More Than You’re Saying

This episode goes straight into the moment your body tells the truth before your mind can catch up. I share a real story, one where my body reacted before I had a single thought and how that moment changed the way I lead, decide, and hold myself. We talk about the micro‑signals leaders override, the pressure to stay “capable,” and the cost of abandoning your internal intelligence. If you’ve ever felt a tightening, a pullback, a quiet “no” you ignored… this episode will land deeply. In this episode I share a moment where my body reacted before I had a single thought — a full-body recoil in a room where something wasn't right. And what happened when I listened to it instead of overriding it. Most leaders have spent years learning to override that signal. This episode is about what it costs and what becomes available when you stop. --- Follow Maryanne for updates here: www.maryannekatsidis.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryannekatsidis/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryannekatsidisadvisor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannekatsidis/ By accessing this podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents are the property of Maryanne Katsidis, or used by Maryanne Katsidis with permission, and are protected under the Australian and International trademark laws. Except as otherwise herein, users of this podcast may save and use information contained in the podcast only for personal and other non-commercial, educational purposes. No other use, including, without limitation, reproduction, retransmission or editing of this podcast may be made without prior written permission of Maryanne Katsidis, which may be requested by contacting [email protected]. This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application or interpretation of the information presented herein.

This podcast has a new name. For four years it's been Heart-Led Changemakers. And that name was true for where I was. But the work has shifted. And I've finally found the words for what it's always been about. More Than You're Saying. That's the thing I walk into every time I enter a room with a leader. Not what they're saying. What they're carrying underneath it. The pressure that hasn't been named. The pattern nobody's acknowledging. The thing a CEO already knows in their body but hasn't found language for yet. That's where this podcast lives now. Short episodes. Real observations from real rooms. And occasionally a conversation with someone doing something quietly significant that most people haven't caught up to yet. If you've been here from the beginning, thank you. Stay. If you're finding this for the first time, you're here because something resonated before you could explain why. That's usually how the right things find you. Welcome to More Than You're Saying. --- Follow Maryanne for updates here: www.maryannekatsidis.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryannekatsidis/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryannekatsidisadvisor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannekatsidis/   By accessing this podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents are the property of Maryanne Katsidis, or used by Maryanne Katsidis with permission, and are protected under the Australian and International trademark laws. Except as otherwise herein, users of this podcast may save and use information contained in the podcast only for personal and other non-commercial, educational purposes. No other use, including, without limitation, reproduction, retransmission or editing of this podcast may be made without prior written permission of Maryanne Katsidis, which may be requested by contacting [email protected]. This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application or interpretation of the information presented herein.

Entrepreneurs treat creativity as optional. Something to get to when the real work is done. In this conversation with Michelle Stark, founder of Aleph Studio, we explore what that actually costs and what becomes available when creativity is treated not as expression but as a way of thinking that pressure systematically shuts down. We talk about what happens in the body when you force your way through a creative block, why lying on the floor for ten minutes is more strategic than it sounds, and how the most useful breakthroughs arrive in the pause, not the push. A conversation for entrepreneurs carrying the weight of building something and wondering why the thinking that used to come easily has gone quiet. Together, we explore creativity as a leadership technology, not as something decorative or “nice to have,” but as a way of seeing, sensing, and navigating the truth beneath the pressure of entrepreneurship. We talk about the symbolic layers of design, the imaginal world leaders often ignore, and the creative blocks that reveal more about identity than strategy ever could. This conversation is for entrepreneurs who feel the weight of leading and know there’s a deeper, more creative way to move through it. If you’ve been craving clarity, resonance, or a return to your own creative intelligence, this episode will land exactly where it needs to. --- Follow Maryanne for updates here: www.maryannekatsidis.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryannekatsidis/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryannekatsidisadvisor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannekatsidis/   By accessing this podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents are the property of Maryanne Katsidis, or used by Maryanne Katsidis with permission, and are protected under the Australian and International trademark laws. Except as otherwise herein, users of this podcast may save and use information contained in the podcast only for personal and other non-commercial, educational purposes. No other use, including, without limitation, reproduction, retransmission or editing of this podcast may be made without prior written permission of Maryanne Katsidis, which may be requested by contacting [email protected]. This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application or interpretation of the information presented herein.

There's a difference between using your voice and being in your voice. Most leaders don't realise which one they're doing until something makes them stop. In this episode I share a story I haven't told this way before, the moment I realised I'd been performing capability for years, and what happened when I finally put it down. If you've ever felt tired in a way sleep doesn't fix, or full in your life but strangely empty in yourself, this is the pattern underneath that. ------------------------------- Follow Maryanne for updates here: www.maryannekatsidis.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryannekatsidis/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryannekatsidisadvisor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannekatsidis/ By accessing this podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents are the property of Maryanne Katsidis, or used by Maryanne Katsidis with permission, and are protected under the Australian and International trademark laws. Except as otherwise herein, users of this podcast may save and use information contained in the podcast only for personal and other non-commercial, educational purposes. No other use, including, without limitation, reproduction, retransmission or editing of this podcast may be made without prior written permission of Maryanne Katsidis, which may be requested by contacting [email protected]. This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application or interpretation of the information presented herein.