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MANSFIELD — When executive coach Jenny Blue joined us for this episode of Better Together, we expected a conversation about leadership.
What we got instead was a conversation about identity, self-awareness and the quiet courage it takes to stop performing and start belonging.
“We lead best when we start with who we are,” Blue said.
Blue is the founder of Blue Thistle Transformational Leadership and the creator of the Life Design Blueprint™, a process that guides people — especially women — through seasons of change and into alignment with their core values.
In this episode, we unpack the deep work of transformation. Not the loud, shiny kind — but the kind that comes from pausing long enough to ask: “What’s actually mine to carry?”
💡 Key Takeaways
1. Identity before strategy.
“What we’re talking about is the root of leadership is identity. And the reason that we feel disoriented sometimes is because we’ve led with strategy and with performance instead of with identity.”
2. You’re not broken — you’re in process.
“There is a place in this conversation that starts with the premise that people aren’t broken. That they are whole, and they are good, and they are designed with purpose and intention. And so what we’re doing in a coaching relationship is we are partnering with the person to help them remember that.”
3. Letting go of ‘should.’
“When I say the word ‘should,’ it’s a red flag. I go, oops, hang on. Should? Whose voice is that? Where did that come from?”
The Hearth Moment
As always, we closed the episode with a Hearth Moment — a question meant to invite listeners into honest reflection.
“What is something that you are going to stop apologizing for?”
From being too quiet to being too bold, too sensitive to too tired — Maddie’s question landed with a thud in our chests. And we’re still thinking about our answers.
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