Welcome to my Live Brave Podcast! This podcast was inspired by the many conversations I’ve had with people around the world who confided how often they let their doubts and fears hold them back from going after what they want or changing what they don’t. You’ll not only hear my own hard-won wisdom, but insights and inspiration from world-renowned leaders, luminaries and incredible people on how to take those chances and make changes - in your career, relationships, leadership and life. Peopl ...
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The Happy at Work podcast explores the intersection of organizational culture, positive psychology, and employee branding to create thriving workplaces. Our expert hosts—Dr. Laura Hamill, Michael McCarthy, and Dr. Tessa Misiaszek—bring diverse perspectives and deep expertise to uncover practical strategies for fostering happiness and success at work. We engage with various guests, including organizational leaders, HR professionals, psychologists, researchers, and employees across various ind ...
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The Quiet Power of Kindness at Work with Graham Allcott
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Send us a text In this episode, we explore the intersection of kindness and productivity in the workplace with author and entrepreneur Graham Allcott. Graham shares insights from his upcoming book "Kind: The Quiet Power of Kindness at Work" and discusses how kindness, empathy, and trust can lead to increased productivity, creativity, and overall su…
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Cultivating Career Growth in the Modern Workplace with Julie Winkle Giulioni
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Send us a text In this episode, we explore the importance of career development in today's evolving work landscape with author and business leader Julie Winkle Giulioni. Julie shares insights on fostering employee growth, navigating remote work challenges, and creating psychological safety in the workplace. In This Episode, You'll Learn: Why career…
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The Surprising 4-Hour Solution That Can Save Remote Teams from Burnout
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Send us a text In this episode, we dive deep into the challenges of remote work, focusing on loneliness and team effectiveness. Jean Bays is the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Neat, a global video technology company. With 28 years of experience in HR, Jean brings a wealth of knowledge in managing diverse, international teams. Jean shares i…
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Empowering Employee Impact with Nisha Kadaba of PagerDuty
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Send us a text In this inspiring episode of Happy at Work, we sit down with Nisha Kadaba, Director of Global Impact at PagerDuty. Nisha shares insights on building a culture of social impact within organizations, discussing PagerDuty's innovative approach to employee volunteerism and community engagement. From skills-based pro bono work to strategi…
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Women in Sports Leadership: Breaking Barriers and Shaping the Future
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Send us a text In this exciting episode, Laura and Tessa welcome special guests Jenna McLaughlin and Katie Bell from Korn Ferry to discuss the evolving landscape of women's leadership in professional sports. Key topics include: Unique challenges faced by women leaders in sports Strategies for preparing and supporting women executives The importance…
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Cultivating Courage to Overcome Fear and Achieve Your Goals with Margie Warrell
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Send us a text On this episode, we speak with author and speaker Margie Warrell about developing the courage needed to take risks and break through barriers. Margie shares stories from her childhood on a rural farm in Australia and how those experiences taught her the importance of courage and embracing discomfort. She discusses tools for managing …
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119 - My brother Frank: Be the captain of your life, not captive of your circumstance
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This episode was recorded during my brother Frank's visit—a journey of over 10,000 miles from Australia. What makes this journey truly remarkable is that Frank, living with paraplegia, approaches travel with a 'can do' mindset that sets him apart. In a world often focused on limitations, Frank's determination to embrace new adventures despite his l…
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Advancing Pay Equity, Social Justice, and Happiness at Work with Sally Loftis
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Send us a text This week on Happy at Work, Laura and Tessa sit down with Sally Loftis, founder of Loftis Partners and author of The Pay Equity Guide for Non-Profits. Sally shares insights from over 30 years working at the intersection of HR, organization development, and social justice. Sally discusses the importance of considering the full ecosyst…
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Gen Z Perspectives: Careers, Culture and the Future of Work with Amelia, Chloe, and Emily
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Send us a text We've got another Gen Z panel for you! In this episode, Tessa and Michael chat with Amelia Haynes, Chloe Carr, and Emily Gianunzio to discuss their career paths, workplace culture experiences, and outlook on the future of work. Our panelists share insights into navigating early careers, priorities around purpose and growth, and myths…
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At Work, Mindset Is Everything with Dr. Carolyn Pritchett, PhD
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Send us a text In this episode, Laura, Michael, and Tessa sit down with workplace science expert Dr. Carolyn Pritchett to discuss her fascinating career journey from studying rats to coaching humans. Carolyn shares key learnings from her research on stress mindsets and how our perceptions impact our physiology. Listeners will walk away with practic…
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Authentic Leadership with Peter Lynch
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Send us a text Have you ever witnessed the metamorphosis of an aggressive and rigid leader into a collaborative partner who uplifts an entire organization? In this episode, we define authentic leadership with Peter Lynch, Chief People Officer at Cardinal Group Companies. We explore how embracing imperfections and courageously confronting deep-seate…
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118 - Amy Edmondson: Are you risking enough intelligent failure? Decoding failure to progress faster
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Not only does nobody enjoy failure, but we also often fail to learn from it, resulting in failing twice! Building on my previous podcast episode with Amy Edmondson (Episode 116), Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, we dive into her latest book, Right Kind of Wrong, and unpack the science of failing well. …
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117 - Kirstin Ferguson: Leadership is a series of moments requiring both head and heart
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Leadership isn’t about position or title. It’s about the decision we make, moment by moment, to show up… with head and heart and be a force for good in the lives of others. In my conversation with Kirstin, we discuss her new book Head & Heart and how you can be the leader the world needs you to be. We talk about staying self-aware (easier said than…
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116 - Amy Edmondson: Psychological safety de-risks candor and fuels courage.
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"Unsafe cultures endanger everyone," says Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor at Harvard Business School. Amy and I unpack why courage and psychological safety are two sides of the same coin, and why fostering psychologically safe workplaces requires people to trust that the pay off for courage is worth the pitfalls. Regardless of your position, maki…
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115 - The Integrity Deficit: Do what’s right and clean up your slip-ups
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You like to think of yourself as a person with integrity, right? Yet, doing what’s right is easier said than done. In a world where examples of poor character are easy to find, it’s easy to rationalize cutting corners or telling “little white lies". However, we often underestimate the cost of compromising what we know, deep down, is the right thing…
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114 - General Stanley McChrystal: What we get wrong about risk that makes us more vulnerable
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Stanley McChrystal spent his military career navigating the real and deadly risks of combat, finishing a four-star General in Afghanistan overseeing 147,000 soldiers. He has walked the path of courage in ways most of us never will, concluding that the greatest source of risk lays in us - in how we identify, assess, respond and learn from risk. We c…
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113 - We are all response-able! Reclaim the power you give to your circumstances, blame and excuses
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This episode is inspired by chapter one from my book Find Your Courage: The Courage To Take Responsibility The quality of your life directly correlates to your willingness to own your experience of life and resist the temptation to blame others or pity yourself. We live in a culture that encourages people to feel powerless and operate from a victim…
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112 - It’s time to Take Courage! New series introduction
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Let’s face it, if it were easy to be brave with our lives - to lean into our fears, choose ‘courage over comfort’ and lay our pride, ego and vulnerability on the line, more of us would. Truth is, our deep seated fears often keep us from taking the very actions that would help us create more rewarding lives. In this new series, I invite you to step …
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111 - The Courage Deficit: The hidden tax we pay when we let our deepest fears eclipse our highest values
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It’s easy to criticize those in leadership roles for their lack of courage. Yet before we can change the world around us, we must first look at the world within us and reclaim the power we so often give to our fears. So as we close out one year and look toward the next, I invite you to think about where you may be letting your deepest fears keep yo…
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110 - Act as the person you aspire to become
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Every trait you admire in others also resides in you. Yet, it's easy to tell ourselves the lie that we have to first have more resources outside of us before we can become the person we’d most like to be. Not true. Deciding how you will show up for life right now is the most powerful way to become the person you eventually want to be. In this podca…
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109 - Make decisions fueled by courage, not fear
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Decisions, decisions, decisions. Every day you make hundreds of decisions. Some large, many small. Yet too often fear – conscious and unconscious – keeps us from making the decisions that would serve us most – in our careers, relationships and lives. Left unchecked, fear of what might go wrong can drive us to make short-sighted, reactive, overcauti…
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108 - Shedding Shame: Step out from the dark shadow of shame and reclaim your worth
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In this podcast, I dive into the dark shadows in which we carry shame that disconnects us from others and keeps us from living our best and bravest lives. As I share one of my most significant experiences with shame, I explain how 'shame stories' are not the truth, yet they warp our perception and shape our reality. Over time, they can keep us stuc…
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107 - Are you learning what life is teaching you? How to grow into the person you were born to become
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If your life was a Grand Masterclass, what lesson would it be teaching you? In this comeback podcast, I extend three invitations to transform what tests you the most into your most profound opportunities to learn and grow into the person your life is calling you to be. Beware – your fear and pride are pulling in the other direction. Please rate and…
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106 - Rory Vaden: Multiply your time to magnify your influence
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Time is a finite resource so learning how to multiply your time is a game-changer. In my conversation with Rory Vaden, New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs and Procrastinate on Purpose, we unpack how you can allocate your hours in the day in ways that create more time for what you love most and what makes the biggest impact for othe…
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Chapter 8: Back Yourself - Don’t wait to feel brave … take the leap!
