Life, love and leadership Leadership Is Showing Up: A Reflection on Love, Stress, and the Courage to Stand Inside Your Own Life We talk about leadership like it's a title. A corner office. A strategy deck. The ability to command a room or make the hard call when everyone else is frozen. But that's not leadership. Not the kind that matters when life gets hard. Leadership—real leadership—isn't about power or control. It's about showing up. Showing up for yourself when every pa