Being a sensitive person can often feel overwhelming, especially in today’s fast-paced, hyper-connected world. And these challenges are frequently compounded by the many misconceptions that people have about sensitivity as a trait. As a sensitive person himself, our guest today, Andre Sólo, is deeply familiar with these challenges and has spent the better part of his career dedicated to shedding light on what it truly means to be a highly sensitive person (HSP) and what we all need to understand better about sensitivity. Through his work and new book, Andre is making profound contributions to those of us who identify as sensitive (even if we don’t know it yet). He is the co-founder of the website, Highly Sensitive Refuge, the world’s largest online community for sensitive people, and recently co-authored the extremely helpful book The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World. Andre is also a researcher and speaker and serves as Chief Make-It-Happen Officer of Introvert, Dear, a supportive community and resource for introverted and sensitive individuals alike.  Tuning in today, you’ll learn all about what it means to be a sensitive individual, including why HSPs tend to be creative, empathetic, and highly conscientious, and why it’s so easy for them to become overstimulated. Andre goes on to unpack some of the problematic messaging that society regularly gives to sensitive boys and girls, and how this can result in people suppressing and hiding their sensitivity, rather than embracing it as one of their greatest strengths. Our conversation also explores how sensitive children are impacted by their upbringing and environment, and why the best thing you can do as the parent of a sensitive child is to accept and encourage them just as they are. Today’s episode is filled with fascinating insights into what it means to move through the world as a sensitive person and provides a helpful guide for what we can do to better understand and support sensitive individuals, allowing them to embrace and leverage their unique superpowers. As a highly sensitive person myself, I’m grateful to Andre for his groundbreaking work in this field. To learn more about this deeply human trait, and how it can shape a person's entire identity, be sure to tune in for our conversation with Andre Sólo!   Key Highlights From This Episode:  Understanding the traits of a highly sensitive person (HSP), and the misconceptions that many people have about sensitive people. [02:45]  What neuroscience teaches us about how sensitive people take in information in a much deeper way. [04:36] The correlations between being introverted and highly sensitive, the difference between these two traits, and what each of them measures. [08:54] Why being sensitive can help you be an excellent leader. [11:11] Some of the drawbacks of being a sensitive person, why sensitive people often experience strong emotions, and how they can further increase their emotional intelligence. [14:23] The three distinct ways that sensitivity can come across in individuals. [17:54] Learn about the ‘boost’ effect in sensitive people, why sensitive people are more affected by their environment, and how they can benefit from therapy, meditation and spiritual practices. [21:58] The stigma and discrimination that many sensitive people experience, the messaging that girls and boys receive about their sensitive traits, and how to parent a sensitive child. [28:20] Helpful tips on how to communicate with teachers about your sensitive child. [34:01] The revelatory distinction between empathy and compassion, the concept of emotional contagion, and how sensitive people often absorb the emotions of other people. [39:27]   For More Information: Andre Sólo on LinkedIn Andre Sólo on Twitter Andre Sólo on Instagram Andre Sólo on Facebook Sensitive Refuge Introvert, Dear The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World   Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level? Become The Most Powerful You! In reading a great deal about leadership today, and interviewing top leadership experts, I’m recognizing a disappointing trend - that the general concept and understanding of leadership has become so vague and watered down that most of it isn’t helpful at all, and it’s not suited to a majority of women who want to lead differently.  The Most Powerful You training goes deeper. It helps you recognize and understand more about yourself as a person and the leader you want to be, then take empowering, transformative actions to operate in your role in a way that takes your leadership and your career higher, making the impact you dream to. If you truly want to help your team, staff, and organization become “The Most Powerful We,” this is the right training for you.  Take this course individually or bring it to your workforce and teams today! Click below for more information on: 8-week Most Powerful You course for women Video training program for organizations, DEI&B programs and leadership development training   ———————- Calling all coaches!  Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting women? If so, I’ve got some news. Right now, we’ve opened the enrollment window of my coach training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that will help you become far more effective in working with women. And through the program, you’ll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew’s program, you’ll be taught essential business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there’s nothing on the market like for coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details   ——————— Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight  I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes:   “Sensitive people are actually wired at a brain level to process all information more deeply. And that allows us to notice things that others miss, and to make connections and find new ideas that others might not make.” — @justandresolo [0:03:28] “We've spoken to highly sensitive service members who credited their sensitivity as being one of their most important traits as a military service member. So it's a very kind of flexible and valuable trait.” — @justandresolo [0:06:58] “Sensitivity comes with many strengths, both physical and emotional, and in terms of creativity and intelligence. At the same time, your brain is putting all this extra work in. So there's a cost to those gifts. And that cost is overstimulation.” — @justandresolo [0:07:22] “Just as highly sensitive people get more out of therapy, I think they probably also get more out of spiritual practice. And I can say for myself, personally, that meditating is life-changing and transformative.” — @justandresolo [0:26:46] “If you have a sensitive child, the biggest thing you can do is to accept and encourage them.” — @justandresolo [0:34:12] “If you're picking up the stress, the sadness, the anger, of all the people around you, especially if you're feeling it very vividly yourself, that is exhausting, uncomfortable, distracting. And it sometimes feels impossible to turn off.” — @justandresolo [0:42:47]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

The concept of happiness as been explored in countless ways over the past years, yet it seems that modern society has been misguided when it comes to understanding the true drivers of happiness and well-being. For the past 20 years, Dr. Marc Schulz has been involved in a groundbreaking 80-year study of happiness – in fact, the world’s longest scientific study of happiness – and he joins us today to share his findings. The renewed focus he’s brought to the study is one that investigates relationships and their powerful effect on our overall well-being. Marc is a practicing therapist with postdoctoral training in health and clinical psychology at Harvard Medical School and is the associate director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. He also acts as the Sue Kardas Ph.D. 1971 Chair in Psychology, directs the Data Science Program, and previously chaired the psychology department and Clinical Developmental Psychology Ph.D. program at Bryn Mawr College. His credentials extend to his authorship of the recently published book, The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness. In this episode, Marc presents an overview of the study in question and breaks down modern society’s misconceptions about the drivers of happiness. We discover the initial intention of the study and the link it unearthed between loneliness and physical health problems. Marc explains the kinds of relationships essential for our well-being and provides an example demonstrating the remarkable impact of connection. “The good life” encompasses more than just happiness, and today, we are encouraged to lean in and experience the full spectrum of life, for the sake of our overall well-being. Science is becoming increasingly able to explain the correlation between our emotional experiences and our physical health, so tune in to discover how best to optimize your experience and subsequently, your health.    Key Highlights From This Episode: Introducing Marc Schulz, Ph.D., and today’s topic: how to attain the “good life”. [01:12] An overview of the 80-year study of happiness and Dr. Marc Schulz’s involvement in it. [02:54] The initial intention of the study. [07:55] Modern society’s greatest misconceptions about happiness and well-being. [09:18] The link between loneliness and physical health problems. [11:55] The full spectrum that the “good life” encompasses. [19:05] The impact of loneliness at work and the value of shared experience. [24:07] The role of science in explaining how our emotional experience impacts our physical health. [30:56] An example of a finding demonstrating the remarkable impact of connection. [33:41]   For More Information Marc Schulz Marc Schulz on LinkedInThe Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:  Dr. Robert Waldinger’s TED Talk: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness   Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level? Become The Most Powerful You! In reading a great deal about leadership today, and interviewing top leadership experts, I’m recognizing a disappointing trend - that the general concept and understanding of leadership has become so vague and watered down that most of it isn’t helpful at all, and it’s not suited to a majority of women who want to lead differently. The Most Powerful You training goes deeper. It helps you recognize and understand more about yourself as a person and the leader you want to be, then take empowering, transformative actions to operate in your role in a way that takes your leadership and your career higher, making the impact you dream to. If you truly want to help your team, staff, and organization become “The Most Powerful We,” this is the right training for you.  Take this course individually or bring it to your workforce and teams today! Click here for more information.   ——————— Calling all coaches!  Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I’ve got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we’re opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you’ll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew’s program, you’ll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there’s nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!   ——————— Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “One of the perspectives [Bob Waldinger and I] brought when we joined the study was a renewed focus on the context of the individual lives including the relationships that we are immersed in.” — Marc Schulz, Ph.D. [0:07:00] “It’s relationships that keep us healthy and happy through [our] lifespan. It’s not the things that we’re often led to believe. It’s not about money, success, [or] achievement.” — Marc Schulz, Ph.D. [0:09:33] “The real driver of happiness and success in life is the quality of your relationships; your connections to others.” — Marc Schulz, Ph.D. [0:09:52] “A sense of feeling lonely is corrosive to one’s health and well-being.” — Marc Schulz, Ph.D. [0:10:53] “The good life isn’t only about happiness. It’s about leaning in and experiencing the joys and the sorrows of life.” — Marc Schulz, Ph.D. [0:21:17] “You can’t really live unless you take some chances in life.” — Marc Schulz, Ph.D. [0:23:03]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Bringing nuance and depth to conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion is a challenging but essential step in making true progress towards building work cultures that work for all.  Ludo Gabriele has dedicated his work and energy to this task and he is on Finding Brave today to explore some of the lesser-examined but essential aspects of the impact of patriarchal systems and the ways in which masculine norms have shaped leadership norms, and why that is damaging.  Ludo is currently the Senior Director of MARC Branding (Men Advocating Real Change) at Catalyst, which is a nonprofit organization focused on accelerating progress for women through workplace inclusion. He is also the founder of Woke Daddy, which he created as a means to share thoughts on fatherhood and masculinity. This conversation with Ludo is jam-packed with powerful ideas and helpful ways to understand and implement them. Ludo unpacks why meaningful progress cannot be achieved without involving the majority group (and in corporations today, that typically means men), as well as how we can begin to create more inclusive cultures that transcend issues such as sexism and discrimination. One of the most powerful points Ludo makes is about the specific barriers that are in place today that prevent men from engaging in the necessary changes so many people (both women and men) wish to see.  Our guest highlights some of the most important questions that we need to ask and underlines the need for doing deep work to pave the way for real progress. He also explains exactly why better workplaces for women are better workplaces for everyone. Tune in today for a huge dose of insight and inspiration from an individual deeply familiar with the brave work required to engage in truly successful leadership approaches and build a better and more equitable future for all.    