by Dagmara Asbreuk
The Extraordinary Leadership Podcast is a leading global voice for senior and executive leaders, who want to be successful and grow themselves and their organizations to the next level. The podcast brings insightful content from leaders who are change makers in the field of leadership, those who transformed organizations and teams to the next level of success, and who live an uncompromised life they desire. This podcast uncovers the key components of extraordinary leadership, provides paths and ideas on how to become a great leader in our era and highlight the journey about. Moreover, it provides a new perspective on overcoming challenges leaders face – including those they struggle with inside themselves.
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April 17, 2025
<p>What does it really take to lead with alignment, boldness, and purpose?</p> <p>This week’s podcast episode is a special one.</p> <p>I sat down with one of my incredible clients, Marlies Hazelaar—founder of Let Love Lead, transformational coach, and speaker—who helps professionals align from within and lead with authenticity.</p> <p>After 30 years in corporate, years of international travel, and balancing a demanding career with family life, Marlies was pulled to a bigger mission.</p> <p>This is where she came to me.</p> <p>Guided through Embody Extraordinary Leadership™ to make a bold transition from her high-paid role to follow what called her most deeply—helping others create lasting transformation, not through burnout, but through aligned, intentional action.</p> <p><br>Marlise story is a powerful testimony that true leadership begins within.<br>It’s about unlocking your true power, embodying your authentic identity, and leading with boldness and trust.</p> <p>🎙️ In this episode, you’ll discover:<br> 🔹 What made the Embody Extraordinary Leadership™ journey unlike anything Marlies had tried before<br>🔹 The emotional and energetic breakthroughs that attracted new opportunities with ease<br>🔹 The core shift bold leaders make—from mechanical leadership to heart-centered impact<br>🔹 What it really looks like to lead from deep inner alignment<br>🔹 Where to begin your own transformational journey</p> <p>✨ If you feel the pull for more...<br>✨ If you’ve tried “all the things” and still feel stuck...<br>✨ If you know you’re meant to lead differently... <br> This episode is for you.</p> <p>And if Marlies’ story resonates with you—let's explore what’s possible for you when you lean in to your true power.</p> <p>Let’s talk.👉 <a target="_new" href="https://calendly.com/dagmaraasbreuk/30-min-call?month=2025-04">Book a call</a><br>You are meant for more.<br>Dagmara</p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagmara-asbreuk"> Connect with me on LinkedIn</a> </p> <p><span><a href="https://www.theextraordinaryleadership.com/blog">Join Extraordinary Leadership Newsletter:</a> </span></p> <p> www.theextraordinaryleadership.com</p> <p> </p> <p> <strong>About the guest:</strong></p> <p class=""><strong>Marlies Hazelaar</strong> is a transformational coach, speaker, and founder of Let Love Lead and Weight-Life Balance. With a background in corporate leadership, she understands the demands of high-performance environments. After years of international travel, juggling career and family, and feeling drained, she discovered the power of nutrition, energy management, and self-leadership.</p> <p class="">Her personal transformation—regaining vitality, confidence, and clarity—led her to leave a high-level corporate role and launch her coaching business. Today, she helps professionals reclaim their energy, own their power, and lead with confidence.</p> <p class="">Marlies believes true leadership starts from within. Through science-backed tools and self-leadership strategies, she empowers others to create lasting transformation—without burnout, but through aligned, intentional action. She champions a new kind of leadership: rooted in authenticity, powered by love, and guided by inner alignment.</p> <p>Connect with Marlies: LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/marlieshazelaar">www.linkedin.com/in/marlieshazelaar</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>About the host:</strong></p> <p class=""><strong>Dagmara Asbreuk</strong> is an Transformational Executive Coach, keynote speaker, and founder of Extraordinary Leadership.<br> With over 15 years in corporate leadership roles across global Fortune 500 companies, she deeply understands the pressure, complexity, and emotional toll leaders face behind high achievement.</p> <p class="">After years of driving change, leading teams, and juggling performance with personal demands, Dagmara realized that true leadership success requires inner alignment. Her own transformational journey—marked by deep self-discovery and inner work—led her to shift from corporate executive to purpose-driven entrepreneur.</p> <p class="">Today, she empowers executives, CEO's and founders, to lead with bold authenticity, energy, and presence. Through her Embodied Extraordinary Leadership™ method—integrating identity work, neuroscience solutions, and energy mastery—Dagmara empower leaders to transform from within, and lead impactfully their teams, changes and business from an aligned and empowered place.</p> <p class="">With Extraordinary Leadership, she’s paving the way for a new era of leadership: bold, authentic, visionary—rooted in inner alignment, energy, and deep connection. In recent years, she’s had the privilege of working with leaders and teams across industries, cultures, and company sizes, including Maersk, Chanel, IKEA, Microsoft, and Denso.</p> <p> </p>
April 3, 2025
<p><span>What happens when everything you’ve built your identity around suddenly changes—or disappears? </span></p> <p><span>In this powerful and deeply human conversation, host Dagmara Asbreuk is joined by Howie Cohen, a former U.S. Army officer turned leadership consultant, who shares his remarkable journey of transitioning from military service to civilian leadership—and how that journey led him to help other veterans do the same.</span></p> <p><span> Together, they explore the emotional weight of major transitions, the silent cost of losing identity, purpose, and community, and the overlooked importance of mental fitness in leadership. </span></p> <p><span>Howie opens up about his most painful transition, the role of mental resilience, and why transparency and empathy in leadership matter more than ever. </span></p> <p><span>Whether you’re a veteran, executive, or leader facing change—this episode offers profound insight, hope, and a roadmap for navigating transitions with clarity, courage, and care. </span></p> <p><span>You’ll learn: </span></p> <p><span>Why identity, purpose, and community are critical in every transition </span></p> <p><span>The surprising emotional toll of being let go—and how to lead exits better </span></p> <p><span>How mental fitness shapes your resilience, decision-making, and impact Practical tools and reflections to strengthen your own transition journey </span></p> <p><span>About Howie Cohen: </span></p> <p><span>Howie Cohen is a retired Army Officer who served for over 27 years in a combination of conventional and Special Operations Forces assignments from 1980 to 2007. After retiring from the military in 2007, he transitioned to the corporate workforce providing government contracting support for eight (8) years with the Morgan Franklin Corporation and SRA. </span></p> <p><span>He transitioned a second time as he left government contracting to perform leadership and management consulting services support for four (4) years with The McChrystal Group. Howie transitioned a third time to work with Pivotal Moments Media working as the Director of their Charlie Mike Channel that focused on the military transition process and lowering the high rate of veteran suicide.</span></p> <p><span> Howie now works with the Onward Ops Program as a Department of Veteran Affairs trained and certified Sponsor that helps transitioning service members and their families plan, prepare for, and execute low stress and high success transitions to a life after the military. </span></p> <p><span>Connect with Howie:</span></p> <p><span>https://www.linkedin.com/in/howie-cohen?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app</span></p> <p><span>Here is how you can connect with Dagmara and learn how she can guide you: </span></p> <p><span>🤝 Connect with me on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagmara-asbreuk/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagmara-asbreuk/ </a></span></p> <p><span>📬 Sign up for my Extraordinary Leadership Newsletter: <a href="https://www.theextraordinaryleadership.com/blog">https://www.theextraordinaryleadership.com/blog </a></span></p> <p><span>✨ Embody Extraordinary Leadership: https://www.theextraordinaryleadership.com/embody-extraordinary-leadership</span></p>
March 20, 2025
<p><span>Hustler leadership does not serve anyone, and yet many executives and business owners are trapped in it, and I was too.</span></p> <p><span> It's time to shift from a relentless hustle to a more intentional approach that fosters impact, culture, well-being, collective success, and your level of fulfillment.</span></p> <p><span> Here is how the hustle culture unknowingly sabotages you and your Leadership. </span></p> <p><span>There are lots of stats about exhaustion, burnout, and mental health issues.... </span></p> <p><span>There are many good solutions to these problems, but the most important driver is your IDENTITY.</span><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span><span>Most executives and business owners are trapped in an exhausting cycle because they are unknowingly wired in beliefs that keep them there and form a hustler identity. </span></p> <p><span>When you are attached to a Husstler Identity, you are wired on a subconscious level to narratives that fuel business, hustle, working without breaks, poor boundaries etc. </span></p> <p><span>Costing your </span></p> <p><span>🔥wellbeing, energy, and effectiveness </span></p> <p><span>🔥your presence, clarity of thinking,</span></p> <p><span> 🔥your impact and as a result team engagement</span></p> <p><span> 🔥 clarity and focus in decisions</span></p> <p><span> 🔥 your team's well-being and performance</span></p> <p><span> It's these deeply wired beliefs, that reinforce the cycle of busyness and create unnecessary pressure and exhaustion, taking you away from managing your energy and wellbeing.</span></p> <p><span> And they don’t just live in your mind, but in your body - they manifest in your packed agendas, non-stop meetings, and depleted energy levels. </span></p> <p><span>Until you become aware of them and know how to break through them, you unintentionally sacrifice your presence, well-being, performance relationships and fulfillment.</span><span> </span></p> <p><span>And you create a hustler culture that does not serve the people you lead. </span></p> <p><strong>But here’s the truth: </strong></p> <p><span>You can break free from the hustle identity and lead intentionally, not only knowing but doing it, and being it. </span></p> <p><span>This episode will show you how. </span></p> <p><span>I dive into: </span></p> <p>1️⃣ What are some of the sneaky narratives of the hustler narrative that might show up for you</p> <p>2️⃣ What helped me and my clients to<span> </span>break<span> </span>through that pattern effectively</p> <p>3️⃣Why despite knowing what to do, and having some tools, you might be still struggling and what you really need to effectively break through.</p> <p> </p> <p><span>If you’re an executive or business owner ready to elevate your leadership from mere busyness to impactful presence, check out the<strong> Executive Transformation Accelerator:</strong> https://www.theextraordinaryleadership.com/ETA </span></p> <p><span><strong>The next cohort starts 28th of April. Seats are limited. let's talk if it's in your interest.</strong></span></p> <p><span>And let's connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagmara-asbreuk/</span></p>
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