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Personal leadership is the ability and determination to grow internally. It's the actions you take to connect to who you truly are and consciously show up in your values and in integrity. Having a north star in the shape of your values and principles can help guide you. This makes all the difference in how you experience the world and in how others experience you.

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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep17-your-guide-to-personal-leadership-with-sandy-hessler/

Sandy Hessler is a steward of personal leadership. Most recently, she has been teaching leadership and entrepreneurial courses at the Start-Up Institute which she co-founded in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She runs her own app Six Minutes Daily that helps set up your day by giving you space to connect to your purpose, your intention, and acknowledge what you are grateful for.

• How her free app, Six Minutes Daily, helps you set the tone for how you show up in the world
• The importance of good habits that keep you grounded and focused
• Life changing questions you need to ask yourself
• Dealing with imposture syndrome
• How to find your values and stick to them
• The number one advice for anyone who's had difficult bosses
• How trust makes or breaks teams
• How Sandy handles her nerves and fears
• Building a strong leadership foundation

• Contact Sandy via email
• Learn more about Sandy, her courses and app at SixMinutesDaily.com
• Download the Six Minutes Daily app on iOS

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
• Shift Happens: How to Live an Inspired Life by Robert Holden Ph.D.
• Essentialism: The Disciplines Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
• Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. by Brené Brown
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

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"Great branding is creating an emotional connection between you and your audience." — Mark Schaefer

There is no better time to know how to build a personal brand than now. Branding, marketing, and business strategy expert Mark Schaefer shares the 4 things that all successful personal brands do.

As a business consultant and everyone's go-to for marketing advice, Mark has been asked by many entrepreneurs and businesses about the science of becoming known. He embarked on two years of research and today he shares the 4 things that all known people do. He breaks them down for us with precision, with real life stories, and an action plan we can start using today.

Win one of Mark's books – KNOWN – so you can become your very own branding expert. Enter on Instagram @torchpodcast. Three winners will be chosen on May 16th, 2020.

Mark is the author of one of the top five marketing blogs in the world, businessesgrow.com. He is the host of the Marketing Companion podcast, an author of 8 books where he shares his research and theories about marketing, social media strategies, and branding. He's also a keynote speaker, educator at Rutgers, and founder of a marketing consulting company that works with global brands from Adidas and Johnson & Johnson to the U.S. Air Force.

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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep16-how-to-build-a-personal-brand-with-mark-schaefer

TOPICS WE COVER:

• Side topic: His personal experience in coming down with Covid-19
• Why you need a personal brand whether you work for a company or yourself
• The FOUR things you need to build a personal brand
• The one BIG mistake people make when building a brand
• The only sustainable advantage in business today
• How to leverage yourself when applying for a job
• How employers can better attract new employees and keep great ones
• Why engagement is a useless metric
• The best source of advocacy… it's not more advertising!
• Top of mind preference VS top of mind awareness
• How to STAND OUT

LINKS

• Subscribe to Mark's blog Businessesgrow.com
• Subscribe to Mark's podcast Marketing Companion with co-host Brooke Sellas
• Follow Mark on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn

MARK's BOOKS

• Marketing Rebellion: The Most Human Company Wins
• Known: The handbook for building and unleashing your personal brand in the digital age
• Lessons: Essays to Help You Embrace the Chaos
• Content Code: Six essential strategies to ignite your content, your marketing, and your business
• Social Media Explained: Untangling the World's Most Misunderstood Business Trend
• The Tao of Twitter
• Born To Blog: Building Your Blog for Personal and Business Success One Post at a Time
• Return on Influence: The Revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring, and Influence Marketing

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Deep talks about radical acceptance, finding a flow state to connect to Source, tapping into pure inspiration, and showing up in the world for our kids and family.

Abigail Lorick lives a life that is well-connected to her inner voice. She grew up surfing off of Amelia Island, Florida and doctoring up her school uniforms as a kid. Now, as Co-Founder and Creative Director of Ansea the timeless lifestyle brand for women who love the water, she's able to perfectly blend her childhood passions: water and fashion. The best part…Ansea is sustainable.

