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Authentic Desire vs. External Validation
Season 1 Episode 124
In this episode, Cari and Martine explore one of life’s most important questions — “What do you truly want?”
Martine shares her personal experience of realizing how much of her life had been shaped by external expectations and societal “shoulds,” rather than her own authentic desires. Through that process, she discovered the power of listening inward, honoring genuine hunger, and following what feels deeply alive.
Together, Cari and Martine dive into:
- The difference between external validation and authentic fulfillment
- How trauma can make it difficult to recognize or trust your own desires
- Ways to support clients in reconnecting with their true wants and needs
- The anxiety that often surfaces when exploring authenticity
- The balance between enthusiasm and suffering when pursuing passion
- The role of coaching and presence in helping others rediscover their worth
This conversation invites listeners to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what’s real — beyond expectations, beyond fear, and beyond the need for approval.
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Martine’s Bio:
Martine Cannon is a globally recognized strategist in culture transformation and executive leadership, known for guiding CEOs and top teams through seismic change with precision, depth, and a deeply human approach. For over two decades, she has helped some of the world’s most complex organizations evolve their leadership, performance, and culture to meet the demands of a fast-changing world.
Martine’s work centers on the principle of coherence: inner coherence within leaders, interpersonal coherence in and across teams and cultural coherence – which brings order and energy at scale. She enables leadership teams to go beyond leading change to transmitting it.
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