The Climb: Confident Leader Podcast
The Climb: Confident Leader Podcast
Podcast Description
Feel stuck, unseen, or unsure of your next step? You’re not alone. The CLIMB brings you honest stories and practical insights from leaders who’ve been there and made it. We’re on a mission to build a confident new wave of leaders. Each episode offers mindset shifts, practical tools, and inspiration to help you rise with purpose.
Tune in, be inspired, and help us grow the movement by sharing with your circle. Let’s raise the next generation of influencers together. Start your climb today because your story is just getting started. #NextGenLeaders #confidentleaders #rahulkaransharma
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of personal growth, leadership transformation, and mindset shifts. Episodes discuss various topics such as overcoming burnout, building confidence, navigating global expansion, and preparing for career success, with examples including discussions on leadership challenges faced by women in tech and the secrets behind scaling businesses sustainably.
Ranked among the Global Top 1.5% of podcasts, The CLIMB Leadership Development & Confident Leader Podcast helps aspiring leaders, accidental managers, and executives build the confidence to lead with impact. Hosted by Rahul Karan Sharma, Leadership Advisor to Staffing CEO’s, each episode features CEOs, founders, executive coaches, and bestselling authors sharing practical insights on leadership, executive presence, decision-making, AI, workplace culture, and high-performing teams. Your title may open the door. Your leadership determines whether people follow. Welcome to The CLIMB.
What if burnout isn't simply caused by working too hard—but by spending too much time working out of alignment with who you are?
In this episode of The CLIMB Leadership Development & Confident Leader Podcast, host Rahul Karan Sharma sits down with Debbie Sodergren, founder and CEO of UP Vibrations LLC and creator of Harmonic Sovereignty, to explore confidence, burnout, boundaries, and sustainable leadership.
Debbie challenges the familiar advice to “fake it till you make it,” arguing that sustainable confidence isn't something leaders perform for others. It develops when their priorities, decisions, work, and personal well-being become better aligned.
Together, Rahul and Debbie explore why successful leaders can appear highly accomplished on the outside while quietly becoming depleted on the inside and what leaders can do before burnout takes over.
Key Highlights from the episode
00:00 – Can confidence come from alignment instead of performance?
01:46 – Debbie Sodergren's leadership journey
03:08 – High performers, alignment and burnout
04:21 – Why “fake it till you make it” can become dangerous
05:44 – Finding your most productive working hours
07:25 – Rethinking hustle, work and success
11:06 – Hidden signs successful leaders may be struggling
14:19 – Priorities, presence and preventing burnout
15:36 – How to recognize when someone may need support
17:55 – Understanding your strengths and knowing when to delegate
20:11 – Learning to say no and protect your priorities
23:43 – Why successful leaders still struggle with self-confidence
24:17 – The fear of taking your foot off the career accelerator
25:30 – Why you can't do everything alone
27:18 – Why mentors, coaches and accountability matter
29:53 – How to connect and work with Debbie
30:44 – Rapid Fire Round
31:17 – Rahul's biggest leadership takeaways
About our Guest- Debbie Sodergren
She is the founder and CEO of UP Vibrations LLC and creator of Harmonic Sovereignty. With decades of experience in energy work and executive wellness, Debbie works with high-achieving entrepreneurs and leaders to help them explore alignment, well-being, confidence, and sustainable success.
Learn more about Debbie Sodergren and Harmonic Sovereignty:
https://harmonicsovereignty.com
About our Host- Rahul Karan Sharma
He is a Leadership Advisor to Staffing CEOs, Organizational Development Strategist, Forbes Coaches Council member, and creator of the CLIMB Framework™.
Rahul helps leaders and organizations identify the leadership gaps that slow growth, strengthen leadership capability, and build more confident, high-performing teams.
Through The CLIMB Leadership Development & Confident Leader Podcast, Rahul brings together executives, entrepreneurs, psychologists, authors, coaches, and thought leaders to explore the human side of leadership in an increasingly complex workplace.
Ranked among the Global Top 1.5% of podcasts, The CLIMB explores leadership development, confident leadership, executive presence, mindset, career growth, organizational development, and the human capabilities leaders need to succeed in the AI era.
The goal is simple:
Help professionals move from Invisible → Influencer.
Learn more about Rahul Karan Sharma and The CLIMB Podcast:
🌐 Rahul Karan Sharma
https://www.rahulkaransharma.com
🎙️ The CLIMB Podcast
https://www.rahulkaransharma.com/the-climb-podcast
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