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The coronavirus has dominated the news cycle for the last several weeks, leading to widespread concerns around contracting COVID-19. Many of us have taken precautions to protect ourselves on a physical level. But it is just as important to safeguard ourselves from the irrational fears surrounding the outbreak. So, how do we strengthen the immunity of the mind?

Today on Women's Empowerment School, Sylvia is explaining how to develop an immunity of your mind and protect yourself from the panic surrounding the coronavirus. She walks us through the three negativity biases that impact the way we think about potential threats, discussing why we perceive the unknown as being more dangerous than the risks we are more familiar with (like the flu).

Sylvia goes on to offer strategies for protecting yourself from the coronavirus on a physical AND mental level, describing how to strengthen the immunity of your mind through research, awareness of negativity bias, and self-compassion. Listen in for insight around the patriarchal values that feed into our irrational fears and learn how to stay calm, clear and centered despite the dramatic media coverage of COVID-19.

How the patriarchy values everything male over everything female

Strengthening our immunity of the mind against negative emotions

The three negativity biases that impact the immunity of the mind

1. Negativity bias of BRAIN
2. Negativity bias of DATA
3. Negativity bias in MEDIA

How to protect yourself from the coronavirus on a physical level

How to protect yourself from the panic around the coronavirus

1. Do your own research
2. Develop awareness of negativity bias
3. Be gentle with self when triggered

The patriarchal values that feed into our irrational fear and panic

• Speed (time is money)
• Action or hustle
• Power over others

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Our world faces complex problems that simply cannot be solved with the same thinking that got us here. We desperately need diverse voices to tackle crises like large-scale conflict and climate change. And while we may consciously believe that women have the same right as men to lead with our words, many of us still hesitate, fearful of how we might be perceived or convinced that our ideas aren't good enough. So, how do we learn to trust ourselves and feel safe in sharing our truth?

Today on Women's Empowerment School, Sylvia is sharing the tenth chapter of her book, 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women, 'The Power of Your Word.' She explains why our subconscious minds are still programmed with the outdated stereotypes of 7K years of patriarchy, making us believe that it isn't safe for women to speak out, and addresses the perception around women who talk often versus men who speak up regularly.

Sylvia goes on to walk us through the ten habits for embracing the power of your word, challenging us to claim our own ideas, speak from our power center, end negative self-dialogue, and create alliances with other powerful leaders. Listen in for insight into celebrating the sensual joy of speaking your truth and learn how change your story, stop hiding and share the power of your words!

Why women still subconsciously believe it is not safe to speak out

The differences in perception re: men vs. women who talk a lot

The need for diversity in leadership to solve the world's problems

Sylvia's 10 habits for embracing the power of your word

1. Allow yourself to interrupt others without guilt
2. Claim your own ideas
3. Work on full belly breathing + vocal projection
4. Get grounded, speak from your power center
5. Frame stories with numbers and facts
6. Stop waiting for 80% of the proof you're right
7. End negative self-dialogue (internal cheerleader)
8. Imprint yourself with the belief I AM ENOUGH
9. Stop comparing and create alliances + collaborations
10. Celebrate the sensual joy of speaking your truth

Trusting that you have a voice + message the world needs to hear

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Difficult circumstances are fertile ground for bringing out the best in us as leaders. But we don't have to go through the eye of the hurricane ourselves to develop the new leadership traits Sylvia identified in dealing with her father's death. In fact, we can consciously hone the skills in our daily lives and enjoy the 3 hyper states that emerge as a result.

Today, Sylvia introduces the 3 hyper states that result from applying the new leadership traits—hyper presence, hyper intentionality and hyper love. She shares the heightened sense of awareness that characterizes hyper presence, explaining how it afforded her clear inner guidance and made decision-making easy.

Sylvia goes on to explore the paradox around hyper intentionality, discussing how the state involves having clear goals—while being utterly aligned with flow. Listen in for insight into Sylvia's kinesthetic experience of hyper love and learn how to reverse engineer the 3 hyper states by feeling them fully in your body.

The 3 hyper states that result from applying the new leadership traits

1. Hyper presence
2. Hyper intentionality
3. Hyper love

The heightened sense of awareness that characterizes hyper presence

How hyper presence affords us constant, clear inner guidance

The paradox around being in a state of hyper intentionality

• Crystal clear, detailed goals in mind
• Completely aligned with flow

How Sylvia experienced the state of hyper love as a wash of peace

What questions to ask to fully feel the hyper states in your body

• Where does this hyper state sit in my body?
• What sensations does it trigger?

Reverse engineering hyper states through our kinesthetic indicators

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Strong leaders show up as the best version of themselves in difficult times. Recently, Sylvia endured the death of her beloved father and moved her mother into a nursing home, circumstances requiring that she navigate unknown territory and make a great many decisions. And along the way, she discovered several new leadership traits that supported her through the process.

