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Ep. 64 - The Integrity Trap: Can following through for everyone else be breaking you down? with Natasha Skolny

Season 4 Episode 64 Published 8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Have you ever crushed your goals, hit the title, got the team… and still felt hollow? This conversation is a reset for high-achieving helpers who keep promises to everyone but themselves. Leadership coach and former HR exec Natasha Skolny (The Leadership Cabin) digs into what integrity actually means, why indecision drains our power, and how to re-align without burning bridges—or yourself. 

Topics discussed

  • The integrity trap: keeping promises to everyone else while breaking your own
  • Decide, then do: cutting off options to end overthinking and regain momentum
  • Boundaries that hold: regulate your nervous system, then communicate clearly
  • Conflict as opportunity: lead with curiosity (“Can you help me understand…?”) to move forward together
  • Values → alignment: audit tolerations, forgive past selves, and rebuild self-trust
  • From burnout to bandwidth: spot decision fatigue and use AI to clear tasks so humans can connect

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