Torch Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Torch with Tiana Madera is about personal development that will benefit your life, career and relationships. Learn how to find your strengths and move past fear to conquer your dreams. Expand your potential, spark your inner drive, and find your voice from the professional and personal experiences of each interview guest. Follow @torchpodcast.
To celebrate my one year anniversary of producing and hosting Torch I had my dear friend, Susan Jit, interview me. She had a list of questions that were outsourced from my Instagram followers.
Our intimate conversation is filled with honesty, lessons from life and hosting Torch, and more. I hope you feel like you're in the room with us during this interview - it was a fun one for me!
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Storytelling goes beyond the walls of being an author or playwright. We tell stories with friends, we tell stories at work. The best ideas can be pitched through a story.
Nikesha Elise Williams has written and published stories for years. She shares her personal and professional experience around the impact a story can make.
Who is a good story teller? What makes a story a powerful one? She answers that and more. No matter your industry or interests, the work you do is more impactful and influential when a strong story is behind it.
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Things we cover in this episode:
- What makes a great story so great
- Story tellers worth following and learning from
- How stories can help you in all areas of life
- Where to start before establishing your story
- Easy tips on how to write a book and get published
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Work doesn't have to feel like a life sentence. It can be fulfilling and incredibly rewarding.
Aoife O’Brien founded Happier At Work to guide companies in creating a more fulfilling atmosphere for their staff. She focuses on improving culture and productivity, driving engagement and increasing retention.
We dive into 3 big needs that make anyone happier at work. Plus, explains the type of values to consider when looking for a new role or looking to hire someone on your team.
Aoife has 20+ years of experience identifying and solving business problems for global organizations like Unilever, Mars, Coca-Cola and Kraft-Heinz.
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Things we cover in this episode:
- Four areas to think about before starting a new job
- Sparketype test by Jonathan Fields
- Great questions to ask on interviews
- Aligning with your values
- Breakdown of the 3 needs to be happier at work
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Abigail Marsh brings us years of research around fear. She is the author of The Fear Factor and a Ted Talk speaker with over 2.2Million views.
As a Psychology researcher she studies the motivations of people who do extremely altruistic acts and those who lean towards psychopathy (sociopaths). She teaches topics that range from Neuroscience and Cognitive Science at Georgetown.
Abby shares her personal journey that led her to studying fear and altruism, the difference between fearlessness and bravery, what meta-fear is and how it affects your thoughts and behaviors, plus how to question your own fear and build relationships in spite of your fear or others.
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Things we cover in this episode:
- Abby's personal experience with fear
- Why some people are more altruistic than others and how it relates to fear
- Fearlessness Vs bravery
- Meta-fear and how it an can bring you down
- How to question your own fear
- How to look for fear in others
- Building relationships when someone is more fearful, less trusting
- The science of fear
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Our hormones affect us more than we know, so Nicole Jardim is here to teach you how to make sure your body is working as intended. Her mission is to empower women to take back control of their hormonal health. She provides women with needed tools to make radical and long-lasting changes.
She shares her journey in helping other women understand their body, hush hush side effects of the pill no one talks about, getting to know our hormones, and what best works for women's health in relation to contraception.
She hosts the Period Party Podcast and is the author of Fix Your Period.
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Things we cover in this episode:
- Nicole's side effects from the pill
- Her journey in helping other women take control of their health
- How to eat for your hormones / cycle
- IUDs and Fertility Awareness Method
- Effects of chronic over-stimulation and correlation to our hormones
- Period tracking apps: Kindara and Clue
- Social media detox podcast episode
- Take the period quiz
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Forget the glass ceiling. We must tear down the walls around us and build a better system!
Sari De shares her deep knowledge of how to build teams that breathe inclusion and diversity. As a leadership coach, she helps women fight burn out, build their legacy at work, get the pay they deserve, learn how to have difficult conversations, and more.
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Things we cover in this episode:
- Leadership focused on women of color
- How to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace
- Dealing with being considered "cute" and then becoming a "threat" once you're promoted
- How women can better support other women
- How to be intentional at work, and build a clear career path
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) — how it helps conquer fear and create better habits
- How to have difficult conversations
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Welcome to the Financial Feminism Movement!
Tori Dunlap, founder of Her First $100k, shares 3 easy tips to help you start saving today. Plus, you’ll hear bonus material like what she loves to indulge in with her budget, simple budgeting tips and her “deep Beyonce year.”
Tori Dunlap is an internationally recognized millennial money and career expert. After saving $100,000 at age 25, she quit her corporate job and founded Her First $100K to fight financial inequality by giving women actionable resources to better their money. She has helped over 800,000 women negotiate salary, pay off debt, build savings, and invest.
