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In this episode of the Emerging Women Podcast, we navigate a topic that's close to the heart of many women today: navigating burnout, stuckness, and overwhelm while not losing touch with our creative spark, inspiration, or innate feminine wisdom. Joined by LiYana Silver, acclaimed author of Feminine Genius, we explore the journey to waking up and harnessing the wisdom of being a woman. LiYana has been a past speaker at Emerging Women Live, where she set the house on fire with her Feminine Genius. In a world where burnout and overwhelm have become a harsh reality, LiYana offers enlightening perspectives on how to move beyond the status quo. Our discussion not only underlines the necessity for change but provides insights on actualizing that transformation by tapping into our inherent feminine wisdom. Listen in as we unlock the power of the divine feminine, explore innovative modes of connection, confront fears, and importantly, celebrate ourselves without succumbing to self-doubt and criticism. About our Guest: LiYana Silver is a coach, teacher, speaker, and the author of Feminine Genius, who helps women move through life and work's biggest challenges and become who they're meant to be. Her offerings include her mentorship program Meant To Be - which begins on June 7 2023! - and her online course Mining For Gold in a Dark Night of the Soul. She lives in Asheville, NC with her son. Insight from this episode: — How to leverage the power of our feminine genius — The power of the divine feminine — The essence of connection — Innovations by women — Practices to help women overcome fear — Why we need to celebrate ourselves as women Quotes from the show: “Feminine qualities in every human being, regardless of gender, regardless of sex, can deeply connect with another human being who is invested in that relationship.” — LiYana Silver, Emerging Women Podcast “The hard stuff is reading into nuance and being open enough to allow somebody to come in and contribute their genius so that together you thrive.” — Chantal Pierrat, Emerging Women Podcast ​​“I appreciate that the kind of innovations we are seeing now and we will be seeing more of are often born out of us, as women.” — LiYana Silver, Emerging Women Podcast “The average man needs to feel 51% qualified to apply for a job, and the average woman needs to feel 95% qualified to apply for that same job.” — LiYana Silver, Emerging Women Podcast “Women are so capable of great creativity and we rarely give ourselves credit.” — LiYana Silver, Emerging Women Podcast “I fail, I miss the mark, I don't hit it out of the park just as much as anybody else, but now the huge shift is that I don't turn on myself when I do.” — LiYana Silver, Emerging Women Podcast Stay Connected: Chantal Pierrat Twitter: @chantalpierrat LinkedIn: Chantal Pierrat LiYana Silver Website: https://liyanasilver.com/ Mentorship program: Meant To Be (starts June 7, 2023) Book: Feminine Genius Audiobook: Feminine Genius Emerging Women Website: https://emergingwomen.com/ Twitter: @emergingW Facebook: @EmergingWomen Instagram: @emergingW LinkedIn: Emerging Women Youtube: Emerging Women Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

