The Fire Inside Her; Self Care for Navigating Change

On this episode of The Fire Inside Her, host Diane Schroeder dives into the importance of self-care and creating boundaries with her guest Brittany Miller, owner of Brittany Miller Socials. They discuss their experiences with social media, entrepreneurship, and parenting while prioritizing their mental and emotional health. Diane shares her journey of leaving the male-dominated fire service to sta...

How does music play a role in your life? Do you remember the first concert you attended? The first cassette tape, CD, download, or record you ever purchased? Did you play an instrument or sing? When was the last time there was a song you couldn't help but sing along to? Music has been proven to have a wide array of positive impacts on our lives. In today's episode of The Fire Inside Her we have an...

It sounds so simple, and yet one of the hardest things we can do in life is accept ourselves as we are, and navigate beyond labels and societal pressures to pursue our biggest dreams. Today's guest endured some challenging experiences, from being bullied to navigating mental health challenges and diagnoses, before finding her way to coaching and to a path that allows her to enlighten and support o...

Cameron lives by the mantra her grandmother taught her, "Never turn down anything but your coat collar." This mantra and her approach to life provides for an engaging and worthwhile conversation that touches on a variety of important topics. Cameron shares candidly with us about her experience climbing the career ladder, dealing with toxic work environments and how taking risks saved her life and...

On this episode of The Fire Inside Her with Diane Schroeder, you'll get to meet Heather Childress, the Deputy Chief for Albemarle County Fire Rescue in Virginia. She speaks candidly and vulnerably on a multitude of topics that you'll resonate with. Todays conversation touches on a variety of topics from the importance of preparing for leadership roles early in one's career , to supporting other's...

This week we get to speak with Sarah Williams, an engineer who shares with us her journey in navigating being a single mom, dealing with mom guilt, and being a leader (even if you find it hard to stand up and shout that's what you are). Sarah shares her experiences with finding her village and the path that led her from the UK to Colorado and a few stops inbetween. Her powerful and inspiring insig...

This is a Heartfelt Mother-Daughter Podcast Episode You Don't Want to Miss! You're going to love the latest episode of The Fire Inside Her where Diane sits down for a second time to interview her mother Billie and they take some time to unpack a bit of their challenges and struggles, and how hard it can be for mothers and daughters to get along. Billie and Diane also share a bit about the generati...

You've probably heard of Tarot cards, but fewer people are familiar with their use, or may be more familiar with the preconceived notion that these cards cast in stone a, potentially foreboding, future path. In today’s conversation, we get to peel back a little of the mystery to talk about ways that Tarot serves as a guide or tool. You’ll also learn a little about how our host, Diane, incorporates...

Have you ever noticed that the world often assumes most of us are extroverts? That some demands placed on us can be extra taxing for an introvert? So much so that it may take a bit of deciphering to figure out that playing an extravert for much of your life can be part of why things are out of alignment. Today Jeannie Scott joins us for a valuable conversation about being an introvert in an extrov...

Trauma can take on many forms. Today's guest was a classroom student of trauma before life became her teacher, and is now using her lessons to be in service of others. A life-changing accident in 2011 showed her the physical effects of trauma, but her journey as an adoptive parent had already introduced the complexities of trauma into her family's home years before this. Her reckoning with the cir...

Time for reflection and looking back on lessons learned is valuable. Starting this podcast has been an exciting journey that has taught me a lot. I value the part each of you has played as part of this community that made it possible for this podcast to reach and stay in the top ten percent. I'm excited to see how much it can grow as you continue to share it and others discover it. Your feedback a...

Today’s guest is unassuming and accomplished, yet her achievements are consistently in the service of others and the betterment of her community. Knowing that Time Magazine chose her in April 2018 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world helps give you faith in the true influences at work in our world. Today you’ll hear about innovative and meaningful ways of addressing compassion fa...

Each of us will experience a lot of transitions as we move through life. We will find ourselves at multiple crossroads trying to discover the best way to adapt and advance into our next phase. Billie Schroeder's husband passed away just as everyone moved into quarantine because of the Covid-19 pandemic. She had married young and never lived alone. Now, she was not only living alone for the first t...

It's March Madness, so today's episode opens with some reflecting on Diane's connection to this annual college basketball tradition, and some valuable lessons on life, culture, and leadership from one of college basketball's greats, Coach Wooden. Work culture, and its importance to an agency, seen as work culture currency, is the focus of this episode. The Fire Insider Her has a returning guest wi...

What happens when your friends finally tell you the hard truth that you were settling for crumbs when it comes to relationships and that you deserve better? When you decide to use all the tools that you've gained through healing yourself and becoming the best version of yourself and *then* try dating? You definitely promise yourself that you won't settle. You know that you are looking for the *rea...

By now we’ve all heard of self-care. It’s something we’ve talked about often in the last four episodes of this podcast. Today’s conversation considers that even though we’ve heard of it, are aware of it, and admit that we need it; it can still be difficult to actually do it. Dr. Colleen Foster even points out that for industrious humans, it’s something we may have to schedule in time for. Our self...

Storytelling is a powerful medium to connect with others. It helps us to know that we aren’t alone in this human experience. The more stories we hear, the more we understand that we all have stories. The more we accept those stories make us who we are. Listening to and understanding those stories better connects us. As we further explore community and collaboration, you get to meet two women who a...

Diane’s father told her a person could count their true friends on one hand and probably have some fingers left over, of course, with most advice that her dad gave her growing up, she didn't think that was true. Over the years, as she looked back on her friendships- she realized he was right. It’s helped her to come to learn the importance of those friendships. The people that you can be authentic...

Connection is something we seek from the time we are children. Building friendships and finding connection is something that can seem harder as we get older, rather than easier. Yet, connection, community, and collaboration are things we all need. Trish and Diane found commonality in their roles as leaders in the fire service. With less than 1% of women occupying the roles they are in, it was valu...

Faith is Diane Schroeder's word. In this episode we get to meet one of her friends who helped her find her way back to it when she hit a pothole on her journey to authenticity. Throughout the first season of The Fire Inside Her podcast you'll get a unique opportunity to meet some of the individuals who make up Diane's inner circle and have been an integral part of her leadership path, her finding...

Are you ready to join a journey to authenticity through self care, leadership, and community with badass women who will inspire you? Then, you are in the right place and Diane Schroeder is someone you need to meet. After spending twenty years in a field that is dominated by 96% males, she is finding the fire within and inviting you to join her on this journey. Season One launches February 8th, fol...