"Christie offers highly valuable tools for mindfulness, self-awareness, and self-management by describing and unpacking what she refers to as the three Egos. This book is a must-read for any leader looking to up their game."
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CAROLE ROBIN, PhD - Former director, Arbuckle Leadership Fellows Program, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Award-winning author, Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues
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EGO ISN'T THE PROBLEM — UNCONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP IS.Â
Most people think the Ego is arrogance. It’s not.
The Ego is what shows up when the stakes rise—when you’re tired, triggered, overwhelmed, uncertain, or trying to prove your value. In leadership, the Ego often looks like certainty, speed, control, perfectionism, defensiveness, or avoidance. It can also look like people-pleasing, over-functioning, and quiet resentment. The Ego isn’t bad. It’s protective. The cost comes when it operates unconsciously—because it creates outcomes we don’t intend: repeated conflict, strained relationships, misalignment, bottlenecks, burnout, emotional shutdowns, passive communication, and a culture where people stop being honest.
Your Ego Is Showing is a modern framework for Ego Management. It normalizes what most people hide. It helps leaders understand their unintentional Ego patterns - the ones that show up under pressure. This book is not just a goo read, it is an application guide and a practical tools to shift from reactive leadership to intentional impact.
In this book, you’ll learn how to:
- recognize and name your Ego patterns in real time
- balance your strengths so they don’t become liabilities
- repair and buils trust quickly using an impact-over-intent approach
- communicate to all the different Ego types without escalating tension
- promote and empoower accountability with clarity, stability, and respect
- create meaningful success without sacrificing relationships or wellbeing
- buy back time through delegation and effective coaching
Your Ego is Showing is designed for leaders at every level who want to build authentic confidence, strengthen culture, and create outcomes that match their values.
Practical. Powerful. Deeply Human.
Christie Garcia masterfully reveals the three egos at the heart of her leadership model, holding up a mirror in a way that is both powerful and impossible to ignore. Her practical tools for managing ego are indispensable for building stronger relationships—at work, at home, and in every aspect of life. This book delivers timeless wisdom the world truly needs.
Kelly Sanders - President & CEO
Movement for Life
Life-changing. Without judgement.
Christie Garcia dives deep into the soul to reach the why and how of our reactions; it's not that we aren't good enough, but we've learned different coping mechanisms. Her techniques help you see yourself with perspective - with observation and curiosity. This book is a valuable tool to anyone working on self-growth, but especially to entrepreneurs and leaders.
Kyle Skinner - Owner & CEO
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CHRISTIE GARCIA is the founder of Mindful Choice and an Ego Management expert who helps fast-growing teams build authentic confidence and meaningful success—without burnout, bottlenecks, or repeated conflict. She is a seasoned leadership coach, speaker, author, and skilled facilitator, and a distinguished contributor to the Forbes Coaches Council.
With two decades of experience spanning sales, talent acquisition, leadership development, and Ego Management, Christie works with both current and emerging leaders in high-growth environments. Her work is grounded in a practical truth: ego isn’t bad—it’s human—but when the Ego becomes unconscious under pressure, it quietly drives defensiveness, avoidance, control, and communication breakdown.
Christie equips leaders to recognize the Ego patterns operating within themselves and their teams so they can coach, delegate, align priorities, and transform communication across diverse personalities and pressure styles. Clients describe gaining greater clarity and confidence in how they lead—becoming more intentional and productive, buying back time, and creating teams that are engaged, collaborative, and motivated to maximize results.
Christie is also the creator of the Mindful Choice Leadership Academy, a six-month cohort-based experience that combines digital tools, live implementation, and community support to help leaders build the daily practice of Ego Management—in business, partnerships, and life.
