Best Shawna Samuel Podcasts (2024)

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Speaking with Confidence (with Claire Fry) 39:29

11h ago39:29

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Ever struggled to get your message heard at work? Maybe it’s in your boss’s leadership team meeting, where your input is minimized and the boys’ club is busy talking over you. Maybe it’s when your voice shakes with nerves as you present the roadshow deck to challenging stakeholders. Or maybe it’s at your mid-year, where you get feedback that others…

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Prepare a Successful Mid-Year Review 33:29

8d ago33:29

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In many companies, June means one thing: mid-year season is here. Many leaders give mid year performance reviews short shrift. It’s easy to make this mistake. Mid-year doesn’t feel as important as year-end, and yet it still has a way of weighing down your to-do list: there’s plenty of paperwork, feedback requests, and the like to complete. But it i…

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How to Recover from a Mistake at Work 25:25

11d ago25:25

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Mistakes. The word itself makes a high-achiever cringe. Sure, we all know that logically, “mistakes happen to the best of us.” But when you’re the one making the mistake? It feels like the worst. And now, you’ve got two problems: the original mistake, and being knocked off your game. The original problem is now compounded. You might spend weeks or …

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Episode 35: Will Vogl on Grazing in the Urban/Rural Interface 51:31

17d ago51:31

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On this episode, host Taylor Muglia speaks with Will Vogl, owner and operator of Vogl Homestead Farm near Black Forest, Colorado. Will discusses the difficulty of accessing affordable grazing land on the front range and the development pressure his county is facing. While this can be a setback for many graziers, Will has used it as an opportunity t…

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How to Manage Email Overload 22:56

27d ago22:56

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Are you drowning in email? Before you’ve even gotten dressed in the morning, your mind is already on the 117 emails that are sitting in your inbox. Waiting on a response. Email is usually one of the first things you look at in the morning, and one of the last things you look at at night. It seems impossible to get (and stay) on top of it. Email and…

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Mother’s Day Emotional Hangover 21:28

1M ago21:28

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Mother’s Day. It’s billed as the ultimate celebration of the work of mothers. And in a society that often gives so little acknowledgement, this one day takes on big importance: a recognition of how much you’ve given to others throughout the rest of the year. We want the day to be perfect. But so often, it’s a major letdown. A source of strife, even…

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Good Men and Garbage Men: Negotiating the Mental Load at Home 32:13

1M ago32:13

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Women are more aware of the mental load of the household than at any time in the past. The dynamics of domestic labor and parenting have historically been biased. The expectation: women would and should do the work of running the home and raising children. Even for women who work outside the home, the mental load often ends up squarely on their sho…

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Who Says “Me Time” is Selfish? 24:09

2M ago24:09

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“Put on your own oxygen mask first,” they say. But that’s easier said than done, right?! How much time do you get each day completely for yourself? Add it up: time with no work concerns to attend to, no little humans to take care of. Purely to do as you want… That’s probably some quick math. For most women, the number is small. And women get less t…

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Is Inbox Zero a Waste of Time? 27:47

2M ago27:47

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Inbox zero is such a seductive proposition. Inbox zero was popularized by productivity gurus as an efficient approach to email. The idea is that you want to maintain your inbox with zero - or as close to zero - messages as possible. For most people, this becomes a daily metric to track their own productivity. And, I’d argue it’s a vanity metric. It…

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Episode 34 - Rachel Stoltzfus on Career Development Post-Apprenticeship 46:23

2M ago46:23

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In this episode of Regeneration Rising, host Taylor Muglia sits down with 2022 New Agrarian Program alumna Rachel Stoltzfus, who now works as a Herdsman at Herr Angus Farm in Nottingham, Pennsylvania. Rachel talks about lessons she took from her apprenticeship at Round River Resource Management, her process and decision to take a job at a cattle fa…

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Managing Presentation Anxiety 30:17

