EP 13 The Perfectionist Leader with Emma Turton

Emma's leadership journey started in her teens where she was put in positions to lead in various activities she took part such as brownies and later student representative. Then she went to work as a lecturer and had to rewrite the curriculum in the Health Science Department. This was the first time she experienced burnout. She felt she was under constant scrutiny by her peers but also her students and this drove her perfectionism to new heights. Her burnout manifested as anxiety, insomnia and self doubt. As a lot of people do, instead of taking stock and redefining her life, she pushed through, hoping that after each deadline, the hard work would stop. It never did. The thing that helped her the most to recover from that first bout of burnout was listening to her body. Leadership forced Emma to look at her shadow aspects, in particular her demons. Her upper limit also came up a lot as well as her core wound, which is not enoughness. Moving has been her medicine, especially outdoors. To find out more about Emma, visit her website, find her on Instagram or Facebook.