A Spark Of Awareness

The Shadow #2 of Leadership — The Need for Variety and Uncertainty

Welcome to a new episode of Spark of Awareness, continuing the series on the six human needs.If you missed the previous episode, I encourage you to connect with it. Each of these needs carries both a constructive expression and a shadow expression. In leadership, these shadows inevitably appear to varying degrees, and when they remain unconscious, they can hinder growth, decision-making, and long-term impact.Today, we explore the second human need: variety and uncertainty.This need reflects the desire for change, novelty, stimulation, unpredictability, adventure, risk, and new experiences. It is the drive toward what is unknown and evolving.If you recognize this in yourself, it is worth examining honestly.The Need for Variety in LeadershipPersonally, this need has been very present in my own life.I have often been drawn to new projects, new experiences, and new environments that create a sense of renewed energy. Repetition, long cycles, and sustained commitment have at times felt difficult.At its extreme, this pattern can lead to restlessness and a constant search for change. Without awareness, it can manifest in premature exits from teams, companies, or relationships — not necessarily because something is wrong, but because internal energy is pushing toward novelty.In hindsight, I can see moments where I was not responding to external reality, but to an internal need for change. Instead of understanding what was happening within me, I expressed it through external disruption.This pattern influences how things begin and end — projects, commitments, and relationships.The Shadow of Constant ChangeIn leadership, this need can become highly destabilizing.For example, in executives or founders, it may appear as constant shifts in direction — an ongoing pursuit of what feels new, exciting, or stimulating. However, what feels energizing for the individual is not always what a business requires.Organizations often need stability, consistency, and sustained execution. When leadership is driven primarily by novelty, it can create confusion and lack of grounding within teams.A key challenge is distinguishing between:* Necessary evolution* And personal preference for changeWithout this distinction, decision-making becomes reactive rather than strategic.Restlessness and the Creation of ChaosThis need can also express itself through intensity.When there is no clear channel for novelty or stimulation, it may manifest as unnecessary complexity, conflict, or even chaos. Situations become more complicated than they need to be, not because of external conditions, but because internal energy seeks movement.In some cases, this creates artificial urgency — a sense that something must be fixed, solved, or disrupted in order to feel alive.In business environments, this can be particularly damaging, especially where discipline, clarity, and consistency are required.Instability and Lack of CommitmentWhen the need for variety dominates, it often leads to instability.There can be a resistance to planning, structure, or long-term commitment. This pattern is also visible in broader society, where commitment in work, relationships, and long-term projects is increasingly fragile.In a leadership context, this becomes a barrier to mastery. Growth requires repetition, patience, and sustained focus. Without that, execution becomes fragmented.Another shadow expression is addiction to novelty: constantly starting new things while rarely completing them.This leads to scattered energy and unfinished potential.The Cost of Unchanneled EnergyAt the core, this is not a lack of energy — it is often the opposite. Too much energy.Many people with this pattern have significant internal energy, creativity, and drive. The challenge is not generating energy, but directing it.When it is not consciously channeled, it tends to fragment:* too many projects* constant restarting* unresolved commitments* loss of continuityInstead of creating value, the energy disperses.The key question becomes: how do you channel energy into creation rather than disruption?Awareness and Rechanneling EnergyThe first step is awareness: recognizing the pattern without judgment.Personally, I noticed a tendency to start many projects but struggle to sustain them. Over time, I learned that consistency itself is a discipline — not a limitation of creativity.The practice is not to suppress this energy, but to contain and redirect it.When restlessness arises, the first step is not immediate action. It is observation. Sitting with the energy without reacting to it.Often, nothing needs to be done immediately. The body may feel agitated, but the system stabilizes when the impulse is not instantly acted upon.Once the intensity settles, the energy can be redirected into something constructive:* writing* reflecting* creating* consolidating vision* refining directionThe goal is not to eliminate movement, but to transform it into intentional creation.Separating Expression from ResponsibilityOne important practice has been learning where expression belongs.Creative exploration, experimentation, and self-expression are valuable — but they are not always appropriate in every context.For example, in coaching or leadership environments, the role is not self-expression, but service. The focus is on the needs of others, not internal impulses.This separation is essential.Without it, personal energy can unconsciously influence spaces that require neutrality, clarity, and presence.The same applies to leadership in organizations: personal excitement should not override what the system actually needs.A useful question becomes:Is this decision serving the business, or serving my own need for stimulation?If it is the latter, it may belong elsewhere.Channeling Energy Outside of WorkWhen personal expression is needed, it is important to give it a proper outlet outside professional responsibilities.This may include creative practices, movement, or environments where expression is held safely and does not impact others’ work or expectations.This separation allows leadership spaces to remain stable, while personal energy still has room to flow.Both needs can coexist — but they must be held in the right contexts.Closing Practice: Working with Restless EnergyTo close, I invite a simple meditation practice centered on this theme.Sit comfortably and bring attention to your breath.Observe your internal state without attempting to change it.Notice where energy is present in the body:* the chest* the belly* the mind* the breathSimply observe.As you continue breathing, notice how the energy shifts. In many cases, it begins to regulate on its own.Some areas soften. Some tension releases. A sense of grounding emerges naturally.This practice does not require effort — only awareness.When restlessness appears in daily life, return to this observation. Sit with it before acting.Then, if needed, journal:* What is this energy asking for?* Where does it want to go?* How can it be directed constructively?Over time, this builds the ability to transform raw energy into intentional creation.Closing ReflectionThe need for variety is not a problem.In its healthy form, it brings creativity, innovation, and movement. In its shadow form, it creates instability, fragmentation, and unnecessary disruption.The work is not to remove this energy, but to learn how to channel it.Next week, we continue with the third human need: significance — the need for recognition and being seen 🥇.Thanks for reading Rise and Play! 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The #1 Shadow of Leadership: The Need of Control

