Join me in welcoming Bindi Heit to the podcast—all the way from Brisbane, Australia! Bindi talks about the severe burnout she experienced, her recovery, and how she's come back stronger than ever! Along the way, she drops a lot of great nuggets we can pick up and use for our own health journeys.

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Bindi Heit is a digital broadcasting specialist, delivering podcast production and publication services, content marketing and distribution that align your message with your mission. As CEO & Founder of the Ethical Change Agency, Bindi takes decades of experience to empower ethical business leaders, change makers and holistic healers to harness their power for collective change.

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I learned a lot of new vocabulary words from Arlene Santiago, including "Motor Control Restoration" and "proprioception"—and you know I love new words! Join us as we discuss what they mean—and detour to talk about hydration, butterbeer ice cream, what it feels like when you find your calling, and why sometimes it's so important to listen to that little voice in your head.

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Arlene Santiago is a Health Transformation Coach, best-selling author, and mom of three. She helps busy moms lose up to 30lbs, increase their energy and confidence and keep the weight off after 6 months. Arlene also helps those older than age 50 who want to prevent injury and improve balance and mobility. As a Motor Control Restoration Specialist, she seeks to improve communication between brain and body by identifying underlying causes for improper movement (functional compensations) by focusing on the nervous system to identify any blocked sensorimotor signals.

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Dr. Nisha Chellam talks about burning out, being a "recovering physician," and rediscovering the joy of practicing in functional medicine. We dive into the two questions that guide functional medicine, chronic caregiving and living for others, keeping up with the Joneses, what we pretend not to know, and the one addiction she recommends we develop. Get ready to be asked a lot of really hard questions and hear a lot of truthbombs go off!

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Dr. Nisha Chellam is a traditionally trained MD who calls herself a “recovering physician” because she has chosen to move away from medications being the only option for sick patients. Instead, using the principles of functional medicine, she is able to transform people’s lives and mindsets so they may live a life of joy and love.

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Join me and Transformational Life Coach Cherisa Allen for a conversation about moving from stagnation to activation—along the way, we talk about comparison (to ourselves and others, for positive and negative purposes), what happens when women pass through the fire, and how "No" really can come across as "Yes."

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Cherisa Allen is a proud native of Ypsilanti, Michigan. As the oldest of eight children, she learned at an early age the importance of both family and the teachings of the Holy Spirit. Cherisa’s career of over twenty-five years in Social Work has given her the opportunity to touch many lives in a positive way. She has worked on several committees throughout her life, in her church, community, and in her career.

Her commitment to women is not just limited to her career as a Social Worker. She is devoted to making changes and transforming the lives of women everywhere. She is the Owner/Operator of Do You See What I See, LLC, a Motivational Speaker and a Transformational Life Coach. Cherisa tackles tough issues that inhibit women from living productive and healthy lives. She is committed to educating them on how to become strong, independent, and loving women; the primary objective being breaking historical cycles of self-destructive behaviors, while encouraging a sense of purpose, belonging and pride.

She is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University, completing both her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees there, and a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Cherisa is the President/Founder of Women and Men Working for Change, a nonprofit organization serving the Ypsilanti Community and she’s currently preparing for the Leadership Experience Tour that will allow her to live out her childhood dream of being on stage speaking in front of a National audience.

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AaAaAhHH! (That's the sound of me fangirling!) I discovered Rusty Stahl and Fund the People when I was doing research on funding health coaching programs for women burning out in mission-driven work, and I am so excited that he agreed to come onto the podcast and discuss his work in promoting "talent investment" rather than "program investment." Rusty walks us through the nonprofit starvation cycle, the myth of overhead, and the zero-sum challenge—and then talks about what funders and grantees can do to set up a zone of trust and communicate on a completely new level.

If you missed Season 2 Episode 3 with Kathy Reich, make sure to listen to that in conjunction with this one—link in the resources below.

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Rusty Stahl is President & CEO of Fund the People, which he founded in 2014 and which works to maximize investment in the nonprofit workforce. He completed R&D for Fund the People as a Visiting Fellow in Residence at NYU's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Rusty previously served as founding Executive Director of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, a national association of young and new foundation professionals. He began his career as a Program Associate at the Ford Foundation, after completing an MA in philanthropic studies at Indiana University. He grew up in Philadelphia and lives in Beacon, NY.

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Join me for a conversation with Chrissy Kyles, who works in higher education in career services—and tries to get her students to start their work life in alignment so they can prevent burnout down the line.

Chrissy is a Higher Education professional with almost 4 years of experience in Student Affairs. She currently works in Career Services full-time by day, but has also worked in a federally funded grant program (GEAR UP) & Diversity & Inclusion. By evening/weekend she is the host of the Bliss with Chriss podcast, which focuses on college, careers, and social justice issues. She has been podcasting for more than 9 months now and enjoys being able to use her platform to empower others in sharing their stories and educating listeners. Chrissy is currently applying for a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling.

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Fran is a fellow health coach (and much more!), and we cover a lot of ground in this conversation—from rappelling off a high-rise to the feminine wound to being happy vs. being right to alpaca farming!?!

From radio host, voice-over talent, public radio development director, “domestic goddess” (at-home mother of four), alpaca farmer (!), yoga teacher, health coach, workshop/retreat facilitator, to business life coach and speaker, Fran has reinvented herself multiple times. She brings a wealth of knowledge, personal experiences, intuition, empathy, and humor to her audiences. Guiding entrepreneurs and professional women, she helps them realize their next chapter, move outside of fear, to build a life and work they love.

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Genesis A-MAH-riss Kemp is a wife, sister, and creative content writer, the author of Chocolate Drop in Corporate America, the cohost of the Progression over Perfection podcast, and a Child of God. She is a professional who now knows what her purpose in life is: it is not to sit down, muzzle her mouth, and continually let people get over on her.

Join us as we talk about what it feels like to be "a chocolate drop in corporate America," what contributed to Genesis's burnout, and how she climbed out of it and reclaimed her health—even during the pandemic.

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Are you a woman burning out in mission-driven work? Are you familiar with the Enneagram? If so, this week’s episode—actually this week's and next week's—are just for you. I’m chatting with my friend Stephanie Blackburn Freeth of Adaptive Alternatives, LLC in a special 2-part series on Burnout and the Enneagram. In last week's episode, we talked about how burnout shows up for each of the 9 types; this week, we dig into the antidote for burnout for each type! Do go back to season 2, episode 10 to catch the first part of the series. And if you’re new to Enneagram, I highly recommend you read The Essential Enneagram and take the type test—you can find the links to those resources below.

Stephanie Freeth is an executive coach and Founder of Adaptive Alternatives LLC. She is also a certified 15 commitments of conscious leadership coach.

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Are you a woman burning out in mission-driven work? Are you familiar with the Enneagram? If so, this week’s episode—actually the next two weeks’—are just for you. I’m chatting with my friend Stephanie Blackburn Freeth of Adaptive Alternatives, LLC in a special 2-part series on Burnout and the Enneagram. In this episode, we’re talking about how burnout shows up for each of the 9 types; next week, we dig into the antidote for burnout for each type! If you’re new to Enneagram, I highly recommend you read The Essential Enneagram and take the type test—you can find the links to those resources below.

Stephanie Freeth is an executive coach and Founder of Adaptive Alternatives LLC. She is also a certified 15 commitments of conscious leadership coach.

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