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  • Marie-Elizabeth Mali: How To Explore Relationship Alchemy
    In today‘s episode, I sit down with Marie-Elizabeth Mali, a relationship alchemist who helps high-achieving women cultivate love and relationships. Listen in as we discuss the power of relationships and connection.
    Topics include:
    • How her call to adventure moment to study relationships came out of her own divorce.
    • Why entrepreneurs compartmentalize their personal relationships so often and what you can do to blend the two together.
    • Why it’s important to bring science to the art of communicating with your significant other.
    • Exactly what to do if you’ve been bottling your emotions and avoiding confrontation in your relationships
    • The surprising truth about what a lump in your throat is really telling you (It’s not what you think)
    • One of the most important things to notice about your partner and the space you share.
    • How to be a “team player” in your current relationship and what behaviors to avoid.
    • Why it’s not just you and your partner in the relationship and why you cannot ignore this very important “third person”
      And much more!

      As a Relationship Alchemist and Speaker Marie-Elizabeth Mali helps high-achieving women cultivate love and connection in their intimate relationships. Drawing on her Master’s in Chinese Medicine and over 20 years of working with clients, she teaches all women how to show up fully and authentically instead of trying to twist themselves to fit in. Marie-Elizabeth’s work has been featured in Thrive Global, SWAAY, and Forbes.

      Mentioned in this episode:
      • Brene Brown
      • Learn more about Marie-Elizabeth Mali:
        • Marie Elizabeth’s Website
        • Relationship Alchemy Quiz
        • Learn more about Michael Roderick:
          • smallpondenterprises.com
          • LinkedIn
          • Twitter
          • 36 min
          • Nate Cooper: Get Better Digital

            As the Managing Partner of Swarm, Nate Cooper has helped everyone from National Geographic to People Magazine boost their digital business. Today he’s revealing how he does it—from reimagining how essential pieces play into the bigger picture to defining what it really takes to create a full customer experience.

            Topics include:
            • Drawing the lines between creative and technical pursuits
            • The relationship between functionality and beauty (and why you can’t have one without the other)
            • Why customer experience matters way more than you think
            • The biggest tech mistakes marketers make
            • The pitfalls of rushing through projects without testing
            • What will give your efforts a higher rate of success
            • Thinking about the impact you want to make vs. what things cost
            • Asking yourself how much maintenance your digital presence will require (and why it’s important for your business)
            • Trusting yourself to own your ideas (and make them happen!)
            • And so much more!
            • Nate Cooper is an entrepreneur, writer, and consultant in New York City. Nate has been developing websites professionally since 1997. His book Build Your Own Website: A Comic Guide to HTML, CSS and WordPress has been a bestseller in Programming: CSS books on Amazon.com. He runs a boutique product design agency called SWARM. SWARM works closely with their clients as strategic partners to understand their industry’s unique problems and engineer innovative solutions for their projects in web and digital.

              Mentioned in this episode:
              • Malcolm Gladwell
              • Learn more about Nate Cooper:
                • swarmnyc.com
                • Twitter
                • Learn more about Michael Roderick:
                  • smallpondenterprises.com
                  • LinkedIn
                  • Twitter
                  • 31 min
                  • Meghan Lynch: How To Develop A Winning Process

                    Meghan Lynch is a wiz at getting things done. And as the CEO of Six-Point Creative, she helps second-stage companies clarify their vision, align their teams, and unlock their full potential. Today she’s revealing what it takes to develop a winning formula that both your teams and your clients can benefit from. We also discuss why testing fresh ideas out on yourself will lead to some major insights.

                    Topics include:
                    • The stronger your process, the more your customers will trust you
                    • Developing internal processes vs. the ones geared for your clients
                    • Why the biggest learning moment for Meghan took place when hiring a team
                    • What it really means to know yourself (and your business)
                    • Why your clients are often on emotional rollercoasters (and what that can teach you about empathy, setting expectations, and strategy)
                    • What it really looks like to be a second-stage company (and why you shouldn’t be so hard on your failures at that stage)
                    • Getting into the humble space
                    • The role (and power) of peer learning when it comes to building relationships
                    • And so much more!
                    • Meghan Lynch founded Six-Point Creative with a mission to help the family-owned and closely-held businesses that have become job creators and change engines in their communities compete with the goliaths. Six-Point Creative provides clients with the experience and expertise to make smarter, faster, better positioning decisions that drive growth.

