Finding Brave

What if the key to career growth isn't doing more but recognizing what you've already achieved? Today on Finding Brave, we're joined by inspiring author and career coach Octavia Goredema to discover how true visibility begins with valuing yourself. Octavia is the CEO of Fire Memos, a passionate advocate for helping people unlock their full potential at work, the author of PREP, PUSH, PIVOT, and host of two Audible Originals, Brand Yourself for Success and How to Change Careers. Previously featured on Finding Brave (check out Episode 248!), she returns to share new insights on personal branding, professional visibility, and why it's more important than ever to own your worth and leverage more fully your amazing talents, abilities and experiences. In this episode, you'll learn why great work alone isn't enough to stand out in today's competitive job market and how many high performers remain invisible despite their incredible contributions. We also unpack the connection between visibility and self-recognition and how naming your strengths and tracking your accomplishments form the foundation of a strong personal brand. Octavia also offers empowering tips on embracing personal branding without feeling “cringy,” even for those who avoid the spotlight, and shares the traits that define her own brand. (And the fascinating responses Octavia offered in answer to my impromptu question her own brand were very enlightening!). Want to learn how to build a memorable personal brand that embodies who you truly are? Tune in today!   Key Highlights From This Episode: Why visibility begins with self-recognition (and why so many people struggle with this). [04:55] How naming your strengths, even the most obvious ones, is key to owning your worth. [08:43] Using discomfort as a diagnostic tool to guide your next steps and fuel growth. [17:23] The power of sharing your struggles: it might be the inspiration someone else needs! [21:45] Embracing authenticity and aligning your brand with who you truly are. [25:21] Tips for identifying the key traits of your personal brand and building a presence for it. [27:41] Redefining success by how you honor your own progress, not others' opinions of it. [39:38]   For More Information: Octavia Goredema Fire Memos PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women Brand Yourself for Success How to Change Careers Octavia Goredema on Instagram Octavia Goredema on LinkedIn Octavia Goredema on X   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Listen to Octavia on Finding Brave in Episode 248: ‘Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women'. Watch Kathy's TEDx Talk, 'Time To Brave Up'. Check out Shawn Achor's TEDx Talk, ‘The happy secret to better work'.   ——————— Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level FAST in a supportive group/community environment? JOIN KATHY IN “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” 8-WEEK COACHING AND TRAINING COURSE STARTING MAY 15TH! My 8-week LIVE course, The Most Powerful You, is now OPEN for early bird Spring registration, with big savings and bonuses! Join me in this transformational learning and growth journey! The course starts May 15th, and if you register by May 10th, you'll save $300 and get 9 amazing bonuses — including one month of free access to my new digital coaching tool, Kathy Caprino AI. Over 8 weeks, I'll personally coach you and an inspiring small group of professionals around the global to build your confidence, step into expanded leadership, speak up for what you want, job search and interview more successfully, connect with influential mentors, and finally make the career shifts, improvements and changes you've been dreaming about. You'll also be a part of an uplifting support community, both on our live calls and in our private Facebook group. Spots are limited, so please don't hesitate! Visit mostpowerfulyou.com to claim your early bird savings and bonuses before May 10. Let's make this the year your professional life truly transforms in the way you dream it to. Hope to see you there!   ——————— WANT 1:1, PRIVATE SUPPORT TO TRANSFORM YOUR CAREER THIS YEAR TO REACH YOUR HIGHEST GOALS? Work with Kathy and get hands-on, transformative (1:1) CAREER & LEADERSHIP GROWTH COACHING SUPPORT today! If you're ready for a big positive shift in how you're working and what you're achieving today in your career AND want to experience private, one-on-one career coaching and consulting - let's make that happen for you! In my 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough 1:1 coaching program or my 10-session Build Your Confidence, Success and Impact program, I help men and women get what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, advancement, financial reward, and fulfillment and exponential growth and reach. I've worked with over 25,000 professionals across 6 continents, and before that, I served as a therapist, and before that, I was a corporate VP, managing multi-million dollar budgets and global initiatives. I bring all of that experience to our work together, helping you build a new chapter that aligns with who you really are and what you're ready to create. Check out the links above if you're ready for a big positive shift this year. I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today!   In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “Self-promotion can feel so hard, or cringy, or icky. To get past that feeling, we have to connect with ourselves. Before we can talk to anyone else, whether that's a co-worker, or our boss, or our networks about the work that we're doing, we have to recognize our value ourselves.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:05:14] “Personal branding starts with owning your narrative unapologetically.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:16:18] “Growth is so uncomfortable in the moment, but it's so important because that's actually what helps you identify where the misalignment is. You might not be able to snap your fingers and change it immediately, but it's giving you indicators.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:19:50] “Ultimately, what you're doing [in building a personal brand] is embodying who you are and building trust around who you are and what you do. It really is that simple.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:27:03] “If you are investing in [a social media presence], it's not about likes and it's not about the number of followers that you have. It's actually about the authenticity of what you share.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:38:59] “The [real] measure of success is taking the time to privately recognize your progress and to honor that and to celebrate that.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:39:48]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

If you still think of LinkedIn as nothing more than a job site or somewhere you go to upload your online resume, now is the time to update and expand your approach! Today on the show, we welcome LinkedIn insider Jon Lyndon for a deep dive into the evolution of LinkedIn and why we should all be using it as a human connection tool and a pathway to opportunity at scale. Having spent nearly a decade at LinkedIn, Jon is an expert in how to leverage the true power of the platform. He is the founder and CEO of Lyndon Consulting, where he works with global companies and executive leaders on their LinkedIn strategy, helping them rethink how they show up, connect, and lead in a digital world. He also advises professional athletes transitioning out of sport, guiding them in building strong personal brands. In our conversation, Jon breaks down the biggest misconceptions about LinkedIn. He unpacks how only using it as a job search leads you to lose out on key opportunities and explains powerfully why we can all afford to share more on LinkedIn — and why sharing doesn't need to be inauthentic or boastful. Jon also offers his expert guidance on how to navigate LinkedIn when you've been let go from your job, and how to build greater trust, credibility, and clarity, so you're connecting with inspiring people and learning from them, while building a mutually supportive and enriching community. We also discuss the power of LinkedIn recommendations, how trust equals consistency over time, the importance of getting clear on the outcomes you want to achieve on LinkedIn, and Jon's transformative personal branding work with athletes. To hear the full scope of our conversation about LinkedIn and discover its full power as a human connection tool, be sure to tune in! Key Highlights From This Episode: A breakdown of the biggest misconceptions about LinkedIn. [04:31] Jon's career at LinkedIn and how the platform has evolved. [09:06] How to get more comfortable and confident with sharing your achievements and experience on LinkedIn. [13:36] How to tease out the “20 facts of you” - the 20 accomplishments that you are most proud of and why these matter greatly to you, and how to share those in exciting ways [17:28} Why you should keep your LinkedIn updated even if you have job security. [20:06] Advice on how to navigate LinkedIn and share after being laid off. [23:44] Language one can draw on to potentially consider sharing on LinkedIn about a layoff they've experienced, and what they're looking for next. [24:16] Suggestions for reaching out to people you want to connect with more. [27:27] The power of helping others and utilizing recommendations on LinkedIn. [32:20] Getting clarity on the outcomes you want to achieve on LinkedIn. [40:29] How Jon serves professional athletes through personal branding. [45:49] Final thoughts on how to prepare for and navigate your next chapter. [45:49]   For More Information: Jon Lyndon on LinkedInLyndon Consulting   ——————— READY FOR A HUGE PERSONAL SHIFT TO ACHIEVE MORE SUCCESS, IMPACT, AND FULFILLMENT IN YOUR CAREER THIS YEAR?   Work with Kathy and get hands-on, transformative CAREER & LEADERSHIP GROWTH COACHING SUPPORT today! Hey folks! Kathy here. Are you ready for a big positive shift in how you're working and what you're achieving today in your career? Let's make that happen for you! While you might know me best as a podcast host and a writer, a key focus in my work is helping professionals experience greater success and achieve their biggest goals in the quickest, most effective way possible. In my 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough 1:1 coaching program, I help men and women get what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, advancement, financial reward, and fulfillment. I've worked with over 20,000 women across 6 continents, and before that, I served as a therapist, and before that, I was a corporate VP, managing multi-million dollar budgets and global initiatives. I bring all of that experience to our work together, helping you build a new chapter that aligns with who you really are and what you're ready to create. Check out kathycaprino.com/careerbreakthru and I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you!   ——————— Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level FAST in a supportive group/community environment?  JOIN “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” 8-WEEK COACHING AND TRAINING COURSE WITH KATHY STARTING MAY 15TH! Quick update here! My 8-week LIVE course, The Most Powerful You, is now OPEN for early bird Spring registration, with big savings and bonuses! The course starts May 15th, and if you register by May 10th, you'll save $300 and get 9 amazing bonuses — including one month of free access to my new digital coaching tool, Kathy Caprino AI. Over 8 weeks, I'll personally coach you and an amazing small group of professionals around the global to build your confidence, step into expanded leadership, speak up for what you want, job search and interview more successfully, connect with influential mentors, and finally - make the career shifts, improvements and changes you've been dreaming about. You'll also be a part of an amazing support community, both on our live calls and in our private Facebook group. Spots are limited, so don't wait! Visit mostpowerfulyou.com to claim your early bird savings and bonuses before May 10. Let's make this the year your professional life truly transforms in the way you dream it to. Hope to see you there!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “The way that I think about LinkedIn is [as] a human connection tool. It creates a pathway to opportunity at scale.” — Jon Lyndon [0:05:01] “When we are sharing facts and stories, and things that we've accomplished — if we have an outcome that we want to come from that, it helps us be authentic, and it helps us to be confident about those things because it leads into something rather than just sharing to share.” — Jon Lyndon [0:18:33] “When you begin to share those in the right way, other people then attach to those things, and they're relevant because they say, ‘Oh, I didn't know that about you, but this applies [to] my life because I'm going through this as well.'” — Jon Lyndon [0:19:14] “You never know when [LinkedIn] might become relevant, it might not be a layoff, but you might want to start a new business.” — Jon Lyndon [0:22:59] “If you're working in corporate and you're trying to sell products and services, there [are] ways that you can do it in a human, authentic, thought leader way that is still pretty much an untapped opportunity on LinkedIn for a lot of people.” — Jon Lyndon [0:43:43] “If you know the outcomes, and you're clear about what they are in any area of your life, then creating the pathway to get there becomes so much easier.” — Jon Lyndon [0:50:18]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

The moment you choose to change your relationship to money is the moment you change every single generation ahead of you. In this episode of Finding Brave, top financial wellbeing speaker, multi-award-winning Financial Coach, and international author Catherine Morgan joins us to talk about a vitally important topic: when money feels dangerous and how to heal our survival response to wealth. A Financial Wellbeing Speaker, multi-award-winning Financial Coach, and international author of the bestselling book It's Not About the Money, Catherine presents a trauma-informed psychological approach to money. As the founder of The Money Panel®, Catherine trains financial professionals through her acclaimed Financial Coach Certification program, and works with consumers through empowering courses and retreats.  Recognized as one of the top 32 female entrepreneurs by Business Leader, her expertise has been featured in a wide array of top media and her podcast It's Not About The Money is in the top 0.5% in the world. Catherine's journey into financial coaching began with her own realization of how emotions and money are deeply connected. She unpacks the hidden blueprint of abundance that we inherit, particularly from maternal relationships, and how these subconscious beliefs can impact our financial well-being. We also discuss the core beliefs that influence financial health, as well as the new paradigms of wealth, expansion, and contraction. Catherine sheds light on the powerful emotions of shame and guilt around money, how they manifest in the body, and the essential practice of reclaiming your worth beyond financial status. Finally, Catherine offers a simple yet transformative piece of advice that is relevant for everyone, no matter where they are in their financial journey. Through forgiveness work and deep self-acceptance, she reveals how we can release financial fear and step into a healthier, more empowered and loving relationship with money. If you're ready to shift your financial story and experience and embrace true wealth as it feels most heart-aligned for you, this episode is a must-listen.   Key Points From This Episode:  Welcome to Catherine Morgan, who is also featured in the Finding Brave Episode 205 and 206 in our 2-part series about Building Financial Wellbeing Into the Heart of Your Life and Work. [02:11] Catherine's first experiences of the connections between emotions and money. [06:20] The blueprint of abundance that we inherit from our maternal relationships. [12:11] Core beliefs that influence your financial health and more. [19:30] New paradigms of wealth and money and what it means to expand and contract with wealth. [26:04] Understanding that “you are not your money” - observing shame and guilt about money in the body and reclaiming your worth beyond money. [34:23] A potent piece of practical advice that is relevant for every individual on a way to recognize and heal your relationship with money. [40:27] Defining wealth on a personal level, beyond financial success. [45:25]   For More Information: Catherine Morgan Catherine Morgan on XCatherine Morgan on Instagram Catherine Morgan on LinkedIn The Money PanelWealthy Women Community   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Catherine's Quiz, What's Your Money Storytypes? Maria Nemeth's Book, The Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfilment Bessel van Der Kolk's Book, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and the Body in the Healing of Trauma The HearthMath Institute   ——————— READY FOR A HUGE PERSONAL SHIFT TO ACHIEVE MORE SUCCESS, IMPACT AND FULFILLMENT IN YOUR CAREER THIS YEAR?  Work with Kathy and get hands-on, transformative CAREER & LEADERSHIP GROWTH COACHING SUPPORT today!   Join me today in one of my top-requested career and leadership growth 1:1 coaching programs and take 20% off the price this week with coupon code ‘FBRAVE20 as my thank-you for tuning in today.! 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Drawing on 40+ years of work experience—from corporate life, therapy, and coaching to writing and speaking across 6 continents—I've trained Kathy AI using over 2.6 million words of my own content, including articles, books, podcasts, interviews, and workshops seen by over 41 million people. Let Kathy Caprino AI be your trusted resource for real-time career, leadership, and personal growth support. Check it out and subscribe today at kathycaprino.com/kathyai. I hope it becomes a game-changer for you! ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving it a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.   Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Training  Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Vidoe courses: Amazing Career Project and The Most Powerful You   ——————— Quotes:  “Money really is a mirror reflection of the relationship we have with ourselves.” — @themoneypanel [0:06:46] “The relationship we have with money is the relationship we have with ourselves and our identity and self-worth.” — @themoneypanel [0:16:40] “Somewhere underneath or in between those threads is this core belief that money is not safe for me - either to make or ask for it, or it's not safe to keep it and hold it.  [0:21:40] “It is key to recognize that money and the relationship you have to it is a survival response.” — @themoneypanel [0:24:09] “The way that wealth has been created is not the way that wealth will be created. We are shifting into an entirely new paradigm” — @themoneypanel [0:26:11] “The way that we spend money, the way that we invest, the way that we save – is driven by our value system.” — @themoneypanel [0:30:45] “It's about ‘being' wealth as well as ‘doing' wealth.” — @themoneypanel [0:42:05]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Conflict is a part of life, whether it's in our relationships, workplaces, or even global politics, yet many of us either shy away from it or escalate it, leading to stress, resentment, and division. Today on Finding Brave, behavioral neurologist Dr. Joel Salinas joins us to discuss how we can navigate disagreement with confidence and resilience—and even turn it into a powerful tool for building stronger connections. Dr. Salinas is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the co-author with Robert C. Bordone, of Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In. In this fascinating book, Joel and Robert blend advanced conflict management strategies with cutting-edge neuroscience to introduce a simple yet powerful three-step framework for navigating everyday conflict. In this episode, Dr. Salinas reveals how conflict resilience rather than resolution can transform the way we engage with disagreement. He also explores the impact of social isolation, our fear of discomfort, and how avoiding conflict can ultimately weaken both personal and professional relationships, all while offering practical tools to navigate tough conversations with confidence, clarity, and compassion. Whether you struggle with difficult conversations or simply want to strengthen your relationships and your communication approach, this episode is filled with valuable insights to help you approach conflict with clarity, confidence, and bravery. Tune in now to start transforming the way you engage with disagreement.   Key Highlights From This Episode: Understanding the surprising link between connection and conflict. [04:42] How social isolation and polarization contribute to conflict avoidance. [09:14] Reasons that we often see the other person as “the problem” in a conflict. [12:47] Finding a balance between setting boundaries and engaging in difficult conversations.[15:10] Insight into the three key tenets of deep listening. [18:18] An example that illustrates how to navigate everyday conflict with resilience. [22:56] How to phrase questions in a way that invites productive conversation. [26:04] The uncertainty of conflict outcomes (and why that shouldn't stop us). [28:16] Practical strategies to help you rewire your brain to handle conflict better. [31:02] Unpacking the benefits of conflict resilience and how you can start practicing today. [38:12] For More Information: Dr. Joel Salinas Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In Dr. Joel Salinas on LinkedIn Dr. Joel Salinas on Instagram Dr. Joel Salinas on YouTube Dr. Joel Salinas on X   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Read Joel's book, Mirror Touch: A Memoir of Synesthesia and the Secret Life of the Brain Learn more about the co-author of Conflict Resilience, Bob Bordone Watch examples of navigating crises in the Netflix show Madam Secretary   ——————— KATHY'S DIGITAL CAREER COACHING CLONE—‘KATHY CAPRINO AI”—IS HERE!   I'm very excited to announce the release of my new Kathy Caprino AI career and leadership coaching clone! Here's more about it! >> https://kathycaprino.com/kathyai Powered by Delphi.ai, this tool brings my career growth teachings, advice, and answers to your most pressing questions directly to you, 24/7. With a subscription, you get unlimited access and can message or audio chat with my AI clone anytime you need guidance. Drawing on my 40+ years of experience—from corporate life, therapy, and coaching to writing and speaking across 6 continents—I've trained Kathy AI using over 2.5 million words of my own content, including articles, books, podcasts, interviews, and workshops seen by over 41 million people. My mission? To make Kathy Caprino AI your trusted resource for real-time career, leadership, and personal growth strategies. Get tailored answers to your toughest career challenges and practical solutions to achieve your top goals. We offer two affordable pricing tiers, with Tier 2 unlocking great bonuses like membership to my new Career Breakthrough Community, including free coaching calls with me, exclusive discounts on my courses and programs, free LinkedIn support, and so much more. It also makes a fantastic gift for friends, family, or colleagues who want to thrive professionally! Check it out and subscribe today at kathycaprino.com/kathyai. Let me know what you think— I truly hope it becomes a game-changer for you! For other career support programs, visit my Career Help page.   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— QUOTES: “You can't have an authentic relationship with somebody unless you're coming across and sorting through the differences we have. It's impossible to have one-to-one the exact same desires, interests, and contexts.” — @JoelSalinasMD [0:07:26] “When we're in a conflict situation, – it's very common that our first reaction is to see the other person as the problem. We want to take a stance that's more about agency and empowerment, starting with what you have control over: – your own relationship with conflict.” — @JoelSalinasMD [0:14:24] “A generous question begets a generous response – [Make] sure you're asking questions with the intent of understanding, not questions to harm the other person, put them down, or be overly defensive.” — @JoelSalinasMD [0:22:18] “Our brains evolved to be fortune-telling machines. It takes all our past experiences and memories to make predictions – and uses those predictions to make choices and take action – to help us survive and avoid danger. Out in the Savannah, that could have been helpful, – but it can be tricky when your brain is telling you interacting with somebody across lines of difference is a threat.” — @JoelSalinasMD [0:29:22] “It can be helpful to find the [bigger, better offer (BBO)]: what is the consequence or risk of me not engaging in this [difficult] conversation?” — @JoelSalinasMD [0:41:35] “Part of building this mindset and skill set is a process of reprogramming and rewiring your brain.” — @JoelSalinasMD [0:44:18] “Our brains evolved to be fortune-telling machines. It takes all our past experiences and memories to make predictions – and uses those predictions to make choices and take action – to help us survive and avoid danger. Out in the Savannah, that could have been helpful, – but it can be tricky when your brain is telling you interacting with somebody across lines of difference is a threat.” — @JoelSalinasMD [0:29:22]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

What if the key to better relationships, deeper influence, and personal growth wasn't about fixing problems, but about acknowledging and accepting others? Today on Finding Brave, we sit down with Dr. Caroline Fleck, a licensed psychologist, corporate consultant, and adjunct clinical instructor at Stanford University, to explore the transformative power of validation. Dr. Fleck is a recognized expert in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), specializing in working with high-conflict individuals and organizations. Her insights on psychology and human behavior have been featured in major outlets such as The New York Times, Good Morning America, and The Huffington Post. Her new book, Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationships, Increase Your Influence, and Change Your Life, challenges conventional communication habits and offers practical tools for fostering meaningful and productive connections. In this episode, Dr. Fleck breaks down why validation is often misunderstood and why it's a crucial skill for improving our personal and professional relationships. She shares how it differs from agreement, fosters emotional safety, and can lead to real behavior change. Using real-life examples, she demonstrates how validation can be a game-changer in parenting, leadership, and even high-stakes corporate environments. We also explore the science behind validation and discover how mindfulness, understanding, and empathy form the foundation of meaningful human interaction. Tuning in, you'll learn about the eight levels of validation, common mistakes people make when trying to be supportive, and simple shifts in communication that can dramatically improve trust and influence. Whether you're tackling workplace challenges, parenting struggles, or relationship conflicts, this episode is packed with powerful, real-world strategies you can start using today!   Key Points From This Episode: [04:19] Why validation is not about agreement but acknowledging another's experience [12:10] Acceptance as a powerful tool for change, especially in high-conflict situations. [14:00] Powerful validation skills that aren't commonly taught (but should be). [16:36] Three key elements of validation: presence, understanding, and care. [22:10] How validation helped Dr. Fleck reconnect with her daughter after cancer treatment. [26:23] Making change easier by helping people accept their emotions as valid. [29:48] A CEO's success story using validation to navigate workplace conflict. [36:37] Reasons that problem-solving often backfires when loved ones just want to be heard. [41:15] How validation fosters emotional safety and encourages open communication. For More Information: Dr. Caroline Fleck Dr. Fleck's new book Validation Dr. Caroline Fleck on LinkedIn Dr. Caroline Fleck on Instagram Dr. Caroline Fleck on YouTube Dr. Caroline Fleck on TikTok   _____________________________________________ SPECIAL SAVINGS ON KATHY'S CAREER & LEADERSHIP COACHING PROGRAMS FOR FINDING BRAVE LISTENERS THIS MONTH Take 20% off Kathy's top three most requested 1:1 private career & leadership coaching programs this week! Accelerate Your Job Search Success (3 sessions) Career & Leadership Breakthrough program (6 sessions) Build Your Confidence, Impact and Success at Work (10 sessions) Use coupon code FBRAVE20 this week for your savings.   _____________________________________________ KATHY'S DIGITAL CAREER COACHING CLONE—‘KATHY CAPRINO AI”—IS HERE!   I'm very excited to share my new “Kathy Caprino AI” career and leadership coaching clone! Here's more about it! >> https://kathycaprino.com/kathyai Powered by Delphi.ai, this tool brings my 18+ years of career growth teachings, advice, and answers to your most pressing career questions directly to you, 24/7. With a subscription, you get unlimited access and can message or audio chat with my AI clone anytime you need guidance. Drawing on my 40+ years of experience—from corporate life, work as a therapist, and coaching to writing and speaking with thousands of people across 6 continents—I've trained Kathy AI using over 2.5 million words of my own content, including articles, books, podcasts, interviews, and workshops seen by over 41 million people. My mission? To make Kathy Caprino AI your trusted resource for real-time career, leadership, and personal growth strategies. Get tailored answers to your toughest career challenges and practical solutions to achieve your top goals. We offer two affordable pricing tiers, with Tier 2 unlocking great bonuses like membership to my new Career Breakthrough Community, including free monthly career coaching calls with me, a 30-minute private consultation, exclusive discounts on my courses and programs, free LinkedIn support, and so much more.   It also makes a fantastic gift for friends, family, and your teams and colleagues who want to thrive professionally! Check it out and subscribe today at kathycaprino.com/kathyai. Let me know what you think—and I truly hope it becomes a game-changer for you!   For other career support programs, visit my Career Help page. ———————   Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer     Quotes: “Validation must be authentic. If it is not, then you're not validating the other person.” — Dr. Caroline Fleck [0:14:58] “The first thing you need is mindfulness. You need to be – paying attention non-judgmentally. Through that process, you will – start to understand some part of that person's experience, be it their thoughts, emotions, or behavior.” — Dr. Caroline Fleck [0:16:02] “Part of the reason [validation] is so transformative for folks, especially folks who have big emotions, is that it – makes it easier to work on change because you're able to accept that your emotions are valid.” — Dr. Caroline Fleck [0:28:03] “Acceptance is a pathway to change.” — Dr. Caroline Fleck [0:30:46] “If you open with what's valid and if you see some part of the other person, they're going to be much more open and receptive to collaborating [and] working with you.” — Dr. Caroline Fleck [0:34:04] “Two-thirds of the time, when we go to people with our problems, we just want to be heard, see that they're valid, and [be] taken seriously.” — Dr. Caroline Fleck [0:40:58]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Many people feel stuck in their current financial situation, believing that wealth and stability are out of reach. But what if the key to financial success isn't about making drastic changes overnight but rather small, intentional shifts in mindset and habits? Today's guest, George Grombacher, has spent 24 years helping people take control of their money and their lives. A five-time Investopedia Top 100 Financial Advisor, he is the author of Your Money Story: How to Get the Ending You Want and a champion of financial empowerment. As President of Financial Consulting Professionals, Founder of Money Alignment Academy, and host of the LifeBlood Podcast and Aligned Money Show, George shares powerful insights empowering others to build lasting financial security. In our conversation, George outlines the most common barriers to financial success and the key steps you can take to overcome them. He breaks down the limiting beliefs people tend to have around money and how deep internal work can help you rewrite your money story. From tracking expenses to reshaping your financial mindset, he reveals how small, consistent actions create lasting change. Financial success is about so much more than numbers. It's about aligning your choices with what truly matters. By challenging old narratives, reflecting on your goals, and making intentional decisions, you can build a future that feels both secure and fulfilling. Tune in to discover how to take control of your money story one step at a time!   Key Highlights From This Episode: Introducing George Grombacher and his book Your Money Story. [02:23] Aligning your financial goals with your values and resources. [09:51] Common barriers to financial success and steps to overcome them. [11:51] How to address the typical blocks people have around money. [14:09] Understanding the way limiting beliefs and emotions inform your financial choices. [17:45] Key steps for rewriting your limiting beliefs. [22:46] Creating change by knowing, tracking, and reviewing your expenses. [25:41] How small, incremental steps can help you achieve the life you aspire to. [27:45] A new way to frame - and move toward - what is “just right” for you [28:00] The rewards that come from deep reflection and identifying what you really want. [35:05] Challenges affluent people face and addressing feelings of shame. [37:37] For More Information: George Grombacher George Grombacher on LinkedIn George Grombacher on X George Grombacher on Facebook George Grombacher on Instagram George Grombacher Books Your Money Story: How to Get the Ending You Want Money Alignment Academy Financial Consulting Professionals LifeBlood Podcast Aligned Money Show   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Read Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and SlowListen to Kathy's appearance on the LifeBlood Podcast, Episode 1274: How to Find a Career You Love with Kathy CaprinoKathy's previous Finding Brave interview with George, Episode 198: What's Really Holding Us Back From Earning and Having Exponentially More Money with George Grmbacher   ——————— JOIN KATHY IN “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” LIVE COURSE - STARTS FEBRUARY 27 2025 I'm thrilled to announce that my 8-week LIVE course, The Most Powerful You is now open for early bird enrollment! We kick off the course on February 27th, and if you register by February 21, you'll save $300 on the full price and receive 9 incredible bonuses—including FREE access to my brand-new digital career coaching tool, Kathy Caprino AI! This transformative course is the perfect companion to my book, The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss. Over 8 weeks with 8 weekly calls with me, I'll personally guide you through the steps to: Boost your confidence Step into your leadership power Build effective networks and allies Speak up for what you want and get it Share your talents and skills in new, compelling ways And make the career changes and pivots you've been dreaming of, without costly mistakes and missteps By closing the 7 power and confidence gaps that we focus on, you'll transform how you see yourself, how others see you, and what's possible for your career—and your life. Spots are limited, so don't wait! Head to mostpowerfulyou.com to claim your $300 Early Bird savings and your 9 bonuses before February 21. I can't wait to support your growth and help you create the career and life you truly deserve, with greater success, reward and impact. Let's do this together—see you in the course!   ——————— GET ONE MONTH FREE OF KATHY'S NEW DIGITAL CAREER COACHING CLONE—‘KATHY CAPRINO AI” I'm thrilled to share the release of my new Kathy Caprino AI career and leadership coaching clone! Here's more about it! >> https://kathycaprino.com/kathyai And grab the one-month-free offer with coupon code “KCFREETRIALAI”. Powered by Delphi.ai, this tool brings my career growth teachings, advice, and answers to your most pressing questions directly to you, 24/7. With a subscription, you get unlimited access and can message or audio chat with my AI clone anytime you need guidance. Drawing on my 40+ years of experience—from corporate life, therapy, and coaching to writing and speaking across 6 continents—I've trained Kathy AI using over 2.5 million words of my own content, including articles, books, podcasts, interviews, and workshops seen by over 41 million people. My mission? To make Kathy Caprino AI your trusted resource for real-time career, leadership, and personal growth strategies. Get tailored answers to your toughest career challenges and practical solutions to achieve your top goals. We offer two affordable pricing tiers, with Tier 2 unlocking great bonuses like membership to my new Career Breakthrough Community, including free coaching calls with me, exclusive discounts on my courses and programs, free LinkedIn support, and so much more. It also makes a fantastic gift for friends, family, or colleagues who want to thrive professionally! Check it out and subscribe today at kathycaprino.com/kathyai and use coupon code “KCFREETRIALAI” for your first month free. Let me know what you think—and I truly hope it becomes a game-changer for you! For other career support programs, visit my Career Help page.   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “What all this comes down to is understanding what is most important to me and what matters to me, and then making sure that I am allocating my most valuable resources aligned with what is most important.” — @glgrombacher [0:09:53] “Invariably, when I get up in front of a room, somebody will say to me, ‘I'm just not good at money. ' Well, fair, currently you might not be, but if you really believe that, you are going to have a really hard time becoming financially successful.” — @glgrombacher [0:15:03] “There's a ton of internal work that we need to do to try to uncover any limiting or negative beliefs you have about money.” — @glgrombacher [0:15:16] “The good news is you can overwrite those limiting beliefs.” — @glgrombacher [0:23:06] “Just because you can't go from where I am today to having everything that I want tomorrow doesn't mean that I can't incrementally be working to get that.” — @glgrombacher [0:29:18] “You are worthy and deserving of the life that you want, [and] the financial life that you want, but none of us are entitled to it. Nobody's going to give it to us.” — @glgrombacher [0:42:03]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