Sahar Paz is an author, professional speaker, personal branding expert and the CEO of Own Your Voice Strategy Firm where she has clients ranging from Gen Yers to Baby Boomers. Sahar has had the entrepreneurial spirit since the age of 13 when she launched her first company. With two decades of leadership experience, her keen communications and management skills were honed in her first managerial position in fashion, leading a multigenerational team with most members her senior. She then went into the conservative world of finance where she further learned how to own her voice, be strategic and navigate the complexities of an age-diverse team. Inspired to share what she learned in business, Sahar pivoted and dedicated herself to giving a voice to people and issues by founding Free Your Star Foundation. The nonprofit empowered minority high school students in Brooklyn with programs and scholarships that focused on the business side of fashion. She continues to provide business and career advice to her former Millennial mentees now in the workforce. In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast! Championing the voice of others to help them understand their emotional drivers and their personal power has always been Sahar's mission. Her book, Find Your Voice , part-memoir, part cognitive behavior guide, epitomizes that pursuit. As a member of Gen X, she understands the common sentiment of her generation: feeling overlooked and underappreciated. Sahar is a sought-after multigenerational translator known for being a dynamic keynote speaker who ignites excitement for a typically exasperated topic in the workplace--the generation gap. Sahar is hailed as a conscious leader who offers the wisdom to lift up Gen X leaders to build better business practices. Keynote speaking clients have included several corporations, conferences, and universities, such as Facebook, HBO, Whole Foods, Greater Houston Partnership, Texas Medical Center, Emerging Women Live and the University of Denver. Audiences walk away with the skills to communicate fluidly across generations, build stronger teams and maintain company retention. Sahar currently lives in Houston with her dog Rico. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/saharpaz Twitter - https://twitter.com/SaharPaz LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/saharpaz/ Links to her online courses: https://www.saharpaz.com/find-your-voice https://www.saharpaz.com/personal-brand For general information about the podcast, send an email to info@beinhakerlaw.com To follow Mitch and the podcast, go to linktr.ee/beinhakerlaw. You can subscribe and listen to episodes on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and most other directories. Please review us whenever possible and thanks for your continued support! Sponsorships and paid guest appearances are available. Connect with us by email or on social media. The Accidental Entrepreneur is brought to you by Beinhaker Law, a boutique business & estates legal practice in Clark, NJ. To learn about shared outside general counsel services and how to better protect your business, visit https://beinhakerlaw.com/fractional-gen-counsel/ Please support our affiliate sponsors (https://beinhakerlaw.com/podcast-affiliates/). Also be sure to visit our new podcast store (https://beinhakerlaw.com/podcast-store/) to purchase affiliate services, guest merchandise and even podcast merchandise.  Yes, we have merch! Digital Accelerant - the digital business card that generates leads. Get a custom branded digital card with information and links to all your social media, email and other information. Text LAW to 21000 to connect with us and request more details. Fetch Internet. Fetch Pro is an app that creates a secure and high-speed mobile internet connection for laptops and desktop computers. Printify - the on-demand print shop to create your own merchandise without cost or the need to house inventory. The Accidental Entrepreneur is a trademark of Mitchell C. Beinhaker. Copyright 2018-2021. All rights reserved.  

Welcome to the Emerging Women podcast, where we hear from brilliant women leaders creating big change in the world. I’m Chantal Pierrat, your host, and today we have a podcast from a very special guest who raised the roof at our last Emerging Women Live event with her powerful song-writing, story-telling and movement-making. Today’s guest is MILCK, aka Connie Lim, the artist behind the goosebump-inducing anthem “Quiet,” which captured the nation, and the world, when she premiered it with a live chorus in flashmob form at the 2017 Women’s March. Her song has since gone viral reaching over 15 million listeners all around the world. In this episode, MILCK shares her lifelong journey from people-pleaser to truth-teller, and how she has personally worked her edge and overcome challenges to finally feel comfortable expressing the truth of who she is to the world. We hear first-hand how she came to organize an incredibly impactful moment-turned-movement, rather than succumb to industry pressures to monetize the release of the single. And hear MILCK’s perspective on how speaking out can play a healing role in transforming shame and self-blame, both for self and for others. It’s all a part of the Emerging Women ethos, so let’s dive in and hear it from the singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and choir-builder herself. Welcome to “Can’t Keep Quiet” with MILCK.

Sahar Paz's diverse career in New York City spanned from banking, to fashion, to nonprofit. She is currently the Director of Culture and Communications at PinkCilantro, a Digital Brand Building Agency, in Houston. She is an author, speaker, and hosts online training to help people find their voice at www.findyourvoice.world. Sahar's thought-provoking keynotes have been presented at respected conferences such as Emerging Women Live, and the University of Denver Women’s Conference. Her clients range from Fortune 500 companies like Facebook and HBO, to socially-conscious organizations like Whole Foods. Sahar fled Iran as a child. She grew into adulthood in the U.S. and found success only to have it slip away. Although the bombings in Iran ceased in her life, the shame and prejudice followed her, creating a war-of-words within that drove her towards wanting to end it all. Sahar survived and fought her way towards healing, truth, purpose, and clarity. She now helps those suffering from mental slavery. Through her book “Find Your Voice” and its accompanying online training program, she guides us to step fully into our power by embracing our most authentic voice at www.findyourvoice.world.