She shares her past experience as the ghost designer to Eleanor Waldorf's fashion line in the iconic Gossip Girl TV show. Abigail also had her design-hands in & Other Stories, Cynthia Rowley and Stance.

I get a bit personal with a story relating to a drug lord – I know, so off topic! – and what my recent spiritual journey has been like.

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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-15-finding-inspiration-with-sustainable-designer-abigail-lorick/

TOPICS WE COVER:

• Lessons in fashion and being on the set of Gossip Girl
• The power of getting dressed each morning
• How to reach a state of flow
• Her main source of inspiration and power
• Fika, the wonderful Swedish coffee ritual
• Sustainable fabrics: Yulex and Econyl
• Neoprene and its negative impact on the environment, and why it's still used by many corporations
• Biggest lesson in life
• A habit that changed her life – what she eliminated
• Piano music we go crazy over!

LINKS

• Shop Ansea.co
• Follow Ansea on Instagram and Facebook
• Follow Abigail on Instagram

BOOKS MENTIONED

• Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach
• Seat of The Soul by Gary Zukav
• Untamed by Glennon Doyle
• Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal

Check out full show notes for our dream list of contemporary pianists and other great sustainable brands from fashion to cleaning products and TP.

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"As a woman, everything can be discounted. What can't be discounted is what you do. It can't be taken away from you. It's indisputable." — Lynsey Dyer

What does it take to ski off a 65 ft. cliff in the back country of Jackson Hole? Lynsey Dyer, one of the best big mountain skiers in the world, explains the motivation and mindset needed to accomplish so many feats in the male-dominated industry of extreme sports.

At 16, she won the Junior Olympics in Downhill Skiing, and soon after leaned into a life of back country freestyle skiing where rules were meant to be broken. She's charged down fresh powder winning titles at the Freeride World Tour and was named Skier-of-The-Year multiple times.

Featured on major networks and TV shows – check. Heli-skiing – check. Spoke at TEDTalks – check. Starred in several ski movies – check. Magazine covers – check.

For those unfamiliar with the ski world, Lynsey's other accomplishments range from running a business, leading heli-skiing trips around the world, and directing/producing the first and only all-female ski movie called Pretty Face. The film empowers women and girls alike through the love of sport and community.

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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-14-honor-your-fear-with-world-skier-lynsey-dyer/

TOPICS WE COVER:

• Her proudest ski moment
• Terrifying avalanche story
• Connecting with your feminine
• Tackling a male dominated world
• Using fear and disappointment as a motivator
• Morning routine to get her mind and body right
• Techniques that improve her mindset
• The power of surrender
• Complicated female friendships
• Reducing limited beliefs
• Her interview with Alex Honnold of Free Solo
• How she works with top sponsors

LINK:

• Find Lynsey on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook
• Watch Pretty Faces on iTunes, Vimeo, or order the DVD
• Showing Up With Lynsey Dyer podcast on Apple or Spotify
• Unicorn Picnic on Instagram and Facebook
• SheJumps non-profit on Instagram and Facebook
• Edythe Heus from Revolution in Motion

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Dipping your toes into an eco-friendly way of life? Or are you ready to go deeper in your eco-friendly buying habits?

SAVE 20% on your first 2-month order of Tampon Tribe with code TORCH

Giana Korth, the Founding Member of Tampon Tribe, walks us through the importance of examining our purchasing habits. Feminine hygiene products we purchase may not always be the best for our bodies or the planet. It's crucial to put our bodies first, and we do that through our buying power, ladies!

In support of Covid-19 relief, Tampon Tribe is using their manufacturing facilities to produce 200,000 medical grade masks a day to help clinics and medical staff in the U.S. You can donate to their Mask Appeal GoFundMe campaign.