What does it take to create lasting change in an organization that is rooted in dignity, justice, and care? Too often, leadership and consulting focus on quick fixes instead of investing in deeper and necessary cultural shifts. Today, we explore how organizations can foster true transformation by embracing a more holistic approach and prioritizing what truly matters. Our guest, Ora Grodsky, is a mission-driven consultant and author of the new book Justice, Love, and Organizational Healing. With over 25 years of experience, she helps social justice organizations repair harm, strengthen leadership, and align with their values. Drawing from a unique background in acupuncture, nonprofit management, and organizational development, Ora brings a holistic, human-centered approach to change. In today's eye-opening conversation, Ora breaks down her approach to transformational consulting. She sees organizations as living systems where true change requires healing, connection, and cultural awareness. Quoting the Talmud, she reminds us: “You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” This belief guides her work, helping organizations move beyond surface-level fixes to deep, justice-driven transformation. She also explains how dominant cultural forces, including white supremacy, shape workplace dynamics and decision-making, before unpacking how organizations can begin to address and heal from these damaging patterns. By aligning values with action, she helps leaders create workplaces that don't just function but truly embody justice and care. Tune in for her powerful insights on how to build lasting, meaningful change together!   Key Points From This Episode: Ora's unique background ranging from acupuncture to nonprofit management. [02:40] Insights from a profound quote in the Talmud included Ora's book. [06:38] Ways that Ora's background in acupuncture has shaped how she consults. [11:51] The three different types of consulting and the details of transformational consulting. [15:01] How Ora chooses which organizations to partner with: shared values and goals. [18:43] Types of organizations that Ora typically works with and the issues she addresses. [22:00] Where to start in the process of undertaking organizational change. [23:53] The hardest, most intractable problems Ora has come up against. [27:53] Recognizing how the culture of white supremacy has shaped organizational cultures. [31:12] Ora's holistic understanding of systems, how it differentiates her as a consultant, and the top thing she wants listeners to take from her book. [35:50] For More Information: Ora GrodskyOra Grodsky on LinkedIn Justice, Love, and Organizational Healing   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Kathy's interview with Shawn Achor - How Your Happiness Level Directly Impacts Your Success Tema Okun's seminal work on White Supremacy CultureStephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Fatimah Gilliam's book Race Rules: What Your Black Friend Won't Tell You And Kathy's Finding Brave interview with Fatimah Gilliam  - Race Rules: What Your Black Friend Won't Tell You ——————— The MOST POWERFUL YOU LIVE COURSE - COURSE STARTS FEBRUARY 27 2025 I'm thrilled to announce that my 8-week LIVE course, The Most Powerful You is now open for early bird enrollment! We kick off the course on February 27th, and if you register by February 21, you'll save $300 on the full price and receive 9 powerful bonuses—including FREE access to my brand-new digital career coaching tool, Kathy Caprino AI! This transformative course is the perfect companion to my book, The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss. Over 8 weeks, I'll personally guide you through transformative steps to: Boost your confidence Step into your leadership power Build effective networks and allies Speak up for what you want and get it Share your talents in new, compelling ways And make the career changes and pivots you've been dreaming of Overall, rise, thrive and make the impact you long to, in meaningful work you love and are proud of By closing the 7 power and confidence gaps that we focus on, you'll transform how you see yourself, how others see you, and what's possible for your career—and your life. Spots are limited, so don't wait! Head to mostpowerfulyou.com to claim your $300 Early Bird savings and your 9 bonuses before February 21. I can't wait to support your growth and help you create the career and life you truly deserve. Let's do this together—see you in the course!   ——————— KATHY'S DIGITAL CAREER COACHING CLONE—‘KATHY CAPRINO AI”—IS HERE! I'm very excited to announce the release of my new Kathy Caprino AI career and leadership coaching clone!   Here's more about it! >> https://kathycaprino.com/kathyai Powered by Delphi.ai, this tool brings my career growth teachings, advice, and answers to your most pressing questions directly to you, 24/7. With a subscription, you get unlimited access and can message or audio chat with my AI clone anytime you need guidance. Drawing on my 40+ years of experience—from corporate life, therapy, and coaching to writing and speaking across 6 continents—I've trained Kathy AI using over 2.5 million words of my own content, including articles, books, podcasts, interviews, and workshops seen by over 41 million people. My mission? To make Kathy Caprino AI your trusted resource for real-time career, leadership, and personal growth strategies. Get tailored answers to your toughest career challenges and practical solutions to achieve your top goals. We offer two affordable pricing tiers, with Tier 2 unlocking great bonuses like membership to my new Career Breakthrough Community, including free monthly coaching calls with me, a 1:1 career consultation, a private Facebook group, exclusive discounts on my courses and programs, free LinkedIn support, and so much more. It also makes a fantastic gift for friends, family, or colleagues who want to thrive professionally! Check it out and subscribe today at kathycaprino.com/kathyai. Let me know what you think—and I truly hope it becomes a game-changer for you! For other career support programs, visit my Career Help page.   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes:  “This comes from the Talmud, the Jewish text – ‘Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” — Ora Grodsky [0:06:40] “That's how I see transformational consulting: [it means] creating spaces within which people can have the kind of process where they deeply connect to self, deeply connect to each other, and see a wider view of the system that they're in and how we got here.” — Ora Grodsky [0:16:51] “Only looking at the single bottom line of ‘Where's profit?' is what has gotten us to the verge of potential extinction with climate disaster; because we're looking for cheaper and faster. As long as we're [always] looking for cheaper and faster – we are not going to be here for too long.” — Ora Grodsky [0:19:26] “I believe in working with people at all levels of an organization, but I do believe, as the crass saying goes, a fish rots from the head.” — Ora Grodsky [0:24:19] “Urgency is really often something that comes with an attitude of dominance and subjugation, which I think is the root of white supremacy – the idea that some people deserve to ‘have' and deserve resources and deserve to be human, and some people don't.” — Ora Grodsky [0:28:36] “That dominance and subjugation ideology [at] the root of white supremacy is [often] what drives urgency: ‘We need to be better. We need to accumulate more. We need to do better, faster.' There's so much pressure – for everyone, that letting go of that urgency is really hard.” — Ora Grodsky [0:28:55]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

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Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts! “You have a lot of knowledge and expertise, but if you continually doubt the strength of your opinions, or the importance of sharing your ideas, you are going to lose the ability to shape where your career is going.” – Kathy Caprino  Confidence is key as you step into being the most powerful version of you, and this is something I feel compelled to talk about ​given my particular lens as a former corporate VP, therapist (focused on systems and communication), researcher, and now in coaching and training with thousands of executives and professionals across 6 continents. Thousands of people struggle with confidence issues, from not feeling “good enough,” to being insecure about their skills and abilities and suffering from imposter syndrome to experiencing “perfectionistic overfunctioning” that negatively impacts our health, well-being, life satisfaction and quality of life. From working with teams, I know, too, that both new and seasoned managers and high-potential folks at startups and other types of organizations often fear they don't know nearly enough to do their jobs well, and their confidence is flagging. This is why today I'm ingfocus on the 5 ways that your lack of confidence is hurting you, and what you can do - practically and strategically - to overcome this challenge and build your confidence and self-trust now so that it doesn't impact your success and professional fulfillment in the future. In this episode, I reference my recent Forbes blog post, 5 Ways Your Lack Of Confidence Is Apparent And Hurting You, which I encourage you to read. If you find the information helpful in identifying and overcoming a lack of confidence in yourself, I would be so happy if you would share the article and episode episode with your teams, colleagues and friends who could benefit.   Highlights from this Episode: How questioning your own ideas is holding you back right now in so many different ways [6:16] The importance of recognizing the environment you are in before sharing your ideas, and an example from my own career that highlights this [8:37] How the 7 damaging power gaps impact your confidence, courage to grow and your self-respect and self-acceptance today [13:02] What agonizing over your performance and how others think of you will interfere with what you need to do to experience more success and reward [14:22] Some places where you can get outside help if you're feeling as if you're “blowing it” in the workplace, and how this will help you move forward in your career [16:27] What to do the next time you find yourself being hypercritical of someone, plus what I've seen from my experience as a therapist that explains why this is happening [17:44] An example from my own life as a parent when I truly learned that it's not possible to be perfect, and nor should we strive to be [20:55] Where jealousy and the feeling of being threatened by others' success often stems from, and how to begin leaving these emotions behind so that you can move forward [24:23] Action steps to take to help you determine what you are good at and how that matters [29:40] What unshakable success requires and why so many of us don't have it [34:02]   For More Information:  Kathy's Post, 5 Ways Your Lack Of Confidence Is Apparent And Hurting You https://kathycaprino.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathycaprino https://www.facebook.com/ElliaCommunications https://twitter.com/kathycaprino   Resources Mentioned: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Kathy's 6-Session Career Breakthrough Coaching Program & Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up  Kathy's Forbes Interview with Bestselling Author Gretchen Rubin, How Bestselling Author Gretchen Rubin Uncovers Life-Changing Behaviors And Touches Millions Kathy's interview with Dr. Nate Zinsser, Developing a Confident Mind: Key Strategies for Experiencing Unshakable Success  7 Signs Of Perfectionistic Overfunctioning – How To Recognize It In Yourself And Change It   Finding Brave interviews with Dr. Zinsser (Parts 1 and 2) * * * * OTHER KEY RESOURCES:   KATHY'S DIGITAL CAREER COACHING CLONE – ‘KATHY CAPRINO AI” – IS HERE!   I'm very excited to announce the release of my new Kathy Caprino AI career and leadership coaching clone! Here's more about it! >> https://kathycaprino.com/kathyai. Powered by Delphi.ai, this tool brings my career growth teachings, advice, and answers to your most pressing questions — directly to you, 24/7. With a subscription, you get unlimited access and can message or audio chat with my AI clone anytime you need guidance. Drawing on my 40+ years of experience — from corporate life, therapy, and coaching, to writing and speaking across 6 continents — I've trained Kathy AI using over 2.5 million words of my content, including articles, books, podcasts, interviews, and workshops seen by over 41 million people. My mission? To make Kathy Caprino AI your trusted resource for real-time career, leadership, and personal growth strategies. Get tailored answers to your toughest career challenges and practical solutions to achieve your top goals. We offer two affordable pricing tiers, with Tier 2 unlocking great bonuses like membership to my new Career Breakthrough Community, including free coaching calls with me, exclusive discounts on my courses and programs,, free LinkedIn support, and so much more. It also makes a fantastic gift for friends, family, or colleagues who want to thrive professionally! Check it out and subscribe today at kathycaprino.com/kathyai. Let me know what you think — and I truly hope it becomes a game-changer for you! 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Check out what The Most Powerful You training offers - both the LIVE 8-week course for professional women and video training program for organizations and teams. If you believe this training would be instrumental for you and your team, I hope you'll reach out to me and also ask your leaders, DEI managers and HR team to bring this training program to your company. It's truly transformational for work cultures and professionals everywhere, and it generates amazing positive business results as well. Thank you so much and here's to all of us becoming The Most Powerful We.   * * * * * * Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today!  In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon!  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   * * * * * * Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   QUOTES FROM TODAY'S SHOW:“Your lack of confidence is most likely apparent to those around you, and it is hurting you. It is keeping you from growing.” [6:05] “Greater awareness equals greater choice, and it is really important to get to the bottom of what you need to be aware of now.” [17:38] “Kind, loving, and generous people are usually the same way to themselves. They're accepting and they're forgiving of themselves.” [18:08] “What consistently repeats is not random. We co-create, we co-sustain, and we attract behavior.” [19:17] “Do something empowering when you feel jealous of others. Look at what it really means, and then do something concrete.” [29:30] “If you don't recognize what you are good at, then you can't talk about what you are good at. If you can't talk about it and share it and put it on LinkedIn, put it on your resume, discuss it in your interviews and talk to your boss about it, you are leaving so much success, money, reward and advancement on the table.” [30:15] “It's not bragging to talk about what you're good at and the outcomes that you've created.” [31:33]   Watch video versions of my interviews on Finding Brave! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave interview episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my Youtube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. 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Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts! Please note: This is an updated “Holiday Selection” re-release of Episode #193. “If the pace of change is ever faster, ever faster, ever faster, and we already feel like we don't have enough time to keep up or we are overwhelmed or we're not able to show up fully, then we need a big reset because the future does not play out well if we continue to buy into not just what society says, but also what this pace of change is doing.” – April Rinne With the amount of change happening daily in workplaces around the globe, adopting the right mindset can be key for employees, managers and leaders alike. Today's deeply inspiring Finding Brave guest breaks down the concept of having a “Flux Mindset,” which helps individuals and organizations consistently view change as an opportunity, not a threat, by being clear and grounded in their values.   Ranked one of the world's “50 Leading Female Futurists” by Forbes, April Rinne is a change navigator: she helps individuals and organizations rethink and reshape their relationship with change, uncertainty, and a world in flux. A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, she is a trusted advisor to organizations ranging from Airbnb, Nike, Intuit, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, NESTA, Trōv, AnyRoad, and Unsettled, as well as governments spanning Singapore to South Africa, Canada to Colombia, Italy to India. April is the author of the inspiring book Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change. A graduate of Harvard Law School, April is a futurist, advisor, global development executive, microfinance lawyer, investor, mental health advocate, certified yoga teacher, globetrotter (100+ countries), and insatiable handstander. She also harnesses very personal experiences with flux, including the death of both of her parents in a car accident when she was 20. Through her travels and tragedy, vision and values, global perspective and grounded sense of purpose, April helps others better understand how we see, think about, struggle with, and ultimately forge positive relationships with change. In this enlightening episode, April shows the tremendous benefits you can realize by rethinking and reshaping your relationship with change and uncertainty. Once you understand what change is and learn how to embrace it, opportunities will begin to appear and allow you to be more prepared for the future, whatever comes your way.   Highlights from this Episode: April's definition of “Flux” and the role that incorporating a Flux Mindset plays in helping people adapt to an ever-changing world [7:10] Her personal life journey to Flux, plus some of the key questions that she asks herself to maintain perspective [12:47] How April is contributing by serving the world what it needs right now [15:31] What you can do to begin seeing the “invisible,” and the reasons why individuals tend to miss seeing so much around them that would be extremely beneficial to see [28:37] Her tips for bringing the unconscious to the conscious and why we need to [32:01] Ways to address and resolve your fears and detach from future outcomes at the same time [35:07] What managers and leaders need to do differently in a world of Flux [40:30] Where so many professionals are going wrong when it comes to mindset [42:23] Why April considers herself a futurist, and what it really means to be one [44:35]   For More Information: April's Latest Book, Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change https://aprilrinne.com/ https://twitter.com/aprilrinne https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilrinne https://www.instagram.com/aprilrinne/ https://www.facebook.com/aprilrinne   Kathy's Resources Mentioned: KATHY'S DIGITAL CAREER COACHING CLONE - ‘KATHY CAPRINO AI” - IS HERE!   I'm over the moon to announce the release of my new Kathy Caprino AI career and leadership coaching clone! Here's more about it! >> https://kathycaprino.com/kathyai. Powered by Delphi.ai, this tool brings my career growth teachings, advice, and answers to your most pressing questions — directly to you, 24/7. With a subscription, you get unlimited access and can message or audio chat with my AI clone anytime you need guidance. Drawing on my 40+ years of experience — from corporate life, therapy, and coaching, to writing and speaking across 6 continents — I've trained Kathy AI using over 2.5 million words of my content, including articles, books, podcasts, interviews, and workshops seen by over 41 million people. My mission? To make Kathy Caprino AI your trusted resource for real-time career, leadership, and personal growth strategies. Get tailored answers to your toughest career challenges and practical solutions to achieve your top goals. We offer two affordable pricing tiers, with Tier 2 unlocking great bonuses like membership to my new Career Breakthrough Community, including free coaching calls with me, exclusive discounts on my courses and programs,, free LinkedIn support, and so much more. It also makes a fantastic gift for friends, family, or colleagues who want to thrive professionally! Check it out and subscribe today at kathycaprino.com/kathyai. Let me know what you think — and I truly hope it becomes a game-changer for you! And for other career support programs, visit my Career Help page.   ADDITIONAL SUPPORT RESOURCES Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's video training course The Most Powerful You, to help you address and close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps in the most effective way possible. Please share your positive ratings and reviews! If you enjoy the show, we'd be so very grateful for a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts! These great ratings help us reach more and more people who are interested in boosting their careers, businesses, and leadership, and keep in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts in the U.S. and around the world and in the top 1.5% of over 3.5 million podcasts! Thank you!   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer Watch video versions of our Finding Brave interviews! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave interview episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my Youtube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show! * * * * *   Other resources mentioned: April Rinne's TEDx Talk, How to Navigate Our Uncertain Future Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives, by Dr. Michael Newton Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources   QUOTES FROM THE SHOW:  “You are providing such gifts, service and benefits to humanity, but in order to keep doing that and to do so in the ways that you are best at, you can't keep running ever faster.” [12:00] “If I were to die tomorrow, what would the world need me to do today?” [14:21] “The more different someone is from you, the more interesting they are to get to know.” [17:39] “What makes you you, even when everything else changes?” [19:26] “Privilege actually blinds us. Privilege keeps us from seeing what could actually help us the most.” [33:42] “Mindset drives strategy. It's not the other way around.” [42:23]   Please share your positive ratings and reviews!If you enjoy the show, we'd be so very grateful for a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts! These great ratings help us reach more and more people who are interested in boosting their careers, businesses, and their leadership, and keep in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts in the U.S. and around the world and in the top 1.5% of over 2.6 million podcasts! Thank you!

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts! Please note: This is an updated “Holiday Selection” re-release of Episode #210. “Sit with the idea of what it would mean for you to take on a worthy goal, become the best version of yourself, and unlock your greatness by taking on the hard things. I'm asking not just for you, but I'm asking for me and my world, because it's a chance for all of us to live a better life.” – Michael Bungay Stanier I'm very excited to share my “Holiday Selection” re-release of one of our most popular episodes, featuring the great insights of Michael Bungay Stanier. As an exciting new year is coming, with its fresh energy of possibility, what would it mean for you to find and set a worthy goal, something that is thrilling, important, and daunting at the same time? Today's special Finding Brave guest reveals the 3 key components of a worthy goal, what it really means to commit to one, and why we don't have to travel this path alone, because we can ask for support along the way. Michael Bungay Stanier helps people be a force for change. He's best known for his book The Coaching Habit, which has over a million copies and has thousands of 5-star reviews online. His latest book, How to Begin, helps people find the clarity and courage to take on a Worthy Goal and start something thrilling, important and daunting. He founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organizations move from advice-driven to curiosity-led. They've trained hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like and their clients range from Microsoft to Gucci. Michael left Australia about 30 years ago to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he shares that his only significant achievement was falling in love with a Canadian. Michael now lives in Toronto, having spent time in London and Boston. Balancing out these moments of success, he was banned from his high school graduation for “the balloon incident,” was sued by one of his Law School professors for defamation, and his first published piece of writing was a Harlequin Romance-esque story involving a misdelivered letter called The Male Delivery. I encourage you to read Michael's latest (and very enlightening) book and let us know what lessons you glean from it. How has your energy been shifted, and what did you learn? Please feel free to reach out to Michael or me with your feedback and questions about what we discuss in this episode. Here's to your joyful pursuit of your worthy goal!   Highlights from this Episode: The worthy goal that Michael has for his latest book [5:44] Why he is expecting a big shake-up for the coaching industry in the very near future [7:07] What Michael means when he says that we unlock our greatness by taking on the hard things [13:52] How his childhood influences have contributed to the way that he now sees the world [17:36] Some of the ways that Michael “zags” when others “zig” [20:03] His approach to coaching and helping others do the thing that really matters to them [21:33] Where true growth will happen, plus the 3 components that make a worthy goal [23:45] What you can expect to gain by reading Michael's latest book [25:44] A powerful exercise that shows the importance of getting support from others while pursuing your goals [26:33] A reminder of why we always need to celebrate our victories, no matter how big or small they may be [32:01]   For More Information: Michael's Latest Book, How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters [With Bonuses] https://www.mbs.works/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbungaystanier/ https://www.instagram.com/mbs_works/ https://twitter.com/mbs_works https://www.facebook.com/mbs_works-113849977032317/ All of His Michael's Books His Podcast & YouTube Channel Michael's Free Course, The Year of Living Brilliantly Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World by Jacqueline Novogratz   Kathy's Resources Mentioned: STAY TUNED – ‘KATHY AI” IS COMING SOON! I'm beyond excited to announce the upcoming launch of “Kathy Caprino AI” —my new digital clone!! Created with the amazing team at Delphi.ai, Kathy Caprino AI brings my career growth teachings, guidance and advice – and answers to your most pressing career questions - directly to you, anytime you need it, 24/7. Drawing on my 17 years of career and leadership coaching, writing and speaking, I've trained Kathy AI using over 2.5 million words I've written and that have reached over 41 million readers worldwide. My goal? To make Kathy Caprino AI your trusted resource for career, leadership, and personal growth, offering real-time strategies, tips, and answers to your most pressing questions. All subscribers will get tailored support to help their career visions become a reality. Plus, we're offering some exciting bonuses and benefits when you subscribe in the introductory period. And it makes a fantastic gift for friends, family and colleagues! I cannot wait to share Kathy AI with you! Stay tuned at KathyCaprino.com and my newsletter for all the details—it's coming soon and I so hope it's helpful to you! (Sign up for my newsletter HERE.) ——————— READY FOR A BIG BOOST IN 2025? TAKE 30% OF KATHY'S TOP-RANKED, 1:1 CAREER, JOB SEARCH, LINKEDIN SUCCESS COACHING PROGRAMS TODAY AND START YOUR BREAKTHROUGH!   Just in time for the holidays – for yourself or as a gift for a friend or family member – take 30% off any of these top-rated career, job-search or LinkedIn success coaching programs below and move forward fast with Kathy's hands-on, one-on-one support! Use the “HOLIDAY30” coupon code at registration checkout for your holiday savings! Join me today in one of these top-ranked programs: POWER UP YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE FOR SUCCESS (2 sessions) JUMPSTART YOUR JOB SEARCH SUCCESS (3 sessions) CAREER & LEADERSHIP BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAM (6 sessions) BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE, SELF-ESTEEM AND IMPACT AT WORK (10 sessions)   ——————— ADDITIONAL SUPPORT RESOURCES Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Please share your positive ratings and reviews!If you enjoy the show, we'd be so very grateful for a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts! These great ratings help us reach more and more people who are interested in boosting their careers, businesses, and their leadership, and keep in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts in the U.S. and around the world and in the top 1.5% of over 3.5 million podcasts! Thank you!   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   ___________________________________________________________ QUOTES FROM TODAY'S SHOW:  “For me, there's an essence of coaching which asks where you can stay curious a little bit longer. Can you rush to action and give advice a little more slowly? [6:10] “Part of why people would hire you if you're a coach is because you've seen stuff, done stuff, and know stuff. It's kind of rude not to share what you think could be of best service to that client.” [8:11] “I want people to be ambitious for themselves and for the world. I want them to be the best version of themselves, but I also want them to contribute to a better world.” [14:07] “I'm wired in a way that I've always been self-confident, and I've always had a willingness to zag when other people zag.” [19:58] “I'm just trying to get people started. I can't take them to the end of the journey, because the journey will evolve and change, but can I get them across the threshold in taking the first steps.” [28:08] “Ask yourself what minimum success looks like, but you're also allowed to dream about what big success looks like as well.” [31:28]   Watch video versions of my interviews on Finding Brave! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave interview episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my Youtube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show! * * * * * *

