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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.

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312: Lisa Woodruff: Organize 365 Feb 20, 2019

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Lisa Woodruff is a Shameless Mom to two teenagers and the founder of Organize 365, the creator of the 100 Day Home Organization Program, the Sunday Basket Workshop and Sunday Basket Workshop Paper Organization Certification Program.

As the Amazon bestselling author of The Mindset of Organization, Take Back Your House One Phase at a Time & How ADHD Affects Home Organization. Lisa shares her belief that organization is not a skill you are born with. It is a skill that is developed over time and changes with each season of life.

Lisa has helped thousands of women reclaim their homes and finally get organized with her focus on functional organizing, encouragement, and humor her through her weekly podcasts Organize 365.

Listen in to hear Lisa share:

How everyone can benefit from organization, even if you’re not an organizer by nature
How to better manage the (research proven) 28 hours of week required to manage a home
How to implement her Sunday Basket system that will create a ton of freedom in your week and in your head
Specific steps to get kids involved in organization
The science behind how much time and energy you safe when you commit small amounts of time organization

Links Mentioned:

Connect with Lisa: Organize365
Lisa’s 100 Day Organization Program
Join Lisa’s FB group: Organize365

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311: Acknowledging and Navigating My White Privilege Feb 18, 2019

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For the better part of 2018, I was trying to figure out the best way to talk about race in The Shameless Mom Academy. I was doing all the research, learning all the things, curating all the resources.

I wanted to be able to have the most valuable, productive, well-planned conversation possible.

Then I realized something.

I was sitting up on my high horse of white privilege waiting to make this as comfortable as possible for me, so I could make it as perfect as possible for you.

And that is NOT how this conversation should go. This is not about my comfort. This is not about tying anything up in a bow.

And by waiting to have this conversation with you, I was not only sitting in my white privilege, I was continuing to make space for white supremacy at the expense of people of color, including my friends of color and Shameless Moms of color.

So, a few days ago, after an incident in this community that screamed of privilege, I knew I could not sit this out any longer. By waiting to talk about this I was doing harm, I was being complicit. I was part of the problem and not part of the solution.

I sat down and recorded this to share what I’m learning about white privilege, how I’m navigating it and what resources I’m finding to be the most informative and valuable.

My hope is that you find this informative and eye-opening. After over a year of reading and research, I have been humbled over and over by how little I understood about white privilege and how much I was doing to contribute to the problem more than the solution.

Please note the people and resources listed below. These women have been instrumental in my learning over the last year - and have been powerful forces of education and support in countless conversations about race at the expense of their own time, energy, and resources. They are heroes and warriors.

Resources:

Books:

Me and White Supremacy Workbook by Layla Saad

This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jerkins

We’re Going To Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union

I’m Judging You by Luvvie

So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

Hunger by Roxane Gay

This Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

Becoming by Michelle Obama

People to follow on social media:

Layla Saad

Rachel Cargle

Ijeoma Oluo

Danielle Brooks

Sonya Renee Taylor

Lena Waithe

Laverne Cox

Tracee Ellis Ross

Issa Rae

Serena Williams

Ericka Hart

Jessamyn

Roxane Gay

Catrice Jackson

ShiShi Rose

Morgan Jerkins

Please note this list is not comprehensive. These are resources that have been helpful to me. I would love to know if there are others that have been helpful to you.

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310: Jenell Stewart: Kinky Curly Coily Me Feb 13, 2019

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Jenell B Stewart is the founder and editor in chief of the award-winning website Kinky Curly Coily Me. She launched her career by educating and uplifting women with natural hair by way of her extremely popular website and YouTube channel. Jenell has been featured in Essence Magazine, Black Enterprise, and starred on the Dr.Oz television show as a Beauty Expert.

Jenell has a masters in education, is a wife and mom of two beautiful children ages 4 and 6. Jenell’s love Of motherhood prompted her to create her lifestyle brand self titled Jenell B Stewart where she discusses a range of topics including mom life, entrepreneurship, wellness, mental health, marriage, traveling, and faith.

Jenell is always Looking for innovative ways to engage with her vastly growing audience which reaches over 1 Million. She launched a women’s empowerment podcast self-titled the Jenell B Stewart Podcast where she empowers women especially moms, to live their best life.

Listen in to hear Jenell share:

How she used her strengths as a strong-willed child to create her own career rather than follow a prescribed path
The painful practices that young black girls endure managing their hair
The phases and impact of the “natural hair journey” for a black woman
How to she turned a hobby into a side hustle and then into a full-time business that supports other women
How she manages imposter syndrome
Why you should go to therapy now - before you hit crisis mode

Links Mentioned:

Connect with Jenell: Kinky Curly Coily Me or Jenell B. Stewart
Chris Rock hair documentary: Good Hair
Jenell on Youtube
Jenell on Instagram
Jenell on Facebook

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309: How to BE SEEN Feb 11, 2019

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How much do you let yourself BE SEEN on a daily basis? Do you stand in your power, own your space, and show up as your unapologetic self #everydamnday? Or do you find yourself hiding, avoiding, shrinking, blending in, apologizing, settling for a life (or a job or friendships or a marriage) that you don’t truly love?

