What if your "weirdness" was actually your superpower in leadership?

In this heartfelt episode of the unPerfected Podcast, Brooke Jean sits down with Kylie Ota. Kylie Ota is a NLP-certified business strategist who specializes in burnout recovery for high-achieving female entrepreneurs. Kylie is a former Army Behavioral Science specialist who spent 19 years in oil + gas managing multi-million-dollar projects and developing up and coming leaders. After healing from medically-diagnosed Adrenal Burnout, she decided to make a drastic change and leave her lucrative career to preserve the health she fought so hard to recover. Kylie has adapted her work as a health coach and marketing operations strategist to create the Burnout Archetype Quiz that helps entrepreneurs discover their business personality type and create a life and business that works for them.

Kylie shares how her experiences as an Army behavioral science specialist and mental health worker shaped her approach to decoding human patterns. She reveals how "weird" gifts like intuition and pattern recognition became game-changing business assets. Listeners will walk away understanding how common leadership behaviors, especially among high-achieving women, are quietly draining money, time, energy, and creative flow — and how to flip the script.

Don’t miss this chance to see your leadership in a new light and learn how to harness your quirks as your most powerful tools. Tap into the numbers, the strategy, and the soul.

Highlights

00:00 – 08:00 Embracing the Weird: Identity, Intuition and Belonging

Kylie shares her personal story of growing up feeling “weird”.
How family dynamics and projection shaped her early identity.
Journaling breakthroughs and reclaiming her intuitive gifts.
Recognizing the burden of perfectionism.
Letting go of external labels and expectations.

08:01 – 17:15 From Corporate Burnout to Purpose-Driven Leadership

Kylie's 19-year journey in oil & gas and mental health in the Army.
Diagnosed adrenal burnout and the wake-up call to change.
The shift from middle management to entrepreneurship.
How leadership training programs inspired her coaching path.
Aligning career with health, intuition, and purpose.

17:16 – 24:59 Leadership Inefficiencies Are People Problems

How DISC and team communication styles reveal hidden issues.
The cost of bogus meetings and unproductive conversations.
Inefficiencies as energy leaks in business.
Using DISC to restructure team workflows.
Leveraging tech and automation (Zapier, bots) with empathy.

25:00 – 33:35 Feminine Energy, Intuition and Quantifying the Unseen

How inspired action differs from forced productivity.
Personality-driven workflow structuring.
Habit-stacking based on DISC types.
Creating momentum in flow state.
Reframing “weirdness” as a leadership advantage.

33:36 – 42:45 The D-Type Leader Case Study: Power, Control and Cost

Strengths and shadows of D-style leadership.
Emotional labor and internal dialogue around team control.
Wasted time, overthinking, and misaligned communication.
Using ChatGPT to write aligned alpha communications.
Shifting team culture through clarity and DISC understanding.

42:46 – 54:07 Leading with Heart, Healing and Quantifiable Impact

Quantifying cost across time, energy, money, and ideas.
Coaching vs consulting: the inner vs outer transformation.
Personal growth shifts team energy without direct confrontation.
Leadership begins with leading yourself.
Creating culture through authenticity and alignment.
Conclusion.

Tweetable Quotes:

“My weirdness is a superpower and it is a gift. And instead of using it as a weapon, I could use it as a tool in my coaching business.” — Kylie Ota

“We can’t always have inspiration on command… and if you’re going to force me to produce, it’s not going to be my peak.” — Kylie Ota

“How can I back away from control without losing my edge?” — Kylie Ota

“Your external reality is just a hologram of your internal landscape.” — Kylie Ota

*This is not medical advice. Please consult with a professional before making any changes

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Podcast: The Burnt Out Entrepreneur Podcast

Instagram: @kylie.ota

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