Destination Unknown: A Field Guide: Recent Episodes
Linda Rossetti: expert on transition and its impact on our lives
Has your identity ever gotten upended? A variety of life's circumstances can deposit us at these moments; a job loss, a divorce, sudden success, the birth of another child, a geographic move, changes in gender identity or sexual orientation, sobriety, health crises, a miscarriage, a global pandemic!!! and much more. Destination Unknown explores these moments and how to navigate them successfully.
Our host, Linda Rossetti, an expert on transition and its impact on individuals and organizations, helps us learn how to turn moments of uncertainty into positive inflection points in our lives. Join us for inspiring, honest and practical conversation that is sure to help you live - fully!
Join Linda and her guest, Kamrin Huban, as they explore damaging workplace conflicts and the power of our own voices in navigating such obstacles. Discover how to respond differently by reframing emotions and turning up the volume on our own voices. Learn how our initial response is not the only way forward. Today's story illustrates how we can push the boundaries of our self-concept and access our untapped potential. Kamrin is certified on HAIL(TM), a powerful emotional reframing tool presented in my most recent book, Dancing with Disruption. Don't miss this exceptional honest conversation!
Kamrin's Bio
Kamrin is an Executive Leadership and Performance Coach, building on 20+ years of experience in the Consumer Goods/Fashion industry. She has worked at both multi-billion dollar brands, as well as smaller boutique brands. She has worked in international companies and has been based in the US, Germany, Vietnam and China. She passionately believes that bringing humanness to the workplace is what makes employees more engaged and more efficient.
She meets individual employees where they are at and brings them up to where they aspire to be. She can identify a person’s unique skill set and capitalize on it for the benefit of the team and the bottom line. She also has years of success building communications bridges; between functional teams, between Corporate offices and Liaison offices and between a Brand and its suppliers.
As an executive Coach, Kamrin is able to provide an unbiased “space” for individuals to share their concerns/fears/hopes/ideas, which impacts individuals, executives and teams in positive ways. She provides individualized support for company leaders and for their teams, to ensure an infusion of “humanness and inclusion” while continuing to drive for bottom-line results.
Connect with Kamrin:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamrin-eriksen-huban-coaching/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kamrinhuban/
- Website: https://www.kamrinhuban.com/
- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/50-not-dead/id1644420455
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- Amazon here
- Barnes & Noble here
- Bookshop.org here
- Porchlight here
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Join Linda and her guest, Carolyn Swora, as they discuss identity through the lens of love, loss, and the expansive gifts that await each of us in transition. Discover how our beliefs about who we are play a role in our response to upheaval in our lives. Learn how to reframe our experiences of major life shifts and access unshakable courage. Don't miss this very special episode.
Carolyn's Bio
Carolyn Swora is a certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, as well as a Trauma-Informed Leadership Consultant. She works with small, medium and large organizations across Canada and the United States on becoming more compassionate, human and empathetic places for members of staff. Carolyn uses the Enneagram Personality system to help clients deepen self- awareness into their behavioural patterns. She has a Master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and has studied Resilience and Workplace Culture Transformation. She has also developed her own transformational leadership development methodologies, which she breaks down in her second book Evolve: The Path to Trauma-Informed Leadership.
Connect with Carolyn:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolynswora Instagram: @carolynswora Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolynsworkplaceculture/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarolynSwora Website: https://www.carolynswora.com/ Evolve Podcast: https://www.carolynswora.com/evolve-podcast/ Book: Evolve: The Path to Trauma-Informed Leadership
Order Linda Rossetti's 5-star rated 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption at the links below:
- Amazon here
- Barnes & Noble here
- Bookshop.org here
- Porchlight here
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Join Linda and her guest, Lauren Goldberg, as they explore the opportunity to move beyond 'learned shame' and the pressure 'to be' a certain way. Discover how we can revolutionize our sense of belonging by reframing our understanding of who we are. Learn about forgiving ourselves and the incredible energy that such steps can enable. The conversation brings to life many of the stories from Linda's recent book, "Dancing with Disruption." More details on Linda's new book and Lauren's incredible work can be found in the show notes below. Don't miss this very special episode. LISTEN NOW!
Full episode transcript available here.
Lauren's Contact Info:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-e-goldberg/
- Instagram: @laurengoldbergcoaching
- Website: https://laurengoldbergcoaching.com/
Order Linda Rossetti's 5-star rated 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption at the links below:
- Amazon here
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- Porchlight here
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Join Linda and her guest, Joy Rosenthal, as they explore the life-changing loss of Joy's spouse in the early days of the pandemic. Discover how understanding change and transition creates an opportunity to be with the layers of grief and fear differently. Learn about reinvention and its influence contributions towards unintended paths. Hold in your heart - always - Joy's and Linda's conversation about the enduring gifts we give and receive at times of growth. Don't miss this very special episode. LISTEN NOW!
Joy's Contact Info:
- Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Joymediator
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyrosenthal
- Instagram: @joymediator
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nycdivorcemediator/
- Website: https://www.joyrosenthal.com/
- Course: Landing on Your Feet - A Compassionate Lawyer's Guide to Divorce
Pre-order Linda Rossetti's 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption: A New Approach to Navigating Life's Biggest Changes
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Join Linda and Abby Davisson, co-author of Money and Love, as they talk about making choices that align with what really matters. Discover how Abby applied her book's methods to a decision about a geographic move for her and her young family. Learn how to reframe our choices and how this path can open the aperture on what's possible for us. LISTEN NOW!
Abby's Contact Info:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbydavisson/ Twitter: @abbydavisson Instagram: @abby.davisson Webpage: https://www.abbydavisson.com/ Book link: Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life's Biggest
Pre-order Linda Rossetti's 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption: A New Approach to Navigating Life's Biggest Changes
Amazon here
Barnes & Noble here
Bookshop.org here
Porchlight here
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Join Linda and Connie Baher as the two talk about reframing and its usefulness at life's biggest moments. Discover how Connie's role as a long-haul care giver to her 105-year-old mother transformed her thinking about herself and about her relationship to her mom. Learn how to reframe from real life examples shared by both Connie and Linda. Don't miss hearing about the extraordinary gifts that accrue to those who rely on reframing as they navigate transition, whether prompted by a caregiving or by the other circumstances of our lives. LISTEN NOW!
Connie's Contact Info:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conniebaher Twitter: https://twitter.com/cwbaher Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/connie.baher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conniebaher/ Webpage: https://www.conniebaher.com/ Book link: Family Caregivers: An Emotional Survival Guide https://amzn.to/3BzHiZe
Pre-order Linda's 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption: A New Approach to Navigating Life's Biggest Changes
Amazon here
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Bookshop.org here
Porchlight here
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Join Linda as she continues her conversation with Connie Baher, author of the new book, Family Care Givers: An Emotional Survival Guide. Listen to how uncertainty envelopes care giving and how it impacts our energy, our identity, and our emotional well-being. Discover the joy and peace that can emerge from reexamining the expectations we hold for ourselves. Learn about the surprises - like peace and greater love - that await those who embrace this transformational role. Don't miss this one! Listen NOW!
Connie's Contact Info:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conniebaher Twitter: https://twitter.com/cwbaher Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/connie.baher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conniebaher/ Webpage: https://www.conniebaher.com/ Book link: Family Caregivers: An Emotional Survival Guide https://amzn.to/3BzHiZe
Pre-order Linda's 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption: A New Approach to Navigating Life's Biggest Changes
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Porchlight here
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Join Linda as she talks with her life-long friend, Karen Williams, about the role emotions play in our experience of upheaval. Learn how reframing emotions can help us occupy the world differently. Discover the power available to you as you begin to ask yourself new questions. Get a sneak peek into Linda's upcoming 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption. DON'T MISS THIS ONE! LISTEN NOW.
Karen's contact information:
Pre-order Linda's 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption: A New Approach to Navigating Life's Biggest Changes
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Join Linda as she talks with Karen Williams about what it means to have someone say, "I got you," at times of upheaval in our lives. Discover the value in turning up the volume on your own truth and the possibility it can create as you share it with others. Get a sneak peek into 'how to' respond differently to disruption in our lives as Karen asks Linda about her upcoming 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption. LISTEN NOW.
