Soul Searching
83 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBe entertained, empowered and encouraged. Soul Searching showcases relatable people with extraordinary stories. If you're seeking purpose, meaningful relationships and joy at work and home, this show is for you. It's an inspiring mix of positive psychology, documentary, and professional and personal development.
You'll get practical wisdom on how to thrive at work with leadership lessons, communication tips, and ideas to help you develop greater confidence. Learn ways to be happier at home with mindset and parenting strategies. You'll reflect on your own life, career, challenges and relationships so you can change your beliefs and patterns to live a life of joy.
Hosted by Nikki Kloeppel, who brings 15 years as a leadership and life coach helping over 10,000 men and women from all around the world to succeed at work and find meaning in life. Many of the strategies you'll learn are crowdsourced from these inspiring leaders and the best practices they've shared. Nikki is a motivational speaker and educator with Dale Carnegie Training, sharing tips from "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" and an Educator with The Gottman Institute "7 Principles for Making Marriage Work" and she and her husband have been leading couple's retreats for 15 years.
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Season 1 Practical Wisdom Stories: Here are stories from when we were little, have won and lost competitions, been bullied and stood up to authorities. Tales of building character at camp, overcoming injuries and studying abroad. Narratives of job interviews gone wrong, mentoring gone right, leadership wins and parenting fails.
Why? These life lessons offer Practical Wisdom: insight to help us be resilient, successful and happy. They teach us how to change our mindset, overcome imposter syndrome and trust ourselves so we can lead and inspire.
These are authentic and raw. People are vulnerable as they share what they discovered about human nature and themselves. Please trade perfect sound and script for imperfect human experience.
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Soul Searching: What I learned from trauma and when things blow up in your face
August 27, 2021 18:26 - 2 minutes - 2.73 MBSoul Searching: What I learned from trauma and when things blow up in your face On the 4th of July a firework exploded in my face. Here's an "explosive" story about the terrible accident that resulted in 20 stitches to my lips, lacerations and burns all over my face, chest and arms that left me terrified and temporarily unable to eat, speak or smile. This video is part Public Service Announcement to beware of fireworks. It's part deeply personal sharing about how faith and gratitude g...
Soul Searching with Tionka Humphrey: Obstacles Don’t Block the Path, They Become Your Story
June 11, 2021 19:44 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBSoul Searching with Tionka Humphrey: Obstacles Don’t Block the Path, They Become Your Story We wrap up this pandemic season’s soul searching interviews with a big dose of inspiration to help us develop leadership and resilience. Tionka gives tools to develop confidence. Her goal to become CFO is rooted in helping others “I want to be a beacon of hope for my community because we don’t see a lot of Black CFOs. How you speak can influence the world. I knew I needed practice to develop that ne...
Lessons on Leadership from Human Resources, Teachers and Coaches
June 04, 2021 19:31 - 2 minutes - 2.26 MBLessons on Leadership from Human Resources, Teachers and Coaches We can improve success at work and home when we make a stronger connection and apply best practices from all areas of our life. Here are 3 techniques to help you get results and peak performance from colleagues, customers and children. Core values: Let’s apply the same best practice that our companies use to create culture and foster empathy at home too. Creating family values appeals to noble motives, develops character a...
Soul Searching with Eric Roth: How to Win Family and Influence Kids in a Pandemic
May 21, 2021 22:44 - 9 minutes - 8.69 MBThis heartbreaking and heartwarming interview will help you face some of the challenges of leading during a pandemic. Eric shares principles he used from How to Win Friends and Influence People with his 15-year-old to overcome difficulties with remote learning, gain cooperation from teachers, and create peace at home with his spouse. Try a new approach. It’s easy to fall into old patterns especially when we’re feeling pandemic fatigue ourselves. Avoid the argument by using a calm voice. “...