2M ago30:17

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Presentation anxiety. It’s incredibly common, even amongst leaders. There’s that oft-quoted statistic that suggests that most people’s biggest fear is public speaking. And what are presentations, if not public speaking? Even when the scale is small (like leading a team meeting), the stakes rarely feel small. As a leader, you might need to give doze…

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Decision Constraint 23:34

2M ago23:34

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Decisions, decisions, decisions. We live in a world of plenty…and it’s overwhelming. There are so many options, and so much pressure to make the right choices. And the sheer number of decisions that we need to make in a given week is mind-boggling. Think about the time you spend in an average week researching, analyzing, and getting agreement on op…

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Sprint Weeks 28:18

3M ago28:18

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Is your work week best described as a daily grind? Like, the kind of work where you are constantly working at max capacity, only to find yourself…slowly…grinding…down. Most corporate jobs operate with a go-go-go mentality that keeps everyone in a permanent state of exhaustion. This is disastrous for your stamina. And not just at work. The “hangover…

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Episode 33 - Katie McInnes on Growing a Diversified Farm from Scratch 55:57

3M ago55:57

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In this month's episode of Regeneration Rising, host Taylor Muglia speaks with Katie McInnes, Co-owner and Operator of The Dogs Run Farm near Clearwater, Manitoba, Canada. Katie talks about her journey from acting into farming and how community relationships and a bit of luck led her and her now husband Colin to securing land for farming. Katie als…

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Superthinking 24:02

3M ago24:02

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Albert Einstein allegedly said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.” Wise words, whether they come from Einstein or not. But how do you actually develop higher-level thinking skills? One technique I use is Superthinking. It puts the amazing power of your human brain as a problem-solving machine onto your big…

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Women Deserve a Mental Offload 19:53

3M ago19:53

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Women tend to disproportionately bear the weight of the mental load. That translates into a “second shift” at home: more hours spent on parenting, housework, emotional caretaking, and more. When it comes to managing that mental load, so often the advice to women is one of two things: Delegate it. Or lower your standards. And while there’s nothing w…

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Leadership Loneliness 24:24

3M ago24:24

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“It’s lonely at the top”, so the saying goes. Which makes it all the more surprising that leaders rarely discuss the feelings of loneliness that can come as you rise. It’s paradoxical. You’re surrounded by colleagues. You lead a team who look up to you and follow you. And at the same time, it can feel distinctly lonely to be the person standing out…

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Your Future Self 23:52

3M ago23:52

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Imagine if you could sit down with your future self—the version of you who has achieved your wildest dreams, overcome your biggest challenges, and is living your best life. What would that conversation be like? How would it transform the decisions you make today? Last month, we focused on the important relationships you have at home and at work. Bu…

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Executive Presence 25:28

4M ago25:28

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Executive Presence. Most leaders know it’s a powerful ingredient for success. It’s that bit of leadership sorcery that allows some to command a room, influence key decisions, and inspire confidence. You might be able to get ahead without it, but I don’t recommend trying! But can you actually develop executive presence? I’ve heard leaders describe i…

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3 Keys to Rise in Any Organization 21:44

4M ago21:44

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Are you ready to rise in your organization? Maybe you’re not sure. It’s a topic that can create a lot of ambivalence when you have kids. “I’d love to do more, but I can’t work any harder…and I’m already so drained.” This is a phrase I hear often. The problem is that there are two thought errors that underpin this phrase. First, you might think that…

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Episode 32 - Terrance Boyd on Food Sovereignty and Finding His Place in a Rural Community 59:22

4M ago59:22

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On this episode of Regeneration Rising, our guest is Terrance Boyd, owner of Wild Boyd Farm in Matheson, Colorado. Terrance talks about his deep interest in being an active agent in his own food production, his journey into homesteading, and how he has turned the homestead into a ranch business that serves a variety of meat sales channels due to hi…

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Annual Relationship Review 23:01

4M ago23:01

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Valentine’s Day is in the air. And whether you consider yourself a romantic or not, let’s do a quick status check on your relationship with your partner. Does your relationship with your partner feel fantastic? Or is it weighed down by a growing list of resentments? Maybe you’d consider your relationship more of an afterthought…something that gets …

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How to Be Your Own PR Person at Work (And Why it Matters) 26:29

4M ago26:29

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Many high achieving women work by the old adage “just keep your head down and do good work, and you’ll be recognized.” Sometimes the advice comes directly from a mentor or a parent. For others, it’s an implicit to the way a meritocracy is supposed to work. The good girls who do stellar work without making too much of a stink are supposed to get rew…

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Why Coaching is the New Work Perk 24:55

5M ago24:55

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More and more employers are offering coaching as a perk at work. But it wasn’t always this way. 20 years ago, executive leadership coaching was a perk limited to a very small subset of employees: people at the very top, or those leaders who were at risk of failing. And in many organizations, coaching retained that reputation: either unavailable to …

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Create a Winning Development Plan 32:15

5M ago32:15

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Many companies require development planning. But few teach you how to it. In many firms, development is a “tick the box exercise”: you build out a plan, file it away, and pull it out at the next review cycle. Despite your best intentions, development may be an afterthought for you and your team. And yet, you probably realize that continued growth =…

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Episode 31 - Quivira Interns Chase Hetler & Jessie Hook on Bridging Academia and Ranching 51:55

5M ago51:55

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Chase Hetler and Jessie Hook spent much of 2023 as Quivira Coalition interns through the Carbon Ranch Initiative, investigating the financial and ecological viability of compost application and erosion control structures on rangeland in the southwest. Host Taylor Muglia chats with both interns about their experiences and how their internships chang…

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Create a System for Goal Success 17:21

5M ago17:21

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It’s well-known research: merely writing down your goals makes it more likely you’ll achieve them. And yet, writing down a goal is usually not enough to get us to the finish line. What gives?! Yes, writing down a goal is useful. And it’s definitely better than doing nothing. But often, this makes your goal little more than a wish. A nice intention.…

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Growth, Balance, and Pivot Years 17:54

5M ago17:54

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Whether you’re looking at the business press, or the motivation quotes on Pinterest, you’ll often get a one-dimensional look at what it takes to be successful. “Go for GROWTH!” It’s so ingrained in our culture’s approach to success, that you can feel like a failure if you’re not constantly trying to achieve the Next Big Thing, personally or profess…

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New Year’s Resolutions 21:31

6M ago21:31

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The start of a new year is an invitation to change. You think about what you want to achieve this year. Make a few New Year’s resolutions. As the clock starts midnight, you’re ready to get started: new year, new you. Right? But the statistics tell a depressing truth: most new year’s resolutions fail. In fact, most resolutions are abandoned before J…

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BEST OF: The Manual, Part 1: "Good Girl" Conditioning 25:54

6M ago25:54

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Is it possible to thrive in a biased world? It can feel like an impossible task, one where we’re always at risk of failing someone else. Or our own standards. Trying to navigate a world that has soooooo maaaannny rules for how we’re supposed to do things can be utterly exhausting. And thankless. It also leaves many of us as perfectionistic people-p…

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BEST OF: Momposter Syndrome 27:07

6M ago27:07

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When overachievers become mothers, something strange can happen. And it’s rarely discussed. It’s Mom-poster syndrome. Most people have heard about imposter syndrome. Those feelings of being not good enough, of feeling like a fraud, that can sneak up on us. We mostly think of imposter syndrome in our professional lives. But our inner critic can also…

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BEST OF: Mom Guilt is Optional 27:31

6M ago27:31

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Mom Guilt seems to lurk everywhere. Especially if you’re a working mother. Work long hours? You’re supposed to feel guilty about not being a good enough mother. Missing meetings when your kid is sick yet again? You’re supposed to feel guilty about not being a good enough employee. How to escape from the guilt trap? Is it even possible?! In this epi…