Karen's contact information:
Pre-order Linda's 2nd book, Dancing with Disruption: A New Approach to Navigating Life's Biggest Changes
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Join Linda as she talks with guest Karen Williams about the risk we incur when we miss seeing the possibility in ourselves. Learn about the role our story plays helping us unearth our superpower. Discover more about Linda's own story from an isolating personal crisis to a place of strength and a desire to make an impact. Karen turns the interview tables on Linda for this honest and illuminating talk on transition. Don't miss it! Listen NOW.
Karen's contact information:
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IndieBooks here
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Join Linda as she talks with Susan Golden about the stages we are invited to explore as our lives extend to 100 years. Discover the non-negotiables, like community, that enable successful identity shifts to occur at any age. Learn about the new normal as it relates to redefining who we are and what we want to do. Don't miss this one!
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Join Linda for a special episode featuring the incredible gifts resident within our experience of transition and renewal. Learn how to reach beyond common misconceptions about the crossroads of our lives. Explore how to lead with 'who you are' and unlock more of your untapped potential. Discover the true lynchpin to a successful 2023 - you! Don't miss this primer on Linda's research and how to succeed on your own terms.
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Join Linda as she talks with Connie Baher about Connie's transition to caregiving for her 105-year-old mother. Learn how our growing awareness of change and our willingness to name our evolving circumstances can translate into a game-changing shift in our lives. Discover how reframing emotions, like frustration and resentment, leads to unlocking our capacity to succeed in the face of uncertainty. Don't miss this powerful illustration of transition and its many gifts, including O'mama care!
Connie's Contact Info:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/conniebaher Twitter: https://twitter.com/cwbaher Facebook: www.facebook.com/connie.baher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conniebaher/ Webpage: https://www.conniebaher.com/ Book link: Family Caregivers: An Emotional Survival Guide https://amzn.to/3BzHiZe
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Join Linda for her conversation with fashion stylist and entrepreneur Elysha Lenkin as they explore entrepreneurship as a vehicle for self-expression and personal growth. Discover the real story on how great things happen as we make our way forward to live our dream. Learn about the risk of gating ourselves until we have it all figured out. A spirited 12-minute discussion.
Elysha's Contact Info:
- elyshalenkin.com
- Join the Closet Shopping Collective
- Instagram: @elysha_nyc
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Join Linda and her guest Ratna Dalal for an inspiring conversation about identity shifts in adult life. Learn how 'being open to change' can serve as a precursor to living our fullest life. Discover how Ratna's embrace of her heart helped her learn, adapt, and greet uncertainty with unparalleled grace. Don't miss this chance to hear about her art and her multi-continent following.
Ratna's contact information:
Instagram
Facebook
LinkedIn
Blog
Her book: The Watercolor of Life
Her book: Nature Inspired Creativity
Her book: From Passion to Products
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Join Linda and her guest Yael Schonbrun as they talk about thriving as parents and as people. Yael and Linda talk about the roles we accrue over our lives - from sibling to employee/colleague to parent and more - and how shifts in our values invite us to rethink how we occupy each one. Learn a simple approach to navigating discomfort and unhappiness. Don't miss this one!
ABOUT YAEL:
Yael Schonbrun, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, assistant professor at Brown University, co-host of Psychologists Off the Clock: A podcast about the science and practice of living well, and mother of three. Yael’s academic research explores the interaction between relationship problems and mental health conditions. She has authored chapters in several books and has written dozens of scientific articles.
In her private practice, writing, and podcasting, Yael uses evidence-based science to help individuals and couples learn to manage work, parenting, and marriage in more effective and fulfilling ways. She draws upon treatments that integrate ancient Eastern philosophy with scientifically backed practices. Yael’s writing on work, parenting, and relationships has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Greater Good Science Center, Behavioral Scientist, Kveller, Lilith Magazine, The Wise Brain Bulletin, Psychology Today, and Motherly.
Yael lives outside of Boston with her husband and their three small comedians.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrYaelSchonbrun
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yael-schonbrun-a26a5229/
Website: http://yaelschonbrun.com/
Podcast website: https://offtheclockpsych.com/
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Join Linda and guest Ashley Betz as they talk about personal transitions and their impact on the body and mind. Learn about the important role awareness plays in our experience of stress. Discover how we reflexively apply 'meaning' to challenging moments, including that which works with us and against us. Get inspired as you listen to the facts about the unwavering strength available when we foster a connection between the mind and body. A great 10-minute investment in celebration of Mental Health Month. Don't miss it!
