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Kay Allison has been living alcohol-free since 1999. She is a successful entrepreneur, author, and leader of an alcohol-free community. Through her company, Juicy A.F. Kay helps woman transform their lives by stopping the drinking spiral and creating a rich, rewarding, joyful future to get free – free from booze, shame, and anxiety. Growing up, Kay felt like she was the fifth wheel in a family of scientists and teachers, having arrived five years after two older sisters who were close in age. Kay comments that her home environment felt like ‘fifty shades of beige’ while she was creative and colorful. She sang and studied cello all the way through her major at Northwestern University. Her parents supported all of her creative endeavors; they simply could not relate to them. In 1999, Kay was a Senior Vice President at a global ad agency and a single mom of two children. Her drinking escalated to the point that she decided to go alcohol-free. Since then, Kay has helped hundreds of women face their struggles with alcohol and come out the other side to live amazing lives. She increased her income 6x, married a man she’s still crazy about 21 years later, helped Fortune 200 companies generate $2 billion in new revenue, adopted a child, invented successful businesses, traveled around the world, and moved to her dream hometown in Colorado. Kay is the author of two books, Secrets from the Innovation Room: How to Create High-Voltage Ideas That Make Money, Win Business, and Outwit the Competition and Juicy AF*: Stop the Drinking Spiral, Create Your Future. Most importantly, she is happy with herself. Kay truly lives a Juicy AF life. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Kay’s journey: Kay co-founded two successful companies, Farm & Oven Snacks, Inc and Energy Infuser. She also created and taught a Marketing Innovation course at Northwestern University’s Medill School. Learn more and connect with Kay here: https://juicyaf.life/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayallison1/ https://www.facebook.com/kayallison1 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083081481264 https://www.instagram.com/join_juicyaf/  tiktok.com/@juicyaf_life

Dr. Gena Cox is the CEO of Feels Human, LLC. She is an organizational psychologist, executive coach, and award-winning author. After a decades-long career advising leaders in some of America’s largest companies, Gena felt that the pace of progress in workplace inclusion was unacceptably slow. She harnessed her experiences, expertise in organizational psychology, executive coach insights, and understanding of C-suite dynamics to write her book, Leading Inclusion: Drive Change Your Employees Can See and Feel. It is a comprehensive guidebook for building inclusive organizations from the top down. Gena helps leaders to connect the unfamiliar dots to drive inclusion from the top of their organizations. She asks her clients to remember one simple idea: inclusion tops diversity. Throughout her career, Gena has looked through a global lens, sensing that the world is actually small and humans are more alike than different. She was born in England, and at three years, her parents split, and Gena went to live with her grandparents in Barbados. She had a wonderful childhood and later attended college in the United States, where she studied psychology. Gena had also wanted to be a journalist, so she worked at a newspaper for two years, covering the business beat. To this day, when she sees reporters on television, Gena is fascinated by how they get to the core of a story. Interestingly, her father, who had worked at The Guardian newspaper in England, encouraged her to study something other than journalism and then write about it. Ultimately she pursued her interest in psychology. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Gena’s journey: Before starting her own business, Gena advised leaders in the Fortune 500 and other large global companies to build psychologically healthy and engaging organizational cultures that drive business outcomes. Her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Fast Company, Business Insider, Market Watch/Barrons, BBC Worklife, and The Telegraph (UK). Learn more and connect with Gena here: https://www.instagram.com/genacoxphd https://www.Twitter.com/genacox  https://www.linkedin.com/in/genacox www.genacox.com  

Etta Jacobs is an executive career transition coach and facilitator who supports mid-level and senior managers to become more effective, confident leaders. Powered by 20 years of senior-level corporate experience and an intuitive insight into her clients’ strengths, she guides them to navigate the ambiguities and complexities of their organizations and the world around them. Etta inspires her clients to cultivate compassion and consider divergent perspectives as they envision the impact they want to have in their careers. Etta began her career as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator in New York City. She quickly learned that the most important factor in building a sustainable business was nurturing her relationships with clients and colleagues. It was these relationships that opened the doors to each successive phase of her career—first as a corporate design director and today as a coach and facilitator. Etta gained her corporate expertise as an award-winning executive at two Fortune 500 companies, where she coached cohorts of managers and directed teams of creative professionals working on innovative instructional design products. She shepherded teams through many technological changes and corporate reorganizations, nurturing their resilience and cultivating their creative problem-solving skills. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Etta’s journey: Etta earned her Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching and Master's degree in Organizational Psychology from William James College. She is a Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation (ICF). When designing and facilitating leadership training for corporate and non-profit organizations, she draws upon her experience to teach teams to foster a culture of psychological safety to become more innovative, collaborative, and productive.   Learn more and connect with Etta here:  Websites: https://www.powerinthemiddle.com/ http://hermespath.com/ Email: etta@powerinthemiddle.com Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ettajacobs/

