Finding Brave

Welcome to my "2018 Listener Favorites" Series! This August, I'm delighted to bring you the top four, most downloaded episodes of the 31 shows we've published since the start of the podcast (January 4, 2018). Today's show was the inaugural episode, and in it, I share my deeply personal story about how I embarked on "Finding Brave" in my own life, and why mustering more bravery and courage is a vit...

"Imitating these people, or trying to be these people, does not and should not equal being inspired by these people. Because if we can be inspired by these people and pull some of those qualities, characteristics and best practices that they've got, and apply them with a slight tweak to who we are and what we're trying to do, that's where the innovation starts." - Eric Termuende Like many people,...

"The reality is that we all struggle with confidence, just in different, varying levels. I mean, for me with my military experience, I think one thing that really helps is perspective. So I can step back and say, 'you know what, let me get some legit perspective on where I'm at right now, and then look at where I have been.'" - John Lee Dumas Do you have a creative passion, podcast or show that yo...

"You need to not assume that things will happen to you. You have to say, 'I want it, I need it and I love it.'" - Angie Ruan When you think of certain occupations such as engineer, is there an image of what you think that person should look like? Today's inspiring and deeply talented female tech leader recognized her own immense gifts and had the confidence and belief in herself to identify suppor...

"It was really a life-changing experience, but it made me realize I'm hard wired to connect, as we all are. When we don't have that connection in our lives we dysfunction,and that's what's happening today." - Mike Stallard In this episode of Finding Brave, you'll be hearing how there's an epidemic of loneliness today in America and other democracies around the world that makes people less resilien...

"What I'm going to encourage listeners to do, and what I talk about in Leading with Emotional Courage, is to trust the emotions in a certain way and in a way that you don't have to figure everything out with your head. Figuring it out with your head keeps the ego in control, and actually stops the emotion from moving on." - Peter Bregman Being brave is about acting powerfully in the world, and emo...

"It's all testing and all fighting through the limiting beliefs and the thought that your ideas aren't good enough, and then realizing you can create anything that you want." - Kristen Aldridge "If you want to be a leader today, it's not about whether or not you like people. If you want to be a leader today, you have to LOVE people, period." - Seth Mattison This episode of Finding Brave will undou...

"I think in the middle of that storm, in the eye of that storm, is a new emerging consciousness of interconnection, and of a desire to bring hope and healing forward, and people are doing that in a lot of creative and different ways." - Carla Goldstein Even with all the polarizing points of view and differences of opinions in the world today, there is an inner connectedness between all of us. Toda...

"Unless you have consciously addressed it, you're probably reliving many patterns from childhood that you actually aren't aware of and wouldn't choose."- Kathy Caprino In January 2014, I had the opportunity to talk with leadership expert Dr. Tim Elmore and learn more about how we as parents are failing our children today -- coddling and crippling them -- and keeping them from becoming leaders they...

"How am I going to do to deal with these hard challenges in a way that will add positivity? We don't need any more negativity,, hate, blame and vitriolic tearing down of human beings. What we need is positive, effective, balanced, reasoned ways of dealing with the challenges." - Kathy Caprino What's happening in our world today that's unleashed so much vitriol, rage and hatred? Everywhere we turn,...

"Basically a lot of people...end up teaching the course they wish they had taken." - David Siteman Garland With the huge popularity of online courses today, you may be wondering if it's time that you offered a course to your core audience or community, to help them in some meaningful way. If so, what would you choose to teach, who would you desire to help most, and how would you get started develo...

"If you are facing retaliation at work, report it. Report it, report it, report it. By reporting it, not only do you potential have a claim for sexual harassment, you also have a claim for retaliation if they fire you afterwards." - Tom Spiggle Sexual harassment is something we all need to have greater awareness of around us, but what should we do it's happened to us? How has the #MeToo movement c...

