On this first official episode of the Intuitive Women's Leadership Podcast we're diving in to what intuitive leadership means exactly. I also share a real time example of how I've been embracing and employing intuitive thought and leadership in my own business and what some of the things that can get created from that space look like.

On this episode:

• How to actually connect with your intuition and follow what it guides you towards. 
• My 11 Burnout Prevention Agreements
• And quite a bit more.

Links mentioned:

For my avid readers, check out our newsletter The White Space Chronicle, which is dedicated to helping you create time and space to implement what we talk about on the show. 

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Divorce is one of those things that can shatter your self confidence, leave you feeling guilty and ashamed and can wreak havoc on your mental and physical health. 

On this episode my guest, Certified Divorce Recovery Coach Leah Marie Mazur and I discuss how to walk through the journey of divorce and come out empowered on the other side, no matter the circumstance. 

Drawing on her own expereince, Leah Marie shares the steps to becoming empowered through divorce as we both share our own journey's and experiences that have led us to much healthier and happier marriages today.

Leah Marie specializes in helping women release guilt, shame and feelings of failure so that they can find acceptance, rebuild their self confidence, and thrive after divorce. She also provides a safe, judgment free community for women rebuilding after divorce in her private Facebook group called Divorced and Empowered

Episode Transcript:

[01:07] Dr. Alex: Hello. Welcome back to the show. I'm your host. Dr. Alex winson. ridley. I'm really excited to be joined today by leah Marie. I realized I didn't ask her last name, but mazor, who is a certified divorce recovery coach for women and the founder of mindfully Ready, LLC. She specializes in helping women release guilt, shame and feelings of failure so that they can find acceptance, rebuild their self confidence, and thrive after divorce. She also provides a safe, judgment free community for women rebuilding after divorce in her private Facebook group called divorced and Empowered. So, leah, welcome to the show.

[01:46] Leah Marie: Thank you. Thanks for having me.

[01:48] Dr. Alex: Yeah, I'm excited to it's weird to say I'm excited to have this conversation, but I think it's one that is needed for many of us. I know I have been through divorced, I'm in my second marriage, and fortunately that's all going well. But many of my clients and many of our listeners have either been through or are in that place of potentially looking at the experience of divorce. Maybe to start off, I usually start with just kind of asking your story and how you have arrived at doing what you do and then we'll flow from there.

[02:28] Leah Marie: Yeah, I'll go back a little ways. When I was 16, I actually witnessed my mom have an asthma attack in our home and pass away, and she was only 41 years old. And then only five years later, my dad died of pancreatic cancer. So by 21 years old, my parents were gone. I'm an only child, and I really kind of had to just figure everything out on my own. And what I didn't realize at the time was those traumatic losses caused really deep seated abandonment issues. And I had this really big fear of being alone. So I coped with that by basically becoming a serial monogamist. I just hopped from relationship to relationship like they were my buoys to keep me afloat. I just didn't know any other way. And I was afraid to be alone. I didn't know how to do that. So after my second divorce, that was my wake up call where I was like, okay, leah, obviously there's a pattern here. There's something going on. If you really want to find happiness, you're going to have to figure this out. So that's when I faced my fear of being alone, I had to learn how to stand on my own 2ft and I did all that work on myself that really I should have done years before. The therapy, meditation, journaling, gratitude, practice, I mean, all the things to find myself again, rebuild my self confidence and know my worth and be able to feel confident just being alone. And so that changed everything. So I essentially was able to take all of those tools and strategies and create a framework for other women so that they can after divorce, they can learn how to embrace their independence and rebuild their self confidence and know their worth without having to go through all of that trial and error, essentially, that I...

Have you ever had that moment where you suddenly realize that a career, a relationship or a direction you're going in life isn't right? Maybe you've invested decades, time, energy, money and finally have the epiphany that you're not exactly on the right path.

Today, we're unpacking how to navigate this moment in a powerful way that allows for a leap, even when it's scary and you don't quite know what you're leaping into.

My own recent experience is creating a pivot in the lens and container in which I work with women from health into leadership, personal & professional growth and development. As I pivot, I would absolutely love to pick your brain on your biggest challenges as a female leader.

