What does fan fiction have to do with employee wellness? A lot, it turns out—at least I think so!

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What's the first kind of light you see in the morning, and why is that important? What causes burnout other than having too many tabs open in your brain's browser? And what is an important step toward reducing burnout, other than closing most of those tabs? Join me for a conversation with Leah Neaderthal, a sales coach who worked her own way back from burnout!

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Leah Neaderthal is a sales coach for women who run B2B consulting and coaching businesses, the founder of Smart Gets Paid, and the host of The Smart Gets Paid podcast. A three-time business owner who started her career in corporate marketing, Leah didn’t learn to sell by being a commissioned salesperson. She taught herself everything she could about selling, overcame “selling shyness,” and created a sales approach that feels comfortable, builds strong client relationships, and gets results. Prior to starting Smart Gets Paid, Leah built, grew, and sold three businesses.

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Join me for an interview from the archives with Melody Vachal, who has deep insights into both sides of the caregiving equation. We talk about practicing the pause, upping your gratitude practice, and what it looks like when the (chronic) caregiver needs care. Oh, and we might just geek out about acronyms a little.

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Melody Vachal is a Speaker and consultant on topics of caregiving, developing a care team, and self-care for caregivers. She loves to share her unique perspective both on being a caregiver and on being the recipient of care. Her journey brought her to share her passion for self-care for caregivers and take her business from a dream to a reality!

Melody is also a Speech-Language Pathologist with extensive experience gained in over 30 years of pediatric therapy. She has specialized training in the evaluation and treatment of culturally and linguistically diverse learners. 

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That's right—Simply: Health Coaching is moving to Vermont! You can hear all about it in this episode and learn what that means for programming.

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What does kale have to do with financial education? What do you need in order to create a budget—and stick to it? Where in your budget do you need to give yourself permission to stop spending? How is financial education like learning how to cook?

This week's episode comes from the archives of a series of interviews I did for The Sorta Secret Sisterhood, a membership site I ran for women in perimenopause. It feels appropriate to post this as we head into tax season, when money and financial well-being—something we often like to ignore—become unavoidable. Because it's from early 2020, you'll hear us mentioning the beginning of the pandemic—which feels like a lifetime ago.

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Ellen Abramson is living her “second act.” After a thirty-year career in fundraising for the University of Michigan Health System, American Red Cross and Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Ellen carried out a plan to transition from full-time work for a large institution to a life in which she is in charge of her time and able to focus on what gives her life joy and meaning.

To make this possible, Ellen and her husband paid down $93,000 of personal debt within a five-year period. She and her family live debt-free, empowered by a monthly plan for saving, spending and giving. 

Ellen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago and Master of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan. She is president of her family business and Money Mindfulness, LLC.

Her book, The Money Game And How To Win It, is available at Amazon.

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If health is a goal, what's wellness? What's the difference between a basketball and a football mentality—not just in sports but in life? What's the "it" that needs to be talked about? How is the pandemic a giant pause button? All this and more in my conversation with Tyecia Powell, co-founder of Nonprofit Wellness and wellness coordinator at The Sojourner Truth School.

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Tyecia (Ty) Powell is the Co-founder of NonProfit Wellness and the Wellness Coordinator at The Sojourner Truth School. She works with young people and adults in the community to change bodies, minds, and lives through mental health and wellness.

Tyecia is a native Baltimorean who believes that change starts at the root. She has worked within the education sector for more than fifteen years in multiple capacities including athletic coaching. Through these various roles, she has always strived to foster growth and development in everyone she encounters.

Tyecia is a trained Pilates, CPR, and Mental Health & Wellness Instructor. She is a lifelong learner holding a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Education (UMBC), a Masters Degree in Teacher Leadership (Valdosta State), a Specialist Degree in Leadership (Walden University), and she is currently working on her Educational Doctorate in Leadership & Management (St. Thomas University).

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What does Harry Potter's Room of Requirement have to do with burnout? This week, I have a quick solo episode for you on the burnout paradox and how we can talk about and act on burnout more effectively.

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Why is fixing a problem not the same as your body releasing it? How does a “crazy mix” of modalities the opposite of a hammer? How is coaching like parenting? And how can healing our own wounds turn into doing good for the future—not for just our children but for the world in general? Join me for a wide-ranging conversation with healer Silke Maria Haas. 

(Silke and I were having some tech issues—thanks for your patience with the audio quality at times!)

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Silke Maria Haas is an international coach and healer. For the last 25 years, her professional training as an Osteopath, Naturopath, Craniosacral therapist and Heilpraktiker has enabled her to help people of all ages, including many children and families with problems regarding their health and personal lives.

Her sincere desire for humankind is not only to reduce pain and suffering in the world but also to empower people to help themselves. Combining her therapeutic knowledge with self-help and empowerment tools studied and applied over many years, she created a unique system of Energetic Coaching for health and joy. This system combines elements of Kinesiology, Psychology, energetic therapies, Shamanic Healing and Access Consciousness into a unique transformation method

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How does aligning your goals with your values help to reduce burnout? In what areas have you noticed yourself (needlessly) overachieving? How do the golden handcuffs keep us in burnout? Are you waiting for someone else to give you permission to be the CEO of your own life? Business and financial coach Shandra Moran and I talk about all this—and marvel at how our coaching methods use some of the same tools while addressing very different parts of our lives.

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Shandra is the founder of The Transit Lounge, a boutique coaching consultancy for women who’ve had a career and now want to start their own successful solo business.

She’s an award-winning promotions and marketing director, Professional Results coach, internationally accredited money breakthrough coach, podcast host and co-author of an international bestselling book Elevate Your Success.

An early midlife crisis led Shandra to leave the media industry and follow her passion for people development, and after training as a coach, she held a senior management role within a learning and development company.

Following a diagnosis of severe adrenal fatigue in 2014, she reinvented her professional life once again when she left her successful career to create The Transit Lounge.

Shandra is passionate about working with professional women who want to be their own boss - so they can earn great money, doing work they love, without burning out.

She helps them do that through Private coaching, a 5 week online program called Women & Money and her online coaching and implementation group Women In Transit—the path to being your own boss.

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Let's talk financial health! What do certified financial planning and health coaching have in common? How does impostor syndrome show up in financial planning? How is talking about money like getting a root canal? And what in the heck is a wealth iceberg? Find out in this week's conversation with Melissa Joy!

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Before founding Pearl, Melissa worked in the world of financial planning and investments for more than twenty years. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®, she specializes in working with executives, entrepreneurs, and those needing help with transitions such as retirement or divorce. Even though Pearl is based in Dexter, Michigan, their clients live coast-to-coast and they use all the tools of technology plus plain-old human connection to build relationships across the miles.

While Melissa was a partner and owner of a large Detroit-based registered investment advisor, she always dreamed of starting her own company. Now that dream is a reality. Founded in 2018, Pearl Planning fulfilled those dreams. Just as a pearl symbolizes wisdom gained through experience, Melissa used her background running the investment and financial planning departments along with complex client practice experience to create a client-focused, personalized, and modern wealth management firm.

Dexter, Michigan is home for Melissa, her husband, Jeff, and her two kids, Gus and Josie. In addition to spending time with family, Melissa has a lifetime love of playing soccer, reading, and travel. She also has a passion for supporting and promoting women in financial advice careers.

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