Shameless Leadership

I recently received an email from Shameless Mom Marie. It was the exact email I needed at exactly the time I needed it – because if you are always on the lookout for well timed events, you’ll find they tend to happen all the time ☺.   Marie shared with me her journey of infertility and the crossroads she is currently at. All of her thoughts mirrored thoughts I’ve had over the last year. It was pre...

Shawna Kaminski has been a fitness professional in the industry for over 30 years. She has a Bachelor of Kinesiology and Bachelor of Education and too many certifications to count. She is a teacher at heart, having taught school for 20 years.    She’s a #1 best selling author of Lose Your Menopause Belly available on Amazon.   She’s owned a small group training studio, multiple fitness boot camps,...

Last Thursday morning I tortured myself with a Tempo run (which involved hard running for 1-4 minutes, with rest intervals in between). To distract myself from the pain, I started mentally calculating how many workouts I've probably done since I started working out (in secret) 22 years ago (after never breaking a sweat in my youth). I figure I've logged at least 5,500 workouts in at this point.  ...

Julia Freeland is an entrepreneur and a catalyst for change. She is dedicated to helping professionals, who have stepped away from their career to raise their children, understand their true value and launch the next phase of their lives. Julia coaches her clients through an innovative reinvention process to help them RE-Discover themselves, RE-Invent their identities, and RE-Launch their careers...

If I offered you a magical elixir that would give you endless energy would you take it? I WOULD!   Today I’m going to give you 11 elixirs of sorts. Trying any one of these things will likely dramatically improve your daily energy – trying a few other them together might just be better than coffee. Seriously.    Oh, and we’ll talk about coffee too! Your coffee might actually be sucking your energy....

Mike Vardy is a writer, productivity strategist, and the founder of Productivityist. He's served as the Managing Editor at Lifehack, and written for 99u, Lifehacker, SUCCESS Magazine, and more. Mike has also spoken at all over North America at events like TEDx Victoria, South by Southwest Interactive, NAPO, and CreativeLIVE.   I met Mike earlier this year when he was speaking at Tropical Think Tan...

I have a challenge for you. You ready?    I want you to start asking yourself these 5 questions every morning.   What will I do for ME today? What am I grateful for? How do I want to serve today? What is one uncomfortable think I need to today to move closer to a goal? How will I create joy today?   One of the best gifts you can give yourself everyday is a few moments just for YOU first thing in t...

Jen Lumanlan is the host of the Your Parenting Mojo podcast, which distills scientific research on child development into a format that parents can actually use. She has done a TON of research on both child development and education, and also recently launched a course called Your Homeschooling Mojo, which helps parents to decide whether homeschooling is right for their family.    So all that said...

Last week I woke to a Facebook memory from 8 years ago that totally threw me for a loop. This memory was a video of me teaching boot camp in a park in Seattle. I was immediately taken back to that time – when I was so excited and so nervous as I tried to sell spots in my little program that no one had heard of.    Fast forward 8 years and I have accomplished so many tings I never though possible -...

Jadah Sellner is an author, international keynote speaker, poet, and the creator of the Mentorship Lab™ & Build Your Challenge™ at jadahsellner.com. Since 2009, Jadah has started 3 businesses (including one brick and mortar) and now helps creative CEO’s, visionary entrepreneurs, and social change companies build communities with love, so that you can connect to your bigger vision, reach more peopl...

I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that maaaaaybe you have put too much time into planning summer for your kids and family and not enough time into planning summer for YOU. Am I right?!?   I want you to love your summer. Like really LOVE it. I want you to cherish time that is only for you. I want you to OWN your space this summer. Can we do that together? I promise to make it simple and enj...

Married for 23 years, with 4 children, Kori Reed and Mike Becker are on a mission to “Reimagine family stereotypes so that all modern families can thrive.”   They are so committed to this mission that they wrote a book about it - Zag Zig Parenting: (Mis)Adventures of a Career-Driven Mom and a Stay-at-Home Dad   ZagZig Parenting invites you to explore a married couple’s contemporary perspective on...

