Wf1 Podcast – Women For One: Recent Episodes
In this chaotic moment, it feels so important to bring you episodes of Your Messy Brilliance® Show like our latest one, in which I had the pleasure of speaking with Hema Vyas. Hema is a renowned speaker on the subjects of heart wisdom, human consciousness, spirituality, health, energy medicine, and the science of Ayurveda. For 27 years, Hema has been a practicing psychologist, holistic mentor, and speaker. Her work resonates with me on a deep level because it’s all about connecting ancient wisdom to solve the problems of modern times, especially by understanding the significance of the heart.
Hema’s highly sophisticated intuitive abilities and expertise at guiding a direct experience of heart energy have led people affected by her work to describe her as a modern-day seer. Her approach blends psychological and spiritual insights with kundalini yoga and meditation, as she has seen firsthand how these practices have the power to resolve deeply held challenges with speed and impact.
Hema leads international retreats, workshops, and events that align and restore the heart, mind, and body. She has also offered the Women For One community an exciting opportunity to have your first mentoring session with her for 50% off her regular rate, so I hope you’ll take her up on that!
Hema and I had a heart-centered conversation that ranged from the benefits of meditation, and how it doesn’t have to be just another chore to cross off your to-do list: In fact, the creative force of meditation helps us tap into our desires and activate our gifts. We talked about everything from how connecting to our hearts helps us go beyond linear time and space to clear the unconscious and open up to new possibilities, to what it means to truly be of service from a place of balance and self-acceptance.
I hope you’ll take the wisdom from this conversation and use it to tap into your own beautiful heart and messy brilliance! You can find out more about Hema and her work here.
Timestamps:
2:45 How Hema’s journey took her back to her roots and the heart/mind/body wisdom of Ayurveda
4:50 How meditation connects us to our heart space, where magic happens
6:43 Why Hema describes the heart as the portal to higher consciousness
9:20 How deep states of meditation help us tap into the creative right brain and what is possible—and Hema’s powerful account of how a car accident changed her life and her views of consciousness
13:38 Why expanding our heart consciousness increases our intuition
14:55 How Hema has designed her workshops to give people powerful tools to release energetic baggage
20:08 Hema’s model of “omnipreneurship” and how it helps us to be of service to the world in a deeper way
23:40 The power of embracing our individuality at an early age
25:50 “The heart is the center where the masculine and feminine meet”
28:00 Why it’s important to open the heart to release blocked energy
31:42: Hema’s generous offer to the Wf1 community: 50% off your first mentoring session with her
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I’m thrilled to bring you the latest episode of Your Messy Brilliance® Show—an incredible conversation with my friend Mona Patel. Mona is the CEO and Founder of Motivate Design, a user-centric design agency based in New York City. She’s also the creator of Insider Insight, which helps companies get the tough answers they’re after by connecting to customers with real-life conversations. It’s an approach that I love because it’s distinctly feminine—that is, it’s about compiling stories instead of data.
Aside from working with some of the biggest brands in the world, including NASA, BMW, and Microsoft, to optimize their customers’ experiences, Mona is also a mom, author, and innovator extraordinaire. I highly encourage you to check out her bestselling book, Reframe: Shift the Way You Work, Innovate and Think, so you can start finding opportunities to innovate and activate your genius—especially when all everyone else sees is a problem!
This spirited conversation includes a discussion on the power of messing up; what it means to learn, guess, and iterate as you go; the power of belly laughter and not taking yourself too seriously; the importance of asking the right questions; and how, when people can be themselves and open up, this results in a different kind of data from what you’d find in regular survey results.
I especially loved talking to Mona about her approach to success, which she describes as “success with a lower-case s.” As a testament to the power of connecting with intuition, Mona shares her current definition of success: “hearing and following a path I wouldn’t have thought of if I didn’t stop to take a breath.”
You can get connected with Mona and her work by checking out her website or emailing her at mona@motivatedesign.com. I hope you love our conversation as much as I did!
