Best Work/best Life From Kathy & Mo

So many of us are taught to believe we have to be perfect in everything we do. This creates a habit of self-criticism, correction and a down-right constant focus on what we aren’t doing well. We are graded, evaluated and told how to “win” all our lives. But it’s a crushing experience to live life racing after perfection. Listen as Peter J. Reding shares a revolutionary feedback approach he developed in his Coach for Life and Inspired Learning model, based on an intensive focus on fulfilling and enriching the human spirit.  Peter advocates focusing on what’s working, spotlighting the amazing job people are doing, and highlighting all the ways we ARE hitting the mark. Learn how to give the kind of feedback that transforms people’s lives.

Most of us have in our hearts that dream that, when fulfilled, will make our lives richer and fuller, and will help our souls come alive. Our dreams can be fragile in their early days, and they need to be nurtured and protected with tender loving care. When you want to change something important in your life, or find a new way to expand, stretch, and do something bold and exciting, you need a certain kind of input and feedback - the kind that bolsters your dreams, shapes them powerfully, and keeps them from being crushed. Kathy and Mo explore six simple steps to ensuring you get the positive, empowering support you need to make your dreams a reality.

Scared silly to speak in public? If so, you’re not alone - it's the #1 fear among adults. Tracy Goodwin, Founder of Captivate The Room and expert in voice technique, presentation and storytelling skills, shares powerful strategies and insights on how to step up to your full potential and your authentic spirit every time you speak. In this episode, Tracy shares insider tips from her years as a professional actor and in her vocal coaching work on how to bring your words to life, overcome your fears about your voice and speaking, and finally recognize what's holding you back from finding your most authoritative and powerful voice. She explains the true value being authentic and using your “real voice,” and offers other practical tips and tools that will help you master your speaking approach, and power up your engagement and connection with others.

Are you experiencing a crisis experience that has you overwhelmed, devastated, and confused as to how to move forward, wondering if you’ll ever recover? Mo and Kathy talk about the hardships and crises that have brought them to their knees, and the amazing info and insights they learned from these experiences. They also share empowering strategies, solutions and tips from their coaching work with thousands of women regarding what they’ve found to be the critical DOs and DON’Ts to follow during crisis periods --  the specific behaviors, mindsets and practices to embrace -- and those to let go of -- in order to heal, recover, find yourself, and craft a wonderful new “me” that will thrive and grow after crises and setback.

We all need momentum to fuel our ideas, projects and life. Shama Hyder, CEO of the Marketing Zen Group and author of the new book, MOMENTUM: How to Propel Your Marketing and Transform Your Brand in the Digital Age, shares insider secrets on how creating consistency, trust and customer focus can turn an idea into a viable market mover. Named by Forbes as a 30-Under-30 mover and shaker in 2015, and “one of the top voices in marketing and social” by LinkedIn, Shama explains her 5 critical principles for propelling your marketing forward, and creating BIG momentum for your business, products and messages in a busy and crowded marketplace.

Avril McDonald, author of the Feel Brave Series of books (little stories about big feelings for 4-7 year olds) and founder of www.feelbrave.com, shares with us her immense and powerful vision of helping children around the world better cope with their fears and anxieties, and also help adults heal in their own journey of becoming brave, confident and excited to follow their passions and visions for doing something meaningful in the world.

So, you’re embroiled in a toxic work culture, a political nightmare, backstabbing colleagues who hurt you or a boss who’s incredibly tough on you. What do you do? Kathy and Mo share their deepest and most empowering tips and strategies (hard-earned from their own personal and corporate experiences) for effectively dealing with “politics” that crush you down in the workplace. From shifting your own energy, to visualizing a more positive outcome, to being able to identify when a culture is simply too “sick” to thrive in, and learning how to communicate very clearly and calmly what you need and want, you’ll learn important new behaviors that will help you evaluate what you’re facing, and navigate through it in an empowered way, to a happier, more fulfilling outcome.

Agapi Stassinopoulos, author and inspirational speaker share her secrets of life’s wins and losses and how she found each episode in life to reveal to her a new way to open and unbind her heart. Her Greek upbringing and seemingly magic mother brought a deep sense of enjoyment to her that she struggled to find herself until her unbound her heart.

