Inside Journey

Meet Candice – a confident leader who is proud of her abilities to manage the numbers but struggles with being a visionary leader. In our conversation, she shares that she is held back by a limiting belief that she is “not strategic,” and that she needs some creative ideas for how to connect her people to something bigger.  In this episode, we download many of our favorite tools for motivating and inspiring teams to break from the black and white mundane into more creative, expansive, bigger picture conversations. If you are someone who is looking to embrace your inner visionary and infuse fresh thinking and creativity into your leadership, this is the episode for you.

Do you have a hard time turning work off and tuning into your own needs? Do you think that failure is NOT an option? How attached to praise are you? Meet Nicole, a hard charging, energetic and successful sales leader who would work 14-hour days to win praise. When it did not come her way, she would feel resentful which would lead her to get back on the hamster wheel and work even harder. This unsustainable pattern resulted in no hobbies and no life outside of work. In our coaching conversation, learn new ways to prevent burnout, celebrate PROGRESS over PERFECTION, embrace failure and see what tuning into your own needs can look like. Success doesn't need to be painful.

Whether you’re at the beginning of your career or the top of your game, we all experience impostor syndrome. This is the voice that says, “You can’t do this. You’re not who they think you are. Just wait ‘til you get found out!” In this episode, we coach Chris — a leader that people want to follow — who is about to take on a huge new role. He opens up to us about that voice in his head that says, “What if you’re not partner material?” Through this conversation, you will learn strategies to combat impostor syndrome, gain new insights around how to show up authentically in an interview and understand what it means to be a purposeful leader.

Many of us have built successful careers in industries that we no longer feel connected to. When we let ourselves daydream, we imagine doing something very different. Yet our inner critics immediately stop us in our tracks with messages like, “You’re too old/inexperienced/young to make this kind of change. ” Or, “You won’t make enough money.” Or “People won’t understand why you are giving up something so stable.” In this next “Get Coached” episode, meet Jeanne Griffin. She is a talented interior designer who has built up a very successful practice over the last 10 years. Yet 2 years ago, she had an awakening that opened her up to a new calling. If you’re someone who’s been contemplating a career change but feels stuck, this is the episode for you. Join us as we coach Jeanne through the fears and resistance that hold her back from embracing the huge opportunity in front of her.

“If you avoid conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself.” - anonymous How many of you say “yes” when you want to say “no”? Does setting healthy boundaries make you nervous? Are you someone who fears feedback and takes it personally? In this “Get Coached” episode, we work with Diana, a digital marketer and entrepreneur, to uncover why it is so hard to say no to clients and help her transform her relationship to setting boundaries and receiving feedback. Through our coaching conversation with Diana, you will receive valuable new strategies for honoring your time, knowing your self-worth, receiving feedback and setting expectations with others to create more fulfillment and productivity in your life.

For many of us, thinking about our own death is too daunting, so we turn away. Yet embracing our mortality can help us create more meaning and purpose in our lives and cause us to explore questions like… What do I most hope for? What’s most important to me? What is the legacy I want to leave behind? These are some of the questions that our wise guest, Dr. Steven Pantilat, founding director of the UCSF Palliative Care program, asks his patients on a daily basis. In this interview, Dr. Pantilat talks about what it’s like to deliver the devastating news of a terminal diagnosis while holding the space for people to process. He talks about how to find hope, even in the most dire of circumstances. We explore the power of gratitude, our relationship with denial and the big questions to ask yourself when planning for the future. No matter your situation, our hope is that this conversation will broaden your perspective and inspire you to get moving on what is most important to you.

In our last podcast with Serena + Lily, we were so inspired hearing them talk about their shared “why” for going into business together. We also loved learning about the unique approach that Serena and Lily took to creating their healthy, balanced, kick-ass partnership. In this teachable episode, we talk more deeply about the power of knowing your “Why”, how to connect with your purpose and what makes a great partnership. We also share new ways to transform fails into learns and why we should be grateful for making the mistakes we make. Get ready to feel more connected to the work you do and embrace powerful strategies for creating the healthiest partnerships – at work and in life.