Grant Tate helps people learn how to thrive in our unpredictable world. He is a servant leader, transformational coach, and business consultant who challenges leaders and emerging professionals to answer the questions: Who am I? What am I called to do now? Who am I going to work with to get it done? Grant is the CEO of Bridge Business Transformations and the author of Hand on the Shoulder: Binding Freedom in the Confluence of Love and Career. Grant grew up in a small working-class town in Virginia. He started school early, the smallest and youngest in his class. Grant quickly developed strategies to use his brain to survive conflicts on the playground and became friends with one of the tough kids who taught him a few jiu-jitsu moves. At 15, Grant got a job at the local furniture store, where he was tasked with cleaning and other physical jobs. Within a week, the store’s owner realized Grant could not sweep a floor if his life depended on it and offered to teach him bookkeeping skills which he continued to do there while attending the University of Virginia. At 16, Grant graduated high school and studied electrical engineering in college. By 25, he was a line manager at IBM with 100 employees working under him. He remained with IBM for 30 years in 15 different management and leadership roles. He has also taught engineering at universities in Connecticut, New Mexico, and New York. After two failed marriages, he moved to Europe to find himself and started a distance education and ed tech company with two partners. Five years later, he returned to the US and started his coaching and consulting business. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Grant’s journey: Grant was part of the original personal computer team at IBM when they were starting from scratch. He also earned a Master's degree in Electronics at Syracuse and a Doctorate in Management, International Business, and Finance at Pace University while teaching there. Learn more and connect with Grant here: www.handontheshoulder.com https://twitter.com/thebridgeltd https://www.linkedin.com/in/granttate/ https://www.facebook.com/HandontheShoulder

Alicia Butler Pierre is the CEO of Equilibria, Inc, an operations management firm she founded 17 years ago. She designs scale-ready business infrastructures for fast-growing small businesses. At Equilibria, she invented the KasennuTM System for business infrastructure and software by the same name. Alicia has successfully applied this system in over 30 different industries. She is also an adjunct instructor of lean principles at Purdue University and the author of Behind the Facade, How to Structure Company Operations for Sustainable Success. A chemical engineer turned entrepreneur, Alicia has advised, designed, and optimized processes for enterprises, including Shell Oil, Coca-Cola, and Home Depot. She hosts the weekly Business Infrastructure: Curing Back Office Blues podcast, which ranks in the top 2% of the world with listeners in 60 countries. Alicia attended private Catholic school through 8th grade, where there was a methodical, process-oriented cadence to everything. Her father was in the Air Force, and her mother was a health inspector. She sees how these foundations informed her work with clients today. Interestingly, when Alicia entered high school, she planned to become a journalist. She loved English, the arts, and writing. In 11th grade, she took chemistry, discovering she loved it so much that she opted to take the advanced course the next year and studied chemical engineering in college. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Alicia’s journey: After many years in technical roles as a chemical engineer at Monsanto, Alicia was encouraged (more than once) to pursue the managerial track as she was recognized for her outstanding communication skills. Alicia’s online content has over a million views and downloads across various platforms committed to doing the right things in the right way. Her mantra is “to leave it better than you found it.” Learn more and connect with Alicia here: https://twitter.com/alicia_b_pierre https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciabutlerpierre/ https://www.youtube.com/user/EquilibriaInc https://www.eqbsystems.com/

