Women of Ambition

Welcome to the women of ambition podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Calder Hume. And today we are going to look specifically at ambition for women as per normal, but we're going to be looking at it through the lens of culture and how religion and socialization and so many other factors come into play for women and how we are socialized to be able to exhibit or not exhibit ambition. And today my guest...

Alyssa Calder Hulme: [00:00:00] Welcome to the women of ambition podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Culler Hume. And today we have a fantastic guest on our show. Nina Simons is co founder and chief relationship officer at Bioneers and leads it's every woman leadership program throughout her career, spanning the nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, corporate, and. Philanthropic sectors. Nina has worked...

Alyssa Calder Hulme: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Women of Ambition podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Calder Hume, and today we have Whitney Knox Lee. Whitney is a civil rights attorney, an equity and inclusion consultant, a mother and wife, and the host of the Empatrix podcast.   Whitney Knox Lee, Esq.: Yes.   Alyssa Calder Hulme: Thank you so much for being here, Whitney. Tell us a little bit about yo...

What does it mean to be a good ancestor? Why should we reckon with the horrible stories of our ancestors as well as the peaceful ones? How does colonization affect how we think about family, record histories, and relate to our relatives? Join Alyssa Calder Hulme and Miyamoto Loretta Jensen, the Polynesian Genealogist, in a chat about data sovereignty, cognitive dissonance, dreams, joys, pains, and...

Alyssa: [00:00:00] Hello everybody and welcome to the Women of Ambition podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Calder Hulme, and today we're gonna do something that we haven't done for a little while now, and that is a PostPod, and this is where we. Look at the last podcast that got published and digested a little bit, talk about it, contextualize some things.  We had such a fantastic time tracking togeth...

Alyssa: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Women of Ambition podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Calder Hulme , and today we are going to be beginning a little bit of a shift in our podcast experience together where we've been examining ambition, how women experience that and talk about that. And we're gonna continue on that same path, but I really want to start looking at how culture, ethnicity, religion, all...

Ambition, gender roles, deviance... what does it all mean? Join me for a brief overview of my research into the pain many of my guests and listeners face as they express and exercise their ambition. Why is it so hard? What is that sense of disapproval we get from society? What can we do about it? This this first episode of season 4 I explain what sociologists and scientists have to say  (and what...

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Join us for a fantastic chat about ambitious friendship and the challenges and rewards found therein. We are all dealing with the fallout of Roe V. Wade being overturned - some are celebrating, others mourning. What does that mean for friends with differing views? Can deep friendship exist when fundamental beliefs differ? And what about the in-person and online attacks some of us are enduring from...

When Jessica's now ex-husband came out to her years ago, she had no idea what life would bring. Fast forward a decade or so and today she does something most would think is impossible: she sees her ex daily and maintains a deep, intimate connection with him while being remarried to a new man.  The three of them host their own podcast and document their journey to becoming the unique family unit th...

How do I set the tone for my marriage as an ambitious woman? What if I realize my ambitious nature long after my choice to marry my spouse? How is my partnership (or lack there of) effecting my self-perception? And how can I change that? What unique challenges does my marriage face thank to my ambitious nature? How does my pursuit for growth effect my reltionship with my spouse? I ask my self and...

In this episode we celebrate Women's History Month by looking back into our own history and learning from other subversive women - specifically Susannah North Martin, convicted witch in Salem, MA in 1692. She was accused of being a witch 3 times in her life and was finally convicted at the age of 70. She is a direct ancestor of our host and a total badass by all accounts. We celebrate her legacy a...

Explore how this ambitious woman intergrates her ambitions, career, travel and relationships with her children to create the life she loves. Meg has been traveling with her 4 kids and husband for over 2 years in a travel trailer, homeschooling from the road (roadschooling), all the while while running her business and incooperating every apsect of her life! We recorded this episode from her car wh...

Ambitious women face unique challenges and choices in our relationships with others. But before we can face outward relationships, we have to face our relationship with self. "I feel like my entire life I have been this person yelling 'HELL YES!' inside, but completely suffocating on the outside." "When you are consistently living to someone else's view of you and what they say you should and shou...

What does it mean to be the lead in your own story? How do we take an active role in our lives? You are not meant to live for the comfort of other people. Build the story YOU want.

Are you burned out on goal setting? Do your best intentions flail or evaporate? Elle V shares her story of traditional achievement burnout. Misaligned ambition and misapplied control dragged her into a dark place before she finally gave it all up to create the life she loves. She shares concrete tools and ideas for listeners to identify their intuition, catch the spark of earning, and build on it...

Comedian Shay shares her story of starting life as a gay child in a small, conservative town and building out her own identify with cross country moves, career shifts, and chasing fear. Through her personal development, she transformed her comedy from being a shield and distraction from her true self, to an expression and creation of her true self. 

Do you know how to set long lasting goals that not only get you the results you want, but help you live in alignment with your higher self everyday? Do you know how to set specific goals that keep you motivated all year long? Join Alyssa Calder Hulme as she explains her goal setting process for 2022. By applying core values to all areas of life we can discover new ways to grow into the version of...

" When in balance, my core values support my drive to achieve and my life is balanced. As I honor my core needs, I can take bigger risks with more confidence. Because I know myself better, and I choose into what is sustainable. I can play in my ideas, experiment and evolve my projects and goals."

"Ambition is constantly wanting to have and to be the best you can be... it can be in education, having boundaries with people, exercising, or eating properly. It's like every aspect of your life you just want that to be the best and the healthiest that it can be."

Today I want to talk about identifying our top core values. Core values are the top 3-10 fundamental beliefs that inform the way we live. When we can define what our core beliefs are we can more easily make decisions that will lead us to the end results we want. As ambitious women, we know we want to achieve x y z, but there are many ways to achieve the same goal. What brings deep satisfaction in...

How does a passionate, determined, and well-educated woman decide what to devote her energy towards? How does she narrow the scope of what she will focus on? Preethi Harbuck and Alyssa Calder Hulme discuss the many facets of being ambitious women and how they narrow their focus and make space for what matters most. 

Do you love who you are becoming on the path to achievement? How do your values factor into your chosen path? Are you achieving at the expense of your joy? Do you like the changes you see in yourself? Walk through some self-reflection with host Alyssa Calder Hulme and own your ambition with even more confidence.