In today’s show I tell stories of dance-a-thons, treks to Mt. Kilimanjaro, hoagie drop-offs, and burrito deliveries… all in service of making a difference, before I even realized that’s what I was being “taught.” As we’re all reflecting on the past year, and the year ahead, I’ve been thinking of a couple of guiding questions for myself: Did I make the difference I wanted to? How can I increase my impact in the year ahead? I fundamentally believe that all of us are inherently valuable AND that we have value to contribute back to our families and communities. It’s not about being perfect or saintly or better-than.  It’s not about a FB post that shows how “good” we are.  It’s not about proving or besting. It’s about using our strengths, skills, and power to really be leaders in our lives (and make the world a better place along the way).  It’s about seeing ourselves in the biggest, fullest light possible and what we’re truly capable of creating in our lives.  That’s what this episode it about.  I can’t wait to hear what comes up for you when you listen. Resources: Want some support starting 2018 off powerfully?  Check out this episode. The Hunger Project initiative to empower people to end hunger on the planet On women’s leadership at Emerging Women Live, check out this show More from ME: Come hang out in my FREE Facebook Community for deeper conversations and connections with other awesome women Ready for better relationships? Get started now with FREE book chapters of Naked Communication HERE. The ASK Formula Cheat Sheet:  How to ask for what you want… and get it.  http://www.sagebhobbs.com/ask-formula-cheat-sheet/ And a favor from YOU: Like what you hear? If SO, be sure to subscribe to Naked Conversations on iTunes. Or Stitcher. Or Google Play. Or any of the following – Overcast, Blubbry, TuneIn Radio, Player.fm. For (SUPER DUPER appreciated) gold stars: Leave me a rating + review!  Just a few short words will help MORE amazing women find the show.  Thank you :)

I’m still on the hunt for the elusive answer to the challenges of “work-life-balance” and “having it all,” as a driven, passionate, successful, mom in the 21st century. I don’t have the million dollar solution, but I’ve given it a lot of thought, and I do have some suggestions for how we can do both motherhood and career simultaneously.  Because what I know for sure, is that we desperately need women’s voices and influence in all sectors of leadership as well as within our families. In today’s show I share my own stories of trying to balance work and family (sometimes well and sometimes… not so much).   I also give several ways that I believe we can support ourselves, and each other, in balancing our professional desires with being a mom.   It’s hard as hell sometimes.  And, we need to keep going for it... And we can’t do it alone. And the world needs women’s voices. And children need their moms. And we need our sanity :)   Resources mentioned: My talk “How to Finally Get Comfortable Being Naked” at Emerging Women Live 2017 Women Leading the Way: How a Weekend Blew My Mind Episode 6 Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes Emerging Women More from ME: Come hang out in my FREE Facebook Community for deeper conversations and connections with other awesome women Ready for better relationships? Get started now with FREE book chapters of Naked Communication HERE. The ASK Formula Cheat Sheet: How to ask for what you want… and get it. http://www.sagebhobbs.com/ask-formula-cheat-sheet/ MORE INFORMATION COMING ON GROUP COACHING PROGRAM. And a favor from YOU: Like what you hear? If SO, be sure to subscribe to Naked Conversations on iTunes. Or Stitcher. Or Google Play. Or any of the following – Overcast, Blubbry, TuneIn Radio, Player.fm. For (SUPER DUPER appreciated) gold stars: Leave me a rating + review!  Just a few short words will help MORE amazing women find the show.  Thank you! :) EMAIL sage@sagebhobbs if you want to be the first to know and we’ll be in touch with the details… it’s going to rock.

