Interview with Ben Schoeffler. I am super excited to share with you the very first in-person interview that I had with Ben at my home in Lake Tahoe a few weeks ago. Ben had his own medical hypnotherapy practice for anxiety, fear and phobias as well as confidence practices for athletes for a few years. Today Ben has a successful podcast called “Shut up Brain” and a YouTube channel (Ben from BrilliantSide), sharing tools and techniques on anxiety, habit building and living with confidence. In this...
Oct 21, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 43
On September 25th, I joined the Sequoia event on the Healthiest Employer Awards in the Bay Area 2019. In this podcast episode, I speak about what I learned and took away from the conference. In this podcast episode you will learn: Key data points for well-being trends in the workplace What leaders and parents have in common Why it is important to set new standards when it comes to working from home when being sick How to bring stress management and mindfulness practices into your company without...
Oct 14, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Interview with Ruairi Conroy. Ruairi started his career on 98FM Radio as an agency sales executive and over the last 15 years climbed the corporate ladder in different global Tech companies: SMB Sales Manager at Google, Sales Director for EMEA at AdRoll; and today VP for Global Growth Markets at SiteMinder. Today, Ruairi lives in the West of Ireland with his wonderful wife Rita and his three kids. I am really honored I got to interview Ruairi, we crossed paths while I was in one of my first role...
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 41
"Let us forgive each other - only then we will live in peace." L.N. Tolstoy Forgiveness is a powerful tool to master stress. In this podcast episode you will learn: What forgiveness has to do with stress management Forgiveness as a protection mechanism Self-fulfilling prophecies Moving from being a victim to taking your life in your own hands Enjoy listening. With gratitude, Julia ----- 🏔 Build Peak Performance Tools To Thrive at Work and in Your Personal Life 🏔 🔸 LINKS 🔸 INVEST IN YOUR PERS...
Sep 30, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Interview with Dr. Amber Krogsrud. Dr. Amber Krogsrud is a Naturopathic Doctor who focuses in Holistic Hormone Health. Prior to her undergraduate studies, she worked in an chiropractic clinic and discovered the beauty of natural medicine. She also developed a passion for nutrition and began pursuing a career that viewed health as a holistic lifestyle involving food as nutrition. To convert this passion to a career, Dr. Amber completed a four year medical degree at the prestigious Bastyr Universi...
Sep 23, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Stress creates a lot of mental stress: we constantly evaluate and judge situations based on our past experiences and future projections. Thoughts are always with you, and yes, they can create a lot of mental stress. So what can you do to relief it? In this podcast episode you will learn: How to use stress to your advantage The power of changing your perspective How to use mindfulness in connection with mental stress What a heart rate monitor has to do with stress How much stress can be mitigated...
Sep 16, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Interview with Flavia Wahl. Flavia was born in Romania and grew up in Germany. Besides traveling the world, she worked for Google for three years and went on to found her own company in 2016. iBreve is a wearable that will be launched in 2020. It is the first device that will be tracking breathing patterns and with that help people create awareness when they are not breathing well. iBreve won several innovation challenges, received funding for its dedication to sustainability and received the aw...
Sep 09, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 37
One year ago, on an early Thursday morning in August 2018, I was diagnosed with burnout. I was shocked. I knew something was surely not right with me (hence I was sitting in the doctor's office), but burnout? Anxiety? Depression? That seemed too unreal, too far away. In this podcast episode you will learn: What burnout is How burnout relates to depression and anxiety Signals that help you identify burnout What you can do when you have identified burnout Why it is important to take care of your m...
Sep 02, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Interview with Sue Ann Hong. Sue Ann is an immigrant from Seoul, Korea. She flew to the US at the age of 8 by herself, and got adopted by her aunt. She worked in various leadership positions at State Farm Insurance for over 28 years and today is the Chief Executive Director at The Center for Asian Pacific American Women. In this podcast episode you will learn: How mentors can help you in your professional career Why it is important to commit to yourself Tools you can use as a female leader How t...