Key Highlights From This Episode: Ludo spells out what masculine norms are and their impact on organizations. [04:46] The challenges for men to overcome or revise the negative impact of patriarchal systems. [15:15] Exploring the learning programs and conversations that Ludo hosts. [24:13] How sport functions as a means for men to connect in ways that are difficult otherwise. [31:28] The power of empathy; Ludo talks about intentionally developing our capacity. [35:05] Some of the first steps towards change, and the need for introspection. [39:55] Overcoming the fear of being wrong and or being challenged in the current cultural climate. [43:52] The role of courage in advocacy and allyship. [48:39]   For More Information: Catalyst MARC (Men Advocating Real Change) Woke Daddy Ludo Gabriel on Twitter Luda Gabriel on LinkedIn Woke Daddy on Facebook   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Kathy’s writing and video on “What is Feminism and Why Do So Many Men and Women Still Hate it” Kathy Forbes articleKathy’s Video Gloria Steinem Anthony Bourdain The Handmaid's Tale   Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level? Become The Most Powerful You! In reading a great deal about leadership today, and interviewing top leadership experts, I’m recognizing a disappointing trend - that the general concept and understanding of leadership has become so vague and watered down that most of it isn’t helpful at all, and it’s not suited to a majority of women who want to lead differently. The Most Powerful You training goes deeper. It helps you recognize and understand more about yourself as a person and the leader you want to be, then take empowering, transformative actions to operate in your role in a way that takes your leadership and your career higher, making the impact you dream to. If you truly want to help your team, staff and organization become “The Most Powerful We,” this is the right training for you.  Take this course individually or bring it to your workforce and teams today! Click here for more information.   ———————- Calling all coaches!  Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I’ve got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we’re opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you’ll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew’s program, you’ll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there’s nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!   ——————— Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “Masculine norms shape the way that a lot of organizations are still run, a lot of countries are still run, and a lot of institutions are still run. This is the result of socialization.” — @LudoGabriele [0:06:39] “We are coming from a place where we are blindly reciting a script of masculinity, and for the first time we are questioning it.” — @LudoGabriele [0:10:13] “The way the workplace is set up doesn't necessarily work for men either.” — @LudoGabriele [0:13:42] “We believe it's men, women, and people of all gender identities working together in partnership to create qualitative culture change. We cannot achieve progress with only one group of people.” — @LudoGabriele [0:27:35] “We tend to compare people's experiences instead of honoring each of them individually.” — @LudoGabriele [0:30:23] “Polarized conversation helps the status quo.” — @LudoGabriele [0:43:29]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Legacy leadership isn’t just a leadership style or a list of things to do, or showing up pretending you have all the answers. In today’s show, Gina Gomez shares her belief that truly impactful leaders don’t follow trends or pursue fame and fortune; instead, they build trust in the workplace, adhere to ethical practices, and live their legacy in the here and now. Gina is a business advisor and strategist who has worked with leaders of multimillion-dollar companies and unions, including CBS/Viacom, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and the United Food & Commercial workers. She is also the founder of Gina Gomez and Associates, a female-led and minority-run company that hires and trains leaders and teams to perform at their best in ever-changing business environments. For more than 20 years, Gina has helped industry leaders develop the skills they need to lead. With a proven track record ranging from Fortune 500 companies to the entertainment industry and the online business world, she teaches her clients how to create a profitable and sustainable business where everyone feels welcome, respected, and included. In this episode, Gina defines what legacy leadership means to her and we discuss what it really takes to run a sustainable, impactful business. As you’ll learn, Gina believes that great leadership starts with integrity and identifying and adhering to your core values. Join us today to find out what actually makes a good leader versus what we often are told makes a good leader, why ethical leadership benefits everyone (including your bottom line), how to experience your true purpose, and so much more. Key Highlights From This Episode: Dispelling misconceptions about what great leadership looks like. [04:35]Why you’re going in the wrong direction if you’re looking for your career to fulfill you. [08:05]Why ‘integrity’ is the simplest possible definition of leadership for Gina. [09:35]How you only get part of the story if you just look at the numbers. [14:35]What the term ‘legacy leadership’ means to Gina and how we can create it. [15:23]Major mistakes that Gina sees business leaders frequently making. [20:30]What so many of us are taught good leadership is versus what actually makes a good leader! [23:02]The value of change management, strong communication, and relationship building. [27:10]Insight into Gina’s “accidental” career trajectory and the important role of curiosity. [32:38]   For More Information: Gina Gomez and Associates Gina Gomez on LinkedIn Gina Gomez on Twitter Gina Gomez on Instagram Gina Gomez on Facebook   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Legacy Mastermind   ——————— JOIN ME STARTING FEBRUARY 1ST FOR MY LIVE, 8-WEEK CAREER AND LEADERSHPI TRAINING PROGRAM THE MOST POWERFUL YOU!  I’m thrilled to be offering a new 8–week LIVE career and leadership coaching and training course all about how to become The Most Powerful and Confident You in your work, leadership and professional life. The ultimate outcome of this training to to help you overcome exactly what’s in the way now of reaching your highest potential and most thrilling success, goals and impact, in work you love and are proud of. Based on my work with thousands of professional women worldwide in the past 10 years and drawing on the content from my latest book The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Carer Bliss, the course walk members through exactly how to recognize and close the 7 most damaging Power And Confidence Gaps that keep millions of professionals from thriving and succeeding in meaningful work of significance that deeply matters to them. Participants will learn the critical steps to: Recognize and more fully leverage their great talents, accomplishments and achievements Speak up with confidence, not fearAsk for what they want and deserve, and get itBuild a powerful and helpful support community that will open doors for them and help them thrive and advanceEffectively challenge mistreatment and unfair behavior Reconnect to the thrilling dream they once had for their life and work – and get back on track to achieve that dreamHeal and overcome challenges and pain from the past that are holding them back today I’ve been delivering workshops and trainings on The Most Powerful You for over two years now to over 50 organizations and conferences (including an international division of the United Nations and other top global companies), and folks are saying it’s been truly transformative and life-changing for them. (See endorsements on The Most Powerful You page and my LinkedIn profile.) To scale this training and offer it in a more expansive way, I’m thrilled to offer this live, 8-week coaching and training course starting February 1st that includes: 8 WEEKLY LIVE Zoom Group Coaching Calls with me8 Video Training Modules (total of 16 videos – 4 hours in total)A Step-by-Step Career and Confidence-Growth Training CurriculumMore than 50 Additional Curated Resources for expanded learning.Private Online Facebook Support Group.AND you’ll receive lifetime access to all the training materials and a 20% discount on my private coaching and other programs. Sign up now at https://mostpowerfulyou.com as an early bird and get 8 great bonuses and save $300 off the full price!    ——————— Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today!   In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.    Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, 'Time To Brave Up' & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “A lot of [leaders] are looking for significance. We think that, when we have significance, it’s going to solve all of our problems. It’s not.” — @GinaGomezAssoc [0:07:30] “For me, [leadership] is a single word, and it’s integrity.” — @GinaGomezAssoc [0:09:50] “If you only look at the numbers, you’re only getting part of the story. You have to look at everything. How does your team perform? What are [your measurable outcomes]? And how does that translate into your goals and return on investment?” — @GinaGomezAssoc [0:15:06] “Legacy is what we leave behind. It’s the imprint that we leave when we’re long gone. It’s the people that we affect through the work that we do that we never, ever know about.” — @GinaGomezAssoc [0:15:33] “It’s one of the most significant pieces of leadership that gets taught the least, and most people do not know how to do it. When you’re in a situation like this—a pandemic or anything else—if you don’t know change management, you’re in serious trouble.” — @GinaGomezAssoc [0:27:34] “As leaders, we are constantly looking to reinvent ourselves.” — @GinaGomezAssoc [0:36:36] Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at youtube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Today’s guest believes that it’s very important to understand your worth and embrace your full potential, even when/if others don’t see it. Motivated by a desire to open doors of opportunity for others, Octavia Goredema became a career coach and went on to author the PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women.  Originally from England, Octavia now lives in Los Angeles, and in recognition of her work, she has been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen, one of the UK’s highest civic honors. In this episode, Octavia shares her fascinating story and explores essential career strategies for underrepresented women and others. You’ll hear what inspired her to write her book, why its message is so important to her personally, and what it means to truly know your worth even when it’s not reflected back to you. Tuning in, you’ll hear more about why it’s so important to track your accomplishments, learn how snarky comments can actually propel you forward, why you should have a ‘bragalogue’ prepared for the right opportunities, and how the way in which you show up in the world and make people feel is a key part of your mission and value. To find out what you need to understand more deeply about the plight of underrepresented women and how to support women and all individuals in your sphere to thrive, tune in today!   Key Highlights From This Episode:  Introducing today’s guest, career coach, and author Octavia Goredema. [01:21]How Octavia came to be appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen [04:01]What inspired Octavia to write this book and why its message is so important to her and others. [07:40] How to determine your worth when it’s not reflected back at you. [11:49]Why it’s so important to track your accomplishments [15:20]Why you should have a ‘bragalogue’ prepared and why women are often resistant to this. [19:26]The importance of knowing what your non-negotiables are. [24:22]What listeners need to understand about the plight of underrepresented women. [26:11]Why it’s so important for companies to invest in diverse talent. [28:06]The importance of your circle and mentors, sponsors, or advocates. [32:13]   For More Information: Octavia Goredema Octavia Goredema on Twitter Octavia Goredema on LinkedIn Octavia Goredema on Instagram Octavia Goredema on Pinterest Octavia Goredema on TikTok  PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:   Octavia’s book: PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women Octavia’s book on Audible: PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women Kathy and Octavia in Elite Daily: Asking for a Raise Isn’t as Scary as It Seems, Thanks to These Expert Tips  Kathy and Octavia in CNN: Quiet quitting is the latest workplace trend, but it doesn’t mean what you think Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl Brag!: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn without Blowing It, by Peggy Klaus You can read the first chapter of Octavia’s book by joining my email community at octaviagoredema.com   ———————- Join Kathy Caprino for her FREE Webinar January 13, 2023 at Noon EST - Close Your Confidence Gaps Now AND Build Your Best and Happiest Career I’m so excited to share that I will be offering a FREE 90-minute webinar on January 13th at Noon EST all about how to Close Your Confidence Gaps Now and Build Your Best and Happiest Career, drawing on my latest book The Most Powerful You.  I’ll be sharing key information, strategies and powerful action steps based on years of research and working with thousands of professionals, that have helped them transform their careers and work lives for greater success, impact and reward. This is info you won’t hear elsewhere as it’s based on everything I’ve personally learned over 40 years of working, including serving as director and VP in my corporate life, to working as a marriage and family therapist, then 17 years of coaching and training over 20,000 professionals across 6 continents.    Here’s what I’ll cover: The two critical traits are missing today in the lives and careers of so many professionals that hold them back from success and happinessThe 7 most damaging power gaps that negatively impact 98% of professional women and 90% of menThe "antidotes" to these 7 power gaps - which I call the 7 Brave Pathways to Career BlissWe’ll also talk about how to leverage your natural talents in a deeper, easier way, and start understanding that you CAN pursue your true career passions while also having strong financial rewardHow to speak truth to power and gain the confidence, courage, self-trust and self-esteem you need to push past your inertia and fears to build a better, happier career with great meaning and reward, without the toxicity, stress and conflict you’re experiencing now. Bring your career questions to the webinar. I’m happy to answer them! Sign up today at kathycaprino.com/buildyourconfidence2023 Let’s make this a different kind of year where you finally shift and heal beyond where you are today, to something much happier. See you there!  ———————   ANNOUNCING THE MOST POWERFUL YOU LIVE 8-WEEK COACHING/TRAINING COURSE (starts February 1st!) I’m thrilled to be offering a new 8–week LIVE training course with me all about The Most Powerful You content from my book, and how you can address and close the 7 most damaging Power And Confidence Gaps that keep us from thriving in our work. The course starts Wednesday, February 1st! I’ve been delivering workshops and trainings on The Most Powerful You for over two years now in all sorts of ways for over 50 organizations (including an international division of the United Nations and other top global companies), and folks are saying it’s been truly transformative and life-changing for them. To make sure everyone can have access to this very same training, I’m thrilled to offer you a live course that includes:     8 WEEKLY LIVE, 75-minute Zoom Group Coaching/Training Calls with Kathy  8 Video Training Modules (total of 16 videos – 4 hours in total) Step-by-Step Career and Confidence-Growth Training Curriculum Additional Curated Resources for expanded learning Private Online Facebook Support Group AND you’ll receive lifetime access to all the training materials and a 20% discount on my private coaching and other programs.   Enroll now as an Early Bird and save $300 off the full price and get 8 great bonuses! CLICK HERE to learn more and register today!  The course begins Feb 1st and spots go quickly!   ———————- Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! And if you’ve been enjoying  the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon!    For more resources, check out… Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “What ultimately led me to become a coach was really about opening doors of opportunity for others.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:05:48] “Not everyone will see your worth but it’s really important for you to hang onto your worth and to understand your worth and to really embrace your potential.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:09:19] “You can’t control what the outcome might be when you use your voice but what you have to control is what you are reaching for, what you are pushing for, and what you know you want.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:14:51] “It’s only when you stop and reflect on the bigger picture that you can start to connect the dots and see the impact you’re making and also how you are growing.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:15:47] “It’s incredibly important to invest continually in the career advancement of the diverse talent that you’ve worked so hard to hire in the first place so you don’t lose that talent.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:30:00] “Be really intentional about telling people what you want to do next, what you’re looking for, and the type of support you’re looking for. It might not be the person you’re talking to who can help but they might know someone who can.” — @OctaviaGoredema [0:34:11]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Are you playing not to lose or are you playing to actually win and create what you deeply long to in life and in your work? As our guest today, Adrian Koehler explains in this episode, we are all capable of being powerful, confident, secure, and fearless leaders. But in order to do so, we have to be willing to embrace the fear and risk that comes with the unknown. Adrian Koehler is a top leadership engagement expert and Founder and Senior Partner at the coaching firm Take New Ground. His approach is based on the idea that rather than aiming to reach a particular emotional state (“I want to be less scared,” for example), if we want to reach our fullest potential as leaders, we need to aim to be courageous instead (“I’m going to take the leap despite my fear”).  Drawing on his background in philanthropy, ministry, activism, and medicine, Adrian thrives in extreme environments and finds comfort in difficult conversations —in fact, his passion for human performance has taken him around the globe, serving people in times of crisis, transformation, and stalemates. Over the last decade, Adrian has trained and developed leaders at NIKE, Virgin Hyperloop One, Jeni’s Ice Cream, Herschel Supply Co., Oprah Winfrey Network, Gavin DeBecker & Associates, Siegel & Gale, UCLA and elsewhere. Adrian is also the co-host of two engaging podcasts: Raising The Bar with Drybar Founder Alli Webb and The Naked Leadership Podcast with Take New Ground Sr. Partner Dan Tocchini.  Being human means having insecurities, but what we do with those insecurities and how mentally approach them is up to us. If you are ready to stop denying what is possible for you and start taking greater responsibility for your actions so your visions can become reality, tune in today for a conversation that will inspire you to be real, powerful (and if this word makes you feel uncomfortable, you need to hear Adrian’s definition of it), and of course, brave!    Key Highlights From This Episode:   Introducing today’s guest, leadership engagement expert, Adrian Koehler. [02:24]Four of our core human desires and what they signify. [04:41]The unpredictable nature of our emotions and why we shouldn’t aim towards a particular emotional state. [05:40]What it truly looks like to be courageous. [06:20]Adrian explains specifically what it takes to be a true leader. [10:04]A mantra that helped Adrian get through one of the darkest times of his life. [10:29]The link between power and vitality, and why truly powerful people desire for other people to be powerful too. [14:10]Adrian’s thoughts on why people are afraid of embracing the full extent of their power. [16:42]Exploring the concept of “hugging the cactus.” [20:04]The importance (and results) of taking personal responsibility for your circumstances and your actions. [25:54]   For More Information: Take New Ground Adrian Koehler Website Adrian Koehler on LinkedIn Adrian Koehler on Instagram Adrian Koehler on YouTube   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:   Tune into Raising the Bar Podcast and The Naked Leadership Podcast to hear more from Adrian.  Learn more about The Revenant Process and enroll for the next course!    ———————- Join me for my FREE Webinar January 13, 2023 at Noon EST - Close Your Confidence Gaps Now AND Build Your Best and Happiest Career So excited to share that I will be offering a FREE 90-minute webinar on January 13th at Noon EST all about how to Close Your Confidence Gaps Now and Build Your Best and Happiest Career.  I’ll be teaching powerful information, strategies and action steps based on years of research and coaching with thousands of professionals, and strategies from my latest book The Most Powerful You and drawing on recommendations from over 30 of the nation’s top experts whom I’ve interviewed - al about success, leadership growth, confidence, impact, personal development, communication, and more.  This is info you won’t hear elsewhere because it’s based on everything I’ve personally learned over 40 years of working, including serving as director and VP in my corporate life, to working as a marriage and family therapist, then 17 years of coaching and training over 20,000 professionals across 6 continents.    Here’s what I’ll cover in the FREE program: The two critical traits are missing today in the lives and careers of so many professionals that hold them back from success and happinessThe 7 most damaging power gaps that negatively impact 98% of professional women and 90% of menThe "antidotes" to these 7 power gaps - which I call the 7 Brave Pathways to Career BlissWe’ll also talk about how to leverage your natural talents in a deeper, easier way, and start understanding that you CAN pursue your true career passions while also having strong financial rewardHow to speak truth to power and gain the confidence, courage, self-trust and self-esteem you need to push past your inertia and fears to build a better, happier career with great meaning and reward, without the toxicity, stress and conflict you’re experiencing now. Bring your career questions to the call. I’m happy to answer them. Sign up today at kathycaprino.com/buildyourconfidence2023 Let’s make this a different kind of year where you finally shift and heal beyond where you are today, to something much happier. See you there!  ——————— ANNOUNCING THE MOST POWERFUL YOU LIVE COURSE (that starts February 1st) I’m very excited to be offering a new 8–week LIVE training course with me all about The Most Powerful You content from my book, and how you can address and close the 7 most damaging Power And Confidence Gaps that keep us from thriving in our work. The course starts Wednesday, February 1st! I’ve been delivering workshops and trainings on The Most Powerful You for over two years now in all sorts of ways for over 50 organizations (including an international division of the United Nations and other top global companies), and folks are saying it’s been truly transformative and life-changing for them. To make sure everyone can have access to this very same training, I’m thrilled to offer you a live course that includes: 8 WEEKLY LIVE Zoom Group Coaching Calls with me8 Video Training Modules (total of 16 videos – 4 hours in total)Step-by-Step Career and Confidence-Growth Training CurriculumAdditional Curated Resources for expanded learning.Private Online Facebook Support Group.AND you’ll receive lifetime access to all the training materials and a 20% discount on my private coaching and other programs. Sign up at kathycaprino.com/signup to get my weekly newsletter and look out for more info and registration enrollment for the course. Enrollment opens in early January. Remember that spots go fast, so be sure you sign up early to claim your spot. I can’t wait to work with you!   ———————- Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight  I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “Any time we aim at [an emotional] state, we’re in trouble because we can’t really get handles on our feelings. They’re like jello.” — @adekoehler [0:06:10] “I’m courageous when I don’t want to talk and I do. I’m courageous when I don’t want to ask for help and I do. I’m courageous when I don’t want to admit I’ve messed it up and I do.” — @adekoehler [0:06:40] “If I’m going to lead, fear is going to be with me. Period.” — @adekoehler [0:08:04] “Having the intuition, testing the intuition, and then taking appropriate action based on the future that I’ve committed to; that’s where the leadership happens. Leadership is a phenomenon that happens in action.” — @adekoehler [0:10:07] “Power and vitality are inseparably linked.” — @adekoehler [0:14:11]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Grief is not all darkness and oftentimes, the greatest tragedies can ignite the most positive, powerful transformations in our lives. Our guest, Kristine Carlson, knows what tragedy is. Happily married in her 40s with two young kids, she very suddenly lost the love of her life, Richard. What followed was heartache, sorrow, grief, anger, and then, later on and very surprisingly, true acceptance and joy. Through the process of grieving her husband and giving herself the space to feel emotions that she hadn’t felt in years, Kristine was awakened at a deep heart level. Today, Kristine is a bestselling author, world-renowned speaker, and leading mindfulness expert who helps other people process traumatic experiences of their own. Grief comes in many forms and there is no specific timeline for grief, but wherever you are on your journey, this episode will undoubtedly inspire you and give you the courage to truly feel what you’re experiencing in life, and the peace of knowing that what you may feel as “brokenness” at this time can truly help you heal, even what feels like the darkest parts of yourself. Here’s a comment that is at the heart of our episode today: “The circumstances of life don’t break you; they reveal who you are.” - Kristine Carlson   Key Highlights From This Episode:   Introducing today’s guest, bestselling author and world-renowned speaker, Kristine Carlson. [01:52]The transformation that Kristine went through after the sudden loss of her husband, Dr. Richard Carlson. [04:26]Kristine explains the difference between holding life and living life. [06:15]An example of one of the many people who Kristine has helped through the grieving process. [09:16]Profound lessons from Viktor Frankl’s transformational book Man’s Search for Meaning. [12:08]The spiritual philosophy that Kristine lives by. [14:48]Meaning and purpose that Kristine was able to find in the wake of Richard’s death. [15:40]Kristine shares how she processed Richard’s death. [17:10]Why Kristine and Kathy believe in signs rather than coincidences. [24:26]The choice that we all have when we go through a traumatic experience. [28:41]The importance of never judging someone else’s grief. [31:42]Examples of “messy” times in people’s lives. [32:32]A powerful quote from Kristine’s late husband. [33:21]How true acceptance can make you fall in love with your life. [34:21]   For More Information: Kristine Carlson Website Kristine Carlson on YouTube Kristine Carlson on LinkedIn Kristine Carlson on Facebook   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:   To hear Kristine’s story in greater depth, read her book, Heartbroken Open and watch the movie that the book was based on, entitled Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The Kristine Carlson Storyf. Read the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff series that Kristine co-authored with her late husband, Richard. Viktor Frankl’s internationally bestselling and groundbreaking book, Man’s Search for Meaning   ———————- ANNOUNCING THE MOST POWERFUL YOU LIVE COURSE (that starts February 1st!) I’m very excited to be offering a new 8–week LIVE training course with me all about The Most Powerful You content from my book, and how you can address and close the 7 most damaging Power And Confidence Gaps that keep us from thriving in our work. The course starts Wednesday, February 1st! I’ve been delivering workshops and trainings on The Most Powerful You for over two years now in all sorts of ways for over 50 organizations (including an international division of the United Nations and other top global companies), and folks are sharing that the training and material has been truly transformative and life-changing for them. To make sure everyone can have access to this very same training, I’m thrilled to offer you a live course that includes: 8 WEEKLY LIVE Zoom Group Coaching Calls with me8 Video Training Modules (total of 16 videos – 4 hours in total)Step-by-Step Career and Confidence-Growth Training CurriculumAdditional Curated Resources for expanded learning.Private Online Facebook Support Group.AND you’ll receive lifetime access to all the training materials and a 20% discount on my private coaching and other programs. Sign up at kathycaprino.com/signup to get my weekly newsletter and look out for more info and registration enrollment for the course. Enrollment opens in early January. Remember that spots go fast, so be sure you sign up early to claim your spot. I can’t wait to work with you!   ———————- Calling all coaches!  Do you run a coaching or consulting business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I’ve got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we’re opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you’ll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew’s program, you’ll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there’s nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!  ——————— Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz ——————— Sponsor Highlight  I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer Quotes: “[Life] is feeling everything.” — @Don’t_Sweat_  [0:07:55] “You can become better for having gone through loss, or you can become bitter.” — @Don’t_Sweat_  [0:08:15] “We have to find the reason for what happens in our lives and in that space of making meaning, everything appears to have its reason.” — @Don’t_Sweat_  [0:14:54] “Grief isn’t all darkness. There is so much beauty and light because there is so much grace.” — @Don’t_Sweat_  [0:19:12] “Sometimes being broken open means you get to be open to having greater joy.”  — @Don’t_Sweat_  [0:35:03]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Although we have made strides in advancing the professional lives of women and minorities in the last several decades, there are still key areas where companies need to improve their employment practices.  Our guest today, Jean Back, is an employment attorney with Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt and has over 25 years of experience in helping employers navigate and solve a range of complicated problems and scenarios. Her experience is broad and covers litigation as well as mediation and settlement of employment and business tort claims. She has also conducted training for managers and employees in employment compliance and is experienced in all areas of state and federal employment, wage and hour, discrimination, and leave laws. Today, you’ll hear Jean unpack the key distinctions between overt and unconscious bias and how they can come into play in a wide range of employment practices. She explains how unconscious biases show up in the hiring and layoff process and what can be done to address these biases. Jean also discusses how to cultivate a bias-free work culture and how to improve your own organization’s DEI practices today.  Even the most progressive employers (who approach hiring with the best of intentions) can have blindspots when it comes to unconscious bias. And while we all may have unconscious biases, recognizing them is the first step in the journey to change them. To learn how to avoid these stumbling blocks to a fair and equitable workforce and what you can personally do to build a workplace that works for all, don’t miss this episode.    Key Highlights From This Episode:   The distinctions between overt and unconscious bias. [03:40]Examples of how job descriptions can signal bias through their language. [06:25]How our brains use unconscious bias and prejudice to protect us. [08:17]How training can help you become more aware of your biases and address them proactively. [10:07]Why you need to seek out information on how to reprogram your unconscious biases. [13:24]Examples of words that are used in job descriptions that unconsciously invite men to apply while discouraging female applicants. [16:08]An overview of the doll test and what it teaches us about unconscious bias. [17:11]How unconscious bias can affect the layoff and hiring process and how to fix these problems in an organization. [20:57]The most important Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) elements that companies need to be focusing on. [27:57]An overview of the need for pay equity laws and how to conduct a pay equity analysis within your company. [29:39]   For More Information: Jean Back Schwabe Jean Back on LinkedIn Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:   For more information on this topic, read Jean Back’s piece on Avoiding Discrimination Claims as the Result of a Reduction in Force Read Kathy’s Forbes interview with Jean Black How To Eliminate Gender Bias In Your Hiring And Employment Practices Today Learn more about the Doll Test and its devastating effects Brown v. Board: The Doll Test Search for articles on unconscious bias at Harvard Law Review and The Business Journals   ANNOUNCING THE MOST POWERFUL YOU LIVE COURSE (that starts February 1st) I’m very excited to be offering a new 8–week LIVE training course with me all about The Most Powerful You content from my book, and how you can address and close the 7 most damaging Power And Confidence Gaps that keep us from thriving in our work. The course starts Wednesday, February 1st! I’ve been delivering workshops and trainings on The Most Powerful You for over two years now in all sorts of ways for over 50 organizations (including an international division of the United Nations and other top global companies), and folks are saying it’s been truly transformative and life-changing for them. To make sure everyone can have access to this very same training, I’m thrilled to offer you a live course that includes: 8 WEEKLY LIVE Zoom Group Coaching Calls with me8 Video Training Modules (total of 16 videos – 4 hours in total)Step-by-Step Career and Confidence-Growth Training CurriculumAdditional Curated Resources for expanded learning.Private Online Facebook Support Group.AND you’ll receive lifetime access to all the training materials and a 20% discount on my private coaching and other programs. Sign up at kathycaprino.com/signup to get my weekly newsletter and look out for more info and registration enrollment for the course. Enrollment opens in early January. Remember that spots go fast, so be sure you sign up early to claim your spot. I can’t wait to work with you!   ———————- Calling all coaches!  Do you run a coaching or consulting business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I’ve got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we’re opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you’ll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew’s program, you’ll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there’s nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!   ——————— Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here.   If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight  I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “If you think ahead, you can use your conscious brain to make the decisions. And then question yourself when you're making a decision. Ask yourself ‘Am I using my conscious brain to make this decision?’ or is this decision being influenced by my unconscious brain?” — Jean Black [0:13:09] “It's not my job to teach you this. [You] need to go out and learn this yourself. There are lots of good books, [and] lots of good articles. But you need to make this a priority.” — Jean Black [0:15:14] “One thing that I am speaking to HR folks about these days, is that unconscious bias starts at the hiring stage and the performance review stage. And that can ultimately affect the layoff process.” — Jean Black [0:20:58] “It's a matter of looking at similarly situated people and determining whether they were treated the same, or differently. And if they were treated differently, then why were they treated differently?” — Jean Black [0:27:30] “You have to post what the salary range is going to be for that job. The reason for that is if you don't do that, it enables people to come in and negotiate for their salary. And studies have shown that men are better advocates for themselves. ” — Jean Black [0:30:04] “The world is changing. It's really hard for some people to change these deep-seated belief systems. What I'm trying to say is you don't have to change what you believe. You can remain true to yourself and your beliefs, but allow others to have their beliefs.” — Jean Black [0:35:01] Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

The festive season is upon us! And while this time of year is traditionally dedicated to friends, family, and celebrations, it is often accompanied by stress and looming deadlines. It is also the time of year when many of us feel the very real effects of burnout, especially after laboring under consistently high levels of stress for most of the year. Today on the solo podcast episode, I take a closer look at the prevalence of burnout in modern culture today. I break down the reasons why I believe burnout to be an epidemic today (and research supports that belief) and offer advice on what can be done to address and prevent it. In my recent Forbes article Why Burnout Is An Epidemic and 3 Powerful Ways to Address it, I outline my observations and provide strategies and tips for shifting our behaviors and habits in ways that pave the way for reduced stress and burnout, and allow for more self-care, and emotional and physical restoration. Listeners who wish to do further exploration on this topic and learn more about how to “find brave” every day to build a happier, more rewarding and fulfilling life and career on your own authentic terms, can find helpful support in my latest book, The Most Powerful You. Today, you’ll hear a breakdown of how a confluence of unprecedented factors — such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise in remote work — have contributed to new highs in burnout rates. I unpack some key psychological concepts that important to understand, including perfectionistic over-functioning and its effects, and I explain how these habits affect our loved ones and contribute significantly to burnout. I also discuss how we can learn to identify what is within our control (and what isn’t) and begin to shift our habits and address burnout head on, in our own daily lives.   It may seem that there is simply too much outside of our control to enact meaningful change within our lives. But by making small tweaks to your mindset and introducing calming, self-restoring and balancing rituals, you can learn to identify small changes that make a big difference. To learn more about this important subject and how to create real and lasting positive change, don’t miss this episode, especially now, as we embark on a new holiday season.    Key Highlights From This Episode:  Kathy’s definition of burnout and the symptoms that can arise as a result. [03:15]Why we are experiencing an epidemic of burnout. [04:03]The concept of perfectionistic over-functioning and how it is affecting women. [06:13]How to gain greater awareness so you can make greater choices. [08:21]Understanding the changes that have happened in your life to lead you to experience burnout. [10:21]How to determine which stressors are in your control, and which are not. [11:53]What you can do to address the stressors that are in your control. [13:51]How therapeutic support can help if you are feeling depressed or burnt out. [17:18]How to value yourself and your well-being 10% more. [22:40]Why we aren’t doomed to a condition of burnout. [26:07]   For More Information:  Kathy Caprino Kathy Caprino on LinkedIn Kathy Caprino on YouTube Kathy Caprino on Instagram Kathy Caprino on Twitter   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:  Get your copy of Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You Check out Kathy’s Forbes article, Why Burnout Is An Epidemic and 3 Powerful Ways to Address it Access the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, aamft.org For a helpful locator of a marriage and family therapist in your area, visit the AAMFT therapist locator Get smarter in just five minutes with the Uptime app! Learn how your relationship with parents who were narcissists could be contributing to your Perfectionistic Over-Functioning. Read the helpful book, Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers KEY RESOURCES FOR CAREER AND LEADERSHIP GROWTH The Most Powerful You, Now in Paperback and on Uptime! My book The Most Powerful You (which is being translated into Arabic, Chinese and Polish) has now been published in paperback! And it’s being featured in Uptime, an app that offers 5-minute summaries (or “hacks” as they call them) with key insights and powerful action steps from the world’s best books. To check out the Uptime app on your phone, use the link bit.ly/uptimeMostPowerfulYou.   Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level? Take Kathy’s training and Become The Most Powerful You! In reading a great deal about leadership today, and interviewing top leadership experts, I’m recognizing a disappointing trend - that the general concept and understanding of leadership has become so vague and watered down that most of it isn’t helpful at all, and it’s not suited to a majority of women who want to lead differently. The Most Powerful You training goes deeper. It helps you recognize and understand more about yourself as a person and the leader you want to be, then take empowering, transformative actions to operate in your role in a way that takes your leadership and your career higher, making the impact you dream to. If you truly want to help your team, staff and organization become “The Most Powerful We,” this is the right training for you.  Take this course individually or bring it to your workforce and teams today! Click here for more information. And stay tuned in January for news of the open enrollment of Kathy’s new LIVE 8-week training/coaching course on how to close the 7 power gaps and thrive at the highest level in your career and professional life!  ———————- Calling all coaches!  Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I’ve got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we’re opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you’ll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew’s program, you’ll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there’s nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!   ——————— Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes:  “The deal is you cannot change or address that which you're not aware of.” — @kathycaprino [0:08:36] “What makes you most stressed, worried, and anxious? If you woke up tomorrow, and you weren't stressed and anxious, how would you know?” — @kathycaprino [0:10:08] “There are a lot of (negative) words that are thrown around about people who seek therapy, but they're mistaken. You need to be strong to admit you need help. That's strong. That's brave. That's not weak.” — @kathycaprino [0:18:19] “If you don't have 10% more to give to yourself, you are stuck in a cycle of over-functioning and being a martyr.” — @kathycaprino [0:24:57] “We're not doomed to a condition of burnout.” — @kathycaprino [0:26:07] “It's probably more than just a tiny tweak. It's a consistent change. It's a consistent change in your mindset. It's a consistent change in how you feel about yourself and how you love yourself and how you accept yourself and validate yourself and honor yourself.” — @kathycaprino [0:26:58] Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget—you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Are you feeling frustrated because you’ve been passed over for another big promotion? Do you want to develop the skills you need to excel in senior leadership positions? Well, you’re in luck! Alex D. Tremble literally wrote the book on Reaching Senior Leadership, and he’s here today to share 10 essential growth strategies to help you rise to the top. Alex is an award-winning speaker, author, executive, and leadership expert who advises some of the nation’s most senior leaders on how to shape their company’s culture to attract, retain, and develop highly effective leaders. He is also the host of The Executive Appeal Podcast, which is focused on providing ambitious leaders with the leadership and career advancement skills required to excel.  Today, you’ll find out why mentorship, strategic relationships, and political savvy are oftentimes more important than hard work and you’ll learn how you can invest your time and energy into leveraging your strengths. Alex also reflects on workplace tokenism and the effectiveness of today’s corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and he shares valuable insights on exactly how diversity can be expanded in senior leadership ranks and how those individuals in underrepresented groups can attain the leadership roles and impact they have earned and deserve.  For all this and more, don’t miss today’s conversation!   Highlights From This Episode:  Why Alex believes that it takes a whole lot more than hard work to get you to the top. [03:31]How to be politically savvy, influence people effectively, and stay true to yourself. [08:21]Workplace tokenism and why it’s important to create diverse mentorship programs. [14:28]The essential role of strategic relationship building and networking for your success. [17:53]Reality check: prioritizing people isn’t bad and healthy relationships are transactional! [19:35]Top three essential growth strategies, starting with the value of investing in yourself. [26:54]A mindset shift to embrace power and money as tools to enable you to do good. [33:44]Where you can find more eye-opening leadership development tips from Alex. [35:22]   For More Information: Alex Tremble Alex Tremble on LinkedIn Alex Tremble on YouTube  Alex Tremble on Instagram Alex Tremble on Twitter   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Get your copy of Alex’s book, Reaching Senior Leadership: 10 Growth Strategies Every Government Leader Should Know Get more powerful, confident and impactful in just five minutes with Kathy’s book the 5-minute “hack” of Kathy’s book The Most Powerfl You on the Uptime app!   Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level? Become The Most Powerful You! In reading a great deal about leadership today, and interviewing top leadership experts, I’m recognizing a disappointing trend—that the general concept and understanding of leadership has become so vague and watered down that most of it isn’t helpful at all, and it’s not suited to a majority of women who want to lead differently. The Most Powerful You training goes deeper. It helps you recognize and understand more about yourself as a person and the leader you want to be, then take empowering, transformative actions to operate in your role in a way that takes your leadership and your career higher, making the impact you dream to make. If you truly want to help your team, staff and organization become “The Most Powerful We,” this is the right training for you.   Take this course individually or bring it to your workforce and teams today! Click here for more information.   And stay tuned for the opening of the enrollment for the 8-week LIVE Most Powerful You course with Kathy! Enrollment opens in January! ———————   Calling all coaches!  Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I’ve got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we’re opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know. And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you’ll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew’s program, you’ll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there’s nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level. For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details. Join me this Winter!   ———————   MORE RESOURCES FROM KATHY:Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today!   In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.   Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ———————   Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “What are those key leadership qualities, key leadership behaviors, things that you’ve got to know to differentiate yourself from the rest of the group, from the rest of the pack? Because if you’re not remembered, you’re not selected!” — @AlexDTremble [0:06:21] “That’s what political savvy is: it’s really understanding how, what, when, where, and who to communicate with.” — @AlexDTremble [0:11:51] “You can’t be a leader unless you know how to build relationships, especially strategic relationships; that is intentional relationships with individuals who can help you reach your goal.” — @AlexDTremble [0:18:18] “Society pushes us to think that everyone has to be the same. That’s just not the reality. We only have so much time, only [so many] resources [and] energy to feed into these relationships. You need to know who you’re putting your time into.” — @AlexDTremble [0:25:50] “You have to be willing to invest in yourself. Yes, absolutely take advantage of any training opportunities your company is providing to you if they’re willing to support [this] or pay for that or whatever it may be—but you’ve got to pay for yourself sometimes.” — @AlexDTremble [0:28:32] “Yes, there are bad actors in this world, absolutely, and they do learn these skills too. But you know how you fight against that? By you learning these skills and you getting into those positions of influence and those positions of power.” — @AlexDTremble [0:34:53]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget—you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

If you are feeling overwhelmed by marketing trends and the current social media landscape, then today’s episode is for you. Our guest, Andrew Gottlieb, is an expert in digital marketing and joins us to share his insights on essential marketing trends, along with what small businesses need to know and how best to capitalize on current trends in social media. Andrew has a host of credits to his name, not the least of which is being the Founder & CEO at No Typical Moments, a highly specialized digital marketing agency that serves purpose-driven businesses with a focus on having a positive social impact. He is also the co-author of The Two-Week Notice and has an extensive list of testimonials praising his many years of client work.   In our conversation, Andrew breaks down the key concepts in social media and digital marketing that small businesses need to understand. He offers a roadmap on how to navigate various subjects, from the tracking issues caused by the Apple iOS14 update to how businesses should respond to the rise of TikTok. He also explains why you shouldn’t commit to a single social platform, the best tools for taking control of your tracking, and why going the extra mile for your client is a fantastic way to define your brand. While social media has given small business owners more advertising power than ever before, it has also required an entirely new skill set that constantly needs to be updated. Andrew has gained a wealth of knowledge from his years of experience and offers listeners a host of key insights and valuable tools that can help them thrive in the next phase of their marketing journey. If you’re tired of feeling overwhelmed by digital marketing and social media, then you won’t want to miss this informative and insightful conversation on all things digital marketing and social media.   Key Highlights From This Episode:   Andrew unpacks the pitfalls of being committed to one social media platform. [05:05] The unique opportunity that businesses, entrepreneurs, and creators currently have to build a following on TikTok. [11:27]Andrew’s advice on how to determine whether you should use your resources to be on TikTok as a small business or entrepreneur with limited resources. [14:14]What to do if you’re experiencing FOMO from not posting on TikTok. [15:13]Examples of the demographics of social media platforms and how they shift over time. [15:46]A breakdown of how to study TikTok to help you position your brand. [18:51]Andrew’s recommendations on which tools to use to figure out your tracking if you are marketing on platforms like Facebook. [21:06]How to distinguish between your brand, marketing, and sales. [25:44]The importance of reputation and how to build a strong brand by showing up for your customers. [27:44]Andrew’s advice to small business owners who want to become more aligned with the people they want to help. [33:34]   For More Information:  Andrew Gottlieb Andrew Gottlieb Email Andrew Gottlieb on LinkedIn Andrew Gottlieb on Instagram Andrew Gottlieb on Facebook No Typical Moments The School for Humanity   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:  Be sure to check out Andrew’s book The Two-Week Notice Use Google Analytics to measure and track your advertising ROI Discover how advanced software like Wicked Reports can help you uncover critical data insights for all of your paid marketing activities Implement Facebook’s Conversion API (CAPI) to gain fresh insight into your analytics Start your 10-hour learning journey in understanding marketing and branding with The Digital Marketer and Gary Vaynerchuck on YouTube   Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level? Become The Most Powerful You! In reading a great deal about leadership today, and interviewing top leadership experts, I’m recognizing a disappointing trend - that the general concept and understanding of leadership has become so vague and watered down that most of it isn’t helpful at all, and it’s not suited to a majority of women who want to lead differently. The Most Powerful You training goes deeper. It helps you recognize and understand more about yourself as a person and the leader you want to be, then take empowering, transformative actions to operate in your role in a way that takes your leadership and your career higher, making the impact you dream to. If you truly want to help your team, staff and organization become “The Most Powerful We,” this is the right training for you.  Take this course individually or bring it to your workforce and teams today! Click here for more information.   ———————- Calling all coaches!  Do you run a coaching business that focuses on supporting professional women? If so, I’ve got some exciting news about supporting your coaching growth, success, and impact. Right now, we’re opening the enrollment of my private (1:1) coaching training program called The Amazing Career Coach Certification, which is a 17-week, hands-on training program that certifies female coaches in my proprietary 16-step career growth model, which is perfect for coaches who want a deeper dive into learning powerful, proven coaching frameworks, concepts, and skills that teach the 16 most essential steps to building an amazing career that your clients need to know.  And this training will help you become far more effective and impactful in supporting women to thrive today in their jobs, roles, and careers. And through the program, you’ll get access to a powerful Small Business Acceleration program called The Rapid Growth Academy, delivered by my friend and colleague, award-winning business growth expert Matthew Pollard. Through Matthew’s program, you’ll be taught critical business and sales growth info that will help you grow your business success in the quickest way possible. In my view, there’s nothing on the market like for both new and more seasoned coaches because it targets the two critical aspects of success: how you support your clients to thrive, and just as importantly, how to grow your own business to the next level.  For more information, visit certification.amazingcareerproject.com and check out the details.  Join me this Winter!    _______________ Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today, new in paperback! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes:  “For the first time ever, Facebook had a decrease in users to their platform. And there's new platforms that are emerging, like TikTok that are just more fun to be on. So you just shouldn't be married to one platform being the be-all and end-all for the next 40 years.” — Andrew Gottlieb [0:07:46] “What's happening on TikTok right now is exactly what happened to you (Kathy) on LinkedIn in 2014. It's really a supply and demand equation that's going. There's not enough content creators on the app right now. But the number of users who are downloading TikTok is just skyrocketing.” — Andrew Gottlieb [0:11:34] “You have a unique moment in time to capitalize on building a follower base on TikTok right now.” — Andrew Gottlieb [0:11:59] “Rein in your FOMO. And just be aware that eventually over time, Tik Tok is going to have an older demographic.” — Andrew Gottlieb [0:15:46] “I think when you have a good reputation, you have good branding, and good marketing that's getting your business out there in a really genuine and authentic manner, it allows the business to come to you versus you having to be on the hunt, going door to door.” — Andrew Gottlieb [0:29:30]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

