What happens when the old ways of leading, working, and understanding yourself no longer fit? And could the next level of leadership require something deeper than strategy or productivity hacks?

In this episode, Andrew Cohn welcomes Erin Owen, an executive coach whose work blends leadership development, organizational change, Eastern wisdom, energy work, and spiritual practice.

Erin shares how health challenges became a wake-up call that pushed her to question who she was, what she wanted, and how to move forward without a prescribed roadmap. That evolution shapes her coaching work with leaders moving through growth, overwhelm, and identity shifts.

Andrew and Erin explore yin and yang, masculine and feminine energy, the difference between balance and harmony, the Andean concept of Ayni, and why leaders need to return to “home in themselves” during times of change.

Tune in to discover how coming home to yourself can help you lead with more clarity, harmony, and grounded spiritual presence.

Key Takeaways

Growth often begins as discomfort: What feels like a crisis may be the threshold moment that pushes you into a new identity.
Spiritual tools can be practical: Visualization, breathwork, energy clearing, and grounding can help leaders reset and show up with clarity.
Meet people where they are: Spiritual leadership is not about converting people. It is about using language and tools that fit the person in front of you.
Harmony is more useful than perfect balance: Leadership is about noticing what is needed in the moment.
Masculine and feminine energy both matter: Strong leadership needs structure and action, as well as intuition, emotion, collaboration, and imagination.

In This Episode:

· [00:00] Returning home to yourself during change
· [01:23] Introduction to Erin Owen and her leadership work
· [04:21] How illness became Erin’s wake-up call
· [08:36] The spiritual awakening that led Erin into deeper study
· [11:49] Bridging spiritual language into leadership
· [14:50] A visualization practice for stress and heaviness
· [22:02] Ayni and sacred relationship
· [26:00] Feminine and masculine qualities in leadership
· [30:01] Why harmony may be better than balance
· [36:13] Erin’s Emergence program
· [43:53] Where to learn more about Erin’s work

Resources and Links

Spirituality in Leadership Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spirituality-in-leadership/id1713365406

Erin Owen

Website: https://erinowen.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinowen/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eeowen72

Andrew Cohn

Website: https://www.spiritualityinleadership.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewcohnusa/

Music:

Kodiak: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4rURKtnJr3jeHvZ0IVRQCe