Aug 26, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been feeling overwhelmed and stressed. I started to skip my morning routine, meaning I would start working while still laying in bed and not taking care of myself. Slipping into our old behaviors when things get stressful or difficult is very common. In this podcast episode, I talk about the powerful notion of beginning again. In this podcast episode you will learn: What it means to begin again Why it is important to be flexible What taking care of yourself ...
Aug 19, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Interview with Melyna Harrison. Determined to create a different life for herself, being raised by a single mom from Brazil, Melyna went out to create a very successful business, providing for her family of 4 kids and husband. Today, she is traveling the world to train people on how to elevate their health and wealth with essential oils. In this podcast episode you will learn: Simple tools how to manage stress when not having a lot of money Why investing in yourself is the best investment you ca...
Aug 12, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 33
In this podcast episode you will learn: Why it is important to identify triggers Why it is a human need to be recognized and appreciated Why using stress tools like exercising, meditation or self-care is not enough to reduce stress in the long-term How understanding and resolving feelings is related to setting boundaries Why it is so difficult to change behaviors How to move our perspective from the outside environment to our inner world How to improve your resilience Enjoy listening :-). With g...
Aug 05, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Interview with Kate Ellenbaum. Kate has been a recruiter for high tech companies for many years, and today she is the Global Recruiting Manager at Elastic. Elastic is a fully distributed company where people work remotely from all over the world. They have over 1600 employees globally working from 39 different countries. Kate herself is living in the mountains in Colorado, she is a wife, a mom to two kids and a dog; and she loves to hike and bike right out of her front door. In this podcast epis...
Jul 29, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 31
You are starting to make different choices, you are starting to make changes in your life to be less stressed, and now you have to deal with people that don't understand those choices. They resist you, and they may even say something negative to you. In this podcast episode, I am sharing with you what you can do to make this easier on yourself. In this podcast episode you will learn: Why finding a support group doesn't only mean on a physical, face-to-face level That hearing other people's opini...
Jul 22, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Interview with Erin Burch. Erin is 62 years old and lives north of San Francisco. She has been on a real journey in her life which started with a background in physical therapy. After a difficult experience, she went to spend four years in a yoga ashram, practicing yoga, meditation and being immersed in the art and lifestyle of yoga. After a bad car accident, Erin started to have many physical challenges due to scarring tissue and was expected to be in a wheelchair by the age of 40. How she got ...
Jul 15, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 29
You are feeling stressed - what now? Sometimes you find yourself in situations that feel stressful, overwhelming and exhausting, and you don't know what to do. In this podcast episode, I share with you five steps of how to manage stress in emergency situations, so that the next time you have a few tools at hand to move gracefully through a challenging experience. In this podcast episode you will learn: What early warning signals are and how you can identify your own Why taking a break is necessa...
Jul 08, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Interview with Jessica Stansberry. Out of desperation, Jessica started her own graphic design business in 2010 after having her first child. Today she is a famous YouTuber with over 43.000 subscribers, an Infopreneur, selling online courses on web design and DIY websites and host of her own podcast “GRIT” that got listed amongst the Top 100 Business podcasts in only 6 weeks. In our interview, we are exploring a lot of inspiring, funny and eye-opening topics. What it came down to was how to set b...
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been dealing with back pain. Not the first time in the last 12 months. And it had me thinking...so often, we ignore signals from our body, we avoid a conversation with a friend or family member, or we push work deadlines without communicating, because it is uncomfortable. This podcast episode will inspire you to look at something that you have long swept under the rug and helps you create awareness to start making long-lasting changes in your life. In this p...
Jun 24, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Interview with Matthew Savarick. Matthew lost his brother to suicide at the age of 8, and has very early in life started to learn about mental health issues, experienced individual and family therapy sessions and learned about the inner workings of the mind. He has a neuroscience degree from the University of Florida, works for Headspace since two years and is hosting a mens group in LA to coach them on being more mindful and open with their feelings. In this podcast episode you will learn: His ...
Jun 17, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 25
It was about three years ago, when I listened to a podcast that explained the character trait of a highly sensitive person. And my world was forever changed. Because all of a sudden, everything made a little bit more sense to me, I finally understood "what was wrong with me". This podcast is not only for those that consider themselves a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), but also for those that would like to learn more about how we tick and what we need to thrive in the corporate world. In this podc...
Jun 10, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Interview with Meghan O’Hara. Meghan is a Registered Dietitian and Holistic Health Coach who has worked with over 1,000 individuals over the past decade. She is committed to supporting individuals to live the healthiest versions of themselves: mind, body and spirit. In this podcast episode you will learn: How to improve your relationship with food and your body How the stress response influences our digestive system The difference between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system How to...
Jun 03, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 23
I love to hear from you and I love all the questions I receive on a regular basis about how you can better manage stress. In today's episode, I am answering your questions: How to manage stress when working in high-competitive, high-pressure environments like Google. How can you deal with high expectations from your management team & manage stress at the same time? Do we really need to turn to spirituality in order to deal with stress at work or can other small remedies just be effective? Ho...
May 27, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Interview with Taylor Conroy. Taylor became a millionaire at 27 years old, and realized that he is not living the life he wants, because it would have meant that he would be even more burned out than he felt already at the time. He went traveling and moved from searching happiness outside himself to searching happiness inside himself. Today, he is a successful entrepreneur, 4x TED keynote speaker ("How to build a school in 3 hours", "How to scale empathy and change the world", "The paradox of fu...
May 20, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 21
A friend of mine reached out to me this week and said "Julia! I have a great idea for your next podcast. I would love you to speak about how I can deal with my boss (/people) that is so stressed out that it affects me as well.". No matter if you are dealing with an anxious boss, co-worker, partner, family member or friend; this episode is for you! In this podcast episode you will learn: - The 50/50 rule when it comes to influence, control and power - Why you should never make assumptions or take...
May 13, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Interview with Susanne Müller. Susanne is originally from Switzerland and has lived in New York for over 25 years. Susanne has a MA in organizational development & leadership from Columbia University, a BA in psychology from Marymount Manhattan College, and an executive coaching certificate from Columbia University. She worked for Swiss Airlines, at the Swiss Mission to the United Nations, and in the international HR department for Nestle. She has been teaching classes in organizational beha...
May 06, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Fact: We receive on average 100 emails per day and need more than 23 minutes to focus again when we get distracted from an incoming email. When you think of email management, you often feel overwhelmed, frustrated and procrastinate that one response just a bit longer... Email Management can be so overwhelming and stressful. In this podcast, I am sharing how I am managing my emails and keep my inbox clean. In this podcast episode you will learn: - The three top issues when thinking of email manag...
Apr 29, 2019•15 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Interview with Bea Grubenthal. After quitting her day-to-day job at Red Bull in Austria, Bea decides to leave her country to learn Spanish and to found her own business working on big global sports and music projects. Today, Bea shares positive impacts and how to create them - relating back to her personal story and her global network of role models, change-makers and good-doers. It is her vision to help people become "impact entrepreneurs": People who want to make a difference in other people’s...
Apr 22, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 18
You have voted this week on my Instagram story and decided: you want to learn more about how to manage financial stress! I love talking money, so let's dive in. In this podcast episode you will learn: - Why money usually stresses us - How you can create a money mindset - A step-by-step explanation of how I track my money - How keeping a record of your expenses can help save money - How you can develop a plan to increase your income and bridge a potential gap - The importance of setting money goa...
Apr 15, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Interview with Ryan Owens. Ryan has worked for Google for over 14 years and is the Director for Product & Sales Activation, a product specialist team that supports the sales teams on the Google Ads advertiser side. He lives in Dublin, Ireland with his wife and three kids (2, 3 and 4 years old!). Ryan has integrated many well-being and stress management tools not only in his private life, but also in his team. He is a role model for mindful leadership. In this podcast episode you will learn: ...
Apr 08, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Do you regularly have to travel for business? Does business travel throw you off your hard-developed routines and habits? Do you constantly feel overwhelmed, stressed-out and exhausted during the trip as well as afterwards: juggling client meetings, emails, delayed flights and updating your team about all the learnings? Then this podcast episode is for you! In this podcast episode, you will learn: How to choose your travel times Why it is ok to say no to optional team gatherings and dinners Why ...
Apr 01, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 15
