Why Corporate Leaders Need Breathwork (How to Build Trust With Your Team) | Ep. 49

What does it take to walk away from a 23-year corporate career at the top — and trust yourself enough to build something new? Limited Time Offer – Make healthy eating simple. Get Huel today with my exclusive offer of 15% OFF online with my code MASTRY at huel.com/MASTRY (http://huel.com/[CODE]). New Customers Only. Thank you to Huel for partnering and supporting our show! Michelle Cooksey and Francesca Sipma unpack what it actually takes to leave the security of corporate life, trust your intuition, and redefine success on your own terms. Michelle shares how burnout transformed her leadership style from ego-driven and validation-seeking to relationship-driven leadership built on trust, psychological safety, and self-awareness. They explore why building strong relationships with your team directly impacts performance, how to hire self-starters and critical thinkers, and why the way you lead others starts with the way you lead yourself. They also get personal about grief, losing a parent, Michelle and her husband arriving at a Bali HypnoBreathwork® retreat broken up and leaving together, and how breathwork helped her develop the self-trust to make one of the biggest decisions of her life. In this episode: Why ego-driven leadership leads to burnout, and what conscious leadership looks like instead How to build real trust, loyalty, and psychological safety with your team What quitting a six-figure job actually feels like — the fear, the self-doubt, and the intuition you can't ignore Using breathwork to trust yourself when everyone around you wants an explanation How grief changes your relationship to work, ambition, and time Leading through loss without abandoning yourself in the process TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Emotional safety vs. chemistry 01:40 Leaving a 23-year career 07:20 Ego-driven vs. heart-led leadership 08:20 Self-trust, fear and the leap 12:38 Purpose requires patience 21:14 Building high-performing teams 30:31 How grief changes ambition 43:42 Living fully, leading consciously CONNECT WITH MICHELLE COOKSEY: Website: jmichellecooksey.com Instagram: @jmichellecooksey Newsletter Subscribe Link: https://jmichellecooksey.myflodesk.com/subscribe Sunday Leadership Email: subscribe via her Instagram bio  Connect with Francesca Sipma & The Mastry Experience: Website: francescasipma.com | mastryexperience.com Instagram: @francescasipma (https://www.google.com/search?q=https://www.instagram.com/francescasipma) &@mastryexperience (https://www.instagram.com/mastryexperience) This episode’s Mastry App recommendation is Belief (http://app.mastry.me/s/eC8wAT) under Peak Performance Category. Download the Mastry App (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.mastry.app&pcampaignid=web_share) and explore this session to experience it for yourself. Subscribe and follow for more! Mastry Experience's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@mastryexperience) Mastry Experience’s Spotify Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/4Op50ZHIJ2IGWMnSOniwL1?si=x_HQ7FufTeKyndMt7sH4tg) Mastry Experience’s Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mastry-experience/id1851858335) Mastry Experience’s TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@themastryexperience) Mastry Experience’s Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mastryexperience/) If this gives you the nerve to consider the turn — share it with someone standing at the edge of theirs. 👍 Like if this made quitting feel less like losing and more like arriving 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell — new episodes every week 📲 Share with someone whose soul is telling them it's time #PersonalDevelopment #QuittingCorporate #SelfMastery #HypnoBreathwork #MichelleCooksey #FrancescaSipma #TheMastryExperience #ConsciousLeadership #GriefAndGrowth #CareerTransition #WomensEmpowerment #PeakPerformance #SpiritualGrowth #Breathwork #LeapOfFaith #CorporateToEntrepreneur #GriefHealing #PurposeDriven #Manifestation #WorkplaceWellness