Women We Should Know

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Candace McKim is an International Intuitive Teacher, Intuitive Business Coach, #1 International Best Selling Author, TEDx speaker, and founder of the Intuitive Coaching Academy's online training. Candace spent decades combining her Social Work background with Yoga & Chakra Therapy into a form of intuitive teaching. Candace's wise and fun-loving approach guides women to courageously connect to their Dharma (purpose) through their intuition and to level up their spiritual businesses. Candace's training and intuitive coaching strategies support purpose-driven business women to make an impact and attract the wealth they desire by following inner wisdom. Candace is a TEDx Speaker and is the Podcast, Radio, and TV Host of the Find Your HELL YES show. Candace is recognized as a leading expert on Intuition as well as on Women & Worth, Wealth & Wellness and has shared the stage with speakers such as Jack Canfield, Debra Silverman, and Matt Kahn.      Enjoy this free Re-Aligning With Your Vision - 4-Part Video Series https://www.candacemckim.com/realignyourvision Email: info@candacemckim.com Website: https://www.candacemckim.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/candace.mckim/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candace-mckim-a37b7917/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candacemckim_/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CandaceMcKim TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNhQoCKv/ TEDX Talk - https://youtu.be/P7KXb74SVEk https://linktr.ee/Candacemckim_ Inspired Choices Network: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/author/candacemckim/ Re-Aligning With Your Vision - FREE 4-Part Video Series. https://www.candacemckim.com/realignyourvision

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Bio Dr. Dorothy A. Martin-Neville, Ph.D. has risen from an orphanage and growing up in the housing projects of So. Boston to founding 5 companies. As an author, speaker, and leadership coach/confidant, she is said to "hold your heart while she kicks your ass" in calling her clients to their highest and best selves creating success, freedom, and the ability to dream bigger than they ever imagined.   Program Notes:   Join us as Lesley and Dr. Dorothy discuss: Her unusual life path that taught her “Anything is Possible.” Women are being called to leadership. If you're going to be a leader you must stay ahead of your vision or your vision will run over you instead of being led by you. Her best-selling book: Real women change the World—Letting the good girl die so the real woman can live.  The need to sometimes become a hero sometimes to give a person someone to believe in until they don't need you anymore. What women bring to the table that businesses need today.  How to have a dream and grow into a woman who can actualize and sustain it.  Tools for Mindfulness, EI, & States of Being Website: askdrdorothy.com Facebook profile https://www.facebook.com/askdrdorothy Instagram profile https://www.instagram.com/askdrdorothy/ LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorothymartinneville/

Bio Nellie Hardin is an author, speaker and Family Life & Leadership Coach who focuses on helping parents love & lead their teen/tween daughters in a way that teaches them to love & lead themselves while building a strong foundation of worth, esteem & confidence all before they leave home! She is a wife, a mom to 4 teenage daughters, a retired homeschool parent and an adventure chaser. Her career is in biology and psychology, with years of personal, family and faith leadership development and a diverse behavior background from humpback whales in the South Pacific to teens and parents in homes across the world. She believes in a life of intention, making dreams and goals realities and knows that the best way to change the world is through one living room at a time! Program Notes Join us as Lesley and Nellie discuss: How a women's confidence is developed early in life and then molded throughout the remaining years.  Most women today are left trying to build their own foundations outside of childhood.  The painstaking chisel work is fraught with unknowns and the constant call for courage is relentless.  What can we do as parents raising young women today?  What can we do if we are a woman in need of this construction now?  Learning to fulfill our needs, trust ourselves and others and develop a plan of persistent growth and wisdom. Learning the best ways for instilling this in our teen/tween daughters.  Facebook profile https://www.facebook.com/groups/the6570project Instagram profile https://www.instagram.com/nellie.a.harden/ LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/nellieharden/  

BIO Eva Medilek is a Certified High-Performance Coach, International Speaker, and #1 Best-Selling Author. She works with men and women in the areas of high performance, personal development, leadership, creating inclusive environments, and mastering habits for success.   Eva specializes in helping busy entrepreneurs create successful businesses while working their day jobs. She shows you how to generate the energy needed to reverse the burnout and overwhelm you experience from trying to do it all.   Program Notes   In my recent discussion with Eva Medilek, she provided valuable counsel for entrepreneurs who are transitioning from a 9 to 5 J-O-B, to full-time entrepreneurship. Eva shared her tips from her CPR Program, a customed-designed platform for achieving “Success without Sacrifice,” with the listeners. Drawing on her own experience of making the transition to high-performance living, she candidly spoke about how the shift from a 9 to 5 J-O-B to entrepreneurship are equal parts scary and freeing. Eva invited listeners to begin by identifying what they absolutely do not want and shared her expert methods for helping women (and men) give themselves permission to reach for a life that aligns with their values, priorities, and most authentic aspirations.  Website  www.evamedilek.com Email  eva@evamedilek.com Facebook profile  https://www.facebook.com/evamedileksuccesscoach/ Instagram profile  https://www.instagram.com/evamedilekexecutivecoach/ LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/evamedilek/  

Bio Holly Jackson is a Revenue and Performance Consultant, Speaker, Podcast Host, Author, and founder of Business Builder Throw Down. Her career spans from technology to communications as well as organizational change, public relations and content strategy. Holly has dedicated over a decade to helping business leaders get their groove back physically, mentally and emotionally. She led a Local to Global Policy Initiative to influence future leaders' impact on communities.  In Holly's Peak Performance Blueprint, she looks at a holistic and logistical approach to success. After all, one can't have massive success in business without a life of equal or greater success. Business owners hire Holly to master the art and science of real success because most lack direction, action, and results. She helps define and design a business roadmap for impactful visibility, intentional profitability, and endless sustainability. Fun Fact: Played in Carnegie Hall's first chair clarinet and am a Black belt in karate. Program Notes: During a recent conversation with Holly Jackson, she provided valuable insights on her FEAR method, which can be applied to any fear in any aspect of life. She shared her passion for assisting her clients in recognizing and confronting the pain they have been avoiding, as well as helping them understand the benefits of having a mentor. Throughout our discussion, Holly provided actionable steps that have been proven effective in both personal and professional settings. She serves as a mentor, advocate, and motivator, guiding individuals toward actions that align with their aspirations and allow them to create a lasting legacy. Listeners will gain many valuable takeaways while learning about  while learning about Holly's Revenue & Performance Consulting, the Broadcast Network, and her podcast Inspiration Contagion   Email: hjeanj@gmail.com Website: https://hollyjeanjackson.com/ Facebook profile  https://www.facebook.com/hollyjeanjackson Instagram profile https://www.instagram.com/coachhollyjeanjackson/ LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyjjackson/  

Madeline Vetrano, a consumer advocate and financial strategist, and co-founder of ScoreED AZ. She empowers people to utilize their credit score to their advantage. Her passion for helping individuals and businesses achieve financial success is contagious – and she wants to make it happen for you, too. Fueled by a lack of education on those three numbers called your credit score, Madeline co-founded ScoreED to make a difference in the lives of her customers. She removes the roadblocks of a negative credit score so her customers can receive prime interest rates, saving them thousands of dollars each year. If your credit score makes you want to say a four-letter word, take a deep breath and relax. Madeline, co-founder of ScoreED has built her company specifically to help you! Program Notes In my recent conversation with financial expert Madeline Vetrano she discussed the challenges faced by women climbing the career ladder in that industry. Madeline also revealed that financial infidelity, often referred to as financial adultery, has become the #1 prevailing issue in escalating divorce rates. She revealed that many of her female clients are caught in the crossfire of being named on all debts but not on the assets represented by those loans. Madeline speaks of the increasing number of female clients she works with who find themselves in critical credit card debt due to trying to make a career in multi-level marketing (MLM), network marketing, or associate marketing. Research reveals that around 5% of all women in these industries actually make money, the rest often fall out of the industry or into crimpling debt. Tune in to hear Madeline's actionable starting points for building a solid credit history and making your money work for you instead of overwhelming you. Facebook Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL5GqEwK3JwHZV7ux-WfuOg TikTok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@scoreedaz?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Email: Office@scoreEDAZ.com

NINA SIMONS is Co-founder and Chief Relationship Officer at Bioneers and leads its Everywoman's Leadership program. Throughout her career spanning the nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, corporate, and philanthropic sectors, Nina has worked with nearly a thousand diverse women leaders across disciplines, race, class, age and orientation to create conditions for mutual learning, trust and leadership development. She co-edited Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, and authored Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership—released as a second edition in 2022 with an accompanying discussion guide and embodied practices. The first edition won Nautilus awards in the categories of Women in the 21st Century and Social Change & Social Justice. Both books are being used to inspire and ignite learning in individuals, circles and classrooms. I recently had the gift of sitting with author, speaker and social justice advocate, Nina Simons. Starting with how one of the patriarchy's primary tactics for maintaining dominant control is to prevent women from discovering their full potential as leaders provided a rich and potent conversation. The patriarchy, justifiably, fears that when women come together in relationships built on trust, they have the power to develop each other's leadership skills profoundly and rapidly. As Nina and I discussed, women are moving past the time of letting the patriarchy's fear become their limitation. As Nina shared from her years of study, a primary contributor to the hyper- masculinization in which we have been living starting with The Burning Times. 300 years of persecution of women has left deep-seated epigenetic trauma that still effects all people of our current generations. As the listener will hear, Nina is unwavering in her hearts knowing that as women break free from the labels that have been bequeathed to them, we will all become the powerful leaders who will transform our world. And Nina is committed to opening new pathways for us to make this our collective reality. Email: nina@bioneers.org Facebook profile https://www.facebook.com/nina.simons Instagram profile @1ninasimons LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-simons/ SPECIAL GIFTS FROM NINA: ninasimons.com. bioneers.org/ncs (for a free download of intro to book) SPECIAL OFFER: 20% discount on registration for Bioneers April 6-8 in Berkeley: Use CODE LM20 in registration

Nancy Hollander is an internationally recognized US criminal defense lawyer. She is also an Associate Tenant at London's Doughty Street Chambers and Of Counsel to the Geneva firm of Savolainen Avocats. Ms. Hollander has been admitted to practice in the US Supreme Court, and federal, state, and military courts. She is also on the list of counsel for the ICC as well as the DOJ Pool of Qualified Civilian Defense Counsel for Military Commissions. For more than four decades, Ms. Hollander's practice has largely been devoted to representing individuals and organizations accused of crimes, including those involving national security issues, in trial and on appeal. She was lead appellate counsel for Chelsea Manning and she won Ms. Manning's release in 2017 when President Obama commuted her sentence from 35 years to seven years. Ms. Hollander has also represented two prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, and in 2016, she won the release of one of them – Mohamedou Ould Slahi – who had been incarcerated for 14 years without charge. His story is chronicled in his New York Times bestselling book, Guantanamo Diary, which Ms. Hollander helped facilitate and publish, and in a feature film, The Mauritanian, where she was played by Oscar-winning actress, Jodie Foster. In addition to her criminal defense practice, Ms. Hollander has been counseled in civil cases, forfeitures, and administrative hearings, and she has argued and won a historic case involving religious freedom in the US Supreme Court. Ms. Hollander has also served as a consultant to the defense in international cases. She has created and taught in hundreds of trial practice programs in the US, internationally in Russia, Sweden, the UK, Portugal, Switzerland, and France for lawyers practicing in international criminal tribunals. She has also written extensively and conducted more than 200 seminars and presentations around the globe on various subjects, including the securing of evidence in international cases, forfeiture, illegal search and seizure, expert witnesses, defense of child abuse cases, ethics, evidence, and trial practice. In 1992-93, Ms. Hollander was the first woman president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Ms. Hollander has also received many professional awards. Among them, in 2001, she was named one of America's top 50 women litigators by the National Law Journal. Ms. Hollander's full CV can be found at www.fbdlaw.com. She has security clearances.    Program Notes I recently had the esteemed honor of welcoming Nancy Hollander to the podcast and now being able to share her voice and story with all of you during Women's History Month. Because certainly, she is one of the notable makers of our collective female history. Ms. Hollander is a trailblazer in the legal profession and has spent decades championing justice. As one of the first female lawyers in the U.S., Nancy broke down barriers and inspired change in the system that claimed more respect for women. Ms. Hollander's tells her story of how her legal expertise lead her to work on cases around the world, including representing and securing the release of Chelsea Manning. Ms. Hollander shares her experience of representing two individuals being held without charge at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, winning the release of one of them – Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Listeners are sure to be educated, fascinated and inspired by this woman's personal stories. From being followed and wiretapped by the FBI and CIA, to her fight for her own, therein everyone's. 1st, 4th, 5ht and 6th amendment rights. Tune in to discover why her legacy continues to inspire generations of women to fight for their own rights and the equitable treatment of all people.   

