Sylvia Rohde-Liebenau, executive coach, author, and global change agent, joins us to explore what it really means to lead with power in today’s chaotic world. Her book Who’s in Charge? is more than a leadership guide—it’s a call to consciousness. From energy and embodiment to legacy and self-awareness, Sylvia invites us to look inward before stepping outward. 💡 In this episode: The difference between transformational and transformative leadership How leaders can claim their power by embodying p...
Aug 13, 2025•32 min•Season 1Ep. 246
Leadership isn’t just about guiding others—it starts with leading yourself. In this lively and insightful conversation, Beth Chapman Kaufmann and Nicole Santonastaso share how getting clear on who you are, what you do best, and where you’re headed can transform the way you lead. With plenty of laughs, relatable stories, and practical takeaways, Beth and Nicole dive into CliftonStrengths , True North Statements , and why reflection time is the secret ingredient for intentional leadership. Whether...
Aug 05, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 245
Peggy Sullivan, author of Beyond Busyness: How to Achieve More with Less , joins us for a refreshing and deeply practical conversation about why busyness has become the ultimate addiction—and how to break free from it . A self-described “busyness addict in recovery,” Peggy shares her personal wake-up calls, from a stress-induced heart attack to accidentally eating cat food in a haze of distraction, and how those moments pushed her to develop her Busy Busting Framework . This episode is for anyon...
Jul 30, 2025•34 min•Season 1Ep. 244
Judy Henderson and Jimmy Soni join us for a deeply moving conversation about resilience, forgiveness, and hope in the face of injustice. Judy spent 36 years wrongfully imprisoned, a journey that could have broken most people—but instead, she transformed it into a story of grace, growth, and unwavering strength. Alongside Jimmy, her co-author and champion, they share how hope can be actively created, bitterness overcome, and the power of choosing to be better, not bitter. Judy’s story is a testam...
Jul 23, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 243
Jim Carlough, seasoned executive, leadership coach, and author of Six Pillars of Effective Leadership: A Roadmap to Success , joins us for a heartfelt and eye-opening conversation about the human side of leadership. Through powerful personal stories, Jim challenges the outdated model of command-and-control and instead champions compassion, integrity, and empathy as leadership superpowers . Jim’s stories span a lifetime—from defending a classmate from a bully in middle school to leading a tech te...
Jul 17, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 242
Michele Weldon, Boomer, award-winning author, journalist, and emerita faculty member at Northwestern University, joins us to reflect on the deeply personal and cultural shifts we experienced during the pandemic years. Through her latest book, The Time We Have: Essays on Pandemic Living , Michele invites us to examine how the global crisis changed everything—from how we work to how we grieve. With her signature wit and emotional clarity, Michele shares how writing through 2020–2024 became both a ...
Jul 09, 2025•38 min•Season 1Ep. 241
Meet Molly Smith – a Gen X Breakthrough & Emotional Wellness Coach, best-selling author, and founder of Next Best Step LLC . Affectionately known as the female “Ted Lasso” for her grit, heart, and contagious optimism, Molly helps people break free from what’s holding them back and build sustainable, soul-aligned momentum. After 25 years in the corporate world—including time in the C-suite—Molly made the bold pivot to pursue purpose-driven work that lights her up. Through her signature tools ...
Jul 02, 2025•42 min•Season 1Ep. 240
Kayla Logue, a bestselling Millennial author, keynote speaker, and founder of the nonprofit Move Into Words, joins us to share her inspiring story of transformation and impact. Through her book Always Squeezing Lemons, Kayla offers a refreshingly honest take on what it means to face adversity, take radical self-accountability, and pursue a life and business aligned with your values. With a passion for mental and physical wellness—especially for young professionals—Kayla empowers others to redefi...
Jun 25, 2025•34 min•Season 1Ep. 239
Athena Brownson, a Millennial light bearer, embodies resilience like few others. Once a professional skier, Athena underwent nine knee surgeries and two neck operations—yet her toughest challenge came off the slopes. Diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease, she found herself bedridden for months. But instead of letting the diagnosis define her, Athena transformed her adversity into purpose, turning pain into power and setbacks into stepping stones. In this inspiring episode, Athena shares her journe...
Jun 19, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 238
Amy D. Love, Gen X, is a nationally recognized business strategist, entrepreneur, and AI education advocate whose mission is to prepare the next generation to thrive in an AI-driven world. With decades of experience helping organizations scale impact and build future-ready strategies, she founded Discovering AI, a platform helping families, educators, and communities navigate AI with confidence. Her new book, Raising Entrepreneurs: Preparing Kids for Success in the Age of AI , is both a wake-up ...
