185. Leadership with Heart: Kim Dechaine on Intuition, Self-Awareness, and Mental Wellness

Kim Dechaine, Gen X, joins us to talk about the fearless face of depression as part 4 of our 4-part series about the book Fearless Female Leaders by Kathy McAfee and Rosemary Paetow (Eps, 182, 183, 184).

Kim is a recognized international speaker and facilitator who specializes in empowering professional women to stay in their leadership roles with more ease and joy, by navigating and preventing overwhelm and burnout. Through her journey with depression and suicidal thoughts, Kim has learned one important truth: we are Human-BEINGS, not Human-DOINGS. Her passion lies in providing workshops and leadership programs to businesses and organizations that focus on mindfulness, self-leadership, and productivity.

Topics covered in the Episode:

• Role of leadership and core values like peace
• Trusting your intuition
• Self-awareness and leadership
• Compassion
• The necessity to look after ourselves
• Post-partum depression
• Connecting to each other
• Mental health actions to “pause” and “be”
  

Here are three takeaways from the episode:

1. Values in leadership, especially having peace and calm in our heart, when it comes to decision making, it might be a lightness leading to a “Yes”.

2. Women in leadership have a special gift of intuition – pausing in that peace and calm can help us listen to that intuition. Both are intertwined. We have to learn to be quiet and pause.

3. Self-awareness and shifting ourselves is #1 to be fearless leaders – it starts with us. Compassion helps us lead from our heart. We have to be able to listen and to listen we need to pause.

Reminder: No one has 100% mental health. It’s a practice. We need to prioritize it.

Mentioned in the episode:

Ep. 38 Ugh let’s take on the emotion of envy with Byron Katie’s help

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/xhcQR00eFLb

Ep. 182 From Origin Story to Empowerment: A Conversation w Fearless Leaders, Kathy McAfee and Rosemary Paetow

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/CcYH6G3ZYLb

Ep. 183 Flying High: Jane Dyer’s Journey of Fearlessness in the Face of Sexism

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/VAjC3kby5Lb

Ep. 184 The Sacred Journey to Authentic Leadership and Gender Equity with Paula Stone Williams

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/a7W0iXDQdMb

Ep. 177, Worthy: Self-Confidence, Self-Worth, and Insights from Jamie Kern Lima’s Book

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/qqParJ3ZYLb

58. Sorry? Apology help from the Book: Sorry, Sorry, Sorry

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Lz5OiP0eFLb

More About Kim:

What’s up next for Kim is helping teachers learn about their burn out. She recognizes that’s where her own journey began. She knows we need to have healthy teachers to have healthy students. This is all part of her healing. She reminds that we all had to go through things so we can help others.

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