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Welcome to a new episode of Spark of Awareness.I’ve been away for a few weeks, integrating everything that happened over the past months. Many positive changes took place, but integration takes time. Sometimes, making priorities means letting go and accepting that we do not always have control — a theme I’ll explore throughout this series.In this series, I’m diving into the six human needs and their shadow expressions in leadership.The framework of the six human needs appears across several psychology and coaching work. You may know it through Tony Robbins’ work, but there are many models exploring human motivation and behavior: self-determination theory, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and others.I’m always interested in examining how humans function through different lenses. What I find valuable about the six human needs model is its ability to reveal our patterns and shadows.The purpose of this reflection is cultivating self-awareness. Self-awareness allows us to become more conscious of what we do, how we think, and ultimately, how we act.The six human needs are:* Certainty* Variety / Uncertainty* Significance* Love and Connection* Growth* ContributionEach episode in this series explores one of these needs through the lens of leadership and self-awareness. Today, I’m focusing on the first: the need for certainty.The Need for Certainty as the Need for ControlThe need for certainty is highly present in business and leadership.If I had to translate certainty into practical leadership behavior, I would call it the need for control.When the need for certainty becomes dominant, it often turns into an excessive focus on control. In organizations, this pattern appears frequently.We try to control outcomes. We seek certainty around success. We want guarantees that we will meet our targets, grow, survive, or secure the future.This creates pressure — pressure from leadership to control markets, despite the reality that markets cannot be controlled.It shows up as controlling employees, peers, or outcomes. It can manifest as manipulation, increased dependency on systems or people, and a loss of sovereignty.The need for certainty itself is not wrong. All human needs are valid.The problem emerges when a need becomes unexamined and overextended. At that point, it turns into a shadow — a blocker to growth, personal development, and consciousness.The Shadow Side of CertaintyThe shadow of certainty is an excessive attachment to control, safety, and predictability.We want every action we take today to guarantee future success. We want certainty that effort will produce the desired outcome.Unfortunately, reality does not work that way.Effort increases probability, but it does not guarantee results — especially in business.Startup success rates alone remind us of this reality.This overinvestment in certainty often extends to teams and relationships. Leaders may try to control employees to ensure they stay forever. Similar patterns appear in personal relationships: controlling someone to prevent them from leaving, or to obtain something from them.But controlling the market, outcomes, or other people is ultimately an illusion.People do what they want to do. They often act according to their own motivations, not according to our expectations.Recognizing this is an important reminder: much of what we try to control is beyond our control.The Reinforcing Cycle of ControlThe need for certainty easily becomes a reinforcing loop.When control fails, we often respond by trying to create stronger mechanisms of control: more contracts, more legal protections, more planning, tighter agreements, reduced freedom.The question becomes:Do you notice yourself forcing guarantees in order to feel in control?The path forward is not stronger control.It is learning to release control.It is surrender.Learning to SurrenderI speak from personal experience here.The need for certainty was deeply present in my earlier life. Certainty represented safety. I wanted assurance that no one would harm me, that there would be financial runway, that my salary would keep me safe.Working in the games industry taught me otherwise.It has been an incredible journey, but also one filled with uncertainty.Teams closed. People left. Expected numbers did not materialize. I left companies I had not planned to leave.Over time, I learned — often the hard way — that there is very little I truly control.Practicing Not KnowingIf you recognize yourself clinging to certainty, especially when it prevents growth, the practice is simple, though not easy:Practice not knowing.What does it feel like, in your body, to let go of control little by little?For me, releasing control created anxiety and stress. It became a gradual practice: letting go a little more, then a little more again.What can you release and discover that nothing catastrophic happens when you stop controlling?At minimum, your body often feels different — less contracted, less tense, less exhausted.Because certainty and control create physical contraction. They create tension, fatigue, and when sustained long enough, chronic symptoms.What Can You Actually Control?This brings me back to stoicism.Stoic practice reminds us that we control very little outside ourselves.What we can influence are our thoughts, our perceptions, and the actions that arise from them.How do you interpret events?How do you speak to yourself?Negative self-talk tends to generate actions that reinforce negative beliefs. A different interpretation creates different possibilities for action.Your perception of a situation is something you can work with.Acceptance as a Leadership PracticeAnother practice for those heavily attached to control is acceptance.Acceptance of what is.When someone does not do what you want, when reality unfolds differently than expected — can you sit with it?Can you be with your frustration?This has been an important practice in my own life.Because my pattern was certainty, much of my work involved becoming familiar with anxiety, uncertainty, and not knowing.Learning that it is safe not to know.Because trying to know everything is largely an illusion.It rarely changes the outcome.What changes is your internal state: you feel clearer, calmer, and more grounded in your body.Closing ReflectionTo summarize:Everyone has a need for certainty.In its shadow form, certainty becomes an excessive need for control and predictability.The invitation is to practice not knowing. To move forward without guaranteed outcomes. To discover what happens when you continue walking your path without certainty.A few years ago, I did not know I would become a coach.I did not try to force the answer.I focused on learning, improving my craft, listening to the market, understanding what people needed, and following the current of life.Today, I’m in the right place.But arriving here required surrender.So the question I leave with you is:How can you surrender a little more to not having control?Thanks for reading Rise and Play! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.🌿 Next ORIN Women’s Retreat on Sept 11-16 (Portugal) 🌿 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com