"I force my students to really challenge their minds to ignite both the right side of their brain and the left side of their brain. So they bring in critical and creativeness, and when those two things mix together, it's just beautiful." - Lilian Ajayi-Ore Today's Finding Brave features not only a disruptive leader who is realizing her own tremendous potential, but someone who has created a global...

Speaking up for ourselves and standing up for what's right is a deep challenge that I hear about from people literally every day of the week. Why do we struggle so deeply with speaking up? And what steps can we take today to begin to empower ourselves to say what needs to be said, effectively and authoritatively, even when we feel we can't? In today's episode of Finding Brave, you'll hear my own p...

"So many employees are just waiting for something to happen. They're waiting to be promoted, they're waiting for the next thing, and it's not necessarily as clear as it used to be. So we want the employees to say, 'Hey, here's where I'm aiming, here's where I want to go, what are the skills that I need to develop to get there?'" - Dorie Clark The ability to think more entrepreneurially is essentia...

"It's very important that we not try to continually adapt to extroverts. It is the time for introverts. Let me just say, each one of us has that within us, so it's in all of our best interests to tap into some of those strengths." - Jennifer Kahnweiler On today's Finding Brave, we'll be discussing the powerful leadership qualities of introverts, and the challenges they undoubtedly face -- and can...

"And now people realize that it doesn't matter if you work inside a company, you have your own job or you're a solopreneur. You need to offer something that's unique and valuable, and that is based in who you are." - William Arruda Personal branding is something we hear about often when it applies to entrepreneurs and online business owners, but it's also something that employees in the corporate...

"You know these are people that are writing New York Times bestselling books [and] they're building successful businesses. They're producing feature films, and you would think that most people need an entire career to accomplish this, or need an entire lifetime to accomplish this. That was certainly true for past generations, but now we live in a world where this can happen in a matter of years, o...

"We've got to find a way to help parents. If parents were just sitting down at the table [with their kids] on a regular basis -- food, games, whatever -- but were processing "What are we going through?" we could help at least half the issues." - Tim Elmore In today's world, when it comes to parenting and supporting our children and young adults to grow into real leaders -- of their own lives and i...

In today's Finding Brave episode, I'm thrilled to highlight the powerful wisdom and insights of Dr. Polly McGee whose work is focused intensively on the integration of spirituality and business success. Dr. McGee is an author, entrepreneur educator, digital strategist and yogi. As co-founder of Start-up Tasmania, she was voted one of the most influential people in Australian start-ups. She has wor...

Many people deeply long to make a positive impact and a difference in their lives and in the world around them. They want to leave the world a better place for both women and men, and leave a legacy behind that lasts well beyond their physical existence. But how, exactly, can we do that? Today, Claudia Chan joins Finding Brave to share her personal experiences, strategies and insights on how we ri...

Dramatic change -- whether we hoped and worked for that change or didn't see it coming and it blindsides us -- happens to each of us at one point or another in our lives. The question is, "Are we growing stronger, happier and more of who we really are through this big change, or are we breaking ourselves against it?" In today's episode, Kathy shares her deeply personal experiences with dramatic ch...

Is our culture becoming less compassionate? If so, are there ways that we can develop more compassion in our daily lives so we can experience more joy, love, fulfillment, and connection? In this episode of Finding Brave, special guest therapist Lynn Carroll addresses these probing questions and shares her in-depth expertise on compassion and healing. Lynn Carroll is a psychotherapist who specializ...

On today's Finding Brave, Courtney Carver shares how she realized she needed to make huge changes to her high-stress life after a devastating diagnosis in 2006. Through her process of simplifying, decluttering and letting go, she was able to reverse her debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis and dramatically improve her life, work and relationships in truly amazing ways. And she teaches us ho...

Are you a business owner who's is feeling overwhelmed with all the tasks you are doing on your own, but you aren't sure if it's the right time to ask for help? Even if it were the right time for assistance, would you know where to turn to get it? On today's episode, Kathy Caprino welcomes Trivinia Barber, the founder of Priority VA, to explore the things that small businesses can do now to start g...