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Your Next Clear Move

Debbie Peterson of Getting to Clarity

224 episodes

1 week ago

When the calendar overflows and every ping feels urgent, the real cost isn’t time—it’s clarity. Debbie Peterson breaks down why overwhelm isn’t just too much to do; it’s too many priorities competing for attention, eroding confidence, and disconnecting you from your center. Drawing on hard-won experience and years of studying the patterns that pull leaders off track, we unpack how to spot your personal signals—racing thoughts, shutdown, overreacting—and use a brief pause to choose a different...

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When the calendar overflows and every ping feels urgent, the real cost isn’t time—it’s clarity. Debbie Peterson breaks down why overwhelm isn’t just too much to do; it’s too many priorities competing for attention, eroding confidence, and disconnecting you from your center. Drawing on hard-won experience and years of studying the patterns that pull leaders off track, we unpack how to spot your personal signals—racing thoughts, shutdown, overreacting—and use a brief pause to choose a different...

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Your Next Clear Move

A Leader’s Path Out of Overwhelm

When the calendar overflows and every ping feels urgent, the real cost isn’t time—it’s clarity. Debbie Peterson breaks down why overwhelm isn’t just too much to do; it’s too many priorities competing for attention, eroding confidence, and disconnecting you from your center. Drawing on hard-won experience and years of studying the patterns that pull leaders off track, we unpack how to spot your personal signals—racing thoughts, shutdown, overreacting—and use a brief pause to choose a different...

1 week ago

12 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

The Power of Presence in YOUR Leadership

What if the most powerful leadership move you make this week takes only five minutes and zero budget? We’re diving into presence—the simple, human skill of giving someone your full attention—and how it becomes the foundation for trust, clarity, and genuine team readiness. Instead of chasing polish or projecting certainty, we focus on the moments that change culture: eyes up, phone down, questions asked with real curiosity. Across this conversation, we unpack the hidden costs of distraction a...

2 weeks ago

12 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

The Clarity Advantage for Leaders at Any Level

Heavy decisions don’t get easier just because you work harder. They get easier when you get clearer. We dig into how personal clarity becomes the quiet edge leaders use to choose what matters, say no to noise, and act with steady confidence—especially when pressure is high and time is short. We start by reframing confusion as data and overwhelm as a signal that everything has started to feel equally important. From there, we unpack how internal state drives external behavior and why attentio...

3 weeks ago

17 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

The Gift of Mentors: Why You Don’t Rise Alone

Ready rarely arrives on schedule. We talk about the hidden engine behind real career momentum: mentors who let you borrow their belief until your own kicks in. Through personal stories, practical tools, and a simple exercise you can use today, we show how the right people shorten your learning curve, expand your options, and help you act before doubt slows you down. First, we redefine mentoring beyond formal programs. Mentors can be bosses, peers, or brief encounters that change your traject...

1 month ago

11 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

When It’s Time to Let Go: Making Room for What’s Next

What if the one thing blocking your next level isn’t a missing skill, but something you need to release? We dig into the overlooked power of letting go—habits that drain, beliefs that shrink your options, and labels that quietly define your limits. Through candid stories and practical tools, we reframe sacrifice as a choice you make on purpose, not a tax you pay by default, and show how to create enough space for clarity to take the lead. We talk about the moments leaders cling to control an...

1 month ago

10 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

You’re More Ready Than You Think: How to Lead With Confidence Right Where You Are

Ever felt a quiet whisper say “you’re made for more,” but you’re stuck coloring inside the lines? Debbie unpacks how we learn to play small—by giving more power to past stories and outside opinions than to our own lived wisdom—and how that pattern quietly delays promotions, silences ideas, and keeps leaders circling the safe middle. Through a candid personal reset story and practical coaching, we map a path from cozy comfort to intentional stretch without glorifying burnout or bravado. We br...

1 month ago

10 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

Who’s in Your Corner? Building the Relationships That Help You Be Ready to Rise

What if the fastest path to your next leadership level isn’t a new certification, but a better corner? We unpack how to build an inner circle that challenges your thinking, expands your options, and lends you belief when your own confidence dips. From a pivotal career story about saying yes to a stretch role to a field guide of practical tools, you’ll hear how the right people transform momentum. We walk through the Thrive With Five method to intentionally choose the voices that shape your d...

1 month ago

11 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

Communicate Like You Mean It: Why Great Communication Is a Choice

Your words are only half the message; the way you show up does the rest. Today we unpack how small, intentional choices turn everyday conversations into engines of trust, clarity, and action. Instead of reacting from habit, we focus on what people need, how tone shapes outcomes, and why curiosity is the quickest path to influence. We break down the real cost of rushed messages and scattered meetings, especially when technology makes it tempting to text instead of talk. I share the FROM frame...

2 months ago

9 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

Mentoring Mythbusters: What Leaders Get Wrong (and How to Get it Right)

Think mentoring has to be formal, long-term, and led by someone older in your chain of command? Let’s rewrite that script. We take apart the most stubborn mentoring myths and show how short, targeted conversations with the right people—often peers or folks outside your team—can unlock clarity, confidence, and faster progress at work. We start with a story: learning company financials from a CPA who was eight years younger and in another department. That experience reframed mentoring as a pra...

