A guided walk for leaders noticing the ripple effects of their energy—and ready to lead with more awareness, intention, and trust.
In this episode, Anique explores how your nervous system and presence don’t stop at your skin. The energy you carry echoes into your team’s environment—shaping how others feel, react, and perform.
This walk offers a gentle reset and a teachable moment: how to spot the signs of reactivity, and how to shift from drama to empowerment with just a breath and a better question.
You’ll explore:
🌿 Why your energy creates ripples (even when you think you’re hiding it)
🌿 A nature-based metaphor (the still pond) to guide your awareness
🌿 Language cues that signal drama, blame, or helplessness
🌿 How to flip the script with outcome-oriented, empowering questions
🌿 Micro reflections and somatic cues to recalibrate your leadership presence
This isn’t just mindfulness—it’s a grounded, practical tool for emotional intelligence, team dynamics, and sustainable leadership.
📍 Whether you’re walking through a quiet forest or city sidewalk, this episode offers space to reconnect with how you lead—and the invisible impact you leave behind.
Want this for your team? Reach out to book an intro chat to find out what's needed now to support your team to grow with intention.
Transcripts
RAW - WILD WALK: ripples and echoes
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Now, let's just begin by arriving together. I want you to take a slow, gentle breath in.
And an easy open breath out.
ow, slow, slow exhale. Ready?[:
All right, we're here.
Today's walk is about something deeply human. It's about the energy that we carry and how quickly others pick up on it. My business partner, Leah and I have been talking a lot about this both as moms, but also as leaders of our own business and, and, and relationship with clients and partners. And because we've also managed teams before, we know what the effect of your energy and people picking up on it is on the teams around you too.
ause the reality is, is your [:
Sometimes by mirroring back exactly what we're putting out or scrambling to solve a problem that we're not even sure exists. And as leaders, it's on us to first manage our own energy, then guide the energy of the team because your nervous system doesn't end at your skin and doesn't happen just inside your body.
It echoes it's felt. Okay,
flects everything around it. [:
the waves that started with [:
You are having to manage the, you know, the waves, the repercussions of what your energy brought into the environment. So how do you shift this? Well, it starts with just noticing. Noticing when you or your team slips into what we like to call the drama blame helplessness, rescuing all forms of drama. And you might hear it in language like this.
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How can I support you to take the next step? Your energy and the questions you ask have the power to transform drama into growth. This is the subtle, everyday practice of leadership. It's turning those reactive ripples into conscious waves of clarity.
So as you continue walking, I want you to ask yourself, How does my energy typically ripple out to those around me?
Where do I see my team mirroring my state even when I wish they wouldn't?
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And when you hear language rooted in blame or helplessness, whether it's yours or theirs, how might you pause, take a breath, and ask a different question.
So for these next few steps. Imagine that you are the calm pond. Each inhale soothes your waters, and each exhale settles what stirs beneath
breathing in smooth waters,[:
exhale, settling even more into your body and your stride.
Return to your breath. Now. Feel your feet on the ground.
Remember, your energy is felt, your questions matter. Your stillness is not passive. It's managing your energy and the energy of those around you. It's leadership.