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You are what you repeatedly do. And what you repeatedly do profoundly shapes the environment you create around you. So if you want to live a bigger, braver and more meaningful life you have to be really intentional. This starts with clearing out the ‘stuff’ that keeps you thinking small and creating an environment - physical, mental, emotional and …
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Victoria Labalme draws on over 20 years in the performing arts to help awaken the inner genius that lives in all of us. In our conversation, she shares insights from her best-selling book Risk Forward to help you embrace not knowing and take the very risks you need to move forward to creating a career and life you love. Get the first four chapters …
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103 - David Marquet: Leading by intention can take you from 'worst to first’
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When a lifelong student of leadership, Captain David Marquet, took over the helm of the USS Sante Fe Nuclear Submarine, it was the worst-performing sub in the fleet. His decision to give intent versus give orders ’turned the ship around' taking it from worst to first and achieving the highest retention and operational standings in the US Navy. In m…
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Chapter 7: Lead Bravely - Cultivate a culture that fuels courage, not fear
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Research has found that the biggest predictor of high-performing teams is psychological safety; that is how safe people feel to speak up, share mistakes or ask for help. Yet creating a 'culture of courage' is not just relevant to organizations, it’s relevant to each and every one of us in every sphere of life. When people around you feel safe and e…
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101 - Veronica Tsepkala: A life in exile & standing up for principle, in Belarus & everywhere
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Belarusian Veronica Tsapkala embodies the courage required to lead change in the most challenging of circumstances. Fearing political persecution in Belarus after her husband Valery Tsepkalo was denied registration in the 2020 Belarus Presidential election by President Lukashenko, Veronica was forced to flee her country. She has since become a pass…
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100th episode! It’s always a good time to be braver with your life
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In this 100th episode of the Live Brave Podcast, I share 5 ways you can be braver in your life, starting with focusing on the bravest vision for your future. Of course, setting a bold goal doesn’t mean you’ll land on your feet every time, but as I share in this episode, it’s not what you accomplish from living bravely that matters near as much as w…
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099 - Robert Glazer: Learn how to fail well and stop believing everything you tell yourself
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How often do you risk failure? Chances are it’s not near as often as would be serving you. As I discussed with entrepreneur Robert Glazer, the difference between winners and losers lies in how they win and how they lose. Our tendency to over-personalize failure keeps us from taking the very actions that would help us fail forward and succeed faster…
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098 - AJ Vaden: Find your ’super power’ and use it to serve (and solve problems!)
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My conversation with AJ Vaden, co-founder of the Brand Builders Group, explores how each of us can share our unique gifts and express our one-of-a-kind brand of brilliance most powerfully in the world. In sharing her own journey of discovering her unique ’super power’ AJ has learned how each of us can find within ourselves everything we need to bui…
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Chapter 6: Embrace Setbacks - Transform adversity to rise to higher ground
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Life is full of stressors - situations that have the potential to trigger a neural highjack and send us into a downward spiral of negative emotions. In this episode, I share the steps from my SOAR approach detailed in Chapter 6 of Stop Playing Safe to rising above those situations that too often pull us down and keep us responding to our challenges…
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096 - Chester Elton: Why making gratitude a habit helps beat overwhelm and anxiety
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My conversation with Chester Elton, bestselling leadership author explores how you can curb overwhelm, manage anxiety and live more gratefully. It’s a conversation rich in laughter and practical strategies you can use to become more of the calm, centered and big-hearted person you aspire to be. More about Chester here Chester's latest books: Leadin…
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Chapter 5: Learn, Unlearn & Relearn - The thinking that got you here won’t get you there
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We all like to think that our way of viewing the world - and the people, problems and possibilities in it - is the right way. In fact, we all have what’s called a ‘confirmation bias’ that drives us to look for evidence to support our existing beliefs and behaviours and ignore or discount those which contradict them. Yet only when you are willing to…
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Chapter 4: Speak Bravely - Embrace the discomfort of crucial conversations
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The quality of your relationships is determined by the quality of the conversations you have in them. But often the conversations we most need to have are those we least want to have – too uncomfortable, too awkward, too risky. In this episode, I will share with you a few of the strategies I’ve written about in Chapter 4 of Stop Playing Safe to hel…
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093 - Dr Timothy Clark: You can do hard things... in a human way
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In this episode, I interview leadership consultant Dr Tim Clark who shares his four stages framework for building psychological safety and doing the hard things that leaders must do in a very human way. We unpack the 'why’ and 'how’ of connecting from both heart and head, embracing vulnerability and giving candid feedback. And so much more! More ab…
