Meenakshi Sinha (GenX) and her 11 year old daughter, Radhika Chandra (Gen Z), join Yo to discuss a book Meenakshi put together based on letters from her mother, Mridula Sinha, in India while she was in the U.S. working on her PhD. During the episode we explore some of life’s biggest lessons that Mridula wanted all daughters to know, the biggest being they are special. Originally the letters were written in Hindi and published in the Air India magazine, Swagat. Meenakshi translated them into Engl...
Sep 12, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 98
In this Sound Bite episode, Yo continues the Labor Day celebration discussed in Episode 96 about Dolores Huerta. Mentioned in the Episode: Cesar Chavez, Autobiography of La Cau sa by Jacques E. Levy Cesar Chavez by HalMarcovitz Cesar Chavez , (film) Related Episodes: Ep 96 Dolores Huerta: The Woman Who Led the Farmworker‘s Movement Alongside Cesar Chavez Ep 65 . The Power of Latino Leadership, Our Culture, Inclusion & Contribution How to reach Yo Canny: Our website: www.girltaketheleadpod.co...
Sep 07, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 97
In this episode, Yo celebrates Labor Day, the national holiday in the U.S. that remembers all those that have contributed and when she thought about what leaders best represented the American labor movement she was drawn to the efforts of Cesar Chavez, maybe it was because Chavez was her maiden name, or that he resembled her own father’s looks, or that SJSU has a monument to the man in the center of campus that calls to her whenever on campus, or that she boycotted grapes for years when growing ...
Sep 05, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Canny girls, Emma and Kiki, are back in the house to join Yo. The 3 of us recently went to see the movie, Barbie, together and wanted to share some of our key takeaways. When originally thinking about the movie and doing an episode around it, I wondered if it might be too silly but what really convinced me to see the movie was hearing the monologue Gloria makes in the movie about it being literally impossible to be a woman which began with: “You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me th...
Aug 31, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Courtnei Lee (Millennial) joins Team Canny (Emma, Yo, Kiki) in this episode to discuss OYT Cosmetics (OYTC), a company she founded and where she is CEO. During the episode we get into some really delicious conversation about authenticity & beauty, plus we got to play and talk about her cosmetic line! What fun is that?! OYTC is a Vancouver-based, LGBTQ2+-owned and operated company committed to delivering ethical, cruelty-free beauty products that inspire inclusion around the globe. “Our goal ...
Aug 29, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Today’s Sound Bite episode builds on Ep 92 where we began our interview with Bessi Graham, an award-winning entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience working with business owners, governments, and large funding bodies to bring doing good and making money back together. You may remember from that episode, Bessi talked with us about Emotions, Discernment, Powering-Through, Clarity, & being connected to our Bodies. In this episode today we’ll look at how we can get along with someone with d...
Aug 24, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Bessi Graham (Millennial) joins Yo to talk about leadership by examining emotions, and cultivating discernment and clarity. They also take a look at “powering-through” and its connection to burning out. One area of particular interest in the discussion was how the body plays in a role and keeps score! Bessi Graham is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience working with business owners, governments, and large funding bodies to bring doing good and making money back together...
Aug 22, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Dena Patton (GenX) joins Yo in this episode to discuss her book, The Greatness Game and living a more inspiring life. Dena Patton has been an elite business and leadership coach and consultant for the last 20 years. She works with world changing business owners and purpose-driven leaders to help them go from good-to-great in their leadership, income and impact. Her 3-Pillar coaching approach helps her clients to build: the systems to be a well-oiled company, the sales-strategy to be a well-funde...
Aug 17, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 91
This short Sound Bite comes from the documentary on Apple+: Stephen Curry – Underrated. There were so many gems we just had to share some of the most inspirational moments from the film. We hope you’ll be left with a feeling of ambition and tenacity just like Steph. Enjoy the listen!! Mentioned in the Episode: Stephen Curry: Underrated Ways to reach Yo: eMail yo@yocanny.com Public FB group: Girl, Take the Lead! https://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share Linktr.ee/yocanny IG: http...
Aug 15, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 90
In this episode, Andrea “Baba” Canny furthers our discussion about ageism (from Ep 88) and provides some great interviewing tips. We also get into pay gaps, career expectations, talents, gifts and dreams. Andrea is in her mid-50s and since the pandemic finding steady work has been a challenge. She’s shown great resilience and looks for the gifts present with the challenges. Her story is inspirational for all of us and is a great example of a “Girl, Taking the Lead!” 3 Episode Takeaways: 1. Ageis...
