Ambitious Women

In this episode I interview Audrey Christiansen and we get down and dirty talking about how speaking our truth, no matter the consequences, is sometimes the very most important thing you can do. Audrey shares her journey through motherhood and postpartum depression, and how learning to speak her truth that it wasn’t enough, that she needed more, set her free. We talk about the pain and discomfort she navigated to find her purpose, start her art business, and build a supportive community. And we talk about one of her most recent experiences speaking her truth, and how that resulted in her getting fired from her job. We talk about why she had to speak up, why it mattered, and why it was worth risking her family’s financial security to do so. If you’ve ever felt a nagging truth inside that you’ve been scared to honor, a truth you’ve felt you have to hide, or a truth you’ve feared to speak out loud because of the potential consequences, this episode is for you.

ABOUT AUDREY

Audrey Christensen is a full time artist/ homeschooling momma who believes that art heals. She loves to empower people to go after what they are passionate about and loves to help build communities where that is possible. She’s an oversharer with a big heart who spends a ton of time writing, painting and finding adventures along the way.

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In this episode I interview Erica Reitman and we get down and dirty talking about the weight of other people's opinions...and what's at stake when we let that noise crowd out our truth. Erica shares her journey of shedding the need for approval and gaining the self-certainty to own a Zero F*cks mentality that has helped her grow her business empire. We talk about her decision to be intentionally polarizing in her business, and how sharing  her experiences with depression and not having children have caused her to lose followers in her business...but also a highly engaged community and the freedom to show up exactly who she is. As childfree women we talk about how other people have many opinions about this inherently personal decision, and how rejecting this social expectation helped us both to evict other people's opinions from our mental and emotional space. She also shares the her top suggestion for how to honor your truth, hone your confidence, and strengthen your self-trust. If you spend a lot of time worrying about what other people think about you, trying to control your image, worrying about being rejected for your truth, this episode is for you. 

ABOUT ERICA: 

Erica Reitman is a biz mentor for tell-it-like it is coaches who are ready to grow their online empires...especially while saying "fuck." In her past life, she was a successful interior designer, and her home has now appeared in two best selling design books. She's written for HGTV, Elle Decor, House Beautiful and the Huff Post. She's also been lucky enough to speak at conferences like the Alt Design Summit and SXSW. In 2019, after making world shifting changes in her own life, she got certified as a coach at Brooke Castillo's Life Coach School. In her first year she earned over six-figures, and her husband and their senior Basset Hound Gus were able to move to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She's now on a mission to help 1,000 women build their own online coaching businesses that turn heads, keep people talking and make all the basic bitches jealous. 

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In this episode I'm calling out the gold standard of goal-setting: SMART goals...and why they're not so smart for actual humans. First we explore my philosophy on goals, and how it's different than the way that most people think about their goals. Then we dive deep into poorly formed goals, and why I include SMART goals in this category. Lastly, I provide a 4 step goal setting process that works WITH human motivation and your humanity rather than against it. If you've struggled: with not hitting goals in the past; with being all in and then all out, losing your motivation or focus;  or have a love-hate relationship with goals (or stopped setting them altogether) this episode is for you. 

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In this episode I interview Holly Pendergast and we get down and dirty talking about our relationships with ourselves and our underlying motives for change. We dive deep into what's fueling our ambition, drive, and desires - whether it's coming from a place of love or loathing, and what part societal conditioning and expectations are driving our decisions. Holly shares her own journey to self-love, having lost 30 pounds by rejecting diet culture and instead went on the only diet we decided that one ever needs: the mind-drama diet. If you've been using pain, punishment, and self-denial to fuel your goals and desire for change, this episode is for you. We share the quickest and most direct to getting the change you desire -- without it feeling so terrible in the process. 

ABOUT HOLLY:

Holly Pendergast is a confidence and weight loss coach, certified with The Life Coach School. She helps her clients change their relationship with food and their bodies so they can stop emotional eating and better their relationship with themselves. By combining incredible mental and emotional wellness, and a positive and healthy relationship with food, it's simple and easy for her clients to keep weight off for good. She herself lost 30lbs and has kept it off using the same tools she uses to coach her clients. She's currently offering one-to-one coaching for people that want to stop obsessing about their body and food so they can feel peace, freedom, and confidence knowing they never have to worry about gaining the weight back.

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In this episode I interview Anne Dunaway and we get down and dirty talking about sustainability, at every level. We begin with talking about the need to balance our relentless drive with boundaries, focus and honoring our needs - to create sustainable ambition. Anne identifies the question that changed everything for her - that led her to leave the corporate hamster wheel to drive community change. She shares how her experience with food insecurity led her to use her agricultural knowledge and skills to tackle hunger, poverty, climate change. We explore how sustainability starts at the individual level, it strengthens communities. And she drops some truth bombs about the problematic shifts in agriculture, the myth of food scarcity, and how big agriculture chooses profits over people.

ABOUT ANNE: 

Anne Dunaway has built a unique perspective on sustainability as it applies to various operations including mountain recreation areas, agriculture and community outreach. As an active sustainable agriculture farmer and a passionate conservationist, Anne has experience in conservation and sustainable practices as they apply to large land areas and outdoor specific elements which impact our opportunities in sustainable practices. Anne received her Bachelor’s degree from Idaho State University in 2011. During her time there she participated heavily in the outdoor education center which sparked a passion for conservation that has lasted a lifetime. Anne began a sustainable agriculture farm and education company in 2019 Called Urban Prairie Agriculture. With the desire to grow strong local food systems and community gardens and experience in outdoor recreation, sustainability and transportation, Anne is committed to making an impact on our environmental impacts.

