Iconic Leadership with Karissa Adkins

Iconic Leadership with Karissa Adkins is a leadership podcast for women who are done chasing success, and ready to become the woman who can hold wealth, visibility, power, and legacy without self-betrayal.This show is the embodiment of a new standard of feminine leadership. One rooted in identity. Power. Discipline. And energetic sovereignty.Hosted by Karissa Adkins, Identity Engineer, Embodied Leadership Coach and creator of the Alpha Queen Activation System, this podcast is built on the Ten Universal Laws of Iconic Leadership, the foundational principles that govern how iconic women rise, lead, and create legacy-level impact.This is not motivation. This is not hustle culture. This is not surface-level strategy.Inside each episode, Karissa explores what it actually takes to lead at the highest level, internally and externally, including: Identity reconstruction and sovereign decision-making Power dynamics, money neutrality, and wealt

Iconic Leadership with Karissa Adkins is a business podcast hosted by Karissa Adkins, with 50 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Karissa Adkins hosts Iconic Leadership with Karissa Adkins, a business show with 50 episodes published.

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  Your Word Is Your F*cking Contract

  Sep 28, 202635 min

  Your Word Is Your F*cking Contract Why Self-Trust Is the Greatest Business Asset You'll Ever Build What if the biggest thing holding your business back isn't your strategy... What if it's the promises you keep breaking to yourself? In this bold and unfiltered episode of the ICONIC Leadership Podcast , Karissa Adkins explores one of the most overlooked leadership skills in entrepreneurship: becoming a woman whose word actually means something. Whether you're constantly changing your offer, abandoning your marketing strategy, buying another course before implementing the last one, or struggling to trust yourself to follow through, this conversation will challenge you to look beyond tactics and into the habits shaping your identity. You'll discover why self-trust is built through evidence—not motivation—and why your business will only grow to the level of the commitments you're willing to keep. Inside this episode, you'll learn: Why your behavior is the contract you're actually honoring How breaking promises to yourself destroys self-confidence The difference between a strategy problem and an execution problem Why coaches should qualify clients based on coachability—not just their ability to pay How to build radical self-trust one commitment at a time A simple exercise to rebuild integrity with yourself this week If you're ready to stop negotiating with your potential and start becoming the kind of leader your business deserves, this episode is for you. If today's episode challenged you, I want to personally invite you to join me live for UNAPOLOGETIC LIVE: From Second-Guessing to Selling on Thursday, October 1st . This isn't another motivational webinar. For the first 30 minutes , I'll teach you a practical framework for making stronger business decisions around your marketing, messaging, sales, offers, pricing, and lead generation—so you can stop second-guessing yourself and start growing your business with confidence. Then we'll spend 30 minutes together in a live Q&A , where you can bring your real business questions. Bring the offer you're unsure about. Bring the pricing decision you've been avoiding. Bring your sales questions. Bring your marketing strategy. Bring your messaging. Bring the decision you've been circling for weeks. I'll coach you live and help you determine your next best move. Right now registration is just $11. Regular price is $33. I'd love to see you there. Continue Your Journey

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  You're Not Missing Leads You're Missing Sales Conversations

  Sep 21, 202641 min

  Stop Trying to Get More Leads (Your Business Has a Different Problem) You're Not Missing Leads. You're Missing Sales Conversations. What if the reason your coaching business isn't growing has nothing to do with your audience size? Every week I hear coaches asking... "How do I get more followers?" "How do I generate more leads?" "Should I start running ads?" "Maybe I need another funnel..." But almost nobody is asking a far more important question: What am I doing with the leads I already have? In this episode of the ICONIC Leadership Podcast , we're talking about one of the biggest misconceptions in the coaching industry: Many coaches don't have a lead-generation problem. They have a sales behavior problem. We'll unpack the difference between a true business strategy issue and a Self-Mastery issue. Because sometimes... You actually do have an offer problem. Sometimes your messaging isn't converting. Sometimes you genuinely need more qualified leads. But many times... You're simply avoiding the behaviors that actually create sales. Making offers. Following up. Starting conversations. Handling objections. Asking for the sale. Re-engaging old leads. If that makes you uncomfortable... Good. Because discomfort usually points us toward our next breakthrough. Inside this episode we'll cover: ✔️ The difference between a lead problem and a conversion problem ✔️ How to identify where your sales pipeline is actually leaking ✔️ The five sales behaviors every coach should be tracking ✔️ Why fear—not strategy—is often keeping coaches stuck ✔️ How to diagnose both the external business problem and the internal leadership problem The difference between a lead problem and a conversion problem How to identify where your sales pipeline is actually leaking The five sales behaviors every coach should be tracking Why fear—not strategy—is often keeping coaches stuck How to diagnose both the external business problem and the internal leadership problem If you're ready to stop collecting followers and start signing clients... This episode is for you. Continue Your Self-Mastery Journey Join UNAPOLOGETIC , my free Substack where I share weekly coaching, business strategy, sales psychology, and Self-Mastery lessons for coaches building businesses with integrity. https://substack.com/@karissaadkins Join my October 1st LIVE Masterclass: From Second-Guessing to Selling If you've been changing your offer, rewriting your messaging, or questioning your pricing every time selling feels uncomfortable... This masterclass is for you. We'll help you stop spinning, make confident business decisions, and start selling consistently. REGISTER AND SIGN UP https://substack.com/@karissaadkins Grab The CEO Sales Audit Resource here