Author, futurist, and speaker George Chanos served as Nevada's 31st Attorney General from 2005 to 2007. As a young child, George was struck by the outpouring of admiration and grief when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. From that moment onward, he was determined to serve, and during his most formative years, he aimed for the highest office in the land. His role as Attorney General was one step closer to his goal, but after spending a few years deep in the political arena, he determined there were ways to serve the greater good that would better align with his values, so running for elected office was no longer a goal for him. George is the author of two books, Seize Your Destiny: Choices That Lead to a Happy, Successful, and Meaningful Life. and Millennial Samurai: A Mindset for the 21st Century. His original intent in writing his first book was to leave a legacy for his daughter and nephew after suffering a heart attack in his early 50s. Once he recovered, he realized that there was more he wanted to do to help prepare the next generation for the rapid changes that he saw emerging in our culture, business world, and society at large.  George serves on several boards, including as Chairman of the Board, Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop, Inc., with over 200 stores in 20 states. He also speaks to large groups regularly on a variety of topics: Think and Thrive: A Mindset for the 21st Century, How to Surf the Technological Tsunami, Change is Coming: Are You Ready?, and Finding Opportunity in Adversity. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about George’s journey: Before serving as Nevada's AG, George had a robust legal career representing individual and corporate clients on the growth and management of their businesses.  As Nevada’s AG, he successfully argued (9/0) Whorton v. Bockting, 549 U.S. 406 (2007), before the United States Supreme Court.  George’s parents divorced when he was very young. Dividing his time between rural Wisconsin and Las Vegas, he learned to adapt and live in both environments. He felt it prepared him well for all of life’s changes. Learn more and connect with George here: https://georgejchanos.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/GeorgeJChanos/ https://twitter.com/georgejchanos https://www.facebook.com/georgejchanos/ Books mentioned in this podcast: Millennial Samurai: A Mindset For The 21st CenturyBy George Chanos Millennial Samurai e-book giveaway Seize Your Destiny: Choices That Lead to a Happy, Successful, and Meaningful Life. By George Chanos Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder By Nassim Nicholas Nicholas Taleb The Spatial Web: How web 3.0 will connect humans, machines, and AI to transform the world by Gabriel René , Dan Mapes , et al.

For most of his career, Nir Eyal has worked in the video gaming and advertising industries, where he learned and applied (and sometimes rejected) the techniques used to motivate and manipulate users. He helps companies create behaviors that benefit their users while educating people on how to build healthful habits in their own lives. Nir is the author of two bestselling books, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, which was named one of the Best Business and Leadership Books of the Year by Amazon. As a child, Nir was clinically obese. Growing up in Florida, where kids spent lots of time at swimming pools, he was often the object of bullying. Nir managed to transcend those early years in his teens by reading nutrition books and changing his food choices, although he blamed the fast food industry for creating the problems he struggled with. Then he turned the blame into fascination, a critical factor in his ability to transcend the challenges inherent in his obesity. Eventually, Nir became interested in how companies like General Mills could grab customers’ attention and change behaviors. Today, Nir writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Previously he was a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. Since 2003, Nir co-founded and sold two tech companies. The M.I.T. Technology Review called him “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” As an active investor, Nir puts his money where his mouth is by backing habit-forming products he believes improve lives. Some of his past investments include Eventbrite, Anchor.fm (acquired by Spotify), Kahoot!, Canva, Homelight, Product Hunt, and Byte Foods. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Nir’s journey: Bloomberg Businessweek wrote, “Nir Eyal is the habits guy. Want to understand how to get app users to come back again and again? Then Eyal is your man.” In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir’s writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Harvard Business Review, Time Magazine, and Psychology Today. Learn more and connect with Nir here: https://www.nirandfar.com/ https://twitter.com/nireyal https://www.linkedin.com/in/nireyal/

