The UpLevel Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Unleash your inner rockstar and attract your dream clients with best-selling author and coach Megan Jo Wilson's foolproof guide on leveraging a book to build an empire while avoiding dilution and staying true to your mission. For Megan Jo Wilson, the idea of writing a book was initially daunting, but it became an exciting challenge for her. During this episode, Megan Jo Wilso...

Send us Fan Mail Christopher Veal's journey to redefine masculinity had an unexpected twist. From conforming to hyper-masculine environments in the Marine Corps and construction to exploring vulnerability and emotional expression through his podcast, he realized the need for a wider discussion on evolving masculinity. This spurred him to write his book, The Whole Man , challenging societal no...

Send us Fan Mail If you're an author who is interested in creating socially conscious content, this episode is for you. UpLevel co-founder Christie Mann, an expert in creating socially conscious literature, is here to debunk common myths and provide you with valuable tips to bring your book ideas to life.  Today’s episode: Christie Mann, "How to Birth Your Socially Conscious Children&apo...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we’re celebrating International Coaching Week by spending time with some of the coaching industry’s elders. We explored the essence of coaching, their coaching journies, and their thoughts on the future of coaching. We also discussed the need for openness, systemic change, and tackling issues like diversity and racism. Each elder offered valuable guidance for coaches an...

Send us Fan Mail Emily Cardamon, Global Coaching and Talent Activation at lululemon, CPCC, PCC, joined The UpLevel Podcast for this week's episode. Emily shared the inspiring story of how she and her colleagues created an empowering coaching program at lululemon.  She also talked about how starting a coaching program doesn't require a big budget, structure, or fancy surveys and how it&ap...

Send us Fan Mail In this eye-opening episode, Christie Mann & Rachel Baldi, co-founders of UpLevel Productions, discuss the greater impact we're collectively feeling right now and offer a call to action for what we can do to better support our mental health journies. In this episode: The impact Christie felt from something as simple as rearranging furniture The availability of mental heal...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙The tables have turned in this week's episode on The UpLevel Podcast! It's Christie Mann's turn to be interviewed, and she is joined by her UpLevel Productions co-founder, Rachel Baldi. They discuss Christie's own mental health journey and talk about the powerful tools she uses to help support her mental well-being. This episode is packed with takeaway tools f...

Send us Fan Mail Your darkest hours can lead you to a fulfilling life. Irene Vizcarra joins Christie Mann in this episode where she shares her story of a dark period in her life, how she used plants to support her healing and offers suggestions for how you can use plant medicine to support yourself, as well. In this episode: Leaving a comfortable corporate job How important it is to have a career...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone knows the pandemic had a massive impact on our physical and mental health. This week's guest has insight on how we can help ourselves get back on track. Jocelyn Pepe joins Christie Mann to talk about paying attention to our physical health and how physical health affects our mental well-being. She also shares some techniques everyone can use to help make taking care...

Send us Fan Mail Kvon Tucker joins Christie Mann to have an open and authentic conversation about being a black man working on his mental health. He shares how his depression ended up being a blessing and provides actionable tips everyone can do to support their mental health.  You won't want to miss this conversation! Come Learn, Love, UpLevel, and help bring awareness to and end the stigma...

Send us Fan Mail Tina Meyers joins Christie Mann in this week's episode and gets very vulnerable as she shares about her mental health struggles and how she now uses her own lived experiences to help others discover how courageous they are. She also shares very practical tips you can start doing right away and even walks us through a meditation that helps bring out our inner warriors. In this...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode, Master Coach Joni Mar shares her experience with her own mental health journey, how the pandemic affected her and how the anti-Asian hate she experienced made her feel. Also in this episode: The time of day when the suicide hotline rings the most How the ​​Circadian Rhythm affects our inner saboteur What happens when your boundaries aren’t strong enough W...

