As leaders, one of the most important places we can apply our leadership skills is in our homes.  And with our teens and tweens in the middle of a mental health crisis, honing our leadership skills to support them is a necessity. 

Parenting coach, CEO of the Heartful Parent, and licensed attorney Christy Keating is back with us to share some practical tips about how we can best lead the teens and tweens in our lives through this challenging time.

About Christy:
Christy Keating is the founder and CEO of The Heartful Parent.  Christy loves helping parents find more love, joy, and connection in their families and with their children by helping them discover newfound energy in their parenting, develop an appreciation for what they have and who they are, and create sustainable ways to achieve their vision or dream for their family.  

Christy is a Certified Parent Coach® , a Certified Positive Discipline Instructor, a Certified Instructor with the Gottman Institute.  She is also a long-time leader and speaker at the Program for Early Parent Support, 

In addition to her work as a parent coach, Christy is a licensed attorney and former prosecutor of 20 years with an expertise in the prosecution of sexually violent predators, as well as an active member of the National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation.  Through The Heartful Parent’s sister company, Savvy Parents Safe Kids, Christy offers child safety workshops, presentations, and consulting to both parents and professionals.

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Welcome to Season 3 of the Moms that Lead podcast!  If you're a long-time listener, you know that we believe that our leadership journeys cycle through three phases, Ground, Grow and Give.  

The Ground phase is about helping you to recognize and own your leadership strengths…the outcome of that phase is clarity.  And the second phase is the Grow phase, where you hone those strengths, with the outcome being greater confidence.  

 We've lived in those two phases for most of the episodes of seasons 1 and 2.  So for season 3, we're going to spend most of our time in the incredibly important 3rd phase…Give.  The Give phase, when you connect with others, is what, by definition, makes you a leader.  

After all, you can't really be a leader if you don’t inspire others to follow and develop to their full potential.  I believe that is the purpose of leadership…to grow other leaders by doing the messy work of connecting with other humans with all of our emotions, experiences, idiosyncrasies and beauty.  It's not easy work, but whether your developing your kids, volunteers in your community, or your colleagues at work…it can be incredibly rewarding.

 I’m excited to bring you wise and insightful guests that dig into the tough people leadership topics…like how can we support our tween and teen's mental health, how to lead someone who's grieving, how to lead a team when you're building a company, how to lead in a blended family, how to select team members to build a high performance team and so much more.

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We asked the 25 leadership and wellbeing experts who were guests on this season the following question:

What is the one leadership lesson you feel most passionate about passing on to your kids or those you lead?

Then, we put all their answers together in one episode for you!  Enjoy!

Thank you for a great Season 2 and we'll see you in mid-August for the kickoff of Season 3!

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Have you ever wondered how you can work together with your kids to advocate for a kinder, more just community?  

Today, we're talking with Mia Millares, the executive director of Doing Good Together about just that.    Listen to learn how you can give voice to causes you care about, help those in need in your community, increase your community wellbeing AND connect with your kids all at the same time.

About MiaLisa
MiaLisa Millares joined DGT in October 2021 as the new Executive Director with 10 years of leadership experience at two Minnesota nonprofits. Mia has worked with families, youth and children throughout her career and has a background in outreach, development, communications, and volunteer management. As executive director of DGT, Mia is excited about the opportunity to build partnerships with new organizations and to continue the mission of promoting caring, kindness, and family engagement on the local and national level.

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Working mom burnout is a critical threat to the flourishing of our families, communities, and workplaces.

Our guest today,  Dr. Jacqueline Kerr, is committed to ensuring that working moms can thrive, not just because of the individual choices they make about their own wellbeing, but also because our workplaces and communities have changed in ways that make that thriving more feasible.

 Jacqueline's recent TedX talk, How to Stop Burnout Before it Starts, has already helped women recognize the early signs of burnout and, in the words of one commenter, "allowed women to feel seen for the first time."

 In this conversation we discuss:

•  The biggest obstacles women face to thriving in their leadership and lives 
• Practices at the individual, family, company and societal levels that can address burnout 
• How companies can benefit from measuring team wellbeing as a KPI 
• How women leaders can help women on their teams thrive

About Jacqueline
Dr. Jacqueline Kerr is a mom, behavior scientist and burnout survivor. She is in the top 1% of most cited scientists worldwide. Dr Kerr left her position as a public health professor in 2018 and now hosts the podcast 'Overcoming Working Mom Burnout' where she interviews researchers, diversity experts, and leadership coaches. She is on a mission to dismantle the causes of working mom burnout and find solutions that we can all use to change the social norms around burnout.

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TEDx Talk: How to Stop Burnout Before it Starts

Jacqueline's LinkedIn

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Welcoming a child into our family turns our world upside down.  It can be a lonely and very challenging time.  

Our guest today, Lori Mihalich-Levin, talks about how the birth of her two sons turned her world upside down and left her in a spiral of both chaos and beauty.   She searched for support for getting through this time, but could not find any…so she created them.   

Working with thousands of working caregivers and those who employ them, she makes this transitional time one that enables leaders to not just survive, but to grow, thrive and advance their careers.