Jun 17, 2025•45 min•Season 1Ep. 237
Valarie Sandjivy, GenX, is an adaptive leadership mentor and business coach with over 20 years of experience. She is an engineer, master degree recipient, and business coach with over 20 years of corporate experience. As the founder of Ellipus, she helps executives, C-suite leaders, and entrepreneurs lead with greater emotional intelligence, adaptability, and innovation. Her coaching approach is built on four key pillars: leading self, leading others, emotional mastery, and soul care. Valarie's ...
Jun 11, 2025•55 min•Season 1Ep. 236
Elisabeth White, Millennial, is an Agile (and coffee) aficionado with a passion for people and transformation. She has spent the past fifteen years guiding organizations on incredible Agile journeys—focusing on continuous improvements within leadership, culture, people, and processes. Her contagious personality and collaborative work ethic complement many team and office environments. White is a CEO by title, coach by profession, facilitator by trade, and Agilist at heart. Born and raised in the...
Jun 05, 2025•43 min•Season 1Ep. 235
Laura Zavelson, GenX, is a corporate finance escapee, turned serial entrepreneur, former professor of entrepreneurship, and fairy godmother for new business ideas. She helps GenXers who are laid-off, pissed-off, pushed-out or burned-out capitalize on their expertise and experience to build a business as a coach, consultant or independent expert. She draws on 25+ years of experience to deliver client getting and business building strategies that are both proven and practical. Her videos, articles...
Jun 03, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 234
Guest: Lisa Even – Millennial Leadership Coach, Author, Keynote Speaker In this uplifting episode, we’re joined by Lisa Even, a leadership coach, author, and keynote speaker whose mission is to bring more joy into the world—one ripple at a time. Lisa believes that joy won’t just find us—we have to go after it, and everything we say or do sends out a ripple effect, whether it’s happy or crappy. The choice is ours. Lisa shares insights into defining joy, building it with intention, and using it to...
May 28, 2025•35 min•Season 1Ep. 233
Dr. Hillary Cauthen, Millennial, is a clinical sport psychologist based in Austin TX. Hillary was a division 1 college track athlete, before embarking on a career focusing on the mental health and mental performance dimensions of high performers. Dr. Cauthen is the Founder of Texas Optimal Performance & Psychological Services. Her private practice has steadily grown over the past decade and now includes a dedicated team of six providers delivering comprehensive care to athletes, parents, coa...
May 21, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 232
Nada Lena Nasserdeen is an internationally acclaimed thought leader, visionary, and advocate for personal and professional empowerment. As the Founder and CEO of Rise Up For You, she is a two-time #1 best-selling author and a two-time TEDx motivational speaker. Over the past five years, Nada and her team have inspired and transformed the lives of over 100,000 individuals worldwide, equipping leaders and teams with the tools to excel and thrive in dynamic environments. Through her company, Rise U...
May 14, 2025•33 min•Season 1Ep. 231
Eva Hausman, Silent co-founder of the Mothers’ Day Movement (MDM) joins to remind us that $35B are spent on Mother’s Day and what if for the cost of a bouquet of flowers we could change a life? Eva’s interest in starting this organization grew out of a column in The New York Times by Nicholas Kristof, where he made the case for moving the apostrophe in Mother’s Day so it honors not just one mother, but underserved mothers everywhere. It advocates shifting a portion of Mother’s Day gift giving to...
May 08, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 230
Madison Kosh, Millennial, is the Senior Director of Program and Training at Girl Scouts, Heart of Central California. A dedicated mom of two, she is passionate about championing girls’ ambition and creating meaningful group experiences. With over a decade of outdoor leadership experience and seven years of leadership within Girl Scouts, Madison is committed to equipping girls with the skills and confidence to navigate the world, find their voice, and create lasting change in their communities. H...
May 06, 2025•39 min•Season 1Ep. 225
Nejat Abdurahman, Millennial, is a Keynote Speaker, the Author of The Art of Managing Up , and founder of N-BAC, a business advisory & consulting firm that helps organizations and leaders transform the way they lead. She is a certified leadership and emotional intelligence coach andDISC Practitioner who enables organizational growth and transformation through learning and leadership development. A continuous learner herself, Nejat lovesto spark passion for learning and help people unlock the...
Apr 30, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 228
Virginia Frischkorn, Millennial, Founder and CEO of partytrick.com is an award-winning former event industry professional who has successfully transitioned into a startup founder. With over 15 years of experience craftingexceptional events, she is dedicated to transforming and empowering the experience economy. Her achievements include being recognized as one of the Top 50 Planners Worldwide by Vogue and Martha Stewart Weddings, named a Top 10 Innovator in EventTech, and honored in the DBJ 40 Un...
