Leading with Purpose
Leading with Purpose
Podcast Description
"Leading with Purpose" is a dynamic and transformative YouTube channel and podcast where host Mark Porteous dives deep into meaningful conversations with visionary leaders shaping the future. Each episode will explore the journeys, struggles, and triumphs of change-makers across industries, focusing on how they lead with purpose, elevate consciousness, and create lasting impact. This show is a platform for purposeful leaders to share insights, offer wisdom, and inspire viewers and listeners to lead from the heart, make a difference, and elevate their leadership.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes such as conscious leadership, personal growth, and the power of storytelling, with episodes exploring topics like the impact of personal narratives on leadership and the significance of legacy in daily choices. Specific episodes include discussions on storytelling in leadership with Karen Strauss and aligning with one's soul purpose with Ronda Renée.

“Leading with Purpose” is a dynamic and transformative YouTube channel and podcast where host Mark Porteous dives deep into meaningful conversations with visionary leaders shaping the future. Each episode will explore the journeys, struggles, and triumphs of change-makers across industries, focusing on how they lead with purpose, elevate consciousness, and create lasting impact. This show is a platform for purposeful leaders to share insights, offer wisdom, and inspire viewers and listeners to lead from the heart, make a difference, and elevate their leadership.
Whales and dolphins embody presence, transparency, and unity—qualities every true leader is called to develop. In this conversation, Anne Gordon shares how the wisdom and energy of whales and dolphins offer a profound blueprint for leadership, healing, and purpose. Through stories from her life and transformative retreats, Anne reveals how nature teaches us to slow down, embrace vulnerability, live in alignment, and lead with authenticity. This episode invites leaders to reconnect with their inner guidance, release perfection, and remember who they truly are.
Key takeaways:
– Whales and dolphins model leadership rooted in wisdom, presence, and unity.
– Transparency creates freedom, trust, and emotional healing.
– Joy and grief can coexist, allowing deeper resilience and growth.
– Presence is a gateway to clarity, creativity, and inner peace.
– Nature reconnects leaders with purpose and authentic self-expression.
– Following the heart creates impact far beyond the individual.
About Anne Gordon:
Anne Gordon is an experienced retreat leader, spiritual mentor, and founder of the Dolphin~Whale Energy Healer Certification program. She specializes in creating transformational experiences through immersive retreats with wild dolphins and whales in locations such as Mexico, The Bahamas, and French Polynesia since 2007. Her work supports energy healers, coaches, and spiritually-minded individuals in expanding their impact, deepening their intuitive gifts, and building purpose-driven, heart-led businesses. With a unique blend of oceanic wisdom and practical guidance, she empowers her clients to align with their highest potential.
Anne Gordon’s Website:
https://www.whaleanddolphinwisdomretreats.com/
Gift/Offer:
Meet Your Dolphin Guide Meditation: https://tp258-7852db.pages.infusionsoft.net
About Me:
Hi, I’m Mark Porteous; the Soul Connector.
My stand is for ALL people to recognize themselves as Divine Beings who have chosen the human experience for a reason and to live in alignment with that knowing, so they can THRIVE in their purpose of transforming lives.
I help mission driven entrepreneurs to make their Soul Connections so that they can impact and change the world, scale their businesses to six and seven figures, and enjoy thrilling Soul Success in every arena of their lives.
Connect with me at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcporteous
https://www.instagram.com/mark.porteous1/
https://www.facebook.com/markcporteous/
Take the Soulful Leadership Assessment here: https://markporteous.com/#tve-jump-184964db927
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