This Is Woman's Work with Nicole Kalil

Here’s the truth: Raising emotionally intelligent kids isn’t about making sure they say “please” and “thank you.” It’s about raising little humans who can actually handle big feelings, express themselves without melting down (well, most of the time), and build relationships that don’t implode at the first sign of conflict.

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the underrated superpower that will serve your kids long after they’ve forgotten their multiplication tables. From playground drama to career success to healthy adult relationships, EQ is the thread that ties it all together. And while it doesn’t come with a manual (seriously, why don’t hospitals hand that out with the newborn onesie?), there are some universal truths every parent needs to know.

To help us break it down, we’re joined by Alyssa Blask Campbell. With years of experience teaching parents and kids how to build emotional awareness, resilience, and connection, Alyssa has made it her mission to help families thrive from the inside out. In this conversation, she shares practical strategies, science-backed insights, and the FACTS about what it really takes to raise kids who can navigate their emotions (instead of being ruled by them).

Because let’s be honest: you don’t just want your kids to be successful — you want them to be good humans. And that starts with emotional intelligence.

Website: https://www.seedandsew.org/

Book: https://www.seedandsew.org/book

If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

🔗 Subscribe & Review:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when decades of experience get labeled as “overqualified”? When the wisdom, grit, and perspective you’ve earned suddenly turn into workplace liabilities? Loren Greiff knows this story all too well — and she’s rewriting it.

After 30 years in corporate leadership, Loren was told she was “too real” and put on a performance improvement plan. Instead of shrinking, she built a movement: helping women over 40 reclaim their careers, disrupt ageist hiring practices, and lead with relevance, purpose, and unapologetic value.

We dig into:

What “overqualified” really means (spoiler: it’s fear-based nonsense)

How to frame your experience as future-focused instead of a professional obituary

Why women are launching businesses, shifting careers, and embracing bolder purpose in their 40s, 50s, and 60s

How to overcome the “too expensive” or “not tech savvy” labels

Tactical strategies to thrive in today’s hidden job market

If you’ve ever been told you’re too much or felt sidelined by ageism, this episode will remind you: your value doesn’t expire, your merit doesn’t have a shelf life, and your best work may still be ahead of you.

Connect with Loren:

Website: www.portfoliorocket.com 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/portfoliorocket/

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorengreiff/

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/career-blast-in-a-half/id1670977528

Related Podcast Episodes

Share the Love:

If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

🔗 Subscribe & Review:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Confidence. Courage. Boldness. We love to talk about them, post about them, hashtag them, and slap them on coffee mugs. But let’s be real—most of us aren’t sure how to actually build them in our own lives.

Which is why we brought in Michelle “MACE” Curran, former fighter pilot and only the second woman in history to fly lead solo for the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, to the show. Yep, she’s the real deal—flying combat missions, performing death-defying maneuvers in front of millions, and now, author of The Flip Side: How to Invert Your Perspective and Turn Fear into Your Superpower.

Mace knows better than anyone that courage and confidence don’t just magically appear. They’re built, brick by brick, in moments that test your nerve—whether that’s hitting nine G’s at supersonic speed or simply raising your hand in a room full of skeptics. In this episode, she drops a masterclass on how to flip fear on its head, use it as fuel, and create unshakable boldness in your everyday life.

Website: www.macecurran.com

Book: www.macecurran.com/flipside

IG: https://www.instagram.com/mace_curran/?hl=en

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macecurran

If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

🔗 Subscribe & Review:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes being “nice” isn’t so nice—it’s self-abandonment in disguise. In this episode, we learn about the fourth trauma response from Dr. Ingrid Clayton, a licensed clinical psychologist, trauma recovery expert, and author of Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves and How to Find Our Way Back.

Ingrid brings over 20 years of clinical experience helping people break free from trauma responses that no longer serve them. Her Psychology Today blog, Emotional Sobriety, has reached over a million readers, and her work has become a lifeline for anyone ready to stop twisting themselves into knots just to feel safe, seen, or accepted.

