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Ep. 86-Betsy Berkhemer Credaire: Winning the "Board" Game! Jun 05, 2020

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With many European nations striving for 30 or even 40 percent, Berkhemer-Credaire says it’s time for the U.S. to catch up. The author of The Board Game, she shares how increasing womens’ presence on boards makes all the difference in building better companies and gaining wider perspectives to issues where women excel.

SHOP for her book, Winning the Board Game, on www.TrailBlazersImpact.com

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Ep. 85-Jean Chatzky: Teaching Women About Money May 29, 2020

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Renowned for her financial advice to women, Jean Chatzky has spent most of her career writing for financial magazines and offering her business knowledge in the media. She has authored 11 books, produces podcasts and is a motivational speaker. Hear about her journey from the Midwest to her successful life on the east coast. Learn about Jean’s initiative, Work and Save, which is a more effective and lesser expensive version of 401 (k)s that helps both the employer and employee. She includes her five-step "how to" for a financially successful life. Website: www.hermoney.com and SHOP for her books here. Listen to her story on www.TrailBlazersImpact.com.

Ep. 84-Eileen Lenson: How to Move Through Adversity May 22, 2020

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Coping well with adversity is a learned skill. People need to not let emotions get carried away and gives several examples of people with adversities and how they have moved through it. Grieving is a lifetime event but Eileen Lenson helps people find a way to not let it destroy them and find purpose in the loss they had. She discusses the signs of teen suicide. She says, "Kindness begets kindness." Her website is www.lensonlifecoaching.com.

SHOP on our site for her book, Overcoming Adversity: Conquering Life's Challenges. LISTEN to her on the Coping in Crisis podcast.

Ep. 83-Andrea D. Campbell: From Cancer to a Beautiful Journey May 15, 2020

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Andrea Campbell survived cancer not once, but twice. While such an experience could drive many to despair by fighting through the ordeal twice, she ultimately came to a place of catharsis, healing, and purpose.

The ordeal presented Campbell with stark choices about what to do. She felt she had been playing things too small, so it was time to ditch the corporate job and embark on a journey to her true passion as a professional speaker and transformational coach. She devotes her days to helping others find their own “beautiful journey” and finding how to live the life they desire. Shop on our site for her latest book, A Beautiful Journey. www.andreadcampbell.com

Ep. 82-Virginia Harris: Leader of 100 Black Women May 09, 2020

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In this interview, Virginia W. Harris, National President, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., with 60 chapters and thousands of members nationwide, shares reflections of her start as a servant-leader that, more likely than not, was planted as a seed when she found herself as one of only three Black girls integrating an otherwise all White high school in south Georgia during the early 1960s. Her high school years were followed by college years and then the early career-making years where she continually found the need to defend both her gender and her race. She juggled the demands of being a wife and mother of two young children and the self-imposed strategy to succeed by being the First at work and the Last to leave; remaining mindful of the needs of the young women who reported to her for both leadership and mentoring with consideration of the demands on becoming a wife, a mother and a professional; a journey that mirrored her own! As a resident child and adult of the "deep south" living in Florida, Georgia and Louisiana, her school teacher mom and her military dad stressed to their three daughters that being Smart was more important than being feminine. With only three girls, her parents repeatedly stressed: SMART, STRONG, INDEPENDENT. And, so, she shares her journey and the successful outcomes borne of Becoming and Remaining, SMART, STRONG & INDEPENDENT!

Ep. 81:Emily Josenhans: Sweet and Healthy May 03, 2020

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Emily Josenhans wants to help people ditch the artificial sweeteners. She started Domaine Santa Grape Nectar to give a healthier and more holistic alternative that adds a natural sweetener to food and beverages.

Building a healthy product is informed by her work as a nutritionist, where she helped clients make healthier diet choices prior to launching her business. Hear Josenhans describe the entrepreneurship journey, partnering with her sommelier husband in sustainably sourcing California grapes and trying to find balance along the way.

Ep. 80-Antonio McGinnis: Victory Off the Court Apr 26, 2020

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Antonio McGinnis grew up in a difficult housing project where he recalls constantly seeing drugs and violence. Basketball was his escape. It was the path to a college education and a life far away from an upbringing where he experienced abuse from a caregiver. After playing for Texas A&M and professionally overseas, he returned home one summer and broke his ankle — ending his basketball career.

To McGinnis it was a sign. He now serves as executive director of the housing authority where he grew up and actively mentors youths to help them find a better path forward, using his life experience and sports skill to make lifelong connections.

Ep. 79-Jamie Amelio: Staying Bothered Apr 19, 2020

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Jamie Amelio’s heart was moved by a child in Cambodia who begged her for a dollar. She was bothered by why a child would need to be out asking for money, and the encounter stayed with her. This drove her to launch Caring for Cambodia and invest heavily in building a charity that works to give children education and a future. The experience models her philosophy of staying bothered. If something bothers you, she says, don’t just let it go. She recounts this and other stories that impressed upon her to find some way, even small, to make a tangible change in someone’s life. Shop on our site for her book Staying Bothered: Find Your Passion, Commit to Action, Change the World.

Ep. 79 Bonus-Jatrice Martel Gaiter: "Caring" is Critical in nonprofit work Apr 15, 2020

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Jatrice Martel Gaiter shares the influences and the value of a pay-it-forward career started in her early 20s and serving her well into her 60s. With a childhood defined by parents who stressed the importance of education as the gateway to a life full of opportunity, risks and rewards; and finding purpose in the pain of others, Jatrice provides a heart-moving backdrop to her stellar career path. From the benefit born of the tenacity of parents raised in the poverty of the segregated Deep South of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, who themselves fought to achieve a college education followed by a commitment to a better life for their children, she speaks of the outcomes shared by she and her two siblings; all of whom benefitted from Ivy League institutions to Still find that both racial and gender bias would follow them throughout the close of the 20th century and into the new century. Her interview provides sage advice for women on the importance of "investing in YOU" with self-help books, learning new technologies, taking quality downtime AND, most importantly, the gentle reminder that the higher You Go, it's All About How YOU Make Others Feel. As a 60+ year-old, 5'11" African-American blonde, she shares the humor and Up-side of what she calls "aging-out" of sexism, such as realizing you are no longer the object of "cat-calls" when passing a construction site, and not having to think twice about asking a male colleague if they have time to discuss a work related matter over lunch; although her preferred strategy continues to be her long-term tactic of inviting a male for a breakfast meeting which is almost always perceived as both safe and neutral.

Ep. 78-Tyra Jarvis: Reinvent Yourself! Apr 12, 2020

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Tyra Jarvis has had to retool her life many times. She’s worn an array of hats: consultant, project manager, blue collar roles, and ultimately an entrepreneur.

Now through her company Kefi Coaching LLC, she advises business leaders in connecting passion, dreams, and the power of their mind to create a meaningful path. Transitions can be frightening, but they can launch powerful change.

Her toughest transition was the loss of her husband to cancer, a path that tested everything she knew and forced her to confront a life she didn’t expect. During her journey she’s learned to say yes, embrace change, and be real for others. Jarvis believes it’s the path to an extraordinary life.

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