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Building Bridges Between Entrepreneurship and Consciousness

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In this episode, Sam Bell (host of the Natural Genius podcast) interviews Sophie Vo about bringing more of the whole human into business: heart, healing, responsibility, joy, intuition and higher consciousness.Sophie has spent more than 20 years in technology, entrepreneurship, games and leadership. Now, through ORIN and her wider work, she supports leaders and women to come back to their own truth, voice and power. This conversation explores what becomes possible when business can hold more than strategy and execution. It can also hold healing, love, self-mastery, connection and the unseen dimensions that shape how people build.🌿Content note: this conversation includes brief references to plant medicine.🙏 Thank you to Ludovic Bodin for introducing Sam and Sophie.This episode explores:• Joy as a daily practice• Women’s leadership, sisterhood and returning to yourself• Healing, safety and going deeper than the mind• Business as a responsibility, not only a vehicle for achievement• Bridging the physical business world with the more invisible world• Love in leadership, emotional self-mastery and conscious founders• Human Design, Enneagram, plant medicine and tools that help us understand ourselves• Vulnerability, multidimensionality and being more fully yourself in publicIn 2024, Sophie made a complete transition to dedicate herself to bringing greater consciousness into leadership and business, restoring integrity, vitality and balance to the world.Conversation references:• Natural Genius podcast • Ludovic Bodin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ludovicbodin• Human Design: https://www.mybodygraph.com/• Enneagram Institute: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/Thanks for reading Rise and Play! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.🌿 Next ORIN Retreat + Medicine on Sept 11-16 (Portugal) 🌿 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com

