FROM LOSS TO LEADERSHIP: FLOURISHING THROUGH GRIEF AND PURPOSE with DALE DAWSON || EQ Strategist - Full Video

About this episode

Dale Dawson shares her journey of transforming grief into purposeful leadership after experiencing profound personal losses.

"The grief didn't diminish or hasn't diminished. What's happened is I've learned to grow around that grief." In this deeply moving episode, Dale Dawson - Australian senior executive, health & wellbeing champion, and grief educator—shares her extraordinary journey from devastating loss to purposeful leadership. Dale's story isn't easy. She lost her mother in 2011, and after few years her beloved husband Steve to brain cancer in 2020, and her dad in 2022. What happened next wasn't a return to "normal"—it was a complete transformation in how she lives, leads, and serves others. WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER: 🎯 THE ACCIDENTAL 25-YEAR CAREER: Why Dale thought she'd only stay in the public sector for 2 years—and what kept her flourishing for 25 💔 NAVIGATING UNIMAGINABLE LOSS: The raw truth about losing two people you love within a year—and how she learned to carry the pain differently 🌱 GROWING AROUND GRIEF Not healing from it. Not moving past it. But growing around it. This reframe changed everything. 💪 KINDNESS VS. NICE: THE CRITICAL DISTINCTION: Why Dale was told she was "too nice"—and how she learned that kindness and accountability go hand in hand 🧭 BEING A ROLE MODEL OF…

People in this episode

Host: Dominic Siow

Guest: DALE DAWSON

Topics covered

• grief
• leadership
• personal transformation
• kindness
• authenticity
• advocacy

Keywords

• health and wellbeing
• grief education
• brain cancer advocacy

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