She's On Top Podcast

Getting tenure as a professor takes many years. It’s hard and intense work and men and women are equally skilled and ambitious about this. However there is a point in the process where women start to drop behind or out all together, usually in their 30’s when they start to have children. Men traditionally at this point have wives at home to take care of the childcare but women aren’t so lucky. As a result, as in many professions, we have lost brilliant women because they just don’t have the capacity to excel in two jobs. In fact only 20% of fully tenured professors in STEM today are women. And the effects of this on our lives and our economy are wide ranging. Most of the devices we use today, from our phones to cars to the airbags that deploy in an accident, were all designed by men, for men’s bodies and how men think. 

Our guest today is a woman who is determined to change all this. Dr Carin Bondar is a Canadian biologist, writer, filmmaker, speaker and television personality and we are very proud to say, a recent She’s on Top member.  She is also the visionary behind STEM Angels, a registered charity that supports women continuing in the science and technology sector of higher academia. The STEM Angels Foundation is the first of its kind in the world so we were thrilled to learn more about this subject and to be able to share this information with you.

Some of the questions we ask:

1. What is STEM?
2. How did you get into STEM and why?
3. Let's talk about the crazy statistic on your website that only 20% of fully tenured professors in STEM subjects are women. Why is that?
4. Why does it matter? Why do we need women in STEM? 
5. What can maternal perspectives in science achieve?
6. How do we fix this?
7. What is the STEM Angels foundation and how can we help?
8. What have been some of your biggest struggles around getting recognition and having a seat at the table?
9. Advice is there for women who want to get into this field

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Learn more about Dr Carin Bondar and STEM Angels:

STEM Angels Foundation  https://stemangels.ca/

Dr Carin Bondar:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carinbondar/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carin.bondar

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carin-bondar-6860a233/

J.Kelly Hoey transformed her career through networking and in the process became an expert on the subject. Today she is a sought after keynote speaker, has a podcast on the topic and recently released a book ‘Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships in a Hyper-Connected World’. Business Insider exclaimed that Build Your Dream Network “completely changed the way I think about networking” and we do too.

Like many of us this is an area where we struggle, which is why we jumped at the chance to learn from her expertise. Kelly believes that there is no one-size-fits-all formula when it comes to networking but there are a few tips that can make you better at it. She offers a fresh approach to mastering this essential but timeworn skill in a world where “everyone is frantically posting, liking, and friending”; yet too many people are failing to successfully make the lasting, genuine connections their careers need. 

Some of the topics we cover:

1. How did you become a networking expert?
2. Are there different networks for men and women?
3. What should the structure of your network look like? 
4. Is it different networking online? 
5. What networks do women need?
6. How can you leverage your male network to increase your female network/community?
7. Research shows that successful women leverage their networks better than anyone else. How and why?
8. Top tips for creating a network.
9. How do you make networking more fun?

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Learn more about J.Kelly Hoey

Website: https://jkellyhoey.co/

Book: Build Your Dream Network. Forging Powerful Relationships In A Hyper-Connected World. https://jkellyhoey.co/books/book-build-your-dream-network/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyhoey/

It’s our first podcast of 2022 and we are celebrating it with our first male podcast guest, Aloe Blacc. Aloe is a Grammy nominated musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and philanthropist. Aloe fell in love with hip-hop as a kid and started writing rap songs when he was nine. His illustrious career has focussed on love, good energy and positivity. “When I signed a major-label contract, I recognized the power of having a larger audience, and I promised myself that I’d use my voice for social change” he says. And that’s just one of the many things we admire about Aloe and why we wanted to share his philosophy and point of view with our audience. 

Aloe also believes in empowering women so their voices can be heard too. Their perspective and point of view are needed in music and we chat with Aloe about how we can achieve this goal. We also talk about the importance of community, how we define success and what we can all do individually to be part of the change that needs to happen.  

“When things happening in the world seem so terrible and dark, it’s so easy to get stuck in all the negative. But I try to do whatever I can to help people out of that. I want my music to be the light.” 

Some of the questions we ask Aloe:

1. How did you get into music?
2. Did you always want to be a musician?
3. You’ve had a very successful career so far - did you always want it to be about positivity?
4. What were the influences on you that helped you create your music?
5. Why is it harder for positive songs to break through?
6. Why are positive songs so important?
7. Why do you think it’s important to have more female voices heard?
8. Why is it important for men to support female artists and producers?
9. What do you see women bring to the music industry as producers and musicians that is different from men? 
10. What do you see as the change needed to get more women into the music industry? 
11. Advice for women to break into the music industry from a male point of view.
12. How do we stay positive with all the bad news that’s thrown at us?
13. Who are some of the women in your life that inspired you?

Learn more about Aloe Blacc

Website https://www.aloeblacc.com

Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/aloeblacc/

Twitter  https://twitter.com/aloeblacc

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/aloeblacc

Spotify   https://open.spotify.com/artist/0id62QV2SZZfvBn9xpmuCl

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Today we’re chatting with Dana Hill, the founder of The Black Doll Affair.

