Fearfully and Wonderfully Me: Become the Leader You are Destined to Be ®

In this episode, Ria reminds us of what Christmas is truly about and offers tips on making Christmas more meaningful. 

In this episode, Ria shares her secret for end-of-year review to determine what habits or activities have served her well over the past year and determine what needs to be different next year to achieve goals. She shares the power of habits in our life and how we can intentionally create habits that serve us well. 

In this episode, Ria shares how the foundation of success begins with sacrifice because we must be willing to let go of some things in order to achieve great things.

In this episode, Ria talks about the trap of a victim mindset and gives an example of falling into that trap herself recently. She also shares how to move away from a victim mindset for emotional freedom.

In this episode, Ria shares how our character determines our influence and how it's determined by our decision to live out our values. She discusses how faith is not just a choice we make but a lifestyle others can see and how we treat others should be as Jesus would have us treat them.

In this episode, 7 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about how excellence allows us to shine as outstanding and how no one gets excited about average. We should give the extra inch to go the extra mile! Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, 6 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about how our personal vision gives us hope, clarity, and discipline to achieve. Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, 5 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about the sources of energy in our lives and how the foundation of success is based on our energy. Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, 4 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about the four components of integrity and how our character determines our integrity. Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, 3 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about the different components of humility and how humility determines success and influence. She shares a personal story of being afraid to try because of the risk of failure. Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life...

In this episode, 2 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about how choices define us today, tomorrow and in the future. She shares some ideas and thoughts on how to make better choices, create better habits, and make more intentional choices that allow us to create the life we want. Each episode of the seri...

In this episode, 1 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about how important attitude is and three ways we can shift to a more positive attitude. Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, Ria shares the (not-so-secret) secret to taking action on your goals and accomplishing them!

Our influence with others is based on the relationship we have. And, our ability to have a "Critical Conversation" determines our influence in the situation. In this episode, Ria covers the elements that make a conversation critical and she shares what we can do to help successfully resolve the conversation or situation and therefore increase our influence personally and professionally.

In this episode, Ria defines the difference between worry and proactive thinking and how we should avoid letting the possible "clouds" of tomorrow hide our "sunshine" in life today.

In this episode, inspired by Romans 8:28, Ria points out how God creates the miracles in our lives, instead of mistakes. She shares a powerful example of how even the little problems in life can be used for our good when we love God.

In this episode, Ria shares thoughts on how we cannot selectively numb bad emotions or painful emotions without also numbing good and positive ones. We must identify the choices we are making because we are trying to numb something, and then identify why we are doing it, in order to overcome it and live more abundantly.

In this episode, Ria shares what the four dimensions of life are and talks about how each dimension is inter-related to the other dimensions.

In this episode, Ria shares how our mind is a battlefield where we fight the battle to become resilient through three distinct phases. She also shares three practical tips on moving from emotional captivity to conquest!

In this episode on self-awareness, Ria shares the key to emotional freedom and how what's happening in our circumstances doesn't have to determine how much joy we have in life. We are able to rise above anything when we choose a proactive response.

In this episode, Ria shares a tip on learning to love yourself more and living authentically as who you are.

In this episode, Ria shares why it's important to be intentional about developing ourselves and some ideas on how to go about it. She also shares how developing ourselves can help us be more successful personally and professionally because it helps us raise our level of awareness and help us think differently.

In this episode, Ria shares how our words can be powerful and we should choose them carefully, especially when mad, upset, or angry. She also shares three tips on moving forward when something you have said creates a rift in a relationship.

Based on a chapter from her book, Straight Talk: The Power of Effective Communication, (available on Amazon and Audible) Ria shares her 8 tips to remembering - and using - the names of people you meet so you can increase your influence and your connection with them. She also shares a tip on introducing yourself in a way that will make YOUR name more memorable.

In this episode, Ria shares the story of Erik Weihenmayer. Eric became completely blind by the time he was 13 but he didn't let it stop him from going on to climb the world's biggest mountain summits - blind. Ria points out how freedom is a state of mind, regardless of how good or bad our circumstances appear.