Power Your Purpose | Find More Meaning in Your Work & Business
131 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratingsPower Your Purpose provides tools for entrepreneurial-minded women, wanting to build careers & businesses they love. Each week you will find tangible strategies along with inspiring interviews, meant to empower and equip listeners to maximize their impact and income.
Hosted by business coach and former therapist Megan Accardo, she brings in her masters’ degree in psychology, as well as lessons from her entertainment career working with A-list celebrities. She distills down decades of training and experience to share with you what will actually be impactful today.
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31. Turning Procrastination Into Purpose
December 04, 2019 02:18 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBProcrastination can show up in the most unexpected places. Join us for a conversation on turning your sneaky habits of procrastination into your greater purpose. Procrastination and avoidance are habits you develop to cope with things that produce anxiety or discomfort. While you can try to use sheer ‘willpower’ to muster through these habits, oftentimes you can’t just slap a band-aid on the symptoms. The underlying root issues are much deeper: fear of failure, indecisiveness, low self-e...
30. Why Gratitude Changes Everything with Terces Engelhart
November 19, 2019 22:10 - 44 minutes - 61 MBThis episode could not have come at a more perfect time. In the spirit of thanksgiving, we are talking all things gratitude with someone who fully embodies it in her life and work. This week, I sat down with Terces Engelhart, co-founder of the plant based West Coast restaurant havens Café Gratitude and Gracias Madre. And if you’re familiar with either, you will know just how much Terces and her husband, Matthew, have created a work environment unlike any other. Go behind the scenes with ...
29. Living a Life of Legacy with Ryan Jordan
November 12, 2019 18:35 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBToday I am sharing with you an insightful conversation that I had recently with Ryan Jordan, the founder and CEO of Educated Nannies and The Educated Mommy in Los Angeles. In this conversation, Ryan shares the behind-the-scenes launch of her business, which almost didn’t happen because she felt the market was too saturated. But she went forward with it anyway, and 600 nannies and happy families later, she owns and runs a highly successful nanny agency. Educated Nannies earned the Red T...
28. Life Lessons From the Power Your Purpose Podcast
November 06, 2019 01:47 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBToday I am sharing some of my big lessons from the first 6 months of the Power Your Purpose podcast. I am pulling back the curtain on my own journey and revealing what has worked and some of my mistakes too! In this episode, I give away tons of communication tips and tricks that you can use in your own life, including how to ask better questions, and what active listening and mirroring looks like. The truth is you may never feel ready to start that thing you have been thinking ab...
27. Finding Courageous Wellness
October 29, 2019 18:00 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MBHave you ever struggled with self-love, losing weight, creating boundaries, or developing conviction? These can be messy and vulnerable topics that we go deep into on this week's episode of Power Your Purpose. The ladies of the Courageous Wellness podcast, Aly French and Erica Stein, join me to share their best tips for health and wellness, and you do not want to miss this! Aly and Erica came together through their own personal health journeys. Aly was faced with a scary cancer diagnos...
26. How to Deal With Rejection
October 23, 2019 16:32 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBWe have ALL experienced rejection in our lives - whether it is having your ideas overlooked or being passed over for that promotion. It could be getting snubbed by a colleague or not getting the invite to a certain event. Oftentimes there are micro-rejections happening to us on a daily basis! So it is imperative that we have the resources to handle rejection in a healthy way that propels you forward, rather than keeping you stuck. Today I’m sharing how to deal with rejection, and more ...
25. Creating a Life of Passion and Purpose with Liz Forkin Bohannon
October 15, 2019 19:35 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MBRecently I got to hang with Liz Forkin Bohannon, the founder of Sseko Designs and the author the book Beginner’s Pluck: Build your life of purpose, passion and impact now. Her new book shares 14 principles and mentalities that will lead you to live a life of purpose and passion and impact, unlocking the freedom to be truly yourself. She addresses how a lot of the current messages around these topics are not only NOT serving people but creating serious overwhelm and paralysis among emerging...
24. Negotiating Your Worth with DeAnne Aussem
October 08, 2019 22:11 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBMy guest today is a phenomenal leader and example for what's possible when you tenaciously pursue your goals. DeAnne Aussem serves as the Managing Director and founder of PwC’s U.S. Leadership Coaching Center of Excellence. She oversees 30 executive coaches that support emerging leaders within the firm, building up leadership presence overall within a company of more than 50,000 team members. And now she is giving us the inside scoop on how she received her latest promotion and negotiated...
23. Moving From Stuck to Unstoppable
October 02, 2019 15:51 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBToday I’m sharing three reasons I’ve seen so many women get and stay stuck and what to do about it. This is also a behind-the-scenes look at my 1:1 coaching program, From Stuck to Unstoppable. The truth is we are meant to shine and if we are not living into our purpose, then we won’t have the confidence and clarity needed to share our talents with the world. Sometimes we need someone outside ourselves to guide us through our blind spots. That’s where your favorite coach comes in! Who ...
22. The Art of Letting Go with Simone Tai
September 24, 2019 21:48 - 52 minutes - 71.4 MBMy guest today, Simone Tai, is a TV producer turned meditation teacher. We bonded over the feeling of being overly stressed out in our jobs and having our bodies eventually scream out for some TLC. Simone first turned to meditation to help with work related anxiety and pressure. But it was a 7 year fertility journey and the overwhelming emotions that came with it that led her to dive fully into the practice, and as a result it completely turned her life around. She ended up putting her...
21. Building a Business and Life You Love with Amber Lilyestrom
September 17, 2019 21:34 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBToday I am sharing some tactical, practical business advice from someone who knows a thing or two about how to grow a business. My guest on this week's Power Your Purpose podcast is Amber Lilyestrom, a transformational branding strategist and business coach, author and speaker. She shares how a near death experience during the birth of her daughter was the catalyst that provided her with an extreme moment of clarity, and subsequently caused her to pivot into leaving her successful corpo...
20. Cultivating the Power of Connection with Kara Elise
September 11, 2019 01:49 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MBMy guest today, Kara Elise, is a genuine hostess encouraging us to live more fully, one event at a time. Kara is a chef and experience curator; she focuses on creating spaces and experiences that cultivate community. In a culture obsessed with technology, being busy, and overstimulation, slowing down is not easy to do. Kara believes that creating intentional time to sit with others is an essential practice. A moment to feed our bodies and fill our deepest human desire - to be seen and know...
19. Easy Productivity Shifts to Gain Control of Your Day
September 04, 2019 00:30 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBI’ve been managing a full work calendar for the last decade, and I know I’m not the only one! From overseeing 360+ events each year at UCLA Anderson School of Management to directing thousands of events at Creative Artists Agency, I’ve learned a thing a two about juggling multiple projects at a time. So today I am dishing on 3 easy shifts to make to gain control of your calendar. (Hint: I use a color-coded Gmail calendar which should come to no surprise to anyone who knows me!) While ‘...
18. The Power of Passionate Curiosity to Change the World with Angela Sun
August 29, 2019 17:09 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBHave you ever seen a problem in the world and took it into your own hands to help create the solution? That’s exactly what my friend and guest today, Angela Sun, did when she heard about an island of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean. As a world traveler, with a journalist’s passion for storytelling and love for the oceans, Angela created her first independent feature documentary, “PLASTIC PARADISE: THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH.” The film won 13 awards worldwide and has been in ov...
17. How to Transition From Exhausted Hustle to Energetic Flow with Emily Cassel
August 20, 2019 18:38 - 41 minutes - 57 MBToday I am sharing with you an insightful conversation that I had recently with Emily Cassel, a Leadership + Business Coach for ambitious & high-achieving women entrepreneurs across the globe. Through private + group coaching, a high-level mastermind, and gorgeous retreats, Emily helps women leaders to shift out of “hustle” mode and into a state of freedom, flow, and fulfillment. And she is teaching us a few of her favorite secrets! Emily is also the host of the podcast, Sexy Soulful S...
16. The Biggest Secrets to Dealing with Criticism
August 13, 2019 18:02 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBHave you ever received a criticism that was hard to hear? Today I am breaking down my very best tips for dealing with critics in your life for maximum peace of mind. The truth is, if you really can’t stand criticism… then don’t do anything new or fun or exciting or worthwhile in your life. While listening, you will discover: How to get clear on WHO can have an opinion in your life Why gossip is actually a HABIT that takes work to stop How to receive constructive feedback in a meanin...
15. How to Pivot in Your Career with Vegan Chef Leslie Durso
August 07, 2019 03:19 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBA vegan chef and wellness expert, Leslie is the glowing face of a fresher plant-based movement that refuses to compromise style for sustainability. Walking the plant-based talk since age eight, this Southern California native has always been well ahead of the times with her meatless mindset. She works as a consulting chef for hotels, resorts, and restaurants around the world and is currently the vegan chef at the Four Seasons, Punta Mita, Mexico. But before she was a chef and wellness ex...
14. Going All In Before You Feel Ready
July 31, 2019 02:27 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBFor today's podcast, I sat down with Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor, Amy Kiser Schemper. I remember being SO excited for her when she was on the cover of Women's Health Magazine a few years ago, as she landed a spot in the top 5 finalists for their Next Fitness Star Contest! The surprising, behind-the-scenes story is that she almost didn't apply because she didn't feel ready. But a friend encouraged her and she submitted her application on the day of the deadline. (Side no...
13. How to Level Up Your Personal Growth For Greater Fulfillment
July 23, 2019 03:49 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBHave you ever been to a conference that was part dance party + workout class + tough love + all the empowerment? Yeah, I didn’t even know that existed either! This past weekend I was fortunate enough to attend Rachel Hollis’ RISE conference in Dallas, Texas with 7500 other amazing women. Personal growth and development is not always easy. But it is always necessary for greater fulfillment. And my favorite coach, Rach, made it super fun. Today I am sharing some of the key takeaways fr...
12. Mastering the Art of an Impactful First Impression
July 16, 2019 03:40 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBHave you ever made a sucky first impression? We’ve all been there. There is an art and skill to putting your best foot forward and making a lasting connection in that first greeting! Today on the podcast, I am sharing my top tips that I have used time and time again to move from instantly meeting someone to getting a coffee date on the calendar. Your relationships are everything. The strength of those relationships is oftentimes the biggest indicator of your success. And the foundation...
11. How to Create Thriving Relationships for a Life You Love
July 09, 2019 03:37 - 54 minutes - 75.3 MBHave you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in a relationship? Today I am pulling back the curtain on our marriage and letting you glimpse into our best tips for a thriving relationship, as well as our struggles and how we support each other through it all. This is a special treat on the podcast, to have my hunky husband, Chris Accardo, as a guest. Chris shares about his dual career running marketing for a tech company, and his passion for composing music for shows on Warner ...
10. Sharing my best tips for health and wellness
June 25, 2019 14:36 - 41 minutes - 57 MBI’ve shared some of my health journey with you and wellness is SO important to living a life of meaning and purpose. In fact, I’m going to throw a very real statistic at you even though I’m not a doctor. If you are not taking care of your health, there is 100% chance you won’t be able to achieve your potential. Today on the podcast, I am sharing 14 key takeaways from my own health journey, including my peace that I’ve made with the sun after my trauma with skin cancer. My goal over...
9. Building a Strong Community for a Successful Business with Shannon de Laat
June 18, 2019 01:11 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBToday on the podcast, I am sitting down with Shannon de Laat. Shannon has been using her superpower of building unparalleled relationships in her business for 15 years, running her own PR firm supporting brand communications and business development among a variety of consumer categories. Her results-driven work has benefitted countless companies you most certainly have heard of, including Kiehl’s, lululemon, Neutrogena and Aveeno. Volunteer work and supporting charitable causes is part of...
8. Developing Resilience and Choosing Gratitude with Sarah Pierson
June 11, 2019 03:09 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBYou know when you meet someone and their deep perspective changes your life? This is how I feel about today’s guest on the show. Twelve years ago, Sarah Pierson’s life took a tragic turn when she lost her husband in a plane crash at only 29 years old. Having to reinvent a new version of her life, she quit her job as a teacher in the suburbs outside of Chicago, began traveling the world, and adopted a philanthropic mindset. Sarah published a book in 2012, Young Widow: A Memoir. She was a...
7. Defining Your One Goal to Propel You Forward
June 04, 2019 02:30 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBEver feel overwhelmed and confused about where to spend your limited time and energy? Do you have an idea of what you want to accomplish in life, but you'll work toward it when you get... just a little more time? Here’s a not so secret, secret: We all feel this. If you spend too much time juggling projects without a clear purpose, this week's Power Your Purpose episode is for you. Today, I am breaking down how to find your one goal (that’s right, just ONE) and stick with it for the n...
6. Dreaming and Achieving Big with Shandi Finnessey
May 28, 2019 18:19 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBHave you ever wondered what it takes to stand out in this world? How to achieve your big dreams? Well who better to discuss pursuing your goals and passions WITH SUCCESS than a former Miss USA winner. On today’s episode of Power Your Purpose, I sit down with Shandi Finnessey. She won the title and used her platform to help change the world, raising over 30 million dollars for breast and ovarian cancer research. All while working for Donald Trump! Her tips and tricks to gaining confi...
5. Turning Your Personal Struggles Into a Passionate Business with Megan Edgecumbe
May 21, 2019 12:00 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBRecently, I interviewed fertility expert, Megan Edgecumbe, Founder of Your Fertility Advocate. We get intimate and juicy, dishing on fertility, egg freezing, and overall health. She is vulnerable about how she built a passionate business from her personal story of loss. There are tears, laughs, and a ton of practical advice on increasing health - for both women AND men. She also tells us how to put fear aside when moving toward a goal, and seize opportunities that may be right in front of...
4. From Sugar Addict to Holistic Health Warrior - My Journey
May 16, 2019 04:04 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MBIn this episode, I am getting uniquely personal and sharing my health journey. Warning: This contains all sorts of TMI — including bloating, candida, SIBO, hypertension, shingles, stress and infertility. But it also contains hope, healing and real tips for getting better after experiencing any one of these things. I know, because I had them all. And now I am pulling back the curtain in hopes I can help others with similar health struggles. ---- Subscribe NOW and never miss an episode!...
3. What to Say When You Need to Have a Difficult Conversation
April 09, 2019 17:13 - 9 minutes - 12.9 MBNeed to have a difficult conversation? Today I am giving you a few ways to make it productive when you start to have an issue with someone. These are helpful tools to use in difficult conversations with a spouse, family members, friends and colleagues. Subscribe and never miss an episode! For exclusive content surrounding this and all podcast episodes, sign up to be an MA Insider at meganaccardo.com. And don't forget to snap and post a photo while listening to the show and tag me (@megan...
2. Questions to Ask When You Feel Distracted
February 09, 2019 21:58 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MBIn this episode, we are going to cut through the noise that makes us feel distracted. I am going to pose a few questions that you can ask yourself to start to dive a little deeper and answer bigger questions of purpose and significance for your life. We want to be moving toward greater clarity each and every day. So let’s get you thinking about what inspires YOU and help provide clarity and direction. Subscribe and never miss an episode! For exclusive content surrounding this and all pod...
1. Redefining Success With Vulnerability as a Starting Place
February 09, 2019 21:05 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MBHow do we have success? It is when we take control of our own story and we write our own ending. We overcome our mistakes and regrets in a way that brings wisdom and wholeness to our lives. And that positively impacts all the lives around us too. We are all hard wired for STORY. People want to live a great life and leave a legacy, but it takes work to truly make it happen. If you think about it there really is no good story that has characters who have it easy, or who have some sort of vag...