Embracing Ancient Wisdom in Modern Leadership

Host Julia welcomes transformational coach Sheila Belanger to discuss how leaders can resource themselves as business paradigms shift and old models become unfit. Sheila emphasises reconnecting with nature and activating “other ways of knowing” beneath the strategic mind: body/gut instinct, heart wisdom and emotional intelligence, and imagination. She offers practical steps such as breathing before meetings, feeling feet on the ground, and briefly touching the heart to regulate and sense the room. Sheila also introduces “inner team” stewardship—tracking who has “the keys to the car” (e.g., wounded or reactive parts) and returning leadership to the wiser self. She shares an elemental-season framework (earth/summer grounding, water/autumn emotional release and sovereignty, air/winter navigating change, fire/spring renewal, ether throughout) and defines “edge work” as moving through the unknown without reverting to old roles. 00:00 Why Leadership Must Change01:39 Meet Sheila Belanger03:12 Beyond Strategic Thinking05:09 Practical Body Heart Tools09:12 Animal Instinct and Horses11:42 Steward Your Inner Team14:40 Elemental Spiral Seasons18:49 Edge Work in Uncertainty22:36 Self Care and Maintenance26:21 Resources and Closing TakeawaysConnect with Sheila and take the free elemental spiral quiz. https://ontheedgesofchange.com/Connect with Julia:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTake the IMPACTFUL Teamwork Quiz to assess your team's communication, creativity culture, goal clarity, and conflict resolution skills!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify