The Tessa Van Wade Show

Do you know your worth? Or more importantly, do you speak up for yourself and set high standards for your life? On this Thanksgiving episode, Tessa and Ben discuss three aspects of determining your value in both your professional and personal life.

Ben and Tessa discuss taking advice and giving advice. Who qualifies as someone who gives good advice and who are those people in your life who's advice you should disregard?

As women, where have we learned to stand in our power? Where is it difficult? How do we do big things when we're taught to play small?

Tessa and Ben discuss servanthood as a pillar of humanity. We need more people in the world that look to serve others with kind hearts. Kindness flourishes, while selfishness diminishes.

Tessa and Ben discuss the difference between how they experience anger and frustration. Is one better than the other? Why do some people cry it out when others just want to smash something?

Ben vents about his frustration with people who ruin things for the rest of us, then Tessa leads the conversation about the power of words and language. They both decide that the world's problems can be solved if we all just learned the skill of active listening.

Tessa and Ben discuss the stories that our insecurities convince us to be true. If you're not careful, you don't even realize that you are believing the lie.

Tessa and Ben discuss first impressions and trying to avoid disappointing those around us. They both make breakthroughs in this conversation and ultimately decide that there needs to be more kindness and grace in the world.

Tessa and Ben discuss how people can be their own worst enemies when it comes to finding happiness, and how identifying these behaviors is the first step to breaking free of them. It's easy to fall into the trap of self sabotage.

Tessa and Ben host a very special live podcast on the day of her new novel's launch. Tessa discusses the inspirations behind many of the themes of the book and Ben does a very good job of not making it all about him.