Fully Alive

Fully Alive

By Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D.BusinessEntrepreneurship
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Fully Alive episodes

  • The Formula for Joy with Tori Boats, Part 2

    In Part 2 of this episode, Tori shares some important insights that have allowed her to build a life she loves NOW and harmoniously connect her personal and professional life. She unlocks the key to being a good leader...(if you missed Part 1, go back and listen).

    Episode Highlights:

    • How to lead with empathy by letting go of an external focus
  • How to lead authentically, & trust that the right people will follow
  • How to build self-trust in your own ability to be successful
  • How to follow your heart, be happy, and still make money
  • How to incorporate meaning, motivation and movement into your business
  • How micro adjustments can help you open amazing possibilities
  • How to embrace three things that will change your life and your business (listen to this episode to find out what they are)
  • Connect with Tori here. 

    Guest Bio: Tori Boats is a spiritual coach & Business Strategist. She mentors high-achieving owners, founders & public figures on performance, strategy, mindset & execution to achieve their most ambitious goals with creativity, confidence, and courage. She wants her clients to move forward, and feel "FEEL LIT UP EVERY DAY" in their business.

    A note from your host, Mary:

    "Thank you for tuning into the Fully Alive podcast! To explore more related content, please join the Fully Alive Facebook group and subscribe to the free ConsciousPreneur magazine."

    37 min
  • The Formula for Joy with Tori Boats, Part 1

    Tori Boats is a spiritual coach & Business Strategist. She mentors high-achieving owners, founders & public figures on performance, strategy, mindset & execution to achieve their most ambitious goals with creativity, confidence, and courage. She wants her clients to move forward, and feel "FEEL LIT UP EVERY DAY" in their business.

    In this episode, Tori and I begin to break the common misconception that most business owners have learned and believe -If you want to make serious money, you can't do work that you love and be happy. It's one or the other...FALSE!

    Episode Highlights:

    • Compartmentalization: Your professional and personal don't have to be separate (you don't have to pick one)
  • To discover your purpose, start defining your values 
  • Build self-trust and authenticity 
  • Find joy in your current situation
  • The Business Equation
  • Join Tori and I for part 2 of this episode, where she highlights the strategies to connect your head and heart, so that they work together to create the joyful live you LOVE!

    Connect with Tori here. 

     

    A note from your host, Mary:

    "Thank you for tuning into the Fully Alive podcast! To explore more related content, please join the Fully Alive Facebook group and subscribe to the free ConsciousPreneur magazine."

    25 min
  • Narrative Power: The Impact of Strategic Storytelling in Shaping Success with Guillaume Wiatr, Part 2

    Do you ever feel like different components of your business compete against each other rather than work together? Perhaps, your collective narrative does not align. If you’re wondering what this means, listen to Part 2 of my conversation with Guillaume Wiatr to find out…

    You know things need to change within your organization, but what’s the first step?

    Change the way you CHANGE.

    In this episode, Guillaume shares with listeners:

    • How to ask the right questions, as a leader, to accelerate growth and change
  • How to understand your internal and external organizational views
  • How to build narrative power throughout your organization
  • How to make your team feel empowered and align your organizational culture and values
  • Guest Bio: Guillaume Wiatr is the author of Strategic Narrative: A Simple Method That Business Leaders Can Use to Make Everyone Understand Their Business, Get Behind it and Believe In It.

    His company, MetaHelm, guides CEOs, founders, and business owners to align teams and accelerate innovation adoption.

    A former big-firm strategy consultant, Guillaume has founded four ventures. He is sought after by senior executives of companies like Alaska Airlines, the Gates Foundation, Generations For Peace, AIG, L’Oréal, Spencer Stuart, GAP, Google, Microsoft, and the US and French governments.

    Guillaume teaches and mentors entrepreneurs at startup incubators, EMLyon international business school, and the University of Washington Master of Science in Entrepreneurship, ranked #3 in the US.

    Connect with Guillaume here.

    A note from your host, Mary:

    "Thank you for tuning into the Fully Alive podcast! To explore more related content, please join the Fully Alive Facebook group and subscribe to the free ConsciousPreneur magazine."

    27 min
  • Narrative Power: The Impact of Strategic Storytelling in Shaping Success with Guillaume Wiatr, Part 1

    Guest Bio: Guillaume Wiatr is the author of Strategic Narrative: A Simple Method That Business Leaders Can Use to Make Everyone Understand Their Business, Get Behind it and Believe In It.

    His company, MetaHelm, guides CEOs, founders, and business owners to align teams and accelerate innovation adoption.

    A former big-firm strategy consultant, Guillaume has founded four ventures. He is sought after by senior executives of companies like Alaska Airlines, the Gates Foundation, Generations For Peace, AIG, L’Oréal, Spencer Stuart, GAP, Google, Microsoft, and the US and French governments.

    Guillaume teaches and mentors entrepreneurs at startup incubators, EMLyon international business school, and the University of Washington Master of Science in Entrepreneurship, ranked #3 in the US.

     

    Intro:

    Are you going through life operating by your own narrative? The answer is YES! Everyone does, but does your narrative align with your personal and professional belief and value system? Further, does this narrative help you to achieve your goals or promote an organizational culture that positively impacts your team and reaches your prospects?

     

    Episode Highlights:

    • The difference between a story and a narrative and why this is important for both individuals and businesses
  • The connection between personal and professional narratives and the ability to reshape them to better align with goals, values and actions
  • The organizational importance of a strategic narrative for leaders, teams and prospects
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    Join us next week as Guillaume shares how to align our narratives to positively impact leadership, culture, sales and marketing, ultimately fulfilling the desires and needs of our prospects.

     

    Connect with Guillaume here.

     

    A note from your host, Mary:

    "Thank you for tuning into the Fully Alive podcast! To explore more related content, please join the Fully Alive Facebook group and subscribe to the free ConsciousPreneur magazine."

     

    23 min
  • How To Be Your Most Authentic Self In The Midst of Great Expectations with Miriam Meima, Part II

    Figuring out how you can set yourself up for success, in a general sense, can be difficult to navigate. 

    In Part 2, of my conversation with Miriam Meima, we discuss how you can balance self-care and your own needs, while still meeting the needs of others like clients, work, family and friends.

    Episode Highlights:

    • Managing self-care and life expectations
  • Gaining clarity and understanding of your present situation
  • Evolving past being a high-performer
  • Accepting that your value as a person is bigger than the results you produce
  • Recognizing your present needs and trusting that your future needs will be met
  • If you haven’t listened to part 1 of our conversation (released last week), go back and listen!


    Connect with Miriam here.

     

    Thank you for tuning into the Fully Alive podcast! To explore more related content, please join the Fully Alive Facebook group and subscribe to the free ConsciousPreneur magazine.

    18 min
  • How To Be Your Most Authentic Self In The Midst of Great Expectations with Miriam Meima

    About this week's guest, Miriam Meima:

    With over 20 years of experience as a coach and facilitator, Miriam Meima is passionate about supporting humans in seeing themselves more clearly, knowing what makes them unique + learning a few key skills – this is the path to living fulfilling lives. It is also the path to becoming more authentic & more effective leaders.

    Miriam has coached 1000s of leaders at 100s of companies through all industries, sizes and stages of growth. She holds an MA in Organizational and Management Development and a BA in Business and Psychology.
     
    About this week's episode:
     

    You live with expectations. You have consented to some of these expectations and you have created other expectations for yourself.

    What happens when you are not mentally, physically or emotionally operating on a full tank of gas? In this conversation, Miriam and I discuss our own experiences and inner chatter, especially when we don’t have the energy to do the activities on our calendar. 

    Episode Highlights:

    • Observing the experience of low energy and inner chatter
  • Stopping self-judgment in the gap between expectations and energy
  • Plowing through vs. loving ourselves through these experiences
  • Staying present in the moment
  • Gaining confidence from self-care
  • There is so much goodness in this conversation that it will be broken into 2 episodes, so that you can make time to enjoy it all!

    Connect with Miriam here.

    Thank you for tuning into the Fully Alive podcast! To explore more related content, please join the Fully Alive Facebook group and subscribe to the free ConsciousPreneur magazine.

    28 min
  • The One Practice that Sets Successful Leaders Up for Success with Jessica Harrington

    This week's episode guest is Jessica Harrington who received her Master's in Public Health at West Chester University. She is the owner of Journey to Yourself, is a speaker, and stress management health educator. Through her career and education, she realized that we all have a common issue—everyone, at some point or another, struggles with handling stress. This realization led her to create Journey to Yourself.

     

    Stress is as much a part of our experience as breathing and yet, when we feel stressed, we feel out of control. 

     

    In this episode, we will discuss how we can create a healthier relationship with ourselves that would allow us to accept, rather than resist, what is happening around us. During our time together, Jess and I talk about the importance of:

     

    - Knowing and expressing what we truly want 

    - Setting standards and boundaries for oneself

    - Taking time for oneself to recharge and reflect

    - Practicing small self-care activities as a form of stress management

    - Effectively communicating our needs and desires to others

    - Prioritizing self-awareness, self-care, and healthy boundaries for happiness and stress management

     

    Do yourself a favor and listen to this episode to begin your journey towards a happier,  less-stressed life!

     

    Connect with Jess here.

    Find her on YouTube and listen to her podcast Stress Less with Jess.

    Follow her on Instagram or join her Facebook group.

     

    A note from your host, Mary:

    "Thank you for tuning into the Fully Alive podcast! To explore more related content, please join the Fully Alive Facebook group and subscribe to the free ConsciousPreneur magazine."

    39 min
  • Complaining: The Silent Saboteur of Your Success

    In this insightful and thought-provoking episode, we delve into the detrimental effects of complaining on personal and professional growth. Through practical examples, we explore the powerful impact that complaining can have on our ability to achieve success and happiness.

     

    Discover how complaining can silently sabotage our goals and learn effective strategies to overcome this destructive habit.

     

    Do you know why we complain? Listen to this episode to better understand the why behind complaining, its impact on our energy and the way we show up, and how we can shift conversations from complaints to infinite possibilities!

     

    Join us on this enlightening journey as we uncover the silent saboteur of complaining and empower ourselves to achieve greater success, happiness, and personal growth!

     

    A note from me, your host, Mary:

    "Thank you for tuning into the Fully Alive podcast! To explore more related content, please join the Fully Alive Facebook group and subscribe to the free ConsciousPreneur magazine."

    23 min
  • The Art of Attention: The Key to Unlocking Your Creative Potential with Dr. Mary Meduna-Gross

    In a world that values productivity, action, and results, we often overlook the importance of paying attention.

    In today’s episode, I’ll share a powerful strategy to help you shift your attention from overthinking and narrow focus to a more inclusive, mindful state of being.

    By exploring the continuum of attention, from narrow to diffuse, we will learn to pay attention more consciously, gain more control over our thoughts and emotions, and reduce chronic stress. This simple yet profound practice will not only improve our mental and emotional health; but also, unlock our creative potential and access to our intuition.

    Join me to discover the power of attention, and learn how to incorporate this practice into your daily life.

    A note from your host, Mary:

    "Thank you for tuning into the Fully Alive podcast! To explore more related content, please join the Fully Alive Facebook group and subscribe to the free ConsciousPreneur magazine."

    28 min
  • Identifying Your Core Beliefs and Aligning with Your Purpose with Sarah Piedrahita

    Starting a business can be lonely, even terrifying, but you can move to a place of freedom driven by your unique purpose.

    Sarah Piedrahita is an entrepreneur and the founder of Need to Breathe Coaching. She shows her clients how to connect faster, close faster, and make people matter, giving them more time and freedom to do the things they want to do. Sarah helps clients gain the ability to have more time freedom, financial freedom, and effectively connect with others.

    In this episode, Sarah shares how to:

    • Develop self-awareness and practice self-validation
  • Identify your core beliefs and values
  • Discover your custom-designed purpose
  • Become aligned with your beliefs, values and purpose to create connection and freedom, personally and professionally
  • Take imperfect action and overcome rejection
  • Sarah encourages listeners to step into the ring with the contenders of fear, rejection and contention -helping you realize that you are qualified NOW, as you are. 

    You can find Sarah here.

    A note from your host, Mary:

    "Thank you for tuning into the Fully Alive podcast! To explore more related content, please join the Fully Alive Facebook group and subscribe to the free ConsciousPreneur magazine."

    43 min

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We imagine a world where conscious business leaders feel happier, healthier, wiser, and connected to unlimited possibilities, and one where they are fully ALIVE.