Speak Kindly, You’re Listening

What is your definition of success? As a high-achieving woman you know you are able to perform at the top levels of business. The journey to the top can come with many hurdles and roadblocks, especially for women. When you know your value and choose to stop proving yourself, you embrace being you and then success typically follows. Today you’ll hear from Julia Stewart, who is the previous president of Applebees and IHOP, turned fou...

Where does the voice of your inner critic come from? Discovering your origin of the voice inside provides a tangible way to begin healing and find your way forward. Learning to reframe your mindset to use the tools that trauma and your negative experiences taught you, will help tap into your leadership skills hidden within. Today we are speaking with Deborah Ancona, author of "X-Teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, and Su...

What happens when your inner gremlin rears it’s ugly head once you decide to embark on something new? Pushing yourself to new heights can awaken the negative inner voices that try to protect you from horrible outcomes. Reminding yourself that your inner gremlin is just a voice will diminish its power and allows you to see the beauty that you’ll experience stepping into your new journey ahead. In today’s episode we are speaking with...

As a woman striving to climb the corporate ladder in a male-dominated industry, you know the standards and criticism that women face. Not only is our inner voice speaking negatively, but the coworkers that give their input, uninvited, speak louder than most. At what point do you give in to the negativity and begin to look for work elsewhere? Today we are joined by April Hicke and Marissa McNeelands the creators of TOAST, a membersh...

What does the healing journey look like to you? Finding resilience against self-doubt and negativity are the building blocks for the perfect foundation. In business, it is hard to separate yourself from the "what if's" and thoughts of failure as you navigate your way through starting your company. However, you can decide that you are worthy to take up space and allow yourself to love yourself along the way! Your mindset matters and...

Finding moments of kindness during chaotic or frustrating circumstances can be hard. So you are allowed to take moments to rest, breathe and give yourself permission to feel the emotions you stuff deep within to move past them and grow into your true calling. Today listen in as Joanne Docherty shares her journey of grief and rising from childhood trauma to helping children in need. She speaks on mindset, giving yourself grace, and ...

As a high-achieving woman, questioning your self-confidence is a constant battle. Reaching for your dreams usually includes stepping out of your comfort zone, which can bring the negative voices you’ve worked so hard to quiet flooding right back in. Sometimes taking a “step-back moment” and giving yourself the grace to fail may be just the thing that springs you forward! Today Linda Biggs, the co-founder, and co-CEO of joni - a 21s...

What do you do when you feel stuck and uninspired in the career you have worked so hard to attain? When a new path begins to call your name, it may push you out of your comfort zone. Finding the confidence to make the jump into something new can feel intimidating! Self doubt creeps in with those negative thoughts and it can lead you down the path of second guessing. Today you’ll hear from Shannon Russell, Career Coach and Host of t...

How do you stop striving and start thriving when you are relentlessly bombarded with negative thoughts? What do you do when negativity is the fuel driving you to find success? The unkind voices that push you to try and prove your worth may look like they are helping you reach your goals. But what happens when you hit your breaking point? In this episode, we are speaking with Claire Booth, author of “The Achiever Fever Cure: How I L...

No matter how hard you work and how much you succeed, what makes you feel that you’ll never reach your ideal version of you? The seeds of your inner gremlin are planted early on in your childhood experience, building a foundation of self doubt and need to fulfill unnecessary expectations. Allowing the walls of perfectionism to fall around you and releasing your inner child from the barriers you created long ago, will set you free a...

How do you manage your anger and frustration when it feels like the whole universe is working against you? As a high achieving woman, it’s hard not to play the blame game towards yourself, picking apart your decisions and actions trying to find where things went wrong. But there is a benefit to frustration! It shines a light on a piece of yourself you may need to work on. Knowing this, you can take moments to look inward and see wh...

How are you supposed to build your confidence if everyone seems to be chipping it away? As a high achieving woman in leadership, it can be an uphill battle to be seen as someone with authority or on the same playing field as men in a similar role. Finding confidence in yourself and your abilities takes time, as you leave your people-pleasing tendencies behind. Refusing to make time for the BS and replacing that with confidence in y...

How do you control your internal narrative? Being aware of the conversation you are allowing yourself to have within, is a crucial practice that you are responsible for implementing into your life. As a high achieving woman, breaking through the “bro-culture” barrier that society sets happens when you set your intentions and mindset to authentically be yourself. We are speaking with Allie MacPhee today about accepting the awkward a...

Where do you start with your self discovery journey? Accepting who you are and recognizing that you are the only one that is able to set you free, will slowly begin to change the view of your current circumstance. Realizing that you have to accept where you are at and begin the process of change, to better love yourself, is a crucial step you need to take. Today we are speaking with Nazaneen Laurault on how trusting the process of ...

How do you speak to yourself daily? Is it in a way that you would speak to your friends and family? Learning to speak kindly to yourself is a constant practice. Even if that voice inside may not be screaming loudly, it may still whisper from time to time. When these emotions are heading in a negative way, what do you do when these moments arise? Join us as we chat with Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy about building better tools and being inte...

Why do you get lost in the people pleasing, high achieving, super woman image you have created for yourself to portray? Pushing yourself to be the best you can be at all times will lead to burnout! However, allowing yourself to feel your emotions and let yourself sit in those dark spaces a while will only help you heal and grow! Learning to listen to those gut feelings telling you that something is wrong and out of balance will ass...

How do you propel your inner healing journey to slow down, give yourself grace, and listen to your body's signals telling you to take a moment before you hit total burnout? Gain a new perspective on why your inner gremlin speaks the loudest to deal with those triggers and memories that have haunted you for a while. This will help navigate quieting those voices in your head telling you that you aren’t good enough. Today Dr Jessica M...

Acknowledging your enoughness, silencing the fear of rejection, and giving yourself permission to speak kindly to yourself are great starting points in your self-love journey! Getting back to focus on your truths to put those inner gremlins to rest and being self aware enough to see your areas in need of growth may be easier than you think. Realizing that we are way harder on ourselves than anyone else would ever dare to be and lea...

Expecting perfection in all that we do, leaves no room for potential growth as our inner cheerleader gets stamped out when perfectionism is the main goal. This invites that nasty imposter syndrome to creep in, making us feel like we do not belong in the world we have worked so hard to create for ourselves. Discovering a way to prioritize you and your inner health needs to be the first step in your journey as you reach for your goal...