Uncharted & Unfiltered: The Journey Back to You

E181: Unlearning Executive Presence

Send a textForget the myth that executive presence is a script, a suit, or a set of perfect lines. We dig into what actually changes a room: self-trust under pressure. Through a candid client story and a real-time leap of faith—saying yes to a year-long intuitive training and an eight-day retreat in India—we show how influence grows when you stop outsourcing your authority to the room and start leading from the inside out.We break down the moments that matter—those senior rooms where your breath shortens and your words rush—and trace them back to old rules that once kept you safe: be careful, be prepared, don’t get it wrong. These rules worked, until your role began asking you to move without guarantees. The turning point isn’t perfection; it’s the belief you can recover. When recovery is on the table, you slow your cadence, choose presence over performance, and invite the room closer. Curiosity returns. Impact follows.You’ll learn practical ways to build presence at the body and mind levels: identify where you become careful instead of present, interrupt the rush with breath and grounding, and pre-commit to repair language that keeps you steady when you stumble. We also ask the question that unlocks authentic authority: What would this look like your way? Drop the textbook cadence. Speak from lived conviction. The leaders we experience as grounded aren’t the ones with all the answers; they’re the ones who stay connected to themselves when certainty disappears.If you’re ready to release polish-as-armor and claim presence-as-truth, this conversation is your starting point. Subscribe, share with a leader who’s been told to “show up bigger,” and leave a review with one place you’ll choose recovery over perfection this week.Support the showPlease rate and review with your honest opinion. Subscribe and share with your colleagues especially if you have worked with me and found value in the work we’ve done together. Connect with me in my favourite places, LinkedIn and Instagram and my website is: https://www.cynthiajamiesoncoach.ca/ Book a FREE Call to Explore Coaching Meet Me On The Arc Join the Free Community Join the Membership Make it a great week!Cynthia Jamieson 🧡🌱 Leadership Coach | Creator of The Self-Trust Arc™ | Intuitive Intelligence® Guide | 🎙️ Host | Helping Leaders Lead From Self-Trust, Presence, and Truth

E180: Your Nervous System Called; It Wants A New Boss

Send us a textWhat if the version of you that crushes the meeting isn’t the one truly leading? We open a candid look at the gap so many high performers feel—the calm exterior paired with a bracing, overclocked interior—and chart a practical route from pressure to presence. Rather than chasing more hacks or borrowed scripts, we explore how to rebuild the internal architecture of leadership so your choices align with values, not validation.I walk through the “self-trust arc,” a five-phase framework forged from guiding hundreds of leaders beyond the quiet crisis: overdrive, awareness, choice, alignment, and embodiment. You’ll hear why fear often masquerades as responsibility, how that fuels over preparation and control, and what it takes to stop renting confidence from external answers. We ground the conversation in biology, not bravado, explaining why the sympathetic nervous system narrows your vision and how a regulated, parasympathetic state unlocks clarity, empathy, and creativity. The throughline is simple and demanding: clear leadership requires safety, and safety can be trained.If you’re succeeding yet feel strangely absent from your own work, this conversation offers both language and method to shift course. You’ll gain tools to recognise fear’s voice, practise decision-making before certainty arrives, and return authority to your inner compass. We close with one catalytic question designed to end endurance patterns and start a new operating system—one built on self-trust and principled action. If this resonates, subscribe, share with a leader who needs it, and leave a review to help others find the show.Support the showPlease rate and review with your honest opinion. Subscribe and share with your colleagues especially if you have worked with me and found value in the work we’ve done together. Connect with me in my favourite places, LinkedIn and Instagram and my website is: https://www.cynthiajamiesoncoach.ca/ Book a FREE Call to Explore Coaching Meet Me On The Arc Join the Free Community Join the Membership Make it a great week!Cynthia Jamieson 🧡🌱 Leadership Coach | Creator of The Self-Trust Arc™ | Intuitive Intelligence® Guide | 🎙️ Host | Helping Leaders Lead From Self-Trust, Presence, and Truth

E179: The Quiet Crisis of Leadership (and the Return to Self-Trust)

