Claudia Chan on the Quiet Crisis Behind High Achievers and Success

LEAVE YOUR MARK: Freshly Brewed Career Advice with Aliza Licht

Aliza Licht

Business, Careers

5.0 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode of Leave Your Mark, I sit down with my friend Claudia Chan, an award-winning serial entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, keynote speaker, and Whole-Self Leadership™ coach. She has dedicated half of her life to empowering women and the cultures in which they work and live. Her B2B company, S.H.E GLOBL, has focused on coaching entrepreneurs and corporations to be changemakers. Over the last decade, her annual S.H.E. Summit has convened 600 renowned speakers from over 400 companies, including Morgan Stanley, ESPN, Google, Bacardi Global, and PepsiCo. In this episode, we delve into her concept of the 'Invisible Epidemic,' exploring the hidden burnout and anxiety that plague high achievers. Claudia shares her personal journey and the inspiration behind her focus on Whole-Self Leadership™ and faith. We discuss the cognitive patterns driving burnout, the importance of aligning outward performance with inner truth, and Claudia's IHAC framework for creating a more fulfilling life. Tune in to learn how to lead your life with wholeness and passion. 00:00 Introduction to Leave Your Mark 00:34 Meet Claudia Chan: Leadership Coach and Speaker 01:01 The Invisible Epidemic: Burnout and Anxiety 03:26 Understanding the Mind-Body Connection 04:55 Patterns in High Performers 06:37 The Burnout Baller and Major Life Transitions 10:36 Aligning Outward Performance with Inner Truth 12:30 The IHAC Framework: Imagination, Healing, Alignment 17:17 The Bridge to a New Paradigm 18:02 The Courage to Create the Future 18:57 Unfulfilled Potential and Low-Grade Depression 20:16 Leading Your Own Life 21:09 Balancing Multiple Roles and Avoiding Burnout 24:13 The Importance of Passion-Driven Work 25:00 Energy Management and Productivity 30:00 The Role of Family and Heritage 31:36 Defining Success and Wholeness 33:23 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Elisa Likt, and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast, where I brew fresh career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.
0:09.5	It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out in your career or well on your way.
0:16.5	With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it all done and still
0:22.5	have time to post about it.
0:25.9	Welcome back to Leave Your Mark, where we explore the moment's choices and mindset shifts
0:31.0	that define a career and a life with meeting.
0:34.1	Today's guest is literally someone I've admired for years, not just for her leadership
0:38.2	in the women's empowerment space, but for her deep commitment to truth and transformation.
0:43.7	Claudia Chan is a leadership coach, a sought-after speaker, and the founder of the award-winning
0:48.2	She Summit. You may know her from her book, This Is How We Rise, or her groundbreaking work,
0:53.5	helping organizations build more inclusive cultures. But today, this is how we rise, or her groundbreaking work helping organizations build
0:54.8	more inclusive cultures. But today, Claudia is here to talk about something even more personal
1:00.2	and more urgent. She calls it the invisible epidemic. It's the quiet crisis behind outward success,
1:07.6	the hidden burnout, the anxiety loops, the guilt we carry when we even think about slowing
1:12.7	down. And if you're a high achiever or love someone who is, this episode will speak to you.
1:18.9	Claudia has an entire infrastructure. Her website is just a fountain of help. She has spent
1:25.7	years coaching leaders at the top of their game, and she's
1:29.6	uncovered a pattern that's now the foundation of her latest work on Claudia Chan.com, including
1:35.9	her whole self-leadership model and her IHAC framework. So Claudia, welcome to leave your
1:42.3	mark. This is long overdue. It is. Thank you so much for having me.
1:48.0	Claudia, you have done so many things in your career. And this topic that you're now, I would say,
1:55.8	like, obsessed with, right? This whole self-leadership and focusing today, our conversation around the
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