Purposeful Living & Embodied Leadership
Articles to Reclaim Your Power & Purpose
Having watched thousands of leaders change their lives over the last 21 years, I have seen first-hand the keys to purposeful living. I have had the honor to watch amazing individuals step into their leadership, power, and purpose.
Here I share with you some of the strategies and tips that worked for them. You will feel more empowered, inspired, and confident in your work and life.
Purposeful Living is about choice & alignment…
YOUR choice & YOUR alignment! It is about reclaiming your true self, the one that already knows its purpose and power. It is about stepping more fully into your innate greatness and using that greatness to change the world.
Embodied leadership is about being in our full selves with others. When we are operating from our full selves, we inspire true leadership. Below you will find articles on personal growth, life purpose, personal energy management, slow & mindful living, and embodied leadership.
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Personal Growth & Mindset
Personal Growth For Women Requires a Different Approach
We often think of personal growth and development in terms of addition. We think of adding on more skills. We look at becoming “more”. But after working with thousands of women, I have learned that personal growth for women is actually a removal process.
Why women need more wealth
Women need more wealth in the world. Period! Why? Because when we have wealth, we use it to change the world.
When we have wealth, we buy things in alignment with our values, determining demand. We literally change what is valued!
When we have wealth, we care for our community and not just ourselves.
Reclaiming ourselves & our story
Content warning: this article deals with themes of sexual assault. In 2017, I did a TEDx talk called Moving Beyond #Empowerment. When I started out on the path to give a talk, I had no idea where the process would take me. When I applied to be a speaker on the TEDx...
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Purpose, Passion & Mission
How my vision for my business unfolded
2008 was a magical year! It was a big unfolding for my mission, my vision and my work. What made it magical? Trusting myself. A few pieces of background. After my life burned to the ground, I picked up the pieces and started building again. In 2007, I was a single...
Becoming a business owner requires courage, trust & a clear purpose
I became a business owner in 1999. I honestly can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t identify as a business owner, but I do remember that making that leap was scary as hell. In 1999, I was a young copywriter at a big branding agency. It was my first “real” job...
How I Evolve my Business to be More Aligned with my Mission
I am constantly evolving myself & my business. I am a dynamic business owner and have been for more than 20 years. I have been evolving my business for decades and my current program for more than 4 years. The method that I practice and teach involves validation....
Articles on Why Purposeful Living Starts with
Personal Energy Management
We have to slow down to avoid business owner burnout
I feel like so many women in business want to slow down but are too afraid to because they want their success to grow. But we have to slow down to avoid business owner burnout. What many people don’t realize is that slowing down also leads to more business growth.
Learning to set boundaries starts with energy management!
Learning to set boundaries, starts with energy management. Do you control or care for your energy? Caring for our energy is the key to better boundaries, but so many people try to control their energy. This is ineffective and wastes your most precious resources.
Wealth Requires Focus, Not Diversification
In my opinion, most people have exhausted attention and scattered energy from trying to do too many things at once. For women who are already managing multiple roles, building wealth requires focus.
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Slow & Mindful Living
A True Taste of Freedom
I really value freedom! It is always at the core of my heart’s desires. I never valued money or success or fame, but freedom – that was everything. It took time to build freedom, but I wanted to share my story.
Our deepest desires are created through time and experience not through quick wins
We live in a world that rewards us with instant gratification for quick wins, but the best things in life require time & effort to create. The best things in my life were created over time and they taught me an important lesson about manifestation.
Articles about Stepping into
Embodied Leadership
Why I am committed to Ethical Marketing
I believe you are a sovereign being! I trust you to empower yourself, make your own decisions and know what is right for you. This means that I don’t need to manipulate you into buying from me. I don’t need to provide you with the “motivation” to buy now. I don’t need...
Why I am Committed to Teaching Intrinsic Leadership™
I think most of us can agree that we need more women in leadership positions. But what we don’t talk about enough in arenas of power is HOW women should lead. Up to this point in our world development, most of the leadership we have seen is masculine in nature. It is...
Why I Work with Reluctant Leaders
Over the last 20 years, I have seen my fair share of leaders, both in the spotlight and behind the scenes. I have watched as more and more people clamor to be “thought leaders” while life-hacking their way to success. We have become a world that is deeply influenced...
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Personal Growth For Women Requires a Different Approach
We often think of personal growth and development in terms of addition. We think of adding on more skills. We look at becoming “more”. But after working with thousands of women, I have learned that personal growth for women is actually a removal process.
We have to slow down to avoid business owner burnout
I feel like so many women in business want to slow down but are too afraid to because they want their success to grow. But we have to slow down to avoid business owner burnout. What many people don’t realize is that slowing down also leads to more business growth.
Engagement can be a four-letter word
Are you focused on engagement? Honestly, I am just not into the level of commitment, control & manipulation “engagement” requires. Engagement doesn’t really matter, but authentic connection does. Let me break this down for you!
Learning to set boundaries starts with energy management!
Learning to set boundaries, starts with energy management. Do you control or care for your energy? Caring for our energy is the key to better boundaries, but so many people try to control their energy. This is ineffective and wastes your most precious resources.
Wealth Requires Focus, Not Diversification
In my opinion, most people have exhausted attention and scattered energy from trying to do too many things at once. For women who are already managing multiple roles, building wealth requires focus.
Why women need more wealth
Women need more wealth in the world. Period! Why? Because when we have wealth, we use it to change the world.
When we have wealth, we buy things in alignment with our values, determining demand. We literally change what is valued!
When we have wealth, we care for our community and not just ourselves.
How I stand up to the patriarchy and its sexist, racist systems
I wasn’t always an activist. In fact, when I was young I wouldn’t have spoken up much at all. I had received the message that I needed to do whatever I could to make people comfortable. I was taught to over-serve, over-own and over-deliver in the name of “not making...
Why I am committed to Ethical Marketing
I believe you are a sovereign being! I trust you to empower yourself, make your own decisions and know what is right for you. This means that I don’t need to manipulate you into buying from me. I don’t need to provide you with the “motivation” to buy now. I don’t need...
About Sonya Stattmann
Sonya spent the last 21 years helping thousands of leaders create more ease, alignment & success in their lives, work & business. Her personal development & leadership programs offer leaders permanent & lasting transformation that has a ripple effect on all areas of their lives. Her corporate speaking and workshops around leadership transform organizations. She has two podcasts and a TEDx talk called Moving Beyond #Empowerment. She is currently traveling around the world her husband and two children.