"If I can touch even just one life today, then it’s all worth it."

Chantelle Adams began her career in education with special needs children. Her older brother also did in group homes, and was a big influence in her life. He suddenly passed away after we recorded our conversation for this podcast. His example lives on in Chantelle, as she chooses to live and lead from a place of love, understanding, and curiosity.

In this episode, Chantelle shares stories of love in action, overcoming failures and fears, raising three boys to be open-hearted, her brother’s influence, and how the death of a beloved friend awoke her to embrace courage as a guiding force. Throughout her life, she has asked herself, “How can I make a bigger difference?”. She believes that embracing our heart is the way forward in business, families, and how we give back into the world. I invite you to listen, be inspired, and reflect on how you too might make a bigger difference today.

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Chantelle Adams is a Professional Speaker, Speech Stylist and Courage Igniter. Throughout the past 5 years she has delivered over 800 speeches and added more than 6 figures to her business through speaking. Now she teaches change-makers how to turn their message into a movement to make a massive impact in the world. She has started her global movement, The Courage Collective, where they are on a mission to face 1 million fears, share 1 millions stories of courage and donate $1 million to charities around the world. Connect with Chantelle at www.chantelleadams.com.

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“We are all called to be the sacred CEO of our lives."

With parents in love with their careers at Hewlett-Packard, Lindsay Pera grew up immersed in the culture of a company that truly cared about their ethics, employees, and values. Even so, she resisted working in the corporate world due to her love for people and not wanting to work in an office. Her interest in cognitive science led her there anyhow, with a career in management consulting, innovative mobile technology solutions, and knowledge management.

A decade later a health crisis forced Lindsay to retire from her corporate career. As she embraced her intuition, she healed herself and her family, and embarked on a new path as an entrepreneur. Her work and life now bridges the worlds of technology, strategy, and intuition. She helps clients improve livelihood, productivity, and revenue as they learn to embrace practices that bring unity to heart and mind.

Lindsay shares how to gracefully navigate real challenges at work and home, build innovative and thriving organizations, and live an abundant life of meaning. Connecting with our authentic heart allows us to do anything. When we live from this place, we will inspire and lead others to do the same, and witness beautiful shifts in the world around us.

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Lindsay Pera began her career as an analyst in Accenture’s technology strategy practice and then transitioned to a $2 billion insurance company to help drive pivotal IT transformation. In 2004 she left Silicon Valley and moved with her family to a beautiful multi-generational homestead on the Central Coast of California. Lindsay wants to live in a world where appreciation flows freely, kids play outdoors and lemons are in season year round. As a Mystic mama, tech entrepreneur and intuitive strategist she's a sought after contributor and motivator on all topics health, wealth and transformation. When she is not extolling the virtues of “Sacred Commerce” or “Resonance” based business, you can find her knocking almonds and generally getting her gratitude on.

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“Leader is not a title, it’s a way of being."

Sue Johnston is fascinated by integrating ideas and sharing stories to help people make sense of their world. Her first career as a reporter shaped her interest in people, finding meaning and purpose, and the discovery that she has a gift for listening. She continues to use this gift in her work today as she helps people expand their communication, teamwork, and coaching skills.

Sue is an advocate for thoughtful communication in the workplace. She believes that speaking the truth and embracing empathy, builds trust and safety. Our conversation explores this, and the true nature of compassion and leadership to not only shape the success of companies, but also individuals. Believing in the best of people shifts not only our mindsets, but also our results. When we choose to lead from compassion, everything is possible.

Sue Johnston helps you talk so people listen, listen so people talk, and change the world, one conversation at a time. She's an experienced coach and trainer who specializes in interpersonal communication and teamwork. ​She believes the vital communication in organizations is the interaction between people - and she's trained hundreds of people in face-to-face communication, coaching and facilitation. She's the author of Talk To Me: Workplace Conversations That Work. The International Association of Business Communicators has named her one of Canada's Master Communicators. And she's learning to play the harp.

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"The best thing in life is when the people have fun."

José Díaz is a beloved business owner and conference organizer. His Agile Testing Days events in particular are well known in the industry as fun, immersive experiences, and fo truly taking care of all participants. It’s one of the first conferences to establish a standard code of conduct, and one of a few who builds a strong program and community on diversity.

José hosts a fabulous week-long ‘coming home’ event for his guests and team… but why? His childhood holds a few clues. Journey with him into the challenges of growing up without a father, being heavily influenced by the women in his family, and into the love he brings to his team to create a thriving business. As José says, “Your heart is so big, there’s enough place for everyone”. Don’t hold back, let your heart open.

Connect with José at trendig.com and @jdiaz_berlin.

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Linda Rising is sought after as a coach, speaker, and author on change, connecting the latest neuroscience with software development and leadership, and supporting positive transformation in organizations. Linda has extensively studied the connection between children, mindset, and how to improve our own mindset at work. Her articles and books on navigating fear and change are powerful reminders on how our feelings and beliefs drive the outcomes we experience.

Our conversation explores these and other topics, including the destructive force of unhappiness for any business or relationship, the power of appreciation to achieve higher performance, and three steps to achieve real, lasting change. You’ll also hear how Linda uses food as a connecting force for creating safety and trust among people.

Linda’s care, humour, and wisdom will benefit every leader. Her practical inspiration will help you amplify your own leadership, from the heart.

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Linda Rising is an independent consultant who lives near Nashville, Tennessee. Linda has a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in the area of object-based design metrics. Her background includes university teaching as well as work in industry in telecommunications, avionics, and tactical weapons systems. Linda is an internationally known presenter on topics related to agile development, patterns, retrospectives, the change process, and the connection between the latest neuroscience and software development. She is the author of numerous articles and several books. The latest, More Fearless Change, co-authored with Mary Lynn Manns. Learn more at: www.lindarising.org.

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“She was one of the best, but it was still awful.”

Lyssa Adkins shares her pain as a plan-driven project manager for 15 years. The drive and internal pressure she felt to meet a major deadline overrode her ability to see and treat staff as human beings. Putting her stress onto team members is one regret that she still wishes she could apologize for.

Lyssa’s shift into honouring people first began as different mentors helped her gain awareness. In time she discovered that by letting go of what she wanted, she was able to receive and achieve something even better.

Our conversation on Lead With Love explores letting go of control, navigating difficult conversations, and the power of serendipity. You’ll also hear what her heart pulls her to help with next… climate change. Lyssa's journey from controlling project manager to conscious leadership will inspire and invite you to walk your own path of transformation. Connect with Lyssa at www.AgileCoachingInstitute.com.

Lyssa Adkins is President Emerita of the Agile Coaching Institute. She is a passionate player in the Agile Coaching profession. She develops Agile Coaches to be the skilled and visionary change leaders that their organizations need, and that Agile calls for. In 2010, she co-founded the Agile Coaching Institute to answer that call. Since then, ACI has up-leveled the skills of close to 6,000 Agile Coaches and strategized with their organizations to develop Agile Coaching as a core capability for Agile transformation. She is the author of Coaching Agile Teams, which is still a top-10 Agile book many years after publication. When you meet, she is likely to truly listen to you.

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