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Join Linda and guest Sasha Purpura, CEO of food-rescue organization Food for Free, for their discussion on transition and its role in catapulting you from a place of discomfort to one of joy. Learn about the role connections played in Sasha's journey from corporate America to a place of integration and meaning. Discover how you can build confidence through important connections available to you today. Sasha's words are an invaluable gift for the New Year!
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Join Linda and guest Carol Novello, author, animal advocate, and documentary filmmaker. Carol shares her story of transition from the corporate arena to the not-for-profit sphere. Discover how the unexpected can lead to an entirely new trajectory, both personally and professionally. Learn what is available if you allow yourself to be open-ended about what might be next. Don't miss this discussion that touches on value, relevancy, belonging and connection.
Ways to connect with Carol and Mutual Rescue:
Website: https://mutualrescue.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mutualrescue/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mutualrescue/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mutualrescue
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mutual-rescue/
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Join Linda and guest, Patty Kolias, as they talk about how a transition to full-time motherhood led to a new career as an elite athlete. Learn about the real battles that occur, not the miles-to-run or laps-to-swim but the challenge hidden in how to greet debilitating emotions, such as fear and anxiety, differently. Discover how shifts in identity progress over time and the incredible gifts they offer in terms of connection to ourselves and others.
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Join Linda and her guest, Jessie Harrold, for an uplifting conversation about the shifts that rock our world. Discover what Jessie learned about personal transformation through the lens of motherhood. Learn how sadness, grief and 'not knowing' are normal steps in a process of expansion and growth that lead us to a new understanding of who we are. Don't miss this important conversation about how to set a new context for yourself in times of massive change. Listen NOW!
Ways to connect with Jessie:
Instagram + Facebook
Website: www.jessieharrold.com
Books:
- Project Body Love: my quest to love my body and the surprising truth I found instead
- Mothershift: Reclaiming motherhood as a rite of passage
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Reinventing Ourselves with Lai Han Sam features corporate veteran and leadership coach, Sam, whose reinvention journey started with a blank slate and now is described with words like, "I cannot remember before..." Learn what to do when our hearts unexpectedly move in another direction. Discover how your skills and experience can come alive in another setting. Don't miss this powerful episode of how to find a new path that is all your own. Listen NOW!
Ways to connect with Sam:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/laihansam/
- https://www.facebook.com/lifeworkglobal
- https://www.instagram.com/lifeworkglobal/
- https://lifeworkglobal.com/
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With the pandemic and the great resignation, many are turning to entrepreneurship. Join Linda and her guest Emma Bates, founder of DM, as they talk about the transformation to owning your own business. Discover how you make the decision to finally take that step. Learn about identifying your source of power and greeting it with the richness of who you are. Don't get stuck on the question, "If not this, then what?" Take 12 minutes NOW to listen.
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Join Linda for her conversation with Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor, Cambridge, MA as they explore transition and the possibility hidden in our non-linear, difficult life moments. Learn how the Mayor's failures, like not passing the bar exam on her first try, enabled her to ignite passions and reframe difficulty such that it did not define her. Discover the role of our voices and the opportunity to integrate our lived experience in our everyday roles. Guaranteed to help you rethink belonging and the opportunity for inflection points of your life.
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Join Linda as she talks with Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor and mental health advocate Elena Breese. Learn about healing and the milestones that are a part of our journey in the aftermath of a crisis. Discover what roles letting go and tapping our wisdom play in the incredible opportunity awaiting you in transition. Listen NOW!.
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Join Linda and her guest, Kayla Gross, former member of the coaching staff for the Oregon State University's Football team, as they talk about decoupling from a negative work environment and reigniting our own truth. Learn how anger and profound loss give way to possibility! Understand the phases of mourning and recovery that are involved in a spirited and invaluable transition cycle. Don't miss this episode that offers an unprecedented view into how it feels to restart your career on a path that is uniquely your own. Listen NOW! Only 12-minutes.
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Join Linda as she talks with Nina Goswami (@NinaTheScoop) of the BBC about the life-changing power available to those willing to trust their own voices. Learn about Nina's groundbreaking work with the BBC's 50/50 Project and its impact on bringing the voices of underrepresented populations into the newsroom. Discover the connection between confidence and voice, and how to identify the barriers that impede the use of our voices. Learn how you can become a new voice with the BBC! Don't miss this incredibly inspiring and practical episode. Listen now.
