Becky Caldwell is your Virtual Executive Director, helping nonprofits through growth and transition.
In this episode I got to meet up with college friends Heather Allyn & Rob Nagle in Los Angeles. We hugged each other for the first time in decades! I'm so excited to share with you this lovely, creative, and joyful conversation among old friends. Also, this is the last episode of the Relentlessly Human Tour series. Thank you to Jerry Veneziano and Matt Crouch for their Patreon support of the podcast, and to Matt Crouch for co-creating this with me last fall. Thank you also to you, the listeners, who joined me on this journey of reconnection and discovery. I am immeasurably grateful to everyone who recorded with me and participated in some way in the creation of this podcast. Important Links Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ Join our community of creative, purpose-driven entrepreneurs: https://empowered-creativity-group.circle.so/checkout/empowered-creativity-founders
Watch Eleni compete in Barzlive Bands streaming through Amigo's Cantina's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/amigoscantinahawaii/ Listen to Sadie Sage's new album on Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/sadie-martinez-582874909 Follow Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ In this episode of the Relentlessly Human Tour, we have Eleni Vournas and Sadie Sage, two women who've uprooted their lives to see if they could do life differently. If you need inspiration for taking that next step on being relentlessly human, this is definitely an episode for you! Here's what to expect in the episode: How the two were called to the Big Island. There's always something more to life than what other people think you're supposed to be doing! Creating a safe space for a community to be relentlessly human and authentically be themselves. (And did I mention that it's living off of lava?) Understanding that everyone has talent and a massive creative purpose - it's deep inside all of us! Being in flow - what does “flow” feel like? It CAN be scary. It's a leap of faith at every single moment. “We're not human doers. We're human BEINGS.” Songs, music, tunes, and more songs!
Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Connect with Lois! Connect with Lois Kent on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loiskent/ Follow Lois Kent on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoisKent Remember your student years? Remember hating math? We got you! Relentlessly Human Tour is about re-connecting. We had a chance to talk to a long-time friend and corporate trainer, Lois Kent. She has been exposed to improvisation as well as instructional design and theater. Lois shared how to turn setbacks into something meaningful and creative. This episode highlights embracing your core, creativity, and individuality. Don't worry; we will not dwell on math. Let's listen to what Lois has to say! Here's what to expect in the episode: Beck and Lois nostalgic childhood memories How Lois turns corporate stress into something creative Having transferable skills Creativity during the pandemic
Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ Connect with Helena Lucia: https://sisujourney.com/ SISU Journey: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sisu-journey/id1559058044 Coach NAS Episode 1: https://apple.co/3PDCtTu Coach NAS Episode 2: https://apple.co/3wIGe1n Helena's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisujourney/ In this episode of the Relentlessly Human Tour, we have a podcast crossover with one of my friends, Helena Lucia. Helena's the host of SISU Journey, a podcast that dives deep into healing and resilience. What do "Relentlessly Human" and resilience have in common? Let's find out! Here's what to expect in the episode: A throwback to the origin of "relentlessly human". Helena's story of healing and unraveling the experience of growing up in an extreme fundamentalist religion. The meaning of SISU, and an interesting story from Helena's podcast. Fostering resilience in yourself – not relying on someone else when answering life's questions, but relying on them to pick toilet paper. It's interdependence. NOT co-dependence. Learning not to do things out of obligation. Being "relentlessly human" is also sexual, creative, and wealth-based!
Important Links Support the Tour: https://www.patreon.com/relentlesslyhumantour Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/relentlesslyhumantour/ Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ ** Thank you to our Patreon Supporters, Matt Crouch and Jerry Veneziano ** Connect with our guest, Tony Pisculli Tony's blog: Love, Blood & Rhetoric Succulent Geeks Hawaii Shakespeare Festival In this episode, I got to connect with writer, director, and entrepreneur Tony Pisculli. Tony is one of the founders of the Hawaii Shakespeare Festival. We connected through mutual friends, Jonathan Pitts, R Kevin Garcia-Doyle and Sean O'Malley.