After a chance meeting in 2003, Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter came together to create Serena & Lily, one of the largest e-commerce home furnishing stores and now-ubiquitous coastal lifestyle brands. In this podcast, Serena and Lily share their inside journey of what it took to make the leap into partnership, entrepreneurship and being kick-ass women, both professionally and personally - all while still valuing a work/life balance. Their passion, warmth and “go big or go home” mentality is so inspiring! They will share the different tenants of entrepreneurship and how to bring them into all aspects of your life. They also talk about the “why” for creating their company, which provided the compass for making big decisions, including how to grow, what to create, who to hire and when it was ultimately time to move on.  Whether you have launched a business or are at the brink of something new, this podcast will inspire you to think about your “why” and help you bring your inner entrepreneur to life!  

Get ready to have a mini-masterclass on the art of coaching. In this podcast, Kim and Johanna go deep on what coaching is, how it can be beneficial in so many areas of life, and how to coach people effectively. You will learn ways to remove the internal and external obstacles that block people from reaching their potential and gain valuable tools to increase personal accountability. Kim and Jo will share real-life stories and powerful tips for creating the right environment for people to feel safe, witnessed and emotionally vulnerable.These lessons will not only help you coach more powerfully, but also increase your ability to be a more impactful and empathetic person in the world. Go to https://www.insidejourney.com/episodes to learn more!

When football Coach Matthew LemMon first laid eyes on the Tamalpais High School varsity football team, he was concerned. They were scrappy, inexperienced and out of shape. But through the course of the season, Coach LemMon used a series of winning strategies that transformed the team and led them to their most winning season in 112 years.  In this riveting conversation with Coach LemMon, learn ways to bring out the potential in people, encourage personal ownership and hold people accountable -- and learn why emotional strength is just as powerful as getting physically strong. Whether you are a leader of an organization, a manager of people, or even a parent, this episode will give you powerful strategies for cultivating resilience, focus, ownership and connection in your team or family.  

We all have creative ideas - but very few people have the courage to take action and put them out into the world.In our riveting conversation with award winning film maker, author, internet pioneer and TED speaker, Tiffany Shlain, she shares what it takes to trust your own experience, overcome fear and live a courageously creative life.As important as it is to take action, Tiffany talks about how it is even more important to unplug from the world, daydream, and create white space to connect and tune into the creative voices inside.Now more than ever, the world needs your voice. Let this podcast inspire you to step up, do the thing that scares you and bring your creative ideas to life.  Find out more about Tiffany and her book 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week at http://www.tiffanyshlain.com/

Our brain is amazing! It can process 40 million bits of information per second and make sense of it all!! Sounds powerful, right? Not always...The filters we use to sort information can oftentimes create separation, fear and prejudice in the name of keeping us safe.In this conversation with Carson Johns, learn about what unconscious bias is, how it serves us and how it impacts every decision we make in life. Carson will share powerful stories and strategies for how to trick our minds to stay open and curious about people and situations that feel different and unfamiliar, which leads to greater joy and connection at work and in life. You won’t want to miss it.

Are you ready to have a feedback conversation, but feeling held back or unclear about how to deliver the message? In this episode, we go deep on how to overcome the fear that holds you back from feedback so you see it as a productive way to move the relationship forward rather than something to dread or avoid. We also map out the nuts and bolts for organizing feedback so that it is well received by the other person. And, we'll share some powerful responses you can use when feedback is coming your way. This teachable episode will leave you feeling more optimistic about feedback overall and more prepared to turn any difficult conversation - personal or professional - into one that is honest and productive.

Feedback is a gift. We all know that receiving feedback is a necessary component to growth and success. Yet for a variety of reasons, we avoid feedback conversations because we feel uncomfortable giving it, asking for it and receiving it.  In this episode, we dive deeply into the topic of feedback with Erika Gregory, a serial entrepreneur, Ted speaker and former actress who attended the Juilliard School. Through powerful stories and insights, Erika will share her wisdom for giving and receiving feedback – and for knowing what feedback is even valuable enough to listen to! Open up to the exciting opportunities feedback can create in your life.

