Best Weinzimmer Podcasts (2024)

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Why Your Passion is a Business Unicorn with Haley Lieberman 15:38

2+ y ago15:38

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Has someone ever asked you to describe your superpower? And by superpower, they didn’t mean teleportation or the ability to fly (although we wish that were true), but instead, they meant to ask what you excel at and what makes you stand out. Everyone reading this post right now has a superpower, and whether or not you’ve been able to find yours yet…

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How Embodiment Helps you Make Life-changing Decisions with Elissa Weinzimmer 17:48

2+ y ago17:48

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Have you ever been told to ‘listen to your gut’ when making an important decision or in a difficult situation? What this really means is to be in tune with your mind and body and following through with your emotions. Our intuition is the most powerful tool in these situations, yet it is often dismissed as unreliable. However, if you really think ab…

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How to use the Power of Mentorship to Reach your True Potential with Ashima Sharma 13:30

2+ y ago13:30

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Did you know that 67% of organizations report an increase in productivity as a result of mentorship creating a highly cross-functional and motivated workplace? Join us in an episode with Ashima Sharma, where she discusses how to use the power of mentorship to reach your true potential. Ashima is currently the Founder and CEO of Dreami, a company th…

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Capturing People's Attention by Giving up your Ego with Maiko Sakai 15:30

2+ y ago15:30

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Have you heard of the saying: treat others the way you want to be treated? Well, the same can go for the energy that we give off. We are all beaming with energy and oftentimes, the energy we bring into a space will greatly determine the energy that we get back. To get what you want, one must strategically plan to show up where they don’t think they…

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The Research Hack to Launching a Product as an Industry Outsider with Mara Smith 14:54

2+ y ago14:54

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Have you ever thought about changing career paths but have no idea where to begin? From a corporate and legal background to breaking into the spirits industry, Mara Smith, founder of INSPIRO Tequila, has had her fair share of building her way up in an unfamiliar industry. In this episode, she shares with us the research hacks to launching a product…

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How to Remain True to your Authentic Self While Pursuing your Dream with Pascale Joseph 18:54

2+ y ago18:54

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Have you ever sat down for an interview and tried to tailor yourself to the job description? Statistically speaking, women and BIPOC are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet almost 100% of the job requirements. Upon learning this, Pascale Joseph – founder of Equity Through Liberation – knew that she had to work against the statistics and…

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Using Twitter to Build Community and Network in a New Industry with Sonali Nigam 13:59

2+ y ago13:59

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Networking can be a daunting task especially if you’re trying to break into a new industry and are more on the introverted side. What if we were to tell you that you can use Twitter (yes 280 characters) as a tool to leverage your network right from the comfort of your own home? Sounds amazing, doesn't it? Join us on this episode with founder and CE…

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How to Shatter Gender Roles in Leadership with Jill Goldenziel 18:19

2+ y ago18:19

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Walking into a room full of people, who you don’t feel like you belong with, can be a frightening experience. That’s what Jill Goldenziel felt when she walked into a room full of men dressed in camouflage on her first day as a professor at Marine Corps University-Command and Staff College. Prior to this moment, Jill had no military experience. In t…

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How Energy Plotting Enhances Productivity: with Jackie Ghedine 17:37

2+ y ago17:37

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Want to know how to radically and sustainably improve your productivity? Try energy plotting. The Mind, the Ceiling team, wanted to dive into this fantastic tactic, so we chatted with Jackie Ghedine – Co-founder of Modern Gen X Women – a company providing business and career coaching to modern Gen X Women, so that they can live the life that they w…

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How to Boost your Creativity with a Maker and Manager Schedule: with Lori Sussle Bonanni 19:29

2+ y ago19:29

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We all live busy lives. Especially as an entrepreneur, your schedule can get really hectic at times. Tune in for an episode with Lori Sussle Bonanni, founder of Elssus, LCC – a multi-disciplined communications consultancy, to discuss boosting your creativity with a maker manager schedule. It is a fantastic tool she developed while working in a corp…

