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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:

612: Little Steps That Build Big Courage in 2022 Jan 03, 2022

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Happy 2022! As you take your first steps into this new year, I want to invite you to NOT leap into 18 resolutions that only last for 18 days. Instead, I’m going to offer you a more simple and more enjoyable alternative that will allow you to actually get what you want out of 2022 without complete overwhelm and massive risk of failure.

Here’s how this is going to go…

As you prepare to own 2022, I want you to make repeated small commitments over time. Here is a simple protocol to help you get started with your first desired action step:

Decide small action step you want to take
Schedule it
Share it with others
Practice it repeatedly
Recognize that each time you practice this, it is becoming more a part of who you are
Continually return to your core values - remembering that you are an action taker who takes small steps over and over and that is part of your SECRET SAUCE for cultivating courage and growth

In this episode, I walk you through this process step by step with examples to help you see exactly what it takes to step into more courageous action and exactly how life changing these practices can be.

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611: Joree Rose: The Power Of Recognizing Transgenerational Patterns and Trauma Dec 29, 2021

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Joree Rose, MA, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, mindfulness and meditation teacher, coach, author, speaker, and she also leads mindfulness retreats around the world. Joree has helped thousands of people to live happier and more fulfilling lives through living with greater awareness and compassion, allowing them to decrease their stress, anxiety and shed unhealthy habits, patterns, and mindsets. Joree is host of the podcast ‘Journey Forward® with Joree Rose’ and has authored the newly released A Year of Gratitude, Daily Moments of Reflection, Grace and Thanks as well as 2 mindfulness books, Squirmy Learns to be Mindful and Mindfulness, It’s Elementary. Joree has been featured in prominent media outlets such as Oprahmag.com, NBCnews.com, Business Insider, KTLA News, and so many more!

I was recently a guest on Joree’s podcast and within the first few minutes of that conversation I knew I had to ask her to join us here/ I’m so glad she said YES. This is a fascinating and important conversation into the importance of recognizing all the dynamics at play with multiple generations of our families.

Listen in to hear Joree share:

How she’s navigating this season of her teen daughters getting ready to leave home and the evolving framework of her family shifting
The utter joy and devastation of your children growing up
How to recognize transgenerational patterns of over-enmeshment with your family and how to start to build healthier boundaries
How her mom’s family trauma led to transgenerational over-enmeshment and codependency - which was necessary for survival at one time, but dysfunctional over the course of generations
How she recognized her patterns of needing to create safety and security in order to “be happy”
Why she had the courage to get divorced
How she shifted the way she saw her entire world through adopting a mindfulness practice

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Podcast: Journey Forward with Joree Rose
Joree on IG
Joree on FB

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610: Why Your Identity Outside Of Motherhood Matters So Much Dec 27, 2021

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In those first few months after becoming a mom, you start to feel like all your other identities are being stripped away. 97% of your attention goes to this baby and the other 3% is spread across your past identities like partner, friend, employee, athlete, artist, free spirit, independent woman - where you feel like you’re only showing up as a shell of your former self in any of these formerly cherished roles.

It took me a few years to figure out who I was beyond a mom. There was no going back to my old roles and identities because some just didn’t fit anymore and the ones that did still fit were dressed totally differently and felt so unfamiliar.

Yes, I was still a wife, but in an “I love you and can we not talk because I’m too tired to talk or listen” kinda way.

Yes, I was still a business owner, but in a “cut-to-the-chase, I only have time for the essentials” kinda way..

Yes, I was still a daughter, but in an “I can call you at nap time, and can only talk for 20 minutes because I also have to shower, eat lunch, prep dinner, do laundry, and clean the freaking breast pump parts” kinda way.

As I came out of this new mom fog (which took a solid 3 years, btw), I started to catch glimpses of who I was becoming:

A business owner who could move mountains with very little sleep
A daughter with healthier boundaries
A wife who could relax and have fun and talk about something other than the baby.
A friend who was ready for new friend adventures.
A colleague who was a fantastic listener and advisor.
A storyteller who could make people laugh and cry on demand.
A coach who could help people see their own power in their lowest moments.
An athlete who could dump 2 hour workouts of the past and squeeze in 20 minutes of sweat to feel like a total badass on any given day.
A student open to learning about the world and all people in new and different ways.

In this episode, I share how understanding the evolution of my identity (or rather identities) made a huge difference in my ability to show up for my life and really build a life I love that, yes, includes motherhood, but is not only about motherhood.