Join Linda for the second of a two-part interview with Katie Mahon and Joan Louise Hill, authors of The Miracle Collectors, as they explore the enlivening experience of owning it and stepping into our own voices. Learn about Katie's and Joan's experience and how they struggled to get a grip on their new vision for themselves. Discover the surprising resources we all have at our fingertips - particularly in our ability to be a miracle for one another! Are you ready to be a miracle? Don't miss this powerful 12-minute episode! Listen NOW.
Join Linda as she talks with Katie Mahon and Joan Luise Hill, authors of The Miracle Collectors, about the courage of engaging our voices and saying yes to who we are. Learn about the importance of connections and the role they play as we navigate empty nests, invasive breast cancer, and other life altering circumstances. Discover what Katie and Joan learned about seeing the common in an uncommon way, and how to find the courage to give voice to our own stories. Part 1 in a two-part series. An uplifting 10-minute investment of your time! Listen now.
Join Linda and Elise Buie, family law attorney, as they discuss major life changes and the courage to be more. Learn how Elise navigated multiple transitions, including Hurricane Katrina, geographic moves, serious illness, and her own divorce and remarriage. Discover the gifts available to those who are willing to shift their assumptions about who we are! Don't miss this 10-minute episode of courage, honesty, and personal victory!
Join Linda and Kavita Ahuja, founder of the Power Purpose Play community, as they talk about midlife reinvention. Discover the magic that can emerge when we trust the little voice inside, a voice that gave Kavita a sense that there was more for her after a successful twenty-year career in the pharmaceutical industry. Learn about how the body messages us when we're off course and all the unexpected benefits of transitioning, including positivity, increased confidence, greater self-awareness, and fulfillment. Is it your turn to explore what more there is for you? Don't miss this 12-minute episode.
Join Linda and Elizabeth MacWhinnie, instructional designer and lay minister, as they talk about navigating transition in the face of two simultaneous HUGE triggers. Discover how new superpowers emerge from grappling with being alone and from addressing labels that no longer fit. Learn how Elizabeth's courage led her to rethink her identity and uncover the essence of her tremendous skills. In the end, Elizabeth's courage inspired her to re-examine her connections to herself and others, a path that continues to pay boundaryless dividends. Don't miss this 11-minute episode.
Join Linda and Massachusetts State Senator Cindy Friedman as they talk about life's identity shifts and finding your voice through multiple transitions. Learn about Cindy's journey from teaching to engineering to politics, the unplanned nature of transition, how her voice has changed. Discover the incredible opportunity hidden in important changes. Don't miss this conversation about courage, redefinition, and authentic voices. Listen NOW!
Join Linda and Esther Crawford, CEO of Squad, which was recently acquired by Twitter, as they talk about the emotional toll of life's pivots and the enduring possibilities that emerge from vulnerability. Learn about 'Day Zero', the importance of connections, and the promise hidden in letting go of beliefs, ways of being, and those who no longer nourish you. Don't miss this conversation of hope and expansion! Listen NOW!
Join Linda and Stacey Freeman, an entrepreneur and life-change veteran, as they talk growing beyond self-doubt and the emotions that accompany transition. Learn how staying open to life’s shifts - including divorce, co-parenting, entrepreneurship, and loss - can serve as reinforcement in the face of naysayers. Discover how periods of anxiety and mourning can become cornerstones for renewed thinking and reinvention. Don't miss this 12-minute episode. Listen NOW.
Have you ever had that feeling in the pit of your stomach that something wasn't right? Join Linda and midlife courage coach Sheree Clark as they talk about those moments and what to do about them! Learn about the protective responses we all deploy - like keeping busy, busy - to distract ourselves from important choices. Discover what happens when those around us fail to post when we need them most. Most of all, enjoy hearing about the invaluable gifts that await those who transition. Don't miss this one! Only 12 minutes. Listen now.
Join Linda and Ouided Bouchamaoui, recipient of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in Tunisia following the Arab Spring, as they talk about transition on a national stage and in our own lives. Learn about the importance of trusting ourselves, having dreams, and taking one step at a time. Great messages as we begin 2021! Don’t miss this extraordinary 12-minute conversation as you prepare for the year ahead!
