The Courage Effect

#8| 5.24.2023: Ruby Love defines courage as stepping out in faith. She talks with Suzanne about how her upbringing during the civil rights movement shaped her values, the importance of learning to take risks (and the greater risk we all face when we don't say yes), and how our lives change when we tap into courage to unlearn destructive practices. Ruby Love is the Principal of Love Resource Develo...

#7 | 5.17.2023: Always at the intersection of business, design and technology, Carmen Cano has led teams and organizations in product, innovation and design. She's currently the SVP of Product Design at Seismic and is passionate about solving problems by creating a vision that enables everyone to do their best work. Her motto: "Leave it better than you found it." Carmen shares her story about love...

#6 | 5.10.2023: Michelle Grover is Chief Technology Officer of Slalom , a global management consulting firm headquartered in Seattle. She’s been named by Business Insider as one of the 100 People Transforming Business in Emerging Tech, is a member of the Greycroft and Sierra Ventures Technology Councils, and dedicates her time to mentoring high school young women and people of color in the technol...

#5 | 5.3.2023: J.R. and Suzanne anchor their conversation on the topic of passions – they discuss seeing the macro view to ensure we’re pursuing what matters most to us and J.R. shares his recurring self-review process where he tests what he “loves, likes, can’t, and won’t” do. He also touches on how empowering it is to hide self-view on video calls (a smaller but still courageous act!) and what o...

#4 | 4.26.2023: Organizational development leader Julie Pham, PhD and Suzanne discuss the role courage plays in communicating with others: the ways it’s challenged by our speed of work, the trend of self-censoring becoming more common, and how trusting our intuition surfaces the ability to stay true to ourselves. Dr. Julie Pham is the founder and the CEO of CuriosityBased , an organizational devel...

#3 | 4.19.2023: Mellicia – a self-proclaimed iconoclast – talks about tapping into courage to make new memories (bikini included!), the power of claiming your authentic style, and how having a child allowed her to make more intentional choices for the life she creates for herself and her family. Based in Seattle, Mellicia Marx is the founder of Poplin Style Direction , a boutique personal styling...

#2 | 4.12.2023: Lia talks about how she grew into being an empathetic leader and advocate through her own personal and professional struggles. She and Suzanne touch on compassionate workplaces, doing what's right when it's not easy, and the importance of cultivating supportive networks. Lia De Feo is a brand builder, revenue-generator and innovation leader who has brought thousands of products and...

#1 | 4.5.2023: Troy shares a story with Suzanne about the loss of a relationship that turned his world upside down, and how getting “pushed off a ledge” brought him to a place of freedom and choosing new ways. After a career as an executive in museums, mental health care, and public health, Troy Livingston focuses on helping people and organizations narrow the gap between their current reality and...

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