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Entrepreneurship is the most direct path to self-mastery

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In our fast-paced world driven by algorithms and constant stimuli, the journey of self-mastery is an often overlooked yet crucial path. This episode distills the key learnings from the insightful teachings of Sophie Vo, conscious leadership coach, on how to let go and embark on a journey of self-awareness. We explore the signals that reveal shadows in leadership, offer options to practice self-awareness, and provide actionable insights to guide you toward mastering yourself, and ultimately, your endeavors.Conscious leadership begins from within. The path to self-mastery is not through external validation but through internal reflection and understanding. By engaging in deep inner work, you are invited to peel back layers that are not inherently ours and connect to our true selves.What are the signals of shadows in your leadership?🔸 Emotional Fluctuations: If your emotional state is heavily influenced by the performance of your business, it may indicate over-identification or attachment to external outcomes. Reflect on whether your self-worth is entangled with the success of your business.🔸 Self-Sabotage Behaviors: Recognizing patterns where you might intentionally or unintentionally undermine your progress can signal underlying beliefs or fears that need addressing.🔸 Lack of Center / Integrity anchor: Feeling ungrounded and swayed by external validations may suggest a need for a more profound self-connection. What are the parts that any successful entrepreneur should master?🔹Boundary Mastery: Reflect on what is genuinely yours versus what has been externally influenced. Journal daily on the origins of your beliefs and whether they serve your true self.🔹Energy Mastery: Observe your energy levels and what activities or thoughts either deplete or replenish them. Create a routine that prioritizes regenerative practices.🔹Self-Talk: Monitor your inner dialogue. How you think, how you talk to yourself, shapes your reality and actions. Are you caught in negative thoughts spirals where you sabotage yourself?🔹 Self-Knowledge: Be your own historian. Understanding your background will reveal why certain patterns persist and highlight what truly resonates with you. So you can make decision with speed and sharp clarity.Mastering the inner self equates to mastering the outer world. Self-awareness, when practiced diligently, serves as the foundation for effective leadership. By confronting shadows, refining self-talk, and embracing our energy, you can move closer to a more aligned and purposeful existence. Your business is just the mirror of you. Thanks for tuning in to a Spark of Awareness. Subscribe for free to receive your weekly reflection.Next Monday, I am teaching the 3 mindset shifts required 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 6-𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, in a 90-min FREE masterclass:🗓️ Monday May 4, Online, 18:00 CET / 9:00 PST / 12:00 EST️For women who are ready to build a business with purpose, with a new playbook. Limited to 15 spots. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com

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Boundaries clarity: What is mine, what is not mine

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Welcome to a Spark of Awareness, a weekly 15-minute reflection for leaders to reclaim inner authority in a world shaped by algorithms and constant stimulation.Setting boundaries is a recurring theme in Sophie Vo’s coaching sessions, reflecting a widespread challenge many leaders face. While the concept of boundaries is broadly understood, the application is often lacking. A boundary, in its simplest form, is a clear “yes-no” delineation, a determination of what we allow into our lives and what we keep out. Healthy boundaries are crucial to defining our relationships, shaping our professional life, and managing our energyThis episode focuses on boundaries as the foundation of self-mastery: a clear yes/no that determines what comes into your life and what doesn’t: shaping relationships, money, work, time, energy, thoughts, and space. Sophie explores how default yeses leak energy and put you on other people’s agendas, and why practicing “no” can mean disappointment, lost invitations, or changing connections (sharing her own boundaries around alcohol and certain networking environments). The episode invites listeners to curate inputs—news, conversations, environments—and offers a 28-day practice: write boundaries across life areas, track where they’re honored or broken, and iterate daily. 01:39 Why Boundaries Matter03:35 Yes No Clarity05:26 The Cost of Saying No07:51 Energy Relationship Space11:16 My Boundary Rules14:09 28-Day Boundary Practice: Start Now15:30 Closing Meditation18:55 Wrap Up and Next Series on the 6 Human NeedsThanks for tuning in to a Spark of Awareness. Subscribe for free to receive your weekly reflection. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com