Please note: This is a special “Holiday Pick” re-release of Episode #283 with Jeff Wetzler Why is it so hard for many of us to ask the right questions and make the right choices? As the co-CEO of Transcend, a nationally recognized innovation organization, and today's guest, Jeff Wetzler has leveraged his expertise in learning and human potential to develop a game-changing approach to smarter decisions, more creative solutions, and deeper relationships by asking different kinds of questions that unlock possibility and connection. Through a five-step process, Jeff teaches how to ask the right questions to create personal and professional growth. He joins us today to talk about his new book, ASK: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs In Leadership and Life, and to share his personal journey to asking, learning, and connecting more deeply. Tune in as we dive deep into the psychology of what prevents us from asking and sharing honestly, including shame and safety. Using curiosity as an entry point, we explore different contexts for asking questions before diving into the five practices behind Jeff's Ask Approach. Delving even deeper, we explore a new definition of curiosity as an act of care. We also unpack what happens when we lose our connection to compassion, how to remain rooted in non-judgment to create a safe space for others, engage in meaningful reflection and reconnection, and much more! Don't miss this thought-provoking conversation with a guest who truly embodies his principles.   Key Highlights From This Episode: Childhood experiences that sparked the premise for Jeff's book. [06:44] What asking the right questions does for our relationships. [09:05] Blockers that prevent us from sharing honestly with others. [11:38] Why curiosity is important across different contexts. [12:47] Five practices that underpin the ASK Approach. [14:26] The role of compassion and non-judgment behind Jeff's principle of “making it safe.” [22:29] What it means to ask quality questions. [27:07] Reflection and reconnection as the final part of the framework. [31:00] Three channels that unpack what it really means to listen to learn. [33:37] Observing the action piece in order to learn. [35:12] For More Information: Jeff Wetzler on LinkedIn Jeff Wetzler on Instagram Jeff Wetzler on X   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Get your copy of Jeff's latest book, ASK: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs In Leadership and Life. AND Check out Jeff's NEW TEDx Talk - How to Learn Something From Anyone…(And Why To Try)   ——————— Are you making the most of your LinkedIn profile and presence to help you stand out and achieve your most thrilling career visions and goals?   Thanks for joining me today on Finding Brave! I'm very happy to share a bit about my 2-session LinkedIn consulting program, expressly for folks who want to power up their LinkedIn profile and activity and take full advantage of all the amazing features and benefits that LinkedIn provides. I'm very honored to be a “Top Voice” on LinkedIn with close to a million followers and subscribers, and I have to say that LinkedIn has been a true game-changer for me ever since I started publishing there regularly back in 2015. With more than 1 billion users globally now, LinkedIn offers so many ways to move your professional endeavors forward. And it's not just for job search either! It's a powerful networking platform for anyone who wants to make a bigger impact doing meaningful work they love. Join me in my unique Power Up Your LinkedIn Profile and Presence Program to take the most essential steps on LinkedIn to present yourself at the highest level and make the most of all that LinkedIn has to offer!   ——————— STAY TUNED - ‘KATHY AI” IS COMING SOON! I'm beyond excited to announce the upcoming launch of Kathy AI—my new digital clone!! Created with the amazing team at Delphi.ai, Kathy AI brings my career growth teachings and guidance directly to you, anytime you need it. Drawing on my 17 years of career and leadership coaching, writing and speaking, I've trained Kathy AI using over 2.5 million words I've written and that have reached over 41 million readers worldwide. My goal? To make Kathy AI your trusted resource for career, leadership, and personal growth, offering real-time strategies, tips, and answers to your most pressing questions. All subscribers will get tailored support to help their career visions become a reality. Plus, we're offering some exciting bonuses and benefits when you subscribe in the introductory period.. And it makes a fantastic gift for friends, family and colleagues! I cannot wait to share Kathy AI with you! Stay tuned at KathyCaprino.com and my newsletter for all the details—it's coming soon and I so hope it's helpful to you!   TAKE 30% OF KATHY'S TOP-RANKED, 1:1 CAREER, JOB SEARCH, LINKEDIN SUCCESS COACHING PROGRAMS TODAY! Just in time for the holidays – for yourself or as a gift for a friend or family member - take 30% off any of these top-rated career, job-search or LinkedIn success coaching programs below and move forward fast with Kathy's personalized, one-on-one support! Use “HOLIDAY30” coupon code at registration checkout for your holiday savings! POWER UP YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE FOR SUCCESS (2 sessions) JUMPSTART YOUR JOB SEARCH SUCCESS (3 sessions) CAREER & LEADERSHIP BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAM (6 sessions)   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “There's really interesting research that shows that even in our most intimate relationships, we are not good at knowing what our partners are [thinking and feeling].” — @jeffreywetzler [0:12:54] “The only thing [that] reliably lets us know what other people are thinking and feeling is to ask them.” — @jeffreywetzler [0:13:54] “When we are curious about other people, we are really curious about the mystery of life as well.” — @jeffreywetzler [0:17:03] “Curiosity is an act of care.” — @jeffreywetzler [0:18:59] “Even if I am curious to learn from you, if you don't feel safe telling me your truth, you're not going to tell me and I'm not going to learn.” — @jeffreywetzler [0:22:33] “There's so much genius around us that we can tap into through [asking] quality questions.” — @jeffreywetzler [0:28:29]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts! Please note: This is an updated re-release of Episode #197. “What you want to understand is that before you leap you need to take action to address what is making you so miserable. If you don't do that, you are going to wake up two years later in the new career and you're going to be having the same problems.” – Kathy Caprino  I'm very excited to share this solo episode which is my “Editor's Choice” for this week - one of the most downloaded episodes over the six years of producing this podcast. Today's show shares important content and advice for professionals from all levels and industries who are ready to make an important career shift but want guidance on how to do it successfully, reducing risk and wasted time. In this episode, I share what I've seen are the 5 biggest blunders career changers make, and I have to admit that I have made each one of these mistakes myself, which is why I can speak to how easily they can happen if we're not aware of them and or we're not making the right decisions and choices. These blunders are costly, painful and take a tremendous toll on your self-esteem, confidence, and your hopes and visions for the future. And they can hurt your finances, personal relationships, mental and physical health and more. But there is a way to avoid these career change mistakes, and it starts with remembering that you are an amazing individual with many important gifts, talents and capabilities to share and gaining clarity on exactly what those are. The question is how to get on the path to leveraging these talents and abilities in new ways that authentically fit with who you really are, and what you want for your life, and for your family and your livelihood. Listen in for a full look at how to avoid the 5 biggest career change blunders and stay to the end as I reveal the 5 essential steps to take when you want change of any kind, in your career and in any area of your life. As always, thank you for listening, and please let me know if the information I share today helps you navigate these particularly challenging and ever-changing times we find ourselves in right now.   Highlights from this Episode: What is “The Pendulum Effect” that creates havoc in our careers, and examples of the ways that I and others have suffered from it [4:20] Why I believe that this is such a common mistake people make, and what to understand before you decide to make a career change [7:50] Why it's essential to have sound financial transition plan in place before you pivot or change careers [10:50] How having a firm understanding of (and physically “trying on”) the actual work and tasks you'll be engaged in in the new career will benefit you in the long run [12:30] Why doing functional tasks and work you enjoy is not enough to bring you career happiness and success if you can't support the strategies, tactics and values of your company and work culture [15:10] Examples of times that I didn't “dig deep enough” to understand what I really wanted and needed in my own career, and why I want you to avoid this costly blunder [16:46] How the trap of believing that success will be instant and automatic for you will be detrimental to you and your career journey [22:47] A powerful 5-step process to engage in if you wish to make any type of significant change in your career (and life) [27:27] For More Information: https://kathycaprino.com/ and https://kathycaprino.com/career-help https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathycaprino https://www.facebook.com/ElliaCommunications https://twitter.com/kathycaprino https://www.instagram.com/kathycaprino/   Resources Mentioned: Kathy's Career Path Self-Assessment survey   AND COMING SOON! Kathy's new Digital “Kathy AI” clone” - available through Delphi.ai! Wish you had a digital AI career guide and mentor who could answer your career questions whenever you needed support, 24/7? I've got just the thing!  Stay tuned for the launch of  Kathy's new “Kathy AI” digital career coach platform via Delphi.ai where you can ask (in writing or via audio chat) your most burning career, professional growth and leadership questions and get immediate, on-the-spot tips and answers from Kathy's AI knowledge hub. Kathy's AI hub has been trained with over 2.5 million words from her 1,000+ articles, 2 books, many media interviews, over over 295 podcast episodes, webinars, interviews with over 300 experts and more. Stay tuned and I hope you find this new offering helpful!   READY TO JUMPSTART YOUR JOB SEARCH AND LAND YOUR IDEAL ROLE IN 2025? Is your job search or interview process stalling (or about to start and you're unsure where to begin)? Let's get you on track! Join my new, 3-session private career coaching program - Jumpstart Your Job Search Success. This program is designed to give you the clarity, confidence, and tools to move quickly toward landing a role you'll truly love. In these sessions, you'll receive direct guidance to tackle the essential steps for a powerful job search, including: Gaining clarity and confidence about your next chapter—and communicating that vision. Mastering interview skills and answering challenging questions effectively. Expanding your LinkedIn and real-world network to attract support from mentors and allies. Building standout LinkedIn recommendations that showcase your strengths and contributions. Strategically using LinkedIn to elevate your profile and stand out. Connecting with top recruiters who can advance your search. Evaluating potential job offers with insight. Plus, I'll guide you through 12 critical steps for a successful job search, setting you up to reach your goals in record time. These 3 sessions will empower you with the clarity, courage, and strategies to succeed. CLICK HERE to learn more and register today—spots go fast! Use code BRAVEPOD10 at checkout for 10% savings. For extended support, explore my 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough program >> https://kathycaprino.com/careerbreakthru     QUOTES: “Fix, strengthen, and change what is broken now, before you leave [your current position]. I promise you it will allow you to be a stronger, more energetic match to the better thing that you want.” [09:30] “If you are not behind the strategies, tactics, and outcomes that your company is putting out, then you're not going to be happy, even if you're doing functional work that you like.” [15:43] “You've got to dig deep to look at what you really want and need in your career. Will it make you the money you want, and will this full-time professional directly be what you want, or would it serve better as a hobby?” [20:21] “What I see is that people are often not putting in the work. They're giving up too quickly. You're not going to have the success that you want if you just throw in the towel when it gets hard.” [24:04] “Plan for a commitment to making a change, and don't underestimate that it will take time, money, and energy.” [27:06] “Get that empowered perspective before you try to move forward because if you're coming from a place of disempowerment, the whole process isn't going to go well.” [29:16]   Watch video versions of my interviews on Finding Brave! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave interview episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my Youtube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please subscribe and leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!   Please share your positive ratings and reviews!If you enjoy the show, we'd be so very grateful for a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts! These great ratings help us reach more and more people who are interested in boosting their careers, businesses, and their leadership, and keep in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts in the U.S. and around the world and in the top 1.5% of over 3.4 million podcasts! Thank you!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer

Feeling frustrated with the results of quick fixes and short-term thinking? Ready to create a bold, lasting positive impact but feel trapped in outdated approaches and systems? This is the episode for you! Today, we're joined by the visionary Seth Godin, a globally renowned entrepreneur, bestselling author, sought-after speaker, and marketing expert known for his game-changing ideas in business and leadership. With 23 bestselling books translated into more than 30 languages, including breakthrough books like Unleashing the Ideavirus and This is Marketing and his latest release, This is Strategy, Seth pushes the boundaries of conventional wisdom, offering insights for thinking bigger, anticipating change, and creating real impact in an unpredictable world. In his new book, Seth challenges readers to shift from reactive tactics to proactive strategy and provides a roadmap for navigating complexity and achieving long-term success. Join us as we unpack key concepts like the importance of empathy in business, the need to adapt to technological shifts, and how understanding invisible systems can unlock new opportunities. With over a million subscribers to his daily blog, Seth continues to inspire change on a global scale. Be sure to tune in for a dynamic conversation packed with actionable advice on how to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape. You'll leave ready to think strategically, act boldly, and make your mark!   Key Highlights From This Episode: The critical difference between strategy and tactics in a world that pushes compliance. [05:51] Empathy as one of the four components of strategy and why it's so important. [09:10] Why adaptability is key to success, particularly in industries disrupted by technology. [11:17] Your origin story and how transformation happens when you challenge old narratives. [16:18] How marketing has shifted from hype to building real connections and driving change. [19:11] The power of meeting with like-minded individuals to discuss strategy, not tactics. [21:10] Recognizing and navigating the systems that drive industries and consumer behavior. [25:42] Four threads of strategy: Systems, Games, Time, and Empathy. [28:55] Creating the necessary conditions today for a resilient system to be born tomorrow. [31:19]   For More Information: Seth Godin Seth's Blog Seth Godin Books This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans Seth Godin on LinkedIn Seth Godin on Facebook Seth Godin on X   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Read Kathy's Forbes.com interview with Seth, ‘Seth Godin: What Is Strategy And Why We So Often Get It Wrong' Find additional links, videos, and other bonus content related to Seth's #1 bestselling book, This is Strategy, here!   ——————— IS IT FINALLY TIME FOR A TRUE SHIFT IN YOUR CAREER AND LEADERSHIP? Do you feel ready and excited to make the essential changes you've been longing for in your career but need some empowering support to begin? That help is here! Join me as I coach and guide you through powerful, proven steps that unlock your fullest and happiest career potential. For a limited time, take advantage of my 10% discount for you, my amazing Finding Brave listeners. Save 10% on both my top-rated one-on-one 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program AND my Most Powerful You video training course that will help you close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that are blocking thousands of professionals from the success, reward, and impact they want and deserve. You can participate in both of these programs from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. Now's the time. Don't wait! Build the career you've been longing for this year. I'd love to help you. REGISTER NOW and use the 10% discount code BRAVEPOD10 to save 10% on these programs TODAY! Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session Program Build Your Confidence, Impact and Self-Esteem At Work The Most Powerful You Self-Paced Video Training Program   ——————— What FREE career support? Make sure to join me on my next FREE career coaching call in my monthly series “Ask Coach Kathy.” In this program, registrants are invited to come on a 45-minute LIVE Zoom call and share their most pressing career challenge or problem that they want help with, and I will give you my best advice right on the call, for free! No question is too large or too small, and it can be about any type of professional issue you're having. I'd love to help you. It's time to get some outside support and move forward forward fast. Sign up at kathycaprino.com/ask-coach-kathy and I'll see you on the next call.   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today (currently in the Top 200 Amazon “Women in Business” Bestsellers! If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today!   Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “We need to pause in this moment of change – and say, ‘Yeah, but what's worth doing tomorrow?' Not just repeating what we did yesterday and holding on for dear life. This is one version of bravery: to claim agency and responsibility.” — @ThisIsSethsBlog [0:07:40] “Someone who doesn't buy from you is doing exactly the right thing for them. – Our job is to create the conditions for them to decide that the right thing for them is to buy from you.” — @ThisIsSethsBlog [0:10:16] “I like to help people tell a positive story and make positive change happen, [and marketing] was the place to do it.” — @ThisIsSethsBlog [0:20:24] “When we see a system undergoing change, that is our opportunity to make a difference.” — @ThisIsSethsBlog [0:20:47] “Being able to describe to people, ‘The change I seek to make is this, the people I'm seeking to change believe this, and these are exactly who they are;' it either holds water or it doesn't.” — @ThisIsSethsBlog [0:23:06] “The goal is not, ‘How can I succeed tomorrow?' It's, ‘How do I – plant the right seeds in the right soil so that when I fertilize and water them over time, I'll have a forest when I need it?'” — @ThisIsSethsBlog [0:30:37]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Does your resume tell the best and most compelling version of your professional accomplishments and story? Joining our show today is top-ranked Executive Resume Writer and Coach, Sarah Johnston, founder of the Briefcase Coach. Sarah is recognized as a LinkedIn “Top Voice” and named one of HR Weekly's Top 100 Most Influential People in HR and her firm was rated “best” for experienced executives by Balance Careers. A former corporate recruiter and industry insider, Sarah is committed to empowering high-achieving professionals around the world in their job search. During this candid, revealing conversation, Sarah shares her hard-earned wisdom on the biggest mistakes she sees people making when crafting their resumes, and what you can do instead. Sarah also shares insights on how resume content should differ from our LinkedIn profiles and the most common resume and LinkedIn mistakes she's encountered. We discuss why relying solely on keywords isn't enough, how networking is evolving, how to effectively disclose gaps in our work experience, and the limitations (and also helpful aspects) of generative AI tools in resume writing. Finally, Sarah shares how she strikes a key balance between personal and professional identities and sharing on a public platform. Join us today to learn how to craft the most compelling narratives of your work and career journey and great new ways to uplevel your resume and LinkedIn profile today!   Key Points From This Episode: Meet Sarah Johnston, Executive Resume Writer and Coach. [02:33] Making a distinction between resume content and a LinkedIn profile. [05:14] The two biggest resume mistakes that people make and how to counteract them. [10:06] Establishing whether or not to share your ‘dirty little secret' when writing a resume. [17:44] How to approach keywords and leverage the power of networking. [21:26] Sarah's thoughts on using AI tools to get a headstart on writing your resume. [30:16] Two of the biggest mistakes Sarah sees people making on LinkedIn. [34:42] Balancing personal and professional identities and when to communicate a stance. [38:40] Sarah's closing advice: don't skip the self-reflection piece of finding a job. [41:20]   For More Information: Follow Sarah Johnston on LinkedIn. Learn more about her services as the Briefcase Coach. Follow Sarah on X.   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Julie Robinett's Book, How to Be a Power ConnectorGreenhouse applicant tracking software Zoho Recruit talent acquisition solution Example: Kate's Latest Book, Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Busy Moms & Do Less Planner   ——————— IS IT FINALLY TIME FOR A TRUE SHIFT IN YOUR CAREER AND LEADERSHIP? GET HANDS-ON HELP TODAY! Do you feel ready and excited to make the essential changes you've been longing for in your career but need some empowering support to begin?   That help is here! Join me as I coach and guide you through powerful, proven steps that unlock your fullest and happiest career potential. For a limited time, take advantage of my 10% discount for you, my amazing Finding Brave listeners. Save 10% on both my top-rated one-on-one 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program AND my Most Powerful You video training course that will help you close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that are blocking thousands of professionals from the success, reward, and impact they want and deserve. You can participate in both of these programs from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. Now's the time. Don't wait! Build the career you've been longing for this year. I'd love to help you.   REGISTER NOW and use the 10% discount code BRAVEPOD10 to save 10% on these programs TODAY! Links: Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session Program The Most Powerful You Self-Paced Video Training Program   ——————— And Join Kathy's FREE LIVE Monthly Career Advice Call - ASK COACH KATHY Hi friends! I wanted to make sure to invite you to join me on my next FREE LIVE career coaching call in my monthly series “Ask Coach Kathy.” In this program, registrants are invited to come on a 45-minute LIVE Zoom call and share their most pressing career challenge or problem that they want help with, and I will give you my best advice right on the call, for free. No question is too large or too small, and it can be about any type of professional issue you're having. I'd love to help you! It's time to get some outside support and move forward forward fast.   Sign up at kathycaprino.com/ask-coach-kathy and I'll see you on the next call.   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today!   In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.   Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today!   Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes:  “The resume is very KPI (key performance indicator) and result-driven: we're going to make sure that we highlight the impact that you've had on the business and the bottom line. I view the LinkedIn as two-fold: number one, it's a story.” — @SarahDJohnston [0:05:23] “When someone opens your LinkedIn profile to view you and read about you, they only see the first three lines. I want to do everything I can to make that reader click ‘See More'.” — @SarahDJohnston [0:06:03] “Don't lie on your resume, but also view the resume as a marketing document. You don't have to put everything out there, but you have to make sure it's honest.” — @SarahDJohnston [0:20:34] “I make my money off of writing resumes, but I will say that a resume alone will not get you a job.” — @SarahDJohnston [0:27:56] “What ChatGPT can't do is unearth your value proposition, and that's what a great resume writer does.” — @SarahDJohnston [0:31:24] “The one takeaway that I would give to listeners today is to not skip the self-reflection phase of the job search.” — @SarahDJohnston [0:41:20]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

What if the secret to standing out and achieving unmatched success was about doing less, not more? Today, we're joined by former corporate CEO turned professional pot-stirrer, Erin Hatzikostas, to explore how her 50% Rule can help you throw out half the playbook and start competing in a league of your own by embracing authenticity in bold and unexpected ways! Erin is a global keynote speaker, author, co-host of the podcast, b Cause Work Doesn't Have to Suck, and coach-consultant. With two books under her belt, including the recently released The 50% Rule, Erin shares what it truly means to be authentic and how it can become your strategic edge. In this episode, she reveals the data-driven benefits of authenticity in the workplace, how something as simple as your out-of-office notification can spark authenticity, and why the 50% Rule is both an authenticity hack and the formula for transforming from underdog to unmatched success without working harder, doing more, or being better. You'll walk away with actionable insights on how to embrace your authentic self, strategically stand out in competitive environments, and apply The 50% Rule to foster innovation, build trust, and achieve success. This episode is packed with stories, tips, and a powerful framework for anyone looking to elevate their career or business. You won't want to miss it!   Key Highlights From This Episode: Erin's unique definition of authenticity (and why it isn't all about you!) [04:04] What it takes to be an authentic leader and how it can be a strategic advantage. [06:35] Data-driven benefits of authenticity in the workplace, from employees to the C-suite. [11:03] The crucial distinction between being authentic and doing authentic. [20:45] A simple, actionable tip to help you expose who you are in the service of others. [27:12] Where the 50% Rule came from and why it's so impactful in all areas of life. [29:26] How to toss out half the rulebook and begin competing in a league of your own. [33:41] The power of storytelling: the most underutilized authentic leadership strategy. [36:52] Ways that you can connect with Erin, read her books, and soak up her wisdom. [38:21]   For More Information: b Authentic Inc. Erin Hatzikostas on LinkedIn Erin Hatzikostas on Instagram Erin Hatzikostas on Facebook Erin Hatzikostas on YouTube   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Watch Erin's TEDx Talk, 'Why You Don't Have to Compromise For Your Career' Get your copies of Erin's books, The 50% Rule: Throw Out Half the Playbook to Start Competing in a League of Your Own and You Do You(ish): Unleash Your Authentic Superpowers to Get the Career You Deserve Listen to her podcast, b Cause Work Doesn't Have to Suck. Kathy's interview “How To Be the Most Power-Full You” on Erin's podcast b Cause Work Doesn't Have To Suck   ——————— IS IT FINALLY TIME FOR A TRUE SHIFT IN YOUR CAREER AND LEADERSHIP? Do you feel ready and excited to make the essential changes you've been longing for in your career but need some empowering support to begin? That help is here! Join me as I coach and guide you through powerful, proven steps that unlock your fullest and happiest career potential. For a limited time, take advantage of my 10% discount for you, my amazing Finding Brave listeners. Save 10% on both my top-rated one-on-one 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program AND my Most Powerful You video training course that will help you close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that are blocking thousands of professionals from the success, reward, and impact they want and deserve. You can participate in both of these programs from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. Now's the time. Don't wait! Build the career you've been longing for this year. I'd love to help you. REGISTER NOW and use the 10% discount code BRAVEPOD10 to save 10% on these programs TODAY! Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session Program Build Your Confidence and Impact - 10 session Program The Most Powerful You Self-Paced Video Training Program   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today!   In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “Authenticity is exposing who you are when people least expect it in the service of others.” — Erin Hatzikostas [0:05:40] “I'm not saying that you walk in and completely reinvent yourself, but I can guarantee if you start to do little [authenticity experiments], not only will your boss – tolerate it, but they'll actually be inspired by it.” — Erin Hatzikostas [0:19:54] “If you had 10 hours to spend on either figuring out who you are or who you want to be, – spend nine of those on the latter.” — Erin Hatzikostas [0:23:42] “What was just a self-help, get-over-your-crap tool turned into – the formula for going from underdog to unmatched without having to work harder, do more, and be better.” — Erin Hatzikostas [0:33:05] “I want [people] not only to have success but to do it in a way where you're – in [your] own league.” — Erin Hatzikostas [0:35:54] “Storytelling is the most underutilized authenticity/authentic leadership strategy ever because people remember stories 22 times more than facts and figures.” — Erin Hatzikostas [0:37:50]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

If you could never work in your chosen career again, would you be relieved, or would you be disappointed? Dr. Tessa West is a Professor of Psychology at New York University, a leading expert on the science of social relationships, and a researcher focusing on how to improve communication between employees, bosses, and hiring professionals. She regularly contributes to the The Wall Street Journal among other noted publications. She is the author of two books, Jerks at Work which she talked about on her first visit to Finding Brave , and most recently, Job Therapy: Finding Work That Works for You which focuses on finding out and understanding the psychological source of your unhappiness at work and then taking a series of carefully orchestrated steps to find a career with long-term staying power. During this rich conversation, Tessa shares key insights from Job Therapy. To kick off our discussion, we explore what it might look like to reframe your career by thinking of it as you would a romantic relationship or partnership. She shares how feeling that she was being a jerk to her coworkers sparked the concept of her first book before unpacking the five forms of job dissatisfaction and their true roots. We discuss the importance of understanding that we only see the surface of the lives of others (and make many erroneous judgments about what other people have that we don't) and why identifying your own core transferrable skills is a superpower. In closing, she shares a powerful tip on truly getting to know yourself in meaningful and productive ways. Tessa's grounded perspective in research paired with acute self-awareness makes for deeply insightful listening and learning.   Key Highlights From This Episode: Reframing your career as a relationship to understand the complexity and journey of it. [05:34] How being a jerk to her coworkers sparked the concept for her book, Jerks at Work. [11:01] Three of the five most common forms of dissatisfaction and their source. [13:54] How a theory behind a happy marriage mirrors what it might look like to have a good career. [24:27] The importance of realizing that we are not aware of the day-to-day of other people's lives. [27:40] Why a Crisis of Identity is the most common category that people fall into. [29:41] Identifying the core skills that can be transferred from one career to another. [33:30] What is really necessary to know yourself: try to be a scientific observer of your own experiences. [41:46] For More Information: Tessa West Tessa West on X Tessa West on Instagram Tessa West on LinkedIn   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Eli Finkel's book: The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages WorkTessa's latest book: Job Therapy: Finding Work That Works for YouTessa's first book: Jerks at Work Tessa's first visit to the show: Episode 240   ——————— Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level FAST?  JOIN “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” 8-WEEK LIVE COACHING AND TRAINING COURSE WITH KATHY STARTING OCTOBER 3RD! I'm thrilled to share that I'm offering a new session of my 8-week coaching and training course The Most Powerful You starting October 3rd! In 8 powerhouse weeks together, I'll train all about the content of my book The Most Powerful You helping professional women address what I've the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that block women from achieving their most exciting goals, and happiest and highest potential and success. This includes imposter syndrome that impacts 75% of executive women today.   The course offers a transformative set of materials and experiences including: 8 Weekly Zoom Coaching calls with me 8 Video Training Modules A Step-by-by process for boosting your Career, Confidence and Impact Fantastic Additional Resources from over 30 of the nation's top experts  A Private Online Support Group for Members And more There's nothing on this market like this program and spots are very limited so sign up now at mostpowerfulyou.com. When you register by Sept. 25th as an early bird, you'll save $300 and get 7 fantastic bonuses. I've delivered aspects of this training to over 100 organizations worldwide (including at a division of the United Nations) and participants have called it transformative and life-changing. I'm confident this course will move you forward in thrilling ways. ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! 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Do you have a story that can change the world? Bobby Umar, a 5x TEDx Speaker and Inc Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker, believes you do. With over 20 years of experience delivering powerful keynotes across four continents, Bobby is a master at helping individuals unlock their potential through authentic connection and heart-based leadership. Bobby is the founder of the Thought Leadership Branding Club, and his influence in the arenas of networking, social media, and personal branding is inspiring. Through his guidance, thousands of individuals have harnessed their true potential to achieve lasting impact in their professional and personal lives. In this episode, Bobby shares the biggest obstacles people face when trying to land a TEDx talk and how we can best tackle this challenge. He outlines the key steps to securing a TEDx stage, emphasizing the importance of having the right topic, idea, title, and application. Bobby believes each of us has a unique story and experience with the potential to impact lives and change the world. Tune in to discover how a TEDx talk can elevate your personal brand, build credibility, and grow your career. Bobby's expert advice will empower you to take the steps necessary to become a recognized thought leader and leverage your story to generate exciting positive change. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to make your mark with a TEDx talk! Key Highlights From This Episode: Why doing a TEDx talk is so important. [05:22] The biggest challenges of doing a TEDx talk. [06:39] Which of Bobby's TEDx talks stands out the most to him and why. [10:04] Why anyone can do a TEDx talk: every single one of us has a story. [13:33] The three key pieces required for landing a TEDx talk. [16:30] Tips for connecting with a TEDx event that's right for you. [19:33] The size of your following and the role it plays in landing a TEDx talk. [23:35] Bobby's signature methodology for landing a TEDx talk and why it consistently works. [27:52] The biggest blunders Bobby has seen people make at their TEDx talks. [29:23] Two essential things that people who want to do a TEDx talk need to know. [33:36]   For More Information: Bobby UmarBobby Umar on LinkedInBobby Umar LinkedIn Company Page Bobby Umar on TikTok Bobby Umar on X Bobby Umar on Facebook Bobby Umar on Instagram Bobby Umar on YouTube Bobby Umar on Medium Thought Leadership Branding Club DYPB (Discover Your Personal Brand)   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: For a 6-month program that guarantees you land a TEDx Talk, join Bobby Umar's TEDx Mastery IntensiveTake part in the Thought Leadership Branding Club Membership Community – become one of the first 100 Founding Members and lock in your special intro price forever Don't miss out on weekly audio rooms on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and monthly live streams on the 3rd Wednesday, all on LinkedInWatch Bobby Umar's TEDx Talks: Could You Change a Person's Life in 20 Seconds?, School-Learning to Fly, and The 5 Cs of ConnectionAlso check out Kathy Caprino's TEDx Talk Time to Brave Up   Recommended TED talks we mentioned:Nancy Duarte - The Secret Structure of Great Talks Shawn Achor - The Happy Secret To Better Work Brene Brown - The Power of Vulnerability ——————— Join Kathy's 8-week LIVE COURSE “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” THIS FALL Hi everyone, it's Kathy! I'm thrilled you're here today because I have something truly exciting to share. My 8-week LIVE course, 'The Most Powerful You,' is now open for early bird enrollment! The course kicks off October 3rd, and if you register by September 25th, you'll save $300 and receive 7 exclusive bonuses. This course is the perfect companion to my book, The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss, and I can confidently say there's nothing else like it out there that supports women's transformational growth in this way. Over our 8 weeks together, I'll personally guide you through critical steps to close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that hold women back from creating a fulfilling, impactful, and successful career.   What's the ultimate outcome? By recognizing and closing these gaps, you'll transform and elevate how you see yourself, and how you communicate, lead, work, and engage with others. This profound shift empowers you to finally overcome those lingering, difficult challenges so you can make the impact – with the fulfillment and success - you've always dreamed of. Don't miss out—Spots are limited so register today at mostpowerfulyou.com to claim your $300 savings and bonuses. I can't wait to start this transformative journey with you on October 3rd. See you there!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes:  “TEDx is the best way to have the most impact with the shortest amount of time spent on doing so.” — @raehanbobby [0:05:49] “People who are speakers – or even people who are thought leaders, have a message for the world. We're trying to serve the audience [and] serve the people that we know will resonate with what we're talking about.” — @raehanbobby [0:15:21] “Everything you have is an asset.” — @raehanbobby [0:23:49] “Every single person that I've worked with on TEDx, and has followed my signature methodology, they've all landed the TEDx talk.” — @raehanbobby [0:28:00] “A lot of people think of personal branding as a means to stand out, which is true, but the really big benefit of personal branding is clarity, purpose, and direction on who you are, who you serve, and the path to move forward.” — @raehanbobby [0:33:58] “Own that story, share it with the world, and truly make an impact.” — @raehanbobby [0:35:07]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can watch Finding Brave guests on video as well as audio! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Modern life bombards us with stresses our bodies are not physically equipped (or evolved) to handle. It's no wonder so many of us are overwhelmed and struggling. Luckily, there are effective strategies and tools to help manage and reduce stress. You just need to learn how to tap into them. Here today to help us better navigate life's stressors is Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe, an internationally acclaimed speaker and resiliency expert. With over 18 years of experience in education and psychology, Dr. Robyne is renowned for her transformative approach to stress management and personal wellness. She is also the award-winning author of Calm Within the Storm: A Pathway to Everyday Resiliency and her new book, Stress Wisely: How to Be Well in an Unwell World. In today's conversation, you'll hear Robyne share her expert insights as we delve into practical methods for building resilience and finding balance amidst the chaos. We discuss the five pillars of resilience, from belonging and acceptance to hope and humor, before unpacking the pivotal role of each in maintaining our well-being. Robyne also shares her powerful thoughts on self-compassion, why you can't shame yourself into doing better, and how our historical ability to adapt continuously inspires her to feel hope for the future. Tune in to discover how to break free from the stress cycle, build periods of rest into your routine, and harness emotional intelligence to create a healthier, happier life! Key Highligts From This Episode: Defining resiliency and our innate ability to show up for those who depend on us. [05:32] Unpacking the power of hope and how it fits into resiliency. [08:28] Signs of toxic positivity and the self-awareness required to reach your goals. [13:17] Why we aren't physically equipped for modern life and how to build in periods of rest. [15:52] Tuning into self-awareness and your body's attempts to reregulate. [21:17] The five pillars of resilience: belonging, perspective, acceptance, hope, and humor. [23:47] How to acknowledge and address deep existential fears. [35:31] Where you can find Dr. Robyne and her latest book online. [39:04]   For More Information: Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe on LinkedIn Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe on X Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe on Facebook   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Check out Dr. Robyne's award-winning book Calm Within the Storm: A Pathway to Everyday ResiliencyDiscover life-changing lessons in her latest work Stress Wisely: How to Be Well in an Unwell World   ——————— Take a 10% discount off of Kathy's 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program and Most Powerful You video series! IS IT FINALLY TIME FOR A TRUE SHIFT IN YOUR CAREER AND LEADERSHIP? Do you feel ready and excited to make the essential changes you've been longing for in your career but need some empowering support to begin? That help is here! Join me as I coach and guide you through powerful, proven steps that unlock your fullest and happiest career potential. For a limited time, take advantage of my 10% discount for you, my amazing Finding Brave listeners. Save 10% on both my top-rated one-on-one 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program AND my The Most Powerful You video training course that will help you close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that are blocking thousands of professionals from the success, reward, and impact they want and deserve. You can participate in both of these programs from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. Now's the time. Don't wait! Build the career you've been longing for this year. I'd love to help you. REGISTER NOW and use the 10% discount code BRAVEPOD10 to save 10% on these programs TODAY! Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session Program The Most Powerful You Self-Paced Video Training Program   ——————— WANT A HUGE BOOST IN SELF-CONFIDENCE AND POWER TO BRING ABOUT THE CAREER CHANGES YOU DREAM OF?   JOIN KATHY IN HER GROUNDBREAKING 8-WEEK CAREER COACHING GROWTH COURSE “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” STARTING OCTOBER 3RD, 2024! Hi folks! I'm thrilled to share that I'm offering a new Fall 2024 session of my 8-week coaching and training course The Most Powerful You starting October 3rd! In 8 powerhouse weeks together, I'll train all about the content of my book The Most Powerful You helping professional women address what I've seen are the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that block women from achieving their most exciting goals, and happiest highest potential and success. This includes imposter syndrome that impacts 75% of executive women today.   The course offers: 8 Weekly Zoom Group Coaching calls with me 8 Confidence-Boosting Video Training Modules A Step-by-by process for boosting your Career, Confidence and Impact Fantastic Additional Resources from over 30 of the nation's top experts  A Private Online Support Group  for Members 8 GREAT early-bird bonuses …And more Spots are very limited so sign up now at mostpowerfulyou.com. And when you register as an early bird, you'll save $300 and get 8 amazing bonuses. I've delivered aspects of this training to over 100 organizations and academic institutions worldwide (including at a division of the United Nations) and participants have called it transformative and life-changing. I'm confident this course will move you forward fast. Hope to see you there!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today!   In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! 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Do you ever get the sinking feeling that, no matter how hard you work or what you do, it's never enough? Our culture is stuck in an old paradigm that views success as a destination rather than a journey, attainable by only the lucky few at the top. But what if there was another way? For insight into her “new paradigm of success,” we are joined by Brooke Taylor, a Transformational Career Coach for women, former Marketing Lead at Google, and global expert in a phenomenon she has coined the Success Wound, which is the pain high-achievers experience when they mistake their success for self-worth. In this episode, Brooke breaks down some of the most common misconceptions that high-achievers have about success and shares her game-changing methodology to create a powerfully aligned life on your own terms and transform your relationship with success forever. Tuning in, you'll learn about the five types of unfulfilled achievers, how your Success Wound might be driving your “success ideal,” and actionable steps you can take to begin to heal. If you're ready to build a dream career (and an even better life), this episode is for you!   Key Points From This Episode: Defining the Success Wound and how it manifests differently in men and women. [04:57] What your success ideal might look like when it's driven by your Success Wound. [11:16] Common misconceptions about success and the five "unfulfilled achiever” archetypes. [14:16] How to identify whether you're operating from your wounding or your wholeness. [18:40] The sometimes unseen impact of paradoxical expectations of success for women. [23:25] Inherently patriarchal capitalistic cultural notions that inform our success ideals. [27:33] Why we need to shift our being, working, and thinking to heal the Success Wound. [28:52] What a state of aligned ambition looks like and why it's so important. [32:09] For More Information: Brooke Taylor Coaching Brooke Taylor on LinkedIn Brooke Taylor on Instagram   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: To discover what 1% of female leaders know that you don't, sign up for Brooke's Finally Fulfilled Group Coaching Program! Get proven steps to reclaim your fulfillment, self-worth, and career clarity with her Healing the Success Wound Mini-Course. What type of unfulfilled achiever are you? Find out with this quiz. Read ‘Successful Women Share Advice on How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome at Work'. Check out the ‘Top Career Coaches For Women', featuring Kathy and Brooke! Understand what motivates you to take action with Kathy's Dominant Action Style Quiz. Watch 'America Ferrera's Iconic Barbie Speech'. Get your copy of Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace.   ——————— IS IT FINALLY TIME FOR A TRUE SHIFT IN YOUR CAREER AND LEADERSHIP? Do you feel ready and excited to make the essential changes you've been longing for in your career but need some empowering support to begin? That help is here! Join me as I coach and guide you through powerful, proven steps that unlock your fullest and happiest career potential. For a limited time, take advantage of my 10% discount for you, my amazing Finding Brave listeners. Save 10% on both my top-rated one-on-one 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program AND my Most Powerful You video training course that will help you close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that are blocking thousands of professionals from the success, reward, and impact they want and deserve. You can participate in both of these programs from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. Now's the time. Don't wait! Build the career you've been longing for this year. I'd love to help you. REGISTER NOW and use the 10% discount code BRAVEPOD10 to save 10% on these programs TODAY!   Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session Program The Most Powerful You Self-Paced Video Training Program   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Hi, folks! Kathy here. So, are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! They're a full-service production agency and their services give me access to a wonderful team of seasoned audio engineers and editors who help create a polished, professional sound. And they work hard to ensure that my particular podcasting approach and style comes through in every episode. They also help me make sure my guests are reflected in the best possible light through the creation of terrific show notes, which is an important part of the show for me. Their process is easy and streamlined, and their responsiveness and customer service are terrific too. If you're ready for better production help, definitely check them out and take advantage of their FREE trial episode, allowing you to sample their process and quality to see if it's a great fit for you. I'm confident you'll love them. Just paste this link into your browser: >> http://weeditpodcasts.com/findingbrave