Together, we dig into the lesser-known trauma response of fawning—what it really looks like, how it shows up in women’s lives, and how it’s different from (but connected to) codependency and people-pleasing. More importantly, Ingrid shares how to start unfawning so you can reclaim your voice, your needs, and your full self.

We cover:

The difference between compassion and compulsion

How fawning hides in plain sight as “being nice” or “helpful”

Why women are especially conditioned to default to fawning

How to notice when you’re fawning in real time

Practical ways to build internal safety and stop outsourcing your worth

Because survival mode kept you safe, but it will never help you thrive.

Website: https://www.ingridclayton.com/ 

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Fawning-Need-Please-Makes-Ourselves/dp/B0DPZ3D78B

IG: https://www.instagram.com/ingridclaytonphd/ 

If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

🔗 Subscribe & Review:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of us think codependency looks like someone clinging to a toxic partner, losing themselves to someone else’s addictions, or being a doormat. But Terri Cole, licensed psychotherapist, global relationship and empowerment expert, and author of Boundary Boss and her brand-new book Too Much, is here to blow that outdated definition out of the water.

Terri has spent over two decades working with everyone from stay-at-home moms to Fortune 500 CEOs, helping them break free from self-sacrificing patterns and build healthier, more authentic relationships. She inspires more than a million people weekly through her blog, social media, signature courses, and The Terri Cole Show podcast.

In this episode, Nicole and Terri unpack high-functioning codependency—the kind that hides behind promotions, praise, and the “she can handle it all” reputation. Spoiler: it still feels like shit. Together, they dive into how to spot the signs, why resentment is the red flag you can’t ignore, and how boundaries, self-consideration, and surrendering (without self-abandoning) might be the antidote you’ve been missing.

Because friend, if you’re exhausted, resentful, and constantly over-giving, this episode is your permission slip to drop the cape, stop fixing everyone else’s mess, and finally start considering yourself.

Website: https://www.terricole.com/ 

Book: hfcbook.com 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/terricole/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TerriColeLCSW/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/terricoleny

Podcast: https://terricole.com/itunes

If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

🔗 Subscribe & Review:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve been told stress will kill us. That we need to yoga-breathe it away, book a retreat, or stuff it down with a pint of Ben & Jerry’s (using your car key as a spoon… iykyk). But what if stress isn’t the villain? What if it’s actually the fuel for our best work?

This week, we’re joined by Dr. Rebecca Heiss — a stress physiologist, researcher, keynote speaker, and author of Springboard: Transform Stress to Work for You. She’s also the creator of the Fearless Stress Formula and has been recognized by the National Science Foundation for her groundbreaking research. Her mission? To help us stop fearing fear, stop fighting stress, and instead transform both into fuel for growth, performance, and purpose.

Rebecca brings her science background together with real talk and humor, making the hard stuff (like stress) not only make sense but feel doable. She’s passionate about helping women shift out of survival mode and into a place of clarity, confidence, and community.

Together, we dive into why stress isn’t something to eliminate but energy we can reframe, channel, and actually use to show up stronger.

We explore:

Why your “effortless, overwhelmed” game isn’t working

The three steps to stop fighting stress and start using it

How to “invite the tiger to tea” (yes, really)

Why service and community are the real antidote to overwhelm

The competitive advantage women have when it comes to stress

Because friend, stress isn’t proof you’re broken. It’s proof you care. And when you learn to use it, it becomes your edge.

Website: www.rebeccaheiss.com

Book: https://a.co/d/6ReB5Nr 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/drrebeccaheiss/ 

If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

🔗 Subscribe & Review:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s talk about your wardrobe — not in a “what’s trendy this season” way, but in a “does this outfit support your goals, your values, and your voice” kind of way.

Because when your style reflects who you actually are — instead of who the world expects you to be — you show up stronger, speak more clearly, and leave the kind of impression that opens doors.

To help us get intentional with our closets, I’m joined by Marcy Syms — fashion industry veteran, gender justice advocate, former CEO of Syms Corp, and author of Leading with Respect: Adventures of an Off-Price Fashion Pioneer. She’s breaking down the 7 wardrobe essentials every professional woman should own, and how to build a powerful, personal style without blowing your budget.

