Magnolia Leadership Podcast

Magnolia Leadership Podcast

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Magnolia Leadership Podcast episodes

  • Impactful Leadership – Tanya Geisler

    Today, we have a special treat for our listeners!

    Catherine welcomes leadership coach, speaker, writer, imposter complex expert, and sassy soul Tanya Geisler, to the show for a powerful and lively conversation about learning how to feel more whole and have more impact in our leadership.

    Tanya is a certified Leadership Coach, in-demand international TEDxWomen speaker, and writer who teaches leaders how to combat their Imposter Complex and lead with ICONIC impact so they can achieve their ultimate goals. Her clients include best-selling authors, heads of industries, MPs, public speakers, leaders, movement makers, entrepreneurs and legendary motivators.

    With both compassion and a sense of humor, Tanya  and Catherine discuss:

    • Matriarchal leadership
    • The Imposter Complex
    • Tanya’s concept of the golden shadow as something we can learn to bask in.
    • Working with opening up more traditional definitions of identities like a CEO.
    • Playing with the question, “How good can you let it be?”
    • The importance of celebration in personal and collective growth.
    • Commodification and extraction of inspiration, opening, the creative force.
    • Our special gifts and how they show up in our various lives.
    • Tanya’s origin story of discovering and claiming her own gifts and the arrival of the imposter complex for her ted-x talk.
    • External reflection and mirroring and internal ways of knowing.
    • The idea that life has your back even in the hard places.

      • I hope you enjoy this lively, fun, spirited, and heartwarming conversation with the one and only Tanya Geisler.

      You can find Tanya at:

      TanyaGeisler.com
      IG: @tanyageisler
      LinkedIn
      Quiz: What’s Your ICONIC Identity?

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      58 min
    • Whole & Healing: Embracing Sacred Truth Within — Katy Blackman

      Discover the transformative power of healing from a place of wholeness as we embark on a lively conversation about how to approach healing as an inquiry. Our guest, Katy Blackman, shares her wisdom on embracing life as a beautiful unfolding to be met and navigated with responsiveness and patience.

      Katy is a devotee of truth and love. Katy has studied and worked with many modalities in the healing arts but it is iRest®, a meditative practice drawn from the ancient teachings of Kashmiri Shaivism, that has woven itself into every corner of her life. She started practicing in 2005 and has been a trained and certified teacher since 2010. In 2015, Katy started spending long periods of each year in ashrams and monasteries to integrate these sacred and supportive teachings more deeply.

      Wherever she goes, Katy loves spending time outside in the natural world. Outside sessions, you can find her studying Sanskrit chanting, swimming in the ocean, resting barefoot on mountain rocks, and taking long walks with loved ones. 

      In this conversation, Katy  and Catherine discuss:

      • The view that the sacred feminine and masculine are united, truly one and whole.
      • The need for a personal inquiry into what is asking for healing .
      • Starting from wholeness and meeting what needs healing.
      • The cultural norm of reality as a plan with goals to be met alongside the lived experience of responsiveness and patience with what is emerging.
      • What is it like to follow and live from truth?
      • Meeting emotions and beliefs as messengers and accessing their wisdom versus something to change or get rid of.
      • Katy’s personal story of building her capacity and spiritual practice over decades.
      • The practice of feeling and welcoming what is.
      • The importance of getting support.
      • What does it mean to find safety within yourself?

        • Katie generously shares her spiritual growth and capacity-building story over two decades, providing an inside view of her profound spiritual practice.

        I hope you enjoy!

        You can find Katy at:
        www.awareandunfolding.com
        Disclaimer

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        Song Credit: All Related, by Nessi Gomes

         

        Disclaimer: Please note that Kate (Katy) Blackman of Aware and Unfolding LLC is an iRest® meditation teacher, she is NOT a therapist or licensed medical professional and does not diagnose or treat. The information and education provided is not intended or implied to supplement or replace professional medical treatment, advice, and/or diagnosis. You should always consult with your physician or another medical professional first before implementing any of our advice, information, or suggestions.

