Growth feels inspiring. Maintenance feels exposing. Nobody prepares leaders for the part where the emotional high wears off and all you’re left with is discipline, structure, and the truth of your habits. That’s where this episode lives.

This conversation calls out the gap between who you say you are and what you consistently uphold. Not to shame you, but to anchor you. Because the real maturity of a leader isn’t in the revelation they received. It’s in the rhythms they protect after the revelation fades.

We unpack how maintenance becomes the mirror: it shows you your patterns, your integrity, your commitment, your drift, and your devotion. It reveals whether your identity can withstand pressure or if you’re still negotiating your values when life gets inconvenient.

This episode is the interruption leaders need when comfort tries to creep in and old patterns try to reclaim space you’ve already outgrown.

You’ll hear why consistency is core to healing-centered leadership, how maintenance strengthens your inner world, and why the middle is where real leadership development happens. This is for high-capacity leaders who are gifted, growing, and ready to build a life that doesn’t collapse under pressure.

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This episode unpacks what happens after the quiet work, when you’ve stepped into being and the temptation to measure yourself by old metrics creeps back in. Maintenance isn’t glamorous, but it’s where leaders prove alignment over achievement. This is where you protect what was formed in the unseen and refuse to revert to traditional measures of success.

Themes: • Holding your posture after the becoming. • The pull back to traditional validation. • Why real mastery is measured by consistency, not visibility. • How to lead without betraying your inner work.

Leadership Lesson: Mastery is not expansion; it’s endurance. Staying aligned after arrival is the real test of growth.

Listen + Share + Subscribe + Tag Us If this show resonated, share it with a leader learning to sustain their becoming. Leave a review, tag us @iam_tashao on Instagram and subscribe to be notified of the official podcast launch.

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In this episode, Tasha O. explores the quiet, unglamorous signs of readiness and the difference between preparation and procrastination. She shares her personal journey of starting with a $30 mic and choosing obedience over perfection.

Listeners are challenged to move through fear, trust God’s timing, and take practical action steps toward their calling. This episode focuses on identity, conviction, and faithful leadership in the marketplace.

Practical prompts and a call to obedience help leaders step into their purpose and steward their influence with confidence.

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Heal Deeply. Lead Boldly. Transform Beyond Money.

Host Tasha O explores the Grief of Growth through the BEING season by guiding leaders through transition and preparation to reveal their true core. You can't have a being with preparation. Using vivid metaphors like the gym and out of alignment cars, she shows how peeling back old layers builds strength, alignment, integrity, and a solid foundation for market place advantage.

The episode highlights her 7 pillar framework for holistic leadership, the importance of healing-centered transformation, and how preparation creates a marketplace edge and distinction by making private work visible in public leadership.

Practical action steps and journal prompts are a regular and close the episode. Identify one resistance to address, perform alignment checks across life circles, and inspect foundational repairs so you can step into being with credibility, wholeness, and authentic authority.

• Exploring the cost of becoming and navigating transition.
• Shedding layers to connect with our core essence.
• Positioning for the being through the process of becoming.
• The critical role of foundation in leadership.
• Embracing your being with confidence and authenticity.
• Strengthening foundation to support vision and prevent collapse.
• Practical steps for personal and leadership development.
• The role of preparation in personal growth.
• Achieving holistic alignment in leadership.
• The journey of transition, preparation, and relearning.

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This episode dives into the “messy middle” of transition. The uncomfortable, not so glamorous space where character is shaped, habits are tested, and capacity is built. Tasha O breaks down why the middle is preparation, not wasted time, and offers practical steps to own your patterns, cut dead weight, and sharpen non-negotiables.

Listen for clear journal prompts and action steps to audit your capacity, rehearse leadership under pressure, and move from surface-level performance to authentic, unconventional leadership.

In The Leaders Birthing Room we say the quiet parts out loud. I'm called to disrupt traditional leadership and show leaders what their edge is in the marketplace. It starts with my 7 Pillar Leadership framework approach.

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Until next time... Heal deeply, lead boldly and transform beyond money. What good is it to profit the entire world financially and loose your soul. Align every circle of life and thrive. Not just survive.

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Host Tasha O explores what it truly means to lead during seasons of transition, challenging the myth that leaders must be finished or flawless. She gives language for the "messy middle," explains the emotional, mental, and relational costs of showing up while still becoming, and stresses the value of silent, intentional transformation.

The episode includes practical steps to identify one area where you’re becoming, block 30 minutes to tend to yourself, guard growth instead of broadcasting it, and lean on prayer, reflection, and trusted confidants and affirmations to reframe transition as leadership advantage.

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In Part Two of The Grief of Growth series, we go deeper into the often unspoken space between who you were and who you're becoming. The messy middle of trying to give language to where you are. This episode gives leaders the language to process what many are living through but can’t articulate into words. The the emotional fatigue, and the internal tension that shows up in the middle of transformation. It’s not burnout. It’s the death of the old self. And it’s anything but comfortable. If you’ve been carrying vision while quietly questioning your capacity, this conversation meets you in that tension. You’ll walk away with clarity, reflection prompts, realizing you’re not alone and a renewed understanding of why grief is part of your leadership evolution. We’re not rushing the process here. We’re naming it.

Highlights: ● Emotional language for the “messy middle” of growth. ● The leadership stretch that can’t be delegated. ● Why your internal process is the strategy. ● Reflection + journal prompts for real-time self-leadership.

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In this inaugural episode of “The Birthing Room,” host Tasha O. explores a powerful truth obedience sounds noble when we talk about it, but living it out is a whole different story. From the outside, it feels like honour. From the inside, it often feels like sacrifice. It’s not just a yes, it’s a surrender that often costs you comfort, relationships, predictability, and the identity you once knew. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on the grief that comes with being obedient to the next level, you know, the quiet mourning of what you leave behind when you follow the call forward. It’s anything but comfortable.

This conversation is for leaders in transition, navigating the in-between, or feeling the sting of loss in the middle of doing the right thing. We’ll unpack why obedience can feel heavier than expected, how to honour the grief without losing momentum, and how to keep becoming when the “yes” costs more than you planned.

• The difference between the idea of obedience and the lived reality of it
• Why grief often shows up in seasons of transition and obedience
• How to recognize hidden forms of loss that leaders rarely name
• Practical ways to process grief while staying anchored in your calling
• The role of resilience and identity in moving through costly obedience

• Obedience exposes the gap between what’s familiar and what’s next. You can’t carry everything with you.
• Grief is not weakness. It’s a sign that you’ve invested deeply in what you’re leaving behind.
• Anchored leadership means making hard calls without letting the cost erode your conviction.
• Resilience is built in the “meanwhile.” What you do in the middle shapes the leader you become next.

If you’re in the thick of a costly yes, whether it’s a new role, a bold pivot, or a silent sacrifice nobody sees I want you to know that you aren't alone. Your grief doesn’t disqualify your obedience. It deepens it.

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