Destination Unknown: A Field Guide

Join Linda and her guest, Kayla Gross, former member of the coaching staff for the Oregon State University's Football team, as they talk about decoupling from a negative work environment and reigniting our own truth. Learn how anger and profound loss give way to possibility! Understand the phases of mourning and recovery that are involved in a spirited and invaluable transition cycle. Don't miss t...

Join Linda as she talks with Nina Goswami (@NinaTheScoop) of the BBC about the life-changing power available to those willing to trust their own voices. Learn about Nina's groundbreaking work with the BBC's 50/50 Project and its impact on bringing the voices of underrepresented populations into the newsroom. Discover the connection between confidence and voice, and how to identify the barriers tha...

Join Linda for the second of a two-part interview with Katie Mahon and Joan Louise Hill, authors of  The Miracle Collectors , as they explore the enlivening experience of owning it and stepping into our own voices. Learn about Katie's and Joan's experience and how they struggled to get a grip on their new vision for themselves. Discover the surprising resources we all have at our fingertips - part...

Join Linda as she talks with Katie Mahon and Joan Luise Hill , authors of  The Miracle Collectors , about the courage of engaging our voices and saying yes to who we are. Learn about the importance of connections and the role they play as we navigate empty nests, invasive breast cancer, and other life altering circumstances. Discover what Katie and Joan learned about seeing the common in an uncomm...

Join Linda and Elise Buie, family law attorney, as they discuss major life changes and the courage to be more.  Learn how Elise navigated multiple transitions, including Hurricane Katrina, geographic moves, serious illness, and her own divorce and remarriage.  Discover the gifts available to those who are willing to shift their assumptions about who we are! Don't miss this 10-minute episode of cou...

Join Linda and Kavita Ahuja , founder of the Power Purpose Play community, as they talk about midlife reinvention. Discover the magic that can emerge when we trust the little voice inside, a voice that gave Kavita a sense that there was more for her after a successful twenty-year career in the pharmaceutical industry. Learn about how the body messages us when we're off course and all the unexpecte...

Join Linda and Elizabeth MacWhinnie , instructional designer and lay minister, as they talk about navigating transition in the face of two simultaneous HUGE triggers.  Discover how new superpowers emerge from grappling with being alone and from addressing labels that no longer fit.  Learn how Elizabeth's courage led her to rethink her identity and uncover the essence of her tremendous skills.  In...

Join Linda and Massachusetts State Senator Cindy Friedman as they talk about life's identity shifts and finding your voice through multiple transitions. Learn about Cindy's journey from teaching to engineering to politics, the unplanned nature of transition, how her voice has changed. Discover the incredible opportunity hidden in important changes. Don't miss this conversation about courage, redef...

Join Linda and Esther Crawford, CEO of Squad, which was recently acquired by Twitter, as they talk about the emotional toll of life's pivots and the enduring possibilities that emerge from vulnerability. Learn about 'Day Zero', the importance of connections, and the promise hidden in letting go of beliefs, ways of being, and those who no longer nourish you. Don't miss this conversation of hope and...

Join Linda and Stacey Freeman , an entrepreneur and life-change veteran, as they talk growing beyond self-doubt and the emotions that accompany transition. Learn how staying open to life's shifts - including divorce, co-parenting, entrepreneurship, and loss - can serve as reinforcement in the face of naysayers. Discover how periods of anxiety and mourning can become cornerstones for renewed thinki...

Have you ever had that feeling in the pit of your stomach that something wasn't right? Join Linda and midlife courage coach Sheree Clark as they talk about those moments and what to do about them! Learn about the protective responses we all deploy - like keeping busy, busy - to distract ourselves from important choices. Discover what happens when those around us fail to post when we need them most...

Join Linda and Ouided Bouchamaoui , recipient of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in Tunisia following the Arab Spring, as they talk about transition on a national stage and in our own lives. Learn about the importance of trusting ourselves, having dreams, and taking one step at a time.  Great messages as we begin 2021! Don't miss this extraordinary 12-minute conversation as you prepare for...

