During episode 8, season 2, I had the privilege of interviewing Susan Mann. Susan is an Executive Coach | Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator | People Strategy & Culture Consultant. Her values are love, nature, and adventure - NUFF said. Susan is such an insightful leader and I so loved our conversation about resiliency. I really appreciated the definition she shared of integrity (Brené Brown's definition); integrity = courage over comfort. And how important it is to put our values into practice versus just professing them. This is so aligned to my concept of a values audit, checking in with yourself, and making sure you are being true to your values.

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During episode 7, season 2, I was so honored to interview my friend, Tom Thomas. Tom is the CEO and Co-Founder of Votegrity, my former MBA peer, and I sit on the founding team with Tom at Votegrity. His values are empathy, hard work, everyone has value, equity, psychological safety, take everything at face value, and growth mindset. I so LOVED his thoughts on the "impossible being something that hasn't been solved yet..."

How does solving hard things help you build your resiliency muscle?

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During episode 6, season 2, I had the privilege of interviewing one of my very dear friends, Gilbert Archuleta. Gilbert is the Director of Customer Energy Management at Puget Sound Energy. His values are authenticity, financial security, and diversity. I so LOVED his thoughts on the importance of being authentic, and how critical it was for him to find his voice, lean into his voice, and then create pathways for others to use their voice.

How does authenticity and using your voice help you build your resiliency muscle?

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During episode 5, season 2, I had the privilege of interviewing Rob McKenna. Rob is the Founder and CEO at WiLD Leaders and Founder of the WiLD Foundation. He defines his values are editability, humor and grace, walking in the tension (noted below). What a truly incredible conversation (back space key), and so fun, to have this conversation with Rob directly following my conversation Daniel Hallak, Chief Commercial Officer at WiLD Leaders.  Rob is such an incredible thinker, he is thoughtful, and so vulnerable.  Love, LOVED his definition of resiliency: "Fundamental tension of staying true to ourselves, and staying connected with the people around you, in a meaningful way."

How do you continue to stay true to yourself while building your resiliency muscle?

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During episode 4, season 2, I had the privilege of interviewing Daniel Hallak, PHD. Daniel is the Chief Commercial Officer at WiLD Leaders.  I just LOVED our conversation - Daniel is just as passionate about people, development of leaders, and development of the people we support as I am. He defines his values, those that he is inspiring towards, as influence or impact, congruence, and people or relationships. However, he also believes that values can change depending on the situation or circumstance. 

How does our resiliency as leaders influence or impart resiliency onto those  we support and lead.

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During episode 3, season 2, I had the privilege of interviewing Karan Ferrell-Rhodes. Karan is the CEO & Lead Organizational Strategist at Shockingly Different Leadership. She defines her values as connectedness, security, and achievement. Karan introduced me to the idea of pivoting to where you need or want to go, versus letting go. Karan notes, "It's puts the power back in your hands. The power of moving forward and control and making decisions."

How does pivoting help people be more resilient?

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During episode 2, season 2, I had the privilege of interviewing Mikaela Kiner. Mikaela is Founder | CEO at Reverb, a consulting firm that provides flexible HR services for fast growing companies. She defines her values as kindness, independence, and adventure. Her and I share a passion for people and empathy. I loved the Brene Brown idea of "Clear is Kind" that Mikaela and the Reverb team practice.

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Welcome to season 2, episode 1 of the Resiliency Theory podcast. During episode 1, Rob Gregerson, editor extraordinaire, flipped the script and interviewed me. Yikes! Eeeek! I share my own personal story. My exploration of resiliency stems from trying to understand my successes despite of extreme challenges while growing up. My quote, "How the hell did I become so successful throughout all of the adversity I experienced year over year..." 

Rob helped uncovered what resiliency means to me and where it stems from. My story of resiliency is not a judgement of anyone elses' choices, but rather stops along the path to building my resiliency muscle and propelling me to whom I am today. 

Please note... this is my own personal journey and stories to share.