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✨The hidden habit behind sustainable performance (045)

Feb 14, 2026

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3 min read

✨The hidden habit behind sustainable performance (045)

Leadership isn’t only shaped by what’s visible.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Why the inner shift feels harder to share (044)

Feb 6, 2026

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4 min read

✨Why the inner shift feels harder to share (044)

A reflection on inner shifts, visibility, and growth that’s still integrating.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Small Shifts on the Outside. Big Shift on the Inside. (043)

Jan 30, 2026

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3 min read

✨Small Shifts on the Outside. Big Shift on the Inside. (043)

It Matters More Than You Know.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Why I got more support for cancer than I ever did for burnout (042)

Jan 23, 2026

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4 min read

✨Why I got more support for cancer than I ever did for burnout (042)

Two valleys. Two kinds of stress. One mirror.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨When Trust Deepens, Listening Leads (041)

Jan 16, 2026

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5 min read

✨When Trust Deepens, Listening Leads (041)

What uncertain seasons quietly teach us about presence

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Cakes, Eggs, and Trust (040)

Jan 9, 2026

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3 min read

✨Cakes, Eggs, and Trust (040)

What cakes taught me about trust

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Trust First, or Earn Trust? (039)

Jan 2, 2026

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5 min read

✨Trust First, or Earn Trust? (039)

Creating safe spaces where trust can grow

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Before the Year Ends, Let’s Pause (038)

Dec 19, 2025

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4 min read

✨Before the Year Ends, Let’s Pause (038)

Some years are for clearing, not pushing — here’s what that looks like.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨How to Finish the Year Without Burning Out (037)

Dec 12, 2025

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3 min read

✨How to Finish the Year Without Burning Out (037)

Protecting Your Fire in the Final Stretch

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨You Can Finish Strong and Let Go (036)

Dec 5, 2025

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4 min read

✨You Can Finish Strong and Let Go (036)

Don’t Carry This Into Next Year

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Have You Ever Felt Let Down? (035)

Nov 28, 2025

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4 min read

✨Have You Ever Felt Let Down? (035)

This one is not about sense.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨The Art of Going Big... Gently (034)

Nov 21, 2025

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5 min read

✨The Art of Going Big... Gently (034)

Going big is not about scale. It’s about truth.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨When the data hits different (033)

Nov 14, 2025

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5 min read

✨When the data hits different (033)

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Demystifying What Psychological Safety Is Not (032)

Nov 8, 2025

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4 min read

✨Demystifying What Psychological Safety Is Not (032)

When “safety” becomes the silent killer of growth

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨The Masks That No Longer Fit (031)

Oct 31, 2025

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3 min read

✨The Masks That No Longer Fit (031)

Halloween gives us permission to dress up. What if it also reminds us it’s safe to take off the masks we wear the rest of the year?

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨When You Finally Lead Yourself (030)

Oct 24, 2025

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4 min read

✨When You Finally Lead Yourself (030)

Sustainable leadership begins with the quiet courage to lead you.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨What Happens When Sharing Stops Feeling Scary (029)

Oct 17, 2025

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3 min read

✨What Happens When Sharing Stops Feeling Scary (029)

What if meeting your own needs wasn’t selfish but the start of something stronger?

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨When You Ask for Help, You Make It Safe for Everyone (028)

Oct 10, 2025

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4 min read

✨When You Ask for Help, You Make It Safe for Everyone (028)

Normalising help-seeking as a superpower

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨From Automatic Yeses to Intentional Choices: Why Self-Care Is Your Most Strategic Move (027)

Oct 3, 2025

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4 min read

✨From Automatic Yeses to Intentional Choices: Why Self-Care Is Your Most Strategic Move (027)

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Growing Through Poor Leadership (026)

Sep 27, 2025

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4 min read

✨Growing Through Poor Leadership (026)

Turning scars into signposts for the leader you choose to be.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Self-Care Without Guilt (025)

Sep 19, 2025

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4 min read

✨Self-Care Without Guilt (025)

Reclaiming your right to rest

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Are You Leading .. or People-Pleasing? (024)

Sep 12, 2025

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4 min read

✨Are You Leading .. or People-Pleasing? (024)

Chronic people-pleasing slowly erodes your sense of self, energy, and well-being

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨The Doors of Leadership (023)

Sep 5, 2025

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4 min read

✨The Doors of Leadership (023)

Which Door Are You as a Leader?

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Carrying weight that was never yours alone? (022)

Aug 29, 2025

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3 min read

✨Carrying weight that was never yours alone? (022)

Many leaders do. Here’s why unmet needs matter — and how you can lead with strength and support.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
✨Beginnings and Endings, All in One Month (021)

Aug 22, 2025

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4 min read

✨Beginnings and Endings, All in One Month (021)

The paradox every leader must learn to hold.

Mary Vaz
Mary Vaz
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