WISE WOMEN SPEAK: Giving Voice to the Wisdom in Women. Creating a life you love fueled by insight, inspiration and action!

Wise Women Speak to Maria Iliffe-Wood, leadership coach, author, and speaker about how powerful the ordinary-ness of wisdom is as the source of all our answers. Trust what's happening and follow your instincts. No doubts, no thinking, just do it. You have a powerful invisible coach within.

Wise Women Speak with Luann Edwards, social media marketing expert, travel adventurer and life long learner as she shares her path to entrepreneurship and how social media can change the way you communicate with the larger world. Luann Edwards is the founder of Socially Professional, a global social media marketing consulting firm.   

Christine Higgins, a certified IHEART facilitator, teacher, and consultant helping people realize the power and intelligent design of the mind, shares with us how innate wisdom speaks to you at any age and the profound difference listening to it can make.

When you open your aperture to let in more light it’s possible to see something completely new, something you couldn't see before. It’s in the AHA! moment that you can see that things are not always what you thought them to be. And what’s the value of that? Fresh insight and new possibilities are always on offer whatever the circumstances. It’s a whole new experience of life. And that’s refreshing, hopeful and freeing!

Coping with worry? Struggling with your kids? Leave the distress behind. You'll want to listen to this conversation with Ann Flagg about how we can change the child parent dynamic and leave the distress behind. A great listen even if you don't have kids! 

In this episode Katie McDonald, self care strategist, founder and CEO of bnourished, shares with us why self care as selfishness is a myth!  After years of striving for perfection she became depleted and sick from “not-enoughness.” She had to learn the the hard way that making self care a priority is actually a priceless return on investment in leading the life you were meant to lead. She transformed her own life from one of striving into thriving using her knowledge of self-care, alternative health and nutrition. Today she shares that knowledge with individual clients, corporations and groups through her speaking engagements.

Win or lose, no matter the outcome success is inevitable when you stay in the game, stay focused, stay playing. In this short episode Linda and Lana explore where outcomes are really created, in the present moment and without all the struggle if you just “do your job” as you were designed to!

In this rich encore conversation Linda and Lana speak with Marjan Kamali, author of Together Tea, about how she found and used her voice and a deep love of language to write the stories that have created a profound sense of home for her.

Linda and Lana speak with Elizabeth Phinney, Certified Personal Trainer and founder of Fitness After Forty Five. Her mission is to inspire people to take control of their own aging through diet and exercise so that they can “thrive to ninety-five,” experiencing quality of life well into their 80’s and 90’s. Elizabeth speaks very directly about her own inspiration to be fit and thrive after experiencing the loss of her son. That loss was a turning point and catalyst that lead her on a journey to explore the mind body connection more deeply and empowered her to help others lead full and rewarding lives. She is a firm believer that when you give to your body, your body gives to you. She created BodSpir® a meditative strength training technique, speaks regularly at events on the topics of healthy aging, and is currently at work on a book, Thrive to Ninety-five, due out in 2019.

In this fascinating, insightful and timely conversation, Linda and Lana speak with Sairey Luterman, Certified Thanatologist and Grief Counselor, about the transformative process of grief. Sairey sits in the mystery of uncertainty with her clients and helps them navigate their way through the “not knowing” to answer the questions they need answers to.  

Are you losing the magic, mystery and fresh unexpected possibilities of life by living in a world of prediction and expectation, trying to control the uncontrollable? Expecting you can predict all outcomes based on your previous experience? In this episode Linda and Lana explore what might be available to you if you don’t assume that today, and what you already know, is a predictor of anything else. If you see that clearly for yourself, you are open to wonder, curiosity, creativity and life’s fresh experiences. Possibilities beyond those you've ever thought true.

Lana and Linda speak with Andrea Kukulka, about her metaphysical journey becoming a healing medium, beginning with her childhood dreams vividly coming true. At each step on that journey she gained the clarity she needed to find her voice in healing and in mediumship. Today she’s found that voice healing clients through Reiki and sharing the messages that those who have gone before have for us. Andrea gives voice to those who’ve passed on and continue to be engaged in the lives of the living. She shares the wisdom in their messages and teaches students to recognize and connect more deeply to their own intuitive abilities.

There's wisdom in forgiveness. We are capable of seeing that at any age, even a tender one, when we’re coming from love. Linda and Lana discuss how waking up to wisdom and to truth is possible at any moment for anyone even when strife and sadness have been present.

