The Feminine Edge
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Taking a stand to chart a bold course for change takes courage, grit, and a bit of unreasonable optimism, and women are leading the way. This show guides women to harness their ambition to pursue their potential and lead themselves and others to create a fulfilling life and future. Each episode reveals what it takes to go after your vision, dance with feelings of not being good enough, have courageous conversations and take care of yourself and your relationships. Solo shows and interviews do not away from the mud pits of leading change. Guests interviews with visionary women who are on the changemaker path; colleagues and women I admire and learn from offer key strategies to influence change, lead with conviction and shift from success to significance and meaning.
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Are we there yet?
August 12, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 54.9 MBDo you ever look at where you’re heading and wish you were there already? When you have a bold vision we can feel we are not progressing fast enough and we should be further ahead. This feeling can be pervasive, eroding enthusiasm, and leaving you feeling frustrated. In this episode, I offer four key strategies; time for reflection, stop comparisonitis in its tracks, design smaller milestones, and create a win board.Implementing these four practices will help you see progress, feel energized...
Interview with Saphia Khambalia:
August 08, 2020 16:26 - 41 minutes - 76.2 MBSaphia Khambalia, you may know her best as a journalist and national TV anchor for The Weather Network and for CBC news. A busy mom of 3 young children, she shares how she’s navigating COVID, career, and family. Saphia offers powerful insights about how COVID has turned out to be her life class in reframing success, in intentionally seeking moments of happiness and going inward to for the answers. We dive into feelings of “comparisonitis” and letting go of external expectations to refine how...
Tuning Into Your Inner Wise Voice:
July 29, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 57.9 MBAmplifying and listening to your wise voice and inner intuitive counsel will expand your confidence and trust in your decision making helping you accelerate achieving your goals and bold vision. In this episode, we unpack distinct characteristics of your wise, intuitive voice, and key practices to help you listen to it. When you tune into you’re wise self, you become more aligned and bolder to pursue your vision
Taming Your Inner Critic
July 22, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 82.7 MBHow we talk to ourselves in our inner, private conversation influences our choices, actions, and the results we create. The inner critic voice aims to dim our light, keep us small and ultimately, safe from failure, humiliation, or from shining too brightly. Disparaging and judgemental, our inner critic can sidetrack us from going after our bold vision. In this 2-part podcast mini-series, you will learn to recognize and tame the inner critic voice and learn to tune into your wiser more powerf...
Is Perfection Lurking in the Shadows?
July 15, 2020 08:00 - 17 minutes - 32.1 MBDo your brilliant initiatives fade to black before they are ever launched?. We can wait to perfect our idea hoping to ensure that what we release will result in our envisioned success. Procrastinating and hesitating to launch are clues perfection is lurking in the shadows. In this episode, I throw down the gauntlet and challenge you to block the time in your calendar, commit to the next action, and take the next small step. Launch it, Get feedback, learn and revise it. As Seth Godin would sa...
Is Your Energy Tanking?
July 08, 2020 08:00 - 25 minutes - 47.5 MBAre you feeling like the hinge holding everything together? Lately my clients are sharing with me they are working really hard to keep everything and everyone on track, shoring up emotional support, keeping kids, parents, partners cared for, masking up for the groceries all while keeping up with their critical goals and key promises. Feeling pulled in many directions, fatigue, frustration, and feeling overextended can make you feel disconnected, ungrounded and distracted. This is costly to...
Expand Your Influence Through Listening
July 01, 2020 08:00 - 21 minutes - 39.6 MBSpeaking up to share our ideas, expertise and opinions is critical for effective leadership and, it’s important to convey our message with clarity. However, even more important to influential leadership is attentive listening. Listening with our full presence has a powerful impact on those we wish to influence. Listening validates the person speaking, whether it’s your team member, staff, or clients. When we are fully engaged, present, and listening to what is said and, what isn’t said, we n...
Future Financial Thinking: Are you willing to own your financial future?
June 24, 2020 08:00 - 41 minutes - 75.4 MBJackie Porter is an award-winning financial planner who has been in the financial industry for the past 22 years serving thousands of families, established businesses, and professionals in the Greater Toronto Area. Her practice focuses on cash flow management and tax planning strategies. Jackie is one of Canada’s most recognized financial planners. Her advice and financial strategies have been featured in top financial publications such as Forum, Wealth Professional, Investment Executive, ...
Do you Trust Yourself?
June 17, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 49.5 MBMuch has been written about women lacking confidence, needing confidence, and why confidence is crucial for women to lead successfully. I don’t disagree, confidence is a critical component of leadership and success. Confidence is critical for women entrepreneurs and leaders, to take risks and actions to make your vision come to reality. And I imagine that if you are listening to this, confidence is not your main concern. I’m guessing you are in a place today where you have developed and...
Making Decisions in Complex Times
June 10, 2020 08:00 - 15 minutes - 29.1 MBAre you finding waiting to have all the information to make a decision is a luxury you can't afford? In this episode, we'll explore making decisions during complex times and distill down strategies to help you to breakdown the complexity and design the next steps. We'll dive into seven key steps to help you untangle your decision-making approach and examine the best available information and to trust our wise self when making decisions in complex times.
What has your attention?
June 03, 2020 08:30 - 26 minutes - 47.8 MBAs women leading in organizations, our own enterprise, and in our communities, managing our energy is crucial, especially right now. There are many important activities and people we care about who want and need our full attention. And it’s easy to be distracted by the barrage of news updates, changing client and employee needs, family concerns, and our own wellbeing. In this episode, I share 7 strategies for keeping your energy up and your attention on the things that matter most.
Welcome to Insight Edge with Amy
May 27, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 16.3 MBWelcome to Insight Edge with Amy, I'm glad you've tuned in. In this first episode, I share why I've started my podcast and why it matters to me. In each episode, I'll be sharing strategies and insights to help women take decisive action and chart a powerful course for the future. I believe when women can fully own their unique genius, confidently speak up where they used to hold back, take decisive action and practice radical self-care, the world benefits. Tune in weekly for new insights, le...