In her late 50’s, Barbara Pagano and her daughter Elizabeth set out for a six-month sailing adventure on a 42-foot sailboat. Even though neither woman was an experienced sailor, they sailed alone for more than 2,000 miles. Two weeks prior to their departure, Barbara failed navigation school. Fortunately, Elizabeth earned her certification from a one-week sailing school. Pushing a little boat through water was hard work, especially for two inexperienced sailors. Barbara learned how by just doing it.  Eight years later, that ‘learn-by-doing' approach yielded significant returns as Barbara faced the challenge of creating a post-retirement life. The transition should not have been so difficult, but it was hard for her. Her experience and motivation to help others inspired the launch of your extraordinary life in retirement.com. She gives post-50 individuals the tools and strategies to design and live fulfilling lives in the last third of life. With graduate degrees in counseling and human behavior as her base, Barbara curates research on aging, retirement, productive longevity, well-being, and happiness to produce content with groundbreaking clarity and a refreshing experienced voice.  Her most recent book, The 60 Something Crisis: How to Live an Extraordinary Life in Retirement, was released in July 2022. As an executive coach and seasoned speaker, Barbara has motivated thousands of senior leaders and middle managers to higher levels of performance in work and life. Her previous book, The Transparency Edge, How Credibility Can Make or Break You in Business, written with her daughter Elizabeth, a business journalist, was chosen by Fast Company Magazine as a book of the month.  In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Barbara’s journey: Barbara’s work has been featured in Fast Company, Investor's Business Daily, Healthy Aging, The New York Times, and American Executive. She is a speaker, past president of the Georgia Speakers Association, and previously named one of the top three speakers in Atlanta. Learn more and connect with Barbara here: https://the60somethingcrisis.com/ https://barbaralpagano.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbarapagano/ https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraLPagano/

Resilience expert Deborah Gilboa, MD, aka “Dr. G,” works with families, organizations, and businesses to turn stress into an advantage. Known for her contagious humor, Dr. G works with people across generations to rewire their attitudes and beliefs to create resilience through personal accountability and a completely different approach to adversity. She is the author of the recently released book From Stressed to Resilient: The Guide to Handle More and Feel It Less. Dr. G is a board-certified attending family physician at a community health center whose practice includes making house calls. As a child, Dr. G suffered from seizures. When asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” her answer was a pediatric neurosurgeon since she had a female doctor in that specialty who she liked. Dr. G changed her mind, when in 9th grade biology lab, she had to dissect a fetal pig. Around that time she discovered the fun of theater, finding social acceptance and learning that people can have careers in theater. She decided to study theater in college. After earning her BFA in stage management, Dr. G worked in theater for six years, including two years at Second City, the famous improv company in Chicago. She also volunteered as an emergency medical technician and got certified as a paramedic. At 26, Dr. G decided to apply to medical school, but she needed two years of pre-requisite coursework to qualify. She mapped out a plan to ensure she could make it happen. Dr. G had also worked at Deaf West Theater in Los Angeles, founded by the deaf actress Marlee Matlin. She had learned some American Sign Language (ASL) and a lot about deaf culture. Dr. G heard that ASL interpreters were needed in health care, so she enrolled in ASL classes and began to work as an ASL interpreter while she prepared for medical school. Today, Dr. G practices family medicine on a part-time basis and speaks regularly to audiences in every sector on a variety of topics pertaining to resilience, mental health, and effective communication. She says, “Resilience is not given… it is choice and action.” In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Dr. G’s journey: Dr. G’s message is straightforward and essential: Do stress better. Be resilient.  She appears regularly on TODAY, Good Morning America, and The Doctors. Her work is featured frequently in the Washington Post, The New York Times, Forbes Magazine, and many other digital and print outlets. Learn more and connect with Deborah here: https://twitter.com/askdocg https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahgilboamd/ www.facebook.com/deborah.gilboa www.facebook.com/askdoctorg www.instagram.com/askdoctorg

At age 18, Richard Newman started his mission to discover core communication principles. He took a gap year after high school and went to the foothills of the Himalayas to teach English to Tibetan monks, who spoke no English. They had to communicate non-verbally to understand each other. Richard had to learn it all from scratch as he is highly introverted. As a young child, he was painfully shy. Richard has high-functioning autism. After returning from the Himalayas, Richard was drawn to learn more about non-verbal communication rather than attend a traditional university, so he studied acting. He learned how to walk, move and speak to increase his impact on an audience. Richard worked as a professional actor and then fell into teaching communication workshops. He became a keynote speaker, coach, author, and speechwriter, winning the coveted Cicero Grand Prize for Best Speechwriter of the Year. Richard is the Founder of Body Talk. Over the past 22 years, his team has trained over 120,000 business leaders around the world to improve their communication and impact, speaking on the biggest stages. His book, You Were Born to Speak, chronicles the story of how he overcame his own fears of public speaking and showcases his communication strategies. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Richard’s journey: Richard’s research on non-verbal communication was published in the Journal of Psychology. His study proved that you could increase your leadership ratings by 44% and win 59% more votes in an election by changing a few simple behaviors. His upcoming book, due out in May 2023, Lift Your Impact: Transform Your Mindset, Vision, and Influence to Elevate Your Work, Team, and Life draws from his research.  He arrived in the Himalayas after traveling for several days and went to five different monasteries before he found the right one he was assigned to work with. It was the first time in his life he had traveled alone. Learn more and connect with Richard here:  https://ukbodytalk.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardnewmanspeaks/ https://www.instagram.com/richardnewmanspeaks/  