Bio: Christine Meyer is an executive life coach and author of "Keep It Simple, Smartypants! Stop Overthinking. Start Aligning. Live Happy”.   Since 2002 it's been her mission to empower, educate and uplift.  She coaches the ultra successful people (who you'd think wouldn't need a coach) to dream even bigger, reach beyond their limitations and know themselves from the inside-out, which allows them to move through life confidently and happily, while making the impact they want to make.  Her clients include Obama speech writers, impact-driven serial entrepreneurs, Emmy Award winners, best-selling authors, multi-million dollar investors, founders of profit and non-profit companies, popular radio personalities, professionals and leaders of change. She's a sought-after podcast guest and founding member and regular contributor to the Forbes Coaches Council. The second book in her Keep it Simple, Smartypants series will be out in 2024.   Program Notes In my recent conversation with Christine Meyer, she shared her understanding of how, as women (and a society) we must understand how progress and improvement happens. It does start with self-empowerment for sure and it's important to know that "pushing against" anything is not how the changes we want, happen in the most empowered way. Along with many golden nuggets of how to shift our daily experience of life and success, Christine shared deep insights that listeners will enjoy about finding our happy.     https://christinemeyercoaching.com https://www.facebook.com/christinemeyercoaching/ https://www.instagram.com/christinemeyercoaching https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinemeyercoaching  

BIO: Liz Bullard is a Host & Podcaster of Coffee & Convos with Liz and a powerful community voice passionate about making a difference in her city. She believes that her mission in life is to leave this world a little better than she found it. As the host of Coffee and Convos, Liz interviews influential people from all walks of life, exploring their stories and inspiring her listeners to think bigger and live fuller. Her friendly, approachable style has endeared her to audiences worldwide. Liz loves connecting with people and exploring the topics that matter most. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, reading books, and listening to podcasts. Liz's passion is expressed through continuing to grow as an inspirational leader and helping create a more equitable and just society. PRGM NOTES: It was fun, enlightening, insightful, and educational to join in conversation with Liz Bullard. Liz helps women embrace their uniqueness by giving them space to step outside the status quo and understand their individual way of learning. Liz also shares her no-nonsense kindness and wisdom to inspire them to understand how they, as an individual heal, and then support them in developing skills and comfort in communicating what they need. A much sought-after coach and voice for intentional self-acceptance, it was an honor to welcome Liz to the podcast to share her perspectives and expertise with our listeners.   Email: coffee.convos.with.liz@gmail.com Podcast: Coffee & Convos with Liz Website: CoffeeConvosLiz.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coffeeconvosliz/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coffeeconvosliz/

Program Notes: My recent conversation with Nancy Delain offered up a wealth of information for women around protecting our intellectual property. From helping women to pull unrecognized golden nuggets out of their minds to assembling the structures to monetize their inventions, Nancy has mastered all the steps necessary. And if building a franchise is the dream, she is able to apply her skills to help women rise and thrive. A fascinating conversation for any woman ready to launch into a new level of business and industry. Bio: Nancy Baum Delain, Esq. is a solo lawyer who concentrates her practice in intellectual property, business law and bankruptcy matters. She owns and runs Delain Law Office, PLLC as a virtual law practice with a physical presence in Schenectady New York. She is admitted as an attorney in New York and as a patent attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Before studying law, Nancy was a technical documentation specialist (writer, editor, and manager) for over 20 years, working as an independent consultant or W-2 employee with such companies as 3M, CSC, Rational Software, General Electric Company, NYS Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC), and KeyBank. She brings those skills to bear as she works with clients to document invention, protect business goodwill, and negotiate and develop contracts and deals. Nancy is a Mensan. Nancy has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix, teaching technical writing and first-year writing courses online. She was also an adjunct faculty member at The Sage Colleges for one semester, teaching business law to undergraduates in a classroom setting. When she's not working or volunteering, Nancy enjoys swimming, walking, reading, writing, and playing with her many cats.

Program Notes It was my sincere privilege to recently share a conversation with Rev. Dr. Terrlyn Curry Avery as she addressed many aspects of dismantling racism. She speaks to audiences worldwide about woman's journey from self-expression to self-empowerment. Acknowledging the people who came before her and on whose shoulder's she now sits, Dr Avery offered her understanding of the honor of being bestowed this grace. The listener will be both inspired and fascinated by Dr Avery's journey from being raised in a close-knit community in the deep south to leading courageous conversations about race. I invite you to tune into a compelling call to individual action as Dr Avery shares her journey of later being called into the ministry where she began addressing wounds of religion, until the moment when the world watched the horrifying murder of George Floyd. Humble yet powerful, graceful yet unwavering, Dr Avery's reveals ways we can each engage in this essential work, and reminds us that every small action counts.   BIO Rev. Dr. Terrlyn Curry Avery is the creator of Pastology, the cutting edge field that focuses on the synergy between pastoring and psychology. She holds a B.S. from Howard University, a Ph.D. from Hofstra University, and a Masters of Divinity from Yale University. She calls herself a pastologist (licensed psychologist and ordained minister) and is a transformational leader, coach, speaker, author and retreat leader. Rev. Dr. TLC has a unique approach to healing, transformation, and manifestation. She places the emphasis on the journey toward sacred intelligence: the ability to tap into one's internal source in order to move toward intelligent choices. Those choices are intended to honor the Sacred and help the individual manifest their greatness, while simultaneously embracing the humanity of those around them. ​ Rev. Dr. TLC works with highly influential and committed leaders who need spiritual, life, or career coaching as they transform the world by creating a legacy of service, prosperity, and greatness. She also provides coaching support for leaders to help them understand how their sphere of influence can help to change the status quo and to dismantle structures that have intentionally and unintentionally created racial disparities. Her coaching provides an opportunity for leaders to: create the right context for conversations on race and leadership development with their employees; discover how racism and unconscious bias influence their hiring practices, affect their clients, and have a direct impact on the company's financial goals; and understand how racism impacts employees, their work performance, and their feelings of safety in the work environment. Rev. Dr. TLC has a long history of working with institutions, organizations and communities to bridge the racial divide and promote racial equity. Rev. Dr. TLC is the host of Dismantle Racism with the Rev. Dr. TLC which airs on talkradio. nyc. She is the author of Dismantling Racism: Healing Separation From the Inside Out and Sacred Intelligence: The Essence of Sacred, Selfish & Shared Relationships. Rev. Dr. TLC is the pastor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Presbyterian Church in Springfield, MA.   Website www.sacredintelligence.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/terrlyncurryavery Instagram @revdrtlc Link to your LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-terrlyn-l-curry-avery/

BIO: Thuy (Twee) Lam is an open-minded and heart-centered entrepreneur who believes that empowering women with their finances unlocks a flood of potential for the entire world. Thuy is a former Certified Financial Planner - turned Money Mentor. With 20+ years as a finance expert, she is helping clients, with a special focus on women, to achieve financial success. She is a keynote speaker and panelist at women's summits, women's entrepreneurial hubs, and chambers of commerce. Thuy facilitates workshops and is a digital course creator. She is also the founder of Money Mentor at Falcon Lam PRGM NOTES: I was sincerely excited to share conversation with Thuy Lam about the ways and importance of empowering women through financial independence, including married or partnered women. From the time of Virginia Woolfe's seminal, A Room of Ones Own, to now the necessity for women to create their own financial space and security has been an important and complex topic. As Thuy addressed, in 2023 all too few women have yet to take the plunge, mostly from insecurity of not understanding, how. Women of every financial sphere will discover golden nuggets in what Thuy shares about how to ditch your budget and thrive financially. Thuy's unwavering commitment to helping women see and actualize a clear path to financial security is obvious in what she says and inspiring in it's no-nonsense clarity as to how. She backs up her by offering her class, Unveil Your Money Mask, for free.   (For details check out her website) Company Thuy Lam, Money Mentor at Falcon Lam Website www.falconlam.com Email: tlam@falconlam.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thuy.lam3/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/thuy-twee-lam-3a77a5/

BIO Kisha Woods coaches inspire, motivates, and teaches women from all walks of life. Her unbiased support and transformational tools help build a powerful partnership dedicated to helping women heighten the bar on amplifying personal success and entrepreneurial growth. She's the host of The Empowering Real Talk Podcast, a show bringing awareness, resources, and solutions to negative, limiting behaviors restricting individual and community growth.   Program Notes I recently had the most enjoyable time sharing a conversation with Kisha Woods about how she helps women discover their hidden confidence and resilience to take the journey into powerful self-expression. Listeners will find themselves completely disarmed by Kisha's bold call for women to become accountable to be actionable. The approaches Kisha has developed for embracing life's call to prepare for the necessary sacrifices that we must each make to achieve our goals are compelling and have proven effective for hundreds. I was completely engaged by Kisha's approach to helping women unveil their personal confidence to embrace their individual journeys, and I am sure you will be as well.    

Lesley Michaels was born to feminism. She was later one of the first women to break through the glass ceiling in the “old boy” industry of oil and gas. Lesley's body of unique life experiences have provided her with a first-hand understanding of the daily struggles faced by women of every race, culture, and sexual orientation. On the Shoulders of Mighty Women is a tribute to the power and grace of those who came before and the ones who will follow, the warriors and the fallen. Lesley developed the Shattering Your Own Glass Ceilings training program for executive women to uplevel their comfort in advocating for their value. Presented through both groups and bespoke training programs, the program is rooted in actional practices with proven results. Lesley is also the host of the Women We Should Know podcast that features women who are leading the way in DE&I, the pursuit of gender equity, women's financial empowerment, and female social and political sovereignty.   With the onset of a new year, I took this opportunity to share with our followers, as well as all the new and welcome listeners, some insights to my vision for 2023. I also used this occasion to offer some insight to where Women We Should Know will be focusing this year. I invite all of you to tune in for the sneak preview and then come along for the adventure.     

Program Notes  Regardless of your opinion on abortion, my recent conversation with Patrice D'Amato will provide information that is both essential and enlightening to all women. From her experiences of having emergency room staff regularly calling to ask for assistance and tutelage on how to treat a patient in their hospital, due to the lack of training while in medical school, to the awareness that abortion is no safer in blue states than red states, her depth and breadth of experience sheds new light on the experience. This conversation was so fascinating and educational that it spanned 2 episodes. I welcome you to listen in and to offer your comments, from any perspective. Engaging in civil discourse on any topic is the path to mutual understanding and sussing out previously unrecognized points of educational benefit. Bio Patrice D'Amato has spent 38 years as a practicing nurse in both clinical and academic settings with a focus on adult medical surgical, critical care, gerontology, and women's health. After practicing as a women's health nurse practitioner in abortion care more than 20 years ago, she left clinical practice to teach nursing at the university level. An award-winning educator, Patrice has served as a university course director for a top- ranked school of nursing. She also serves as a project director for an international health organization dedicated to providing education opportunities in developing countries. Patrice's passion for nursing started early in childhood as she saw the deep pride and satisfaction her mom and grandmother derived from the early era of professional nursing. She feels fortunate to have been able to delve into a variety of specialties to witness and support people through birth, death, and everything in between. Patrice's love of both science and spirituality, and how they intersect in the natural world, has guided her to teach and mentor students for many years. She also immensely enjoys a good laugh from her fondness of the world's quirks and reminders not to take herself or anyone else too seriously. Born in New York, Patrice now lives in Maryland. In her free time, she volunteers as a hospice singer and teaches conversational English in Spanish-speaking countries such as Spain and Peru. She is an avid Zumba enthusiast, hiker, and lover of historical fiction.

Program Notes  Regardless of your opinion on abortion, my recent conversation with Patrice D'Amato will provide information that is both essential and enlightening to all women. From her experiences of having emergency room staff regularly calling to ask for assistance and tutelage on how to treat a patient in their hospital, due to the lack of training while in medical school, to the awareness that abortion is no safer in blue states than red states, her depth and breadth of experience sheds new light on the experience. This conversation was so fascinating and educational that it spanned 2 episodes. I welcome you to listen in and to offer your comments, from any perspective. Engaging in civil discourse on any topic is the path to mutual understanding and sussing out previously unrecognized points of educational benefit. Bio Patrice D'Amato has spent 38 years as a practicing nurse in both clinical and academic settings with a focus on adult medical-surgical, critical care, gerontology, and women's health. After practicing as a women's health nurse practitioner in abortion care more than 20 years ago, she left clinical practice to teach nursing at the university level. An award-winning educator, Patrice has served as a university course director for a top- ranked school of nursing. She also serves as a project director for an international health organization dedicated to providing education opportunities in developing countries. Patrice's passion for nursing started early in childhood as she saw the deep pride and satisfaction her mom and grandmother derived from the early era of professional nursing. She feels fortunate to have been able to delve into a variety of specialties to witness and support people through birth, death, and everything in between. Patrice's love of both science and spirituality, and how they intersect in the natural world, has guided her to teach and mentor students for many years. She also immensely enjoys a good laugh from her fondness of the world's quirks and reminders not to take herself or anyone else too seriously. Born in New York, Patrice now lives in Maryland. In her free time, she volunteers as a hospice singer and teaches conversational English in Spanish-speaking countries such as Spain and Peru. She is an avid Zumba enthusiast, hiker, and lover of historical fiction.

Program Notes It was an inspiring experience to have Kerri Hummingbird join me in conversation. Her story of finding herself after years of inner turmoil and stepping out to help other women do the same is one many women will relate to. From helping women to become aware of the story they are telling to recognizing how it is limiting their access to happiness and fulfillment, Kerri's journey and work both speak to the courage required to deeply know ourselves. Join Kerri and I as she reveals how to become the artist of your own life.    Bio Kerri Hummingbird is a Soul Guide and host of Soul Nectar Show, is the #1 international best-selling author of "The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama" and the award-winning best-selling book "Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey To Self Love" which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening.  Ms. Hummingbird inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with authenticity, passion, and purpose that positively impacts others. She catalyzes mind shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. Her newest book, already a #1 int'l bestseller, is called "Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound" and describes the most direct path to spiritual enlightenment.

Program Notes: Since 2020 and the challenges of COVID, the number of coaches working in the areas of business, life, and transformational coaching has exploded. Having the opportunity to speak with Wendi Hatton about the many ways she has developed for supporting coaches to find their center, establish name recognition, and serve their clients to the highest degree was fascinating and inspiring. From receiving a VIP Membership, from the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW), and being featured in the Fall 2015 issue of the Women of Distinction Magazine to supporting other women to achieve their greatest potential, Wendi is an extraordinary example of the power of women uplifting women.    Bio: Wendi Hatton is a Heart-Centered Sales Coach and LinkedIn Strategist with Linked Prosperity LLC, an industry-innovating coaching company headquartered in Washington, DC. She teaches women entrepreneurs how to acquire high-quality leads through collaboration marketing, treating others the way they would want to be treated–and how to convert those leads into clients from a place of honesty, authenticity, and integrity. Wendi is the creator of 'Linked Prosperity Intensive', a 10-week online program for women entrepreneurs who struggle with their presence on LinkedIn® so they can stand out as authorities in their specific areas of expertise. Her sales coaching program, High-End Coach Academy supports coaches in their most needed areas of marketing and sales strategies including a strong mindset, money blocks, confidence, visibility in the online space, collaboration, and more. A Navy veteran and professional clarinetist, Wendi was named Woman of the Year (2015-2016), and VIP Member, by the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW). She was also featured in the Fall 2015 issue of the Women of Distinction Magazine.

Program Notes: It was a fascinating experience to share in conversation with Marianne Schnall. The opportunity to share how she has spent years building the website FEMINIST.com as a vehicle for supporting feminist organizations, initiatives, and providing a central connection point for women to stay abreast of what is in movement is a privilege. Equally inspiring was learning about how and why she founded the What Will It Take Movements, which is a media, collaboration, learning, and social engagement platform that inspires, connects, educates, and engages women everywhere to advance in all levels of leadership and take action. I invite you to tune in to learn more about how this amazing and powerful women is dedicating her life to forwarding real change on the behalf of women. Bio: Marianne Schnall is a journalist, author, and interviewer whose work has appeared in Forbes, CNN.com, Refinery29, Thrive Global, Huffington Post, TIME.com, O, The Oprah Magazine, and many other media outlets. Her wide-ranging interviews with global leaders span fields as diverse as entertainment, politics, business, spirituality, and environmental and social activism and include Oprah Winfrey, Melinda Gates, President Jimmy Carter, Jane Goodall, Speaker Arianna Huffington, Anita Hill, Jane Fonda, Stacey Abrams, Amy Poehler and hundreds of others. Marianne is the founder of What Will It Take Movements, a media, collaboration, learning, and social engagement platform that inspires, connects, educates, and engages women everywhere to advance in all levels of leadership and take action. She is also the founder of Feminist.com, a leading women's website and nonprofit organization that fosters awareness, education, and activism for people all across the world. Marianne is the author of What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? Conversations About Women, Leadership & Power which features interviews with politicians, public officials, thought leaders, writers, artists, and activists from Nancy Pelosi and Maya Angelou to Gloria Steinem and Nicholas Kristof, and many more. Her latest books include Leading the Way: Inspiring Words for Women on How to Live and Lead with Courage, Confidence, and Authenticity, and Dare to Be You: Inspirational Advice for Girls on Finding Your Voice, Leading Fearlessly, and Making a Difference. Through her writings, interviews, and websites, Marianne strives to raise awareness and inspire activism around important issues and causes. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marianne.schnall Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marianneschnall/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/marianneschnall

Program Notes Having the opportunity to speak with Dr. Victoria Ann Hasson about the world of politics from South Africa to the UK to Australia was a fascinating peek behind the veil of what is similar worldwide and where the dramatic differences present themselves. Dr Hasson spoke to her heart and soul commitment to helping women politicians to feel seen in their experiences of navigating politics; seen in their experiences of trying to be a soulful, connecting, and whole-hearted leader. Her hope is to enable women to feel encouraged and supported and to know that their experiences genuinely matter - not simply to people like Dr Hasson, but to society as a whole. Her approach to helping women find their voice is rooted in articulating the truth of what it takes to deliver democracy, to begin reshaping political society, innovating democracy, improving the quality of democratic processes, and reimagining political leadership styles. I found her approach of inquiry and investment one that will easily translate into the business world and serve to help women to move from their greater power. I invite you to tune into this powerful conversation about holding power to account in a way that allows everyone to win. What are the 3 things you want to speak about? Why it matters that we care about politicians, what made me care about politicians in the first place, and what I would like to say to any struggling politician. Bio I have been so fortunate to work in politics, in parliaments, and with politicians around the globe for 14 years. I have entered some incredible democratic spaces at pivotal moments in history, and I have observed the human impact of the political experience amongst individuals charged with navigating it for all our sake. I started out being interested in how democratic practices within the national parliament of South Africa would be re-shaped at the end of apartheid, which was the focus of my PhD. The majority of those entering the new parliament in 1994 had no experience of democracy from the inside, and I was fascinated to realise that a person's experience of democracy, which in this instance was one of exclusion, shapes their actions irrespective of their current reality and experiences. Since then I have worked internationally with politicians around the globe and I have come to realisation that all politicians know their feelings do not matter, and should not matter, to the content of their policy decisions. Yet, they still have them, and those feelings still play a role in shaping the form democracy takes, and this form shapes political leadership culture. Consequently, we may contemplate creating AI politicians to override this, but until this happens I intend to spend the rest of my life helping us all to understand the reality of how it feels to deliver democracy, with the ultimate aim of improving the quality of democratic processes and innovating democratic institutions. Links Website: www.victoriahasson.com Preferred contact information: Email: victoria@silentmp.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-victoria-ann-hasson-80b21020/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaHasson

Program Notes Being a woman of European decent, I always look forward to and value the opportunity to speak with women who are leaders in DE&I for the chance to discover more of my own unconscious bias that was trained from birth. The privilege of having Dr. Sacha Joseph-Mathews as a guest was a powerful experience in this direction. Her wisdom about how common it is to overlook the oppressions of those around us served to heighted my own awareness of oppressive nuances I might have previously overlooked. Combining this with her clear reminder to be mindful of the oppressions that are not external, but rather radiate from within is a call to each of us to listen internally with as much attention as we pay to the outer environment. I am still contemplating her invitation to learn what being our authentic self is, and to notice how some relationships are not healthy for maintaining authenticity. I invite you to tune in to discover how the powerful illuminations of this powerful and generous woman can enhance your own life and perceptions.   BIO: Dr. Sacha Joseph-Mathews is the Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and a Marketing Professor in the Eberhardt School of Business at the University of the Pacific. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications from the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, a Masters of Science degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management, and a PhD in Business Administration with a specialization in marketing. She obtained both her Masters and PhD degrees from Florida State University. Professor Joseph-Mathews has been working and teaching in undergraduate, graduate and executive education for over 10 years. Dr. Joseph-Mathews has taught classes in the United States, the Caribbean Asia and Africa in international marketing, international business, marketing management, services marketing, advertising and promotions, hospitality and services management, entrepreneurial marketing, customer service, diversity management and event planning. She has presented and published articles in tourism, marketing, advertising, ethical consumption, diversity and inclusion, green consumerism, supply chain management and international trade. As a professor Dr. Mathews has been actively involved in community outreach which has led her to work with social entrepreneurs across the world teaching them marketing fundamentals. She is particularly passionate about working with female social entrepreneurs. In addition to being an academic, Professor Joseph-Mathews has worked as a researcher and DEI consultant for many non-profit and for-profit organizations, across the globe. These organizations including the State of Florida, Ashoka Arab World, FLIP Uganda, Unreasonable Institute, The Lodi Police Department, San Joaquin Sheriffs, Unreasonable East Africa, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Metro LA, Access Transit, Lodi Unified School District, Arthur Lok Jack School of Graduate Studies, the University of the West Indies and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Her work as a DEI consultant has led her to do DEI strategic planning with boards, train senior managers and C suite executives and facilitate listening tours and unconscious bias workshops with large and small organizations alike. Prof. Mathews is an avid traveller and has visited almost 50 countries. She and her husband Noren live in Elk Grove with their two girls; Naeomi and Lailoni.     Links Website: https://business.pacific.edu/campus-directory/sacha-joseph-mathews Preferred contact information: sjoseph@pacific.edu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sacha-joseph-mathews-phd-b6b420b/  

Program Notes A fierce warrior for women's rights, bodily autonomy, and naming women in the U.S. Constitution, the conversation with Karen Hinton is stimulating and informative. Best known for her role as press secretary to both former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Karen has always been determined to “speak up not shut up” on issues that impact women. From discussing the Dobbs case that saw the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade, to her experiences with the issue of abortion, both directly personal and within her community, Karen shared her commitment to be instrumental in change and how we can all become change agents in our own communities and the country at large.    Biography Mississippi native Karen Hinton is a nationally-recognized media professional in Washington and New York. Best known for her role as press secretary to both former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Hinton played what Politico dubbed the “Helen of Troy role” in the clash between Cuomo, now the former Governor of New York, and Mayor de Blasio. The New York Times called the clash “one of America's ugliest political feuds.” Hinton cut her teeth as the press secretary for the first Black Congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction in 1986. The Democratic National Committee hired her in 1989, serving a similar role for Ron Brown, who was the first Black Chairman of the DNC and a key political strategist to elect Bill Clinton as President. In 1995, Hinton joined the Clinton Administration as press secretary for Cuomo at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. During that time, President Clinton began to face charges of womanizing (and worse). Hinton later relocated to New York and became Mayor de Blasio's press secretary. She found herself at the center of the crossfire between longtime frenemies Cuomo and de Blasio, often becoming the subject of news coverage herself. Known for never ducking from a fight, Hinton was at the peak of her career when a catastrophic brain injury from a freak accident confronted her with the battle of her life. Emerging from a coma, and learning to walk and talk again, Hinton was determined to “speak up not shut up” on issues involving women, men, and power in politics.   Instagram @jkarenhinton TikTok @karenhinton

Whatever will be of service to your community the words Anita Sanchez Ph.D. first shared when asked what she would like to speak with me and my listeners about. Words that I quickly learned she not only speaks but lives by. Being a longtime student of ancient wisdom, having the opportunity to share in conversation with Anita was a genuine gift. Imagine C-Suites from Fortune 500 companies bringing in an elder of sacred wisdom to teach and inspire them. Then imagine getting to sit 1:1 in conversation with that very woman. With her gentle strength and clarity, Anita spoke to some of the most important aspects of life, that in our busy world and lives we often take for granted or forget, altogether. The way she speaks directly and with the intention to the listener, bringing them into the conversation is an opportunity to breathe into yourself in a whole new way of remembering more of yourself. I want to invite you to tune in to Anita's illumination of how we can each re-emerge into belonging and remember who we are at the most authentic level.   Bio Anita Sanchez, Ph.D., Nahua (Aztec) and Mexican American, is CEO & Founder of Sanchez Tennis & Associates, LLC, Their focus is to heal the world and her people through Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Culture Change. Dr. Sanchez is a consultant, trainer, and speaker to Fortune 500 companies, education, and non-profit organizations. She bridges indigenous wisdom and science for an individual to societal renewal focusing on diversity, equity, inclusion, and cultural transformation Board is a member of the Pachamama Alliance and Bioneers and is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders and Transformational Leadership Council. Author of seven books including the international award-winning book, The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times, Simon & Schuster. Anita teaches how to bring wisdom to all aspects of life. Other awards include 2022 Mogul's Top 100 DEI Leaders, 2020 Conscious Company Media “World Changing Woman” 2020 World Woman's Foundation “Woman of the Hour” and #SheisMyHero campaign to inspire 1 million girls to live their dreams and leadership. Anita leads an annual Pachamama Alliance journey into the sacred headwaters of the Amazon each year; her next journey is in June 2023.   Facebook www. facebook.com/AnitaSanchezPhD/ Instagram www.https://www.instagram.com/dranitasanchez/ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anita-sanchez/

Program Notes Part II of a powerful conversation. Each time I speak with Wendy Murphy I come away feeling educated, inspired, and informed about the continuing struggle for us, as women, to achieve full human status in the U.S. Constitution. Sharing in conversation with a litigator for the rights of women and children, who is also a scholar in the history of the abuses and small victories of women always clarifies what is still yet to be done. In this conversation, our listeners will learn some of what we can each do on a consistent basis to uplift ourselves, and all of womankind. While only vaguely familiar with Alice Paul prior to meeting Wendy, I have come to love and honor this woman who actually wrote the original Equal Rights Amendment. I continue to find that learning a woman's history offers clear signals and directional indicators of how we can progress to become an empowered body. I trust that each of you will receive incredible nuggets of wisdom from this conversation.   BIO Wendy Murphy has served as an adjunct professor of sexual violence law at New England Law|Boston, for over 15 years. Where she also co-directs the Women's and Children's Advocacy Project under the Center for Law and Social Responsibility. A former Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, Wendy prosecuted child abuse and sex crimes cases for many years. In 1992 she founded the first organization in the nation to provide pro bono legal services to crime victims. Wendy is an impact litigator whose work in state and federal courts has changed the law to better protect the constitutional and civil rights of victimized women and children. She writes and lectures widely on the constitutional and civil rights of women and children, and criminal justice policy and is a contributing editor for The Sexual Assault Report, Wendy's impact litigation in the area of campus sexual assault, beginning in the early 1990s, includes groundbreaking victories against Harvard College in 2002, and Harvard Law School and Princeton University in 2010, which cases led the way to widespread awareness and reforms, including the well-known April 2011 Dear Colleague Letter. Wendy is a popular and bold speaker on the lecture circuit who describes herself as “fiercely non-partisan.” Wendy is a well-known television legal analyst. She has worked for NBC, CBS, CNN, and Fox News, and regularly provides legal analysis for network and cable news programs. Her first book, “And Justice For Some,” was published by Penguin/Sentinel in 2007, and re-released in paperback in 2013.

“I was always sensitive to injustice…but in terms of how I landed doing civil rights and constitutional rights, especially as it pertains to women, I came into it organically.” An alternative in case that requires too much space. “I was always sensitive to injustice…but in terms of how I landed doing civil rights and constitutional rights…I came into it organically.”   Wendy Murphy Having the opportunity to welcome Wendy Murphy as a guest provided one of the most fascinating and educational conversations on the plight of women that I've ever experienced. From outlining how the law is written to support violence against women to the extent to which there is no one monitoring our judges when they rule in discriminatory ways against women was eye-opening, in the least. Listening to Wendy explain how it is our US Constitution that stands as the underlying cause that allows judges in every courtroom, not just criminal cases, to treat women in a discriminatory way, further ignited my inner passion to fight for women's rights, in my own smaller way. I invite you to join us for this Part 1 of a two-part conversation on what women need to know in order to stand up for themselves on how the minimization of our entire gender is not just alive and well, but legally sanctioned.     BIO For more than fifteen years, Wendy Murphy has served as adjunct professor of sexual violence law at New England Law|Boston, where she also co directs the Women's and Children's Advocacy Project under the Center for Law and Social Responsibility. A former Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, Wendy prosecuted child abuse and sex crimes cases for many years. In 1992 she founded the first organization in the nation to provide pro bono legal services to crime victims. Wendy is an impact litigator whose work in state and federal courts has changed the law to better protect the constitutional and civil rights of victimized women and children. Wendy writes and lectures widely on the constitutional and civil rights of women and children and criminal justice policy. She is a contributing editor for The Sexual Assault Report and writes a regular column for The Patriot Ledger. Wendy has published numerous scholarly articles including a landmark law review article explaining the legal relationship between sexual assault on campus and Title IX. Dubbed the “Goddaughter of Title IX” by the “Godmother of Title IX,” Dr. Bernice Sandler, Wendy's impact litigation in the area of campus sexual assault, beginning in the early 1990s, includes groundbreaking victories against Harvard College in 2002, and Harvard Law School and Princeton University in 2010, which cases led the way to widespread awareness and reforms, including the well-known April 2011 Dear Colleague Letter. Wendy is a popular and bold speaker on the lecture circuit who describes herself as “fiercely non-partisan.” Wendy is also a well-known television legal analyst who Emmy Award-winning journalist Emily Rooney calls the “best talker” on television with a “finger on the pulse of victims' and women's rights.” Wendy has worked for NBC, CBS, CNN and Fox News. She regularly provides legal analysis for network and cable news programs. Her first book, “And Justice For Some,” was published by Penguin/Sentinel in 2007, and re-released in paperback in 2013.

“What would have been easier in your life if you'd had someone to talk to, someone who had been through it before.”  Beverly Price Beverly is one of the three women I've recently been honored to meet, who are on a mission to help 100,000 women to live powerful and fabulous lives. The candor and clarity she expresses in sharing her amazing story of the journey from playing small to rising to her fullest self and now helping other women do the same was nothing short of inspiring. I am always moved by women who are focusing their skills and talents on supporting other women of any race, or ethnicity. geography, age, or profession to be able to experience the freedom that self-empowerment brings. With actionable tips, Beverly was a wonderful guest who shares great impact forward to all of our listeners.   Beverly Price Bio Beverly Price is the Host and founder of Her Self Expression Podcast. She's a transformational coach. She provides knowledge, support, and insight to help women on their journey to self-empowerment, so they can confidently take on the world. Beverly is on a mission to help 100,000 women to live the powerful and fabulous lives they are made for. She inspires women to learn how they can use self-expression on the inside and outside to develop self-empowerment so they can ultimately become the women they long to be. Each episode of her podcast brings her listeners industry-leading guests, growth strategies, and actionable takeaways that will help her audience on their self-empowerment journey. With an MBA and a background as a leader in the financial services industry, Beverly comes from a background of making herself small in order to make others feel safe. While in the corporate world, she didn't even accessorize her attire but instead focused on fitting into a man's world. When she finally embraced her ability to own her power and make a statement, she went from self-doubt to self-love.

