Manage Smarter 225 — Dana Pharant — Unleashing Your Inner Dominatrix: A Journey to Authentic Leadership

HOSTED BY C. LEE SMITH AND AUDREY STRONG
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Are you ready to step into your power and become a badass leader? In this episode of the Manage Smarter Podcast, our guest Dana Pharant shares her incredible journey from growing up in a cult to becoming a dominatrix and now helping leaders show up with true authenticity and confidence.  These days, she has changed gears to help leaders show up with true authenticity and confidence by standing in what she calls the Inner Dominatrix energy. Show is the author of The Inner Dominatrix Guide: Become a Badass in Business. Her training and philosophy show leaders how to become a badass in life and business by being unique and standing in your own personal power.  In this podcast for sales managers and sales leaders, Audrey, and Dana Pharant discuss:

Her Journey to Healing and Personal Transformation

Dana Pharant shares her experience of growing up in a cult and the journey to healing from the programming and dynamics of the environment. She emphasizes the importance of standing in a position of power and leadership to showcase that personal transformation is possible.

Understanding the Role of a Dominatrix

Dana explains that being a dominatrix is about taking people on a journey to transform their lives and drop them into a space that allows them to see their own power and capabilities. She shares a personal example of reenacting past abuse in a safe, structured format to experience a different outcome and shift years of depression.

Embracing Dominance and Authenticity in Business

Dana challenges the traditional perception of dominance and encourages individuals to embrace their inner dominatrix energy with quiet confidence and a willingness to stand in their personal power. She emphasizes the importance of doing the inner work and changing mindsets to tap into deeper wisdom and access personal power.

Unleashing Your Intuition and Overcoming Fear

Dana provides tips for letting go of fear and emotional baggage by recognizing that a significant portion of the discomfort individuals feel may not be their own. She introduces an exercise to expand energy and create spaciousness, allowing for more perspective and freedom in decision-​making.
"For the term dominatrix, most people think in terms of what Hollywood presents. But what a dominatrix is actually about is taking people on this journey where we use pain as a way to transform what is going on in your life and to drop you into a space where you can see you are far more powerful than you thought. Dana Pharant

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C. Lee Smith 

SalesFuel CEO and Founder Selling Power Leading Sales Consultant, Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst

C. Lee Smith is the CEO and Founder of SalesFuel - a firm he founded in 1989. He was named one of the world's Leading Sales Consultants by Selling Power magazine. Lee is the creator of the AdMall® and the TeamTrait™ SaaS platforms. He is also a Gitomer Certified Advisor, C‑Suite Network Advisor and Certified Behavioral Analyst.

Areas of Expertise: credibility, AI in sales, sales AI, market research, entrepreneurship, personal branding, hiring assessments, psychometric assessments, sales hiring, sales consulting 
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