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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:

342: Christine Hassler: Managing Your Expectation Hangovers Jun 05, 2019

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Christine Hassler is the best-selling author of three books, most recently Expectation Hangover: Free Yourself From Your Past, Change your Present and Get What You Really Want. She left her successful job as a Hollywood agent to pursue a life she could be passionate about. For over a decade, as a keynote speaker, retreat facilitator, spiritual psychologist and life coach, and host of the top-rated podcast “Over it and On With It”, she has been teaching and inspiring people around the world. Christine believes once we get out of our own way, we can show up to make the meaningful impact we are here to make.

Listen in to hear Christine share:

Her rock bottom phase: finding herself in serious debt, constantly sick, suffering from depression, estranged from family, in a broken relationship with her fiance
How to reframe “fixing” your life vs learning from your life lessons
How to navigate expectation hangovers
Why you shouldn’t prevent your child from feeling negative feelings
How we use spiritual bypassing to forgive too quickly
Why your inner critic must exist and to turn up inner wisdom to turn down your inner critic

Links Mentioned:

Connect with Christine

Podcast: Over It and On With It

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341: How To Create Authentic Affirmations That Become Tangible Truths Jun 03, 2019

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If I’m telling the truth, I used to think affirmations were kinda ridiculous. In fact, a few years ago I tried doing affirmations every morning, as prescribed by someone else, and I just felt like a total fool.

About a year ago, I decided to give them another go – on my own terms. After some thoughtful consideration, I declared 13 affirmations that felt authentic to who I am. They felt a little uncomfortable, yes, but they felt concrete and actionable and in alignment with my core values – which actually felt powerful and exciting instead of ridiculous.

I have been writing affirmations pretty much daily for almost a year and I’ve seen my desire and ability to take confident and courageous action SKYROCKET. Since my technique has been feeling good and getting me actual tangible results, I thought it would be worth sharing with you.

Listen in to hear 9 steps to creating meaningful affirmations that become actual TRUTHS in your life. These are the actual steps I have taken to create the affirmations that I write #everydamnday – the affirmations that are actually deeply, positively impacting my daily life and my ability to reach my biggest goals ever.

Links mentioned:

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340: Andrea Owen: Women, Wine Culture, and Why It's Not Ok May 29, 2019

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Andrea Owen is an author, mentor, and professional certified life coach who helps high-achieving women let go of perfectionism, control, and isolation and choosing courage and confidence instead. She has helped thousands of women manage their inner-critic to create loving connections and live their most kick-ass life.

She is the proud author of How To Stop Feeling Like Shit: 14 Habits That Are Holding You Back From Happiness which has been translated into 16 languages, as well as her inaugural book, 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life: BS Free Wisdom to Ignite Your Inner Badass and Live the Life You Deserve.

When she’s not juggling her full coaching practice or hosting retreats, Andrea is busy competing in triathlons, chasing her 11-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter or making out with her husband, Jason. She is also a retired roller derby player having skated under the name “Veronica Vain”.

Andrea is a returning guest. I specifically asked her to come back to the show to talk my in-depth on a topic we didn’t have time to dive into in her first interview here - her alcohol use, abuse, and recovery.

Alcohol misuse among women is at an all-time high - because the billion dollar alcohol industry (run by men) is marketing wine to women as a daily coping mechanism. This is problematic is so many ways.

Regardless of your relationship with alcohol, I think you’ll learn something from this episode. Andrea is sober and I have 1-2 drinks on a regular basis - so you’re going to get two perspectives in this conversation.

Listen in to hear Andrea share:

The danger of stigmatizing alcoholism
How wine culture - targeted at women, especially moms - makes it ok to use alcohol as a coping skill
The danger of normalizing alcohol use in everyday scenarios
The truth about the mental gymnastics & negotiation around alcohol use
How she navigated her son’s autism diagnosis and her father’s death sober
How sobriety brought her courage and self-confidence to take on anything in life

Links mentioned:

Connect with Andrea: Andrea Owen
SMA Ep 194 with Andrea Owen: Your Kick-Ass Life
Resource: She Recovers
Resource: Hip Sobriety
Resource: The Temper
Book: This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
Andrea on Facebook
Andrea on Instagram

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339: 5 Ways To Grow Your Growth Mindset May 27, 2019

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Whether you are facing a day full of awesome or a day full of crap, you get to choose how you manage your head and your heart #everydamnday.

You can choose to let the universe get the best of you or you can choose to use your best self to get exactly what you need out of the day.

