Episode 46
When You Feel Overwhelmed, Lead Anyway: Courage, Clarity, and Love in the Fight of Your Life with Deb Krier
What happens when a life-changing diagnosis collides with leadership, identity, and responsibility? Deb Krier shares a powerful, human conversation about taking your control back, building your “tribe,” and choosing love-led leadership even in the middle of uncertainty.
What You’ll Hear:
- Deb’s turning point: an “annual checkup” that quickly escalated from stage zero to stage four
- Control vs surrender - accepting reality while still advocating for yourself
- Self-advocacy in action: asking questions, setting standards, and making informed choices
- “You are not your diagnosis” - reclaiming identity beyond labels
- Leading through crisis: choosing your team, communicating with integrity, and protecting your business
- The power of support: building your “tribe” so you don’t navigate challenges alone
Resources Mentioned
- Carolyn’s 21-Day Sacred Insight Journey: https://www.theinspiredconnection.ca/21days**
- Deb Krier Resources: https://tryingnottodie.live/resources/
Featured Guest: Deb Krier
Deb Krier is a strategic cancer advisor for business leaders and a purposeful entrepreneur known for her grounded, heart-forward resilience. Through Trying Not to Die.live, she supports high-performing professionals navigating cancer while still carrying the weight of leadership, responsibility, and identity. Deb’s work helps leaders take control back, advocate for themselves, and keep living with courage, clarity, and love - even when life interrupts everything.
Follow Deb Krier:
Website: https://tryingnottodie.live/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahkrier/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1465660477225232
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-business-power-hour-with-deb-krier/id642539481
Meet the Host: Carolyn Cooper
Carolyn Cooper is the visionary guide behind the AIM High System and Love Inspired Leadership Podcast. With four decades of expertise, she empowers leaders and visionaries to boldly unleash their authentic power. Her work ignites transformation, guiding others to let love lead, honour their truth, and create legacies with energy, purpose, and unapologetic courage. Choose love. Embrace the power of possibility.
Connect with the Host:
Website: https://www.theinspiredconnection.ca/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiredconnectioninc/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InspiredBusinessDevelopment
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/inspiredbusinessdevelopment/
Ready to step into your next level of purpose, potential and prosperity? Unlock “Above the Line Living: 21 Days to Ignite Your Purpose, Presence, and Power with Love”-your daily journey to unapologetic self-leadership and authentic joy. Receive Carolyn’s sacred insights, meditation reflections, and empowering prompts right to your inbox. Choose love. Claim your courage. Transform your living legacy-one inspired day at a time.
✨ Begin your journey now: https://www.theinspiredconnection.ca/21days
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