Annie Leib was born an empath. As early as her toddler years, she felt things from other people. She even found adults relatable. It was not until years later that Annie realized the other kids did not experience people in the same way. To be so attuned to other people’s feelings could be draining, yet Annie always enjoyed meaningful connections with people. For many years, Annie worked in sales and business development for large pharmaceutical companies. She was married with two children, then Annie and her husband divorced. She was at an auto body shop one day signing her divorce papers (that's where she found a notary). On the wall, a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson caught her attention. It was about breath. Annie thought to herself, you can strip me of everything, but you can't take my breath. Breath became the framework she created in her coaching practice a few years later. After her divorce, Annie left her corporate role and enrolled in an executive MBA program, which was a transformative experience. Annie’s classmates encouraged her to become a coach, referring to her as the “glue of their cohort.” She had been doing some consulting work on the side, so Annie added coaching to her business, and it evolved from there. She earned her coaching certification and eventually changed her consulting business into a coaching firm. Today, Annie’s sole purpose is to align leaders with their most authentic selves and unlock their ability to impact the world. She helps companies see that “when you take care of your people, your people take care of your business.” Her coaching has been acknowledged for the change it has created. Annie’s clients become “changed leaders that lead change.” Her unique methodology is captured in her trademark BREATH Framework, which focuses intensely on identifying a person’s life purpose, value system, and core leadership traits. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Annie’s journey: Annie’s methodology is captured in her book, Begin with the BREATH.    She helps clients realign their actions and mindsets, unlocking their hidden potential. They then recognize and manage the emotional barriers that keep them from it. Learn more and connect with Annie here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annieleibmba/ www.annieleib.com  

Growing up in Portugal, Ana Melikian was always curious about personal development, trying to understand herself and the rest of the world. In college, she studied psychology and spent two years in England learning English. After earning her master's degree in Spain, she returned to England for her Ph.D. in Psychology and became a psychotherapist. Several years later, Ana moved to the US, prompting a career shift as her clinical credentials were not recognized in the American market. She then became certified in life and business coaching. Today she is inspiring people to achieve their best potential as a coach, speaker, and podcast host. Building on her 20+ years of experience working in human potential, Ana is the host of the MINDSET ZONE podcast. She breaks down complex topics to help you master your mindset and expand the realm of possibility in your life and work. Ana engages in insightful conversations with world-class guests in the psychological, entrepreneurial, and business arenas every week. Ana is also a sought-after speaker. In her keynote, “The Happiness Fallacy,” Ana uncovers and explores the psychological blind spots that hold us back. Her engaging presentation moves audiences to re-envision and revitalize how they live their lives for both the personal and collective good. In this week’s Work from the Inside Out podcast, learn more about Ana’s journey: When she was diagnosed with cancer, Ana came to a stark realization: as long as her goal was merely the pursuit of happiness, she’d never fully obtain it—and she’d never come to embody the power of now. She dives into the research and investigates some of life’s most complicated and challenging questions Learn more and connect with Ana here:  https://www.facebook.com/anamelikian https://www.facebook.com/anaamelikian https://www.linkedin.com/in/anamelikian https://anamelikian.com/ https://www.instagram.com/anamelikian

