How We Rise Leadership Podcast

Have you spent your life being the strong one, the giver, the achiever — only to find yourself exhausted, disconnected, and quietly wondering, “Is this really what I worked so hard for?”In this raw and revealing first episode, Claudia Chan exposes the hidden cost of selflessness: how constantly proving your worth, chasing success, and showing up for everyone else can slowly erode your inner world. The danger? In the chase of identity and achievement -- we become more disconnected with our true selves.This is for the high-functioning person who:Can't slow down without guiltFeels stuck in cycles of overdoing and overgivingSenses something is off, but can't quite name itClaudia reveals the silent breakdown beneath the surface of high-achieving lives and offers a new path forward — one rooted in awareness, healing, and wholeness.Powerful moments include:What we're really shaping when chasing success (12:38)What gets buried in the noise of busy seasons (15:27)Inner warning signals we ignore — until we can't (17:10)

In Episode 40, "Permission to Calibrate Your Life," CC delves into the topic of recalibrating life during pivotal moments, especially as one navigates transitions in midlife. Drawing on her decades of entrepreneurial experience and her unwavering faith, Claudia shares insights that challenge societal norms and offer a fresh perspective on achieving a more fulfilling and purpose-driven life.Guided by the four S's, the four keys to recalibrating your life, CC encourages listeners to grant themselves the permission to pause, reflect, and make intentional choices that align with their true selves. She shares how she recalibrated her own life starting in 2020 and gives us specific examples of what this meant for her and how it's benefitted her life and her family. In this empowering episode, CC shares personal anecdotes, wisdom, and actionable steps to help you embark on a journey of recalibration. It's time to give yourself the necessary permission to recalibrate your life and step into a new season filled with peace, purpose, and joy so you can live life on your terms.

Welcome to Episode 39 of the "Claudia Chan Podcast," where faith intersects with practical wisdom. In today's episode, "How I Slow Time Down," host Claudia dives into the universal feeling that time is slipping away much too quickly!The episode explains how intentional slowing down is a catalyst for greater fulfillment. CC shares a tool she uses for slowing down time so you can do more of what matters to you, live more consciously, and spend the time you have in a way that serves you.Join Claudia Chan in this transformative episode as she unveils the art of slowing down time and embracing the power of being present amid life's hustle.

Welcome to Episode 38, "For the Love of Yourself." In this episode, dedicated to her Claudia Chan Inner Circle community, Claudia emphasizes the significance of mastering the inner mind as the final frontier in personal growth.You can view life as happening TO you or happening FOR you. What if we were to shift our perspective to believe God throws challenges our way to grow and develop new strengths, pushing us towards our divine purpose? That inner game shift could change everything.This podcast is a powerful reminder that mastering the inner self is not a solitary journey, and with a supportive community, individuals can create a positive impact in both their personal and professional lives. Join Claudia Chan in "For the Love of Yourself," and discover the strength that comes from mastering the inner game.

Welcome to "For the Love of God," where host Claudia Chan, a woman of faith and believer in God, invites you to step out of the micro details of your daily life and into a broader perspective. In this episode, Claudia reflects on the bubbles we create for ourselves, from healthy shields protecting our mental health to potentially isolating, fear-driven bubbles.

In this episode Claudia: Shares personal insights about her marriage Pulls you out of micro-thinking and into “an outside/in view" of your life Gets you thinking about how a partner shifts the direction of your life Reframes how you and your spouse are the co-leaders of your family organization

Welcome to the Claudia Chan podcast, where you'll find inspiration and guidance to align success with your authentic self. Join Claudia, a seasoned leadership expert and author, as she delves into the mental and emotional aspects of success, offering coaching, retreats, and thought-provoking episodes to help you live a more fulfilling life. In this episode, Claudia explores the importance of human connection and relationships beyond romantic partnerships, urging listeners to prioritize people over perfectionism. Tune in for practical tips and insights to nurture meaningful relationships and live with more joy, peace, and purpose.

