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Lisa De Nicola

Leadership & Executive Coach I Intuitive I Elevating Leadership, Championing Women I Founder of HER Lead & RISE | Visionary | Writer

04/14/2026

There is no such thing as perfection when it comes to emotional intelligence.

People sometimes believe that being emotionally intelligent means never being triggered or rarely feeling feelings of upset.

I often tell clients, focus on developing your self awareness and becoming emotionally attuned rather than responding perfectly in the moment.

While your goal is to respond instead of reacting

Staying in your center instead of being easily taken out of it

You're still human at the end of the day.

Give yourself grace

Lead with self compassion

And take the lesson for the next opportunity.

04/01/2026

The countdown is on to HER Lead with limited seats available.

I'm thrilled to announce the curated marketplace featuring Canadian brands founded and led by women.

One day. One core theme: The Future of Relationships and how they shape how we lead, love and live

The room is thoughtfully designed to shift how we view leadership, explore the inner conversations women are having, the emotional realities behind success, financial wellbeing and more.

What connects the women in this room is depth, curiosity and a desire to grow.

Join us.

May 8th. Seats are limited. Link to tickets in bio.

03/25/2026

The cost of alignment is freedom from obligation and conformity.

Its also disapproval, being disliked or misunderstood and none of that will have anything to do with you and everything to do what you trigger in others.

The courage to being exactly who you are.

Alignment may bring you closer to some and create separation in others, but the one relationship that will be stronger is the one with yourself.

Your greatest tools, assets or even gifts are usually the one's society will not celebrate.

They're undervalued because they encourage looking outside of yourself instead of honoring what's within.

Burnout and unfulfillment in any part of life sometimes comes from conformity and obligation that goes against what your Soul requires of you and desires.

Once you begin to incorporate the parts of you that yearn to be seen and lead the way, the shift will not only give you a sense of freedom, it will disrupt what has been familiar.

And while it may be uncomfortable, it will provide you a new way of being that is in greater alignment with who you are.

That my friends is priceless. 💯

Strategy + intuition becomes your new way of leading in all areas of life

HER Lead early bird tickets end tomorrow before prices go up on Friday.

We'll be exploring the intersection of the personal and professional. How relational intelligence shapes modern leadership.

The room has been curated to shift you and your perspective of leadership. To explore the emotional realities behind success, the inner conversations women are having and how that shapes how they show up.

May 8th.

Tickets in bio. 🌟

03/18/2026

If you avoid conflict, you avoid influence.

Conflict is not the end of a relationship.

It's often the start of a conversation that needs to take place.

Unspoken truths, unexpressed needs and more will often create resentment and bitterness when communication was lacking.

Collaboration, building trust and connection, will bring conflict into the room. It's inevitable!

A friend reminded me long ago that conflict will either strengthen relationships, bringing people closer together... or dissolve it.

That in itself is telling.

But your ability to embrace it, navigate it with emotional maturity and care, increases your influence.

In business
At work
And in life

No matter the relationship.

Its a skill that becomes an accelerator of trust.

And the relationships that can work through conflict, coming out the other side, wiser and stronger, are the relationships that have staying power.

These are the kinds of conversations we'll be exploring at HER Lead.

May 8th.

03/12/2026

The fear of abandonment often hides a deeper truth...

The ways we've been abandoning ourselves.

In relationships
In leadership
In the small moments when we ignore what we know to be true.

When we stop doing that, everything changes.

We stop making others leaving, changing their mind or a natural ending wrong.

Who needs this reminder? ✨️

03/11/2026

They still call them “soft skills.”

As if emotional awareness is optional.
As if relational depth is secondary.
As if clarity and courage don’t shape culture.

There is nothing soft about the ability to:

Lead with self-awareness.
Communicate with intention.
Hold complexity without losing composure.
Build trust that actually sustains performance.
Lead with vulnerability and sensitivity when the moment calls.

My intuition has saved me more times than I can count.

My sensitivity has held others when they needed space to FEEL.

My empathy allows me to read a room and attune to what the “vibe” is long before someone speaks.

None of this is “easy” or fluff.

Past experiences shaped what I call gifts before I knew how to use them or how valuable they would someday be.

The leaders shaping this next era aren’t the loudest in the room.

They’re the most attuned.
The most grounded.
The most emotionally and relationally intelligent.

This isn’t a personality trait.

It’s the foundation of modern leadership.

03/10/2026

We’re talking about s*x at a leadership event.

Yes, really.

What if the way you’ve been taught to think about s*x… needs to expand?

S*x and s*xuality have been taboo for years. Not just in society, but even in the places where these conversations should feel the safest.

