Lifting Leaders Podcast

This week, our special series, “Coaching for a Better World,” continues with Josh Speraneo, a courage coach who specialized in working with highly sensitive people (HSP). In this eye-opening episode, Josh shares the journey that led to him discovering that he is an HSP. Listen in and learn the steps he took, and how this new knowledge impacted his path toward coaching and advising other HSPs. Lear...

In this Gems episode, as part of our special series on “Coaching for a Better World,” we explore and dig deeper into our courageous conversation last week with Traci Staffen, ADHD Coach, Certified Positive Intelligence™ and Menopause Coach. In that episode, Traci encouraged us to not just accept the stories from our past that form our current mental models regarding menopause, but to get curious,...

Ignoring it won’t make it go away. If you say the word, you won’t melt…promise! And, while many dread the word and the condition, it has been here, forever, it is here, now, and it will be here, in the future. What is it? It’s Menopause! We are continuing our special series, “Coaching for a Better World,” with Traci Staffen, ADHD, Menopause, and Certified Positive Intelligence Coach. In this episo...

With the first episode of our special series, “ Coaching for a Better World” out for the world to hear, we turn to something that stood out for us during our conversation with Meghan Patino, a Professional Certified Coach (PCC). There were so many gems that emerged during our time with Meghan, and we wanted to do a slightly deeper dive into what can be gained, by venturing out of our safe spaces....

Welcome to the first episode, in our special series, “ Coaching for a Better World.” We are excited to bring this series to you, our listeners, as our way of helping you become even more aware of some of the many niche coaching practitioners who are making a better world. In this first episode, we introduce you to Meghan Patino, a Professional Certified Coach, focusing on leadership and life coach...

We did it! We said we were going on an extended break and we did it! After lots of rest and rejuvenation, we want to welcome you back to Season Four of Lifting Leaders Podcast. We hope you enjoyed your August and that you took some time to refresh and regroup…it is so important! In this episode, we share what we did, over this break – from spending time with loved ones to kayaking and learning new...

It’s that time of year again. We are taking our annual break, from now, until mid-September. This is a great time to rest, relax, have fun, and truly refresh our minds and bodies. When was the last time you took more than a long weekend off? Did you know that there are so many benefits to taking time off? Have you heard about some of the potential consequences, to not taking refresh time? Listen i...

It’s Summer and, if you are like we are, you may be ready to let loose and have some fun! In this episode, we dive into two articles (no surprise!) on the topic of fun. Did you know that incorporating elements of fun, into your work, can elevate creativity and team morale? Listen in a learn what the smell of crayons can do to your brain…it’s true! If you are looking for ideas on ways in which you...

If you just read this title and asked yourself, “didn’t I just hear about compassion, a few months ago?” you are spot on, and we thank you for being a loyal listener! This episode looks at self-compassion in a slightly different way. In this short Coaches Corner, we dive into a few articles on how self-compassion offers greater advantages, over time, to self-confidence. What can happen when we ove...

Having had a week to process our discussion, with author, executive coach and leadership strategist/facilitator, Marita Decker, we bring some of our insights to this episode and unpack just a small number of gems from this inspiring book. If you have read Marita’s book, you know that there are several Boosters and all of them are valuable. If you haven’t, but want to know more about them, check ou...

As women leaders, what shakes our confidence and causes us to doubt? What are some blockers that get in the way of career confidence and what do they have to do with our mindset and habits? Join us as we talk to author, Marita Decker, executive coach and leadership strategist/facilitator, and learn what prompted her to research and write about this topic, which is gaining a great deal of interest...

Springboarding off Episode 102, when we talked about the differences and (importantly) the similarities that multiple generations feel, believe, and expect to engage in today’s workforce, we decided to visit a common factor that touches all generations…becoming Overwhelmed! We are now at the mid-point in our year and, often, this is a time when we take stock of what we have accomplished, to this p...

As many organizations are navigating their mid-year performance reviews, we wondered, with five generations currently occupying the workforce, what should leaders keep in mind, with respect to what motivates each of these groups? We consulted a trusted resource and found 10 interesting approaches and a few facts we thought you might find helpful. Listen in, and learn about some of the differences,...