During several hours in a bomb shelter: “I was putting on my reporter's cap…I almost forgot to notice anything other than I am following my profession, I'm observing.” (Isa, if this is too long, let me know and I'll adjust.)   Program Notes Having the opportunity to hear about Mitzi's amazing and courageous trek to Ukraine inspired and fascinated me on multiple levels. I got quite a chuckle out of the fact that although approved by the US government to travel as a war correspondent at age 70, NATO deemed her too old. Never one to be stopped, at 81 Mitzi accepted an invitation from General Nebytov of Kyiv Regional Police. Like everyone else, I've seen the reports, written and filmed, of the trials of Ukraine's people, and yet hearing the perspective of a female, American war correspondent filled in so many blanks and has left me with a profoundly increased respect for the courage and tenacity of both Mitzi and the people of Ukraine. Mitzi Perdue BIO Mitzi is an anti-human trafficking advocate, a former rice farmer, and the past president of the 40,000-member American Agri-Women. In the 1990s and early 2000s her nationally syndicated column, "The Environment and You," was the most widely syndicated environmental column in the US. Recently she's written Relentless, a biography of Mark Victor Hansen, the Chicken Soup for the Soul guy. Royalties for Relentless will go to helping combat human trafficking. Contact her at mitzi@ULETgroup.org

Having the opportunity to sit in conversation with Annemarie Shrouder was an incredible honor. Even better is the opportunity to share her wisdom, peace, insights and grace with those of you who tune into Women We Should Know. I openly acknowledge that my privilege had kept me from considering the difference in how bias is expressed based on the depth of one's melanin—until I read the title of Annemarie's book. The very words Brown in a Black and White World shook me out of that ignorance to this being a unique challenge, unto itself.   As Annemarie shared her personal story of finding her way through the shades of others privilege and bias, into a space of such empowerment that she is now recognized as a world leader in the space of ED & I, was filled with immense gratitude for her, her path and what she shares with the world. I invited you to tune into this powerful episode that will educate, illuminate and expand who you are as a human in this world of diversly different, and wonderfully similar human beings.       Annemarie Shrouder BIO   Annemarie Shrouder has spent more than 20 years in the field of Diversity and Inclusion as a facilitator, consultant, and international speaker, and is the bestselling author of Being Brown in a Black and White World: Conversations for Leaders on Race, Racism and Belonging. A Diversity & Inclusion expert with a Masters in Bias Awareness, Annemarie inspires awareness and connection. Whether she is presenting to an audience, leading a workshop, consulting with a client, or writing, she creates opportunities for people to see more – more of each other, themselves, and the world around them. In so doing, she facilitates an opening to create spaces where people feel a sense belonging and connection, where they can learn together, and be all of who they are. These are the spaces where real change can happen – for people, organizations and communities. Other identities that she brings to her role as a “can opener” include: mother to a 10-year-old daughter, biracial child of immigrants to Canada, queer-identified, nature-lover, believer in the power of connection and the both/and vs the either or, and a multiple gold medal swimmer. Annemarie works with diversity broadly and is passionate about healing the racial divide.

Lesley recently had the opportunity to share conversation with Ellen Patnaude where she shared the processes she employs to help clients see things in way they never thought about before, whatever the topic. The new insight they gain allows them to discover renewed interest in addressing whatever the “it” is that's getting in their way. Ellen revealed that in addition to helping people to see things in a new way, she challenges them to break down what they want to do differently into "the next conversation" application. Ellen generously shared some of her approaches to helping clients effect these positive changes, which improves their communication and therefore, their lives. One vital point she speaks to extensively is the importance of shifting the societal conversation from, “asking hard or uncomfortable questions” to “asking better questions”. One of the most fascinating things Ellen shares is her recognition of our human addiction to assumption and the ways it limits us. Sharing some of her insights, Ellen's new book will be releasing October 1, 2022. “I Thought You Knew; Confessions of a Chronic Assumer and How You Can Stop Guessing Your Way Through Important Interactions.” Be sure to watch Women We Should Know for Ellen's return to discuss that in-depth in early October.     Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/wmaYTPC8XIw

Lesley's guest today, Ungenita Prevost, is on a mission to help 10,000,000 women build social capital and monetize their network. Ungenita has become an internationally respected expert in teaching women how to develop broad Social Capital as a primary path to personal, professional, and financial success. In our world of continuing issues around gender gaps that see women receiving less venture capital than men, slower and fewer promotions into senior positions, Ungenita is leading the way in challenging and shifting the status quo. Join Lesley and Ungenita for a stimulating and highly informative conversation on how women can build sustainable wealth and success, on their own terms.  Since aging out of the foster care system at 18 Ungenita Prevost has seen it and done it all. A former Hollywood Body Double, Music Video Dancer turned Award Winning Feminine Leadership Expert. She is the founder of FEMME Global 500 and the first woman to lead a Global Feminine Leadership Network. Links Website: FEMMEGlobal500.com Preferred contact information: Linkedin Book Links: https://femmeglobal500.com/networking-in-stilettos-book/ LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ungenitaprevost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/UngenitaPrevost Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UngenitaPrevost Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GirlsGoneWealthy/

Anna Chau has been in a mix of sales and marketing for the past 15 years. Right out of righ school she started chasing her dream. She moved from washing dishes, to corporate retail, to door to door sales to where she finds herself today as Managing Partner at ENG2 Marketing. Anna helps company owners and executives scale their business through actionable strategies that offer sustainability for long term growth. Anna and her team approach the challenges that come in business with tenacity, commitment and the positivity to learn and expand. Anna's goal is to create a positive impact in the lives of those around she and her team, in all the ways possible with the resources at hand and those in constant development. Program Notes In a desire to understand more about the lens through which millennials view leadership, Lesley recently welcomed 29 y/o, Managing Partner at ENG2 Marketing, Anna Chau to the podcast. Anna relayed how through reverse engineering, knowing where she wants to land in her next evolution, she is able to see a clear path to that outcome. She sums up how she sees millennials approaching business differently from their predecessors in one simple question. “How can we serve the people we are doing business with, our own team members, our greater society and be an actively contributing participant in life?” Join Lesley for this refreshing and illuminating insight into the sensibilities of those who are coming up behind us to be the next generation of leaders. Website: eng2.ca Preferred contact information: Linkedin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anh-chau/ Instagram: @levelupwithanna Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annachau8

Watch Video Version HERE: https://youtu.be/YLA9RAOLKbI   Lesley recently had the privilege of sharing in conversation with internationally acclaimed Leadership Expert, Dr. Lynne Sedgmore. Lynne has spent her life working to master the skills of leadership and share them forward to the women around her and those with whom she can have influence. She generously shares many of the insights, which any listener in the business world will benefit from, that she developed through her decades in business and organizational leadership. A radical role model who has challenged the patriarchy long before it was commonly acceptable in the business world, she produced positive in the trajectories of each of the companies and organizations she headed. A cornerstone of Lynne's success is her understanding of the essential nature of fluid communication founded in emotional intelligence. Lynne shares a valuable overview to the power of establishing and communicating clear values, maintaining a ‘no blame' culture, and sustaining 360̊ feedback processes. She also reveals how her new program, based on her recently released book, Goddess Luminary Leadership Wheel, is finding a quickly expanding audience due to Lynne's grounded, thorough, and actionable approaches that speak to women who have been looking for a new entrance point to the next level of their own leadership genius.    BIO Dr. Lynne Sedgmore is Chair of the Glastonbury Town Deal, leading an investment of nearly £25 million for the town. She is a certified coach and organisational/community consultant working freelance with CEOs, Chairs, senior leaders and teams from the education, faith, charity, health, community, sport and private sectors. She also sits on the boards of Glaston Centre, The Centre for Responsible Leadership USA and the international IAMSR. . She chaired the UK Interfaith Foundation and was a trustee of Anne Frank UK.   She held 3 Chief Executive roles within Further Education in the UK for 17 years and has been a non Executive Director on over 25 Boards. Her previous roles include CEO of the 157 Group National Policy think-tank of FE Colleges with a combined budget of £1.5 billion, CEO of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL), Principal of Guildford College and Head of Croydon Business School. She was a member of the 2009 Prime Minister's UK wide national review of public sector leadership. She has worked in 10 different countries to develop leadership.   Lynne specialises in fostering high performing and self-aware leaders. She combines academic rigour and practical organisational experience as a CEO, alongside powerful insight, emotional intelligence, rapport and the ability to be deeply present to individual and organisational needs. She has an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies and a Doctorate in Leadership of High Spirited, High Performing Cultures.   Her organisations have won numerous national and international awards including the International Spirit at Work Award, the British Diversity Award. She was awarded the CBE in 2004 for services to Further Education and was named one of the Debrett's 500 most influential people in the UK in 2015. In 2016 she was named one of the UK "100 women of Spirit".   She founded the Goddess Luminary Leadership Wheel teachings and authored the Goddess Luminary Leadership Wheel book in 2021. She is a published poet, Priestess of Avalon and ordained Interfaith Minister with One Spirit UK.   Lynne is a mother, stepmother and grandmother and loves exploring different cultures and spiritualities.   Website: https://www.lynnesedgmore.co.uk/V Preferred contact information: lynne.sedgmore@gmail.com Book Links:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/LynneSedgmore/e/B09MS7185X/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-lynne-sedgmore-cbe-b10553211/

Business leader, coach, international speaker and author Ivy Slater recently joined Lesley to share her business expertise in areas from scalability to how vision and action intercept. Ivy helps women make a living, know and understand their self-worth, own their value, speak up, grow their businesses and build an amazing life. Watch video version here: https://youtu.be/ud2sI-tRR9U She speaks to how with grounded, actionable practices she continues to support women to actualize their hidden leadership potentials and rise to meet their own excellence. She has helped many business leaders, male and female, scale their companies to 7 & 8 figures and generously shares her practical, good sense perspectives that any business owner can benefit from to do the same. Ivy relays stories of her successes and failures and how both served to make her the respected businesswoman/company owner she is today. Anyone ready to take the next step in their professional ascension will find this conversation rich with applicable nuggets.       Ivy Slater is the CEO of Slater Success, a boutique training, consulting and coaching company focused on growth strategies and leadership development for high-level, service-based businesses. Ivy is a professionally certified business coach, speaker, internationally bestselling author and podcast host. Prior to Slater Success, she spent 20 years as owner and operator of Slater Graphics, a printing company in NYC, scaling it to 7-figures.   She is the author of two books, "Conquering Your Fear of Money, A Woman's Guide to Business Success" and "From the Barre to the Boardroom: Choreographing Business Success Through Authentic Relationships." Her third book, which focuses on leadership through challenging times, is due out in 2023. She hosts a weekly podcast, Her Success Story, interviewing dynamic leaders, as well as a monthly LinkedIn Live show bringing on guests to share insight and advice on leadership, team communication, diversity and inclusion, legal and finance. She speaks nationwide on the topics of leadership, sustainable growth and the value of relationships. In 2020, she was a recipient of a Power Women of New York and of Long Island award, presented by Schneps Media. She is a native New Yorker, wife to Michael for over 30 years, mom to two grown children (one on the East Coast, one on the West Coast) and enjoys theatre, gardening, cooking and fashion. You can usually find her with a latte, taking an early morning exercise class or spending quality time with friends and family. Website: www.slatersuccess.com Preferred contact information: https://slatersuccess.com/contact Book Links: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NL2CDDC LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ivyslater Instagram: www.instagram.com/ivyslaterssc Twitter: www.twitter.com/slatersuccesscc Facebook: www.facebook.com/slatersuccesscoaching

Lesley recently had the opportunity to share conversation with Ellen Patnaude where she shared the processes she employs to help clients see things in way they never thought about before, whatever the topic. The new insight they gain allows them to discover renewed interest in addressing whatever the “it” is that's getting in their way. Ellen revealed that in addition to helping people to see things in a new way, she challenges them to break down what they want to do differently into "the next conversation" application. Ellen generously shared some of her approaches to helping clients effect these positive changes, which improves their communication and therefore, their lives. One vital point she speaks to extensively is the importance of shifting the societal conversation from, “asking hard or uncomfortable questions” to “asking better questions”. One of the most fascinating things Ellen shares is her recognition of our human addiction to assumption and the ways it limits us. Sharing some of her insights, Ellen's new book will be releasing October 1, 2022. Watch video version here: https://youtu.be/Fl_Lix_t_JY “I Thought You Knew; Confessions of a Chronic Assumer and How You Can Stop Guessing Your Way Through Important Interactions.” Be sure to watch Women We Should Know for Ellen's return to discuss that in-depth in early October.  