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In this episode we are talking about the need for self-belief and the only reason why it’s lacking. Most people know what and how to achieve their goals. The heart of what’s stopping you is lack of belief - belief that you can, that it’s possible, that you can grow and become the person who achieves the goal. “Actually I can” is the belief in possibility, in recognizing and honoring your self-efficacy. Just because you have doubts, just because you think you can’t doesn’t mean it’s true…and it doesn’t even mean there’s a problem. Instead, I explain how to wrangle this doubt and build the earth-shaking, unstoppable belief “Actually, I can…and I will.”

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In this episode I interview Molly Berger and we get down and dirty talking about wealth - and how the financial system is largely underrepresented. We dive deep on financial literacy, money shame, and gendered practices that wealth out of the hands of women, POC and LGBTQIA+. Molly shares her journey that led her to work in the financial industry, and her mission to put the “revolutionary in fiduciary.” She offers insights for how we can change our relationship with money and begin building wealth — and not when, but now. She tackles the far too common top belief that hurts rather than helps our financial security. And we plead the case for why the world needs more money in the bank accounts of underrepresented communities (pssst having money won’t turn you into a bad person). If you’re ready to drop money shame, financial struggle, and shitty money beliefs, this episode is for YOU.

ABOUT MOLLY: 

Molly Berger is a lifelong feminist, activist and change-agent, and passionate about helping marginalized communities with financial literacy. She specializes in working with women, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as, entrepreneurs, self-employed individuals and artists, and crafting comprehensive financial plans. She spent much of her career in nonprofit sector, followed by years with mission-driven startups and entrepreneurs, serving a variety of financial related roles. After earning degrees from Whittier College and then Claremont Graduate University and starting her career, Molly returned to her hometown of Denver CO and started her planning practice there. Her goal is to make financial planning an approachable, non-judgmental experience as she believes all of us deserve a financial plan regardless of income, assets or backgrounds.

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This episode is the last of three in a series of podcasts I’m calling “So you want to be a helper” (SYWTBAH). In the previous episodes we talked about selflessness (#51) and self denial (#53).  Here we dive into the full spectrum of giving and explore the less commonly known and practiced form of giving that doesn’t leave us burnt out, overwhelmed, depleted or resentful. I bust a harmful belief that traps us into unsustainable giving, built upon selflessness and self-denial.  I offer a checklist for evaluating your current giving style and steps to give without sacrificing yourself and your wellbeing in the process. I even tackle some of the most common objections I hear as a coach for changing our selfless giving habits. If you're a helper who prides herself in that role, but also struggles with people-pleasing, feelings of under-appreciation for all that you do and frustration of people's demands and entitlement, listening to this episode should be non-negotiable.

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In this episode I interview Tansy McNulty and we get down and dirty talking about finding the courage to tackle complex systemic issues. She shares her journey to the decision to start and lead 1 Million Madly Motivated Moms - a movement uniting Black Moms to fight and end police brutality by 2038. We talk about how she found the motivation to overcome her former people pleasing ways and fight for the safety of her children and her community, while maintaining mental health as priority #1. Tansy explains how she’s using her knowledge, skills, and experience to combat police violence, one powerful step at a time. If you’ve felt anger and wondered how to channel it into social change, this episode is for you.

ABOUT TANSY:

Tansy McNulty is a BoyMom, active duty military spouse and the Founder of 1M4 (AKA 1 Million Madly Motivated Moms). Tansy's background is in Supply Chain Management with expertise in Logistics & Procurement operations. But at her core, she's a problem solver who simply wants to save lives and create a more equitable justice system.

1M4 empowers Black Moms to end police brutality through legislative policy, financial assistance to impacted families, and encouraging the next generation of Black youth to pursue roles in criminal justice & politics.

Moms have given birth to the solutions for our community’s most pressing issues. So 1M4 seeks to protect & propel those solutions to reach their fullest potential.

This type of activism and organizing requires that Moms protect their greatest weapon in the fight... their mental health. 1M4 is here to give Moms a place to air their frustrations with recurring police violence, create solutions that have measurable impact, and prioritize their mental health to maintain peace of mind despite the chaos of inequality.

The African proverb holds true "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

1M4 is uniting Black Moms to do just that, go the distance in the fight for justice... Together.

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This episode is the second of three in a series of podcasts I’m calling “So you want to be a helper” (SYWTBAH). In the previous episode we talked about selflessness (#51) and the next episode is all about how to be an effective giver (#55). We're taking a deep dive into the all too common practice of self-denial which selflessness is built upon. It’s leaving us chronically stressed, burnt-out, overwhelmed and resentful. Self-denial is unsustainable - so I explain how we fall into this trap and how to GTFO quick. If you're a helper who prides herself in that role, but also struggles with people-pleasing, feelings of under-appreciation for all that you do and frustration of people's demands and entitlement, listening to this episode should be non-negotiable.

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In this episode I interview Nadine Stecklein and we get down and dirty talking about the desire to serve. Nadine shares her journey in becoming a servant leader and the lessons she has learned along the way. We explore her practice of having a priorities based focus so that she can expand and strengthen her impact in the communities she serves. She shares her top practice that helps her remain centered on community need, and why need to pay more attention to governance at a local level. And we go deep talking about her campaign for city council - how she got started, the fears she had to overcome, and what it’s like to run for office as a WOC. If you’ve ever wondered how to juggle multiple leadership roles, what it’s like to run for office, or how to serve effectively, this episode is for you.

