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What is your relationship with the virus COVID-19?  

In this episode, I am going to discuss threat responses with our Covid-19 relationship.  

All our bodies have a relationship with Covid-19.  For some people, it sparks outrage, others terror.    

Whatever the case, it is critical to see how your relationship is impacting your life and organizing either resourceful or unhelpful behaviors.  

Many of my clients have trauma bonded with Covid-19. As things start to reopen, the chaos of fear is creating barriers to move forward in healthy ways.  

For others, it has sparked outrage, similar to BLM, whereas the government's response to COVID-19 is a system to be dismantled.  

My job is not to take sides but to hold the middle space for inquiry, integration, and adaptability.    

Many people are over-reaching rigid certainty which has them feel short term powerful but also powerlessness.  

I refer to this system as an authoritarian and victim paradigm structure.  

No one gets well in this system.  

Everyone is trying to wake up the side that is sleeping, but NO ONE in this system is available for learning or awakened.  

This system is the most chaotic. It organizes internal overreach and recreates victimization.  

An integrated, growth paradigm structure is the optimal structure for health and well-being. 

II have been helping people convert crisis states into thriving states for over 20 years: financial crisis, addiction, divorce, loss, etc. 

In this episode, we will learn why we need to regulate our response to systematic collapses in order to thrive in the face of difficulty.

The stock market collapse, the global shutdown, and our individual response will either drive more disorganization or create an environment of awakening.  

Let's come together to strengthen connectedness, love, and consciousness.  

Let's gather skills to identify areas in our life that need more of our attention, insight, and focus.  

Let's stop indulging in rage, blame, and panic but rather create internal safety to use this time wisely to grow, learn, and restructure our personal, work, family, financial, and community systems.  

Join us on the is journey.  

We will be providing free online support to anyone who feels triggered and wants to learn skills to self-regulate, increase the capacity to thrive, and love even in the face of collapse.  Email us at hello@untangleandthrive.com to receive a private link.  

In this episode Chandra McMahon, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Verizon, speaks on her career journey and insights she learned along the way. She touches on key decisions, hurdles, and the role of mentor-ship for building a successful career. She also shares her thoughts on the challenges women in technology face, and advice on navigating the industry.

Guest: Chandra McMahon

Chandra McMahon is a Senor Vice President and CISO for Verizon. She is responsible for setting information security strategy, policy, standards, architectures, and processes.  She and her team work with an across Verizon’s business units to protect its customers and its leading network. Prior to joining Verizon, Chandra help leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Lockheed Martin, including serving as the company’s CISO  and most recently as Vice President of Commercial Markets.  She holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech, as well as  Masters Degree in Engineering Science from Penn State University. 

Host: Audrey Gonzalez

Audrey Gonzalez is an Information Technology Analyst in the Ignite Digital Leadership Program at the World Renewable Energy Company NextEra Energy. In her role she rotates between various IT assignments with leadership and technical training along the way. Her diverse assignments have included IT communications and employee programs, cybersecurity strategic projects and process and improvements, automated database testing, and cybersecurity phishing awareness.  She graduated from the University of Florida with a Masters degree in International Business and a Bachelors degree in Business Management. She also holds a Six Sigma Green Belt Certification.

In this episode Meredith Harper, CISO, discusses her career journey and pivotal roles on her path to CISO. Meredith speaks about her passions that have led her to where she is today and what drives her to keep challenging herself. She also shares tips on how she has navigated new roles and organizations to be successful as a leader. Tune in for an insightful discussion!

Guest: Meredith Harper, CISO
Meredith Harper serves as vice president and chief information security officer at Eli Lilly and Company. She is responsible for the company’s global information security program.

Prior to joining Lilly in 2018 as senior director, deputy chief information security officer, Meredith served as chief information privacy and security officer at Henry Ford Health System, where she had ultimate responsibility for the protection of Henry Ford’s provider, insurance, retail and research businesses.

Meredith is an active member of the Health Care Compliance Association and the International Association of Privacy Professionals. She holds dual certifications in healthcare compliance and privacy. She is certified as a HealthCare Information Security & Privacy Practitioner through the International Information System Security Certification Consortium Inc. and a Certified Information Security Manager through the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.

She earned a master’s degree in health services administration and a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from the University of Detroit Mercy. She also earned a master’s of jurisprudence in health law from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Meredith serves on several advisory boards in support of empowering women and minorities to embark upon careers in technology, especially in information security. She has also served her community for 28 years through her Diamond Life membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

Host: Betsy Hackl
Betsy Hackl is a Senior Associate Information Security Assessor at Eli Lilly and Company. During her time at Lilly, Betsy was instrumental in creating the Information Security Third Party Risk Management program to combat one of Lilly’s top risks, “Insecure Third Parties”. In this role, Betsy works with business stakeholders to identify the highest risk Third Parties working with Lilly and determine the actions necessary to ensure our data and connections are secure. In addition to assessing third parties, Betsy also works on Merger, Acquisition and Divestiture deals, and is in the process of standing up an on-going monitoring program to continually monitoring third party organizations post-assessment. Prior to arriving to Lilly Betsy was a Senior Auditor at EY where she led the IT component of several SOX audits and created numerous SOC2 reports. She holds certifications in CISSP, CISA, GCED, GISP and CTPRP. 

What you will discover

• The basic premise of the "Untangle Method" and how it reflects the workings of the body and brain.
• How our limited capacities with connection leads us into disorganization.
• The system organizing our horrible results will not be the system which transforms them.
• Reorganizing system capacity versus changing our thoughts creates transforming results.
• How to locate and get safe with trying things and having your first experience.
• A quick meditation to receive pleasure and positive sensations.

In this episode, Avani and Kristen discuss the plans that you make for your life, and what it turns out to be in reality. They discuss mom guilt, hardships experienced by family, and how making sacrifices and lending a helping hand can influence the life of generations to come.  

Avani Desai is a Partner and President at Schellman & Company, LLC, the largest niche CPA firm in the world that focuses on technology and security assessments. She is also CEO and co-founder of MyCryptoAlert, a push notification and portfolio app for cryptocurrency.
 
 Avani started her career working at KPMG for over 10 years, where she was involved with IT Risk Management and Privacy service-lines. Now at Schellman & Company, Avani has been focusing on growth strategies, strategic client and market development, industry analysis, and new services for the last seven years.  In 2017, Avani, a crypto enthusiast, launched MyCryptoAlert.  Also passionate about strategic philanthropy, Avani sits on the board of several non profit organizations.  Avani still considers her greatest accomplishment to be personal rather than professional—she is the proud mother to her 8-year-old son, Sahil, and her 5-year-old daughter, Sareena

This episode kicks of our mini-series called Wise Women where we will sit down with influential women in Tech, Privacy, and Risk to talk about their biggest successes, failures, words of wisdom, and everything in between.  The episodes will air sporadically throughout the season.

In this episode host Ashley McArthur sits down for a chat with Julie Hamilton about her experiences in upper management, routines that make her more centered and productive, and bits of wisdom that have helped her along her career journey.

Guest: Julie Hamilton, Managing Director, Healthcare Provider Regulatory and Operational Risk - Deloitte Advisory 
Host: Ashley McArthur, Senior Consultant, Deloitte Advisory