Leading Visionaries Podcast

What if that persistent idea, inner knowing, or urge to write is actually a calling you are meant to follow? In this episode of Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Wiebke Tasch, founder of Digital Authors LLC.
Wiebke shares her own lifelong calling to write, beginning with short stories at age nine and eventually leading her into publishing and entrepreneurship. She explains how a calling can show up as restlessness, intuition, or an inner knowing, and why ignoring that calling can prevent an important message from reaching the world.
Whether you have been carrying a book idea for years or are simply feeling called to bring a bigger vision into the world, this conversation offers practical encouragement for taking the next step.

What You Will Learn:
How to recognize the difference between a passing idea and a persistent calling to write.
Why trusting your intuition can be an important part of bringing a meaningful message into the world.
How meditation and quiet reflection can help clarify what you are being called to create.
Why your life experiences, challenges, and knowledge can become the foundation for a powerful book.
How market research can help determine whether a book idea has demand and revenue potential.
Why positioning a book for the right audience does not require compromising its core message.
How authors can use market analysis to identify niches, competition, and opportunities.
Why the work involved in publishing a book does not end when the book is finished.
How building momentum around a book launch can help increase visibility.
Why the first several days after a book launches can be important for generating traffic and attention.
How becoming an author can represent a personal transformation as well as a professional accomplishment.
What aspiring authors can do to begin writing when they feel overwhelmed by where to start.

FAQ:
How do you know if you are called to write a book?
A calling to write a book can feel like a persistent inner urge, restlessness, intuition, or knowing that continues to return even when you try to ignore it. Taking time to become quiet, reflect, meditate, and listen to what keeps coming up can help clarify whether writing is something you are being called to pursue.

How do I know what my book should be about?
Start by looking at your own life, experiences, knowledge, challenges, and transformations. Consider what you have learned that could help other people and what message you feel compelled to share. Market research can then help you determine how to position that message for an audience.

How can I determine whether my book idea has market potential?
Market research can help you evaluate whether people are searching for your topic, how much demand exists, what competing books are available, and whether there is an opportunity to establish a strong position within a particular niche.

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What do you do when your life, finances, and career all seem to be falling apart at the same time? In this episode of Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Mandi Feely-Swain, EVP at Premier Mortgage Resources, a Top 1% mortgage originator, and author of Origination Boost.
Whether you're an entrepreneur, executive, sales professional, or someone navigating a difficult season, this conversation offers practical wisdom and inspiring reminders that your greatest challenges can become the foundation for your greatest successes.

What You Will Learn
Why leadership begins with a decision rather than a title.
How adversity can become the catalyst for long-term success.
The importance of choosing growth over comfort.
Why surrounding yourself with people who believe in your vision matters.
How systems and consistency create sustainable business growth.
Lessons learned from rebuilding after financial hardship.
The role gratitude plays in resilient leadership.
Why self-awareness is essential for making bold career pivots.
How leading from the front creates stronger teams and cultures.
Practical mindset shifts that help overcome setbacks and uncertainty.

FAQ:
How can someone rebuild after experiencing major financial setbacks?
Recovering from financial hardship starts with focusing on what you can control, creating consistent systems, making intentional decisions, and taking action every day. Long-term success often comes from resilience, adaptability, and a willingness to start over when necessary.

What is the difference between being a leader and having a leadership title?
Leadership is defined by actions rather than a job title. Effective leaders take ownership, make difficult decisions, serve others, and inspire confidence regardless of their position within an organization.

Why is stepping outside your comfort zone important for success?
Growth happens when people embrace challenges instead of avoiding them. Staying comfortable may feel safe, but pursuing bigger goals often requires learning new skills, taking calculated risks, and remaining committed through difficult seasons.
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What happens after you've achieved everything the world says should make you happy, only to discover you're still searching for something more? In this episode of Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Kris Land, entrepreneur, technologist, and award-winning author. After building and exiting more than a dozen technology companies, including one that went public, Kris realized external success couldn't answer life's deepest questions.
If you're building a business, leading a team, or searching for deeper meaning beyond achievement, this conversation offers a refreshing perspective on success and the human experience.

