In this episode of _Confessions of a Terrible Leader_, Layci Nelson sits down with Elinor Moshe, four time author and co-founder of _The Truth of You_, to explore the hidden wounds that shape how leaders show up.  Elinor shares how outward success became suffocating, why performative leadership often grows out of survival, and what it means to move beyond conventional personal development into deeper inner work. Together, they unpack the cost of overidentifying with productivity, the difference between power and performance, and why leaders who avoid their own healing often end up hurting the people around them. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Leadership Unraveling 03:00 The Journey of Unraveling Success 05:51 The Role of Unconscious Wounds in Leadership 08:40 Exploring Unconventional Methods 11:33 The Limitations of Conventional Personal Development 14:18 Reclaiming the Feminine Energy in Leadership 17:08 Navigating the Path of Self-Discovery 19:15 The Impact of Leadership on Mental Health 20:14 Conclusion and Call to Action *KEY TAKEAWAYS* 1. *Success is not the same as alignment.* You can be effective, admired, and still feel disconnected from yourself. 2. *A lot of leadership is performance.* Elinor challenges the version of leadership built on validation, utility, and being needed. 3. *Unhealed wounds do not stay private.* They show up in how we manage pressure, treat people, and define our worth. 4. *Conventional growth tools are not always deep enough.* Some patterns do not shift with surface level mindset work alone. 5. *Healing is not about fixing what is broken.* It is about creating space for truth, compassion, and integration. 6. *Leadership has a human cost.* If leaders do not deal with their inner world, the people around them often pay for it. *ABOUT THE GUEST* Elinor Moshe is a four time author and the co-founder of _The Truth of You_. Her work helps people uncover deeper truths beneath identity, achievement, and inherited conditioning. *RESOURCES:* https://www.elinormoshe.com/about https://www.linkedin.com/in/elinor-moshe/ 🗞️Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.transcendleadershipcollective.com/newsletter-signup 🎙️🎵🎛️Confessions of a Terrible Leader is hosted by Layci Nelson and edited and produced by https://thenumberofmonths.com/fixation-point-productions. Music is by Leif Olsen and Mary Skop from the band https://thenumberofmonths.com/s.

In this episode of Confessions of a Terrible Leader, Layci Nelson sits down with Elinor Moshe, four time author and co-founder of The Truth of You, to explore the hidden wounds that shape how leaders show up.  Elinor shares how outward success became suffocating, why performative leadership often grows out of survival, and what it means to move beyond conventional personal development into deeper inner work. Together, they unpack the cost of overidentifying with productivity, the difference between power and performance, and why leaders who avoid their own healing often end up hurting the people around them. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Leadership Unraveling 03:00 The Journey of Unraveling Success 05:51 The Role of Unconscious Wounds in Leadership 08:40 Exploring Unconventional Methods 11:33 The Limitations of Conventional Personal Development 14:18 Reclaiming the Feminine Energy in Leadership 17:08 Navigating the Path of Self-Discovery 19:15 The Impact of Leadership on Mental Health 20:14 Conclusion and Call to Action Key Takeaways 1. Success is not the same as alignment. You can be effective, admired, and still feel disconnected from yourself. 2. A lot of leadership is performance. Elinor challenges the version of leadership built on validation, utility, and being needed. 3. Unhealed wounds do not stay private. They show up in how we manage pressure, treat people, and define our worth. 4. Conventional growth tools are not always deep enough. Some patterns do not shift with surface level mindset work alone. 5. Healing is not about fixing what is broken. It is about creating space for truth, compassion, and integration. 6. Leadership has a human cost. If leaders do not deal with their inner world, the people around them often pay for it. About the Guest Elinor Moshe is a four time author and the co-founder of The Truth of You. Her work helps people uncover deeper truths beneath identity, achievement, and inherited conditioning. RESOURCES: https://www.elinormoshe.com/about https://www.linkedin.com/in/elinor-moshe/ 🗞️Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.transcendleadershipcollective.com/newsletter-signup 🎙️🎵🎛️Confessions of a Terrible Leader is hosted by Layci Nelson and edited and produced by Fixation Point Productions (https://thenumberofmonths.com/fixation-point-productions) . Music is by Leif Olsen and Mary Skop from the band The Number of Month (https://thenumberofmonths.com/) s.

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First-generation high school graduate on her dad's side. First-generation college graduate. Now leading a company that transforms how manufacturers develop leaders. Layci Nelson didn't come from a professional network. She built one. After stepping away from executive roles to raise her kids, she moved back to her hometown of Yakima, WA with zero local connections and asked herself one question: What feels like breathing for me? The answer: helping people build teams worth following. That question became Transcend Leadership Collective, now a decade in with a network of trainers serving organizations across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Sometimes the most powerful leadership stories don't start in corner offices. They start with a decision to go home and reinvest. 🎧 Hear Layci's full story on the @CAMPS podcast, link in first comment.

You can have the best operating system in the world. But if your people can't talk to each other, it won't matter. HHART First Leadership is built on 5 things: Honest communication Healthy conflict Acceptance Respect Trust These aren't soft skills. They're 48 measurable, teachable hard skills that underpin every high-performing team. Without them? Happy chaos. And happy chaos turns into not happy chaos real quick. With them? Problems surface earlier. Quality improves. Turnover drops. And your team finally breaks through that ceiling. Both sides of the coin, people and systems, have to work together. That's where the magic happens. 🎙️ Layci Nelson unpacks all of it with Kirk Davis on the @CAMPS podcast, link in first comment.

Most teams don't have a productivity problem. They have a reaction problem. What happens when your plan falls apart? You have two choices: Wing it and hope for the best Or respond with intention That one shift? It changes everything. Not because the work gets easier — it won't. But because you stop spending your energy on fires that a little proactive thinking could have prevented. A few extra minutes in a shift handoff. More deliberate planning. Less "hair on fire." That's where real productivity lives. Not in doing more — but in leading yourself and your team with intention when things inevitably go sideways. Because they will. The question is: how will you respond? 🎧 Catch the full conversation between Layci and @Kirk J. Davis on the @CAMPS - Center for Advanced Manufacturing Puget Sound podcast- link below in first comment.