Important Links Support the Tour: https://www.patreon.com/relentlesslyhumantour Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/relentlesslyhumantour/ Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ ** Thank you to our Patreon Supporters, Matt Crouch and Jerry Veneziano ** Oil in the Alley YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdQUO2ovz-Xzc16ncBsBylw Connect with them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/OILINTHEALLEY/ Veteran improvisers R. Kevin Garcia-Doyle and Sean T.C. O'Malley brought the acoustic version of their rock band, Oil in the Alley, to Ala Moana Park in Honolulu for this episode of the podcast. What a blast to record this in the park with so much Life happening around us!
Important Links Support the Tour: https://www.patreon.com/relentlesslyhumantour Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/relentlesslyhumantour/ Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ ** Thank you to our Patreon Supporters, Matt Crouch and Jerry Veneziano ** Download SoulVision.tv at https://soulvision.tv/ Connect with Cha on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/chabare/ Cha Sears-Barefield is a story weaver, hope slinger, and a fierce encourager. She not only believes in seeing people, she believes in the knowing, the learning, and the loving of people. She believes in the pursuit of relationships, humanity, equality, the beauty of what it is to share space with someone that may otherwise go unknown.
Important Links Support the Tour: https://www.patreon.com/relentlesslyhumantour Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/relentlesslyhumantour/ Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ ** Thank you to our Patreon Supporters, Matt Crouch and Jerry Veneziano ** Connect with Natasha at nbpsvirtualstaffing.com Natasha Bowles is the founder and CEO of Natasha Bowles Professional Services, a virtual assistant staffing firm. I've had the pleasure of working with Natasha for several years on various projects from launching an animal rescue nonprofit to hiring her assistants to help with major festival projects. We took some time to find the quietest corner of the Hilton Nashville Airport lobby to record this interview.
Important Links Support the Tour: https://www.patreon.com/relentlesslyhumantour Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/relentlesslyhumantour/ Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ ** Thank you to our Patreon Supporters, Matt Crouch and Jerry Veneziano ** My guest is actor, singer, songwriter, and musician Eugene Wolf. Eugene and I know each other primarily through his teaching workshops for the Virginia Highlands Festival, but I first fell in love with his work when I saw him in a production of The Fantasticks at Barter Theatre. His one-man-show, "The Book of Mamaw," is a love letter to the woman who raised him, and he has performed it throughout the United States. Eugene is a gentle soul, a relentlessly human spirit, and one of the kindest, most generous performers you'll ever meet--typical of the performing artists in and around Abingdon, Virginia.
Support the Tour: https://www.patreon.com/relentlesslyhumantour Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/relentlesslyhumantour/ Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ **Thank you to our first Patreon supporter, Matt Crouch.** Welcome to the Relentlessly Human Tour podcast produced by Virtual Executive Director. The Relentlessly Human Tour is a movement celebrating our creativity, connection, and shared humanity. Support the Tour on Patreon for exclusive video content, behind-the-scenes access to me and my guests, and the opportunity to be a stop on the tour. In this episode you get to meet my sister, Mandy Brett. I stayed with her in Philadelphia for Thanksgiving and her birthday, we drank beer, sat on her new couch, and hit “record” for (what I think) is a deep, charming, hilarious conversation. Find out what motivated her to go back to school, how we are setting up our future selves to at least not hate us, and why we'll never be rap gods.
Important Links Support the Tour: https://www.patreon.com/relentlesslyhumantour Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/relentlesslyhumantour/ Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ Help advocate for other people's freedom by donating: https://www.chirla.org/ The Relentlessly Human Tour is a movement celebrating our creativity, connection, and shared humanity. Support the Tour on Patreon for exclusive video content, behind-the-scenes access to me and my guests, and the opportunity to be a stop on the tour. In this episode, I got to catch up with my friend, Carmen Aiello-Tejeda. Carmen is a Los Angeles producer and casting director who does not believe in auditioning actors. His projects have included Corbin Nash, Espionage Tonight, and the upcoming Netflix series, Guardians of Justice. Guardians of Justice includes the first ever Inclusivity Advocate credited on a series. We met up at an outdoor cafe in North Hollywood called Groundwork, where we chatted about what we're willing to sacrifice to be able to do work we believe in, the artist's role in society, Carmen's use of white privilege to deal with a moment of systemic racism, and much more. Carmen said that rather than promote any of his own work, he would love for people to think about a small donation to advocate for other people's freedom at https://www.chirla.org/.
Important Links Support the Tour: https://www.patreon.com/relentlesslyhumantour Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/relentlesslyhumantour/ Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ Shaun Landry, Ledge Theatre: https://www.facebook.com/theledgetheater Welcome to the Relentlessly Human Tour podcast produced by Virtual Executive Director. The Relentlessly Human Tour is a movement celebrating our creativity, connection, and shared humanity. Support the Tour on Patreon for exclusive video content, behind-the-scenes access to me and my guests, and the opportunity to be a stop on the tour. In this episode I got to catch up with actress, improviser, and co-founder of the new Ledge Theatre in Los Angeles, Shaun Landry. We talk about her unique advocacy, how she finds out what her guests want her to cook, and share a (somewhat) live moment of relentless humanity. Mark your calendar for Monday, January 17, 2022, when The Ledge Theatre celebrates its gala opening night at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe.
Important Links Support the Tour: https://www.patreon.com/relentlesslyhumantour Join the Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/relentlesslyhumantour/ Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ Check out Lava Lookout on this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/KhFcRxKDIe4 The Relentlessly Human Tour is a movement celebrating our creativity, connection, and shared humanity. Support the Tour on Patreon for exclusive video content, behind-the-scenes access to me and my guests, and the opportunity to be a stop on the tour. In this episode, co-creator of the tour, Matt Crouch, and I tell the origin story of the RHT. If you've been wondering what this is all about, here's how we got our start!
Welcome to the Relentlessly Human Tour podcast produced by Virtual Executive Director. Important Links Support the Tour: https://www.patreon.com/relentlesslyhumantour Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/relentlesslyhumantour/ Follow Becky and the RHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live/ Connect with Becky on her website: https://www.beckybrett.com/ Jarvis Cocker: https://www.jarviscocker.net/ The Relentlessly Human Tour is a movement celebrating our creativity, connection, and shared humanity. Support the Tour on Patreon for exclusive video content, behind-the-scenes access to me and my guests, and the opportunity to be a stop on the tour. Link is in the show notes above. This will be one of the few solo episodes recorded at my home studio, because it is a transition from the old format into the new format. Big thanks to everyone who has subscribed and continues to listen in this, our 5th season.
This week on the podcast I get to geek out coach-to-coach with Halle Eavelyn. Halle is a Transformational Coach, speaker, and writer who helps people break out of their old patterns so they can live their best lives, the ones they always yearned for. Drawing on over 30 years of business experience in software, real estate, the movie business and travel. she works with a variety of intuitive modalities; her work is deep and extremely fast, with clients experiencing powerful shifts easily, so she chooses one-on-one and group clients who are ready for extraordinary growth. After her spiritual awakening in Egypt, she wrote the spiritual travel memoir, Red Goddess Rising, which tells that story and all about the subsequent trips she’s led up the Nile for over a decade. A former blogger for The Huffington Post, she is also the author of 100 Ways To Be In Joy, and her latest book, NutriGlamorous, How To Be Beautiful Inside and Out. Links: Halle's website: https://halleeavelyn.com/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell Labyrinth drawing originally created by artist Kathy Pullen
This week I get to bring you another graduation call with my client and dear friend, Ronei Harden-Moroney. Ronei is a writer, educator, and editor. We met in 2013 in a Facebook group started by author Jon Acuff, and she has become like a sister to me. So when I saw her struggling to return to her badass self following some significant medical battles, I had to say something and offer my services. I can hardly wait for you to hear Ronei's story! Website: RoneiHarden.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoneiHarden Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell Labyrinth drawing originally created by artist Kathy Pullen
My guest this week is Lauren Chu, the communications officer for Operation Groundswell. OG is a travel company with a conscience, leading backpacktivists to experiential learning opportunities around the globe (when we *can* travel, that is). Ethical travel and responsible international volunteering is at the heart of all that they do – both abroad and at home. But what exactly does that mean? I'll link their manifesto in the show notes, but I want to share two of the nine points that particularly spoke to me. FULL LIFE LIVIN’: The world has infinite opportunities for wonder and enjoyment. Every tree can be a playground, every street can be your dance floor. We squeeze the sweet nectar out of every opportunity the world throws at us. “Gee, that mountain seems impossibly high,” to which we would respond, “That must mean that the top is impossibly beautiful!” Leadership: We are training the next generation of positive leaders. There are enough leaders in the world that tell people how to think. We believe the greatest leaders are the ones that teach people how to think for themselves. I could not agree more. It is against this backdrop that I discovered Lauren Chu. You know on this podcast I like to interview people whose careers are...let's say...nonlinear. Lauren started her career in manufacturing at PepsiCo. Despite studying engineering, Lauren much prefers valleys and mountains over valves and mechanics. She once planted 7000 trees in a day, cycled the length of Vietnam from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, and has been on a 500km hike through the Appalachian Wilderness. In the summer you can find her on canoe trips or hike & bike adventures; in the winter, playing a pick-up hockey game on outdoor rinks or flying down a mountain on a snowboard. Lauren is keen to marry a passion for education with a love of travel with OG! Links: Website: https://www.operationgroundswell.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/operationgroundswell/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell Labyrinth drawing originally created by artist Kathy Pullen
This week on the podcast, I walk through the labyrinth with author and researcher, Kim Chestney. Kim's new book is called Radical Intuition. She is a globally recognized innovation leader and the founder of Intuition Lab. Her work has been featured or supported by leading-edge organizations including SXSW Interactive, Carnegie Mellon University, Comcast, and Hewlett-Packard. Links: Website: http://www.KimChestney.com. Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
I've come up with a new way to set New Year's Resolutions that feels much more supportive to me. Maybe this will resonate with you, too. It's about choosing to feel and be rather than do and achieve, and think this is going to be a game changer for me and how I structure my goals this coming year. Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
Program announcements, new corporate client, and other quick tips for the end of 2020.
Since I've just closed a 5-week major new creative project, I'm taking some time over the next couple of weeks to rest and recover. Please enjoy this rerun of an interview I did with country music star, John Berry, from 2018. Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
This week on the podcast I get to walk the labyrinth with Kimra Luna. Kimra is a cosmic sensuality coach and pleasure activist. She is the founder of the Cosmic Connection Coven community on Discord and is the host of the Riot Doll podcast. Her podcast and Twitch channel cover topics on self-healing, sex, love, relationships, music, sensuality, self-love, psychology and activism. Her program, Slowing The Eff Down, helps you discover your deepest desires, connect with your personal pleasure and shed the shame so you can channel your inner creatrix and live the life you deserve. Kimra has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and The New York Times and been interviewed on over 100 podcasts. She is a single mom to 3 boys and spends her free time going to punk shows and making vegan food for her family and friends. You can find her work at kimraluna.com. Links: https://kimraluna.com/ https://instagram.com/kimraluna https://twitch.tv/riotdollpodcast Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
Thank you for indulging me this week, as I've come down with laryngitis--not a great sound for a podcaster, but here we are. So I combed through the archives and unearthed this interview with Isabel Hundt from March of 2018. Isabel is a sociologist, speaker, certified transformation coach, emotions clearing practitioner and visionary who lives in a world of endless possibilities. I figured we could all use a little Isabel right about now, as we slide on toward the end of the most globally insane year ever. Enjoy! Isabel Hundt website: https://www.isabelhundt.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isabelhundt/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
Over the past few weeks the subject of "taking out the trash" has sort of taken over my inbox. It is hands down the most effective tool I use in my coaching practice when I first start working with a client. So I'm turning "Taking Out The Trash" into a course for anyone who doesn't have the time yet to devote to working with me one-on-one. This week's podcast episode is a preview of the course and an overview of how we take out the trash to make way for what is coming in for us. If you'd like to enroll in the course, email me (becky@virtualexecutivedirector.com) and I'll get you the info. Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
This week on the podcast I have the privilege of sharing another graduation call with one of my clients, Cha Barefield. But before I pull back the curtain on Cha's transformation, I want to remind you that as we near the end of 2020, the time is right to clear out the energetic trash from this year and set intentions for the new. Using the mantra of the labyrinth as a guide (release, receive, return), I work with clients one-on-one to release the habits, thought patterns, and relationships that no longer serve them; receive new behaviors, beliefs, and supportive relationships; and return to integrate these into their lives by setting and holding boundaries, practicing new behaviors, and supporting them through the inevitable setbacks, because transformation is not a straight path. If you're interested in working with me, the application is in the show notes or you can DM me on Instagram. A bit about my guest this week: Cha and I met a few years ago at a conference, and loosely orbited each other ever since. This year, we started paying more attention to each other on Instagram, as she launched The Cha Show and began interviewing interesting people about important topics. Cha is a story weaver. She is a hope slinger and a fierce encourager, connecting people to themselves, to each other, and to their dreams. Cha is ALL IN! She not only believes in seeing people, she believes in the knowing, the learning, and the loving of people. She believes in the pursuit of relationships, humanity, equality, and the beauty of what it is to share space with someone that may otherwise go unknown. Links: Cha Barefield: http://chabarefield.com/ Cha's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabare/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
Because I've been away on a personal retreat, I've decided to rerun an episode from earlier this year. This week on the podcast chef Travis Milton and I talk about unintentional mentors -- you know, those people who are motivational for NONE of the reasons they think they are! Travis Milton is the executive chef at Taste, a restaurant at Nicewonder Farm & Vineyards. Whether he’s waxing poetic about bean varieties, quoting The Golden Girls, or putting the finishing touches on the dry-aged steak he just pulled from the fire, Travis is passionate about it all. Appalachia is in his DNA, so every item on the menu harkens to a unique part of his life story, the story of our region, or his journey to help usher the ancient Foodways into the 21st century while paying homage to the past.
It's been a long road for realtor Shanna Berry to open Dharma Pharmaceuticals, the first medical cannabis dispensary in Virginia. This week we talk about how she got here, you get to hear my dorky ignorance on full display, and Shanna gets to the heart of what it means to react, adapt, and persevere. Links: Dharma Pharmaceuticals website: https://www.dharmacann.com/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
This week's episode is inspired by an oracle card pull I did in the middle of the night on Halloween during the height of the full moon. The cards inspired me to talk about five things that might be helpful for our community to release this week, so that we can make room for what will truly serve us. If you like this episode, drop me a comment or message me on Instagram, and I'll do more of them. And if you're releasing one of these things, let me know how it goes for you! Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
This week I stroll through the labyrinth with travel writer Catherine Smith, founder and creator of HerBagsWerePacked.com. Catherine has traveled the world solo and ended up moving to southwest Virginia, just in time for COVID-19 to shut everything down. We talk about travel, releasing your baggage no matter where you are, and how the optimism of January can give way to an abundance of life lessons. Links: Catherine's website: https://www.herbagswerepacked.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herbagswerepacked/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
As we near the time of the United States Presidential election, fact-checking our politicians is quickly becoming a full-time job. Lucky for us, author Tim Ward has a handy guide to defending ourselves from the lies and putting the truth back into politics. Tim Ward is co-author of the book Pro Truth: A Practical Plan for Putting Truth Back into Politics. He’s on the Board of Directors that oversees the Pro Truth Pledge, founded by his co-author Dr. Gleb Tsipursky. Together they wrote Pro Truth to help people protect themselves from the lies of politicians, and to create a pro-truth movement that they believe is essential for democracy. Tim is also the co-owner of Intermedia Communications Training, Inc. Based in the Washington D.C. area, he works with global organizations helping them communicate better. Links: Take the Pro-Truth Pledge: https://www.protruthpledge.org/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
Having just wrapped up a three-day festival, I'm sharing what I had to release and receive in order to return to live event producing during this time of COVID. My intention is to give you some hope and offer encouragement to still be your creative, innovative selves, even as life and work looks so very different for us right now. Links: To see the artwork created and available for sale (after Oct. 13): https://vhfhighlanderad.square.site/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
This week on the podcast I get to walk the labyrinth with author and poetess Tanya Markul. Tanya is the author of The She Book (vols 1 & 2) and is an expert at transmuting pain and suffering into love and acceptance. Links: Tanya Markul website: https://tanyamarkul.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanyamarkul/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
This week on the podcast, we get to hear snippets from a recent client graduation call. One of the biggest lessons that my client, Liz, learned was that when she made sure she had everything she needed, she was better able to serve her own clients, her family, and her community. I am so proud of the work we did together and of how far Liz has come. My hope in sharing this with you is that you will be able to see what coaching can do for you--whether you work with me or not. The greatest thing you can do for your dream is to find someone who takes it seriously.