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092 - Daniel Gade: A wounded warrior's lesson on turning your greatest challenges into your highest growth
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Daniel Gade spent a year in hospital after losing his leg while serving in the US Army in Iraq, yet, he is by no means a victim. Rather he is a passionate advocate for helping wounded warriors to thrive. His life story (which is far from over) holds a powerful lesson on actively choosing how you will show up for life, regardless of the circumstance…
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Chapter 3: Be Trustworthy - Align bold action with right action
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None of us are immune to cutting corners, justifying little white lies or taking the more expedient path even when we know, deep down, it’s not the right one. Clearly, no one sets out to damage trust yet the little decisions we make every day can undermine the trust we build in our relationships. When people can truly trust you - your character, co…
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Let’s face it, if it were easy to accomplish big things, more people would be out there, pushing boundaries and risking failure. But as I discussed with Patrick Leddin, author of The Five-Week Leadership Challenge, it’s who you decide to be when plans go awry that makes life meaningful and makes the biggest impact on others. From parachuting into t…
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Chapter 2: Lean Towards Risk - The odds are better than you think
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Have you ever looked back and wished you’d been braver? Of course, you have. It’s because we humans are wired for safety; to focus more on what we could lose than on what we could gain - to steer away from short-term risks and toward whatever shores up our sense of security. But at life’s end, most people regret far more the risks they didn’t take …
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088 - Ambassador Melanne Verveer: Women in Afghanistan and why empowering women benefits everyone
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Ambassador Verveer was the first U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues and is the Executive Director of Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Our conversation began with discussing the urgent action required to address the immediate needs of women and girls in Afghanistan to protect their future. Our conversation then…
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087 - Kevin Cashman: Get on purpose to use your gifts for maximum good
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My conversation with Kevin Cashman, 6x author and co-leader of CEO and Executive Development at Korn Ferry was as far-reaching as it was profound, most notably when Kevin shared his near-death experience in 2020. We dived deep into what it means to live ‘on purpose’ and how you can apply his 3G framework to lead yourself and others through this sto…
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Chapter 1: Know Your Why - Decide how you will measure success
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for many of us to step back and reassess our lives; what we are doing with our time and talents each day and why it matters. In Chapter One of Stop Playing Safe, I share my four-part framework for getting ‘on purpose’ so that you can develop your greatest strengths in a way that is most meaningful to you an…
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Welcome back to my fourth series of the Live Bravely Podcast. After taking an extended ‘leave of absence’ I’m excited to be back with this brand new series focused on supporting you to show up in the world as the biggest bravest person you have it within you to be. I get that some people see the word leader and tune out. If that’s you, please don’t…
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084 - Dr Phil McGraw: Monsters live in the dark - mental health, reentry fear & building confidence to ‘get back to life'
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As we look forward beyond this pandemic, I enjoyed a deep dive conversation with Dr Phil about its impact on mental health, irrational fear and building the confidence to ‘get back to life’. We covered a lot of ground, from removing the stigma around mental illness and the long-term impact of social isolation to how we can help our kids build self-…
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083 - A chapter closes: Your problems are not the problem
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After years of derailed plans to return to my children in the USA, I am finally moving back to America. Recorded the day before leaving Singapore, I reflect on the power of embracing problems as opportunities to build our muscles for life. If you’ve had plans derail in 2020 or are feeling weighed down by your own problems – worried about the future…
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082 - Andrew Kap: Does the law of attraction really work?
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The over-simplification of the Law of Attraction (LOA) has given it a bad rap in recent years. So whether you’re a confirmed LOA fan or its biggest cynic, you’ll enjoy this conversation with Andrew Kap, the bestselling author of The Last Law of Attraction Book You'll Ever Need To Read. Episode links: Andrew’s book: The Last Law of Attraction Book Y…
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081- Dots connect backward: Trust that everything works out in the end (... it’s not the end yet!)
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When plans derail and you find yourself in circumstances you’d never have chosen, it's easy to fall into self-pity, fear or blame; feeling like life is working against you. In this podcast, I share news of moving back to the US after years of twists and turns. I encourage you to keep faith that life is working for you, even when you cannot see how;…
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As 2020 has disrupted the normal flow of life, it’s also taught us to embrace the uncertain, the unplanned, and unwanted that life throws at us. But this is easier said than done. Today’s conversation with Dr Paige Williams, author of AntiFragile, provides actionable science-backed advice to help you become anti-fragile, including how to get more c…
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