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Creativity is often seen as a nice-to-have in business and industry. A skill that's helpful but not absolutely necessary.

But if you ask Robin Landa, strategic creative thinking is a must-have in every profession.

So, how do you go about generating valuable, creative new ideas?

Robin serves as Distinguished Professor in the Michael Graves College at Kean University. She is also the author of 25 nonfiction books, including Strategic Creativity: A Business Field Guide to Advertising, Branding and Design.

In her new release, The New Art of Ideas: Unlock Your Creative Potential, Robin offers a brand-new method for generating worthwhile ideas that get results.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Robin joins Anjel to discuss what we can do to dismantle the idea that the creative path is unstable and explain how she thinks about turning art into cashflow in the marketplace.

Robin walks us through her new method for idea generation, describing how it supports the reverse triple bottom line—people and planet first, then profit.

Listen in for insight around seeking diverse perspectives on new ideas and learn Robin's framework for unlocking your creative potential to generate ideas worth pursuing!

Why Robin's parents were hesitant to support her pursuit of a career in the arts

What gave Robin the courage to change her major from Pre Med to Visual Arts

What we can do to dismantle the idea that the creative path is unstable

How Robin defines strategic creative thinking and why every profession demands it

How Robin thinks about transforming beauty and creativity into cashflow in the marketplace

How Robin's book introduces the first new method for idea generation since 1953

How Robin's method for idea generation serves scientists, marketers and entrepreneurs

Robin's 3 Gs for generating a new idea—GOAL, GAP and GAIN

Why Robin is an advocate for the reverse triple bottom line (people, planet and then profit)

Why it's crucial to get multiple diverse perspectives on any new creative idea

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Sonja Wasden appeared to be living an ideal life. She was married to the CEO of a hospital. She had a beautiful home and three great kids.

But behind the closed doors held darker storylines. Overwhelmed by mental health challenges, Sonja felt she had nothing to offer this life. That people would be better off without her

So, she went quietly to her bathroom one night and swallowed 100 pills in an attempt to take her own life.

Luckily, Sonja was rushed to the ER in time for doctors to save her life.

Six years later, she is a keynote speaker and mental health advocate who has been featured on CBS This Morning and The Tamron Hall Show.

Sonja is also the coauthor of the bestselling memoir, An Impossible Life, the 2022 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Winner.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Sonja joins Anjel to explain how she sees mental health challenges as alarm bells that something in your life needs to change.

Sonja describes how to get past the hesitancy to ask for help and walks us through some of the warning signs she ignored, including isolating, brain fog and emotional eating.

Listen in to understand why pain is necessary to find your truth and learn how mental health symptoms can serve as indicators that your unique purpose is trapped in a false life!

How Sonja's mental health issues began to show up during her teen years

Sonja's journey from being diagnosed with mental illness to her suicide attempt

How Sonja's life looked ideal on the outside while she suffered from serious mental health challenges

How Sonja sees mental health issues as alarm bells that something in your life needs to change

Why isolating, disturbances in sleep patterns or eating habits and brain fog are signals that you need to reach out for help

How to get past the hesitancy to ask for help because it pierces the illusion of perfection

What inspired Sonja to become a keynote speaker and advocate for mental health

How mental health symptoms are indicators that your unique purpose is trapped in a false life

Sonja's insight on why pain is necessary in order to find our truth

Sonja's challenge to listeners to believe that we are worthy of being alive

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The decisions made by local, state and federal government have a direct impact on our lives.

But while women make up 51% of the population in the US, only 28% of the people in political office are female.

So, what can we do to make our system a true representative government?

Debbie Peterson began her career as an award-winning entrepreneur in Scotland. When she moved home to California, Debbie realized that her business experience could help her community, and she rose through the ranks of local government in Grover Beach.

During her tenure as planning commissioner, councilmember and finally mayor, Debbie discovered unthinkable corruption and set out to bring it down. She uncovers the true crime story in her book, The Happiest Corruption: Sleaze, Lies & Suicide in a California Beach Town.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Debbie joins Anjel to share her journey to becoming an entrepreneur in Scotland and explain how she attracted a VC firm to buy her company when she returned to the US.

