She's Talking Back
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Welcome to She's Talking Back, a show where the women leaders you admire speak their truth. Hosted by best-selling author Michelle McGlade, each week you’ll hear from C-Suite executives who have struggled and overcome self-doubt, listened and led with intuition, and run against the popular vote and are willing to share their authentic voice with you.
Known as the Modern Leader’s Maven, Michelle McGlade is helping clients focus on aligning from the inside out and becoming a modern leader. After a successful fifteen-year stint in the corporate world, Michelle felt the pull to do something bigger, so she took the leap into serial entrepreneurship starting with a brick and mortar business in the health and wellness industry. Her talents were recognized early on and she received a business excellence award for best woman owned business that ignited the flame to see what else was possible. The adrenaline launched her on the path to starting a series of successful businesses.
Her evolution journey truly began when fibromyalgia hit her hard in her 20s. Never one to accept defeat, Michelle became a wellness junkie and kicked it to the curb. Her personal health detour and successful clinic ownership opened her eyes to how many health and wellness entrepreneurs needed help building their businesses. Wanting to help as many entrepreneurs as possible to get their knowledge out into the world, she launched her podcast called Making the Maven. After more than 200 episodes and a global audience, wanderlust kicked in again. Her most recent call has led her to go deeper within than she had before, upcycling and doing an internal audit and combining all of her experience in a new way.
Now, she’s helping leaders create a deep connection between heart and mind, because as our leadership grows, this piece tends to get lost. This disconnect is so often the piece that holds us back when on the surface life looks grand. It is the piece she helps clients reclaim and the path to a more authentic voice. With a talent for building trust and asking tough questions, she’s getting people to unleash the same in themselves on this podcast.
If you’re a high performing woman on the success train but feel like you have lost connection with yourself or you desire to seek something more – more self-awareness, self-knowing, and self-exploration – we invite you to join Michelle here on She's Talking Back. Follow your intuition. Lead from the inside out. Learn how to overcome your self-doubt and fear as a leader through stories from experts and C-Suite executives. We’ll be featuring guests who are willing to put themselves out there to speak their truth.
This is NOT your typical interview or another career success story...
If you're looking for the back story and inspiration from women who are speaking their truth...Then stick around because she's here - and She's Talking Back.
Tune in daily not only for inspiration, but also motivation and empowerment.
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Episodes
Creation Creates Transformation — Michelle McGlade
October 13, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBMichelle McGlade is baaaaack after a short break. And she’s stronger than ever! Michelle wanted to take some time to just talk about fear and its blocking abilities to your transformation. You can’t get from one place to another without facing a bit of fear, but the trick to all of this is to do it anyway. As adults, it becomes easier and easier to completely stop dreaming and because of this, we start to lose alignment with ourselves. Don’t wait till a divorce or illness for you to start th...
Be Proactive: Find that Mentor — Sherry Lowe
August 04, 2020 14:15 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBSherry Lowe is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist turned Silicon Valley marketing executive. She has experience in building marketing programs for rapid-growth tech companies. As a professional that served both in sports journalism and tech companies, she was completely used to being the only woman in the room. Today, she shares how she was proactive in searching for powerful mentors and being very conscious in bringing up younger professional women. Key Takeaways Sherry ...
You Stop Yourself More Than the World Is Stopping You! — Jody DeVere
July 28, 2020 16:32 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBJody DeVere is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer, often-quoted industry pundit and spokesperson for the automotive industry on the women's market. Jody’s company, AskPatty.com, Inc. serves as the first point of contact for many women who are seeking the very best experience to buy a car and service by visiting Certified Female Friendly® automotive retail locations across the United States and Canada. Key Takeaways Everything needs to be filled with compassion and empathy ...
Clarity in The Fog — Michelle McGlade
July 21, 2020 06:14 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBMichelle is back with another solo episode and she wants to share with you her strategies to finding clarity when you’re so clearly lost in the fog. She has a couple of mechanisms she uses, and would you have guessed it, one of them includes breathwork! Really, really do not underestimate the power of your breathing because a lot of great nuggets of wisdom can flow through you. Key Takeaways True leadership is an inside-out game! Everyone struggles with clarity! From the startup fou...
