Dancing in the Discomfort Zone with Anne Bonney

Heather Cantor is the queen of reinvention!  When life knocks her down, she gets up and creates her next opportunity!  This episode is chock full of twists and (shouts?) turns and resilience, so listen in, and enjoy!   We talk about -          The intersection of all life’s events and how that can be a huge challenge to a marriage. -          The accident and magic of starting True Housewives. - ...

Aging.  Wheeeee!  That's a fun topic!  And that's why we're talking about it here!  Let's get uncomfortable, shall we?  Are you leaning on the "I'm too old excuse"  Well knock that off!! The way I see it, we're all going to do it if we're here long enough, so I thought I would bring on my hilariously brilliant friend and fellow speaker Sheri Fitts to ta...

Erin Taylor (https://www.shroommystic.com/)  is the head of the Church of the Divine Heart, and leader of Healing Magic Retreats in Colorado.  She is dancing in the discomfort zone on a daily basis as she navigates legalities of the healing work she's doing.   We talk about ·       Her journey from life-threatening BURNOUT ·       How she came to worship mushrooms of all kinds ·       The leg...

OMG you guys, I'm so excited because this episode is awesome!!  Uma Shankari is an electrical engineer turned spiritual artist, chef, business consultant and dabbler in other fantastic things, living in India who is waltzing in discomfort on a daily basis having chosen calling over comfort.  I originally thought this might be an interesting episode, and it turned out to be positively fascinat...

WE ARE REBRANDING!!!!  Now, we are Dancing in the Discomfort Zone podcast with Anne Bonney , and we're building your CONFIDENCE, COURAGE and RESILIENCE so you can dance in the discomfort zones in your life!  It will look different for everyone, so every episode will look different.  Whether it's seeing different viewpoints, examining uncomfortable topics, learning how to have tough conve...

The end of the year brings renewed hopes and plans for us all, which includes a rebrand of your favorite podcast!  Listen more, and join me next year in an amazing dance to help you get stronger, more confident and more mentally tough to face all life's discomforts.  

What better time to chat about boundaries than THE HOLIDAYS, and with me today is Liz Solar .  By day, Liz is a voice over actress, but by night, she puts on her cape and has some amazing perspectives and helpful suggestions on communication and maintaining boundaries with those around you!  We also get into some fun talk about building rapport and goal achievement, specifically her recent complet...

When I first met Gretchen Schott , I knew we would be friends!  I also knew I had to get her on the podcast!  She has influence galore, and people love working with her.  I invited her on to get her perspectives on how she builds relationships and gets the most out of the people she works with!!  In this episode, we talk about -          Building effective long term relationships (even with people...

Finding your purpose, or landing on clarity in life can be a really stressful thing.  This week's guest Lisa Corrado coaches people on finding clarity and ultimately fulfillment, and in this episode she shares some of the coaching tips she uses with her clients to help us find fulfillment in our lives.   What we talk about How defining success for yourself is so important to finding fulfillme...

I LOVE THIS TOPIC!  I'm so excited!  And I just can't hide it!  ( early 90s Saved by the Bell anyone?)  Seriously though.  The study of personality styles is fascinating, and can really help in understanding and building influence with those around you.  (DISC, Myers Briggs, Strengthsfinder, etc)  This week's guest Merrick Rosenberg   CEO of Take Flight Learning has such a simple, i...

FIRST 5 TO E-MAIL GET A FREE DATING SUCCESS CALL!  E-mail holly@findloveatlast.com TO CASH IN!!! It's Valentines Day in November, and time to bring on Dating Coach, matchmaker and Image Consultant Dr Holly Battey with Find Love at Last to talk about how you can show up the right way to find the love you truly deserve in life. How does this relate to influence?  Well, first of all, influencing...

I'm in a HUGE time of transition in my life, and in this episode, I blather on about intentionality, and the importance of knowing what you're working towards and what you want to hold yourself accountable to.  So listen in, and get in touch if you want to talk about building an intentional manifesto of your own.  I won't charge you for it.  If you're listening, I'd love t...