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Redirecting the Trajectory of VC Leadership Mastermind: with Shila Nieves Burney, Mariah "Roman" Lichtenstern, and Rachel ten Brink. 58:32

2+ y ago58:32

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For years, women-managed funds have outperformed their all-male counterparts. And this is not new, with women's tendency to do better than men at investing going all the way back to the early 1990s. So why is it that only roughly 5% of Venture Capital (VC) partners are women? Meet Shila Nieves Burney, Mariah Lictenstern, and Rachel ten Brink, three…

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90. About winter solstice 2021, with Virginia Rosenberg 55:57

2+ y ago55:57

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Fall is ending. 2021 is ending. The podcast season is ending. (The pandemic does not seem to be ending.) And our resident astrologer Virginia Rosenberg is back on the podcast to share about many things of note going on in the cosmos. The big highlights: there’s Pluto/Venus conjunction in Capricorn this month, a Venus Retrograde, and Saturn and Uran…

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Stacey Kinkead: How to Harness Your Inner Velvet Hammer and Become an Influential Leader 1:04:22

2+ y ago1:04:22

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They call her the velvet hammer, although she admits that she’s lost some velvet and is a little more hammer now. Meet Stacey Kinkead, a Technology Executive with over twenty years of experience in building companies from the ground up in e-commerce, marketplaces, mobile, and healthcare. Her passion for helping others led her to pioneering technolo…

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89. About harmony (and why I’m taking a sabbatical), with Elissa 40:01

2+ y ago40:01

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What does harmony mean to you? For me, it’s about living in alignment with and acceptance of all that’s going on. In this last solo episode of the season, I share how - slowly but surely - over the past six months I’ve started really listening to the voice inside of me that’s letting me know I need a big break. I’ll explain my plans to take a sabba…

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Margaret Franklin, CFA: How to Utilize Mentorship for Career Growth and the Power of Saying Yes to Curiosity 58:01

2+ y ago58:01

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She is a financial powerhouse who strives to promote the highest standards of education, ethics, and professional excellence in the investment industry. Meet Margaret Franklin, CFA, the first woman President and CEO of CFA Institute, a global not-for-profit organization providing financial literacy to professionals worldwide. Shockingly, Margaret’s…

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88. About looking out for each other, with Harper Spero 49:57

2+ y ago49:57

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In 2012, Harper Spero learned she had a tumor in her lungs the size of a golf ball. After her subsequent surgery and that transformational experience, Harper began taking radically good care of herself. This included changing her health routines, and also starting her own business so she could be in charge of her work habits. When the pandemic hit,…

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Melanie Curtis: Advice for overcoming fear and why she took to leap to life coaching 58:10

2+ y ago58:10

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Investment Banking? Skydiving? The only thing they seem to have in common is- risk, something Melanie Curtis, Executive Director of the Women's Skydiving Network, co-author of three books, and co-host of Trust the Journey podcast, has learned to embrace with grace. Risk is terrifying. Like many of us, Melanie faced fears about her ability to suppor…

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87. About grit and redemption, with Coss Marte 53:04

2+ y ago53:04

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When he was 23 years old, Coss Marte was removed from the streets of the Lower East Side and sentenced to 7 years in prison. In jail, Coss quickly learned that he was in extremely poor health. So he started working out in his cell and in the prison yard. Soon other inmates joined him. Then, an organization called Defy Ventures showed up at the faci…

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Tiana S. Clark: How to step into self-advocacy 59:10

2+ y ago59:10

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Audacity-- that's what Tiana Clark lives by. She tells us about her audacity to join the air force at age 19, to continue pursuing her college degree while deployed, to interview for a corporate job that had already extended an offer to someone else, and then rewrote the job description. What values do you live by? On the show, Tiana dives into how…

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86. About talking to people you disagree with, with Josh Trent 1:47:21

2+ y ago1:47:21

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One day this fall, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed, when I saw a post from my friend Josh. It was a screenshot of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s response to President Biden’s mask mandate. Gov. Abbott wrote “Biden’s vaccine mandate is an assault on private businesses” and below in the caption Josh wrote “I DO NOT comply.” My first thought w…

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Lauren Bonner: A method for making big career-altering decisions that fight for justice 48:47

2+ y ago48:47

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She was the first female Partner at Zero Capital, a leading fintech VC firm. The face of #MeToo on Wall Street. And that's just from the past few years of her life. Meet Lauren Bonner, an inverter and operator, driving measurable change. On the show, Lauren dives into how she made big career-altering decisions. But that's not all: for any current o…

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85. About resistance, with Elissa 42:41

3y ago42:41

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When you think of the word resistance, what comes up for you? My guess is that you (and most of us) think of resistance as something bad; as something to be avoided. But let’s ask a different question: What is resistance good for? I would argue that resistance - which I’ll define as the experience of feeling pressure between ourselves and something…

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Nathalie Molina Niño: How do you build the world you want to live in 1:03:58

3y ago1:03:58

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How do you build the world you want to live in? Not only does Nathalie Molina Niño, technologist, investor, writer, and all-around advocate, have an answer but she is taking steps to create that just world. From day one, Nathalie has been relentless in using every opportunity given to her, from brokering deals to buy her first car, which led to her…

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Season 2 of Mind the Ceiling Launching Soon! 4:23

3y ago4:23

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Season 2 of Mind the Ceiling launches next week! This season features incredibly candid conversations on making hard choices that lead to a more equitable workplace, building the world you want to live in, and jumping out of planes for justice. I am honored to have had the chance to chat with these fearless womxn on how they are charting new paths,…

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84. About elevating disability pride, with Tiffany Yu 56:51

3y ago56:51

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Tiffany Yu is on a mission to elevate disability pride. Through the work of her social enterprise Diversability, as well as her social media platforms, speaking, and writing, Tiffany is working not just to lift the stigma about disability, but to celebrate it. In this episode, Tiffany shares her own disability origin story, and together we discuss …

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83. About staying creative and inspired, with Sean Brennan 51:48

3y ago51:48

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Sean Brennan is my friend and collaborator, an incredible musician, and the editor of this podcast. And today I’m bringing him in front of the mic to share with us about his creative process. A lot of us have been taught that being creative and making art requires diligence and routine. Sean’s here to argue that routine can often be the enemy of cr…

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82. About fall (equinox) 2021, with Virginia Rosenberg 56:41

3y ago56:41

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Virginia Rosenberg is back for her quarterly visit as the resident astrologer of the Find Your Voice, Speak Your Truth podcast. This episode comes to you in the middle of Mercury Retrograde, and also includes a discussion of the major 2021 transit of Saturn square Uranus, plus entering the Age of Air. These major movements in the sky lead us to ask…

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81. About balance, with Elissa 45:11

3y ago45:11

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When you hear the word ‘balance,’ what do you think of? Work-life balance? Balancing on one leg? Balancing your checkbook? Welcome back to a new season of the podcast... this month our theme is Balance, and in this episode, I want to encourage you to examine your understanding of that idea. You may think balance is a fixed, perfect center point tha…

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Bridget Firtle: Being unapologetically yourself and launching the first female-founded NY distillery 49:46

3y ago49:46

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She launched the first female-founded distillery in NYC and was the first solo female distiller in the United States. Within five years of the launch, she formed a strategic partnership with Proximo Spirits, and finally sold the company to launch mission-driven Rockaway Drinks. Meet Bridget Firtle, a serial entrepreneur and investor in a highly mal…

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80. About navigating conflict, with Danielle Faitelson 1:05:59

3y ago1:05:59

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Today’s episode continues to document my journey to understand the Israel-Palestine conflict. I’m so lucky to be talking with my best friend Dani, who lives in Israel, and with whom I had a disagreement last month. You may remember hearing me mention that I re-posted a meme about the Israel-Palestine conflict on Instagram, and that a friend texted …