So many “successful” working professionals have followed the traditional path, yet ultimately find themselves deeply unfulfilled in their jobs. Our guest today was one such example. With his good grades at school, Steve Oehley went on to graduate from college to pursue a well-respected job as a veterinarian, only to find it brought him no joy. He has since embarked on an inspiring journey of self-awareness, founding Escape the nine to five, a podcast and coaching program designed for college-educated professionals looking to discover a career path that truly resonates with them. Given his background in veterinary medicine, Steve’s passion lies in sharing his life-changing framework with other professionals in the field. In this episode, Steve fills us in on the darker side of the veterinary profession and what can make it a stressful occupation for some. We learn about Steve’s background; what led him to the veterinary world and what moved him to pursue a new direction, as well as the inspiration for and evolution of ‘Escape the Nine to Five’ work. Steve has a very unique perspective with so many wonderful insights on what it means to escape the nine to five and how you, too, can find a more meaningful and rewarding professional direction. Simply pivoting without taking time to truly understand yourself can set you back, which is why Steve advocates for identifying your strengths within your own industry and moving forward from there. He shares advice for those looking to change careers, particularly those who feel stuck in current role and field. If these feelings of professional entrapment resonate with you, listen in to find out key steps to begin to explore shifting your career in a more productive and meaningful way.   Key Highlights From This Episode: Why Steve decided to narrow his target audience to medical professionals and veterinarians. [04:17]The dark side of the veterinary profession and what led Steve to pursue a new direction. [06:24]Steve’s background and career journey, and advice for those looking to change careers.[10:02]The inspiration behind Escape the Nine to Five, and what it means to do so. [14:59]Steve’s journey to self-awareness, and what he learned about himsel in the process. [19:00]The danger of pivoting without self-awareness. [22:29]The critical importance of living a full life outside of your profession. [25:51]How to free up time by evaluating your spending habits. [27:59]Steve’s advice for those who feel stuck in their current 9-5 role. [30:15]A summary of Steve’s framework for change. [35:32]   For More Information: Steve Oehley on LinkedIn Steve Oehley on Twitter Steve Oehley on Instagram Email Steve Oehley Escape the nine to five Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level? Become The Most Powerful You! In reading a great deal about leadership today, and interviewing top leadership experts, I’m recognizing a disappointing trend - that the general concept and understanding of leadership has become so vague and watered down that much of it isn’t helpful at all, and it’s not suited to a majority of women who want to lead differently and more authentically to their own approach, style, and values. The Most Powerful You video training program goes deeper, and helps you recognize and understand more about yourself as a person and the leader you want to be, then take empowering, transformative actions to operate in your role and leadership in a new way that takes your performance and impact higher, making the difference you dream of, doing work that matters deeply to you. If you truly want to help your team, staff and organization become “The Most Powerful We,” this is the right training for you.  Take this course individually or bring it to your workforce and teams today! Click here for more information.   ———————- Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today, now in paperback! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.   Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer Quotes:  “The reality is with any business you’re in … is that you really do need to niche down and find your target audience.” — @steveoehley [0:04:17] “The first thing I would say for anyone looking to change career is, before you go and look at what other jobs are out there [and] what things you might be best suited to, you really need to emotionally understand yourself.” — @steveoehley [0:13:14] “If you identify your strengths within your own industry, you can then potentially get quite a respectable job that pays relatively well and is heading you in the right direction towards what you might ideally be your dream job in five or ten years’ time.” — @steveoehley [0:24:13] “Reducing the amount that you’re spending might enable you to go from your 40-hour five-day-a-week job to maybe a four-day-a-week job.” — @steveoehley [0:29:06] “The only person that really cares about your career is yourself.” — @steveoehley [0:32:14] “The things people regret the most in their life are not the things that they do do, but the things they don’t do.” — @steveoehley [0:34:34]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

From cubicles to open floor plans, from conference rooms to Slack channels and Zoom calls, the workplace has changed a great deal over the years. There is one thing that never changes, however. You’ll always have to deal at some point with workplace jerks who can wreak havoc in your professional life, career and role. Joining us today is Tessa West, a Professor of Psychology at New York University, where she is a leading expert on interpersonal interaction and communication.  Tessa has published over 60 articles in the field of psychology's most prestigious journals, and has received multiple grants, including from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. She is the recipient of the Theoretical Innovation Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and writes regularly about her research in The Wall Street Journal. Tessa is also the author of the book, Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them. Today, we take a closer look at the seven types of jerks that she describes and dive into her definitive guide for dealing with (and ultimately breaking free from) the overbearing bosses, irritating coworkers, and all-around difficult people who can make your work-life miserable. To learn how to spot a jerk and also how to ask for the right kind of feedback you need to prevent you from becoming a jerk yourself, plus helpful strategies for dealing with workplace jerks, tips for finding great allies, and so much more, don’t miss this episode.    Key Highlights From This Episode: How Tessa landed on this topic and what compelled her to write about it [02:55]Cultural norms that steer us away from conflict and why we need to learn to face it [04:46]The seven types of jerks and how to identify them [11:25]What these jerks might have experienced in childhood that drives their behavior today [17:10]The fascinating origins of the term ‘gaslighting’ and how it relates to narcissism [29:32]Proven strategies for handling each type of jerk [30:32]Tips for reframing your work relationships and finding trusted allies [32:30]Encouragement and advice for dealing with jerks and toxic coworkers [36:35]How to recognize if you're the jerk at work [37:44]   For More Information: Tessa West Tessa West at NYU Connect with Tessa on LinkedIn and Twitter Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Tessa’s book, Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them, on Amazon and Audible. Take Tessa’s free tests to find out “Am I a Jerk at Work?”, “Am I an Effective Ally?”, or submit your workplace problem for direct feedback Kathy’s viral article, ‘6 Toxic Behaviors That Push People Away: How To Recognize Them In Yourself and Change Them’. ——————— Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level? Gain the confidence and strength you’re ready for, and become The Most Powerful You! In reading a great deal about leadership today, and interviewing top leadership experts, I’m recognizing a disappointing trend - that the general concept and understanding of leadership has become so vague and watered down that most of it isn’t helpful at all, and it’s not suited to a majority of women and men who want to lead differently. My Most Powerful You training goes deeper. It helps you recognize and understand more clearly key aspects about yourself – as a leader, communicator, manager and uplifter of others. And it guides you to take empowering, transformative actions to operate in your role and career in a way that takes your leadership and your career higher, making the impact you dream to. If you truly want to grow your leadership and influence, help your teams thrive, and build an organization where all can say they are “The Most Powerful We” together, this is the right training for you.  Take this course individually or bring it to your workforce and teams today! Visit The Most Powerful You training HERE. ——————— JOIN KATHY IN HER AMAZING CAREER PROJECT 16-WEEK ONLINE COURSE, STARTING OCTOBER 6TH AND BUILD A HAPPIER CAREER THIS YEAR! ('m thrilled to share that the enrollment window for the Fall session of my 16-week Amazing Career Project course is open now! Learn more and register here: Amazing Career Project This Fall session – which starts October 6th – teaches professional women and men how to take the 16 most essential steps to building a rewarding, joyful, and successful career in the fastest, most direct way possible.   Through the four months of the course, you’ll get: 16 jammed-packed instructional videos on the 16 essential steps for building a successful and rewarding career16 weekly live group coaching calls with me 16 tailored homework assignments that move you forward fastAn amazing online support network of members to help youMy own hand-picked collection of premier resources for additional helpPLUS: Great lifetime discounts to my private coaching programs and eventsAnd so much more!  Check out amazingcareerproject.com today for some fantastic bonuses and savings. Truly, this is a powerful investment in you and your career and there is nothing to lose and so much to gain.  I’d love to work with you this Fall!   ——————— Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here.   If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! Other resources:Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, 'Time To Brave Up' & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today!   Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer ——————— Quotes: “We don’t learn this stuff. We don’t learn how to detect jerks early. We don’t learn how to have conflict early. A lot of these problems stew. Eventually, we maybe get fed up [or] we turn to coping mechanisms that don’t work.” — @TessaWestNYU [0:03:45] “You imagine conflict more than you actually [encounter] it. That perception is what leads us to avoid these situations.” — @TessaWestNYU [0:08:29] “We know that adult attachment styles don’t just affect your personal relationships; they affect your workplace ones as well.” — @TessaWestNYU [0:17:33] “Gaslighters cause the most long-term damage out of all these types [of jerks]. The psychological warfare they engage in is just next level!” — @TessaWestNYU [0:27:24] “This stuff is hard. If anyone comes to you and says, ‘There’s a quick fix. If you just did X, Y, and Z, these problems would go away,’ don’t believe them!” — @TessaWestNYU [0:36:47] “It’s all about the small behavioral changes. Little things accumulate. Don’t try to hit [the problem] with a hammer. Just go slow and steady. That wins the race here.” — @TessaWestNYU [0:37:25]   Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube here! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Believe it or not, everyone has a personal brand, whether you’ve taken the time to plan one or not. Today, you’ll hear from Dr. Cindy McGovern, the author of a new book on personal branding titled Sell Yourself: How to Create, Live and Sell a Powerful Personal Brand. Cindy is also the Founder of Orange Leaf Consulting, a sales and management consulting firm, and the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller, Every Job Is a Sales Job: How to Use the Art of Selling to Win at Work. Known as the First Lady of Sales, Cindy speaks about personal branding, sales, and leadership topics all over the world. In this episode, we dive into creating your legacy through your personal brand, what it takes to thoughtfully and intentionally craft an authentic personal brand and live it, and why Cindy believes that learning to sell like a sales professional will make you more successful at selling your most important product–you. This episode illustrates the importance of understanding how your personal brand impacts those around you and why selling yourself needn’t feel ‘icky’ or uncomfortable. Plus it’s jam-packed with useful tips and practical advice for focusing on your impact– the outcomes you’re uniquely able to generate, using the perceptions of others about you and your work to your advantage, being very intentional about the words you choose to describe yourself, and so much more. Tune in now to learn how to build your personal brand and leverage it for greater impact today.   Highlights From This Episode: What Cindy means when she says that simply identifying your personal brand will not make that brand powerful or effective. [05:57]Common mistakes you might be making with your own personal brand. [07:12]Selling yourself as a sales job and why sales needn’t be manipulative, uncomfortable, or dishonest. [07:45]The value of asking the right questions to uncover what you can offer, uniquely and powerfully. [12:44]Why so many corporate professionals struggle to define their personal brands. [14:11]How to thoughtfully create an authentic brand and then live it, day in and day out. [17:35]Tips for testing your brand by soliciting valuable and candid feedback. [20:00]Using prejudice to your advantage by elevating different facets of your brand. [22:18]Carefully examining the words you use to describe yourself and the impact they have. [27:47]The importance of activating your network in order to create a lasting legacy. [31:54]   For More Information: Dr. Cindy McGovern Dr. Cindy McGovern on LinkedIn Dr. Cindy McGovern on Twitter Dr. Cindy McGovern on Instagram Dr. Cindy McGovern on Facebook Dr. Cindy McGovern on YouTube Orange Leaf Consulting Orange Leaf Academy   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Pre-order Cindy’s latest book, Sell Yourself: How to Create, Live and Sell a Powerful Personal Brand Get your copy of Cindy’s Wall Street Journal bestseller, Every Job Is a Sales Job: How to Use the Art of Selling to Win at Work Read Cindy’s blog post on why many corporate professionals struggle to create their personal brands   JOIN KATHY IN HER AMAZING CAREER PROJECT 16-WEEK ONLINE COURSE, STARTING OCTOBER 6TH AND BUILD A HAPPIER CAREER THIS YEAR!(Register by September 24 to save $500 and get 6 great bonuses)! I'm thrilled to share that the enrollment window for the Fall session of my 16-week Amazing Career Project course is open now! Learn more and register here: Amazing Career Project(Only 30 spots are available!)This Fall session -- which starts October 6th – teaches professional women how to take the 16 most essential steps to building a rewarding, joyful and successful career in the fastest, most direct way possible.   