Girl, Take the Lead!

Toni Morris , a boomer, and her Gen Z granddaughter, Taylor Herrera , join Yo today to talk about leadership and important perspectives of being a good leader. You may remember Toni from Episode 40 where we discussed Burnout by the Nagoski sisters. Toni and Taylor help us explore the following questions: · What is leadership? · What do we want in our leaders? · Who are or have been great leaders?...

Yo Canny leads today discussing an important element of leading others: Your Personal Brand. Be prepared to do some work so you craft your personal brand rather than have others craft it for you. She'll show you how.  Here are the questions we explored:  What is personal branding?  Why is it important?  What is a personal leadership brand?  How does positioning relate to p...

Welcome to 2023! In this episode we explored the following questions based on Jay Shetty’s book: Think Like a Monk, Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day: What is the definition of intention and resolution? Why might intentions be a better way to approach 2023? Why do resolutions mostly fail? What are the 4 fundamental motivations? Why is the “Why Ladder” so important? Why isn’t having a...

Yo looks at the five themes episodes covered in 2022: 1. Use our voice! 2. Become an observer of our emotions so we could become more effective leaders. 3. Learn from others like celebrities, key authors, and those younger or older than ourselves. 4. Develop strategies to help us listen to ourselves and break through limiting beliefs that can keep us from being our best selves in leading others. 5...

All kinds of friends join Yo to discuss holiday traditions and rituals. These are the questions we explored: What are holidays about? What is the difference between a tradition and ritual? What are memories we have of our own traditions and rituals? How might becoming an observer of these help us with emotions that might come up? Link to book , We Are What We Celebrate . Links to Yo’s podcast frie...

Andrea DeWitt joins Yo to discuss her book, Name Claim & Reframe, Your Path To A Well-Lived Life . Andrea is an author, speaker, and life coach and in this book she provides us a powerful model for handling stress, distress, and life’s turbulent plot twists. Her goals if for all of us to access our own personal power and potential in a way that aligns with our truth. Here are the questions we...

In this episode Yo explores the holiday time of overdoing with some of the following questions: What makes us overdo? What is the difference between stresses and overwhelm? How can we recognize stress is happening? Could perfectionism be at the heart of it? What is perfectionism about? How can we handle things better? Here’s hoping we can relax and breathe into our stresses!! Here are the books an...

In this episode Yo brings some Cher vibes to the podcast by discussing her autobiography, The First Time, published in 1998. The book became personal for Yo as she saw herself in Cher’s life journey. For example: · They were very shy kids · They felt darker skinned than others in their family · Identified with being called a ringleader as a child · Grew up in the San Fernando Valley in Southern Ca...

This is a follow-up to Ep. 44 with Rebecca Cohn, Master Baker. You may remember her from Episodes 24 and 25. In this episode Yo completes the loop and tells you how her pie turned out. It includes lessons learned, testimonials from her family, and a little dance music from the Four Tops!  You can see Ep. 44 for all the ingredients and measurements for the crust and her tips. You can hear more...

Rebecca Cohn , trained pediatric physical therapist, international management consultant, elected California State Assembly member, lawyer, Texas rancher, and it turns out she’s also a Master Baker. You may remember her from Episodes 24 and 25. Today she joins Yoas guest co-host to talk pies and lead us from pie making disasters – perfect timing for Thanksgiving! Here are Rebecca’s ingredients and...

Coach Katie Wilcox, Kiki’s best friend, joins us to talk about her insights about sports and leadership. She has coached girls’ volleyball for over 10 years and during that time she has developed a leadership style that helps girls flourish by connecting with them authentically. Kiki also joins the discussion bringing her experience as a water polo player and mentor for Friends for Youth. These ar...

Bren é Brown ( Atlas of the Heart ), Parker Palmer ( Courage to Teach ), and Cory Muscara ( Stop Missing Your Life ) help us look at the emotions that often accompany receiving feedback – particularly if we hear something negative. In a recent post, Cory Muscara offered this: “Next time you're given negative feedback, say to yourself: Oof, it hurts to hear this. But I know if I can hold the discom...

