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“Whatever it is you do, it’s something that keeps you going, and when you have those challenges it’s easier to get through them and overcome them. I always say don’t be discouraged, but get back up and spread your wings. By having a social business, it’s a lot easier to do so.” - Mikaila Ulmer

This is a very special episode of Brave By Design, as today’s guest is a young entrepreneur who has sold over 1 million bottles of product as a teen, written a book and is an influential speaker. Today you are going to hear all about her journey, where her inspiration comes from and why social impact is so very near and dear to her heart.

Mikaila Ulmer started her lemonade at youth entrepreneurial events and at her lemonade stand out in front of her home, donating a percentage of the profits to local and international organizations fighting hard to save the honeybees. That is why she touts: “Buy a Bottle…Save a Bee.”

Now at age 15, her little idea from more than 10 years ago continues to grow and grow...by more than 500 percent since the company’s humble Austin, Texas-based beginnings. Today, the award-winning, ready-to-drink Me & the Bees Lemonades in five refreshing flavors is buzzing off the shelves of Whole Foods Market, The Fresh Market, World Market, H-E-B stores across Texas and Kroger stores in Houston. It is also available at a growing number of restaurants, food trailers and natural food delivery companies.

When not traveling for speaking events to share her stories of being a social entrepreneur, leading workshops on how to save the bees, or participating in social entrepreneurship panels, you can find Mikaila coming up with ideas to help the Healthy Hive Foundation, a nonprofit to further help the mission of saving the pollinators.

And of course, she’s working hard as a high school student, loving Spanish, science and rock climbing classes. Find Mikaila on Facebook and Instagram pages where followers can ‘like’ interesting facts about bees, honey and Me & the Bees Lemonade.

Mikaila’s first book, Bee Fearless, Dream Like a Kid, launches in August 2020. Published by Penguin Random House, it is about her adventures in being a social entrepreneur and heading up a purpose-based brand aimed at offering premium, all-natural lemonades in a way that helps save the bees.

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What You’ll Hear In This Episode: 

• What Mikaila’s book, Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid, is all about and the important message it promotes [10:37]
  
  
• Some of the biggest challenges she has faced being a young entrepreneur, and the way sh

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“We make this fundamental mistake where we attribute bad intentions to people. What we often think is that rather than thinking about that fact that somebody acted a certain way or did a thing because of maybe an environmental circumstance, we’re more likely to think it’s because of who they are and that they intended poorly on you. That is a fundamental error, and it’s actually usually the circumstance.” - Jonathan Miller 

Conflict is something we deal with everyday in all aspects of our lives, which is why I think this episode is going to be so relevant to all listeners. Today’s Brave By Design guest became fascinated with communication, and he shares how that fascination translated into his work of transforming conflict into healthy collaborative relationships.

Jonathan Miller is a conflict transformation coach, and he has spent hundreds of hours in deliberate communication practice and stretching himself outside of his comfort zone. He is a former program leader at Landmark Worldwide and is in the process of becoming a Certified Professional Coach through Erickson Coaching International. Jonathan has done extensive training in Nonviolent Communication and is also a dedicated Vipassana meditation practitioner, having spent well over 2,000 hours meditation in the past few years. His coaching style is rigorous, compassionate and highly action-oriented. 

What Jonathan reveals in this episode will provide practical and actionable ways that you can start improving your conversation with others around you and reduce conflict - starting today. 

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What You’ll Hear In This Episode: 

• How a personal endeavor led Jonathan on a journey into the world of communication [3:03]
  
  
• What he says is the unpredictable area of conflict [7:41]
  
  
• Different techniques to use instead of just “fight or flight” when dealing with conflict [9:20]
  
  
• What is a “Fundamental Attribution Error” and why it almost always affects our mindset going into conversations with others [13:52] 
  
  
• Tips and strategies to prepare for a conversation about conflict while clarifying your intentions [20:14]
  
  
• What a partnership mindset is all about and how it can aid in your communication  [25:43]

Additional Links & Resources:

Sign up for Jonathan’s 4-Part Video Training Series

His Tough Talks Made Easy Personal Coaching Session (Receive 50% off PROMO CODE: Brave50 on your next 45-minute call) 

Mindful Communication Podcast

Thomas Kilmann Conflict Model

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“You don’t wake up and say you’re going to be brave today. You stumble upon it, and it’s the continual showing up, it’s the continual ability to look at the fear and not deny the reality, but to defy the reality. Be optimistic, make it grounded, and the tools are all here for us to use.” - Andrea Goeglein

Often there’s a force holding us back in our lives and in our workplace, and it’s a lot closer to use than we think. Today’s expert guest is here to talk about the role that self-deception plays in holding us back, and the practical ways that we can start overcoming it in order to reach for the success that we each desire, and deserve.

