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Grace Puma and Christiana Smith Shi are the authors of CAREER FORWARD: Strategies from Women Who’ve Made. It is a groundbreaking, empowering guide for women that shows how to prioritize a career path, build professional value, and enjoy a full life both in and out of the workplace. And that’s what we are talking about today on the show. If you want to optimize your career, this is the episode for you!

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

Website: https://www.careerforwardbook.com/

Book: Career Forward: Strategies from Women Who’ve Made It

WE DISCUSS

1. The importance of having a long term career view.
2. How to cultivate your career in a strategic way.
3. Why a long term view must include doing well at your current job.
4. The importance of creating professional equity.
5. Salary negotiation.
6. Where mentorship comes in and the role of sponsors for your career.
7. Ways to expand your professional brand and ways to expand your network.
8. The importance of figuring out what differentiates you, and much more!

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Dr. Comen has dedicated her medical career to saving the lives of women. An award-winning, internationally sought-after clinician and physician-scientist, Dr. Comen works as a medical oncologist with a specialty in breast cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and is an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. She earned her BA in the history of science from Harvard College and her MD from Harvard Medical School, then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and her fellowship in oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She’s the author of All In Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today which we discuss on the show today. Visit https://thegoodlifecoach.com/296 for show notes.

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

Website: https://www.drelizabethcomen.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drelizabethcomen/

Book: All In Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today

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Dr. Linnea Passaler has dedicated 20+ years to serving patients, first to a small number of individuals as a successful surgeon and then to thousands of people worldwide as the CEO of a digital health startup. After overcoming her own struggles with a dysregulated nervous system, she created Heal Your Nervous System (HYNS) to empower others in their healing journey. Her combination of neuroscience and somatic work helps those struggling with overwhelm, trauma, burnout, and anxiety to heal their dysregulated nervous systems and thrive.

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WE DISCUSS:

1. An explanation of nervous system dysregulation.
2. The simple things you can do daily and on a consistent basis to help heal your nervous system.
3. How experiencing sensory overload can become heightened during menopause because of changes in your hormones.
4. Why Dr. Linnea wrote the book and who she is hoping to serve.
5. Her desire to educate others with the 5 step plan she developed, and much more.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Website: https://healyournervoussystem.com/author/linneapassaler/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healyournervoussystem

Book: Heal Your Nervous System: The 5–Stage Plan to Reverse Nervous System Dysregulation

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This episode was sponsored by Design a Life You Love, A Woman’s Guide to Living a Happier and More Fulfilled Life. My book includes 52 inspirations, one for every week of the year, each with practical tips to guide you to self-love and success on your own terms. It makes a great gift for yourself or a friend!

“Too many of us apply intention to one area of our lives—we excel in our careers while putting our personal lives on hold or we allow our work ambitions to stagnate while everyday life demands our focus. We hope for the best, and yet our situations remain mostly unchanged. What if you could “Fast Forward” and transform any area of your life with extraordinary results in just one year?”

Wendy the co-founder of The Fast Forward Group shares some of the key tips from the book she co-authored with Lisa McCarthy called Fast Forward: 5 Power Principles to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year. You’ll learn the importance of declaring a bold vision and sharing it, what it means to throw your hat over the wall, and how to manage your time and set your priorities to get where you want to go. If you are looking for tangible tips and inspiration that will move you in the desired direction personally and professionally, this interview is for you! Wendy and Lisa have worked with over 100,000 professionals and their book takes you through their proven system. Lots to learn in this conversation!

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

Join Michele’s Newsletter

Michele on Instagram

Michele’s Book

Website: Wendy’s Website

Linkedin: Wendy on Linkedin

ABOUT THE GUEST

Wendy Leshgold is the president and co-founder of the Fast Forward Group, a professional development and executive coaching company. Wendy spent more than a decade in advertising, leading teams at Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO, and Deutsch, and working with brands including Apple, Kodak, and IBM. She experienced firsthand the challenges people face in high pressure corporate environments. Feeling compelled to help, she launched a successful executive coaching practice. A decade later, she joined forces with her childhood friend Lisa McCarthy, who shared her passion.  Together, they launched a company with a mission to transform the way people lead, work, and live. They are the co-authors of Fast Forward: 5 Power Principles to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year

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Hey friends, welcome to the latest season of The Good Life with Michele Lamoureux podcast! Lots of great new content to help you navigate midlife and design a life you love. The podcast hit #7 in the United States under the self-improvement category and I want to thank you for sharing the show and being a part of the community! If you haven’t joined the newsletter you can do so below. Feel free to reach out with topics or questions you want addressed on the show!