Debbie describes what inspired her transition from business to local government and discusses the widespread corruption she discovered among politicians and government officials in the city of Grover Beach.

Listen in to understand Debbie's passion for helping more women enter the political arena and learn how you can get involved in making your community a more beautiful, safe and rewarding place for everyone!

How Debbie developed communication and leadership skills as a teen

Debbie's path to becoming an entrepreneur in Scotland

How Debbie realized she was called to be an entrepreneur

What Debbie loves about the creative side of building a business

How Debbie attracted a VC firm to buy her company

What inspired Debbie's transition from business to local government

The unthinkable corruption Debbie discovered in her small California beach town

Debbie's passion for helping more women enter politics

The story behind the title of Debbie's book, The Happiest Corruption

How we can all get involved in making our communities more beautiful

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Do you trust your intuition? What if it told you to take a significant pay cut and move across the country to hunt snakes?

Would you be willing to follow your gut if it didn't make sense on paper?

Python Huntress Amy Siewe is one of 100 people (15 of whom are women) hired to capture and euthanize the invasive Burmese pythons that are destroying the South Florida ecosystem.

Amy left a successful career as a real estate broker in Indiana and followed her intuition to the Everglades, where she's caught hundreds of pythons and is pioneering the invasive python leather industry.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Amy joins Anjel to share the AHA moment when she realized that real estate was not her purpose and challenge us to trust our intuition, even when we don't like what it has to say.

Amy explains how she learned about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, describing how the snakes became an invasive species and what inspired her to become a python huntress.

Listen in for insight on being open to your purpose without chasing it and learn how Amy's products honor the beauty of the Burmese pythons and give them new life!

How Amy learned to trust her intuition (even when she didn't like what it had to say)

The AHA moment Amy realized she wasn't living her best life

How Amy learned about the Burmese python problem in South Florida

The dramatic impact Burmese pythons have on the ecosystem

What inspired Amy to become a python huntress

Amy's insight on being open to your purpose without chasing it

How Amy leverages her intuition to hunt pythons and stay safe in the process

How Amy gets paid for hunting pythons and why the pay cut didn't stop her from following her intuition

Amy's work pioneering the invasive python leather industry

How Amy's products honor the beauty of the Burmese pythons and give them new life

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In the next five years, nearly everyone in the developed world will have had some kind of genetic testing. And this health data can be incredibly valuable.

But where is this personal information being stored? And who owns it?

Estelle Giraud, PhD, is Cofounder and CEO of Trellis Health, a health data platform that gives users ownership of their health records and empowers them to advocate for themselves in a healthcare setting.

Estelle is a population geneticist by training with a background in biotechnology and frontier medicine, and she is passionate about safely storing healthcare data to create a better system for all.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Estelle joins Anjel to discuss how passion and urgency gave her the courage to build Trellis Health and describe how the platform addresses issues around privacy and ownership of health data.

Estelle shares the challenges she faces as a woman founder and scientist, explaining why we need more diversity in leadership and how she overcame biases to get funding for Trellis Health.

Listen in for Estelle's insight on leveraging your health data to improve quality of care and learn about the power you have as a consumer to impact change in the healthcare system.

How advances in genomic sequencing ignited Estelle's interest in healthcare

What challenges Estelle faces as a woman founder and scientist

The power that comes from bringing your whole authentic self to any role

Why we need more diversity in leadership

How Estelle's passion and urgency gave her the courage to create Trellis Health

Estelle's insight on how genetic testing will change the way we do medicine

How Trellis Health addresses issues around privacy and ownership of health data

How being pregnant gave Estelle insight on using health data to improve quality of care

Why getting funding was unexpectedly hard for Estelle as a first-time, female founder

How women founders can reframe conversations around funding

The need for more women investors in VC and LP roles

The power we have as consumers to impact change in the healthcare system

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What do you think you know about cannabis?

Joyce Gerber thought it was a dangerous gateway drug. Until she learned about the healing power of cannabis as plant medicine.