Be Direct and Unapologetic. Express Your Truth — Catherine Hamilton
July 14, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBCatherine Hamilton is the Vice President of Consumer Services and Strategic Planning at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont. Catherine is also a certified yoga instructor and prides herself on prioritizing her wellness first before serving others. In this episode, Catherine encourages women to not apologize for having good ideas. Be confident in the way you talk, and don’t second guess yourself. If you’ve ever wondered how a superwoman ‘can do it all,’ then you’re asking yourself the wrong...
Women are Struggling with Confidence! — Dr. Sam Collins
July 07, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBDr. Sam Collins works with communities and organizations to create the right conditions for empowerment, equality, and change. Throughout her 20 years of experience, she has worked with women and has seen some common themes appear over and over, like lack of confidence, fear to speak out and share their voice, and being fit into a blueprint that women have to take on all of life’s responsibilities. However, it doesn’t have to be this way! Dr. Sam shares her thoughts on this week’s episode. ...
We All Go Through Seasons in Life — Tricia Halsey
June 30, 2020 07:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBTricia Halsey is the thought leader behind Generous Leadership® and the Founder of Big Idea Project®. Tricia is a recovering overachiever and has seen, and felt, its nasty side effects up close and personal. She refuses to let anyone on her team be in their ‘striving self’ because it only does more harm than good! That doesn’t mean they don’t show up and work hard, but there is a conscious balance and effort that gets put into how you feel about yourself. You might be a people pleaser or a p...
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome — Jen Coken
June 23, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBJen Coken is an executive coach and recovering stand-up comedian. Jen at an early age knew that she had to be the funny one because she never fit into the traditional archetype of the ‘pretty girl.’ She went down a journey of self-discovery a few years ago and discovered all of this was a byproduct of imposter syndrome. Today’s episode covers what is imposter syndrome, why everyone has it, and how to overcome these thoughts that are weighing you down. Key Takeaways What is imposter sy...
Speed Vs. Space — Michelle McGlade
June 16, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBAs a shy kid growing up, Michelle had to develop mechanisms to help her better show up and ‘perform.’ This is something she developed when she was just in 7th grade! Her method has slightly evolved since then, but she shares how you can slow down and create space for yourself so that you can speed up and rock it… even when you’re feeling down or sick or tired! Key Takeaways Leadership is defined from the inside out! How are you cultivating the leader inside of you? Michelle was pa...
Our Overworked & High Achieving Self — Michelle McGlade
June 09, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBMichelle McGlade is back with another solo episode! You might get a couple of these over the next few weeks. Michelle shares her story with fibromyalgia and how she was able to overcome her health diagnosis. The main cause of it? Michelle’s tendency to overwork and not put herself first. When she started to focus on herself, her symptoms slowly began to fade away. Key Takeaways Michelle is happy to be hanging with you again on this solo episode! Every time Michelle is able to slow t...
Seen but Not Heard — Michelle McGlade
June 02, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBIt’s just Michelle this episode! Michelle gets a bit emotional this episode because she recalls a bit of her traumatic past and why she felt like she needed to ‘not be heard.’ She’s been practicing breathing three deep and meaningful breaths lately because one of the negative mechanisms she has developed was to hold her breath. More on how to work on your mechanism in this week’s solo episode! Key Takeaways You need to go into the mental gym and work on yourself from the inside. You...
Being More Open/Authentic to Your Team — Susan Eick
May 26, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBSusan Eick thought she had to act like a man in order to get invited into the corporate boy’s club, but it wasn’t working! The harder she tried, the fewer things she got invited to, and to top it off, it was exhausting! Why pretend to be something you’re not? Susan has learned over the years that being your authentic self is the best way to lead and have people respect/admire you. Women/Men have natural talents and we should leverage them, not try to act like each other. Key Takeaways ...
