GTF Podcast: Lead Your Life or Life Will Lead You | Corliss Rassyle

Content note: This episode includes open conversation about mental health, burnout, and identity in agricultural leadership. If you are struggling, please reach out. Farm Stress Line: 1-866-327-6701. Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566. In the U.S.: 988. Corliss Rassyle is the founder of Lead Conference Canada. She spent years building a life in agricultural leadership before she had the breakdown that made her question what leadership actually meant. This episode is a conversation about the moment when the person running things has to stop and ask whether the thing they have built is actually serving them. Corliss does not have a tidy answer. She has the questions she learned to sit with. What's Inside - What Corliss Rassyle's breakdown in agricultural leadership looked like and what she did next - The difference between performing leadership and practicing it - Why the leaders who are most in control are often the most at risk - What Lead Conference Canada was built to address and how it came out of her own experience - The question she asks every agricultural leader she works with now   Related Episodes - You Are Not Your Tractor -- Corliss Rassyle on vulnerability, identity, and what the land does not owe you (GTF Productions, June 2026) - What the Farm Asked of Andy Junkin -- succession, identity, and what farming costs a son   Timestamps 00:00 Welcome and episode introduction 01:07 Introducing Corliss Rassyle 03:15 Growing up on the farm 05:00 Building a business and finding purpose 09:32 The hero’s journey and hard seasons 13:02 Losing everything and rebuilding 17:00 Where real change begins 18:18 Vision, purpose, and leading your life 21:36 Becoming who you need to be 24:02 Learning to value the journey 27:17 Call to LEAD and leadership without titles 32:00 What changes after doing the work 33:13 Convergence Conference and what’s possible 39:04 Final reflections and where to connect Guest Corliss Rassyle International Speaker, Author, Coach, and Founder of Corliss Co. Website: https://www.corliss.ca   Connect with Growing the Future Website: growingthefuture.ca YouTube: Growing the Future Instagram: @growingthefuturepodcast LinkedIn: Growing the Future Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.