Joyce is Creator and Host of The Canna Mom Show, an award-winning podcast that gives voice to women in the emergency cannabis industry.

In addition to advocating for cannabis normalization, Joyce has managed a rock band, run for political office and been actively involved in many community organizations in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Joyce joins Anjel to describe the cannabis awakening that inspired her advocacy work and discuss how healing stories open people's minds to cannabis.

Joyce explains how cannabis works with our endocannabinoid system to promote health and wellness but cautions us against using cannabis products without understanding exactly what we're consuming.

Listen in for insight on talking to your kids about cannabis and learn how Joyce is elevating the moms and caregivers who are committed to normalizing plant medicine and helping others heal!

How Joyce's cannabis awakening inspired her advocacy for normalization

Joyce's transparent approach to communicating with her children about cannabis

Why healing stories are crucial in opening people's minds to cannabis

How cannabis works with our endocannabinoid system to function as plant medicine

Joyce's mission to normalize cannabis for health and wellness

What Joyce is doing to help women educate their communities on cannabis

What prompted Joyce to start The Canna Mom Show podcast

Why Joyce suggests admitting what you don't know in talking to your kids about cannabis

Joyce's argument against the idea that cannabis is a gateway drug

Why it's important to understand the cannabis products you're consuming

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"The more you affirm your knowing, the more you trust your intuition, the better it gets. Even in the darkest and ugliest of times, it was by trusting my intuition that allows me to be here today,"—Anjel B. Hartwell

In this special episode of Wickedly Smart Women, we are introducing our brand new book, "WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds," and introducing you to our co-authors.

Lynda Sunshine West ran away at five years old and was gone an entire week. She came home riddled with fears and, in turn, became a people pleaser. At 51. She decided to face one fear every day for an entire year. And in doing so, she gained an exorbitant amount of confidence and now uses what she learned to fulfill her mission of empowering 5 million women and men to write their stories as the founder and CEO of Action Takers Publishing. Her chapter in the book is called "Do it Scared."

Victoria Rader, Ph.D., is a Possibility Coach and founder of YU2SHINE and the internationally Bestselling Author of Prosper mE: The 35 Universal Laws to Make Money Work for You. Victoria is a homeschooling mom turned top 1% realtor turned Doctor of Metaphysics. She equips her clients with spiritual practices, success principles, energy healing modalities, and practical applications to live a life of prosperity, fulfillment, and joy. Her chapter title is called "Just at the Right Time."

Dr. Bee Thomas is an NFT Artist and writer. Her work was featured at San Diego's first NFT conference in April 2022. She is renowned for her published research study on the Success Factors of African American Female Entrepreneurs and her achievement as a cannabis entrepreneur. She helped launch the highest-rated dispensary in San Diego, taking it from $0 - $2.5 million in under six months. Her chapter is called "Intuition the True God Particle."

Anjel B Hartwell is the Founder & Lead Visionary of Creative Age Consulting Group, and The Wealthy Life Mentor. She is an internationally known speaker, transformation artist, Be The Change "Movement To Watch" Award Winner, and one of America's Premier Experts. She is the Creator, Executive Producer & Host of the 8X Award Winning Apple #1 Internationally ranked Wickedly Smart Women Podcast & Author of the #1 New Release in 3 Categories book "Be Heard by Millions & Live Your Destiny." Her chapter is called "Change Your Name, Change Your Life."

Today, Lynda, Victoria, and Dr. Bee join Anjel on Wickedly Smart Women to share how each of them stepped out of their excuses and the fear that was holding them back to heed the call of their intuition to be a part of the new book, "WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN."

Listen in as each woman shares how their inner knowing helped them know this project was right for them and how they each hope to transform the lives of those who read the stories they share in the book.

WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN, we'd love to have you share this book with your lovely lady friends, your mom, your daughter, your sister, your friend, or your colleague so that they can receive the wisdom and the bursts of inspiration from our amazing authors. You can also join us for our Zoom launch party on January 11, 2023. Click here to learn more.

Lynda shares how working through her chapter in the book helped her work through some of her fears

Victoria shares some of the 915 reasons for keeping her from participating in the book (and the ONE thing that made her take the leap).