This week I hit a milestone in my podcast journey, reaching episode 200! My friend, trusted advisor, and accountability buddy, Jenny Lisk joined me this past Friday for a live stream broadcast of today’s podcast episode. Jenny and I have been on this journey together since we started our podcasts on the same exact day four years ago in November 2018. We have supported one another as we developed our podcasting muscles and later, as we each authored books. During this special episode, Jenny and I discussed the importance of consistency, persistence, support, and accountability as keys to success along with having a clear sense of your goals. Several people tuned in during the live event offering words of encouragement and asking us great questions which fueled our conversation. We discussed: How and why we each got started in podcasting What it takes to keep a podcast going How we recruit and select guests, preparation for interviews Some of the technical aspects such as software requirements, equipment, etc. Production details such as audio engineering and related elements Writing a book and the decisions related to getting started on a book project The various ways we supported and challenged each other to keep going … and so much more In this week’s Work from the Inside Out podcast, learn more about my and Jenny’s journey: It took me two years to write and publish my book, Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You.  Jenny is the host of the Widowed Parent Podcast and the author of Future Widow: Losing My Husband, Saving My Family, and Finding My Voice. Her story of personal loss and career transition is featured in Chapter 9 of my book, Uncertainty is a Fact of Life. Learn more and connect with Tammy here:  Connect with Tammy on LinkedIn @TammyGoolerLoeb on Twitter @TammyGoolerLoeb on Instagram https://www.tammygoolerloeb.com/

Liz Brunner is an Emmy award-winning journalist who co-anchored the number one rated 6 pm newscast at WCVB-TV 5, Boston’s ABC network affiliate. In 2013, she became the CEO and founder of Brunner Communications and launched Brunner Academy.com in 2020. A certified professional coach, expert communications coach, and motivational speaker, she is also the host of the multi-award-winning podcast, Live Your Best Life with Liz Brunner. She is the author of the book Dare to Own You: Taking Your Authenticity and Dreams Into Your Next Chapter, which  Forbes described as a teaching memoir.  Liz says she’s in the fourth chapter of her career. She grew up in a family that was very involved in music, performing in her church choir and with her family in front of their congregation. Liz attended Lawrence University's Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin, became a high school music teacher, and sang semi-professionally for a time. After a few years of teaching, Liz felt there was something else she was supposed to do. While working a retail job to pay the bills, she considered many career options by reading books and taking self-assessments. Then, one day she bravely cold-called the NBC and CBS affiliates in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois,  where she had been living, to request informational interviews. It took about six months of conversations, but one of the stations actually created a role for Liz. The rest, as they say, is history. Thus began Liz’s career in communications and TV news broadcasting. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Liz’s journey: Liz won the title of Miss Illinois in the Miss America Scholarship Pageant in 1979. This enabled her to pay for her college education, a proud achievement. She was the only Boston reporter to land an exclusive interview with President Barack Obama in the White House. It took her four years to get it! Learn more and connect with Liz here:  https://www.twitter.com/lizbrunner https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLizBrunner https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-brunner-6230b01b/ https://www.instagram.com/lizbrunner/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-JsJkmWMEA8kLNJkIULRg https://lizbrunner.com/

Neuropsychologist Dr. Nicole Byers helps recovering perfectionists and high achievers stop the cycle of overwhelming to-do lists, procrastination, and self-doubt so they can achieve their goals without burning out.  "I’m a bit of a neuroscience nerd, and I’ve spent years learning how your brain works and what mental habits tank your productivity (including ones you probably don’t even notice!)" When Nicole started university many years ago, she had no idea what she wanted to do or which direction to take. She didn’t like her first-year psychology classes at all. In her third year, Nicole began to connect the dots. She took a course called Introduction to Human Neuropsychology and found the professor to be such an excellent instructor that she volunteered to work in the professor’s lab. Later, Nicole convinced the same professor to be her mentor. She continued to work in her lab through graduate school, earning her master’s degree and a doctorate in clinical psychology.  Initially, Nicole worked in a hospital, part of Canada’s public health system, a pathway on which many with her credentials would spend their entire careers, but after several years she left to pursue private practice. This was not an easy decision, yet it was what she needed to do. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Nicole’s journey: Nicole is an Adjunct Research Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. She has published articles in professional journals on the topics of brain health and neuroscience. She is the CEO of Rocky Mountain Neurosciences in Calgary, Canada, and the host of The Bold Life podcast. Learn more and connect with Nicole here:  https://www.facebook.com/DrNicoleByers https://www.linkedin.com/in/drnicolebyers/ https://www.instagram.com/drnicolebyers/ www.drnicolebyers.com