2 months ago

8 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

Small Shifts, Big Impact: How Micro-Choices Build Momentum

Big results rarely come from big, dramatic leaps - they come from small, repeatable moves that compound. We open up about why leaders stall when they chase the “perfect” big swing and how tiny, consistent actions create momentum you can feel by noon. Debbie shares the personal turning point that led to “donating” 60 pounds to the universe, and the surprising insight that consistency - not overhaul - changes your health, confidence, and leadership presence. From there, we get practical. You’l...

2 months ago

10 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

How to Start January Already Ahead

January doesn’t have to catch you off guard. We walk through a practical, no-drama plan to finish the year with intention and step into the new one with momentum—without sacrificing the holidays or modeling chaos for your team. Instead of waiting for the calendar to reset you, we choose a clear January “win,” reverse-engineer it into projects and tasks, and then calendar the reality of Q4 so the plan fits life, not the other way around. We start by putting a single outcome in the “top box”—a...

2 months ago

11 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

The Leadership Trap of Overwhelm (and How to Escape It)

Overwhelm doesn’t strike because your to-do list is long; it strikes because your focus is scattered. We share a candid story from a confidential acquisition—where the real weight wasn’t the tasks, but the responsibility for people’s jobs and futures—and unpack how that pressure clouds judgment and drives knee-jerk decisions. Then we offer a practical off-ramp: a simple, repeatable way to slow the spin, reclaim your attention, and make the next smart move. We walk through the Clarity Compass...

3 months ago

13 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

The Tools That Changed My Leadership Forever

Have you ever realized you might be the one standing in your own way? That unexpected gut punch hit me during my first Neuro-Linguistic Programming training, forever changing my approach to leadership and life. I entered that training expecting professional development tricks but discovered something much more profound. The stress and reactivity defining my leadership wasn't coming from external circumstances—it was stemming from my own mindset. This revelation opened my eyes to the influenc...

3 months ago

9 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

Permission to Pause: Why Leaders Need It Most

Ever felt like your never-ending to-do list is controlling your life instead of the other way around? You're not alone. Leadership today often celebrates constant motion and equates busyness with productivity. But what if the secret to more effective leadership isn't doing more, but strategically doing less? The most powerful leadership tool might be the simplest: permission to pause. This isn't about checking out or giving up—it's about creating intentional space between stimulus and respon...

3 months ago

10 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

Busyness vs. Productivity: Why the Difference Matters in Leadership

Ever caught yourself writing down tasks you've already completed just for the satisfaction of crossing them off? You're not alone. The distinction between being busy and being productive is at the heart of effective leadership—yet so many of us confuse the two. Toxic productivity—that relentless drive to do more, even when it drains your energy—has become a modern badge of honor. I've been there myself, running that internal marathon where the finish line was bragging rights about how much I...

3 months ago

9 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

The Weight of “Should” in Leadership

The simple word "should" might be quietly sabotaging your leadership effectiveness. This eye-opening episode dives into how the language of obligation creates unnecessary pressure that keeps us playing small and mimicking leadership styles that don't authentically reflect who we are. Discover why "should" is classified as a "modal operator of necessity" in NLP and how this seemingly innocent word closes doors to possibility while locking us into the belief that there's only one path forward....

4 months ago

10 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

Success is not a Safety Net. It’s a Story You Outgrow.

What if the success you've been chasing isn't actually yours? That prestigious title, impressive salary, and recognition might look good on paper, but they could be part of a story you've inherited rather than one you've consciously created. Many of us—especially emerging leaders—fall into this trap. We get promoted without understanding what kind of leader we want to be. We say yes to everything, believing being indispensable is the only way forward. We burn ourselves out trying to prove we...

4 months ago

11 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

What Your Unprocessed Emotion Is Costing You as a Leader

Ever wonder why certain situations trigger strong reactions in your leadership? Why you might avoid giving feedback, take on too much work, or struggle to speak up in meetings? These aren't just random behaviors—they're often signals of unprocessed emotions steering your leadership from behind the scenes. In this transformative episode, we dive deep into how past experiences create emotional patterns that silently influence how you lead today. That boss who micromanaged you years ago? You mi...

4 months ago

11 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

How Your Internal Labels Are Shaping the Way You Lead

What would change in your leadership if you could see the hidden labels running your decisions? That's the powerful question at the heart of this transformative episode on how the stories we tell ourselves shape our professional journey. The most influential factor in your leadership isn't your experience or skills—it's your identity. Those quiet beliefs about who you are ("I'm the fixer," "I'm the strong one," "I'm just lucky to be here") function as unconscious instructions to your mind, f...

4 months ago

11 minutes

Your Next Clear Move

What May Be Keeping You from Stepping into Leadership?

Ever wonder why you haven't taken that next step in your leadership journey despite knowing you're smart, capable, and full of potential? The answer might surprise you. It's rarely about needing more credentials or another course. The real barriers are often invisible – inherited beliefs, unquestioned patterns, or that persistent inner voice whispering "not yet." The Clarity Compass, a powerful filtering tool I share in this episode, offers a refreshing approach to leadership readiness. Inst...

4 months ago

9 minutes