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Heartbeat For Hire with Lyndsay Dowd

The Heartbeat for Hire Podcast was created to inspire leaders on how to get through the most difficult of circumstances. I feature CEOs, Olympians, Professional Athletes, Authors, Disruptors, Emmy Winning Journalists and more as they share their stories of resilience with my lens on leadership and culture. My guests share their vulnerability and lessons learned so those of you who have never had a good leader can see the possible in the way they lead. My goal is to transform leadership as we know it and this podcast features the best of the best in showing you the way.

Latest Episodes:

53: Limitless Leadership with Joshua Lifrak Jul 05, 2023

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Over the past 18 years Joshua Lifrak, M.S. has worked with elite athletes and corporate leaders to help them perform at their highest levels.

He has also been instrumental in helping transform organizational cultures and individual mindsets to create an environment for optimal development and growth.

He is currently the Director of Performance and Coaching for Limitless Minds a Health and Wellness Technology Company founded by Denver Broncos Quarterback Russell Wilson and World Renowned Mental Performance Training and author of It Takes What it Takes – the late Trevor Moawad.

He is also the President of Lift Up Consulting. From 2014-2019, he has worked in Major League Baseball including 5 years as Director of the Mental Skills Program for the Chicago Cubs from 2014-2019 where he helped them win their first World Series in 108 years.

From 2019-2021 he was the New York Mets Major League Mental Performance Coach.

To learn more about Joshua, you can go to his website:

⁠⁠https://limitlessminds.com/

or on Linkedin: @joshua-lifrak-59ab5442

52: Purpose Aligned with Erin Aldrich-Shean Jun 28, 2023

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Erin Aldrich-Shean is recognized as one of the top dual-sport professional athletes and Olympians of all time.

A 2000 US Olympian in track & field and a 2001-2004 and 2007 US National Volleyball Team member, Aldrich-Shean was a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin.

She was named Big XII Athlete of the Year in 2000 and finished her storied career at UT with 4 High Jump National Championships, a collegiate record of 6'5.5", and 8 First Team All-American honors in both Volleyball and Track & Field.

She also competed in 4 World Championships for USA Track & Field. Erin was inducted into the UT Austin Hall of Honor for her athletic and academic accomplishments as a Longhorn.

Today Erin is a Certified Professional Coach, the Founder of Ascension Coaching and Vice President of the Aldrich Group.

To learn more about Erin, you can go to her website:

⁠⁠https://ascensioncoaching.co/

or on Linkedin: @aldrich1227

51: Grace Under Fire with Claire Davis Jun 21, 2023

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Why is it easier to sell our products or services than it is to sell ourselves into a new sales role — or even get a promotion? After going through 5 Layoffs in medical sales and reviewing more than 16,000 resumes as a recruiter, Claire Davis built an award-winning company to help people get the jobs they want in healthcare by leaning into what they're great at — selling.

Her company Traction Resume, helps people land meaningful, 6-figure roles and launch their healthcare consulting companies by becoming a category-of-one, not a commodity.

Claire has been featured in Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and been named a 2X Top Voice in Job Search and at home, she and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest with their two boys.

To learn more about Claire, you can go to her website: ⁠⁠https://tractionresume.com/

on Linkedin: @clairemdavis

50: Mastery of Appreciation with Samantha McKenna Jun 14, 2023

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Samantha McKenna, CEO of #samsales Consulting, is an award-winning sales leader, brand ambassador for LinkedIn, LinkedIn Sales [In]sider, angel investor, board member, and highly sought-after speaker. With more than 65,000 LinkedIn followers, Sam has inspired sales professionals with her tangible sales tips and actionable advice used daily by executives and teams alike.

Sam has been named a Top 50 Woman in Revenue, Top 25 Women in Revenue, Top 20 Women in Sales Leadership, appears as one of the faces of LinkedIn Sales Navigator's marketing campaigns, and has been named a Top Ten LinkedIn Sales Star several times over. Sam is dedicated to shining a light on her trademark Show Me You Know Me and #givefirst mantras - and together with her team, raised over $50,000 for charity in both 2021 and 2022 with the innovative #samsales 'Show Me You Know Me' Charity Event.

To learn more about Samantha, you can go to her website: ⁠⁠https://samsalesconsulting.com/

on Linkedin: @samsalesli

49: A Legacy In Action with Dave McGillivray Jun 07, 2023

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Running legend Dave McGillivray has increased the self-esteem of millions of people through his work as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, motivational speaker, author, and athlete.