ABOUT NADINE:

Nadine is a higher education professional with nearly two decades in the public sector. She has worked for city, state, and federal governments. Nadine currently serves as the chair of the College Place Diversity Inclusion and Advisory Board, president of her local Lions club chapter, and an active member of the Blue Zones Project Walla Walla Engagement Committee. She has a BA in public policy and a Master’s in Public Administration. She currently lives in College Place Washington with her husband Zach and pup Lou. She is running for a seat on the College Place City Council in her first ever political campaign.

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This episode is the first of three in a series of podcasts I’m calling “So you want to be a helper” (SYWTBAH). We're taking a deep dive into the concept and practice of selflessness. In upcoming episodes I'll share part two and three we'll talk about self denial (episode 53) and how to be an effective giver (episode 55). The concept of selflessness isn't flawed, but the way we helpers have put it into practice causes burnout, overwhelm, frustration and resentment. I explain why this happens, what's missing, and make an urgent plea for all helpers to make some subtle shifts in belief and action so that we don't give help at the expense of help. These shifts actually make us more effective givers despite the common objections I'll rip to shreds. If you're a helper who prides herself in that role, but also struggles with people-pleasing, feelings of under-appreciation for all that you do and frustration of people's demands and entitlement, listening to this episode should be non-negotiable.   

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In this episode I interview Athens Pellegrino and we get down and dirty talking about the power you gain from developing resiliency. Athens shares her story of becoming first a military spouse, then a mother, and how moving just seven days after giving birth to her second child propelled her into starting a business. We talk about identity shifting and creation, and having to “start over” with each of her seven military moves, and how that’s impacted her skills development and career decisions. She shares how her business came from the desire to help her child, and not finding the tools she wanted, as well as the path she took to create the successes she has in authoring a book and getting it to market. Ultimately, we land on resilience as the choice we make to become strong in the face of challenge rather than shrinking or accepting defeat. 

ABOUT ATHENS:

Athens E. Pellegrino grew up in Ocean City, New Jersey. She attended St. Joseph's University and obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. She met her husband Christopher while attending the university and married in 2009. After, she studied at Troy University and received a Master of Public Administration degree. Athens serves the United States Air Force as a Budget Analyst and military spouse. She has a love for traveling, cooking, dogs, and fitness. Athens and Christopher have a son, Atticus (age 2) and daughter Callista (age 1). The family has experienced 7 Permanent Change of Station (PCS) assignments (military speak for moves). The latest was 7 days after giving birth to Callista. Athens is intrigued by the strength and resiliency of military families, which led to her creation of the Military Child Chronicles series. The first book is, Mission: My First PCS.

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In this episode we're talking about leadership - what it really is, what it isn't, and the six truths you need to know about how to be an effective leader. Hint: leadership has nothing to do with position or authority. Which means, you too, can be a leader, even if you don't have a fancy title or reserved parking spot. These truths cut to the heart of why some leaders we want to follow and others we don't. Knowing and practicing these leadership truths will help you influence change from exactly where you are, right now in this moment. 

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In this episode I interview Janette Dalgliesh and we get down and dirty talking about our paths in life. We explore the common question of "what do you want to be when you grow up?" and the implications, consequences and ramifications of this seemingly innocent question. Janette shares her story of being a puppeteer, a union organizer and now a coach who uses strategic astrology to help her clients answer who they want to be when they grow up. We go deep on identity, privilege, and inequality. Janette shares her journey becoming a social justice warrior, including the stumbles she had on her way to becoming an effective, inclusive, anti-racist. If you've ever wondered how you can first reconcile and then use your privilege to help others, this episode is for you. 

ABOUT JANETTE: 

Janette Dalgliesh helps people from all walks of life to figure out who they came here to be, and how to live that life from a place of joy. Based in south-east Australia, Janette uses her unique blend of astrology and life coaching to support her international clientele of poets, physicians, rebels, politicians, creatives and entrepreneurs.

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In this episode we're talking about worthiness - and specifically how we are all fundamentally and inherently worthy, even when we don't feel that way. Every direction I look I encounter people who are struggling to feel worthy, feel good enough - at epidemic proportions - and it's not a coincidence. I'll drop some truths about why it seems like just about everyone struggles with shame and feelings of unworthiness -- and why it's so critically important that we accept and own our inherent worthiness. And before you try and say it would be selfish to take time out to feel this way, I'll explain just why owning your worthiness is just about the most selfless thing you can do. 

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In this episode I interview Heather Dumas and we get down and dirty talking about the bullshit beliefs and toxic programming women have around selfishness. We explore how the idea of being selfless causes us to put ourselves and our physiological needs last, and encourage listeners to take selfless back in a way that enables women to powerfully care for their mind, body and spirit. We also tackle a lot of the objections our clients often have about self-care and making changes. This message is for all women, but especially for those who have big goals but are often burnout, overwhelmed, and exhausted.

