and engagement. Elissa provides practical strategies for leaders to enhance their presence and energy, ultimately leading to a more joyful and effective leadership experience.

Takeaways

• Energy, stress, and presence are crucial in leadership.
• Leaders can change their energy to influence their teams.
• Understanding leadership patterns helps in personal and team growth.
• Stress can manifest in hidden ways that affect leadership.
• Presence is a skill that can be developed and improved.
• Pattern interrupts can help leaders change negative behaviors.
• Creating psychological safety is essential for team engagement.
• Joy and fun should be integral to leadership.
• Small, consistent changes lead to significant improvements.
• Self-awareness is the first step towards effective leadership.

Chapters

00:00-The Power of Energy in Leadership

02:37 - Understanding Leadership Patterns

05:19 - The Impact of Stress on Leadership

08:12 - The Importance of Presence

11:13 - Interrupting Negative Patterns

13:47 - Creating New Leadership Patterns

17:06 - The Ripple Effect of Leadership Energy

19:36 - Practical Steps for Effective Leadership

22:17 - The Role of Psychological Safety

25:09 - Embracing Joy in Leadership

28:05 - The Journey of Intentional Leadership

Keywords

leadership, energy, presence, stress, patterns, influence, impact, joy, psychological safety, self-awareness

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• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

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Episode Summary:

In this Giving Tuesday special, Elissa invites you to pause and reflect—not on how far you have to go, but on how far you’ve already come. This episode is your invitation to reclaim your power by shifting your identity from the inside out.

You’ll learn how to break thought patterns, trust your intuition, regulate your nervous system, and use your imagination to create the life and career you truly want.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How to interrupt negative thought patterns before they spiral
• The power of your intuition—and how to tell if it’s fear or truth
• Why nervous system regulation is your career superpower
• How to shift from worst-case imagination to best-case creation

Key Topics Covered:

• Understanding Your “Being”
• Your being is the sum of your thoughts, beliefs, and emotions—and it’s changeable.

Four Strategies to Shift Your Identity:

1. Interrupt Thought Loops (inspired by Viktor Frankl’s “space between stimulus and response”)
2. Develop Your Intuition (your body registers truth before your mind does)
3. Act from Alignment (not stress, not hustle—alignment)
4. Leverage Your Imagination (stop forecasting doom—create your future instead)

Power Quotes:

“Beliefs are just thoughts that you keep on thinking.”

“You’re going to become another person on the other side of that.”

“All change happens from the inside out.”

“Good feeling emotions create inspired action—not grit, not grind.”

Takeaways:

• Celebrate how far you’ve come
• Regulate before you act
• Change starts within
• Create from inspired energy—not survival mode

Resources Mentioned:

• Dr. Joe Dispenza’s work on belief and becoming
• Viktor Frankl’s “space between stimulus and response” concept

Resources:

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Personalized 1:1 Coaching

• Customized coaching and strategizing to land a rewarding new job
• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

Schedule Your Possibility Session™

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Are you stuck in a job search that feels like an exhausting battle? In this transformative episode, Elissa reveals why your job search might be failing—and it's not about your resume or the market. Discover the three toxic job search modes (fight, flight, and freeze) that are sabotaging your success and learn the powerful paradigm shift that will help you land your ideal role with ease, confidence, and clarity.

Whether you're job searching by choice or navigating an unexpected layoff, this episode will revolutionize how you approach your career transition.

What You'll Learn:

The 3 Toxic Job Search Modes that drain your energy and repel opportunities

• Fight Mode: How battling the system creates negative "push away" energy
• Flight Mode: Why spray-and-pray applications and avoidance keep you stuck
• Freeze Mode: How analysis paralysis disguises itself as preparation

The Paradigm Shift that changes everything: Living in the emotional world of someone who already has the job

• Practical Strategies to transform your job search:
• How to know if your resume is actually working (hint: are you getting interviews?)
• The most powerful amplification strategy beyond online applications
• Why curiosity is the #1 energy to bring to every interview
• The "Doubt Download" exercise to clear mental blocks and reduce stress

Mindset Mastery for job seekers:

• How to maintain calm, grounded energy even after a layoff
• Why controlling your thoughts and feelings is your greatest power
• The connection between better thoughts, better feelings, and inspired action

Key Takeaways:

Your job search energy matters more than you think—fight, flight, and freeze modes actively repel opportunities

Living in the emotional world of someone who already has the job creates ease, flow, and faster results

If you're not getting interviews, your resume isn't working. If you're getting interviews but not offers, something's off in your interview energy

Don't over-rely on online applications—reach out to recruiters and potential colleagues to amplify your visibility

Curiosity is the most powerful energy to bring into any interview situation

Bridge roles are okay when you need cash flow, but don't let them become avoidance

Episode Highlights:

[00:00] Introduction: Why job searching feels harder when it's forced upon you

[04:08] The three toxic job search modes explained: Fight, Flight, and Freeze

[11:23] The paradigm shift: Living in the emotional world of the person who has the job

[13:47] How to know if your resume is working and what to do if it's not

[16:11] The power of outreach: Finding and connecting with recruiters and hiring managers

[18:34] Why curiosity is your secret weapon in interviews

[20:16] The Doubt Download exercise: Your action step to shift your mindset

Action Steps

• Identify Your Mode: Reflect on whether you're operating in fight, flight, or freeze mode in your current job search
• Do a Doubt Download: Write down all your negative thoughts about your job search—without judgment—to clear mental clutter
• Create New Thoughts: For each doubt, write an opposite or better-feeling thought that inspires action
• Amplify Your Applications: When you apply online, find a recruiter or team member at the company and reach out with a connection request
• Shift Your Energy: Before every job search activity, ask yourself: "How would I be feeling if I already had this job?"

Resources Mentioned

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