In this episode, Richard Schwartz, Ph.D and Founder of Internal Family Systems, digs deep into the story of his own personal journey, what led him to course-correct on his early teaching on healing, and how unchecked drive can hijack other parts of you–your playfulness, your ability to rest, and your ability to handle what comes up when you finally take a break.

Natalie Franke and I discuss her two different approaches to sharing online and why she chose the path she did for each situation, how she unpacks the power of connection and community in the online space using boundaries and clarity of intent, her unique lens on the metaphor of the arena in terms of community over competition, and how we can move forward from the lessons learned in 2020.

Natalie Borton and I discuss how she lives her value of positivity (it is a powerful approach to consider, for sure), the key learnings she took away from the other side of an incredible work opportunity that shook her health, how she rumbles with her ambitions and her ever-evolving definition of success, and how she infuses the wisdom she earned in her recovery into her business and platform.

Lindsay Kite and I discuss self-objectification and body resilience, what gets in the way of how we see ourselves and how that impacts our courage and how we show up in work and life, and we go over her call for all of us - especially with privilege - to challenge our bias around body size personally and in our places of work.

One of the nation's leading mental health professionals as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Dr. Frank Anderson, is committed to promoting compassion, hope, healing, and non-violence in the world, Frank specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation and is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the Internal Family Systems model of therapy.

Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza and I discuss how supremacy culture goes beyond whiteness and why it's essential to understand its far-reaching impacts on how we lead and connect, why you need to develop an ethics of engagement that prioritizes relationships, why table fellowship is an important practice, how an Activist Theology mindset helps move past inaction, and why cancel and call-out culture fail to create sustainable change.

Kim, Natalie and I discuss how our legacy burdens impact our ability to make friends, why a mindset of scarcity makes deep connection difficult, how burdens of fear, self-doubt, and mistrust keep us from being seen, why decoupling the cultural legacy burdens of power, privilege, and historical trauma from shame to blame can help us take responsibility for doing the work to release them, and more.

Tara Newman and I discuss the toll of keeping up with appearances took on her and her family, how her experience with bankruptcy influences how she works with small business owners, the mental and physical journey she had to go on to leave the security of her corprorate job, and what led her to seek a formal ADHD diagnosis and why she says it feels liberating.

Tara, Lindsay, and I discuss the challenges of getting an ADHD diagnosis as an adult, unpacking the stigma around taking medication for ADHD and how they've shifted their mindsets around it, how their different experiences in school impacted and inspired their work as adults, how they've shifted from frustration to embracing the way their brains work, and why the personal development and course creation spaces need to get more inclusive and accessible.

Ref Rodriguez, EdD and I discuss how running for office brought up his long-held feelings of loneliness, shame, and of not being enough, how self-doubt and shame led him back to old patterns, why a major victory created conflicting feelings of joy and self-doubt, and how a mistake influenced by feelings of not being enough turned into a very public and agonizing fall, and the healing that came after it.

Julie Tagen and I discuss her first-hand account of what she expreienced on January 6 and what she learned about herself that day and the aftermath, how she's kept cynicism at bay, how she defines success after 25+ years in politics, why she believes it's critical for politicians to address the cultural issues in their communities to win voters, and more.