81. Emotions, Mother-Daughter Relationships & Feminine Leadership with Genoveva La Placa
What if your emotions weren’t something to manage or fix—but something to listen to?
In this deeply layered conversation, Samantha sits down with executive coach and speaker Genoveva La Placa to explore the true role of emotions in leadership, relationships, and personal evolution. From her early career as a CFO managing high-stakes financial environments to her current work guiding women through emotional intelligence and embodiment, Genoveva shares how learning to understand emotions changed everything.
Together, they unpack the connection between emotions and the body, how emotional awareness shapes leadership, and why so many women feel disconnected from themselves in the first place. The conversation also moves into the powerful dynamics of mother-daughter relationships, generational patterns, and what it really means to lead from a feminine, heart-led place.
This episode is both expansive and grounding. It gives language to experiences many women feel but haven’t fully understood.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
Why emotions are not problems to fix but messengers to understand
The connection between emotions, the nervous system, and physical health
How emotional intelligence directly impacts leadership and business success
Why many women feel disconnected from their bodies and intuition
The difference between operating from control versus creation
What feminine leadership actually looks like in practice
How comparison and competition block collaboration and creativity
The role of the mother-daughter relationship in shaping identity and behavior
How generational patterns are passed down and how to break them
Why self-awareness and compassion are essential for lasting change
Key Takeaway
Emotions are not weaknesses. They are guidance.
When you learn to listen to your emotions instead of suppressing or controlling them, you gain access to deeper self-awareness, clearer decision-making, and more aligned leadership. The way you relate to your inner world shapes how you lead, how you connect, and how you move through every part of your life.
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