Bonfire

Straight from her yoga mat, Rachel shares a recent epiphany with Suzanne.  Nama… wait for it…ste.

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When you take a sharp left turn—in your life, your career, your brand, or even in a conversation or meeting—you need to let others know what's coming or you’ll have a pile up behind you (think honking horns and fender benders). Remember that you’re in the driver’s seat!

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Suzanne has a hard time saying no to people. Rachel does not. What's the secret? Hint:  No actually means yes.  And yes actually means no.  Listen and learn!

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“I can’t make the meeting”; “I won’t join that cause”; “I don’t schedule lunch on Mondays.” Three different ways of saying no with very different implications. Rachel and Suzanne take apart what it means to say can’t, won’t or don’t.

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What happens when you have to completely reboot a product, an idea, or even your whole life? Starbuck’s CEO (and Rachel’s fantasy boyfriend) Howard Schultz is a perfect case in point, with his radical re-do of the #RaceTogether campaign after a fiasco launch 3 months ago. Today’s guest, Jordan Ruden, of Acres Media Group (www.acresmediagroup.com), shares his harrowing personal story of having to reboot his life when brought down by a debilitating disease at the prime of his life and career at age of 38. What do these two men have in common? They faced the brutal facts and kept their faith.  Starting over never sounded so good.

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Do you dread  the question: What do you do for a living? If your work involves doing lots of different gigs, strung together by the common thread of what you like doing and do well, you're living what we call  a “portfolio life.”  On today’s show we talk to the poster child for portfolio life, Brenda Bergen—  a creative director working with several different companies, including Vosges Chocolat, who also makes room for her own creative expression on her cool blog, fuelyourprocess.com. We don’t want to whitewash the anxiety that comes from juggling multiple projects, but this way of living also offers joys, freedom, and huge creative growth. And that, friends, is the big payoff. Episode 29

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What to do with our to-do lists? Sound advice on how to break through the invisible barrier that stops us from getting the BIG work done so we can feel like the warriors we want to be.

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Oh, the painful experience when your pristine vision meets the gritty realities of market response.  We know it too well. So does Emma Tessler, one of the founders of DatingRing.com.  She takes us through the struggles and turning points of her company’s dream to match all single people happily ever after.  Dating Ring was this season's featured company on the wildy popular podcast, Startup. Humble Emma insists that she's not a star.  You’ll definitely disagree.

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What to do when you climb on your high horse and play "the customer is always right" card, but then it turns out…you’re wrong?  We find a path out of that awkwardness and make a bigger point.

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Men are not healthy. A pudgy “Dad Bod” is not hot—and celebrating that is what’s wrong with this country. Dr. Ridwan Shabsigh, an expert on men’s health, is on a mission to help men live healthier and longer and give them the tools and motivation to do that. Step away from the burrito and listen to what the doctor has to say. Rob Densen, CEO of Tiller, tell us how this whole thing can become a movement.  Episode 28

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