Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

In this interview a year in the making, world-renown speaker, author, and teacher, Les Brown, joins Heather today to discuss living life on purpose. He shares his wisdom on overcoming daily challenges, living without regrets, and making an impact. And he lays out his methods to transform your mindset, upgrade your skills, and present yourself to achieve your highest potential. Les is a man who pra...

How long does it take to truly know someone? Chase Hughes, leading behavioral expert, has got it down to 6 seconds. After 20 years of experience training in the U.S. military, Chase has put together multiple courses on how to see the true person behind the mask, unlock someone’s real intentions, and dissect the psychology that makes the human mind tick. What was once information reserved for milit...

Are you on autopilot? Do you live for the weekends? Ashley Stahl, entrepreneur, career coach, author, and speaker, asks us to discover our true career path. She has developed a simple and effective road map to make a “You Turn”, or in other words, return to you. It starts with identifying your skills out of the 10 core skill sets. Then leveling up those skills to find the room on top to excel. Cla...

As we round on the New Year, ask yourself: How do you respond to expectations? Do you complete your resolutions? Do you execute on what others ask of you? There are four types of tendencies and knowing more about yourself will lead to healthier habits, better relationships, and more results. Gretchen Rubin is a bestselling author, human nature expert, and award winning podcaster, who has spent her...

“Time keeps passing, whether you think of how you are spending it or not.” Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. And yet, the busiest people are not necessarily the most productive. How can we best allocate that time that we are given? Laura Vanderkam is a bestselling author, speaker, podcaster, and mother of five who has mastered the art of managing the clock. She lives every day with the beli...

How is a leader made? Are leaders born? What needs to be done to become a leader? Kerry Siggins is here to share with us how she answered these questions. This is her incredible journey from lost drug addict to CEO of StoneAge Inc. When Kerry was hired, she was not a leader. She became one by listening to her team. She asked the right questions and worked to put their words into action. She invest...

“The truth that I've found with myself, but also very successful people that I've been exposed to, is the one rule they don't want us to all know. And that is they're all making it up as they go along.” Success is not a straight path. Chasing down a dream will be fraught with rejection, loss, and pain. The key to achieving success is to be resilient and creative. Continue to take steps in the dark...

Tim Storey is a masterful life coach who is known for motivating everyone from celebrities to executives to children to manifest their dreams. Today he joins Heather and her mentees to share his expertise on mentorship, resilience, self care, and more. Everyone feels bogged down and lost sometimes. Everyone feels discouraged or depressed. Tim is here to share the tough lessons he learned to get ou...

Whether we know it or not, every day we choose to live a lemon life or a lemonade life. A lemon life is settling; it is unthinking; it looks safe but it is unfulfilling. And it is the life that 99% of people lead. A lemonade life is one full of purpose. It is a life led by passion to do more, help more, and contribute more. Zack Friedman, the founder of Make Lemonade and author of The Lemonade Lif...

"For all those people who feel, especially now that their lives are not going to get better, that hope is lost, take it from someone who felt the same way...that there IS hope. And you can get through to the other side, and you can thrive." Ally Brooke, singer, songwriter, and now author, has faced true darkness in her life. She has struggled and come up against challenges that seem unsurmountable...

Jayson Waller grew up in a trailer park. He never finished traditional high school. And he became a parent as a teenager. But now he is the winner of Entrepreneur of the Year 2019. How did this underdog start from the bottom and end up here? Jayson Waller is here to share his story and inspire others to follow in his footsteps. Use misfortune as your motivation. Deal with the drama. And make the h...

“What it means to have a practice is that you show up tomorrow even if it didn’t work today.” That is what Seth Godin, entrepreneur, best-selling author, guru, and marketing hall of famer, has to say about The Practice, his methodology on finding your true voice. The Practice is not about making art, writing a book, or working as a manager. It is about being an artist, a writer, and a leader. What...

