Women on the Rise Podcast: Where Thriving Women Get Real about Self-Care, Success, & Keeping It All Together

Lara shares her reflections on this season's episodes (our 10th season!), a question for you to reflect on as summer comes to a close, and what's next for She Knows the Way. Help Us Plan Our Next Season! Tell us what's on your mind at laradalch.com/listenerquestions Season 10 Episodes to Binge On! Like Space Space with Michaela Ayers and Jennifer McCord How to Think About Money Now with Jacquette Timmons How to Make Decisions Now with Kimberly Diggles How to Think About Work Now with Adrian Granzella Larssen Listener Favorites to Binge On! I Felt Like I Was Completely Drowning with Suzi McAlpine How to Remember Who You Are with Kelsey Abbott Writing Your Own Story with Glynnis MacNicol Presence, Leadership, and How Women Rise with Sally Helgesen Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Launch Your Podcast with the She Knows the Way Production Team

You've probably heard the old saying – “Find a job you love, and you'll never work a day in your life.” For years, conventional wisdom around that first part – finding a job you love – was to do  something with purpose and meaning to you. But as we re-evaluate how work is working in the wake of the pandemic, we wanted to ask a different question: What purpose does work serve in our lives? In other words, what do we want work to do for us? Adrian Granzella Larssen was the first managing  editor at The Muse, a website that helps people navigate their careers. So she's facilitated a lot of conversations about work. But Adrian has also been on her own journey to define––and redefine––the purpose of work, both before and after her years at The Muse. With some surprising revelations along the way.   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes  Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review Launch your podcast with the She Knows the Way production team!

Lara checks in to see how you're doing after the end of Roe v. Wade and to share her thoughts on how we find our way forward. Abortion Care Resources: Planned Parenthood Shout Your Abortion Hey Jane Just the Pill Abortion Finder Have other abortion care resources to share? Email us at hello@laradalch.com or DM Lara on Instagram and we'll share them on IG and/or in an upcoming episode.

Making decisions still feels hard. Not the everyday decisions like do I want my coffee black or with milk (although sometimes even that sends Lara down a rabbit hole). The decisions we still struggle with are the ones that feel bigger. Like do I want to take on this project? Or do I want to move? In 2020, we heard a lot about “decision fatigue.” Our brains were tired because of the constant tiny decisions we had to make about safety. But after two years, shouldn't we be better at making choices after all that practice?  Kimberly Diggles says no. In this week's episode, Lara and Kimberly talk about why decisions still feel hard––and the best way to think about making decisions now, even when the world feels like it's on fire. Kimberly Diggles is a licensed therapist and mental health expert living in Long Beach and working throughout California. Before she was a therapist, she was a person. A friend. A sister. A daughter. A partner. Rather than use personal challenges as a weakness and an excuse to withdraw from relationships, Kimberly strives to accept struggle as the catalyst that can bring her into closer connection with others.   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes (link to come) Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review Launch your podcast with the She Knows the Way production team!

Jacquette Timmons is a financial behaviorist. She believes that you don't manage your money. You manage your choices around money.  Personal finance can be a tricky topic, especially if your finances were thrown into chaos by the pandemic. The choices we make around money seem especially relevant right now, as we find our way forward in 2022.   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review Launch your podcast with the She Knows the Way production team!

Lara chats with friends of the show Michaela Ayers and Jennifer McCord. We get real about how we're navigating our awkward re-entry into the world as Covid restrictions lift. How we're reconnecting with our people, our work, and ourselves after two plus years in pandemic isolation. And why astronauts might have advice for how to get back out there. Michaela Ayers (she/her), a social justice facilitator turned entrepreneur, is revolutionizing the way individuals, organizations, and communities think about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Michaela is the founder of Nourish, a social impact organization that is advancing DEI education through experiential learning and human connection. She is also the creator and host of Black Her Stories, a podcast that reshapes Black history through the inspiring stories of women you may never have heard of. Through nourishing conversations with leading writers, artists and entertainers, Michaela investigates what possibilities exist when creativity meets history.  Jennifer McCord (she/her) is an audio producer and editor/co-producer of She Knows the Way. She's also worked as a project manager, a human resources professional, an apparel product line manager, and an improviser – so she's spent most of her adult life figuring out how to listen. Jennifer is particularly interested in telling stories that are rooted in a sense of place, that map the gap between our thinking and our actions, or that explore the inextricable relationship between equity and design.    Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

Lara shares the first episode of a new show we think you'll love. Black Her Stories reshapes Black history through the inspiring stories of women you may never have heard of. Through nourishing conversations with leading writers, artists and entertainers, we explore what is possible when creativity meets history - when we tap into our creative power to unlock our purpose.  If you need to reconnect with your creative courage, then this show is for you.  Listen and subscribe to Black Her Stories on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.     Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Listen and Subscribe to Black Her Stories Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review  

I don't know about you, but lately I feel like a baby bird peeking my head over the edge of the nest, trying to figure out if it's okay to jump. Or maybe a bear coming out of a looongggg hibernation is a better analogy. (A graceful bear, thank you very much.) Either way, I'm slowly emerging from the much smaller world I've been living in since March of 2020, when this pandemic began. And it makes me wonder if you're feeling unsteady too, as you (hopefully, possibly?) begin to emerge.

