The Feminine Edge

Are your emotions driving your decisions? When emotion has you hooked, it influences the choices and possibilities you see in action. Emotions are like waves, they wash over us and sometimes pull us into their undertow. They can be powerful guides or distractors. Unaware of emotional grabs, we lose traction and focus. Heightening awareness and learning to influence emotions will help us focus and cultivates resilience. In this episode, I offer four practices to navigate the hook of powerful emotions.

When was the last time you said yes to taking a chance, launching an initiative, or pursuing a new opportunity? Saying yes to your ideas strengthens self-trust and your capabilities. Taking action on your ideas is the most powerful way I've learned to reframe limiting beliefs, get unstuck and develop risk-taking confidence. Confidence expands with every new action you take to convert your vision into inspired action. In this episode, I walk you through six strategies to help you say yes to YOU and your ideas.

Have you ever wondered why you don't get what you want when you ask your team member, co-worker, kids or partner to do something for you? It's frustrating when you ask for help, and you find yourself disappointed with the results. We assume it has to do with the other person, that they can't get it right. However, what I've learned and coach my clients to practice is the skill of making a clear request. The lacklustre results are often on us as leaders and our lack of clarity in asking for what we want.

My guest Monica Pierre is a two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, founder and executive producer of The Powerhouse Woman Show. Monica reveals the power of self-trust to guide us towards work grounded in dignity and alignment with your unique genius or soul's work. Taking cues from the people around you, saying yes to unexpected opportunities, and recognizing when we are out of alignment with our work empowers us to build a business and life where we can share our greatest gifts and contributions.

Building social capital, managing your brand reputation and developing a community that will stand for your success is essential for cracking the glass ceiling. Kristine Leadbetter, founder of the Women's Network founder discusses her research and the critical skills women need to cultivate to advance their career and professional growth. We dig into navigating barriers such as visibility discomfort, perfectionism, imposter syndrome and defining success on your own terms. Learn more https://womensnetwork.ca/

Believing in yourself, having a sisterhood of support, and taking risks are the essential keys to Anne's success. Listen in as my co-author Anne Day shares her journey in writing, business, and a life well-lived. Anne is the founder of two companies supporting women, The Company of Women and Full Circle Publishing, a publishing house focused on helping women become authors and get their books into the world. She's also the host of the podcast Day by Day, author of seven books, and an award-winning entrepreneur.

Trusting synergy and saying yes to new opportunities even when you're unsure you'll be successful, is how I became an author. In a lunch with co-author Anne Day, a book idea was born and a three-year adventure connecting to over 350 women to uncover what holds them back began. Mining the stories of over 150 interviews, we uncovered core themes that drive feelings of not good enough and identified strategies to get women unstuck resulting in our book Good Enough Embrace who you are. Unleash your Brilliance.

Maxim Cramer helps women entrepreneurs create world-class software by removing communication barriers between their vision and technical teams. She's the CEO of Mennenia with a mission to double the number of female-founded tech businesses globally, securing a digital future for women. She's developed apps with millions of downloads in one day and she shares exciting news about a new app she's developed. We discuss the biggest tech mistakes women entrepreneurs make and ways you can begin to leverage tech today.

Eva Jannotta helps women leaders to defy the status quo, amplify their influence and expand their wealth and power. She's guided many of today's prominent women leaders including bestselling authors, TEDx speakers, and LinkedIn's top influencers to develop their thought leader voice and content. Eva reveals the challenges women face claiming their thought leadership and offers valuable, practices and strategies to help expand our thought leadership skills so we can lead with impact and influence change.

As a seasoned leader and professional, you're an expert at finding time where little exists, planning projects, and leveraging the power of your calendar to maintain progress and accountability. But do you have time scheduled to think and consider? Have you allowed space to reflect on what's working, not working, or reconnect to your vision and cares? We can be so adept at planning that we miss the blocking unscheduled time to tune into our wisdom and think strategically. In this kick-off of season two, I share a story about how white space is critical for us to leverage our influence, stay hopeful and listen to our inner wise counsel.