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Shameless Leadership

Welcome to Shameless Leadership! This show is for women, transgender people, non-binary folks, and allies who are committed to advancing their leadership and the leadership of those around them. In this space, we believe everyone deserves to feel seen, heard, valued, and supported. Our mission is to help you foster these feelings within your own circles of influence to build trust, psychological safety, and a culture of belonging.
In each episode, we dive into essential topics impacting women in leadership – everything from shutting down your inner critic and imposter syndrome to overcoming perfectionism to using your voice in new ways to advocate for yourself, your ideas, and other folks carrying marginalized identities. You’ll hear practical tips, effective strategies, and inspiring stories that will not only enhance your leadership skills but also broaden your perspective to become a more confident, thoughtful, and empathetic leader.
Our stories come from people carrying identities who are often underrepresented, underestimated, and excluded. By sharing their experiences, we aim to provide you with invaluable lessons that will transform your leadership journey. We are thrilled to have you join this community of Shameless Leaders who are actively creating a world where everyone, regardless of gender, can intentionally lead through a more curious, compassionate, and inclusive lens.

Latest Episodes:

662: How to Drop the Ball on Purpose Jun 27, 2022

Show notes

Every time I’ve surveyed you all over the last 6 years, you have shared with me that overwhelm is one of your biggest struggles.

I HEAR YOU.

It seems no matter the season of life, if you are parenting, you are overwhelmed. Whether it’s the challenge of the constant caregiving logistics, that challenge of the state of the world, the challenge of holding emotional space for your children, or the challenge of trying to find some semblance of your own sense of self in all of this - IT IS A LOT. And it is CONSTANT.

Today, I’m giving you permission to start dropping some balls. Maybe one. Maybe two. Maybe, like 13???

In this episode, I walk you through how to determine which balls to drop and how to restructure time so you can keep the most important balls in the air.

I hope this episode helps you take a close look at what you can let go of in order to make space for more peace, joy and sanity.

Link mentioned:

Take my Shameless Summer Survey and win $100 gift card: shamelessmom.com/survey

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/
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661: Shari Leid: Identity Through Adoption, Internment, Career & Cancer Jun 22, 2022

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Former litigator Shari Leid currently operates An Imperfectly Perfect Life, LLC, a professional mindset coaching business serving clients who are in those tricky middle age years, helping them create the life of their dreams. She is the author of the Friendship Flow transformational book series, which includes The 50/50 Friendship Flow: Life Lessons From and For My Girlfriends and Make Your Mess Your Message - More Life Lessons From and For My Girlfriends.

Shari’s life has been an incredible journey of identity shifting and identity shaping events that have led her to such a beautiful place of honoring who she is and how she wants to show up in the world and share her life with other women.

Listen in to hear Shari share:

Her story of being adopted from Seoul Korea in 1970 in the first wave of international adoptions by Japanese American parents who were interned during WWII
Her parent’s memories of living and working in internment camps
The impacts of her parent’s internment on her upbringing
How she ended up growing her family by 2 children in less than one year
How adopting her daughter brought her full circle in seeing her own adoption journey
Her massive shift in identity when she left a career as a litigating attorney to become a stay at home mom - and the major struggle to maintain her sense of self
The impact of her physical sense of self as she had double hip replacement from hip dysplasia and double mastectomy after a breast cancer diagnosis

Links mentioned:

Connect with Shari: animperfectlyperfectlife.com
Shari on LinkedIn
Shari on IG
Shari on FB
Shari on YouTube
Shari on TikTok

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

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660: 4 Ways for Moms to Get Across More Finish Lines Jun 20, 2022

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As I’ve worked with moms over the last 19 (!!) years, I’ve noticed how quickly society sells us short. And how often we, in turn, sell ourselves short.

I want to invite you to cross more finish lines - BUT - not by working more or working harder. I want you to cross more finish lines, reach more goals, and live more of your dreams by simply owning and honoring who you are, where you’ve been and how that journey makes you completely magical, uniquely talented, and tough as nails.

Motherhood makes you a better leader, advocate, and citizen. Motherhood allows you to hone skills you never knew you’d need and maybe never wanted - master negotiator, thoughtful persuasionist, quick adaptor, highly efficient productivityist, and intentional & considerate champion of others. Motherhood positions you as an expert and an authority on compassion, connection, and unconditional love.

If you can own and honor these skills, the world opens up for you. But, we aren’t taught to own and honor these skills. Let’s change that.

In this episode, I’ll talk you through 4 ways you can leverage the gifts of motherhood in ways that can be mutually beneficial for you and for the world.

