Not Your Dad’s Leadership Blog
Follow along for insights, reflections, tips and tools I’ve learned on my journey from corporate burnout to Leadership Coach, Self-Love Coach, and Energy Healer
(and also musings on being a millennial woman in this day and age. ☺️)
A Blog By Lindsey Maza, Founder of The Self-Love Knowing + the Not Your Dad’s Leadership Movement
Kelly's Journey From a Toxic Boss to a Fulfilling Dream Job
Amid life's crazy ups and downs, Kelly, a budding florist, found herself at a major crossroads. Just escaped from a toxic job, she was drowning in financial stress, career disconnect, and personal struggles. It felt like her vibe was wilting, affecting not just her but everyone around her.
The Transformative Impact of Self-Love in the Workplace
Self-Love is the foundation behind every skill, every connection, and every single thought, belief, and action you take.
Even when you are leading other people, you are still leading from yourself. So why not lead from a place of loving yourself?
Why Practicing Self-Love is Important and Necessary as a Leader
Think of your career as a house. Your beams are soft skills. The floors, roof, doors, windows are your hard skills.
But there is something underneath the house. Supporting the foundation… and that’s Self-Love.
Dear Leader: You don’t always need to know the answers!
This is for all the ambitious, perfectionist leaders out there.
I used to rather run out of a room than admit I didn't know something.
Now I look at vulnerability as a strength, not a weakness.
It took a lot of Self-Love practice, and it's still something I need to consciously think about. But I feel more empowered when I am vulnerable.
What to do on those days you feel like you didn’t accomplish anything.
We really need to stop beating ourselves up on days we feel like we aren’t doing anything, and change the conversation to I didn’t do anything today, to what DID I do today? And be proud of ourselves for that. For showing up, no matter what got done.
Here are a few prompts to help you start changing the conversation in your mind on these types of days…
The Four R’s of Self-Care for a Refreshing Weekend
The 4 R’s of Self-Care for a Refreshing Weekend
Every weekend, I find it so important to create a practice that helps us feel like a new person going into the next week.
So keep the Sunday Scaries away with this straightforward 4 R’s technique that combines holistic self-care with intentional energy management.
3 Ways to Practice Self-Love
3 Simple and Easy Ways to Practice Self-Love
Have you heard?
The relationship you have with yourself will be the greatest relationship you will have in your life!
So, show yourself Self-Love today (and always) and watch how it radiates out into every corner of your life!
10 Journal Prompts for Managing Your Time and Energy
If you have been feeling overwhelmed lately, it’s beneficial to sit down and reflect on how you are spending your time and energy every day.
These journal prompts will help you look at how your priorities are lining up with what is important to you, how you could add activities that energize you, and setting boundaries to do those things.
Just remember, at the end of the day, when your energy is balanced, your time will be too!
The 5 Biggest Self-Love Lessons I Learned in 2021
The 5 biggest Self-Love Lessons I learned in 2021:
#1 – It’s okay to ask for help
#2- Get out of your own way
#3- Rest is productive
#4- Be YOU, Own your power
#5- Trust.
This year I learned so much about myself, and made the choice to make mistakes, and to take actions that I wouldn’t have taken before, even when it was scary. And even if everything wasn’t exactly how I pictured it, it was EVEN better because I never knew my mindset could change so much and my heart could grow so much, and my trust in myself could grow so much.
I hope sharing what I’ve learned helps you know that you aren’t alone and that these lessons can apply no matter your situation.
Let’s dive deeper into each one, shall we?