Messy & Magnificent with Karlee Fain
155 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWelcome to Messy & Magnificent with Karlee Fain - The place driven women come to elevate their career, health, and relationships, not by working so hard anymore, but by finally having the space to breathe, hear your own wisdom and be part of a sisterhood that has your back. My name is Karlee Fain, and together we're going to make sure that you have a doable plan, and the roots to rise.
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Feel Like You Don’t Belong? How to invite authentic community through confidence, vulnerability, and self-connection.
October 18, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBDo you feel like you’re around people all the time but you never really feel connected? Maybe those “only-one” thoughts start to creep in… “People just don’t get me.” “Everyone is more qualified than I am.” “If I want this done, right, I've got to do it myself.” And coming up behind all of that solitary contemplation, you think “ Gosh, this would be so much easier if I just had a little support.” If this rings true for you, whether it’s among friends or family, in your neighborhood or...
Your Culture Connection: How to communicate your needs and bridge boundaries within your culture with Dr. Senem Erem
October 11, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBWhen you hear about a brave woman who has set a boundary, do you sometimes think “Well, she can do that, but that would never fly with my family,” or “Gosh, I’d love to be able to say that but in my culture, it would come off as offensive.” So, rather than rock the boat, you pack that boundary-thought away in the hopes that someday, you’ll unpack it again after discovering a different way to deliver it. Well, that day is today. Culture plays a huge role in our experience of boundaries - ...
Common + Unity: How to live longer, be happier, and find unwavering support for your success through the power of community
October 04, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBHow many great ideas have you had throughout your lifetime? The kind that come about so suddenly that you feel their energy pulse through your body with so much intensity that it wakes you up and makes you want to move ASAP? And...how many of those have you actually followed through on? If there’s some disparity between idea generation and follow-through, you’re not alone. And this isn’t a guilt trip. There’s a reason why so many of those ideas didn’t make it to fruition. What if ...
Recalibrating Your Inner Compass : How boundaries help us reestablish self-trust and reconnect with what matters most
September 27, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBRaise your hand if you’ve ever thought the following: I really don’t have time, but I don’t want to upset anyone. I’ll just do it. My culture doesn’t “get” boundaries, so I have to be available when family comes knocking. I’m a born workaholic. There’s never time for self-care. How would I even fit that in to my day? While our needs to work people please can tie our emotions up in knots, the truth is that each one of those thoughts is actually an invitation. A nudge from your intern...
Tired of doing the Boundary Back & Forth? How to start setting boundaries and stop feeling guilty
September 20, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBWhat if I get push back when I tell my boss I’m not available to work weekends anymore? What if they're disappointed? Will they think I’m not committed enough? If this cycle sounds familiar, then no doubt you’ve been dancing the “boundary back & forth”. That’s the emotional and psychological dance craze that we inflict upon ourselves when we’re trying to game-plan someone else’s behavior before we set a boundary. But spending your sweet time overthinking, doubting, and perfecting how y...
The Boundary Bandwagon: How to make heart-driven decisions and connect with boundary-supportive community
September 13, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBYour partner has had a tough week at work, so you stayed up late (even though you have an early conference call) baking their favorite cookies before sneaking them into a little heart-shaped box. Your best girlfriend is having relationship woes...again. So you put down the novel you’ve been waiting to read all day so that you can be there for her, on the other end of the phone. Your boss needs you to be available Saturday to onboard a new client, so you reluctantly bow out of the picnic...
Wanna Break Free? How workplace boundaries protect us from the need to please
September 06, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBYou’ve been working with seamless efficiency all day to make sure you’re out the office door no later than 5:15 today. You’re rockin’ it ‘cause you’ve got plans. A hot date. Your kid’s first piano recital. A full-body massage you’ve been looking forward to for weeks. But, just as you’re packing up to leave, your boss walks through the door with an urgent request. It’ll mean canceling your plans. It’s not like you’re surprised...she does it all the time. So, what do you do? You lo...
Still Never Enough? How Driven Women Cultivate Lasting Fulfillment
August 30, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBYou’ve read self-help book after self-help book, but you’re still not feeling like you’re truly enough. Those hollow investments look great on the bookshelves, but you’re seeking more meaningful change. You’re ripe for reinvention, but where do you even start? Well, maybe the problem isn’t actually you. Maybe it’s the messaging... If you are a human woman on planet earth, chances are you’ve been surrounded by messages telling you that you aren’t enough. It’s a smog that you unconsciously ...
