Leading Beings
✨ Rethink work. Redefine success. Forge your own path.
The Leading Beings Podcast is for indie professionals, creative leaders, and unconventional business owners who are done with trying to fit into traditional work and success models that were never designed for them.
You’re not here to follow the default path—you’re here to craft a work-life rhythm that aligns with who you are, how you create, and what truly matters.
Through deep conversations, solo explorations, and practical strategies, we explore how to:
⚡ Work in a way that energizes you, not drains you
💡 Design a career, business, or leadership model that actually fits
🌀 Navigate transitions, pivots, and personal evolution with clarity
🌿 Build success on your terms—without burning out or selling out
We dive into topics like:
🎯 Conscious leadership & business – Running things your way, with purpose & integrity
✨ Creative productivity & flow – Working with your natural rhythms, not against them
🛠️ Work-life design – Questioning norms & creating a model that fits you
🔍 Self-awareness & inner work – Understanding yourself so you can create outward impact
🌱 Sustainable momentum – Building a pace that fuels both growth and well-being
🌍 Meaningful work & impact – Using your skills in ways that feel aligned & intentional
You’ll also hear from remarkable indie leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers who are carving their own paths, breaking rules, and creating work that matters—without compromising who they are.
This isn’t about productivity hacks or traditional career advice. It’s about rethinking what’s possible, challenging the status quo, and designing a professional life that’s truly yours.
🎧 Tune in and start creating success—on your own terms.
Episodes
54 episodes
#53 What is an Indie Leader? The Future of Work Nobody's Talking About
What is an Indie Leader? Why is this way of working and leading on the rise? And why might it be exactly what you need to shape your career, business, and impact in 2025?In this episode of the Leading Beings Podcast, Kate McCready...
#52 Professional Reinvention after Big Personal or Life Shifts
In this episode, I open up about my personal journey of managing professional responsibilities amidst personal upheaval. I share my experiences after the loss of my and how it led me to reassess my professional and personal life. This episode e...
#51 Intentional strategies for managing the load in stressful times
We all have times in work, life and business when things get full. Times where some things become more important or when there's just too much on our plate to keep everything going. So how can we intentionally manage our load in these full or s...
#050 Aaron McEwan: Reimagining Work-Life Post Pandemic - What Leaders Need to Consider
We are all well aware of the fact our working lives have changed since we've moved on from the thick of the pandemic. But have our organisations and our leaders caught up? And are we really making the most of the new opportunities this 'now' of...
#049 Keystone Actions
You may have heard of the concept of Keystone Habits. But what is a Keystone Action?In this episode I share:What is a keystone action?Why keystone actions are importantHow can you use keystone actio...
#048 Before you set goals for the new year, do this
The start of a new year can be an excellent time to set goals. But research tells us very few of us actually follow through with and achieve the goals we set for ourselves at this time. One way we can make sure we set sticker goals is b...
#047 Designing Working Rhythms that Work for You
Many of us fall into the trap of working how everyone else works. Or working how society, or our workplaces have trained us to work. But are the working rhythms imposed on you by external forces aren't necessarily the best working rhythms for y...
#046 Dr Shyam Barr: Leading with Self Regulated Learning
Dr Shyam Barr is an education consultant and Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Canberra. In this episode Shyam shares with us how self regulated learning can contribute to us all becoming not only better...
#045 Eight Steps to Conscious Success
Join me for the first episode of the Leading Beings Podcast since I went on Maternity Leave in 2021. In this episode I dive into the concept of Conscious Success which I originally wrote about in this blog post
#043 Kelly Dent: Changing Systems & Challenging Narratives
In this episode I chat with Kelly Dent. Kelly is the Global Director of External Engagement at World Animal Protection and is a leader, influencer, campaigner, advocate and strategist for social change with 25 years’ experience working at the f...
#042 Personalising Productivity
Being productive can play an important role in using our potential to have an impact. The world of productivity hacks, tools, systems has become a minefield of options. But is that what we need to really improve our productivity?In this...
#040 Space to Lead
Whether you're leading an organisation, a team, a mission, your family or even just yourself, it's important to make time and space for the things that get you out of the weeds and be the best you can be.In this episode I offer up eight...
#039 Stephanie Harrison: Leading Your New Happy
In this episode I speak with founder and CEO of The New Happy, Stephanie Harrison. Stephanie is an expert in happiness and lasting behaviour change and before starting The New Happy led learning and Thrive Global.Join us as we discuss d...
#038 Mindful Goals
Have you struggled with traditional goal setting in the past? Maybe you (like me) and tried SMART Goals and found them a bit dull and lackluster. In this episode I dive into how you can start to create more mindful goals that help ...
#037 Dr Ricci-Jane Adams: Leading with Intuitive Intelligence
Ricci-Jane Adams is an intuition expert, writer and founder of the Institute of Intuitive Intelligence. Bridging science and spirituality, including a PHD in metaphysical realism, Ricci-Jane is on a mission to lead the revolution in excellence ...
#036 Reflections - Reshaping Expectations
Sometimes when we go through a phase of personal and transformation and growth, things can change with the people closest to us. In this episode I discuss the theme of reshaping the expectations others might have of us. This reflection episode ...
#035 Nicho Plowman - Vedic Meditation for Progressive Personal Change
Nicho and I discuss themes of doing a 180 in your life, exploring different spiritual and personal development modalities, releasing stress and supporting our nervous system to be the best we can be, motivating people with our story, living in ...
#034 Steve Glaveski - The Intentional Entrepreneur: Values Lead Leadership Of Self, Life And Business
In this episode I speak with Steve Glaveski, founder of the startup accelerator, Collective Campus and host of the Future Squared podcast. Join Steve and I as we discuss themes of living a deliberate and intentional life, creating value beyond ...
#033 Introducing Leading Beings
When you're doing work or running a business that is deeply connected to your purpose and sense on meaning in the world, it's only natural that as you change, your work will need to evolve with you. Please join me along my journey as the Good W...
#032 Reflections - Discover Your Calling
In this episode, I reflect on the idea of discovering your calling. What does it mean to be called by something? How can you discover your calling? Can you have multiple callings? I also share some freebies and news about a conference I'll be p...
#031 Melissa Ambrosini - Following Your Truth
My Guest today is Melissa Ambrosini. Melissa is the best selling authour of Mastering Your Mean Girl and has a new book coming out called Open Wide: A radically real guide to deep love, rocking relationships and soulful sex. She's also the host...
#030 Sally Hill - What It Takes To Be A Purpose Driven Business
My guest today is Sally Hill. From almost as soon as her career started, Sally had a strong interest in sustainability and social impact, as well as a strong sense of social justice. After working across the not for profit and sustainability se...
#029 Ryan McCarty - Creating A Culture Of Good
My guest today is Ryan McCarty - Culture Guru and founder of Culture of Good. From Mission work, to working for not for profits, to Church Ministry and becoming a pastor, Ryan was eventually coaxed into the corporate world when Scott Moorehead,...