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Midlife Reinvention – Remember Your Purpose

How to Use the 12 Week Year to Live in Alignment with Your Life Vision

“If the average person just more consistently did what they already know they’d be healthier, happier, and be making more money.” – Brian Moran

Brian Moran, the New York Times bestselling author of “The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months,” is going to share how to get more done in less time. He will take us into the execution system he developed while also sharing easy-to-implement time management strategies. He also connects the dots back to why it is important to create our life vision so we can structure our time and goals around that vision. You will learn tactical steps that you can implement today to move closer to the life you desire. This is a fan-favorite episode that I re-run before the New Year.

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1. Why the 12 week year is an execution system and how that helps you get more done in less time.
2. It’s not enough to know.  You have to execute.  Knowledge is only powerful if you act on it.
3. Get out of the annual environment.  With this program, you are going to stop after 12 weeks and that is your year.  Measure your success or failure and measure the progress and then go again.  It’s a fluid process.  You can use  this professionally or personally.  You can do  anything for 12 weeks and then decide is that somethingI want to do again.
4. Your vision is you’re why.   Your goals NEED to align with the vision.
5. At the goal level, know the difference between goals and tactics and outcomes and actions.  The actions we have control over.  Goals are outcomes. 
6. Make sure at the goal level that is measurable – it’s an outcome.
7. Determine what are the most important actions.  Most plans are conceptual not tactical.  You need to spell out the specific actions and focus on “less is more”.
8. Stay connected to your vision by putting the longer term vision in front of you – laminate a card you can look at every day. Create visual reminders.
9. The difference between a habit and routine is key.   Ex, going to the gym is a routine not a habit and routines are what drive success.  How you begin and end your day needs a routine.  The key is to start off positive.   End your day with gratitude.   
10. How to manage time.  Time blocking – 3 core blocks:
    A. Strategic Block -3 hours blocked during the week.  No interruptions – working on the business not in the business. THIS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 
    B. Buffer Blocks – these are designed to deal with the emails/low level stuff.  Ex, I return calls between 4-5pm.  Don’t check your emails when they come in. Block time in to address it.
    C. Break out blocks – schedule time away from work to do something just for you to recharge.

The Four Disciplines of the 12 Week Year 

1. Vision – You have to know what you want.
2. Planning – You have to ask – “What matters most?”
3. Execution – Then ask, “Am I doing it?”
4. Measurement – “Is it producing?”

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months – Brian’s NYTimes best-selling book
• https://12weekyear.com/ – Brian’s website and more resources
• Michele on Instagram

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST:

Brian Moran, President and Founder of The 12 Week Year, has thirty plus years of expertise as a corporate executive, entrepreneur, consultant and coach.

Brian is a recognized expert in the field of leadership and execution. His realization that most people don’t lack ideas, but struggle with effective implementation led him to the development of ‘The 12 Week Year’.

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This is a fascinating conversation and one that will have you thinking long after the interview is over. On the show is Matt Higgins, the author of Burn The Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential. Matt, is the co-founder and CEO of the private investment firm RSE Ventures, an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, where he co-teaches the course Moving Beyond DTC, and has also been a guest shark on ABC’s Shark Tank.

His story is one of growing up in poverty, living on government cheese, and having his own “burn the boat” moment as a teen which becomes a pivotal decision that changes the trajectory of his life leading to success on his terms. You’ll hear Matt’s story, how he navigated hardship, the importance of listening to your own voice, and what it means to burn the boats to unleash your potential. This was one of my favorite interviews! You will walk away with many actionable tips as well as wisdom you can apply to your business and life.

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1️⃣ Why Matt wrote the book now and who he hopes to serve.

2️⃣ The importance of making yourself indispensable at your job.

3️⃣ Matt’s early trauma that led him to make a pivotal decision in his life at 16.

4️⃣ How we don’t get to choose the moment of our opportunities but why we need to take them.

5️⃣ What Burn the Boats means and why you are less likely to succeed if you have a plan B.

6️⃣ He walks us through his risk-taking matrix.

7️⃣ Why he asks himself daily – “What is the highest use of my time, energy, and intention right now?” “What can I do now that I couldn’t do yesterday?”

8️⃣ How to connect your future dots intentionally, the importance of having a great partner/relationships, what living a good life means to him, and more.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Join Michele’s Newsletter

Michele on Instagram

Michele’s Book

Matt’s Website: https://www.burntheboatsbook.com/

Matt’s Book: Burn the Boats on Amazon

Matt on IG: https://www.instagram.com/mhiggins/?hl=en

Matt on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-higgins-rse/

Matt on YouTube

ABOUT THE GUEST

Matt Higgins is the author of Burn The Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential. He is the co-founder and CEO of the private investment firm RSE Ventures, an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, where he co-teaches the course Moving Beyond DTC, and has also been a guest shark on ABC’s Shark Tank.