Join Linda for a special episode featuring her recent Women's Exchange talk on Transition and Renewal! Linda shares her personal journey while debunking common misperceptions about transition and renewal.  Learn about opportunity of transition and the emotions that accompany us on the journey.  Leave with a few ideas for must-have's as we enter a New Year and choose to bring more of who we are for...

Join Linda and Robin Nelson, a biological anthropologist and professor at Santa Clara University, as they talk about transition in the many - and sometimes conflicting - facets of our lives. They discuss risk and how it expresses itself as we consider major life changes, like moving cross-country, becoming a parent, or reevaluating our career. Our willingness to explore who we are, and accepting o...

Join Linda and Bruce Howell , accessibility services manager at the Carroll Center for the Blind, as they discuss what may be the most important, and the most difficult, part of transition - the shift in our identity. Bruce shares wisdom from a 16-year journey through loss, fear, and hope as he embraced new possibilities for himself and his sense of worth. Bruce and Linda talk about how we let go...

Join Linda and Dr. Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco, a clinical psychologist and author of the upcoming book,  Mom Brain , as they talk about the challenges of crafting new identities during all stages of our lives. Dr. DiMarco and Linda explore the chronic stressors of motherhood and strategies moms deploy in response. Learn about the surprising shift in priorities that drives so much of our experience as pa...

Join Linda and Maia Bittner, entrepreneur and start-up founder, as they talk about listening to ourselves in transition. Maia pursued her passion and made the difficult choice to step away from something very important to her and to those around her. Linda and Maia explore what it means to move away from external models of success and from the expectations that others impose on us. Find out what i...

Join Linda and June Angelides, a venture capitalist, parent, and entrepreneur, as they talk about transition with its dips in confidence, its need for self-reflection, and its transformative powers. June shares unexpected milestones like a new sense of purpose and the need to do things differently. Listen to how June turned a loss of self into a greater connection to her community and to those she...

Join Linda and Harvard Business School Prof. Laura Huang as they talk about those times in our lives when we see a gap between our expectations and our lived experience. These gaps prompt decisions that can be terrifying and empowering. We touch on transitions in career, culture, and language and what you can do about them. Don't miss this 12-minute episode!

Join Linda and Parul Singh, a venture capitalist, startup veteran, engineer and parent, as they talk about leaning into the fear that cloaks our desire to move away from something familiar. Your 'familiar' can be a comfortable job, a relationship, something about your health/well-being, or more. Learn how other people's expectations and our desire for safety slow us down and can limit us from bein...

Join Linda and Rachel Leng, an entrepreneur, investment manager and former Miss Singapore, as they explore the life-changing and stressful transitions of moving and starting new careers. They talk about waning confidence and how to find the courage necessary to handle all of the unknowns associated with new places, new cultures and new relationships. Rachel shares invaluable advice for getting you...

Join Linda and writer/therapist Kathleen Smith as they explore moving forward in the presence of anxiety. They talk about how transition is in conflict with our hard-wired desire to get everything back to normal in uncertain times, even in a pandemic!  Together we discuss Kathleen's mother's death, her many career reboots, and what it takes to ask ourselves good questions that draw out the fullnes...

Join Linda and guest Denise Shull , a former investment banker and decision making expert, as they explore the uncertainty that blankets major life moves, like divorce or career pivots. They examine the role of core beliefs and narratives. Find out if you have the courage to use the single best asset you have that can guarantee success in the pandemic and beyond! Don't miss this 12-minute episode.

Join Linda and guest Maria Santiago Valentin , an educator, PhD candidate and parent, for a conversation about repeatedly transitioning.  Maria shares her experience with uncertainty, resilience and adaptability.  Like so many of us during this pandemic, Maria recognized early on the role of her own expectations and their influence on her ability to transition and grow. Don't miss this 10-minute p...

Join Linda and guest Audrey Beaulac, style-strategist and veteran transitioner, for a conversation about personal pivots and what it means to face uncertainty. Listeners will be encouraged to shift their focus away from the specifics of the pandemic and onto the power available to anyone willing to ask different questions of themselves. Learn about the pitfalls and promise of navigating such momen...