MODERN MUZE X LEISSE WILCOX
Leisse Wilcox is a badass, there is just no other way to say it. She is a Master Success coach who is changing the global conversation on emotional health and self-love, as well as a bold (and TEDx) speaker, dynamic thought leader, author, NLP practitioner, top podcast host, cancer survivor, mom of three, and taco enthusiast (yes, we love her too). While conquering all of the above, Leisse vulnerably weaves in her story about coming home to her truest self and the journey to call herself “beloved”.
In her powerful voice, Leisse intimately shares that changing the world starts by making the changes we want to see within ourselves.
MODERN MUZE X LEISSE WILCOX
MODERN MUZE
Where are you and your family from?
LEISSE
I was born in Ottawa and grew up in Stratford ON Canada - just like Justin Bieber. I spent the first 10 years of my adult life in Toronto, then moved an hour east to a tiny little beach front town, where I live with my three kids and two cats.
MODERN MUZE
What do you love about being a woman?
LEISSE
I love being able to embrace true femininity and flow: to live in the space of both/and, versus either/or: being able to be both incredibly strong and soft, being in tune with both my divine feminine and masculine energies, and understanding how to.
MODERN MUZE
What accomplishments are you most proud of?
LEISSE
I have a lot, to be proud of lol. Overarchingly, I am so proud of being able to re-write the narrative I started out with. I used to think of myself as that little flower you see poking through the concrete of the highway, the one that’s doing everything possible, against all odds, just to survive.
Now I just bloom.
And it’s so freeing.
How do you embrace you vulnerabilities?
LEISSE
I am passionate about changing the global conversation on emotional health and self love. So for me, vulnerability isn’t something you turn on or off, it’s about being crystal clear on what your boundaries are, honouring them through open and honest communication, and having the strength and courage to simply be in the fullest, most genuine expression of who you are.
MODERN MUZE
What is your most powerful and authentic quality?
LEISSE
Authenticity and integrity. It’s magnetic, and you feel it when you see it.
What do you feel is your purpose in your work?
LEISSE
To give people permission to be themselves. It is that simple, it is that complicated. I work with women, men, and couples at the top of their game…who only now are waking up to how much of them Selves they may have previously held back. I understand the complexities of the human and emotional experience intuitively, and have backed that up with a lot of education and life experiences.
Being able to hold space for the wholeness of a person, their relationship to themselves and to others is a burning passion of mine.
MODERN MUZE
What qualities do you admire most in others?
LEISSE
Understated Confidence.
It’s so sexy.
In an online culture that all but demands the celebration and self-flagellation of every minor task we accomplish in a given day, it is so refreshing to meet someone who just IS…and doesn’t feel the need to shout it from the rooftops.
MODERN MUZE
What advice would you give your younger self?
LEISSE
You are unfolding in the greatest love story; it has more twists and turns than you can even imagine, and while it isn’t al pretty or easy, it is 100% leading you to exactly where you want to be, and how you want to feel. Stay the course and know that you are safe and supported.
Stop for tacos along the way.