ABOUT HEATHER: 

Heather is a personal trainer, nutrition, and lifestyle coach, best known for her no-nonsense approach and success she’s had helping women transform their lives by prioritizing self-care without sacrifice. For over 10 years she has been inspiring women through the world of fitness and nutrition. She has been featured on podcasts and stages around the world. She is the #1 bestselling author of 2 cookbooks, The Master Your Macros Cookbook and Your Guide to a Protein Packed Day, as well as a speaker and of course a coach. Her clients include vice presidents of large corporations, 6 figure entrepreneurs, and c-suite executives. Heather has shared the stage with well-known coaches and speakers from around the world. She offers a simple, easy to execute method for creating and sustaining a healthy lifestyle through her signature program Self-Care for Female Leaders. When she isn’t kicking peoples’ asses via Zoom, she is enjoying the greatest snow on earth (frozen or melted) with her family.

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In this episode we’re exploring all the reasons why long-term goals take a different kind of motivation, commitment and effort to achieve. I take a deep dive into the four different factors that are working against you, and how to work with yourself rather than fight to show up and consistently chip away at these complex undertakings.

This episode is for you:

• If you’ve ever started a long-term goal but struggled to sustain motivation.
• If you’ve found yourself in an all in / all out pattern, having a hard time balancing the effort require to achieve the goal and your other responsibilities.
• If every time you start a long-term goal you feel a ton of doubt, confusion, and catch yourself sabotaging your efforts.
• If you feel like you’re always having to force yourself to work on the goal.
• If you’ve given up making long-term goals because you’re sick of the fight or you’ve begun to doubt your ability to achieve them.
• If you’re already amazing at achieving long-term goals but want to know how to achieve them faster, while having more fun along the way.

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In this episode I interview Angel Castillo and we get down and dirty talking about the change in the political landscape when women get involved - from working on (or volunteering for) a campaign to running as a candidate. She shares her story of how she came to run for Ogden city mayor in 2019, her takeaways from the race, and importance of being an engaged citizen. We explore how being a woman and a POC impacted her campaign, and how she'd approach things differently next time. If you've ever thought that politics needs to change, you'll want to listen to this episode to learn how YOU can be a part of that change. 

ABOUT ANGEL: 

Based in Ogden, UT, Angel Castillo is a Marketing Consultant with deep local advocacy roots. She serves Ogden as a board member for YCC, Roads to Independence, and as an Executive Committee Member with the Ogden NAACP.  As former Planning Commissioner for Ogden City, Angel had a front row seat to how local government directly impacts quality of life. Knowing real change comes from shifting power and creating policy, she ran for Ogden mayor in 2019. While the race went to the two term incumbent, to be just 7.5% shy of winning is monumental considering Angel lived in Ogden just under two years at the time of election. Angel is a champion for affordable housing, equity/inclusion, unsheltered advocacy and public safety. She uses the Ruth Bader Ginsburg quote "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made" unapologetically and will repeatedly ask you to run for office. And yes, she's running in 2023.

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In this episode I interview Kristen Floyd and we get down and dirty talking about the importance of diversification and contingency planning as business owners. Kristen shares her journey through public service, entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, and mental health counseling. We talk about the challenges she has faced as a woman business owner in a male dominated field, as well as how she manages to juggle so many roles and responsibilities, and the top practice that makes it all work.

ABOUT KRISTEN: 

Kristen Floyd is the Executive Director for Safe Harbor domestic violence and sexual assault crisis center. Prior to her current role she enjoyed a rewarding career with the State of Utah for over 20 years as a State Director. She is the proud owner of multiple local businesses in the Ogden area and including a construction company, an axe throwing venue and a private practice office for mental health counseling. She is a WSU Alumni, graduating with her Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice and a high honor graduate from the Univ. of Phoenix with her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling. Kristen has held a variety of community support positions assisting individuals in meeting their career potential. She has had the great privilege of participating as a USU board member, a Cache Valley economic development board member, a STEM competition judge, and a Pageant platform advisor. Kristen is a current commissioner for the Women in Economics Commission, appointed by Governor Cox and was recently awarded the 2020 Philanthropic Hero Award. Kristen has enjoyed a wide range of engagements as a key note speaker on topics such as assertive communication and domestic violence. In her free time, Kristen enjoys pickleball, the outdoors, live music, and time spent with her family.

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In this episode I interview Biljana Vishnagara and we get down and dirty talking about what's possible when we shift from fearing and resisting change to fully embracing it. We talk about how reinvention is normal, and to be expected, and how decision-making is one of the most critical practices to enable us to transform into who we are truly meant to become. Biljana shares how she's welcomed and embraced change from immigrating to the US, motherhood in two different decades, huge shifts in education and career, and claiming what's possible as a woman in her 40s. If you struggle with decision-making or are on the precipice of transition, you won't want to miss this episode. 

ABOUT BILJANA

Biljana Vishnagara is a licensed clinical social worker and life coach for women after 40. Her name might be complicated but her philosophy on life is simple: 40s are the age to own your power, speak your truth, and show up for your the life you want. She guides you through this process with a combination of mindset work, emotional regulation, mindfulness, and ungodly amount of humor and expletives.   Biljana grew up in Kosovo, Serbia and has lived in the US since 2002. She is remarried and a mom of an 18 year old and a 7 month old.   You can find her on Instagram where she shares all the coaching tools and knowledge to help you boost confidence and live your best life.

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In this episode I interview Aysin Karaduman and we get down and dirty talking about what it means to live a life bursting with intention. She shares her journey through life as an expat and entrance into motherhood, which helped her question assumptions and expectations that we rarely pause to consider, let alone discard. Aysin decided that the "rat race of modern life" is not for her - and she sees how her clients are awakening to the same truth. We explore what it means to redefine a good life - and why this practice is so critical to our wellbeing. We also geek out on the concept, practice and embodiment of ambition.     