Employee Engagement, Jedi Parenting, Zen Moments & Empathy
May 14, 2021 17:00 - 3 minutes - 3.17 MBEmployee Engagement, Jedi Parenting, Zen Moments & Empathy Here are 3 techniques to help you improve relationships at work and at home: 1) People support a world they help create. Brainstorming and asking questions to get others to offer solutions makes them feel empowered and they’re more likely to think it’s a good idea if they come up with it. This is a great antidote to apathy and the complaint, “Don’t tell me what to do!” 2) Are you analytical? “Try honestly to see things fro...
Soul Searching with Tasha Westinghouse: Creating Connections During Covid
May 07, 2021 15:56 - 10 minutes - 9.31 MBTurning acquaintances into real friends can be hard in the best of times, much less while social distancing. Creating belonging on teams can challenge even the best of managers, much less while on boarding employees remotely. Turning small talk into meaningful connection can be hard for even the best of conversationalists, much less during this season of isolation. Tasha shares some tips on how she’s been able to thaw the Seattle freeze and help “make friends so when the worlds opens up agai...
Gaining Cooperation with Fun, Socrates and Venting: Lessons from Family that Apply at Work
April 30, 2021 20:43 - 3 minutes - 2.86 MBGaining Cooperation with Fun, Socrates and Venting: Lessons from Family that Apply at Work Here are 3 techniques to help you gain cooperation from colleagues, customers and children. Have fun. I’ve interviewed over 10,000 adults from all over the world who shared stories from their childhood. This research revealed memories of joy and play. Let’s apply this best practice to our leadership at work and engage employees with celebrations, gifts, and games. Socrates taught by asking question...
Soul Searching with Theresa Francomacaro: The Science of Storytelling and Connection
April 23, 2021 17:26 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBSoul Searching with Theresa Francomacaro: Neuroscience and Storytelling Tips Whether you are selling a product, pitching your ideas, leading a team or interviewing, stories help you communicate clearly. Presentation coach Theresa says, “Think ‘where do I want my audience to go’ and reverse engineer your story accordingly. Have a character that solves a common problem uncommonly well. Research shows we remember 22x better with a story than data alone.” Here is a framework to craft your stor...
How to Avoid Arguments and Build Trust at Home and Work
April 16, 2021 23:17 - 3 minutes - 3.33 MBMy clients have discovered a paradox with applying these ideas. It seems like weakness to admit mistakes to our employees and kids, but others actually perceive it as strong leadership skills and emotional intelligence that builds trust. Here are 3 quick tips to help you avoid conflict at work and at home. 1) Avoid the argument: Most disagreements are triggered by the angry look on our face, the harsh tone of our voice, bad timing and saying “you should” which makes people feel defensi...
Soul Searching with Amy McKinley: Changing our mindset from “I have to” to “I get to”
April 10, 2021 18:13 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBOur guest this week inspires us to cultivate gratitude, resilience, and connection. She shares techniques she’s learned to find purpose and thrive despite challenges. As a mom of a special needs child she’s discovered the power of mindset: changing “I have to” to “I get to” as a tool to reframe is her top advice. “God had a lot of lessons He wanted to teach me and He brought this nugget of joy, passion and challenges. Just seeing the world in such a different light in his body and brain due...
How to get a promotion using evidence and diplomacy
April 03, 2021 00:04 - 5 minutes - 5.2 MBDo you need to be more convincing? Do you want to negotiate effectively? Do you want to ace an interview or make a sale? Try this communication framework that builds trust: 1) Evidence: Instead of just stating your opinion with “I think” use these 7 forms of data to make a compelling case: Demonstration, Example, Facts, Exhibits, Analogies, Testimonials and Statistics. This helps you tailor the evidence to align to the other person’s influence style. 2) Ask for what you want: “This evidence...
Soul Searching with Angela Harris: Change Your Mindset, Change Your Job
March 26, 2021 22:47 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBOur guest this week shares her journey of self-discovery of her talents, passion and insights gained from her job change. How can we overcome imposter syndrome? “You have to change your inner mentor. I saw a lot of transferable skills. Although my entire career has been on the tech side of the house, a lot of the work I do outside by day-to-day job in the professional organization I support qualifies as marketing experience. Ask yourself “what gives me joy on the job? What do I want to learn...
How to inspire social change, create connection and manage up
March 19, 2021 18:48 - 4 minutes - 4.59 MBLearn 2 of the top principles from How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. You'll create a more meaningful connection with others so they are inspired to act and think differently. You'll motivate people and teams to perform at their highest level, create a stronger culture, and accomplish shared goals. Try these approaches to be a more effective leader, colleague, mentor, activist and parent. These principles can help you gain support of social, political and environmenta...
Soul Searching with Carol Li: Work Hard, Play Hard, Find Joy
March 13, 2021 00:47 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBOur guest this week takes us on an uplifting journey of how to find joy during challenging times. As she was finding a way to stay healthy during the pandemic, she remembered the delight she had in her childhood from singing and dancing. She recalls a defining moment from her childhood when she won a performance competition “that really changed my life.” She joined with friends from the social group she started to “create my own stage” to let her natural talent and happiness show, watch it ...
Use This Approach So You Can Motivate People
March 06, 2021 01:11 - 2 minutes - 2.21 MBPeople are naturally thinking “what’s in it for me?” So, when we think about the other person’s point of view and how to solve their problems, we build trust. When we position our request to show them exactly how they will benefit by doing the thing we suggest, we create a win-win. Try these simple changes: Stop saying: “I want” “my team needs” “you should” “you need to” “this is due” Start saying: “so you” “your team will get” “this will help you” “you’ll save time” “the benefit to you i...
Soul Searching with Katy Flaherty: Loss, Grief, and Helping Others During the Pandemic
February 27, 2021 00:29 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBOur guest this week takes us on a heartbreaking and heartwarming journey. She opens up about the pain of her sister’s death. “Losing someone during the pandemic, grieving while social distancing, it is so hard. Hugging is part of the healing process.” She shares what she learned at the beginning of the pandemic, from just having started a new role, to taking on the daunting task of acquiring PPE for Microsoft employees and donating supplies to first responders, to supporting her employees. “...
How to Win Family & Influence Kids: 9 Parenting Tips to Help You Have a Happier Family
February 19, 2021 21:30 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MBOne way to improve our work life balance is to apply leadership lessons from work and apply them at home. Here are 9 best practices that strengthen relationships with our loved ones, from toddlers to teenagers, and significant others and in-laws. Join my free work life connection workshop on Feb 24 for more ideas to help you improve your work life balance and feel happier https://linktr.ee/nikkikloeppel These are based on How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie Don’t Critic...
Soul Searching with Matt Norman: Choosing healthy thinking, relationships, ego and operations
February 12, 2021 21:16 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBOne shift is around our ego. He quotes Journal of Management research that found “humility in CEOS leads to increased collaboration, flexibility and developing strategies.” He also shares a source of confidence “my faith whispers that I am loved and I have potential.” Improving patterns of relationship, he advises “strategic vulnerability, it endears others to us. And name the emotion versus just showing it. For example, to say ‘I am feeling embarrassed’ instead of ‘I’m feeling attacked’.” ...
Soul Searching with Kate Snowise: How to surrender stress and find more happiness
February 05, 2021 21:51 - 23 minutes - 22 MBOur guest this week is an expert on avoiding burnout. She shares practical tips to manage stress and personal wisdom on gaining peace. “Differentiate between pressure and stress. We aren’t helpless victims.” We can interrupt the process and choose our reaction. Problem focused coping: “We need to be really smart about how we put routines back together. Adding structure, creating a map of the week is calming to our minds to know what’s coming next.” Emotion focused coping mechanisms: “Gett...