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BEST OF: The 4 Pillars of Work-Life Balance 25:59

6M ago25:59

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In an always-on culture, where work is more and more “greedy” about wanting our time and availability, how can we achieve balance? At the Mental Offload, we’ve created a framework for achieving balance. It has 4 elements, that work together to support – or undermine – your balance. Your time, your team, your systems, and your mindset. Your balance …

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Episode 30 - Mentor Louis Martin on Laying the Groundwork for First-Generation Ranchers 41:54

7M ago41:54

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In this episode of Regeneration Rising, host Taylor Muglia chats with New Agrarian Program mentor Louis Martin, owner of Round River Resource Management near Rush, Colorado. They talk about Louis' background in agriculture and education, and how he found opportunities to access land and capital even though agriculture skipped a generation in his fa…

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When You Can’t Be There For School Events 23:41

7M ago23:41

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‘Tis the season…for school holiday events. But what happens when those events clash with your work schedule? Whether you’re dealing with multiple events scheduled right in the middle of the workday, a busy season at work that makes taking any time off tricky, or every working mom’s favorite…that last minute notice about a school event, the result i…

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Think Weeks 22:39

7M ago22:39

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Sometimes, we get so busy on the hamster wheel at work that we lose sight of the longer-term picture. It might feel like it’s impossible to slow the wheel down and catch your breath. But it’s necessary if you’re in the world of knowledge work. Being strategic at work requires us to slow the hamster wheel down to a comfortable jog from time to time.…

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Holiday Overwhelm 14:45

7M ago14:45

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‘Tis the Season. Fall is a holiday time in so many cultures: Halloween, Diwali, Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year’s…they’re all on the calendar. But whether you’re celebrating one holiday or several, there’s so much extra stuff to take care of. Hosting relatives, parties, religious gatherings, cooking, shopping, decorating…It’s a…

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Episode 29 - Ryan Koch & Samuel Moreno on their 2023 Apprenticeship Experiences 51:20

7M ago51:20

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In this episode, host Taylor Muglia sits down with current New Agrarian Program apprentices Ryan Koch and Samuel Moreno to talk about their experience in the past year. From applications and interviews to successes and struggles during the season to plans post-apprenticeship, this conversation has so many valuable lessons not only for future applic…

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The Hidden Benefits of Anxiety at Work 24:34

7M ago24:34

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Anxiety at work usually seems like a problem to be managed. Or even a crisis. Definitely something to get rid of. Especially when your anxiety has you sweating over your upcoming meeting. Or has work living rent-free in your brain around the clock. But, is anxiety all bad? Work from Morra Aarons-Mele (author of The Anxious Achiever) asks us to reth…

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First World Problems 11:39

8M ago11:39

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We’re living in a fraught time. The nightly news is filled with calamities, on every continent of the planet. In the face of so much turmoil in the world, women hesitate to speak about their own struggles at home and at work. We self-deprecatingly tell friends that we’ve got “first world problems”. Women tell me they’re ashamed to even complain abo…

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4 Performance Review Mistakes 29:08

8M ago29:08

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Almost no one loves a performance review. Even top performers can feel dread in the face of an upcoming review. Performance reviews will amplify our insecurities and leave us ruminating on our perceived shortcomings. We know that these reviews can be make or break moments for raises, promotions, and more. And yet, we’re rarely given transparent, di…

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Episode 28 - Layna Jansen on Mentorship, Horsemanship, and Hot Coffee 40:40

8M ago40:40

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In anticipation for the 2024 New Agrarian Program applications opening November 1st, we are spending some time today with mentor Layna Jansen, rancher and Beef Program Coordinator at the Home Ranch in Clark, Colorado. She shares details about her career path and what it takes to feel like you finally belong to a place after moving from Virginia to …

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