Join Linda for a special episode featuring her recent Women's Exchange talk on Transition and Renewal! Linda shares her personal journey while debunking common misperceptions about transition and renewal. Learn about opportunity of transition and the emotions that accompany us on the journey. Leave with a few ideas for must-have's as we enter a New Year and choose to bring more of who we are forward. Don’t miss this 15-minute episode!
Join Linda and Robin Nelson, a biological anthropologist and professor at Santa Clara University, as they talk about transition in the many - and sometimes conflicting - facets of our lives. They discuss risk and how it expresses itself as we consider major life changes, like moving cross-country, becoming a parent, or reevaluating our career. Our willingness to explore who we are, and accepting others in the process, help us turn a moment of uncertainty into something much more! Listen to learn more about the one non-negotiable in all this: the community that surrounds us! Don’t miss this 13-minute episode.
Join Linda and **Bruce Howell**, accessibility services manager at the Carroll Center for the Blind, as they discuss what may be the most important, and the most difficult, part of transition - the shift in our identity. Bruce shares wisdom from a 16-year journey through loss, fear, and hope as he embraced new possibilities for himself and his sense of worth. Bruce and Linda talk about how we let go and step towards something unknown. Learn how we can use our own agency to make necessary and sustainable changes in our lives! Don’t miss this 13-minute episode.
Join Linda and Dr. Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco, a clinical psychologist and author of the upcoming book, Mom Brain, as they talk about the challenges of crafting new identities during all stages of our lives. Dr. DiMarco and Linda explore the chronic stressors of motherhood and strategies moms deploy in response. Learn about the surprising shift in priorities that drives so much of our experience as parents and as those who pursue transition. Learn how cognitive behavioral therapy can refocus us in the present and help us connect with children and ourselves in entirely new ways! Don’t miss this 11-minute boost. Listen now.
Join Linda and Maia Bittner, entrepreneur and start-up founder, as they talk about listening to ourselves in transition. Maia pursued her passion and made the difficult choice to step away from something very important to her and to those around her. Linda and Maia explore what it means to move away from external models of success and from the expectations that others impose on us. Find out what it takes to trust yourself! A powerful 13-minute episode. Listen now!
Join Linda and June Angelides, a venture capitalist, parent, and entrepreneur, as they talk about transition with its dips in confidence, its need for self-reflection, and its transformative powers. June shares unexpected milestones like a new sense of purpose and the need to do things differently. Listen to how June turned a loss of self into a greater connection to her community and to those she loves. Linda and June share tips for how to access your creative energy and sense of purpose! Don't miss this powerful 14-minute episode!
Join Linda and Harvard Business School Prof. Laura Huang as they talk about those times in our lives when we see a gap between our expectations and our lived experience. These gaps prompt decisions that can be terrifying and empowering. We touch on transitions in career, culture, and language and what you can do about them. Don't miss this 12-minute episode!
Join Linda and Parul Singh, a venture capitalist, startup veteran, engineer and parent, as they talk about leaning into the fear that cloaks our desire to move away from something familiar. Your 'familiar' can be a comfortable job, a relationship, something about your health/well-being, or more. Learn how other people's expectations and our desire for safety slow us down and can limit us from being driven by the promise of something great. Linda and Parul share tips for making the choice to transition during uncertain times - including pandemics - when our fear takes on broader and even more complex dimensions. Don't miss this 12-minute episode!
Join Linda and Rachel Leng, an entrepreneur, investment manager and former Miss Singapore, as they explore the life-changing and stressful transitions of moving and starting new careers. They talk about waning confidence and how to find the courage necessary to handle all of the unknowns associated with new places, new cultures and new relationships. Rachel shares invaluable advice for getting your feet on the ground after a big move and an important point of view on how to heal ourselves in painful moments. Don't miss this 12-minute power episode.
Join Linda and writer/therapist Kathleen Smith as they explore moving forward in the presence of anxiety. They talk about how transition is in conflict with our hard-wired desire to get everything back to normal in uncertain times, even in a pandemic! Together we discuss Kathleen's mother's death, her many career reboots, and what it takes to ask ourselves good questions that draw out the fullness of who we are. Don't miss our 12-minute power episode!
