The Tessa Tubbs Podcast
Self-Leadership, not self-help.
This is a space for people who are ready to lead themselves with clarity and courage: identity stewardship, emotional maturity, agency, and integrity. We talk about the inner work beneath the outer work, so you can stop living on autopilot and start living aligned.
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New episodes weekly: long-form conversations + short quick hits.
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You don’t need to listen to everything. You just need one good starting point.
From “I Can’t” to “I Won’t”: The Honesty That Changes Everything
The shift from “I can’t” to “I won’t” can feel small, but it changes everything. In this short solo episode of The Tessa Tubbs Podcast, Tessa explains why “I can’t” often hides us from ourselves. It suggests powerlessness and quietly reinforces a victim mindset. When...
How to Uncover Your Core Values (Without Overthinking It)
Most people can list values they aspire to.But real values aren’t what you say. They’re what you protect. In this solo episode of The Tessa Tubbs Podcast, Tessa shares one simple question to help you uncover your core values without getting lost in theory: What do you...
The Success Code: Discipline, Relationships, and Integrity (with Ali Hemyari)
In this episode, Tessa Tubbs sits down with entrepreneur, author, TEDx speaker, aviator, and law enforcement professional Ali Hemyari for a grounded conversation about success, discipline, and legacy. Together, they explore what it really takes to build a meaningful...
The Struggle for Authenticity
There was a season when I thought belonging required shrinking parts of myself. I didn’t call it that at the time. I told myself I was being adaptable, agreeable, “easy to work with.” In this solo episode of The Tessa Tubbs Podcast, I share a deeply personal story...
The Most Productive Thing You’re Not Doing with guest Adam Tanaka
Burnout is normalized. Productivity is glorified. And many high-functioning people are quietly exhausted, doing all the “right” things while sensing something is off. In this episode of The Tessa Tubbs Podcast, Tessa sits down with Adam Tanaka: founder, serial...
Leading Yourself Through Discomfort: Stay Present, Stop Avoiding
In this solo episode of The Tessa Tubbs Podcast, Tessa shares practical, real-life strategies for leading yourself through discomfort without numbing out, spiraling, or escaping into overwork, overeating, shopping, scrolling, or people-pleasing. You’ll learn how to...
What you’ll get from the show
What this podcast is about
Each episode is designed to give you one of two things:
- A truth you can name, and
A practice you can apply
You’ll hear conversations and solo episodes on:
- Identity beyond achievement
- Emotional adulthood and regulation under pressure
- Agency, ownership, and breaking self-sabotaging patterns
- Integrity, boundaries, and living aligned
- Reinvention, resilience, and legacy
What this isn’t
This isn’t hustle culture.
It isn’t productivity hacks.
It isn’t performance theater.
It’s honest, grounded Self-Leadership you can actually live.
Episode formats
- Long-form conversations (30+ minutes): depth, story, and real insight
- Quick hits (around 5 minutes): one idea, one practice, one next step
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About Tessa
I’m a leadership strategist and executive coach, but the work I’m most committed to now is Self-Leadership: the internal maturity that makes everything else sustainable. I don’t hand out formulas. I help people tell the truth and build a life that fits.
Want this work inside your organization?
If you’re looking for a keynote, workshop, or executive coaching rooted in Self-Leadership (not performative leadership training), I’d love to talk.