If you're willing, I'd love to have a Leadership Coffee Chat with you. Here's a link to connect :

https://calendly.com/emergentwomen/leadership Connect with me on LinkedIn @dralexridley

Connect on our website: www.selflesssyndrome.show

Episode Transcript:

Dr. Alex: Welcome to the Selfless Syndrome Show, where we help women executives and entrepreneurs rise through Adversity, connect to their intuition, transform their hormones, and get their energy back. This is the show where we go beyond asking how do I treat my symptoms? And instead examine how do I truly heal, transform my hormones, and change my life? We are here to bring you outside the box ideas, interviews, and action steps focused in the areas of health, relationships, and our career, all three of which have a huge impact on our hormones. My name is Dr. Alex Swenson Ridley. I'm your host, mentor, speaker, author, entrepreneur, and thought leader on hormones and work life balance for high achieving women. I'm also a wife, mom, and stepmom to four boys and a verbal. And I'm a woman whose own life experience and journey from Adversity and the resulting hormonal chaos to finding hormonal harmony has led to me helping other women break with convention and find the tools they need to not just survive, but thrive. Ready to dive in? Let's go.

[01:05] Dr. Alex: Have you ever had that moment where you realize, oh ****, I'm not doing the right thing or I'm not in the right relationship or whatever trajectory your life has been on is not the one that you really honestly are supposed to be on? If we haven't met, I'm Dr. Alex. Welcome back to The Show, a show that is probably going to change names here soon. But I wanted to unpack this moment where we feel the call to pivot because I've been through several of them in my life and just recently had a new one occur. And so I'm going to just kind of share what that journey has been like for me and invite you to look for or to tune into, especially if you've felt this call before and maybe have ignored it. Because pivots are scary and sometimes they are outside of what we have thought or identified ourselves at for our entire lives. And they can be something that we want to ignore because it's easier and stepping into the unknown is really uncomfortable. And I've had moments happen like this one in my marriage, one, my first marriage, one in I built actually a seven figure business and realized it wasn't what I wanted to be doing. And then I again in business just this last week had another moment where it was like, I'm not doing it's. It's not that I don't want to be an entrepreneur and don't want to be in business, but I definitely have not been doing the right thing. And in realizing that, I realized that's why business has been a struggle and I haven't really gotten things off the ground. And I've stopped doing a bunch of things that didn't feel authentically, like fitting what I me and what I wanted to be doing and creating. But I hadn't really taken the time to slow down and actually get to the root of...

Do you feel frustrated by the lack of options available for your health, and constantly feeling like it's too hard to both get help and feel good again?

Today I'm joined by former nurse turned Human Design and trauma informed health and business coach Amy Arner for a deep dive into things we don't usually talk about in healthcare. Spirituality and it's role in healing. How it's all connected. How burnout comes about. And the questions and starting point for listeners to start healing deeply by looking outside the box.

Amy Arner otherwise known as "The Boss Mama" is a seasoned Registered Nurse, wife and boy mom who became a Certified Trauma Informed Life + Business Coach, Hypnotherapist & Human Design guru in order to help other multi passionate women break FREE from the generational patterns, beliefs + habits robbing them of the peace, confidence & SUCCESS they crave in their careers, relationships + Motherhood.

Helpful links from this episode:

Amy's Website: lovelylifetribeco.com

Dr. Alex's Website: www.emergent-women.com

Info on the brand new Emergent Women Circle: www.emergentwomencircle.com

Episode Transcript:

[00:01] Dr. Alex: Today's conversation is one of those that transpires when you find two kindred spirits who have similar but different journeys and have learned a lot of stuff along the way. Today I am joined by Amy Arner, who is otherwise known as the Boss Mama. She's a seasoned registered nurse, wife and boy mom who became a certified trauma, informed life and business coach, hypnotherapist and human design guru in order to help other multipassionate women break free from the generational patterns, beliefs, and habits, robbing them of peace, confidence, and success they crave in their relationships, careers, and motherhood. And I have to say, our conversation is one that I hope serves and inspires you on many levels. We get into things that we don't normally talk about in the healing space, including spirituality and inner work, and how you really start to make that shift away from looking outside yourself to first looking within yourself, which, if you've been listening to the show for long enough, you know, I argue is key to us really, truly healing. So I hope you enjoy and let's dive in.

[01:16] Dr. Alex: Welcome to the Selfless Syndrome Show, where we help women executives and entrepreneurs rise through Adversity, connect to their intuition, transform their hormones, and get their energy back. This is the show where we go beyond asking how do I treat my symptoms? And instead examine how do I truly heal, transform my hormones, and change my life? We are here to bring you outside the box ideas, interviews, and action steps focused in the areas of health, relationships, and our career, all three of which have a huge impact on our hormones. My name is Dr. Alex Swenson Ridley. I'm your host, mentor, speaker, author, entrepreneur, and thought leader on hormones and work life balance for high achieving women. I'm also a wife, mom, and stepmom to four boys and a verbal. And I'm a woman whose own life experience and journey from Adversity and the resulting hormonal chaos to finding hormonal harmony has led to me helping other women break with convention and find the tools they need to not just survive, but thrive. Ready to dive in? Let's go.