A message on attracting what matters and recognizing that we cannot give what we do not have. Enroll in a 1:1 wholeness coaching with me at ClaudiaChan.com and join me in New York City on November 3-4th, 2023 for my inaugural group retreat.

A quick message on creating space to reflect in order to envision what matters most. Learn more about my wholeness coaching retreats and community called INNER CIRCLE at ClaudiaChan.Com

A quick message on the courage it takes to choose a different path. Enroll in a 1:1 wholeness coaching with me at ClaudiaChan.com and join me in New York City on November 3-4th, 2023 for my inaugural group retreat.

Join Claudia in prayer as she discusses the devasting events happening in the Middle East currently. Enroll in a 1:1 wholeness coaching with me at ClaudiaChan.com and join me in New York City on November 3-4th, 2023 for my inaugural group retreat.

A quick message on being scared to fully embrace authenticity, which is actually the key to success. Enroll in a 1:1 wholeness coaching with me at ClaudiaChan.com and join me in New York City on November 3-4th, 2023 for my inaugural group retreat.

A quick message on recognizing emotional labor and core limiting thoughts, especially within women, and learning how to move past them. Enroll in a 1:1 wholeness coaching with me at ClaudiaChan.com and join me in New York City on November 3-4th, 2023 for my inaugural group retreat.

Claudia has a message for her S.H.E. GLOBL community. If you did not get an invitation, please apply at ClaudiaChan.com and we would love to meet you.

Understand the mental health patterns associated with high achieving so that you can create success in alignment with authenticity. From discussing the struggle of being present, to the difficulties that come with perfectionism, Claudia recognizes how these emotional, core-limiting addictions hold us back from innovation. She discusses how success is not determined by achievements, but rather by identifying personal self-wholeness.

A quick message on how emotional safety can hold us back from embracing our inner confidence and strength. Enroll in a 1:1 wholeness coaching with me at ClaudiaChan.com and join me in New York City on November 3-4th, 2023 for my inaugural group retreat. Space is limited.

Explore the often-overlooked risk of inaction in life. Drawing on her extensive entrepreneurial experience, Claudia delves into five key areas where people often fear taking risks through inaction, from the fear of being seen to the reluctance to pursue career changes and putting one's creation and voice out into the world. Claudia emphasizes the importance of embracing one's uniqueness and not living with the regret of missed opportunities. Join her on this inspiring journey of self-discovery and empowerment, reminding us to seize the moment and not let inaction hold us back.

A quick message (AQM) on why everyone needs a coach or counselor—-guided by 3 words that start with P.   Enroll in a 1:1 wholeness coaching with me at ClaudiaChan.com and join me in New York City on November 3-4th, 2023 for my inaugural group retreat. Space is limited. 

A quick message (AQM) on the power of what you think about yourself and how that impacts how others see you.  Enroll in a 1:1 wholeness coaching with me at ClaudiaChan.com and join me in New York City on November 3-4th, 2023 for my inaugural group retreat. Space is limited. 

A new season is here. After a decade of providing leadership development programs for Fortune companies and high-achievers, I have gotten to know thousands of leaders deeply (especially women), and the mental and emotional burnout behind their “success.” My next season of work is helping you transform and master your inner world so we can build the next generation of workplace on wellbeing.  Enroll in a 1:1 wholeness coaching with me at ClaudiaChan.com and join me in New York City on November 3-4th, 2023 for my inaugural group retreat. Space is limited. 

A quick message on defining what you can control and surrendering what you cannot. Enroll in a 1:1 wholeness coaching with me at ClaudiaChan.com and join me in New York City on November 3-4th, 2023 for my inaugural group retreat.