I recorded this show for you right after I returned from a conference, Emerging Women Live, that blew my mind (and burst my heart.)  I was deeply inspired, stretched to my edges, and motivated to action.  Sounds pretty awesome, right?  It sooooo was.   (Not as awesome was returning to a the first snowstorm of the season, on a Monday morning, and having my husband accidentally take my keys to work with him when I needed to get the kids to school.  Life and leadership = not mutually exclusive) From stories of unexpected human connection, to deeply inspiring visionaries, recording this show made me so happy.  I wanted to bring you along on this amazing experience with me, hopefully move you a step closer into your own courageous, connected, and “naked” life. On this episode I share: Amazing stories from women I met (from Esther Perel to Dr. Tererai Trent) One beautiful, and powerful, way that women lead (you included) How each of us can lead in our own way (and why we must) The leadership continuum (and where you fall on it) Resources mentioned (check these out!): Emerging Women and their Power Circles work Dr. Tererai Trent’s work  www.tereraitrent.org and her book The Awakened Women Lynne Twist’s work at Pachamama  and The Hunger Project and The Soul of Money Connecting women worldwide for change at World Pulse Shiza Shahid and the Malala Fund Colleen Saidman Yee and her book Yoga for Life More from ME: Come hang out in my FREE Facebook Community for deeper conversations and connections with other awesome women Ready for better relationships? Get started now with FREE book chapters of Naked Communication HERE. The ASK Formula Cheat Sheet:  How to ask for what you want… and get it.  http://www.sagebhobbs.com/ask-formula-cheat-sheet/ And a favor from YOU: Like what you hear? If SO, be sure to subscribe to Naked Conversations on iTunes. Or Stitcher. Or Google Play. Or any of the following – Overcast, Blubbry, TuneIn Radio, Player.fm. For (SUPER DUPER appreciated) gold stars: Leave me a rating + review!  Just a few short words will help MORE amazing women find the show.  Thank you

Today my guest is LiYana Silver, teacher, coach, speaker, and author of Feminine Genius: The Provocative Path to Waking Up and Turning On the Wisdom of Being a Woman. LiYana Silver mentors women to unlock their Feminine Genius using intuition (before reasoning), feeling (before thinking), receiving (before giving), sensuality (before willpower), pleasure (before restriction), and collaboration (before competition). In today’s podcast, we unpack the term feminine genius through the combined lenses of spirituality and science, specifically quantum physics. We talk about how to trust in the “death” part of the death and rebirth cycle, and how to express your authentic self without dying from your emotions. We’ll also hear why LiYana says women are like lightbulbs… can you guess why? I am thrilled that LiYana will be joining us again at Emerging Women Live 2017 in Denver, CO. I hope you will be there, too, either in person or via free livestream - sign up here. This episode is brought to you by our friends at MeetMindful. MeetMindful is revolutionizing the way we meet and connect with others in daily life by inspiring people to make meaningful connections every day, both on and offline. Maybe you’re looking for long-term love with a partner who shares your core values. Perhaps you just want to meet a new like-minded friend to grab a coffee with on Saturday afternoon. The bottom line? You’re looking for people to connect with, people who get you. If you're interested in meeting like-minded people, welcome to your new community. Visit MeetMindful today to start your free trial.

Welcome to the Emerging Women podcast, where we hear from brilliant women leaders creating big change in the world. I’m Chantal Pierrat, your host, and my guest is Lisa Wimberger, founder of the Neurosculpting Institute. Lisa researched neuroscience and created the practice of neurosculpting to heal herself from a trauma you have to hear to believe (it starts with being struck by lightning and gets weirder from there). Since then she’s brought the practices and process of self-directed neuroplasticity to help everyone from street police to working professionals down-regulate negative patterns of chronic or traumatic stress. Today we talk about: why the brain makes patterns and scripts how neurosculpting can help you renegotiate patterns that no longer serve you fear and free will how to make memory an expansive fuel instead of a limiting cage two simple practices to get your brain and body communicating as they work together to repattern your stress response Lisa will be hosting the workshop “Neurosculpting for Leadership in the Zone” at Emerging Women Live 2017 in Denver, CO. I hope you can join us!

Welcome to the Emerging Women podcast, where we hear from brilliant women leaders creating big change in the world. I’m Chantal Pierrat, and my guest is Esther Perel, here to talk to us about the always-compelling topic of intimate relationships. Esther’s new podcast Where Should We Begin? in collaboration with Audible.com is striking a chord - it hit #3 on the charts, up there with This American Life - by taking conversations once reserved for the psychotherapist’s office and making them a part of public discourse. In this way, Esther is giving us the language we need to discuss the multitude of possibilities and options that exist for creating a thriving relationship in modern times. When speaking to a couple, she invites them to consider the vast array of factors - both internal and external - that effect relationship. Desire and sexuality, yes, but also culture, class, longing, betrayal, unemployment, infertility, romanticism, illness, fear, death - all of life’s big issues are discussed openly and honestly to see what they have to teach us about the human heart. We’re just scratching the surface of this endlessly juicy subject today, so Esther will be speaking at our annual event Emerging Women Live 2017 to delve deeper into the conundrums and complexities of relationship. I hope you’ll join us in October, and let’s start laying the groundwork now with “The Real Real of Relationships” with the dynamic and prolific Esther Perel.