What You Will Learn
Why external success doesn't always create lasting fulfillment.
How curiosity creates more effective and adaptable leadership.
The importance of listening before making leadership decisions.
Why synchronicities may be meaningful connections rather than coincidences.
How childhood conditioning shapes our perception of consciousness.
Why having purpose beyond financial success matters.
Three lifelong goals that create lasting fulfillment.
How embracing the journey leads to greater growth than focusing only on outcomes.
Why asking better questions can transform your life.

FAQ:
Why can success still leave people feeling unfulfilled?
Many people discover that achieving financial or career goals doesn't automatically provide purpose or lasting happiness. True fulfillment often comes from continuing to grow, learn, serve others, and pursue meaningful goals beyond external achievements.

What is conscious leadership?
Conscious leadership is leading with self-awareness, curiosity, empathy, and purpose. Rather than believing they have all the answers, conscious leaders invite collaboration, remain open to new perspectives, and align decisions with deeper values.

How can curiosity improve leadership?
Curiosity helps leaders make better decisions by encouraging them to ask questions, gather diverse perspectives, and remain adaptable instead of relying on assumptions or predetermined answers.

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What does it take to lead from a place of true center, especially when the world around you feels reactive and overwhelming? In this episode of Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Pennie Wilson, mental fitness trainer and creator of the Kokoro Calm Repatterning Method.
Whether you’re a visionary creating into the "void" or a leader that’s navigating the "messy middle," this episode offers a practical framework for self-leadership, emotional regulation, and building the self-trust necessary to say yes to your biggest calling.

What You Will Learn
How to receive and recognize a calling as it gradually rises like a sunrise.
Why nature is an essential co-creative partner in the visionary journey.
How to embrace "self-leadership" as the necessary foundation for all true leadership.
Why comparing your present self to your future visionary self is a gap trap and how to shift to the gain.
The importance of dynamic balance and accepting that wobbling is a natural part of growth.
Why the most important answers are found from the inside out, not the outside in.
How to cultivate the courage to take your next big leap, whether it’s a first video or a keynote stage.

FAQ:
What is the Kokoro Calm Repatterning Method?
It is a synthesis of trauma care patterns and mental fitness. It uses the "Four Rs” to help leaders shift emotional patterns from what they don't want to what they do desire.

What is Self-Leadership?
Self-leadership is the practice of grounding yourself in self-trust and emotional regulation. It requires moving from a place of feeling incapable to believing in your identity as a leader, one step at a time.

What is the Messy Middle?
The messy middle is the space between your present self and your future vision. It is where dynamic balance occurs, but trusting your core to keep you moving forward.

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What happens when the career you've worked so hard to build no longer feels like the story you were meant to live? In this episode of Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Federico Malatesta, executive coach and founder of FM Transformational Coaching, and former Chief Investment Officer. After leading a $40 billion energy portfolio, Federico made an unexpected transition into coaching executives through identity shifts, leadership challenges, and life's biggest turning points.
Whether you're building a business, leading a team, or sensing it's time for your next chapter, this conversation offers a thoughtful framework for embracing transformation with greater clarity and intention.

What You Will Learn
Why career transitions often begin when your current story no longer creates meaning.
How unconscious narratives influence leadership and decision-making.
The difference between identity and the authentic self.
Why successful executives often struggle to recognize their own blind spots.
How to recognize the internal signals that it's time for change.
Why leadership is built through relationships rather than titles.
How values provide direction during seasons of uncertainty.
Why pursuing the right clients creates greater impact than pursuing more clients.
How meaningful transformation happens through reflection with others.
Why listening to your deepest desires can reveal your next chapter.

FAQ:
Why do successful leaders struggle during career transitions?
Many high-achieving leaders discover that external success eventually stops providing fulfillment. Career transitions often happen when the personal story driving their work no longer aligns with who they've become or what they value most.

What is leadership identity?
Leadership identity is the way leaders see themselves and how others recognize them. It develops through relationships, experiences, and personal narratives rather than job titles or positions.

How do unconscious stories affect leadership?
Unconscious stories shape how leaders interpret challenges, make decisions, communicate with others, and respond to change. Becoming aware of these patterns allows leaders to make more intentional choices.

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