Take A Minute: How to make wisdom-based decisions at your own pace
August 23, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBWhy can't I keep up with everyone else? Why don't I have the energy or the answers yet? Am I missing out on an opportunity, or is it just going to put me even further behind? If any of these thoughts sound relatable, you could be comparing yourself to a single way of working and living. The one that’s become our cultural norm. The one that’s frankly just not working. If all of that grind and hustle got you a life that looks great on paper – but it’s leaving you feeling stuck, drained, an...
Building Sturdy Roots to Rise: How we champion authenticity, vulnerability, and nourishment in your life and career
August 16, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBTwo words... Authenticity & Vulnerability. When Messy & Magnificent first hit the airwaves, these values are what Karlee felt needed to be front and center. They would come through in every breath, every episode, every fit of laughter, and every heartfelt expression of empathy. This was what we needed more of in the world then. And a pretty rough year and some change later, this secret sauce is what continues to make us stand out. Living into our ideals. Walking our talk. Practicing w...
Feeling Worn-Out? How to experience more soul-satisfying nourishment
August 09, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBIt’s Friday night, and you just walked in the door. You kick off those uncomfortable shoes, change into your PJ’s, and you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror. Staring back at you is a worn-out woman. She’s got bags under her eyes, her energy seems depleted...and has that pensive line on her forehead always been there? “Enough”, you say to yourself. Time for some self-care. You open up the bathroom cabinet and sift through your stash of sheet masks. You grab a cucumber from the fri...
Walking Our Talk: Cultivating A Productive Downtime Habit
August 02, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBRaise your hand if you get enough downtime in your days? Your weeks, months, or years? We’ve been covering the topic of rest, or what we like to call “productive downtime”, throughout the month of July. Now, it’s time to walk our talk. Rather than put new episodes together for August, we’re doin’ the backstroke to dig a little deeper into a select handful of past episodes that really dial in on what it means to pause. So, if the past few episodes about incorporating more rest, refle...
Room for Rest: How to Reclaim Your Productive Downtime like a Pro
July 26, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBWhatever happened to nap time? While it may have seemed really boring when we were in kindergarten, that little bit of baked-in downtime would be pretty nice to have as a working adult. But, time is money...right? Who has time for 10-minute meditations or lunchtime walks when our productivity is on the line? Well, here’s something that might surprise you… Not only is it easier than you think to make room for rest in your workday, but that rest is actually going to make you more produc...
Being Hospitable to Yourself: How to build rest and recovery into your work life with Dan Landes
July 19, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBThis month, we’re talking about rest. And if you had to think of an industry that really isn’t known for promoting restful downtime, hospitality would be at the very top of that list. Maybe you’ve lived it? If not through a stint as a restaurant server or line cook, most of us can probably recall a job where we were pushed to our absolute limits. We weren’t creating hospitable environments within ourselves. Long hours, late nights, putting on a smile when all you want to do is slee...
Ready To Rebound from a Rest Deficit? How Pros Get More Rest and Recovery.
July 12, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBHow would things be different if you were more rested? I know what you’re gonna say…. “Rest? Ha! I’m busy. I just don’t have time to take naps in the middle of the day. “ But, here’s the thing: rest isn’t just about sleeping more. And it doesn’t even have to be about stillness. There’s a lot more to rest than just sitting down and taking a load off. Rest is something we do to feed our souls and our best work. Rest can be creative, physical, relational, sensory, spiritual….it’s not ab...
A History of No Rest: Why “over-working” triumphed and how we reclaim productive downtime
July 05, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBWhat comes to mind when you think of rest? Is it sipping a pina colada on a beach somewhere? Taking a hot bath, surrounded by richly scented candles? A week-long yoga retreat? Reading a book under the sun in your backyard? Whatever rest looks like for you, there’s one thing that’s been deeply, culturally ingrained in our minds: If you want to justify time for rest, you have to earn it first. The typical weekly ratio of work to downtime tells us that 5 days of work earn you 2 days of re...