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  The Guilt of Choosing Yourself

  Sep 14, 202632 min

  Self-Mastery Law #1: Why disappointing someone you love doesn’t mean you made the wrong decision, and how guilt and shame can quietly keep you from creating the life and business you actually want. Have you ever made a decision you knew was right for you…and then felt guilty because someone else didn’t like it? Maybe you took time for yourself. Invested in your business. Went on the trip. Set the boundary. Left the relationship. Changed careers. Moved away. Said no. Or simply stopped being the woman everyone else could count on to sacrifice herself. In this episode of the ICONIC Leadership Podcast, I’m sharing a deeply personal story about choosing my own happiness—and the conversation years later that could have sent the old version of me spiraling into guilt and shame. We’re talking about the difference between guilt, responsibility, and self-abandonment , why women are so quick to make themselves responsible for everyone else’s happiness, and how unresolved guilt can turn into resentment, stress, distraction, burnout, and even show up in the way you lead your business. Because self-mastery isn’t about not giving a fuck about other people. It’s about learning how to love people, hear them, take responsibility for your own behavior—and still refuse to abandon yourself. Power is built the moment a woman chooses herself. Take our 2 min. Breakthrough Assessment to discover the ONE self-mastery skill that could create your biggest breakthrough. https://alphaqueencollective.com/the-breakthrough-assessment Join me inside UNAPOLOGETIC : Self-Mastery for Ambitious Women for more coaching, conversations, tools, the UNAPOLOGETIC book, playbook, and resources designed to help you master yourself and create extraordinary success in every area of your life. https://substack.com/@karissaadkins

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  Stop Putting Your Decisions Back on Trial

  Sep 7, 202635 min

  You made the decision. So why the hell are you still questioning it? In this episode of the ICONIC Leadership Podcast , we're continuing Universal Law #1: The Law of Aligned Sovereign Decisions and talking about what happens after you finally decide. I’m sharing two deeply personal decisions from my own life—from ending a 15-year relationship and filing for divorce to making a $65,000 investment in my business—and what both taught me about self-trust, outside opinions, risk, and owning your choices. We’re talking about: Why other people's concern can make you question something you already know The difference between new information and new fear Why discomfort doesn't automatically mean you made the wrong decision Seeking information vs. seeking permission Why self-trust isn't knowing everything will work out How constantly reopening decisions destroys confidence What it actually means to stand behind yourself The question for this week: What decision have you already made that you keep putting back on trial? Maybe you don't need another answer. Maybe you need to trust the woman who already made the decision. Want to go from insight to implementation? Upgrade to UNAPOLOGETIC membership or $33/month for weekly coaching, implementation, Sovereign Tools, private audio coaching, accountability, and our monthly Masterclass + Q&A. Not sure what you need to master next? Take the 2-minute Breakthrough Assessment to discover your Breakthrough Archetype™, your existing self-mastery strength, and the ONE skill that could create your biggest breakthrough. https://alphaqueencollective.com/the-breakthrough-assessment Master yourself. Lead your life. Build your legacy. Become unstoppable.

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  Are You Making Your Decisions—or Is Fear Making Them for You?

  Sep 1, 202623 min

  UNAPOLOGETIC Universal Law #1: How fear, people-pleasing, and the need for approval quietly take control of your decisions, and your life. Have you ever known exactly what you wanted to do... and then asked five other people what they thought until you completely talked yourself out of it? Maybe you're not indecisive. Maybe you're afraid of what happens after you decide. In this episode of the ICONIC Leadership Podcast, we're kicking off Universal Law of ICONIC Leadership #1: Aligned Sovereign Decisions. We're talking about how fear, guilt, people-pleasing, obligation, and the need for approval quietly start making our decisions for us, and what happens when we repeatedly hand our power over to everyone else's opinions. You'll discover why: Seeking perspective can quietly turn into seeking permission People-pleasing can disguise itself as being responsible or “doing the right thing” Feeling afraid doesn't automatically mean a decision is wrong You can make a perfectly reasonable decision and still betray yourself Learning to own your decisions is fundamental to self-mastery And I'll leave you with one powerful question to ask yourself about a decision you're facing right now: “If fear, guilt, and other people's opinions were removed from this decision... what would I choose?” Because your life is being built one decision at a time. Make sure you're actually the one making them. Ready to implement this? Upgrade to UNAPOLOGETIC for $33/month for weekly no-BS coaching, implementation tools, private audio coaching, accountability, the RI$E App, UNAPOLOGETIC Course + Playbook, and our monthly Masterclass + Live Q&A. Coming to Substack mid September. ✨ Not sure what you need to master next? Take The Breakthrough Assessment to discover one self-mastery skill you're already strong in, the one skill that could create your biggest breakthrough, and your personal archetype. https://alphaqueencollective.com/the-breakthrough-assessment

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