When writer Glynnis MacNicol woke up the day after her 40th birthday without a partner or a child and feeling “fantastic,” she set out to understand why there are so few culturally acceptable life narratives for women. And to write a new one.   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes (Original Broadcast: January 2020) Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

Marketing expert (and adventurer) Lara Banker shares how she reinvented work and life after being laid off from a job she thought was exactly what she wanted.     Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes (Original Broadcast: March 2020) Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

Diversity and inclusion expert and entrepreneur Dr. Cheryl Ingram gets real about being a black woman in a world that shows up differently for her; what it takes to face our past with vulnerability; and why cultivating self-awareness, forgiveness, and self-love is the only path to being who we really are.   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes (Original broadcast: March 2020) Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

Sasha Heinz, Ph.D., MAPP, Developmental Psychologist, is an expert in Positive Psychology, lasting behavioral change, and the science of getting unstuck. Dr. Heinz has leveraged her academic expertise as a former faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania's Master of Applied Positive Psychology program to give her clients the tools to change their lives for good. Sasha and I nerd out over positive psychology research – and uncover simple tools you can use to feel freer, live more in alignment with your values, stop self-sabotaging behavior, and make changes that stick.   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes (Original Broadcast: May 2018) Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

When Charlene Lam lost her mother, her creative instincts as a curator kicked in. And turned her grief into an opportunity for transformation.     Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

Odessa Jenkins discovered her purpose as a girl playing tackle football. Now she uses that “why” to break down barriers for women in sports and to find her way to what's next. Odessa Jenkins is President of Emtrain and Founder of the Women's National Football Conference (WNFC).   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

Jessica Shaw wanted to be an actress until a performance changed her understanding of what theatre can do – and how play helps us connect with ourselves and each other. Listen in for these highlights: -Jessica leads Lara and her producer Jennifer through a classic improv exercise – with hilarious results -Why feeling resistant to play is exactly the right mindset to have going into a play exercise -How a civic theatre performance in Ghana blew up Jessica's entire understanding of what theatre can do – shifted her vision for her life -How play might save your tense family dinner and help you connect across generations -How to tune into what makes you feel playful - and how to allow for more wonder in your day-to-day life -Why finding your “little cheeky playful joy” might improve your emotional fitness (and make you more productive)   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

Everyone is talking about burnout these days. But what if those “tips and tricks to prevent burnout” articles are just plain wrong?  Suzi McAlpine, a New Zealand-based leadership coach and author of Beyond Burnout, shares her personal experience of burnout and debunks the most common myths about its causes (spoiler: it's not your fault!).   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

Early in her career, a colleague's comment stopped Surbhi Rathore in her tracks. And sparked her ability to transform uncertainty into opportunity.   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

Human Design Reader Kelsey Abbott is convinced that the children's song “One of These Things” is about her – because she never felt like she quite fit at work. Until she bushwhacked her way from marine biology to science writing to triathlon coaching to this work that she loves.   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) And leave us a review at Rate This Podcast. Resources: Full Episode Notes Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast Rate This Podcast: Leave Us a Review

Carolyn Cesario and Julie Sullivan met during a time of deep uncertainty – and used their own inflection point (and delicious nut butter) to help other women up the ladder.   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) Resources: Full Episode Notes Buy Me A Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast

After 27 years at Starbucks, Christine McHugh hit a wall. Her solution? Take a career pause to find her way to what was next, no matter how unexpected.   Let's keep in touch! Join the 'She Knows the Way' email list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Support the podcast at Buy Me A Coffee. (Thank you! We love coffee. :) Resources: Full Episode Notes Buy Me a Coffee: Support Our Women-Produced Independent Podcast

I have some exciting news. On September 14, we'll release a brand new episode of a brand new season of this podcast. And you may notice some changes.

Quick update from Lara – plus a little (joyful) experiment for you.   Let’s keep in touch! Join the 'Women on the Rise' mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

From professional harpsichordist to technology and consulting professional, Katherine Shao’s circuitous and years-in-the-making career reinvention taught her to stay open to possibility – and to embrace all of who she is.     Let’s keep in touch! Join the 'Women on the Rise' mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

Master Pilates instructor and fitness entrepreneur Jill Harris was building the next phase of her business when she was attacked near her home in San Francisco. With extensive injuries and pain, Jill was forced to figure out what she could and could not do physically – and reevaluate what was working (and not working) in her business and life.   Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. Connect with Jill Harris at fitsprings.com.