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Love in Leadership

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Welcome to a Spark of Awareness, a weekly 15-minute reflection for leaders to reclaim inner authority in a world shaped by algorithms and constant stimulation.Sophie Vo closes her series on emotions in leadership by naming what’s often missing in business settings: love, expressed as the courage of the heart. We mean by that self-love, and compassion, not boundaryless attachment. Sophie explains that when love isn’t given space, fear, mistrust, and control take over, and leadership becomes rigid and less human. Through the example of a key team member leaving, she contrasts ego-driven reactions (betrayal, blame, guilt) with a compassionate approach that centers the other person’s needs, keeps the situation factual, and protects the leader’s nervous system from rumination. She shares how choosing compassion in her own departures and client work freed energy for what’s next. A daily practice is offered at the end of the episode, to cultivate love from within with morning meditation, gratitude, prayer, movement, or music. Follow this practice for 28 days to bring your human-centered leadership to the next level.01:39 Emotions Series Recap02:55 Why Love Matters04:02 Defining Healthy Love05:32 Compassion When People Leave07:54 Protect Your Nervous System09:11 Personal Lessons and Letting Go11:48 Daily Rituals to Cultivate Love14:26 28-Day Love Leadership Activation15:32 Heart Centered Meditation18:42 Next Series Human NeedsThanks for tuning in to a Spark of Awareness. Subscribe for free to receive your weekly dose of consciousness. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com

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From Building Game Studios To Healing In The Jungle

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Welcome to ’s Spark of Awareness, a weekly 15-minute reflection for leaders to reclaim inner authority in a world shaped by algorithms and constant stimulation.Recording from Coppet on the Switzerland–France border while finishing training in energetic healing and family system constellation, Sophie Vo reflects on a two-and-a-half-year transformation from gaming executive (Head of Studio at Voodoo, GM at PlayStation) to leadership and transformative Coach. After two abrupt corporate cutbacks and dismissals, Sophie took a break to pursue self-mastery and sat with plant medicine (Yagé) in Colombia, which deepened her understanding of human nature, distraction, and the roots of conflict, which helped her reconnect with her Vietnamese ancestral and shamanic roots. Returning recently to sit again with the medicine in the jungle, she feels she has closed a chapter of recalibrating career and relationships, leaving games to prioritize nature and connection. With the space cleared, Sophie is now expanding a bigger, scarier decade-long vision: building a sanctuary in nature for healing, education, and community. She explains plant medicine as a way to face truth, release stuck emotions, and integrate change through ongoing group support, and previews upcoming episodes on emotions (love) and human needs.01:00 Self Mastery Focus02:54 Career Peak to Wake Up Call05:01 Life breakthrough Plant Medicine Retreat06:45 Colombia Insights and Roots10:09 Closing An Old Chapter11:19 Dreaming a Nature Sanctuary13:11 Why Plant Medicine17:05 Integration and Sisterhood19:42 Building the Nature Temple VisionThanks for tuning in to a Spark of Awareness. Subscribe for free to receive your weekly dose of consciousness This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com

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Fear-driven Leadership: Moving From Urgency to Quiet Intuition