In this episode, Kim and Johanna invite mindfulness teacher, Janell Flores Bolte, back on the show to share the tools that she used to stay grounded and resilient throughout the most challenging times of her life. In this episode, Janell shares a powerful exercise that will allow you to acknowledge, feel and ride out difficult emotions so that you can get back to center more quickly. We will also examine how to transform the way you face challenges and setbacks in order to bring more focus and creativity to the situation. Our hope is that you walk away with a better understanding of how to stop resisting what is happening in your life so that you can receive all the learnings and gifts that often accompany challenges.    

When Janell Flores Bolte learned to meditate at the tender age of 6, little did she know it would become her most powerful tool to not only survive but thrive, when her husband was diagnosed with terminal stage 4 lung cancer.In this episode, learn how Janell navigated trauma and loss with incredible grace and courage. She’ll leave you feeling inspired - and armed with some practices and new ways of thinking that can lead to a life filled with gratitude, compassion and abundance. 

If you are a leader wanting guidance on how to navigate this time of change and uncertainty, this is the episode for you.Our guest, Eric Berridge, is one of the most inspiring, compassionate, creative, and hard-working leaders we’ve ever met. In this episode, we harvest the learnings he gained from starting his company right after 9/11 to navigating the financial crisis, to then selling his company to IBM. In this interview, learn about ways YOU can step up your leadership game through authentic communication, transparency, hard work and sharing your vision with as many people as possible.  

In this episode, Kim and Johanna will go deeper with ways to create a mindset that will not only help you conquer challenging events in your life, but transform those difficulties into growth, purpose and new directions for yourself. We also will explore strategies to deepen the relationship you have with your intuition so that you can access it for guidance and important decision making in your day to day life.     

After a devastating injury, Kim Chambers almost lost her leg, but she definitely did not lose her fighting spirit. When she first dipped her toe in the pool as part of her rehab process, little did she know that she was about to embark upon a journey to become one of the greatest open water swimmers in the world.

In our last episode, Mondo President Stephanie Wernick talked about her internal journey of becoming more self-aware, mindful and empathetic. In this teachable episode, Kim and Johanna will bring you a powerful tool to manage your emotions so that when things get chaotic, you can be more resourceful and make better choices. They will also share a tool to help you cultivate greater empathy and become more effective at motivating, influencing and deepening trust with others.

In this episode, learn how one leader’s personal journey to becoming more empathetic and self-aware led to revolutionary changes within her company.By seeking to understand rather than being understood, realizing that happiness is a choice, practicing mindfulness on a daily basis and putting progress over perfection, she was able to transform from an immature, reactionary leader into an energized and inspiring President. And she didn’t stop there. She made it her mission to flip an old culture that was all about hitting the numbers into a highly empathetic, vulnerable and collaborative place where people feel valued and kick ass each day. 

In this debut episode of the "Inside Journey" podcast, Johanna and Kim talk about the evolution of their relationship and how they arrived at the idea to create a podcast. They reveal their fears that tried to hold them back from making this podcast a reality and share some powerful strategies to help you separate from the limiting beliefs that can keep you small. Tune in to learn how pushing past fear and doing the hard work on a daily basis can make big shifts over time.

What do a college professor, mindfulness teacher, professional athlete and Silicon Valley CEO all have in common? While their stories are unique, each one of them overcame hurdles bid and small and are taking risks to bring their gifts and talents into the world. They are making a difference, creating enormous impact and role modeling for thousands of others what leading from the inside outlooks like. In this podcast, lifelong friends, leadership coaches and business partners, Kim Morrow and Johanna Beyer, will leave you feeling inspired by our guest’s stories and armed with new tools and insights to enhance your level of success and fulfillment – in business, and in life. Welcome to the “Inside Journey”.