Create Meaningful Conversations and Connections — Michelle Tenzyk
May 19, 2020 07:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBMichelle Tenzyk advises and coaches CEOs and senior-level executives to create company cultures that attract and retain critical talent at all levels. Michelle shares something so important in today’s episode — Tell your story and speak your truth. It’s going to be difficult; there will be many people who judge you online, but the more of us that share our story, the easier it will be to bring those walls down! Key Takeaways ● The ability to live in the moment helps manage the constan...
Attract the Right Attention with Your Personal Brand — Karen Leland
May 12, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBKaren Leland is a Branding and Marketing Strategist and Implementer. There are a lot of things she’s seeing right now in the online space that are making her go, ‘Oh, no!’ As people are starting to get used to working from home and going digital, some of the ‘standard’ ways of how we are doing business are going away, like wearing professional clothing during a meeting! Your personal brand can do so much for you during this time as more people are looking online to find the right candidate t...
Trust Your Emotions — The First Thing You Feel Is the Right Thing — Sylvia Rohde-Liebenau
May 05, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBSylvia Rohde-Liebenau is a leadership development expert and an EMCC accredited coach. Her expertise and insights will blow you away. Although she originally started on a path of international relations, she found her calling towards helping women find their strength and the confidence to lead. She talks about why expressing your personality/quirks is a blessing, how to find stillness within yourself, and that leadership is always going to be a continuous journey. Key Takeaways Sylvia...
We Needed to Get Real and Put the Ego Aside — Susan Frew
April 28, 2020 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBSusan Frew felt like hiding under a rock after her employee stole from her and took a considerable amount of money out of the business. Despite winning 43 awards and winning Inc. 500, her mental health struggled and so did her business while all of this was going on. The biggest takeaway was that she let her ego get in the way and it didn’t allow her to properly recover from the incident, but after taking deliberate and intentional action on her miracle journal and being grateful, Susan has ...
Empowering Immigrant Women to Excel in Leadership — Chinwe Esimai
April 21, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBChinwe Esimai, an award-winning lawyer and the first person to hold the title of Chief Anti-Bribery Officer at Citigroup, has achieved many great things throughout her career. Her story will inspire you and help you overcome any challenges you might be facing today! This podcast episode highlights why leadership is critical to your success as a woman, the importance of mentorship, and coming to the U.S. as an immigrant! Key Takeaways Chinwe right now is trying to figure out the best w...
You’re in This Position for a Reason — Deborah Rosati
April 14, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBDeborah Rosati is an accomplished corporate director, entrepreneur, Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant and Certified Corporate Director with more than 30 years of experience in technology, consumer retail, private equity, and more! Deborah shares what women can do today to prepare to get on a board and how to navigate these unclear waters while managing your full-time executive job. No matter what, do not get discouraged. You are in the position you’re in for a reason! Key Takeaw...
Managing Remote Work From a Seasoned Pro with Afifa Siddiqui
April 07, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBAfifa Siddiqui runs three companies and they’re all remote. Although this was not planned, Afifa comes in at an excellent time to discuss how to set your company up for success if you’re not usually used to remote work. She shares her tips and strategies to keep her employees engaged and ready to face a new day. She also shares how she handles self-doubt and how she has built resilience throughout her professional career. ● We’re living in uncharted territory and people are looking to ...
Managing Remote Work From a Seasoned Pro — Afifa Siddiqui
April 07, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBAfifa Siddiqui runs three companies and they’re all remote. Although this was not planned, Afifa comes in at an excellent time to discuss how to set your company up for success if you’re not usually used to remote work. She shares her tips and strategies to keep her employees engaged and ready to face a new day. She also shares how she handles self-doubt and how she has built resilience throughout her professional career. Key Takeaways ● We’re living in uncharted territory and people ...
