From Achievement to Fulfilled Success: The Art of Conscious Leadership with Special Guest Anna Ugander

In this episode of Boost Your Business by Business Heroes®, Sarah Watz sits down with Anna Ugander, therapist, executive coach, and retreat leader, to explore what it means to lead your business (and your life) from a place of inner clarity and conscious leadership.

Anna shares the decisive shift that happens when you stop chasing achievement for validation and start listening inward. Together, we explore how service-based entrepreneurs can grow sustainably without sacrificing themselves.

Whether you're feeling stuck, in overdrive, or just ready to create success that feels as good as it looks, this episode is your invitation to reset and reimagine what success means to you.

 

What we talk about

✅ Why achievement often hides feelings of not being enough
✅ What "fulfilled success" really means
✅ The STOPLIGHT method: A tool to reconnect with your needs
✅ Inner vs. outer leadership, and why most leaders skip the first
✅ Masculine and feminine energies in business (and how to balance them)
✅ How to shift from burnout to embodied leadership
✅ Conscious leadership in real-time: sales, team dynamics, and self-talk
✅ Why empathy and celebration are underrated business tools
✅ The role of mentorship and finding the right support at the right time
✅ Anna’s personal burnout story and how it shaped her purpose today

 

Actionable takeaways

  • Tune in to your emotions as a guidance system
  • Reframe success from “doing more” to “being present”
  • Practice the red-yellow-green light check-in to reconnect with your actual needs
  • Get curious about your avoidance patterns. What are they protecting you from?
  • Build both structure and softness into your leadership

Interested in going deeper with Anna?

Anna is hosting an exclusive self-leadership retreat in Bali this November (2025), designed for coaches, entrepreneurs, and service-based leaders who want to reconnect with themselves in a deep, transformative way.

✨ Learn more here → The Art of Living -  Free Your Soul Retreat – Bali 2025 (*affiliate link)
(Support, integration, and community included after the retreat.)

 

Connect with Anna:


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Let’s reflect

  • What part of this conversation made you pause?
  • What does “fulfilled success” mean for you right now

Share your thoughts in the comments or send Sarah or Anna a DM!

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