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Amanda Koonjbeharry: How setting boundaries can elevate your career and why nurturing connections enhances policy work 51:17

3y ago51:17

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How setting boundaries can lead to success, and why nurturing connections can help enhance policy work. Learning these key skills not only helps maintain work and life balance can be the key to so many career elevating steps. Amanda Koonjbeharry did this by recognizing her self-worth! Amanda’s journey into social work took a detour, and now she’s t…

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Tahda Ahtone: How to Build a Reliance Alliance & Disrupting Housing Manufacturing Sustainably 51:56

3y ago51:56

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She's utilizing her legal degree to fight against today's hardest issues: criminal justice and sustainability. Meet Tahda Ahtone, lawyer, entrepreneur, prosecutor, attorney, proud mother, and advocate of the side hustle. After graduating high school at age 16, as an Olympic fencing hopeful, Tahda hit a crossroads in her career, one that changed her…

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79. About summer solstice 2021, with Virginia Rosenberg 57:09

3y ago57:09

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Sunday, June 20th is the summer solstice, and our resident astrologer Virginia Rosenberg is back on the podcast. It continues to be a time of epic proportions in the cosmos… just to start we are coming out of an eclipse season and Mercury has been in retrograde once again. If you feel like life is one big swirl, or like the stories upon which you’v…

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Aubrey Blanche: Designing equitable systems for the next generation of business and how staying curious leads to success 44:16

3y ago44:16

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She's redesigning our world in a radically new way. How? Systems! By looking at the world through a lens of fostering belonging, Aubrey Blanche, Director of Equitable Design at Culture Amp, is able to see solutions to some of the toughest problems we all face. On the show, Aubrey shares how she found and uses her new approach of building equitable …

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78. About peace and the Middle East, with Tracy Alexander 1:29:59

3y ago1:29:59

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Tracy Alexander was working as a news reporter in her home country, Australia, when she got a call about a job in Israel. Excited for the opportunity to help shape a more conscious narrative in one of the most contentious regions of the planet, she accepted the job. But four years later Tracy found herself leaving the news altogether, disheartened …

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Deepa Iyer: The art of career course corrections and leading a national organization at a young age 45:29

3y ago45:29

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How do you build movements that elevate immigrant and racial justice? Award-Winning Writer, Lawyer, Activist, and Trainer, Deepa's personal life and career have always been about groundbreaking work, especially surrounding South Asian American communities. But Deepa’s path to purpose wasn’t simple-- after jumping into the nonprofit space, pivoting …

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77. About compassion, my Jewish identity, and the Middle East, with Elissa 57:06

3y ago57:06

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As a Jewish American, the past few weeks of strife in the Middle East have brought to the surface feelings of confusion that I have never taken the time to sort through. In the wake of all of it, I find myself doing research about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that I was never willing to do before, and making stumbles along the way. I share my s…

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Susan Herman: Building a career on your core beliefs and putting yourself in the way of luck 49:55

3y ago49:55

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She built her career on her core beliefs, fighting for fairness and civil liberties, leading to her pivotal role as the President of the ACLU through both the Trump and Obama Administrations. Meet Susan Herman, inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsburg Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. Susan has always been a fighter, battling a sexist American educatio…

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76. About the people who shaped you, with Eric Toda 43:35

3y ago43:35

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Eric Toda has an impressive resume: He is currently the Global Head of Social Marketing at Facebook. He has been a leader at Nike, Snapchat, Gap, and Airbnb. Recently he penned a viral op-ed for Ad Week imploring advocacy for the Asian American community. And also very importantly, Eric was one of the boys who attended my Bat Mitzvah in 1998. In th…

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Debra Pickett: the power of authentic self-advocacy and going from journalist to entrepreneur 41:25

3y ago41:25

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Not only the first woman to have her own opinion column in the Chicago Sun-Times, one of America's top newspapers, but Debra Pickett also managed to snag the role a few years after her undergrad. But Debra's early success came from an important realization: Doing “good work” is not enough-- there is a crucial aspect of self-promotion, says award-wi…

