Recognition Checklist:
If this sounds like you, you're in the right place:
You have all the answers... except when it comes to your own needs
You keep saying "I'm fine" when you're running on empty
You're the strong one, the reliable one... and you're exhausted
You lead with excellence, but ignore the voice inside asking for help
You’ve mastered leading others, but caring for yourself is still the hardest part.

During this session, we’ll move through the 3 A’s with guided conversations, practical tools, and hands-on activities you can start using immediately. Every moment is designed to help you pause, reflect, and get honest about how you’re leading yourself. This isn’t theory—it's intentional work that puts you back at the center of your leadership.
The Heart of It All tour is for the leader who has poured everything into everyone else and forgotten to save anything for themselves. This isn't another leadership conference-it's a personal reckoning. Through the 3 A's (Acknowledge, Awareness, and Action), participants stop ignoring their own needs and start leading the one person they've neglected: THEMSELVES

You Can't Pour From An Empty Cup!
You've spent years being the strong one, the reliable one, the one with all the answers. But who's leading you?
This tour creates space for honest acknowledgement, deeper awareness, and meaningful action so you can finally give yourself the same care and attention you've given everyone else.



This isn't about adding more to your plate. It's about acknowledging what's true (even when it's hard), building awareness around patterns that no longer serve you, and taking action that actually changes your life, not just your work performance.
1. ACKNOWLEDGE: Stop pretending you're fine. Name what's real.
2. AWARENESS: Understand the patterns, beliefs, and behaviors keeping you stuck.
3. ACTION: Make intentional changes that honor who you are and what you need.
Walk away with more than insights. Leave with a plan that actually fits your life.
How to stop waiting for permission to take care of yourself
How to build a sustainable leadership practices that includes you
The difference between knowing what to do and actually doing it
How to have honest conversations with yourself (and others) about what you need
Practical ways to set boundaries without guilt
Why the "strong one" role is costing you more than you realize
How to recognize the signs you're leading from empty before you crash
What it actually looks like to lead with your whole self, not just the polished version
This isn't theory. It's the practical, honest work of finally leading yourself.

Xaviera Latta is a grief educator, speaker, and advocate with deep roots in education as a former special education teacher and administrator. After decades of walking alongside students, families, and colleagues through their hardest seasons, she now helps audiences navigate grief with resilience, hope, and purpose.
Her work is anchored in two powerful frameworks—Grief Flow™, which offers a path toward wholeness, and Jacoby’s Shield, which embodies strength, advocacy, and the courage to keep moving forward. She blends heart, story, and practical tools, reminding us that grief and joy are not opposites, but companions on the journey of life.
On the Heart of It All tour, Xaviera invites audiences to redefine healing, reclaim joy, and rise as advocates for themselves and their communities. Her message is one of courage, compassion, and the enduring truth that even in loss, we can find the heart of it all.
— Acknowledge
“You can’t change what you refuse to acknowledge. Leadership requires the courage to stop pretending everything is fine and name what’s real — in your team and in yourself.”

Dr. Lisa Hunsicker, MD, FACS is a board-certified plastic surgeon, transformational speaker, and creator of The Soulful Surgeon podcast — a powerful space where healthcare professionals and high-achievers alike come to feel seen, heard, and whole. With three decades of leadership in medicine, Dr. Hunsicker brings a rare fusion of clinical precision and heart-centered wisdom to her work.
A passionate advocate for emotional resilience and authentic leadership, she helps executives, physicians, and entrepreneurs reconnect with their core values, navigate high-stress environments with grace, and lead from a place of wholeness rather than burnout. Her upcoming workbook offers a practical framework for protecting and restoring the heart through life’s most demanding seasons.
Outside of medicine, Lisa lives fully — as a race car driver, certified sommelier, scuba dive master, mother, and wife — modeling what it means to integrate ambition with presence, and success with soul.
Audiences leave her talks not only inspired, but transformed — ready to lead with courage, clarity, and heart.
— Awareness
“Awareness is the moment everything shifts. When you understand the beliefs, patterns, and pressures shaping your choices, you gain the power to lead with clarity instead of autopilot.”

Kathy Taylor is a leadership strategist, speaker, and creator of the HEART & HOPE Leadership Connection™ — a human-centered framework that helps leaders strengthen culture, communication, and performance. As the author of the best seller Lead with Heart: Dear Leader Set the Tone and Do It First, she teaches organizations how to anchor leadership in Honesty, Empathy, Authenticity, Responsibility, and Trust, while extending hope through Helping Hands, Optimism, Perspective, and Emotional Engagement.
Known for turning complex workplace challenges into practical, people-centered solutions, Kathy helps leaders see themselves clearly, communicate with purpose, and create environments where people feel seen, heard, and valued. Her work bridges heart and results — shifting leaders from managing tasks to transforming culture.
On the Heart of It All tour, Kathy Taylor invites audiences to pause, reflect, and lead with greater intention. Her message is clear and compelling: great leadership begins with HEART… and lives through HOPE.
— Action
“Action is where leadership becomes legacy. When you choose intentional, consistent movement — even small shifts — you set the tone, protect your well-being, and lead others by example.”
Seats are intentionally limited to create an intimate, meaningful experience. If you know it’s time to reconnect with yourself and lead from a healthier place, now is the moment to reserve your spot.


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