You can choose to see limitations or opportunities every single day.

You can choose to be sucked in and pulled down by circumstances or you can RISE UP and touch what feels positive, productive and purposeful.

You can shrink in fear and trepidation or you can remind yourself that you have already proven yourself to be strong, powerful, capable, resourceful, and resilient over and over and over in this lifetime – and today will be no different.

Every day you get to choose to tap into growth mindset – or not.

I’m not saying this is an easy choice – some days it’s hard, even grueling. But the more your practice the more your trust yourself – to stretch into possibility and potential and find what you want and what you need even in situations where it seems there is no way to win.

Listen in to learn 4 powerful ways to readily tap into growth mindset #everydamnday.

Links Mentioned:

Grab your ticket for my Bubbles & Blueprints Virtual Workshop on June 8th or June 13th.

Resources Mentioned:

Book: Mindset by Carol Dweck

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338: Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: 7 Ways to Incorporate More Rest and More Joy Into Your Life May 22, 2019

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Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is an author, speaker, and board-certified physician. She has an active medical practice in Alabama (near the Birmingham area). Dr. Dalton-Smith is a national and international media resource on the mind, body, spirit connection and has been featured in Women's Day, Redbook, and First For Women magazine. She is the author of Set Free to Live and Come Empty (winner 2016 Golden Scroll Nonfiction Book of the Year and 2016 Illumination Award Gold medalist). She is a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Association and a repeat keynote speaker at their annual gathering. She has shared her tips on merging faith and medicine with over 16,000 health care professionals to encourage the current and next generation of doctors to treat the whole person.

I wanted to Dr. Saundra to come on the show to talk about her new book Sacred Rest. This is a really eye-opening conversation that provides a ton of insight into 7 different types of rest and why each is important. Dr. Saundra’s work goes much deeper than just the need for sleep. I think this conversation will be just the permission you might need to incorporate more types of rest (and joy!) into your daily life.

Listen in to hear Saundra share:

How ⅔ of the population is sleep deprived
The truth behind highly functional, high producing women (hint: low joy, low quality of life)
The difference between sleep and rest and why you need both
The 7 types of rest - sleep is only 50% one of the types!
How to use flow break cycles to have the work rest ratio to recover the energy you need to have energy during all waking hours
How to have rest periods even in the midst of family/kid chaos, as well as model rest to your kids

Links mentioned:

Quiz: Rest Quiz

Website: I Choose My Best Life

Book: I Choose My Best Life

Twitter Handle: @DrDaltonSmith

Facebook Page: Dr. Saundra Dalton – Smith

Instagram: @DrDaltonSmith

Pinterest: @DrDaltonSmith

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337: How To Cultivate Conscientious Connections May 20, 2019

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Lack of true connection in our lives is a verified epidemic - meaning there are actual studies that show that we (women especially) are feeling more isolated, lonely, and depressed than ever before.

The most beautiful I have witnessed since starting the Shameless Mom Academy is the connection between so many of you. It started in our free private Facebook group. It carried over into our MOMENTUM Mamas membership community, and it was the most magical part of Shameless Mom Con.

Connection with other women is what saves us from ourselves. Yet, we often really struggle to find connections that are true and deep and meaningful.

In this episode, I share 6 symptoms of lack of connection - everything from jealousy to low worth, to holding on to secrets. Then I walk you through 6 ways you can implement and integrate more conscientious connections in your life. Lastly, I give you 5 ways to take the first step toward more meaningful connections starting today.

If you feel like you need to find “your people”, this episode is for you.

Links Mentioned:

Save $50 on my Bubbles & Blueprints Workshop

Get on the Shameless Mom Con 2020 Wait List

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336: Bonnie Mae: Domestic Abuse Survivor and Warrior May 15, 2019

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Bonnie Mae is a Shameless Mom to two sons ages 10 and 12, as well as a survivor and warrior of an abusive relationship that spanned 10 years. She has a passion for advocating for the needs and safety of her children as well as herself. She has an associates degree in human services. She used to think she wasn’t using putting her degree to good use - until recently. She recently took the bold, brave steps to become an educator and speaker to youth and young adults - teaching around all issues related to domestic violence. She teaches the warning signs of abusive behavior, offers advice on how to safely get out of abusive relationships, and coaches around the impact of abuse on one’s life. She speaks at various organizations, as well as middle and high schools.

Bonnie reached out to me a few months ago when I said I wanted to broach the subject of domestic violence on the show. I’m deeply honored that she took the brave step to share her story and her lessons with us all. Her story will have ripple effects that she will never see - that may well save lives of other Shameless Moms.