I always think of that episode of Everybody Loves Raymond where Ray and Debra are having THE conversation. The question that so many people silently wonder in their relationships gets said out loud:

“Shouldn’t you know what I like after all these years?”

A family sitcom aired a married couple talking about s*x and pleasure… and yet so many of us still struggle to have these conversations in real life.

Here’s the thing: our relationships don’t begin and end with other people.

They begin with us.

Our relationship to s*x, desire, power, and pleasure starts internally. And for women, it evolves over time, especially as we move through midlife.

And suddenly, those 3 am questions start surfacing...

Where did my libido go?
Why do I feel different in my body?
What does desire even look like now?

When I was introduced to Camille Lawson, a retired registered nurse and Hormone, S*xuality, Health & Well-being Consultant — I’ll be honest… I had a moment.

I thought:

What will women think if I bring s*x onto the HER Lead stage?

And then I realized that discomfort was exactly why this conversation needed to happen.

At HER Lead, we don’t shy away from the conversations that matter. We create space for the unspoken truths, the quiet questions, and the deeper connections between who we are as women and how we lead.

In this fireside conversation, Camille and I will explore s*x, power, and desire and how our relationship to all three shapes not just our intimate lives, but also our confidence, leadership, and sense of self.

Because how we relate… is how we lead.

We’re bringing the conversations that women are quietly having on stage.

Tickets are now available.

I’m so here for this conversation, and I hope you’ll join us.

03/06/2026

Have you ever stopped to consider the relationship you have with money? 😳

Not just how much you earn, but the emotions that surface when you think about it.

For many of us, money conversations are uncomfortable.

Sometimes avoided altogether.

But the truth is, our relationship with money shapes far more than our bank account.

It influences how we make decisions.
How we invest in our future.
How we negotiate, lead, and define success.

And I want to talk about it! 📢 🎤

On May 8, I’ll be sitting down with Natalie Jamison of Scotia Wealth Management, who brings over 30 years of experience helping people navigate the deeper questions behind financial decision-making.

Because how we relate to money shapes how we lead.

If this conversation resonates with you, I’d love to see you in the room.

HER Lead
May 8 — Westin Harbour Castle

Tickets available through the link in bio.

03/05/2026

Creating a room like HER Lead is deliberate.

Every detail is intentional.

From the speakers we curate,
to the conversations we design,
to the energy we hold in the room.

The goal is simple:

To create an environment where high-level women can think clearly.

Speak honestly.

Challenge outdated leadership patterns.

And expand how they relate to themselves — and to each other.

Not just in business, but in life.

Because leadership today isn’t just about strategy.

It’s about humanity.

My own evolution is part of the HER Lead story, and a big part of what inspired this year’s theme.

Through my own relationships — and through the conversations I’m privileged to have with clients — one truth continues to surface:

How we relate is how we lead.

Relationships shape the quality of our lives and the effectiveness of our leadership.

And while our culture talks about relationships more than ever, we rarely explore them deeply in leadership spaces.

That’s what HER Lead is here to change.

This room was built for women who understand that relational intelligence isn’t optional — it’s the future of leadership.

May 8
The Westin Harbour Castle

If this is the kind of room you’ve been looking for, I’d love to welcome you.

Tickets available through the link in bio.

03/04/2026

Financial empowerment isn’t just about earning more.

It’s about what becomes possible when you have choice.

The decisions you can make.
The freedom you create.
The power to align your professional life with your personal truth.

For generations, women were excluded from financial autonomy - from credit, ownership, and decision-making authority. In Canada, women couldn’t obtain a credit card without a male co-signer until 1974.

That’s not distant history.

And yet, our relationship with money doesn’t begin with our first paycheck.

It begins much earlier.

Long before we had language for money, we felt it.

The tone in the room when bills were discussed.
The way one parent saved and the other spent.
The meaning attached to gifts.
The first piggy bank.

These early imprints quietly shape how we price ourselves, negotiate, invest, lead, and build.

Money remains one of the most avoided conversations, including in leadership, despite its influence on nearly every decision we make.

Financial literacy isn’t just about numbers.

It’s about asking:

What am I building?
What am I tolerating?
What emotions surface when money and power intersect?
And where else do those patterns show up?

When I met Natalie Jamison and learned about the conversations she’s leading around financial health, autonomy, and internal money narratives, I knew this belonged at HER Lead.

On May 8, we’ll explore women’s financial health through a relational lens because how we relate to money shapes how we lead.

These are conversations women in leadership carry quietly.

We’re bringing them into the room.

Tickets are now available.
Click the link in bio.

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