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“We have a human brain whose memory system is amazing and wildly imperfect.” – Lisa Genova

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Genova joins us for a conversation about her book, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting. What does normal forgetting look like? How do we improve our memory? How do we create a memory? What’s the distinction between normal forgetting and forgetting because of Alzheimer’s? What are some preventative measures we can easily incorporate to protect our memory? Lisa is a wealth of information and I am honored she is here to share the information from her recent book! So much to learn today and to feel empowered.

About the author: Lisa has her PhD in Neuroscience from Harvard, is an acclaimed author, and has a TED Talk with over five million views. She also has appearances on the Today Show, CNN, and NPR, Dr. Oz and many more outlets.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1. It is okay to google the name of an actor whose name you can’t remember.  Young people who have used tech since birth just google without worrying about it, but most older adults believe we have to figure it out ourselves.
2. Tip of the tongue – words like proper nouns, movie titles, names of cities – and why we have trouble recalling those names.
3. Why “Memory isn’t stored in any one place.”
4. Why in order to create a lasting memory it has to go through the hippocampus.
5. You can’t remember what you don’t pay attention to.  This is the first thing to do to create memory.
6. Outsourcing some things like taking a picture of where you parked isn’t going to make you dumber.  It is okay to use tech to help you remember.
7. Our human brains are terrible at prospective planning.
8. Context plays a big role in remembering things.  The second you are surrounded by cues you remember.  It helps to retrace your steps to trigger the cues.
9. To do lists, pill boxes, checkboxes are all helpful for prospective memory.
10. “The act of learning is remembering.  Memory is outstanding.  We can learn infinite amounts of things.”
11. It’s not true that we only use 10 percent of our brain.
12. Our brain is changing all of the time.  Every time you are learning something new your brain creates more neural pathways.
13. We have the ability to create new neurons/nerve cells.
14. Chronic stress will shrink the hippocampus.
15. Meditation, yoga, mindfulness, exercise, staying socially active and learning new things helps to enlarge our hippocampus.
16. Being sedentary makes you more likely to develop Alzheimer’s.
17. Being active decreases your risk by half.
18. Processing speeds slow down as we age a little bit, but we know more.
19. Sleep is key.  The data is compelling – we need 7-9 hours of sleep to process what we’ve learned and to clear metabolic debris while we sleep.
20. Alzheimer’s happens in the hippocampus – war in this area – first symptoms are not remembering what someone just said or repeating themselves — the present memory keeps cycling through. 
21. Prevention is key.  Lisa shares what she does for preventative measures. 
22. Eat a Mediterranean diet.
23. Exercise.  Go for walks — move around every day. Your entire body wants and needs that.
24. “This book is about your relationship with memory. We are afraid of it. We are judgmental  of it.  We don’t understand it.  It’s also imperfect.  Be in awe of it and take good care of it.”

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• “Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting” by Lisa Genova
• Lisa Genova on Episode 1 of The Good Life Coach – about Lisa’s Transition from Neuroscientist to New York Times best-selling author
• Lisa Genova on Episode 104 of The Good Life Coach – what it means to live a life of meaning
• “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova
• “Every Note Played” by LisaGenova
• Lisa Genova’s website
• Lisa Genova on Instagram
• Lisa Genova on Facebook
• Lisa’s Ted Talk on Preventing Alzheimer’s
• Michele on Instagram

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How do we reclaim our authentic self and live life with our full, true voice expressed? That is what you’ll learn about in this beautiful interview with Dr. Thema Bryant, the best-selling author of Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self  Dr. Thema is a clinical psychologist and ordained minister. She explains why we get disconnected and how we can come back to ourselves in spite of the stress and traumas we may experience.

This is a beautiful and uplifting conversation and you can tune in now to access the show notes and link to her book at https://thegoodlifecoach.com/179

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WE DISCUSS:

1️⃣ What is homecoming and how do we get on our path to reconnecting to our true voice.

2️⃣ Signs we are disconnected from ourselves.

3️⃣ What gets us disconnected and specific things we can do to get on the path to reclaiming ourselves.

4️⃣ How people pleasing is one way we disconnect from ourselves.

5️⃣ If everyone has a vocation and how we can get attuned what ours is.

6️⃣ How the energy we put out into the world isn’t always what is reflected back to us.

7️⃣ Suggestions of spiritual practices we can incorporate and begin our days with so we fill our own cups every morning.

8️⃣ A beautiful prayer that she shares with us from her book, and more.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. Thema Bryant is a clinical psychologist and president-elect of the American Psychological Association. She is also a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University and an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Thema earned her doctorate from Duke University and completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School. With more than twenty years of experience in trauma recovery, she has appeared as a mental health expert on television, radio, and print media. Dr. Thema raises awareness about mental health issues on The Homecoming Podcast and her social media platforms.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Book: Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self
• Website: https://drthema.com/
• Podcast: Homecoming Podcast
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.thema/?hl=en
• Michele’s Book: Design a Life You Love
• Michele on Instagram

Mary Claire Haver, MD, is a board-certified OB/GYN and a Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist. She developed her groundbreaking weight loss protocol as an online subscriber program, through which she has helped thousands of women lose weight, burn fat, and get in shape permanently. She is also the author of the best-selling book, The Galveston Diet, which we discuss on the show. If you are a woman in perimenopause or menopause, or a woman who wants to be prepared for menopause, this show is for you. Be sure to share this one with all of your friends. So much great information in this 30-minute interview! The more women understand, the better care they can receive/demand from their healthcare providers. Knowledge is power.