Listen in to hear Bonnie share:

How she internalized emotional abuse and believed she as worthless as her husband told her she was
Why she stayed with an abusive partner for 7 years - and how abusers manipulate their victims
Her rock bottom moment and how she finally got her kids and herself safely out of her husband’s grip
The steps leading up to her terminating her ex-husband’s parental rights
How she talks to her kids about their family’s abusive past
The impactful new direction her past is giving to her current life
Her top recommendation to women currently in abusive relationships

Resources mentioned:

Connect with Bonnie on Instagram
Connect with Bonnie on Facebook

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335: 7 Ways to RISE UP in Work and Life May 13, 2019

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One of the themes I’ve been seeing repeatedly in our community recently is around feeling stuck in roles that feel out of alignment with our core values. This shows up in our jobs when we see that companies we work for don’t truly stand behind their mission statements.

This happens in our families when we see our siblings, parents or in-laws not acting in high integrity.

This happens in our friendships when we see the women around us judging and gossiping and putting other women down.

This is hard to watch and even harder to be a part of when we feel we are right in the middle of it all. It often feels like a massive breach of our own integrity - which feels confusing and really conflicting.

I want to challenge you to step back from these situations for a moment to get a better view of what’s going on and consider the ways you can RISE UP when you’re in the middle of situations which feel our of integrity and out of alignment with your personal and professional core values.

Here are 7 ways to start to RISE UP in work and life:

Position yourself as a leader
Unapologetically own your strengths, gifts, and ZOG
Unapologetically own what you suck at
Know what you stand for
Know what you don’t stand for
Know the difference between tattling and documenting/reporting
Be humble and gracious, while still standing in your power (rather than shrinking in gratitude)

Listen in to this full episode to hear the deep dive on these 7 techniques.

Links Mentioned:

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334: Sarah Holland and Beth Silvers: Navigating Politics with Compassion & Curiosity May 08, 2019

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In this episode, I had the honor of talking to two powerful leaders who love to talk politics - even though they are on opposite sides of many issues. If you struggle to have compassionate conversations around politics with friends & family who have differing beliefs and belief systems, this conversation will be really eye-opening and helpful.

Sarah Stewart Holland (from the left) has always loved politics, although her political opinions

have changed d

rastically over the years. She worked in politics and on Capitol Hill before

moving back to her hometown of Paducah, KY, where she served on the Paducah

City Commission. She is happily married and the mother of three sons. Sarah likes her bourbon

on ice, her romantic dramas with a British accent and her iPhone fully charged.

Beth Silvers (from the right) owns and operates Checking In with Beth Silvers, a life and

business coaching practice. She has been recognized as one of Ohio’s Most Powerful and

Influential Women by the Ohio Diversity Council, a Human Resources GameChanger by

Workforce Magazine, and one of Cincinnati’s Forty Under 40 business leaders. Beth lives in

Union with her husband, Chad; daughters Jane (8) and Ellen (3), and miniature schnauzer, Lucy. She loves people, politics, poetry, and watermelon.

Listen in to hear Beth and Sarah share:

The typically strongest values on the right vs the left
How your family of origin impacts your politics
The power of observing vs judging
The value of getting curious instead of confrontational
The power of acknowledging and addressing shared concerns and shared values
Why people of privilege need to have the uncomfortable conversations
How to navigate difficult conversations with grace
Why it’s important for moms to be politically engaged

Links mentioned:

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333: Shameless Mom Con Recap + 6 Life Lessons May 06, 2019

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Shameless Mom Con was last weekend and the power, momentum, and magic that came out of 3 days of Shameless Mom togetherness is enough to light my life - like forever.

I had no idea how overwhelmingly powerful this event would be until it started. And from the moment it started - when 30 MOMENTUM Mamas descended on my hotel suite, shortly followed by another 20+ Shameless Moms - it was very clear that this was going to be a life-changing few days. Within our first 10 minutes together I felt like we were all long lost friends - and maybe we were??? Maybe we had all been looking for each other for a very long time.

I know many of you could not attend the event, so I wanted to bring some of Shameless Mom Con to you. In this episode, I’m going to share some highlights from the event, as well as share 6 major Shameless Mom Con takeaways with you. These 6 takeaways have the potential to shift your life in big ways. Take notes!

Links mentioned:

Get on the Shameless Mom Con 2020 Waitlist shameless Mom Con.

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