 We have a conversation packed with practical advice for caregivers and leaders of caregivers and I know you'll get a lot out of it. 

About Lori
Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, believes in empowering working parents.  She is the founder and CEO of Mindful Return, author of Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, and co-host of the Parents at Work Podcast.  She is mama to two wonderful red-headed boys (ages 9 and 11) and is a health care lawyer in private practice.  Her thought leadership has been featured in publications including Forbes, The Washington Post, New York Times Parenting, Thrive Global, and The Huffington Post. 

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We all need more energy. Without it, we can't use our unique gifts to positively impact the lives of those we lead. 

Our guest today, Jill Roberts, promotes a unique form of self-care that can help us have that energy...a focus on nutrition. 

Through her simple, yet powerful approach, she helps leaders sift through the noise of fads and create accessible habits that lead to sustainable and substantial change.

We also discuss:

-Jill's journey from being a picky eater to being a dietitian nutritionist 

-The best places to start with nutrition habits for busy moms

-How your nutrition affects every part of your leadership

-Simple, gradual processes to improve your health and to get your whole family on board

About Jill
Jill Roberts is a dietitian nutritionist and owner of Living Up Wellness  where she focuses on health for the whole family.  She has a whole body approach to wellness that incorporates diet, movement and mindset. Her programs transform her clients' habits without a sense of overwhelm or stress by making small changes over time that add up to huge results. She prides herself on building personal relationships with her clients to meet  their unique wellness needs.

She also enjoys teaching cooking classes where everyone learns a little, laughs a little and has fun creating tasty food that is good for us. Jill received her degree in biology from The University of Texas in Austin, which led her to a 9 year career in gastroenterology research at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. There, she recognized a huge need for nutrition education in preventing and managing chronic diseases which led her to pursue a master's degree in nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern so she could help others live a happy healthy life at any age. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, being outside; preferably the country, where she can take care of her animals, run and grow her garden.

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In one of our first episodes, we asked "Is Finding Your Purpose Nonsense?" 

Although we’re not changing our answer or changing our key belief that the world needs YOU to lead with your unique gifts,  we do want to make some important clarifications based on recent learning from very smart experts.

Resources referenced:

• Playing Big by Tara Mohr
• What's Your Shine? by Dr. Claudia Beeny
• So Good They Can't Ignore You:  Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport

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So often as women who lead, we let our life and career decisions be driven by what other people think is right.  Our guest today, the Savvy Working Mom, Whitnee Hawthorne talks about how the critical first step to thriving in our career and at home is getting very clear about what you actually want in your career and home life.

By telling the story of her own career and motherhood journey, she illustrates the importance of gaining that clarity, seeking experiences for the skills they give you instead of the title associated with them, and how to use her simple E-DAB process for ensuring that how you spend your time is aligned with the leader and mom you want to be.

About Whitnee
Whitnee is the SVP of Travel Experience at Trip Actions and an advocate for working moms, because she knows how hard it is to thrive as a working mom and that women who work and also have children deserve all the support we can get.

When you meet her, it is clear that Whitnee is a leader at home, in the office, and in her community. She has inspired women's groups, start-ups, and Fortune 500 companies with her presentations on powerful topics including: achieving work/life harmony, improving productivity, increasing employee loyalty and engagement, and helping caregivers thrive in the workplace.

Whitnee leads by example and loves to inspire aligned action in others. She teaches her audiences and clients steps they can take right now to increase their productivity, grow their confidence, and bring more joy to their lives.

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The Savvy Working Mom

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Financial wellbeing affects every part of our life as leaders.  As our guest today, Kimberlee Davis says, ignorance is not bliss.  In our conversation, we talk through practical steps that will help give you the financial stability and independence to weather the ups and downs of life without living in constant fear.

 We also talk about:

-The first steps that you should take to improve your financial wellbeing

-The importance of honing your negotiation skills 

-How to deal with the "motherhood penalty' that still exists in our workforce

About Kimberlee Davis
Kimberlee Davis has more than 25 years of finance, legal, and corporate experience and is a Managing Director/Partner at The Bahnsen Group, a bi-coastal wealth management firm, where she specializes in personal wealth advising, and financial, retirement and estate planning solutions, for high net worth individuals and multi-generational families.  She is also a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst focusing on helping women transition to financial independence after life-altering events such as death or divorce. Kimberlee is the host of The Fiscal Feminist, a podcast and platform about women and their relationship with money and finance. Her mission is to help all women of all ages and wealth levels embrace their responsibility to themselves to achieve solid financial footing in both calm and turbulent times. 

 Kimberlee’s new book The Fiscal Feminist – A Financial Wake-up Call For Women is set to be released in May 31, 2022 where she provides guidance with thoughtful strategies pertaining to personal finance, advocating for yourself, negotiating a raise, retirement planning, buying property, making investments, managing relationships with others, preparing for marriage and the creation of prenuptial agreements, navigating divorce, and estate planning.  Her passion is to inform and educate women about their fiscal responsibilities and she attributes this to her own life lessons.
For more information, visit  https://fiscalfeminist.com/.

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