After ten weeks, seven guests, three Gems episodes and a Coaches Corner, our Opening Your Heart series is coming to a close. Join us, as we reveal some of the gems we mined during the series. Listen in and learn what we recommend leaders do to help inspire and encourage an open hearted organization. You will learn why there really isn’t a set process for creating and maintaining an open hearted or...

It’s our 100th Episode!!! Who do we thank for 100 amazing episodes over the past two years? You, our wonderful listeners. We just love you. Of course, it truly aligns with our Opening Your Heart series, because wonderful things happen, when you Open Your Heart. With this in mind, we bring you Glodean Champion’s episode, from May of 2023. Do you know what LOVE looks like? In this episode we are gif...

WOW! As we are planning for our 100th episode, next week, we are spending our 99th episode celebrating the second anniversary of Lifting Leaders Podcast, and we invite you to listen in! Do you know how many on-air hours we put in during our second year? Learn some of the steps necessary to get an episode ready to share with you our listeners. Have you any idea the number of guests we interviewed?...

As we continue with our series, Opening Your Heart, we thought we would spend this Coaches Corner unpacking the Forbes article, The Compassionate Leader-Who Leads With The Heart – Is it Good for Business? Although the article leans toward leading with compassion, in business, we see a strong connection to our personal lives as well, which makes sense, as we believe that everyone leads. Listen in a...

Continuing our series of Opening Your Heart, we found a foundational theme in our last two episodes that we wanted to unpack a bit. Taking cues from Episode 95, with the mother/daughter duo, Kirsten Carpentier and Regina Winkle-Bryan, and Episode 96, with G. Victoria Campbell and Andrew Coopman, we thought it would be interesting to use their stories that make Heart connections. Listen in and lear...

Earth Day finally arrived, and we found ourselves just off Broadway, meeting, once again, with TREESON creator and co-writers, G. Victoria Campbell, and Andrew Coopman. Talk about nervous excitement!! Vicki and Andrew gifted us some of their time, just hours before their eco-musical, TREESON, was to premiere, off Broadway, at 54 Below, a charming dinner club and theatre. Listen in and learn more...

This week we continue our special series, Opening Your Heart, with guests Kirsten Carpentier and Regina Winkle-Bryan, a truly creative mother/daughter team, with a World of adventures behind and in front of them! More than an artist, Kirsten Carpentier has crafted her colorful life story by facing her fears and bravely taking bold steps in wildly creative directions. In a similar vein, Regina Wink...

Finding connection between our new series’ focus, Opening Your Heart, and something we gleaned from our recent guest, Dr. Lindsey Godwin, we return to two trusted resources for more information about the topic of Curiosity. It turns out that there are some true benefits of curiosity, for individuals, leaders, teams, and organizations. It’s a critical element in organizational change and innovation...

Continuing our Opening Your Heart series, we were thrilled to welcome back Dr. Lindsey Godwin, professor, practitioner, and possibilitizer, who you may remember, from last year’s Episode 76, on the topic of Net Positive OD Leadership. In this episode, we lean into Lindsey’s new children’s book, “How Do You Love A Question?" While the book may be classified as a children’s book, it invites readers...

After a great launch of our Opening Your Heart series, featuring Peter Block, we do a bit of mining, into a few gems, roughly translated from Peter’s latest book, Activating the Common Good – Reclaiming Control of Our Collective Well-Being. Listen in and learn some of the key points that stood out from Kristal’s conversation with Peter. Learn about two Common Good Protocols – Open Space (who decid...

This week we launch our special series, Opening Your Heart, with guest Peter Block, who challenges us to shift our mental framework from scarcity to abundance and enough. He shares a new organizing principle and paradigm for our culture, the Common Good which relies on all of us opening our hearts to connect and create relationships in our communities to have a positive impact on the world (it sta...

Some of the best gems appear when you least expect it. We actually found a red thread that linked our previous two episodes, featuring G. Victoria Campbell and her partner, Andrew Coopman (Treeson, the eco-musical), and Carla Ondrasik (powerful speaker, writer, and leader of “Don’t Try…DO! initiative). Banking off what we heard from these dynamic guests, we unpack the Huffington Post article, “Don...