Welcome to Untangle. I'm Patricia Carvis. Today's guest is a stellar human being, Anise

Kavanaugh. She's an award-winning speaker, author, teacher, strategic advisor, and thinking partner

for many innovative organizations and individuals. She's also CEO of active

choices, a strategic advisory and training company. Today we get to the heart of the many ideas

she has shared in her books. And we dive into her proprietary approach to leadership called

Intentional, Energetic Presence, IEP.

The bottom line, how we show up in the world matters, regardless of whether you're at work

or at home. It matters. Your intentions, energy, and presence can have a positive or negative

impact. Depending on the choices you made.

She unpacks why we need tools and practices for self-awareness and honest reflection.

I love this quote from one of her books.

We create our experience in every moment, contract or expand, repel or invite, fear or love, abdicate or lead, we choose.

As always, we're Untangle, the podcast from Muse, the brain sensing headband.

Don't forget to check it out at choosemuse.com slash untangle.

Use discount code Untangle 15. Now here's Anise. Anise, I'm so excited to have you on

Untangle today. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for having me, Patricia. I'm so

excited here. I'm so happy to be here. Yeah. I loved Contagious You, the book that you wrote after you

wrote the first book, Contagious Culture. And I think of you as someone who does consulting for

businesses and for leaders, but Contagious You struck me as this guide to how we want to lead our lives as human beings.

It was so personal and real.

I really wanted to understand the progression for you.

You wrote Contagious Culture, then Contagious You.

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