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

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659: Jessica Sinarski: How to Own and Embrace Your Anger Jun 15, 2022

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Jessica Sinarski is a highly sought-after therapist, speaker, and change-maker. Extensive post-graduate training and 15+ years as a clinician and educator led her to create the resource and training platform–BraveBrains. She makes brain science practical, helping parents and professionals become healers for hurting children. She is the author of the award-winning Riley the Brave series, Hello, Anger, and more.

This is Jessica’s third time on the show! Anytime she has a new book, I’m dying to get her back on the SMA. Jessica’s ability to help kids and parents understand brain science in order to support emotional management is incredible. I walk away from every conversation with Jessica feeling like I have a ton of new tools to support my child and myself.

Listen in to hear Jessica share:

What anger is and why it’s so crucial to talk about it now
The importance of recognizing anger as a protection mechanism
Why we need to recognize that anger is not bad
The vicious cycle of anger and shame
How mom overwhelm triggers anger
The importance of really accessing our anger and working through it vs avoiding it and stuffing it (which ultimately forces it to show up in dysfunctional ways)
How to explicitly ask for help with your anger or shame
Why it was important to her to write a book that honors anger, not shut it down

Links mentioned:

Connect with Jessica: www.bravebrains.com
Book Jess: info@bravebrains.com
Shop Books: www.rileythebrave.org/bookstorev2
Jessica on IG
Jessica on Twitter
Jessica on Facebook

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

658: Lessons Learned Co-Chairing the PTA Jun 13, 2022

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I have spent the last year co-chairing the Parent Association at Vinnie’s school. I have learned so much from this experience. I’ve stretched myself in new ways and humbled myself more than once. I’ve made incredible new friends and led in ways I never saw coming.

You may recall many occasions in which I encouraged moms to “Get off the PTA! Stop volunteering so much!” So, yes, I feel like a bit of a hypocrite sharing my commitment to our school’s Parent Association. But hear me out…

While I stand by the fact that moms over give and it’s a big problem, I am so grateful for this opportunity to show up and lead in new ways. I believe it has qualified me to lead in other new ways down the road. This role has allowed me to see myself as capable and qualified to do new things in my community that I never previously considered and that feels like a huge win and huge gift.

I’m not at all suggesting that you all go out and become Volunteer of the Year at your kids school. But, if you do choose to step into leadership in your community in a similar way, I think my lessons might help you.

To anyone from Vinnie’s school who might tune into this one, thank you for the opportunity to lead in this way and for affording me constant grace. I feel so fortunate to be a part of this community. It has been an honor to serve in this way.

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

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657: Miranda Anderson: Overcoming Perfectionism to Live More Adventurously Jun 08, 2022

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As a speaker, teacher, podcast host and author, Miranda Anderson provides tools and inspiration for women to live a creative, adventurous, and intentional life. Starting out as a lifestyle blogger in 2007, Miranda now offers thousands of weekly listeners of the Live Free Creative podcast something new to think about, feel and DO as they move toward living the life of their dreams. In 2018, she published ‘More Than Enough’ to chronicle her family’s 12-month no-shopping challenge that both shaped their perspective and family culture, and informed some of her most popular content on sustainability and intentionality. Since then, she’s hosted online courses, creative retreats, and in-person workshops in her efforts to help those ‘go-getter at heart’ women who feel stuck by circumstances live a life more aligned with their dreams and values.

Listen in to hear Miranda share:

Her philosophy on “just going for it”, knowing full well she may fail
The massive impact of her 12 month no-shopping minimalism challenge, which inspired her book, More Than Enough
What she learned about herself and how she learned to listen to her intuition by not buying anything new for herself or her family of 5 for 12 months
How the 12 month challenge evolved and inspired her work today
How she helps moms adopt a sense of adventure as a mindset
Using adventure as a mindset and a lens to creativity, curiosity, connection, calm
The difference between perfectionism and striving in how we manage outcomes
How moms (especially risk averse or perfectionist moms) can practice being adventurous in low stakes way that can have big impact

Links mentioned:

Enroll in Momentum Mamas: shamelessmom.com/momentum
Connect with Miranda: livefreecreative.co
Join Miranda’s Grown Up Summer Camp July 14th-17th
Miranda’s Podcast: Live Free Creative
Miranda on Facebook
Miranda on Instagram
Miranda on Twitter
Miranda on YouTube
Miranda on Pinterest

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

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656: 5 Steps to Push Past the Fear & Noise Jun 06, 2022

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Fear is a beast. Don’t get me wrong, fear can be functional. It can protect us from great harm. But, it can also hold us back from taking action. It can paralyze our heads and our hearts. It can prevent us from dreaming, doing, and becoming.

