043: Embodying Conscious Leadership with Samreen McGregor

In this insightful conversation, Samreen McGregor, an executive coach, Founder of Turmeric Group, and author of 'Leader Awakened', talks about her journey through her son's battle with cancer, its profound impact on her life and professional work and how it led her to write 'Leader Awakened'. 

She discusses the importance of self-connection and grounding in our reality for leadership, and the power of embodying conscious leadership. She shares her experience of finding solace and regulation through embodied practices like yoga and breathwork, and the lessons learned from a Medicine Festival about indigenous wisdom and spiritual self-awareness. 

The conversation also explores the systemic perspectives in leadership, the need for slowing down, being with things we may not like, and moving from a state of 'sleepwalking' through life to 'awakening'. Samreen emphasizes the need to accept the 'not so good side' as a means of making progress in life.

We talk about:

• [0:00] Intro

• [3:00] What inspired her to write Leader Awakened

• [8:10] The power of ‘awakening’

• [12:10] The shadow side of ambition and acknowledging our trauma side

• [17:40] The dilemma around using the word ‘trauma’ in her book

• [19:20] Working with clients to help them through to the awakening stage

• [27:25] Yoga and embodied practices

• [24:30] Strategies to become more grounded and calm in our bodies 

• [44:40] ‘Seeing’ the system

• [52:55] Rapid fire questions 

I invite you to tune in to this insightful episode and gain further wisdom from Samreen’s expertise. You can find the full transcript on my website, along with more information about Samreen and her work.

Thank you for being a part of my podcast community, and remember to stay tuned for more inspiring episodes to come!

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