Season 1

What if the voice you use every day is the same one keeping you from who you're becoming? That inner critic, the one that wakes up before you do, tells you you're not qualified, not experienced, not enough, it's using your voice. And here's the part most leaders m...

In the workplace, Sharon Podobnik Peterson said a trauma response looks like patterns of connection turned into patterns of protection. That one sentence is the spine of trauma informed leadership and what can happen without nervous system regulation. It names why...

What if the midlife reinvention you keep postponing isn't waiting for more data or a better plan, it's waiting for you to trust your gut again? For many professionals like you, career reinvention feels too big to trust your intuition and instead let the big decisi...

Why do we travel? Do we travel to see some sights, check off a bucket list item, immerse ourselves into a new culture or glam up our social media feeds? I was curious about this so I asked my friend, Steve Smith. Steve is a travel expert and tour guide and has spe...

Self-promotion in an authentic way can be hard for a lot of people, especially for introverts. Whether it's speaking up in meetings, stepping on stage to give a presentation, or advocating for themselves, how does an introvert push past their discomfort to achieve...

Starting your own solopreneur business would be easier if you had a coach on your side. Someone who brings empathy and experience to show you the ropes, know what you are going through, and can name when fear, uncertainty, and doubt rear their ugly head and get in...

What would you do if we were already connected to one another? Mark Meadows shares this evocative question with the knowledge that we’re already connected. We are already connected, because we are human and we are here. And that which gets in our way of connecting...

Divergent thinking and courageous alternative perspective sharing is what’s needed to transform organizations, challenge the status quo, and evolve our human systems so people and organizations can thrive and flourish. Our problems will not be solved with the same...

Nicole Kincaid's superpower is helping individuals better manage their stuff and their spaces, and develop sustainable systems to keep it up. But this episode is a masterclass in empathy, holding space for clients, and self-regulation. Our relationship with our ph...

Ever feel like you’re talking to a brick wall? You lay out all the facts, the data, and the perfect logic, but the other person just digs in their heels deeper. It’s incredibly frustrating when you know you’re right, but you just can’t get them to change their min...

What do you do when you cannot find a community that serves your needs? If you are Michaela Corning, you create it. As an entrepreneur, an outgoing sales person, an amplifier, a woman, and a Muslim, Michaela found herself in the middle of an “intersectionality twi...

What if one of the most powerful sources of leadership development, purpose, and personal growth isn’t found in a course or a promotion, but in being a working parent? In this conversation, leadership coach and parent advocate Claudia Timmermans explores how inten...

What areas of your life are you taking too seriously? What areas of your interactions and relationships could benefit from turning down the formality and seriousness and increase the fun? In Learning and Development, there's a well-worn adage: “to increase retenti...