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609: Elizabeth Milovidov: How To Use Connected Conversations In Digital Parenting Dec 22, 2021

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Dr. Elizabeth Milovidov is a lawyer from California, a law professor in Paris, France, and a Digital Safety Consultant in Europe. Using her European/American focus on Internet, technology, and social media issues, she researches solutions to empower parents to guide their children in the digital age. She is the founder of DIGITALEM, a website, and community with resources and strategies for parents. Currently, she is an independent consultant for the Council of Europe (Children’s Rights and Education departments), Microsoft (Digital Safety), Family Online Safety Institute (digital parenting), and e-Enfance (Child online protection). She is an international speaker on digital parenting and safety and her work has been featured in WSJ, BBC, France 24, HuffingtonPost, Internet Matters, and other media outlets and organizations focused on child online safety.

Internet safety is such a huge and important topic. I’m so grateful to have Elizabeth here to dig deep into this today.

Listen in to hear Elizabeth share:

How she went from being a lawyer to digital safety consulting
The grief and growth that motherhood presented her
What digital parenting looks like
What are Connected Conversations and how to have Connected Conversations with your kids
Why 13 is the recommended minimum age for kids to get on social media - and why it should perhaps be 23 if we want to be aligned with full brain development
The one question you should go ask your kids about the internet right now
How to create space for your child to thrive in the digital environment while keeping risks lower
Creating a culture of “shared responsibility” around your child(ren)’s digital use, rather than relying on policing them online

Links mentioned:

Sign up for my Plan & Prep Pajama Party: shamelessmom.com/pajamaparty
Digitalem.org
@digiparentcoach
Facebook group: Digital Parenting Community
Movies: The Social Network, Screenagers

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608: 4 Things That Are Stopping You From Getting Started Dec 20, 2021

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What are the stumbling blocks that are holding you back from starting?

More often than we’d like to admit we stop ourselves from starting. We make up all sorts of stories about why now is not the right time, how we’re just not quite ready, how we need more information or skills before we start, how we should wait until we have more time & energy.

Behind these stories are a lot of excuses we make in order to stay in our comfortable bubbles. But, if we’re being really honest with ourselves, we might have to admit that staying in our comfort zones gets pretty uncomfortable after a while. Staying comfortable for too long breeds a new kind of discomfort - regret, resentment, wondering “what if I had just started way back when??”

In today’s episode I talk you through 4 things that are stopping you from starting:

Insecurities and the stories you tell yourself as a result of them
A lifelong erosion of self trust
A lack of connection to your intuition
Infrequent practice using your voice and stepping into leadership and into action

As we dig into these 4 concepts, it is likely that you’ll be able to connect some dots that will allow you to start taking small steps toward the things you really want, the things you very much deserve and the things you are very much qualified to do.

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607: Cameron Normand: How Mom Culture Totally Misses The Mark For Stepmoms Dec 15, 2021

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Cameron Normand is the host of The Stepmom Diaries podcast, co-founder of The Stepmom Summit, and founder and CEO of This Custom Life, where she provides stepmoms with tools and advice to help them embrace their blended family lives. She is a Certified Stepparent Coach, the creator of the BLENDED Family Formula For Stepmom Success, and author of The Stepmom’s Gratitude Journal.

Cameron received her BA from the University of South Carolina and her JD from Emory University School of Law. By day, she is a corporate politico in the Washington, D.C. area and serves on several non-profit boards. She was named one of the Washington Business Journal’s, “Women Who Mean Business.”

Cameron is known as “Cammie G” to four stepchildren. In her spare time, she loves pop culture, good coffee, spending time with her husband, and trying to achieve that elusive concept of “balance.”

I was so excited to have the opportunity, as I hae been wanting to include stepmoms in our conversations around Shameless Motherhood for some time now. I’m so grateful to Cameron for her openness in this conversation.

Listen in to hear Cameron share:

What it was like to become a stepmom to 4 kids, ages 8-14 - the speed bumps, the potholes, and the sinkholes
The importance of recognizing that the blended family is born out of loss
1300+ stepfamilies form everyday - why it’s important for us to recognize this as a society
The struggle for stepmoms to fit into mom culture
The importance of validation, compassion, and empathy for stepmoms
Her advice for stepmoms who might be struggling
Her BLENDED Family Formula of 7 steps to support stepmoms
Common misconceptions about stepmoms and how to reframe them

Links mentioned:

Join my 2022 Plan & Prep Pajama Party
Connect with Cameron
BLENDED Family Formula
The Stepmom Diaries Podcast
Stepfamily Magazine
Insta: @this_custom_life and @stepmomdiariespodcast
Cameron on Facebook
Facebook group for stepmoms
Cameron on Twitter

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606: 3 Lies To Let Go Of Before 2022 Dec 13, 2021

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I have an invitation for you. As you move through these last 2 weeks of 2021, I'm going to invite you to let go of 3 little (ok, maybe not so little) lies that are likely holding you back.

Here are the lies:

Everybody else has it all figured out
Nobody gets it/gets me
There’s never enough time

If you felt a bit of contraction in your gut, like, “Ughhh, I’m totally stuck in that lie,” I got you.

What you feel is true for you - and completely valid. But are these stories you’re telling yourself around these lies legit and valid? AND, Are they serving you?

