Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge
361 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsInterviewed by Deirdre Breakenridge, women around the globe share their incredible stories--from the heights of success to the agony of defeat.
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Finding Peace with Roberta Hughes
December 16, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 14.8 MBWe often hear about self-care and it is definitely a buzzword right now. But there are many misconceptions about what self-care really is. Ultimately, self-care is a thing, even the small things, that bring you peace and joy. That’s why Roberta Hughes joins us today because the work she does with her clients is all about finding moments of peace and joy in their life so they can feel value and purpose. Roberta Hughes is the Founder and lead instructor at PeaceFull Living, a boutique hybrid...
Tuning Into Your Energy with Rebecca Ahmed
November 18, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 14.4 MBEnergy is a broad term, isn’t it? Sometimes something so broad can be hard to understand. So, today’s episode is all about tuning into your energy with guest Rebecca Ahmed. Rebecca Ahmed is an award-winning speaker, business consultant, and an Energy Leadership Index™ Master Practitioner (ELI-MP), which is an exclusive training in human energy and how we can experience, express, and expand it in ourselves and others. Rebecca is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the Internation...
Channeling Your Passion Into Writing with Annette Berkovits
November 04, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 16.3 MBInspiration can come from anywhere, but for today’s guest, her family has been the biggest inspiration of all, creating opportunities to channel her passion into writing. Author Annette Berkovits does just that with each and every one of her books and today she shares her journey. Annette Libeskind Berkovits was born in Kyrgyzstan and grew up in postwar Poland and the fledgling state of Israel before coming to the U.S. at age sixteen. Despite being uprooted from country to country, Berkovi...
Establishing Brand Equity with Ari Kryzek
October 21, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 15.5 MBBrand equity is a big buzzword in the business world. Brands like Apple are highly recognizable not just for what they sell but also for what they stand for. Today, all businesses strive to have that type of impact with their brands. My guest today is an expert at helping women transform their business visions through building brand equity. Ari Kryzek, CEO & Head of Strategy at Chykalophia, is a certified brand strategist. She works with women-led firms to help them carve out their brands...
Getting More Women on Corporate Boards with Jocelyn Mangan
October 07, 2022 07:00 - 24 minutes - 14.1 MBIt’s no secret that the corporate boardroom is still a “man’s world,” but we also know that diversity at every level of an organization is so impactful. And when it comes to getting more women on corporate boards, you won’t find many more passionate than today’s guest Jocelyn Mangan. Jocelyn is a co-founder of Him For Her, a social impact venture that aims at accelerating diversity on boards. Him For Her is building the boardroom of the future by making female candidates more visible. Prio...
Finding Your Baseline: Voice, Verbal Cues, and Non-Verbal Cues
September 16, 2022 07:00 - 11 minutes - 6.55 MBWhen it comes to communicating, there are a surprising number of elements that go into effectively speaking to others, whether that be in a professional setting or a personal one. And it all starts with knowing your baseline. In this episode, I explain what a baseline is and how the knowledge of your own baseline can impact the effectiveness of your communication. As you are thinking about your baseline, you have to consider things like the sound of your voice and body language. It is br...
Did You Get the Memo? with Yemi Penn
September 02, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 15.5 MBDid you get the memo or do you feel like you missed something? Today’s guest admits that for a long time, she felt that she had totally missed the memo. But in reality, she just hadn’t made her own yet. Today’s guest is Yemi Penn, an engineer by profession, a fascinating and successful entrepreneur, author, speaker, and transformation mindset coach. In our conversation, Yemi helps us understand transformation and how we can make the necessary shifts to feeling empowered. Yemi uses the “m...
The Power of Relationship Building with Mary D’Souza
August 19, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 14.5 MBToday’s guest is proof that you can have it all and you don’t have to wait. Mary D’Souza has built a very successful career and focuses her efforts on living her best life. But what’s her secret? For Mary, it has always boiled down to relationship building. In her experiences in private credit, equity, real estate, and investment banking, Mary learned what it takes to build meaningful relationships when you want to move forward with an investment. And now as the Chief Investment Officer at...
Daring to Dream and Living the Dream
August 05, 2022 07:00 - 24 minutes - 14 MBHow do you go from med school to becoming a franchise consultant? My guest today is Kim Daly, a top consulting franchising expert, and international bestselling co-author. She is also the creator of the Daly Plan, a millionaire mindset coaching program, and the host of KimDaly.tv. We discussed Kim's path from preparing for med school to becoming a successful franchise consultant, how to overcome limiting beliefs and realize your dreams, how to develop a millionaire mindset, and more. Our...
Solving Problems with Technology: Who Says You Can't?
