How Presence Shapes Powerful Leadership with Vicki Dello Joio
Presence—not performance—has the power to transform how we lead. In this episode, Mark is with Vicki Dello Joio to explore what it truly means to lead with purpose from the inside out. Vicki shares why so many capable leaders—especially women—hold themselves back from being fully seen and heard, and how misalignment between inner truth and outer expression fuels imposter syndrome, defensiveness, and burnout.
Drawing from decades of experience working with speakers, CEOs, and changemakers, she reveals how breath, embodiment, and energetic alignment unlock authentic presence and grounded authority. This conversation is a powerful reminder that leadership isn’t about pushing harder or saying the right words—it’s about embodying who you are, regulating your energy, and communicating from clarity, heart, and purpose.
Key takeaways:
– Why inner alignment must come before confident communication and visibility.
– How breath awareness helps regulate emotions and dissolve defensiveness in high-stakes moments.
– Why embodiment—not technique—creates authentic presence and natural expression.
– How grounded leaders shift the energy of an entire room, team, or organization.
– What non-defensive communication looks like in leadership and conflict.
– What it truly means to lead with purpose from the heart, not pressure.
About Vicki Dello Joio:
Vicki Dello Joio is a life-changing, transformational coach, workshop leader, master teacher and inspirational speaker. For more than 50 years, her brand of brilliance has empowered wellness-motivated and spiritually-inclined seekers and speakers to infuse body-mind-spirit practices into their very cells so they can tap into their birthright of joy — use it as a fuel not just a goal — for a lifetime.
Nicknamed the “Terry Gross of the Qi World” for her popular monthly online interview program Qi Talks, Vicki is the author and founder of The Way of Joy: A “Spiritual Fitness” Program. She was inducted into the Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors Hall of Fame in 2013 for her decades of teaching and was recently honored to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Qigong Association.
In addition, Vicki is a theater director and performer as well as a certified Master Trainer of Powerful Non-Defensive Communication. Since 2016, she has been using her unique blend of qigong energy work, communication tools and performance/presentation skills to support visionary leaders and speakers to amplify their charisma and tell their stories in out-of-the-box ways so they deliver their message with passion presence and power— whether communicating from stage or one-to-one.
Vicki Dello Joio’s Website:https://yourpowerpresence.com/
Gift/Offer: Head over to yourpowerpresence.com for a free copy of Let’s Get Real About Charisma: 3 Keys to Inspire and Motivate Your Audience Every time You Speak
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