The Inner Edge: Leadership, Self-Mastery, and Reinvention for a New Era
Join Janet Ioli, executive coach and leadership expert, as she explores what it means to lead and live with authentic integration in our rapidly changing world.
In each episode, Janet—a trusted advisor to global executives and former Fortune 200 leader—guides you through the real challenges we don't talk about enough: reinventing yourself at midlife, navigating life transitions, leading with intuition in an AI-driven world, and integrating your spiritual and professional selves. This isn't your typical leadership podcast filled with quick tips and surface-level advice.
The Inner Edge is for leaders who are tired of compartmentalizing who they are and ready for deeper, more meaningful conversations. Whether you're facing an empty nest, caring for aging parents, questioning your purpose at 50, or simply craving more authentic connection in your leadership, this podcast meets you where the personal and professional intersect.
Janet brings her intuitive approach and decades of experience to conversations with guests who have reinvented themselves, thought leaders exploring the intersection of spirituality and business, and experts navigating our new era of constant change. Together, we explore what it means to stop following and start creating a future that aligns with your soul.
If you're ready to move beyond conventional wisdom and dive into the inner work that creates lasting transformation, welcome to The Inner Edge. This is where leadership meets life, and where your authentic self becomes your greatest asset.
Episodes
142 episodes
E141. Communication Under Stress: Finding Your Voice Under Pressure
When the pressure is on and emotions run high, even the most articulate leaders can find their voice disappears. In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet explores what really happens to our communication under stress and how to stay...
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Episode 141
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10:16
E140: Clear Articulation Is One of the Most Underrated Life Skills
The ability to articulate your thoughts clearly is not just a leadership skill, it’s a life skill. In this solo episode, Janet explores why so many intelligent and capable people struggle to be heard, even when they have powe...
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Episode 140
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15:06
E139: Facing a Layoff, Career Exit, or Feeling Like It’s Time for Change? Reinventing Identity, Purpose & Work After 50
Many accomplished leaders reach a moment where the career that once defined them suddenly falls away—through a layoff, an exit, or a quiet inner knowing that it’s time for something more. What follows can feel disorienting, humbling, and deeply...
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Episode 139
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35:24
E138: Align Your Personal Style With Your Future Self
There’s a moment in your life when you realize that style isn’t really about clothes at all. It's about identity. It’s about energy. It’s about the quiet imprint you leave on a room before you speak a single word. In this episode, J...
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Episode 138
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16:35
E137: Rewriting Your Relationship with Food and Your Body
Every new year, the pressure gets louder—the ads, the diets, the “new you” messaging that insists we wake up on January 1st smaller, stricter, and somehow more worthy. But this episode isn’t about resolutions or willpower. ...
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Episode 137
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16:43
E136: Create a Mind Vision and Step Into Your Future Self
Most of us start the new year thinking about goals, resolutions, and vision boards. But the kind of transformation we talk about on The Inner Edge doesn’t happen on a poster board—it happens inside of you. In this episode, Janet gui...
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Episode 136
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12:49
E135: Leading Through Adversity with Strength, Purpose, and Heart
When life brings you to your knees, how do you rise and lead from a deeper, truer place?In this powerful and intimate conversation, Robbe Pearson shares the moment his world shifted with an unexpected cancer diagnosis—and how the ...
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Episode 135
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26:40
E134: Recognizing Misalignment and Letting Go with Clarity
There comes a moment — sometimes quiet, sometimes painfully loud — when something in your life that once felt effortless begins to feel heavy. Maybe it’s the sinking feeling as Sunday night arrives, the subtle dread before opening your laptop, ...
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Episode 134
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18:52
E133: Accessing Your “Higher Wisdom”
Have you ever noticed that your biggest insights rarely show up when you’re forcing yourself to figure something out? They arrive in the shower, on a walk, in the quiet moments between all the doing. They come when your mind finally slows down ...
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Episode 133
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19:30
E132: Choose Curiosity Over Judgment to Transform How You Lead and Relate
So often in our daily interactions—at work, at home, and even with strangers—we slip into automatic judgment without even noticing it. In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet invites you to pause before reacting and explore one of the most qui...