Through the four months of the course, you’ll get: - 16 jammed-packed instructional videos on the 16 essential steps for building a rewarding, successful and rewarding career - 16 weekly live group coaching calls with me   - 16 tailored homework assignments that move you forward fast - An amazing online support network of members to help you - My own hand-picked collection of premier resources for additional help - PLUS: Great lifetime discounts to my private coaching programs and eventsAnd so much more!    Check out amazingcareerproject.com today for some fantastic bonuses and savings for early birds. The enrollment window closes October 1st. Truly, this is a powerful investment in you and your career and there is nothing to lose and so much to gain.  I’d love to work with you this Fall!    ——————— Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course, The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz ——————— Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “It’s more than having a brand and saying, ‘I want to be known as these words.’ It’s how you exemplify those words through your actions, [how you] create and craft your legacy, and — more importantly — how it impacts those around you. Without the impact, you don’t have a legacy.” — @1stladyofsales [0:06:36] “I don’t actually sell someone on something. I invite them to buy.” — @1stladyofsales [0:10:41] “You are not the company brand. You are not what is in your email signature line. You are whatever [impact] you are making on those around you.” — @1stladyofsales [0:15:15] “I’m going to walk into this room, and they are going to underestimate me. How am I going to use that to my advantage? How am I going to elevate the facets of my brand to show them, sell them on the fact that I can do this?” — @1stladyofsales [0:22:52] “If I don’t have a story to tell about you, you don’t actually have a legacy.” — @1stladyofsales [0:30:03] “It’s the way you show up, the way you consistently keep the message going. You’re truly being your authentic self, but you are activating your network to want to help you sell. That’s how you actually create a legacy.” — @1stladyofsales [0:32:31] Watch our Finding Brave episodes on YouTube!Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts! “Instead of working and giving my life and my family the breadcrumbs of time, why don’t I turn it over? My family, my time, whatever it is that is important to you. It could be work or whatever you actually love. If you do that, here’s what happens: you think you won’t have time to do the things that actually have to get done to work and get paid. Not true. You actually [get more] creative in getting those things done in less time.” — Richie Norton Are you looking to find your motivation, prioritize your ideals, and create a flexible work-life lifestyle that allows you to enjoy expansive freedom? Today’s Finding Brave guest believes that you can do all of the above, no matter how busy or successful you are, using what he calls Anti-Time Management! Today, you’ll learn about the power of Time Tipping from award-winning author and serial entrepreneur, Richie Norton. As an executive coach to CEOs, Richie has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc., Entrepreneur, and the Huffington Post. Pacific Business News recognized Richie as one of the Top Forty Under 40 ‘Best and Brightest Young Businessmen’ in Hawaii, and he is considered one of the world’s leading thinkers and is included in Marshall Goldsmith’s Top 100 coaches community. He is also the CEO and Cofounder of PROUDUCT, an INC. 5000 company and a global entrepreneurship solution that helps businesses go from idea to market with full-service sourcing, product strategy, and end-to-end supply chain, and the author of several books, including Anti-Time Management, The Power of Starting Something Stupid, and Résumés Are Dead and What to Do About It.  Richie and I go back nine years to when I wrote about his second great book, The Power of Starting Something Stupid, for my Forbes blog in 2013. In today’s episode, he shares some of the valuable frameworks from his latest book, Anti-Time Management, and how you can implement them to stop managing your time and start prioritizing your attention. For poignant and practical advice from someone who has learned the value of living in a way that helps him lean into his fears, make a difference, and live without regret (and wants to help you do the same), make sure not to miss this powerful conversation with Richie Norton!   Key Points From This Episode: Insight into why Richie decided to write this book and why now. [06:46]Work for meaning, not money: what to do when the success you’ve had no longer works for you. [08:54]How you can use Time Tipping to learn to value your time, not time your values. [14:29]Overcome fears about money by rethinking how you get paid, not how much. [17:10]A look at how you can benefit if you stop managing time and start prioritizing attention. [19:20]Employing the concept of ‘project stacking’ to align your attention with your goals. [24:39]An understanding of Richie’s prolifics, practices, purposes, and payments framework. [29:17]Why Richie believes that, in some cases, a full calendar equals an empty life. [35:34]   For More Information: Richie Norton PROUDUCT Richie Norton Email Richie Norton on LinkedIn Richie Norton on Twitter Richie Norton on Instagram Richie Norton on Facebook Anti-Time Management The Power of Starting Something Stupid Résumés Are Dead and What to Do About It.   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:  Get Richie’s FREE Anti-Time Management Toolkit! The three times that Kathy featured Richie in Forbes: ‘Longing to Start Something Stupid? How Pursuing 'Stupid' Will Transform Your Life’ 'How Stephen Covey Changed The Life Of One Young Entrepreneur Through A Single Powerful Phrase’ ‘Forget Time Management: Use Anti-Time Management To Get To Your Real Goals’   ———————   Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level? Become The Most Powerful You! In reading a great deal about leadership today, and interviewing top leadership experts, I’m recognizing a disappointing trend - that the general concept and understanding of leadership has become so vague and watered down that most of it isn’t helpful at all, and it’s not suited to a majority of women who want to lead differently. The Most Powerful You training goes deeper. It helps you recognize and understand more about yourself as a person and the leader you want to be, then take empowering, transformative actions to operate in your role in a way that takes your leadership and your career higher, making the impact you dream to. If you truly want to help your team, staff and organization become “The Most Powerful We,” this is the right training for you.  Take this course individually or bring it to your workforce and teams today! Click here for more information.   ———————   Order Kathy’s book, The Most Powerful You, today! In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon! And check out Kathy’s digital companion course The Most Powerful You, to help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps in the most effective way possible.  Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Kathy’s TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   ———————   Sponsor Highlight I'm thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today! Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Quotes: “Value your time, don’t time your values.” — @richienorton [0:14:29] “It’s not how much you’re paid. It’s how you work. Change how you’re paid, change your life.” — @richienorton [0:18:39] “Time management means they control your time. [Anti-Time Management means] you control your time. Time management: they tell you what to do. Anti-Time Management: you decide what you want to do. Time management: they take up space. Anti-Time Management: you create space.” — @richienorton [0:21:11] “It’s not what you’re doing. What you do can be anything. How you operate changes how much time, freedom, autonomy, and flexibility [you have].” — @richienorton [0:26:40] “Aligning payment with purpose changes the way you work and helps you become more successful.” — @richienorton [0:35:10] “When you practice Anti-Time Management and Time Tipping, you create space so that, when things happen—even things that are unexpected, good opportunities and the ones you need to figure out—you actually have room to do something about it without just reacting.” — @richienorton [0:37:05]   Watch the video of this episode! Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts! “Now that I’m older, I truly think about it differently. Every single rejection you get, I have learned, if you listen and observe carefully without all the defensiveness and the ego getting hysterical, it can unlock amazing doors for you.” - Kathy Caprino  Rejection, both from others and from inner selves, is a common issue faced by the many thousands of women I have heard from and worked with. This is why in this episode of Finding Brave, I talk about the different aspects of rejection and how we can handle it in a new way - one that fuels and expands our success instead of crushing it.  How you handle and feel about rejection will directly determine the degree to which you can experience growth, fulfillment and excitement on the journey to your goals. Some time ago, I posted an image with a quote about rejection on LinkedIn, and it resonated with many folks, with over 55,000 views and 1,100 likes in just a few days.   It may be hard to believe sometimes, but rejection can and will lead to amazing success if you approach it the right way. Today I share my own personal, and often painful, experiences around being rejected, and I share 5 positive lessons rejection can offer that can fuel your success, rather than demoralize you and set you back.  As always I would love to hear how this episode resonates with you, and I’d love to hear how you’ve overcome rejection in ways that opened door to more thrilling opportunities that you’re grateful for. Please reach out to me by email, or on social media via LinkedIn, or on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest to say hello and share your ideas!   Highlights from this Episode: The ways I reacted to rejection when I was younger versus how I think about it today [6:07]How rejection can lead to making valuable changes to your idea, project or product [9:17]Why the timing, and actually being ready for success, matters so much [14:36]The reason I’m such a fan of research regarding new products and programs but why your friends shouldn’t be the ones you turn to for it [16:47]The way to approach feedback so that you’re not limiting your own success unintentionally [18:57]How you can begin to recognize how amazing you are and why this is necessary to live the best life you can [21:42]What to identify in order to share a more authentic self [24:28]How to know when “perfectionistic overfunctioning” is holding you back [30:02]   Resources Mentioned:  Kathy’s Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Close Your Power Gaps private coaching program Kathy’s article – 3 Key Steps to Moving from Self-Rejection Toward Self-Love Kathy’s TEDx Talk “Time to Brave Up” Kathy video and post: What Is Feminism and Why Do So Many Men and Women Hate It Kathy’s Forbes post: How Being Raised by a Narcissist Affects Your Self-Esteem Kathy’s Forbes interview: What Selling Three Million Copies of ‘The Dance of Anger’ Has Taught Harriet Lerner Kathy’s Forbes interview: What the Most Rejected Person in the World Can Teach About Triumph and Creating Work We Love featuring Daniel Seddiqui     CHECK OUT MY “MOST POWERFUL YOU” VIDEO COURSE! Based on 16 years of coaching thousands of women around the world, and from my own personal learnings in transitioning from unhappy corporate VP to therapist, to now career coach, speaker, writer and executive trainer, and with instrumental strategies from over 30 of the nation’s top experts in fields essential to professional success, this course gives you a clear roadmap for the exact steps to take to close the 7 most damaging power gaps that block us from reaching our highest potential.    Take this 8-module course, close your power gaps, and become more confident, resilient, energized, and successful in work you’ll love and feel proud of, with an inspiring support community to help you thrive and grow for the duration of your professional life. If you’re ready to close your power gaps and become the MOST POWERFUL version of you, CLICK HERE to learn more and register! Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today!  In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon!    Other helpful info: Private One-on-One Career & Leadership Breakthrough Coaching from Kathy If you are longing to personally experience more power, confidence, authority and self-esteem in your work and career and want more hands-on, private coaching help, join me in my Career Breakthrough Coaching program today! Here’s more information.   QUOTES:   “I love to look at what the big challenges are so that we can address those with eyes wide open, and so we can move forward faster, better and easier.” [2:46] “What I see in so many thousands of women that I hear from and work with is there’s a lot of self-rejection going on.” [3:44]  “10 years ago nobody cared about professional women’s challenges. That’s the difference 10 years can make.” [14:04] “The Universe sometimes pushes back on an idea and makes you wait until it can come to fruition, because the timing wasn’t right.” [14:24] “Feedback, which can be rejection-oriented, can actually inform you, but you’re not going to hear it and you’re not going to understand it if you are too busy defending yourself and being angry at it.” [20:14] “You’re not self-absorbed and you’re not narcissistic just because you love yourself.” [25:13] “You will develop more self-love the more you put yourself out there.” [27:31]   Sponsor Highlight   I’m thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today!  Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer   Watch video versions of my interviews on Finding Brave!  Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave interview episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my Youtube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!  Please share your positive ratings and reviews! If you love the show, we’d be so very grateful for a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts! These great ratings help us reach more and more people who are interested in boosting their careers, businesses, and their leadership, and keep in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts in countries around the world. Thank you!