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Welcome to ’s Spark of Awareness, a weekly 15-minute reflection for leaders to reclaim inner authority in a world shaped by algorithms and constant stimulation.In this episode on fear, as the most dominant emotion at work and the polar opposite of love, Sophie Vo explores how fear is amplified by news, media, and marketing and how unexamined fear drives high-stakes decisions, damages teams and products, and fuels stress and burnout. Sophie distinguishes fear from intuition: fear is urgent, immediate, and often felt as bodily contraction (chest, lungs, belly), while intuition is quieter and still present over time. She shares personal examples of fear around scaling her coaching business and pursuing a long-term vision to build a nature-based school of consciousness, emphasizing breaking “big monster” fears into first steps. We close this episode with coaching practices of fear-setting journaling (map, prevent/mitigate, test what’s true) and closes with a grounding breath meditation, previewing a next episode on love.01:39 Why Fear Runs Work04:54 Fear Versus Intuition06:21 Feel Fear in Body07:48 Fear as Growth Compass08:40 Scaling Vision Example10:44 Nature School Vision12:00 Fear Setting Practice13:00 Closing Meditation15:38 Next Episode Love16:26 Final Reflection InviteThanks for tuning in to a Spark of Awareness. Subscribe for free to receive your weekly dose of consciousness. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com

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Grief Is The Threshold For Leadership Transformation

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Welcome to ’s Spark of Awareness, a weekly 15-minute reflection for leaders to reclaim inner authority in a world shaped by algorithms and constant stimulation.In this episode on suppressed emotions at work, Sophie Vo focuses on Sadness as the process of something that used to be and is no more, an inevitable companion to transformation, endings, and rebirth in teams, projects, and leadership identities.Unprocessed grief creates organizational inconsistency, broken trust, cultural erosion, and a backlog of sadness that can turn into anger and toxic behavior in team cultures.Sophie shares her own grieving in shifting from tech executive work to deeper transformative and somatic leadership spaces, including letting go of misaligned clients and identities, tolerating the void that follows, and making space for what is aligned. Practices include noticing sadness in the body (heart contraction), tracing what’s being released, allowing tears, asking what must be closed, and creating gratitude-based closing rituals such as burning paper, starting a new journal page, followed by a short heart-centered breathing meditation.01:39 Why Sadness Matters at Work02:46 Defining Sadness and Loss03:44 Workplace Change and Grief05:03 When Grief Turns Toxic06:34 Personal Grieving Story11:16 Making Space for the New12:19 Somatic Signs and Awareness13:34 Inner Child and Abandonment15:00 Reflection Questions and Letting Go16:11 Rituals for Closure and Gratitude18:33 Closing Meditation and FarewellThanks for tuning in to a Spark of Awareness. Subscribe for free to receive your weekly dose of consciousness. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com

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The Shame You Carry In Your Leadership

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Welcome to Sophie Vo’s Spark of Awareness, a weekly 15-minute reflection for leaders to reclaim inner authority in a world shaped by algorithms and constant stimulation. Continuing her series on unconscious emotions at work, Sophie examines shame and guilt as a sneaky, damaging force that breaks trust when hidden: in women it often shows up as self-blame, harsh inner critique, idea-killing, and over-apologizing.In men it often appears as burying wrongdoing, blaming others, and over-justifying harmful actions. Sophie traces shame to an unconscious belief of being unlovable and unsafe, shares her own shame around immigration, difference, and womanhood, and offers repair through self-forgiveness, compassionate self-talk, and clean apology: “I am sorry.”without justification.We close each episode with grounding meditation and will tackle next week’s emotion: sadness.02:10 What Shame Looks Like03:02 Women and Self Shame04:22 Men and Hidden Shame05:37 Root Beliefs and Fear06:28 Shame Breaks Trust08:48 My Personal Shame Story10:14 Repair Through Forgiveness13:26 Apology That Heals15:52 Resources and Practices16:50 Grounding and ClosingAdditional Resources:* Non-Violent Communication Framework (by Marshall Rosenberg)Thanks for tuning in to a Spark of Awareness. Subscribe for free to receive your weekly dose of consciousness. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit riseandplay.substack.com

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All episodes

The Shadow #2 of Leadership — The Need for Variety and Uncertainty

The #1 Shadow of Leadership: The Need of Control

Building Bridges Between Entrepreneurship and Consciousness

Entrepreneurship is the most direct path to self-mastery

Boundaries clarity: What is mine, what is not mine

Love in Leadership

From Building Game Studios To Healing In The Jungle

Fear-driven Leadership: Moving From Urgency to Quiet Intuition

Grief Is The Threshold For Leadership Transformation

The Shame You Carry In Your Leadership