Heart First Leadership
Welcome to Heart First Leadership, the podcast dedicated to raising consciousness through the principles of Heart First Leadership.
In a world that often teaches us to lead from pressure, fear, and external validation, we offer a different path—one rooted in awareness, alignment, and leading from within.
Join your hosts, Ryan and Heidi Sawyer, as they share powerful conversations, practical tools, and real-life insights designed to help leaders, parents, coaches, and athletes build true mental strength and live with intention. Through the lens of Heart First, you’ll learn how to shift from reaction to creation, from doubt to clarity, and from survival to purpose-driven leadership.
If you’re ready to elevate how you think, lead, and live, this is where it begins.
Heart First Leadership
Latest Episodes
Leading in the Age of Constant Distraction
In this episode, we explore how constant stimulation, social comparison, and nonstop feedback are affecting motivation, confidence, and resilience in younger generations. When people live in a constant stress response, pressure-based leadership...
Better Team Culture Starts With You as a Leader
Team culture does not come from compensation packages, slogans, or performance metrics alone. It comes from the way people experience leadership every day. In this episode, we discuss why motivation often breaks down when people lack clarity, m...
Why Traditional Leadership Is Failing Younger Generations
If you’ve caught yourself thinking, “I can’t motivate younger employees or athletes like I used to,” this episode is for you. The tension isn’t proof that Gen Z is lazy or that leadership is broken, it’s a sign the old model is incomplete.<...
Two Years Later And A New Heart First Vision
Two years ago we stopped recording because we didn’t want to “check a box” or grab random topics just to stay consistent. Then we spent that time building: new leadership and athlete programs, new coaching systems, a certification pathway, and ...
Building Resilience: Helping Kids Overcome Bullying with Vickie Stolle
Join us for an inspiring episode featuring Vickie Stolle, an engaging speaker, writer, and dedicated resilience advocate. Vickie is renowned for empowering individuals to uncover their innate resilience skills through her work at Dragonfly Para...
