Anese Cavanaugh

Podcast

Your Presence IS 
Your Impact™

Real conversations on presence, leadership, energy, and impact — the nitty-gritty of showing up well in your work and your life. New episodes stream on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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Anese resting her chin on her hand beside a glowing neon sign that reads 'Presence is your power.'

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11Sep 3, 2026 · 40 min

AI Will Demand More of Leaders, Not Less (Part 2): AI and Leadership: A Call for Enhanced Human Presence

Picking up where Part 1 left off, Anese goes deeper into why AI adoption raises — rather than lowers — the bar for leadership presence. She unpacks what credibility really is, why it's harder to hold onto right now than ever, and why a leader's credibility is a gift to the nervous systems of the people around them — then closes with a practical, four-part framework for rolling out AI in a way that builds trust instead of eroding it.

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10Aug 31, 2026 · 25 min

AI Will Demand More of Leaders Today, Not Less (Part 1)

AI isn't going to let leaders off the hook — it's going to demand more from them. Why presence, connection, and "being" skills matter more than ever, how AI is landing emotionally with the workforce, and a simple operating principle: use AI for the doing, and let leaders excel at the being.

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09Aug 21, 2026 · 26 min

When You Didn't Choose the Ending: Staying Present for Your New Beginning

Throughout her extensive career, Anese has consistently observed that an individual's presence is intricately linked to every dimension of life — including what happens when an ending you didn't choose becomes the doorway to what's next.

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08Aug 13, 2026 · 35 min

How to Stay Present and True to Yourself No Matter What Business Advice You Get

We are given advice every day — most of it with the best of intentions. But advice often arrives without full context, through someone else's lens. How do you stay true to yourself while staying open?

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07Aug 8, 2026 · 17 min

How to Hold Yourself Accountable (and Why You Might Have Struggled with This in the Past)

A stripped-down, no-bells-and-whistles episode recorded straight from bed — no makeup, no script — testing a simpler way of showing up and exploring what real self-accountability actually takes.

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06Jul 30, 2026 · 38 min

Unveiling the Seven Types of Presence: A Guide to Impactful Leadership

One's presence significantly influences their overall impact, personally and professionally. Anese delves into the seven types of presence and how each shapes your leadership.

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05Jul 25, 2026 · 22 min

Unlocking Your Potential: The IEP Method® Explained

Anese introduces the IEP Method® — Intentional Energetic Presence® — a framework she's cultivated since age 14, and how you can begin using it to lead with more clarity, energy, and impact.

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04Jul 16, 2026 · 46 min

The Power of the Pause: Inside My Quiet Tour

Why the most powerful leadership move you have isn't doing more — it's getting quiet enough to hear yourself again. Inside the Quiet Tour and the practice of the pause.

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03Jul 15, 2026 · 24 min

Everything Is Used for Good: How Endings Become Beginnings

Excellent endings, beautiful beginnings — why every closed chapter (a marriage, a business, a house, an empty nest) is being used for good, and how to meet what's next.

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02Jul 9, 2026 · 22 min

Your Underlying Intentions for Leadership Will Either Energize or Exhaust You

What is important to you about leadership? Why did you get into it? Some lead for status, role, money, or power — and your underlying intentions will either energize you or exhaust you.

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01Jul 5, 2026 · 20 min

Nitty Gritty, Let's Go: Your Presence IS Your Impact, Hello!

In this first episode, Anese says HELLO and dives right in — nitty-gritty, let's go. A bit of her background, how we got here, why this show exists, and where it's going.

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