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*This interview is for entertainment purposes only. For medical advice, seek out your trusted healthcare provider.

WHAT WE DISCUSS:

1️⃣ How her own journey with menopause prompted her to dive into the research to create real solutions for her patients since the “calories in, calories out” doesn’t work for women in menopause.

2️⃣ How women have been told be afraid of hormone replacement therapy based on one study years ago despite more research showing it’s not true.

3️⃣ How women have been labeled by doctors and not taken seriously because they didn’t know they could help a woman with menopause and instead would often prescribe anti-depressants thinking it was all in her head.

4️⃣ The danger of visceral fat and how it differs from subcutaneous fat. And how to reduce belly fat (it is possible)

5️⃣ She recommends a diet that includes the proper amount of fiber, reducing inflammation, adequate protein, resistance training + cardio, good sleep, and stress reduction.

6️⃣ Possible causes of hair loss, and more.

7️⃣ How her diet/lifestyle program can be used for the entire family, and much more!

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Websites: www.galvestondiet.com

Home

Book: The Galveston Diet

Social:
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Facebook: @drmaryclaire

Instagram: @drmaryclaire

Instagram: The Galveston Diet

TikTok: @drmaryclaire

LinkedIn: @the-galveston-diet

YouTube: Mary Claire Haver, MD

Hair loss video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfthtwJnjVU

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Dr. Mary Claire Haver is a wife, mom, physician, and entrepreneur who has devoted her adult life to women’s health. As a Board Certified OBGYN in the Houston area, Dr. Haver has delivered thousands of babies, completed thousands of well-woman exams, counseled patients, taught residents, and did everything an academic professor and OBGYN could do.

As her patient population aged, Dr. Haver was overwhelmed with the number of complaints and concerns her patients had with weight gain while going through menopause. For years, she told her patients to eat less and exercise more. It wasn’t until she, too, experienced the changes of menopause and mid-life weight gain that she realized this advice doesn’t work and ultimately led to her creating and developing a new program, The Galveston Diet.

The Galveston Diet is a nutrition program created by a Female OBGYN, designed for women in menopause. The Galveston Diet helps women reach their health and wellness goals through an anti-inflammatory approach to nutrition. Dr. Haver believes in the power of nutrition to combat inflammation and highly recommends the unlimited benefits of intermittent fasting. As part of her ongoing research, she became certified in Culinary Medicine in 2019, which specializes in medical nutrition.

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Thomas Curran is a professor of psychology at the London School of Economics and author of a landmark study that the BBC hailed as “the first to compare perfectionism across generations.” His TED Talk on perfectionism has received more than three million views. He is the author of THE PERFECTION TRAP: Embracing the Power of Good Enough which we discuss in depth. If you feel like you or your child struggles with perfectionism this is a must listen!

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WE DISCUSS:

1. Thomas’ definition of perfectionism.
2. The three perfectionism dimensions.
3. How behind perfectionism is a feeling of not being “good enough”.
4. How it can lead to anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and feelings of suicide.
5. The impact social media has on fueling perfectionism especially as it relates to teens and younger adults.
6. The role of procrastination as it relates to perfectionism.
7. Ways to navigate perfectionism so it doesn’t rule your life, and more.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Join Michele’s Newsletter
• Michele on Instagram
• Michele’s Book
• Website: https://www.thomascurran.co.uk/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/thom-curran/
• https://twitter.com/thom_curran?lang=en
• Book: The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough
• Ted talk: Our dangerous obsession with perfectionism is getting worse.

ABOUT THE GUEST

Thomas Curran is a professor of psychology at the London School of Economics and author of a landmark study that the BBC hailed as “the first to compare perfectionism across generations.” His TED Talk on perfectionism has received more than three million views. His research has been featured in media ranging from the Harvard Business Review to New Scientist to CNN and he has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. He is the author of THE PERFECTION TRAP: Embracing the Power of Good Enough

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Learn from one of Forbes’ Self-Made Richest Women, Liz Elting, the co-founder of a billion-dollar company. In this interview, Liz shares some of the key lessons from her book, Dream Big + Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business. One of my favorites was the understanding that entrepreneurs don’t need to be inventors. There were tens of thousands of translation companies but that didn’t stop Liz from co-founding her own company. She was set on building the world's premier and largest language solutions company which they did. You will hear more about this and how she was able to grow the company without outside funding. If you are looking to take your business and life to the next level, this interview is for you!