July 22, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 14.9 MBI am sitting down with Amy Pyles in this episode of Women Worldwide to discuss various topics such as how to embrace technology and become better at solving problems! Amy is the president of Saxum, a digital integrated agency that solves complex problems for brands and organizations! Amy helps brands make more effective connections with those whom they serve – even brands as big and as recognizable as Walmart! Tune in as she shares her journey, touching upon how she got on this path and ...
Think Conversations, Not Campaigns
July 08, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 15.8 MBWe have conversations just about every single day, but are you having conversations with the companies from whom you're buying products? Well, in this episode of Women Worldwide, I am sitting down for a discussion with Brooke Sellas to talk about just that and more! Brooke is the C.E.O. and founder of B Squared Media, an award-winning digital marketing agency focusing on social media management, advertising, and social-led customer care. She also teaches Digital Marketing & Voice of th...
What Are No Flow Moments and How to Overcome Them
June 17, 2022 07:00 - 8 minutes - 4.76 MBHave you ever had one of those moments when you just don't feel like you're in sync? Maybe your voice is shaky, you can't find the words that you want to use, and/or your body feels stiff. Join me as I fly solo today and share my tips to help you overcome these no-flow moments! A no-flow moment is when, for whatever reason, your vocal cues, your verbal cues, and your body language are not synchronized, and I share with you how to get back into a synchronized flow! You, for starters, need t...
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff with Kristine Carlson
June 03, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 18.5 MBLoss of any kind in one’s life is tragic and soul-altering. The grieving process that follows, while painful and difficult, is necessary in order to return to a place where you can live life to the fullest. Someone who knows a lot about this process is Kristine Carlson, the co-author of the book Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff. Richard Carlson, her late husband, wrote the book and was considered the foremost expert on happiness and stress reduction. Then one day in 2006, he left to go on a tr...
How to Negotiate as a Woman
May 13, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 18.7 MBSo many women believe they’re bad at negotiations because it’s not a skill they’ve ever been successful at building. Not because they haven’t sought out the knowledge and advice, but because the advice they were given was not gender neutral. That’s right. Negotiation is a highly gendered skill, and that needs to change. Kathryn Valentine founded Worthmore Negotiations after having a bad experience with negotiations while she was in college. She had an amazing internship where she’d com...
What is Innovative Learning?
April 29, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 17.1 MBDr. Martha Saunders, the President of the University of West Florida, has worked in higher education for over three decades. She has served in academic leadership roles in Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Mississippi, and is known for her ability to manage and navigate crises. She credits her ability to help move through tough times to her views on innovative learning and creating cutting-edge academic programs. Higher education is facing some big challenges these days and she’s passionat...
Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places
April 15, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 14.6 MBFor so many people, finding love is one of the most difficult things they’ve ever done. It makes you wonder, why do some people find love so easily and others have immense trouble? Venus Castleberg, author of Here to Forever: Finally Free to Be Me, joins me to chat about looking for love in all the wrong places, and where she finally found hers. Venus has spent much of her life jumping from modality to modality, practice to practice looking for something to fix her. What she finally real...
The Principles of Decision-Making
April 01, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 14.6 MBHave you ever been faced with a decision that could mean someone lived or died? Jillian Haslam, author of the new book, A Voice Out of Poverty, has faced life-threatening decisions, which kept her younger sister alive. Jillian is an inspiration and her story is one you won’t want to miss. Listen as Jillian shares her inspirational story and learn more about the principles behind her decision-making process. She took those words to heart and when her little sister was born and given only ...
Are People Listening to You?
March 18, 2022 07:00 - 5 minutes - 3.13 MBI was recently chatting with a colleague and she was sharing with me her frustrations because she felt like no one was paying attention. It got me thinking about why that might be. I’m going to impart the knowledge I shared with her here. Let me know, are people listening to you? First, be fully present when you’re in a meeting or one on one. Think about it, why would someone connect with you if your mind is obviously elsewhere. Be present and focused on the person you’re having a meeting...
How Creativity Rules the World
March 04, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 18.5 MBMaria Brito started her career as an attorney. She grew up in a household that believed the best way to make money was to become a professional. Once she graduated and started working in law, she realized she couldn’t do that work. She hated every single minute that she spent at the law firm. The final straw came when she had her first child and the thought of going back devastated her. When she was a kid she was always writing plays and creating exciting new worlds. Maria wanted to be...
Are You Comfortable When You’re Alone?
February 18, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this day and age people have trouble being alone with themselves. With social media opening the door into our lives in new and persistent ways, we no longer have the solitary space to just be. Alone time however is necessary for growth, alignment, and joy. Listen as Rebekah Iliff and I chat about her new book and why having the space to be alone is so important. Rebekah is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur who has spent a lot of time alone. Between getting married a little later ...