[02:18] Dr. Alex: Hello.

[02:19] Amy Arner: Welcome back to the show. Amy.

[02:21] Dr. Alex: I'm so glad you're here.

[02:23] Amy Arner: Thank you. I am so excited. Cannot wait to just dive into this with you. It's...

How strong is your support network of close friends that you can be open and real with? Personally, this is an area I've struggled with a lot as a career driven woman. Community is also something that plays a huge role in our over all health and hormone balance. 

This episode unpacks why community is so important to our hormones and gives you some things to think about to strengthen your own community. I also share some new things I'm working on and am really excited about because they focus on community at the core of our healing journey.

Links mentioned in this episode:

The Emergent Women Circle-www.emergentwomencircle.com 

Subscribe to Dr. Alex: https://emergent-women.ck.page/0b2e48c7cb 

Episode Transcript:

[00:00] So I don't know about you, but I have struggled through my adult life to maintain close friendships and relationships and community among other women.

[00:11] And I've been thinking about this a.

[00:13] Lot lately because this is also a significant part of having balance and having our hormones work. And we're going to unpack what that means today. But I also think that for those of us who identify as high achievers, we're driven and we're always after the next thing. That's a lot of what being a high achiever is about. It can be hard to prioritize friendship because we're already stretched so thin in our careers and in our personal and family lives. And so it's something that gets missed.

[00:52] Welcome to The Selfless Syndrome Show, where we help women executives and entrepreneurs rise through Adversity, connect to their intuition, transform their hormones, and get their energy back. This is the show where we go beyond asking how do I treat my symptoms? And instead examine how do I truly heal, transform my hormones, and change my life? We are here to bring you outside the box ideas, interviews, and action steps focused in the areas of health, relationships, and our career, all three of which have a huge impact on our hormones. My name is Dr. Alex Swenson Ridley. I'm your host, mentor, speaker, author, entrepreneur, and thought leader on hormones and work life balance for high achieving women. I'm also a wife's, mom, and stepmom to four boys and a furball. And I'm a woman whose own life experience and journey from Adversity and the resulting hormonal chaos to finding hormonal harmony has led to me helping other women break with convention and find the tools they need to not just survive, but thrive. Ready to dive in? Let's go.

[01:53] What I started to see and really have recognized, especially when I was writing my book on Selfless Syndrome that came out in January, is that we're missing this really important component that we were designed to be in relationship with others and in community. And I'm not talking about the pandemic or pre or being introverted or extroverted or that has nothing to do with any of this. There is something that we gain from being in relationship with others, particularly peers and those who we can relate to in a peer way. Women who get us and understand us, that actually helps us to de escalate from stress. We as women, go through something called tend and befriend. And the way I think about this is I'm going to tell you to share a little story here that I actually shared in my book. But I grew up in Vermont, which is actually where I'm recording this because I'm here helping my mom recover from a pelvic. Broken pelvis. But when I was a kid, we would go out and go hiking all the time. And there was a stay where we were driving to what was my favorite.

[02:57] Mountain because we...

Is pain driving your desire for lifestyle change? Most of us only change something when there is pain associated with what we have been doing. But according to my podcast guest today, if this is your only driver, no changes you make will be sustainable. You’re also missing some essential keys that will make the difference in your success. I’m joined by the founder of the internationally known MetaProject Olly Wood, who is a former personal trainer who became fascinated by what drives behavioral change. 

On this episode we cover the components that drive behavior change that go far beyond nutrition and exercise and get into the specifics of weight loss, hormones, body betrayal, intermittent fasting and so much more for high achieving women. 

Oliver got his start in the trenches of the health world as a PT in a big box gym. After 7 years of working with primarily high-performing business owners he saw the extent to which stress, inflammation, and a lack of focus on recovery was ruining any progress they were making, and, worse still, was leaving them burnt out and unproductive mentally as well. Rather than simply encouraging high-performers to do more and work harder, Olly has worked with world-leading experts in exercise, nutrition, biochemistry, and coaching, such as Brian Walsh, The Poliquin Group, Kassem Hanson, Ben Pukulski, Linh Trinh, and Cliff Harvey, among others, to develop a more holistic, scientific, and sustainable approach to health and performance.

