The Me-Suite

Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Dr. Jennifer Butler.  Jennifer shares the moment the light switch went off--when she realized she'd been on autopilot moving through her life and career. A significant COVID moment made her stop to reassess and move forward with purpose and passion. We cover powerful, inspiring ground, incuding:

• turning maybes into yesses (realizing psychological barriers holding you back aren't real)
• the moment Jennifer knew, "I have so much to do." 
• being 100% authentic at all times with all people
• the power of journaling 

Jennifer's core values are Authenticity, Equity, Gratitude, and Knowledge. She is an avid support of BUGS: Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners, pursuing health and social equity for all.

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Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Patrick Mosher. He reminds us that we all have special talents and bottled up wisdom that needs to be shared to make significant impact in the world. "Wisdom isn't wisdom until it's shared." We need to:

• hone our talent
• know our story, our bottled wisdom
• see every interaction as an opportunity to serve

And if we're having trouble identifying those special talents, Patrick encourages us to deviate from the norm, take a left turn, do something that the algorithm wouldn't predict for us. It's in those moments we find our authentic self.  Learn more at Wisdom 4 Humanity. 

Patrick's core philosophies are:

• live 100% empowered
• hone your talent
• put your talent in the world where it will shine the most

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Your host, Donna Peters, focuses on our timely challenge of burnout with psychologist, Dr. John Kello. Burnout is a syndrome, not a buzzword. We explore the physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms of burnout. How to prevent it, how to recognize it, how to reverse it--for ourselves and for our teams.

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Explore the danger when our personal identities become shrunken by our work identities. Your host, Donna Peters, taps into the mesmerizing mind of innovation leader, Amelia Schaffner. Too often, innovation is talked about only in the context of companies. Here, we focus on approaches for innovating ourselves through:

• 1. associating, 2. questioning, 3. observing, 4. networking, 5. experimenting
• quiet inquiry
• reacquainting ourselves with our 'forgotten mystery'--hidden pockets of who we have been or what we could be
• focusing on the long now vs. the short now
• telling our story from different perspectives

Amelia's core values are actually core questions: the who, the why, and the how.

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Decide to listen to this episode on making good decisions. Your host, Donna Peters, interviews Professor Patrick Noonan on the topic of judgment and decision-making. We explore what it takes to trust our gut and how our biases impact the quality of the decisions we make. Dr. Noonan's own confetti of career decisions that took him from professional musician to Greenpeace to McKinsey to decorated MBA faculty is a bonus to this fun discussion. Hear why we should more often "feed our gut" and make a decision to "go off road" in our careers.

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Your host, Donna Peters, interviews David O'Coimin, Founder of Nook, and expert on neurodiversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Work spaces are historically, physically designed for the workforce mean. You'll quickly learn here why "one size misfits all" in the workplace. Our unique brains have unique needs. These needs must be met if we strive to balance personal wellbeing and productivity at work. David's research and expertise will make you think differently about physical work spaces, lighting, sound, vibrations, interruptions, temperature, smell, psychological safety.  There are so many a-ha moments in this discussion. You won't think the same about being at work. Enjoy!

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Your host, Donna Peters, chats with CEO, financial strategist and TEDx speaker, Meredith Moore. We cover so much important, provocative ground that's perfect for this time of year, including:

• being clear on our impact and legacy
• getting to "work optional"
• don't want what you don't want
• power dynamics in families where there are imbalances in income, age, or education
• money talk with our kids, our partners, our parents

Meredith's core values are: 

• be intentional about how we surround ourselves with others
• we have a moral obligation to do our best
• help others level up

Meredith C. Moore, Registered Representative, offering securities through NYLIFE Securities LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC, A Licensed Insurance Agency. 1125 Cambridge Square, Suite C, Alpharetta, GA 30009 (770) 587-0281. Financial Adviser offering investment advisory services through Eagle Strategies LLC, A Registered Investment Adviser. NYLIFE Securities LLC and Eagle Strategies LLC are New York Life Companies. Artisan Financial Strategies, LLC, is not owned or operated by NYLIFE Securities LLC or its affiliates.

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Your host, Donna Peters, typically sees three career personas in her coaching practice. The person who says, "I want more." The person who asks "How do I make this big decision?" And the person who says, "I'm stuck." In this episode, we interview a guest who may have been all three across the arc of her incredible career. Kara Kelly is a wealth advisor at Westfuller Advisors and co-founder of Lure, a CBD wellness venture. She focuses her talents on removing the shame from conversations on sex and money. Kara is a former consulting partner with the world's most premier organizations. She's a mom, wife, daughter, friend.  And she hiked with Oprah!

Kara's career journey is shaped by three core values:

• understand the whole person, their complete life, don't just take the pieces
• get to the finish line whole
• justice and equality

We explore how Kara thought about, planned for, and welcomed significant career pivots. Notable quotables include:

• Don't give up on your dream.
• You can be happy every day.
• Decide what you want to do "during the dash." (the dash is that line between your birth date and your death date on the tombstone, in other words, the dash is your life)

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If you're at a career crossroads asking, "Should I be an entrepreneur? Is now the time? Is it for me?" this listen is for you. If you have an entrepreneurial itch, scratch it with this episode. Your host, Donna Peters, interviews serial entrepreneur, West Point grad and Army veteran, and MBA, Samir Patel. We talk about inherent characteristics of entrepreneurs and must-have skills. We discuss the importance of self-awareness and surrounding yourself with the right people. We share the role family plays in an entrepreneur's success. So much packed into this short listen.

Learn more about Trophy Point Investment Group here.

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Money isn't everything, but money impacts everything. Indeed, at the core of every career decision is the component of money, salary, compensation. Our behavior and relationship with money were hardwired early in childhood around the age of seven and have control over our senses, perceptions, decisions, and our identity.

Your host, Donna Peters, interviews behavior and money insights pioneer, Hugh Massie, CEO of DNA Behavior. Hugh shares how critical it is to build positive Money Energy--deciding today how you'll think about money, what your relationshp with money means, and how you will talk about money for the longevity and quality of your life. Can you recall your earliest relationship with money? How does money make you feel? Are you able to observe the emotions and recall some of the decisions you may have made about money based on those feelings?

Do you ask, "How can I make more?" How much is enough? How are my relationships impacted? How do I measure success? How do I better channel money to improve my life and that of many others? Understanding and enhancing our relationship with money helps us create positive money energy and greater wellbeing overall.

Learn more about Money Energy here.

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The Me-Suite Book: Options Are Power
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LinkedIn: Donna Peters
Twitter: @DonnaPetersCMeO
The Me-Suite podcast music by Moshun