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The Authentic Path with Dr. Vanessa Calderón
Welcome to The Authentic Path - The Authentic Path explores the intersection of leadership, performance science, and ancient wisdom to help you create meaningful impact and lasting success, without losing yourself along the way.
Each episode offers expert interviews, high-yield content, and actionable strategies that are evidence-based and designed to help you walk a path of alignment and integrity, while you create success you can be proud of.
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 has advised and coached leaders at every level - from Physicians to Fortune 500 executives, 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 the hidden wounds that block them from their next level of success.
Subscribe and join us on the path to authentic leadership, fulfillment, and well-being.
Episodes
36 episodes
34. How to reconnect to your intuition (and rebuild your self-trust muscle)
In this episode, I’m diving into what it really means to reconnect with your intuition… not as something mystical, but as a powerful form of intelligence and a strategy for leadership, business, and self-liberation.I share: • Wh...
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33. Fear of Falling into Old Patterns - And What to Do About It
Ever find yourself afraid of “slipping back” into old habits, even after making real progress? You’re not alone.In this episode, Dr. Vanessa unpacks the neuroscience and psychology behind the fear of regression - and why it’s not failure...
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32. The Magic of Gratitude and it’s Link to Having More Abundance
This Thanksgiving week, Dr. Vanessa invites you to experience gratitude as more than a mindset - as a science-backed, nourishing practice that rewires your brain and expands your capacity for abundance.In this episode, you’ll learn:<...
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31. How to Partner with Your Emotions and Reconnect With Your Inner Compass
Your emotions aren’t obstacles, they’re messengers.In this science-informed episode, Dr. Vanessa explores how to stop fighting your emotions and start partnering with them as powerful guides for truth, alignment, and leadership.Yo...
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30. Why you always feel guilty and how to stop
Do you ever go through your day constantly feeling guilty or telling yourself "I feel bad" even though you're doing nothing wrong?In this episode, Dr. Vanessa breaks down the truth about chronic guilt - why it shows up, where it...
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29. The Science of People-Pleasing and How to Stop (Without Becoming Selfish)
Do you ever say “yes” when you really want to say “no”? You’re not alone. In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Calderón unpacks the psychology and neuroscience behind people-pleasing - why we do it, how it starts, and what to do instead.
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28. Finding Your Next Edge of Growth: Why You Play Small and How to Step Into Your Next Growth Zone
Growth doesn’t happen in comfort - it happens at the edge. In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Calderón explores how to identify your growth frontier, the place between where you are now and who you want to become - this is where real transfo...
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27. Empowered Forgiveness: How to Heal and Move On Without Erasing the Lesson
If you feel stuck in a cycle of pain or resentment - perhaps from a childhood experience or an unfair work environment, this episode is for you.What if forgiveness didn’t mean forgetting, or letting anyone off the hook? In this episode, ...
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26. The Science of Courage and How to Have More of It (so you can take action in the face of fear and create a life you can be proud of)
Wouldn't it be awesome if fear just disappeared? Sadly, because our brain is wired to experience fear, as long as we have a human brain, we will also have fear.The good news is - we can lean into courage so that fear never paralyzes us o...
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25. Confidence or Arrogance? How to Tell Which One You’re Leading With
If you're like most people, you likely want a bit more confidence in some areas of your life. But you never want to be perceived as arrogant or fake. So what's the difference? And how do you know which one you're showing up from?In this ...
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24. The Exact Steps You Need to Take to Build More Confidence
Most of us wait for confidence before we act, but the truth is, confidence comes at the end - not at the beginning.In this episode, I share a powerful and simple framework: The 4 C’s For More Confidence and shows you how to move f...
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23. How to Know if You’re Burned Out and What to Do About It
Feeling exhausted, checked out, or questioning if your work even matters? You might be moving along the stress–trauma continuum without realizing it.In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Calderón breaks down:The hidden signs of burnou...
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22. Self-Compassion and Its Link to Productivity, Achievement, and Business Success
What if the secret to achieving more isn’t pushing harder, but treating yourself with more compassion?In this episode, we explore:The 3 pillars of self-compassionHow self-compassion reduces stress, procrastination, a...
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21. Why You Quit on Your Goals, and How to Recommit (so that you achieve your goals and desires)
We’ve all been there - starting strong, full of excitement, only to lose steam and drift away from our goals. But why does this happen, and how can you shift it?In this episode, we dive into:The surprising (and very human) re...
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20. The Masks You Wear vs Authenticity (and What To Do About It)
Are you wearing masks that block your authentic self from shining through? In this episode, we uncover:The most common masks people wear (which ones are you wearing?)Why authenticity is the most magnetic frequency you can e...
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19. What K-Pop Demon Hunters Can Teach Us about Authenticity and Leadership
What does a K-Pop animated film about demon hunters have to do with leadership? More than you think.In this episode, we explore:The hidden link between shame and authenticityHow what you’ve been taught to hide might ...
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18. The Link Between Healing and Self-Mastery: Why You Need Both - and can't have one without the other
In high-performance circles, we talk a lot about mindset, discipline, and hustle. But what if the real path to growth isn’t pushing harder... it’s healing deeper?In this episode, we explore:What self-mastery actually means (a...
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17. Emotional Mastery: How to feel difficult emotions and why it matters for your success and fulfillment
What if the thing standing between you and your next breakthrough isn’t a strategy, but an emotion you’re avoiding?In this episode, we explore how emotional mastery is the key to success, freedom, fulfillment, and embodied leadership. Tu...
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16. Stretching Beyond the Container You've Created: How to Expand Into the Next Version of You
Have you ever felt like the version of you that once fit… now feels too small? In this episode, we explore what it means to outgrow your current identity, and how to step into the next version of yourself with clarity and courage.Tune in...
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15. The Connection Between Spirituality, Success and Fulfillment
Spirituality isn’t just for the yoga mat or Sunday service, it’s a powerful force behind meaningful leadership, conscious business, and lasting fulfillment.In this episode, we explore:Why spirituality is often left out of lea...
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14. Choosing Happiness: The Hidden Reason You’re Avoiding What Makes You Happy
In this episode, we’re diving into a big question that I see in so many of the leaders and entrepreneurs I work with: Why do smart, capable, purpose-driven professionals choose success, but avoid what actually makes them happy?We’ll expl...
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35:37
13. Energy Explained: The Science of Energetics & What to Do When You Feel Stuck
Everything is energy, even your thoughts, emotions, and leadership presence. In this episode, we explore the science of energy, and how your energetic state shapes your well-being, decision-making, success, and the way others experience you.
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12. The Magnetic Leader – The Science Behind Leadership Magnetism and How to Become More Magnetic
What makes someone truly magnetic? In this episode, we explore the emotional and energetic roots of leadership presence - the kind that inspires trust, draws people in, and doesn’t require force or performance.We cover:The sc...
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11. The Wise and Regulated Leader: How to Regulate Your Nervous System in a Chaotic World to Live and Lead with Wisdom
Feeling constantly overwhelmed, stressed for time, or always “on”? You’re not alone. In this episode, we explore what it really means to have a regulated nervous system, and why it’s one of the most important leadership tools you’ll ever cultiv...
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