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Fierce Lab

Fierce Lab is a podcast series for women. It’s a space to focus on our whole selves - from mental health, to career development to financial intelligence. To be fierce is to be confident, capable and strong. Fierce Lab offers inspiration, tools, and community. It’s where we can explore new ideas and encourage discovery. Here, trying something new is celebrated. No one has it all figured out but together we can step fiercely into what’s next.

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Marissa Heyl On How Neurodesign Leads To Better Mental Health

Everything that can be perceived by our senses, even though they are tangible objects, has a direct impact on our mental health. Through neurodesign, one can vastly improve brain health by imbuing positive elements into their physical spaces. To understand this concept better, Tara Wilson sits down with neurodesigner Marissa Heyl , Founder of Inclusive Wellness Design . She discusses how to create your very own spaces that bring you genuine joy and help maintain sound mental health. Marissa also...

Sep 10, 202432 minSeason 4Ep. 3

Solo Travel Tips: A Conversation With Sarah Mason

Are you ready to break free and embrace adventure? Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and inspiration for your solo travel adventure! Join Tara Wilson and Sarah Mason for an insightful discussion on the transformative power of solo travel. Sarah, a seasoned traveler and founder of Publify Relations , shares her personal experiences and practical tips for women considering embarking on their adventures. Learn how to overcome fears, build confidence, and discover new perspective...

Aug 29, 202424 minSeason 4Ep. 3

Leading with Impact: Inspiring Success and Making a Difference with Mita Mallick

Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app. Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Become a member ⁠here. In this episode Tara Wilson is joined by Mita Mallick, a podcaster, LinkedIn Top Voice, and soon-to-be author. Mita shares her journey and discusses her role as the Head of Div...

Sep 28, 202339 min

Creating a Place Where Every Voice Matters: A Year of Inspiring Leadership and Inclusion with Cynt Marshall

Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app. Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Become a member here. In this episode we hear from Cynt Marshall and how she advocates for creating an inclusive space where every voice matters. Her goal is to establish an environment where every v...

Sep 14, 202352 min

Purpose-driven: Identify Your North Star with Sheeba Philip

JOIN THE CLUB Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can join the club and additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . As a member you'll get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Don't miss out! Sheeba Philip is a woman tremendously motivated by her faith and purpose, and her platform is business. In fact, she has spent the last 25 years across multip...

Mar 09, 202351 minSeason 3Ep. 10

Know Your Strengths and Own Them with Tami DeWeese

JOIN THE CLUB Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can join the club and access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . As a member you'll get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Don't miss out! Tami DeWeese, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Samsung Electronics America, began her work in DEI during a pivotal time in 2020. Tami focuses...

Mar 02, 202355 minSeason 3Ep. 9

What Would Support Look Like Here? with Jen Croneberger

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. “If we really want to lead effectively, we have to be able to connect.” You could say Jen Croneberger is an expert on what makes effective leaders. In fact, Jen has been speaking...

Feb 23, 202351 minSeason 3Ep. 8

Become the CFO of Your Life with Ramona Ortega

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. If concepts like investing, wealth building, short-and long-term financial goal-setting, and the like give you anxiety, this is the podcast episode for you. Ramona Ortega, an att...

Feb 16, 202346 minSeason 3Ep. 7

Let’s Get Technological with Bianca Jackson

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Bianca Jackson has been on the cutting edge of technology for years. A self-proclaimed “tech nerd” since she was a child, Bianca is the founder and CEO of BrickRose Exchange, a p...

Feb 09, 202341 minSeason 3Ep. 6

30 Seconds of Bravery with Rachel Mallison

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. To Rachel Mallison, fierce means “being brave for 30 seconds at a time.” She should know a little about bravery. Rachel was working at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on...

Feb 02, 20231 hr 6 minSeason 3Ep. 5

Making the Cut with Charlotte Cowles

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Charlotte Cowles, freelance writer, journalist, and columnist for The Cut,​​ is no expert on money matters. How, then, did she end up writing a weekly column entitled “My Two Cen...

Jan 26, 202353 minSeason 3Ep. 4

Build a Fulfilling Career with Robin Helfer

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Career development is our own responsibility. Luckily for us, there are a multitude of resources (and people!) to help us along the journey. Robin Helfer, Chief Financial and Ope...

Jan 19, 202339 minSeason 3Ep. 3

Show Up and Surrender with Cheryl Mills Knight

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Cheryl Mills Knight recognizes the power of showing up and surrendering — of actively participating in creating a life you love and of surrendering one’s ego to allow the univers...

Jan 12, 202351 minSeason 3Ep. 2

Setting Meaningful Intentions with Tonia Misvaer

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app. Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Setting goals and intentions has been a huge part of Tonia Misvaer’s life, especially since she developed her forward-looking “Year in Preview” method of planning for the life she...

Jan 05, 202342 minSeason 3Ep. 1

The Power of Connection in Risk-taking and Career-building with Cata Lara

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app. Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. In this episode, Tara speaks with Cata Lara, director of sales for the southern region at E. & J. Gallo Winery, about taking risks, building your career, and the intersection ...

Sep 14, 202247 min

The Value of Group and Individual Therapy with Tanya Cole-Lesnick

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app. Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Group and individual therapy can provide the support you need to navigate life’s struggles or identify how to level up and become the best version of yourself. In this episode, Ta...