Send us Fan Mail We have felt for some time that the mental health challenges of COVID are the 2nd pandemic ! In recent years, 40% of adults in the US (and more globally) have reported symptoms of anxiety or depression , up from 10% in 2019.  And the pandemic has disproportionately affected the health of women and marginalized communities.  In many cases, people do not have the self-awareness, too...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Baldi joins Christie Mann to recap the "Well-Being in the Workplace" series, and they talk about the highlights from each episode. If you haven't gotten a chance to listen to the past episodes in this series, this episode will help you get a quick overview so you can decide which one you want to listen to first. They also issue calls to action so organization...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jocelyn Pepe speaks with Christie Mann about how health is the foundation of life and how organizations are suffering because of a lack of understanding of how important well-being is.  She points out that we are not moving the needle on burnout and that burnout is having a very negative impact on our workforce, our people, our productivity, and our profits.   Joc...

Send us Fan Mail This week's session, "How to Create a Culture of Well-Being," is with Jill Veglahn, Head of People at BAM. In this episode, Jill shares actionable tips for creating a coaching culture in the workplace. In This Episode: Implementing Caregiving time off History of work in the US Starting by slowing down Something workplaces really need to hear The impact of DEI on wor...

Send us Fan Mail This week's session, "Radical Compassion & Grace in the Workplace," is with Dr. Tiffany Grimes, 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛, 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒.  Dr. Grimes will be sharing tools she uses with her clients to help improve well-being and find Joy in the challenging stuff! There are lots of great nuggets in this one! Key Takeaways: Her definition of well-being Having clear bou...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Well-Being in the Workplace Event Series, host Christie Mann, MA, CPCC, PCC is joined by Jocelyn Pepe, Corporate Wellness Coach + Founder of TrU Living. Key Takeaways From This Episode: The definition of well-being What companies are now doing to support well-being in the workplace What companies can do to gain, retain and engage employees The current lag in...

Send us Fan Mail This is the start of Season 2, "Well-Being in the Workplace." In this episode, UpLevel Co-Founders & Hosts Christie Mann and Rachel Baldi kick off the event series. They discuss why this topic is so important, define what UpLevel means by “Well-Being,” and dropped some quick tips they are using and sharing with clients. Key Takeaways: How much it’s costing the US to...

Send us Fan Mail We are living through times where the separation of an individual's work life and personal life has been minimized. People managers must provide much more than overseeing tasks and workflow; they need to know how to listen empathetically, honor emotions, acknowledge the whole person, and ask powerful questions. Strong coaching cultures = strong engagement, collaboration, well...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know employers can build stronger, more goal-oriented teams by having a coaching culture in the workplace? Founder & CEO of Eudaimonic by Design, Andrew Soren joined UpLevel Productions' co-founder Christie Mann to discuss Designing PERMACulture: The Science of Coaching at Work. Also in this episode: What eudaimonic means and why he named his company Eudaimonic by...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we listen back to a celebration of ICF International Coaching Week (ICW) and the theme “ReImagine the Future,." Co-Founders of UpLevel Productions, Co-Active for Organizations Licensees, and CTI Faculty; Rachel Baldi and Christie Mann were thrilled to curate & host an explorative conversation about the Past, Present & Future of the Coaching Industry w...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Kelly Jones-Waller has mic drop after mic drop as she breaks down how companies can have happy employees and turn the Great Resignation into the Great Retention. Did you know that 85% of people within organizations are actively disengaged?  And then another 73% are actively looking for new employment. That could cost businesses millions in turnover costs!  Also in...

Send us Fan Mail Recent data shows that 96% of school administrators, 93% of teachers, and 81% of parents in the US believe that social, and emotional learning is as important as academic learning, but that only 22% of teachers feel prepared to deliver in that space.  The practice of coaching in the classroom is one of the most effective ways to bring out the best in students, develop their streng...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Kvon Tucker, CEO Consciously, ExGoogle, People Operations, starts us off strong and talks with Christie Mann about the project they worked on at Google while trying to create a coaching culture, and what they did that allowed them to be the only function inside the company to see an increase in an important KPI. In This Episode: Working to transform an environment...