Today, Sylvia introduces the 3 Big Cs of leadership in a post-patriarchal world—courage, commitment and compassion. She discusses the old paradigm of courage in the form of a lonely hero, sharing her new definition of courage as a willingness to consciously step into the unknown and deliberately embrace the situation of feeling uncomfortable.

Sylvia goes on to expand our understanding of commitment and explain how it involves daily dedication to the best possible outcomes AND wellbeing for ourselves and others. Listen in to understand why compassion is NOT a weakness and learn how to make heart-centered decisions that serve you, the bottom line and everyone involved.

The 3 Big Cs of leadership in a post-patriarchal world

1. Courage
2. Commitment
3. Compassion

The war metaphor around courage in the old paradigm

Sylvia's new, post-patriarchal definition of courage

• Consciously step into unknown
• Deliberately embrace feeling uncomfortable

Developing a broader understanding of commitment

• Conscious choice every day
• Best possible outcome AND wellbeing

Why compassion is misinterpreted as a weakness

How decisions cut off from the heart hurt all involved

Creating a culture of engagement with compassion

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Most women have a love-hate relationship with words like LEADERSHIP and POWER. Yes, we want to make an impact and influence others. But the patriarchal model of leadership is that of a bully who uses their ego to wield power over others. Someone who is not particularly kind, loving or compassionate. How can we redefine what it means to be a good leader? And what are the characteristics of strong leadership in an evolving, post-patriarchal world?

Today, Sylvia walks us through the first 6 of 12 new leadership traits or freedoms that helped her navigate her father's death. She explains how the freedom from fear and self-doubt helped her make decision after decision without browbeating anyone (including herself!) and describes how freedom from the need to please supported her when others disagreed with her handling of a situation.

Sylvia goes on to discuss the freedom from resistance that allowed her to surrender to the moment and achieve a flow state despite circumstances beyond her control. Listen in for Sylvia's insight around embracing the paradox that comes with freedom from time pressure and learn how being free of perfectionism helped her find beauty in a messy, imperfect, surreal situation.

Why leadership and power are not sexy words for women

The first 6 new leadership traits for post-patriarchal leaders

1. Free of FEAR (as internal or external driver)
2. Free of SELF-DOUBT
3. Free of the NEED TO PLEASE OTHERS
4. Free of RESISTANCE
5. Free of PERFECTIONISM
6. Free of TIME PRESSURE

How the 6 freedoms helped Sylvia navigate her father's death

How the patriarchy is driven by a paradigm of resistance

The impact of adding perfectionism to stressful circumstances

Finding the perfection in messy, imperfect situations

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Join hundreds of other professional women from around the world in Sylvia's next Masterclass "From Frustration to Freedom—The 5 Truths That Turn Women into Leaders Who Have It All" on October 26-27, all weekend long, by signing up here: www.becker-hill.com/freedom. Don't forget to download and print your powerful workbook to capture your insights and get Sylvia's self-coaching process to erase lies from your brain and choose your new truths.

We live in a culture of disconnection. We're disconnected from each other, from nature, from the divine. And life is disconnected from death. In fact, most of us avoid thinking about our mortality entirely. What if we learned to accept death as a natural part of life? What if we could use death to empower our decision-making? What if we engaged death as an advisor on our team?

Today, Sylvia explains the value of embracing death as a part of life and bringing it into our conscious awareness. She shares her recent experience with her father's passing, describing her own freedom from the fear of death and exploring the concept of bardo—the space between life and death.

Sylvia goes on to discuss two books that changed the way she thinks about death, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying and Journey to Ixtlan, offering insight into the indigenous belief that death walks behind our left shoulder to remind us we're mortal. Listen in as Sylvia challenges us to look honestly at our own relationship with death and learn how a productive dialogue with death can help us prioritize what's really important.

Why we avoid thinking about our mortality

The value of embracing death as a part of life

The space between life and death (bardo)

How to bring death into your awareness

The indigenous belief that death walks behind us

Viewing death as a mentor or counselor

Using death to prioritize what's truly important

How to explore your relationship with death

Initiating a productive dialogue with death

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Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda

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How do you think about emotions? What triggers them? Do you have the power to manage those emotions? Or are they outside your control? Do the circumstances dictate your reaction? Or can you choose how to feel?

Today on Women's Empowerment School, Sylvia is sharing the ninth chapter of her book, 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women, 'The Power of Emotion Management.' She explains why most people believe that emotions are an undeniable reality, discussing the misconception that there is a cause-effect connection between external situations and how we feel.

Sylvia goes on to describe the human free will present in the gap between external triggers and our subconscious, automatic reactions, challenging us to be present and choose a different, more goal-aligned response. Listen in for insight around why the two standard responses to emotion, suppression and expression, are harmful—and learn how to leverage a third possibility by releasing what you feel!