May 26, 202250 min

The Power of Planning, Positivity, and Prioritizing What Matters with Elyse Dickerson

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. In this episode, Tara speaks with Elyse Dickerson, Co-founder and CEO of Eosera, a biotech company that addresses underserved healthcare needs. The two touch on everything from c...

Apr 28, 202250 min

Entrepreneurship 101 with Tara Pate

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. In this episode, Tara of Fierce Lab speaks with Tara Pate , the founder of Daysie, a line of certified organic, not-so-simple syrups for coffee and occasions. Tara talks openly a...

Apr 21, 20221 hr 4 min

Leveraging Your Skills to Switch Careers with Stephanie Hall

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app. Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. In this episode, Tara speaks with Stephanie Hall, founder of a luxury brand of hand-blown colored glass named after her grandmother, Estelle Colored Glass. Stephanie started her c...

Apr 13, 202240 min

Overcoming the Fear Surrounding Risk Taking with Emily Bibb

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. In this episode, Tara speaks with Emily Bibb, co-founder of Breef, the first agency marketplace whose mission is to bring the world's best brands and agencies together to create ...

Mar 11, 202249 minEp. 62

Taking Control of Your Financial Future

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops as well as exclusive events for members only. On this episode, Tara talks with Melissa Lilly, Director and Wealth Planning Strategist at UBS, about ways women can take control of their financial planning, including estate pla...

Feb 10, 202247 minEp. 61

Finding Healing and Support From Within with Emefa Boamah

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. Emefa Boamah , a grounded healer, embodiment coach, and mental health and radical self-care advocate, shares her mission to create a national and international movement centered ...

Feb 03, 202254 minEp. 60

Seeking Justice and Liberation with Brittany Barnett

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app . Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops as well as exclusive events for members only. In this episode, Tara speaks with Brittany Barnett, an attorney and author of A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom . Brittany co-founded the Buried Alive Pro...

Jan 20, 202252 minEp. 58

Taking Your Finances to the Next Level in 2022 with Maggie Klokkenga

This episode is part two of the “New Year, Fiercest You” series dedicated to teaching women how to take ownership of their finances. Tara talks all things money with Maggie Klokkenga, a Financial Coach and Planner at Make A Money Mind s hift . Maggie offers women advice on investing, whether they’re just starting out or considered more advanced investors. Starting at the beginning Just the word “investment” can elicit fear and anxiety — often, because people don’t know where to start. Tara and M...

Jan 13, 202238 minEp. 57

Owning Your Mental Health and Self-Care in 2022 with Dr. Jamie Erwin

I n this episode, Tara talks with Dr. Jamie Erwin of VIVI Women's Health about the correlation between mental and physical health, as well as the different stages of womanhood. Throughout their discussion, Jamie offers advice on coping with isolation and talking to your physician. Mental and physical health Mental and physical health are sometimes linked. Mental health issues can manifest in physical symptoms, such as anxiety causing an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. Stress can even ...

Jan 07, 20221 hr 6 minEp. 56

Creating a Gratitude Mindset Through Gardening with Donna Letier

On this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks with Donna Letier , the co-founder and CEO of Gardenuity , a wellness company that offers personalized indoor and outdoor garden kits. Donna explains how gardening helps improve mental, physical, and social health, discusses the value of habit stacking, and gives insight into how companies are taking a more holistic approach to the health of their employees by focusing more on mental health. At the end of the episode, Donna provides some great gardening ...

Dec 09, 202136 minEp. 52

Setting Yourself Up Financially for the Life You Want with Jennifer Barrett

In this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks with Jennifer Barrett , Head of Content at Fidelity Investments and author of the book Think Like a Breadwinner: A Wealth Building Manifesto for Women Who Want to Earn More and Worry Less. Jennifer discusses what it means to think like a breadwinner and explores differences in how parents teach kids about money, how credit and investing are viewed, what happens after a woman becomes a breadwinner, and her thoughts around whisper networks. Thinking like a...

Dec 02, 202156 minEp. 51

Career: Risk, Rejection, and Reward with Sade Balogun.

In this podcast episode, she and Tara dive into the 3 Rs of career: risk, rejection and reward. Sade started with an early opportunity at Kohl's as a Business Analyst. After business school at NYU, a stint at Groupon, a Senior Brand Manager role at Starbucks, Sade is now a Global Product Marketer at Peloton. With each career move, Sade has honed her skills and evolved as a leader. Sade also shares her techniques for handling rejection and the rewards that come from going where you're valued, (hi...

Nov 25, 202150 minEp. 50

How Trauma Affects the Workplace and the Body with Nicole DeKay

Nicole DeKay is a researcher and PhD candidate working with the company Moving Beyond in the diversity, inclusion, and equity space, and her research and work are centered around workplace experiences. In this episode, Nicole discusses psychometrics and how her personal experiences inspired her research. She provides an overview of the book The Body Keeps the Score , which is the basis of her dissertation, describes what a trigger meter is, and details how her work at Moving Beyond and Humanalys...

Nov 18, 202138 minEp. 49

The Importance of Gender Equality in Family Finances with Carey Shuffman

On this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks with Carey Shuffman , Head of the Women’s Segment at UBS, a global financial services firm. Carey and her team focus specifically on women’s financial needs to increase their participation and awareness. In their discussion, Carey provides some eye-opening statistics and offers advice on how women can begin participating in their finances or level up if they are already comfortable with their financial situation. She also discusses some frequently avoide...

Nov 11, 202145 minEp. 48
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