  Lesley recently found herself in a conversation that provided her a whole new level of awareness of workplace abuse that untold women, and some men, are experiencing daily. In this episode Aliza Shatzman courageously shares her story of abuse at the hands of a DC Superior Court Judge for whom she was clerking, right out of law school. Aliza shares the devastating results of this experience for which she had no recourse due to judicial immunity from accountability. Courageously, she ultimately picked herself up and is now the President and Co-Founder of The Legal Accountability Project. Her passion and mission is to change the rules of the game that sees women disproportionately facing harassment and retaliation during clerkships. Undeserved punishments that they either suffer in silence or find driving them from the legal profession. Aliza's organization is providing a voice for the mistreated clerks--particularly, but not exclusively, women--who reach out every day to thank her for speaking out. They openly confess that they could never find the courage to speak publicly, all the while encouraging Aliza to keep going. Tune in for a powerfully illuminative view of women's challenges and battles from within the center of our legal/judicial system. WATCH VIDEO VERSION HERE: https://youtu.be/SOhvJ7M6SJ4 Aliza Shatzman is the President and Co-Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that as many law clerks as possible have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza earned her BA from Williams College and her JD from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. After law school, Aliza clerked in DC Superior Court during the 2019-2020 term. In March 2022, Aliza submitted written testimony for a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing about the lack of workplace protections in the federal judiciary, detailing her personal experience with gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by a former DC judge. Aliza now writes and speaks regularly about judicial accountability. She has been published in numerous forums, including the UCLA Journal of Gender & Law, the NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy, Above the Law, Law360, Slate, Ms. Magazine, and Balls & Strikes.   Website: https://www.legalaccountabilityproject.org/ Preferred contact information: Aliza.Shatzman@legalaccountabilityproject.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliza-shatzman-58b55223/ Twitter: @AlizaShatzman

Dr. Valerie René Sheppard joined Lesley to relay her amazing story of her journey from catastrophic-stroke survivor to self-mastery expert and CEO of The Heartly Center for Mindfulness and Self-Mastery. Watch video version here: https://youtu.be/eCIB5cN4Q3c Dr. Valerie's reveals how she is impacting the lives of women in business or society as a whole through her multi-award winning best-selling book, the courses she offers to groups and individuals, her retreats and both group and private counseling. She also shares with listeners her approach to facilitating deeper views and understanding for those seeking greater clarity, confidence, and inner peace. Through application of specific practices and neural reprogramming that she developed and used in her own healing from her stroke, Valerie helps individuals eliminate stress, anxiety and overwhelm. Dr Valerie shares how she is able to assist people to discover their true source of happiness, raise their vibration, and live from a place of true authenticity. Dr. Valerie René Sheppard is a catastrophic-stroke survivor, self-mastery expert, and CEO of The Heartly Center for Mindfulness and Self-Mastery™. She helps people transform their lives from the inside out using her proprietary 4-step process and the other spiritual principles and practices in her multi award-winning, #1 international best-seller, "Living Happy to Be ME!: Dancing Your Soul Lightstyle©."  Valerie received her PhD in Consciousness and Human Potential in 2021, is on the Board of the Evolutionary Business Council™, is a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success, and a recipient of its Excellence in Service Award. Other recognition includes the 2021 Barbara Marx Hubbard Outstanding Evolutionary Leader Award and the 2020 Platinum Mentorship Award. She is frequently a featured guest on podcasts, radio and television shows as an expert on leadership, fulfillment and happiness, and she has led multiple Sunday services and facilitated multi-day workshops at Unity of Tustin in Tustin, California.   Website: https://heartlycenter.com Preferred contact information: maricelheartlycenter@gmail.com (my assistant) Book Links: https://getbook.at/LivingHTBM LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriersheppard/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happy.to.be.me/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieSheppard Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingHappytoBeME

In this provocative and timely episode Lesley welcomes Karen Hinton, author of Penis Politics. From early life in Mississippi to Washington DC, NYC and back to Mississippi, plus a side jaunt to New Orleans Karen speaks directly and transparently to the issues she raises in her Best Selling book. She speaks to the listeners of how her abiding commitment to dismantling racism placed her in the position to be a spokesperson regarding its devastating effects. Karen addresses how the dynamic of how men's internal struggle becomes an outward abuse of women, and how this is exacerbated in the case of men who hold power in any manifestation. With great respect for what #metoo accomplished, Karen saw there was no attention being given to the middle class and low-income women. The more she studied, the more clearly she realized the degree to which the issue of sexual abuse is pervasive, through every sector of society and even into our schools. Within the pages of her book and during this conversation on Women We Should Know, Karen offers action points that we as women can take to put a stop to these abuses. She reminds women that we are more than 50% of the population, and within that rest great power.       Mississippi native Karen Hinton is a nationally-recognized media professional in Washington and New York. Best known for her role as press secretary to both former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Hinton played what Politico dubbed the “Helen of Troy role” in the clash between Cuomo, now the former Governor of New York, and Mayor de Blasio. The New York Times called the clash “one of America's ugliest political feuds.”  Hinton cut her teeth as the press secretary for the first Black Congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction in 1986. The Democratic National Committee hired her in 1989, serving a similar role for Ron Brown, who was the first Black Chairman of the DNC and a key political strategist to elect Bill Clinton as President. In 1995, Hinton joined the Clinton Administration as press secretary for Cuomo at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. During that time, President Clinton began to face charges of womanizing (and worse). Hinton later relocated to New York and became Mayor de Blasio's press secretary. She found herself at the center of the crossfire between longtime frenemies Cuomo and de Blasio, often becoming the subject of news coverage herself. Known from never ducking from a fight, Hinton was at the peak of her career when a catastrophic brain injury from a freak accident confronted her with the battle of her life. Emerging from a coma, learning to walk and talk again, Hinton was determined to “speak up not shut up” on issues involving women, men and power in politics   Watch video version here: https://youtu.be/09WLkGlsT10 Instagram @jkarenhinton TikTok @karenhinton

In this episode Lesley shares her inspiring and informative conversation with Sabrina Protic. Sabrina speaks of her commitment to inspiring women to help each other fulfill their dreams through collaboration. She starts by encouraging them to discover the power vested in her signature question, “How can I help you?” Sabrina has witnessed how this simple opening builds bridges of connectivity that empower from all directions. As a vehicle to spread her message Sabrina is COO of an International Streaming Show that Encourages, Enlightens, & Empowers. Sabrina shared valuable insights she has gained as a business strategist and founder of Women's Entrepreneurial Empowerment to how women undermine themselves in the way they address their finance. Listeners will pick up vital tips for ensuring a secure foundation, regardless of what life throws their way. Listeners are sure to benefit from Sabrina's shared wisdom in this powerful conversation.   Sabrina Protic is an inspirational business strategist and founder/CEO of WEE (Women's Entrepreneurial Empowerment). She is an author, motivational speaker, wife, mother, and grandmother who loves educating and empowering her community as a licensed world-class financial coach and certified life coach. Sabrina is the author of Growing Ageless: Think Young-Live Younger. She's collaboratively authored Top 25 Change Makers, Keep Smiling Dose of Hope, International Best sellers Wellness for Winners and The Book I Read. She's also the COO and a co-host of international streaming live Thriving Women Talk on E360TV. Sabrina is the founder of W.E.E. Women's Entrepreneurial, an organisation striving for continuous opportunities for women to expand their networks, develop relationships, and grow their businesses. Sabrina is the co-founder of The Sharper Woman Newsletter that is a resource to help women live longer, younger, stronger, and smarter lives utilising the power of information. Living by the motto “Happiness is the prescription for longevity,” Sabrina enjoys inspiring people to overcome obstacles and live their best lives. Watch video version HERE Website: https://www.sabrinaprotic.com/ Preferred contact information: email: sabrina@sabrinaprotic.com Book Links: https://www.amazon.com/author/sabrinaprotic LinkedIn: Sabrina Farmer Protic Instagram: sabrina protic Facebook: sabrina protic

  Lisa Dougherty recently joined Lesley on Women We Should Know to share her amazing journey. Lisa tells of her unique experience of being the first in her field, that is now dominated by men. Her company was the first in the field to launch on the internet and for years she was the only Medical Fitness Company in the Specialty area of addressing medical conditions ranging from cancer to diabetes and Alzheimer's on google. Lisa tells the fascinating story of convincing UC Irvine to design, develop and launch a Database Management Website for Medical Fitness practitioners. It was such a groundbreaking approach to health care that in 2016 the Huffington Post published an expansive profile on Lisa and what she was bringing to the world. That same year Lisa traveled to Washington D.C. where the Obama Whitehouse named her a Champion of Change. An honor that recognizes individuals and businesses doing extraordinary things to empower and inspire members of their communities. And, that was only the beginning. Listeners will hear the story of Lisa's audacity, resilience and tenacity in creating a series of health support programs for which there was no map. Lisa simply build one section until she ran into a gap that wasn't being filled, then created the next level to the organization. Inspiring and informative, this is an episode for anyone who intends to keep aging.   Lisa Dougherty started her fitness career in 1999 and has worked for over 20 years with clients with medical conditions or chronic diseases, amassing dozens of certifications and continuing education along the way.  Inspired by her father's cancer battle, she created the MedFit Network to help connect those with medical conditions to fitness, health & wellness professionals who could serve them. Later, seeing a gap in specialized education for these professionals, she founded the MedFit Education Foundation to facilitate and create high-quality education for all facets of medical fitness. She just recently launched MedFit Care which will offer medically necessary exercise prescriptions. Lisa and her powerful initiatives were featured in the Huffington Post and acknowledgment by the White House (Obama administration) as a Champion of Change Finalist in 2016, recognizing individuals and businesses doing extraordinary things to empower and inspire members of their communities. Lisa Dougherty: Improving Lives with Medical Fitness  About the MedFit Network (MFN) founded in 2013 MFN is both a professional membership organization for fitness and allied healthcare professionals, gyms, studios, integrative wellness centers, and students as well as a free online resource directory for the community to locate fitness and allied healthcare professionals with a background in prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation in working with those with chronic disease or medical conditions www.MedFitNetwork.Org and www.MedFitProMag.com  About the MedFit Education Foundation (MFEF) founded in 2017 MFEF is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) dedicated to creating and facilitating education programming to empower fitness and allied healthcare professionals to work confidently with the aging population and those with chronic disease or medical conditions, disabilities, and women's health issues through online education, webinars, and conferences. www.MedFitEd.org, www.MedFitClassroom.Org www.MedicalFitnessTour.Org, www.MedFitTV.Org     About MedFit Care founded in 2021 MedFit Care is a telehealth division of MedFit that will offer medically necessary exercise prescriptions for consumers/patients to be able to use HSA/FSA monies to pay for personal fitness training and/or to be able to include personal fitness training as a medical expense on their income tax return. What can be done with a medically necessary exercise prescription    About MedFit Retreats LLC founded in 2022 MedFit Retreats will offer fitness & wellness retreats to fitness, healthcare, medical professionals, and the public at large via Mzima Wellness Retreats.   Post pandemic we are still facing a global health crisis and more people than ever before are concerned about their health, prevention, and reversing chronic disease.    Lisa and her powerful initiatives were featured in the Huffington Post and acknowledgment by the White House (Obama administration) as a Champion of Change Finalist in 2016, recognizing individuals and businesses doing extraordinary things to empower and inspire members of their communities. Lisa Dougherty: Improving Lives with Medical Fitness    Watch video version HERE