The Secret Sauce - The “Best Of” Practices That Women Are Using To Elevate Their Joy and Their Careers
June 28, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBThe world is filled with distractions. Call it work, call it responsibility, call it what you want. But when we fill our days with only the things that our day planner reminds us to do, the emails that need answering, the countless text messages awaiting responses... those things take up space. Days become crowded. And our minds become weary. It's so deeply ingrained in us that being busy or doing more work makes us worthy because we live in a culture that values productivity. But hu...
Had Enough of Self-Sacrifice? How women are modernizing the myths of success through sisterhood and solidarity with Jennifer Madriz
June 21, 2021 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBIf you want it, you’ve gotta work for it. Whatever it takes. No matter the hours, no matter the sacrifice, just keep going. Keep pushing. Sleep is for the weak. More coffee. More determination. Yea. We’ve heard it all before. The myth that connects self-sacrifice to professional success. We’re just not buying it anymore. The idea that the more we give of ourselves, the more successful we’ll become. It just doesn’t add up. That’s not a career mantra. That’s an equation for exhaustion...
Feeling a Lack of Zest for Your Work? What’s sabotaging your professional mojo and what you can do about it
June 14, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBOne year ago today, we were dreaming of the future we’re in now. We shared a collective hope that in a year, we’d start to see the light at the end of this long, cloudy pandemic-fueled tunnel. We expected it to feel like a worldwide wave of joy and relief once the world began to open up again. But for a lot of us, the cloud hasn’t lifted completely. Sure, we’re happy the puzzle pieces of the lives we knew before are starting to find their places again. But, there still seem to be a few u...
What IS Joy, and Why Should I Care About it at Work?
June 07, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBWhat’s the last thing you did that brought you a true sense of contentment? Was it playing fetch with your dog in the park, or sliding down that hot metal slide at the playground with your niece tucked securely in your lap? Maybe you heard the chimes of the ice cream truck rolling through your neighborhood, bringing a child-like smile to your face and memories of sugar highs and sticky fingers. There’s one thing that these experiences all have in common. J-O-Y!! As a functioning adult...
Losing Yourself in Busyness? Sustainability stories that’ll inspire you to reconnect with your most valuable asset
May 31, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBShe’s busy all the time. She’s juggling way too much but somehow still seems to get everything done, even if she’s looking a little disheveled at the end of the day. She’s got all the rest of us wondering…. how?? Know anyone like that? Or does “she” sound a lot like you? We’ve all been through times of hustle and sacrifice. For high-achieving women, it's just part of our nature to give our professional pursuits every ounce of energy we can muster. But sometimes, we get so used to the hu...
Got the Burnout Blues? How one woman went from breakdown to breakthrough and found joyful sustainability and a career with purpose with Sandrine Crescini
May 24, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBYou work long, late hours and come home exhausted. Headaches are just a way of life these days. So are the knots in your stomach. And, you really can’t remember the last time you went for a walk or a bike ride that didn’t involve multitasking with a zoom call or mentally outlining a work presentation. Besides, if you found the time to “relax”, would you even be capable of sitting still? If the thought of sitting down for 20 minutes without your computer or your phone gives you more anxie...
Have To Do It All Yourself? How women get aboard the “Allyship” and let a few key people and strategies bolster their professional success.
May 17, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBHow often have you turned down a lunch, happy hour, or coffee invitation with another woman, personally or professionally, because you were just too busy? As much as you might feel like you’ve taken the high road and put work first, taking rain checks on social or work + social outings might actually be costing you in the long run. In fact, you’re probably looking at these outings the wrong way altogether. The number one indicator of a woman’s professional success is….oh, were you abo...
Not Going Backwards: How We Elevate The Careers of Women During Covid
May 10, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBThis has been a whirlwind. Sure, we’ve entered the space beyond 2020, but the ripple effects become more pronounced as time goes by. Some of us have found our balance again. But for others, the hard-knocks just keep coming. Before Covid, women were kickin’ ass and takin’ names. We were building successful businesses. We were helping to elevate one another by creating work infrastructures that made sense for the unique challenges we know all women face. We were on top of the world! Then...
What Ceiling? The 3 Under-taught Skills That Get Women Past Professional and Financial Barriers
May 03, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBYou’re doing everything you’ve been told to do in order to build a successful career. But, despite years of intense focus and sweat equity, it still feels like more of a struggle for you than it does for some of your counterparts. What gives?!?!? Society encourages our addiction to productivity. But, if you can reach back and remember the last time you paused, and how that pause seemed to break open the clouds and let a little more light in, then you know that pause is productive. ...
Dump Motivation, It’s A Bad Boyfriend: The Mindsets that take women who are beginning something new from fickleness to follow through
April 26, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBLet’s pretend for a moment… You’ve just decided you want to start your first garden this year. If your thumb doesn’t aspire to be quite so green, then maybe starting a side hustle has been on your mind. Learning a new language. Letting a little romance into your life. Spearheading a new project at work. Starting a revolution. Whatever it is, it excites you! Your creative juices are flowing like Class V rapids. You feel the wheels turning, you want to leap forward and unleash this feel-goo...
Just Thrown A Curveball?! The specifics of how my company builds something new and revamps after our plans are foiled.
April 19, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBWhat was the last new thing you began? Was it a new job? Did you start your own company? Enter a new relationship? Dig into a new hobby? Now, think back to when that fresh idea first came into being... What did that feel like? Did you feel a sudden burst of energy where the skies opened up, or was it more like profuse palm sweating and a healthy dose of fear? Both? We’ve all been there. And we’re not just saying that. Getting off the ground doesn’t have to happen the hard way. And ...
Devotion to the Dream: What to stop so you can really start with with Charlyn Reihman
April 12, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBIs there something you’ve thought about starting or changing in your life, but haven’t quite managed to let the bull out of the pen yet? How long have you been sitting with it? At one point or another, we’ve all been tapped on the shoulder by some seemingly far-fetched dream of transitioning into something new. But, actua lly following through with it….why does that seem soooo difficult? As much as you might crave that motivating “new project” feeling, or want to initiate the career re...
Inviting Newness In: How We Clear Space for What’s Important
April 05, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBImagine for a moment that you’re standing at your kitchen window, looking out into the garden. Your attention is captured by a couple of birds helping themselves to seeds from a feeder hanging nearby. They’re fluttering around one another, taking turns poking their beaks into the convenient bounty of sustenance. As you watch from the window, you notice that you’re not thinking about anything. You’re simply being. And it feels good. You turn to add a little more hot water to your tea, a...
The Purposeful Pause - How Women Get Colossal Results By Contracting Before We Expand
March 29, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBWhen we talk about being successful, both as humans and in our professional work, we usually refer to climbing some sort of proverbial ladder. Whether it’s a corporate or an entrepreneurial ladder, we all want to keep going up. But if we’re in a constant state of “up”, we miss out on all the in between. There’s value in the in between. If you don’t take the time to pause, you’re not taking the time to process. This month, Karlee has been focusing on the significance of professional nou...
Permission to Pause More Than Most People: How to not waste the crisis you just lived through
March 22, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBWhat would happen to the world around you if you just stepped away for an hour? You switch off your phone, close your laptop, head out the door, and you just start walking. You can feel the breeze against your skin, smell the sweetness of spring blooms, and hear birds chirping from distant treetops. The possibility of just shutting it all down for one hour to take that walk... does it feel complicated? As much as you love the idea, as much as your body wants that movement and your soul n...
Tired of Feeling Guilty? How Wise Women are Exploring Guilt and Becoming Better Leaders with Catherine Flavin
March 15, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBYou’ve managed to wrap things up at work an hour early. You get home, put on some music, and head straight for that big cozy chair, and sink in deep. You take a moment. Just to sit and rest those weary bones for the 40 minutes you’ve stolen for yourself before the kids come home, the dog needs walking, or your partner arrives home from work. But, shouldn’t you really be using that extra time to get ahead? Dinner could be prepped. Those weeds in the garden really need pulling. And, ughhh....
Thinking About Change? How We Find Focus and Make Elevated Choices
March 08, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBOne afternoon, your boss comes into your office and tells you you’re up for a big promotion. It would require a move, but it’s better money, and it’s an opportunity to move to a new city. The thought excites you and those butterflies start to flutter. Your hands get a little shaky as you try to process the infinite possibilities. Then…. After 60 seconds of raw emotion, your mind suddenly starts pummeling you with questions. Your mood starts to shift from excitement to doubt. Why are the...
Out of Sync? How Wise Women are Receiving Nourishment
March 01, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBIt’s Friday night, and you just walked in the door. You kick off those uncomfortable shoes, change into your PJ’s, and you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror. Staring back at you is a worn out woman. She’s got bags under her eyes, her energy seems depleted...and has that pensive line on her forehead always been there? “Enough”, you say to yourself. Time for some self-care. You open up the bathroom cabinet and sift through your stash of sheet masks. You grab a cucumber from the fri...
Asking For What You Want Without Fear: How Inclusivity Helps Everyone Thrive with Faith Clarke
February 22, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBFebruary is boundary month, so for the past few episodes, we’ve been exploring every facet of breaking, bridging, building, and most importantly, including ourselves in our boundary practice. A big part of that work hangs in the vicinity of fear. We’re afraid of how we’ll be perceived if we ask for what we need. We think it’s easier to just say “ok”. But saying “ok” only ends up being more work for you. How do we bridge the boundaries we need without letting fear get in the way? It st...
Boundaries Go Both Ways: How to Unearth Your Boundary Questions and Be an Ally to the World
February 15, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue.” -Rainer Maria Rilke Sometimes when our agenda goes off-track, we can default to viewing it as a disruption. But, if we change our perspective and become open to the flow of the collective conscience, the greatest gifts are waiting to be revealed. The contents of this episode are one of those gifts. When conversati...
Boundary Bravery: How Women are Giving Themselves Permission to Set Boundaries with Amy Ziegert
February 08, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBRSVP for the Boundary Brunch Live with Karlee on Feb 12th Have you ever had a moment where you’ve wondered to yourself “Am I worthy of what this world has to offer?” If this thought has ever crossed your mind, don’t worry. You’re not crazy, you’re not unworthy, and you’re definitely not alone. This sentiment is all too common for women, especially those of us who are driven and drawn towards positions of leadership. We get to where we wanna be, but then, somehow, we still manage to get t...
Feel Like Your Life Isn’t Your Own? How Women Are Building Bridges and Setting Boundaries Like a Boss
February 01, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBRSVP for the Boundary Brunch Live with Karlee on Feb 12th Ever feel like your spirit is running on empty? Sure, you tick every box on your to-do list, and yes, it gives you a sense of accomplishment. But, you’re just not feeling…. nourished. You’re too busy ticking all the boxes to stop and think about what makes you tick. Sounds like you might have a boundary problem. The same way we update our phones and our computer software, we have to keep our boundaries up to date. Every once in a ...
Exhausted? Try Way-Power Instead of Willpower: How women are moving forward re-energized without bypassing what needs to be addressed
January 25, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBGET FREE INSTANT ACCESS to the ELEVATE WITH "AND" GUIDE Karlee mentions on this episode You’re scrolling through your phone, and the news is (as always) a never-ending cycle of doom and gloom. So, you close that app, make yourself a cup of tea, light your favorite smelly candle, and cozy up on the couch. Just when you’ve settled in, your phone pings with an unpleasant email from a co-worker, or another “breaking-news story”. Uggghhh. Why can’t the world just leave me alone?!?! Our instin...
2 Ways You’re Thinking Like A White Supremacist: How women are upgrading from overwhelm to focus right now
January 18, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBThere’s a stack of unanswered emails mounting in your inbox and more than a few text messages that you’ve pushed aside for “later”. There are calls you need to make, deadlines relentlessly flying out the window, and you’re living off of peanut butter and celery because you haven’t been to the grocery store in two weeks. How did it get to this point? You’re successful. You’re the one who always has her s**t together. Unfortunately, having it “together” doesn’t make you immune to OVERWHELM...
Experiments in Spaciousness: How women know where they can afford to do WAY less without messing anything up.
January 11, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBWell, we made it! The year (or was it a decade?) 2020 is finally behind us. After such a tumultuous collective experience, the dawn of 2021 brings with it the invitation to integrate rest into your growth strategy. And, in this time of strategic rest, we have a unique opportunity to think about how we can make our lives in this new 365-day cycle easier on ourselves. On top of all of the social, political, and health upheavals of the past year, we’ve still had to manage our own lives. That...
The Art of Subtraction: How Women Keep Career Plans Simple, Life-Giving And Successful During Complex Times
January 04, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBAs we look to plan a new year, that inevitably means that our schedules fill up with really important tasks, meetings, and projects… right? Well, it could mean all of the above, but it definitely doesn’t have to. Successful women everywhere know that being busy all the time doesn’t equate to achievement. Being weighed down with a calendar just means you're busy and that you’re good at filling in the blanks. But, what if I told you that being less available and more choosy about that blan...
