Season 9 Episode 10: Isha Vela on Building Safety Within Fluctuations

Season 9 Episode 10: Isha Vela on Building Safety Within Fluctuations

Author: Lisa Kuzman March 23, 2023 Duration: 45:22

This week, I'm wrapping up season 9 (!) by sharing my conversation with Isha Vela. In their work as a trauma psychologist and embodied leadership coach (among other things), Isha offers sovereign business coaching to revolutionaries and witchy disruptors. Their centering passions are intimacy and embodiment from a systemic, social justice lens.

They also felt like the perfect person to cap off this season of the podcast. Together, we chatted all about:

  • Their internal evolution from mother phase to crone phase
  • The shift (both personally and collectively) from doing to being
  • Leaders as transformation agents
  • Why they love being alive right now

"Yeah, sometimes the burdens that you have to carry and work through, that's your leadership! You don't have to like it. You can kick and scream about it. But maybe that's what needs to happen for you to turn it into medicine."

Isha, thank you so much for everything you shared on the show this week! For my listeners who want to learn more about Isha, I encourage you to check out their website: https://www.ishavela.com as well as their current offers: https://linktr.ee/IshaV

I hope you enjoyed listening to this season as much as I enjoyed creating it. I'll be back with a new season a little later this year, but in the meantime, my digital door is open! You can get in touch via my website, https://www.lisakuzman.com/, or check out my full list of services here: bit.ly/LKC-Services 

If social media is more your jam, here's where to find me: 

  • Instagram - @leadership_coach_lisa
  • FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/leadershipcoachlisa/  
  • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-kuzman/ 

Thank you, as always, for tuning in.


There's a quiet shift happening in how we think about authority and influence, and New Wave Leadership Podcast is right at the heart of it. Host Lisa Kuzman believes traditional, top-down leadership models have run their course, proving ineffective for today's complex world. Instead, this movement champions a much broader, more inclusive vision. Each episode digs into the real, often unspoken challenges that come with stepping into a role of influence, whether you're in a corner office, a community group, or simply leading your own life. The conversations here actively work to expand our definition of who gets to be a leader, arguing passionately for the necessity of diverse identities, perspectives, and lived experiences at the helm. You'll hear frank discussions about authenticity, the personal hurdles leaders navigate behind closed doors, and practical ideas for cultivating your own unique leadership identity without conforming to outdated standards. Tuning into this podcast feels like joining a necessary dialogue-one that moves beyond theory to explore what it genuinely means to show up and make an impact on your own terms.
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