In this episode Lesley and speaking coach extraordinaire, Erin Loman Jeck, bring listeners a lively conversation about speaking for impact and uplifting women to their greater excellence. Erin offers powerful tips and action points she's used for years to help women lead in male dominated industries. Applying the psychology of connection Erin coaches' women on how to be seen, heard, and taken seriously. Recognizing the differences in the ways the genders communicate is key to Erin's success in uplifting women and teaching them to use the psychology of these differences to rise to the top. These are the same action points that Erin relays to her TED talk mentees, that produce standing ovations for their talks. Erin also speaks with great passion about the importance of women saving a seat at the table for fellow women. We've all heard the admonition that it is time for women to learn to use their voices in a more powerful way. Erin takes this a step further by calling on women to owning the ground on which they stand. We invite you to tune in for all the actionable tips Erin shares through this conversation on charting your greatest success.      Erin Loman Jeck is CEO of Transformational Speakers Agency, Executive Speaking Coach, TEDx Speaking Coach. This highly sought-after business coach, transitioned to opening her own Speakers Agency. Erin is the leading authority on assisting thriving purpose-driven entrepreneurs in how to monetize their message, make an impact, influence change, and inspire action in others. Erin's approach to speaking is unique and powerful, she utilizes the Psychology of Connection to illustrate how you can unlock any audience's trust and rapport, which leaves them feeling better about themselves and are challenged to adopt your new idea or perspective. Leaders seek her out to learn how to be more powerful in their influence, especially in the C-Suite of organizations. Watch video version HERE   Website: www.erinlomanjeck.com Preferred contact information: erin@erinlomanjeck.com Book Links:Currenting working on The Spiritual thought Leader LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinlomanjeck/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinlomanjeck/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erinlomanjeckspeakercoach/

Lesley was recently honored to welcome businesswomen and uplifter of other women extraordinaire, Linda LoRe, to the podcast. Those who tune into this episode are going to find themselves inspired, motivated, and empowered as Linda shares from her vast well of experience and wisdom. To quote one of Linda's core beliefs, “No one has to loose for us to win” we immediately understand how she approaches all of life.    From becoming the first female Fortune 500 CEO in 1990 to her company Linda shares from her wealth of wisdom. Linda founded InJoy Global as a social enterprise focused on empowering teams to their greatest potential by giving every member a sense of having a true stake in the overall success. Linda speaks to the power of creating teams in which it is commonplace for members to call out their peers, for their excellence and contributions. She recognizes the need for corporations to engage both employees and their customers in today's environment and is focusing her experience to help turn the workplace back into an engaged as well as profitable place of business. Siting her studies into business, the psychology and brain science of running a business Linda reveals the empowering information that within a positive environment such as she helps create people's energy increases by 180% by learning to focus on every win, regardless of the magnitude or simplicity. Further their creativity escalates by a full 300%, they make 40% fewer errors, are 32% more productive and bring in 37% higher sales. Join us as Linda shares the path to these levels of success through creating a Mentor/Coaching relationship that focuses on standing in your power, staying alert to how you Show Up, nurturing your Relationships and practicing the secrets to successful conversion of stress into power.   Linda LoRe is the CEO and Co-Founder of InJoy Global. In her 25+ year career as a CEO, she is recognized as a leading authority in developmental brands strategy of our time. Her extensive experience includes building consumer companies from the ground up, revitalizing storied brands, and breathing new life into consumer favorites. She has been a prominent leader in some of the country's most successful corporations, including Avon Products, Procter and Gamble, May Corporation (Macy's), Giorgio Beverly Hills, Oscar de La Renta and Frederick's of Hollywood. She is a highly sought-after coach and mentor for senior executives and consults with senior management in strategic development and crisis management. She is an expert on corporate culture and master seminar facilitator, specializing in executive leadership especially for female leaders in the C-suite.   Using online and mobile game theory, her company, InJoy Global is a social enterprise focusing on the verticals of corporate culture, leadership, and customer success through customized programs and challenges designed to connect employees and individuals to their goals and objectives. Recognizing the need for corporations to engage both employees and their customers in today's environment, LoRe is now focusing her experience to help turn the workplace back into an engaged as well as profitable place of business. Linda is the Current President Elect for the Trusteeship of the International Women's Forum (IWF), Vice Chair of the Exceptional Women Awardees (EWA), Member of C200, Member of Women's Leadership Board (WLB),and Member of Women's Presidents Organization (WPO) She holds a Presidential Key Executive (PKE) Masters Degree of Business Administration with a focus on Strategy and Leadership, from the George L. Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University. LoRe has been the recipient of numerous awards, including The 2018 Woman of Courage Award, the 2012 George Award from Pepperdine University, 2009 Visionary Award for Youth Mentoring, 2003 Woman of Accomplishment for Bnai Zion, the 2002 NAWBO Women's Hall of Fame Award, the 1997 Woman of the Year Award from the Museum of Science and Industry and the 1997 Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Award of Excellence. She is also the recipient of the Spirit of Life award and The Beautiful Apple award. Watch video version HERE   Website: www.injoyglobal.com Preferred contact information: linda@injoyglobal.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindalore/ Instagram: @lindamlore Twitter: @LindamLore Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InjoyGlobal/

Lesley was recently joined by the amazing and fierce Carrie Schell. Midwife, yoga instructor, personal trainer, speaker, author and mom of seven? Carrie's humour, wisdom and passion for helping women through the intimate, life-transforming journeys in life will reach out and touch you as you tune in to this episode. Carrie shares the joy of her life's work being devoted to health and wellness. As an addiction specialist, while helping others in their recovery, Carrie reveals, with transparent candor, having realized that she, like millions of other women, was a grey drinker --not an alcoholic but her relationship with alcohol was unhealthy.   On her own journey to create balance in her life, she created the innovative 10 Day Reset program which Carrie generously invited Lesley to post below in the program notes as a free gift to the episode's listeners. Additionally, Carrie reveals her latest book, The Grey Drinking Reset: a four-week journey to wellness. Lesley was excited to hear the retreat facility Carrie has been building in her new home of Costa Rica is now complete and will host its first guests in January. We at Women We Should Know invite you to watch for the episode we will be taping from Costa Rica in January. Also, be sure to check back here periodically to hear all the latest from Carrie. What can we say about Carrie Schell: Midwife, yoga instructor, personal trainer, speaker, author and mom of seven? Carrie's life's work has been devoted to health and wellness. As an addiction specialist, while helping others in their recovery, Carried realized that she, like millions of other women, was a grey drinker --not an alcoholic but her relationship with alcohol was unhealthy . On her own journey to create balance in her life, she created the innovative 10 Day Reset program and wrote her latest book, The Grey Drinking Reset: a four week journey to wellness. Carrie's humour, wisdom and passion for helping women through the intimate, life-transforming journeys in life is what continues to guide her work. Watch video version HERE   Website: carrieschell.com Preferred contact information (email): carrie.schell@gmail.com Book Links: Yoga Recovery: a mind, body, spirit journey to wellness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-schell-69597439/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetcarrieschell/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carrieschell Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006899535691

Untold studies reveal that the majority of women have a fear of money and an even greater fear of managing it themselves. In this episode, Lesley is joined by financial planner and wealth management specialist, Sarah Lynn Carlson. With 28 years of experience in the industry and 18 years leading the company she founded, she helps women overcome money fear and anxiety, to be able to enjoy their assets and their lives. Sarah reveals how great numbers of women would rather be seen naked than expose their finances to a professional who could be of great support. She revels in walking a woman from the terror of falling into what Sarah calls, the bag lady syndrome, into a place of calm, confidence around their ability to adeptly manage their financial lives. Sarah explains how building a successful financial planning, wealth management business has allowed her to positively impact the lives of hundreds of women, one at a time. Throughout the conversation Sarah shares tips and insights on how she supports women to gain clarity and focus by examining their stories around finance and the goals they want to achieve. She speaks of how to unlock unhealthy patterns around money and create a new mindset of calm assurance. Sarah also speaks to the listeners about the importance of continually transforming their goals, over time. We welcome you to join Lesley and Sarah on this adventure of bring money fears out of the shadows to create a foundation for comfort and fulfillment.   Sarah Lynn Carlson is a thought leader, writer, and financial planner. She helps successful people work toward the goal of living their very best lives. Although many people think money can't “buy” happiness, Sarah knows from experience that it certainly can help. With wealth often comes anxiety, however, especially for those who don't know the ins and outs of financial planning, investments, and money management. A financial planner for 18 years and wealth management specialist for 28 years, Sarah founded her own company, Fulcrum Financial Group, to help people navigate the many complexities that money can bring to life. Sarah works to help simplify the process, whatever a client's dream may be—early retirement, traveling the world, leaving a legacy for future generations, or something else. A graduate of Yale University and a Certified Financial Planner™, Chartered Life Underwriter®, and Chartered Financial Consultant®, Sarah is passionate about education, viewing it as a lifelong process. Her areas of experience include securities, trust, wills, investments, and retirement planning. Many of Sarah's clients came to her during times of transition such as divorce, widowhood, and retirement, wanting to make the most of their resources. Sarah sees herself as a “change agent,” helping people prepare for and weather the tumult that life presents, and to work toward their objectives through financial planning. Sarah's uniquely holistic approach incorporates a variety of securities and insurances. She strives to help clients master the “big picture” that is their incredible overall journey, and to embrace the many pleasures they'll encounter along the way—to work toward their goal of living the “good life” in every sense. Sarah's four children, two sets of twins, and husband Andy, fuel her with the passion and support to be her best self. She recently completed her book: Facing Financial Fear: 8 Step to Financial Freedom for Women. Watch video version HERE   Website: www.fulcrumfinancialgroup.com Preferred contact information: email : scarlson@fulcrumfinancialgroup.com Book Links: Book will be in print this October. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/ Instagram: @lovemoneyjournal_ Twitter: @SarahCarlsonCFP Facebook: @FulcrumFinancialGroup