Linda and Lana speak with Barbara Lea Callaghan, minister at Hancock United Church of Christ, about how a very early knowing inspired her to overcome the many obstacles of self doubt and disconnection she encountered along the way to realizing her calling as a minister. That knowing gave her the clarity of purpose to create and foster the community of depth and love that she leads today. She shares with us the importance of listening to your inner wisdom, learning to move beyond fear, living into courage and being fully awake to life.

Linda and Lana speak with Poonam Ahluwalia, social entrepreneur, founder and President of YES, Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, Inc. Poonam shares with us how the seed of social justice was planted in her heart early on and how her driving passion to create a world of opportunity, particularly for global youth, is being realized. She’s a perfect example of how ignoring fears and and doubts, embracing not knowing and taking action in the service of something greater than yourself leads to sustainable success

Can introverts live authentically as extroverts in a busy digital world? Linda and Lana speak with super connector Susan Finn about speaking out in the world authentically and from the heart. Susan shares with us the digital how to’s of giving form to your authentic expression and doing that through digital connection and collaboration. As an introvert you really can speak from your heart, from your desk and share with the world!

Could procrastination be nothing more than making meaning about the coming and going of cars in your rearview mirror? Linda and Lana share how the light touch of curiousity and wonder may be the key to getting “unstuck.” And how that simple insight about an ordinary occurence could lead to a new understanding that there’s really no procrastination afterall!

Linda and Lana speak with Sue Cross about giving yourself permission to pay attention to what lights you up and what you love, and letting that love lead you. Wisdom will inspire you. It's the gift of the power of the present moment realized. In “not knowing” is found the juiciest part of living. Sue shares with us how that “paying attention” has lead her to become inspired by working with elders and clients with Alzheimer’s, creatively engaging them in life and achieving remarkable results.

Train of Thought! How could a speeding train through your backyard not be a problem? Take a listen to our latest episode as Lana shares her post "When the Train’s a Comin’" and we discuss how absolute certainty about a situation can give way to understanding you really have freedom of mind whatever the circumstances and a train rushing through your backyard might in fact be no more than background noise.

Linda and Lana speak with Kalia Star about the wisdom, information and intelligence we have access to that we’ve forgotten. Kalia shares the way she wakes people up to the power of their own inner nature, guided by her understanding of the ancient knowledge available in the "Invisible World," the world beyond our conscious awareness.

When have you been stopped in your tracks by an undeniable metaphor of truth you can’t deny? And what could you learn about that metaphor that has the potential to free you from the circumstances that appear to be trapping you, holding you in place? Linda and Lana discuss "insight" as the door to recognizing your innate resilience, with a passageway full of fresh thinking that can guide you to freedom, even when circumstances remain the same. 

Linda and Lana speak with Maria Iliffe-Wood, executive and leadership coach, as she shares her experience with the powerful "Invisible Coach” within us. It's the wisdom within, that when listened to, reveals all manner of fresh inspiration, new ideas and exciting directions to pursue.

Linda and Lana discuss BAD MOODS. What to do (or not do) about them!

Linda and Lana speak with Luann Edwards, social media marketing expert and travel adventure as she shares her path to entrepreneurship and how social media can change the way you communicate.

Linda and Lana discuss the illusion of circumstances creating your experience and the practical implications of seeing through the illusion offered up by the glass bottomed bridge.

Linda and Lana speak with Christine Higgins about how innate wisdom speaks to you at any age and the difference listening to it can make.

Are you critiquing yourself against a hopeless standard of expectation? Linda and Lana discuss trading insecure stuck thinking for momentum and possibility.

Listen in as Linda and Lana speak with Deb Walsh, a social entrepreneur whose most recent endeavors include creating conversation salons, leading personal development workshops,  and curating and hosting communities designed for deep listening.

Listen in as Lana and Linda speak with Jill Whalen, transformational speaker, mentor, consultant and author of Victim of Thought: Seeing Through The Illusion of Anxiety

Linda and Lana share their personal and professional insights regarding a preoccupation with aging and self Improvement, and the role of thought in our experience of them.

Listen in as Lana and Linda speak with Heidi O’Donnell Eastman, an educator for 23 years. Her award winning curriculum and courses have been recognized and taught internationally.

Lana and Linda share their personal and professional insights regarding overwhelm and the busy minded thinking that creates it.

Listen in as Lana and Linda speak with Marjan Kamali, author of Together Tea.

Listen in as Lana and Linda speak with Carolyn Fine Friedman, philanthropist and advocate for environmental health and justice.

Linda and Lana share their personal and professional insights in this episode about the “Dreaded Inner Critic”.

Listen in as Linda and Lana speak with Sue Cross, Alzheimer’s Life Coach and Legacy Consultant.

Listen in as Linda and Lana share personal insights about their own journeys on their way to creating Wise Women Speak.