This week on the podcast I take a stroll through the labyrinth with Thomas Mizer. Tom is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared on stages and screens, of various sizes and shapes, around the world. As a songwriter, he co-wrote five original songs for the hit Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — the first time the series has ever used original music — including the Emmy-nominated “One Less Angel.” As a lyricist and librettist, he was awarded the Fred Ebb Award, one of the highest honors for excellence in theater songwriting, and was the recipient of a Jonathan Larson Grant from the American Theatre Wing — both for his musical theater collaborations with his writing partner Curtis Moore. Their credits together include commissions from Lincoln Center and the Williamstown Theater Festival as well as up-coming musicals for Universal Theatrical Group and Grove/Whitman Commissions (producers of Fun Home & The Band’s Visit). Mizer and Moore’s romantic mystery Triangle premiered at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley to rave reviews and went on to receive six Theatre Bay Area Awards including “Outstanding World Premiere Musical” as well as being named a Richard Rodgers Award Finalist by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In addition to his songwriting, Tom is an acclaimed copywriter for national media brands including Comedy Central, Amazon Studios, and Food Network. Links: Thomas Mizer: www.thomasmizer.com Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
This week's episode is a little different. Those of you who have been long-time listeners know that I changed my format this summer. Well this week I wanted to share with you the full back story on how and why this came about. To do that, I'm sharing the graduation call that I had with my coach, who I began working with at the end of February. Yep. Just as the pandemic hit. The person I worked with is a healer, mentor, and relationship coach. Her name is Jen Moff, and if it sounds familiar, she's been on the podcast before talking about healthy boundaries. I'm excited to bring you this behind-the-scenes look at our process. One quick disclaimer: In this conversation I talk about my day job as being completely undesirable for me right now. Well what has happened in the intervening months is that this job is evolving more and more into something sustainable for me alongside my own coaching practice, and I am not nearly as down on it as I was a few months ago. It just goes to show how when you work on yourself, you can attract the changes you want in your life.
This week improviser, teacher, and corporate trainer Joe Bill steps into the Labyrinth. We have a wonderfully rambling conversation about the shitty buddhists, our mutual oxytocin deficit, and the neurobiology of improvisation. Listen to a couple of improv nerds discuss the global existential crisis (and how we're all gonna be OK). Note: LOTS of adult language in this one, so pop those earbuds in. Or blast it so the neighbors hear. Whatever makes you happy. Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/182602909978 Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
Join me in the Labyrinth with actor, comic, radio host, and "professional gay," Scott Duff. A graduate of Northwestern University, he is an Artistic Associate of About Face Theatre, having appeared in over 15 AFT productions, and has performed all over Chicago including work with the Goodman, Steppenwolf, Theater Wit, Windy City Playhouse, Lookingglass, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, iO, and American Theatre Company. Scott is the host/producer of OUT CHICAGO, a live weekly talk show for the LGBT community airing Sundays on WCPT, Chicago’s Progressive Talk AM & FM, and Scott Duff Cooking Stuff on YouTube. Links: Scott Duff: https://www.scottduff.me/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottdangerduff/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWlOhVRKzcRmjamGMpB3pIw/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell
This week I get walk through the labyrinth with author Wendelin Van Draanen. Wendelin Van Draanen has written more than thirty novels for young readers and teens. She is the author of the 18-book Edgar-winning Sammy Keyes series—often called “The new Nancy Drew”—and wrote Flipped, which was named a Top 100 Children’s Novel for the 21st Century by School Library Journal and became a Warner Brothers feature film, with Rob Reiner directing. Her other stand-alone titles include Wild Bird, The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones, Runaway, Confessions of a Serial Kisser, Swear to Howdy, and The Running Dream, which was awarded American Library Association’s Schneider Family Award for its "expression of the disability experience." Van Draanen has also created two four-book series for younger readers. The Shredderman books feature a boy who deals with a bully and received the Christopher Award for “affirming the highest values of the human spirit,” and was made into a Nickelodeon movie. The related Gecko & Sticky books, which are full of alluring alliterations that make for rousing read-alouds, are perfect for reluctant readers. A classroom teacher for fifteen years, Van Draanen resides in California where she can be spotted riding shopping carts across parking lots. She and her husband, Mark Parsons, have two sons and enjoy the three R’s: Reading, Running, and Rock’n’Roll.
