The Return Within : Reclaiming Presence and the Power to Lead - Lisa Schmidt

The Return Within

Reclaiming Presence and the Power to Lead

By: Lisa Schmidt

Paperback | 27 October 2026

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On paper, you've done everything right. You're just not sure when it stopped feeling that way.

You're the one everyone relies on. At work. At home. In every room you walk into. You hold it together so capably that few people think to ask how you're actually doing.

Somewhere along the way, performance became identity. And now you're wondering: Is this what I want, or just what I got good at?

The Return Within: Reclaiming Presence and the Power to Lead is an invitation to break the proving loop, release what isn't yours, and remember who you've always been underneath it all.

Drawing on more than two decades in corporate and agency leadership and her own journey of inner work, ICF-credentialed coach and former corporate vice president Lisa Schmidt offers a framework for returning to yourself: Assess. Align. Embody.

Through personal stories, leadership lessons, and reflective questions, you'll explore how to:

  • Quiet the inner critic without losing your ambition
  • Release people-pleasing, over-responsibility, and the need to prove
  • Rebuild trust in your intuition and discernment
  • Lead with greater presence and clarity
  • Make room for ease and joy

Whether you lead a team of fifty, a household of three, or a life you're quietly rebuilding, this book is your way back to yourself.

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