Kara Goldin, founder and CEO of Hint Inc., author, and speaker, has often faced that assumption that she is fearless. That she has never failed and that she has never doubted. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. Kara has hit roadblock after roadblock. She has faced naysayers from huge intimidating competition but she always persisted. And now she understands that powering through the hardest...

How does someone go from an unceremonious firing to starting more than 20 businesses? Entrepreneur, author, and speaker, Sean Castrina, is on today to share his insights on the keys you need to succeed. Sean believes in proof of concept and proof of demand. He understands sacrifice and the time it takes to get a business off the ground. And he knows all the myths that are keeping you from starting...

Alexandra Carter, world-renowned negotiation trainer for the United Nations, award winning professor, and best selling author, is here to ask us to ask for more. She has outlined the simple and direct questions to ask to turn a “no” into a “yes”. But negotiation is not just arguing over numbers at a table. It is any conversation that steers a relationship. That could be with a boss, a partner, or...

During this coronavirus pandemic, there is no “New Normal”. We are now in a month to month world. How can consumers be reached when the only certainty is uncertainty? Phillip Stutts is back on Creating Confidence to share with Heather and her mentees what to do. Go back to the data. Phillip has done multiple studies on how to shift marketing and messaging during the pandemic to actually cut throug...

Rock Thomas is the real rags to riches success story and he is dedicated to helping others find their financial freedom. Too many people are stuck in the weeds, stuck in fear, and stuck in complacency. Rock encourages you to do what’s hard, change the labels other people have put on you, and define what you want. So much becomes easier when your mission is clear. Rock’s mission is to uplift others...

This week, Heather is changing up the format and talking directly to you. For the first time without a guest, Heather shares her background, expertise, and advice won with hard learned lessons. The biggest question she tackles today is what happens when you are pitching the right thing, at the wrong table? If you are in a toxic environment, no matter how much value you are bringing to the table, s...

The psychotherapist and star author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, Amy Morin, gives us a backstage look into her business and how she uses her own techniques to achieve success. Mental strength can look like the foresight to prioritize only the best business opportunities or it can be 6 pack abs! It comes in all forms and Amy discusses it’s necessity in our personal, parenting, busi...

John Walsh, founder of StandoutX, former executive at The Walt Disney Company and The Madison Square Garden Company, and bestselling author, does not seem like the kind of man who started out his life battling homelessness. But John has turned his adversity into fuel that has catapulted him into success. And this success is not defined by an important job or large salary, but by his own definition...

Chris Voss, a former FBI hostage negotiator and founder of The Black Swan Group, has returned to the podcast to impart his knowledge on how to get through to those who don’t want to listen. In making sales, creating contacts, or consulting your clients, the ability to negotiate is paramount. And Chris’s foolproof method is by throwing out the snake oil salesmen pitch and embracing safety, trust, a...

What does Lu Parker, award winning journalist, KTLA anchor, self-made business woman, creator of Be Kind & Co., and former Miss USA, say about achieving your goals? Become a seeker by always being hungry, hustling for what you want, and never being bored. She understands that sometimes you need to go backwards to leap forward but you never stand still. Do not sit in fear. Make the decision. And wa...

How many hours a month are you using up on administrative tasks? How often are you getting lost in the details and losing sight of your original purpose? Katelyn Hamilton is here to change all of that. She is the one who knows how to organize, prioritize, and strategize your business so you can get back to the important things. Take the minutiae off your plate and be in your energy.  About The Gue...

“Don’t limit yourself to one lane…there’s so much beyond that if you choose to blow up your lanes and start seeing the potential that’s outside of the small bubble so many of us operate in”. In short, don’t sell yourself short. You get to decide what comes next, how you want to show up and where you want to lean in.  Heather takes us behind the scenes of one of her virtual talks and demonstrates h...

There is always a story and reason behind the choices we make and the belief systems we subscribe to and as Dr. Osefo says “if there isn’t a story” then the conversation opens itself up for discovery and to begin to answer that important question: why. As an educator, Dr. Wendy Osefo shares with us that there is always room to have the conversation regardless of which side of the aisle you stand o...