While on the show notes page, I’d love for you to join our community. You’ll receive more inspiration and tips to love yourself and live your best midlife.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1. The importance of setting a big vision.
2. How to focus on goal setting to take your big dream and turn it into manageable goals.
3. Why each chapter begins with a verb and the importance of taking action.
4. How she approached the sales growth strategy.
5. The importance of having a shareholder’s agreement.
6. How they were able to grow the company without outside funding.
7. Core values and their importance in establishing company culture.
8. Why you are your own greatest resource and the importance of hard work, and much more.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Join Michele’s Newsletter
• Michele on Instagram
• Michele’s Book
• Website: https://www.lizelting.com/
• https://www.elizabetheltingfoundation.org/
• Book: Dream Big + Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/lizelting/

ABOUT THE GUEST

Liz Elting, Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, is an entrepreneur, business leader, linguaphile, philanthropist, feminist, and mother. After living, studying, and working in five countries across the globe, Liz founded TransPerfect out of an NYU dorm room in 1992 and served as Co-CEO until 2018. TransPerfect is the world’s largest language solutions company, with over $1.1 billion in revenue and offices in more than 100 cities worldwide. Liz received the 2019 Charles Waldo Haskins Award for business and public service from NYU’s Stern School of Business, the American Heart Association’s 2020 Health Equity Leadership Award, the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs’ 2021 Vertex Award for changing the face and direction of women’s high-growth entrepreneurship, the American Heart Association’s 2022 Woman Changing the World Award, and Trinity College’s 2022 Kathleen O’Connor Boelhouwer ’85 Alumni Initiative Award. Liz has been recognized as a NOW Woman of Power & Influence, American Express’ and Entrepreneur magazine’s Woman of the Year, and one of Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women every year since the list’s inception. Elting is the author of the upcoming book, Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business.

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Heart disease is the number one killer of women but so many women are unaware of this information. You are going to be so empowered after listening to this amazing interview with Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, leading preventative cardiologist and the Founder of Adesso, a heart prevention and wellness program for women. This interview could save your life or the life of a woman you know. Please share it with every woman in your life.

While on the show notes page, I’d love for you to join our community. You’ll receive more inspiration and tips to live your best midlife!

*This interview is for educational and entertainment purposes only. This is not intended to be medical advice. For anything dealing with your health please contact your trusted healthcare provider.

WHAT WE DISCUSS:

1. The statistics about heart disease and how it is the #1 killer of women – more than all cancers combined.
2. The American Heart Association’s Essential 8.
3. Preventative care as 80% is preventable.
4. Blood work you should request.
5. Medical gaslighting of women and why it needs to stop.
6. The importance of understanding your family’s health and heart history for risk factors.
7. Why Dr. Steinbaum launched Adesso (means now in Italian) and how it is going to change the landscape of heart health, and much more.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Websites:

https://www.drsuzannesteinbaum.com/

Adesso Website

First interview with Dr. Steinbaum

Book: Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum’s Heart Book: Every Woman’s Guide to a Heart-Healthy Life

IG: Dr. Steinbaum on IG

Adesso on IG

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Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum is a leader in preventive cardiology, now in private practice in New York. She is founder and CEO of Heart-Tech Health, a med-tech innovation to decrease the risk of women’s cardiovascular disease and bring prevention to every woman regardless of location or circumstance through its signature program, Adesso. Dr. Suzanne launched heart disease prevention programs at Mt. Sinai Heart, Northwell Lenox Hill and Beth Israel. She published Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum’s Heart Book: Every Woman’s Guide to a Heart Healthy Life, and has been a national spokesperson for Go Red through the American Heart Association for 18 years. She serves on the national medical advisory board for Peloton and is a frequent guest on notable shows such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Doctors and more.

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“Too many of us apply intention to one area of our lives—we excel in our careers while putting our personal lives on hold or we allow our work ambitions to stagnate while everyday life demands our focus. We hope for the best, and yet our situations remain mostly unchanged. What if you could “Fast Forward” and transform any area of your life with extraordinary results in just one year?”

Wendy the co-founder of The Fast Forward Group shares some of the key tips from the book she co-authored with Lisa McCarthy called Fast Forward: 5 Power Principles to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year. You’ll learn the importance of declaring a bold vision and sharing it, what it means to throw your hat over the wall, and how to manage your time and set your priorities to get your to where you want to go. If you are looking for tangible tips and inspiration to get you moving in the right direction personally and professionally, this interview is for you! Wendy and Lisa have worked with over 100,000 professionals and their book takes you through their proven system. Lots to learn in this conversation!