Dr. Bee shares the inner knowing that helped her say yes to the book project

Dr. Bee shares why our intuition is the actual God particle and essence of life

Victoria shares why she hopes her chapter will help people learn to live a life of miracles

Lynda shares how the book is partnering with the nonprofit to not only give back but to share more abundance with the world

Lynda discusses how are stories impact and empower others

Dr. Bee shares how writing her chapter transformed her

Victoria shares how inner compassion helps you become the star that someone else is praying for

Anjel shares the story of the clear message that led her to change her name (and her vibrational signature)

Anjel shares why the more you trust and take action, the more precise the guidance will be that begins to flow into your life

WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds

Introducing: The Life is Good Playmaker Project

Writing is transformative, and sharing your story with the world impacts lives, starting with your own.

In this special episode of Wickedly Smart Women, we are introducing our brand new book, "WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds," and introducing you to our co-authors.

Karen Rudolf is a "W" Holistic Intuitive Journey Guide supporting personal transformation & self-confidence from the inside out. As a Transformational Specialist, she's developed a process that helps her clients uncover where they are stuck and what they want so they can live a more fulfilled, more passionate, higher-performance life. Karen's chapter is "Before I Lived, I Died a Seemingly 1000 Times."

Stacie Shifflett is an accomplished businessperson and entrepreneur with experience and successes that span multiple industries. A life-changing event in 2012 propelled Stacie on a personal journey of healing and self-discovery to better understand the human condition. That journey ignited in her a desire to help others fully align with the brilliance that is uniquely ours; thus, her company, Modern Consciousness™, was born. Stacie's chapter is called "Whispers of the Soul."

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Karen and Stacie join Anjel to share the cathartic process of writing their chapter to share with the world and what they hope readers will take away from their stories.

Each woman shares the mission they are each on to transform the lives of others in their community and what it means to them to be WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN.

WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN, we'd love to have you share this book with your lovely lady friends, your mom, your daughter, your sister, your friend, or your colleague so that they can receive the wisdom and the bursts of inspiration from our amazing authors. You can also join us for our Zoom launch party on January 11, 2023. Click here to learn more.

Stacie shares why she wanted to share her path to success despite worry and anxiety

Karen shares how the title of the book made her want to be a part of the book

Karen shares her process of writing using mind mapping

Stacie shares how she surrenders to the healing process of writing

Stacie shares how she hopes her story will help others discover a higher internal power and their inner knowing

Stacie shares the personal story of how she purchased a company worth 10s of millions of dollars without investing a penny

Karen shares why she hopes her story will help readers discover what's possible for them as they expand their journeys.

Karen shares how her near-death experience transformed her life and helped her surrender to her life's calling

Stacie and Karen share what it means to them to be Wickedly Smart Women

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Introducing: The Life is Good Playmaker Project

Each time we say YES to ourselves and our dreams, we are invited on a journey of introspection and transformation.

In this special episode of Wickedly Smart Women, we are introducing our brand new book, "WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds", and introducing you to our co-authors, each of who has written a chapter in the book.

Debbie Peterson went from planning commissioner to council member to mayor, where she found unthinkable corruption and, with a disparate group of citizens, brought it down. Her books, and podcast, Corruption Chronicles, tell the true crime story and teach elected representatives and citizens how to ensure that their towns don't become the next happiest corruption in America. Her chapter of the book is called "The Dirty Little Secret of San Luis Obispo County."

Sharon Rose Wallen is a retired elementary school teacher who taught for 32 years. She's the recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and Outstanding American Teachers National Honor Roll. She's also the author of the Grateful Reflections Journal. Her chapter of the book is called "Power of Growth, Aligned Growth and Growth Mindset in Everyday Life."

Batoul Ajlouni is a former business executive, entrepreneur, writer, and coach who shares her transformational discoveries with audiences searching for answers. She is also the award-winning author of "Ditching Success?" Her book chapter is called "The Choices We Make."