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TOPICS WE COVER:

• Importance of truly organic products
• Yes, we get into the menstrual cup, so listen up!
• How meditation changed her life
• The one lesson you need to learn when selling or negotiating
• How to relay value to customers
• Running a Needs Analysis for potential customers
• Breaking long-term buying habits
• How to educate customers on your product values and quality
• Giana's personal focus this year to grow as a leader in her life and career
• Key management books that guided her

LINK:

• Visit TamponTribe.com and save 20% on your first two-month order with code TORCH
• Donate to the Make Appeal GoFundMe campaign
• Visit Project Code Red to help reduce period poverty in the U.S.
• Follow Tampon Tribe on Instagram and Facebook

BOOKS:

• How To Master The Art of Selling by Tom Hopkins
• Spin Selling by Neil Rackham
• Measure What Matters by John Doerr
• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
• The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard
• The Making of A Manager by Julie Zhuo

SAVE 20% on your first 2-month order of Tampon Tribe with code TORCH

Find links and full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-13-become-an-eco-warrior-with-tampon-tribe/

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As the world continues to ebb through the pits of uncertainty, successful handbag designer Gelareh Mizrahi takes matters into her own hands. She quickly put a hold on her fashion business to focus all of her time and effort to raise money for PPEs (personal protective equipment) that she is distributing to doctors, other medical staff and hospitals across the US.

Support began a few weeks ago when her brother, a doctor at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, desperately needed protection to help combat the growing spread of the Covid-19 virus. Gelareh shares how she's turned her GoFundMe into a larger coalition with other non-profits.

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Gelareh also dives into her thought process when building a brand, finding the write people to work with and be mentored by, learning from past managerial mistakes, and more.

And yes, Kylie Jenner is a fan of her notorious micro mini bags! Kylie's daughter Stormi has been seen on several occasions with her very own micro mini collection. Gelareh's fashion vibe is always tide to "humor" as she says; she wants to make a positive impact with her collection through the tongue in cheek bags she's created over the last eight years.

Things we cover in this episode:

• How to find a brand's voice and vibe
• Receiving incredible PR
• Getting her bags in the hands of celebrities like Kylie Jenner
• The app she uses to cultivate incredible business connections
• The future of fashion
• What success means to her
• The one thing that helps her acknowledge her fears and move past them
• The hardest and biggest management lesson she had to learn
• Her big inner-work focus for 2020
• What leadership means to her
• Quarantining at home with her husband and two young sons
• Putting her collection on hold and starting a GoFundMe for Covid-19 relief efforts

Links:

• Donate to the Protect Those Who Protect Us GoFundMe campaign
• Visit GelarehMizrahi.com
• Follow Gelareh on Instagram and Facebook

Find links and full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-12-gelareh-mizrahi-bag-designer-and-covid19-relief-fundraiser

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Have you experienced anxiety or burnout? Do you want to connect to your true purpose? Ready to manifest and create a better life?

Jenni Wendell shares her years of insight and life experience that has led her to build a successful career in yoga. As the owner of Just Be Yoga studios and Luminary Farm, a 160-acre retreat space in Northern California, she dives into how she made a change from her corporate position to transforming into a business owner, visionary and leader of a team of employees and yoga teachers.

We cover topics like what inner work she had to embrace in order to become a better leader, what keeps her from self-sabotage, what one word she focuses on in order to stay true to her vision and life purpose, pivoting her business during Covid19, the two books that changed her life, the most powerful practices that help manifest what she wants, and more.

Things we cover in this episode:

• The one word to focus on when setting true intentions
• How to reduce self-sabotage and self-doubt
• The life changing power of practicing non-attachment (or Aparigraha)
• The one thing that keeps us stuck from moving forward
• Life after experiencing burnout, depression and anxiety
• How she created a vision for her next step in life
• The power of manifesting and other tools she uses to work towards her purpose
• Building organic growth in a business
• Growing as a leader
• How she quickly pivoted her business during Covid19

Links:

• Visit Just Be Yoga studio and follow them on Instagram and Facebook
• Visit The Luminary Farm and follow them on Instagram and Facebook
• Connect with Jenni on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Book 1 – The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice by Deborah Adele
• Book 2 – Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters by Psychotherapist Robert Augustus Masters
• More info on Aparigraha

Find links and full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-11-the-one-word-that-will-change-your-life-with-jenni-wendell/

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How do you move forward in the world after experiencing the worst – losing a child? Natalie Pizarro shares her deeply personal and moving experience of losing her first daughter Sabrina who was just shy of turning two years old.