Tracy Hoth of Simply Squared Away joins us this week for a fabulous interview about getting organized!  I've said it before, in order to build influence with others, we first have to have self-awareness and self-management, and organization is a great step towards that.  Tracy shares a whole new way to think about getting organized...starting not in your closet, but in your mindset!   We talk...

As an IT professional, Scott witnessed the challenges in leadership in his industry first hand...and even by his own hand.  When he realized he was failing as a leader, he took responsibility to look at what he was doing, and work on that.  Now he is on a mission to grow a million leaders in the next 3 years with his Leadership Accelerator Program on JumpCoach.com .  He has some fabulous insights...

Part of building influence is listening with an open mind to people with perspectives, interests and occupations different than our own, so for this Halloween Special Edition, I thought I'd bring in Kristy Sumner of Soul Sisters Paranormal .  She has a fascinating and very intelligent viewpoint on the paranormal investigations that she and her team do.  This conversation was fun, and definite...

Stephanie Dalfonzo knows anxiety.  Ok...these days we all know anxiety, but Stephanie has studied it from many angles, and knows how to help you reduce yours so you can live a calmer, and more fulfilling life.  Who doesn't want that?  In this episode, we talk about... How Resilience is related to a dead tree Using a water bottle to calm anxiety How she creates a private paradise for her clien...

Julie Bartk us is an expert in leadership and healthy workplace culture.  In this episode, she shares with us how leadership plays a role in a healthy workplace, and how to work towards detoxing your workplace so the right people stick around, and the right people want to come work for you!  When it comes to influence, this is where it's at! We talk about... How she started the Workplace deto...

A great way to build influence is to try to understand differing perspective, so even if you're not "into" hypnosis and tapping and alternative ways to heal yourself, this episode will sharpen your listening skills, and you'll have a great time doing it.  Krisi Vadnais is a fabulous, energetic and empathetic coach and hypnotherapist, and in this episode we talk about Ways to ge...

I'm SO SUPER EXCITED to present to you my new project, something I've been thinking about for years, and am finally pulling the trigger on!  This is going to be FUN and TRANSFORMATIONAL!   Want more information?  Go to https://DiscomfortRetreat.com Want to be sure you don't miss out on any vital information?  Grab my Difficult People Survival Kit and join my Mid-Week Energizer e-mai...

Episode 150...and what better way to celebrate than with someone who personifies positive leadership, and is a completely blast....welcome Lorena Gregory to this milestone episode.  We talk about how she successfully leads and motivates a group of 200 people, most of whom she never gets to meet!  Fabulous leadership insights including ·       Leadership qualities to help get her message across and...

Dr L Carol Scott is a Developmental Psychologist, Coach, Speaker, Author and Nomad!  In this episode she shares with us the 7 success strategies we are supposed to learn from birth to age 7, and how a Developmental Do-Over can help us if we happened to have missed that day in school!  Fabulous insights on not only our own self-awareness and improvement, but on raising our kids to be successful, co...

Confidence comes from a lot of places, and when you're feeling shame and blame around your body size/shape, confidence and self-esteem can be hard to come by.  At the very least, it distracts you from showing up as your full and best self to get great results with the people around you. Enter Jillian Lama !  She doesn't preach a certain food plan.  She encourages her clients to take on a...

E-mail is one of those things that we do a lot, and it's easily to take it for granted, but are you losing influence because of the way you're e-mailing?  In this episode, e-mail marketing guru LeeAnn Webster shares her expertise with us on how to e-mail with H.E.A.R.T. and build relationships with our e-mails, rather than breaking them.  There are insights for e-mail marketers, and just...

Nobody likes saying "no" to a request, offer or whatever, but how many times have you huffed and slumped in resentment, wishing you'd had the guts to say no!  You don't need guts, you need skills.  (ok, you need a few guts, but the skills will help with that part!)  In this quick episode I give you my formula for saying "no" in a way that will help you both protect yo...

Dr Erika Michalski is delightful mix of Cheer and Brilliance!  She's known as Consultant Barbie, and is a cheerleader at heart, believing in bringing out the best in others.  She is also a brainiac, knows a ton about people, and carefully researches her content.  She practices what she preaches, and is an absolute blast to talk to!  Don't miss all the details of this fabulous interview....