You can spin a story in your head in any direction - in a direction that serves you and encourages you to grow and evolve - OR - in a direction that halts you and hinders your growth and your ability to move forward on any given day.

In this episode, I share the truths behind these lies. It is my hope that these truths will help you rewrite the stories you’re telling yourself that are holding you back.

Only you can decide what you leave behind in 2021 and how you step boldly into 2022. To get all you want out of the next year, it might require letting go of some of the stories you’ve been telling yourself in 2021.

In this with you. Always.

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605: Ronit Plank: When Your Mom Joins A Cult… And When She Comes Back Dec 08, 2021

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Ronit Plank is a writer, teacher, and podcaster whose work has been featured in The Rumpus, The Atlantic, The Iowa Review, Writer’s Digest, The Washington Post, HuffPost, and The New York Times among others. Her stories and essays have been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and The Best of the Net and she is author of When She Comes Back, a memoir about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation. Her short story collection Home Is A Made-Up Place won Hidden River Arts’ 2020 Eludia Award and will be published in 2022.

I met Ronit at an event a couple months ago and had an immediate connection with her. As I’ve read her book, When She Comes Back, I feel like we are long lost sisters at times. While we had different experiences growing up, we both had parents who abandoned us, creating this void of confusion in our lives that left us constantly questioning how to take up space.

If you’ve watched the docuseries Wild, Wild Country, some of Ronit’s story will be familiar, as the cult featured in the docuseries is the cult her mother joined.

Listen in to hear Ronit share:

Her experience of being born on a kibbutz in Israel and living separately from her parents as a baby and toddler
The effects of her mom leaving her and her little sister to follow a guru
How she maintained a relationship with her mom in spite of being repeatedly abandoning her
The challenge and conflicting emotions of having her mom be close to her after her daughter was born
What it’s been like for her to mother after not having a mother role model
The difference between the vulnerabilities we choose to share and those we must carry
How knowing someone’s story creates space for compassion in spaces where compassion might not otherwise exist

Links mentioned:

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Connect with Ronit and get the book: Ronit Plank
IG/Twitter: @ronitplank

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604: 4 Simple Steps To Create Peace & Ease Over The Holidays Dec 06, 2021

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We are at that time of year where it’s easy to wake up every morning and feel like you're 5 days behind on everything. Work deadlines, gift lists, travel plans… It’s so much!

I want you to take a moment to imagine what it would be like to wake up each morning of this holiday season feeling a sense of peace and ease.

Last week, in our membership community, Momentum Mamas, we had a couple members share that they completely flipped Thanksgiving on its head this year. They broke all past traditions, planned something totally new - and way more full of ease - and had the VERY BEST Thanksgiving, as voted on by themselves and their kids. Less plans, less people, less old & stressful default traditions. More peace, more ease, more connections with the few you want to be closest to, new thoughtful & intentional traditions that made their hearts swell.

As these members shared their Thanksgiving stories, I reminded everyone: You can always rewrite the rules.

Sometimes we forget. We default to what we’ve done in the past or what others expect of us. The result is often stress, total overwhelm, and resentment.

Let’s rewrite the rules this year, shall we?

This year, I’m inviting you to:

Prioritize your joy over other people’s expectations
Doing things differently
Do less and breathe more
Reconsider what brings joy

Listen in to hear how to use these 4 invitations and how to apply 4 matching strategies to bring yourself more peace and ease this holiday season.

Cheers to rewriting the rules, my friends. I’m doing this right alongside you!

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603: Laura Jack: Redefining and Reframing Grief and Rage Dec 01, 2021

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As Founder of The Compassion Code Academy®, Compassionate Communication Coach, International Best Selling Author, and Trainer for The Grief Recovery Institute®, Laura Jack guides heart-centered leaders to relate, communicate and lead more compassionately through loss and change of any kind - without burning out.

I invited Laura to come on the show to talk about the story of losing her mom - a story of sudden tragedy, marked by heartbreak, grief, and ultimately, triumph.

Listen in to hear Laura share:

The story and deep impact of losing her mom in freak tragic accident in 2008
The unrooting of losing her mom and how she had to rebuild her sense of identity after that loss
How motherhood is a grieving experience that no one warned you about
How to redefine and reframe grief
How her former life as Little Miss Sunshine & Silver Linings diminished her capacity to be compassionate toward others and how she had to learn to stop suppressing negative feelings
How she found her “Monster Mommy” through her son after suppressing anger and hard feelings throughout her life
How she teaches moms to rage in a safe and productive way
How we are all constantly navigating grief and the key the managing the constant inevitable grief we endure

Links mentioned:

Learn about the Compassion Code Academy
Connect with Laura
Get Laura’s book, The Compassion Code
Laura on IG
FB: Living The Compassion Code and Laura Jack
Laura on LinkedIn

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