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts! “The goal of the conversation is not to convince. It’s not to compel, and it’s not to control. It’s not to try to get the other person to think something different. As soon as we believe somebody is trying to control us in that kind of way, we resist. So the very effort to convince, it makes you less convincing.” – Joseph Grenny Contrary to how many people feel in our world today, it is possible to tell the truth and avoid alienating a friend or colleague or engendering terrible and painful conflict. With so much distrust among family, friends, colleagues and our leaders, it’s vital to not to take the two standard approaches – being silent or violent — on core issues but instead, we need to learn the essential skills behind expressing yourself candidly yet cordially.  Today’s Finding Brave expert guest reveals how it’s not having different opinions that’s the problem in our conflicts, rather it’s how and why we express those opinions, and the approach we take before even entering the conversation.  Joseph Grenny is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, dynamic keynote speaker, and leading social scientist for business performance. Joseph has spoken at some of the world’s premier leadership conferences. His books have been translated into 28 languages, are available in 36 countries, and have generated results for 300 of the Fortune 500. I had the honor of interviewing Joseph and David Maxfield in my Forbes blog in 2015 in a piece on Gender Bias Is Real: Women’s Perceived Competency Drops Significantly When Judged as Being Forceful, on their groundbreaking research on gender bias, and I’ve often quoted the information that their research uncovered that proved gender bias is not imagined, it’s real – and their research showed on how women’s perceived competency and perceived worth drops exponentially more than men’s when they are are perceived as forceful or assertive. I’ve featured their work in my TEDx talk Time to Brave Up, and in my new book The Most Powerful You and my Most Powerful You Course which is why I’m so excited to speak with Joseph today and bring you his expert insights and perspectives on navigating crucial conversations. This episode is part of our “Summer Pick series” which features a selection of the most popular and downloaded shows we’ve aired in the past several years.   Highlights from this Episode: Why Joseph was first drawn to topics around communication and crucial conversations [5:36] The real reasons he feels that many of the conversations happening today are so volatile [9:01] Why your internal and external approach to a conversation will often be the key to achieving a successful outcome with the other person [12:57] The way that our fears, or the threats that we perceive, will impact how a conversation unfolds [15:22] A technique he recommends to disarm perceived threats by both parties [16:06] The 3 different types of stories we tell ourselves, and how to begin mastering them today [20:30] A time that Joseph made a stand to have his voice heard, and the role that setting ground rules beforehand had in doing this [23:44] What the goal of every conversation should be, and what we shouldn’t be trying to do [27:24] How I was able to diffuse a difficult situation that I faced in my professional career [32:18]   For More Information: https://josephgrenny.com/  www.vitalsmarts.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/vitalsmarts/  https://twitter.com/vitalsmarts https://www.instagram.com/vitalsmarts/    Resources Mentioned: Ready to become more confident, powerful and successful in work you love?   CHECK OUT MY “MOST POWERFUL YOU” VIDEO COURSE! If you’re tired of working so hard in a career that just isn’t working for you, this is the course for you! This transformative 8-module training course, based on my bestselling book The Most Powerful You, will help you close the 7 most damaging power gaps that keep 98% of professional women from thriving at the highest level, and reaching their most thrilling potential. In the course, you’ll be taught transformative actions, strategies and mindsets that will help you experience exponentially more positive power, self-mastery, confidence, communication skill, leadership, and influence over what transpires in your life, career and relationships (both at work and at home).  Based on 16 years of coaching with thousands of women around the world, and from my own personal learnings in transitioning from unhappy corporate VP to therapist, to now globally-recognized career coach, speaker, writer and speaker, and with amazing strategies from over 30 of the nation’s top experts in fields essential to our success, this course gives you a clear roadmap for the exact steps to take to become more confident and influential in work you’ll love and feel proud of, with inspiring leaders, colleagues, and mentors who will help you thrive and keep growing for the duration of your professional life. If you’re ready to close your power gaps and become the MOST POWERFUL version of you, CLICK HERE to learn more and register! Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today!  In Australia and New Zealand, click here to order, elsewhere outside North America, click here, and in the UK, click here. If you enjoy the book, we’d so appreciate your giving the book a positive rating and review on Amazon!  ___________________________________________________________ Other resources mentioned: Joseph’s Book, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High & His Other Works  Untangling the Mind: Why We Behave the Way We Do by Theodore George, M.D.  Kathy’s Forbes Blog with Joseph Grenny and David Maxfield, Gender Bias Is Real: Women’s Perceived Competency Drops Significantly When Judged As Being Forceful Kathy’s Forbes Post, What Is Feminism, And Why Do So Many Women And Men Hate It? Kathy’s Power Gaps Survey, Support To Build Your LinkedIn Profile To Great Success & Other Free Resources Her TEDx Talk, Time To Brave Up & Free Career Path Self-Assessment Kathy’s Amazing Career Project video training course & 6 Dominant Action Styles Quiz   Sponsor Highlight   I’m thrilled that both Audible.com and Amazon Music are now sponsors of Finding Brave! Take advantage of their great special offers and free trials today!  Audible Offer Amazon Music Offer QUOTES:  “The only way norms get reset, and the only way that biases become apparent and addressable, is through conversation. That’s the only mechanism that gives us any hope.” [4:00] “Time and time again, we’ve found that almost any area of pain within an organization, what kept those problems chronic and turned them from an incident into a pattern, is peoples’ inability to confront, discuss and resolve [the issues].” [6:02] “All of us are really hardwired for failure around complex social dynamics. However, we have the software to learn. We have the capacity to rise above our thinking and our patterns, and to create new ones.” [10:25] “The words that come out of your mouth will have part of an effect, but if there’s a contradiction between what I read from your face and what I read from your mouth, I’ll trust the face.” [14:15] “There’s a huge opportunity for us to de-escalate our own emotions, if we recognize that this is just a perceived threat, and not a real threat.” [16:03] “When you behave in a way that’s inconsistent with their story, you help them dismantle it.” [34:41]   Watch video versions of my interviews on Finding Brave!  Don’t forget – you can experience each Finding Brave interview episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my Youtube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!  Please share your positive ratings and reviews! If you love the show, we’d be so very grateful for a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts! These great ratings help us reach more and more people who are interested in boosting their careers, businesses, and their leadership, and keep in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts in countries around the world. Thank you!

What brings you joy? What makes you feel energized? What makes you, you? Loving yourself starts with understanding yourself and learning to accept yourself for who you are, rather than fixating on who you think you “should” be. Self-love is one of the most powerful things that we, as human beings, can do to enhance our lives. Today’s guest is Kate Northrup; entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker, and mother who has built a multimedia digital empire with her husband which supports hundreds of thousands of ambitious women to light up the world without burning out!  When it comes to work, less is more! According to research, working 49 hours+ per week is linked to a decline in mental health. This negatively impacts productivity because happier people are more productive. During this episode, Kate explains the personal experiences that led her to discover how to do less to live better. Nobody is lying on their deathbed wishing they had more money; give yourself permission to be happier!    Key Points From This Episode:   Kate shares the personal experiences that motivated her to do less. [04:32]Self-sourced scheduling; a brief overview of the system that Kate created. [08:30]How tracking her cycle catalyzed Kate’s journey of reconnecting with herself. [10:23]You are what you are, love yourself for that. [13:04]Advice for figuring out what to let go of. [15:22]Exploring the hyper-productivity trauma response. [18:37]What research shows about the impact of working hours on women’s mental health. [23:47]The benefits of shorter working hours, and how to take radical responsibility for your life (even if you work in a corporate environment). [24:23]The three most important lessons that Kate has learned during her life so far (and the number one thing she has learned from being a mother). [27:25]   For More Information:  Kate Northrup  Kate on Instagram  Kate on Facebook  Kate on Youtube Kate on Twitter   Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:   Kate’s Latest Book, Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Busy Moms &  Do Less Planner Kate’s First Book, Money: A Love Story & The Money Love Course Kate’s Books on Audible Her Membership Site, Origin® Collective The Kate & Mike Show Podcast  Kathy’s Amazing Career Project & Blog Post, The Top 5 Regrets of Midlife Professionals The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing by Bronnie Ware   Ready to Take Your Professional Life and Leadership to the Next Level? Become The Most Powerful You! In reading a great deal about leadership today, and interviewing top leadership experts, I’m recognizing a disappointing trend - that the general concept and understanding of leadership has become so vague and watered down that most of it isn’t helpful at all, and it’s not suited to a majority of women who want to lead differently. The Most Powerful You training goes deeper. It helps you recognize and understand more about yourself as a person and the leader you want to be, then take empowering, transformative actions to operate in your role in a way that takes your leadership and your career higher, making the impact you dream to. If you truly want to help your team, staff and organization become “The Most Powerful We,” this is the right training for you.  Take this course individually or bring it to your workforce and teams today! Click here for more information.   ——————— Order Kathy’s book The Most Powerful You today! 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When we are outside ourselves we don’t make the best decisions for ourselves because we are operating in essentially a separate universe where we are completely other-focused versus self-focused.” — @katenorthrup [0:08:11] “Tracking my cycle and noticing how I felt was one of the most profoundly loving things I could do because instead of trying to be different, I was noticing how I am.” — @katenorthrup [0:11:51] “It needs to bring you results or it needs to bring you joy.” — @katenorthrup [0:16:45] “When said with love, the truth heals.” — @katenorthrup  [0:28:55]   Watch the video of this episode!  Don’t forget - you can experience each Finding Brave episode in both audio and video formats! Check out new and recent episodes on my YouTube channel at YouTube.com/kathycaprino. And please leave us a comment and a thumbs up if you like the show!

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts! “Whether you’re on an athletic team, a sales force, or a symphony orchestra, you better be honest about what you think about yourself. What you think about yourself and what you think about all the things that happen day by day, that’s what constitutes your confidence.” - Dr. Nate Zinsser This Summer, I’m delighted to offer you our “Summer Pick” series which brings you a selection of the most popular listener favorites from the past few years of shows. Today’s episode originally aired as a two-part installment on January 27th and February 3rd, 2022. Hope you enjoy them! Confidence is a character trait that has relatively little to do with what happens to you, but rather it’s a function of how you think. Today’s Finding Brave guest reveals how you can change your level of confidence, but first you must be aware of certain things. You absolutely can develop confidence for any situation that you care to, and our guest shares the ways that confident performers think differently from the average person in order to do this. ​​Dr. Nate Zinsser is an expert in the psychology of human performance who consults for individuals and organizations seeking a competitive edge. Nate’s latest book, The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide for Unshakable Performance, hit shelves January 2022, and has been endorsed by two-time Super Bowl Champion and MVP Eli Manning, bestselling authors Jon Krakauer and Steven Pressfield, and US Olympic Bobsled Head Coach Mike Kohn. Nate was a regular consultant to the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Giants for twelve seasons and has been a keynote speaker for General Electric, Facebook, McDonald’s, Staples, UBS, Major League Baseball, the NBA, and many more, as well as a consultant for the FBI Academy, the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, (mentoring four Olympic medalists), the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, and the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit. Since 1992, he has directed a cutting-edge applied sport psychology program at the United States Military Academy’s Center for Enhanced Performance, personally conducting over seventeen thousand individual training sessions and seven hundred team training sessions for cadets seeking the mental edge for athletic, academic, and military performance. He also helped launch the highly successful magazine Sports Illustrated for Kids and was presented with an American Library Association award for his 1991 children’s book Dear Dr. Psych: A Kid’s Guide to Handling Sports Problems. I’m happy to re-air this important mini-series on confidence, to give you the action steps and mindset shifts needed to overcome obstacles that often get in the way of building our self-confidence.  To learn more about today's guest, visit: https://natezinsser.com/

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Career Podcasts! “You are like a thumbprint. You are absolutely unique. Now you have to understand how, and leverage it and be strong enough to be powerful.” - Kathy Caprino This Summer, I’m delighted to offer you our “Summer Pick” series which brings you a selection of the most popular listener favorites from the past few years of shows. Today’s solo episode originally aired on November 15th, 2018. Hope you enjoy them! In this episode, I share key findings from my in-depth research, interviews and client and course work with thousands of professional women around the world about the 7 most damaging power gaps that block 98% of women (and 90% of men) from reaching their highest potential and most thrilling, rewarding goals in their work and careers. Here, I outline how these 7 gaps steal away our power, confidence, energy, vision, connection and influence, and I explain how these gaps derail us from achieving what we want most, no matter how we try. You'll hear me share some specific, actionable tips and new approaches to help you recognize the gaps that are impacting your life today, and move forward to address these destructive gaps once and for all. I also wanted to share that we have now moved to a biweekly schedule, continuing to bring you great episodes that I hope you find instrumental but also giving you a bit more time to check out and digest each episode and take action on the powerful strategies and tips that are shared. Thank you so much and wishing you a great summer! Enjoy the show!