ABOUT AYSIN: 

Aysin Karaduman is a Life Coach and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who helps driven people get out of their own way and finally create the life of their dreams. She does this using her signature blend of mindset tools, ancestral nutrition and deep inquiry into just what it means to be human today. Aysin grew up in Turkey, went to the US for college where she lived for fifteen years and has been in Europe since 2007. And after almost a lifetime as a city-dweller, she moved her family to the SW coast of France 3 years ago. She is the host of the podcast, Redefining the Good Life where she invites us to escape the rat race of modern life and build a life aligned with our deepest values.

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In this episode we’re talking all about the rules…and not the ones we are conscious of (like laws, restrictions, etc). It’s the rules that society has conditioned into us, the rules that dictate how we feel, act, create, and live.

These rules operate at a subconscious level and drive everything. They serve as shortcuts did the brain… and they’re often the #1 culprit behind self-sabotage.

We’re deep-diving into how the brain uses them, how to access them, and how to finally break up with the disempowering rules that hold us back.

Once you learn how to rewrite the rules EVERYTHING changes and NOTHING is impossible.

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In this episode I interview Pamella Arnold and we get down and dirty talking about her commitment to doing whatever it takes to live life by her own terms. Through her story of moving from Brazil to the US to the UK all in her early 20s, we cover the difference between courage and fearlessness (which people often confuse), the power created from deciding what you want and committing to it, and the possibility that's created in resourcefulness and being unwilling to quit. Pam shares the beliefs that helped her do so many things that other people are unwilling to do or could never dream of  doing. She also shares the number one practice that helped her (and her clients) to stop emotionally overeating. 

ABOUT PAMELLA

Pamella Arnold is The Emotional Eating Coach, Qualified Nutritional Therapist and host of the podcast Overcome Emotional Eating. She helps women overcome emotional eating and lose weight for good. After her first heartbreak at age 19, she became an emotional eater. Only 4 years later she was diagnosed with insulin resistance and borderline diabetes, suffered with anxiety and panic attacks at age 25, and yo-yo dieted until age 32. Pamella tried all the diets out there and that resulted in getting stuck in a yo-yo body and self-loathing. She successfully reverted her diagnosis with good nutrition, lost weight and overcame emotional eating with coaching. Now her passion and mission is to help women to stop dieting and start living their lives using the coaching tools she has been using so you can achieve mind, body and life freedom.

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In this episode I share my vision of a YES life: what it is, how I came up with this idea, and what gets in the way of having it. I talk about my own journey - how achieving my way away from trauma, my relentless drive, and my desire to give resulted in burnout, chronic illness and feeling lost. I made the decision to heal, and in that space I decided I wanted a YES life and took action to create a life and business that enables that. I offer the 3 pillars of a YES Life and how to begin intentionally living and expanding the possibility and meaning we experience.

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We've been conditioned to try and outrun and outperform our humanity, and it's killing us and our results. So many of my clients come to me with "problems" to solve that really are just a denial and rejection of our needs and emotional experience. Self-development is great...but you can get to the point where you’re trying to deny basic parts of your humanity. You won't heal away your humanity, not matter how hard you try. In this episode I break down how this happens, what it looks like, and offer a framework for allowing for and embracing ALL of your humanity...which ultimately makes the results your desire a much more accomplishable task than trying to operate like a robot. 

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Our experiences, as we know them, are created in our big, beautiful brains. Everything we know and think we know, everything that we'll think, feel, do and create first starts in our brains. Yet most of us have very little understanding of what's going on under the hood. Learning about the brain helped me to better understand myself and changed what I believed were problems to be solved. In this episode I share four processes occurring in our brains - at both subconscious and conscious levels - and how they shape who we are and how we operate. It's these processes that create our emotional experience, drive our behavior, and dictate our results in life. Understanding the brain leads to greater levels of self-awareness, which is the foundation for all sustainable and lasting change and growth. 

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In this episode I interview Chéla Breckon and we get down and dirty talking about her rebellious path to success, and her efforts to disrupt the stereotypes and strategies of rural communities. We talk about her research in the economic development of women and how that's shaped her current business strategy, and why building feminism into the core of her business was non-negotiable for her. She shares her number one practice that's brought her back from burnout, and how we can use our privilege to lift up women and communities.

ABOUT CHÉLA:

Chéla Breckon is a Disruptive Leadership Strategist and Founder of With Chéla Inc, a Strategy Firm devoted to teaching small town women and rural communities how to think strategically to achieve meaningful change. With Chéla Inc. develops and leads the best practices in small town strategic development for change-making initiatives. We contribute to disrupting the rural stereotype so that more women and girls living in smaller communities can see their value and opportunities no matter where they choose to live.

Chéla believes in a changemaking ecosystem. She knows that when women rise, communities rise, and when communities rise, women rise. Changemaking women are integral to the changemaking potential of a community. A community’s ability to create an environment for women to thrive becomes essential to women’s capacity to be changemakers.  Because of this belief, Chéla, supported by Team Radiance, (her kick-ass team of six amazing women) has built programs, training, and strategy development that serves both the community and organizational side of that ecosystem, and the individual women who will undoubtedly rise, disrupt, and lead.

All of the offerings follow the With Chéla Inc. signature, changemaker’s formula. They believe that informed intention and strategic thinking elevate leadership. They use the formula in their education and development products, offered in two distinct segments: 1.) private and public programs for women and 2.) community organization strategies and training for change.