If you are ready to BE SEEN in any area of your life, this episode is for you. I walk you through 8 commons ways women avoid being seen and 7 steps you can take to start BEING SEEN #everydamnday.

Warning: you’ll probably be pretty pumped up to go out and BE SEEN at the end of this episode - which is awesome, because we are going to do a free BE SEEN Challenge in The Shameless Mom Academy starting Monday, February 18th. Register for the challenge here: Be Seen.

Links Mentioned:

Join our free 7 Day BE SEEN Challenge: Be Seen

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308: Laura Vanderkam: How To Create More Time In Your Day Feb 06, 2019

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Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, and 168 Hours. Her TED talk, "How to gain control of your free time," has been viewed more than 7 million times. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com.

Laura sent me a copy of Off The Clock and I could not put it down. The stories were so compelling and her tactics around time management made me straight up PUMPED UP about being a better time manager in order to create more time in my life and more space in my head.

Take notes on this episode. There are so many fantastic pointers!

Listen in to hear Laura share:

The secrets of people who have all the time in the world
How a mom or 18-month-old triplets created 3 hours of personal time for herself #everydamnday
What she learned from time tracking her habits for 8,784 hours
How to change your perspective on time and immediately have more time in your day
How to better prioritize time for things you actually enjoy
Why checking our phones makes us feel like we have less time
How to use memories to expand the time
Why you should plan your upcoming weeks on Friday and not Sunday (or Monday!)

Links Mentioned:

Connect with Laura: Laura Vanderkam
Tune into Laura’s podcast: Best of Both World
Laura on Facebook
Laura on Twitter
Laura on Instagram

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307: How To Be More Adaptable #everydamnday Feb 04, 2019

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If you are a perfectionist or recovering perfectionist, motherhood might just kick your butt in the worst ways. Motherhood requires you to give up control of everything:

when you eat
when you sleep
when you shower
how clean your house is
when you get your work done
how to manage others (babies are not manageable, neither are husbands)
how to manage emotions (cause an exhausted, hormonal mama has no emotional regulation)
how your body looks/feels

You can’t control any of it AND you’re supposed to be actually enjoying some of it. WHAT? HOW???

Adaptability is the gift of motherhood. But, I’ll be the first to tell you it does not feel like a gift to a Type A perfectionistic kinda gal. Adaptability might be your worst life skill. In fact, if you dislike spontaneity, last minute change of schedules, going with the flow, figuring things out on the fly, motherhood will knock you down. And you won’t be able to get back up until you learn to become more adaptable.

No one tells you about the very necessary skill of motherhood. You just see everyone around you being all adaptable and you’re thinking, “how the hell do they do it?”

How do other moms not lose their minds when naptime doesn’t happen?

How do other moms keep their cool when they have to cancel something fun because of a sick kid or a massive tantrum?

How do other moms go with the flow and take the punches so effortlessly?

Some of them do not control freaks by nature like you and me. And some of them have learned to lean into the unpredictability of motherhood – which I know sounds just awful, but it’s actually really helpful. Improving your adaptability will help you enjoy motherhood and get out of your own way when things change on a dime (like every hour of #everydamnday.)

Listen in to hear how you can start taking small steps to become more adaptable and start building confidence around your ability to go with the flow like all your zen mama friends.

Links Mentioned:

Get on the Wait List for Shameless Mom Con in Seattle, WA: Shameless Mom
Join me at Inspired Mama in Grand Haven, MI

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306: Shannon Jamail: Surrender, Forgiveness, and How To Do It Afraid Jan 30, 2019

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I’m so excited to welcome Shannon Jamail back to the SMA. I invited Shannon to come back to the show because I wanted to talk about her book, Surrender. In the book, she shares how she conscientiously moved out of fear, anxiety, stress, negative thinking, judgment, and imposter syndrome and into forgiveness, surrender, love, joy, and purpose.

Every chapter has a powerful story/experience from Shannon’s life, coupled with her lessons learned and actionable steps that are very accessible to the reader (you and me!)

I found the book to be so helpful to me, especially when it comes to forgiveness and moving forward from the stuckness that old resentments keep you in.

Listen in to hear Shannon share:

How she had to apply her own principles of SURRENDER to her own life after she burned down her own kitchen (literally)
How to embrace and move through anxiety and shift into a “Do it afraid” mindset
How to move past resentment and into forgiveness in family relationships
Active steps to forgiving someone
How to more actively choose LOVE in your life and the universal truths to choosing love

Links Mentioned:

Connect with Shannon: Mind-Body Complete

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Shannon on Facebook
Shannon on Instagram
Shannon’s podcast, Happy Hour with Shannon and Dee
Shannon on Twitter
Shannon on LinkedIn

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305: 4 Ways To Manage The Mental Load of Motherhood Jan 28, 2019

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I have to laugh as I was recording this episode because I kept accidentally saying “the motherload” every time I went to say “the mental load of motherhood”. And let’s be honest. The mental load of motherhood is THE MOTHERLOAD.