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75. About your story medicine, with Jumakae 59:41

3y ago59:41

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What is the story within you that needs to be told? June Kaewsith, also known as Jumakae, can help you find it. And here’s why it’s important to do that: there’s immense healing possible when we are in tune with our own stories, and also the stories of our ancestors. Stories allow a deeper level of understanding. And as Jumakae points out in this e…

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74. About your genuine brand voice, with Sophia Sunwoo 53:21

3y ago53:21

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Sophie Sunwoo is a true entrepreneur. When she was a punk-rock college kid, she got annoyed with buying band t-shirts that didn’t look good on women. So she started a business and accidentally struck gold. After exiting, she next moved into running a social impact organization fixing broken water systems in Cameroon and India. Most recently, Sophia…

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Emily Jabbour: The Power of Networking and Shaking Up Politics 38:36

3y ago38:36

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She’s taken on Capitol Hill, worked in the AmeriCorps, and shaken up local policy. How did Emily go from babysitting to a brave councilperson representing one of Jersey's busiest cities and a leading voice for families and children at one of America's top federal agencies? By building a strong network! As a woman, the journey to Capitol Hill was "d…

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73. About connection, with Elissa 39:55

3+ y ago39:55

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As we’re emerging from lockdown, we’ll be experiencing a newfound sense of connection to each other after a prolonged period of disconnection. How do we navigate this? How do we find ways to more authentically connect to each other in our workplaces and beyond? In this episode, I share a Body-Mind Centering framework that helps us understand the im…

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72. About cultivating self-love, with Ko Im 47:41

3+ y ago47:41

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Ko Im knows self-love. She knows it because she practices it. She knows it because she writes about it. And she knows it because she’s worked hard to cultivate it. In this episode, Ko shares how recent events affecting the AAPI community have led her to speak up and out - namely in an OpEd for Newsweek - and at the same time have required her to di…

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71. About returning home to ourselves, with Danellia Arechiga 43:13

3+ y ago43:13

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Danellia Arechiga is a birth and post-partum doula, and a vocal liberation guide. This gives her a deep understanding of the canals at both ends of the body. It also means she’s intimately familiar with how important it is to find freedom, whether you’re birthing a child or your voice. In this episode, Danellia shares how connecting to our own inna…

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70. About being a true influencer, with Bret Shuford 42:19

3+ y ago42:19

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Bret Shuford grew up as a gay kid in southeast Texas who knew he wanted to be on Broadway. Suffice it to say, he didn’t have a lot of local examples of adults living the lifestyle he imagined for himself. But now today as a successful Broadway actor and one half of the popular Instagram account Broadway Husbands, Bret is the example he always wishe…

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69. About worthiness (and being a plaintiff in the USC case), with Elissa 45:17

3+ y ago45:17

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When I was 18 years old I was a freshman at the University of Southern California and I went to get my very first STD test. The doctor I saw was George Tyndall, and I had an interaction with him that I never forgot. In 2018, news broke that Dr. Tyndall was accused of a decades-long string of misconduct. I tentatively entered the legal case against …

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68. About spring equinox 2021, with Virginia Rosenberg 53:50

3+ y ago53:50

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The spring equinox has arrived once again, and our resident astrologer Virginia Rosenberg is back to help us interpret this moment in time. If you feel like you’ve been underwater or like you’re coming out of a long hibernation, these feelings make sense according to the cosmos. But now energy is picking up. So Virginia encourages us to ask ourselv…

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67. About rebirth, with Elissa 45:21

3+ y ago45:21

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Spring is springing, and a feeling of rebirth is in the air. And yet at the same time, we’re at the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic. So as we pick back up with the Find Your Voice, Speak Your Truth podcast, I want to discuss the portal we’ve been moving through for the past year and consider what it’s going to feel like to emerge into a new …

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