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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:

472: Jaclyn Mellone: Go-To Gal Embracing Hard Emotions Sep 02, 2020

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Jaclyn Mellone helps experts exponentially grow their business by becoming the Go-To Authority in their space. She is a coach, strategist, Keynote speaker, mama, guac lover, and host of the Go-To Gal podcast!

She helps her clients get out of their own way, package their expertise to scale, position themselves as the go-to authority, and have their dream clients and opportunities landing on their lap! Her signature approach combines restructuring her clients business models, reframing their mindset, and revamping their marketing so that they become the go-to authority from the inside out. Jaclyn supports experts at all stages from freelancer to global brands!

She has spoken at marketing conferences around the US, grown her social media channels to total over 50K followers, and has been featured in Entrepreneur, Yahoo Finance, Reader’s Digest, Parents, Well + Good, and in dozens of podcasts and radio appearances.

Jaclyn has proudly built the Go-To Gal empire in her slippers from her living room in Rochester, NY while raising two babies.

Listen in to hear Jaclyn share:

The impact of helping her dad start a business in 2004
How strength comes from vulnerability, not showing up as your strongest self
Her journey into motherhood as the mother of a preemie
How she managed emotions by not letting herself experience them - and then realized this was harmful
How she practices embracing feelings knowing that her personality type is prone to avoiding emotion
Be ok with your feelings being uncomfortable and inconvenient
4 practical tips to practice feeling hard feelings

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471: 5 Ways to Get Unstuck And Find Direction Aug 31, 2020

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A member of Tenacious Mamas (my business and leadership mastermind group) recently shared with us that she was feeling stuck - without a sense of direction or much clarity around her goals.

These feelings of stuckness and perhaps even confusion around stuckness are so common given what we have all been through this year. Things have been unpredictable for many months now and will continue to be so for many more months. This leads us to feel like we lack control and direction, which makes it hard to connect to a sense of purpose and specific goals.

So, how can we keep moving forward?

The answer lies in who you’re spending time with, how you’re spending time alone (yes, you need to be spending a little time alone - which may feel nearly impossible in COVID times), and what thought patterns you’re making space for.

Links mentioned:

Tenacious Mamas Interest: info@shamelessmom.com
Get my 15 Minute Manifest: shamelessmom.com/15mm
SMA Episode 462 with Jasmine Bradshaw: How To Talk To Your Kids About Race

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470: Tonya Coleman: Party Planner, Mom of 5, Raising Activists Aug 26, 2020

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Tonya Coleman is owner of Soiree-Event Design™, a full-service event planning, styling, and graphic design studio and founder of The Partypreneurs School of Party Planning™, a course & coaching program that teaches new and aspiring party planners how to transform their hobby into a money-making business. She is a busy wife and mom of 5 and after over 20 years as a small business owner, she is all about that entrepreneurial life! She has worked with many businesses, brands, and celebrities over the years and is humbled to do what she loves EVERY DAY! She most recently launched The Partypreneurs™ 101 SQUAD - her signature membership program inside the Partypreneurs School of Party Planning™ which brings all of her Partypreneurs™ 101 courses, products and coaching programs all under one roof at an affordable price so MORE women can follow in her footsteps of creating the business you love, making real money so you can create the lifestyle you want.

Tonya and I are friends from a past mastermind group. Recently, I watched (via Facebook) as her daughter teenage Faith stood up as an activist in her community, resulting in getting on the TODAY show. When Tonya and I talked about her coming on the show, I knew I wanted to ask her about Faith’s badassery. Prepare yourself - Faith’s story is going to blow you away!

Listen in to hear Tonya share:

How Faith was censored at school - and how she spoke up, stood up, and organized a protest to support Black history and denounce censorship
How Faith chose to show up after George Floyd’s death - resulting in getting on the Today show
Faith’s lesson to “just throw the rock” to start to create ripples of impact
How she cultivated confidence and built something from nothing by showing up as the person she wanted to become
Her motto around “don’t let the defeats define you”
Why it’s ok to turn a fun hobby into a business (it’s ok to make money doing fun things!)

Links mentioned:

Join Tonya’s Partypreneurs™ 101 SQUAD by Sept 1 with this special discount: | Discount Code: SQUADFOUNDER
Tonya’s The Partypreneurs™ School of Party Planning
Connect with Tonya: Soiree Event Design
Tonya on Facebook: SoireeEventDesignStudio
Tonya on Instagram: Soiree Event Design
Tonya on Pinterest: Soiree Events

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469: Katherine Winter-Sellery: The Conscious Parenting Revolution Aug 24, 2020

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Katherine Winter-Sellery is the CEO of the Conscious Parenting Revolution and co-creator of the Guidance Approach to Parenting, a program that applies conflict-resolution skills to communicating more effectively with children and adults. Through her workshops, books, and her three TEDx talks, she has taught thousands of parents (and educators, social workers, medical professionals, and anyone else needing to converse with 5-year-olds or 17-year-olds, or even 85-year-olds!) in a half dozen countries and cultures to minimize misunderstandings and melt-downs, and communicate with more collaboration, cooperation, and consideration. Her methods positively influence relationships for generations.

