podcast 017: your inner refuge for resilience and renewal
In this episode, Deb and Alycia Sutor turn inward to explore what it truly means to flourish from the inside out. As the final lens in the HX framework, this conversation invites listeners to reimagine self-care as a discipline of interiority—where presence, perspective, and personal agency converge.
“Flourishing requires intentionality. It means choosing to do the hard inner work now so that when life gets loud, you have somewhere quiet to go.”
Drawing on spiritual traditions, psychological research, and personal practice, Alicia shares how she’s building an inner container strong enough to hold life’s chaos without being consumed by it. From Viktor Frankl’s teachings on choice to Henry Cloud’s wisdom on necessary endings, the dialogue is both grounding and liberating.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone navigating burnout, uncertainty, or the quiet pull toward deeper self-trust and resilience.
Key Highlights:
Why flourishing isn’t about happiness—it’s about capacity
The concept of “interiority” and how to build it as a muscle and a refuge
Viktor Frankl’s enduring insight: suffering is inevitable, but your response is yours
Why self-care isn’t indulgent—it’s preparation for life’s hardest moments
Letting go of outcomes and learning to hold things lightly as a form of strength
About Our Guest:
Alycia Sutor is a Managing Director at GrowthPlay, where she coaches professionals—often “reluctant salespeople”—in building values-aligned, sustainable business relationships. She brings a deeply human lens to everything she does, informed by her own season of personal transformation as a newly single mother of two young adults, an advocate for marginalized communities, and a woman reimagining what the next decade of impact looks like. Her clarity, compassion, and systems-thinking make her an essential voice in the conversation on flourishing at work.
About The HX Collective:
The HX Collective is a movement to elevate the human experience—at work, in relationships, and with ourselves. Through honest conversations and strategic insight, we explore how connection, context, and compassion can create a more flourishing world, starting right where we are.