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Join Michele’s Newsletter
• Michele on Instagram
• Michele’s Book
• Website: Wendy’s Website
• Linkedin: Wendy on Linkedin

ABOUT THE GUEST

Wendy Leshgold is the president and co-founder of the Fast Forward Group, a professional development and executive coaching company. Wendy spent more than a decade in advertising, leading teams at Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO, and Deutsch, and working with brands including Apple, Kodak, and IBM. She experienced firsthand the challenges people face in high pressure corporate environments. Feeling compelled to help, she launched a successful executive coaching practice. A decade later, she joined forces with her childhood friend Lisa McCarthy, who shared her passion.  Together, they launched a company with a mission to transform the way people lead, work, and live. They are the co-authors of Fast Forward: 5 Power Principles to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year

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Zimbabwe-born Deborah Calmeyer launched ROAR AFRICA 16 years ago with a vision to curate journeys designed to harness the power of nature and facilitate the discovery of peace and purpose while offering a deep reconnection with self.

This is a beautiful conversation exploring why we travel + how our soul desires a reconnection to the wild.

We discuss:

1. Why Deborah launched her company Roar Africa over 16 years ago.
2. How the wild reconnects us to the power of the feminine and the essence of our souls.
3. How we are suffering from a “nature deficit disorder” and why humans seek out moments of awe.
4. We discuss the importance of silence to reconnect us to our truth and our humanity.
5. Deborah shares about the annual women’s empowerment retreat she hosts in a different African country each year. Think TedWomen on Safari.
   
   
   This is a fascinating conversation! If you’ve ever been on Safari or dreamt of going, love to travel, or are committed to deepening your connection with self, this interview is for you. 

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Join Michele’s Newsletter
• Michele on Instagram
• Michele’s Book
• Website: https://www.roarafrica.com/
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/roarafrica
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/roarafrica

ABOUT THE GUEST

Zimbabwe-born Deborah Calmeyer launched ROAR AFRICA 16 years ago with a vision to curate journeys designed to harness the power of nature and facilitate the discovery of peace and purpose while offering a deep reconnection with self. The past two years have drawn more and more people to wild places as a means to recenter and restore themselves and Africa provides some of the last wild landscapes on our increasingly fragmented planet. Calmeyer understands the transformative power of the African bush and how when we turn down the “noise” and remove the demands of travel, we can experience something not attained elsewhere.

Calmeyer grew up on a farm in the Zimbabwean bush; her pioneering family have a 330+ year-history in southern Africa. Hers was a childhood deeply infused with indigenous culture, and also with wildlife; swimming with Hyenas in the pool, water skiing on a crocodile-infested lake; her family’s beloved pet lioness (Carmel) that thought she was a Labrador.

As a result, Calmeyer is able to translate these magical, deeply spiritual journeys for others, allowing travelers to experience the world’s truly untouched, remote places first-hand while impressing upon them that this is not only an experience to be consumed but also an essential healing for them, for humankind, and for the relationship between the wild and ourselves.

Dr. Nayla Bahri joins us to discuss friendships – at work, in our lives, and in midlife. We share personal stories and ideas on how to cultivate friendships, including the kinds of friends you need – like an “action” friend. The research referenced highlights the importance of friendships at work for productivity and your likelihood of staying in the job longer. It also underscores the importance of friendships on happiness and longevity. I believe midlife women desire meaningful friendships. Most of us want soulful connections with great women. We discuss the importance of sharing core values and where you might make a new friend, and much more.

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Join Michele’s Newsletter
• Michele on Instagram
• Michele’s Book
• Website: 
• Nayla’s Website
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/naylabahri/
• https://www.instagram.com/drnaylabahri/
• Gallup Study on the importance of friends at work

ABOUT THE GUEST

Dr. Nayla Bahri is an executive coach, educator, facilitator, and co-host of The Inside Job Podcast. Her mission is to help everyone she collaborates with create their ideal relationship with work, one that lets them thrive, experience more satisfaction and flow, and deliver excellence. Her clients include individual leaders and teams across organizations and levels. She works with not-for-profits, startups, and well-established organizations including Apple, American Express,TheCity of New York, Appian, The Nature Conservancy, ColgateUniversity, Royal Bank of Canada, Stripe, and ABC/Disney.

Nayla served as the Dean of Students at Columbia Business School for fifteen years, where she coached and taught thousands of students and co-founded the Leadership Lab, the clearinghouse for leadership activities for MBA and EMBA students.She also led the learning and development team for a private equity-held global medical diagnostics organization, creating and leading initiatives including culture and employee engagement strategy, leadership development programs, performance management innovation, management curriculum, and coaching managers and the most senior leaders in the organization. Nayla is a graduate of Smith College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University. Her certifications include PCC level coach (ICF), Korn Ferry 360 Voices and Learning Agility, DDILeadership Suite, Immunity to Change (Individuals and teams), and the Hogan Assessment System.