Aug 10, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Nori Jabba joins Yo to discuss her book Keeping Your Seat at the Table, A memoir and guide on Regaining Confidence in Middle Age. Together they explore ageism, strategic partnerships and hero lists. Nori explains the many aspects of The Table as a theme throughout her book. There were so many cleaver table uses like “Flip The Table”, “Don’t Table Yourself”, “Don’t Get Pulled Under the Table” discussed in the episode. Nori’s story is sure to be inspirational no matter your age! Here are the 3 Epi...
Aug 08, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 88
You may remember from Ep 86 where we discussed Machiavelli for Women by Stacey Vanek Smith. In today’s episode we got a bit deeper into that book where she wrote one of the main ways power is reflected in the workplace is pay. Oh Yeah! She states that after closing the pay gap between 1980 and 2000, the gap stopped shrinking. More and more women got degrees and entered the workforce, but the pay gap didn’t really budge. In this episode we’ll explore why that could be the case. Enjoy the listen!!...
Aug 03, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 87
When you hear the name Machiavelli, what do you think? Historical figure? His work “The Prince” which offered pragmatic and often controversial advice to rules on how to gain and maintain power? Maybe an Amoral Realist who believed the end justifies the means and that rules should be ready to employ deceit and cruelty to achieve their goals? And if someone uses the adjective “Machiavellian” it’s done so to describe cunning and manipulative behavior? Maybe not a good thing, right? I know I though...
Aug 02, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Jacqueline Farrington joins Yo to discuss Strategic Presence, Authenticity, and Connection based on her new book: The Non-Obvious Guide to Better Presentations: How to Present Like a Pro (Virtually or in Person). There are so many gems that Jacqueline offers us about tuning into our audiences and connecting with what they want. Here’s one of her quotes: “Communication is all about intent. We need to ask ourselves: What is my intention to help support my audience? How do I want them to feel?” Her...
Jul 27, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 85
This Sound Bite is a combination of building on a previous episode which was Ep 83 where we explored intuition by digging into the Trust Your Gut of the book, Trust Yourself, by Melody Wilding, and we are gathering inspiration from Robin S. Sharma’s book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. Sharma’s fiction book is about courage, balance, abundance, and joy through eyes of the character Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life when he has a massive hea...
Jul 25, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Today’s Sound Bite show builds on Ep 82 where we discussed the book Trust Yourself by Melody Wilding. There were an additional gem Yo wanted to share with you about the chapter Trust Your Gut. Takeaways: 1. It’s tricky to differentiate between intuition and fear. 2. Fear can speak loudly and dramatically while intuition is quiet, without drama. As mentioned in the episode: Trust Yourself by Melody Wilding Ep 82 Trust Yourself Ways to reach Yo: eMail yo@yocanny.com Public FB group: Girl, Take the...
Jul 20, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Do you see yourself as a high achiever and who happens to be really sensitive to things? If so, this is the episode for you! We dig into Melody Wilding’s book, Trust Yourself, Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions at Work. She uses the term “Sensitive Strivers” for those of us that are high achieving sensitives and it describes Yo to a T. We’ll explore when our sensitive traits can be a liability and also what it means to overthink things. Enjoy the listen. Here are the episode take-aways:...
Jul 18, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Today’s Sound Bite show builds on Ep 80 were we discussed the book Emotional Agility by Susan David, PhD. There were a couple more gems Yo wanted to share with you: 1. It’s all too easy to be hooked on the notion – known as correspondence bias – that someone else’s behavior can be attributed to fixed personality traits. 2. Caring too much can cause us to lose perspective – might be better to care less. As mentioned in the episode: EmotionalAgility by Susan David, PhD. Ep80 about the book: Emotio...
Jul 13, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 81
In this episode Yo digs into the book Emotional Agility by Susan David, PhD, to explore the science-based approach to navigate life’s twists and turns. It’s about getting unstuck, embrace change, and thrive in work and life. She states that how we deal with our thoughts, feelings, and self-talk ultimately determine how successful we’ll be. David has a special chapter on Becoming Real and she works in the book, The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjorie Williams. Yo discovered this book in college and trea...
Jul 11, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Welcome to a "Girl, Take the Lead!" Sound Bite –a short episode which may be a bit more about a topic we’ve covered in the longer form podcast or a quick inspiration. This episode is an inspirational moment. In the book Warriors of the Heart, Danaan Parry provides us the Trapeze Parable which talks about transitions: “the past is gone, the future is not yet here. It’s called transition.” It's so good, I wanted to share it with you! Thanks for listening! Click to see a video version of this podca...
