<p>What if your discomfort with leadership isn’t a confidence issue — but an old nervous-system story that’s never been updated?</p><p>In this solo episode, Anna explores the concept of a <em>leadership wound</em>: early experiences that quietly shape how safe (or unsafe) it feels to step into leadership later in life.</p><p>Drawing from a personal story from fourth grade — when stepping into a natural leadership role suddenly became fraught — Anna unpacks how childhood interpretations can linger beneath the surface, influencing our relationship with visibility, authority, and being seen.</p><p>You’ll hear:</p><ul><li>Why leadership can trigger fear even when it feels aligned</li><li>How childhood experiences shape our nervous system’s response to leadership</li><li>The difference between a visibility wound and a leadership wound</li><li>How old stories can run quietly in the background until we name them</li><li>Gentle ways to begin updating these stories with adult awareness and compassion</li></ul><p>Anna also invites listeners to reflect on their own relationship with leadership — and offers journaling prompts to help process early experiences that may still be shaping how you show up today.</p><p>If you’re a sensitive creative, entrepreneur, or leader who feels a pull toward leadership <em>and</em> a simultaneous urge to shrink back, this episode offers a compassionate lens for understanding why — and a softer way forward.</p><p><strong>Work With Anna</strong></p><p>If you want to explore visibility, leadership, and nervous-system safety in community, Anna’s membership <strong>Seen &amp; Safe</strong> is currently open for enrollment.</p><p>Seen &amp; Safe is a twice-monthly group for sensitive creatives, entrepreneurs, and leaders who want to practice being seen without overriding their nervous system.</p><p>Learn more or join here:<br>👉 <a href="http://www.annaholtzman.com/seenandsafe"><strong>www.annaholtzman.com/seenandsafe</strong></a></p><p><strong> </strong>Anna is also hosting a free live workshop, <strong>Let Yourself Be Seen</strong>, for those who want a taste of this work before committing: <a href="http://www.annaholtzman.com/beseen"><strong>www.annaholtzman.com/beseen</strong></a></p>