Untangle How To Be Your Best Self: Showing up with Intention, Energy and Presence. With Anese Cavanaugh
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Jan 27, 2026 Anese Cavanaugh, award-winning speaker, author, and CEO of Active Choices, shares her IEP method (Intentional Energetic Presence). She talks about how intentions shape impact, protecting and rebooting your energy, spotting blind spots, and using choice points to build new habits. Short practices for presence, boundaries, and leading with curiosity also come up.
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Reboot Before You Respond
- Reboot by noticing your state, taking a breath, and choosing how to respond instead of reacting.
- Strengthen your 'essential you' by clarifying values and intentions so you can hold your space.
Build Your Energetic Foundation
- Build a strong energetic field by managing sleep, diet, relationships, and environment to avoid depletion.
- Use a five-step intentional impact checklist before important interactions to set intention and practical supports.
Three Balls At The Barbecue
- Anese used a 'three-ball' approach when a woman at a barbecue repeatedly rejected offers to reflect on patterns after layoffs.
- She offered invitations gently and then protected her energy when the person declined repeatedly.