Chéla is on a mission to expose and optimize the greatness of rural women so that more women and girls can see it to believe it’s possible no matter where they live.

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In this episode I interview Ashley Wolthuis and we get down and dirty talking about creating success through the power of connectedness. She shares how success is not created in a vacuum - and how she attributes her success to working within and for the betterment of her community. Ashley believes that having high standards, committing to excellence, and sharing her knowledge have helped her continue to grow her multiple businesses and loyal customer base. 

ABOUT ASHLEY:

Upon graduating from Weber State University, Ashley Wolthuis attended the Universitat Juame I in Castellon, Spain where she obtained her Master’s Degree in Development Studies. Today Ashley is a second-generation Certified Residential appraiser and owner of Element Appraisal, as well as an author for national real estate publications. She is an award-winning real estate agent with RE/MAX Associates, and was the recipient of the Ogden Connection 2021 "Ogden's Favorite Realtor" award, the NWAOR Top 250 Realtor Award, the RE/MAX Platinum Club award, and a three-time winner of Indie Ogden's "Ogden's Best Realtor" award.  Ashley is currently the co-Chair for the  Board of Governors for the National Association of Appraisers and is the former President of the Utah Coalition of Appraisal Professionals (UTCAP).

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Toxic positivity is a trap that I - and many of my clients - have fallen into unintentionally. It's really a denial of our true emotional experience in an attempt to be happy, positive, and optimistic...and it's doing more harm than good. In this episode I explain what toxic positivity is, how we fall into this pattern, and how it impacts us and the people around us. I also share how and why it's detrimental to our mental and emotional health, our relationships, and our goal achievement. I offer five ways to avoid toxic positivity and six alternatives for supporting ourselves and others when they're having a hard time / feeling big feels.

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In this episode I interview Jami Furniss and we get down and dirty talking about moxie - what it is and how to find it once you’ve lost it. Jami shares her story of losing her job as a SVP and her path to building not one but two successful businesses while raising two kids as a single mom. She shares a her perspective on how to make it work and why self-care is a mandatory part of her to-do list.

ABOUT JAMI: 

Jami is a true entrepreneur and marketer at heart with a passion for anything she can market from products to services. She is keen on keeping up to date on the latest and greatest trends in the continually changing marketing field. With a sweet and sassy approach she is able to captivate her audiences in the events she is asked to speak at. When she is not at a speaking engagement she puts her focus on helping companies understand how to optimize their marketing efforts and align their organization to accelerate revenue and boost team morale.

Jami started her career in the Bronx, New York. She began and later moved to Utah and then Idaho and now back in Utah. She is the founder and owner of The Moxie Agency, a full service marketing agency and Moxie Blankets, a minky weighted blanket company. Both companies are near and dear to her heart and were the outcomes of overcoming trials. Jami is currently raising her two super humans, loves to play in the mud aka creating pottery, going on adventures with said super humans and an avid sports fan.

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Discipline is the third part of creating high performance results, and in this episode I’m offering a completely different way to think about self-discipline. The mere mention of discipline can cause one to break out in the cold sweats and shame spiral of inadequacy. We’ve been conditioned to have some really shitty beliefs about discipline that lead us to feel like we’re inferior for not having it. And - to make it even even worse - the ways we try to become more disciplined actually set us up to fail. Discipline is wildly important to creating high performance results - it’s how we install new habits of thinking and behavior. But we MUST change the way we view and develop discipline to have a non-toxic relationship with discipline.

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In this episode I interview Serena Hicks and we get down and dirty talking about money... the struggle to create it, the challenges in receiving it, and the other bullshit conditioning and beliefs that make it harder to earn and have it -- especially as women. Serena shares her story of how she went from under-earning and bankruptcy to creating $400k in her business in two years. She offers how this big happy money is closer and easier to earn than we think, and that it's available to every single one of us with a few shifts. 

ABOUT SERENA: 

Serena Hicks teaches the concept of BIG Happy Money to intentionally inclusive change-makers who want to live their truest and most delicious lives. Her career began as a TV Producer in NYC, and ended at a Newspaper in Austin, TX after she realized she wanted to live a big life, as a big contributor to the world. She's created 400k in juuuust about two years as a Coach which is how and why she knows she can teach BIG Happy Money making magic as a spiritual practice and practical tool to literally anyone who's ready and willing to learn.

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In this episode I interview Esperanza Lebron and we get down and dirty talking about possibility.  Esperanza shares her story of being a teen mom and high school drop out and how she reclaimed what was possible for her regardless of what people and statistics say is possible for women in that situation. You'll want to listen for the one thing that helped her change everything, and how she's now pulled by a bigger vision of helping her people change their beliefs on possibility and money. 

ABOUT ESPERANZA:

Esperanza Lebron is a Life Coach and Army Veteran whose life mission is to help her gente break possibility open. As a teen mom at the age of 15 and 17 she struggled for many years until she leaned in and realized that while everyone told her who she was, she was ultimately the only one in control of who she could become.

Esperanza went from a high school drop out to earning her master's degree and joining the Army in 5 years. When asked how she did that, she responds with one word: responsibility. Once she became responsible for all the results she didn't want in her life, that energy propelled her to become responsible for everything she wanted in her future.

From earning 14K 11 years ago to earning 204K in 2020, Esperanza's passion lies in talking dinero to the LatinX Community and teaching the Art of Possibility. Esperanza also coaches on the capacity to have and how having more money ripples an impact for generations to come.