The Motherload (aka the mental load of motherhood) includes the 175 running lists you keep in your head in every single moment of #everydamnday.

It includes:

every school form you need to sign tonight
how much creamer you have left in the fridge
how many rolls of TP you have in the house
when you need to call your mom
what bills you need to pay by next Wednesday
when the kids have their next day off school
every single email you need to reply to today and which ones can wait until tomorrow
what time the babysitter is coming on Friday
which hotel you need to book for spring break
which of your kid’s friends can’t have peanuts
which of your kid’s friends you need to buy bday gifts for
which socks your kid will NOT wear
how many pairs of clean undies every single person in the household has left before you have to do laundry again
what you’re having for dinner tonight and tomorrow and the next night and the next night and the next night and the next night
which kid will eat crusts
which kid will eat carrots
which water bottle the kid will drink out of
which water bottle the kid won’t drink out of

You are a damn library of information. You are basically hosting your own world wide web in your head.

It’s a lot.

It’s too much.

It’s maddening.

And sometimes it feels SUPER unfair.

The Motherload is exhausting on so many levels.

I want to give you some hope. But I’m going to warn you that this will require some work on your part. But the work will be REWARDING. The work will lessen the load!

When it comes to The Motherload, we tend to make it really hard on ourselves. We get in our own way over and over. We get stuck in perfectionism and martyrdom and make ourselves miserable.

Listen in as I give you 4 methods to manage the madness. These methods are simple (although not necessarily easy if you’re Type A like me) and they are going to dramatically improve your life and create space in your head (who doesn’t need more space in their head?!)

Links Mentioned:

Join me for Inspired Mama in Grand Haven, MI on March 23rd: Inspired Mama

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304: Rachel Steinman: Inherited...A Memoir of 4 Family Suicides Jan 23, 2019

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Rachel Steinman is the debut author of “Inherited: An Insane Family Memoir,” coming out soon. Described as a literary Jackie Collins, Rachel’s writing is steamy and confessional while remaining poignant and inspirational. Rachel received her Bachelor's in Psychology from UC Santa Barbara and her Masters in Education from UCLA. She’s written a treatment for a TV series based on her book and is working on adapting the story to become a serial podcast. When she’s not writing personal essays, she's writing editorial copy part-time for a luxury lifestyle business. Rachel lives in Los Angeles with her Internet marketing genius and hilarious husband, their athletic, musical and bright teenage daughters (13 and 16), and their ridiculously cute rescue puppy.

I reached out to Rachel after she shared part of her story in a Facebook group we’re in. She shared that she was writing a memoir about four suicides in her family and her path to mental health advocacy. Rachel’s family story is tragic, but not without some valuable lessons. And her journey in uncovering the layers of her family story is beyond compelling. I am so grateful she agreed to come on the show and share her story with us.

Listen in to hear Rachel share:

How she found her grandfather’s unfinished memoir that told the story of 4 family suicides
How learning her family history helped her destigmatize mental illness
The importance of teaching your kids about their families stories, traumas, and risk factors
How family trauma becomes a part of our DNA
How she faced her family after writing about their darkest moments – and strengthened strained relationships

Links Mentioned:

Find Rachel’s writing on Medium Rachel Steinman
Follow Rachel on Twitter
Connect to resources at The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): NAMI

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303: 6 Tips To Turn Around A Terrible Day Jan 21, 2019

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I’m not gonna sugar coat it. You will have hard days. Like, curl up in a ball and cry hard days. Like lay on the floor kicking and screaming hard days. Like, lose your cool with your kids hard days. Like, hate your husband hard days. Like you want to throw your coffee in your co-workers face hard days.

It’s going to happen.

And here’s the deal.

You can handle it.

You can do hard things.

You are resourceful and resilient.

You have superpowers.

You can make magic happen.

But without firmly believing in these 5 things, you won’t be able to turn your hard days around.

You must firmly believe you can change the course of your day. You must deeply connect to your ability to shift your own narrative and trajectory in the middle of your hardest moments. This takes some work - and a lot of practice.

The good news is that the chaos of kids gives you plenty of opportunities to practice, right?? So, don’t worry, you have plenty of time to become an expert Terrible Day Turn Arounder.

In this episode, my very special guest Vinnie Dean joins me to talk about our recent opportunity to turn around a terrible day. It was a hard day, friends. There were a lot of tears. We were both exhausted and shaken – unsure we could change the course of the day (and it was only 10 am). But WE DID IT.

I talk you through how Vinnie and I turned our day around as well as 6 tips you can put in your back pocket for the next time you need to turn around a terrible day.

Links Mentioned:

Join me at Inspired Mama on March 23rd: Inspired Mama

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