Jacklyn Ryan is a senior care advocate, the founder of Caregivers Scaretakers, and a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author. She became a Senior Care advocate after scary experiences in the caregiving of both of her parents. Now she's on a mission to expose fraud in senior care and help others, so they don't have to face the same experiences her family has. She's written a book called, "CareGivers ScareTakers - Exposing Fraud in Senior Care." Her chapter in the book is called "Relationships, Manipulations, and Questions."

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Debbie, Sharon, Batoul, and Jacklyn join Anjel to share how saying YES to themselves led them on the transformational journey of becoming one of the collaborative authors in WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN.

Each woman shares how saying yes to this project transformed her own life and the mission they are each on to transform the lives of others in their community.

WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN, we'd love to have you share this book with your lovely lady friends, your mom, your daughter, your sister, your friend, or your colleague so that they can receive the wisdom and the bursts of inspiration from our amazing authors. You can also join us for our Zoom launch party on January 11, 2023. Click here to learn more.

Batoul shares why she wanted to be a part of a project that not only empowers women but also celebrates them

Debbie shares why she wanted to be a part of the book with fellow women who are action-takers and get things done

Jacklyn shares why being a part of a project about listening to your intuition appealed to her

Sharon shares how a higher power led her to be a part of the book

Jacklyn shares why she hopes her chapter will help others examine their relationships and walk away if needed

Debbie shares why she hopes WOMEN who read her chapter will get involved in politics because it's women who WILL change the world

Batoul shares why she hopes her chapter in the book will inspire others to make the tough but transformative decisions they've been struggling with

Sharon shares why she hopes her story will help other women embrace a growth mindset

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Introducing: The Life is Good Playmaker Project

"When you're really connected with your intuition, decisions become easy," - Debra Stangl

Do you trust your intuition? Are you allowing your intuition to guide you to good things in your life and bring you closer to reaching your dreams?

In this special episode of Wickedly Smart Women, we are introducing our brand new book, "WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds", and introducing you to our co-authors, each of who has written a chapter in the book.

Debra Stangl practiced law in Nebraska for over 20 years before moving to Sedona and founding Sedona Soul Adventures in 2002. She is the author of the #1 International Best Seller, "The Journey to Happy." Her chapter of the book is called "I Trusted, I Made the Leap, $50,000 Fell Out of the Sky, I Found My Life's Work and the Man of My Dreams, Plus A Happiness and Contentment I Never Imagined Was Possible."

Kathi Sohn is the CEO of Body Memory Process, LLC. After 36 years in the U.S. Department of Defense, she retired to take over the healing work of her husband, David W. Sohn, called the Body Memory, Process-created by David in the 1980s. Her chapter of the book is called "Wounded Healer."

Valeriia Hearn is a Connect mE coach, Quantum Touch practitioner, Thetahealing®, and Free -mE™ EFT instructor. She knows that Love and Light of the Creator is always there for you and that you are never alone. Her service is a roadmap that will bring you back to your heart. Her chapter of the book is called "Across the Other Side of Intuition."

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Debra, Kathi, and Valeriia join Anjel to share how following their intuition led them to become one of the collaborative authors in WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN.

Listen as each woman shares the different ways in which she feels intuition in her body and why she took the steps necessary to put that intuition into action and raised her hand to become a part of the book and what transformation she hopes comes from her participation in this important project.

WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN, we'd love to have you share this book with your lovely lady friends, your mom, your daughter, your sister, your friend, or your colleague so that they can receive the wisdom and the bursts of inspiration from our amazing authors. You can also join us for our Zoom launch party on January 11, 2023. Click here to learn more.

Debra shares how she's been trusting her intuition her entire life

Valeriia shares how intuition for her is like hearing from Creator

Kathi shares how intuition is a fearless, clear knowing for her in her heart and gut

Kathi shares how her chapter will help others see that they don't have to be stuck in their trauma and can heal

Debra shares why she hopes her chapter in the book will help others realize that living your dreams IS possible

Valeriia shares how she hopes her chapter will help others act on their intuition even when it isn't easy (or a straightforward path)

WICKEDLY SMART WOMEN: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds

Introducing: The Life is Good Playmaker Project