Join Lesley and her guest Jennifer Aks-Newman for a poignantly unique and empowering look at the lives of womxn. After 16 years of empowering inner-city kids through artistic expression in the NYC school system, COVID struck. Unable to be in the rooms with her kids in the way she had been for so long, Jen shares how she was filled with a longing to get back to her empowerment work, but had to find a new way. Jen tells the story of how her love of womxn and her own talents as a photographer, dancer, producer, film editor, director and coach came together to create herStories. Over the past 18 months Jen has created over 100, 3-5 min films of profound impact. Jen reveals to the listener how she works with womxn to learn their story, then leads them through the creation of a body of raw film. From there Jen applies her poignant and provocative approach to editing and synthesizes the footage into a short film that tells the subject's entire story. By helping womxn share their stories in such a vulnerable, creative, inspiring and celebratory way, they are able to walk the path of deep healing from innocence to devastation and ultimately the emancipation of Radical Self-Acceptance. Through her art, her vision, her love of womxn and her commitment to humanity, Jen is walking womxn through the abyss to a level of freedom they have never imagined. Through she and Lesley's conversation Jen shares how each of the womxn, upon viewing their personal story in its completed form, are rendered into a state of awe. Their ability to love, appreciate and revere themselves is fully restored. Jen's completely individual and inspired approach to this artistic expression is producing transformation for the womxn, the viewer, and for the people connected to the ones watching. An impact that begins with a single womxn, spreads to have impact on a global level. Due to our not being completely past the pandemic, Jen has started with virtual Gallery Viewings for small audiences. Ultimately, her vision is to create a way and means of her work becoming a traveling show, hopefully presented as uniquely as the work itself.      Jennifer Aks-Neuman, Story Producer and Embodiment Coach founded herStories in response to the pandemic as a way to help Womxn tell their stories of resilience. Jen has combined her 30+ years of movement, photography, editing, speaking and directing to curate the herStories collection. These videos are meant to educate, inspire, empower and open our hearts and minds to what is possible. Jen's mission is to shift the mindset of humanity, 1 story at a time. Watch video version HERE   Website: www.herStories.org Preferred contact information: Jen@herStories.org LinkedIn: herStories Instagram: @herStories_Told Facebook: herStories_Told

With a reported 323 million people using dating apps in 2021, the question of how to create authentic and meaningful relationships is clearly a conundrum. According to a recent article in Psychology Today, women say what they most want in a partner is kindness, supportiveness, and intelligence. Men reported wanting to feel like a hero, physical connection and space. So, what is the path to merging these two, seemingly disparate, lists of what is most important into a relationship that works? And are these the things that truly matter to men and women or are these lists informed by cultural saturation through media or by them truly knowing themselves?   A pioneer in the matchmaking industry, April Beyer has been one of the most sought-after relationship experts for more than 20 years. With an 89% success rate, April's been responsible for countless relationships and happy marriages.  She works personally with men and women who are willing to do the work to establish truly fulfilling partnerships. For April, it starts with helping them figure out who they truly are, what their values are and establishing a sense of enjoyment of their single life. Asking the deeper questions that people don't know how to ask themselves helps both April and the client discover what it is they truly desire. Due to our hyper-busy and ever diverse world that makes it hard to find meaningful connection, dating apps have taken over. For too many this has proven far less than satisfying. Tune into the conversation as April shares from her wealth of knowledge and wisdom about the ways she helps men and women build strong, healthy relationships.    Bio April Beyer is a Dating & Relationship expert and the Founder & CEO of LEVEL Connections. LEVEL is the first hybrid technology-driven introduction service that combines machine learning with expert human support. April's proprietary questionnaire is educational, interactive, and the first step to uniting couples through 10 categories of compatibility. It's been referred to as “the Myers Briggs for the heart.” LEVEL was built on a foundation of core values and mimics April's unique interview, matching and feedback process. A pioneer in the matchmaking industry, April Beyer has been one of the most sought-after experts for more than 20 years. With an 89% success rate, April's been responsible for countless relationships and happy marriages. April is a regular guest expert in media. She appears regularly as an expert on the popular podcast Unqualified with Anna Faris. Dr. Phil calls her “The Best of the Best.” and she's been featured on 20/20, ABC News, Good Morning America, MSNBC, the Hallmark Channel and in countless print and digital publications. She was also the Host for VH1's Making Mr. Right. April is the resident expert for qualified advice on the podcast: Unqualified with Anna Faris. Watch video version HERE   www.levelconnections.com Email: IG @April__beyer (DM) hello@levelconnections.com April__Beyer

Lesley was recently joined by actor, singer, Inter-spiritual Minister, philosopher and provocative thinker, Sandra Bargman for a fascinating conversation about life and its many facets. Having realized herself as a Walking Venn Diagram, Sandra dives into the understanding of the polarities of life, the light and the dark, the sacred and the profane of everyday. She shares poignant perspectives on her commitment to sharing her Voice as we all navigate crossroads of Humanity. From the stage to her recent commitment to be a leader in the renaissance of Salon culture, Sandra discusses the many means and platforms from which she delivers her understandings and messages. The listener will be charmed by the story of the how Sandra's understanding of her relationship with the edge was birthed during a road trip with her beloved, thus came her recognition of walking through life as an edgewalker. From developing one woman shows, to podcasting, to converting a building on she and her husband's Catskills property into the salon space called The Plum, Sandra skips right past the common and traditional to walk the edge of her life. Sandra Bargman is a creative soul, intuitive communicator, and energetic servant. It started at three years old, when she marched into the family kitchen, hands on her hips and announced that she was here on “a mission”! Every career choice She's made has ultimately rested on the ancient Greek maxim of “Know Thyself”, the directive that is at the heart of every artistic, spiritual and leadership journey. Sandra holds a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University in drama and music and have had a happy 35+ year career as a professional actor, director, teacher and presentation coach. She's performed on the stages of Broadway national tours, off-Broadway, and beyond and continue to work in the industry. In 2007, Sandra was ordained as an Inter-spiritual Minister from The New Seminary for Interfaith Studies and holds an advanced certification from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in Spiritual Counseling. Unaffiliated with any single religious tradition. Sandra's helped clients of all faiths and traditions (including none) in pursuing deeper self- understanding in their personal quest to 'Know Thyself”. Sandra helps others understand and accept the inevitability of change. In 2014, she started my own company, Sacred Stages, LLC, which is dedicated to encouraging everyone to discover the timeless universal truths of Spirit/The Sacred/The Divine through the venue of live theater, music, workshops, and ritual design. Sandra's one-woman show, The Edge of Everyday, garnered a Broadway World award nomination. The live CD recording can be found on Amazon and CD Baby. Watch video version HERE   Website:  www.sandrabargman.com Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrabargman/ Instagram:  @SandraBargman @theplumatth2live Twitter:  @SandraBargman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandra.bargman/

The list of what women were allowed to do in the professional world sixty years ago is limited to secretarial duties. Fortunately, there were those emboldened and audacious few who ignored all the limitations of the time to carve new inroads for their own fulfillment, and leave doors open behind them to give access to the women who would follow.  Jane Bradley was raised on a sprawling, working ranch in New Mexico and empowered by her cowboy father to go places no woman of her time had ever gone. You can't command those prices for your paintings, you're a woman. But she did. You can't open a gallery on the world-famous Canyon Road in Santa Fe, you're a woman. But she did. Tired of having to drive all the way to Dallas for art supplies she opened an art supply store, that in its first year became the anchor store in what was then, Santa Fe's newest outdoor mall. From being one of the earliest Executive Directors of Genesis Business Incubator, University of Arkansas, to moving to Russia to manage a Russian football team, to remaining in Russia during perestroika and working with technology transfer, to returning to New Mexico to found a series of successful businesses, Jane has always made her own rules and done it her own way. Along the path she has spent many years sharing the wisdom gained as a serial entrepreneur by mentoring those who would come up behind her. Join Lesley and Jane for a fascinating conversation into everything from the power and necessity of mentoring to daring to create new pathways.      Jane Bradley is a third generation New Mexican.  The love of art and a natural talent made a BFA  a natural choice.  After success as a studio artist and gallery owner in Santa Fe, Jane became intrigued by the process of business. This interest led to additional education followed by other varying   and successful business endeavors. The ability to teach and share has been ongoing and a constant in Jane's life.   Curiosity is the one word that most clearly defines Jane's life. This curiosity has led to many personal and professional successes.  From moving to a small hamlet in Arkansas with prince charming -  to becoming the Executive Director of the Genesis Business Incubator at the University of Arkansas  - to moving on to Russia during perestroika and working with technology transfer - to returning to the much loved and missed New Mexico, each new challenge was attacked with enthusiasm and determination  .  Jane was honored and humbled to be named one of the Most Influential Women in New Mexico in 2016 and to have been awarded the governor's award for Outstanding woman - 2009 Certified Mediator for the Municipal court system working with Juvenile offenders and Parent/teen conflict resolution. Appointments: National Small Business Administration (SBA) Advisory Council  Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Business Advisory Council  Santa Fe County Housing authority City of Santa Fe Plaza use committee Latest Business Startup:  2017 - Smartspider. PROS, Inc DBA Smartspider.net Paintings and “Jewelry by Jane” can be seen and purchased at leading galleries and museum gift shops.   Watch video version HERE Janeabq@gmail.com Website: www.Smartspider.net   CEO/Founder: Smartspider.net

Award winning television host and podcast host Tanya Memme recently joined Lesley to talk about the journey from success to rock bottom and now soaring higher than ever before. Resilience has become the post COVID hot topic but Tanya shares her story of needing to discover her inner resilience before we'd even imagined a pandemic. Now able to tell her story with candor and laughter, she is transparent about the results of leaving a television show filmed on a set that was contrary to her personal ethic and boundaries. Unable to find work in the industry, crushed and lost Tanya set out on a quest of soul searching and inner work. With honesty and humor Tanya shares the story of following the inspiration to launch a podcast, Life Masters, and interview 100 people who had hit rock bottom, and found their way, not just back, but beyond. Listeners will be touched and encouraged by Tanya's authenticity and thrilled for her happy ‘new beginning'. In addition to a number of exciting projects, Tanya has created her own show. She is the executive producer, Host and creator of Smart Home Nation on Crackle      Currently, you can watch Tanya on the A&E network hosting “Sell This House”, and “Smart Home Nation” on CRACKLE. In addition to that, you can see her action from the past 10 seasons of “Sell This House” (filmed from 2001-2011) on Dabl Network. Tanya also, gives inspiration and hope to her listeners of “Life Masters” -- a video/podcast on iTunes and YouTube. “Life Masters” is about real life stories of perseverance and triumph-- Some of her past credits include popular shows like "Sell This House Extreme" and "Move This House" on A&E, FYI and BIO. For 5 years she was the DIY expert on Hallmark Channel's “Home & Family” and hosted “Best Vacations” a syndicated travel show, as well as Entertainment Tonight CANADA on Global TV. She is the proud mom of Ava Yepremyan who accompanied her mom on camera on the show “Home and Family” on Hallmark Channel crafting for kids. The dynamic duo currently host crafting segments for the “Home Made Nation” block of home design shows on A&E and FYI. The nation has fallen in love with their dynamic and special mom/daughter relationship on camera and on social media.   Watch video version HERE Website: Www.tanyamemme.com Preferred contact information: Website LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyamemme/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanyamemmeofficial/ Twitter: @Tanya_Memme Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialtanyamemme/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/tmemme28/boards/