A couple of months ago something extraordinary happened to me. Like, Disney Princess extraordinary. I found a fledgling blue jay in my back yard, unable to fly enough to stay away from the neighborhood cats overnight. I picked it up and helped it out. What happened next was life-changing. Links: Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrettcaldwell/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/24-hours-wild-blue-jay-lessons-letting-go-becky-brett-caldwell/ Music: Reach The Top by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Welcome to The Labyrinth, a podcast produced by Virtual Executive Director. This week on the podcast I got to talk with Dewey Davenport. Dewey is an entrepreneur and a barnstorming pilot. Dewey caught my attention recently when he posted a series of YouTube videos about his experience having COVID-19. After a little light cyberstalking I noticed he had undergone an even bigger health transformation, so I wanted to talk with him about it. Plus, how many times in your life to get to interview a barnstormer? Dewey Davenport is the owner and operator of Goodfolk & O'Tymes Biplane rides. He grew up in the Dayton, Ohio area, birthplace of aviation, and developed a passion for flying as a young kid. His love for model aircraft gave way to real planes when he was in high school, and he has since logged more than 10,000 hours flying a variety of aircraft all over the world. Links: Dewey Davenport Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deweydavenport/ Goodfolk & O'Tymes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodfolk.otymes.biplanerides/ Website: http://www.gobiplanerides.com/home.html YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/onedgerc Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrettcaldwell/ Music: Reach The Top by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Welcome to the first official episode with the new format. This week I talk with Natasha Bowles, owner of Natasha Bowles Professional Services, a virtual staffing agency. Natasha is a naturally insightful powerhouse of a woman with perception and vision that looks to make the impossible, possible. An entrepreneur, writer, mother, speaker, executive assistant, consultant, and digital nomad, she has provided freedom and exceptional support to her clients since 2016. Often referred to as Wonder Woman by her peers, tempt her with your hopes and dreams, and you'll often be met with a smile and the words "That's crazy! Let's do it!" This attitude led to the creation of Natasha Bowles Professional Services, a remote staffing agency that supports the growth of your business or dream. Natasha’s staff supports everyone from C-level executives to creative types such as podcasters, authors, and coaches. A Texas girl by birth, Natasha now lives just south of Nashville, Tennessee, with her amazing family and rescue pups, Astrid and Apollo. Natasha’s greatest achievement is still her children. The ones she was blessed to have and the ones God saw fit to entrust to her. Links: Natasha Bowles contact: natasha@nbpsvirtualstaffing.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashabeingww/ Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrettcaldwell/ Music: Reach The Top by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This is the sorbet episode between what was Virtual Executive Director for nonprofit leaders and what will be our new interview format for artists, content creators, and entrepreneurs. The new format is called "The Labyrinth." Listen to this week's short episode for more. Links: Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrettcaldwell/ Music: Reach The Top by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
On March 15, 2019 I celebrated my 20 year anniversary in festival producing. This year's March 15th was spent in quarantine, and all festivals have been basically canceled for the rest of 2020. This week would have been the opening of the 72nd annual Virginia Highlands Festival, where I serve as the Executive Director. It's bittersweet. I thought this would be an appropriate week to rerun last year's episode of the lessons I've learned along the way, so that when we finally can gather together, you can learn from my mistakes. On to the next 20 21 years! Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrettcaldwell/
I was obsessed earlier this year with Malcolm Gladwell's book, "Talking to Strangers." In processing through the information I started to think about loneliness and mental health--especially for those of us working in nonprofit and mission-driven leadership. This provided the context for an interview with Dennis Gillan. Dennis and I were speakers at TEDx Hickory in November 2019, and his talk on suicide prevention presented the topic with gentle humor and warmth. I've been wanting to share his story with the Virtual Executive Director audience ever since, and this was our chance. Suicide is not a simple matter for research and curiosity, so I'm glad we were able to talk about it with openness and without the hushed tones one reserves for delivering bad news in front of strangers. That said, if you or someone you know is thinking or behaving in a way that has you worried, please call 800-273-8255. This is the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Links and resources for this week: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Dennis Gillan's website: http://dennisgillan.com/ Suicide prevention resources: https://themighty.com/suicide-prevention-resources/ "Talking to Strangers" by Malcolm Gladwell (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2QOG8l2 Executive Director Mastermind Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExecutiveDirectorMastermind/ Dennis Gillan's TEDx Hickory talk, "Dying Alone": https://youtu.be/9NES3hSNv6o Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrettcaldwell/