Timestamps:
2:03 Mona’s professional life and her knack for helping clients find the “missing link” when connecting with customers
4:10 Mona’s messy road to becoming an entrepreneur
6:45 The importance of balancing actions based on feelings and actions based on strategy
9:50 The challenges and rewards of being a direct person
11:52 How empathy-driven and human-centered strategies have shaped Mona’s life and business
16:27 How Mona came up with Insider Insight, and why it’s so much more awesome than typical focus groups
20:30 Mona’s book and the power of reframing our thoughts
24:59 The key to innovation: listening
25:53 The reason making mistakes equals success for Mona—and what it means to come to your own definition of success
30:00 Why getting older can lead to mindset shifts
31:55 The power of being aligned with your inner guidance
35:00 Breaking down and releasing who you think you need to be in order to step into your truth
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I’m thrilled to bring you the latest episode of theYour Messy Brilliance® Show, with Emily Morse. I saw Emily speak at a Sheila Kelley conference, and I knew I wanted to connect with her for Women For One. As a sex and relationship expert, and creator and host of the iTunes top-rated podcast Sex with Emily, Emily is transforming the way we think about sex and desire. Thanks to her educated and personable approach, Emily has become the go-to expert for all things sex and relationships—and she’s continuing to push the envelope and get real with us about how we can heal and improve our connection to our sexuality and sensuality.
Over the past 13 years, her show has evolved from a home-made experiment to professionally produced show, and has elevated Emily to true celebrity status. To date, the Sex with Emily podcast has been downloaded nearly 40 million times. Esquire magazine recently named Sex with Emily one of the Top 12 Sex Podcasts, and Emily has been voted the #1 dating and sex expert to follow on Twitter.
When it comes to sex, she says, “We’re all in this together and we all have challenges. It takes work.” Emily’s message that we’re not alone in our struggles and our questions about sex is not just a refreshing take—it’s also a vantage point that ensures she helps her audience explore what’s possible for their sex lives in the most nonjudgmental, open, and authentic way.
“You can’t draw generalizations about men and women when it comes to sex,” she says. “But overall, there’s a change coming and we’re not going back to the way things used to be. Women are speaking up for what we want in the bedroom and the boardroom.”
I hope you enjoy this candid conversation about pleasure, orgasms, sex education, and how we can reclaim pleasure on our own terms as women. And if you want to find out more about Emily, check out her offerings at sexwithemily.com.
5:45 Emily’s story about moving from a mediocre sex life to a deeper understanding of pleasure
8:30 How Emily’s insatiable curiosity about sex led to the birth of her popular podcast
10:00 Full-body orgasms and expanding our sexual horizons
12:40 The factors that stop women from feeling pleasure
17:09 Why sexual confidence comes from understanding your body and what makes you feel good
18:30 The importance of responsible sex education that’s not just about safety, but also pleasure
22:00 Leading by example and breaking out of “this is just the way it is”
25:30 The power of supporting each other and not suffering in silence—in our sexuality and everywhere else
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I’m honored to introduce you to a new friend of mine, author and fellow advocate of women’s stories and truths, Jaime Fleres. This episode of the Your Messy Brilliance® Show is especially close to my heart because we talked about so many of the things that Women For One is based on: the power of considering how the stories of our lives continue to impact us today; how we can explore the mess of our trauma through writing and also heal it; and why, in Jaime’s words, “it takes more energy to suppress our truths than to express them.”
As a champion for women’s embodied, authentic, creative expression, as well as a former professor, an author, and a healer, Jaime helps creative souls use writing as a tool of expression and transformation, either by writing books or through personal therapeutic storytelling. Jaime is the author of the book Birth Your Story: Why Writing about Your Birth Matters, which explores the value and how-to of using writing to remember, process, heal. and honor women’s experiences of giving birth.
In this conversation, Jaime shares about how she discovered writing at the age of 13, and how it saved her life and allowed her to break through years of silence to finally express her truth. She also talks about how writing can give us a supportive witness and safe space that helps us to tell our stories unfiltered—and why it’s so important to write our stories for ourselves rather than an audience.
If you’ve ever wondered whether your voice matters or if you really have a story to share, you’ll want to listen to this episode. (BTW, the answer is a resounding yes!) And be sure to check out Jaime’s work at jaimefleres.com.
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Timestamps:
2:00 How Jaime came to the sacred work of writing and coaching after breaking through years of silence
5:30 How to make writing a safe space (no critics welcome!)