Freedom Unbound With Helen Raleigh
March 31, 2020 19:42 - 51 minutes - 71.7 MBWhatever way you might choose to frame it, freedom is something that, at the end of the day, all people do seek. Whether it’s personal freedom and liberation from an oppressive environment or financial freedom, attaining freedom is a vital part of your journey because it opens up your world and your choices. Helen Raleigh is the Founder and CEO of Red Meadow Advisors, LLC, a wealth management firm. Together with Michelle McGlade, Helen tells her story of attaining freedom in all the most imp...
Taking Smart Risks With Carol Meyers
March 24, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBPeople, especially women, are often warned against taking risks, all in the name of preserving their safety from whatever harmful things lurking around. But the truth is if you stay inside the “safe” zone if you straight-up refuse to take risks no matter how calculated the risk is, then you’re also decisively shutting the doors to growth and ultimately, success. Carol Meyers is a board member and advisor to several high-growth companies. Drawing from her experience as a leader in her field, ...
Secrets To A Truth(FULL) Life With Kathe Crawford
March 17, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBWhat do you want to ask for yourself that you need today? Women especially give so much to others but yet don’t give to themselves, and in this conversation Michelle McGlade, Kathe Crawford emphasizes why that has to change. Kathe is an author, speaker, and master life coach who left her corporate gig behind to live what she calls a Truth(FULL) Life. She now works with individuals, leaders, entrepreneurs, and startups supporting them to realize their purpose, possibility, and impact. Diving ...
Working Through The Fear With Kathe Crawford
March 10, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 31.3 MBIn an attempt to protect ourselves in our day-to-day lives, we often end up working from a place of fear, not realizing how much that fear limits us in our various endeavors. But working through the fear allows us to achieve new heights of freedom in the way we conduct ourselves in our lives. Kathe Crawford is an author, speaker, and master life coach. She joins Michelle McGlade is a frank discussion about how one gets over the fear they feel in their day-to-day lives. It’s time to stop lett...
Dealing With Stress And Becoming More Productive With Karen Newell
March 03, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBAre you looking for tips around how to do have less stress and how to have more productivity? Meditation is actually critical for decreasing stress and increasing productivity. Today, Michelle McGlade talks to Karen Newell, the Co-Founder of Sacred Acoustics and innovator in the emerging field of Brain Wave Entertainment Audio Meditation, and the co-author of Living in a Mindful Universe with Dr. Eben Alexander. Karen provides us with tactical techniques for dealing with stressful situations...
Unleashing The High Achiever Within You With Tatiana Dudyez
February 25, 2020 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBPart of the system we build for success as high-performers is we keep ourselves safe by not allowing anyone in. We end up feeling alone as if we’re facing everything on our own and we only rely on ourselves. It has been a reliable system for many years, but there comes a time that we need to acknowledge when it’s not working for us anymore. Our guest for this episode is Tatiana Dudyez. Tatiana was the mastermind business owner behind a multi million-dollar Canadian franchise that she built f...
Comfortable In Your Own Skin In Life And At Work With Wendy Thomas
February 18, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBIt can be challenging to find your worth in your job, especially when you are just starting. Having that level of self-awareness to accept and realize your value in the work that you put in tends to come very late for others. As such, we are often caught in between that gap of not feeling enough when we actually are and more. Guest for this episode, Wendy Thomas, tells us to get past the imposter syndrome and be comfortable in your own skin. Having spent years in the financial data and techn...
Women Attaining Success With Jennifer Love
February 13, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 41 MBThere was a long period of history wherein women were segregated, placed in a different class in society, treated as possessions, themselves unable to hold on to their own possession. That time has passed, and now, it’s not uncommon to see women attaining success every single day. Jennifer Love is an award-winning entrepreneur who sits down with Michelle McGlade to discuss how women can find themselves in a state of limitlessness to find the same success that other women are now gaining for ...
Laura Timm: Women Leveraging Intuition In Leadership
February 11, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBIt can be hard for women to break in and climb the social and corporate ladder in male-dominated industries. Those who have pierced through the veil are definitely a kind of their own. In this empowering episode, Michelle McGlade interviews the amazing Laura Timm—an international speaker who has worked in a number of diverse industries including construction, motoring, and IT, to name a few, defying both personal and professional expectations in each of them. Here, Laura shares to us the way...