Dr. Caroline Leaf is the author of How to Help Your Child Clean Up Their Mental Mess: A Guide to Building Resilience and Managing Mental Health. “Dr. Leaf provides a clear and effective five-step plan to teach your child how to manage their mind and become emotionally healthy. With deep understanding and compassion, Dr. Leaf offers simple, easy-to-use strategies for caretakers to help children to recognize feelings and respond in a healthy way—replacing toxic thoughts with brain-building practices and developing resilience that will serve them throughout their lives.” This is a fascinating conversation that I invite you to share with other parents.

*This is a podcast interview for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to be medical or mental health advice. Seek out your trusted provider for care for yourself or your child.

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1. Why Dr. Leaf wrote this book now to help parents help their children manage their mental health.
2. Why we need to embrace the “mess” and not let children feel like their brains are broken.
3. What the Neurocycle is, the specific steps, and how to implement it.
4. What are ‘Thought Trees’ and how can they help kids understand how experiences impact their brains and bodies.
5. How can we fix the youth mental health crisis and what role her book plays in helping the next generation.
6. ‘Brain-ee,’ a cartoon superhero and how parents can use this character to help children understand the journey of mental health, and much more!

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Join Michele’s Newsletter

Michele on Instagram

Michele’s Book

Website: Dr. Leaf’s Book Website

Dr. Leaf’s Website

Dr. Leaf on IG

Book: How to Help Your Child Clean Up Their Mental Mess: A Guide to Building Resilience and Managing Mental Health

Neurocycle App on App store

ABOUT THE GUEST

Dr. Caroline Leaf is a communication pathologist, audiologist, clinical and cognitive neuroscientist with a Masters and PhD in Communication Pathology and a BSc Logopaedics, specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. Since the early 1980s she has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field to study how the brain can change (neuroplasticity) with directed mind input. 

During her years in clinical practice and her work with thousands of underprivileged teachers and students in her home country of South Africa and in the USA, she developed her theory (called the Geodesic Information Processing theory) of how we think, build memory, and learn, into tools and processes that have transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), learning disabilities (ADD, ADHD), autism, dementias and mental ill-health issues like anxiety and depression. She has helped hundreds of thousands of students and adults learn how to use their mind to detox and grow their brain to succeed in every area of their lives, including school, university, and the workplace.

Dr. Leaf is also the bestselling author of Switch on Your Brain, Think Learn Succeed, Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess, and many more. She teaches at academic, medical and neuroscience conferences, and to various audiences around the world. 

Dr. Leaf is currently conducting clinical trials using the 5-step program she developed while in private practice to further demonstrate the effectiveness of mind-directed techniques to help relieve mental ill-health problems such as anxiety, depression and intrusive thoughts. The primary aim of these trials is to make mental health care more affordable, applicable, and accessible worldwide, and to reduce the stigma around mental health.

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“Style is a tool of confidence.” It’s time to make your style a priority. We all want to get ready in the morning by easily finding the clothes in our closet that make us feel great. That’s why Mary Lou Andre, Style Expert for 25 years is back on the show to bust the style 7 myths that prevent us from feeling our best when we head out the door. I love how Mary Lou has us ask “Who we are today?” We need to dress for the life we currently live and update our clothes to reflect that. It’s so easy to have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear and it’s time to change that. If you love learning about fashion and style, or your sense of style has changed, or you just want to understand an easy way to get organized around looking your best, this interview is for you.

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1️⃣ Why you need to believe style can be taught.

2️⃣ Why you need to dress for the life you are living today. Ask, “Who are you today?” Make sure your clothes tell the story of where you are today.  “Wardrobe is your secret weapon.”

3️⃣ You need to start with a base and then build your wardrobe.

4️⃣ Having more clothes isn’t better. It’s time to edit your wardrobe and it’s okay to repurpose your clothes.

5️⃣ Why you need to find clothing that fits you and how to dress to compliment your favorite features. Pro tip: Monochromatic looks are the most slimming.

6️⃣ How clothing is actually a form of self-care.

7️⃣ Dressing to look and feel your best is a way of honoring yourself today.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Michele on Instagram

Michele’s Book

Website: dressingwell.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/marylouandrestyle/

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Mary Lou’s book

ABOUT THE GUEST

Mary Lou Andre is a nationally recognized stylist, corporate image consultant, speaker and author. She is a wardrobe management, fashion and image consulting firm that helps individuals and organizations understand the power of being appropriately dressed in a variety of situations. Mary Lou is recognized by the media as a professional image, wardrobe organization, personal style and retail expert and has given in-depth interviews about a variety of these topics on ABC World News Now, CBS The Early Show, and MSN’s Money Central. Her fashion and professional image insights are regularly featured in national publications such as In Style, Real Simple, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Marie Claire, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Esquire, Executive Female, Family Circle, Sales & Marketing Magazine, Woman’s Day, Working Mother and The Washington Post. She is the author of Ready to Wear: An Expert’s Guide to Choosing and Using Your Wardrobe

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You may have experienced burnout. According to our guest, there is a spectrum and on one end a spa visit or a break may help but on the other end, your commitment to work will dominate your existence and in some cases will be a tipping point to depression or worse. Kelly Swingler experienced burnout twice as a highly successful corporate executive. The first time it made her very ill and the second time it nearly cost her her life. She shares her story and ways to manage your life to avoid burnout. This is an important conversation with an expert who has made it her life’s work to help others prevent and/or stop burnout.