Natalie is very candid about the day that is forever burned in her memory, and how she found strength in creating a fulfilling life for herself and her husband in the wake of such a tragedy.

We start the interview with us talking about a trip I took her on two months after the loss and how it allowed her to breathe a bit. We then get into detail of what Natalie did for herself to remain sane and not fall into a puddle of despair on most days. You'll hear more about what gave her strength, hope, what she needed most from friends, and how her perspective on life has changed.

Sabrina and her second daughter, Anna Sofia, are both IVF babies. Find more info in the show notes.

Episode 9 is part one of this interview where Natalie explains the incredible research and results from Ketamine for depression, anxiety and other mental disorders. She is the Director of Marketing and Sales at the Ketamine Health Centers, and has experienced Ketamine personally and seen remarkable effects on patients.

Things we cover in this episode:

• The one important thing to cultivate after a loss
• How to connect to yourself during the first months of loss
• Moving beyond "why did this happen to me?"
• What helped their marriage move past this
• What friends and family can do to best support
• EMDR Therapy treatment that helped with the trauma of her loss
• The little things that can help you heal
• Natalie's new mindset years later
• How to find joy again

Find links and full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep10-finding-joy-after-losing-a-child-with-natalie-pizarro-ivf/

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Are you going through a hard time? Do you or someone close to you have severe anxiety, depression or other mental issues? This episode covers an FDA-approved treatment that is administered intravenously; it's called Ketamine.

Natalie Pizarro, the Director of Marketing and Sales at the Ketamine Health Centers, shares her incredibly moving story of personal loss and growth, as well as the health benefits of Ketamine. Ketamine has an incredible success rate for PTSD, OCD, depression, suicidal ideations, bipolar depression, severe anxiety, Fibromyalgia and other pain syndromes.

This working mom and wife shares her tips to create connection and stay sane during this global pandemic, her personal experience with Ketamine as a worker and a patient, and her outlook on life after experiencing the loss of a child.

*Episode 10 is part two of this interview where Natalie goes deep into the passing of her first daughter… it's a deeply moving story filled with inspiration and hope.

Things we cover

• Privileged Guilt during this global pandemic
• How to deal with the stress of Coronavirus as a mom, wife, and career woman
• Natalie's perspective on Coronavirus given the loss of her first daughter
• New habits that can help during this time of uncertainty
• Ketamine treatment
  • Benefits of Ketamine
  • Natalie and her mother's personal experiences with Ketamine to treat severe depression and PTSD
  • The full outpatient process and what to expect
  • What Ketamine feels like during treatment
  • Great alternative to other medication like pills

Full show notes and links: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-9-tackle-anxiety-and-depression-with-ketamine-guest-natalie-pizarro/

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Nadia Koski is an American expat who has been a Florentine resident for 15 years. She and I became close friends when I lived in Florence from 2011 to 2014. Along with her Florentine husband Matteo and adorable Jack Russell named Gilberto, she has been on Coronavirus Lockdown in Italy since Saturday, March 7th. They are projected to lift the lockdown on April 3rd, which can change.

Her story is very important because she shares how even a day or two before Coronavirus Lockdown she was not sure how serious to take the warnings, like many of us in the United States. Now that she has been confined to her condo in Isolotto, a neighborhood in Florence, she is grateful that this has been a countrywide mandate.

She was one of the thousands of musicians in Italy playing live music from balconies each afternoon. We get into the joy of how these Balcony Concert Series, if you will, bring her and how it has changed her perspective on things, on community, and on her own self-reflection.

Things we cover

• What does a Coronavirus Lockdown really look like
• The importance of feeling good during these times
• Why it's important to get dressed in the mornings and not succumb to wearing PJs all day
• How to manage stress and anxiety
• Why the US needs to act faster with testing and lockdowns
• Incredible dedication from the Italian medical teams
• How businesses should be supporting clients VS "selling more" on social media
• The silver-lining in all of this
• It's a beautiful, touching interview - thanks for listening and sharing this!

Full show notes and links: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-8-stories-from-coronavirus-lockdown-in-italy/

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