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Queen Speaking episodes

  • Episode 16: Let’s Get Organized

    We talk through how to declutter the excess in your mind, your home, and your office.

    Links in this episode:

    • Fast Company: The Counterintuitive Lesson I Learned From Scheduling “Worry Time”
    • Apartment Therapy: Lagom
    • Girl’s Night In Club: How to Say ‘No’ to Others and ‘Yes’ to Yourself
    • Girl’s Night In Club: The Four Square Model
    • Apartment Therapy: This Common Decluttering Trick Actually Might Not Work for You
    • Lynda.com learning path: Improving your organization skills for the office
    • Apartment Therapy: Clear your desk in 10 minutes cheat sheet
      • 1 hr 27 min
    • Episode 15: Negotiation Inspiration

      You negotiate on the daily from planning dinner to vacations. We talk through the lessons that help influence bigger picture asks like buying a car or asking for a raise.

      Links in this episode:

      • Lateral Thinking Cheat Sheet
      • The Everygirl: 5 Easy Ways to Start Negotiating Like A Badass
      • Career Contessa: Everything You Need to Know About Asking for a Raise (+ The Gimme template)
      • Elle: 5 Women on How to Successfully Negotiate a Raise
        • 1 hr 5 min
      • Episode 14: Dissecting Millennials’ Obsession With Astrology

        Horoscopes are everywhere these days! We talk through ways to use astrology to our benefit, whether it’s for guidance, a push in the right direction or a new perspective.

        Links in this episode:

        • Apartment Therapy: The One Thing You Need to Clean to Set Yourself Up for Spring
        • Man Repeller: The Problem With “Not Caring” About Pop Culture
        • The Cut: What Even Is Saturn Return?
        • The Atlantic: The New Age of Astrology
        • Independent: Why do so many millennials believe in horoscopes?
        • Vanity Fair: A Day with Susan Miller (and Her Devotees)
        • Susan Miller - Astrology Zone
        • Jessica Lanyadoo - Love Lanyadoo
        • The Numinous
        • Co-Star app
        • Broadly - Horoscopes
          • 1 hr 4 min
        • Episode 13: How To Practice Active Listening

          Good leaders listen well, pay attention, and ask good questions. We talk through the ways to improve your active listening skills to help you build strong relationships.

          Links in this episode:

          • Seth Godin: Effort in the face of near-certain rejection
          • Fast Company: How One Simple Change Can Make You A Better Listener
          • The Cut: How to Be an Excellent (or at Least Pretty Good) Listener
            • 1 hr 2 min
          • Episode 12: Tax Refund Budgeting: Spend It Or Save It?

            We talk through how to be responsible (and fun) as you reassess your budget during tax season to stay on top of your financial goals.

            Links in this episode:

            • You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
            • Nerdwallet: Find the Best Stock Broker
            • Nerdwallet: Best Savings Accounts of 2018
            • Intuit TurboTax: How to Spend, Save, or Stretch Your Tax Refund
            • theSkimm: The Tax Refund
            • Ellevest
            • Queen Speaking Podcast: Episode 2 - Budget Basics
              • 53 min
            • Episode 11: Building A Capsule Wardrobe

              As we start to spring clean our closets, we walk through how to pare down to the essentials, mix and match, and build your capsule wardrobe.

              Links in this episode:

              • Chrissy Rutherford on fear
              • Food & Wine: Red Wine BBQ Chicken
              • Marie Kondo
              • Unfancy: My Spring Capsule-ish Wardrobe
              • The Pastiche: Spring capsule wardrobe experiment
              • Poshmark
              • Cladwell Capsule Wardrobe
              • Vetta Capsule Wardrobe
              • Everlane
              • Eileen Fisher
              • Who What Wear: The Capsule Wardrobe: How to Reduce Your Closet to 37 Pieces
              • Rent the Runway
              • Le Tote
              • Stitch Fix
              • Miss Louie on YouTube: 12 pieces = 30 outfits + Winter to Spring
                • 1 hr 1 min
              • Episode 10: Combating The Comparison Complex

                Social media is amplifying FOMO, jealousy, and envy so we’re talking through how to celebrate you and forge your own path.

                Links in this episode:

                • Shine Text
                • What A Day by Crooked Media
                • The Skimm
                • Girls' Night In
                • Fortune's Broadsheet
                • Career Contessa: How I Recovered After Not Landing My Dream Job at Career Contessa
                • Psychology Today: Social Comparison Theory
                • Shine Text: How to Embrace Jealousy—and Let It Help You Grow
                • NPR’s How I Built This with Guy Raz (podcast)
                • Getting There: A Book of Mentors by Gillian Zoe Segal
                  • 47 min
                • Episode 9: On Asking For Help

                  It can be hard to know how to ask for help. We offer some perspective on how to identify what you need help with and talk through why it’s important to ask for help — whether it's at work or in your personal life.

                  Links in this episode:

                  • ShineText: Set the Mood For Your Week With the Law of Attraction
                  • Harvard Business Review SMART tip: 5 Ways to Get Better at Asking for Help
                  • Inc.: 2 Words That Make Asking for Help a Lot Easier
                  • Forbes: 4 Reasons Why Asking For Help Makes You A Stronger, Not Weaker, Leader
                  • Medium: How To Ask For Help When You’re The Boss And You’re Supposed To Know Everything
                  • Michele L. Sullivan TED Talk: "Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness"
                    • 42 min
                  • Episode 8: Meal Prep Basics

                    If you’re asking, “Where do I begin? I don’t have time or the resources to meal prep.” We uncover helpful resources and apps to get you started on your meal prep journey.

                    Links in this episode:

                    • Kayla Itsines: Meal Prep 101
                    • Amazon: 20 pack of reusable containers with compartments
                    • MyDomaine: The Single Person's Guide to Cooking for One
                    • Food52 - newsletter mini series: Change The Way You Cook - Lessons in the Kitchen
                    • Chickpea Magazine: Weekly Meal Plan printable
                    • Gimme Some Oven: Barbacoa recipe
                    • Apps: Cozi, Yummly, AnyList, PepperPlate, Mealboard, Tone It Up Nutrition Plan
                      • 1 hr 5 min
                    • Episode 7: Continuing Education

                      Whether it’s a traditional degree, personal growth projects, attending annual conferences or one-time training programs, we identify ways to continue education post-college.

                      Links in this episode:

                      • 2018 Annual Letter from Bill and Melinda Gates
                      • Thought Co.: Should you go back to school?
                      • Panopto: How to Make Continuing Education For Employees a Continuous Priority
                      • Marie Forleo B-School
                      • Career Contessa: Guide to Continuing Your Education—Outside of Academia
                      • Seth Godin Alt MBA
                        • 49 min

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