                      Mentioned in this episode:
                      • Sara Blakely
                      • Learn more about Meghan Lynch:
                        • sixpointcreative.com
                        • Learn more about Michael Roderick:
                          • smallpondenterprises.com
                          • LinkedIn
                          • Twitter
                          • 35 min
                          • Ben Bogen: Making Things Work In Impossible Circumstances

                            In today’s episode, Broadway performer Ben Bogen reveals the real challenges he had to overcome when the entire industry shut down during the pandemic. Listen in as we unpack how Ben (and other performers) made impossible things happen in more-than-unusual circumstances and discuss the relationship between politics, protests, and the arts.

                            Topics include:
                            • His own personal journey into the Broadway world
                            • A true inside glimpse into the world of performing arts
                            • What happened to performers in the industry when everything shut down
                            • The true power of live theater
                            • What the pandemic taught him about ingenuity (and what it can teach you too)
                            • Contributing to the greater good in small ways
                            • How (and why) his career began to transform after he took matters into his own hands
                            • Overcoming adversity in the face of a shut-down industry
                            • And so much more!
                            • Ben bogen is a Manhattan based performer having recently made his television debut on the series finale of POSE and is starring in an upcoming indie feature film “Sunday Brunch” coming out later in 2021. Most known for his stage work in Broadway’s FROZEN (Olaf understudy, Duke Weselton understudy) and the Broadway National Tour of JERSEY BOYS (Frankie Valli alternate); Ben tours around the country teaching masterclasses in auditioning, dance, acting, and song performance to kids/teens/adults. Off Broadway/World Premieres: ONLY HUMAN (NY), THE FLAMINGO KID (Hartford Stage), and SOUSATZKA (Toronto). Regional: Pittsburgh CLO, North Carolina Theatre, and Center REP. Ben works with students virtually through Broadway Plus.

                              Mentioned in this episode:
                              • Andrew Rannells
                              • Learn more about Ben Bogen:
                                • benbogen.com
                                • Instagram
                                • Learn more about Michael Roderick:
                                  • smallpondenterprises.com
                                  • LinkedIn
                                  • Twitter
                                  • 49 min
                                  • Carolyn Kiel: Get Podcasting Today!

                                    Throughout her impressive career in learning and development, Carolyn Kiel has always wanted to create a space where people could share their extraordinary backstories with the world. So she started the Beyond 6 Seconds podcast—a candid show that highlights amazing conversations with a variety of people. In today’s episode, Carolyn reveals how she built her podcast from the ground up and how you can do it too.

                                    Topics include:
                                    • Learning a little something new everyday
                                    • Diving into the podcasting community for advice
                                    • Having conversations with people who have been in your shoes before
                                    • Defining what consistency means for you
                                    • Building your bookings through referrals (from your inner circle and your audience)
                                    • How to book high-profile guests
                                    • The importance of continuing your follow-ups (even if you don’t hear back right away)
                                    • Finding stories (and people) that excite you
                                    • Staying true to yourself when it comes to interviewing people (and making your show yours)
                                    • Her process for saying no to guests (and how to make it work for you)
                                    • Putting in the work vs. relying on your talent
                                    • And so much more!
                                    • Carolyn Kiel is a learning design manager at a Fortune 500 company. Prior to working in learning & development, she held roles in change management, risk management, and data governance in the financial services industry. Carolyn also hosts the Beyond 6 Seconds podcast, where she has interviewed more than 120 entrepreneurs, CEOs and media personalities about how they’ve overcome obstacles to build their careers and achieve their goals. Carolyn has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Vassar College and a master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

                                      Mentioned in this episode:
                                      • Brandon Stanton
                                      • Learn more about Carolyn Kiel:
                                        • beyond6seconds.net
                                        • Learn more about Michael Roderick:
                                          • smallpondenterprises.com
                                          • LinkedIn
                                          • Twitter
                                          • 40 min
                                          • JD Gershbein: Make LinkedIn Your Playground

                                            For more than fifteen years, Owlish Communications CEO JD Gershbein has made LinkedIn his playground—and boy has he played! Not only has he unlocked everything the platform has to offer, but he also happily shares what he knows with clients so they can use it to its full potential. In today’s episode, JD breaks down the science behind LinkedIn, and explores the intellectual and emotional components of social networking.