Relationships, Appearances, And The Good Ole Boy Network In The Film Business With Megan Gutman
February 06, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes - 36.8 MBRelationships are vital for growth, be that personally or business-wise. This episode’s guest, Megan Gutman, knows this to be true. An LA-based producer and owner of the production company, Mega G Productions, Megan knows too well how her industry is curated and rooted in relationships—anchoring very much on who you know. Sitting down to be interviewed by Michelle McGlade, Megan expands our knowledge on relationship-building, sharing her techniques on building a connection quickly in a very ...
Creativity In The Workplace With Dr. Minette Riordan
February 03, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBWhen we all are working at our highest and best creative genius, we can solve all the world’s problems. This is what Dr. Minette Riordan personally believes. An artist, writer, award-winning entrepreneur, and an advocate for creativity as essential to the well-being of all people on our planet, Dr. Riordan is a modern-day Renaissance woman. Today, she joins Michelle McGlade to talk about creativity in the workplace and how we can overcome the challenge of letting our authentic voice to roll ...
Vulnerability-Based Leadership: Leadership From The Inside Out With Paige Goss
January 30, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBWomen can have it all, and Paige Goss is a perfect example of that. A woman in technology and a perfect example of leadership from the inside out, Paige founded Point Solutions Group, also known as PSG, a technology professional services firm that addresses the need and demand for holistic delivery in information technology and engineering in the government as well as commercial organizations. If you’re somebody who is asking yourself the question, “Can I have it all as a woman?” you don’t w...
Mean Girl Culture: Rethinking Female Relationships In The Workplace With Shirley Bloomfield
January 28, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBMean Girl Culture – it’s widespread and it’s harmful, but it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. The shame is that this same culture is what reinforces the grip of the patriarchy over workplaces all over. Shirley Bloomfield is the CEO of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association. She chats with Michelle McGlade about the proliferation of unkind cultures and practices in workplaces. Pulling on her experience, Shirley talks about how she conquered this culture, and how yo...
Women On Corporate Boards: Journey To The Boardroom With Michele Ashby
January 23, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBCorporate boards are composed of some of the most powerful entities in any given corporation, but even in the present, they still lean disproportionately male. Though strides have been made worldwide to remedy the matter, the fact still stands that having women on corporate boards, especially in equal measure to their male counterparts, is still a rarity. This is what Michelle McGlade discusses with Michele Ashby, one of the most powerful women in business in Colorado. Michele’s journey towa...
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome With Kathleen Grillo
January 21, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBWomen in workplaces are so often conditioned to be small. Hence, impostor syndrome is not uncommon among women who come into positions of power. Overcoming impostor syndrome is such an important part of the process of owning your leadership and becoming effective at your post. Michelle McGlade interviews Verizon’s Kathleen Grillo about her climb to the top, and what it took to get there. Impostor syndrome could be affecting your capacity to lead more than you think. Kathleen’s story could he...
Women Supporting Women: Sticking Together At Work With Genna Garver
January 16, 2020 10:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBThough conditions for women in the workplace have consistently gotten better over the decades, supporting other women – women supporting each other – is still a huge key to having more successful women in the world. Support is the key to the continued emergence of strong, successful women. Investment adviser Genna Garver talks to Michelle McGlade about ways that women can succeed in their workplaces. While there is much to be done, support is really found at the very core. Let Genna show you...
She’s Talking Back: An Introduction
January 14, 2020 10:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBHave you ever wondered what it’s like to be a woman in the workforce now as a rising entrepreneur, as a mom, as a sister, as a friend, or as a colleague? Welcome to the She’s Talking Back podcast, a place where you get to have the opportunity to get to know some amazing women who are at the top of their game. The Modern Leader’s Maven, Michelle McGlade is an award-winning, three-time business owner and bestselling author. Learn all about the challenges women like you everywhere is facing, an...