Inspiration Loves Company with Debbie Epstein Henry

In this episode, we explore the evolution of Out Leadership with its CEO and Founder, Todd Sears, a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ equality. We unpack how language and pronouns are changing in the LGBTQ+ community as well as what allyship looks like.  We also uncover current challenges including monkeypox and the impact of the overturning of Roe v. Wade on the Respect for Marriage Act.  Join us and...

In this episode, I uncover the importance of connection and collaboration across the generations with Marci Alboher, a Vice President at Encore.org and expert on new models for working today. We explore the power of language, including new terms like co-generation and pro-creative, and how these concepts reflect and influence the ways we work and live. Listeners will benefit from Marci’s career ad...

In this episode, I delve into the importance of meaningful relationships in your professional and personal life with Cornell Boggs, a corporate director and Of Counsel and Senior Strategic Advisor to Quarles & Brady. Cornell educates us about how and why sponsorship is necessary in organizations and outside of them. He also shows us how sponsorship is especially important and how it can be ach...

In this episode, I explore Women & Comedy with comedian, actress and star of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, Susie Essman. Susie regales us with stories of growing up doing stand-up in New York and what she learned as a result. She shares the instincts she’s developed through improv for reading a room. Susie also uncovers the power of humor, words, timing, body language, and tone and how understan...

In this episode, I explore Building Your Brand with best-selling author, motivational speaker and media trainer, Harriette Cole. We delve into how to present your professional brand effectively as well as the subtleties of how burnishing your brand is different for women and people of color. Harriette shares her tips on developing a presence and an impact, whether you’re onsite or video and whethe...

In this episode, I explore Cultivating Empathy with MIT professor, New York Times best-selling author and psychologist, Sherry Turkle. We delve into Sherry’s acclaimed memoir, The Empathy Diaries , and uncover how empathy and connection can emerge when we feel the most alone and unfamiliar. Sherry also shares her lessons in developing the empathy necessary to make and maintain deep connections. &q...

Inspiration. Engagement. Impact. That’s the essence of this podcast. It’s about doing better and being better at life, work and everything in-between. Join Debbie Epstein Henry, a lawyer turned entrepreneur, public speaker and author, as she talks with acclaimed writers, TED speakers and thought leaders. The common thread with our guests is that they share not only lessons from their professional...

Join me and Valerie Jarrett, former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and New York Times best-selling author, as she shares the wisdom she gleaned from her eight years in the Oval Office, on Air Force One, and beyond. Valerie’s forthright, optimistic perspective will leave you inspired to lift your own voice. Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis.

Join me and New York Times best-selling author, Lindsey Pollak, for loads of advice about how to recalculate, re-engineer and revitalize your career. You’ll also gain lots of smart tips on networking, interviewing and positioning yourself best for your next move. 

Join me and Founder of Equilar, David Chun, who has facilitated a partnership to provide Nasdaq companies with access to diverse, board-ready candidates. You won’t want to miss this education about why corporate governance is important to your life and how board diversity will improve the performance of public companies and beyond.

Join me and Elyse Walker, fashionista, entrepreneur and philanthropist extraordinaire, as we capture Elyse’s story of building a fashion empire and raising millions of dollars for women’s cancer. You won’t want to miss this intimate telling of how success and giving back can be woven seamlessly into a beautiful life.

Join me and Vernā Myers, inclusion strategist, cultural innovator, thought leader, and social commentator, to hear Vernā’s insights on re-imagining a new, more inclusive and equitable world where we all benefit from the creative power of difference. Sponsored by Thompson Hine.

Join me and James E. Ryan, President of the University of Virginia, to hear Jim’s wisdom on leading in a pandemic as well as a period of acute racial and political upheaval.  You will be humbled and heartened to learn from his learnings. 

Join me and Harvard Business School Professor and former Barnard President, Debora L. Spar, to hear Debora’s incisive and provocative account of how technology has transformed our lives in the past, and how it will do so again in the future. 

Join me and New York Times best-selling author and TED speaker, Suleika Jaouad, in a profound recounting of survivorship and a fierce, tender, and inspiring exploration of what it means to begin again. Sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP.

Join me and thought leader, Sylvia Ann Hewlett, as she explains how to develop and sustain sponsorship relationships in a remote and hybrid workplace. Learn why sponsorship matters and why it is just the thing you need to ensure your career success. 

Join me and prominent author and journalist, Joanne Lipman, as she shares ways to improve honest communication and debias our environments. Learn how to become a better ally and what systemic steps need to be taken to make meaningful change.  

Not everyone takes social studies with a GQ cover model. I was among the lucky to learn from model and educator, Rashid Silvera. Join us as Rashid shares stories as a trailblazing black model and lessons of tolerance as a teacher in many circles. 

Join me and CBS News financial guru, Jill Schlesinger, and hear her straight talk on avoiding “The Dumb Things Smart People Do With Their Money.” Learn how diversifying and sticking to your plan wins the financial race. Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis.

Guess what? It’s good to seek happiness even when times are rough. In this episode, 5-time best-selling happiness author, Gretchen Rubin, shows us why and how. Tune in for stories and strategies to create happier lives. Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis.

Join me and Wharton organizational psychologist, Stew Friedman, as he shares how and why his best-selling idea, Total Leadership, is more important than ever for effectively leading at work and home in times of crisis. Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis.

Join me and Michele Coleman Mayes as she encourages us to engage in meaningful conversations to see what listening can teach us. “If you can deal with silence,” she says, “you can start to hear what's really around you.” Sponsored by Thompson Hine.

Join me and Anne-Marie Slaughter, New America CEO, as we revisit her watershed article, “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All.” We’ll uncover the future of gender roles and work and how we can improve both for the better. Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis.

Before Kim Scott’s best-selling book, the terms Radical and Candor did not go together. Luckily, that’s changed. Join me and Kim to learn how to “care personally” and “challenge directly” to get and give the feedback and criticism you need to thrive.

In our inaugural episode, I sit down with Dolly Chugh, popular TED speaker and psychologist, to explore bias.  Dolly’s mix of candor, humility and humor makes us less defensive as we learn how to eradicate bias.  Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis.