Leaders of Intentionality

11/30/2025

"Technology must work for the good of entire Humanity, not a privileged few. Plain and simple." - Parker Areges

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03/14/2025

Do we forget being kind to ourselves, or do we make a conscious choice to keep ignoring our own joy?

I am compelled to 'scream'; why is it so damn hard to be kind to ourselves when we go out of our way to be kind to others? Somehow, putting ourselves last is the easiest escape from reality - a reality we shouldn't be running away from.

We are patient, understanding, compassionate, giving, tolerating even when it comes to the needs of others. We drop everything so we can show up for someone else … even if that means we are sacrificing the time and care we desperately need to give to ourselves.

So often, I push through exhaustion, completely reject my own needs and breathe in guilt for not doing more for others - as if I am on a mission to destroy my heart, body and mind. I know I am not but it feels like I it!

Why exactly do we treat ourselves the harshest?

I needed clarity and I needed to feel my words match my actions.

So, this very episode had to be rescheduled multiple times.

NO, not out of inconvenience, but out of self-kindness

Both Terry McDougall and I needed to honor our energy, respect our limits, and practice what we preach.

We refused to show up depleted because kindness without authenticity is hollow.

We needed to not only be fully present but be present with integrity and courage to align our choices to our preaching, if you will.

Especially right now when our world is in a dire need for kindness, more than ever in our times - however it must start from WITHIN.

We cannot keep running on empty, expecting to pour into others.

Self-kindness isn’t indulgence.

It sure isn't a crime.

At this point in my life I believe it is the very foundation of every act of kindness originating from true understanding and compassion.

Hence, if we do not normalize self-kindness right now, when will we?

Join Terry and I tomorrow for the LIVE broadcast of Leaders of Intentionality. Info in comments.

Let's refill our cup so we can truly pour from it without regret!

03/14/2025

The reason those in place of power do not like women or any equality advocate speaking up is because it exposes the systemic biases that favor the powerful and corrupt. They don't like it.

In words of Sara Ahmed, "When you expose a problem, you pose a problem."

The true Leaders of Intentionality cannot be silenced or stopped. They will keep showing up again, and again, and again to challenge the systemic atrocities that have no place in modern world.

02/22/2025

01/07/2025

Are you afraid? Or do you feel ashamed?

Maybe you are stuck in a non-stop cycle of fear and shame!

Fear often acts the host in a symbiotic relationship with shame. Shame in turn amplifies the fear we carry. In other words, it is a cyclical relationship we often find ourselves struggling to walk away from.

I also see fear as a jail sentence we accept without fighting for our right to breathe and live with pride and confidence. I have experienced what a fear induced emotional paralysis feels like.

Until I started asking myself some crucial questions to understand my root cause of my fear and how my choices played an active role in making fear the main driver of my actions.

In this season 9 premiere episode of Leaders of Intentionality I have the great pleasure of catching up with Joanna Rawbone Founder & CEO of Flourishing Introverts who has had her own journey and conundrums controlled by fear.

Joanna is one of those inspiring people in my journey whose courage, commitment and sass feel deeply aligned with my CTCR mantra for life. She identifies as the Cage-rattler and Bias-Shifter for a more inclusive workplace and world where introverts and extraverts can come together on the table to collaborate and flourish together.

We'll dive into her journey with fear and how she uses her fear as her fuel to be the Sassy Introvert who actively helps other introverts shift their lives from being Frustrated to Flourishing, on their terms - like a true Leader of Intentionality.

If fear has been holding your dreams for a ransom, you'd love this dialogue.

Join us LIVE on YouTube ⤵️ See details ⤵️

Intentionally, - Szebastian - Because. I. Am.

12/02/2024

Kindness is such a critical cog-wheel in the machinery of humanity, and there isn't any amount of kindness that is too much. Kindness connects people and builds stronger communities.

However there is one form of kindness that seems to be becoming rarer each day – the act of being kind to oneself.

It is time that we normalize self-kindness because unless we truly learn to be kind to ourselves and our own needs, how can we even fathom understanding how to be kind to others, without being duplicitous?

This is Episode 02 of Season 9 of Unleashed: LEADERS of CHANGE airing on 22 January 2025 at Mid-day (12 Noon) EST.

A well love Leader of Change, Terry McDougall, PCC, MBA and your host Szebastian Onne G. S. will be exploring the very need to ‘Normalize Self-Kindness’ in this episode - a dialogue so needed in today's day and age!

The show will broadcast LIVE on YouTube and LinkedIn. Stay-tuned for more details.

06/29/2024

Upcoming episode of ULOC has been moved to a fortnight later due to loss of a young life.

🙏We appreciate your understanding. 🙏

06/22/2024

No one said DIVORCE is going to be easy.
But is it just taxing for the couple parting their ways?

NOPE.

In most cases, unfortunately it also involves the children of the two people divorcing. It takes a toll on them.

But does it have to?

Rosalind Sedacca, CDC says, "Divorcing parents often forget the children involved, and it impacts children greatly. It is important to remember that they are co-parents of these children despite the divorce process."

Here's a sneak peek into our next episode of Unleashed: LEADERS of CHANGE, with your host INTENTION Strategist Szebastian

Tune-in LIVE or REPLAY on YouTube (see comments)

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📅 5 PM New York Time - June 26, 2024
📅 10 PM London Time - June 26, 2024
📅 7 AM Melbourne Time - June 27, 2024

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06/20/2024

🎒 Is the education system across the globe failing today's generation?

🌱 Are we truly looking at the four-dimensional needs of growth and learning our younger generations need?

📢 In this Episode of Unleashed: LEADERS of CHANGE - we catch-up with Tim McCarthy, author of 'Raising 4-Dimensional Children in a 2-Dimensional World' as we dive into the change our education systems across the globe need to provide best possible growth opportunities to our next generations.

🎬 Come hang with Tim, and your host Szebastian Onne G. S. and let's Dream Big, Make It Happen, together and INTENTIONAL!

⏰ 5 PM New York Time - JULY 03, 2024 (WED)
⏰ 10 PM London Time - JULY 03, 2024 (WED)
⏰ 7 AM Melbourne Time - JULY 04, 2024 (WED)




Watch the LIVE/REPLAY at the link in comments