        1 hr 11 min
      • Fierce Mama Love — Catherine Miller

        In this episode of the Magnolia Leadership Podcast, "Fierce Mama Love," Catherine embarks on a journey to explore and celebrate the potent currents of the feminine, seeking to restore a harmonious balance between the divine masculine and the sacred feminine. This dynamic equilibrium is essential to reclaim our inherent power and channel it to heal and empower ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us.

        This episode's focus is on the fierce love that mothers possess — an unparalleled force that stands ready to protect and nurture, even in the face of adversity. By tapping into this fierce love, we can channel it into addressing imbalances, untruths, and disempowerment, acting as agents of change and healing. Exploring the nuances of this fierceness, reflecting on moments when you fully embraced it and when you felt its absence. In this contemplative space, acknowledge the dance between alignment and resistance within you.

        Catherine shares:

        • Embodying Feminine Power — Highlighting the importance of maintaining, accessing, and nurturing this unique energy. This exploration seeks to regain equilibrium between the masculine and feminine energies, allowing us to step into our power.
        • Union and Alignment — The significance of union on various levels, including self, others, family, body, and the Earth. Emphasizing the importance of cultivating harmony and sacred alignment in every facet of our lives.
        • The Current of Motherhood — Centering around the powerful current of motherhood, particularly the fierce love, and the profound ability to say a sacred "no" that mothers possess. This quality is recognized as a forceful yet nurturing energy required to address imbalances and restore harmony.
        • The Responsibility of Mothers — The responsibility that women and mothers have to recognize and act on the fierce "no" that arises within them. This "no" serves as a response to situations that are out of balance, disempowering, or untrue, and it's essential to speak out from this place of fierce love.
        • Reflecting on Personal Experiences — Reflection on experiences as mothers or parents when they have felt a fierce and resolute "no." By revisiting these moments, they can reconnect with the power of fierce love that protects and nurtures.
        • Aligning with Fierce Love — Encouragement to connect with this energy and recognize how you either align with or resist its power.
        • Fierce Love — Advocating for a child and the need for this energy to protect and stand up for what is right.
        • Embody Fierce Love — By asserting boundaries, addressing personal patterns, or standing up against societal injustices.
        • The Role of the Sacred "No" — Embracing the sacred "no" requires alignment and authenticity, whether it's within oneself, relationships, or the broader world. It's a call to bring about transformation and restoration where needed.
        • The Nurturing Side of Fierce Love — The nurturing and protective aspect of fierce love. This energy is a fundamental aspect of motherhood that extends to both personal and collective realms.
        • Fierce Love as a Remedy for the World — In a world undergoing tumultuous changes, fierce love is presented as a healing force. It encourages one to address imbalances, resistances, and injustices in the external world, acting as a potent medicine to restore harmony and alignment.
        • Invitation to Reflect and Engage — Invitation to reflect on experiences of fierce love and to engage in a broader dialogue around this concept.
        • Encouragement to Explore — How fierce love can be a potent expression of feminine power and a transformative force in the world.
        • Embrace Your Power — Invitation to embrace the power of fierce love within yourself and in the world around you, recognizing its potential to bring about positive change and restoration.

          • As we navigate an ever-changing world, you are invited to recognize the moments where you're called to channel this fierce love. It might be within yourself, your relationships, or society. By embracing the energy of the fierce "no," you contribute to the restoration of balance, harmony, and justice. In a world undergoing upheaval, this fierce mama love emerges as a remedy, a conduit for the healing power of the feminine.

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          Song Credit: All Related, by Nessi Gomes

          21 min
        • Power, Truth, and Beauty in the Hard Spots — Tray Schlarb

          In this episode, designer, business owner, mother, and beauty creator Tray Schlarb offer us her wisdom for navigating life’s difficult initiations. We cover divorce, single mothering, soul callings, and ritual, to name a few.

          Hailing from a simple idyllic childhood by the ocean and amongst the sugar cane in South Africa, Tray studied Interior Design at the White House School of Interior Design, winning a textile award. Tray spent the next five years in London working at Europe's largest publishing house while backpacking throughout India, South East Asia, Europe & South America, bringing a plethora of color, vibrancy, and a deep worldview. Tray eventually made her way Stateside where her staging company, Green Couch, was birthed alongside her greatest joy — motherhood.  