Dr. Chris Johnson says we need new ways of working with each other, in our businesses, and with our own stresses. And she maintains that can be built on intentional, deliberate practice which … starts with a Pause. Chris grew up on a farm in a small town in central Illinois. Both her parents built successful small businesses and were actively engaged in their community. Yet conflict was a daily staple in their home. While Chris felt completely loved by her parents, their relationship was filled with tensions that often turned into yelling. From a very young age onward, Chris wondered how she could help people get along better with one another. Chris studied psychology in college. She went on to earn a master’s in social work and worked in community mental health with children and families for eight years. During that time, Chris’ sister was sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home. That event changed Chris’ life. She devoted the next twenty-plus years to helping people heal from severe trauma.  At thirty, Chris wanted to deepen her clinical skills, so she enrolled in a Psy.D. program in clinical psychology. In this five-year program, she was able to expand her facility with trauma treatment and mindfulness techniques. She also had an interest in business and wanted to apply her clinical skills in professional settings to help leaders thrive. Today, Chris is the founder of Q4 consulting, where she partners with individuals and organizations to design and implement training programs that access intuition, surface internalized patterns and mindsets, and address roadblocks inherent in change. Chris and her team support professionals at all levels to build the capacity, compassion, and resilience needed to thrive as leaders. Chris challenges and supports leaders ready to embark on integrating life and work in sustainable, fulfilling ways.  In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Chris’ journey: Chris is the author of the new book, The Leadership Pause: Sharpen Your Attention, Deepen Your Presence, and Navigate the Future. When she isn't working, you'll find Chris in her garden, making art, hiking or skiing the slopes, listening to jazz or at the aikido dojo practicing the art of peace. Learn more and connect with Chris here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/drchrisljohnson https://www.facebook.com/Q4ConsultingInc https://q4-consulting.com/

Marion Spears Karr has over 30 years of experience in executive recruiting and talent acquisition in healthcare. He has led successful recruitment teams specializing in nursing leadership, c-level, VP, senior director, and physician executive searches. But don’t let that fool you; Marion is not your typical recruitment talent acquisition leader. As with everything he has done well in life, Marion digs deeper, goes the extra mile, and so much more. Marion was raised in a blue-collar family with a strong faith in the hills of Piedmont, North Carolina, below the Appalachian mountains where his family originated. His parents worked in the local Cannon textile mill. He credits his grandmother as an influence in his life, a skilled storyteller who lived with them, for her ability to capture a moment. At an early age, Marion fell in love with skateboarding, and European bike racing, neither of which were typical activities of his peers. By high school, he went to Europe as an exchange student to train and compete as a bike racer. To support his activities, Marion worked at the textile mill and other jobs and had sponsorships that provided his equipment. He also planned to attend college as his parents required him to achieve educational goals to continue bike racing. A week after his high school graduation Marion was hit by a car while on a training ride. He suffered a traumatic brain injury. Marion went through trauma care and rehab, and did attend college though he had to approach learning in new ways. Needless to say, his bike racing career was over. Marion married while in college and upon graduation returned home to enter a management training program at the textile mill. He did well there but he wanted to explore other options. An opportunity to join a management recruitment firm came through a former colleague from the textile mill and Marion felt it was a risk worth taking. He has not looked back. Today, Marion focuses his work on helping healthcare organizations build leadership teams that are aligned and mission-centered. He also does motivational speaking, leadership coaching for individuals, and team development for a vast array of audiences. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Marion’s journey: Marion is involved with several organizations that support Brain Injury Research and recovery programs. He is the developer of the Accomplishment Culture Coaching model for team and individual leadership growth, founded on the principles of positive psychology. Learn more and connect with Marion here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marionspearskarr http://www.comharpartners.com/

After returning to a full-time law practice from maternity leave, Lori Mihalich-Levin discovered that she did not have the resources she needed to manage her life in the ways she wanted. Once her second child was born, her stress multiplied. Lori decided to do something about it and help other parents who had many of the same issues. She created Mindful Return to help parents transition back to work after parental leave. Mindful Return offers a multitude of resources for new working parents, including e-courses, programs that employers can offer to their employees, and chapters based in the US, UK, India, and South Africa.  Lori has been committed to promoting women’s equality and leadership throughout her career.  As a Partner at Dentons US LLP, Lori founded and Co-Chaired Dentons’ Parent Professional Network for two years. In her prior role at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), she founded the Returning to Work Community (RWC) for mothers returning to work from maternity leave and a D.C. Health Policy Lean in Circle. At Princeton, Lori wrote her undergraduate thesis on immigrant women in France who experienced domestic violence. At Georgetown Law, she was co-President of the Women’s Legal Alliance and represented clients through the Domestic Violence Clinic. She is the author of Back to Work After Baby How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, and co-host of the Parents at Work podcast.  In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Lori’s journey: Lori’s thought leadership has been featured in publications, including Forbes, The Washington Post, New York Times, Parenting, and Thrive Global.  Today, Lori advises clients in her law practice on issues relating to Medicare graduate medical education payments. Learn more and connect with Lori here: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulreturn/ https://www.facebook.com/mindfulreturn https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindful-return https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorimihalichlevin/ https://twitter.com/mindfulreturn https://www.mindfulreturn.com