On December 17, 2007, after witnessing a "Doll Test" on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dana was inspired to create The Black Doll Affair. The infamous “Doll Tests” from the documentary “A Girl Like Me” showed that black children associated black dolls with being “bad” and “ugly” and made it clear that they preferred white dolls, which they deemed “pretty” and “good.”

The Black Doll Affair is a philanthropic organization and self-esteem movement for black girls and women to re-establish their self-esteem, self-image and worth in a society where black women are all too often the lowest on the totem pole. 

Connecting your worthiness to the colour or shade of your skin is a huge problem that is ongoing today especially when it comes to black children.  In our conversation with Dana you’ll hear why this issue is so complicated and what we can do to change it. 

As Dana says, The Black Doll Affair is not just about the color of your skin, it’s about loving the color of your skin, no matter what shade of black. It’s about self-esteem in hue. It’s about feeling good the way you were born – dark or light. It’s about girls and women conquering self-defeating, self-limiting thought patterns of ‘I’m not good enough because I was born a black girl.' It’s about loving who you are!!!

Some of the topics we cover:

1. What is The Black Doll Affair and what does it do?

2. Why are black children still picking the white dolls?

3. What happens when you give a black child a black doll? Why is it important?

4. Is it making a difference?

5. What more could we do?

6. Where do you see progress?

7. Why is it also important for white women to get involved?

8. How do we get involved? How do we help?

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Learn more about Dana Hill and The Black Doll Affair

Website: https://blackdollaffair.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackdollaffair/

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/groups/blackdollaffair

LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-mama-doll-hill

Today we are sharing our conversation with Indiana (Indy) Greg who is a 5x founder and creative visionary, about her life and latest passion project, a new online platform called Wedo. In a career spanning over 20 years, Indy has led teams in the tech, fintech, real estate, fashion, music and cosmetic industries, and consulted show-stopping brands like LVMH, IKEA and Sony to name just a few. And she's also a rockstar (yes a real rockstar), who did it all while raising three children as a single mom. 

Wedo is a new platform that will have officially launched by the time we release this podcast. It has the possibility of revolutionizing the world of freelancers and small business. It was developed as a solution to the high costs and complications involved in the early stages of starting a business. Wedo offers all the necessary tools entrepreneurs need on one convenient platform: chat, calendar, live streaming audio and video with in-stream payments & invoicing, plus global card accounts to make and receive cross-border and domestic payments instantly in multiple currencies.

It’s basically your one stop shop and you’re going to want to learn more about it.

Indy is so inspiring and her advice is priceless. She is a great example of how we are all multi-faceted and have the power to continuously reinvent ourselves. Indy shows us that when we dig deep we can find our natural power and manifest our deepest desires.

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About Indiana Gregg

https://www.instagram.com/indianagregg/

https://www.facebook.com/indianagregg

https://www.linkedin.com/in/indianagregg/

About Wedo

https://getwedo.today  

Today we are speaking with someone near and dear to Jessica’s heart, her sister Tory. Jessica comes from a family of female entrepreneurs. Her mother opened a highly successful paper store in Yorkville in the 70’s called The Papery, which went on to be franchised in Ottawa and Victoria, BC. In the early 80’s her sister started a company called Paper E. Clips, a wholesale greeting card and paper products company, which distributed to retail stores across Canada. When she started out she was a small fry in the paper industry surrounded by larger, successful companies run by mostly men. 

Most of the companies that were around back then have disbanded or gone under so we were curious to find out how Tory managed to survive and is still growing thirty years later. How did she adapt, grow and outlast her competition?

So many of our stories about success take place over 2-5 years so we were excited to talk to an entrepreneur about what it is like to build a business over multiple decades. What was it like operating before the digital age? How do you create a family atmosphere that keeps your employees growing with you? How do you define success?

Tory has some great insights that we hope you’ll enjoy.

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Learn more about Tory Wright:

Paper E. Clips:

Website: www.papereclips.com

Instagram/Facebook:@papereclips

Halfpenny Postage:

Website: www.halfpennypostage.com

Instagram/Facebook: @halfpennypostage

Contact: [email protected]

Did you know that 99% of decisions are made by the subconscious brain?  And that changing a key word or phrase can have a huge effect on your bottom line. It’s actually a science and there’s a name for it, “Behavioural Economics.” 

Today we’re talking with Melinda Palmer who is the Founder and CEO of The Brainy Business. The Brainy Business provides behavioral economics consulting to businesses of all sizes from around the world. Melina also has a podcast of the same name in which she explores the psychology of why people buy. In May of this year her first book was published, What Your Customer Wants and Can’t Tell You. The book demonstrates how science can be used to unlock the secrets of consumer decisions for any number of businesses.

In this conversation we take a deep dive into what exactly behavioral economics is, how you can use it to increase sales in your business and why it is essential knowledge for any entrepreneur out there. 

