Tune Up with The Moxy Gal

By Ami Valdemoro Diaz

Tune Up with The Moxy Gal is for ambitious entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders who want to achieve bold results without burning themselves into the ground.

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The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.

Tune Up with The Moxy Gal episodes:

March 09, 2026 Give to Gain
Episode 1: Give to Gain — A Memo for Everyone Else
In this year's first episode of Tune Up with The Moxy Gal, Ami narrates her latest column from The Manila Times reflecting on this year’s International Women’s Day theme: Give to Gain.
Instead of speaking to women, this episode is addressed to everyone else: the leaders, institutions, and allies who have the power to open doors, share opportunity, and create real change.
Because progress doesn’t happen through slogans.
It happens when people in power choose to give others a seat at the table.
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10min
April 21, 2021 Episode 010: How to Not Sweat the Small Stuff When You're Always Sweating the Small Stuff
Remember when you were in school and you had to work on group projects? Were you the one who took charge and handled the lion's share of the work? Or did you know back then that taking on all the work would lead to overwhelm, frustration, or burnout?Working with others is something that will always be a part of life - either at work, at home, or in any other spaces where you live. Managing your share of the work is key to ensuring that you continue to perform and leave yourself enough space t...
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16min
March 19, 2021 009: Why It Matters to Get More Play
Work hard, play hard, so they say. After intense periods of productivity or "doing work", we need to set aside time for ourselves to recharge, reflect, and reset. Seriously - some of the most successful companies are so committed to play that they've enlisted play experts like Lego to help them figure out how to factor in play into their ways of doing business. In this episode, we talk all about play - why we need it, what we can do to get more of it, and literally carving out the time ...
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17min
March 12, 2021 008: The Gift of Presence
On this episode, we pause and do things a bit differently.As my own coach Alyssa would say, "If you want to go fast, slow down."One year into this new way of being and doing, we take a minute (or 15) to get present. It's super challenging in a volatile world where so many things clamor for our attention and energy, but being present can help us to process the mix of emotions that the last year in particular has surfaced, so that we can make new meaning and take action from a more centered pla...
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19min
March 05, 2021 007: Why Procrastination is the Friend You Never Knew You Needed
Why do we procrastinate? It's with good reason, I assure you. In this episode, we talk about the meaning behind procrastination - why we do it; what it tell us about our opportunities for growth - and our resistance to them; and some things we can do to try and test our capacity to move past the patterns of procrastination and into the unfamiliar, scary, yet exhilarating space where a new reality is possible and where we can close in on meeting our goals - professional and persona...
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19min
February 24, 2021 006: Ready, Go, Set - or How To Get Over Your Resistance to Change
In this episode, we talk about why it's so important for each of us be adaptable - meaning that we can change or be changed in order to deal successfully with new situations (thanks Oxford English dictionary...and also 2020.) We'll discuss why managing risk is so important to getting comfortable with change and stepping confidently into our growth as leaders; how each of us has a "default setting" when it comes to our tolerance for risk and change - one that's helped us to get to where ...
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13min
February 11, 2021 005: Getting Purposeful About Purpose
In our last episode, we talked about how it's important to build a personal Board of Directors to help you hold yourself accountable for meeting your goals and staying on purpose. But how do we come up with our purpose and stay committed to it? In this episode, we talk about four powerful questions you can ask yourself to get clear on your purpose and how you want to show up in the world. We'll take inspiration from the Japanese concept of Ikigai, Bill George's work on authentic leadership, a...
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18min
February 04, 2021 004: How To Build Your Personal Board of Directors
Whenever you're working towards a goal, it's helpful to have practical ways to hold yourself accountable. The bigger, hairier, more audacious the goal is, the more important it is to have people and structures in place to check in and gauge your progress. On this week's episode, we cover how to build your own personal Board of Directors. I call mine my A-team (A for Ami, but also for accountability.) We talk about the key roles that your Board members will play, what kinds of questions they c...
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20min
January 27, 2021 Episode 003: How You Can Solve Any Problem
On this episode, we talk about what it means to be a problem solver. We take a deeper look at the work of Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, the co-founders of Stanford's D-lab, and discover how to approach problems like designers by asking powerful questions that move us from analysis paralysis to action. You may not love problems like Bill and Dave do by the end of this podcast, but you will learn practical skills that will build your street cred as an always sought-after "problem solver."
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17min
January 21, 2021 Episode 002: How To Stop the Overwhelm and Make Work Work For You
On this episode, we talk about what you can do to stop feeling overwhelmed; why silence is the key to getting the clarity you need to come up with creative ways out of a challenging situation; and the three questions you can ask yourself to start making your work situation work for you.
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18min

FAQs about Tune Up with The Moxy Gal:

How many episodes does Tune Up with The Moxy Gal have?

The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.