One in five people is estimated to be neurodivergent, yet efforts to achieve large-scale neuroinclusion in the workplace have largely failed due to superficial “check-the-box” strategies. Cognitive scientist, author, board director, business leader, and neurodivergent employer Dr. Maureen Dunne knows from lived experience and extensive research that we can harness the power of neurodiverse talent to help organizations build thriving cultures. Her national bestselling book, The Neurodiversity Edge, introduces a transformative framework for addressing “the most important human resources opportunity of the 21st century.” As you'll discover in today's episode, creating a neuroinclusive workplace isn't just the right thing to do; it can also be a massive competitive advantage. Join us as Maureen highlights common misunderstandings about neuroinclusion and explains why we need to break free from society's neurotypical script to embrace the strengths of brains that work differently. She also reveals how organizations can take a values-driven approach to build a culture of sustained authentic inclusion and leverage the enormous untapped talent pool defined by cognitive differences. For actionable strategies that can transform your organization's approach to inclusion and unlock the potential of neurodiverse talent, tune in today!   Key Highlights From This Episode: An important definition of neurodiversity as a strengths-based framework. [05:25] Ways the average workplace excludes neurodivergent talent (and why it's a pitfall). [06:42] Why “sustained authentic inclusion” is key for building a thriving workplace culture. [11:46] How Maureen's own neurodivergent experiences inspired her to advocate for others. [14:40] Insight into the apparent rise of neurodivergent diagnoses in our society today. [21:20] What organizations need to do to correct biases against neurodivergent employees. [23:49] Updating the interview process to accommodate excellent neurodivergent candidates. [29:27] How openly neurodivergent leaders promote neurodiversity-friendly cultures. [33:59] Accessible tips for shattering stereotypes and creating more inclusive communities. [36:37] For More Information: Dr. Maureen Dunne The Neurodiversity Edge Dr. Maureen Dunne on LinkedIn Dr. Maureen Dunne on Instagram   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Get your copy of Maureen's book, The Neurodiversity Edge: The Essential Guide to Embracing Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Differences for Any Organization, or listen to it on Audible. Take Kathy's 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz to learn how you take action!   ——————— IS IT FINALLY TIME FOR A TRUE SHIFT IN YOUR CAREER AND LEADERSHIP? Do you feel ready and excited to make the essential changes you've been longing for in your career but need some empowering support to begin? That help is here! Join me as I coach and guide you through powerful, proven steps that unlock your fullest and happiest career potential. For a limited time, take advantage of my 10% discount for you, my amazing Finding Brave listeners. Save 10% on both my top-rated one-on-one 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program AND my Most Powerful You video training course that will help you close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that are blocking thousands of professionals from the success, reward, and impact they want and deserve. You can participate in both of these programs from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. Now's the time. Don't wait! Build the career you've been longing for this year. I'd love to help you.   REGISTER NOW and use the 10% discount code BRAVEPOD10 to save 10% off these programs TODAY! Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session Program The Most Powerful You Self-Paced Video Training Program   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? 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Their process is easy and streamlined, and their responsiveness and customer service are terrific too. If you're ready for better production help, definitely check them out and take advantage of their FREE trial episode, allowing you to sample their process and quality to see if it's a great fit for you. I'm confident you'll love them. Just paste this link into your browser: >> http://weeditpodcasts.com/findingbrave

Do you want to reconnect with yourself and fully reclaim your power? Intentionality might be the key. To guide you on this healing and transformative journey, we welcome Finnian Kelly, the founder of Intentionality Inc., a sought-after speaker and executive coach, a leading breathwork facilitator, and the author of Intentionality: A Groundbreaking Guide to Breath, Consciousness, and Radical Self-Transformation. Known as the “Business Mystic,” Finnian helps world-changing leaders use his unique Intentionality methodology to achieve new levels of fulfillment, growth, and consciousness in their creative endeavors, relationships, and overall wellbeing. Drawing from his experiences of creating and selling multimillion-dollar companies and overcoming personal upheavals, Finnian shares his step-by-step process for manifesting Intentionality into success. Join us as we explore the practice of recoding to invest in positive loops over negative ones, the role of choice in Finnian's definition of intentionality, and the confronting yet liberating realization that we contribute to everything that happens in our lives. And listen to the full episode for a powerful and transformative live coaching/healing experience that Finnian generously walked me through, that was truly groundbreaking for me. As you'll discover, intentionality is so much more than just a concept. It's a profound shift in consciousness that will enable you to experience what life has to offer more fully.   Key Points From This Episode: A deep desire to experience life differently that led Finnian to this work. [04:43] The transformative potential of trauma and why we don't necessarily need to break down to break through. [06:38] What intentionality means to Finnian and the role that choice and feelings play. [14:30] A compelling live coaching session with Kathy that illustrates the process of awareness, acceptance, recoding, action, and manifestation. [18:15] How uncovering a traumatic memory from Kathy's young adult life revealed a powerful new insight into a key challenge she faces today. [35:17] An overview of the framework of Finnian's book and how you can apply it in your life. [39:07] What it looks like in practice to take a feelings-first approach to living and leadership. [42:10] Where you can go to soak up Finnian's wisdom (and even meet him in person!) [43:28]   For More Information: Finnian Kelly Cascada Finnian Kelly on Instagram Finnian Kelly on Facebook Finnian Kelly on LinkedIn   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Secure your copy of Finnian's book, Intentionality: A Groundbreaking Guide to Breath, Consciousness, and Radical Self-Transformation! Kathy's recommended read, Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives. Finnian's recommended read, The Presence Process: A Journey into Present Moment Awareness.   ——————— TIME FOR A TRUE SHIFT IN YOUR CAREER AND LEADERSHIP?  Is it finally time to make the change you've been longing for in your career but you just can't figure out how to begin? It's time for help and time to invest in yourself, and finally understand—and shift—what hasn't been working for you, from the job or field to the way you're treated, the outcomes you're supporting, the compensation you receive, the leadership impact you're able to make, and more. Join me as I coach and guide you through powerful, proven steps that unlock your fullest and happiest potential. For a limited time, take advantage of my 10% discount for you, my amazing Finding Brave listeners. Save 10% on both my one-on-one 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program and my Most Powerful You video training course that helps you close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that are blocking you from the success and reward you deserve. You can participate in both of these programs from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. Now's the time. Don't wait! Build the career you've been longing for. And do it now. I'd love to help you.    REGISTER NOW and use the 10% discount code BRAVEPOD10 to save 10% off these programs TODAY!   Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session Program The Most Powerful You Self-Paced Video Training Program   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts!   Are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! They're a full-service production agency and their services give me access to a wonderful team of seasoned audio engineers and editors who help create a polished, professional sound. And they work hard to ensure that my particular podcasting approach and style comes through in every episode. They also help me make sure my guests are reflected in the best possible light through the creation of terrific show notes, which is an important part of the show for me. Their process is easy and streamlined, and their responsiveness and customer service are terrific too. 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How do you get people to buy what you're selling? In this episode of Finding Brave, marketing consultant and behavioral expert Leslie Zane reveals why traditional persuasion tactics often fall short when growing a business, selling an idea, or building your personal brand. Leslie is an award-winning marketer, TEDx speaker, the Founder and CEO of the behavioral science-based firm, Triggers Brand Consulting, and the author of the groundbreaking new book, The Power of Instinct: The New Rules of Business and Persuasion. Tuning in, you'll learn to challenge conventional wisdom in business and brand building, rethink outdated rules that assume the conscious mind drives our decisions, and discover how to work with the hidden mind rather than against it. Leslie also uncovers the messages that create the most positive associations, explains why relying on existing customers is a trap, and discusses why emotional stories aren't enough to drive long-term brand loyalty, plus so much more! If you want to tap into the hidden brain where instinct prevails and create a powerful network of connections that drive people to buy your product, company, or vision, this episode is for you!   Key Highlights From This Episode: What Leslie means when she says that human beings are unpersuadable. [03:29] How to drive growth faster by using new rules that work with the unconscious mind. [05:34] Techniques for tapping into the “hidden brain” and recruiting new customers. [11:31] Reasons that a purpose-oriented approach is too one-dimensional. [19:20] Different ways that marketing has had to adapt to an ever-evolving consumer base. [21:50] The Brand Connectome; why a brand is like a seed that grows in people's minds. [24:24] Some of the most common marketing mistakes that businesses make. [30:50] What Growth Triggers are and how they can create positive brand associations. [37:08]   For More Information: Leslie Zane Triggers Brand Consulting Leslie Zane on X Leslie Zane on LinkedIn Leslie Zane on Instagram Leslie Zane on Facebook   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Order your copy of Leslie's book, The Power of Instinct: The New Rules of Business and Persuasion today, or listen to it on Audible here.   ——————— TIME FOR A TRUE SHIFT IN YOUR CAREER AND LEADERSHIP?  Is it finally time to make the change you've been longing for in your career but you just can't figure out how to begin? It's time for help and time to invest in yourself, and finally understand—and shift—what hasn't been working for you, from the job or field to the way you're treated, the outcomes you're supporting, the compensation you receive, the leadership impact you're able to make, and more. Join me as I coach and guide you through powerful, proven steps that unlock your fullest and happiest potential. For a limited time, take advantage of my 10% discount for you, my amazing Finding Brave listeners. Save 10% on both my one-on-one 6-session Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program and my Most Powerful You video training course that helps you close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps are are blocking you from the success and reward you deserve. You can participate in both of these programs from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. Now's the time. Don't wait! Build the career you've been longing for, and do it today. I'd love to help you.    REGISTER NOW and use the 10% discount code BRAVEPOD10 to save 10% off these programs TODAY! Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session Program The Most Powerful You Self-Paced Video Training Program   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Hi, folks! Kathy here. So, are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand and that's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! If you're ready for better production help, definitely check them out and take advantage of their FREE trial episode, allowing you to sample their process and quality to see if it's a great fit for you. I'm confident you'll love them. Just paste this link into your browser: >> http://weeditpodcasts.com/findingbrave

Building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is more than just a reflection of societal values; it's a strategic necessity that fuels innovation, enhances talent retention, and ensures long-term business success in a competitive global market. Today's guest, Sable Lomax, is a seasoned global DEI expert, consultant, speaker, and facilitator who joins us to share her experience in helping organizations across a wide range of sectors to supercharge their DEI initiatives. With a rich background in facilitating DEI sessions for nonprofit, philanthropic, public multinational, and private companies, Sable partners with stakeholders to develop strategic plans, implement new learning and development programming, and design equitable initiatives that make a real impact. In this episode, you'll find out why DEI isn't just the responsibility of HR professionals (even though many organizations and C-Suite leaders believe so) but a crucial element for building healthy, resilient organizations. Sable also highlights the importance of making DEI a priority, identifies common pitfalls in ineffective (and sometimes harmful) DEI initiatives, and provides actionable advice for fostering truly inclusive workplaces. Tune in today to discover why prioritizing DEI is not just good ethics but also good business and gain invaluable insights to take your organization's DEI efforts to the next level. And don't forget - You Can Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! You can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please subscribe and leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!   Key Highlights From This Episode: Strategic challenges that HR professionals are struggling with right now. [05:20] Common approaches to DEI and reasons DEI is often overlooked or undervalued. [06:59] Why successful solutions to DEI require time, resources, and multiple iterations. [16:34] The importance of playing to the strengths of internal DEI experts as well as bringing in external support when necessary. [19:50] Ways that ineffective DEI initiatives could actually be harming your organization. [23:04] Actionable, data-driven advice to help companies make DEI a priority. [25:17] The courage and vulnerability needed to build a healthy, thriving, company culture. [30:38] How purpose and self-care can keep you grounded as you work to create change. [36:24] For More Information: Sable Lomax Sable Lomax on LinkedIn   ——————— Are you ready to experience a true breakthrough to become the most confident, inspired, and impactful version of yourself – in your role, leadership, and career? In 17 years of career and leadership coaching with thousands of people, I've observed and researched what I call the “7 most damaging power and confidence gaps” that negatively impact a staggering 98% of professional women, blocking them from reaching their highest and most rewarding career potential. My training helps women of all levels and fields recognize and close these gaps for good. The impact is remarkable, and I've seen that the training can shift everything about how you see yourself, how you operate in the world, and what you're capable of creating and achieving. If you're ready for a more successful and fulfilling professional life, please visit mostpowerfulyou.com/videotraining and register today. I'm honored that a division of the UN has sponsored it for members of its workplace, and many other companies have had me in to train this content live. If your organization offers expert training and tools dedicated to supporting women's success, I hope you'll ask for it in your place of work. Thank you so much and here's to all of us becoming the most positive, powerful, and impactful we can be!   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Hi, folks! Kathy here. So, are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! They're a full-service production agency and their services give me access to a wonderful team of seasoned audio engineers and editors who help create a polished, professional sound. And they work hard to ensure that my particular podcasting approach and style comes through in every episode. They also help me make sure my guests are reflected in the best possible light through the creation of terrific show notes, which is an important part of the show for me. Their process is easy and streamlined, and their responsiveness and customer service are terrific too. If you're ready for better production help, definitely check them out and take advantage of their FREE trial episode, allowing you to sample their process and quality to see if it's a great fit for you. I'm confident you'll love them. Just paste this link into your browser: >> http://weeditpodcasts.com/findingbrave

Why is it so hard for many of us to ask the right questions and make the right choices? As the co-CEO of Transcend, a nationally recognized innovation organization, and today's guest, Jeff Wetzler has leveraged his expertise in learning and human potential to develop a game-changing approach to smarter decisions, more creative solutions, and deeper relationships by asking different kinds of questions that unlock possibility and connection. Through a five-step process, Jeff teaches how to ask the right questions to create personal and professional growth. He joins us today to talk about his new book, ASK: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs In Leadership and Life, and to share his personal journey to asking, learning, and connecting more deeply. Tune in as we dive deep into the psychology of what prevents us from asking and sharing honestly, including shame and safety. Using curiosity as an entry point, we explore different contexts for asking questions before diving into the five practices behind Jeff's Ask Approach. Delving even deeper, we explore a new definition of curiosity as an act of care. We also unpack what happens when we lose our connection to compassion, how to remain rooted in non-judgment to create a safe space for others, engage in meaningful reflection and reconnection, and much more! Don't miss this thought-provoking conversation with a guest who truly embodies his principles.   Key Highlights From This Episode: Childhood experiences that sparked the premise for Jeff's book. [06:44] What asking the right questions does for our relationships. [09:05] Blockers that prevent us from sharing honestly with others. [11:38] Why curiosity is important across different contexts. [12:47] Five practices that underpin the ASK Approach. [14:26] The role of compassion and non-judgment behind Jeff's principle of “making it safe.” [22:29] What it means to ask quality questions. [27:07] Reflection and reconnection as the final part of the framework. [31:00] Three channels that unpack what it really means to listen to learn. [33:37] Observing the action piece in order to learn. [35:12]   For More Information: Jeff Wetzler on LinkedIn Jeff Wetzler on Instagram Jeff Wetzler on X   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Get your copy of Jeff's latest book, ASK: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs In Leadership and Life.   ——————— Are you making the most of your LinkedIn profile and presence to help you stand out and achieve your most thrilling career visions and goals? Thanks for joining me today on Finding Brave! I'm very happy to share news about my new 2-session LinkedIn consulting program, expressly for folks who want to power up their LinkedIn profile and activity and take full advantage of all the amazing features and benefits that LinkedIn provides. I'm very honored to be a “Top Voice” on LinkedIn with close to a million followers and subscribers, and I have to say that LinkedIn has been a true game-changer for me ever since I started publishing there regularly back in 2015. With more than 1 billion users globally now, LinkedIn offers so many ways to move your professional endeavors forward. And it's not just for job search either! It's a powerful networking platform for anyone who wants to make a bigger impact doing meaningful work they love. Join me in my unique Power Up Your LinkedIn Profile and Presence Program to take the most essential steps on LinkedIn to present yourself at the highest level and make the most of all that LinkedIn has to offer!   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts!   Hi, folks! Kathy here. So, are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize that it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! They're a full-service production agency and their services give me access to a wonderful team of seasoned audio engineers and editors who help create a polished, professional sound. And they work hard to ensure that my particular podcasting approach and style come through in every episode. They also help me make sure my guests are reflected in the best possible light through the creation of terrific show notes, which is an important part of the show for me. Their process is easy and streamlined, and their responsiveness and customer service are terrific too. If you're ready for better production help, definitely check them out and take advantage of their FREE trial episode, allowing you to sample their process and quality to see if it's a great fit for you. I'm confident you'll love them. Just paste this link into your browser: >> http://weeditpodcasts.com/findingbrave

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Podcasts in Careers!   Please note: This is a special rerun of Episode 130. “You are not your past. You are all of it, your past, present, and future. So do the work to release the shame, the humiliation, and the negative judgments you have about yourself. Release yourself.” – Kathy Caprino Over the past several years on Finding Brave, I've offered some key information about what I've observed are the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps along with key chapters from my latest book, The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss. Some time back, I offered a series of 7 podcasts dedicated to these gaps that negatively impact 98% of professional women today, and 90% of men, preventing them from reaching their highest potential, and their happiest, most rewarding success and fulfillment. In this 7th installment of that series, I share the power gap that may be closest to my own heart and soul. I'm talking about how we unwittingly allow past trauma, pain and challenges that we've experienced to continue to shape and define us. And this unwanted pain and shame often brings to our lives unwanted experiences. I have lived this in such a deep way (and continue to work on it - as you'll hear in my upcoming interview, Episode #286 with Finnian Kelly - who helped me right on the show uncover a very painful trauma memory from when I was a teen, and connect that to some mindset (and behavioral) challenges I still have around money, work and safety. I never fully recognized this Power Gap (of how our past continues to shape and define us unless we gain fuller awareness of the trauma and pain events/experiences and work committedly to overcome and release them) until I became a therapist and started doing the work on myself and with others to help us heal. Unfortunately, life can hurt us badly sometimes and leave deep scars, and no one is immune. Every single one of us has experienced some form of pain, suffering, sadness, isolation, rejection, and trauma in our lifetimes. Many have experienced and witnessed things that alter how they see the world and operate within it. Sometimes, pain and hardship make us close down and stop trusting others. Other times, it makes us turn our pain into rage and violence against the world. Yet some people, while crushed by their pain for a time, are able to find a way to become more of who they really are at their core – more loving, compassionate, hopeful, helpful, generous, insightful, brave, committed, and resilient and joy-filled  — through all of it. And some are fortunate to know exactly how to turn their emotional challenges into new ways to be of service in the world so they can uplift others while expanding themselves. I sincerely hope that my “The Most Powerful You” series (for content on the other 6 gaps, check out Episodes #124 through #129) is enlightening, and in conjunction with my book and video training program, can help you uncover any power and confidence gaps that may be holding you back at this very moment. As always, thank you for listening and I would be so happy to hear your feedback on not just this episode, but the entire series and The Most Powerful You book. Remember that tremendous success, joy, and reward aren't just reserved for a handful of people, but everyone, including you. You are worthy of an amazing life and career, and it's waiting for you. If you'd like to know which, if any, of the Power Gaps you may be facing today, take my quick Power Gap quiz.   Highlights from this Episode: How trauma appears in our lives, and why it's so damaging to hold onto [4:10] What trauma really is, and how every single one of us has experienced it [4:45] How becoming aware of your trauma will benefit all aspects of your life including your career [6:50] A powerful example of someone who has transformed her trauma into growth and a life of service to others [8:40] The impact and harm your childhood can continue to have in your life as you get older [17:00] Why insight into our trauma alone isn't enough to overcome it and what is needed to move forward to healing [18:02] Examples of common workplace trauma that I often see in the people that I work with [18:20] What steps you can take to start getting on what I call “the brave healing path” [20:55] The specific questions to ask yourself as you embark on your own journey to awareness [33:30]   For More Information: https://kathycaprino.com/ https://mostpowerfulyou.com/videotraining https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathycaprino https://www.facebook.com/ElliaCommunications https://twitter.com/kathycaprino https://www.instagram.com/kathycaprino/   READY FOR A BIG CHANGE – AND HUGE BOOST – IN WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR YOU – IN A REWARDING AND THRILLING CAREER YOU LOVE? Are you ready to elevate your career to new heights? Join me as I guide and coach you through proven steps and strategies to unlock your fullest career potential. And for a limited time only, take advantage of my exclusive offer for my podcast listeners: Take a 25% discount off both my 6-session private Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program and my Most Powerful You video training program that helps you address and close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that negatively impact a staggering 98% of professional women today,  keeping them from reaching the success,  reward and fulfillment they deserve. And you can participate in both of these programs from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. Transform your career trajectory now and become the leader you dream to be. Go ahead – grab the 25% discount, and let's work together to help you build a much brighter future. I can't wait to be of help!   REGISTER NOW and use the 25% discount code FBRAVEPOD25 to save 25% on these programs TODAY! Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session program The Most Powerful You Self-Paced Video Training Program   Resources Mentioned Today: The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss Official Website (with Trailer) Order the book at https://kathycaprino.com/mostpowerfulyoubook to become the most powerful version of you and reach your highest, most thrilling potential. Kathy's Amazing Career Project Sign Up For Kathy's LinkedIn Newsletter, The Finding Brave Circle and her personal newsletter Her Power Gaps Survey & Her TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up Kathy's FREE Career Path Self-Assessment Survey Finding Brave podcast full series on The Most Powerful You - 7 Power and Confidence Gaps:Episode 124: Power Gap #1: Not Recognizing Your Special Talents and Abilities Episode 125: Power Gap #2: Communicating from Fear Not Strength Episode 126: Power Gap #3: Reluctance to Ask for What You Deserve Episode 127: Power Gap #4: Isolating from Influential Support Episode 128: Power Gap #5: Acquiescing Instead of Saying “Stop” To Mistreatment Episode 129: Power Gap #6: Losing Sight of Your Most Thrilling Dream Episode 130: Power Gap #7: Allowing The Past To Continue to Define You   Lynn Carroll (The Therapy Space) Cheryl Hunter's Appearance on Finding Brave & Her TEDx Talk, Wabi Sabi: The Magnificence of Imperfection   Fortier Public Relations  American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy   Kathy's Forbes Blog with Chip Conley, How Midlife Professionals Can Leverage Their Age, Wisdom And Experience More Powerfully At Work QUOTES:  “The very first thing I want you to understand is that you're not silly, you're not foolish and you're not weak to be feeling what you feel. It's often trauma.” [6:05] “How you integrate what happens to you in your own identity is going to shape not just your personal life and relationships, but your professional life and your career success.” [6:59] “There are traumatic events that happen in our life, absolutely, but once they happen there are steps you can take to grab back control of your life.” [12:20] “It's one thing to have insight, but it's not enough. Insight doesn't change your life. Brave action does.” [18:06] “The problem with these “dirty little secrets” is that if you do not address them with your eyes wide open, they grow bigger and more destructive. They send you underground and they eat at you.” [24:54] “Often the Universe is doing you a favor by kicking you out of a horrible job and a toxic ecosystem.” [30:20]   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that Audible.com, Amazon Music and my own podcast production team - We Edit Podcasts - are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer We Edit Podcasts - Click this special link http://weeditpodcasts.com/findingbrave to book your free call to explore working with them. They're a great team and make the podcast production process SO easy! Book your free call and Happy podcasting! Would like To Become a Sponsor? If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of Finding Brave, we'd love to hear from you! Please write to info@kathycaprino.com with your proposal and for more information.   Watch the video of this episode!Now you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my Youtube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up and subscribe if you like the show!