Eleanor Beaton is the founder of SafiMedia, an education & coaching company for women entrepreneurs. Through SafiMedia and her podcast Power Presence Position, Eleanor and her team are committed to advancing global gender equity and a model of economic growth that nourishes the planet, one woman-owned business at a time. Eleanor grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada, although she was born in England. Her father was an economics professor at a university in Nova Scotia, and previously, her Mom was a teacher in her native Fiji, where Eleanor’s parents originally met. In fact, in those earlier years, Eleanor’s mother earned more than her father, owned her own home, and was living very comfortably, fully supporting herself when they began dating. Once they moved to England and had Eleanor, they decided that her mother would stay home and raise her, which she did for eighteen years.  Eleanor’s parents had a good relationship, yet her mother regretted not having her own finances to manage. Her message to Eleanor: make your own money. Money is power. Eleanor started her career in PR and advertising, but something was missing. She decided to attend journalism school and, then, started her own communications firm. Eleanor was drawn to content about women’s independence and financial equity. She trained in coaching and shifted her business model to support female entrepreneurs in their growth and development. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Eleanor’s journey: Eleanor's work has been published or quoted in publications including The Globe & Mail, The Atlantic, CBC, Chatelaine, and more. She’s on a mission to double the number of women entrepreneurs who scale past $1M in revenue by 2030. Learn more and connect with Eleanor here:https://eleanorbeaton.comhttps://safi-media.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanorbeaton/ https://www.instagram.com/eleanorbeaton/ https://m.facebook.com/eleanorbeatonbusinesscoach Free gift from Eleanor: Eleanor's 13 secrets for sharing your message -  https://safimedia.lpages.co/selling-with-stories-list/

Gustavo Razzetti’s favorite question is “what if?” That simple question has helped him on his quest for continuous exploration and experimentation. As the fifth child of seven siblings in his family, he learned early to look for new ideas and solutions and to challenge the status quo. Growing up in Argentina during the civil war added to the context in which he valued freedom and independence. What began as responsibilities he took on as a child, such as cooking meals for his siblings when his parents were traveling, has translated into a lifetime of continual experimentation, learning, and discovery. Change has always been a constant to Gustavo. His diverse background is at the intersection of change leadership, marketing strategy, innovation, and design thinking. He has led and transformed six organizations in different scenarios over 20 years: start-up, high-growth, and turnaround, and has worked in diverse places: New York, Argentina, Chicago, Puerto Rico, and Los Angeles. He loves advising CEOs from both Fortune 500 and startups alike. The author of hundreds of articles on change leadership, innovation, and self-improvement, Gustavo released his most recent book in June 2022: Remote Not Distant: Design a Company Culture That Will Help You Thrive in a Hybrid Workplace. He addresses multiple areas of company cultures, from keeping teams connected and improving remote collaboration to managing asynchronous communication, facilitating courageous conversations, and defining the right hybrid model for your organization. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Gustavo’s journey: He was invited to participate in the cutting-edge Innovation Leadership Program at Stanford University. Gustavo is the author of three books prior to his current publication:  Stretch for Change: How To Improve Your Change Fitness And Thrive In Life, Stretch Your Mind: How to conquer your comfort zone one stretch at a time, and Stretch Your Team: How to Adapt And Thrive in a Changing World. Learn more and connect with Gustavo here: https://twitter.com/gusrazzetti https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavorazzetti/ https://www.facebook.com/gusrazzetti/ https://www.fearlessculture.design/  https://www.amazon.com/Remote-Not-Distant-Company-Workplace/dp/0999097393/ https://www.facebook.com/LiberatingChange/