On Your Terms with Erin King

Why is it such a big deal for a woman to look her age or older? Speaker and coach Andrea Owen has let her hair go gray, she’s done being obsessed with her looks, but she’s not yet feeling empowered by aging. This week, she talks with Erin about grieving youth while still navigating vanity and beauty standards. She also discusses how beauty continues to be currency in our society, the correlation between appearance and accolades, and how to embrace aging.

Learn more about Andrea at andreaowen.com and follow her on Instagram at @heyandreaowen. Her newest book is Make Some Noise: Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength.

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It's important to be an ally to marginalized groups, but it's even better to be a co-conspirator. This week, researcher, consultant and author Dr. Tina Opie joins Erin to talk about the real meaning of diversity, equity and inclusion and how they each play a role in the workplace. She also discusses why you should surface your assumptions about diversity and restructure your organization in a way that makes your full support for each and every employee evident.

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“Forty two percent of small businesses are founded by women, but women are only accessing around 6% of lending capital,” says Sophia Bush, actor and entrepreneur. As angel investors, she is changing that with friend Nia Batts, previously one of the youngest executives at Viacom. 

The cover stars on the current issue of SUCCESS magazine are investing in women, especially those with less privilege and access. They are now advisors for First Women’s Bank – the first women-founded, owned, and run bank in the US. They talk with Erin about being underestimated, changing who has the power and resources, becoming more capital efficient, and understanding as a small business owner how to access loans and funding.

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It's one thing you want to avoid in your work: burnout. Paula Davis, author and founder of the Stress & Resilience Institute, joins Erin to share the differences between stress and burnout, how to identify that you're heading toward burnout, and how to manage it instead of falling victim.

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In 2017, Emmy Award-winning producer Brandon T. Adams and his wife Samantha decided to spend 12 months living in 12 different cities across the United States, filming a TV show around their journey and interviewing people about their ideas of success. Brandon tells Erin the top response he received, as well as his advice for entrepreneurs who are interested in video marketing.

Learn more about Brandon's nomadic journey here: successinyourcity.com

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Quiet quitting is a hot topic. But rather than viewing it as a passive approach to an unenjoyable job, communications expert and keynote speaker Rachel DeAlto believes the after-effect is more detrimental. This week, Rachel and Erin tackle the issue from both sides of the table: What questions should leaders ask themselves when quiet quitting is present in the workplace? What questions should employees ask? They also discuss how to change your approach to necessary but conflict-prone conversations.

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After climbing the corporate ladder and working excessively long days, author and sales strategy business coach Jen Gitomer decided she was done living to work. She chats with Erin about entrepreneurs' tendency to flirt with burnout and how we can positively reframe our perspective around to-do lists to find more enjoyment in the everyday.

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Author, speaker and president and CEO of Scribe Media, JeVon McCormick, endured racism and poverty growing up. This week, he tells Erin about the painful realities of editing and reclaiming his identity as a mixed-race man, and how to ask the hard questions, listen and work to understand others.

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This week, Jairek Robbins—best-selling author, business and performance coach, and president of SUCCESS Enterprises—sits down with Erin to share his tenured perspective on all things life. He shares details about his life-changing trip to Africa, how to reconcile with and reframe unfavorable memories, and why we should embrace the simple gift of having breath in our lungs.

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After an accident altered the course of her life, bestselling author and TED speaker Amberly Lago went into survival mode. She joins Erin this week to share how she channeled grit and grace to reinvent herself and pave a new path for her life.

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