D.B. Weinke -- sought-after LinkedIn speaker, trainer, consultant and expert -- shares her keen insights on overcoming the most common and damaging mistakes professionals make on LinkedIn. In this probing interview, D.B., a former Chief Marketing Officer and Fortune 500 executive turned LinkedIn authority, reveals insider tips, strategies and critical LinkedIn behaviors that will help you leverage the power of LinkedIn to connect with amazing new colleagues, find a great mentor, publish your writing, market yourself successfully, land great new opportunities, and spread your messages to impact thousands.

Founding President of Starbucks International, Howard Behar, shares critical leadership lessons and business insights stemming from powerful experiences of early childhood in his father’s Seattle market, to building Starbucks Coffee from 28 stores to over 15,000 stores spanning five continents. He shares his memories, insights and thoughts on what needs to change in so many of today’s leadership approaches, and touches on our current political environment, our deep need for truth and trust at work, and the misguided myth that people are “assets” to be owned.

So many people today believe they’re stuck in lack-lustre, frustrating, or what they feel are “dead-end”  jobs. They also think they’re wasting precious time in life. Kathy and Mo turn this idea on its head, and share new perspectives, insights and strategies that will help you fuel your passions - and expand your “highest self” -- in your current job, even when that’s a role you don’t like.

Dr. Neha Sangwan, a dedicated Internal Medicine physician, has practiced medicine for many years in hospitals where patients with life-threatening illnesses, upon their release home, would reveal deep secrets about their health challenges, and what was truly at the root. Her own unique experience with a debilitating condition, and her epiphany that communication (or more accurately - the lack of direct, honest and necessary communication) was at the heart of what ailed her and her patients, she found her calling to become a true communication expert, helping us say what needs to be said in order for health and well-being to be achieved and sustained. Dr. Neha joins Kathy and Mo for a deep and probing conversation about honest communication, why it matters and how it dramatically impacts your health, well-being and your life.  

Finding what you are truly great at and love is a yearning we all have. It is the secret to a life and career well lived. Why is this so illusive? Why do so many of us struggle to find this inside? Kathy and Mo discuss the specific strategies and solutions to uncover the gems inside of you that point to your truest gifts and natural talents and the outcomes you care most about supporting. Listen in and follow along to find your inner bliss and how to get on track with to building a career that matches with your inner self. Live the work and life of your dreams.

Our lives move forward when we are aligned with our inner energy and when our energy is flowing in a clear, unobstructed way. When we are stuck, it is often because we have energetic blocks from our past programming, hurts or limiting mindset and beliefs. These energy blocks are often the reason we can’t move forward to pursue our dreams and desires with success and joy. Lynn Carroll, transformative energy healer and psychotherapist, talks about her energy work and gives powerful tips and techniques to help release our blocks and challenges, including money issues, relationship conflicts, access to joy and success and more. Listen in as Kathy and Mo tap into the power of our energy and what it can do to move us all in the direction of our dreams.

What if the smartest people in the world understand something that the rest of us don’t? (They Do.)  Richie Norton tells us about his stunning take on the momentum of starting something, starting anything. Learn his great take on how to crush fear, make dreams happen, and live without regret.

A cooking show on a podcast? Pati Jinich, renowned PBS cooking show host and Emmy nominee shares her journey from political analyst covering her native Mexico, to highly popular TV chef, author, speaker and cultural “ambassador” of the richness of the Mexican food and culture of her roots. Her focus, drive and passion to build respect and recognition for Mexican culture, and find her own special place in the world, will rivet you. If you have a passion that you want to leverage, here is how to cook it up!

Being able to command top dollar for your work requires an understanding of the value you provide. Learn how to build a mindset and set of beliefs that support you to reach your next level of earning power in a way that is authentically aligned with what matters most to you.

Dr. Lucy Gilson, Professor and Management Department Head at University of Connecticut's School of Business, and the Director of the Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference, joins Kathy and Mo in a fascinating discussion about the impact of gender on the roles women and men play in academia and also the choices they make both personally and professionally. Dr. Gilson shares her keen perspectives as an educator, a leader and a researcher, revealing underlying patterns and trends that unconsciously shape both men and women in their career directions and their futures. (And don’t miss what her 14-year-old son shares as his top tips for a successful life!).

Are we selling our lives and careers short because of how we feel inside, and how we?re operating in the world? Kathy and Mo discuss powerful and practical strategies to increase your confidence and play full out, in work and in life. Learn how to show up with more confidence, feel happier, appreciate your value and worth, and build the life and livelihood that reflects your highest visions.

Angie Ruan, Group VP of Global Digital Experience Engineering at American Express, shares her keen insights on what it takes to lead effectively, innovate big, and collaborate powerfully in the tech world today.