                                            Topics include:
                                            • How a middle school project inspired the name of his company
                                            • The relationship between LinkedIn and neuroscience
                                            • The pragmatic vs. the creative
                                            • Why generating leads should never be your motivation
                                            • Moving away from transactional relationships and into a human-centered approach
                                            • Why your network is an untapped goldmine
                                            • What you should do when you’re feeling overwhelmed
                                            • The art (and importance) of keeping conversations in play
                                            • Balancing content creation with cultivating connections
                                            • The urgency of content
                                            • The importance of bringing people to your best pieces of content
                                            • Challenging yourself to keep things fresh, creative, and improvisational every day you post
                                            • Why you need to protect your intellectual property
                                            • And so much more!
                                            • As one of the world’s first independent LinkedIn consultants, JD Gershbein is driving the conversation on personal branding and how businesses can generate growth opportunities through human-centered social networking. He delivers sustainable competitive advantage for professionals and companies looking to leverage their stories, build engaged communities, and effect positive change.

                                              Mentioned in this episode:
                                              • Paul McCartney
                                              • Learn more about JD Gershbein:
                                                • LinkedIn
                                                • Learn more about Michael Roderick:
                                                  • smallpondenterprises.com
                                                  • LinkedIn
                                                  • Twitter
                                                  • 40 min
                                                  • Kristin Swanson: Turn Your Somedays Into Todays

                                                    Kristin Swanson is on a mission to turn her clients’ someday projects into today’s projects. How does she do it? She teaches them how to take complete charge of managing their emotions as well as how they spend their energy and time. In today’s episode, Kristin is sharing some of her biggest insights with us, including what we can do to overcome some of life’s  scariest challenges in order to get big things done.

                                                    Topics include:
                                                    • Listening to your soul whispers
                                                    • Being done with your own BS
                                                    • Getting out of “email mode”
                                                    • Why energy management is more important than time management (and what that means)
                                                    • Discovering what gives you energy (and going for it!)
                                                    • Why beating procrastination is all about managing your emotions
                                                    • Holding yourself accountable
                                                    • The importance of aligning what you want with everyone’s expectations (and how to do it)
                                                    • Using technology with intention
                                                    • Mapping out your ideal calendar (and why it’s more powerful than you think it is)
                                                    • Why all the answers you’re looking for are within you
                                                    • And so much more!
                                                    • Kristin Swanson helps Thought Leaders execute their “someday when” procrastinated projects with ease. As a breast cancer survivor & Co-Active Coaches Institute trained Coach, Kristin has learned the importance of getting out of one’s own way and how to stop waiting until “someday” to make a unique impact. Realizing deeply that “you only live once,” she has gained perspective, tools, and strategies to overcome the illusions fear instills in us.

                                                      Mentioned in this episode:
                                                      • Oprah Winfrey
                                                      • Learn more about Kristin Swanson:
                                                        • kristinswansonconsulting.com
                                                        • Instagram
                                                        • Learn more about Michael Roderick:
                                                          • smallpondenterprises.com
                                                          • LinkedIn
                                                          • Twitter
                                                          • 37 min
                                                          • Leisa Peterson: Be More Mindful, Make More Money

                                                            As the author of The Mindful Millionaire, Leisa Peterson has uncovered the secret to building a life that’s filled with happiness, peace, and yes, money. And today she’s sharing some of those secrets with us. Tune in as we explore what it means to be mindful when it comes to money, and reveal how it will help you surpass your financial goals.

                                                            Topics include:
                                                            • Discovering what happiness means to you (and using that definition to start making positive changes)
                                                            • Why you need to explore how your money-making decisions align with your life
                                                            • Why the only way to find true peace in life is to live it according to your values, especially when it comes to money
                                                            • Are your actions aligned with what you really want?
                                                            • People vs. profit
                                                            • Why patterns of fear and scarcity could be at the heart of your money struggles (and what to do about it)
                                                            • Why you need to shift your mindset into one of abundance (and how it will have a big impact on every aspect of your life)
                                                            • Letting go of attachments and obsessions
                                                            • How to have the pricing conversation
                                                            • Why kindness always wins
                                                            • And so much more!
                                                            • Leisa Peterson, CFP® is a coach, author, business growth strategist and founder of WealthClinic. She helps people elevate their financial consciousness by realizing their true value and creating financial security for themselves. Leisa shows you how to identify where you’re stuck and repeating negative patterns so you can break free of limitation and build wealth by creating a business the fulfills your fullest potential.