Some of the topics we cover:

1. How to “hack your brain” to come up with innovative products and initiatives for your business. 
2. When pricing your products, ending in a 5, 7, 9 or 0 can make a big difference.
3. The magic word that can increase your sales by 38%.
4. The top 5 wording mistakes businesses make.
5. If behavioural economics is different for men vs women.
6. Behavioral baking - what it is and how it can help your business?
7. How easy is it to change our behaviour? 
8. What motivates people to take action.

Melinda has kindly given She’s on Top Podcast listeners a free chapter to her new book as well as a free companion guide workbook.

Free Chapter: www.thebrainybusiness.com/shesontop

Free PDF Companion Workbook: https://be-thoughtful-revolution.mn.co/share/Pg3nbLXqOXyRiFZI?utm_source=manual

What Your Customer Wants And Can’t Tell You https://amzn.to/3iZMZFo

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Learn more about Melinda Palmer:

Website  https://thebrainybusiness.com/

Podcast https://thebrainybusiness.com/podcast/

Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/thebrainybiz/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/melinarpalmer

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/thebrainybusiness

Amanda Clark and Kym Hannah are two incredible women who have changed the face of adoption. They are the founders of TEAMworks which is a non profit foundation that seeks to improve and enhance the lives of special needs children locally and internationally. 

We first learned of their incredible story when we interviewed Emily Chang last season, the author of The Spare Room. If you haven’t already listened to that podcast we encourage you to check it out. The Spare Room is about creating your own personal legacy and Emily shared a number of powerful stories of women who had done just that. Amanda and Kym’s story in particular was so moving that we asked Emily to connect us with them. 

We love this story because it demonstrates we all have the power to impact the lives of others.  It doesn’t matter what it is, in this case it was hundreds of children, but it might be just one child or one person. What we learned is to say YES when something wakes you or moves you and to just take that first step. And how we all have the power to dramatically change the lives of others.

Topics we cover:

1. How Amanda began the journey by adopting her two sons with cerebral palsy from an orphanage in the Ukraine. 
2. How did the first trip to the orphanage with a team of therapists come about?
3. The conditions in the orphanage.
4. Our different cultural biases in regards to special needs and orphaned children
5. What were the changes they implemented and what have been the results.
6. How can we as individuals make a difference?

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Learn more about TEAMworks here:

Teamworks - Non-profit

www.teamworksteam.com

Children's Team 

www.childrensteam.com

Kym Hannah

https://www.instagram.com/kym_mccoy_hannah/

https://www.facebook.com/kym.hannah.9

Amanda Clark

https://www.instagram.com/amanda.b.clark/

https://www.facebook.com/amanda.b.clark

There is a lot of discussion these days around hormones and most of it is negative.  We’re told how to “deal” with our hormones. How our hormones are causing mood swings. How our changing hormones are the source of a lot of misery and discomfort. But what if your hormones were actually your superpower? What if working with your hormones could lead to better success in your career or business?

In this podcast we chat with Dr Ashley Margeson, ND who is a  naturopathic doctor, an entrepreneur and also has her own weekly podcast called the Superwoman Code. Dr Margeson will have you looking at your hormones in a whole new way. She feels that if you come to understand how they actually work, you will realize they are your own superpower, and the key to you becoming the person you were always meant to be.

This was a fascinating conversation where we learned how you can optimize your menstrual cycle, or lack of, for better business results as well as tips on how to avoid burnout. This interview was a game changer for us and we can pretty much guarantee it will be for you too.  

Some of the topics we cover:

1. Why she became a naturopath.
2. Why our hormones are so fascinating.
3. How do you cycle sync with self care? 
4. Why you should plan your work month around your hormones. 
5. What if you don’t have a period because you are in menopause? How important are your hormones then and how do you work with them?
6. How are our hormones linked to burnout?
7. Why do women burn out before men?
8. What are the first signs of burnout?
9. Is work life balance a myth?
10. Why do we get sick when we take time off from work?
11. If there was  just one thing women should do to take charge of their hormones and work life what would it be?

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Learn more about Dr Ashley Margeson:

Website  https://www.ashleymargeson.com/

Podcast The Superwoman Code https://www.ashleymargeson.com/podcast/

Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/drashleymargeson/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/drashleymargeson/ 

This is our last podcast of Season One and we’d like to start by thanking you. We are so grateful for all our loyal listeners and the positive feedback we’ve received. Please keep sending us your comments and suggestions so we can make this podcast better and better.

Since this is the place where we share the stories of women entrepreneurs and change-makers, we thought it would make sense to share our story too. The story of She’s on Top, this community and why we created it. Our mission is to connect, elevate and celebrate as many women as possible. And by sharing all these wonderful stories we hope to do just that. Listen here as we interview each other on how and why She’s on Top was created and some insights we’ve had along the way.

Stay tuned for Season Two starting this September!!!

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