04/25/2026
The way you relate to power is the way you relate to everything around and within you–your work, your people, your sense of what's possible. And most of us have never actually examined that relationship.
And in this season we are in, when everything is changing so quickly, any unexamined beliefs we hold will quietly run the show. They will shape the risks we take, the rooms we walk into, and the moments we either step up or shrink back.
If we don’t have something to ground us internally to our values, our body, our nervous system, and our beliefs, we run the risk of looking to external validation and trying to control everyone and everything around us. We do damage control and play nice at the expense of real connection and progress.
Which is why I am thrilled to welcome back Dr. Amanda Aguilera to talk more about the Right Use of Power framework and her new book, Shaping Power for Good: Wayfinding to Right Relationship. She reminds us that staying rooted and using our personal power for good isn’t a box to be checked, but a continuous practice and commitment to ourselves and our relationships.
Dr. Amanda Aguilera currently serves as the Executive Director of the Right Use of Power Institute and co-leader of Sacred Wayfinding. She has dedicated most of her career to helping people and organizations understand systems, conflict, and social power dynamics to create right relationships and a sense of belonging.
Listen to the full episode to hear:
→ Defining the six core types of power through the lens of relationships to others, ourselves, and the collective
→ How four essential aspects of being in right relationship show up in us and others
→ Why checking in on power and relationships starts with connecting to our bodies
→ How committing to being in right relationship helps us overcome how we’ve been socialized to access power and belonging
→ Why right relationship fundamentally starts with ourselves, our boundaries, and our values
→ How each of us can use our power for good, conscientiously and in alignment with our values
Listen to this Unburdened Leader podcast episode wherever you catch your podcasts!!🎧🎙️