*This is a podcast interview and not intended to be mental health advice. Please consult with your trusted healthcare professional for your health-related questions.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1. What is burnout.
2. Stacy’s story of burnout twice. The first time put her in and out of the hospital for 7 months. The second time nearly killed her.
3. Why she is on a mission to educate others about burnout and to help prevent it.
4. How her 12-year old twin boys became her wake-up call.
5. How burnout can you leave you not thinking clearly.
6. Three things for everyone to think about for prevention and recovery
   • Who are you? Who are presenting to be? Which parts are you fearful to present? Identity drives everything we do. Core values, core beliefs.  Keep asking “Who are you?” when in dialogue.  Go as deep as you can.
   • 2. Implement boundaries. Ex, I need to leave every day to have dinner with my family at 6pm.
   • 3. Set aside time for things that make you happy and have that dedicated time in your calendar.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Website: https://www.kellyswingler.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyswingler/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Z6iJPB4gYz1MZoUPOgdlQ

Michele on Instagram

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Kelly Swingler is the Executive Burnout Coach, for C-Suite leaders who are ready to regain control of their lives and create the time, space, and energy for the things that matter. Because when leaders are happy and healthy, they live happier and healthier lives and they create Anti-Burnout Workplaces that people love.

As a lifelong high-achieving, over-performing, recovering perfectionist who thrives under pressure, Kelly knows a thing or two about stress and jeopardising your wellbeing. She reached Burnout twice and has spent the last 9 years creating strategies and techniques to stop her, and her clients from burning out again.

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Stacy Madison is the Founder of Stacy’s Pita Chips. She started her business with a food cart selling sandwiches and that grew into her internationally known brand of chips. After selling Stacy’s, she traveled Europe and Asia with her twin daughters and returned to launch her own Juicebar where the bars were a top seller. Stacy attributes being BOLD to her success and launched another, BeBOLD bars – a healthy energy bar. With the help of her brother, they figured out how to produce them in larger quantities and start distribution to stores; however, a month after launching the pandemic hit. She believes that experience, and being no stranger to tragedy, equips entrepreneurs with problem-solving skills and the pandemic is unfortunately, a true test of survivors in the food business. Learn from this leading female entrepreneur about how to go for your dreams where she shares the lessons learned the second time around at building a company. Lots of wisdom from Stacy including what traits she believes you need in order to create success.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1. Why she started BeBOLD bars.
2. How Stacy came up with the name “BeBOLD”?
3. The challenges and obstacles faced during the early stages of BeBOLD Bars because of the pandemic.
4. The process of developing BeBOLD Bars’ recipe and the importance of using high-quality, natural ingredients.
5. Stacy’s commitment to providing healthy and nutritious options.
6. Unique aspects of BeBOLD Bars compared to other snack bars on the market.
7. Marketing and branding strategies employed by BeBOLD Bars.
8. Challenges faced in growing and scaling the business.
9. Her thoughts on failure.
10. Key lessons learned by Stacy throughout her entrepreneurial journey.
11. Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
12. Words of wisdom for individuals facing challenges and setbacks, and more.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• beboldbars.com
• @stacybeboldbars on IG
• @beboldbars on IG
• Michele on Instagram

MORE ABOUT STACY MADISON:

Stacy Madison founded Stacy’s Pita Chip Company, a top-selling natural snack food brand. It started with a career change from social work, to a strong desire to create delicious healthy food. Then, an entrepreneurial spirit and a small food cart in Boston used to sell pita sandwiches. As an incentive to keep people happily waiting in line, she baked pita chips each day using extra pita bread and gave them away to customers. She then decided to package and start selling the chips to local stores. The company experienced rapid growth and became a top-selling international snack food brand. After several years of traveling, she decided to open Stacy’s Juice bar. Stacy’s Juicebar began to sell hundreds of raw energy bars each month. The growing demand inspired Stacy to manufacture and market the bars nationwide. Stacy’s latest venture is BeBOLD Bars. BeBOLD Bars are healthy energy bars made with nutritious nut butters, oats, chocolate chips, chia, brazil nuts, walnuts, dark maple syrup, and wildflower honey. Wrapping simple ingredients and delicious flavors into one great bar.

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