If you’re in that place of deep introspection after this episode, I’d also like to invite you to connect with me for our weekly newsletter on LinkedIn or through email. I did deeper into topics like this in the written form every Wednesday. 

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Are you taking an omega 3 supplement regularly? And if so, are you sure of the quality? Or the impact that the production of that omega 3 supplement has on our oceans, fish and environment?

Omega 3’s are one of those essential nutrients that we can’t make in our body, but are incredibly important to many functions in our body. Today I’m joined by Omega 3 expert Corinna Bellizzi from Orlo Nutrition, a company that stands for not just getting omega 3’s into our system, but also for doing it in a way that is sustainable and leaves the smallest carbon footprint possible.

I honestly learned a lot recording this episode and am excited to share it with you. Especially as I’ve been watching my husband’s organization fight to put fishing limits on the coastal regions of Alaska in an effort to increase salmon populations again for the entire ecosystem of oceans, rivers and tribal subsistence fishing.

Ready to dive in to not just something we need to be healthy ourselves, but also a really great discussion on how to get it in a way that is sustainable and helps our oceans be healthy too?

That's what this conversation is all about!

Corinna Bellizzi is a sustainability and omega-3 expert who successfully pioneered the fish oil giant, Nordic Naturals, and a cutting edge algae-based omega-3 brand, Örlö Nutrition, that features the world’s first carbon-negative omega-3s.

Corinna is a successful podcaster herself in the sustainability and nutrition space being the host of Nutrition Without Compromise, having reached the top 10% of all podcasts globally in only 3 months, and has been covered in the press from INVERSE to Forbes.

Check out https://orlonutrition.com/ to learn more!

What’s the cost and what’s the impact of a big decision?

On today’s episode with Lindsay LaShell we unpack how to find the answers to these questions and really step into following your passion. Together we dive deep into how to successfully navigate big shifts, let go of the shoulds and supposed to’s, negative self talk, influences of patriarchy and so much more.

Covered on this episode:

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• How to handle incredibly toxic work environments
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• The benefits of taking risk
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• Life on the other side of big personal and professional moves
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Lindsay is a marketing activist who helps women, queer, or BIPOC entrepreneurs, nonprofits, B Corps, and other purpose-driven organizations increase their opportunity through marketing strategy.

https://www.open-lines.co/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaylashell/

Do you know what your zone of genius is? That place where time stands still, your energy is up and you're "in flow"? I recently had a big breakthrough and shift in recognizing my own zone of genius, and also recognizing how little time I've actually allowed myself to spend there, especially in my entrepreneurial career.

This episode is about not just discovering your own, but also finding the permission you need to allow yourself to spend more time in your own zone of genius.

Mentioned in this discussion is:

The Big Leap by Gaye Hendricks

The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni

The Working Genius Podcast

*Note: I'm just sharing these resources to share. I don't get any kind of monetary benefit from them.

As you work through this for yourself, I would love to hear from you! I absolutely love this stuff, so feel free to reach out to me through any of the following channels:

Connect with me on LinkedIn

Email me at [email protected]

Leave me a message on SpeakPipe

Join me for the Love Yourself With Food Workshop on Saturday 2/18-https://www.emergentwomencoaching.com/love-yourself 

Erin Marcus is the founder and CEO of Conquer Your Business, an international company helping entrepreneurs and small business owners get out of reaction mode so they can be in charge of their businesses….and in charge of their lives.

Having made the successful leap from corporate executive to entrepreneur, she uses that experience, along with her MBA education and street smart upbringing to help her clients reach heights they never dreamed possible. And have fun doing it!

Erin is also an international speaker, the host of Ready Yet?! Podcast and author of the upcoming book by the same name.

When not helping entrepreneurs get the financial and emotional freedom they need in order to build a business and life they’re proud of, she spends time volunteering with wildlife rescue.

To connect with Erin visit:

https://www.facebook.com/ErinMarcusConquerYourBusiness

www.conqueryourbusiness.com

https://www.instagram.com/erinmarcusconqueryourbusiness/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinmarcusconqueryourbusiness/

To register for the next Tea Talk visit: 

https://calendly.com/emergentwomen/tea-talk

To Register for the upcoming Love Yourself With Food Workshop go to: https://www.emergentwomencoaching.com/love-yourself