Join Linda and guest Denise Shull, a former investment banker and decision making expert, as they explore the uncertainty that blankets major life moves, like divorce or career pivots. They examine the role of core beliefs and narratives. Find out if you have the courage to use the single best asset you have that can guarantee success in the pandemic and beyond! Don't miss this 12-minute episode.
Join Linda and guest Maria Santiago Valentin, an educator, PhD candidate and parent, for a conversation about repeatedly transitioning. Maria shares her experience with uncertainty, resilience and adaptability. Like so many of us during this pandemic, Maria recognized early on the role of her own expectations and their influence on her ability to transition and grow. Don't miss this 10-minute power episode.
Join Linda and guest Audrey Beaulac, style-strategist and veteran transitioner, for a conversation about personal pivots and what it means to face uncertainty. Listeners will be encouraged to shift their focus away from the specifics of the pandemic and onto the power available to anyone willing to ask different questions of themselves. Learn about the pitfalls and promise of navigating such moments. Don't miss it. A great investment of 13 minutes.
Join Linda as she hosts Denise McKenzie, a lawyer, engineer and adjunct professor with the National Science Foundation, for a conversation about what it feels like to transition. Learn how terrifying and uncertain days yield to strength in the presence of who we are. Lessons for our current crisis which are universal and enduring! Don't miss this 10-minute power episode. Make sure to share it with a friend.
Join Linda and her guest Irina Agoulnik, a multi-lingual researcher and digital transformation expert, as they talk about fear and curiosity and possibility. Irina shares her transition experience in emigrating, changing professions and getting married and divorced. We learn about taking those terrifying first steps and about the similarities across all transitions. Don't miss our 10-minute power episode!
Join Linda and her guest Lois Lindauer, a serial entrepreneur, as they discuss meeting the opportunity for transition again and again over the course of our lives. Lois and Linda talk about transition's helix-like nature, going from the known to the unknown, and how engaging 'the fullness of who we are' is critical as we de-couple from the familiar parts of ourselves in transition. This 13-minute power episode underscores the themes that lie at the heart of any transition. Don't miss it!
How can you get ready when you sense a transition is coming? Join Linda and her guest Riana Singh, social media influencer and founder of Boss Women Collective, who left a well-regarded tech job before she had another one lined up. Riana and Linda talk about finding meaningful work, taking a chance on yourself, and the importance of having a project or support system for transition's murkiest moments. Our 12-minute power episode also explores how mini-experiments can serve as a critical bridge for those in-between moments that we all encounter. Don't miss this episode!
Are you ready for an inspiring story? Join Linda and her guest, Stephanie Thompson, an entrepreneur, Navy veteran and accomplished marathoner, who reset after a series of rock bottom moments. Stephanie and Linda talk about cycling through transitions, overcoming self doubt, and learning how to rebuild who we are. Our power episode also talks about our knee-jerk safety reactions at times of uncertainty and the struggle with outdated identities. Don't miss this episode!
Our 1st anniversary episode! Host Linda Rossetti narrates a quick primer on the fundamentals of transition. We debunk common misconceptions, discuss the difference between transition and change, and explore how transition offers you an extraordinary invitation to align your life with those things that hold value and meaning to you. Don't miss this 10-minute power episode that features excerpts from Linda's popular 2 minutes on transition series. Listen now!
Have you ever encountered something unexpected and thought to yourself, What now? Join us for an inspiring conversation with guest Mark Black, a transplant recipient who found himself looking for a new normal. Mark and Linda talk about identity and those moments when our assumptions about 'who we are' get upended. Mark positions the emotional and mental hurdles tied to refreshing his identity as tougher than all of his physical hardships combined. Our power episode touches on transition, support systems, and why we need to honor life's most powerful moments. Don't miss this episode!
Have you ever wanted to quit your job and explore something new? Did anything stop you in your tracks? Join us for an inspiring discussion with Tess Vigeland, a former NPR Marketplace host who found herself yearning for something more after a highly successful dream career. Together we explore the loss and rebirth of identity that occurs in transition and the role of serendipity! We'll learn about the stages of transition and how we can begin to unlock the untapped potential that resides in each of us. Don't miss this 13-minute episode!