          Tray resides in the Bay Area with her two daughters & CEO of the family, Poppy, the cat. In her spare time, Tray communes with nature — hiking, dunking in the ocean, and harvesting spring water cliffside. With love for tea ceremonies,  poetry musings, cooking to mantras, bird watching, and tending to family, Tray creates beauty with precision and detail wherever she goes. 

          In this conversation, Tray and Catherine discuss:

          • The influence of our homeland and the practice of honoring home.  
          • The ability to be with truth and move with truth.
          • The potent protection of the mother as medicine for the world. 
          • How to access truth by listening and accessing intuition found in stillness.
          • Being in nature, having rituals and ceremonies to bring stillness/Listening. 
          • Turing into the womb — fire in the belly — a knowing and ancient wisdom.
          • Teaching our children to know the truth through our embodiment as mothers
          • Divorce as an initiation to the deeper self - dropping away of something untrue.
          • Returning to self.
          • The importance of Ritual — Tea as a teacher.
          • Being with what is and trusting.
          • Sobriety on all levels.
          • The soul’s song and the meaning of that in Tray’s life as a creator of beauty.
          • The challenge of single mothering.
          • What lights you up is your path.
          • Navigating the unknown and not knowing and allowing versus forcing.

            • I hope you enjoy this lively, fun, spirited, and heartwarming conversation with the one and only Tray Schlarb!

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            Song Credit: All Related, by Nessi Gomes

            1 hr 1 min
          • Open to Receive — Meditation

            This meditation, Open to Receive, is a great one to work with and you find yourself hitting those pockets that are difficult to be with. Those places in you where you want to clinch and close. It is in the openness or the transformation and support can get in.

            I hope you enjoy this little gift.

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            Song Credit: All Related, by Nessi Gomes

            23 min
          • Healing Our Workplace with Heart – Heather Gunnell

            Do you ever question the health of the way we work? Or, have you suffered from working in a toxic work environment or had to face workplace burnout? If so, listen up! 

            In this episode, Heather Gunnell, an inspiring and experienced leadership coach and consultant of 20 years, explains her vision for creating healthy work environments. Heather offers powerful insights on healing work systems and transforming work to honor our full expression and wholeness. Heather has discovered how to lead from the heart, be people-focused, and still kick ass at work. 

            Heather is on a mission to transform workplace culture so people can bring their unique genius to the workplace, be fully engaged, and have the energy and time to live a full life outside work. 

            In this conversation, Heather and Catherine discuss:

            • Being on the precipice of a new cycle
            • How we receive information from our souls and how we move with it in the world
            • Serving truth in big and small moments
            • Moving with energy and wholeness to change the way we work in the world
            • What it means to bring the sacred feminine into the workplace
            • Using the language of feminine energy and being a translator in business
            • How the frequency we hold - our presence and wholeness – heals organizations
            • How denying the feminine leads to burnout
            • The power of mothering your way 
            • Bridging the gap! Yes, it is possible to be whole and work

              • You can find Heather at:
              Home | Inlight Leadership

              Heather (Farr) Gunnell | LinkedIn

              https://www.instagram.com/inlightleadership/

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              Song Credit: All Related, by Nessi Gomes

              56 min
            • Opening to Your Depths — Meditation

              Sometimes the best thing we can do is rest and relax. When we relax, our thoughts and habituated patterns start dissipating, and we can settle into the deeper layers of ourselves. In this deeper state of consciousness, freedom or awakening often arises spontaneously.

              The beauty of this practice is that it requires no special methodology or training. It often happens when we least expect it. We all know how to awaken. 

              This Opening to Your Depths meditation is about resting beneath it all. Complete rest includes letting go of all forms of mental effort. At the heart of rest is surrender, a letting go of it all. 

              Sometimes it is lovely just to let go. I encourage my clients to take time from their everyday lives to just be. It is simple, so it is sometimes difficult to appreciate sitting meditation.

              We can commit and dedicate our lives and hearts to letting go of what doesn’t serve us.

              Hope you enjoy this Opening to Your Depth meditation.