Apr 23, 2025•31 min•Season 1Ep. 227
Jenn Hahn, Millennial, joins us and is the Founder & CEO of J Recruiting Services, a niche recruiting firm that partners with leading retail brands across the U.S. to deliver top-tier talent. When she isn't leading her team in recruiting strategy and solutions, she is a wife, mom to three busy kids and anavid yogi. In 2017, Jenn founded J Recruiting Services to serve the industry she knows and loves—retail. Her team’s mission is clear: deliver exceptional results that encourage both clientsa...
Apr 16, 2025•52 min•Season 1Ep. 226
Tara Landes, GenX, has been the secret weapon hundreds ofsmall businesses leaders have used as they solve operational challenges for over 25 years. She is a certified change management practitioner from The Prosci Institute and a licensed influence trainer from The Cialdini Institute.She is also the lead faculty member for the Bellrock management training programs, which are unique in both methods and results. In this episode she brings her expertise in influencing others with grounded research ...
Apr 10, 2025•39 min•Season 1Ep. 225
While researching Ep 53 about Bullies Yo found and read thebook Mobbing, Emotional Abuse in the American Workplace by Noa Davenport, PhD,Ruth Distler Schwartz, and Gail Pursell Elliot. Dr. Davenport is a culturalanthropologist, Schwartz and Pursell are consultants in marketing and HRrespectively. The authors call Mobbing, a traumatic syndrome and it cancertainly derail you if you’re trying to be or become a leader! Plus a Newsweek article indicates that Mobbing happens on aglobal level. The 3 Ep...
Apr 02, 2025•25 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Danaya Wilson, Millennial, author of Changemakers Wanted aimed at women’s empowerment. Danaya is the award-winning co-founder and CEO of BetterCertify. Recognized as a "40 Under 40" honoree, Danaya has helped individuals, companies, and industries navigate compliance andoccupational safety education clearly and decisively. Danaya's work is not just about business; it's about creating pathways for future generations of female leaders, offering a practical and aspirational blueprint. What You’ll L...
Apr 02, 2025•45 min•Season 1Ep. 224
Amy Kemp, Gen X, is the owner and CEO of Amy Kemp, Inc., and joins us to talk about her book, I See You: A Guide for Women to Make More, Have More, and Be More – Without More Work . She wrote this book for all the women doing important work and have accomplished some things and they’re having a life experience and very few people understand it. In her work within this growing company, Amy helps leaders and business professionals understand how deeply “thought habits” impact every part of their w...
Mar 26, 2025•52 min•Season 1Ep. 223
Brigette Panetta, Millennial, advocateand ambassador for Media.com, joins us to talk about her real-world experience and insights into social justice leadership. Brigette is a passionate advocate for those facing social injustice and adversity. After experiencing firsthand the devastating impact of false allegations by Australia's corporate regulator, ASIC, she has dedicated herself to supporting others in similar battles. Her journey began under extraordinary circumstances—recovering from a tra...
Mar 20, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 222
Rachel Burr, Gen X, author of Butterfly Goo:TheDown and Dirty Truth About Transformation, joins us to talk transformation. Rachel is an executive coach, leadership consultant, and people expert. She says, "... leadership is challenging because people are challenging, and leaders are people. When we add the challenges of leading groups of other people, developing a workplace culture, and driving success, we increase the difficulty by tenfold, even a hundredfold. (Is there an infinite fold?) Let’s...
Mar 12, 2025•33 min•Season 1Ep. 221
Scarlett Stanhope, Gen Z, is an abundance coach who helpsothers own their worth and change their mindset so they can confidently pursue their businesses and build lives that they love. Scarlett harnessed the power of money to break free from her workaholic career path and pursue her dreams. She uses a combination of tangible money management strategies as well as a variety of coaching techniques to help her clientstransform their mindset and relationship to money, allowing them to strategically ...
Mar 05, 2025•34 min•Season 1Ep. 220
Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree, Gen X, is a cancer mom and advocate for parents of children with cancer. She empowers families going through medical trauma with tools and tactics to help them navigate their new everyday normal. Her book, Thru the Fire, Empowering Parents of Kids with Cancer takes us through her journey once the pediatrician said her 3-year-old daughter Cecilia’s lethargy and black circles under her eyes were childhood leukemia. She entered the panickedexistence of childhood cancer. Cea...
Feb 26, 2025•39 min•Season 1Ep. 219
Molly Rose Speed, Millennial, is the visionary behind the Virtual Assistant Academy and founder of Virtual Assistant Management, where she’s helped countless entrepreneurs and professionals reclaim their time and focus on what matters most. She joins us to share her expertise in delegation and asking for help. She has mastered theart of creating time freedom, empowering others to offload their to-do lists and scale their businesses with ease. With a passion for supporting military spouses and th...
Feb 19, 2025•34 min•Season 1Ep. 217
