Girl, Take the Lead!

Welcome to a "Girl, Take the Lead!" Sound Bite –a short episode which may be a bit more about a topic we’ve covered in the longer form podcast or a quick inspiration. This episode is an inspirational moment. In the book Warriors of the Heart, Danaan Parry provides us the Trapeze Parable which talks about transitions: “the past is gone, the future is not yet here. It’s called transition.”...

Welcome to a Girl Take the Lead Sound Bite –a short episode which may be a bit more about a topic we’ve covered in the longer form podcast or a quick inspiration.   With 4th of July around the corner this episode we wanted to update Ep 26 which was about the emotions that are tied to patriotism, and we had help from Brene Brown and Susan Cain. In this episode we return to these researchers plus we...

Welcome to a Girl Take the Lead Sound Bite, a short episode which may be a bit more about a topic we’ve covered or a quick inspiration. This episode builds on Ep 76 where we explored Emotional Intelligence by digging into the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman.  He had so many great things in that book that I wanted to share some of the insights he offered us. This episode is about what...

Yo was super intrigued about the comment she would receive: “Don’t Take It So Personally!” Her go-to response was defensiveness. Perhaps you can relate? She went to the experts when it comes to emotional intelligence and emotions: Daniel Goleman author of the book, Emotional Intelligence, and Brené Brown, author of the book, The Gifts of Imperfection. Perhaps with their help we can all handle comm...

Kiki and Emma return to co-host with Yo – yay – to talk about The Influencer Industry by Emily Hund, so we get a multi-generational perspective about the book. Together we explore some of the risks and benefits of being an influencer plus we talk some recent scandals. Emma brings a particular perspective as a book IG influencer. We hope you’ll enjoy the listen! The 3 Episode "Take Aways"...

Kelly Davis joins Yo to discuss THESIS, an independent podcast, created by a group of international students who are currently in a Masters Program in Higher Education at the University of Oslo in Norway (the podcast is not affiliated with the University of Oslo). The theme for their first season, which just recently ended, was to discuss geo politics and the use of higher education as a form of s...

Brenda Harrington joins Yo to discuss her book Access Denied, Addressing Workplace Disparities and Discrimination . In  Access Denied , Brenda addresses what it takes to pave a path to success. She explains that beyond degrees, experience and competence, it is necessary to interpret an organization’s culture, the behaviors that are tolerated and rewarded and who the power players are, through a le...

Andrea Mein DeWitt returns to discuss how her book, Name Claim & Reframe, Your Path To A Well-Lived Life, and how it relates to understanding the mindset of the female bully. After Ep. 66 about why women bully, I was left with the question, “can we challenge the status quo that female bullies take on masculine traits”? Andrea, as you may remember, is an author, speaker, and life coach and in h...

Dr. Ilene Cohen joins Yo to discuss her book When It’s Never About You, The People-Pleaser’s Guide to Reclaiming Your Health, Happiness, and Personal Freedom .   Dr. Ilene, as she likes to be called, is also the author of the book we discussed in Ep 61 about Forgiveness. I liked that book so much I asked Dr. Ilene if she’d come talk to us about her other book and she agreed.    Here are the 3 Take...

Yo continues the discussion started in Ep. 69 A simple Model for Changing Habits. In this episode, we discuss the bestseller, Atomic Habits, Tiny Changes Remarkable Results by James Clear. Here are the 3 Takeaways: The 1% approach can provide those atomic improvements which can add up over time. Identity with habit = harmony & shifting our identity is key to changing a habit Biological differe...

Yo provides a model for understanding all the offers made to help us change habits. She asks you to visualize a wheel with 6 spokes for each area of study: brain research, subconscious transformation, personal transformation, spiritual practices, leadership skills, and personal development. The episode discusses each area, identifies notable experts, and summarizes their approach. She also provide...

Dominika Turkcan, from Mothers’ Day Movement (MDM) joins Yo in this episode. The Mothers' Day Movement is an organization that grew out of a column in The New York Times by Nicholas Kristof, where he made the case for moving the apostrophe in Mother’s Day so it honors not just one mother, but underserved mothers everywhere. It advocates to shift a portion of Mother’s Day gift giving to a caref...

Dr. Veronica De La Rosa (Dr. Vee) is an expert in the fields of numerology and leadership. With over 25 years of experience in leadership roles, she has developed a unique perspective that allows her to stand at the intersection of intellect and intuition. Dr. Vee’s career began with a focus on analytical thinking, as she pursued advanced degrees in law, a master’s degree, and a PhD. As a lawyer,...