Do You Need To Make Changes In Your Work?
February 04, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes - 13.1 MBHave you ever woken up on a Monday and wondered why you’re doing what you’re doing? You dread the day and know there’s something better out there for you? Listen as Anne Benveniste shares how you can transform your career from something that looks good on paper to something that you truly love. Anne is a former marketing professional turned career coach. After spending years in the field of marketing and realizing she didn’t love it the way she thought she did, Anne started making changes...
Find Prosperity and Success This Year
January 21, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 15.1 MBIt’s a new year and for many of us, we’re looking to make this year the most profitable and successful ever. But how do we do that? What do we do differently to create different results from years prior? Joining me to chat all about prosperity and success is Samantha Varner. Samantha focuses on helping other women find success and consistent profit in their businesses. She founded She Collective in 2018 to serve female entrepreneurs as a profit coach and money-making business creator. I...
What is Communications Flow?
January 07, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes - 4.51 MBHave you ever had a perfect moment on stage or during a meeting where you just felt “on”? Everything you said came out perfectly, you felt comfortable and calm, and you were connecting with your audience? You were in your communications flow. Listen as I share three techniques to help you get into your flow more quickly. Everything starts with breath. Not just any breathing. The deep, rhythmic breaths that you take from your diaphragm. This type of breathing will help you calm any nerv...
Do You Know How Brilliant You Are?
December 17, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 15.1 MB“Your comfort is where your dreams go to die.” - Nicole Roberts Jones If you read or hear that statement and start feeling some emotions come up, then this is truly the episode for you. Nicole Roberts Jones is a coach, speaker, and author who has found her purpose in drawing out what’s best in others. She knew from a young age that she wanted to be in the entertainment business, but what she found when she got there was that she wasn’t quite fulfilling her purpose. She loved her job. S...
What’s Your Leadership Style?
December 03, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 15.3 MBWe all have strengths and weaknesses and those traits play a huge part in our leadership style. So, how do we figure out what our leadership style is? Ken Jacobs joins me to share his thoughts on the differences between coaching and consulting and why understanding yourself is the key to knowing your personal leadership style. Ken has been in the communications field for many years. He started off working in agencies and PR firms and realized he wasn’t fulfilling his purpose. After sittin...
How Do You Come Back From a Mistake While Speaking
November 19, 2021 08:00 - 6 minutes - 3.63 MBHave you ever been on stage or in an interview and flubbed what you meant to say? It just didn’t come out right or you mixed up your words and, in your mind, the moment was ruined? I just had this happen to me and I’m sharing my tips and advice on coming back from a mistake while speaking. I was recently doing an interview talking about our children’s books and I heard myself say the wrong thing. Rather than letting the slip take me out of the interview, I just stopped. I took a moment to...
Make It Don’t Fake It
November 05, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 15.6 MBWondering what the worst piece of business advice you could ever receive is? Per Sabrina Horn, it’s “fake it ‘til you make it.” Listen as she shares why that phrase is so damaging and what you should be doing instead to make it instead of fake it. Sabrina has spent decades teaching c-suite executives leadership strategies and skills. She’s come by her own leadership skills through trial and error as she built her fledgling technology company. It was in the process of building her business...
Are You the Investor or the Investment?
October 22, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 14.1 MBNaomi Shah started her career working at an investment firm. She spent her days weighing the risks and benefits of investing in various startups and making sure that those investments panned out. Listen as she shares how she went from investing in others to becoming the investment. While she always had the idea that she would create her own company, it was her partners at Union Square Ventures who really pushed her to start her new venture. Meet Cute is a rom-com and lifestyle brand redef...
5 Ways to Handle Tough Discussions
October 08, 2021 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.03 MBNo matter if the conversation is about the pandemic, equality in the workplace, politics, religion, these days tough discussions are happening every day. How do you handle them? Listen in to hear my 5 ways to handle tough discussions and create an open and inviting space for conversation. First things first, check your ego at the door. Don’t enter conversations showcasing your personal opinions. If you walk into a conversation already convinced that you’re right, you won’t be inviting con...
Choices and Changes
September 24, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 17.3 MBIs this my stress? We make the choice to take and deal with different stressors every day, but are we taking on other people’s stress? Many times the answer is, yes! Listen as Kass Thomas joins me to chat about the choices we make and the changes they beget. Kass Thomas is a human courier of communication helping others to lean into their experience and raise their voice. She’s also the author of two books and a speaker. Her goal is to help others communicate effectively so they can put...
Working with Gen Z
September 17, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 18.3 MBEach generation that enters the workforce does so from a completely new set of life experiences and expectations. How can leaders attract these new generations and more importantly retain them? Hannah Williams has been studying exactly that and joins me to chat about working with Gen Z. Hannah was introduced to the entrepreneurial bug very early on. As the oldest of 7 in a family of entrepreneurs, she was encouraged to step out in fear and take chances. Her very first entrepreneurial exper...
Set Your Level to Calm
September 10, 2021 07:00 - 6 minutes - 3.91 MBIt’s easy to be calm when you’re on vacation, but what can you do to set your level to calm when you’re in stressful situations? Listen in to hear three easy ways to do exercises that will take you from anxious to calm in minutes. First, grab a pad, pen, and timer. Give yourself 60 seconds before your next meeting, interview, presentation, whatever you’re facing, and write down all the words that are floating through your head. Once the 60 seconds are up, tear out the page from your journ...
My Favorite 2021 Book Picks… So Far
August 20, 2021 07:00 - 10 minutes - 6.21 MBIf you’ve listened to the show for long, you know that I am an avid reader. I am constantly reading multiple books and learning so much about the world and business. Which is why I like to stop and share what I’m reading with you when I’m able. During this election there was so much talk of “Lincoln’s Party” that I decided I needed to learn more about President Lincoln. I grabbed With Malice Toward None by Stephen B. Oates and was fascinated by our former president’s life and trials and ...
Relationships, Selling and Success
August 13, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 16.7 MBAfter spending 10 years as a stay-at-home mom, Corina Burton felt as if she’d lost a part of herself. She rejoined the workforce and created two businesses but they just didn’t seem to fit. She didn’t quit. She kept going. Now she is the founder and owner of multiple successful businesses and she’s sharing how she did it. At one time she worked for the jewelry company Swarovski. What she learned there was invaluable. She was already great at building relationships, but she quickly learned...
Be Inspired to Share Your Story
August 06, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 13.9 MBWith all the changes in the role women play in society over the last several decades, new archetypes need to be explored. The traditional archetypes are extremely outdated which is why Stephanie Raffelock has written her latest book, Creatrix Rising. She joins me on Women Worldwide to share her story and inspire women all over the world. In light of the Women’s March, #MeToo, and the general shift in the power and purpose women have and play in the world, new ways of looking at the worl...
Women’s Health and Wellness As We Age
July 30, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 14.4 MBDid you know that women have more testosterone in their body than estrogen? That’s right! We do. But there are no FDA approved drugs for women’s testosterone replacement and most of our estrogen replacements are ineffective. What does that mean for women going through menopause? Dr. Angela DeRosa has been studying women’s health for over 25 years, but it wasn’t until she went through menopause at age 35 that she realized how lacking our knowledge is about women’s hormones. She joins me...
Infuse More Laughter into Your Life and Work
July 23, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 15.4 MBLaughter is unbelievably important in your life and career. It relieves stress, provides a feeling of wellbeing and positivity, and has been proven to help human beings live longer. For all of these reasons, Elaine Williams and Kathy Keegan came together to create the Still Human podcast and to share the message of laughter with others. Elaine is an award-winning comedian and speaker who has appeared on SNL, America’s Got Talent and so many more shows and series. She has been actively hel...
From the Depth of Calamity to the Height of Transformation
July 16, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 14.5 MBWhat would you do if you or your spouse was suddenly completely incapacitated by a rare but highly devastating disease? If your answer is, “I don’t know,” then you are completely normal. Unfortunately for Molly Weisgram, she found out the hard way. Just a few short years ago, Molly had recently had her fourth child and she and her husband were settling into a new routine. One day he started experiencing tingling and numbness in his extremities and within days he was completely paralyzed. ...
Is Your Business Ready for Investors?
July 09, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 14.4 MBIf you’ve been working at your business for a while and are thinking about scaling through bringing in investors, keep listening. Brett Hickey is an investing guru and helps small business owners find the right investment partners. He’s sharing his knowledge and how he got started in this industry. Brett has been structuring, analyzing, and managing funds for over a decade. Before founding Star Mountain Capital he worked with a variety of financial institutions growing his knowledge and b...
The Journey to Self-Love and Acceptance
June 25, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 13.6 MBEmily Rapp Black is back on the show to share all about her journey to self-love and acceptance through writing her most recent book, Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg. She is an author and creative writing professor who is helping others by sharing her own experience and expertise. Her most recent book was imagined after she spent time at the Frida Kahlo museum. Their shared experience with life-long pain and disability spoke to her and she felt the need to share more about her own story. ...