The Mama Truth Show is especially for ambitious, soulful, women that are ready to STOP being so hard on themselves, release self-bullying and embrace their Inner Wisdom. What does it mean to be truly feminine and how can we emerge as women leaders? Join Amy with the wondrous Chantal Pierrat, Founder of Emerging Women, to explore this and so much more. And make sure you come to Chantal's flagship event, Emerging Women Live, THIS WEEKEND featuring incredible women leaders like Glennon Doyle Melton, Marianne Williamson, Janet Mock, Anne Lamott and more.  Video: https://youtu.be/Td09tC2CK5c   

Today my guest is Tosha Silver. For the past 30 years she has taught people around the world ways to align with Inner Love. Tosha Silver runs an online school called, “Living Outrageous Openness: Think Like a Goddess." This school offers an ongoing way to support those who truly want to live these beautiful, ancient practices. She’s the author of Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead and the recently released Change Me Prayers: The Hidden Power of Spiritual Surrender and the Audio Program, Embrace the Divine: Meditations on Spiritual Surrender. Tosha was a featured presenter at Emerging Women Live 2016. In today’s episode, Tosha and I spoke about: Her journey and how she has become immersed in the work of the Divine How the ‘everyday/mundane’ coupled with the Divine are actually the same thing The distinction between mindfulness and being led by the Divine The idea of ‘Surrender’ versus will, and how they can mean the same thing Being receptive and identifying the signs of what the Divine is trying to tell us Finally, we talked about how the Divine can shape your vision for the future   Here is my conversation “Outrageous Openness” with the wonderfully divine: Tosha Silver. Subscribe to the Emerging Women podcast on iTunes. And please be sure to rate us while you're there!

Today my guest is Elle Luna. Elle is a designer, painter and writer. On April 8, 2013, Elle published an essay on Medium.com, “The Crossroads of Should and Must,” which quickly went viral. Within weeks, it was tweeted to over 5 million people and seen by over a quarter of a million readers. Elle extended that post into an illustrated, four color book, The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion, where she explains the importance of mistakes, of “unlearning,” of solitude, of keeping moving and of following a soul path. She was also a featured speaker at Emerging Women Live in October in San Francisco. In today’s episode, Elle and I spoke about: Dreams: How to use them as signposts of what to go after in the "real world" What Elle means by Should and Must, and how to make decisions toward Must Her belief that there is a rise of spirit and emergence going on right now in the collective How Must is not quite a decision, but rather... well, a must   Here is my  conversation “Should vs. Must: A Daily Practice of Following Your Heart” with the inspirational artist Elle Luna. Subscribe to the Emerging Women podcast on iTunes. And please be sure to rate us while you're there!