Why most people believe that emotions are outside their control

The misconception that people and situations CAUSE our feelings

How the same situation might elicit several different reactions

The free will present in the gap between a trigger and our response

How leaders can choose a different, more goal-aligned response

The two standard responses to emotion in our culture

1. Suppress
2. Express

How suppressing emotion undermines our integrity and health

How expressing emotion escalates a situation and ignites drama

The connection between stress and suppressed emotion

Leveraging a third possible response by RELEASING what we feel

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What is driving you? Do you do what you do because you feel like you SHOULD? Because it's what you NEED to do to be successful? Because it's what's EXPECTED? If so, is this motivation model serving you? What's the alternative?

Today, Sylvia invites us to dismantle our drivers and explore what motivates us to act. She shares the characteristic patriarchal motivation, the SHOULDS, defining it as the mental expression of our underlying fears and explaining how the SHOULDS trigger a physiological stress response that is detrimental to our performance, our relationships and our health.

Sylvia goes on describe the paradox of the SHOULDS, discussing how being motivated by fear attaches us to the very pain we are trying to escape. Finally, she offers alternatives to being driven by the SHOULDS, introducing us to positive drivers like the BIG WHY and intuition. Listen in for insight around the benefit to being inspired by a bigger vision and learn strategies for tapping into your intuitive voice for guidance in your personal and professional life!

The common patriarchal drivers of SHOULDS + fears

How SHOULDS trigger a physiological stress response

Why being motivated by SHOULDS is unsustainable

Becoming aware of and evaluating what drives us

The alternative drivers of the BIG WHY + intuition

How being motivated by fear traps us in past pain

The benefit to being driven by our vision + values

How to distinguish your intuitive voice vs. ego voice

Positive drivers in your personal + professional life

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If you're feeling overwhelmed or anxious, a power RESET may be in order. What steps can you take to get rid of what's not serving you, design an environment that supports you, and ultimately, reclaim your power?

Diane Halfman is the founder of Spa Life, a venture designed to help high-achieving women entrepreneurs and corporate leaders move from a life of emergency to emergence. Her work as a speaker, mentor and organizational expert supports clients in eliminating overwhelm, and Diane is passionate about helping people create the ultimate personal spaces—physically, emotionally and spiritually. She also serves as the host of the Live Your Spa Life Podcast.

Today, Diane joins Sylvia to share her journey from undercover cop to entrepreneur, explaining how she reframes detours as a 'dare to do something different.' She makes the distinction between knowledge built over time and knowing in the moment and inspires us to unlock overwhelm with decisiveness. Diane also weighs in on why environment trumps willpower, describing how to create an inspiring environment in the home and an empowering corporate culture at work. Listen in to understand why we need support to see the big picture and learn Diane's five moves to RESET your power!

Diane's journey from undercover cop to entrepreneur

How Diane reframes detours as a dare to dazzle

How the act of making a decision unlocks overwhelm

Knowledge over time vs. knowing in the moment

Diane's insight on how environment trumps willpower

Creating an environment that inspires and empowers

Facilitating real change through corporate culture

Diane's 5 moves to RESET your power

1. Remove
2. Evaluate
3. System
4. Experience
5. Track & Maintain

The value of asking for support to see the big picture

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How would you change as a leader if you allowed yourself to be truly empowered? What if you used your mental intelligence, discipline and willpower in concert with your emotional intelligence and ability to connect deeply with others? What if true power and fulfillment comes from aligning with the feminine AND masculine aspects of yourself?

Today, Sylvia challenges us to reconnect with BOTH sides of our power, integrating everything in us that is beautifully female AND beautifully male. She introduces the patriarchal definition of power, describing how it devalues emotional intelligence and diminishes connection with each other and with spirit.

Sylvia goes on to explain why so many leaders who appear to have 'made it' are secretly unhappy and unfulfilled, discussing how the patriarchy gets its power from the disconnect in us and between us. Listen in for Sylvia's journal prompts to explore your existing ideas around power and learn how to liberate yourself from the patriarchy, leveraging ALL of who you are to be successful, healthy and joyful!

Questions to explore around the idea of power

1. How do you define power?
2. When are you standing in your power?
3. How does it feel to be powerful?
4. Where do your ideas about power come from?

The components of power as defined by the patriarchy

1. Mental intelligence
2. Discipline to push limits
3. Personal willpower

How the patriarchy devalues emotional intelligence

The danger in cutting off the female side of power

How the archetype of the lonely hero confines men

How to reconnect to BOTH sides of your power

• Use emotions as guiding system
• Align male + female aspects of self

How the patriarchy gets its power from disconnect

Why being joyful is a patriarchy-defying act

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