Chris Voss, a former FBI hostage negotiator and founder of The Black Swan Group, has returned to the podcast to impart his knowledge on how to get through to those who don’t want to listen. In making sales, creating contacts, or consulting your clients, the ability to negotiate is paramount. And Chris’s foolproof method is by throwing out the snake oil salesmen pitch and embracing safety, trust, and need. Listen in as Heather and her mentees pick Chris’s brain on the importance of tactical empat...
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 70
What does Lu Parker, award winning journalist, KTLA anchor, self-made business woman, creator of Be Kind & Co., and former Miss USA, say about achieving your goals? Become a seeker by always being hungry, hustling for what you want, and never being bored. She understands that sometimes you need to go backwards to leap forward but you never stand still. Do not sit in fear. Make the decision. And walk out your door every day like you’ve already achieved your goal. But Lu’s greatest advice for ever...
Aug 25, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 69
How many hours a month are you using up on administrative tasks? How often are you getting lost in the details and losing sight of your original purpose? Katelyn Hamilton is here to change all of that. She is the one who knows how to organize, prioritize, and strategize your business so you can get back to the important things. Take the minutiae off your plate and be in your energy. About The Guest: Katelyn Hamilton hails from a robust background in corporate marketing, traditional PR, social me...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 68
“Don’t limit yourself to one lane…there’s so much beyond that if you choose to blow up your lanes and start seeing the potential that’s outside of the small bubble so many of us operate in”. In short, don’t sell yourself short. You get to decide what comes next, how you want to show up and where you want to lean in. Heather takes us behind the scenes of one of her virtual talks and demonstrates how she blew up her own lane again and again to create more opportunities and how to do it all confide...
Aug 11, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 67
There is always a story and reason behind the choices we make and the belief systems we subscribe to and as Dr. Osefo says “if there isn’t a story” then the conversation opens itself up for discovery and to begin to answer that important question: why. As an educator, Dr. Wendy Osefo shares with us that there is always room to have the conversation regardless of which side of the aisle you stand on and that even if you disagree, you can still share a glass of wine! About The Guest: An award-winn...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Showing up as your authentic self only leads to more joy and hopefully inspiration for others to do the same. The more authentic you are the more you attract the right people to you in business versus the wrong fit. Cody Rigsby shares with us what it means to shine our unique light and authentically live in our truth to maximize all areas of life and business. About The Guest: A former professional dancer, Cody brings energy, movement and authenticity to everything he does. Born in the West but ...
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Jim Knight shares with us how each one of his passions have lead him to the path he is on today within the hospitality industry. He is now a leader in his space with innovative methods to yield results in teaching leadership, culture and service. About The Guest: A Training & Development veteran for 30+ years, Jim Knight facilitates on a variety of interactive topics, including sessions around organizational culture, world-class service, building rock star teams, employee branding & engagement, ...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 64
What do you do when you come across big egos while trying to close that big deal? Large personalities often come with the territory when working with powerful people and that does not always make for smooth sailing. If you’ve ever watched Million Dollar Listing, you’ll have seen that Tracy Tutor is a veteran in knowing how to navigate a room that has all these elements while closing that big deal on the table with as little casualties as possible. About The Guest: With 20 years of experience, Tr...
Jul 14, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Most people have difficulty living their lives after surviving horrific events. Because of this, they feel hopeless and disengage from people. These reactions are the exact opposite of what they should be feeling and doing. Instead of being negative, they should be hopeful and communicate with family and friends. Nina Sossamon-Pogue, the author of This Is Not ‘the End’: Strategies to Get You Through the Worst Chapters of Your Life, shares some tips about living our lives through hard times. She ...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Cal Fussman and host Heather Monahan talk about the power of leading with certainty and the maximization that can occur for others and therefore yourself when we act confident. Leveraging how you know you can help the world (key word is here: unapologetically KNOW) is how you can attain bigger results. Don’t play small. You are doing the world and yourself a disservice when you do. Lead with certainty and confidence and you will notice things start to change positively and powerfully. About the ...
Jun 30, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 61
What if you were faced with a life-threatening accident at the age of nine and was presented by your own mother the opportunity to choose and decide for yourself: fight for your young life or give up the painful struggle…the choice was yours. That pivotal moment Ally Love learned the power and necessity of what it means to decide and that even when you choose not to decide, that in itself is a choice with consequences. About The Guest: Ally Love is the Founder & CEO of Love Squad, Peloton Instru...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Steve Herz shares how his experience with honest and realistic feedback have been the experiences that most propelled him into up-leveling and challenging himself to be living at his highest potential. After observing the many ways corporate culture enables and breeds mediocrity, Steve leaned into curating processes that would allow an individual to harness their soft skills, communication and connection, and take into any area of life they are looking to excel. About The Guest: Steve Herz is Pr...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 59
The growth that happens within adversity can ultimately lead us to really positive outcomes in the long run. If we understand and learn how to harness it. Colin O’Brady learned this lesson first hand after a tragic accident that landed him in the hospital compelling his mother to flee to his side, which happened to be at a hospital in Thailand. Her consistent positivity during Colin’s healing process set Colin on his way to the life-changing mind-shift that ultimately lead to his record-breaking...
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 58
We all know that on the other side of negativity is positivity…but what about what’s in between? There is a lot of popular rhetoric that suggests jumping straight into positive thinking when faced with a negative experience is the next step but the truth is that is unrealistic and idealistic thinking. There has to be space for the process to happen to get to the other side and through all his research, Trevor Moawad and his team confirmed that leaning into a negative mindset for the sports commu...
Jun 02, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 57
How can transitioning online become your businesses biggest benefit rather than your biggest block? Think about who you want to be when the struggle of this pandemic moves into the next stage…Dean Graziosi encourages you to exercise your courage, be innovative, and find ways to pivot by paying attention to what people are needing from you and your business. How are they wanting to connect and how can you change your process to serve the needs of your community as we move toward the “new normal”....