Send us a textWhat if the real work of leadership isn’t finding better answers—but learning how to trust your own?In this week's episode of Uncharted & Unfiltered, Cynthia Jamieson reflects on completing five powerful coaching journeys and the pattern that changed everything: every leader came in looking outside themselves for clarity—and left knowing how to find it within.In a world that’s louder, faster, and more confusing than ever (especially in the age of AI), Cynthia makes a bold case for why connected leadership is no longer optional. This episode explores how self-trust is built, where leaders unknowingly leak power, and why curiosity—not certainty—is the capacity that carries us forward.You’ll also be guided through a 7-minute “Connected Leader” practice to help you reconnect with your voice, values, and inner authority.This is an invitation to stop outsourcing your power—and come home to yourself.Support the showPlease rate and review with your honest opinion. Subscribe and share with your colleagues especially if you have worked with me and found value in the work we’ve done together. Connect with me in my favourite places, LinkedIn and Instagram and my website is: https://www.cynthiajamiesoncoach.ca/ Book a FREE Call to Explore Coaching Meet Me On The Arc Join the Free Community Join the Membership Make it a great week!Cynthia Jamieson 🧡🌱 Leadership Coach | Creator of The Self-Trust Arc™ | Intuitive Intelligence® Guide | 🎙️ Host | Helping Leaders Lead From Self-Trust, Presence, and Truth

E178: Endurance Or Integrity (Why Staying Capable Can Cost Your Truth)

Send us a textAre you enduring more than you’re living? Waiting for clarity before making the change you know is calling you?In this episode of Uncharted and Unfiltered, I explore the difference between endurance — staying because you can — and integrity — choosing what truly aligns with who you are now. She breaks down how your body, your emotions, and even your identity give you signals that it’s time to step into alignment, and how confusing endurance with integrity keeps us small.You’ll hear:Why waiting isn’t neutral, and what it costs youHow your body signals misalignment before your mind even noticesWhy identity shifts can feel scarier than facing the shadowsHow to return to the part of you that’s been whispering, nudging, and waitingIf you’re ready to stop negotiating with yourself and take real action, book your free consult call here. This is your chance to explore what’s next and step fully into alignment with the life you’ve been waiting for.Listen now and start walking toward yourself — not alone.Support the showPlease rate and review with your honest opinion. Subscribe and share with your colleagues especially if you have worked with me and found value in the work we’ve done together. Connect with me in my favourite places, LinkedIn and Instagram and my website is: https://www.cynthiajamiesoncoach.ca/ Book a FREE Call to Explore Coaching Meet Me On The Arc Join the Free Community Join the Membership Make it a great week!Cynthia Jamieson 🧡🌱 Leadership Coach | Creator of The Self-Trust Arc™ | Intuitive Intelligence® Guide | 🎙️ Host | Helping Leaders Lead From Self-Trust, Presence, and Truth

E177: A Pause, A Choice, and a Christmas Message

Send us a textAfter a couple of quieter weeks, I’m returning to the microphone with clarity rather than urgency and with truth rather than explanation.This episode is an orientation.I share why I chose to pause, what was reorganizing beneath the surface, and how this moment reflects what I call post-institutional leadership:  the phase that arrives after years of leading inside systems where authority was external, and you’re asked to lead without that scaffolding.I talk about why this kind of leadership often shows up later, not right away; why I’m choosing depth over volume with the podcast going forward; and what it means to be locatable rather than everywhere.I also share how I’m simplifying my work in a way that feels more honest and sustainable — and offer a Christmas and year-end message for anyone who feels tired of bracing, performing, or holding it all together.This episode isn’t about doing less.It’s about choosing more honestly.No rush.No pressure.Just a place to pause and listen.Support the showPlease rate and review with your honest opinion. Subscribe and share with your colleagues especially if you have worked with me and found value in the work we’ve done together. Connect with me in my favourite places, LinkedIn and Instagram and my website is: https://www.cynthiajamiesoncoach.ca/ Book a FREE Call to Explore Coaching Meet Me On The Arc Join the Free Community Join the Membership Make it a great week!Cynthia Jamieson 🧡🌱 Leadership Coach | Creator of The Self-Trust Arc™ | Intuitive Intelligence® Guide | 🎙️ Host | Helping Leaders Lead From Self-Trust, Presence, and Truth