This isn’t about dressing to impress — it’s about dressing to express. So your clothes don’t just look good… they say something good, too.

Because showing up with confidence starts before you even speak — and yes, what you wear still matters.

Connect with Marcy 

Website: https://marcysyms.com/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Respect-Boardroom-Marcy-Syms/dp/0806544813 

Related Podcast Episodes:

If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

🔗 Subscribe & Review:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’ve ever found yourself glaring at someone sipping champagne in business class while you’re wedged into the back of the plane wondering how they got that upgrade — this episode is your answer.

Julia Menez is a points and miles strategist and host of the Geobreeze Travel Podcast. She helps people stop wasting money on full-price flights and hotels and start using the credit card perks and travel rewards they’re already eligible for — with zero shady loopholes or overcomplicated systems.

In this episode, we talk about how to make your spending work smarter — how to use your money to create experiences, build in rest and joy, and finally take that luxury trip you keep pushing off. Julia shares actionable strategies, common mistakes to avoid, and how to pick the right card for your goals.

Because let’s be honest: you work hard. Your money should work just as hard for you.

And because five-star travel isn’t just for the rich, the retired, or the influencers with mysterious “sponsorships.” It’s for you — when you learn how to play the game. This episode will show you how.

Connect with Julia 

Free intro call: www.geobreezetravel.com/introcall

Free points 101 course: www.geobreezetravel.com/freecourse

IG: www.instagram.com/geobreezetravel

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@geobreezetravel

Related Podcast Episodes:

How To Take A Sabbatical with Katrina McGhee | 336

If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

🔗 Subscribe & Review:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all dream. Every night. Whether we remember them or not. And maybe — just maybe — those dreams aren’t random, ridiculous, or irrelevant. Maybe they’re trying to tell us something we’re too distracted, too busy, or too burned out to hear while we’re awake.

Here to help us decode the language of dreams is Dr. Bonnie Buckner — founder of the International Institute for Dreaming and Imagery®, executive coach, faculty director at GWU’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, and author of The Secret Mind: Unlock the Power of Your Dreams to Transform Your Life. She’s spent her career teaching people how to use dreaming and imagery for personal growth, leadership, and creative breakthroughs.

We explore:

Why your dreams are worth paying attention to (even the weird ones)

The science and strategy behind using dreams for personal development

How feelings and subconscious wisdom can point to answers

What to do if you don’t remember your dreams

Why slowing down might be the key to speeding up your clarity

Because what if the clarity you're chasing isn't out there — it's already in you, waiting for you to slow down, shut off, and tune in?

Connect with Bonnie: 

Website: https://bonniebuckner.com/

Book:  https://bonniebuckner.com/the-secret-mind/ 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/dreamwithiidi/

Related Podcast Episodes:

If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

🔗 Subscribe & Review:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s talk about taking a break — on purpose. A career break that’s planned, powerful, and maybe even paid. Yep, we’re talking about sabbaticals, and no, they’re not just for burned-out professors or unicorn executives.

In this episode, we’re joined by Katrina McGhee, a certified master coach, MBA, sabbatical strategist, and author of Taking a Career Break for Dummies. She’s also the co-founder of BreakSpace, a community for professionals designing intentional time off. After leaving her corporate job in 2013, Katrina traveled the world for 20 months and came back to five job offers in five weeks — so yeah, she knows what she’s talking about.

We explore how a sabbatical can be:

A strategic move for your career growth

A burnout buster with real ROI

The reset button you didn’t know you were allowed to hit

A radical rejection of hustle culture 

The gateway to more joy, clarity, and fulfillment — in work and life

If you're constantly on empty, chasing a finish line that never comes, or wondering if there's more to life than back-to-back Zoom calls... this one's for you.

Connect with Katrina: 

Website: www.kmcgheecoaching.com/blueprint 

Breakspace: https://www.gobreakspace.com/ 

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrinamcghee222/ 

Related Podcast Episodes:

If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!

🔗 Subscribe & Review:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices