Get It Together!  Maintaining Balance in All 8 Areas of Wellness  The life of a CEO is a constant balancing act!  Can we really get it all together?  Many times we struggle with the constant motion of priorities in our lives that has us juggling plates on a high wire!    

Join Host, Dr. Stephanie D. Barnes, in this episode of Conversations from the C-Suite, A Girlfriend’s Guide to the C-Suite as she and CEO, Shelia Rivers have a candid discussion about balancing our wellness so that we don’t go crazy!   Grab your favorite beverage and let’s talk about how to make C.E.O. moves to ensure that our greatest asset is in equilibrium!

NOTE:  DUE TO TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES DURING THE RECORDING, THE SOUND QUALITY IS SPOTTY IN THE FIRST 14 MINUTES.  BUT BE PATIENT, THERE IS GOOD CONTENT NONETHELESS.  TECHNOLOGY FINALLY COOPERATED AND WE GOT IT TOGETHER OURSELVES!

Y'all Gon’ Make Me Lose My Mind Up in Here, Up in Here!  Is Your Job Making You Crazy?  No pun intended, but our occupations can make us crazy.  There are many stressors in the workplace that can wear us down mentally.  Being an entrepreneur can be exponentially stressful!  Many times as CEOs, we are toeing the line between our occupations being a source of fulfillment and a source of stress.  We may be literally killing ourselves to make money!  

In Episode 6 of Conversations from the C-Suite, A Girlfriend’s Guide to the C-Suite as CEO, Shelia Rivers and Dr. Stephanie D. Barnes have a candid discussion about the the impact of occupational stress on your mental wellness.  Get your favorite beverage and let’s talk about how to make C.E.O. moves to ensure that our greatest asset is protected, nurtured, and safe from occupational hazards!

You’ve Got to Move It, Move It! Can You Really Be Fine If You’re Not Fit?  Many times as CEOs, we put our physical fitness on the back burner. We’re burning the candle at both ends but not any calories in between!  Let’s explore how our physical fitness affects our mental wellness. Just like the chicken and the egg, which comes first?  

In this episode of Conversations from the C-Suite, A Girlfriend’s Guide to the C-Suite as CEO, Shelia Rivers and Dr. Stephanie D. Barnes have a candid discussion about mental wellness and physical fitness.   Grab your favorite beverage and let’s talk about how to make C.E.O. moves to ensure that our greatest asset is protected, nurtured, and fit!

Have you experienced a breakup and can’t breakthrough to your next? Have you experienced a breakup and can’t get it together?  Have you experienced a breakup and can’t get back to you?  Is your breakup creating barrier to your success?  Is a Breakup Keeping You Broken?  Do you need to breakup to get to your breakthrough? Are you counting time in your marriage waiting for “happily ever after” to happen?  Do you need to breakup with your old relationship and create a new one?  Breakups can leave you feeling heartbroken, broken and broke down. The process of grieving a lost love can take its toll on you mentally and physically. Let’s talk about preserving our mental health during the process of mending a broken heart. 

In this episode, Shelia Rivers, Psychotherapist at Rivers Psychotherapy Services, PLLC, and l have a candid discussion about breakups, relationships, and our mental wellness. Get your favorite beverage and let’s talk about how to make C.E.O. moves to ensure that our breakup is not blocking our breakthrough. Every woman needs to be the CEO of her life! She needs to have a seat at the table and create a seat at the table for others. There is power when women gather. Conversations from the C-Suite is a power-packed hour that provides women a platform to share their business and career experiences. Join the conversation!

Episode 3: Fix it Jesus!   Spirituality and Mental Wellness  Spirituality is an important aspect of our mental wellness. But it is way more than taking our burdens to the Lord in prayer.  Many times mental health treatments, spirituality, the church, and prayer are placed in conflict, but they all are an important elements of mental wellness.   Let’s talk  about spirituality and developing purpose and meaning in life, and their influence on our mental health.  

Join me in this episode of Conversations from the C-Suite, A Girlfriend’s Guide to being a CEO, “Fix it Jesus!”  Shelia Rivers, Psychotherapist at Rivers Psychotherapy Services, PLLC, and I will have a candid discussion about Spirituality and Mental Wellness.  Get your favorite beverage and join the conversation about how to make C.E.O. moves to ensure that your greatest asset is protected, nurtured, and loved.

Is Being in Your Feelings Got You Feeling the Funk?  

The Self Discovery of Being Emotionally Healthy. Our emotions can make us or break us as CEOs.  Being in touch with our emotions makes us great transformational leaders, but our emotions can also work to our detriment.  Let’s talk about emotions, emotional health, and emotional dysfunction and how it is affecting your path to the C-Suite.  

In this episode of Conversations from the C-Suite, A Girlfriend’s Guide to the C-Suite as CEO, Dr. Stephanie D. Barnes has a candid conversation with psychotherapist, Shelia Rivers, about preserving your emotional health.  Grab your favorite beverage and join the discussion about how to make C.E.O. moves to ensure that our greatest asset is protected, nurtured, and loved.    Every woman needs to be the CEO of her life! She needs to have a seat at the table and create a seat at the table for others.  There is power when women gather.  Conversations from the C-Suite is a power-packed hour that provides women a platform to share their business and career experiences. We work to elevate mindsets and we compel women to take action.  CEOs don’t wait on great things to happen!  They make things happen!

Welcome to the Conversations from the C-Suite Live!  with Dr. Stephanie D. Barnes, CEO of C-Suite Women’s Network! where women become the CEOs of their lives--to develop strategies to achieve the results they desire in their business, careers, and lives.   

Episode 1: "For CEO girls who have considered suicide/when the hustle is too much!"  Handling the stress of being a CEO in any capacity can wear you down mentally. As the CEO, everyone looks to you for strength.  What do you do when the load is too heavy for you to bear?    In the inaugural episode of Conversations from the C-Suite, A Girlfriend’s Guide to the C-Suite as CEO, Dr. Stephanie D. Barnes has a candid conversation with psychotherapist, Shelia Rivers, about mental wellness, mental illness, and mental stressors.  Grab your favorite beverage and join the discussion about how to make C.E.O. moves to ensure that our greatest asset is protected, nurtured, and loved.