There are some very real reasons to carry fear right now. That will continue to be the case. So, how will you learn to navigate fear and all the internal and external noise that accompanies it?

Fear keeps us stuck.

Fear allows our inner critic to grow louder each and every day.

Fear keeps us stuck in inaction.

Right now, we cannot afford to sit in fear.

When we are feeling fear, everything constricts - our ability to see possibility and potential, our ability to be nimble and adaptive, our ability to see what else is true beyond our fear.

In this episode, I walk you through the ways that your fear might show up. Then, I share how to see it, listen to it, and continue to move through it - with it at your side instead of in your driver's seat.

Link mentioned:

Enroll in Momentum Mamas: shamelessmom.com/momentum

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

655: Piers Kowalski: Shameless Transgender Dad Jun 01, 2022

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Piers Kowalski is an average father of two with a not so average story.

Born and raised in Colorado, Piers lived and worked on the west coast for 11 years before moving back to Colorado with his wife. He started building a career in his dream field of performance psychology, his wife went back to school for nursing, and they had two children. They seemed to be living a typical life. But at the age of 36, Piers was seven years, two kids, and two dogs into marriage when he discovered he was transgender. He was afraid he was going to lose everything and everyone he loved.

On a mission to change the world, Piers shares his story of pain, self-discovery, fear, love, and hope to help others better understand the transgender experience, community, and humanity.

We have had parents of trans kids on the show in the past, but Piers is our first trans parent to come on the show. I am so grateful and honored that he said yes. This was a really special and important conversation. I hope you’ll listen and then share it widely.

Listen in to hear Piers share:

The unexpected process of realizing he was trangender at the age of 36
The choice he had to make to either live with his family as a women - internalizing destructive pain - or take the risk of transitioning to living in his full male identity and potentially lose everything that meant the most to him
The social conditioning of shame that creates immense and unnecessary pain for trans people
His experience coming out to his mom and where she made missteps out of love that ultimately caused harm
Simple steps cisgender people can support transgender people
His 4 part advice for parents of a child who identifies as trans/non-binary or who are gender expansive/diverse in their gender identity or expression

Links mentioned:

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

654: How to Inspire Someone to Take Action May 30, 2022

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How do you get people to do what you want them to do?

How do you help people make decisions that will benefit them?

How do you help people see the potential they have to be leaders, culture shifters, and culture shapers?

How do you move people to action?

This might sound daunting, I know. But here’s the thing… You are already doing this in your parenting. You help your children make decisions. You help your children see their potential. You walk them into opportunities that serve them. You probably also cheer for and champion your partners and friends when they are doing something great.

How can you take the next step to become someone who inspires others to take action, to step into their gifts to lead, to advocate for themselves and others?

You can do this. I’m going to give you 4 steps to do it. 4 steps to inspire your children, partner, parents, friends, and co-workers to become better action takers.

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

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653: Sonora Jha: How to Raise a Feminist Son May 25, 2022

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Sonora Jha is the author of the memoir How to Raise a Feminist Son and the novel Foreign. After a career as a journalist covering crime, politics, and culture in India and Singapore, she moved to the United States to earn a Ph.D. in media and public affairs. Sonora’s op-eds, essays, and public appearances have featured in the New York Times, on BBC, and elsewhere. She is a professor of journalism and lives in Seattle.

I recently discovered Sonora and her book, How to Raise a Feminist Son, on Instagram. I got her audiobook and was hooked by the end of her introduction. Sonora is a phenomenal storyteller and truth teller. She is a magical combination of professor, comedian and friend as she digs into her life as a single mom who left India to bring her son to Seattle and raise him as a feminist as she built a family around them. I couldn’t be more excited and delighted to be sharing her with you all today.

Listen in to hear Sonora share:

How her 27 year old son is showing up as an activist for women’s rights today
What inspired her book, HOW TO RAISE A FEMINIST SON
How raising her son in the dark - at the movies - launched her and her son as a family unit into the world
How she intentionally built a family around her and her son - that did not include blood relatives
Why feminists can and should include men in their activism - and how we might need to check our biases and assumptions that men aren’t open to being feminists
How she redefined motherhood in order to raise a feminist son
Why it is important for men and boys to be intersectional feminists

Links mentioned:

Connect with Sonora: sonorajha.com
Book: How to Raise a Feminist Son by Sonora Jha
Book: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Book: Inclusion on Purpose by Ruchika Tulshyan
Sonora on Twitter
Sonora on Instagram
Sonora on Facebook

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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