Life and Laughter

The Power of Positivity is not just a feel-good, slap a smile on your face kind of power. It's a genuine connection to kindness and love, and a reminder that we're all in this together. For better or worse.

On this episode, I talk about what the Power of Positivity is - and what it isn't. 

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Dr. Susan Madsen is dedicated to developing and advancing women into positions of leadership. As a professor, author, thought leader, speaker and coach, Susan helps empower women to step into their true power. As a founder of the Utah Women & Leadership Project, Susan serves Utah residents by producing relevant, trustworthy, and applicable research; creating and gathering valuable resources; and convening trainings and events that ignite growth and change for all Utahns.

On this podcast, I talk to Susan about two recent UWLP research projects - how women are disproportionally affected by COVID, and sexist comments and responses. I get a bit angry. Because I can't believe men still talk this way to women. :(

Laughter has been proven to help people connect, heal, play and love.

In this episode, I talk about the ways laughter is good for us:

L - Let go

A - Authentic Connection

U - Upshifts Energy

G - Grounds us in the moment

H - Happiness 

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Lots of love and laughter!!

My guest on this podcast is Amanda Darrow (she/her), the Director of Youth, Family, and Education at the Utah Pride Center. With a Master’s degree in Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical and Counseling Psychology from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Amanda worked in higher and elementary education before joining the Utah Pride Center. 

She is passionate about inclusion and social justice. Amanda focuses on making homes more accepting and welcoming for youth and families, and making schools and community spaces more inclusive for all. Her work educates people in the state about the incredible LGBTQIA+ community.

During our conversation, Amanda talks about how we can be better allies and loved ones to LGBTQIA family members and the community as a whole.

To learn more about the Utah Pride Center visit UtahPrideCenter.org. To contact Amanda email [email protected].

In this solo episode, I talk to myself about how we need to step back, take a breath and redefine how we view success. 

We need to soften and have fun and relearn how to play. 

Enjoy this episode!

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For more than 30 years, Mary Nickles has been a figure of trust and intelligence as an anchor on KUTV2 in Salt Lake City. She is dedicated to the community and is an advocate for truth, even as the media has been under attack. Mary was influenced by her parents, her big family, and her hometown of Renton, Washington - and she's a wicked volleyball player.

Ten years ago, Mary shared her very public battle with breast cancer and encourages women to get regular mammograms.

Mary and her husband, Kent, live in the Salt Lake Area with their twins, Zachary and MacKenzie.

Tom Haraldsen is an award-winning newspaper editor and journalist, and author. He's a San Francisco Giants fan, a super-great guy - and my husband. 

In this podcast, we talk about how to become a more supportive partner and work together to build something really cool.

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Have a great New Year!

From Portuguese immigrant to successful CEO, Eugenia Battaglia, the creator of Style with Eugenia and Inside Out, has an eye for style and a heart for mental health and self-empowerment. Eugenia’s companies are centered around helping people look, but more importantly feel, their best. 

Eugenia is a certified Nordstrom and Dillards stylist and has helped hundreds of women dress to fit their lifestyle and their own personal brand. You’ll often hear her say “You are your brand!”

Eugenia has styled everyone from executives from large Fortune 500 companies to moms and dads looking to spice up their own lives again. She finds enjoyment helping men and women of all walks of life, dressing them and helping them better show their inner and outer beauty.

Contact her at [email protected] for more information.

Lynda Smart Brown has spent decades creating a better world for children. The founder of several organizations including Kids Eat, Kids Read Uganda and the Murray Children's Pantry, Lynda just gets things done. Learn how she developed a philanthropic heart and how she's still doing more - even in her 70s.

She has such a fun energy and I'm basically just along for the ride during this conversation.

For the month of December, when you purchase my Life & Laughter book for $12, $5 from each book purchase will be donated to the Murray Children's Pantry. You can Venmo me @Peri-Kinder or reach out to me at [email protected].

I talk to myself on this episode, discussing a couple of examples of how the thoughts we think create the world around us.

Thoughts are powerful. Think carefully. 

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Thanks for listening!