Andrea Goeglein is part applied positive psychologist, part entrepreneur, and all about success—your success.

She understands both the pressures you face and the dreams that inspire you.

Andrea merges her experience as a business owner with her training in Positive Psychology to provide effective, efficient and challenging personal development experiences. She combines an emphasis on objective assessment with an approach that is always powered by your spirit and guided by your goals. Her professional development offerings are based in theory and backed by direct business knowledge.

She views success as a way of being, organic and ever-evolving. It is the part of your nature that must be nurtured. In other words, success is more than achieving financial wealth and business results. It’s also about self-awareness, self-acceptance and love of self.

In this episode you’ll hear Andrea’s own inspiring personal journey, and the powerful reframes she has used and continues to teach her clients to achieve success in their own lives.

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What You’ll Hear In This Episode: 

• What exactly self-deception is and why it can be so hard to detect [8:07]
  
  
• How women often self-deceive in the workplace [14:09]
   
• When the pain of staying the way you are becomes greater than the fear of change, this happens [17:33]
   
• Helpful techniques to gain clarity and to take control of your thoughts [20:14]
   
• How to take action, speak clean language and use facts [22:21]
  
  
• Why we often jump to the worse scenario of self-deception - but it doesn’t have to be this way [25:49]

Additional Links & Resources: 

Andrea’s Don’t Die Book Series  

Her Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn

Andrea’s YouTube Channel 

Hi friends, this is an update to let you know we are switching our production schedule. 

We are moving our regular Tuesday episodes with guests to Wednesday.

In addition, you’ll now receive a Monday Mindset mini episode each week with me.

We look forward to seeing you back here on Monday and Wednesday 😀

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“Too often companies don’t think about integrity. They have a pretty poster with their values and the word integrity with a sunset in the background. They send out their company’s code of ethics, but they ironically stole that code of ethics from another company online and they just stuck their logo on top.” - Rob Chestnut

“Integrity” is a buzzword that gets used by companies large and small, but how many companies are actually practicing intentional integrity? As today’s expert guest explains, defining integrity is difficult. Once understood as “telling the truth and keeping your word,” it was about following not just the letter but the spirit of the law. But in a moment when workplaces are becoming more diverse, global, and connected, silence about integrity creates ambiguities about right and wrong that make everyone uncertain, opening the door for the minority of people to rationalize selfish behavior.

Rob Chestnut has spent a 35 year legal career exploring and helping to enforce rules that we all live by. Most recently, Rob spent 4 years as Airbnb's General Counsel and Chief Integrity Officer, helping Airbnb navigate a complex regulatory framework as it grew into one of the world's leading hospitality companies. Today, Airbnb offers over 7 million accommodations and 40,000 handcrafted activities, all powered by local hosts. With more than half a billion guest arrivals to date, and accessible in 62 languages across 220+ countries and regions, Airbnb promotes people-to-people connection, community and trust around the world.

In today’s episode Rob reveals the way that his latest book, Intentional Integrity shows how smart companies can lead an ethical revolution in this fast-changing global environment we find ourselves in. 

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What You’ll Hear In This Episode: 

• How Rob transitioned from working as a prosecutor to working for Airbnb [2:22]
   
• What he says that employees should expect from the companies the work for today [9:28]
   
• What is intentional integrity and its importance in corporate ethics [10:36]
  
  
• The topic of sexual harassment and some steps you can take to avoid it in the workplace [13:49]
  
  
• What is the psychology behind integrity [15:47]
  
  
• The “6 C’s” of intentional integrity and why they are so important to companies and their employees [21:48]
  
  
• The steps he recommends a company should take if they find themselves in a lapse of integrity, or where to start if they haven’t been intentional with integrity previously [28:23]

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Rob’s Latest Book, Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolut