The Heart-led Leader
The Heart-Led Leader is a podcast for courageous souls who are ready to live and lead with authenticity, purpose, and joy.
Hosted by Melissa Thomson - Leadership & Transformation Coach, Speaker, and School Founder - this show shares powerful insights, inspiring guest conversations, and practical tools to help you
✨ignite your Inner Rebel - breaking free from outdated systems and structures,
✨cultivate courage for authentic expression,
✨lead a life aligned with your unique soul.
As the world rapidly changes, you’ll be inspired, uplifted and supported to embrace the most aligned version of you, for the greatest impact within your family, community and the world.
The Heart-led Leader
How You Breathe is How You Lead
Leadership isn’t just about strategy or confidence.
It’s about your inner state.
In this short and powerful episode, Melissa T shares the most overlooked leadership capacity: your ability to regulate your internal state -especially under pressure.
You’ll learn how your nervous system influences how others experience your leadership, and walk away with a science-backed breathing technique you can use in meetings, high-stakes conversations, or daily leadership moments to increase clarity, presence, and influence.
You’ll learn:
- Why regulation trumps reactivity
- How to shift your energy in under 60 seconds
- A simple breath technique (Coherent Breath) to centre yourself and lead with intention
Listen, breathe, and reflect.
Because how you breathe is how you lead.
Key Takeaways
- Presence is power -but presence begins with regulation.
- Most leaders underestimate the impact of their internal state.
- You influence the emotional field of a room whether you’re aware of it or not.
- Coherent breathing is a quick and powerful way to access clarity and calm.
- Leadership isn’t just about what you do, it’s about the energy you bring to every interaction.
Connect with Melissa
Ready up-level-up your leadership and lead with more presence, clarity and courage? I've packaged my key insights on the foundations of leading with heart, and created this course for you: Heart-led Leadership Essentials is a self-paced, online short course for busy leaders. Access at melissat.live
I'd love to hear from you, so please feel welcome to reach out via Instagram, Facebook or contact me via my website