{"podcast":{"title":"Outlier's Edge Podcast with Niiamah Ashong","slug":"outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880","podcast_index_feed_id":699880,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/outliersedge/","website_url":"https://niiamahashong.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/74c022c5-ed46-4421-b206-75f0d357b98a/outliers-edge-podcast-cover-3000x3000.png","author":"Niiamah Ashong","episode_count":962,"summary":"Outlier's Edge Podcast is a live coaching podcast where we come together in conversation to work through the challenges and apply the gifts of being a unique tribe of high-performing, high-impact entrepreneurs, changemakers, and leaders who choose to play a bigger game of impact, influence, and income than we've ever play before. What's an Outlier? An Outlier is a high-performing, high-impact leader who often is: One of the Only: Thrive in systems/environments that were not designed to have someone like them succeed, One of the First: Thrive doing things no one else has ever done or dares to even try One of a Kind: Thrive on their unconventional and independent terms regardless of what others around them are doing THIS IS A PODCAST FOR PEOPLE WHO: - aren't afraid of \"playing small\", but are scared of \"thinking medium\". - Are exploring new frontiers in society or their field - Are at the top of their field or business against typical odds and expectations from others like them, - Are taking an independent and unconventional approach outside of the status-quo - know that their mindsets, limiting beliefs, and other internal struggles are actually shared with other leaders who stand f…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T22:21:10.777347+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880"},"episode":{"title":"Permission to Stop Toning Yourself Down | Laurens | Ep 958","slug":"permission-to-stop-toning-yourself-down-laurens-ep-958","published_at":"2026-05-13T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880/permission-to-stop-toning-yourself-down-laurens-ep-958","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880","url":"https://niiamahashong.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c3ce3939-a299-4c8a-a898-8101e910a526.mp3","summary":"\"I've been modulating the intensity out of fear of overdoing it.\" – Laurens Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and Laurens, an Agile management consultant and graphic facilitator, in a rare live throwback coaching conversation that goes somewhere most podcasts never reach. Laurens has spent his life being extraordinary for others and this episode exposes exactly why that's been costing him. The reframe that lands: being selfish isn't a betrayal of the people you serve. It's the prerequisite. From owning your intensity to giving yourself permission to need something, this episode is for the outlier who's been told they're too much and secretly knows they've been holding back. Watch what happens when you stop modulating. Welcome to the Outlier's Edge Podcast, hosted by Niiamah Ashong, Founder of Outlier's Edge and Sherpa of the World of Difference. On this podcast, you'll join other high-performing unconventional leaders and entrepreneurs (aka Outliers) as they talk about leveraging what makes them different to make a difference in the world. --Check out the video episode on YouTube !-- Timestamps: 0:00 — Owning what makes you different 6:18 — Meet Laurens the intense one 7:17 — Day job vs real calling 13:47 — Intensity is not the problem 16:07 — Stop dialing yourself back down 20:40 — One hour sea-change moment 31:14 — How practice locks in change 36:51 — The life-changing question asked 39:14 — Close your eyes breathe in 40:58 — Permission to be selfish finally Follow Outlier's Edge Socials: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website | Guild Community","meta_description":"\"I've been modulating the intensity out of fear of overdoing it.\" – Laurens Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and Laurens, an Agile management consultant and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3024,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880/episodes/permission-to-stop-toning-yourself-down-laurens-ep-958/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880/permission-to-stop-toning-yourself-down-laurens-ep-958.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}