Designer and design educator Hina Shahid shares her personal story of adaptation and resilience as a mom, design entrepreneur, fourth generation immigrant, and social justice advocate.   Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

An unexpected departure from a 6-year career at Microsoft left Danielle Henry struggling to recognize herself. Here’s how she reimagined her way to a new career – and learned to take care of herself in the process.     Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

Six previous guests of the podcast share their thoughts about reinvention, resilience, refusing to put themselves last, and staying well (and sane) during this pandemic – in audio dispatches sent from their home during lockdown. Plus a postscript from Lara with resources for fighting racial injustice.     Previous interviews on this podcast with guests featured in this episode: Entrepreneurship and Everyday Self-Care with Laura Sullivan Learning When to Surrender with Karen Okonkwo Slash Careers and Staying Grounded with Soleil Roth Finding Clarity in Chaos with Marisa Office How to Start Over with Lara Banker Having Brave Conversations with Michaela Ayers Resources for fighting racial injustice mentioned in this episode’s postscript: Women on the Rise interviews with Michaela Ayers, Future for Us, Jennifer Brown, and Cheryl Ingram  Rachel Cargle Jessica Yellin’s “News Not Noise” interview with Rashawn Ray The New York Times “1619 Project” “Here’s How You Can Help Demand Justice for George Floyd,” The Oprah Magazine Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

What we're talking about in season 8 of Women on the Rise. Plus, how you can join us in an upcoming episode. New episodes begin June 2!     Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

Award-winning travel and food blogger Soleil Roth explains how she created a “slash” career – and why having multiple roles doesn’t mean you’re flaky or not committed.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. (Respond BY APRIL 30 to be entered in a drawing for signed copies of a books written by our guests!) Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

In 2015, artist Nicole Miyuki  began teaching in-person workshops to students who were curious about the hand lettering craze. And in 2018, she wrote and published her two books – a journey that was quite unexpected. We had such a great conversation about mindfulness, creating space, human connection – and how creative pursuits like hand lettering can help you do all three.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. (Respond BY APRIL 30 to be entered in a drawing for signed copies of a books written by our guests!) Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

In this week’s spring break episode, we’re revisiting one of our favorite conversations from 2018 – with Dr. Marcia Morgan, author of a book called GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams at Any Age. Dr. Morgan has a unique perspective on goal-setting, one that combines the best of techniques like mindfulness, visualization, and tenacious planning. Borrowing from the worlds of sports, business, and personal development – and from cultures all over the world – Dr. Morgan is especially interested in helping women reclaim dreams they may have pushed aside over the years.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. (Respond BY APRIL 30 to be entered in a drawing for signed copies of a books written by our guests!) Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

In this week’s Spring Break episode, we revisit my conversation with mind-body wellness and fitness expert Erin Stutland. Erin believes that “movement in your body creates movement in your life.” She’ll make you believe too. (And her online programs will get you moving safely even while social distancing.) Erin shares why she believes that combining words with movement is the key to creating change in your life, and how becoming a mom changed what she does to feel well but not her definition of being well.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. (Respond BY APRIL 30 to be entered in a drawing for signed copies of a books written by our guests!) Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

Mikaela Kiner spent 15 years as an HR leader at Seattle heavy-hitters such as Microsoft, Starbucks, and Amazon before venturing out on her own to start Reverb (formerly uniquelyHR) – a consulting company focused on people operations –  in 2015. As an HR professional, Mikaela has unique insight into the way companies support employees in integrating work and life. As an entrepreneur, she has practical tips for aligning your work with your personal priorities.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. (Respond BY APRIL 30 to be entered in a drawing for signed copies of a books written by our guests!) Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch.

Entrepreneur and producer Kristina Krug shares how asking others for support helped her level up in work and life. And why it was so hard.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. (Respond BY APRIL 15 to be entered in a drawing for a signed copy of a book written by one of our guests!) Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. This episode is supported by Armoire [armoire.style] with code WOTR100], The Riveter [theriveter.co], and Vibrant Health Playbook [laradalch.com/vibranthealthplaybook].

Marketing expert (and adventurer) Lara Banker shares how she reinvented work and life after being laid off from a job she thought was exactly what she wanted.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. (Respond BY APRIL 15 to be entered in a drawing for a signed copy of a book written by one of our guests!) Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. This episode is supported by Armoire [armoire.style] with code WOTR100], The Riveter [theriveter.co], and Vibrant Health Playbook [laradalch.com/vibranthealthplaybook].

Diversity and inclusion expert and entrepreneur Dr. Cheryl Ingram gets real about being a black woman in a world that shows up differently for her; what it takes to face our past with vulnerability; and why cultivating self-awareness, forgiveness, and self-love is the only path to being who we really are.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. This episode is supported by Armoire [armoire.style] with code WOTR100], The Riveter [theriveter.co], and Vibrant Health Playbook [laradalch.com/vibranthealthplaybook].

Artist Amy Won shares why seeking wonder and enchantment in the real world helps us find our path – and how an unexpected experience helped her connect with her mission as an artist and entrepreneur.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. This episode is supported by Armoire [armoire.style with code WOTR100], The Riveter [theriveter.co], and Vibrant Health Playbook [laradalch.com/vibranthealthplaybook].

Freelance journalist (and brand new mama) Jenni Gritters shares her path to “non-linear success,” the questions she asked to figure out what she wanted, and the self-judgments that nearly derailed her along the way.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. Let’s keep in touch! Join our mailing list. And follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. This episode is supported by Armoire [armoire.style with code WOTR100], The Riveter [theriveter.co], and Vibrant Health Playbook [laradalch.com/vibranthealthplaybook with $100 off in February for podcast listeners].

Kendall Griffin was a successful New York City publicist when love struck and took her across the ocean to build a new life in Germany. Over her 10 years as an expat, Kendall approached the daunting task of reinventing career and life with determination and humor – and learned to embrace the unexpected, even when things felt tough.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. Follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. This episode is supported by Armoire [armoire.style with code WOTR100], The Riveter [theriveter.co], and Vibrant Health Playbook [laradalch.com/vibranthealthplaybook with $100 off in February for podcast listeners].

Rebekah Bastian saw how common it was for women to think they had to know exactly where they were going in career and life. This harmful myth bothered her, so she decided to change the narrative – and to give women permission to follow their own crooked path to success.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. Follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. This episode is supported by Armoire [armoire.style with code WOTR100], The Riveter [theriveter.co], and Vibrant Health Playbook [laradalch.com/vibranthealthplaybook with $100 off in February for podcast listeners].

Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin are the co-founders of Unladylike Media and the co-hosts of the feminist podcast Unladylike. We talk about what feminism is, what feminism is NOT, why “ya’ll” should make a comeback as preferred inclusive language, and why self-care is a critical tool for all feminists and allies.    Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. Follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. This episode is supported by Armoire [armoire.style with code WOTR100], The Riveter [theriveter.co], and Vibrant Health Playbook [laradalch.com/vibranthealthplaybook with $100 off in February for podcast listeners].

When writer Glynnis MacNicol woke up the day after her 40th birthday without a partner or a child and feeling “fantastic,” she set out to understand why there are so few culturally acceptable life narratives for women. And to write a new one.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. Follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. This episode is supported by Armoire [armoire.style with code WOTR100] and The Riveter [theriveter.co].

Professional soccer player Rosie White has played in three World Cups and two Olympic Games. She knows how to navigate the discomfort that comes from reaching for big goals – and how to do it in a field in which women are underrepresented.   Share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. Follow Lara on Instagram @laradalch. This episode is supported by Armoire [armoire.style with code WOTR100] and The Riveter [theriveter.co].

A sneak peek at this season's 10 brand new episodes of Women on the Rise, plus how you can help me make the show even better. Please share your thoughts in our 5-minute listener survey at laradalch.com/podcastsurvey. Thank you!

The holiday craziness is about to take over, so I'm popping in for a quick reminder – and a wish for your holiday season.

Michaela Ayers loves food. She is also a tireless advocate for inclusive cultures inside organizations. So she brought her two passions together with her social impact company ‘Nourish,’ where she brings people together at the dinner table for brave conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Michaela shares her journey as a social justice facilitator, entrepreneur, and woman waking up to the importance of self-care in her work and life.

Entrepreneur and educator Christy Johnson shares how both intentionality and serendipity contributed to her success; and why striving for balance can sometimes be a distraction for women leaders.

Kristen Bashaw graduated college at the height of the Great Recession, with few job prospects and feeling disillusioned by the “you can do anything you want if you work hard”’ message she received growing up. She shares the mindsets and tools that helped her find her way – and why she thinks curiosity is the key to navigating both work and life.

Jo Casey began having panic attacks as a teenager. It wasn’t until her late 20s that a doctor diagnosed her with an anxiety disorder. As a business owner and coach, she struggled with how to successfully manage her business while also managing her anxiety – until she embraced the gifts her illness brought with it.

Anna Robinson, CEO and founder of women’s leadership platform Ceresa, discusses her holistic approach to helping women not only lead but thrive as leaders. She also shares how a health scare in her 30s changed her personal relationship to self care.

Fran Dunaway, CEO and Co-Founder of TomboyX, shares her experience becoming a first-time entrepreneur at age 50 – and what she’s learned about herself while building a brand based on authentic self-expression.