                                                              Mentioned in this episode:
                                                              • Oprah Winfrey
                                                              • Learn more about Leisa Peterson:
                                                                • wealthclinic.com/vision
                                                                • Learn more about Michael Roderick:
                                                                  • smallpondenterprises.com
                                                                  • LinkedIn
                                                                  • Twitter
                                                                  • 40 min
                                                                  • Ari Galper: Why Trust Is The Key To Revolutionizing Your Sales

                                                                    A technical snafu during a conference call (and a trip to the dark side) led Ari Galper to the biggest epiphany in his career. Now as the leading authority on trust-based selling, Ari is revolutionizing the world of sales as we know it. In today’s episode, Ari reveals why ditching your sales goals and focusing on trust are the key ingredients to making sales happen.

                                                                    Topics include:
                                                                    • Removing the pressure from the process
                                                                    • How to develop an entirely new concept from the ground up
                                                                    • The importance of being 100% present
                                                                    • Why you need to exude authenticity and a sense of caring to make it in sales (and how to do it)
                                                                    • Why sales is really all about the beginning and not the close
                                                                    • The concept of trust-based language and what it can do for your sales game
                                                                    • The one question that will help you take your conversations to the next level
                                                                    • How to build genuine trust
                                                                    • Getting off the hope drug
                                                                    • Why sales is like a doctor/patient relationship
                                                                    • Why long sales cycles no longer have to exist (and that means for you)
                                                                    • And so much more!
                                                                    • Ari Galper has been on a mission for the last decade to change the world through trust, starting with the sales and business world. He is the world’s number one authority on trust-based selling and has been featured in CEO Magazine, Forbes, INC Magazine, SkyNews and the Australian Financial Review. His new book Unlock The Sales Game has become an instant bestseller among business owners and entrepreneurs across the globe.

                                                                      As trust becomes the most important currency in the new economy, the act of selling as a de-humanizing process with endless “chasing”, has been completely re-invented and anchored in the timeless values of integrity and trust – through Trust-Based Selling. In Unlock The Sales Game, Ari describes his revolutionary sales approach based on getting to the truth and why having a mindset of focusing on deep trust, instead of “the sale”—is ironically, 10 times more profitable.

                                                                      Mentioned in this episode:
                                                                      • Tim Grover
                                                                      • Learn more about Ari Galper:
                                                                        • unlockthegame.com
                                                                        • Learn more about Michael Roderick:
                                                                          • smallpondenterprises.com
                                                                          • LinkedIn
                                                                          • Twitter
                                                                          • 33 min
                                                                          • Karen Baines: How To Raise Your Vibrational Energy (And Make Money In the Process)

                                                                            Karen Baines likes to call herself an interpreter of money and energy. Why? She has the natural ability to help people find the right vibrational energy while boosting their income levels in the process. In today’s episode, she reveals what we can do to align ourselves with the universe to make more money. We also explore how becoming more present with ourselves will lead to some pretty big things in our lives and careers.

                                                                            Topics include:
                                                                            • Why there is always a next level in your career journey (and how to get there)
                                                                            • Why you can’t compartmentalize energy
                                                                            • Finding your blind spots and getting on the right frequency
                                                                            • Why we’re all here to experience happiness and abundance
                                                                            • Identifying (and navigating) your natural fight or flight responses so you can grow
                                                                            • Being in the moment and acknowledging what you feel
                                                                            • Why vibrational shifts go hand-in-hand with resistance
                                                                            • Working with the law of polarity
                                                                            • Suffering from over-givers syndrome (and what to do about it)
                                                                            • If you put your value into the universe, it will value you right back
                                                                            • The importance of giving from a place of having
                                                                            • And so much more!
                                                                            • Karen Baines is a conscious wealth mentor who has shown hundreds of entrepreneurs how to break through to that illusive next income level, by mastering their own unique wealth creation process.

                                                                              Mentioned in this episode:
                                                                              • Stephen Fry
                                                                              • Learn more about Karen Baines:
                                                                                • soulwhispers.uk
                                                                                • Learn more about Michael Roderick:
                                                                                  • smallpondenterprises.com
                                                                                  • LinkedIn
                                                                                  • Twitter
                                                                                  • 46 min

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