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Lead with Spark | Authentic Leadership for Women, Executive Presence & Career Confidence

Hosted by Lynsey Mulder · business · EN · 70 episodes

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Welcome to the Lead with Spark Podcast — Authentic Leadership for Women Who Want More. What does it truly mean to lead — not just in the boardroom or a team meeting, but in your actual life?I’m Lynsey Mulder, leadership coach, speaker, and former Fortune 100 Senior Vice President turned full-time champion for purpose-driven women. On the Lead with Spark podcast, we explore what it really means to lead with authenticity, confidence, and alignment — at work and at home.Decades ago, I earned my first coaching certification, long before leadership coaching became mainstream. Since then, I’ve climbed the corporate ladder, managed teams through chaos, and checked every “success” box — until burnout forced me to ask: Is this it?Spoiler alert: It wasn’t. Today, I coach high-performing women and executives who are ready to lead from the inside out — with clarity, energy, and purpose.This podcast is for ambitious women leaders, executives, and entrepreneurs ready to level up their leadership

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Welcome to the Lead with Spark Podcast, Authentic Leadership for Women Who Want More. What does it truly mean to lead, not just in the boardroom or a team meeting, but in your actual life?I’m Lynsey Mulder, leadership coach, speaker, and former Fortune 100 Senior Vice President turned full-time champion for purpose-driven women.

Who hosts Lead with Spark | Authentic Leadership for Women, Executive Presence & Career Confidence?

Lead with Spark | Authentic Leadership for Women, Executive Presence & Career Confidence is hosted by Lynsey Mulder. The show has published 70 episodes to date.

What has Lead with Spark | Authentic Leadership for Women, Executive Presence & Career Confidence covered recently?

Recent episodes include "E70 Your Body Is Sending Alarm Bells: Burnout and the Nervous System with Hannah O'Donovan" (14 October 2026, 50 minutes), "E69 Quietly Cracking: How to Catch It Before You Break" (7 October 2026, 15 minutes), and "E68 The $15 Umbrella: How to Stop Worrying About Who's Watching" (30 September 2026, 15 minutes).

How often does Lead with Spark | Authentic Leadership for Women, Executive Presence & Career Confidence publish?

Lead with Spark | Authentic Leadership for Women, Executive Presence & Career Confidence publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 25 minutes across 70 episodes.

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Booking probability for Lead with Spark | Authentic Leadership for Women, Executive Presence & Career Confidence is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Lead with Spark | Authentic Leadership for Women, Executive Presence & Career Confidence requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Lead with Spark | Authentic Leadership for Women, Executive Presence & Career Confidence's contact route on record: public web form.

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Lynsey Mulder hosts Lead with Spark | Authentic Leadership for Women, Executive Presence & Career Confidence, a business show with 70 episodes published.

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  • Episode #70

    E70 Your Body Is Sending Alarm Bells: Burnout and the Nervous System with Hannah O'Donovan

    Oct 14, 202650 minS1

    This is the conversation Lynsey wishes she had had 20 years ago, before her body started yelling and she refused to listen. Hannah O'Donovan spent over a decade as an event producer, putting on concerts for major...

  • Episode #69

    E69 Quietly Cracking: How to Catch It Before You Break

    Oct 7, 202615 minS1

    Your reviews are glowing. Your dashboard is green. Your boss thinks you are crushing it. And underneath all of that, you feel like you are slowly disappearing. That isn't burnout. It's quiet cracking, and almost...

  • Episode #68

    E68 The $15 Umbrella: How to Stop Worrying About Who's Watching

    Sep 30, 202615 minS1

    A girls' trip to Florida, an $80 umbrella rental, and a $15 bargain umbrella that lasted about four seconds before the wind flipped it inside out. The funniest part wasn't the umbrella. It was what Lynsey and her friend...

  • Episode #71

    E67 How to Stop Comparing Your Insides to Everyone Else's Highlight Reel

    Sep 23, 202613 min

    How to Stop Comparing Your Insides to Everyone Else's Highlight Reel Have you ever looked around a room full of accomplished people and thought, "What am I doing here?" Last week at a conference in Tampa Bay, Lynsey did...

  • Episode #66

    E66 Your People Are Not Broken, Your System Is: Honest Conversations with Betsy Kauffman

    Sep 16, 202645 minS1

    When a senior leader calls Betsy Kauffman and says, I have this person and they need help, they usually mean the person is broken. Betsy's whole career is built on a different premise: your people are not broken, your...

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  • Episode #65

    E65 Every Yes Is a No to Something Else

    Sep 9, 202614 minS1

    I recently coached a client on boundaries, and about ten minutes into the conversation I knew it was something I needed to share with you too. She told me she has such a hard time saying no that she gives everything...

  • Episode #64

    E64 You Do Not Have a Time Problem: How to Finish the Year Strong on the Energy You Have

    Sep 2, 202613 minS1

    It is the end of August, which means sometime in the next two weeks you will open your calendar, look at what is left of the year, and feel one of two things. The sprint: grab every unfinished January goal and muscle to...

  • Episode #63

    E63 The Permission Slip: The Memo That Is Never Coming

    Aug 26, 202614 minS1

    You have been waiting on a memo. The one where your boss, the board, or some committee of very official people sits you down and says you are now allowed to lead your way. Trust your gut. Push back in the meeting. Run...

  • Episode #62

    E62 Worthy of Rest: Belief, Burnout, and the Stories Running Underneath Your Leadership, with Dr. Alicia Newsome

    Aug 19, 202642 minS1

    If you are carrying a lot, leading a lot, achieving a lot, and still wondering why you feel exhausted underneath all of it, this conversation is for you. Dr. Alicia Newsome returns for Part 2 of our series, and this...

  • Episode #61

    E61 The Lifeguard Trap: Why Rescuing Your Team Is Quietly Draining You

    Aug 12, 20269 minS1

    When someone on your team is struggling, what is your first instinct? Do you coach them through it, or do you quietly take the thing and do it yourself? If you just went quiet, this one is for you. In this solo episode...

  • Episode #59

    E59 The Big Reveal: Introducing the Audaciously Unapologetic Retreat with Paula Shannon

    Jul 29, 202637 minS1

    Something big is happening this October, and in this episode you get the full reveal. Lynsey is joined by Paula Shannon, founder of Whole Leader Lab, former deputy superintendent, and a leader who spent 30 years in...

  • Episode #58

    E58 The Expensive FYI: How Meeting Culture Steals Your Best Work

    Jul 22, 202617 minS1

    Eight hours of real work capacity. Fourteen meetings on the calendar. The math has never worked, and yet somewhere along the way we all agreed that this is what a workday looks like. In this episode, Lynsey names the...

  • Episode #57

    E57 The Identity Gap: Who You Were vs. Who You Are Becoming

    Jul 15, 202623 minS1

    Have you ever looked at your life on paper and thought, this all looks right, so why does something feel off? Nothing is broken. Your career is solid, your family is fine, and yet there is a quiet hum underneath it all...

  • Episode #56

    E56 Stop People-Pleasing, Get Fear-Optimized, and Finally Set the Boundary You Have Been Avoiding, with Amy Greensmith

    Jul 8, 202650 min

    Default settings are great for printers and computers. Not for people. In this episode of Lead with Spark, Lynsey Mulder sits down with corporate communication coach Amy Greensmith for one of the most honest and...

  • Episode #55

    E55 The Mid-Year Reset: Stop Letting the Year Happen to You and Choose Where the Second Half Goes

    Jul 1, 202629 minS1

    We are halfway through the year. How did that even happen? In this solo episode of Lead with Spark, Lynsey Mulder gets honest about where her own year stands, the book she is writing, the retreat she is planning, the...

  • Episode #54

    E54 The Tactical Trap: Why Your Competence Is Costing You the Promotion

    Jun 24, 202617 minS1

    You are the one who delivers. You are excellent at your job, everyone knows it, and yet the promotion keeps going somewhere else. When you ask for feedback you hear a polished version of we need to see you operating at...

  • Episode #53

    E53 The Backyard Leadership Filter: What Bees, Barn Swallows, Rabbits, and Deer Taught Me About Leading Well

    Jun 17, 202631 minS1

    This episode is coming straight from Lynsey Mulder's Iowa backyard, where summer has officially arrived, everything is growing, everything is blooming, and apparently everything has collectively decided to test her...

  • Episode #52

    E52 Your Writing Is Your Brand: How Women Leaders Use AI to Elevate Executive Presence and Reduce Burnout with Grace Aldridge Foster

    Jun 10, 202644 minS1

    <p>What if executive presence is not only about how you show up in a room, but how you sound in every email, proposal, message, and comment with your name on it? In this episode of Lead with Spark, Lynsey Mulder sits...

  • Episode #51

    E51 The Trust Tax: A Three-Layer Framework for Rebuilding Yourself After a Difficult Manager

    Jun 3, 202614 minS1

    <p>She used to walk into work with her shoulders squared and her ideas ready to go. She loved her job. She was good at it. People counted on her to figure it out, hold the line, and deliver.</p> <p> </p> <p>And then...

  • Episode #50

    E50 Join the Quitters Club: How Quitting on Purpose Makes Your Life Bigger, Not Smaller

    May 27, 202618 minS1

    <p>What if the most powerful leadership move you could make right now had nothing to do with adding something new to your life, and everything to do with quitting something that has quietly been draining it?</p> <p>...

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