Planting The Seeds Of Change

My guest is Puja Madan, an award-winning mindfulness and leadership consultant, author, and speaker. She is the founder of The Mindfulness Map, a consultancy dedicated to helping organizations improve their growth, teambuilding and social responsibility by incorporating evidence-based mindful leadership training. Mindfulness Is Trending in Business Like many of my guests, Puja moved to the … Continue reading 037 – The Concrete Benefits of Mindfulness in Business →

My guest is Patricia Brooks, an author and life coach who recently stepped up her game by moving to France and unexpectedly jumping into a coaching business. Almost a year ago, after training as a coach and writing a book, she left her corporate job with the idea that she would find a new job … Continue reading Ep.036 – Are You Bold Enough to Follow Your Heart? →

My guest in this podcast is Liiz Herrera, an inspiring coach who pushes herself to face her fears. Liiz is a career services professional in higher education and loves her 9-to-5. She will also share her story of “accidentally” becoming a full-fledged career coach to boot (LiizCareerCoaching.net). An Accidental Entrepreneur One of Liiz’s greatest challenges … Continue reading Ep.035 Build a Career on Your Strengths and Joy →

My guest in today’s podcast is Rose-marie Fernandez, who has dubbed herself the Chief Influencing Officer of her company, Coaching Worx (CoachingWorx.ca). Rose-marie works with leaders and senior executives who want to influence and create greater impact for their teams within their greater organization. Influencers, to Rose-marie, are people who have a deep interest in … Continue reading Ep.034 The Energy Of Money →

My guest, Dr. Laura Gallaher, is very familiar with change. She is an organizational psychologist turned executive coach who works with clients globally as she travels the world. (I talked to her while she was in Serbia.) Laura is the founder of Gallaher Insider Edge, a micro-learning site that teaches leadership and communication skills towards … Continue reading Ep.033 The Safety-Net Mindset and Other Tips for Mastering Change →

5 Success Tips for Busy Mompreneurs and Women Entrepreneurs   A few years ago Vyky Rafai needed to figure out who she was and make some big changes in her life. When the women around her reached out and lifted her up, she decided to replicate that powerful experience for other women. Vyky birthed I … Continue reading Ep.032 Our Students (Kids) Are Our Teachers →

How Speaking Your Core Message Can Build Your Business My guest Carol Cox works with high-performing women entrepreneurs who want to increase their visibility as they grow their business. She helps them create their signature talk and develop a visibility plan to have more influence in their industry or community. On the side, during election … Continue reading Ep.031 180 Degree Transition →

5 Tips for Maintaining Resilience through Difficult Times My podcast guest, Cynthia Petti of Genuine Spark in the bay area of California, has gone through significant changes in the last year due in part to her partner’s brush with serious illness and her own recovery from that battle. I invited her to share what she learned … Continue reading Ep.030 Resilience In Difficult Times →

Lauren LeMunyan, PCC Owner, Lauren LeMunyan Coaching, LLC & The SpitFire Coach At the age of six, Lauren tasted her first drop of entrepreneurship and was hooked (literally). What started as way to cure boredom while hanging out with some octogenarians, Lauren learned the art of crochet and quickly mastered the beginnings of hat-making. Fast-forward … Continue reading Ep.029 Spitfire Seeds For Business Owners →

How to Gain Influence as a Leader for Better Outcomes and Increased Productivity Let’s talk about influence. My coaching clients often ask me to help them gain confidence and influence others—to rally others to their cause. Yet many of them also believe that wielding power over others is disliked and inappropriate. Influence is different. It … Continue reading Ep.028 Influence Without Authority →

Are You Quitting or Letting Go? Can you walk away from a difficult situation, or does that feel like giving up? If it makes you think of yourself as a quitter or a loser, you may not be perceiving the situation accurately. Worse, it may be draining your confidence and productivity. If you never quit, … Continue reading Ep.027 Letting Go Versus Quitting →

Diana Bolivar, Principal Diana Bolivar & Associates Diana Bolivar is the immediate past president/CEO for the award winning Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando where she served for seven years as Director of Marketing, Vice President and the latter 4 years as the chamber’s President/CEO. With more than a quarter century of experience at the local, national … Continue reading Ep.026 True Grit Is Necessary To Engage In Successful Transitions →

Jean-François Cousin Jean-François Cousin became a global executive coach in 2006, after a first career in management around the world with a Fortune-500 company. He has served over 750 executives, from 50 nationalities, as well as dozens of executive teams. Accredited as a ‘Master Certified Coach’ by the International Coach Fede ration, the highest distinction … Continue reading Ep.025 Being Successful By Using Humility →

The topic of self worth is coming up in several of my clients sessions. Whether it is through net worth or self-love, it is important to reflect on how you define your self-worth. This episode is deeply personal, triggered by an assessment I took last December in France, when I became newly aware of my … Continue reading Ep.024 Is This Sabotaging Your Net Worth? →

Success Lies Outside of Your Comfort Zone Tamara Knight Tamara Knight is a certified professional photographer (and very proud of this fact!) based in Orlando, Florida. Originally from Russia, she is a mother of two teen kids (please keep her in your prayers) and a wife to amazing guy. She has been a photographer for … Continue reading Ep.023 Success Lies Out Of Your Comfort Zone →

We are in the hamster wheel and miss the opportunity to appreciate who we have become. Have you ever come across a past version of yourself and felt dismayed at the “old you?” I’ve been going through this exact experience recently. A better way to look at these moments, however, is to admire how far … Continue reading Ep.022 Pause To Experience Appreciation →

Often we think that taking a risk or making a change can be costly. But what about the cost of inaction?     The Cost of Inaction: 5 Steps to Decide to Coach or Not Recently I was struck by a couple of potential clients who decided not to hire any coach, and chose to … Continue reading Ep.021 The Cost Of Inaction →

Judgement is leading us to unhappiness, how to let go of criticizing.         How to Let Go of Judgment As a coach, I am still a work in progress too. On a recent trip back to France, I surprised myself by noticing how judgmental I was being. I consider myself open and … Continue reading Ep.020 How To Let Go Of Judgement →

Lolly Daskal, Leadership Executive Coach, Speaker, Author Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies. As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who … Continue reading Ep.019 Attain Freedom By Practicing Excellence →

Wishing to leave your corporate job? I share with you my own story.     11 Lessons I Learned by Leaving Corporate America to Start and Run My Own Company Happy Anniversary to my business, Equanimity Executives, created in May 2011! In case you are considering leaving your job for to become an entrepreneur, I’d … Continue reading Ep.018 [My Story] Leaving Corporate America →