Soul Searching: Work Life Connection and The 5 Love Languages
January 30, 2021 01:09 - 3 minutes - 2.94 MBSoul Searching: Work Life Connection and The 5 Love Languages One way to improve our work life balance and is to align all areas of our life. We can improve our leadership skills, confidence and mindset by applying life lessons from parenting, personal relationships and volunteer roles. https://lnkd.in/gG5YAWx to join my free work life connection workshop to learn how. For example, an insight I discovered as a volunteer leading marriage preparation weekend retreats with Engaged Encounter, ...
Soul Searching with Elaine Chang: Embracing Work Life Integration with Grace
January 22, 2021 18:58 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBOur guest this week leads Conversational AI product development at Microsoft, is a D&I leader and speaker, founder of the Asian Leadership conference and chair of the Asian employee resource group and mother of 2. She offers insight from soul searching during the pandemic, “I was so exhausted. I gave myself time to ponder what is essential for me and what changes I’m willing to make. I had a mindset shift from struggling with work life balance to embracing work life integration with grace.” ...
Soul Searching with Michelle Gnida: Seize the Moments
January 15, 2021 19:39 - 18 minutes - 17.5 MBSoul Searching with Michelle Gnida: Seize the Moments Our guest this week inspires us to kick off the New Year by taking action on our dreams. For 5 years she’d been dreaming about launching a blog to share stories and insights from clients. Soul Searching over the pandemic gave her courage. “I realized that (professor) from decades ago was still in my head getting in my way. I thought: it’s not going to be perfect, I’m not a professional writer, and right now people need these (uplifting)...
Soul Searching with Jamie Cabaccang: How to spend our time and energy on the meaningful things
December 11, 2020 19:48 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBSoul Searching with Jamie Cabaccang: How to spend our time and energy on the meaningful things Our guest this week is a lead at Pinterest, the founder of Techies and Wellness, and was recently published in the bestselling book “Miracles of Healing from Around the World.” A serious illness led to soul searching, learning about energy work, and prioritizing what’s important in life. She shares how she went from doctor recommended chemo for life to holistic healing that put her in remission. ...
Free Mindset Training: Get Lucky: 5 Steps to Manifest Abundance & Success
December 05, 2020 21:03 - 47 seconds - 914 KBFree Mindset Training: Get Lucky: 5 Steps to Manifest Abundance & Success December 15th from 12:30p-1:30p PST My mom grew up poor: in a refugee camp and an immigrant. Unfortunately, her experience created a mindset of scarcity. Trying to protect me from feeling disappointed, she taught me that “money doesn’t grow on trees” and “there’s no such thing as free lunch." I had to unlearn this limiting mindset. I learned about the Law of Attraction, watched the movie The Secret, studied Hill, Pe...
Thanksgiving: A New Way of Life & How to Give Appreciation
November 20, 2020 19:36 - 1 minute - 1.27 MBThanksgiving: A New Way of Life & How to Give Appreciation In honor of Thanksgiving, let’s cultivate appreciation and train our brains to look for good in others, situations and ourselves. Let’s use growth mindset and see that we can become more positive and grateful. In How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie invites us “to a new way of life. If we stop thinking about ourselves for awhile and begin to think of the other’s good points, we won’t have to resort to flattery.” ...
Soul Searching with 16-year-old Andrew Kloeppel: Blessings in Disguise and Developing Optimism
November 13, 2020 21:30 - 9 minutes - 9.19 MBOur guest in this week’s family friendly episode is my inspiring son who gives reassurance to all parents struggling during the pandemic with supporting their kids with virtual school. “It’s not as bad as it can seem. You guys have done great!” He also shares his soul searching from a very unlucky break, literally, when he fractured his hip playing basketball on Dec 30. “Breaking my hip was a blessing in disguise. Going to Children’s Hospital and seeing all the kids there…it’s important to ...
Soul Searching with Ram K C: Business, Belonging, and Breath
November 06, 2020 19:21 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBSoul Searching with Ram K C: Business, Belonging, and Breath Who else needs a stress release? Our guest this week is a tech leader and meditation instructor. He gives a practical tool: in minute 16 he demonstrates a meditation exercise called “cappuccino breath” to give us energy. Take 3 minutes now and feel the positive effect! He shares his soul searching of hitting rock bottom: “the ambition and stress as an entrepreneur led to the greatest learning of my life: how breath can build resil...
Soul Searching with Corey Perlman: Tips for Maximizing Social Media and Keeping Perspective
October 30, 2020 20:30 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBSoul Searching with Corey Perlman: Tips for Maximizing Social Media and Keeping Perspective Our guest this week is the author of Social Media Overload He offers practical tips: Prioritize the platform your customers are using Create useful content: “what questions do you get all the time from your clients? Answer those questions to help them.” Use video: “especially now, we’re unable to meet in person, video is a powerful tool of connection.” Limit your time on social media: “it can be...
Be confident of your value: how to let go of criticism
October 23, 2020 19:24 - 48 seconds - 930 KBBe confident of your value: how to let go of criticism One of my favorite analogies to remind us that we are priceless is money. If someone disrespects a $20 bill, compares it negatively to other currency, even rips it, it still is worth $20. Likewise, if someone criticizes us, compares us or hurts us, we are still valuable. Here’s a video from the “good old days” of a live keynote from a corporate event so you can feel the energy of this awesome audience and get inspired. Take 5 minutes ...
Soul Searching with CEO Joe Hart: Strategies for a successful business, family and mindset
October 13, 2020 01:52 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBSoul Searching with CEO Joe Hart: Strategies for a successful business, family and mindset Our guest this week, CEO of Dale Carnegie, shares how his mentor (Ford and Boeing CEO) Alan Mulally’s Working Together framework can transform business. “The cornerstone is live to serve. Listen, appreciate, be transparent, have integrity, hold people accountable and create a safe space and you’ll deliver results. The CEO sets the tone.” (5) When I shared I battled imposter syndrome approaching the CEO,...
Soul Searching with CEO Joe Hart: Strategies for a successful business, family and mindset
October 13, 2020 01:52 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBSoul Searching with CEO Joe Hart: Strategies for a successful business, family and mindset Our guest this week, CEO of Dale Carnegie, shares how his mentor (Ford and Boeing CEO) Alan Mulally’s Working Together framework can transform business. “The cornerstone is live to serve. Listen, appreciate, be transparent, have integrity, hold people accountable and create a safe space and you’ll deliver results. The CEO sets the tone.” (5) When I shared I battled imposter syndrome approaching the C...
Soul Searching with Dee Brake: Finding yourself, a dream job and parenting success during a pandemic
October 09, 2020 21:13 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBSoul Searching with Dee Brake: Finding yourself, a dream job and parenting success during a pandemic Our guest this week offers insights for managers to create loyal employees who will follow them anywhere, ideas for interviewing with confidence and a framework to build inclusion and respect at work. She also shares her top tip for leading and parenting. Don’t believe everything you think about interviews. She shares her mental shift that interviewing is a 2-way process. (6:25) “I’m a fema...
Soul Searching with Guillermo Vazquez: How to Cultivate Belonging and Listen to Yourself
October 02, 2020 20:29 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBSoul Searching with Guillermo Vazquez: How to Cultivate Belonging and Listen to Yourself Our guest this week is a Senior PM in Xbox and the Communications Director for the Microsoft Hispanic and Latinx Employee Resource Group #HOLA. In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth he shares why he loves volunteering: “Don’t be afraid of failing. People will see your positive intent and you’re trying to help. It’s so rewarding.” He shares strategies we can all use to cultivate belonging in our team...
Overcome Fear of Public Speaking and What People Think About You
September 25, 2020 22:37 - 6 minutes - 5.79 MBOvercome Fear of Public Speaking and What People Think About You As a speaker coach, exec coach, and life coach, I've helped 10K people to feel more confident and feel free to be themselves. Here is our insight to help you too: Do you worry what people are thinking about you? Good news: they aren’t even thinking about you! They are thinking about themselves just like you are! It’s human nature to assume others are judging us, but most people are too busy worrying what we’re thinking about ...
Soul Searching: Overcome Fear of Public Speaking and What People Think About You
September 25, 2020 22:37 - 6 minutes - 5.79 MBOvercome Fear of Public Speaking and What People Think About You As a speaker coach, exec coach, and life coach, I've helped 10K people to feel more confident and feel free to be themselves. Here is our insight to help you too: 1) Do you worry what people are thinking about you? Good news: they aren’t even thinking about you! They are thinking about themselves just like you are! It’s human nature to assume others are judging us, but most people are too busy worrying what we’re thinking abou...
Soul Searching with Miri Rodriguez: Storytelling to build your brand
September 18, 2020 19:52 - 28 minutes - 26.9 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Miri Rodriguez: Storytelling to build your brand Our guest this week Miri Rodriguez is the author of Brand Storytelling. She shares the practical 5 strategies to create a story concept: design, empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test (2:57). She also shares the wisdom she discovered in creating this process: “The first and last step of the cycle is to empathize. I had to learn empathy as a soft skill, which I didn’t know was a thing.” She...
Soul Searching with Sara Abdelmottaleb: Perceptions, Pandemic and Parenting
September 11, 2020 21:49 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Sara Abdelmottaleb: Perceptions, Pandemic and Parenting As we strive to become more empathetic individuals and build a more inclusive culture, our guest helps us to not believe everything we think. I first interviewed Sara 4 years ago (24:36) where she shared about being an Olympic athlete and the perceptions people have of her and why she wears a hijab (21:36). We discuss the benefits of working remotely (20:25) and how seeing colleagues with ...
Soul Searching with Ashleigh Williams: How to Have Difficult Conversations
September 04, 2020 20:21 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Ashleigh Williams: How to Have Difficult Conversations Our guest this week Ashleigh Williams shares her insight on social justice and having difficult discussions at work (12:10). “I had to have that conversation in love and kindness.” She shares her experience as an African American woman with a police officer dad and her experience as a White House HBCU Ambassador (18:22). “Covid (season) has given me the opportunity to do some soul searching...
Soul Searching with Ashleigh Williams: How to Have Difficult Conversations
September 04, 2020 20:21 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Ashleigh Williams: How to Have Difficult Conversations Our guest this week Ashleigh Williams shares her insight on social justice and having difficult discussions at work (12:10). “I had to have that conversation in love and kindness.” She shares her experience as an African American woman with a police officer dad and her experience as a White House HBCU Ambassador (18:22). “Covid (season) has given me the opportunity to do some soul searching ...
How to Deliver a Great Presentation, be Confident in Public Speaking and Improve Storytelling
August 28, 2020 19:01 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Nikki Kloeppel: 12Ps: How to Deliver a Great Presentation, be Confident in Public Speaking and Improve Storytelling Are you looking for practical ways to improve your presentations and overcome your fear of public speaking? Here are the 12 P’s I’ve learned from coaching 15,000 leaders: Purpose: feel confident in your value, you were asked to present for a reason Process: include when, where, who, what, how and why to add structure to your stor...
Soul Searching: 12Ps: How to Deliver a Great Presentation, be Confident in Public Speaking and Improve Storytelling
August 28, 2020 19:01 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Nikki Kloeppel: 12Ps: How to Deliver a Great Presentation, be Confident in Public Speaking and Improve Storytelling Are you looking for practical ways to improve your presentations and overcome your fear of public speaking? Here are the 12 P’s I’ve learned from coaching 15,000 leaders: 1) Purpose: feel confident in your value, you were asked to present for a reason 2) Process: include when, where, who, what, how and why to add structure to your ...
Soul Searching with Ani Babaian: How to See the Good
August 21, 2020 21:58 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Ani Babaian: How to See the Good Our guest this week shares a vivid story of growing up in Iran during war and revolution and how this helps her to find the good in challenging times. She has cultivated optimism and an ability to reframe problems into opportunities that has helped her go from “the immigrant kid who qualified for free lunch” to a CEO thriving even during a pandemic. Ani gave me a defining moment as a speaker coach, as she was my...