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Consistency is one of the three parts of creating high performance results. But, in this episode, I offer a completely different take on what should be the focus of your consistent efforts. If you're not careful, consistency can become a place for judgment, criticism and shame but it doesn't have to be. If you focus on the three areas presented in this episode, it's much easier to create long lasting consistency in achieving your goals. Instead of focusing on the consistent effort for your current goal, focus on these consistent behaviors that will help you achieve every goal you set. 

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In this episode I interview Stacey Andon and we get down and dirty talking about intuition...what it is, why it's important, how we lose our connection with it. She shares her journey of high achievement, burnout, and building a completely new identity and definition for success. We talk about the magic that self-trust and our inner wisdom have to offer and how to cultivate both. 

ABOUT STACEY

Stacey Andon is a Master Coach and Intuitive Guide who helps women connect to their most powerful life tool--- their intuition. Instead of running from the things we fear the most, Stacey teaches you how to befriend your fears, feelings and meltdowns so that they become powerful guideposts to the life you are meant to be living. No more waiting for the perfect life sometime in the future--- Stacey helps you use what you already are to create more joy now.

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Belief is the most critical factor to our ambition. Without belief, you would not try, you would not achieve. Improving belief pays incredible dividends in our results, so much so that it's one of the three High Performance Essentials. This episode breaks down the three main areas of belief that you should focus on strengthening in order to achieve every goal faster and with less frustration. 

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In this episode I interview Teresa Guy and get down and dirty about what it was like to pay her dues and work her way up in the male dominated music industry. She shares some of the challenges and obstacles she overcame proving herself as the only woman in the room, with a seat at the table. We talk about some unexpected twists and turns in her career, and how they helped position her for her current and future roles in the industry. She also shares her top ingredient for creating inevitable success. 

ABOUT TERESA

Teresa Guy serves as the Director of Booking and Partnerships for the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In her role, Teresa is responsible for booking events of all sizes at the Coliseum with a goal to attract new business to one of Los Angeles’ most iconic venues. Teresa joins the team with over a decade of live event experience across major promoter, agency and venue companies. Teresa was most recently tasked with booking arenas across North America for Venue Coalition, was previously a booking agent at APA and The Agency Group and worked on the booking team at Nederlander Concerts. Teresa graduated Lambda Phi Eta with honors in the Journalism major from San Diego State University. 

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In this episode we're going deep into all things self-sabotage...and, I'm dropping some major truth bombs about how it's not your real problem. So many of my clients come to me wanting to change the behavior rather than getting to the root of what's causing it in the first place. 

You can expect to learn:

• what self-sabotage is, why it happens and why it feels SO AWFUL.
• what triggers self-sabotage behavior and how it impacts high performance results
• how it's easier to solve when you don't make a common mistake most people make
• a complete reframe and a checklist that will help you move through it so much quicker

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In this episode I interview Mairin Van Shura and we get down and dirty talking about the importance of honoring and protecting yourself. Mairin shares her journey with chronic illness and the lessons she learned in honoring herself, and how that took her around the world in the process. if you've ever wondered about living abroad she shares some of her top tips for a success expat life. She also shares the top mistakes she sees business owners make in legally protecting themselves and their businesses and offers some quick, actionable solutions.

ABOUT MAIRIN

After an unfulfilling decade practicing law and experiencing worsening chronic health conditions as a result, Mairin Van Shura left the corporate rat race in pursuit of a more rewarding, free, purposeful life. She sold her house and 99% of her belongings and moved abroad. Mairin started her business, Solivagant Legal, to help other entrepreneurs easily protect their businesses without the high cost and hassle of hiring an attorney via DIY contracts templates and other legal resources for their businesses. Her informational website and blog sharing her knowledge and experience with hair loss will be published shortly.

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In this episode we're talking about our biggest source of stress and suffering: our relationships with people. I share the main reasons why you're feeling frustration, resentment, unappreciated and unsupported in your relationships, and how to change that quick. I also talk about the impact that these relationship challenges have on our ability to achieve our big, bold, unapologetic goals and dreams. It's a quick and powerful episode that will help you know how to make the changes to experience more connection, support, appreciation and love with your favorite humans. 

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In this episode I interview Liz Sears and we get down and dirty talking about the mindset changes that she made in order to finally smash through her performance ceilings. She knew she was smart enough, worked hard enough, and could be wildly successful, but she kept hitting her upper limits and she shares how the decision to ask for help changed everything. She shares how she went from selling $10M in real estate as an independent agent to 18 months later selling $17.5M while starting a brokerage, recruiting and training 25 agents, and disrupting the industry with her desire for ALL committed realtors to succeed and their clients to have the best real estate experience EVER (and the innovative training and support that her brokerage offers in order to make that happen). 

ABOUT LIZ

Liz Sears is a Broker Owner of My Utah Agents, a boutique real estate brokerage destined to be the next leader in the industry. She and her business partner, Shannon Olsen, are passionate about creating the best brokerage that attracts and trains the highest skilled, best trained, maximally supported, most fun, and absolutely most amazing realtors who create "Raving Fans" with every transaction. They are turning the industry statistics on its head and turning heads in the process. 

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In this episode we're talking about your most important relationship: the one you have with yourself. If you struggle in your relationship with yourself, you're not alone. Most high-performing women are in a pattern of being highly judgmental and critical of themselves. I'm sharing how to shift from self-punishment and self-loathing to self- appreciation and self-kindness and self-love. 