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Things we cover in this episode:
- Leaving corporate life for a side hustle
- The #1 reason why women don't invest
- 3 steps to start saving money and investing today
- A simple budgeting method
- How financial education is a form of protest
- Helpful and educational financial resources
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The average person will spend 6 years and 8 months of their life on social media. That’s insane! These tried and true tips will help you add time back on your life, and increase your productivity and focus.
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Tired of burnout? Need to check your imposter syndrome at the door? Claire’s here to help you know your worth!
Claire Wasserman is the founder of Ladies Get Paid, a global community that champions the professional and financial advancement of women. Her community has flourished into 75,000 members across 120 countries.
You’re going to love Claire’s story, her clear actionable advice, and how she built a successful community that has made her business what it is today.
Grab her new book Ladies Get Paid!
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Things we cover in this episode:
- Claire personal story of why she decided to start Ladies Get Paid
- How to negotiate a raise
- Learn how to better network, great tips!
- Overcoming imposter syndrome
- The lows of perfectionism and how to combat it
- Burnout and purpose
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Eden Morris is here to school us on food psychology, how to shift our mindset with food, and how to gain mental clarity.
Eden is the founder of Teton Performance Nutrition. She has a BA in Psychology from Texas A & M University and a Master’s of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics.
From her personal hardships being a student athlete to working with clients as a Registered Dietitian, she brings incredible wisdom when it comes to not only how to eat, but what we think about food and how we use food as a form of control. It’s time to eat for joy, reduce shame, and live a life that includes a healthy relationship with food.
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Things we cover in this episode:
- Her story as an athlete
- Long-term effects of the Female Athlete Triad
- Food women tend to avoid, but actually need to eat
- How to improve your mental clarity
- The SnackWell Generation
- What’s the new kale?
- Thoughts on the Keto diet and intermittent fasting
- What is food psychology and how it helps with food consumption and mindset
- Correlation between Covid-19 and vitamin D
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2021 is around the corner. It's time to throw out "resolutions" and ask yourself one valuable question instead.
"How can I enrich my life?"
Looking at your life from this angle helps you think about what's important to you. Is it intimacy, confidence, career opportunity, financial stability? Those can all enrich your life and you can accomplish those things without attaching to a specific person or thing because these ideas are fluid. These ideas can be cultivated in multiple ways.
Learn how to welcome in 2021 by making it a more meaningful and enriching year.
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It's time to train your brain. Kara Loewentheil is a Master Certified Coach who teaches her students about the power of Thought Work. She runs a 7-figure coaching business and hosts a top-rated self-help podcast called Unfck Your Brain* that has been downloaded 10M times. Kara has been featured in endless outlets like Marie Claire and MSN.com.
We all fundamentally have the same fear, and she explains what that is and how to overcome it. You’ll love her live coaching session with me around procrastination. The struggle is real! She asks incredibly simple questions that will walk you through your procrastination habits and reframe them in a way that will help you dilute those old patterns.
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Things we cover in this episode:
- How Kara became a Master Certified Life Coach
- What is thought work?
- Live coaching session on procrastination
- How to ask yourself better questions
- Break the negative thought-loop pattern
Free Worksheet – Three Ways To Create Self-Confidence That Actually Work
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The Clutch coaching community
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Shani Silver, editor of Atta Girl publication on Medium and host of A Single Serving Podcast, smacks some reframing into our heads around how we see and experience singlehood.
Shani is changing the negative narratives around being single, while simultaneously creating community among single women. After a decade of swiping for a match, she decided it was far more important to accept life as is and fully live it rather than wait for life to start once a partner appeared.
Things we cover in this episode:
- Positive aspects of being single
- Reframing the patriarchal vision
- Low self-worth and its consequences when dating
- Unwritten contracts we sign in relationships
- Being single isn’t something you get to endure, it’s something you get to do!
- Being single during Covid
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Atta Girl publication
My interview on A Single Serving Podcast
Singled Out by Bella DePaulo
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Sherianna Boyle is a Psychology Professor, author of 9 books and founder of Emotional Detox Coaching. In this episode, we get into her C.L.E.A.N.S.E. Method. It's an acronym for the 7-steps that walks you through this life-changing anxiety detox.
Sherianna walked me through her 7-step process. It was incredibly enlightening and eye-opening. You'll hear it in my voice, it really hit me!
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Each step in C.L.E.A.N.S.E. builds on the previous step:
- Clear Reactivity
- Look Inward
- Emit
- Activate Joy
- Nourish
- Surrender
- Ease
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- Sign up for the Emotional Detox for Manifesting workshop
- Connect with Sherianna: ShariannaBoyle.com, CleanseLife.com, @sherianna.boyle
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Authentic Authority will give your business that extra edge. Dana Malstaff, founder of Boss Mom, explains Authentic Authority and how it affects the way you show up in your business, how to market your brand, what to say yes or no to, etc.
BONUS: The Ten Minute Breakdown Rule helps organize tasks that bog you down.