Have you ever dreamed about starting something new? Join us for an unforgettable discussion with Michelle Spiro, a 50-ish fashion industry executive who started on a new path in the face of Hurricane Sandy and an unexpected corporate re-organization. We will come face to face with her terrifying and liberating walk forward. We'll learn about re-framing negative emotions, like self doubt and shame, and explore triggers and how to bring out the incredible power that resides in each of us! Don't miss this 13-minute power episode - one of our best yet!
Join us to talk about an unexpected turn towards transition thanks to health problems and an untimely job loss. Katherine Goldstein, host of the podcast The Double Shift, shares her walk with transition and its early companion, failure. We explore the feelings of being alone in our failure and the surprises we meet along the way. A 12-minute power episode for another way to see ourselves and to learn about the power in reframing our narratives. Don't miss this one!
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Transition does not present itself with a neat roadmap. We are called to face and address what is right in front of us. This week's episode tackles how we might navigate transition when the future is suddenly and surprisingly uncertain. Our guest, Emily Klein, talks about how she drew upon her work experience to address a health related trigger and learned to tune in and listen to her body. This power episode - just 11 minutes - discusses how we can use our emotions to guide our decision making during transition. Don't miss the optimistic touch points!
If you like our podcast please take a moment to tell a friend or read more about my work at www.Novofemina.com. I'd love to hear from you! Find me on Twitter @LindaARossetti.
In transition, we are called to decouple from all or parts of our identity. No simple feat! This week's episode tackles this challenging hurdle from a very unique perspective. Our guest, Rachel Louise Snyder, is a researcher and author of the recent book No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us. Our discussion explores this pervasive & damaging issue while questioning what we might learn from it about our own struggles related to identity during transition. A not to be missed episode!
If you like our podcast please take a moment to tell a friend or read more about my work at www.Novofemina.com. I'd love to hear from you! Find me on Twitter @LindaARossetti.
Have you ever had the feeling that there was something more for you? Our guest, Linda Ugelow, speaker and transformational speaking coach, talks about her journey from organic farming to online entrepreneur. Along the way she faced so many issues that will likely resonate with you; fear, hiding, and breaking free from giving away too much of herself to others. Don't miss this power episode - 14 minutes - of clarity and inspiration!
If you like our podcast please take a moment to tell a friend or read more about my work at Novofemina.com. I'd love to hear from you! Linda R. (@LindaARossetti)
Are you ready to restore your confidence and look at fear in an entirely new way? Join Linda for Episode 5 when she speaks with Connie, a mother of 5, who returned to work after a seventeen year absence. We talk about big changes, like getting a divorce after twenty-three years or marriage, and subtle more-profound changes, like her transition, that happened overtime. The joy and strength Connie cultivated are available to us all - regardless of our circumstances! Don't miss this episode or take a moment to share it with a friend!
What would happen if you released all of the 'shoulds' that you hold? They come at us from our families, our friends, the work we do, the communities we live in, the media we consume, and much more. Sarah, an emotional eating expert, talks with Linda about how she learned to release her grip on all of this as she navigated marriage, motherhood, geographic moves, and entrepreneurship. Learn about her excruciating entry into parenthood and her unwillingness to accept support. This unforgettable episode unveils the incredible gifts that await all of us as we decouple from 'should.' Don't miss it!
Ever wonder what might happen if you suddenly lost your job? Join me for Episode 3 when I speak with Brandy Faven, a Life Transition Coach for Women, who navigated both divorce and job loss to embrace an incredible new journey. Brandy used the opportunity of her loss to make time in her life for a powerful interest that had been simmering on the sidelines for her for a while. She talks about the role of her narrative, or story, in helping her move forward.
This Episode sheds light on a difficult challenge for anyone transitioning - how to pay the bills while moving forward.
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An early thirties therapist, PhD student, wife and mother shares her journey of divorce and navigating a path to learn about who she is. She calls out society's tendency to misconstrue 'not knowing' as a failure. Learn about how to reframe not knowing and the joy of considering what we may gain from uncertain or difficult times. Invaluable episode! Don't miss it.
Ever wonder what a career and life re-set at 50-years-of-age feels like? Join Linda's inaugural podcast with guest Leona from Sydney, Australia. We get talk about unexpected turns in careers. We also reflect on how we respond when something upends a long serving commitment.
Our fifteen minute power podcast addresses how to respond during uncertain times and how to raise our awareness to the mistakes we are all prone to making in the face of uncertainty.
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