You can expect to leave this episode understanding:

• Why it can be so hard to have a healthy relationship with yourself.
• Why you have a tendency to punish, criticize and judge yourself, how it shuts you down, and how to stop.
• The difference between a healthy self-image and arrogance, conceit and narcissism. 
• How self-love and appreciation is far from selfish, and is the secret sauce for high performance results.

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In this episode I interview Sarah Shotton and we get down and dirty talking about the power of networking. She offers so many great ideas for using networking to help you achieve your big, bold, unapologetic goals and dreams - and how it's so much easier and less scary than most people think it is. We even offer some tips and tricks that will help you avoid being creepy, salesy and maximize your networking impact.

ABOUT SARAH

Sarah Shotton is a networking consultant with Legacy Networking, a digital community platform delivering the training, support and confidence required to transform entrepreneurs and professions into super-networkers. She's known as a Networking Queen for a reason, and she's teaching others the tricks of the trade to help them achieve their goals. Follow her on Instagram  for her weekly Wine Wednesday talk show and join her Facebook group for more in-depth trainings and conversations.

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In this episode we're talking about your relationship with your goals. It's one of the three parts of the foundation for goal achievement, which was first introduced in episode 13. Having a healthy relationship with your goals (and goal history) enables you to achieve every goal at a rapid pace. 

We're diving deep and exploring:

• The quality of your relationship with your goals (yep, it's definitely a relationship you're in... is it healthy or toxic?)
• The true purpose of goals. 
• The patterns that create an unhealthy relationship and how to begin changing them. 
• The benefits of a healthy relationship with your goals. 

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In this episode I interview Renae Saager and we get down and dirty talking about the path to owning, accepting and celebrating your authentic self.  Renae is amazing at showing up in all her glory, and she shares how shedding the shame is what finally unlocked that authentic expression. She shares her story of overcoming disordered eating, alcoholism and learned how to embrace her desire, drive and ambition. We also take on the "no f*cks given" advice and share why "properly allocated f*cks" is a better strategy for living your best life. 

ABOUT RENAE 

Renae Saager is a certified health & life coach and emotional eating expert who teaches women around the world how to start living a powerful, authentic life free from food and weight obsession. Tapping into her own unique journey with disordered eating and alcoholism, Renae connects with her clients on a deeper level, supporting them through the process of rewiring their brain with her no-BS approach. Renae is able to help clients challenge their mindset and begin healing, using her own sense of humor and unparalleled perspective which creates a more enjoyable and transformational process. Undoing the crazy you feel around food is Renae's specialty, the confidence and clarity gained is the guilt-free icing on the cake.

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In this episode I interview Bethany Forest and we get down and dirty talking about her entrepreneurial journey and how she became the "Queen of Pivot." She shares how doing the work to overcome and heal trauma not only helped her in her personal life, but how those lessons made her more resilient in her business. She also shares her top quality that's helped her pivot, grow, and become a pillar in her community. 

ABOUT BETHANY 

Bethany Forest is a yogi, boss babe and serial entrepreneur who is passionate about contributing to a thriving community. She's the owner of Hippie Skin, an all natural skincare and cosmetic company, and Heal Yoga Studio in Ogden, Utah. You can usually find her busy designing new products, volunteering or connecting with people, or out on the trails or in nature, her favorite place to be.  Currently she enjoys mountain biking, hiking, sailing, SUP, trail running and camping with her pups and her husband Taylor.

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In this episode we're talking about the dark side of goals... what happens when we don't achieve our goals, what we make it mean about us, and what we start to believe about ourselves if we're not careful. 

You'll want to listen to this episode of you have a history of not achieving every goal you set, and especially if you've stopped setting goals for ourselves. Shame wants us to think that we're the only ones who struggle with goals, but the truth is that this is a more common experience for goal seekers than we realize. 

In this episode I'll offer you:

• 4 ways to change how you view your unachieved goals so you can drop the goal shame you experience
• 4 ways to prevent goal shame in the future. 

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In this episode I interview Tabatha Butler and we get down and dirty talking about what it means to be misunderstood for having relentless drive. We also talk about her love for high heels and what that has to do with the willingness to show up authentically. With a latte in hand, Tabatha shares her new ambitious goal to change the face of women's wealth by taking on outdated gendered financial advice.

ABOUT TABATHA 

Tabatha is a certified financial coach who believes that you can manage your money with a latte in hand. After making all the wrong financial decisions in her early 20's she pulled herself out of thousands of dollars in consumer debt only to graduate at the height of the 2008 crash. With no job prospects in sight, she went on to work multiple jobs while getting her graduate degree. After grad school she had over $35,000 in student loans and her dream job offered to her but it only paid $14/hr! Tabatha spent all her 20's making and digging herself out of debt. Now completely debt free and with over six figures invested towards her future she took everything she learned about being money savvy and turned it into an affordable financial coach texting service to share the motivations, wins and work that can change your money mindset too!

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This episode introduces six areas of focus that will enable you to achieve every goal - no matter how big or small, bold or unapologetic, it happens to be.  

These six areas are what help my clients smash through their ceilings and achieve exponential growth in their lives and their businesses. 

You'll want to listen to this episode for the:

• 3 relationships you may want to do some housekeeping in - because these relationships are the foundation for all goal achievement
  
• The shift in the nature of goals that requires a different approach to goal achievement
  
• 3 areas of focus required to create high performance results
  

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