Website https://www.cyndedenson.com Cynde Denson, amazing Mindfulness Teacher, Leadership Facilitator and Coach joins Yo today to talk about the book Ditching Imposter Syndrome by Clare Josa. We have probably all experienced it at some point and Cynde offers a mindfulness perspective and practice to help us in the moment when we’re filled with the belief “ what if they figure out I really don’t kn...

Toni Morris joins Yo today to talk about the book Burnout. We have probably all experienced it and the authors, two sisters, Emily and Amelia Nagoski provide insights into how we can fight back. Toni brings a lot of insights and understanding to this subject as Executive Director of Experience and Engagement at John Muir Health, an integrated system of doctors, hospitals and other services in the...

Yo shares her learning from Terri Cole’s book, Boundary Boss, which has helped her enormously understand her tendency to perfectionism and having such a hard time saying no to things. Hard to be a good leader if you’re worried about doing things perfectly. Can you relate? Terri offers us the opportunity to break free from over-functioning, over-delivering, people-pleasing, and ignoring our own nee...

Yo takes on the emotion of Envy. Research indicates that envy is an emotion we don’t want to talk about and a recent article indicates that when we admit envy we also admit we feel inferior to another. This emotion is so difficult for us to accept but there’s a way out with Byron Katie’s help. Here are the links mentioned in the episode: Forbes , Why Most People Do Not Admit They Envy Success Ep 1...

Kiki and Emma join Yo to take the quiz in Susan Cain’s book: Quiet, The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking. They bring a generational perspective with some insights about how introversion may be a learned skill, something that Susan Cain points to in her book. We welcome you to take the quiz with us. Here’s the link to the quiz: https://susancain.net/quiet-quiz/ Did you take th...

Andrea Boerries , Consultant, Member of Society International Development, DGVN (United Nations Association Germany) and DGAP (German Council of Foreign Relations), terrific thought partner, joins Yo to discuss Susan Cain’s book, Quiet . Andrea brings a global perspective to help us see being an introvert as a human phenomenon we can be proud to be. Because of the depth of our conversation and ric...

Andrea Boerries , Consultant, Member of Society International Development, DGVN (United Nations Association Germany) and DGAP (German Council of Foreign Relations), terrific thought partner, joins Yo to discuss Susan Cain’s book, Quiet . Andrea brings a global perspective to help us see being an introvert as a human phenomenon we can be proud to be. Because of the depth of our conversation and ric...

Christina Meade joins Yo today to put the spotlight on the Nerdy Girls Success organization. Their mission is to change the landscape of leadership and they do this by by supporting and preparing young women of diverse backgrounds to become the decision makers in business, politics, the arts and more, thus making their impact on society. All efforts are free for the girls! Here are some of the que...

Yo shares her journey as she shifts her career to academia and all the emotions she’s noticed along the way. Her hope is that you’ll notice these emotions as you pass through your own emotions of change. To help things along she references the following Atlas of the Heart chapters: Places we go when things are uncertain or too much : Stress, Overwhelm, Anxiety, Worry, Avoidance, Excitement, Dread,...

This week we try something a little different. We went to about 500 B.C.E. with Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching which was adapted by John Heider and first published in 1985. There have been many translations of the ancient Chinese wisdom and Heider has probably the best adaptation on Leadership. Perhaps you’ll recognize some of the stories Yo reads or feel their familiarity in quotes we’ll often see today...

Sarah Crandall, a member of the Holly Springs/Fuquay-Varina And Apex Liberal Ladies organization, joins Yo to discuss what they do to support their community by promoting progressive values. Here’s a little bit about the politics of North Carolina (source: Wikipedia): Like most U.S. states, North Carolina is politically dominated by the Democratic and Republican political parties. North Carolina h...

Erin Michalski joins Yo today to remind us of the role American Ranchers play to feed the world safe beef. Erin’s story is inspirational - she left her career in investment banking and living the good life in Connecticut to join the family business, ranching in Colorado at the Eagle Rock Ranch. A life she has embraced with joy and grace. This quote sums up Erin: “She Rides the Ranch so Wild and Fr...

It’s a trip back to Alemany High School Class of ’72 with Terri, Cindy, Sharon, Janey, and Colleen , who join Yo, also from the Alemany Class of ‘72, to share what they’d tell their younger selves and young women today. All of us had been on a committee to plan our 50th reunion with Janey leading the way and there was so much love, understanding, and support for each other – no matter who we were...