During this episode, Dr. Judy Ho joins us to unpack key concepts from her newly published book, The New Rules of Attachment. Judy isa triple board-certified and licensed clinical and forensic neuropsychologist, a tenured associate professor at Pepperdine University, television and podcast host, and published author. Among her numerous professional pursuits, she conducts neuropsychological and psychodiagnostic evaluations, serves as an expert witness in legal cases, conducts clinical research, provides expert commentary to media, and is a sought-after public speaker. Join us as we unpack the four attachment styles, and learn how they are formed and ways in which they influence the quality of our relationships and our lives. Judy also shares key key information about how we can begin to unravel the early experiences that have shaped our core beliefs and relational patterns today. As Judy shares: “If you don't go into the past to understand why you formed these patterns in the first place, you're just going to be continuing to be in the same cycle over and over again.” We also explore powerful mindset and behavioral shifts to empower parents, and Judy shares helpful affirmations that anyone can implement to change their self-talk. Join us for an instrumental and hopeful conversation filled with valuable insights to help you heal and grow, in your life, career and relationships.   Key Highlights From This Episode: Welcome and introduction to Dr. Judy Ho and the premise of her healing work. [02:33] What we learn from our first relational experiences and how they define our approach to relationships as an adult. [08:02] Misconceptions about attachment and how to approach healing as an adult. [11:41] Hallmarks of the four attachment styles and a practical strategy to work with them. [16:40] Negative repercussions of the beliefs associated with anxious and avoidant attachment styles. [21:47] How a disorganized attachment style forms and the implications for adult life. [27:15] [30:10] Affirmations to emulate the self-talk of a securely attached person. [31:00] How to approach parenting with mindfulness to support children to form a secure attachment approach. [30:10] For More Information: Dr. Judy Ho Dr. Judy Ho on X Dr. Judy Ho on LinkedInDr. Judy Ho on Facebook   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Dr. Judy Ho's Latest Book, The New Rules of Attachment   ——————— READY FOR A CHANGE - AND HUGE BOOST - IN WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR YOU - IN A REWARDING AND THRILLING CAREER YOU LOVE? Are you ready to elevate your career to new heights? Join me as I guide and coach you through proven steps and strategies to unlock your fullest career potential. And for a limited time only, take advantage of my exclusive offer for my podcast listeners: Take a 25% discount off both my 6-session private Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching program and my Most Powerful You video training program that helps you address and close the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that negatively impact a staggering 98% of professional women today,  keeping them from reaching the success,  reward and fulfillment they deserve.  And you can participate in both of these programs from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. Transform your career trajectory now and become the leader you dream to be. Go ahead - grab the 25% discount, and let's work together to help you build a much brighter future. I can't wait to be of help!   REGISTER NOW and use the 25% discount code FBRAVEPOD25 to save 25% on these programs TODAY! Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session program The Most Powerful You Self-Paced Video Training Program   __________________________________________________________________ Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! If you're ready for better production help, definitely check them out and take advantage of their FREE trial episode, allowing you to sample their process and quality to see if it's a great fit for you. I'm confident you'll love them. Just paste this link into your browser: >> http://weeditpodcasts.com/findingbrave

Today, we're delighted to welcome back return guest, Austin Belcak, who joined us way back on episode five to talk about how to land a dream job at the salary you deserve, as well on episode 89 where he shared his insights on building an exceptional resume that gets real results. Through his personal experiences, Austin has developed a uniquely effective job search system that helped him go from being a new grad with a biology degree (and a job in healthcare) to landing interviews at multiple tech companies, including Microsoft, where he ended up working for over five years and was promoted multiple times. Austin is the founder of Cultivated Culture, where he helps people secure jobs they're passionate about, without relying on the need for traditional experience or online applications. The platform is a hugely valuable resource for job seekers and offers multiple free tools, including a resume builder and analyzer. He also hosts The Dream Job System Podcast where he shares bite-sized, highly actionable career advice. Additionally, Austin's work has been featured in multiple publications including, Forbes, Business Insider, and Fast Co. Through his work he has helped thousands of job seekers earn roles at top companies like Google, Apple, and Amazon, without ever needing to apply online. In today's conversation with Austin, we delve into the subject of networking, why he's found it to be infinitely more effective than traditional job-searching methods, and how he developed a jobs system that could help others just like him. We unpack why traditional approaches proved particularly ineffective for him, why he needed advice from people with first-hand experience, and how he went about reaching out to those individuals who could give him the insights he needed to succeed. Our conversation also examines some of the most common misconceptions when it comes to networking and what can be done to address them.  Austin's parting message emphasizes the importance of investing in yourself and actively creating things that other people will find interesting, before breaking down exactly how this will help your networking journey in the long run. His story serves as a powerful reminder that following your intuition and finding a braver path, will often be far more effective than sticking to more traditional routes. Join us today to hear all of Austin's eye-opening insights as we discuss the nuances of networking and finding the job you truly want!    Key Points From This Episode:  Some background on today's guest, Austin Belcak. [02:03] How Austin founded Cultivated Culture. [05:45] What made him reject traditional job search practices and try a different approach. [11:35] Key factors that helped him determine the job he was looking for and where he wanted to work. [15:36] How Austin found high-achieving individuals who would understand his experience, especially coming from a non-traditional background, and how he reached out for their input. [17:33] Common misunderstandings around networking and advice on how to address them. [19:55] Learning how to cultivate persistence when it comes to networking. [26:58] Why people are more ready to invest in people who are already investing in themselves; how to establish channels that create value and make it easier to network. [31:09] Where you can find Austin online. [35:16]   For More Information: Austin Belcak on LinkedIn Austin Belcak on X Austin Belcak on Instagram Cultivated Culture Cultivated Culture Blog Cultivated Culture Podcast Cultivated Culture Tools   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Listen to Finding Brave Episode 5: How to Land a Dream Job at the Salary You Deserve with Austin Becak  Check out Finding Brave Episode 89: Building a Crazy Effective Resume that Gets Real Results with Austin Belcak    ——————— Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! While you might know me best as a podcast host and writer, a key focus in my work is career and leadership coaching and training for mid to high-level professional women around the globe. In my top-rated Career & Leadership Breakthrough 1:1 Program and The Most Powerful You video and live course, I help female executives and leaders experience what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, recognition, advancement, financial reward, well-being, and fulfillment. And I also help them close their power gaps and make headway towards their most exciting visions for the future.  In the past 17 years, I've worked with over 20,000 women across 6 continents. Before that, I served as a therapist, and prior to that, I was a corporate VP managing multi-million-dollar budgets and global initiatives. I leverage all of that experience to help women build a new chapter of work to reach their highest and happiest potential in careers they love. For organizations looking for top-level career and leadership coaching to support the emerging and seasoned female leaders in your workforce, please feel free to contact me here. Check out Career & Leadership Breakthrough Coaching Program – Kathy Caprino and Most Powerful You training. I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you!   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Hi, folks! Kathy here. So, are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! They're a full-service production agency and their services give me access to a wonderful team of seasoned audio engineers and editors who help create a polished, professional sound. 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Interviews can undoubtedly be daunting and intimidating, but they also present a thrilling sense of potential and promise. After all, one interview can change the course of your life. So, how do you bring your best self to an interview, regardless of which side of the table you find yourself on? Joining us today to share her keen insights on all things interviewing is Anna Papalia, CEO of Interviewology, and author of Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing. Anna has a deep and abiding passion for the interviewing process, and has spent the better part of her career studying, researching, and teaching the key tenets of interviewing. She has consulted with multiple Fortune 100 companies, coached over 10,000 clients on how to master interviews, and taught at Temple University's Fox School of Business. Anna is also a career influencer; with over 1.5 million followers on social media, she is using her platform to educate, inspire, and transform the lives of job seekers and hiring managers one post at a time. We use today's conversation with Anna to delve into the science of her Interviewology method, why conventional interviewing advice doesn't work, and how deeper self-awareness can transform your approach to interviews. Learn about the four key interviewing styles and their variations, the critical do's and don'ts of interviewing, the top mistakes that almost every hiring manager will make, and why practice is essential for becoming better at interviews. Join us today to hear all of Anna's remarkable insights on interviewing, and learn how you can show up as your best self, regardless of whether you're applying for a job or searching for the perfect candidate.   Key Highlights From This Episode: • Anna Papalia's professional background; how she mastered the art of interviewing. [02:18] • Why self-knowledge is a critical part of transforming how you interview. [11:02] • The core principles of Anna's thesis on interviewing, Interviewology. [13:09] • An overview of the four interviewing styles and their variations. [22:03] • Why we tend to hire people who are similar to us, the downsides of this, and why diversity is essential for creativity and innovation. [28:23] • The role of self-knowledge and self-mastery in your journey of transformation. [31:42] • Key Do's and Don'ts for job seekers and hiring managers. [36:13] • The one thing not to say in response to the question, “Why do you want to work here”. [39:31] • A round of questions from Anna that uncovered Kathy's interviewing style. [43:05] • Anna's parting message: why the real power comes from owning how you are. [45:16]   For More Information: Anna Papalia on LinkedIn Anna Papalia on Instagram Anna Papalia on Facebook Anna Papalia on YouTube Anna Papalia on TikTok Anna Papalia on X Interviewology   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Check out Anna's book Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing   ——————— Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level FAST? Early bird enrollment for my 8-week LIVE coaching course “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” is open now — Register before March 22nd to save $300 and get 7 truly terrific bonuses!   The course is the companion to my top-selling book, The Most Powerful You, which teaches you all about what I've observed from working with thousands of professional women around the world are the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that negatively impact 98% of women today, keeping them from building the successful, rewarding careers that long for and that they can thrive in. Sure, we can be successful on the outside and make some great money, but Kathy teaches you more in this course, offering empowering strategies to become the true author of your life, take the reins, and take control with more confidence, self-esteem, presence, impact, communication, strength, and the authority you need to lead and thrive in meaningful work you love. Check it out, and jump on becoming part of this transformative course, and grab those savings and bonuses now! Learn more at mostpowerfulyou.com. I can't wait to see you on the first Zoom call on April 3rd. ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts!   Hi, folks! Kathy here. So, are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. 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Watching people and observing their behaviors is fascinating for many reasons. Yes, it's fun, but it can also be very revealing. To learn more about what the behavior and communication of others can tell you about them, we are joined by renowned author, retired FBI agent, and keynote speaker, Robin Dreeke. With a distinguished career that includes serving as the Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, Robin has honed his ability to navigate complex social dynamics and build unbreakable alliances based on trust. Recognizing the vital role trust plays in business success, he has dedicated himself to helping organizations cultivate trust, enhance communication, and foster strong relationships within their teams and with their clients. Today, Robin returns to the show to discuss all things communication, particularly what people's behavior reveals about what you can expect from them. Tuning in, you'll learn about the power of asking ‘what?' questions to find out why someone inspires you, how empathy can help you resolve conflict in your relationships, why human beings don't typically thrive in abundance, what you can glean about a person by how they treat others, and so much more. Drawing on his extensive experience in counterintelligence and behavioral analysis, Robin provides invaluable insights and actionable strategies that empower individuals and businesses to thrive. If you want to become a true resource and catalyst for the success and growth of others, you'll find his tips powerful, including learning how to embrace active curiosity and key steps to inspire people to feel safe with you. Don't miss this eye-opening discussion!   Key Highlight From This Episode: • How self-awareness, transparency, honesty, and vulnerability counteract toxic shame.   [06:29] • Owning your role in any conflict by understanding how others perceive you and how your experiences and biases color your perception of others. [12:11] • Insight into Robin's belief that we are meant to walk the path of life together. [20:05] • The deeply complex conditions that contribute to war and death in our society. [23:20] • What someone's behavior toward others tells you clearly about what to expect from them. [27:02] • A powerful quote from Nelson Mandela and why books are the key to opening your mind. [31:04] •  How to shift the focus from yourself to others with Robin's four keys to communication. [37:41] •  Actionable advice for holding yourself accountable in your relationships. [40:33] •  Closing with a profound question to ask yourself about your final hours on earth! [41:43]   For More Information: Robin Dreeke Forged by Trust Podcast Self-Mastery Reading List: Robin Dreeke's Books Robin Dreeke on LinkedIn Robin Dreeke on Instagram Robin Dreeke on X   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Listen to Episode 160 with Robin Dreeke, ‘Former FBI Special Agent Shares 5 Key Steps to Building Trust and Rapport'. Check out Kathy's Valentine's Day post about self-love on LinkedIn. Get your copy of Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think by Tasha Eurich. Read Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom to help you understand history (and how to change it). Watch Tucker Carlson's interview with Russian President, Vladimir Putin. Get these recommended reads by Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens and Homo Deus. Become the authority in your own life with The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav. ——————— Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level FAST? Join me in a transformational training that can positively change the direction of your life and career! Early bird enrollment for my 8-week LIVE coaching course “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” is open now — Register before March 22nd to save $300 and get 7 terrific bonuses!   The course is the companion to my top-selling book, The Most Powerful You, which teaches you all about what I've seen from working with thousands of professional women around the world are the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that negatively impact 98% of women today, keeping them from building the successful, rewarding careers that long for and that they can thrive in. Sure, we can be successful on the “outside” and make some great money, but I'm teaching you more in this course. I'm teaching you how to experience greater joy, fulfilment, reward, confidence, self-esteem and meaningful impact by becoming the true author of your life, taking the reins and grabbing control of the direction of your career and the ultimate outcomes you support. In the end, you'll learn how to engage in deeply meaningful, fulfilling and successful career you love and are proud of. Check it out, join me, and jump on those savings now! Learn more at mostpowerfulyou.com. I can't wait to see you on the first Zoom call on April 3rd. ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts!   Hi, folks! Kathy here. So, are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. 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As many of us are seeing and experiencing firsthand, we're living in a time of divisive politics and widespread conflict. While these conditions present difficult challenges, it's also an opportunity for growth if we can find the courage and strength to engage in a new way. This is the belief of today's inspiring guest, William Ury, who has dedicated his life to transforming conflicts from destructive impulses into opportunities for collaboration and growth. William is a renowned negotiator, anthropologist, and bestselling author whose insights and expertise have reshaped the way we approach conflict resolution. Among other top books he's written, he is the co-author of  Getting to Yes, the world's all-time bestselling book on negotiation with more than 15 million copies sold. William has served as a negotiator in many of the most challenging disputes of our time, having consulted for the White House, the State Department, and the Pentagon, as well as dozens of Fortune 500 companies. He is also the co-founder of Harvard's distinguished Program on Negotiation, and has served as a negotiation adviser and mediator in conflicts ranging from Kentucky wildcat coal mine strikes to family feuds, from US partisan battles to wars in the Middle East, Colombia, Korea, and Ukraine.  His highly-anticipated new book, Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict, draws on decades of experience to shed light on some of the toughest conflicts of our time and how we can find a way forward. Today's conversation takes us on a fascinating journey, from William's first interest in negotiation and conflict resolution as a young child, to the central lessons he lays out in his books, to some of his most intense negotiating experiences with key figures, like Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. We learn about his Pathways to Possible method and how to transform seemingly impossible situations into creative and productive conversations before exploring the concept of self-mastery and engaging the third side in any conflict, and more. Join us as we explore William's journey and his invaluable insights on navigating both personal and geopolitical conflicts with courage, self-mastery and compassion. Tune in to see conflict in a new light, tap into your innate potential, and approach animosity with curiosity. Key Points From This Episode: • Get to know William Ury, how he developed his interest in negotiation, and the many books he's written on the subject. [01:58] • How to transform conflict and approach it collaboratively rather than destructively. [07:25] • The state of conflict in the world today and the courageous leadership required to move us forward. [10:55] • Key differences between geopolitical conflicts and interpersonal conflicts. [15:43] • The Pathways to Possible method for negotiating and engaging in conflict. [18:46] • Three kinds of potential we can unlock to transform seemingly impossible situations into creative and productive conversations. [20:25] • William's account of negotiating with Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, in very difficult circumstances. [23:52] • The self-mastery and learning required to engage the third side in any conflict. [29:55] • How William prepares for intense conflict (and why he doesn't attempt to do it alone). [34:35] • The joy that infuses William's work, how to tap into the power of play, and the importance of taking a moment to relax before doing something difficult. [35:44]   For More Information: William Ury William Ury on LinkedIn William Ury on Facebook William Ury on X William Ury on TED Harvard's Program on Negotiation Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations Getting to Yes with Yourself: How to Get What You Truly WantGetting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving InPath to Possible   READY TO BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE, PRESENCE, STRENGTH AND IMPACT IN YOUR CAREER AND LEADERSHIP Do you feel you're just not confident and self-assured enough right now, or that you lack executive presence, communication strength and emotional self-mastery to thrive in your work? You are not alone. Hundreds of the professional women I've worked with have shared the exact same problem and have also admitted they just don't believe in or fully trust their own capabilities. I would love to help you with this! Join me on March 1st in a new FREE webinar that addresses these challenges head-on. I'll be teaching key strategies, solutions, and action steps that come from my own 40 years of high-level work, as well as serving as a Senior Forbes contributor and podcast host, and as an entrepreneur and a career and leadership coach for women around the world. I'll also be sharing amazing tips from top experts who teach us how to rise and thrive in important work we love. Join me on March 1st - there's nothing to lose and a whole lot of strength to gain. Register at kathycaprino.com/confidenceandpresence2024 and I hope to see you there! ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. 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We are joined today by Hope Paterson, a global nomad, mother of two, education innovation specialist, and transformation coach. For two decades, Hope has been developing what she calls the Hope triangle: electrifying pathways for humans of all ages working at the intersection of education, innovation, and entrepreneurship. As a coach Hope is steadfast and supportive, walking alongside others as they move from old to new. She is also the founder of Hope Braintrust, a global think tank that hosts live events and collaborations. Her growing online network, the Hope Sparks Network, is a vibrant intergenerational community where people of all ages can connect to share their knowledge and experience. In today's conversation with Hope, we learn how to embrace more bravery in our lives before delving into the concept of finding intergenerational allies. She shares how she first learned to flex her bravery muscles as a young girl, how her many years as an entrepreneur helped her build a network of brilliant individuals from across the world, and why she was determined to be the hopeful glue that brought them together. Hope also gives listeners her advice on how to put together and run an intergenerational advisory board, the type of individuals who are typically drawn to these communities, and why listening to your community members is essential. Join us today as we engage in a thought-provoking discussion on the power of global, intergenerational connections and the vital role these collectives play in growth, change, and transformation!   Key Points From This Episode: • An introduction to today's guest, Hope Paterson. [02:32] • How Hope first found her bravery and the influence her parents had on her outlook. [05:18] • Hope's history as an entrepreneur and the concept of intergenerational communities. [16:46] • How she established the Hope Braintrust. [18:29] • What it means to create a non-corporate, loving space to explore what is possible. [21:28] • Traits Hope typically sees in people drawn to intergenerational support communities. [23:33] • The power of sharing experiences and knowledge in intergenerational communities. [27:50] • How to put together and run your own intergenerational advisory board. [31:37] • Hope's parting words of advice and where to find her online. [36:44]   For More Information: Hope Paterson Hope Paterson on LinkedIn Hope Paterson on Instagram Hope Paterson on Facebook Hope Paterson on X Hope's email Hope Braintrust Hope Sparks Network   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Check out Hope Braintrust Events to learn more about Hope's events Watch the Tony Robbins documentary I Am Not Your Guru Find Judy Robinette's book How to Be a Power Connector   Key Quotes: “I was really fortunate to have a family and a culture around me that encouraged [making] brave choices. And so I started to flex what I call my bravery muscles.” — @Hopescott [0:06:35] “I'm a huge believer in how much our belief in ourselves [and] our [beliefs] about the world gets forged in the first seven years of our lives.” — @Hopescott [0:09:50] “I started to think ‘I'm sitting on a goldmine of amazing humans, who don't know each other, [who] are from different cultures and different age groups, different generations. How can I be the bridge? How can I be the translator, the hopeful glue?'” — @Hopescott [0:18:29] “I always start my events out saying ‘This is a non-corporate loving space for you to explore what's possible.'” — @Hopescott [0:21:28] “Speak to kind, gentle people to begin with, because it might be a bit awkward and clunky. And then you can move out to the bold connections that might be harder to reach.” — @Hopescott [0:33:29] “By asking them, [and] by listening, I get to focus more on what they really want, and less on what I think they want.” — @Hopescott [0:36:14]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show! Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level FAST, building more power, confidence and impact? JOIN “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” 8-WEEK COACHING AND TRAINING COURSE WITH KATHY - STARTS MAY 10TH!I'm thrilled to share that I'm offering a new session starting May 10th of my 8-week coaching and training course The Most Powerful You! In 8 powerhouse weeks together and 8 weekly calls, I'll train all about the content of my book The Most Powerful You helping professional women address what I've seen are the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that block women from achieving their most exciting goals, and happiest highest potential and success. This includes imposter syndrome that impacts 75% of executive women today.   The course offers: •   8 Weekly Zoom Coaching calls with me •   8 Confidence-Boosting Video Training Modules •   A Step-by-by process for building a better career, with more power, influence and impact (and fulfillment) •   Fantastic Additional Strategies and Tips from over 30 of the nation's top experts •   A Private Online Support Group  for Members •   And more! Spots are very limited for the Early Bird special so sign up now at mostpowerfulyou.com. And when you register as an early bird, you'll save $300 and get 7 amazing bonuses including a FREE private consultation with me. I've delivered aspects of this training to over 50 organizations worldwide (including at a division of the United Nations) and participants have called it transformative and life-changing. I'm confident this course will move you forward fast. Hope to see you there!   ——————— Sponsor Highlight Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Hi, folks! Kathy here. So, are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. 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Fatimah Gilliam is an author, lawyer, sought-after speaker, consultant, and founder of The Azara Group, a consulting firm that provides diversity and inclusion, leadership development, negotiation, and strategy consulting services to Fortune 500 corporations, senior executives leading billion-dollar businesses, and industry thought leaders. Her groundbreaking book, Race Rules: What Your Black Friend Won't Tell You, is a practical manual of the unwritten rules that can help readers navigate today's racially polarized world. In short, it's a ‘how-to' manual for white people to be less racially offensive; enabling them to develop stronger and more respectful cross-racial friendships and professional relationships with people of color. Today, Fatimah joins us as “white America's Black friend” to tell us what others won't say to our faces nor share about perspectives of color on white behaviors, choices, and interactions. She shares deep, transformative insights from her book, which seeks to open the door to perspectives of color so white people can learn, make better choices, take different actions, and evolve with a diversifying society in the 21st century. This conversation is an excellent source of well-informed and hard-hitting advice for those looking to move beyond performative allyship and live their non-racist values, rather than just talk about them. As we discuss, this is ideal for anyone who wants to bring the unconscious forward to consciousness, so they can take new actions every day that will directly and powerfully address and combat racism both in our own lives and behaviors, and in the world we live in. Tune in to learn more!   Key Highlights From This Episode: •   What inspired Fatimah to write this book and what her intentions are for it. [04:31] •   Ways that being a light-skinned Black woman has impacted her view of racism. [07:57] •   Defining racism and why Fatimah chooses to focus on impact rather than intent. [09:53] •   The ‘how-to' guide she offers and how Race Rules differs from other books on racism. [13:37] •   How racism is distinct from prejudice with the key ingredient being power. [18:42] •   Fatimah's “Top 5” of 31 race rules and insight into her three-step Bedrock Race Rule. [20:15] •   Othering, marginalization, and how to ensure the language you use isn't offensive and   harmful. [28:00] •   Rules for discussing race for white people who see themselves as anti-racist allies. [33:59] •   Understanding the relationship between defensiveness and exceptionalism. [41:14] •   A favorite passage of Fatimah's from Race Rules, where to get the book, parting advice, and more. [46:08]   For More Information: Race Rules: What Your Black Friend Won't Tell You The Azara Group Fatimah Gilliam on LinkedIn Fatimah Gilliam on Instagram Fatimah Gilliam on X ———————   Ready to Start Getting the Respect and Recognition You Deserve? JOIN THE 16-WEEK AMAZING CAREER PROJECT COURSE WITH KATHY STARTING FEBRUARY 1ST! I'm very excited to share that we've opened the enrollment window of the Winter 2024 session of my 16-week Amazing Career Project course! This session — which starts February 1st – teaches professional women the 16 most essential steps to building a more rewarding, joyful, and successful career, with the respect and recognition you deserve.   Through the four months of the course, you'll get: – 16 jammed-packed instructional videos – 16 weekly live group coaching calls with me – 16 tailored homework assignments to move you forward fast – An amazing online support network of members to help you – My hand-picked collection of premier resources – PLUS: Great lifetime discounts to my private coaching programs and events AND: $1000 off the full price plus 7 great bonuses Truly, it's a fantastic investment in you and your career and there is nothing to lose and so much to gain. Join me this Winter! Visit amazingcareerproject.com for more info and see you February 1st!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today!   Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “Part of what I'm trying to [change] is the impact of people's choices and behaviors and not the intent of their choices and behaviors. I want people to make better choices that positively impact communities and people of color.” — @fatimahgilliam [0:10:18] “This is not about good and evil. It is about whether or not the impact of your choices harms people of color individually and collectively.” — @fatimahgilliam [0:11:05] “With Race Rules, I'm trying to give people access to information so that they can live their values and not just talk about their values.” — @fatimahgilliam [0:18:10] “What happens a lot of times when we're talking about race is we move to all the other ‘isms' and don't focus on what is the hardest thing for American society to focus on: – having a conversation, evaluation, and analysis of race in peoples' [personal and professional] lives.” — @fatimahgilliam [0:39:44] “[All whites in America], even the person who is the most woke, liberal, and progressive, all of them are engaging in decisions in small [and] big ways that – have a harmful, racialized, negative impact on people of color.” — @fatimahgilliam [0:43:22] “People can change collectively and individually. It has to start somewhere and I see Race Rules as my patriotic contribution to American society so that we can evolve.” — @fatimahgilliam [0:51:25]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!   Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great production team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! They're a full-service production agency and their services give me access to a wonderful team of seasoned audio engineers and editors who help create a polished, professional sound. And they work hard to ensure that my particular podcasting approach and style comes through in every episode. They also help me make sure my guests are reflected in the best possible light through the creation of terrific show notes. Their process is easy and streamlined, and their responsiveness and customer service are terrific too. Check them out and take advantage of their FREE trial episode, allowing you to sample their process and quality to see if it's a great fit for you. I'm confident you'll love them. Just paste this link into your browser: >> http://weeditpodcasts.com/findingbrave