After recording last week’s episode I realized I made a mistake. I told you all about Summer Bucket Lists and then I quickly added that since Vinnie is in full time childcare this summer, we didn’t need a Bucket List.    That was dumb.    Very dumb.    We actually DO need a Bucket List this summer. Two in fact.    Listen into hear how I came to this realization moments after finishing last weeks’...

After graduating at the top of her MBA class and landing an interesting job, Barb Anderson suddenly found herself staring directly in the face of every parent's worst nightmare when her 18-month old son, Jude, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. With this diagnosis, Barb was thrown into her new role as a "Momcologist," a position where she serves as chief advocate, medical officer and...

If you find yourself easily disappointed or frustrated by relationships and/or situations in your life, it’s time to take some #radicalresponsibility, friends.    You create your own experiences, for better or worse. You have more power than you think. Cause, let’s be honest, you’re a badass.    But even the baddest of asses hits a rough spot every now & then, right??    Here are a few tips to hel...

Sage B Hobbs is the author of Naked Communication. Sage spent more than ten years in counseling, education, and community outreach. Her work has spanned diverse communities, from public schools to a residential treatment program for teens. Her experience ranges widely, including life transitions, personal empowerment, work/life balance, education, family dynamics, youth behavior, fertility struggl...

I very unexpectedly ended up on crutches last week. Although, I guess it’s rare that anyone plans to be on crutches….   In any case, crutches were NOT in my plan as I trained for an upcoming 10K or planned a trip to the beach for the holiday weekend.    But, I fell on my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night (#41goingon86) and badly sprained my ankle. I spent the night at the ER – like th...

Lauren is on a mission to bring inclusivity and empathy to the forefront of fitness and health. She co-owns and operates Achieve Fitness in Boston with her husband, Jason, where they work daily to fulfill that mission. Lauren has been a personal trainer and strength coach for over 10 years, and she draws on her own past battle with body dysmorphic disorder to relate to and help others who may be g...

By now you have heard me share all about how motherhood knocked me on my butt – BIG TIME. It took me longer than I like to admit to adjust to my new life as a mom and to resolve myself to the idea that I would never get my old life back.    My old life wasn’t really any better than my new mommy life (except for there was more time for sleep and wine) – but my old life was a life of predictability...

Tay & Val are the spiritual consultants and soul mentors that executive coaches of Fortune 500s and founders of multimillion-dollar public companies go to, to answer their "What's Next?" question. Everything they do is grounded in the intention to help you lead your best life.    Award-winning filmmakers, Tay and Val left successful media careers, closed their production company, wrapped work on t...

Today I’m going to give you my Bloomsday Race Report and share my weakness – The Messy Middle… Whenever I set out out to accomplish something I start out 100% inspired, motivated, excited, strong, powerful, eager, peppy, spirited – and eagerly anticipating success. Then I get about 60 % toward my goal and I CRASH. This is where things get uncomfortable, uncertain, not-so-strong, less powerful, way...

Melissa DaSilva is a clinical social worker and founder of the group practice East Coast Mental Wellness in Providence, RI. She serves as an individual and couples therapist, as well as a group facilitator. She has spent many years working in schools as a school social worker and has an upcoming podcast titled Pride Connections.   Melissa is an expert in the field of transgender topics, and works...

Change is the WORST. Or at least that’s what I used to tell myself – for like 30 years.   After becoming a mom I spent a full year feeling completely run over by all the change and unpredictability of my new mommy life. I kept wait for everything to “go back to normal.”   As you can guess – that never happened.    I had to resolve myself to the constant change that is motherhood.    As someone who...

Tracey and Joanne are mothers and sisters who are living the healthiest, happiest life possible. Together they created Sistermixin’ to improve their families health and spread the word of their life changing discoveries.    They are on a mission to share how you can improve your health and your life by removing toxic additives and preservatives from your diet.    Their mission all started when Joa...

I think one of the hardest parts of motherhood is all. the. things.    I don’t mean physical things – although there is SO MUCH STUFF. Everywhere. Books, legos, art, clothes, balls, more legos, petrified snacks…   But I’m talking more about all the things you need to keep track of on a daily/weekly/monthly/yearly basis. Your brain is constantly firing in multiple directions and that makes it hard...