Purpose, Profit, Healing
Welcome to Purpose, Profit, and Impact — the podcast for conscious leaders and entrepreneurs committed to living with purpose, creating lasting impact, and building intentional wealth. Each week, we explore the intersection of conscious leadership, performance science, ancient wisdom and purpose-driven wealth creation.
Hosted by Dr. Vanessa Calderón — a Harvard-trained Physician and Healer, Master Executive Coach, and Neuroplasticity Trainer with 20+ years of leadership experience and a decade of business development expertise. She’s advised and coached leaders at every level, from Fortune 500 executives to department heads, entrepreneurs, and teams — helping them drive results without sacrificing their values or well-being.
Dr. Calderón is also a first-generation Latina, mother of two, and comes from a lineage of ancestral healers. She blends neuroscience, ancestral wisdom, and proven strategy to help listeners create meaningful impact, experience fulfillment, and heal wounds blocking them from their next level of success.
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Purpose, Profit, Healing
Ep 9. Compassion VS Guilt: A Leadership Trap
Transformative, human-centered leaders are often compassionate. However, they can sometimes fall into a leadership trap if they're not being careful. In this episode we explore:
- Why guilt is often mistaken for compassion
- Why feeling guilty does not mean you care more
- The surprising roots of guilt (and why some people feel it more)
- How guilt leads to unintentional results, stress, and burnout
- Tools to lead with aligned compassion, and not feel into the guilt trap