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The Authentic Path with Dr. Vanessa Calderón
Welcome to The Authentic Path - The Authentic Path explores the intersection of leadership, performance science, and ancient wisdom to help you create meaningful impact and lasting success, without losing yourself along the way.
Each episode offers expert interviews, high-yield content, and actionable strategies that are evidence-based and designed to help you walk a path of alignment and integrity, while you create success you can be proud of.
Hosted by Dr. Vanessa Calderón, a Harvard-trained physician and healer, Master Executive Coach, and Neuroplasticity Trainer with 20+ years of leadership experience and a decade of business development expertise. She has advised and coached leaders at every level - from Physicians to Fortune 500 executives, department heads, entrepreneurs, and teams - helping them drive results without sacrificing their values or well-being.
Dr. Calderón is also a first-generation Latina, mother of two, and comes from a lineage of ancestral healers. She blends neuroscience, ancestral wisdom, and proven strategy to help listeners create meaningful impact, experience fulfillment, and heal the hidden wounds that block them from their next level of success.
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The Authentic Path with Dr. Vanessa Calderón
Ep 9. Compassion VS Guilt: A Leadership Trap
Transformative, human-centered leaders are often compassionate. However, they can sometimes fall into a leadership trap if they're not being careful. In this episode we explore:
- Why guilt is often mistaken for compassion
- Why feeling guilty does not mean you care more
- The surprising roots of guilt (and why some people feel it more)
- How guilt leads to unintentional results, stress, and burnout
- Tools to lead with aligned compassion, and not feel into the guilt trap
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About Me:
I’m Dr. Vanessa Calderón - a Harvard-trained physician, Master Coach, and leadership expert with over 20 years of experience. My clients create meaningful results fast, because we combine neuroscience, psychology, and proven coaching strategies to get right to the heart of what drives transformation.
I work with leaders, entrepreneurs, doctors, and other professionals who want to elevate their performance, create lasting impact, and live a well-rounded, fulfilling life (without burnout!).