April is World Autism Acceptance Month--join us to learn more about neurodiversity and how it can be relevant to everyone based on how our brains are wired. Thank you to Christine Ramsay for joining me! More about Christine Ramsay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAFTvzMBim2a7NNMZUJHafgWMXpiITMA0wQ/ https://www.igniteinclusion.com/about-christine

The fight for equity and inclusion for employees and workplace culture has existed for decades, but how about for the vendors and suppliers that businesses and institutions hire? Jean Kristensen joins Claudia to explain how lifting women minority owned businesses is a massive way to address and close diversity gaps. For more information about Jean and her work: http://www.jeankristensenassociates.com/

Given the exodus of women leaving the workplace, and how hard it is especially to retain your people-of-color talent (I’m calling it as I see it, so many get poached to better their diversity metrics), it’s more important than ever to create emotional safe space for your talent and teams. This is what the Whole-Life Leadership Method teaches

This message is for the parents and caregivers of our youth in S.H.E. Summit community. Last week I planned on a teaching lesson on how parenting can help you practice inclusion--and what I have learned from raising toddlers and S.H.E. Summit teachers like Dr. Shefali--NY Times Bestselling Author of The Awakened Family. Then the Atlanta shooting happened which made the message so much more significant.

To kick off Women’s History Month—Claudia will share leadership secrets she gained over her 20-year entrepreneurial career that have helped her create 7-figure businesses, and social change through 400 private sector partnerships

We are truly in unprecedented times to rebuild family, culture and workplace systems that were never set up for all people to experience equity, inclusion and whole-life wellbeing. Claudia will focus on the topic of culture innovation and imagination to unleash what she knows is IN YOU. Claudia will also be joined by special guest, Jessie May Wolf, to discuss how we can include heart-led leadership to innovate around culture.

This week, Claudia will share a message that will focus on the topic of pain and vulnerability. Too often we want avoid pain and we think experiencing pain is a sign of weakness. Claudia will help you reframe around pain and use it for innovation that your workplace might need.

The year 2020 did reset the world, but instead of asking the question "When do we go back?," what we should be asking is "How do we move forward?" We are truly in unprecedented times to re-build culture systems that were never set up for all people to experience equity and whole-life wellbeing.

As we all take time off this week for thanksgiving to be with family and friends, we will let our guards down and show up fully as who we are. We will be our “authentic selves.” Given how fast workplaces and cultures are changing—I can’t help but believe 2021 will be the year where intentional, authentic leadership will be more necessary than ever. To truly unleash innovation, creativity and solutions in a fast-changing and complex world, we can’t just rely on senior leaders to create inclusive spaces...we also need to have the courage to be fully who we are. I share more in this free 2-minute training.

For years, December has been my most significant month of the year in helping me achieve my dreams as a wife, mother, author, and social entrepreneur impacting so many movements and lives. I share more about what I do in this 6-minute video in hopes that you join me in this exercise. I'm almost 2 weeks in and it’s incredible how much more time, nourishment and clarity it has given me.

Are you always rushing and focused on what has to get done in the future - that you miss out on the present? Your future is actually created based on the quality of decisions you make in the present moment, and you can’t make quality decisions when you’re always rushing through life. Watch this 3-minute video and consider slowing down

There is a massive female recession taking place that could set us back by decades. From this Salon.com article: "According to the Women in the Workplace report, one in four women are thinking of either leaving the workforce or downshifting their careers... a recent study by Qualtrics and theBoardlist found that only 9 percent of women have received a promotion while working remotely with children at home, compared to 34 percent of men. The same study found that 26 percent of men with children at home received a pay raise; only 13 percent of women with children at home reported getting a raise. In other words, the pandemic is not merely bad for women's progress — it's setting back gender equality." Here's a message for both employers and employees - we have an unprecedented opportunity to co-create a new system of working that actually makes gender equality in the workplace work.

Because the term “mental health” has a stigma, many people feel it doesn’t apply to them. But just as you as have heart health, lung health or any kind of physical health, you have mental health. Everyone has health of the mind and there should be NO stigma attached to that. As many continue to adjust to new work-from-home routines since Covid-19, research has shown increased anxiety, stress and depression among workers. If you are feeling any of these emotions, I want to share this question I ask myself as a tool that I use to stay mentally healthy.