Daring To Pause Before you Plan: Karlee's Nourishing "PPE Method" for Making Your Best Decisions at Work and Beyond, Part of 1 of 3
December 28, 2020 11:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBWhat’s the point of these cold, winter months? Why can’t we just run around outside all year long with sun-kissed shoulders and bask in the brightness? Well, as nice as that might sound, we need professional downtime. Our bodies need rest, and our minds need pause. Still, “downtime” is just a hard concept to digest. And it doesn't help that we’re conditioned to feel guilty about it. Despite the dreary mood of winter scenes, those naked branches and gray skies have purpose. When leaves f...
Lifestyle Rich: Free yourself from the tyranny of "I need to do it all" thinking and get big results by going small with Karin Rozell
December 21, 2020 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBA year ago today, what did your morning routine look like? Maybe you peeled open your eyes as your alarm clock annoyingly assaulted your senses way too early in the morning. You did your hair, put on a sensible outfit, and made the commute to work. You toiled all day, came home tired, and did your best to shut off your brain before crawling into bed. Work. Rest. Repeat. Oh, how things have changed. For the better part of a year now, Covid has caused us to slow down. It’s forced us to ste...
Being Lied To? The 4 Types of Power and What to Do When What Someone Says, And What They Do, Are Different
December 14, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBGet FREE Access To The Power Assessment Guide Karlee Mentions In This Episode What comes to mind when you think of a powerful person? Historically, the image conjured up might be that of a seasoned politician, or a ruthless corporate mogul. It might look like that CEO who wielded ultimate authority; the one who kept you in your place, had all the answers, and always had the final say. If that characterization of power sounds familiar, then you’ve experienced the most traditional expressio...
Trying To Do It All Yourself? How smart leaders stop being the hero and start building emotional integrity with Tom Steding
December 07, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBPeople see you as someone who’s got it together. You prefer to have an organized home, you strive for meaningful relationships, you’re juggling one opportunity after another around work, and care that your kids do their homework and eat their vegetables. You get all the accolades, but something in you still isn’t satisfied. Could having it all actually be weighing you down? This culturally programmed notion of what success looks like is actually an antiquated idea - and it could be respon...
6 Unspoken Rules Women Are Breaking: How we have a career that gives us life, not takes it
November 30, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBIf you’ve been a human on this planet in the year 2020, your life probably looks a lot different than it did at this time last year. The pandemic has left its mark on everything. Your work situation probably looks a little different than it used to, relationships feel different, the entire education system has been rocked, and our social lives have become less tactile and more virtual. Every one of these changes eats up a little bit more of our time as we try to mold our old routines aroun...
The Art of Humble Leadership: How to Soften into Your Power And Expand Your Team with Michela O’Connor Abrams
November 23, 2020 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBWe’ve all had those days. You know, those days: the kind that make you want to turn off your phone, pull the covers back over your head, and just disappear for a while. But what do we do instead? We get up, we drink way too much coffee, and then look at ourselves in the mirror and tell ourselves to power up and push through - which is the exact opposite of what your body is signaling you to do. If that pressure is so unnatural, then why do we force ourselves to abide by it? In this episo...
Celebrating The Wisdom of Women: Your Favorite Guest Moments From Our First Year
November 16, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBWe owe so much to the women who came before us, and equally to the ones out there today, making waves and fully embracing themselves in the modern world. The emotional memories of the women that have paved paths rest deep within our bones, and it empowers us to be our best, most authentic selves. You are the bridge between the courageous women that came before you, and the ones who will look up to you in years to come. Now it’s up to us to pay our knowledge forward, and tell our stories t...
The Best of Our First Year: Your Favorite Messy and Magnificent “Karlee Moments”
November 09, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 53.6 MBWe spend a lot of time working really hard to get “there.” Once we’ve arrived, we’re pretty quick to move the goal post ahead a few more inches. We keep moving, hustling, and pushing to be our best selves. But every once in a while, we’re reminded to pause. We’re reminded to take stock and look around us, and revel in what we’ve created. For me, that moment is now. Friends, we have created an ENTIRE YEAR of Messy & Magnificent podcast episodes!! This podcast was created to help women rise...