Irene Abbou: Leading Ourselves First

Episode 39

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Jeff Bond

I'm the Co-Founder of Chat With Leaders Media and People First Elevation Team, where my team and I help values-driven businesses create content that strengthens relationships, fuels engagement, and drives high-performing cultures. We partner with communications, marketing, and people teams to produce thought-leadership podcasts, executive messaging, and event content. My team and I also work with leaders to transform company meetings into culture-defining moments—ensuring they align teams, elevate key voices, and inspire action. As a board member of Conscious Capitalism Atlanta, I advocate for business as a force for good. Outside of work, I’m passionate about faith, family, and using influence to create lasting impact.

Chat Guest

Irene is the creator of the Happiness Within Reach program which coaches high-achievers on how to create a more holistic approach to success. This teaches leaders evidence-based techniques to building more meaningful interpersonal connections while simultaneously growing their self-confidence and productivity. She is an ICF, ACC Certified life and business coach who holds two certifications from the University of Pennsylvania on Positive Psychology and is trained in the Gottman Method for Couples Therapy. Irene has helped hundreds of professionals get reacquainted with their hearts most affirming personal and professional desires and supports them to take action despite their fears. Her mission is to remind her clients of their indisputable worthiness and capability of creating an extraordinary life aligned with their highest truth.

Chat Highlights

  1. When you were 39, you were earning a 6 figure income, wealthy, but miserable. You decided to seek a life coach and it changed everything. Can you tell us about that?
  2. Talk to me about why you talk about identifying core desired feelings being the first step into truly understanding your strengths and purpose.
  3. As a life coach, you spend a lot of time building people’s confidence to overcome the fear of failure – an important characteristic to possess as a leader. How do you do that and why do you think that’s so challenging for many people looking to pursue growth in their work/life leadership?
  4. What is the importance of identifying your PERSONAL core values and purpose in order to apply that to a fulfilling leadership career and life?
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