Whether you're a rock star decision maker or you can't choose whether to send a text or an email, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is here this week to help us all get better at making decisions both for ourselves and for our organizations as part of a team. Known as the Disaster Avoidance Expert, Dr. Tsipursky is on a mission to protect leaders from dangerous judgment errors known as cognitive biases by developing the most effective decision-making strategies. He has over two decades of consulting, coaching, and training experience as CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, and over 15 years of experience in academia as a cognitive neuroscientist and behavioral economist. Dr. Tsipursky writes for Inc. Magazine, Time, Scientific American, Fast Company, and Psychology Today. A best-selling author, his new book is Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters. Links Assessments and more info: https://disasteravoidanceexperts.com/ Connect with Gleb on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-gleb-tsipursky/ Application to work with Becky: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrettcaldwell/
If you're a business owner and you don't have a stated position on diversity, equity, and inclusion, you are behind the times. This week's summer rerun is an interview with Jonathan Pitts, former executive director of Chicago Improv Productions, who has spent the last couple of years on a global improv "walkabout," which has been derailed due to COVID-19 travel restrictions and so many live events canceling this year. We put a definition to the word inclusion, Jonathan shared a mistake he made early in his career when it came to being more inclusive, and we talked about what "belonging" means in the world today. If you'd like to contact Jonathan wherever he is in the world, you can find him through his Facebook profile. Email Becky@virtualexecutivedirector.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrettcaldwell/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeckyBrett Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virtual_exec/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VirtualExecDirector
Whether you are happily searching for something new or feeling stuck in your current job, it's important to know how to package the amazing work you've done already into transferable skills. In this week's summer rerun, I talk with Rachel Fowler--actor, director, and executive coach--about how to identify your transferable skills, how to reframe what you're experiencing now into something positive, how to overcome inertia, and more. If you'd like to get in touch with Rachel, email her at rachelfowlerfilmmaker@gmail.com or find her on LinkedIn. Email Becky@virtualexecutivedirector.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrettcaldwell/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeckyBrett Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virtual_exec/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VirtualExecDirector
Because of our need now more than ever to be able to connect with strangers, I decided to rerun this episode with Margaret Hicks on applied improv training. Margaret is an award-winning tour guide in Chicago and has developed workshops that use improv theater techniques to help other tour guides connect with their audiences quickly and effectively. Her process is, above all else, filled with kindness and openness--two qualities that will help all of us navigate our way through what is happening now with #BLM and #BlackLivesMatter. This is the time in our history when we get to listen, to empathize, and to change our outdated and ineffective systems so that they serve everyone. Margaret's workshops are a great place to start. Resources: Margaret Hicks: https://chicagoelevated.com/ and http://thetourboost.com/ Email Becky@virtualexecutivedirector.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrettcaldwell/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeckyBrett Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virtual_exec/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VirtualExecDirector Subscribe Here: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/virtual-executive-director/id1286919221 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NcVeXJSvrerUM7CgDOVPX?si=2PqkQMklTJmcU1cpjYijiw
The episode I had planned for this week was not appropriate for the times, so here are links to some other podcasts that deserve your attention: White Lies by NPR The 1619 Project by the New York Times Uncivil by Gimlet Media The Witness Podcast Network - Pass the Mic Seeing White
Welcome to summer reruns! The time of year that I bring back the most popular episodes from the past year for you to rediscover all the juicy bits you forgot you learned. This week is part 2 of my interview with Susan Axelrod about self care for leaders. We have been given the gift of a pause, and if you have been neglecting yourself, this is the time to fix that. Resources for this week: Susan Axelrod: https://www.whatwillyourlegacybe.com/take-action/ Email Becky@virtualexecutivedirector.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrettcaldwell/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeckyBrett Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virtual_exec/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VirtualExecDirector Subscribe Here: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/virtual-executive-director/id1286919221 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NcVeXJSvrerUM7CgDOVPX?si=2PqkQMklTJmcU1cpjYijiw
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