The Bold Lounge

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Content Warning: infertility, miscarriage, loss of a child Sharing a deeply personal story of overcoming loss, Michelle Valiukenas shows how to redirect during hardship without sacrificing your goals. As the mother of two angel babies, she shares the infertility challenges she faced and the decisions that ultimately led her and her husband to pursue a gestationa...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Content Warning: mention of suicide, physical abuse To Danielle Cobo, consultant, speaker and podcast host, being bold means looking at the possibilities beyond what we initially imagined. In this episode, she shares pivotal personal stories that served as turning points in her life, moments where she had to trust in herself and in her own beliefs over those of...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Through a decades-spanning career at Nestlé and transformative personal experiences, Sabine Roduit shares how boldness comes from within. She emphasizes that you can’t escape your problems or keep them locked away in the back of your mind. You have to do the work. Drawing from her own experiences overcoming grief and owning her story, Sabine describes the power...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode As a Chief Financial Officer, Ashley Jones Lee demystifies the world of finance, debunking some common misconceptions about the field, and providing actionable advice to best deliver a clear message. She talks about the power of storytelling and how best to understand your audience in order to communicate most effectively. Drawing parallels from her own experien...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode To Sheena Yap Chan, being bold is taking action even when you’re scared, and she notes that the boldest decisions often have a ripple effect that can lead and inspire others in ways we couldn’t have imagined. Through her own personal and professional experiences, she describes the importance of advocating for yourself, recognizing that you are good enough, and b...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Fashion executive Melissa Cohen discusses her bold journey personally and professionally, from studying abroad in Italy to starting in the retail industry and moving into fashion, where she ultimately started her own consulting business. Along the way, she talks about how to be open to trying new things, recognize when something isn’t a good fit, and take the fi...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode As a top executive in manufacturing, Joanna Cooper is familiar with taking bold moves. In this episode, she explains how a decision to live and work internationally broadened her perspective and shaped her leadership style to always be curious and open. Joanna also discusses how to tackle big problems by breaking them down into achievable goals and building the...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Marci and Kyle Pruzina, the husband-and-wife duo of the Americana/Pop band, Suitcase Souls, tell their story of discovering themselves and their passions through music. With insights into the songwriting and musicmaking process, Kyle and Marci also share personal stories from making the bold decision to pursue music, how they first met, and how they ultimately f...

Send us Fan Mail   About This Episode As a founder, wife, and mother, Kirby Wilkerson shares her story of learning how and when to ask for help. As someone who tried to do everything on her own, recognizing that she could even ask for help, let alone accept it, was a bold journey in itself. Kirby shares that story in this episode as well as the benefits of accepting help, including being more pres...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode As the CEO of AllBright, a global collective of ambitious women, Viviane Paxinos strives to create purposeful, data-driven action that leads to real change, especially regarding gender equity in the workplace. Viv shares the key pivots she made in her life, including moving to London without knowing anyone and changing industries after 15+ years. She emphasizes...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Amani Duncan was taught boldness early on through her family, who encouraged her to try everything and be anything she wanted to be. Even with this strong support system, there were many voices in her own head that planted the seeds of doubt and fear. Amani discusses self-talk and how to silence inner negativity and change the internal narrative by checking in w...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Being bold to Abbi McCollum means taking chances and being willing to try. No matter the outcome, you’ll learn, grow, and have additional insight to help you moving forward. This has especially been relevant to her work in the digital space, as the Vice President of Digital and Social Media for HGTV, staying up to date on the latest social media platforms and tr...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode To Angela Cheng-Cimini, being bold means speaking truth to power. She talks of moments in her personal and professional life that have brought out this boldness and shares what she has learned on effectively speaking truth to power in a way that feels authentic and meaningful. With over 30 years of experience in human resources, now a CHRO at Harvard Business Pu...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode As the host of a highly successful podcast, The Learning Leader Show , a bestselling author, and keynote speaker, Ryan Hawk knows what it takes to be a real leader. To him, leadership is a choice, one that has to be made consciously on a regular basis. In this episode, he talks about what makes a successful leader, including learning it all instead of knowing it...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Marcus Collins has been breaking conventions since the very beginning. With a background in engineering, music, and business, Marcus enjoys connecting things that are normally disparate. Through his work, he aims to bring people together to create collective meaning-making that ultimately leads to real change. Building from his own personal and professional expe...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode In this episode, retail executive Ron Thurston walks us through his impressive career and the bold moves he's taken along the way. Learning great leadership firsthand from his grandfather, who was the CEO of his own construction business, Ron strives, as a leader, to find the magic in other people and give them opportunities to grow. He discusses what it re...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Nathalie Gregg is a champion of women’s empowerment. Since she was 5 years old, she noticed that there were very few women in leadership roles. As she’s grown up and become a change agent, coach, and speaker, Nathalie has become determined to encourage people, especially women, to #LeadLoudly. This movement she started centers on being bold, confident, and fearl...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Community is at the heart of everything Esther Sarpong does. As an expert in experiential marketing and creating unique, interactive experiences centered around art and culture, Esther loves bringing people together towards a shared vision. Pulling from her professional experiences as well as her personal experiences as a first-generation immigrant and mother, s...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Paru Radia is no stranger to being bold. Growing up with conservative, immigrant parents, there were few opportunities for her to take chances and pursue the kind of life that she really wanted. For the first time publicly, Paru opens up about her experience and how she made the bold decision to go against the cultural and societal norms in order to live the ind...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Midwestern sisters Lauren Massarella and Michelle Anderson launched The Sister Project Blog to cover all things cozy, mindful, and wellbeing. Now, they also host Cozy Conversations with The Sister Project, a popular podcast filled with heart, hot topics, and witty banter. In this episode, Michelle and Lauren share how they got started and how their business shif...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode With over a decade of experience in nutrition and healthcare, Elisa Haggarty is a conscious leadership coach, guiding individuals and teams on leading mindfully with agility by decreasing what's called the drama tax. From workplace gossip and interpersonal relationships to procrastination and staying small, there are many forms of dramatic energy in our liv...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Julia Boorstin has been making bold moves from the very beginning. Now CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent, her illustrious career began from taking a reporter job at Fortune magazine straight out of college, a gap year experience that turned into a new beginning. To Julia, it is a combination of humility and confidence as well as a growth mindset that...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Karen Fultz-Robinson, attorney turned entrepreneur and fashion designer, discusses her journey of embracing a healthy lifestyle and founding ObservaMé, a one-of-a-kind line of athletic and athleisure professional apparel. With a boldness and independence instilled early on by her mother, Karen is no stranger to making her own opportunities. ObservaMé was born ou...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Bart Foster is all about getting outside- out in nature and out of the comfort zone. As the founder of BusinessOutside, a facilitation and training company focused on inspiring and empowering individuals and teams to get outside in nature, he is no stranger to doing things differently and pushing past societal and corporate norms. Bart discusses his journey from...

Send us Fan Mail About This Episode Alex Carter knows all about negotiation. Whether that means negotiating for a pay increase, a particular role you want, or a new opportunity, there are keyways to progress forward. But, Alex stresses that no matter what the circumstance, the very first negotiation we have in every scenario is with ourselves. She points out the questions that we often ask ourselv...