She created and chaired the 2019 National Summit on Mental Health and Mental Fitness, a conference on the intersection of science, medicine, faith, and politics and their impacts on mental wellness that culminated in the nation’s largest-ever group meditation. Katherine, a trained mediator, is passionate about people’s abilities to transcend their past trauma, current dysfunction, and ongoing negative self-talk to create more collaborative and supportive environments in their homes, offices, and families.

Listen in to hear Katherine share:

What COVID has been like for her as her third pandemic after living in Hong Kong for 30 years
The significance of the relationship between breathing and emotions
The difference between conscious and unconscious parenting and the impacts of both
Why we need to deeply understand that we are the catalyst, not the cause, of other people’s feelings
Why you might want to reconsider your use of rewards & punishments in parenting
How the use of rewards & punishments lead to retaliation, rebellion and resistance
Why obedience and compliance a dangerous goal in parenting
The truth about self esteem and where most of us get our self esteem

Links mentioned:

LAST DAY: Sign up for Construct Your Core Values Workshop
Watch Katherine’s TED talks:
Surviving & Transcending Unconscious Parenting
The Rebellion is Here - We Created It, We Can Solve It
From overriding my inner knowing to trusting myself
Connect with Katherine: Conscious Parenting Revolution
Katherine on FB: Conscious Parenting Revolution
Katherine on IG: Katherine winter Sellery
Katherine on LinkedIn: Katherine Sellery
Join Katherine’s next Conscious Parenting Revolution group with a discount: Ebook | Discount Code: PODCAST20
Free ebook: 7 Strategies to Keep Your Relationship with Your Kids from Hitting the Boiling Point

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468: Larissa Maloney: How Racism in College Sports Shaped An Activist Aug 19, 2020

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Larissa Maloney is a former professional beach volleyball player and owns an online fitness and wellness company that serves both home school and brick and mortar school families! Active Kids 2.0 specializes in kids classes(boxing, karate, yoga, cheer, gymnastics, ballet, jazz, hip-hop dance, toddler time, strength, cardio, and many more!) She’s a kid fitness equality advocate as well as a mental health and human rights advocate!

Listen in to hear Larissa share:

How she is stepping up to #sharethemic during this cultural revolution
The specific steps she’s taking to take care of herself as a black female leader, advocate, and mom during this time
How she has experienced racism throughout her life, often as the only black child and young woman in white spaces
What microaggressions are and the ones she has experienced repeatedly
The deeply painful experience she had as a college freshman, experiencing loud and blatant racism, without any allies supporting her
Specific steps you can take to be a better ally
The debates she has been having with other moms about anxiety in parenting white kids vs black kids
The super successful company she built in the pandemic to keep kids active in the most fun and engaging ways

Links mentioned:

Enroll in my Construct Your Core Values Workshop: shamelessmom.com/values
Save on your Active Kids 2.0 membership: activekids2.com | code: SHAMELESSMOM10
Larissa on IG: https://www.instagram.com/larissa.maloney/
Active Kids 2.0 on IG: https://www.instagram.com/activekids2.0/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ActiveKids2.0/, https://www.facebook.com/larissawitherspoon

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467: 3 Questions That Create Ease, Peace & Power Aug 17, 2020

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When you know your core values, you can make decisions with ease, peace, clarity, and power. This is so freeing if you’re someone who has long struggled with analysis paralysis or decision fatigue.

How would it feel if you had a ton of clarity around what you want to say YES to and what you want to say NO to?

How would it feel if you could confidently express yourself without worrying about what others might think?

How would it feel to clearly understand and own who you are becoming as a woman, leader, mom, partner?

This would all feel so freeing and liberating right?

The key to creating and defining your core values is in asking yourself 3 simple questions. If you can think through these 3 questions, all the sudden so many answers will become clear, if not obvious for you.

I have been working on these 3 questions for about 5 years now and I have way less analysis paralysis when I’m making decisions. I worry so much less about other peoples’ opinions. And I can truly see exactly how I show up as a leader in all the different roles in my life. THIS IS POWER.

Listen in to learn these 3 questions and how to use them in your life to create and define your core values.

