Tess Vigeland is a veteran journalist, and a well-known voice to millions of American radio listeners.  For eleven years, Tess was the host of Marketplace Money, a weekly personal finance program that looks at why we do what we do with our money.

After climbing a tall ladder of success, Tess left NPR and is finding her next act.  She was recently a guest here as we talked about her now viral WDS talk which led to a book deal – Act IV.  Today Tess returns so we can discuss success, how she measured it before and how she measures it now.

“The way you see yourself is not the way other people see you.”

~ Tess Vigeland, on How She Really Does It

“None of what we go through is easy.  Inside it is really, really, really hard.  And it’s a lot of work.  But it’s worth it.”

~ Tess Vigeland, on How She Really Does It

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Oprah calls today’s guest the “Marriage Whisperer.”  Harville Hendrix is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Getting the Love You Want.  One of my favorites and most valuable books of all time.  Along with his wife Helen LaKelly Hunt, they created Imago Relationship Therapy, a form of marriage therapy that takes a relationship approach rather than individual approach to problem solving in a marriage.

However even the “Marriage Whisperer” can have marital problems.  After years of marriage Harville and his wife Helen found themselves in the same situation as their clients – their relationship was in trouble and on the verge of divorce.

Using the the ideas, and techniques they used with their clients on themselves, they moved from conflict to connection and forged a stronger more intimate relationship.

We discuss how conflict and incompatibility can actually strengthen a marriage.

Curiosity makes us safer than negativity.

~Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., on How She Really Does It

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Caroline Simas is a licensed artist and mother of four in Charlotte, North Carolina who designs a variety of products for the home décor and gift industry, which are sold worldwide. But really she is a lover of color and design, which speaks to the soul, and she believes that gratitude, kindness and sharing God's love can transform lives and have a profound impact on the world. Caroline strongly believes in combining her two passions – art and faith. Her inspirational brand, Multiple Blessings by Caroline Simas has grown rapidly.

So often we hear of someone's story that offers a glimpse of what could be possible.  But we have doubts and fears that we could truly create a life that we want.  I invite you to listen to Caroline's journey the highs, lows + and all the in between as she shares with us her journey to becoming one of the top licensed artists in the U.S.

“All of the mistakes I did wrong – overprinting, warehousing , paying reps, the challenge of managing, being in debt.  They grew me in so many ways and I don’t think I would have the success in licensing if I had not been on the manufacturing side.”

~ Caroline Simas, on How She Really Does It

“We always learn more from our trials than our successes.”

~ Caroline Simas, on How She Really Does It

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Elizabeth M. Norman, R.N., Ph.D., is a professor at New York University.  She is the author of Women at War: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam, and co-author with Michael Norman of Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath, a The New York Times best seller.

In this interview Dr. Norman discusses the story of the women in We Band of Angles: The Untold Story of American Women Trapped on Bataan.

“There was nothing special about us, we were average women.”

~ Elizabeth Norman discusses the women on How She Really Does It

“Never underestimate what a woman can do.”

~ Elizabeth Norman, on How She Really Does It

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Vivienne McMaster is a Vancouver Photographer and workshop leader who helps folks around

the world see themselves with compassion through their own camera lens.  Her photographs

have been seen in such places as Oprah.com, The Huffington Post.

She discovered her love of photography in her late 20's while in a rough patch in her life and is

now on a mission to share the possibility of self­-portraiture as a tool for cultivating self-­love.

Vivienne talks about her journey + the work she does to help women.

“It was that this was the moment when I realized that I truly didn't know what life held for me and that it might be far, way far, beyond my bubble of expectations.”

~ Vivienne McMaster

“Our weaknesses can be our greatest strength.”

~ Vivienne McMaster

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Kelly Rae Roberts is a possibilitarian.  She is an artist, author, businesswoman + most importantly wife and mother.

From social worker to licensed artist selling $14 million retail in just under 3 years.  She believes we get to make the rules, that we get to choose, that we get to craft the exact life that has been waiting for us.  And when we do, we become fully alive.  She also believes that we are meant for the complicated journeys of brokenness and wholeness, vulnerability and courage, wisdom and silliness.

Kelly Rae talks about her journey: her best + worst mistakes, her tips, and lots of true stories about what it is like to start, grow and nurture a successful creative business.

Am I being brave with my life?

~ Kelly Rae Roberts, on How She Really Does It

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Four-time Olympian, 27 time All-american and 16 National Championships, today's guest Jill Sterkel knows about success.  And as the head coach of the University of Texas women's swim team from 1992-2006 she also understands leadership for women.  One of the all-time great sports figures in swimming, Jill Sterkel's name is recognized in swimming circles around the word, here today to discuss Women Leadership and Success.

” There’s no easy way to be great.”

~ Jill Sterkel, on How She Really Does It

“Learn to control the things you can control and don’t worry about the things you can not.”

“Successful people have a tendency to be able to focus on what they can control.”

“Successful people don’t let their disappointments sink them.”

“You are responsible to make choices to be great.”

“We learn through our challenges.

I don’t think you grow when you are not challenged.

You are writing your own history.”

“Personal accountability pushes you to the next level.”

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Do you compare your insides to other people's outsides?  Do you think successful entrepreneurs have a magic wand bestowed upon them and that is why they are successful?  Do you think it is not possible for you to be successful?  Do you wonder what it is really like to be a successful entrepreneur?

Today I am talking with Alexandra Franzen, she is a writer, a wordsmith + an author.  In this interview, Alexandra shares with you how she really does it and how she built her business to align with who she is + her dreams.

“I always want to choose a number that feels good physically + a little nervous in a good way.”

~ Alexandra Franzen, on How She Really Does It

“You can trust in your abilities + methodologies in yourself.”

~ Alexandra Franzen, on How She Really Does It

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Does it matter that some people see the glass as half empty and others view it as half full?  YES!  

Today's guest Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, speaker, and best selling author of Succeed and the co-author of her latest book, Focus, Use Different Ways of Seeing the World to Power Success and Influence.

Heidi is here to help you understand how people focus.  And by doing so, you can then have the power to motivate yourself and everyone around you.

“Success is very personal.  Success is how you define it.”

~ Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D., on How She Really Does It

“America itself is a very promotion based country.”

~ Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D., on How She Really Does It

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Katie Hess is a flower alchemist + the founder of Lotus Wei one of the world's leading floral apothecaries.

Katie's hand-crafted flower elixirs have been praised by Oprah's right-hand man, Adam Glassman, enjoyed by A-list celebrities like Johnny Depp, and custom-blended for President Obama + his family. With products sold in 12 countries and featured at several of the world's premiere hotels + spas, Katie's flower-powered empire is thriving + growing.

A lifelong spiritual seeker, Katie has trained internationally with flower essence practitioners, and studied meditation + mindful-awareness techniques with several Tibetan Buddhist masters, including The Dalai Lama, The Karmapa Tibet's next generation leader and Ayang Rinpoche.

Katie is on a quest to create world peace, one human being at a time through powerful flower remedies that ease the heart, heal the body, and awaken the mind.

Katie and I will talk about her journey into becoming a flower alchemist and how flowers can help you.

“We are all looking for happiness. We all on some level at some point have some kind of suffering.

~ Katie Hess, on How She Really Does It

“Anything with uncomfortable emotions is insight, wisdom.”

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