Join Priscilla McKinney, Momma Bird at Little Bird Marketing as she talks with Chantal Pierrat, the amazing power behind Emerging Women. This movement was birthed out of a true transformation she experienced in her career as she emerged into owning her feminine power. They discuss what it means to walk through life with focused self reflection and how that can offer opportunities for total alignment with our true selves. They talk about finding support, the courage to be who we truly are, the power of personal transformation, why the feminine is at home in connection, what it means to truly lead with soul and why it is so important to build a tribe. Chantal created Emerging Women, a tribe of 48,000 brilliant women creating change in the world. They talk with anticipation about the upcoming thought leaders set to speak at Emerging Women Live 2015 coming in October. Original theme music by Chris Stewart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast features Tami Simon's interview with Alanis Morissette, recorded live at the 2013 Emerging Women Live conference in Boulder, Colorado.  Alanis Morissette is a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer and actress who has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Alanis was honored with the EMA Missions in Music Award for her efforts in speaking out against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alanis Morissette has been acting on her strong beliefs for years—and encourages her fans and listeners to do the same. Tami Simon is the founder of Sounds True, a multimedia publishing company dedicated to disseminating spiritual wisdom. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Sounds True has published more than 800 audio, video, music, and book titles along with online courses and events. A two-time winner of the Inc 500 award as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in America, Sounds True is widely recognized as a pioneer in providing life-changing, practical tools that accelerate spiritual awakening and personal transformation. In today’s episode Tami spoke with Alanis about: The balance between Yin and Yang and how this shows up in relationship What that would look like to put the Sacred Feminine in the center of the music industry Listening as an art, and not letting fear stop us from doing what we want to do How Alanis uses the ‘nuggets of terror’ in her journal as seeds for her creative process Alanis's work with Relationship First and her love of talking with people who are ceiling-less And finally, how she sees the Feminine Movement moving towards Sacred Union   Tune in and listen to "The Rock and Roll of Feminine Power” with the Radical Women: Alanis Morisette and Tami Simon. Subscribe to Grace & Fire on iTunes. Transcript: Alanis Morissette: Hi! I want to thank Tami for being up here with me and having a conversation with me. It’s my favorite thing to do, as my friends can attest to, is dialogue and go and back and forth and see what’s actually happening in real time with you, with us. Tami Simon: We want to make our love public. AM: Exactly! [Laughs] There’s nothing better than that. TS: Exactly. Making our love public. OK, the primacy of connection. I want to start right there. AM: Let’s go for the jugular. TS: Well, the jugular’s going to come later. AM: There are so many jugulars and so little time. TS: That’s right, exactly.  AM: That’s part of why I’m happier here. TS: Your journey to connection, being, at least in my understanding, the most important thing for you in your life. How did you get there? AM: I didn’t get there; I think I started there. I’m a highly sensitive temperament. I’ve become more and more obsessed with self-knowledge because I’ve seen how empowering it and how it enables me to actually have functional intimacy with people. So I’m the girl that uses every tool of divination and wants to know what number I am on the Enneagram and wants to know—I throw my I Ching coins. I basically have wanted to connect with God, intrapersonally with my own self and with people my whole life.  [It’s] to the point where, because of my hypersensitivity, when it doesn’t happen, in glimpses at grocery stores or wherever I am, it’s actually quite devastating for me. And I take responsibility for it and I don’t get upset at the woman who looks away when she’s trying to buy her watermelons.  [Audience laughs] AM: But I hurt. So I don’t know if that answers your question. TS: Are there things that you do to invite or to magnetize to you the kind of connection that, as a sensitive person, really nourishes you? Is there stuff that you do, and what is it? AM: I think it happens by default. I find that whatever energy I walk into a room with, the kismet like-mindeds find each other eventually. It doesn’t always happen, and sometimes I just people watch as a Canadian. Culturally—I’m going to do the broad stroke,

This episode's guest is Sera Beak. Sera is a Harvard-trained scholar of comparative world religions who has spent years traveling the world studying spirituality. From ‘whirling’ with Sufi dervishes to meeting the Dalai Lama on her 21st birthday; from taking the host from a Croatian Catholic mystic who had the stigmata to having life-altering visions with shamans (and everything in between). The New York Times called Sera one of the new “role models” for her generation. Sera is the author of Red Hot and Holy: A Heretic’s Love Story and The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark. Sera was a featured presenter at the 2013 and 2014 Emerging Women Live Conferences. In this episode, Sera and I speak about: The Color Red How she connects Sexuality and Sensuality with Spirituality Holding the Divine Feminine as ‘Sacred’ The “False Feminine” and the misuse of Feminine Power And finally, the Female Archetypes that have served her the most   Tune in to listen to my conversation “Red Hot & Holy” with the ‘Red’volutionary: Sera Beak. Subscribe to the Emerging Women podcast on iTunes. Transcript: Chantal Pierrat: Hello, Sera, welcome! Sera Beak: Thank you for having me! It’s great to be here with you. CP: It’s so good to hear your voice again. The last time we were together was Emerging Women Live 2013, so I feel like we haven’t really caught up. Your talk was so powerful, I’m still thinking about it. So it’s great to connect with you again and dig in a little deeper. SB: Definitely. I loved what you created there. I still feel honored to be a part of it and to be with all those incredible women, both the presenters and the people who were participating in the crowd. It was so right on, so thank you for creating it. CP: Awesome. It was great. It felt magical. Well, one of the things I wanted to dig into was you have two books out: The Red Book and Red Hot and Holy. And my first question for you is to tell us about Red. Is it the color red? The energy of red? What are you talking about when you are referring to Red? SB: [Laughs] That’s the big question. Well, red, I think, is universal. I know that that color and that energy of red tends to resonate with many, many women, even if they have certain ideas around it or even baggage around the color red. Red tends to be associated, usually, with the lower chakra or primal consciousness or promiscuity or a race car or anger or rage. So there are a ton of different qualities on top of Red. But for me, and this is true, I feel like, for many women, we’ve also discovered that red is a real powerhouse of our own divine feminine nature and holiness and intention and sensuality and life force and creativity and passion. So for me, red began to show up in my life in these ways that I call divine winks or synchronicities, and it reflected all those qualities. It felt like it was a color that was trying to get my attention and remind me of my own soul blood and life force and my own distinct assets. So it became a real diving force in my life and something I kind of followed. And I also felt like I was being followed by red. Over the years, it really transformed less into something that I was trying to show other women and make other women jump on board to my Red bandwagon, and it became more of a personal reflection of my own distinct soul. It went through its own metamorphosis with me, but I still really know and find that it’s an incredibly powerful color and energy for many women to come back into contact with. Especially because it’s been shoved to the corners of most spiritualities. So that when we come back to it and we start questioning, “What is Red for me?” a lot of ripe, juicy material ends up arising. CP: And when did this happen? When did you start connecting to Red? Where were you in your life? SB: Well, I would say since I was a child, I really felt this divine feminine power and presence a...

This episode’s guest is Kathrin O’Sullivan. Kathrin is the Head of Cross-Functional Leadership Development at Google.  She leads a team of people who help Googlers exercise leadership to transform themselves, Google, and the world. In her career, she has enjoyed working in different leadership positions across HR, Sales, Operations, and Business Development. She strives to facilitate an environment to help people become more self aware and clear about their values and goals, and to design strategies and practices that lead to self-excellence. Kathrin was a featured presenter at the 2013 Emerging Women Live Conference in Boulder, CO. In this episode, Kathrin and I speak about: How she is able to help “Googlers” transform themselves into leaders. What kind of practices they use at Google to foster development. The vulnerability present in sharing your true self. How Google is helping the advancement of current employees especially women in a male dominated field. The definition of Unconscious Bias and how it plays a role in keeping women from rising in business The potential reach of Google and social media, and the role they could play in changing the world.   Tune in to listen to my conversation “The Power of Transformational Learning and Development” with Kathrin O’Sullivan. Subscribe to the Emerging Women podcast on iTunes.   Transcript: Chantal Pierrat Hi, Kathrin! Welcome! Kathrin O’Sullivan: Hi, Chantal! CP: Thanks for setting the time aside. I know you’re a busy woman over there at Google. KO: It’s a real pleasure to talk to you. I’m excited about this. CP: Yay! So for those of you who are listening and were not at the event, Kathrin was part of our panel at the Emerging Women Live 2013 event in Boulder this past October. She was on a panel that was called “Game Changers” with other women in learning and organizational development at companies like Facebook and LinkedIn and Google and Twitter. So I wanted to highlight some of the things that came out in that conversation and explore some of those topics a little bit deeper. So maybe we could just launch in with a little short description of exactly what you do at Google. KO: Well, I’m responsible for leadership development at Google. So I am helping Googlers exercise leadership to transform themselves, Google, and the world. That’s kind of our grand mission. And what that means is helping Googlers really own their leadership journey as they develop in their career and take bigger and bigger assignments and are more responsible for bigger scopes of business. CP: So here’s my question with that. You know, Emerging Women, our tagline is “live the truth of who you are,” and it’s kind of a tall order, in general, just as a human being. I’m curious to see how much, when you say that you are responsible for developing programs that will encourage Googlers to transform themselves and their work, how deep does that go, when you say “transform themselves”? KO: If we talk about real transformation, it goes pretty deep. We give people the choice. Some people might not want to choose to go any deeper than some transaction they’re learning. Other people are really open to going really deep and really looking hard at who they are as people and how they influence the world around them. CP: Have you been doing a lot of these programs, and if you have, what kind of results have you noticed over time when you bring on programs that actually allow people to deep-dive inward and to self-reflect? KO: We’ve really seen amazing results. I design and develop some of these programs and I also deliver some of them, so I’m actually in the classroom and I see it happen. A lot of what we do we do over time, and we follow up with people over time to see how the learning gets implemented in the workplace. Of course, when it comes to more like “softer” skills, it is a little bit harder to exactly determine how it affects the bottom...

This episode’s guest is the soulful and wonderful Ani DiFranco. With 20 years in the music biz, self-described “Little Folksinger” Ani DiFranco’s influence on fellow musicians, activists, and indie-minded people the world over has been huge. Blending folk music with soul, funk, jazz, electronic music and spoken word, Ani DiFranco has released more than 20 albums, including her latest, ¿Which Side are You On? (2012). From the earliest days of her career, Ani DiFranco has lent her voice and her name to a broad range of social movements, performing benefit concerts, appearing on benefit albums, and speaking at rallies.  She’s a pioneer, a rock star, and a soul sister.  Ani was a featured performer at the 2013 Emerging Women Live Conference in Boulder, CO. In this episode, Ani DiFranco and I speak about: How having kids has grounded her life and effected her music in a positive way Her support of community and connection and the importance of the feminine point of view Her focus on the present moment and relationships in her life The trajectory of feminism throughout the years and the current state of feminism today The hope that we both feel in seeing the wave of Feminine Courage currently emerging in the world And finally, the importance of trusting yourself   Tune in to listen to my conversation "Connection, Community, and the Feminine Voice" with Ani DiFranco. Subscribe to the Emerging Women podcast on iTunes. Transcript Chantal Pierrat: Welcome, Ani! It’s a real pleasure to have you here today. Ani DiFranco: Hi! Thanks for having me! CP: I was mentioning to you as we were chatting [that] this is such an honor. I feel kind of exposed by saying this, but I definitely had a very big girl crush on you in college. AD: [Laughs] All right! I’m giving myself a high-five. CP: [Laughs] Well, I’m not entirely sure that it’s gone away. I was preparing for the conference, for Emerging Women Live, and also our interview here, [and] I was just going, for the last week, back through all the old records. Oh my gosh. AD: Oh, wow. Craziness. That’s something you’ll never find me doing. [Laughs] CP: Oh, really? Interesting. AD: It’s always a bit dicey when I want to learn a new old song, like, “I should play that song, blah-de-blah,” and then I have to pull out the record and tiptoe very delicately through it to try to listen to what I need to listen to. Anything could throw me for a week-long loop, delving back into my own catalog. CP: Well, luckily it’s all there and we can dip into it anytime. What surprised me, though, was your recent record. It was amazing—this morning, when we had to reschedule, I was like, “I really have not spent time,” because I was getting so caught up in the old stuff. And there’s a song on there called “Life Boat,” and I do want to talk about the new record. I know it was last year, but I could not believe how deep and how touched I was by that song. AD: Wow, cool. CP: You know, you mention your child. I guess my lead-in question with that is—in fact, I was actually weeping as I was listening to the song, truth be told. It touched me that deeply. I’m curious to see how—you’re a rocker, sister, you’re a freaking cool rocker, and then you’ve had kids. Not that your music has changed tremendously. It’s still very moving. But I’m curious to see internally if there’s been a shift inside of you and the music to create since you’ve had kids. AD: Yes, I’m sure, there’s been so many shifts. Life keeps knocking you one direction or another, and then you have a slightly new direction with every knock. Kids are a big one, I imagine. I think in a big sense, I have a kind of balance in my life how that I didn’t before my family. I used to just be all about my work. And bringing people joy through music is very rewarding. I noticed that, especially now that I have kids and I get deep into mom mode, you know, when I’m home and I can’t even remember what it i...