Meaningful leadership starts with taking responsibility for how you care for yourself, use your voice, support others, and respond to the opportunities in front of you. Orly Amor, Dr. Lan Lu, Helen Antoniak, and Denisha Heard bring very different experiences to this panel conversation, exploring leadership through the lenses of entrepreneurship, burnout and energy, grief and recovery, personal transformation, purpose, and possibility.

Their stories reveal several different ways leadership can show up. Dr. Lan talks about protecting your time and energy and becoming the CEO of your own life. Denisha shares how travel and transformation taught her to stop holding back her voice. Orly reflects on discovering that leadership can create a ripple far beyond business, while Helen shares what decades of supporting people through grief taught her about following through when help and opportunities appear. The conversation closes with reminders to believe in what is possible, have faith, stay present, try something new, and invest in your own well-being along the way.

Waves Worth Catching

• Why being a leader can mean protecting your own time and energy just as much as supporting everyone else.
• What can change when you stop keeping your experience and wisdom to yourself and begin using your voice.
• Why purpose and impact do not always begin with a business plan, but sometimes with one moment that changes how you see your role.
• What Helen learned about following through when people, resources, and unexpected opportunities begin showing up around an idea.
• The different ways belief, faith, self-care, presence, and trying something new can help you keep moving forward.

About Your Hosts:

Kimberly Crowe is an award-winning international speaker, TEDx speaker, six-time entrepreneur, best-selling author, and founder of Entrepreneurs Rocket Fuel. She is also the co-founder of Speakers Playhouse and is known for helping entrepreneurs, coaches, and speakers get seen, heard, and connected to the stages, people, and opportunities that can expand their reach and revenue.

Entrepreneurs Rocket Fuel: https://entrepreneursrocketfuel.com

Speakers Playhouse: https://speakersplayhouse.com

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Michelle Abraham is an international speaker, podcast producer, and founder of AmplifYou and High Vibe Leaders. A longtime leader in the podcasting industry, she has helped launch hundreds of podcasts and works with entrepreneurs and thought leaders to turn their voices and messages into greater visibility, authority, and impact. Through High Vibe Leaders, Michelle brings visionary leaders together through podcasting, community, events, and transformational experiences.

AmplifYou: https://amplifyou.com

High Vibe Leaders: https://highvibeleaders.com/

LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/michelleeabraham

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