In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Kevin Mays - executive coach, founder of Mays Leadership, and a trusted guide to some of the nation’s top leaders. With a background in behavioral science, leadership development, and organizational consulting, Kevin helps high-impact individuals strengthen their leadership from the inside out.

And that’s exactly what this conversation is about.

Too many people are trained to manage what’s happening "out there," the deadlines, the clients, the optics, the performance. But they never learned how to manage what’s happening "in here," their thoughts, their patterns, their internal experience.

Dr. Mays brings deep wisdom, grounded strategy, and lived experience to these questions. Together, we explore:

Why leadership starts with self-awareness
The root of burnout and how to dissolve it through presence
How perfectionism, people-pleasing, and performance can become traps for leaders
The difference between cognitive awareness and embodied awareness (and why both matter)

You’ll also hear about Dr. Kevin’s personal breaking point and how it shaped the way he now teaches leaders to access their full humanity.

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