May 26, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 56
How do you identify yourself? Do you find yourself stating your profession when you introduce yourself to others or feeling defined by your job, especially when your career feels like your calling? Paula Faris shares her story of slowing down in order to lean out of the idea that her vocation is what gave her value and lean into who she discovered she really was at her core. The process lead her to understand that “your work is not your worth” and your identity is not wrapped up in the “doing” b...
May 19, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 55
How can I launch my personal brand and how can I establish myself as an expert? If these are your pressing questions then turn up the volume and grab a notepad as Jason Feifer talks you through the process of becoming the recognizable leader in your niche you already know you are. About The Guest: Jason Feifer is editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, and host of three podcasts: Pessimists Archive (iTunes, site), a history show about why people resist new things; Hush Money (iTunes, site), ab...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 54
What if you could change your life by simply making a decision and then backing it up with the action it takes to make that decision a reality? Tank Sinatra explains to us that it actually is that easy. However, it doesn’t end there. Trusting the process you’re in becomes your most treasured asset if you can realize that everything you do will lead to your betterment and growth, which means you will always get what you want out of your endeavors and what you’re looking for will indeed present it...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Renowned comedian Nikki Glaser takes us through the value of validation, her journey through getting good enough, mental health and the time it takes to earn success. About The Guest: Nikki Glaser is one of the funniest female voices in comedy today. For over a decade at clubs across the country, and as the host of three hit podcasts, Glaser has been honing her shockingly- honest, no-holds barred style of comedy. In that time, Nikki has also executive produced and hosted two TV shows: Nikki & Sa...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 52
“How can I adjust for the better, how can I change my business, how can I evolve and how can I move my business on online?” If you have a business or a brand, these are the questions Phillp Stutts teaches us we should be asking. Furthermore, he will guide us through a marketing plan that is designed for you to seize the moment based on the data he compounded from in depth research and one large distinction he makes is our values have changed to these principles: Do you show safety/are you offeri...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 51
How do we begin to flip the switch from the tendency to thinking negatively and focus on what is standing in our way to thinking as vehemently about reaching our full potential? Lauren Handel Zander shares her process in how she developed a language for dreaming big: what she calls “an archetype of engaging yourself to find your higher self”. About the Guest: Lauren Handel Zander is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group®, an executive life coaching company. Her coaching methodology, The ...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 50
“The little rain drops are what make the storm” in other words, the small things matter and communication is key. With the global pandemic and many states in the U.S having a “shelter in place” mandate in effect, those of us in cohabiting relationships are being challenged in a way that magnifies our short-comings and our gifts. The experience at hand, riddled with stress and pressure, serves as a magnifier of our situations and will position us so that we can no longer look away from what may n...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 49
At what point does leaning into your fear outlive it’s usefulness and pursuing your passion become the only option? Dave Hollis was faced with this question by his middle son: “What is your biggest fear?” His answer…”not living up to my potential”. If your fear of how others might react to your decision is your biggest hurdle then that might be your first indicator to start walking towards your dream. About the Guest: Dave Hollis is the CEO of the Hollis Company, a company that exists to help pe...
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 48
What if you could control your reality by simply re-evaluating yourself through the experiences you have? Mark Manson suggests that this type of perspective shift is actually what we experience when believe we are healing something in our lives. You have control of your narrative and can even design your past experiences and therefore your current identity. About the Guest: Mark Manson is the #1 NYTimes bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Everything is F*cked: A Book Ab...
Mar 24, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 47
What if you could be more successful and more powerful in your business and all other areas of your life? Dr. Nima Rahmany walks us through how to master a relationship with yourself by way of mastering your nervous system. He teaches us how we can look at the triggers in our lives and how we can respond to them by developing a relationship with the root: our nervous system. About the Guest: Dr. Nima Rahmany, DC, CCWP is both a Chiropractor and an educator, specializing in helping individuals an...
Mar 17, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 46
What does it take to make the choice to live your life BIG? Philliip Stutts was faced with circumstances that caused him to arrive at this decision and make a choice: lean in positively or lean out passively. Find out how he came to be lauded as a “marketing genius” by FOX BUSINESS, “the political guru” by ESPN, and “The Michael Jordan of Political Marketing…” by Mike Dillard. About the Guest: Phillip Stutts comes from the cutthroat world of political marketing. Among his victories, has over two...
Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 45
What if you spent years building a reputable career that most would envy but suddenly realized it no longer was for you and your passions were brewing elsewhere? Dr. Gail Saltz shares her story in taking the leap and all that comes with it. All the shaming from colleagues, the fear, the stigmas that exist, and more in order to have the life and career that was truer to her core. About the Guest: Dr. Saltz is best known for her work as a relationship, family, emotional wellbeing, and mental healt...
Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 44
When the journey is challenging how do you continue to feel into your purpose and passion to continue to push forward and lean into what you truly are meant to do? Jess Ekstrom shares her journey in how she arrived at this question through out her life and how she found space to feel through the realness of those moments, choosing to lean into all the possibilities over choosing fear. About The Guest: Jessica Ekstrom founded Headbands of Hope when she was a senior in college in 2012. She created...
Feb 25, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 43
We all want more happiness. But what if our brains lie to us about how to get there? Psychologist Dr. Laurie Santos, whose Yale course “Psychology and the Good Life,” is the most popular class ever offered in the history of the university, illuminates what science says about what makes us happy and also how to put effective happiness strategies into practice. But not everyone can enroll in Santos’ class at Yale or has the time to take the online equivalent on Coursera. In Season One of THE HAPPI...
Feb 18, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 42
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Feb 11, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 41