Links mentioned:

Enroll in my Construct Your Core Values Workshop
Ep 455: 3 Steps To Create Core Values You Can Confidently Commit To

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466: Makayla Ervin: You & Your Brand (Even If You Don’t Have a Biz) Aug 12, 2020

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Makayla Ervin is a Brand Activation Strategist specializing in personal brand development and authentic relationship marketing strategies. As a visionary leader with a knack for bringing ideas to life, her calling is helping you create the business of your dreams without sacrificing your life to the hustle.

As a retired photographer turned business coach, workshop leader, community builder, and entrepreneur extraordinaire - Makayla’s best days are spent in the sunshine with her 2 blonde headed boys and handsome husband before getting down to business and guiding women like YOU into greatness.

Listen in to hear Makayla share:

What your brand really is - yes, you have one even if you don’t know it and even if you don’t have your own business
How you are constantly building your brand, for better or worse - especially right now
The misinterpretation of mom owned businesses - and how we paint ourselves into our own corners
The unlearning she went through to shift her identity from mompreneur to strategist
When and why you should listen inward (vs googling) for answers
The one question to ask yourself when you’re shifting your identity and brand

Links mentioned:

Register for our Construct Your Core Values Workshop
My website - Makayla Ervin
My Instagram - Mrs. Makayla Ervin
My Brand Authority Quiz

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465: How Motherhood Massively Boosts Your Adaptability Quotient Aug 10, 2020

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Do you know your AQ? AQ is a new(ish) way to measure how adaptable you are. You are probably familiar with IQ (Intelligence Quotient) and EQ (Emotional Quotient). AQ rounds out this trio, measuring your ability to adapt to and thrive in an environment of change.

So, here’s the cool thing…

Moms ROCK when it comes to AQ. Because motherhood makes even the most Type A, perfectionistic control freak (like me!) more adaptable.

Annnnd, COVID if boosting your AQ #everydamnday - because have you ever had to be more adaptable???

I just started learning about AQ, but I’m so intrigued by this measure and how moms can use it to gain power in our communities.

Tune in to learn why your AQ matters, your personal AQ score, and specific steps to boost your AQ.

Links mentioned:

Register for our Construct Your Core Values Workshop
Nancy Kane article: How Adaptable Are You?

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464: Joyce Shulman: The Health & Wellness Crisis Moms Are Facing Aug 05, 2020

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Joyce Shulman is a serial entrepreneur, idea junkie, addicted skier, and recovering attorney. As the founder and CEO of Macaroni Kid, she helped build a multi-million dollar media company that delivers hyper-local, community-focused content geared for moms in more than 570 communities across the US and Canada. Her decade of work with moms revealed two of the most pervasive challenges facing moms today: moms are lonely and are confronting a health and wellness crisis. Through extensive research and her own personal experiences, Joyce discovered that walking is magic for moms, and recently founded 99 Walks, a company on a mission to get a million moms moving.

Listen in to hear Joyce share:

The data that shows us the significance of the current loneliness epidemic and how it deeply impacts our physical health
The impact of motherhood on high achieving women
The health and wellness crisis facing moms specifically
The beauty and benefits of walking on your physical and emotional health
Her book, 99 Walks, that will inspire you through taking 99 walks to reconnect with yourself
Using walking as a gateway to rediscover your truest identity
Creative ways to use walking as COVID therapy - alone or with others

Links mentioned:

Get the Book: Walk Your Way to Better: 99 Walks That Will Change Your Life
Connect with Joyce: 99walks.fit
Joyce on IG: @joyce.r.shulman

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463: How To Gain Power With A Proactive Pause Aug 03, 2020

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I know I’m not the only one who has experienced a massive regression into reactive tendencies during this wild season of life...

Look, I pride myself on being proactive instead of reactive. I coach on this. I thought I had it LOCKED DOWN.

But, throw me into a pandemic and a cultural revolution and, well, I’m often finding myself more reactive than I’d like AND feeling like my reactions are more emotionally charged than ever.

Just me?

Something I’ve been testing lately - with much constraint, because it is not coming easily or naturally, is using a proactive pause before allowing myself to react in a situation where I might be tempted to be less than my best self.

I can tell you these proactive pauses have given me so much more power and perspective each day - in the way I parent, the way I frame my day, the way I show up for conversations - all of it.

Listen in to learn 4 ways you can integrate proactive pauses into your daily life to gain power, manage emotion, and get what you want & need out each day.

Links mentioned:

Get on the Tenacious Mamas Wait List: info@shamelessmom.com
Get my free 15 Minute Manifest: shamelessmom.com/15mm

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