7:42 How writing helps us process, remember, and gain a clear narrative
9:30 We might not be in charge of what happened to us but we are in charge of
how we get to tell the story
11:15 Claiming our truth and standing in it
13:50 The power of discernment (and who we choose to share our stories with)
15:30 What the collective reclamation of women’s voices means for all of us
17:20 Birth as a transformational rite of passage
19:11 The power of simplicity when it comes to finding ways to write our stories
21:15 The power of embodying our experiences in our storytelling
23:27 How your birth story is the personal equivalent of the creation myth
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I’m delighted to bring you this Your Messy Brilliance® Show episode with our latest Featured Truthteller, Shannon Nickerson. Shannon is a friend I met at the What Women Want conference in Atlanta last fall. As soon as I crossed her path, I knew she was someone I needed to know. Shannon exudes passion, humor, wisdom, and the ability to take any challenge in front of her and turn it into an opportunity for growth.
Shannon is a mountain lover and climber, wellness advocate, and soul-driven health coach. She specializes in working with professional women to help them reclaim their power by ditching sugar for good so they can feel great in their bodies again. She has been in the wellness industry for over 17 years and helps her clients learn how to identify the foods that work for their unique bodies so it’s easier to make healthy choices for the long haul without feeling deprived. Shannon’s clients take charge of their health by developing tools to understand and beat their cravings for good and have more energy for their passions in life.
She studied at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, and she’s a board-certified Stress Management Technician and a certified yoga teacher. She also leads monthly events and workshops as a way to help her community get educated and take charge of their health (I definitely encourage you to check them out!). Shannon is known for offering customized four-minute routines at trainings, leadership events, and conventions. She helps participants move their energy, better assimilate the content, improve clarity and focus, promote camaraderie, and enhance their experience.
I can say for a fact that Shannon’s methods work. She’s not offering mere dieting tips and tricks, but a wellness program for your entire life. In this conversation, we talk about how so many of us tend to lean on sugar and food to feel safe and find refuge from uncomfortable feelings and experiences. Shannon also shares how she personally has dealt with bullies (whether they’re people or food!), why she doesn’t believe in fasting or juicing, and what it really means to detox your life. “It starts with small steps and baby wins,” she says.
Take charge of your health, wellness, and power! Be sure to check out the interview and learn more about Shannon’s signature Detox program, which you can find at https://shannonnickerson.com/soar-21-day-sugar-detox/.
Timestamps:
2:35 How sugar became Shannon’s best friend early in life
6:12 The “aha” moment when Shannon realized that nobody had the right to take away her power
9:00 How Shannon overcame her addiction to sugar
13:40 The power of bio-individuality (that is, your genes are unique—and so is your wellness)
15:00 Cravings and why they can do us in
17:14 Deprivation isn’t sustainable!
19:00 How biofeedback allows us to balance stress in the body and reinforce new changes
24:15 How to feel powerful and healthy in the bodies we have and find tools that sustain our wellness
28:38 Shannon’s free gift to you: find it at mysmoothiebook.com
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Wendy Baurchowitz shares her story about how she pulled herself out of extreme fatigue, bed rest, and a diagnosis of POTS to empower people to be their own advocates, by listening to and trusting their bodies.
Here’s what we spoke about:
8:50 The practice of tuning into your body
13:00 How healing occurs
16:00 The value of self-kindness
19:00 How Wendy learned to wear her diagnosis as a badge of honor
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Maria Allyn is a Transformational Mid-Life Coach who helps women manage life-changing transitions.
Here’s what we spoke about:
5:35 Mid-life as a gift from the universe
10:15 The inevitability of transitions
13:10 The number that society does on moms
15:21 Giving yourself permission to live your life
19:00 The all-too-easy option of isolation in our culture
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Janet D. Thomas has big ideas. This author and transformational speaker shares her journey from struggling with weight to leading the charge to end obesity in the world by 2040.
Here’s what we spoke about:
6:00 How Janet faced her biggest monster
9:15 Why having a safe space is critical
14:30 The importance of telling the truth to yourself first
19:40 Janet’s special project, Operation Enliven 2040
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Cassie Breeggeman is a business, career, and empowerment coach who helps women create engaging careers.
5:45 How to know, ask, and create
7:25 Identifying your personal road map for life
12:00 Creating big visions
14:05 Cassie’s inspirational wedding story
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Valerie Smaldone is a professional emcee/host and five-time Billboard magazine award winner who explains the art of the interview and storytelling.
Here’s what we spoke about:
4:30 How to reveal little pieces of yourself
7:45 The right and wrong way to define yourself
10:30 Stop beating yourself up!
13:35 How movement can shift a downhill experience
15:00 How to walk into a room full of people you don’t know
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