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What if you could access the inner resilience required to navigate change in a world that's shifting faster than ever? That’s the focus of today’s episode. I sit down with Light Watkins to help us leaders unpack:Why our good intentions fall apart under pressureThe tortoise approach — why we should prioritize consistency over perfectionThe inner gym — how practices like meditation and gratitude are like strength training for your mindWhat we can learn from leaning into discomfortLight Watkins is a meditation teacher, five-time bestselling author, and TEDx speaker whose talk has reached nearly a million people. He's taught meditation to leaders and celebrities across the globe, and his latest book, The Year You Transform, is a guide to the kind of lasting change that many of us are seeking.My hope is that this episode invites you to rethink what it takes to actually change. It’s full of practical takeaways, mindset shifts, and experiments to get you started, so that this can be the year you transform!Share this with your team or a friend. Subscribe to the show, write us a review, or send us some love in the comments!CONNECT:Follow Julio on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠LinkedIn⁠Book Julio to speak, coach, or consult at ⁠letsgowithjulio.comCREDITS:Theme song: "Human" by ⁠Nick Deutsch⁠Produced + edited: ⁠Rikki Gunton⁠

There's a voice in your head that is constantly riding you, yes or no? It reminds you all the time: You're not enough. You're not far enough along. You should be working harder. This is the #1 thing I see slowing leaders down — and the thing I still struggle with too. So I made this episode for me just as much as I made it for you. Something I could come back to every time I need to ground myself and get steady around this voice. Something I could hand to a client and say, here, listen to this. It might help.Here's what we're answering: Where does this voice come from? Why do you still listen to it? And how do you shift your relationship with it without trying to silence it (because you're already trying that and how's that working out)?I'll walk you through the practices that changed things for me — the 30-minute noticing exercise, the "ouch" practice, and how to find the love buried underneath the criticism. These are real, practical tools that can be practiced over and over, like building a muscle. And they work.Come back to this episode each time you need to remember: You are not the voice. You are the one who notices. You are the observer!Let's go there, baby. Let’s talk about THAT 🙏🏽Share this with your team or a friend. Subscribe to the show, write us a review, or send us some love in the comments!CONNECT:Follow Julio on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠LinkedIn⁠Book Julio to speak, coach, or consult at ⁠letsgowithjulio.comCREDITS:Theme song: "You Are The One" by ⁠Nick Deutsch⁠Produced + edited: ⁠Rikki Gunton⁠

How do you earn a CEO's trust — and what do you see when you finally get in the room? That’s what we’re exploring today on the show with my former Lyft colleague Sean Berry.Sean spent many years as an executive assistant to C-suite leaders, including the CEO of Lyft. That means he’s spent years behind the scenes — managing calendars, sitting in high-stakes meetings, reading the room so the room could keep moving. He saw leadership up close, under pressure. He knows what’s up, and he’s got a lot of wisdom to share with us about:Maintaining calm and building trustWhat executives are actually like behind closed doorsThe importance of triage and decoding urgencyPreparing for high-stakes meetingsThe delicate balance between growing in your career and keeping your ego in checkWhat Sean is learning now that the adrenaline has slowed downNo matter where you sit on the org chart, you’ll leave with practical takeaways about how to show up effectively when it matters most.Share this with your team or a friend. Subscribe to the show, write us a review, or send us some love in the comments!Find Sean at https://www.linkedin.com/in/swberry/CONNECT:Follow Julio on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠LinkedIn⁠Book Julio to speak, coach, or consult at ⁠letsgowithjulio.comCREDITS:Theme song: "You Are The One" by ⁠Nick Deutsch⁠Produced + edited: ⁠Rikki Gunton⁠

What if trans identity can actually teach all of us what we really need right now: radical self-knowledge?In this episode, I sit down with Chazzie Grosshandler, 19-year-old college sophomore, co-founder of The GenderCool Project, public speaker, and lifelong advocate. She came out to her family as transgender at nine years old, and was featured on the Today Show at eleven.I first learned about GenderCool at an Out & Equal Summit, and what they shared gave me a deep respect and better understanding of the trans community, especially the courage of trans youth.We talk about:What it felt like to come out to her family and then again on national televisionWhy being trans is the least interesting thing about herThe pattern of people who start out open-hearted and then harden into outrageGenderCool, its origins, and why representation at the highest levels mattersFaith, intersectionality, and how stepping into yourself brings you closer to something biggerChazzie’s advice for transgender youth and their parentsChazzie’s story is an invitation to embrace who we truly are and see ourselves as more than our labels.Find Chazzie and GenderCool:https://gendercool.org/https://www.instagram.com/chazziegendercool/https://www.instagram.com/gendercool/https://www.linkedin.com/in/chazziegrosshandler/CONNECT:Follow Julio on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠LinkedIn⁠Book Julio to speak, coach, or consult at ⁠letsgowithjulio.comCREDITS:Theme song: "You Are The One" by ⁠Nick Deutsch⁠Produced + edited: ⁠Rikki Gunton⁠

One year ago, I published Braving Big Tech — a five-part audio docu-series about getting hired and fired by Apple, Google, Tumblr, and Airbnb. It took 14 months, nearly 100 pages of writing, and 15 interviews with the people who were there — including managers that hired me, and one who fired me. Today, on the one-year anniversary, I’m answering the most common questions people ask me, like:Did you deserve to get fired?What did numbing actually look like? What hasn’t healed yet?What do you say to someone whose job is killing them slowly?This episode is honest, real and intended to help you get clear on how you’re braving big tech right now. Because let’s be real: we’re all trying to figure out how to navigate these times with a calm head and courageous heart.Listen and learn more about Braving Big Tech:https://bravingbigtech.com/Listen on AppleListen on Spotify Listen on YouTubeCONNECT:Follow Julio on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠LinkedIn⁠Book Julio to speak, coach, or consult at ⁠letsgowithjulio.comCREDITS:Theme song: "You Are The One" by ⁠Nick Deutsch⁠Produced + edited: ⁠Rikki Gunton⁠