What Makes a Long-lasting, Healthy Relationship?
June 18, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 15.9 MBWe wonder why our relationships can’t be easier. Shouldn’t love feel like magic? Unlike magical romance movies, our love stories don’t stop at a happy ending. Relationships are more than that. What makes a long-lasting, healthy relationship? Lesley Eccles became well-known for co-founding Fanduel, a fantasy sports company, alongside her husband. After years of development in technology, Lesley took a hard pivot into what she’s doing today. She dedicated her time toward building a self-care...
How Much Do You Know About Cannabis?
June 11, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 14.3 MBWhen you hear the word “cannabis” what is your first thought? Be honest. Is it that it’s a drug and why are we talking about it? For so many people, women in particular, that is the exact reaction. But what if we’ve had it all wrong all these years? Tekisha Harvey has spent her entire career in marketing and after leaving the corporate world, knew she wanted to dive into something new and different. That’s when she found out about the growing cannabis industry. After trying a few produ...
What Does the Word ‘Resilience’ Mean to You?
June 04, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 14.7 MBEmily Rapp Black is an author and creative writing professor who is making waves helping women to grapple with grief and find their own words. Her latest book Sanctuary, is her own memoir diving into her journey of loss and finding her resilience. So what does resilience mean to you? When she was initially going through the loss of her son, people kept commenting on how resilient and strong she was, but that felt off. Resilience is not the same thing as strength. You don’t have to find i...
Have You Ever Wanted to Be a Media Personality?
May 21, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 14.4 MBLisa Bien is a highly sought-after motivational speaker and media personality who is changing lives with her story and her work. She’s authored three books and hosts her very own Temple TV program called Your Best Life with Lisa. She joins me today to talk all about being in the media and what you can do to make it your reality if that’s your desire. Lisa is able to get down to the nitty-gritty of other people’s stories because she has quite the story of her own. She went from a divorced, ...
Does Emotional Intelligence Result in Ethical Conduct?
May 14, 2021 07:00 - 5 minutes - 3.6 MBYour emotional intelligence impacts all aspects of your business. No matter if you’re a manager, in the C-Suite, or running your own business, your decisions impact more than just you. So how do you make better decisions? The best thing to do is to work on your emotional intelligence. I recently finished my latest book, Answers for Ethical Marketers, and in it I provide a short list of questions for you to answer. These questions will help you evaluate your emotional intelligence level a...
Personal and Professional Mindfulness: Are You Practicing It?
May 07, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 15.8 MBPracticing mindfulness is one way to combat the stressors of our ever-changing world. Michelle Enriquez is a corporate mindfulness strategist who works with leaders and change-makers to be more mindful and intentional. Have you done your mindfulness practice today? Michelle has spent years learning more about mindfulness practices and how to apply them in a corporate setting. She creates personalized mindfulness plans and provides accountability to many of New York’s top professionals, po...
How Is Your Company Staying Connected While Working Remotely?
April 30, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 15.7 MBVulnerability in leadership. They seem like two completely disconnected concepts but what Terese Lam has found is that vulnerability builds trust. That is the key to keeping your company connected while working remotely. Terese Lam started her life and her journey in Australia. She had a love for culture and HR and made her career in building company relationships. Through a series of fortunate events, she made her way to the U.S. and is now the Chief People Officer of Wind River. While...
Social and Environmental Sustainability & Innovation
April 23, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 15.1 MBBeautiful, modern, sustainably made products that also keep families safe and responsible while partaking of the healing powers of cannabis? That’s exactly what Sharon Kevis thought of when she created Forti Goods. She segued from interior designer to furniture creator and business owner and is excited about this innovative new product. Sharon launched Forti Goods in the midst of a pandemic but there’s definitely a market for this product. Cannabis prohibition has failed, as their website ...
Are You Going Live?
April 16, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 15.6 MBIf you’re running a business, then it is time to start investing in becoming a better storyteller. Stop relying on the marketing gobbledygook and start relating to your clients and customers in a real way. Christoph Trappe is one of the foremost experts on just this and he’s sharing his thoughts on Going Live. Christoph has spent years helping businesses to tell their stories more effectively and to better reach their ideal audiences. What has that meant in recent years? It has meant tak...
Do You Learn From Your Challenges?
April 09, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 14.9 MBWhen hard times come upon you and your life, how do you react to them? Do you approach them as learning opportunities or do you allow them to ruin the moment? Andrea Heuston has faced her share of tough times, but she’s still here smiling and empowering others. Listen in to learn all about her story. Andrea’s corporate life started off with a bang. She was the head of a team at her company and then was asked to fire all of them. The next day she too was laid off. Rather than give anyone th...