Reflecting on Ep 63 about bullies, Yo wasn’t done and needed to go deeper to look at women who bully and along the way she learned more about the brain and shares a book she discovered, The Bullied Brain by Jennifer Fraser, PhD. This is a new book (published in 2022) and outlines ways the brain can be healed if you’ve been bullied. The 3 key things to remember from the episode: 1.    Competition s...

Dr. Juana Bordas joins Yo today to discuss her book: The Power of Latino Leadership, Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution AHORA!   Dr. Bordas or Tia Juana, as she likes to be called, is a recognized expert in the field of multicultural leadership. She has served as advisor to Harvard’s Hispanic Journal, the Kellogg National Fellows, trustee of Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership and the Intern...

Reflecting on Ep 58 about Apologies, Yo takes the topic of bullying further by researching the topic. She found two books: The Bully at Work by Gary & Ruth Namie PhD, and A**hole Survival Guide by Robert Sutton, a Stanford professor. The book title is actually different that A**hole but we don’t want to label the podcast as explicit so kept it clean but you get the drift. These authors offer u...

Whitney Baker, Founder of Electric Ideas, joins Yo to discuss some of our favorite topics like work-life balance, asking for help, and what we can do to have “soul-care”. She offers us the benefit of her learning from coaching women seeking new possibilities. After listening to this episode we hope you’ll see some new actions to take, especially if you’re feeling burdened with “to-do” lists and lo...

Yo picks up where Ep. 58 about making apologies left off by looking at the topic of Forgiveness. She anchors the conversation with The Forgiveness Workbook by Dr. Ilene Cohen. After listening to this episode we hope you’ll see forgiveness as a process and how it heals you. Dr. Ilene provide a roadmap that includes forgiving ourselves and what it really means to truly forgive someone. She states th...

Gillard and Okonjo-Iweala offer us lessons from some of the world’s most powerful women: Jacinda Ardern, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Michelle Bachelet, Erna Solberg, Hillary Clinton, Theresa May, Joyce Banda, and Christine Lagarde. They researched 8 hypothesis with these amazing women and synthesized their findings into 10 lessons reviewed and discussed in this episode. In addition to Gillard and Okonj...

Colonel Kim Campbell joins Yo to share her principles of leadership that can serve as a resource for all leaders. It’s the kind of book you’ll want to keep on your shelf to reference through-out your career. Each chapter ends with a section, Considerations for Leaders, which provide keys to being a courageous leader. We’ll cover the April 7, 2003 mission and hear first-hand the decisions she’s fac...

Yo leads the way today picking up on the question asked in Episode #57: "Should Mikayla apologize?" Only Mikayla can answer that but she would do well to read this book first! Sorry, Sorry, Sorry by Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy outlines the case for making good apologies. They have been studying and analyzing apologies in their popular watchdog site, SorryWatch.com, since 2012. This is their...

Kiki and Emma return to co-host with Yo – yay, we got Canny girls baaaack in the house! And they are helping us make sense of “Lashlighting” (aka “Lashgate”) which is gaslighting but about wearing false lashes. You’ll hear different generational perspectives about authenticity and what they expect from influencers and beauty in general. We’ll cover, or uncover, some of the history of the rise of i...

With Valentine’s Day coming up, join Yo Canny to explore Love and Kindness and what they have to do with leadership. She digs into all the Brené Brown and Jay Shetty books she can to see what they have to say on the subject. She takes a deep dive into Perfectionism and ends by looking at the question: “How do we give love?” She provides a poignant passage from Braving the Wilderness. It’s a journe...

Sheila Whitescorn , Certified Intuitive Life Coach, rejoins Yo as guest co-host to discuss Viola Davis’ movie, The Woman King and her book, Finding Me: A Memoir. While it took Viola 7 years to make The Woman King, this episode has been cooking since last April. You’ll hear our account of why this was all part of the plan. In the episode we explored the dimensions of Viola’s superpower of resilienc...

Yo Canny leads today taking time to celebrate our podcast accomplishments which we couldn’t do without you! In this episode we share what we did in 2022 and cover the vision we have for 2023. Key areas discussed were: · Going deeper into the 5 themes outlined in Ep 50: 1. Raising our voices 2. Observing our emotions 3. Learning from others 4. Developing strategies to break thru limiting beliefs 5....