Family dinners, AI & the secret to emotional intelligence
Aug 21, 2025
When’s the last time you sat around the table, phones down, candles lit, real conversation flowing?
In this week’s episode of This Mother Means Business, I’m joined by the brilliant Leisse Wilcox, performance coach, speaker, author, and single mom of three, who shares one of the most powerful (and wildly underrated) tools for building leadership and emotional intelligence: family dinner.
Yup.
Turns out that sitting down for a meal isn’t just good for connection, it’s one of the most effective ways to build the exact skills we need to thrive in life and business.
We talk about:
- How family dinners teach emotional intelligence (and why it matters more than ever in the age of AI)
- Why presence is the ultimate productivity tool
- What high-achieving women are really struggling with behind the scenes
- And the powerful “Name it. De-shame it. Reframe it.” framework Leisse uses with clients (we even workshop one of my own real-life moments)
Whether you’re building a business, raising a family, or trying to feel more like yourself again, this episode is a beautiful reminder that we don’t need to do more…
We need to come back to what matters.
