Fuelling For Leadership

Fuelling Your Leadership: The High Performance Nutrition No One Talks About

Most women in leadership are unintentionally running million-pound responsibilities on energy levels that could barely power a desk lamp.

In this episode of The Alignment Table Podcast, Sharon Preston breaks down the truth behind leadership performance, burnout, decision making, energy, and why your biology is the foundation of your leadership identity. Drawing on her experience mentoring leaders, Sharon explores how under fuelling affects clarity, emotional regulation, confidence, communication, and authority.

This is not a conversation about dieting. It is a conversation about capacity, cognitive performance, nervous system regulation, and sustainable leadership.

You’ll learn:

• Why the prefrontal cortex is your “leadership HQ”

• How blood sugar, hydration, and protein impact decision-making

• The connection between nutrition, burnout, and emotional resilience

• Why women leaders often ignore their basic needs, and how to break the cycle

• The Leadership Plate Method for high-performance days

• How food influences confidence, authority, presence and communication

• Practical habits that elevate clarity, stability, and long-term leadership success

Whether you’re a founder, senior executive, or emerging leader navigating fast growth, this episode helps you understand the biology behind your brilliance, and how fuelling yourself intentionally strengthens your influence, impact, and long-term success.

Tune in to elevate your energy, sharpen your decision-making, regulate your nervous system, and lead with the clarity and capacity your next era requires.