Aug 2, 2022
Have you heard of meditation leadership and its power in transforming your leadership style? This form of leadership allows you to let go of your ego and become soft, by embracing all your sensations. It is a great leadership style that is beneficial in team leadership and in aligning your life’s purpose with who you truly are.
In this episode of the Legendary Leaders Podcast, we have Meris Gebhardt; she has 22+ years of Yoga, Ayurveda, Psychology, Philosophy & Professional experience, having struggled with her own bouts of anxiety. Meris is a highly regarded and prolific teacher, thought leader, and expert in the field of Corporate & Individualized Meditation. Accepting and inviting new clients from around the world, Meris' style melds highest level thinking with deepest level somatic integration - a truly bespoke level of meditation leadership that you simply will not find anywhere else in the world. Guiding from informed intuition, no two sessions are alike, and each is channeled from a divine source of wisdom to best serve your highest need.
Listen in to learn how to practice Meditation Leadership by listening to people in your team with different perspectives. You will also learn how to figure out who you are and your purpose to live your life in alignment.
This podcast is sponsored by InnerProfessional online training programs. With courses geared specifically for Legendary Leaders, InnerProfessional provides an extraordinary catalog of leadership and professional development programs unlike any online training you’ve experienced before.
Key Takeaways:
- How to dissolve your ego, and shift to become soft and open in your Leadership.
- How to tap and touch your feelings, so you can touch and taste those of your people.
- How to live with integrity, by integrating who you are with what you are and what you’re doing.
- Why you constantly and proactively have to pull out of the race to ensure you’re still aligned.
Episode timeline:
- [1:13] Intro
- [6:36] Why Meris chose to move to Italy, plus how to show up with flexibility.
- [10:36] How Meris lets pauses and pillars allow for flexibility and to be in touch.
- [14:01] How to practice Meditation Leadership by listening to those with different perspectives.
- [18:12] The power of pausing and dropping into the body, to vulnerably explore any given sensation.
- [21:56] The ways to avoid emotional numbing and instead, be in touch with your feelings.
- [27:00] Meris, on her struggles with anxiety since childhood and how she became aware of it.
- [30:20] Why Meris is on a mission to empower people to align with who they truly are.
- [38:19] The actions to take to stay in touch with yourself and be aligned with who you want to be.
- [41:47] A step-by-step guide to help you acknowledge and incorporate Meditation Leadership.
- [43:43] Meris, on the retreat she’s holding in a spiritual place in Italy, and what it will entail.
Quotes:
- “We first have to lead by example if we expect anyone to follow our lead.”- Meris Gebhardt [14:02]
- “As a Leader, it is critical that you know the range of emotions that your people could be experiencing because you have tasted and touched them your own self.”- Meris Gebhardt [22:10]
- “Integrity is when our values align with our actual real-life actions/ behaviours.”- Meris Gebhardt [32:26]
- “You have to constantly, actively, and proactively pull out of the race to make sure you’re so aligned.”- Meris Gebhardt [39:29]
Find | Meris Gebhardt
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/meris.gebhardt
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/merisgebhardt/
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/merisgebhardt/
About Meris Bedhardt:
Drawing on 22+ years of yoga, Ayurveda, psychology, philosophy, professional experience and having struggled with her own bouts of anxiety, Meris is a highly regarded and prolific teacher, thought leader, and expert in the field of corporate & individualized meditation. Accepting and inviting new clients from around the world, Meris' style melds highest level thinking with deepest level somatic integration - a truly bespoke level of meditation leadership that you simply will not find anywhere else in the world. Guiding from informed intuition, no two sessions are alike and each is channelled from a divine source of wisdom to best serve your highest need.
Connect:
Find | Cathleen Merkel
On Instagram: @CathleenMerkel
On Facebook: @CathleenMerkelCoaching
On LinkedIn: @CathleenMerkel
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About Cathleen Merkel:
As a Thought Leader in the Mindset & (Self-)
Leadership space, Cathleen supports high achieving,
but worn-out women create a more content & balanced
life, without sacrificing their hard-earned success. Following
a simple 6 step framework, Cathleen helps you not only reconnect
with your inner feminine side, but also supports you to rediscover
your REAL YOU!
Cathleen focuses on women who have lost their sense of purpose, who
feel they are running
‘in a hamster wheel’, trying to please everyone but themselves. She
helps you to turn your careers, your social connections and
personal life around so that you will start feeling fulfilled and
excited again about the days to come. At the end of the
process, Cathleen's clients will feel healthier, happier, energised
and clear about their future.
With over 15 years of leadership experience in Retail, Media & Broadcasting, Engineering and Property Investment, Cathleen has not only experienced the challenges and opportunities of a female leader herself; she has also been leading and supporting various leadership development initiatives within large, complex, multinational matrix organisations.
Only by deeply experiencing her own very personal life challenges – ‘hitting a wall experiences’ –Cathleen was able to redefine her own purpose, deciding to bring ease and content to as many women as possible on the planet!
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