It's been proven that playing competitive sports continues to contribute significantly to the success and leadership growth that women experience in later life and in their careers. Joining me to share her first-hand insights and key observations from her own career and from recent important research on this topic, is Lara Abrash, Chair of Deloitte US, the largest professional services organization in the United States. Originally drawn in by Deloitte's social impact contributions, Lara began her time with the company 30 years ago, having held various leadership positions including Chair and Chief Executive Officer at Deloitte and Touche LLP. Working alongside over 170,000 professionals, Lara leads the Board of Directors with a purpose-driven mission to see diversity and inclusion at every level. To kick off the conversation, we dive into Deloitte's pivotal study on the relationship between girls and women in competitive sports and leadership in the workplace later on in life. Lara shares her own experiences of playing softball, baseball, and tennis, revealing the essential skills she learned along the way. Next, we delve into the power of sports to foster skills development that women often don't have the opportunity to develop elsewhere. We also discuss whether or not there is a place for emotional vulnerability in the workplace, and what changes when leaders are honest about their experiences. Join us today to hear all this and more!   Key Highlights From This Episode: • Introducing Lara Abrash, and her 30-year background leading up to her role as Chair of Deloitte US. [02:21] • Deloitte's history supporting female leadership and men's and women's sports. [04:00] • Surveying the relationship between girls and women in competitive sports and leadership in the workplace. [05:14] • Lara's early experiences playing competitive sports and how they shaped her. [07:56] • How sports encourage players to develop self-mastery, confidence, and teamwork. [11:16] • Why women often lack the necessary knowledge and skills to be recognized for their abilities. [17:49] • The important role of human connection, vulnerability, empathy, and compassion. [21:57] • How Deloitte fosters a sense of safety and belonging in the workplace. [25:29]   For More Information: Lara Abrash on LinkedIn Lara Abrash on X Deloitte US   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Kathy's Forbes.com interview with Lara Abrash - Deloitte's New Survey Links Playing Sports to Career Success for Women   Deloitte's Survey That Reveals the Link for Women Between Playing Sports and Career Success   We Edit Podcasts Ready to Start Getting the Respect and Recognition You Deserve? JOIN THE 16-WEEK AMAZING CAREER PROJECT COURSE WITH KATHY STARTING FEBRUARY 1ST! I'm very excited to share that we've opened the enrollment window of the Winter 2024 session of my 16-week Amazing Career Project course! This session -- which starts February 1st – teaches professional women the 16 most essential steps to building a more rewarding, joyful and successful career, with the respect and recognition you deserve.   Through the four months of the course, you'll get:  - 16 jammed-packed instructional videos - 16 weekly live group coaching calls with me - 16 tailored homework assignments to move you forward fast - An amazing online support network of members to help you - My hand-picked collection of premier resources - PLUS: Great lifetime discounts to my private coaching programs and events AND: $1000 off the full price plus 7 great bonuses Truly, it's a fantastic investment in you and your career and there is nothing to lose and so much to gain. Join me this Winter! Visit amazingcareerproject.com for more info and see you February 1st!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “I'm a big believer in integrating work and life and finding things that give you energy.” — @AbrashLara [0:09:13] “When a woman has confidence that she can bring the knowledge, that she can do something, I see a different outcome.” — @AbrashLara [0:12:24] “Teamwork is an equation for being a great leader.” — @AbrashLara [0:12:53] “You need to be, not only doing great work, but you need to be promoting yourself.” — @AbrashLara [0:18:32] “Be you, be vulnerable, but do it in a professional way.” — @AbrashLara [0:24:21] “If you put the best interests of your organization first, you'll make all the right decisions.” — @AbrashLara [0:24:32]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts! Note: This is a special airing of a “holiday favorite selection” and is a repeat of our Finding Brave holiday episode #208. “You just have to believe that there's a higher version of you that you can tap into and that can access higher-level wisdom, insight, solutions, strategies, people, and connections. If you believe it, and if you believe it strongly, it's amazing what happens in your life.” – Kathy Caprino  As we approach the end of another year, once again I'm happy to share this special “Holiday Selection,”  featuring some of the top Finding Brave episodes that have previously aired, to help you enter 2024 with even more bravery, inspiration, and motivation to pursue and achieve your most important and meaningful goals. Today, I'm excited to bring you an episode from late 2018, where I shared a helpful year-end strategy of reflection — the process of reflecting back on the past year in an in-depth, careful, and probing way, exploring all that you've learned and experienced, created, and also “failed” at. (Note: I don't perceive “failure” the way many others do. I view it as a vital learning” opportunity — as an effective experience that, when viewed from a positive framework, helps us get much clearer on who we are, what we need to thrive, and what we  really want in our lives. This reflection process helps you connect in a powerful, deep way with your ultimate dreams and desires, and it highlights where you've been living “off course” – far away from what your most authentic self really wants. In this episode, I explore what I've found to be six essential reflection questions that are perfect for this time of year, to help us take stock, expand our gratitude and appreciation for all that we are today, and set the wheels in motion for shifting our approach to how we operate, communicate, and engage with others and with our core challenges and power gaps. This reflection process hatches important new revelations, and sets the stage for a brand new future. As always, be gentle and compassionate with yourself as you reflect, and remember that everything that's happened can be used to bolster and uplift you, if you let it.  At the end of the show, I sing a little song to welcome in the New Year, from my heart to yours. I hope you enjoy it! I'd love to hear how your answering these six questions impacts you and what it reveals. And  I welcome your suggestions for any future topics or interviewees that you're interested in hearing from. Please reach out to me by email, or on social media via LinkedIn, or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and say hello and share your ideas! I wish you and your loved ones a very Happy New Year and I'm looking forward to connecting with you and serving up fresh, new episodes of Finding Brave in 2024 that will move you forward to create life and work as you dream it to be. Happy New Year! Highlights from this Episode: The benefits of reflection and what it can help you achieve these next 12 months [5:27] What our lives are giving us, but we often miss [08:58] Why you need to celebrate all of your wins, no matter how small you may think they are [10:30] What I tell myself when things don't seem to be working out for me and how we can reframe our experiences to benefit from them [14:31] Why focusing on desired “outcomes” can be more helpful and instructive than “goals” and how turning your “mess into a message” can give you great clarity on what to do next [15:13] Don't agonize and overly attach to the specific “how's” - just start moving forward any way you can [17:08] Visualization truly works – here's an exercise that I do [19:24] What is your “higher self” and how you can receive help from it [22:29] What is one thing that is needed to overcome your resistance [26:37] The reasons that accountability is needed and where we can get it [28:05] The power gaps that keep people from thriving in their lives and in their work [29:30] How you can move past a traumatic event and finally let it go [34:48] My theme word for the year and an invitation for you to create one as well [35:26] A little song for you to welcome in the New Year [37:15]   For More Information: kathy@kathycaprino.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathycaprino/ https://www.facebook.com/ElliaCommunications/ https://twitter.com/kathycaprino https://instagram.com/kathycaprino   Resources mentioned in this episode: Episode 50: How To Reduce Pain and Conflict With Family and Friends This Holiday Amazing Career Project Module – The Lessons Life is Trying to Teach You and Why You're Not Learning them Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life by Shakti Gawain Breakdown, Breakthrough: The Professional Woman's Guide to Claiming a Life of Passion, Power and Purpose Finding Brave Episode 46: 7 Damaging Power Gaps That Keep You From Thriving in Life and Work Kathy's Forbes post on How To Stop Staying ‘I'm Sorry' When You're Not (And Why You Need To)   Other episodes for the holiday season: #186 with Joseph Grenny - How to Have Those Difficult But Crucial Conversations with Friends and Colleagues #195 – with Dr. Fred Luskin - How to Forgive Someone When You Feel You Can't #271 - with David Jurasek - How to Recognize and Release the Damaging Shame You Hold   Other Resources For You:  CHECK OUT: Kathy's digital 12-issue newsletter bundle “Your Path To Career Bliss” Dive into learning about the 12 essential topics that will help you experience greater success, joy, and reward in life and work, with materials from some of the nation's top experts! I'm thrilled to share with you my 12-issue newsletter bundle called Your Path To Career Bliss! This 12-issue bundle offers an in-depth exploration of 12 key career, leadership, or personal growth topics that are essential to understand and master if you wish to build a happier, more successful, and rewarding career or business. These are the topics that are the most sought-after by my readers, clients, course members, and thousands of professionals I hear from globally each year. Every issue (now bundled together in one program for only $99) offers a selection of the MOST read articles that I've written on the key topic of the newsletter — from my Forbes column, LinkedIn platform and personal blogs, podcast, and more  — which have garnered over 41 million views and thousands of comments and requests for follow-up, hands-on support. Many of the 12 featured issues are in perfect alignment with today's episode, including  How to Build More Confidence, Self-Esteem, and Power in Your Career Today. I hope you'll grab this newsletter bundle now for only $99. CLICK HERE to learn more and register. Thank you and I can't wait to help you on Your Path To Career Bliss.   * * * * * * Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, (video training version OR LIVE 8-week course) to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible. Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz _________________________________________________________   Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   QUOTES FROM TODAY'S SHOW:  “Nothing is wasted — everything you've learned and everything you've experienced, even if you've fallen flat on your face, is useful. What we want to do is leverage everything we've been, done, and learned, and then build on that for the next chapter.” [5:53] “You can't just be grateful for the amazing stuff. It helps propel you forward when you can also be grateful for the difficult stuff.” [6:50] “I am a fan of helping people realize they do have an idea of what they want. They absolutely do, but they just don't recognize that as a valid idea.” [14:55] “I get a lot of juice out of turning my mess into a message. Could you?” [16:32] “Envision what would be a happier, more abundant, prosperous, successful, and joyful experience. See yourself with all your senses in it and I promise you that paves the way for it to come to pass.” [20:52] “What habit can you build that's going to help you get to where you want to go?” [28:28] “If you isolate and you won't ask for help, you're never going to get it and you're going to stay stuck.” [31:44] Watch video versions of my interviews on Finding Brave! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave interview episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my Youtube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show! Please share your positive ratings and reviews!If you enjoy the show, we'd be so very grateful for a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts! These great ratings help us reach more and more people who are interested in boosting their careers, businesses, and their leadership, and keep in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts in the U.S. and around the world and in the top 1.5% of over 2.6 million podcasts! Thank you! * * * * * * FINALLY, PLEASE ASK YOUR ORGANIZATION TO BRING THE MOST POWERFUL YOU TRAINING TO YOUR WORKFORCE TODAY Is your organization committed to supporting the growth and success of both women and men in your workforce? If so, do they offer opportunities for powerful hands-on career growth and leadership training that addresses the real-world challenges that professional women face in the workplace and in their careers that are often different from what men typically face? I'm so thrilled that recently, a division of the United Nations has sponsored several memberships to The Most Powerful You course for their staff members and what a powerfully supportive move that is, to bring real-world effective career and leadership training to professionals in their work cultures, to help them thrive and succeed and the highest level possible in their work and projects. Coaching so many professionals and leaders as I do each year, I see that leadership and career growth training programs today are often NOT effective because they simply don't go deep enough to address what really holds us back from thriving, believing in ourselves, recognizing our talents and abilities, communicating effectively, asking for what we need, saying “STOP!” to mistreatment, building a great support community, and making the true impact we long to. _______________   Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! They're a full-service production agency and their services give me access to a wonderful team of seasoned audio engineers and editors who help create a polished, professional sound. And they work hard to ensure that my particular podcasting approach and style comes through in every episode. They also help me make sure my guests are reflected in the best possible light through the creation of terrific show notes, which is an important part of the show for me. Their process is easy and streamlined, and their responsiveness and customer service are terrific too. If you're ready for better production help, definitely check them out and take advantage of their FREE trial episode, allowing you to sample their process and quality to see if it's a great fit for you. I'm confident you'll love them. Just click here >> http://weeditpodcasts.com/findingbrave

How do we separate our work selves and our personal lives when technology and social media have made those lines blurrier than ever? Joining us today to unpack this topic and three key “future of work” trends is Elizabeth J. Sandler, founder and CEO of Echo Juliette, a forward-thinking company that works with executive teams on strategy and leadership development. Elizabeth is a seasoned professional with 25 years of experience as a COO and Strategist in Investment Banking and Private Equity in the US and UK. In 2019 she left her corporate career to pursue her mission of making workplaces more successful and fulfilling for everyone. Her company Juliette Works advises organizations on investing in Key-Suite women — a fundamental component of any organization. Elizabeth also serves on the board of two public companies, two private equity funds, and two non-profits, and is a sought-after speaker at conferences, companies, and universities. In today's conversation, we hear from Elizabeth about three top-of-mind “future of work” trends, before discussing how a comprehensive understanding of these trends today can serve us in the long run. Tuning in you'll learn about the transformative potential of AI in our work lives; how companies should be approaching social media; and the key things we need to understand about the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) landscape. The introduction of technologies like generative AI has already had a huge impact on how we work, but this is only the beginning. How we choose to show up and implement these technologies will shape our work lives for years to come. To hear all of Elizabeth's thought-provoking insights on the transformative impact these developments could have on the future of work, be sure to tune in today! Key Highlights From This Episode: • Introducing today's guest, Elizabeth J. Sandler, and the story of how she and Kathy connected and became friends. [02:06] • Unpacking generative AI in the workplace as a “future of work” trend and the transformational impact it could have on our work lives. [09:55] • The limitations of standard stock images, navigating inherent bias, and how businesses can use generative AI for consistent, creative, and specific branding. [12:13] • How AI can be integrated with leading technologies to help humans in the workplace. [20:50] • The expertise required to prompt generative AI in a way that will eliminate bias and ensure proper diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). [25:31] • Breaking down the impact of social media as a “future of work” trend; the complexity of how we embody (and separate) our work and personal selves online. [28:33] • Being open to understanding different perspectives at work, and why an alignment of values between yourself and your organization is so important. [35:32] • Unpacking DEI as a “future of work” trend; the growing scope of DEI efforts and the challenge of managing it all. [45:11] • Cultivating more empathy for the lived experiences of others. [49:49] • Discover where you can go to find Elizabeth's work and connect online. [26:23]   For More Information: Echo Juliette Elizabeth J. Sandler on LinkedIn Elizabeth J. Sandler Linktree Juliette Works Juliette Works on Facebook Juliette Works on Instagram   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Read Kathy's article ‘The 'Barbie' Movie Missed the Mark for Me - Did It Work For You?' Check out the LinkedIn post and poll that connected Elizabeth and Kathy Listen to Episode 270: Masculinity at a Key Crossroads with Ludo Gabriele Visit Midjourney to use generative AI to create consistent branding imagery Check out Adobe's generative AI tools, Firefly and Sensei GenAI Use DALL·E to create images from text Discover how to use Pictory for video creation Learn about Elizabeth's Core Values  _________________________   Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! While you might know me best as a podcast host and writer, a key focus in my work is career and leadership coaching and training for mid to high-level professional women around the globe. In my top-rated Career & Leadership Breakthrough 1:1 Program and The Most Powerful You video and live course, I help female executives and leaders experience what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, recognition, advancement, financial reward, well-being, and fulfillment. And I also help them close their power gaps and make headway towards their most exciting visions for the future. In the past 16 years, I've worked with over 20,000 women across 6 continents. Before that, I served as a therapist, and prior to that, I was a corporate VP managing multi-million-dollar budgets and global initiatives. I leverage all of that experience to help women build a new chapter of work to reach their highest and happiest potential in careers they love. For organizations looking for top-level career and leadership coaching to support the emerging and seasoned female leaders in your workforce, please feel free to contact me here. Check out Career & Leadership Breakthrough Coaching Program - Kathy Caprino and Most Powerful You training. I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you!   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! They're a full-service production agency and their services give me access to a wonderful team of seasoned audio engineers and editors who help create a polished, professional sound. 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Are your thoughts and actions regularly dictated by a harsh inner critic? Do you find yourself filled with feelings of unworthiness and that you are undeserving of love? If so, you may well be dealing with the symptoms of core shame. Our guest, David Jurasek, knows firsthand the devastating impact shame can have on your life and relationships, and he joins us today to shed light on this urgent topic. Drawing on his 25 years of experience as a mentor and therapist, David's work is defined by his belief that your biggest source of sabotage is driven by core shame. He is the founder of Powerful and Loving, a community helping men and boys become powerful leaders who cultivate thriving relationships. Additionally, he is the author of My Heart Is A Muscle, a book that he wrote with the hopes of moving 500 men in the deepest way possible. In today's conversation, we unpack the concept of core shame, where it tends to stem from, the devastating impact it can have on our lives, and how we can begin to release and heal from it. David opens up about the role that shame played in his life and explains why identifying its root cause is so important. We explore how our shame-based society prevents us from looking inward and the power of healthy relationships and community in helping us heal from shame. Our conversation also investigates the role of shame in our relationships and how we can break patterns of blame and criticism, before exploring how to go about dethroning your inner critic, followed by simple and effective techniques to help you process and let go of shame. Today's episode is filled with profound insights and will give you a newfound understanding of the complexities of shame and its impact. We hope you'll join us for a thought-provoking and empowering conversation on healing from shame and the power of love and community.   Key Highlights From This Episode: • Unpacking the concept of core shame, the impact of seeing yourself as unworthy or unlovable, and how this influences our lives and behavior. [06:40] • Why it's so important to understand where your shame comes from and what it's attached to. [12:10] • David's vulnerable account of how shame impacted him, and how the kindness of a friend, who had confronted his own core shame, altered David's life. [21:23] • The symptoms of shame, why most people don't realize they are carrying core shame, and why a shame-based society doesn't want us to look internally. [26:13] • How patriarchal, racist, and capitalist systems have created a shame-based society, and what David has learned from studying healthy communities. [30:17] • Understanding how shame can show up in relationships; how we project our shame onto loved ones; and what it looks like to unlearn shame and your unique conditioning. [33:40] • Dethroning your inner critic and how this shifts your perspective; the physiological effects of releasing shame; effective and accessible techniques for letting go of shame. [39:37] • The nuances of shame and how interrogating it can teach us powerful lessons about our natural gifts. [49:40] • Find out where you can learn more about David's work and get in touch. [55:47]   For More Information: David Jurasek on LinkedIn David Jurasek on Instagram Powerful and LovingCritical Love   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Check out David's book My Heart Is A Muscle   ——————— Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! While you might know me best as a podcast host and writer, a key focus in my work is career and leadership coaching for mid to high-level professional women around the globe. In my top-rated Career & Leadership Breakthrough coaching programs, I help women address root causes of their core challenges today, and move through those challenges to create what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, recognition, advancement, financial reward, well-being, and fulfillment. I also help them close their damaging power and confidence gaps and embrace their most exciting visions for the future, along with experiencing greater self-worth (sometimes for the very first time in their lives) so they can move forward to greater joy, reward and fulfillment  In the past 16 years, I've worked with over 20,000 women across 6 continents. Before that, I served as a therapist, and prior to that, I was a corporate VP managing multi-million-dollar budgets and global initiatives. I leverage all of that experience to help women build a new chapter of work to reach their highest and happiest potential in careers they love. For organizations looking for top-level career and leadership coaches to support the emerging and seasoned female leaders in your workforce, please feel free to contact me here. Check out my private coaching programs >> Kathy's Career & Leadership Growth Help. I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you!   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Hi, folks! Kathy here. So, are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. 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In the pursuit of gender equity, Ludo Gabriele emerges as an esteemed authority, globally acclaimed for advocating healthy masculinity. As a trailblazing thought leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), he welcomes nuance, disagreement, and holistic inclusion, inviting change and transformation. Ludo is the founder of Humen Leaders, a leadership advisory practice devoted to advancing healthy masculinity in the workplace and beyond. As the senior director of branding of the MARC (Men Advocating Real Change) Initiative at Catalyst, Ludo led its full rebranding, from storytelling to visual identity. He delivered more than 100 engagements with senior leaders, top-tier media, and academics. He also led the learning design and implementation of two ground-breaking events on healthy masculinity in the workplace: the MARC Summit in 2020 and Real Change with MARC in 2022. His expertise has notably been featured on Forbes, BBC, and Vice. As masculinity reaches a crossroads, Ludo joins us to discuss the significance of celebrating International Men's Day in 2023. We delve into some of the key challenges that men face today, examine the state of masculinity, and suggest ways to avoid zero-sum thinking in the pursuit of holistic gender equity. Tuning in, you'll also learn about the cultural shift required to make real progress, the difference between equity and equality, the importance of being receptive to opposing views, and more. For a fascinating conversation about what must change to create a better world for all, don't miss this eye-opening conversation with Ludo Gabriele.   Key Highlights From This Episode: •   Ludo's take on the importance of celebrating International Men's Day in 2023. [05:43] •   Conformity and conflicting narratives about masculinity in today's patriarchal culture. [12:13] •   The perception of “soft skills” as feminine and why progress requires a culture change. [15:33] •   Societal challenges for men and boys that can ultimately lead to self-harm, poor mental health, and even violence. [20:10] •   The identity crisis many men face today and the importance of building community. [27:05] •   What it means to Ludo to take a holistic approach to gender equity. [31:33] •   How to help men avoid zero-sum thinking (that when one group wins another must lose) when it comes to “leveling the playing field.” [35:43] •   Key takeaways about gender equity and practical advice for both men and women. [38:49]   For More Information: Ludo Gabriele Humen Leaders MARC Initiative at Catalyst Ludo Gabriele on LinkedIn Ludo Gabriele on Instagram Ludo Gabriele on X   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Learn more about the significance of International Men's Day. Gain insight into the challenges that men face today in the State of American Men Report 2023.   ——————— Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! While you might know me best as a podcast host and writer, a key focus in my work is career and leadership coaching for mid to high-level professional women around the globe. In my top-rated career and leadership breakthrough coaching programs. I help both men and women get what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, recognition, advancement, financial reward, well-being, and fulfillment. And I also help them close their power gaps and embrace their most exciting visions for the future. In the past 16 years, I've worked with over 20,000 professionals across 6 continents. Before that, I served as a therapist, and prior to that, I was a corporate VP managing multi-million-dollar budgets and global initiatives. I leverage all of that experience to help people build a new chapter of work to reach their highest and happiest potential in careers they love. For organizations looking for top-level career and leadership coaches to support the emerging and seasoned female leaders in your workforce, please feel free to contact me here. Check out my top four career and leadership growth programs here >> https://kathycaprino.com/career-help/#coaching. I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you! And use coupon code “UNSTUCK25” at registration checkout to get a 25% discount this week.   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? 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When it comes to building learning programs that move individuals and organizations forward, today's guest believes that we have to look beyond the obvious and take risks to make bold moves. According to Jon Peters, almost nothing is out of reach if we explore alternative paths. Jon is the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of AthenaOnline, an award-winning e-learning company that developed and released the first enterprise “microlearning” platform. He's also a board member of the Institute for Management Studies (IMS), as well as a director and producer. Throughout his career, Jon has combined his passions for art and technology, running an award-winning technology-focused ad agency and working in computer marketing, corporate development, design, visual effects, and film. In our conversation today, Jon shares his advice for leading your own organization and explains why innovation can't take place in a vacuum, highlighting the importance of creativity, working backwards from your purpose, asking “what if?” and introducing diverse perspectives. Tune in today for an extremely insightful conversation with a truly innovative problem-solver and creator.   Key Highlights From This Episode: •   The importance of defining your purpose first and working backwards to implement it. [05:53] •   Advice for B2C companies about when to pivot and when to double down. [08:37] •   Why approaching problems head-on doesn't work for innovative problem solvers. [14:36] •   The essential role of asking “what if?” and conducting the necessary research. [18:00] •   Jon's take on diverse perspectives as an essential ingredient for innovation. [20:07] •   How you can benefit from avidly pursuing creativity, whatever form it takes. [24:14] •   What many organizations “get wrong” when it comes to adopting new innovations. [28:46] •   A closing anecdote about DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg that illustrates the value of embracing failure. [33:04]   For More Information: Jon Peters on LinkedIn Jon Peters on Facebook AthenaOnline Institute for Management Studies (IMS)   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Follow AthenaOnline on X and Facebook Create your own custom ChatGPT chatbot with CustomGPT   ——————— Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! While you might know me best as a podcast host and writer, a key focus in my work is career and leadership coaching for mid to high-level professional women around the globe. In my top-rated Career & Leadership Breakthrough 1:1 Program, I help professionals get what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, recognition, advancement, financial reward, well-being, and fulfillment. And I also help them close their power gaps and embrace their most exciting visions for the future. In the past 16 years, I've worked with over 20,000 professionals and leaders across 6 continents. Before that, I served as a therapist, and prior to that, I was a corporate VP managing multi-million-dollar budgets and global initiatives. I leverage all of that experience to help people build a new chapter of work to reach their highest and happiest potential in careers they love. For organizations looking for top-level career and leadership coaching to support the emerging and seasoned female leaders in your workforce, please feel free to contact me here. Check out Career & Leadership Breakthrough Coaching Program - Kathy Caprino. I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you!   ——————— Need some great podcast production support? Check out We Edit Podcasts! Are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand — I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! They're a full-service production agency and their services give me access to a wonderful team of seasoned audio engineers and editors who help create a polished, professional sound. And they work hard to ensure that my particular podcasting approach and style comes through in every episode. 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In a society that constantly pushes us to do more, achieve more, and be more, how do we ensure that we're not running on empty, or worse - experiencing debilitating physical, emotional and mental symptoms of stress? Joining us today to help unpack this complex topic is  Dr. Neha Sangwan, who went from working on the frontlines of healthcare as a hospital emergency room physician, to becoming a key voice on burnout as an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. Her transformative new book Powered by Me: From Burned Out to Fully Charged at Work and in Life, was inspired by her own experiences as a young hospital physician when circumstances forced her to navigate the difficulties of extreme burnout. She is also the founder and CEO of Intuitive Intelligence Inc., where she combines the science of medicine with the art of communication to transform workplace cultures. In our conversation, Neha opens up about her life-altering experience with burnout, the impact it had on her, and how it reshaped her entire perspective on life and work. We delve into the complex nature of burnout, why it's different for every individual, and explore the cultural, systemic, and personal dimensions of burnout. We also discuss our values as a society, why Neha believes burnout is a global epidemic and reflect on what would be needed to address our collective mental health crisis and return to equilibrium. If you're interested in learning more about how to balance the relentless pace of modern life with genuine self-care, this is a conversation you won't want to miss. Tune in for Neha's invaluable insights and take that crucial step towards reclaiming your well-being!   Key Points From This Episode: • The life-altering experience that compelled Neha to write about burnout. [05:20] • Learning to understand why burnout is such a complicated issue: the impact of culture, systemic factors, and trauma. [19:21] • Why it can be so challenging for experts to be vulnerable and ask for help. [21:01] • How moments of crisis can shift our perspective and equip us to better help others. [22:10] • What it's like to undergo a paradigm shift; an overview of the five levels of agreement and how to make the transition from insight to personal accountability. [25:57] • A breakdown of the three pieces of burnout: me, we, and the world. [32:40] • Key factors that are contributing to our collective mental health crisis. [40:55] • Our outward focus as a society and the opportunity we have to invest in ourselves and come back into balance. [45:51] • How to assess where you are on the spectrum from burnout to fully charged. [48:24]   For More Information: Neha Sangwan, M.D on LinkedIn Neha Sangwan, M.D. on InstagramNeha Sangwan, M.D. on YouTubeNeha Sangwan, M.D. on TikTok Neha Sangwan, M.D. on X Neha Sangwan, M.D. on Facebook Intuitive Intelligence Inc Intuitive Intelligence Burnout Rx AssessmentPowered by Me: From Burned Out to Fully Charged at Work and in Life Talk Rx: Five Steps to Honest Conversation That Create Connection, Health, Happiness Dr. Neha Sangwan TEDx Talk: Changing and Letting Your Heart Speak Dr. Neha Sangwan at TEDx Berkeley: The Communication Cure Dr. Neha Sangwan TEDx San Luis Obispo: The Community Cure   Other resources mentioned in this episode: The Joy Luck Club Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! While you might know me best as a podcast host and writer, a key focus in my work is career and leadership coaching for mid to high-level professional women around the globe. In my top-rated Career & Leadership Breakthrough private coaching program, I help women get what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, recognition, advancement, financial reward, well-being, and fulfillment. And I also help them close their power gaps and embrace their most exciting visions for the future. In the past 16 years, I've worked with over 20,000 women across 6 continents. Before that, I served as a therapist, and prior to that, I was a corporate VP managing multi-million-dollar budgets and global initiatives. I leverage all of that experience to help women build a new chapter of work to reach their highest and happiest potential in careers they love. For organizations looking for top-level career and leadership coaches to support the emerging and seasoned female leaders in your workforce, please feel free to contact me here. Check out Career & Leadership Breakthrough Coaching Program. I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you! ——————— Need some great podcast production support for your podcast?! Check out We Edit Podcasts! Are you thinking of launching a new podcast or have you been at it a while and recognize it's time for more or better production help to create the best podcast you can? I totally understand – I've been podcasting for over 6 years and know how challenging it can be. That's why I'm very excited to share key info about the great product team I'm using called We Edit Podcasts. I've been working with them for well over a year, and I've been so happy with the results! They're a full-service production agency and their services give me access to a wonderful team of seasoned audio engineers and editors who help create a polished, professional sound. And they work hard to ensure that my particular podcasting approach and style comes through in every episode. They also help me make sure my guests are reflected in the best possible light through the development of terrific show notes, which is an important part of the show for me. Their process is easy and streamlined, and their responsiveness and customer service are terrific too. If you're ready for better, easier podcast production help, definitely check them out and take advantage of their FREE trial episode allowing you to sample their process and quality to see if it's a great fit for you. I'm confident you love them. Just paste this link in your browser >> weeditpodcasts.com/findingbrave 

