Every executive has faced a career crisis — a failed project, a brutal round of redundancies, a market collapse. Most leaders bury the pain and rush back to activity. The Post-Traumatic Growth Leader does the opposite.

In this three-part episode, Joe and Trevor explore how to use corporate failure as the most powerful upgrade available to any executive. They break down the four psychological shifts that define a truly transformed leader — Clarity of Purpose, Deeper Relationships, Greater Perspective, and Unshakeable Self-Efficacy — and provide two practical tools: The Crisis Audit and The Legacy Reframe.

This isn't about bouncing back. It's about bouncing forward.

🎯 Topics covered:

• What Post-Traumatic Growth actually is (and how it differs from resilience)
• The four shifts that make a PTG leader objectively more valuable
• How to conduct a Crisis Audit to extract strategy from shame
• The Legacy Reframe journaling technique to own your narrative

Why do successful executives hoard time, talent, and opportunities even when resources are available? In this three-part episode, we expose the Scarcity Trap—the mindset that makes leaders focus on micro-costs while missing macro-opportunities.

Trevor and Joe examine how the Survival Brain creates three devastating hoarding behaviors: Time Hoarding (micromanagement), Talent Hoarding (chronic understaffing), and Opportunity Hoarding (risk aversion that kills growth).

Learn practical solutions: the Cost of Delay Audit to quantify what delays actually cost your business, the Abundance Reframe to shift from guardian to investor mindset, and the Generosity Command to break micromanagement habits.

Topics covered: scarcity mindset, executive decision-making, micromanagement, delegation, strategic investing, growth sabotage, abundance mindset, cognitive bandwidth, business growth strategy.

Why do successful executives feel profoundly alone despite being surrounded by people? In this three-part episode, we explore Executive Loneliness—the hidden cost of leadership that undermines performance and wellbeing.

Trevor and Joe examine the Corporate Shield and the three walls executives build: the Wall of Competence (fear of appearing weak), the Wall of Privacy (emotional isolation), and the Wall of Fear of Manipulation (inability to trust).

Learn practical solutions: the Three-Person Rule for creating a safe inner circle, Vulnerability as Inquiry for strategic openness, and the Authenticity Anchor for building genuine team connections.

Topics covered: executive isolation, leadership loneliness, imposter syndrome, vulnerability in leadership, nervous system regulation, building psychological safety, authentic leadership.

You've mastered multi-million dollar negotiations—so why does a "Reply-All Thanks" email derail your entire morning? In this refreshingly honest episode, mindset coach Joe and hypnotherapist Trevor give you permission to be petty about the small workplace failures that reveal massive cultural problems.

Discover why seemingly trivial annoyances (Reply-All apologies, meeting hijackers, the passive-aggressive "Best" sign-off, phantom Zoom participants, and the dreaded "parking lot") aren't just irritating—they're micro-thefts of your most valuable resources: time and focused attention. Learn why labelling communal coffee creamer reveals cultural bankruptcy and why these small acts of thoughtlessness expose fundamental failures of professional discipline.

This episode delivers a serious takeaway wrapped in humour: respect for time IS executive discipline. Learn the Attention Audit challenge—two simple behavioural changes that stop you from unconsciously stealing focus from others and demonstrate genuine leadership through clarity, not jargon.

Perfect for executives exhausted by digital chaos, meeting culture dysfunction, and colleagues operating on autopilot. Sometimes the small stuff reveals the big problems.

You're a successful executive with proven results—so why does that voice still whisper "I'm a fraud"? In this paradigm-shifting episode, mindset coach Joe and hypnotherapist Trevor reveal why fighting your inner critic is futile: it's not your enemy, it's a misguided protector trying to save you from shame.

Discover the hidden positive intention behind imposter syndrome and why your inner critic uses self-attack as a pre-emptive shield against external judgment. Learn how this "protector" manifests in three destructive patterns: procrastination of perfectionism (endless refinement to avoid judgment), avoidance of visibility (staying small to stay safe), and unrelenting self-attack (depleting your reserves before the world can).

This episode delivers the Protector Interview Technique: a three-step hypnotherapy-based method to transform your inner critic from enemy to strategic partner. Learn Tactical Validation (disarming the alarm), the Data Exchange (filtering noise from insight), and Active Commissioning (giving your protector a productive new role as Director of Quality Control, not Chief of Internal Attacks).

Stop fighting yourself and start negotiating with the terrified bodyguard inside. Perfect for high-achievers exhausted by perfectionism and self-doubt despite objective success.

You think you're hiding your stress well—but your team knows the truth. They're absorbing your anxiety through their nervous systems without you saying a word. In this scientifically grounded episode, mindset coach Joe and hypnotherapist Trevor expose the hidden phenomenon of emotional contagion that's sabotaging high-performing teams.

Discover how mirror neurons and heart rate coherence cause your team to unconsciously synchronize with your internal stress state, creating anxiety cultures that kill creativity, increase turnover, and destroy strategic decision-making. Learn why people don't quit jobs—they quit their leader's nervous system. Understand the three unspoken signals your body broadcasts (breath patterns, eye contact, hand tension) that betray your calm facade.

This episode delivers the Intentional Presence Protocol: a three-step pre-meeting routine to intentionally regulate your nervous system and transmit calm instead of chaos. Learn the Somatic Status Check (auditing tension before it spreads), the Command to Regulate (shifting from fight-or-flight to strategic confidence), and the Intentional Signal (setting the room's emotional temperature through deliberate presence).

Stop accidentally deregulating your team and start leading as the chief nervous system regulator. Perfect for leaders experiencing high turnover, risk-averse teams, or toxic meeting cultures.

You've spent twenty years climbing to the top—so why does the board meeting still feel like being called to the principal's office? In this revealing episode, mindset coach Joe and hypnotherapist Trevor expose the hidden psychology of authority that sabotages even the most successful executives.

Discover why your unconscious maps powerful figures (board members, investors, regulators) onto childhood authority patterns, triggering primitive fear responses that undermine your leadership. Learn to identify whether you're trapped in the Pleaser archetype (over-explaining, seeking constant approval, avoiding confrontation) or the Rebel archetype (aggressive defensiveness, undermining leadership, proving you're right at all costs).

This episode delivers three powerful tools to reclaim your peer status: The Mirror Technique (shifting from defensive to analytical), The Authority Equalizer (a hypnotherapy visualization that neutralizes perceived threats), and The "I Am Responsible" Shift (embracing adult accountability to eliminate approval-seeking).

Stop performing for validation and start operating as an equal. Perfect for senior leaders who struggle with board presentations, investor meetings, or difficult stakeholders despite their executive credentials.

Time for a detox! After three intense episodes on executive psychology, Joe and Trevor lighten the mood by demolishing the corporate jargon and toxic advice that fuels workplace chaos and burnout.

Discover why phrases like "let's peel the onion," "low-hanging fruit," and "circle back" are linguistic defence mechanisms that mask unclear thinking. Learn why motivational advice like "be a sponge," "never let them see you sweat," and "wear two hats for one salary" are actually blueprints for professional exploitation and mental exhaustion.

This episode delivers three powerful anti-jargon phrases that establish boundaries and protect your wellbeing: "What is the single most important output?" (eliminates 80% of busy-work), "Where would you like me to deprioritise?" (escapes the over-commitment trap), and "What does success look like by Friday?" (breaks the perfectionist's loop).

Stop absorbing corporate toxicity and start speaking the language of clarity. Perfect for executives tired of meaningless buzzwords and ready to reclaim their time, focus, and sanity with honest communication.