Jul 06, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Welcome to a Girl Take the Lead Sound Bite –a short episode which may be a bit more about a topic we’ve covered in the longer form podcast or a quick inspiration. With 4th of July around the corner this episode we wanted to update Ep 26 which was about the emotions that are tied to patriotism, and we had help from Brene Brown and Susan Cain. In this episode we return to these researchers plus we provide some additional points about gratitude. Enjoy the listen! As mentioned in the episode: Episod...
Jul 02, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 78
Welcome to a Girl Take the Lead Sound Bite, a short episode which may be a bit more about a topic we’ve covered or a quick inspiration. This episode builds on Ep 76 where we explored Emotional Intelligence by digging into the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. He had so many great things in that book that I wanted to share some of the insights he offered us. This episode is about what he had to say about what Artificial Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence will bring in the next 2...
Jun 29, 2023•3 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Yo was super intrigued about the comment she would receive: “Don’t Take It So Personally!” Her go-to response was defensiveness. Perhaps you can relate? She went to the experts when it comes to emotional intelligence and emotions: Daniel Goleman author of the book, Emotional Intelligence, and Brené Brown, author of the book, The Gifts of Imperfection. Perhaps with their help we can all handle comments like this or others like it? Here are the 3 Takeaways: Instead of immediately becoming defensiv...
Jun 28, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Kiki and Emma return to co-host with Yo – yay – to talk about The Influencer Industry by Emily Hund, so we get a multi-generational perspective about the book. Together we explore some of the risks and benefits of being an influencer plus we talk some recent scandals. Emma brings a particular perspective as a book IG influencer. We hope you’ll enjoy the listen! The 3 Episode "Take Aways": There can be a downside when influencers monetize their brand which can lead to loss of authenticity and bec...
Jun 22, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Kelly Davis joins Yo to discuss THESIS, an independent podcast, created by a group of international students who are currently in a Masters Program in Higher Education at the University of Oslo in Norway (the podcast is not affiliated with the University of Oslo). The theme for their first season, which just recently ended, was to discuss geo politics and the use of higher education as a form of soft power in autocratic regimes. Their second season which began June 7 and will focus on first gene...
Jun 14, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Brenda Harrington joins Yo to discuss her book Access Denied, Addressing Workplace Disparities and Discrimination . In Access Denied , Brenda addresses what it takes to pave a path to success. She explains that beyond degrees, experience and competence, it is necessary to interpret an organization’s culture, the behaviors that are tolerated and rewarded and who the power players are, through a lens of diversity and inclusion. Both Brenda and Yo share some of their experiences as they advanced in...
Jun 07, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Andrea Mein DeWitt returns to discuss how her book, Name Claim & Reframe, Your Path To A Well-Lived Life, and how it relates to understanding the mindset of the female bully. After Ep. 66 about why women bully, I was left with the question, “can we challenge the status quo that female bullies take on masculine traits”? Andrea, as you may remember, is an author, speaker, and life coach and in her book she offers us insights into masculine and feminine traits, plus a look into the bully mindse...
May 31, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Dr. Ilene Cohen joins Yo to discuss her book When It’s Never About You, The People-Pleaser’s Guide to Reclaiming Your Health, Happiness, and Personal Freedom . Dr. Ilene, as she likes to be called, is also the author of the book we discussed in Ep 61 about Forgiveness. I liked that book so much I asked Dr. Ilene if she’d come talk to us about her other book and she agreed. Here are the 3 Takeaways: 1. Pleasing behaviors usually start as a way for us to feel less anxious about our lives. 2. It’s ...
May 24, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Yo continues the discussion started in Ep. 69 A simple Model for Changing Habits. In this episode, we discuss the bestseller, Atomic Habits, Tiny Changes Remarkable Results by James Clear. Here are the 3 Takeaways: The 1% approach can provide those atomic improvements which can add up over time. Identity with habit = harmony & shifting our identity is key to changing a habit Biological differences matter – give yourself a break! We hope you’ll enjoy this episode! As mentioned in the episode:...
May 17, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Yo provides a model for understanding all the offers made to help us change habits. She asks you to visualize a wheel with 6 spokes for each area of study: brain research, subconscious transformation, personal transformation, spiritual practices, leadership skills, and personal development. The episode discusses each area, identifies notable experts, and summarizes their approach. She also provides a review of Jen Sincero’s book, Badass Habits. Here are the 3 Takeaways: 1. The latest brain resea...
May 10, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 69
