Excited to share my conversation with Gena Chieco, a successful executive and life coach who began her coaching practice after she served in the Obama administration, practiced law at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and worked as General Counsel and Chief of Staff to the CEO at a cleantech startup.

Topics Discussed:

• Gena’s choice to leave the practice of law and her transition into coaching
• Rediscovering herself during a travel sabbatical
• Gena’s love for running
• The value of solitude and stillness
• 4 pillars: mind, body, heart, soul
• Sacredness of all emotions
• Finding a sense of home during a nomadic phase
• Honoring your inner voice
• Social self vs. Authentic self
• Shifting from people pleasing to attending to your own needs

Links:

• Gena's website and instagram
• Byron Katie & The Work
• Marth Beck's life coach training program
• The Overstory by Richard Powers

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As always, thank you to Maytav Koter and Spencer Stewart for the music on my podcast, to Laura Strohbusch for the podcast graphic, and to my new editor Mikayla at Cry Baby Audio!