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              Song Credit: All Related, by Nessi Gomes

              15 min
            • Truth and the Wise Woman – Josefa James

              Meet Josefa James, a multiracial trailblazer and advocate for education, justice, people of color, and women. Born as the fourth child among ten siblings, Josefa grew up in a diverse household with a Creole father and an Irish mother, instilling a strong sense of cultural richness. 

              The family's emphasis on education was pivotal in shaping Josefa's life. With a passion for learning, Josefa pursued higher education at the University of California Irvine, majoring in psychology. Pursuing her dream of being a civil rights attorney, she moved to San Francisco in 1976 to attend law school. After passing the bar exam, the position no longer existed, and her career took another turn.

              San Francisco became Josefa's home for the next 47 years, where she immersed herself in building a close-knit community and raising her son as a dedicated single mother.

              In 1989, she embarked on a career as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, fighting for justice and fairness within the legal system. Throughout her  31 1/2 years in the role, Josefa left an indelible mark on the community and fought tirelessly for the rights of others.

              In addition to her professional accomplishments, Josefa nurtured a love of travel and writing. For over 54 years, she has been journaling to capture the essence of these adventures and reflections. 

              In this conversation, Josefa and Catherine discuss…

              • Women and the role of wealth in holding power
              • How the law shapes our reality and how this is changing
              • The importance of education in having power
              • The experience of being a woman of color
              • Bringing the feminine and masculine into balance and wholeness
              • The cost of the feminine being out of balance
              • Reclaiming the power of the mother
              • Reconnecting wisdom into places of wounding 
              • Embracing the beauty of the masculine and raising healthy men
              • The ferocity of the mother as a sacred power
              • Leadership as alignment and embodiment of truth
              • The truth-telling of the feminine
              • Our responsibility to take care of what is ours
              • Working with the programming of unworthiness
              • The challenges of identity 

                • Recently retired, Josefa has embraced a new chapter in life and relocated to the serene beauty of the Monterey Bay Area. Josefa continues her dedication to fostering positive change, and her love for learning and exploration remain ever-strong. Josefa continues to inspire those around her, leaving a lasting impact on every person she touches.

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                Song Credit: All Related, by Nessi Gomes

                1 hr 19 min
              • Easing into Love — Gillian Nathan

                Gillian Nathan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Depth Hypnosis Practitioner, and Certified Imago Relationship Counselor.  For over 25 years, Gillian helps her clients experience more ease, joy, and connection in life.

                In this conversation, Gillian and Catherine discuss…

                • Embracing the full messiness of self 
                • Facilitating transformation 
                • Rejecting the shame that may take root when you make a mistake
                • What it means to be your best self at work
                • Asking yourself, ‘Where is the ease?’ 
                • Even when we forget there still is no separateness
                • Embodying & being love with no attachments 
                • Thinking of everyone as a teacher
                • More humor, please!

                  • Gillian uses a variety of modalities in her therapy practice, both cognitive and experiential, to help people find balance in all aspects of self: physical, spiritual, emotional, and intellectual. Her goal is to help people trust themselves and to find their own truth. She also loves helping people transform old patterns, trauma, and fear to support meaningful relationships and personal and spiritual growth. This is sacred work that Gillian is honored to be part of and her office is a safe and supportive environment for self-exploration, healing, and change.

                  Learn more about Gillian’s work: 

                  http://gilliannathan.com/

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                  Song Credit: All Related, by Nessi Gomes

                  1 hr 8 min
                • Healer to the Healers — Shelley Tantau

                  Catherine talks with Shelley Tantau, a healer of the healers, nurse practitioner, and coach who guides health workers through their own holistic healing practices. 

                  In this episode, we discuss: 

                  • leaving unhealthy work environments,
                  • finding healing within the system, 
                  • the power of walking with grief, 
                  • the blessings of finding a community who are pursuing the sacred,
                  • and the role of the masculine in sacred feminine leadership. 

                    • For more of Shelley’s work, follow her: 

                    shelleytantau.com

                    @Stantau 

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                    Song Credit: All Related, by Nessi Gomes

                     

                    48 min

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                  ‘Magnolia Leadership’ is a must-listen to podcast for anyone ready to explore sacred feminine leadership. Our work at Magnolia Leadership is about nurturing inner cultivation and outer expression on behalf of personal sovereignty and professional impact.