Going to a neighbor’s home, learning the good news of a colleague or friend, seeing another parent’s distance learning/homeschool photo on Instagram, being in awe of someone else’s progress — comparison is like a mosquito bite you didn’t see coming that a takes a bite of your self esteem. Over time it unconsciously keeps you playing small and feeling never good enough. What’s scary is if you are active on social media - imagine how many times in a day or week you may be comparing yourself to others and what that is holding you back from over time? In the How We Rise “whole life leadership” program, I teach that mental health is your #1 leadership department and “comparison” is one of the big limiting barriers to name and own. Let me share a tool that I have used to combat comparison for years.

Most people don’t realize that leadership starts in the family. We can show up all together or as our “best selves“ with colleagues or at that business meeting, but how are we showing up to the people we love the most behind closed family doors? What’s ironic is that our societal world is an OUTPUT of our family world - and look at the state of our society today.

I know every single one of you has a project, product or opportunity that can really make a difference for others - that needs creation. For those of you already in the process of creation - my question is - are you really giving it your heart and best work, or do you feel rushed or stuck in the process? For others who haven’t started yet, what is holding you back? Whether it’s an initiative at your company, a passion project or a new work-from-home system that can help your family thrive this fall - this message is a reminder that your workplace, community and family need the GENIUS that is inside of you to create, and the quality of what you put into your creation is how we create a better future.

It’s ironic but sometimes I think our inner critic can be loudest on the weekends because we have more time and space to notice things. I know first hand that seeing a disorganized area of my home, scrolling through social media, assessing a never-ending to-do list and the most common, everyday activities can trigger my inadequacy and inner critic. And guess what happens when we’re home a lot, not surrounded by community, colleagues and the hustle bustle of moving from one place to the next? Our thoughts get louder! Self critical thoughts are also the most detrimental because they impact what we believe about ourselves, slowing us down from realizing our true greatness.

As many people continue to work-from-home through the fall and 2021, setting boundaries for all the roles we play in the day can be very challenging. We don’t have those business trips and commutes to/from work to reset. As a result we can carry the energy of work into family time, and the personal into work time. This prevents us from being fully present in everyday life moments that we will never get back. Often, as a result, the people we love the most or the most important projects get the “left-over“ version of you. I’ve come to learn that who we become is shaped in the everyday moments of life. It is today that matters the most, and how we show up and hold our leadership roles to a higher bar matters. For example these are some of the roles I aspire to and though I always fall short, I set the intention for who I want to become: a team leader invested in building an inclusive culture, a great partner and parent invested in raising a healthy family, a professional who wants to build impactful partnerships and give my talent to my work to someone who can support my community.

Today's global pandemic and ongoing racial unrest have shined a blinding light on the systemic inequities that prevent all people in our society from thriving. Claudia speaks with A Call to Men's Tony Porter to reflect on what it feels like to be black in America today and how we can all rise for racial equity and justice.

In a time of heightened uncertainty and tragedy, companies across the world are confronted with the task of supporting the employees and the customers they serve in a primarily virtual environment. In the episode, Claudia Chan and Catherine Hernandez-Blades is Chief ESG and Communications Officer at Aflac will discuss: Hernandez-Blades’ experience shattering glass ceilings in traditionally male dominated industries The importance of social responsibility and crisis management in corporate America Strategies for becoming engaged, inclusive, and productive corporate citizens

93% of all negotiators are failing to ask the questions that they need to get the most out of their negotiations (Professor Leigh Thompson at the Kellogg School of Management). In this episode, Claudia talks to Alexandra Carter, the author of Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything and a professor at Columbia Law School, to find out why this problem happens to most of us and to explore a whole new approach to negotiation. Through this episode, you will: Discover the fundamentals of negotiation: E.g., 5 mirror questions & 5 window questions; Understand the power of problem definition to focus on your mission to enlist support rather than to keep the sell focused on yourself; and Learn how to turn a no into a yes