Dave is best known for his athletic feats including his 80-day trek across the United States, running the 3,452 miles from Medford, Ore., to Medford, Mass. in the summer of 1978 to benefit the Jimmy Fund.

In addition, he's received great acclaim for directing or consulting on more than 1,400 events throughout the world including the Boston Marathon, the Olympic Marathon trials, and the Olympic Games.

To learn more about Dave, you can go to his website: ⁠⁠https://dmsesports.com/

on Linkedin: @dave-mcgillivray

04: Strategically Improving Your Culture with Lisa Belanger Jun 01, 2023

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Culture has become a phenomenon in the last few years and we've seen an uptick in strategic investment to make it work well, but there is still so much room for improvement. We see this broad spectrum of what culture can be and COVID has just magnified what that means and how we can foster a strong culture in different environments.

This week's guest is Lisa Belanger, CEO and Founder of ConsciousWorks. Lisa joins Heartbeat For Hire for an engaging conversation on how can we create a space of belonging within your organization to get people leaning into their jobs from a productivity and performance perspective as well as a mental health and wellbeing perspective. The episode covers how to find commonalities and universal truths, tools for working with a team member who is struggling with burnout in silence, and low cost or no cost ways to help your people feel accommodated and seen.

Lisa is the CEO of ConsciousWorks, a consulting firm that helps leaders apply the findings from leading-edge scientific research to maximize their mental capacity and performance. Lisa has a Ph.D. in Behavioural Medicine, an Executive MBA, and is a Certified Exercise Physiologist and High Performance Specialist.

48: A Legacy In Action with Iris Zimmerman May 31, 2023

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Iris Zimmerman is a speaker, entrepreneur, business owner, podcast host, Hall of Fame Fencing Champion and former Olympian. She is a certified leadership and performance coach that owns Monarch Leadership Group.

Iris co-hosts the podcast Untrained with her colleague and friend, Whitney Otto. Her roster of clients include leaders from sales, healthcare, to startups and small business owners - all trying to find their own growth while simultaneously growing their businesses and teams.

Iris lives in Rochester, NY with her family and is dedicated to working with and impacting clients while being present to raise her two daughters to become badasses.

To learn more about Iris, you can go to her website: ⁠⁠https://monarch-leadership.com/

on Linkedin: @iriszimmerman

47: The Power of Pivoting with Kim Brady May 24, 2023

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Kimberly Brady is a Life and Business Coach, Speaker, and a 2 Time Best Selling Author. She channels athletic excellence to elevate small businesses and enhance the lives of entrepreneurs.

Kim has recently published "Get Stuck In! - Lessons from the Pitch to Build Your Business" and is a co-author on a collaborative project titled "Forever Athlete" - a collection of stories from high-level performers in both sport and life.

Her areas of expertise include working small business owners and entrepreneurs with less than 50 employees, athletes in transition from sport, team building, leadership development, and LGBTQ+ advocacy. To learn more about Kim, you can go to her website: ⁠

⁠https://kimbradybusinesscoaching.com/

or on Linkedin:

@kimbrady

45: Sales Structure with Justin Janowski May 17, 2023

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Justin Janowski has helped hundreds of coaches build their dream businesses from the ground up. Driven by his faith, he founded Faith2Influence to help people learn what it takes to turn coaching into a profitable business venture.

Justin has guided Christian and non-Christian coaches alike through the rewarding process of optimizing business models, pricing, and sales strategies so that they can scale their income alongside their impact.

He has a passion for sharing this process with emerging Entrepreneurs to help them simplify and grow their businesses the right way. To learn more about Justin, you can go to his website: ⁠

⁠https://goodsalespdf.com/

or on Linkedin:

@justinjanowski

44: Lens of Ilumination with Andréa Albright May 10, 2023

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Andréa Albright is a seasoned entrepreneur, author of 28 books, a YouTube superstar and a woman with a track record of disruptive innovations who is on a mission to create the next movement for authors and evolve the publishing industry. Andrea is the Founder and CEO of Beverly Hills Publishing™.

She leverages her expertise in brand development to help thought leaders and innovators turn their message into a million-dollar brand. Because of this, she considers herself not just a publisher, but a Legacy Maker.

Her firm is the first in the industry to combine 7-star publishing, marketing, and PR services to ensure successful book launches that achieve both the tangible and intangible outcomes her authors are looking for.

To learn more about Andréa, you can go to her website: ⁠

⁠https://beverlyhillspublishing.com/

or on Facebook and Instagram:

@beverlyhillspublishing

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