Stop believing the lie that charismatic speakers are just "born that way." Every confident communicator you admire built their public speaking skills through deliberate habitual practice and self-awareness—and today, communication expert Ruth Milligan is pulling back the curtain on exactly how they did it. If you've ever felt your heart race before a presentation or wondered how to develop the kind of leadership communication that commands attention in any room, this episode will shatter your limiting beliefs and give you a clear roadmap to speaking mastery.

In this episode, you will be able to:

• Learn how to overcome fear of speaking by getting out of your head and into your body using Ruth's proven embodied speaking techniques
• Discover the three essential questions every leader must answer before crafting content that moves audiences to action and drives real results
• Uncover the storytelling secrets that engage both sides of your audience's brain while building authentic charisma that feels natural to you

Ready to transform your speaking from survival mode to magnetic presence? I'm here to support your leadership journey every step of the way. Send me a DM on LinkedIn and share your biggest speaking breakthrough from this episode.

Connect with Janet Ioli:
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Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

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.

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What if I told you that 95% of your leadership decisions aren't actually yours? In this raw and revelatory episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the invisible cultural conditioning that's been running your leadership show from behind the scenes. After years of coaching global executives and my own journey from perfectionist performer to authentic leader, I've discovered that most of us are leading from someone else's script – and it's time to rewrite the story.

Your leadership presence and emotional mastery depend on understanding these hidden rules that operate beneath your awareness, shaping everything from your attachment styles to your team dynamics.

In this episode, you will be able to:

• Learn the four-step process for identifying and unlearning cultural conditioning that's limiting your leadership authenticity and keeping you stuck in performance mode
• Discover how unconscious childhood experiences create automatic leadership behaviors like micromanagement, delegation challenges, and emotional distance in team connections
• Uncover the difference between adapting from fear versus making intentional choices from a place of self-awareness and grounded leadership

Resources Mentioned:

• E111: Childhood Attachment: The Hidden Influence on Your Leadership Style
• E112: Childhood Attachment: How Early Wounds Shape Your Leadership
• "Less Ego, More Soul" - Janet's book on authentic leadership transformation

Ready to stop leading from someone else's script? I'd love to continue this conversation with you – share your biggest "aha" moment from this episode and tag me on social media @leadershipcoachjanet. Let's build a community of leaders committed to showing up with less ego and more soul.

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

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

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.

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What if I told you that the most successful leaders are often the ones people fear most? In this raw and revealing episode of Leadership Presence, I pull back the curtain on how early childhood experiences and attachment styles create unconscious behavior patterns that can turn brilliant executives into emotional time bombs. Through the gripping story of "Derek" - a charismatic leader whose childhood wounds turned boardroom meetings into minefields - you'll discover why your body keeps the score of every unhealed experience and how these invisible patterns are sabotaging your leadership authenticity.

This isn't your typical leadership advice - this is the deep, transformative inner work that separates reactive managers from truly impactful leaders who build trust through vulnerability and emotional mastery.

In this episode, you will be able to:

• Learn how to identify the unconscious behavior patterns from your childhood that are creating leadership limitations and damaging team dynamics
• Discover the 5-step process for recognizing emotional triggers and transforming survival-based reactions into conscious leadership choices
• Uncover why micromanagement, delegation challenges, and hyper-independence often stem from early attachment styles and how to rewire these patterns for grounded leadership

This deep dive into the unconscious patterns that shape our leadership is just the beginning of your inner work journey. When you start recognizing these old wounds and survival strategies, you create space for the kind of grounded leadership that transforms not just your own experience, but the entire culture around you.

What childhood patterns might be quietly running your leadership show, and how different could your impact be once you bring them into conscious awareness?

Ready to continue this transformative work? Connect with me on social media for more insights on leading with less ego and more soul.

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

Janet is the founder of Leadership Presence. She helps leaders ground themselves with confidence, connection, and purpose and lead with Less Ego, More Soul.

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