With majority of global workforces working-from-home in COVID-19, we talk to Michele Meyer-Shipp, Principal, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at KPMG, on how to Create Inclusive Virtual Culture. From communication tactics to unconscious bias, Michele unpacks some key skills and ideas for leaders to consider as they work on building inclusive culture: How to ensure everyone's voice is heard Minding meeting times and supporting your team's schedules and at-home demands Being consciously inclusive and seeking ideas from people with different backgrounds and experiences

As the founder of S.H.E. Summit, an award-winning conference advancing SHE, HE and EQUITY FOR ALL, Claudia Chan is hosting a series of community calls to provide a transparent space for rising leaders to connect and gain some How We Rise coaching from her and past speakers.In this episode she speaks with award-winning actress and producer Alysia Reiner. Best known for playing Natalie "Fig" Figueroa in the Netflix comedy drama series Orange Is the New Black, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award.Rising Through Creation, Alysia emphasized we prioritize self-care. Not as a buzzword, but as an investment in the body we meet every single every day. Alysia explains:We must take specific actions continually to find structure in each day: Feed your heart & soul Feed yourself as a creator Feed your mind Feeding the business

Energy is an incredibly powerful tool to manage our mental health, yet we often don’t think about how profoundly powerful it is. In this episode, Claudia Chan will cover: the two kinds of energy that we give to and receive from others — that are positive and negative energy; the types of positive and negative energy we give and receive and how to identify them; why focusing on energy management over time management is critical now more than ever; and how to manage energy so your whole-life can be uplifting. “It’s much easier to teach than it is to role-model. We need to model what we teach to lead.”

Energy changes things and physically impacts those around us. Even while socially distanced, our energy is as contagious as our current global pandemic. Using our new and developing tools we can create a wildfire that goes beyond simply surviving. We thrive by creating the peace and harmony we want to see in the world. #HowWeRise

As you are at home during this time of uncertainty, you're also taking on many new roles. Working from home, teaching your kids, preparing supplies - it's no surprise you are overwhelmed. In this episode of the How We Rise podcast, Claudia talks about a few tools you can use to lead from home when you're overwhelmed.

Our life has completely changed since the outbreak of COVID-19. Many of us are now working from home and are physically isolated from each other. Social isolation, a solution to combat the virus, has now brought a new challenge to our well-being — that is mental health. Whether it is a family, friends, co-workers or someone who shares common interests, we tend to have an inherent desire to belong and be an important part of something greater than ourselves. We long a sense of belonging to a community. In this new season, Leading from Home, Claudia Chan will cast light on challenges that people are going through and provide new perspectives on how to overcome these challenges. The second episode will cover: The steps to galvanize a community and lead change while physically apart Why your community needs to be updated — three layers of a community The relationship between vulnerability and mental health — men vs women

As the impact of the coronavirus has grown, the fear of uncertainty in the future has heightened. The fear of transmitting the disease, being unable to pay bills, losing a job or even losing someone you know has come into your day-to-day life: increasing your stress level and, oftentimes, affecting your mental health. In this new season, Leading from Home, Claudia Chan will cast light on challenges that people are going through and provide new perspectives on how to overcome these challenges. The first episode will cover: Reframing as a tool to shift your mindset from being reactive to becoming proactive Self-reflection in times of crisis to fuel you personal growth The meaning of leadership — why it needs to be redefined “Maximizing impact requires leadership development, but maximizing leadership requires personal growth.”

When it comes to rising as leaders, your thoughts can be the greatest drivers of your success or they can be the greatest barriers to your success. Yet most people don't invest the time to assess and manage the internal patterns, self talk and voices to work for you. Claudia dives deep into the power of your thoughts and steps to manage your mind to serve your visions and dreams.

In order for all of us to bring our best selves and talents to our workplaces and communities, we need to feel not only a sense of belonging and that we can engage as our true selves, we also need to create the space for others to as well. In a world that is increasingly diverse with so many dimensions (culture, gender, generation, class etc)--cultivating an inclusive mindset is critical for all of us to rise as leaders.