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Episode 132
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14:59
E131: Leadership Lessons from the Special Somebodies We’ve Lost
What can the people we’ve lost teach us about who we become? And how do their everyday choices—often unnoticed in the moment—shape our leadership, our values, and the way we show up in the world?In this heartfelt conversation, Ian...
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Episode 131
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18:45
E130: Seeing Beyond Difference and Leading with Humanity
When was the last time you truly saw someone, not for what made them different, but for the human being underneath?In this deeply personal solo episode, Janet shares a childhood story that shaped her lifelong perspective on inclusion, em...
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Episode 130
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11:39
E129: Be the Beacon: Leading Through Change and Uncertainty
In this solo episode, Janet Ioli explores what it really means to lead when everything around you feels like it’s shifting and uncertain. Instead of trying to eliminate the storm, she invites you to learn how to become the beacon—steady, ground...
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Episode 129
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15:53
E128: How to Lead with Calm and Presence in a Chaotic World
When everything around us feels uncertain, divided, and loud, true leadership doesn’t come from reacting; it comes from grounding. In this solo episode, Janet explores what it really means to cultivate presence and self-mastery when...
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Episode 128
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10:57
E127: Why “Mattering” Is the Missing Link in Leadership
We all crave to be seen, valued, and needed. And yet, so many people in today’s workplaces feel invisible. In this deeply human conversation, Janet talks with Dr. Zach Mercurio, author of The Power of Mattering, about why the greate...
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Episode 127
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26:59
E126: Why Character Still Matters in Leadership
We often talk about strategy, charisma, and competence when we talk about leadership. But what about character? In this powerful solo episode, Janet Ioli dives into the often-ignored foundation of true leadership—character—and why i...
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Episode 126
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10:42
E125: Rethinking Women’s Leadership Archetypes | Integrating Athena and Aphrodite
What if the real work of women in leadership isn’t about playing the part, but rewriting the entire script?In this solo episode, Janet explores the deep inner tension that women leaders experience as they navigate cultural expectations o...
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Episode 125
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16:34
E124: How to Build an Authentic Personal Brand That Attracts the Right People
We’ve all heard the advice: “You need to build your brand.” But what happens when branding feels fake—or worse, like a performance? In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet shares a deeply personal story about her own journey with “...
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Episode 124
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13:37
E123: Leading Teams Through Grief and Finding Authentic Strength
When life delivers unimaginable heartbreak, how do you keep leading, showing up, and holding on to yourself?In this tender and deeply human episode, Janet speaks with Lauren Stevens, a respected executive and former client, who lost her ...
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Episode 123
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32:35
E122: Take Care of Your Body: Your True Leadership Foundation
If your body could hand you a report card right now, what grade would you get?In this solo episode, Janet shines a light on a truth we often push to the bottom of our priority lists: our health. High-achievers may believe their brillianc...
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Episode 122
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18:43
E121: Why Leadership Presence Is Essential to Overcoming Overwhelm
Do you ever feel like you’re running on fumes? Too exhausted, busy, and overwhelmed to even think about how you’re showing up as a leader? In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet Ioli explores why your leadership presence isn’t som...
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Episode 121
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15:26
E120: The Courage to Let Go of an Old Identity
At some point in life, every one of us faces a moment of reckoning, the quiet knock inside that tells us we’ve outgrown a role, a title, or even an identity we’ve carried for years. In this episode of The Inner Edge, Janet explores the courage ...
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Episode 120
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16:27
E119. Breaking The Golden Handcuffs: A Mid-Life Career (And Identity) Reinvention
What happens when you step away from a senior corporate title and go out on your own? Ian Ziskin shares the emotional inner‑work and tough questions behind making the transition from CHRO to Executive Advisor and Consultant.In this episo...
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Episode 119
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30:49
E118. Leadership After 50: Reclaiming Your Voice and Leveraging Your Wisdom
What happens when decades of experience no longer seem to be valued? When you're quietly dismissed, overlooked, or labeled a "blocker"—despite still having the fire, brilliance, and drive? In this powerful solo episode, Janet Ioli names what so...
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Episode 118
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13:03
E117. Begin Again: The Life-Changing Lesson a 96-Year-Old Taught Me
If you’ve ever thought about making a change—starting something new, going back to school, or following a dream you’ve quietly tucked away—only to hear the voice in your head say, “Nah… It’s too late,” this episode is for you.In...
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Episode 117
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17:06