Relationship expert, trainer, speaker, and author Dr. Eric FitzMedrud uses his wide-ranging expertise to teach men how to hone their consent skills for stronger relationships and hotter sex, and also has witnessed how consent enhances connection, reward, respect and fulfillment in work and organizational settings as well.  As a therapist committed to helping people live more meaningful, connected lives, Eric wrote the book The Better Man: A Guide to Consent, Stronger Relationships, and Hotter Sex to offer much-needed tools for instruction, healing, and growth. As you'll discover in this episode, these tools can assist us in nearly all aspects of our lives. Today on Finding Brave, Eric paints a clearer picture of consent-driven leadership, highlights some of the systemic barriers that hinder the creation and growth of a consent culture at work, and delves into the emotional responses that often make the word “no” so difficult to hear and accept and what to do to shift that. We also touch on the important role of curiosity, open dialogue, vulnerability, and more. For a broader view of consent and how it can help you build deeper connections and mutual respect in life and work, be sure to tune in today!   Key Highlights From This Episode: •   How toxic masculinity negatively impacts men, not just women and others. [03:55] •   What consent is and why many of us lack the skills to communicate our needs. [08:10] •   The biggest problems that men have with consent in their intimate relationships. [14:29] •   Why receiving a “no” can be so difficult to deal with, the role of curiosity, and how to empower yourself using the things within your control. [17:00] •   The importance of (re)examining unconscious assumptions in relationship contracts. [24:11] •   How to ask better questions and encourage participation in consent conversations at home and at work. [30:40] •   A look at what consent-based leadership looks like and why open dialogue is crucial. [35:52] •   An invitation to add to and share your takeaways from this conversation with us! [42:53]   For More Information: Dr. Eric FitzMedrud Dr. Eric FitzMedrud on LinkedIn Dr. Eric FitzMedrud on Twitter Dr. Eric FitzMedrud on YouTube Dr. Eric FitzMedrud on Instagram   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Order your copy of The Better Man and gain FREE access to The Better Man Summit! Check out Kathy's LinkedIn post on the Barbie movie and read her article, ‘The ‘Barbie' Movie Missed the Mark for Me – Did It Work For You?'.   Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! While you might know me best as a podcast host and writer, a key focus in my work is career and leadership coaching for mid- to high-level professional women around the globe. In my top-rated Career & Leadership Breakthrough private (1:1) Coaching Program, I help women achieve and create what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, recognition, advancement, financial reward, well-being, and fulfillment in work that matters to them. And I also help them close their power gaps and embrace their most exciting visions for the future. In the past 16 years, I've worked with over 20,000 women across 6 continents. Before that, I served as a therapist, and prior to that, I was a corporate VP managing multi-million-dollar budgets and global initiatives. I leverage all of that experience to help women build a new chapter of work to reach their highest and happiest potential in careers they love. For organizations looking for top-level career and leadership coaching to support for your emerging and seasoned female leaders in your workforce, I'd love to support you. My programs address the most important topics that have to be examined if true diversity, equity and inclusion is to be achieved in your organization. The Most Powerful You video and live training program delivers powerful and transformative results! Please feel free to contact me here for more information.   Check out Career & Leadership Breakthrough Coaching Program here: Career & Leadership Breakthrough 6-session Coaching Program I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “Consent is the process of using our communication skills to deliver the love that's in our heart, to deliver positive intentions for connection – and also to telegraph what our needs are so that people are empowered to give us what we need.” — @drericfitz [0:08:19] “Managing [our] emotions is a foundational principle underneath the scaffolding of consent conversations.” — @drericfitz [0:16:28] “‘No' can mean a lot of different things but often, when we lean into our emotional response, it feels like rejection even when it isn't.” — @drericfitz [0:17:45] “When we are living a multi-dimensional, thriving life, the desperation to get this one particular domain from this one particular person shifts. It becomes something we want to offer instead of something we're trying to get.” — @drericfitz [0:22:05] “When things move too fast, there can be a systemic barrier to the process of giving and maintaining the consent process or consent culture at work.” — @drericfitz [0:40:17] “We need to work with each other to build a conversation of consent.” — @drericfitz [0:43:36]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube!   Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

As our reality becomes more entwined with social media, an ever-increasing number of girls and women are engaging in self-objectification. And while gaining money, resources and agency may seem empowering, there are hidden impacts to this behavior that can have far-reaching consequences for women, girls, and our society as a whole. Today's guest, Dr. Caroline Heldman, describes this phenomenon as ‘the sexy lie' and outlines it in her new book The Sexy Lie: The War on Women's Bodies and How to Fight Back. Dr. Heldman has spent the bulk of her career engaging in issues around gender and social justice. She has published seven books on gender justice and politics and is a professor of Critical Theory & Social Justice at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in numerous documentaries, including Miss Representation and The Mask You Live In. She is also the  Executive Director of The Representation Project, a political commentator for Spectrum and CNN, and co-founder of the New Orleans Women's Shelter, the Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum, End Rape on Campus (EROC), Faculty Against Rape (FAR), and led the End Rape Statute of Limitations (ERSOL) that successfully abolished the time limit on prosecuting rape in California. In today's conversation with Caroline, we tackle the difficult topic of how women are sexually objectified, the way it's normalized within mainstream culture, and how this makes it virtually impossible for women to achieve full value in society. Caroline provides a comprehensive breakdown of ‘the sexy lie' and how mistaking attention for power has led to the common misconception that self-objectification is empowering before unpacking the profoundly harmful effects of objectification on girls and women. Listeners will also hear her expert insights on the role of capitalism, profit margins, and the patriarchy in women's sexual objectification and the structural changes it will take to alter these entrenched systems of power. Our conversation also explores the insidious impact of objectification culture in the workplace before hearing some much-needed advice on what women can do to fight back against internalizing the sexy lie and how to change society for the better. It's no secret that our culture objectifies women, but by facing it head-on, naming it, and recognizing it for what it is, we can find new ways to ignite change and fight for better outcomes. Caroline is a deeply inspiring guest and I personally learned so much from this conversation.. Be sure to tune in to this today and share it with the men and women you know.   Key Highlights From This Episode: • Introducing Dr. Caroline Heldman, her definition of “the sexy lie” is, and the harmful effect this has on girls and women.  [01:52] • The overlap of power, influence and impact; why women tend to shun power; and how power is regularly defined in masculine terms. [09:57] • How society (de)values women; the gains and setbacks over the past few decades. [12:44] • The appeal of self-objectification and how we mistake attention for power. [15:14] • An overview of society's deeply entrenched anti-fat bias, diet culture, and the harmful misconceptions we have when it comes to weight and size. [17:15] • How to understand power in the context of monetizing your image, reinforcing the male gaze, and the consequences for one's self and broader society as a whole. [19:11] • Sexual objectification, how it dehumanizes people, and the many harms that this causes, especially for marginalized women. [24:17] • The serious impact of porn and social media on younger generations and their understanding of sex. [30:07] • Caroline's advice on how to navigate objectification culture: recognizing to what extent you've internalized the sexy lie, reframing your outlook, and changing your habits. [35:31] • How our culture of objectification affects women in the workplace, and the extensive work that still needs to be done when it comes to creating an equal and just society. [43:01]   For More Information: Dr. Caroline Heldman Dr. Caroline Heldman on YouTube Dr. Caroline Heldman on Instagram Dr. Caroline Heldman on X Dr. Caroline Heldman on Facebook     Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:   Caroline's latest book, The Sexy Lie: The War on Women's Bodies and How to Fight Back Caroline's TEDxTalk, The Sexy Lie Learn about The Representation Project and End Rape on Campus Check out her work in Miss Representation and The Mask You Live Learn more about New Orleans Women's Shelter, the Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum, End Rape on Campus (EROC), Faculty Against Rape (FAR) Listen to Finding Brave Episode 248: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women with Octavia GoredemaOctavia's book Prep, Push, Pivot: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women Listen to Finding Brave Episode 4: Gender, Power and Relationships: The Crushing Effects of Patriarchy with Terry Real   Join me in my Fall 2023 Career & Leadership Growth Courses – Choose the One That Suits You Best (or take BOTH) and Move Forward Fast in your professional and personal life! This Fall I am happy to be offering BOTH of my top-rated courses – starting the week of September 25th, 2023. Enroll in the one that fits your needs and budget best (or join me in both) and positively transform your work and career (and your life) in the most direct and effective way possible. Check out the two courses below and register now as an early bird (with great savings and bonuses) for the one that is most compelling to you, and achieve the success, reward, and impact you long for, in work you love and are proud of. This is information all professionals need to understand if they want to reach their highest, most fulfilling potential and visions. Course 1: The Most Powerful You – Close Your Power and Confidence Gaps and Rise – 8 weeks, meets every Wednesday from Noon to 1:15 pm EST 8-week online LIVE course focused on building your confidence, strength, impact and self-esteem so you can achieve what you long to Starts Wednesday, 9/27, held via Zoom, Wednesdays  Noon to 1:15 pm EST Empower your journey towards personal and professional success with “The Most Powerful You” 8-week course, a transformative learning experience from Kathy Caprino. Drawing on her coaching and training of thousands of professionals worldwide, her qualitative and quantitative research, and from her acclaimed book The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss, including interviews with over 50 of the top experts in fields essential to our success, Kathy offers a comprehensive program designed for women who are ready to claim their true power and impact, and build their confidence and self-esteem in the process. Through insightful lessons and practical exercises, you'll shatter limiting beliefs, build more resilience and strength, and cultivate vital communication and interpersonal skills, networking ability, learn how to challenge mistreatment, build negotiation strength, and more! The ultimate result? You'll take new steps to leverage all that you are to do work you love and find meaning and joy all along the way. With Kathy's guidance, learn how to address and overcome once and for all the seven most damaging power and confidence gaps that hinder our progress. Join Kathy and a supportive community of like-minded women and access proven strategies to elevate your career and life. This course is for you if you're ready to embrace your authentic self and embark on the path to becoming “The Most Powerful You” today. CLICK HERE (or visit https://mostpowerfulyou.com) FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER AS AN EARLY BIRD AND SAVE! Course 2: The Amazing Career Project – 16 weeks, meeting every Thursday, Noon to 1:15 pm EST 16-week online LIVE course focused on helping you improve, pivot or change your career in the best way, without costly mistakes (Starts Thursday, 9/28, held via Zoom, Thursdays Noon – 1:15 pm EST) Discover your path to a more fulfilling and rewarding career with The Amazing Career Project course. Embark on a transformative journey of the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that blends personal reflection, actionable strategies, powerful teaching, and group/community support to revitalize your professional life. You'll learn how to evaluate what has to change in your career to find more happiness and reward. And you'll uncover your unique strengths, conquer self-doubt, and align with your true passions. Gain exclusive access to Kathy's proven techniques for navigating career challenges, and take these five essential steps to advancing in your role or career, achieving more success, or transitioning successfully to a new exciting direction. The Amazing Career Project is for you if you want to ignite confidence, reconnect to your purpose, and take steps to build the career you've always envisioned. Enroll now and unlock a brighter professional future. CLICK HERE (or visit https://amazingcareerproject.com) FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER: OR TAKE BOTH and SAVE 50% on the 2nd course! Thank you so much and can't wait to support you starting the week of September 25th!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “The sexy lie is the lie that being a sex object is empowering.” — @carolineheldman [0:04:35] “We know that the more you internalize this idea that you're supposed to be sexy for the outside world — and that your appearance is your primary form of value — the less happy you are.” — @carolineheldman [0:07:28] “At the end of the day, women are still treated as second class citizens in fundamental ways. Especially marginalized women.” — @carolineheldman [0:13:28] “We're still devalued. And how do we know this? Because one in six women will experience sexual violence over the course of her lifetime. And only 1% of rapists ever see a day inside a jail cell.” — @carolineheldman [0:13:52] “This is not about women's sexual pleasure. This is about feeling bad about our bodies and buying more stuff because of it.” — @carolineheldman [0:27:50] “Little girls view their bodies as these projects to work on and constantly be improved. And little boys view their bodies as these tools to master their environment.” — @carolineheldman [0:47:59]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

If there's one person who is intimately familiar with what it means to be a woman making her way in a male-dominated field, it's today's guest, Manuela Nicolosi, an Italian international soccer referee, speaker, and entrepreneur. Manuela is an undeniable trailblazer and has a series of barrier-breaking accomplishments to her name. Not only is she the first woman to referee a Men's European Final (the Super Cup between Liverpool and Chelsea in 2019), but she is also the first Italian woman to referee the final of the Women's World Cup. In today's conversation with Manuela, we talk about her journey as a soccer referee, her love of the game, and the challenges she's faced while navigating a field dominated by men. We learn about the strict rules that governed Italian soccer when she was growing up, how this prevented women from becoming referees, and the change in regulation that took place when she was only 15, opening up new opportunities for women. Not only did this allow her to pursue her huge dream of making a name for herself in soccer, but it paved the way for her to inspire other young women to do the same through her work as a public speaker. Tuning in you'll learn about many of the skills you need to master as a top-level referee, such as being able to make quick decisions under pressure and remaining calm and balanced when players and fans are (sometimes aggressively and angrilly) challenging your decisions. We then go on to examine how these skills can translate to other leadership positions and why learning to accept your mistakes and take them in stride is such a game-changer. Today's episode is deeply inspiring and a powerful reminder of what it means to follow your dreams, no matter the odds, so be sure to tune in!   Key Highlights From This Episode: • Learing about our inspiring guest today: Manuela Nicolosi. [00:21] • Her strong relationship with her father, their shared love of soccer, why he objected to her playing professionally, and how he came to support her dream of refereeing at a high level.  [03:13] • Italy's outdated rule that only men could be referees, and the Federation's decision to open up opportunities to women. [05:41] • The tragic loss of her father when she was 16 years old and her desire to make her father proud through her work. [09:53] • Manuela's experience of being the only woman in a male-dominated field, the challenges she has had to overcome, and how her dedication helped her persevere. [13:56] • What Manuela has learned about how to remain focused when she makes a mistake and what this can teach us about leadership. [19:24] • The resistance and active opposition you face from players and why it's important to remain calm and firm in your decisions. [23:27] • The intense selection process to referee for the World Cup, what it was like for Manuela to referee the Finals, and the tremendous pressure she faced as a woman. [29:12] • The crowd's beautiful reaction to seeing the first ever group of women refereeing a World Cup final. [36:05] • Find out about Manuela's children's book and what she has learned from her work as a speaker. [38:19]   For More Information: Manuela Nicolosi on LinkedInManuela Nicolosi on Instagram The Magic in You – Soccer Dreams with Sophia Book Manuela to Speak   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz Join Kathy in her Fall 2023 Career & Leadership Growth LIVE Courses – Choose the One That Suits You Best (or take BOTH) and Move Forward Fast in Your Career and Leadership! This Fall I am happy to be offering BOTH of my top-rated LIVE training courses – starting the week of September 25th, 2023. Enroll in the one that fits your needs and budget best (or join me in both!) and positively transform your career, leadership and your life in the most direct and effective way possible. Check out the two courses below and register now as an early bird (to access great savings and bonuses) for the one that is most compelling to you, and achieve the success, reward, and impact you long for and deserve, in work you love and are proud of. This is information all professionals need to understand if they want to reach their highest, most fulfilling potential and visions. COURSE 1: THE MOST POWERFUL YOU: CLOSE YOUR POWER AND CONFIENCE GAPS AND RISE  8-week online LIVE course focused on building your confidence, strength, impact and self-esteem so you can achieve what you long to Starts Wednesday, 9/27, held via Zoom, Wednesdays  Noon to 1:15 pm EST THIS IS FOR YOU if you need and want a huge confidence and self-esteem boost, so you can thrive in any career direction. “The Most Powerful You” 8-week course is a transformative learning experience with Kathy Caprino that will give you a strong boost of confidence, self-reliance and strength to succeed in any career of your makring. Drawing on her coaching and training of thousands of professionals worldwide, her qualitative and quantitative research, and from her acclaimed book The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss, including interviews with over 50 of the top experts in fields essential to our success, Kathy offers a comprehensive program designed for women who are ready to claim their true power and influence, and build greater confidence and self-esteem in the process. With Kathy's guidance, learn how to address and overcome once and for all the seven most damaging power and confidence gaps that negatively impact 98% of professional women today, keeping them from their greatest goals and success.  With Kathy's teaching plus a wonderful, supportive community of like-minded women as your fellow participants, you'l learn proven strategies that will elevate your career and life. This course is for you if you're ready to embrace your authentic self and embark on the path to becoming “The Most Powerful You” today. CLICK HERE (or visit https://mostpowerfulyou.com) FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER AS AN EARLY BIRD AND SAVE BIG! COURSE 2: THE AMAZING CAREER PROJECT 16-week online LIVE course focused on helping you improve, pivot or change your career in the best way, without costly mistakes and wasted time and money (Starts Thursday, 9/28, held via Zoom, Thursdays Noon – 1:15 pm EST) THIS IS FOR YOU if you already have confidence and self-trust in your work but need help to determine the best next direction for your career, and how to get to your goals in the most direct way. Embark on a transformative journey of the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that delivers proven actionable strategies for career growth, powerful teaching, and inspiring group/community support to revitalize your professional life. You'll learn how to evaluate what has to change in your career to experience more happiness and reward. And you'll uncover your unique strengths, conquer self-doubt, and align with your true passions, networking more successfully and more. Gain exclusive access to Kathy's proven techniques for navigating career challenges, and take these five essential steps to advancing in your role or career, achieving more success, or transitioning successfully to a new exciting direction. The Amazing Career Project is for you if you want to get on a new path to change or grow your career in news ways. Enroll now and unlock a brighter professional future. CLICK HERE (or visit https://amazingcareerproject.com) FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER: Thank you so much and can't wait to support you starting the week of September 25th!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today!   Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “I started playing [soccer] myself, but my dad said ‘It's not something for girls. So I don't want you to play soccer.' He wanted me to do everything except soccer.” — [0:04:56] “I was lucky because I [was] at the beginning. It was something new. People were supportive. Also in the local Federation, people were supportive. They helped me with many games. I always had someone coming with me and giving me advice.” — [0:11:49] “I only had one goal, I was focused, I wanted to achieve always more and more and more.” — [0:15:11] “When you referee you also need to learn [to say] ‘Okay, I made the mistake. I will think about that. I will analyze that later. But I need to continue running, continue be focused on the game because otherwise I will keep making errors.'” — [0:19:27] “The crowd did a very beautiful thing. Normally when referees go out on the pitch, or are warming up before the game, they always whistle. [But] in this case, we went out and all of the stadium started clapping.” — [0:36:24] “I think we girls are afraid of competition. They are not taught that it's good to be competitive. It's good!” — [0:41:19] Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show! Please share your positive ratings and reviews! If you enjoy the show, we'd be so very grateful for a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts! These great ratings help us reach more and more people who are interested in boosting their careers, businesses, and their leadership, and keep in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts in the U.S. and around the world and in the top 1.5% of over 3.1 million podcasts! Thank you!

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, now with over 500K downloads and ranked in top 1.5% of over 3 million podcasts worldwide!  “You have a lot of knowledge and expertise, but if you continually doubt the strength of your opinions and views, or the importance of sharing your ideas, you are going to lose the ability to shape where your career (and life) is going.” – Kathy Caprino  Confidence is key as you step into being the most powerful and impactful (and happiest) version of you. This topic is something I feel compelled to talk about ​given my particular lens as a former corporate VP, then a marriage and family therapist (focused on systems and communication), a researcher, and in coaching and training thousands of executives and professionals across 6 continents these past 16 years. I know too – from working with teams and leaders at organizations both large and small, including startups that are experiencing exponential growth – that many managers and even seasoned leaders fear they simply don't know enough to do their jobs well, Many suffer from imposter syndrome. In short, confidence is a problem that impedes thousands of people's success and fulfillment in life and work. Tune into today's show as I explore the 5 ways that your lack of confidence is hurting you, and what you can do specifically to overcome this challenge and build your confidence and self-trust now so that it doesn't impact your success and professional fulfillment in the future. In this episode, I reference my recent Forbes blog post, 5 Ways Your Lack Of Confidence Is Apparent And Hurting You, which I recommend reading. If you find the information helpful in identifying and overcoming a lack of confidence in yourself, please feel free to share the piece and this episode with your teams, organizations and colleagues who might benefit as well. Highlights from this Episode: How questioning your own ideas is holding you back right now in so many different ways [6:50] The importance of understanding and “reading” the environment and ecosystem you are in, before sharing your ideas, and an example from my own career that highlights this [8:56] How the 7 damaging power gaps impact your confidence, courage to grow and your self-respect and self-acceptance today [13:21] What agonizing over your performance and how others think of you will interfere with what you need to do to experience more success and reward [14:27] Some places where you can get outside help if you're feeling as if you're “blowing it” in the workplace, and how this will help you move forward in your career [17:03] What to do the next time you find yourself being hypercritical of someone, and what I've seen from my experience as a therapist that explains why this is happening [18:31] An example from my own life as a parent when I truly learned that it's not possible to be perfect, and nor should we strive to be [21:21] Where jealousy and the feeling of being threatened by others' success often stems from, and how to begin leaving these emotions behind so that you can move forward more joyfully  [25:10] Action steps to take to help you determine what you are good at and how that matters [30:25] What unshakable success requires and why so many of us don't have it [34:50]   For More Information:  My Forbes Post, 5 Ways Your Lack Of Confidence Is Apparent And Hurting You https://kathycaprino.com/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathycaprino https://www.facebook.com/ElliaCommunications https://twitter.com/kathycaprino    Resources Mentioned: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Kathy's 6-Session Career Breakthrough Coaching Program & Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up  Kathy's Forbes Interview with Bestselling Author Gretchen Rubin, How Bestselling Author Gretchen Rubin Uncovers Life-Changing Behaviors And Touches Millions Kathy's Forbes Posts, Developing a Confidence Mind: Key Strategies for Experiencing Unshakable Success & 7 Signs Of Perfectionistic Overfunctioning – How To Recognize It In Yourself And Change It Finding Brave interviews with Dr. Zinsser (Parts 1 and 2) * * * * * * * * * *  Join me in my Fall 2023 Career & Leadership Growth Courses - Choose the One That Suits You Best (or take BOTH) and Move Forward Fast! This Fall I am happy to be offering BOTH of my top-rated courses – starting the week of September 25th, 2023. Enroll in the one that fits your needs and budget best (or join me in both) and positively transform your work and career (and your life) in the most direct and effective way possible.  Check out the two courses below and register now as an early bird (with great savings and bonuses) for the one that is most compelling to you, and achieve the success, reward and impact you long for, in work you love and are proud of. This is information all professionals need to understand if they want to reach their highest, most fulfilling potential and visions.   Course 1: The Most Powerful You - Close Your Power and Confidence Gaps and Rise - 8 weeks, meets every Wednesday from Noon to 1:15 pm EST 8-week online LIVE course focused on building your confidence, strength, impact and self-esteem so you can achieve what you long to Starts Wednesday, 9/27, held via Zoom, Wednesdays  Noon to 1:15 pm EST Empower your journey towards personal and professional success with "The Most Powerful You" 8-week course, a transformative learning experience from Kathy Caprino. Drawing on her coaching and training of thousands of professionals worldwide, her qualitative and quantitative research, and from her acclaimed book The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss, including interviews with over 50 of the top experts in fields essential to our success, Kathy offers a comprehensive program designed for women who are ready to claim their true power and impact, and build their confidence and self-esteem in the process. Through insightful lessons and practical exercises, you'll shatter limiting beliefs, build more resilience and strength, and cultivate vital communication and interpersonal skills, networking ability, learn how to challenge mistreatment, build negotiation strength, and more! The ultimate result? You'll take new steps to leverage all that you are to do work you love and find meaning and joy all along the way. With Kathy's guidance, learn how to address and overcome once and for all the seven most damaging power and confidence gaps that hinder our progress. Join Kathy and a supportive community of like-minded women and access proven strategies to elevate your career and life. This course is for you if you're ready to embrace your authentic self and embark on the path to becoming "The Most Powerful You" today. CLICK HERE (or visit https://mostpowerfulyou.com) FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER AS AN EARLY BIRD AND SAVE!  Course 2: The Amazing Career Project - 16 weeks, meeting every Thursday, Noon to 1:15 pm EST 16-week online LIVE course focused on helping you improve, pivot or change your career in the best way, without costly mistakes (Starts Thursday, 9/28, held via Zoom, Thursdays Noon - 1:15 pm EST) Discover your path to a more fulfilling and rewarding career with The Amazing Career Project course. Embark on a transformative journey of the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that blends personal reflection, actionable strategies, powerful teaching, and group/community support to revitalize your professional life. You'll learn how to evaluate what has to change in your career to find more happiness and reward. And you'll uncover your unique strengths, conquer self-doubt, and align with your true passions. Gain exclusive access to Kathy's proven techniques for navigating career challenges, and take these five essential steps to advancing in your role or career, achieving more success, or transitioning successfully to a new exciting direction. The Amazing Career Project is for you if you want to ignite confidence, reconnect to your purpose, and take steps to build the career you've always envisioned. Enroll now and unlock a brighter professional future. CLICK HERE (or visit https://amazingcareerproject.com) FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER:  OR TAKE BOTH and SAVE 50% on the 2nd course! Thank you so much and can't wait to support you starting the week of September 25th!   * * * * * * Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today!  In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz ___________________________________________________________ * * * * * *  Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer QUOTES FROM TODAY'S SHOW: “Your lack of confidence is most likely apparent to those around you, and it is hurting you. It is keeping you from growing.” [6:51] “Greater awareness equals greater choice, and it is really important to get to the bottom of what you need to be aware of now.” [18:23] “Kind, loving, and generous people are usually the same way to themselves. They're accepting and they're forgiving of themselves.” [18:58]  “What consistently repeats is not random. We co-create, we co-sustain, and we attract behavior.” [20:05]  “Do something empowering when you feel jealous of others. Look at what it really means, and then do something concrete.” [30:17] “If you don't recognize what you are good at, then you can't talk about what you are good at. If you can't talk about it and share it and put it on LinkedIn, put it on your resume, discuss it in your interviews and talk to your boss about it, you are leaving so much success, money, reward and advancement on the table.” [31:01] “It's not bragging to talk about what you're good at and the outcomes that you've created.” [32:20]   Watch video versions of my interviews on Finding Brave!  Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave interview episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my Youtube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!  * * * * * * Please share your positive ratings and reviews! If you enjoy the show, we'd be so very grateful for a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts! These great ratings help us reach more and more people who are interested in boosting their careers, businesses, and their leadership, and keep in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts in the U.S. and around the world and in the top 1.5% of over 3.1 million podcasts! Thank you!

THANK YOU FOR 5 WONDERFUL YEARS OF FINDING BRAVE, HELPING US REACH THE MILESTONE OF OVER 500,000 DOWNLOADS, AND RANKING IN THE TOP 1.5% OF OVER 3 MILLION PODCASTS WORLDWIDE! We're so excited to bring you this special episode of Finding Brave which celebrates two big milestones that I am very proud of. Firstly, we're celebrating 5 years of continuous publication of this show and, secondly, reaching over 500,000 downloads! And we're thrilled to be ranked in the top 1.5% of over 3 million podcasts globally and to consistently list in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts all over the world. I am so grateful to all our amazing guests who have provided so much thought-provoking and informative content that enriches our lives, careers, and relationships. Today, you'll hear brief excerpts of the top 20 most popular episodes of the show since its inception. I hope you love them and find them thought-provoking and enriching, in your life, work and pursuits. I'm very grateful to you, our wonderful listeners, who've been so supportive and encouraging over the past years. Thank you again for all your interest and support of the show. It's been a true joy to bring it to you. I and my wonderful team send our deepest thanks, and we look forward to the next five years together! Here's to Finding Brave in your life every day!   Key Highlights From This Episode: •   Bestselling author Joseph Grenny explains why “80% of the problem (in communication) is pre-verbal.” [01:48] •  Why #1 vocal coach Cheryl Porter encourages you to believe in yourself without a doubt. [03:22] •  The vital importance of distinguishing between a job and a calling with Kathy Caprino. [05:05] •  How to turn your “mess into a message” and what has to happen first, according to success coach Anthony Trucks. [07:16] •  How learning to let go of the future can become a superpower in your life, with futurist April Rinne. [08:47] •  What it means to #1 Communication Coach Dorie Clark to build a “portfolio career”  and why that's essential for success today. [11:00] •  Why forgiveness expert Dr. Fred Luskin believes that you limit yourself when you take things “too personally.” [12:58] • Jason Marc Campbell explains why, in your sales, professional and business growth endeavors, you must not ever compromise on your true mission. [15:06] •  Five essential steps to take when you want change in your career with Kathy Caprino. [16:08] •  Top 100 Financial Advisor George Grombacher on the unforced errors you might be making in your personal finances. [18:18] •  How Simple Courage founder Heather Hubbard believes experimentation propels us  forward like no other action can. [20:45] •  Why Brave By Design founder Laura Khalil stresses that 30% of people won't like you and how understanding that fact frees us. [22:11] •  The importance of recognizing and understanding “privilege” as unearned benefits, with  coach and author Karen Catlin. [23:19] •   Financial coach Catherine Morgan's strategy for relinquishing guilt and shame around money. [25:13] •   How self-help guru Amy Morin defines mental strength and views it as a choice. [27:32] •   What Chief Storyteller Tony Vlahos means when he says your story must “have soul.” [28:34] •   Three aspects of a worthy goal, according to author Michael Bungay Stanier. [30:05] •   Entrepreneur Wendy Pease on the differences between men and women in business. [32:26] •   Why we need to resist some aspects of socialization in order to avoid mediocrity as explained by human performance expert Dr. Nate Zinsser. [33:25] •   Advice for finding clarity through experience, from performance coach Stu Massengill. [35:02]   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: 186: How to Have Those Difficult But Crucial Conversations With Friends and Colleagues, with Joseph Grenny 187: #1 Vocal Coach on How to Pivot Your Creative Business and Soar, with Cheryl Porter 190: Free Audio Chapter 6 of The Most Powerful You: Losing Sight of Your Thrilling Dream for Your Life 192: Making A Powerful Identity Shift That Will Elevate Your Life, with Anthony Trucks 193: Using a "Flux" Mindset To Better Navigate The Future, with April Rinne 194: How Being A Long-Term Thinker Will Improve Your Life and Career, with Dorie Clark 195: How to Forgive Someone When You Feel You Can't, with Dr. Fred Luskin 196: How to Sell With Love (and Love Doing It), with Jason Marc Campbell 197: The 5 Biggest Blunders Career Changers Make 198: What's Really Holding Us Back From Earning and Having Exponentially More Money, with George Grombacher 201: Are The Stories You've Been Told Supporting or Suppressing You? with Heather Hubbard 202: Build Greater Business Success By Answering Three Key Questions, with Laura Khalil 204: How To Be a Better Ally at Work And Build an Inclusive Culture, with Karen Catlin 205: How To Build Financial Wellbeing Into the Heart of Your Life and Work, with Catherine Morgan 207: How to Build the Mental Strength You Need To Reach Your Great Potential, with Amy Morin 209: How to Tell a Riveting True Story About Who You Are and Why That Matters, with Tony Vlahos 210: How to Begin Doing Something That Matters, with Michael Bungay Stanier 211: Stepping Out From Corporate Life to Entrepreneurship By Buying a Business, with Wendy Pease 212: How Confidence Is the Key, and How You Can Get It, Build It, and Keep It, with Dr. Nate Zinsser 218: Find Your Direction and Fall In Love With What You Do, with Stu Massengill   Seize the Day and Take 40% off my three most popular 1:1 Career and Leadership Coaching Programs! Looking for top-level hands-on career and leadership growth support? Join me this month in one of my most requested private coaching programs, and get the direct coaching, support, mentorship and guidance you're looking for, to move forward fast to your highest, most exciting visions. Check out these three programs and pick the one that fits your needs best: Career & Leadership Breakthrough Program (6 sessions)Jumpstart Your Career Success (3 sessions)Build Your Confidence, Self-Esteem and Impact and Rise (6 sessions) Take 40% off this week on any of these programs! Use coupon code SEIZETHEDAY40 at registration checkout for your savings. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Ready to Advance, Rise and Launch Yourself to the Next Level FAST?  JOIN “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” 8-WEEK COACHING AND TRAINING COURSE WITH KATHY! Hello! Kathy here. Thanks so much for tuning into today's episode. One quick thing I'd love to share before you go is about my video training program for organizations and professionals, called “The MOST POWERFUL YOU” which is the companion to my book The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss.  I'm so thrilled that a division of the United Nations brought in The Most Powerful You program as a training tool for members of their staff and other amazing global organizations have done the same. This program brings to organizations real-world, research-based, and transformative training for leaders, teams, and professionals to help them close their leadership, confidence, and communication gaps so they can achieve their highest and most rewarding potential and success in their work and projects. Please take a look at what I'm teaching in The Most Powerful You training and LIVE course, and, if you feel the content would be instrumental for you and your teams, I hope you'll ask your HR and DEI managers to bring this training program to your company. It's truly transformational for work cultures and professionals everywhere, and it generates amazing results. Thank you so much, and here's to you becoming The Most Powerful You!   ——————— Calling all coaches! Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I've got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact! Right now, we're opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to build an amazing career that your clients need to know about. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. Through the program, you'll also get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew's program, you'll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there's nothing on the market like it for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today!   Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “If you believe in yourself enough in the beginning, those people who believe in you will come along. Sometimes, you have to wait for them but you're not going to find them if you don't believe in yourself in the beginning.” — Cheryl Porter [0:04:14] “We are so caught up in needing to control THE future as we want it to play out that we actually miss all the different possible futures that may play out and how you might contribute to one of those.” — April Rinne [0:09:20] “If you're mission-driven, if you're an impact-driven entrepreneur, then every time you discount yourself, you're limiting the potential energy you can reinvest within your business.” — Jason Marc Campbell [0:15:31] “One of the lessons that I learned very early on in business is – 30% of people are just never going to like you.” — Laura Khalil [0:22:31]  “Mental strength is a choice. It's all about what you choose to do every day [and] getting control of the way you think, feel, and behave.” — Amy Morin [0:28:12] “The way you get clarity in your life is through experiencing, not thinking.” — Stu Massengill [0:36:26]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