Soul Searching with Cabrelle Abel: Developing Confidence
August 14, 2020 15:00 - 12 minutes - 12 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Cabrelle Abel: Developing Confidence Our guest this week shares about how to develop confidence to speak up and have difficult conversations. She says, “It doesn’t come naturally for most of us. It’s a skill you develop over time by educating yourself.” She suggests applying the same strategies for volunteering that are successful at work. For example, as an attorney, her first step on a project is to listen and learn. This helps become a trusted ...
Soul Searching with Cabrelle Abel: Developing Confidence
August 14, 2020 15:00 - 12 minutes - 12 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Cabrelle Abel: Developing Confidence Our guest this week shares about how to develop confidence to speak up and have difficult conversations. She says, “It doesn’t come naturally for most of us. It’s a skill you develop over time by educating yourself.” She suggests applying the same strategies for volunteering that are successful at work. For example, as an attorney, her first step on a project is to listen and learn. This helps become a truste...
Soul Searching with Jeffron Smalls: How to be authentic at work
August 07, 2020 20:53 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Jeffron Smalls: How to be authentic at work Our guest this week shares about his experience at a Historically Black College and University and the powerful impact of being surrounded by Black excellence, including meeting President Obama (minute 11). This helped him become self-aware and develop the confidence to be wholehearted at work. He recently won a HBCU 30 under 30 award from thousands of nominees. He also shares a heartwarming story of how...
Soul Searching with Jeffron Smalls: How to be authentic at work
August 07, 2020 20:53 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Jeffron Smalls: How to be authentic at work Our guest this week shares about his experience at a Historically Black College and University and the powerful impact of being surrounded by Black excellence, including meeting President Obama (minute 11). This helped him become self-aware and develop the confidence to be wholehearted at work. He recently won a HBCU 30 under 30 award from thousands of nominees. He also shares a heartwarming story of h...
Soul Searching with Fernmarie Rodriguez: How to develop intuition
July 31, 2020 16:54 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBOur guest today on Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching is Fernmarie Rodriguez. She tells her fascinating journey of 9 years in college, 3 degrees, 15 years in tech that honed her analytical skills and led her to study the neuroscience of change and the surprising way it connects to personal development and spirituality. She shares the story from her childhood in Puerto Rico where she had a passion for stargazing that led to a dream job as an aerospace engineer working at NASA. Her defi...
Soul Searching: The Power of Childhood Stories
July 24, 2020 21:06 - 2 minutes - 2.18 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching: The Power of Childhood Stories. The challenges of a global pandemic, adjusting to a virtual work environment, and creating social justice require us all to up level our confidence and ability to connect with others. A useful tool to help us thrive is to share a defining moment from childhood. When we reflect on those significant milestones from early in life, they reveal our inherent strengths, talents and gifts. These achievements remind us we can do...
The Power of Childhood Stories and Becoming Confident
July 24, 2020 21:06 - 2 minutes - 2.18 MBPractical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching: The Power of Childhood Stories. The challenges of a global pandemic, adjusting to a virtual work environment, and creating social justice require us all to up level our confidence and ability to connect with others. A useful tool to help us thrive is to share a defining moment from childhood. When we reflect on those significant milestones from early in life, they reveal our inherent strengths, talents and gifts. These achievements remind us we can...
Soul Searching with Anne Borozan: The benefits of volunteering
July 16, 2020 23:39 - 11 minutes - 11 MBOur guest today on Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching is Anne Borozan. She shares insight on the joys of volunteering. She says, "there's so much to do. There's low hanging fruit. You can make a difference. It's easy to jump in. You don't have to be intimidated or wait to be an expert." She shares a story from volunteering with Women at Microsoft board where she was inspired by what's possible for a team. How trust, respect and appreciation created a culture where everyone contributed...