What if rest was a business strategy?
What if self-trust was the key to scaling — not sacrifice?
In today’s episode, Dawn sits down with Dr. Lakila Bowden, COO of iSee Technologies, leadership expert, and author of The Sho’ Nuff Principle, to explore how high-achieving women can rewrite their relationship with success, rest, and self-celebration.
Lakila shares the pivotal year that changed everything — losing her mother, becoming a new mom herself, and finally choosing to lead differently. Her story is a powerful example of how listening inward reshapes how we work, parent, achieve, and care for ourselves.
You’ll learn how she:
✨ Transformed her leadership style through self-trust
✨ Built a 7-figure wellness company grounded in accessibility and care
✨ Navigated grief and growth simultaneously
✨ Redefined success through rest, intention, and radical self-permission
✨ Helps other women release guilt and reclaim energy
✨ Uses simple rituals (like her 5-5-5 Rewards List) to anchor joy and celebration
This episode is a beautiful reminder:
Achievement doesn’t require depletion. Self-trust scales better than hustle ever will.
If you’ve been craving a new way to lead — one rooted in clarity, rest, self-compassion, and grounded ambition — this conversation will feel like an exhale.
🕒 Episode Chapters
00:00 – Welcome to The Self-Trust Solution
00:16 – Meet Dr. Lakila Bowden
01:38 – Early corporate years & the first cracks of misalignment
03:59 – Stepping into operations + leading large teams
05:30 – The year that changed everything
05:52 – Founding iSee Technologies
06:27 – Balancing caregiving, grief, and entrepreneurship
08:47 – Wisdom, perspective, and redefining success
16:27 – The Sho’ Nuff Principle™ and true self-care
23:51 – Protecting your schedule through intention
24:42 – Lakila’s 5-5-5 Rewards List
27:26 – Silence, nature, and deep replenishment
30:24 – Intuition in leadership + motherhood
42:30 – Navigating guilt and reclaiming energy
45:28 – Closing thoughts & resources
📘 Resources Mentioned
👉 Download Dr. Lakila Bowden’s Guilt Detox™
A powerful guide to help you release guilt and reclaim energy.
👉 Follow Lakila & iSee Technologies
@lakilajhttps://lakilabowden.com/
✨ Your Next Step: Build Your Self-Trust Identity
Start with the free Self-Trust Identity Map — a gentle, 3-minute reflection to understand where you are in your becoming and what your next level is asking of you.
https://www.theselftrustcoach.com/identity-map
If you're ready for high-level, embodied coaching, explore CLAIMED, Dawn’s signature private mentorship for leaders:
https://www.theselftrustcoach.com/claimed
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