A great leader is able to resiliently and bravely handle core challenges and address key obstacles, all while building a work culture of belonging, safety and trust. And having leaders who demonstrate true empathy has become far more important to employees in today's post-covid world. To explore what empathy in the workplace is today and how leaders must demonstrate it more fully and authentically, is our inspiring guest Raj Sharma from Ernst & Young.  Raj is the Vice Chair at Ernst & Young (EY) Consulting. His 25 years of experience in commercial and financial services has helped him become a global business executive and transformative technology leader, building businesses and executing strategic growth initiatives worldwide. He now leads over 25,000 consultants across the Americas service line. In our conversation, we explore the importance of empathy in leadership by examining EY's recent study on empathy in business. We learn about the most compelling results from the study and what motivated EY to do this research in the first place, how their findings can help other leaders, and what our guest thinks about empathy overall.  Discussing the research findings that over 50% of employees don't see real empathy at work, Raj explains how empathy can lead to innovation and accountability and how you can improve actionable empathy in your own workplace. We discuss his 5 steps for becoming a great leader and what Raj finds most challenging about managing such a large workforce. Finally, we explore the idea that leaders aren't just “born” – there is a great deal of work, commitment and self-mastery required in becoming a highly effective leader and manager. To learn more about empathy and its critical role in sustaining a successful organization, don't miss today's show.    Key Highlights From This Episode: • A note of thanks to our loyal listeners for 500 000 downloads and our top 1.5% ranking! [00:53] • Introducing Raj Sharma and his inspiring professional background. [02:48] • Why Ernst and Young (EY) decided to do a study on empathy in leadership. [04:18] • What leaders can learn from EY's empathy observations, and Raj's take on empathy. [07:20] • The most compelling findings from EY's study. [13:01] • How empathy creates safe spaces that drive creativity and accountability. [14:37] • Why more than 50% of study participants value empathy but aren't getting it at work. [18:39] • Some steps for improving authentic, actionable empathy at your organization. [19:40] • Kathy's five characteristics of a great leader, and Raj's five steps to become one. [23:55] • The most difficult aspect of managing a massive team/workforce, according to Raj. [35:44] • A call from Raj to learn more about empathy and get acquainted with EY's empathy survey and study tool. [38:02]   For More Information: Raj Sharma on LinkedIn Raj Sharma on Twitter Ernst & Young (EY) Consulting Ernst & Young (EY) Consulting on Twitter   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  EY's 2023 Empathy in Business Survey, Authentic Empathy:  The key to your organization's business success Steve Payne on LinkedIn New EY US Consulting Study, Employees Overwhelmingly Expect Empathy In The Workplace, But Many Say It Feels Disingenuous Kathy's Forbes Interview with Raj, Employees Now Expect Empathy In The Workplace, But Half Aren't Getting It Kathy's Globe and Mail Article, Why Promoting Your Star Employee Into A Managerial Role May Not Be A Great Idea Kathy's Book, The Most Powerful You Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! I'd love to share about my video training program for organizations and professionals called, “The Most Powerful You” which is the companion to my book, The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss. I'm so thrilled that a division of the United Nations has brought in The Most Powerful You program as a training tool for members of their staff and other amazing global organizations have done the same. This program brings to organizations real-world, research-based and transformative training for leaders, teams and professionals to help them close their power and confidence gaps in leadership, communication, interpersonal relationships, strategic thinking, collaboration-building and more – so they can achieve their highest and most rewarding potential and success in their work and projects. Please take a look at what I'm training in The Most Powerful You and if you feel the content would be instrumental for you and your teams, I hope you'll ask your HR and DEI managers to bring in this training program to your company. It's truly transformational for work cultures and professionals everywhere, and it generates amazing results. Thank you so much and here's to you becoming The Most Powerful You. ———————- Calling all coaches! Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I've got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we're opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you'll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew's program, you'll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there's nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “Empathy is not sympathy — I can be sympathetic to anything, [but] I can only be empathetic when I understand what you're going through, and [I'm] putting myself in your shoes, and I'm taking action to ensure that I'm helping you.” — @RajShramUM [11:01] “We always knew that empathy creates a safer place for people to work, but we were surprised at the data [demonstrating] that [empathy] is driving so much creativity and so much innovation in the company.” — @RajShramUM [14:36] “If you create a safe place where people are not afraid to fail, and [where] every failure does not have an impact associated with it — now you're creating a culture of mutual respect, belonging, and more importantly, accountability.” — @RajShramUM [14:49] “If you're going to create a consistent culture of high-performing teams, empathy has to be a big part of it.” — @RajShramUM [18:13] “It's not good [enough to just] talk about empathy; the most important thing is authentic, actionable empathy.” — @RajShramUM [19:42] “Have the courage to listen, [and] have the compassion to make the changes.” — @RajShramUM [21:14]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

You can't always choose the people you work with, but you can choose to pursue having the best possible working relationship with them. Joining us today is return guest Michael Bungay Stanier, author of the new book How to Work With Almost Anyone: Five Questions for Building the Best Possible Relationships, to talk about the importance of working relationships and how to create ones that are safe, vital, and repairable. Listeners may recognize Michael from Episode 210 of Finding Brave, How to Begin Doing Something That Matters, where Michael shares his keen insights on the three key components of a worthy goal and what it means to commit to one. Michael is the author of six books to date, the combined sales of which go well beyond one million copies. He is most known for his best-selling book The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever, and is considered one of the world's top thought leaders when it comes to coaching. Michael is also the host of 2 Pages with MBS, a fascinating podcast where his exceptional guests read the two most noteworthy pages of a favorite book and share how reading it impacted and shaped them. In today's conversation, we dig into the complex nature of working relationships, why they are so important, and how to have the best possible relationship with the person across the table from you. Michael shares why he felt compelled to write his latest book before outlining some of the essential questions he poses to readers and how they can improve working relationships today. He also provides a detailed breakdown of how to have a keystone conversation and explains how these can help you maintain and improve relationships by giving one another permission to check in and keep talking about how well (or poorly) you're working together. Working with people will always be messy and challenging, but when you commit to having the best relationship possible, incredible things can happen. To hear all of Michael's thought-provoking and very helpful insights on one of the most important aspects of our working lives, be sure to tune in today. You won't want to miss this one!   Key Highlights From This Episode:  • An introduction to today's guest: Michael Bungay Stanier. [05:10] • What compelled Michael to write his new book How to Work With Almost Anyone. [08:15] • Michael's approach to the writing process. [10:27] • Understanding how to build relationships that are safe, vital, and repairable. [16:34] • How to have a keystone conversation and why it's so valuable. [18:11] • The five questions in How to Work With Almost Anyone and how they help create a shared language between you and the person you're working with. [23:46] • How to overcome the (inevitable) obstacles in any working relationship. [26:48] • Building the best possible relationship with the person across the table from you. [30:13] • The biggest barrier to giving feedback and how to do so with clarity. [38:36] • How to access Michael's latest book and great bonus content. [41:53]   For More Information: Michael Bungay Stanier Michael Bungay Stanier on Instagram Michael Bungay Stanier on LinkedIn Michael Bungay Stanier on YouTube Michael Bungay Stanier on Twitter Michael Bungay Stanier on Facebook   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Michael's bestselling book: The Coaching Habit Michael's latest book: How to Work With Almost Anyone Michael's previous appearance on Finding Brave: How to Begin Doing Something That Matters Michael's podcast: 2 Pages with MBS Michael's TedTalk: ‘How to Tame your Advice Monster'   Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! While you might know me best as a podcast host and writer, a key focus in my work is career and leadership coaching for mid- to high-level professional women. In my Career & Leadership Breakthrough 1:1 program, I help women get what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, recognition, advancement, financial reward, well-being, and fulfillment. And I also help them embrace their most exciting visions for the future. In the past 16 years, I've worked with over 20,000 women across 6 continents, and before that, I served as a therapist, and before that, I was a corporate VP managing multi-million-dollar budgets and global initiatives. I leverage all of that experience to help women build a new chapter of work to reach their highest and happiest potential in careers they love. Check out kathycaprino.com/careerbreakthrough and I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you!   ———————- Calling all coaches! Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I've got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we're opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you'll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew's program, you'll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there's nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!     ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes:  “How much space can you create, so people can engage with the most important idea.” — @WorksMbs [0:11:55] “I'm always going, ‘How do I write this book tighter and shorter and cleaner [with] less filling to it?'” — @WorksMbs [0:12:01] “I think that's the soil from which all of my books grow, which is a sense of ‘how do we all be fully human, [and] the best humans we can? And how do we bring that about with the people we interact with?'” — @WorksMbs [0:16:17] “Part of committing to a keystone conversation opens up the possibility that people do self-work to become more articulate about who they are and what brings out their best so that when they're in conversation, they can have a more nuanced discussion and exchange of information.” — @WorksMbs [0:25:59] “Every relationship on that bell curve has a certain amount of potential to it. The question is, how do you fulfill as much of that potential as possible? How do you make the bad ones less bad? How do you make the average ones more than average? How do you keep the great ones shining?” — @WorksMbs [0:31:22] Longer Quote “I often think the greatest barrier to giving feedback is a lack of clarity on what you want to ask for. As soon as you get clear on what the request is, what you need to tell them becomes more crystalline.” — @WorksMbs [0:40:46]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Anxiety in the workplace is far more common than many of us are willing to admit. And by refusing to normalize it we are making it even more difficult for people to navigate mental health issues and thrive at work. Our guest today, Morra Aarons-Mele, is no stranger to anxiety in the workplace and is the author of The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower. Morra has done powerful work in raising awareness for mental health in the workplace and has a long list of achievements to her name. In addition to being a best-selling author, global speaker, and consultant, she is also an entrepreneur and communications executive. She is the founder of Women Online, an award-winning social impact agency and she created its database of female influencers, The Mission List, both of which were sold in 2021. Morra is also the host of the award-winning podcast, The Anxious Achiever, where she helps listeners rethink the relationship between their mental health and leadership. In today's conversation with Morra, we discuss what inspired her to pursue her work as an advocate for workplace mental health and why anxiety in the workplace needs to be normalized and understood differently from the way it is today. She shares the details of her own complex mental health journey and unpacks how our biased systems aren't actually designed to serve large groups of the population — like minority groups, women, and neurodivergent individuals — and what steps you can take to make work work for you (and how to identify what you need to help you get there). We also explore why self-awareness is essential to good leadership, what it means to make anxiety your ally, and how to assess when anxiety is a response that will be productive or counter-productive for you. To learn more about anxiety at work and how to shift your relationship with your mental health, be sure to tune in to this thought-provoking conversation with Morra Aarons-Mele!   Key Highlights From This Episode:  • Introducing today's guest, Morra Aarons-Mele, her complex mental health journey, and why she was compelled to write on the topic of being an anxious achiever. [00:58] • Reframing mental health issues not as something to be overcome or cured but as something that you can learn to manage. [06:22] • The one message Morra would like people to take away from her work. [10:57] • What Morra has learned about incorporating anxiety and making it an ally. [13:49] • Asking how to make work work for you and identifying what you need to help you get there. [15:27] • Taking a strengths-based approach and how to navigate systems that aren't aligned with what you need and want. [17:58] • Why self-awareness is a pivotal part of good leadership. [22:02] • Understanding the different ways that anxiety can manifest, the importance of acknowledging it, and advice on the next steps to take. [24:23] • Tools and tips for how to assess when anxiety is a productive response. [30:47] • How to access Morra's work and get in touch. [32:00]   For More Information: Guest links - hyperlinked & underlined Morra Aarons-MeleMorra Aarons-Mele on LinkedIn Morra Aarons Mele on Twitter Morra Aarons-Mele on Instagram   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: Morra's Latest Book: The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower Morra's Podcast: The Anxious Achiever Podcast Companies founded by Morra: The Mission List and Women Online Morra's TED Talk: 3 Steps to stop remote work burnout   Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! While you might know me best as a podcast host and writer, a key focus in my work is career and leadership coaching for mid- to high-level professional women around the globe. In my top-rated Career & Leadership Breakthrough 1:1 program, I help women get what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, recognition, advancement, financial reward, well-being, and fulfillment. And I also help them close their power gaps and embrace their most exciting visions for the future. In the past 16 years, I've worked with over 20,000 women across 6 continents, and before that, I served as a therapist, and prior to that, I was a corporate VP managing multi-million-dollar budgets and global initiatives. I leverage all of that experience to help women build a new chapter of work to reach their highest and happiest potential in careers they love. Check out kathycaprino.com/careerbreakthrough and I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you!   ———————- Calling all coaches! Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I've got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we're opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you'll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew's program, you'll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there's nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today!   Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes:  “I learned at a young age that being special was a great way to get people to see me, to value me, to talk about me, to feel the bask of my mom's admiration and love for me.” — @morraam [0:09:40] “We work in systems that don't serve us, that weren't created for us. They're racist, they're patriarchal, they're biased. And why do a lot of women feel anxious? Why do a lot of people of color feel anxious? Because they are in places that aren't welcoming.” — @morraam [0:13:27] “We don't make systems for the neurodivergent brain.” — @morraam [0:15:49] “People like me, we need independence. But we [also] need teams and support. Now, if I'm in an organization that values me, I should be able to carve out some of those. But first, I have to know what I need.” — @morraam [0:19:56] “Self-awareness is, I think, the biggest key to leadership. [And] there's been data that supports that.” — @morraam [0:22:11] “Pay attention to your body throughout the day because anxiety really shows up in our body.” — @morraam [0:27:09]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Today's guest has a fascinating and important perspective on what it is to live authentically, or as she describes it, “flawesomely”. Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani is the co-founder of Mindvalley, one of the world's most powerful life transformation platform with a following of 20 million and still growing. She is an entrepreneur, writer, international speaker, artist, philanthropist, and host of the podcast, Flawesome with Kristina. With 20 years of experience in the personal growth industry, her content has touched the lives of tens of thousands of students. Today she joins Finding Brave to discuss her book Becoming Flawesome: The Key to Living An Imperfectly Authentic Life. Kristina explains what it means to live “as ourselves without ourselves” and opens up about the revelation she had when she realized that she was missing herself. We discuss our views on perfectionism, why you can't recover from being yourself, and the distinction between unlearning certain behaviors versus what's part of your personality. We also explore the concept of emotional analgesia and the relationship between this and gender roles. Kristina also shares what she hopes readers will glean from her book and we conclude with a practical step towards embracing our imperfections. Tune in to find out how you too can overcome perfectionism and self-doubt by embracing your “flawesome” self.   Key Highlights From This Episode: • An introduction to today's guest: Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani. [01:16] • What it means to live as ourselves without ourselves. [03:07] • What Kristina missed about herself when she realized that she did miss herself. [07:58] • How Kristina views perfectionism, how it shows up, and how to address it. [09:19] • What emotional analgesia means and how to overcome the ideal of not feeling things. [15:30] • How emotional analgesia relates to gender roles. [18:04] • Thoughts on toxic positivity and why we're not comfortable with other people's pain. [23:56] • What Kristina hopes that readers will take from her book. [27:54] • One step to begin your “flawesome" journey: replace judgment with curiosity. [30:08]   For More Information: Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani  Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani on LinkedIn Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani Instagram Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani on Facebook Flawesome with Kristina   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Kristina's Book: Becoming Flawesome: The Key to Living An Imperfectly Authentic Life   Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level FAST?  TAKE KATHY'S “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” 8-MODULE VIDEO TRAINING COURSE NOW! Hi folks! For those who missed the enrollment of my LIVE 8-week online training course The Most Powerful You, I'm happy to share that you can learn this critical content at your own pace, through the The Most Powerful You video training program. And if you want hands-on coaching help, it's available to you through this program as well.  The video training teaches content of my latest book The Most Powerful You helping professional women address what I've seen are the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that block women from achieving their most exciting goals, and happiest highest potential and success. This includes imposter syndrome that impacts 75% of executive women today.   The course offers: •   8 Power- and Confidence- Boosting Video Training Modules (16 videos in all) •   A Step-by-by process for boosting your Career, Confidence, and Impact •   Fantastic Additional Resources from over 30 of the nation's top experts  •   A Private Online Support Group for Members •   And more Sign up now at mostpowerfulyou.com/videotraining. And when you register for the Accelerate level, you'll receive the 8-module video training, PLUS a 60-minute private career consultation AND a 20-minute LinkedIn profile upgrade consult – all for only $997. I've delivered aspects of this training to over 50 organizations worldwide (including at a division of the United Nations) and participants have called it transformative and life-changing. I'm confident this course will move you forward fast. Hope to see you there!   ———————- Calling all coaches! Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I've got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we're opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you'll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew's program, you'll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there's nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “I think that the thing I missed the most was just being okay with being me.” — Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani [0:08:13] “I can't recover from being myself. And there is a difference – between certain bad habits and certain behaviors that you can unlearn and untrain versus your personality.” — Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani [0:10:32] “This fascination with not feeling has brought us to the point where we as a society suffer from emotional analgesia and what that means is we don't notice our emotions.” — Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani [0:17:13] “We have to allow people to feel emotions because the problem is not what emotion you feel, the problem is are you acting out of your emotion or are you acting out of your value?” — Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani [0:21:39] “I want people to come to peace with themselves. We are hurting so much by not being okay with who we are.” — Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani [0:28:26] “If you can replace judgment with curiosity, it will open up so many doors.” — Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani [0:32:34]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Today's guest, Peter Shankman, is a prime example of what happens when you harness the positive aspects of ADHD (and other types of neurodiversity) for your personal benefit. When he was formally diagnosed in his mid-30s, Peter had already founded and sold two companies and realized that the traits that previously labeled him as “troublesome” were actually his greatest assets. Following the sale of his third company, Help a Reporter Out, Peter made it a priority to truly comprehend his "faster brain" and discover its full potential. With his Faster Than Normal podcast and bestselling book of the same name, Peter has become a leading voice on ADHD, inspiring others to embrace their untapped potential. As a futurist at BluShark Digital and Price Benowitz LLP, Peter drives innovation to better serve clients. He continues to empower individuals to surpass society's limitations through his various platforms. In this episode, Peter joins us to discuss neurodiversity, his new children's book The Boy with the Faster Brain, and his personal journey with ADHD. He opens up about his childhood struggles with being neurodiverse and the connection between ADHD, procrastination, and the subsequent feelings of shame and humiliation. Tuning in today, you'll hear Peter's thoughts on society's flawed and outdated norms as well as ways to create a neurodiverse-friendly environment as a company or a manager. You'll also hear Peter's transformative advice to parents, teachers, and authority figures and what he wants every child to know, about themselves and about the world around them. To find out how having a brain that is different can be your ultimate gift, tune in today!   Key Highlights From This Episode: • An introduction to Peter Shankman, his career, and his ADHD diagnosis. [02:07] • Why he decided to write his new children's book and what he experienced in his childhood. [04:02] • ADHD as it relates to procrastination and the resulting shame. [08:29] • Thoughts on why society's norms are so often based on outdated ideas, beliefs and approaches and how that hurts us.  [11:24] • The value of diverting resources towards mental health in the workplace and how that positively impacts everyone. [13:43] • How to become a neurodiverse-friendly company or boss. [16:56]. • Challenges that Peter has identified in the workplace in terms of accommodating the neurodiverse. [21:24] • What Peter wants every child to understand. [24:09] • Thoughts on whether or not neurodiverse women face more challenges than neurodiverse men. [25:26] • What Peter wants parents, teachers, and authority figures to do differently. [26:04]   For More Information: Peter Shankman Peter Shankman on LinkedIn Peter Shankman on Facebook Peter Shankman on Instagram Peter Shankman on Twitter   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Peter Shankman's podcast: Faster Than Normal Peter Shankman's book: Faster Than Normal Peter Shankman's children's book: The Boy with the Faster Brain   Are you ready for a BIG positive shift in how you're working and what you're capable of achieving today in your career and leadership? Let's work together and make that happen! While you might know me best as a podcast host and writer, a key focus in my work is career and leadership coaching for mid- to high-level professional women. In my Career & Leadership Breakthrough 1:1 program, I help women get what they want most, which includes more confidence, impact, recognition, advancement, financial reward, well-being, and fulfillment. And I also help them embrace their most exciting visions for the future. In the past 16 years, I've coached, trained and supported over 20,000 women across 6 continents, and before that, I served as a therapist, and before that, I was a corporate VP managing multi-million dollar budgets and global initiatives. I leverage all of that experience to help women build a new chapter of work to reach their highest and happiest potential in careers they love. Check out kathycaprino.com/careerbreakthrough and I hope you'll register now. I'd love to support you!   ———————- Calling all coaches! Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I've got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we're opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you'll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew's program, you'll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there's nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “I didn't want any kid to grow up today with the same shitty existence I had growing up.” — @petershankman [0:04:04] “I had [people telling me] 'You could do so much better if you'd just apply yourself' I'm like, ‘What the hell do you think I'm doing every day?'” — @petershankman [0:04:57] “I wrote the book because I want kids to understand that they're not broken and they're gifted and they just need to understand how to use their brain in a different way.” — @petershankman [0:06:56] “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion can not just be skin-deep. It's wonderful that you've hired a certain amount of people of color, that's great, but it's not where it ends.” — @petershankman [0:17:01] “Every single study out there shows that creativity is boosted by bringing in the neurodiverse and making it a neurodiverse-centric workplace.” — @petershankman [0:17:16] “I want [kids] to know they're not broken, I want them to know that the trouble they're having right now is twofold; it's because they haven't learned to use their brain the way that works for them and the second reason is they're not allowed to.” — @petershankman [0:24:09]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Humans are spiritual beings but unfortunately, because we are so influenced by external factors, many of us have become disconnected from our spiritual selves. This results in people making life and career choices that do not align with their core values or purpose, which is causing a great deal of suffering. Today's inspiring guest, Joseph Holt, is on a mission to help people make work (and life) decisions that allow them to live their lives in a way that is true to their core values, ideals and beliefs. Joe has held an amazingly diverse range of jobs throughout the course of his life, from gym teacher to Jesuit priest to stock broker to corporate attorney, to today where he is living out his calling as a professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business teaching spirituality, ethics, gender equity, and negotiations courses. In this episode, Joe delves into the 7 Recommended Practices for Being Your Spiritual Best Self at Work that he has developed, which include:    Set yourself up for spiritual success Determine whether you need to see your current work differently or do different work Be alert for opportunities to be your spiritual best self Choose your work (and life) friends wisely Be as committed to your spiritual well-being as you are to your physical well-being Monitor your spiritual progress (or regress!) with special attention to impact Listen most of all to the quiet inner voice that guides you at your best. Joe shares that “Morality is the public face of your spirituality,” so tune in today to hear how you can strengthen the link between these two vitally important facets of your life and take new, enlivening steps to find long-lasting meaning and fulfillment in your work.    Key Highlights From This Episode: • Introducing Joseph (Joe) Holt, former Jesuit priest and current professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. [02:36] • The most common regret that people have at the end of their lives and how you can avoid being one of those people. [05:33] • Questions to ask yourself to set yourself up for spiritual success in the workplace. [15:12] • The value of learning to be at peace with not knowing exactly what you want to do with your life. [18:42] • Examples of how you can change your approach to your work to make it more meaningful to you. [21:18] • How your workplace can provide you with opportunities to be the best version of yourself. [24:45] • Why the people you surround yourself with are an influential part of your personal spiritual journey. [28:43] • The transformative power of incorporating spiritual practices (however this speaks to you) into your daily life. [36:25] • An exercise to strengthen the link between your morality (the way you conduct yourself in the world) and your spirituality (your belief system). [40:29] • How to connect with your inner voice. [48:33]   For More Information: Joseph Holt on LinkedIn Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:  Bronnie Ware's book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying The German poet, Rainer Maria Rilke William Deresiewicz's essay, Solitude and Leadership Resources from Joe It's not too late to take your professional life and leadership to the next level FAST!  JOIN “THE MOST POWERFUL YOU” 8-WEEK COACHING AND TRAINING COURSE WITH KATHY!  I'm thrilled to be offering a new Spring session of my 8-week coaching and training course The Most Powerful You which started May 10th (but we're happy to have you join us this week!)! In 8 powerhouse weeks together, I'll train all about the content of my book The Most Powerful You helping professional women address what I've seen are the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that block women from achieving their most exciting goals, and happiest highest potential and success. This includes imposter syndrome that impacts 75% of executive women today.   The course offers: •   8 Weekly Zoom Coaching calls with me •   8 Video Training Modules •   A Step-by-by process for boosting your Career, Confidence and Impact •   Fantastic Additional Resources from over 30 of the nation's top experts  •   A Private Online Support Group  for Members •   And more Spots are very limited so sign up now at mostpowerfulyou.com. Register now and join us! I've delivered aspects of this training to over 50 organizations worldwide (including at a division of the United Nations) and participants have called it transformative and life-changing. I'm confident this course will move you forward fast. Hope to see you there!   ———————- Calling all coaches! Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I've got some news. Right now, we've opened the enrollment window of my coach training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that will help you become far more effective in working with women. And through the program, you'll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew's program, you'll be taught essential business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there's nothing on the market like for coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: How to effectively support clients – who are mid- to high-level professional women – to rise, thrive and leverage their amazing talents and experience, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details.  Hope to work with you this Spring!   ——————— Order Kathy's book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we'd so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy's digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy's Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy's TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy's Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer    Quotes: “A lot of us are unduly influenced by outside messages, many of which are not helpful.” — Joe Holt [0:12:40] “When it comes to choosing work, am I choosing the work that is going to most engage and fulfill me or the work that is going most to impress others? Am I choosing the work that is going to be richest in meaning for me or the work that is going to pay the most?” — Joe Holt [0:16:31] “The German poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, wrote a collection of letters to a young poet he was mentoring — and his advice was, ‘Be patient toward everything unresolved in your heart and learn to love the questions themselves.'” — Joe Holt [0:19:21] “Questions are your friend, questions are an ally. They're going to lead you to the place where you need to be.” — Joe Holt [0:20:02] “The best friends we have in life encourage us to be our best selves.” — Joe Holt [0:28:43] “When it comes to choosing what work you do or what friendships you're in, have you planted yourself in a garden in which you can blossom to full growth?” — Joe Holt [0:32:17]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don't forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!