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- Join the Boss Mom Facebook Group
- Nurture To Convert Society for members
- Listen to the Boss Mom Podcast
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Self-awareness gets a lot of attention, but come to find the real secret sauce of leadership and in knowing thyself lies in meta-perception. What is meta-perception? It's the assumption you make based on how you think others see you.
Prof Rachel Sturm explains why it's so important, what the negative consequences are when you under predict how you think others perceive you, and how to make it work in your favor.
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A solid morning routine has made the biggest impact in my life. I breakdown the best time time of day to start your routine, and the 4 main things I do that keeps me sane and focused.
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YAY! We hit our 40th episode! It's so fitting given my big birthday milestone is coming up... it's on November 15th ;)
In this short and sweet episode I read a simple Stoic quote I pulled from Ryan Holiday's book, The Daily Stoic. It felt like a perfect point of reflection given the crazy year 2020 has thrown at us and as I'm approaching a quarantine birthday.
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In 2019, I came across an old video of Oprah interviewing Gary Zukav, author of The Seat of The Soul. Whatever he was sharing was what I wanted to embody, so I signed up for an annual workshop he and his partner Linda Francis have hosted for over two decades.
Listen in as I share a BIG takeaway from the last workshop I just attended. It's all about Choice. The choices you make and don't make, and the positive or negative consequences that come from them.
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Is all anxiety bad for you? There is an optimal level of anxiety that actually increases your focus and productivity.
Optimal anxiety helps you focus and feel motivated, but the trick is finding that sweet spot of just the right amount of anxiety. This episode covers what too little and too much anxiety does to you. Plus, the two ways to turn anxiety on its head and use it FOR you rather than AGAINST you.
- Resources:
- The Five Second Rule by Mel Robbins is a great resource to snap out of a rut when you are overly anxious
- Yerkes-Dodson law's bell curve is in the full show notes
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Why do we lie to ourselves? Those lies are negative thoughts that swirl in our mind and the worst part is that we believe them.
There are 6 main ways we lie to ourselves and small steps you can take to help reduce their grip on your life and your overall happiness.
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Change sums up 2020. How do you handle change? How do you learn from change and prepare yourself for what's to come? I share three things you can do today that will help you confront hardship and move forward from a place of power.
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The 6 Benefits of Journaling and Helpful Prompts
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Licia Fertz is a 90-year old influencer. It's an unexpected career path after the death of her husband Aldo. She recounts vibrant memories, the loss of her daughter, life lessons, and recent insight from her 95k and counting Instagram fans.
Licia's Book Non C'e' Tempo Per Essere Tristi, There Is No Time To Be Sad https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/non-tempo-essere-tristi-fertz/libro/9788851181758
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We are defined by how we rise to challenges. How have you moved past your pitfalls and taken them as opportunities? Listen in as I share my two biggest pitfalls that made me finally see things in a different way. I share my outlook on the ups and downs in life.
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Knowing what your main values are will help you be proactive in how you show up each day. Take notes as Sandy Hessler shares how to narrow down your values and how to sticks to them.
This will help you align with your purpose and provide clarity in your decision making. Plus, it will help you better distinguish what to make or not make time for in your life.
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Top 5 quotes from top guests answering "What Does Leadership Mean To You?" The answers are all different based on perspective, yet they all deeply relate to each guests' own personal development journey. Listen in and see which speaks to you.
Guests mentioned in this episode:
- ep12 with Gelareh Mizrahi, high-end handbag designer
- ep14 with Lynsey Dyer, award-wining back mountain skier
- ep17 with Sandy Hessler, entrepreneur and coach
- ep25 with Monica Brown, top woman in tech
- ep31 with Chris Lee, transformational coach to celebrities, entrepreneurs and thought-leaders
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It's time to transform any breakdown, breakup, or crisis into a breakthrough. Today's guest shares 7 steps to get you through it!
Chris Lee, a transformational coach with over 30 years of coaching experience, works with celebrity clients, entrepreneurs and thought leaders like Lewis Howes from The School of Greatness.
Grab a pen and paper and take notes, so you can work through these 7 steps to transform your breakdown into a breakthrough.
Things covered in this episode:
- Life-changing book Transform Your Life: 10 Principles of Abundance and Prosperity
- How Chris became a Transformational Coach
- 7 Steps To Transform Breakdowns Into Breakthroughs
- 3 main things needed to assist with any new commitment to having a successful breakthrough
- How to trust the process
- Transforming your mindset
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Wow, we made it to 30! Podcasting has brought so many opportunities and people into my life that I wanted to share them with you in case you needed a nudge to start your own podcast or any other project.
In this episode I break down two big topics:
1) What I learned from podcasting
2) What I learned from my most memorable interviews
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Dahlia Ferlito found their voice in activism over a decade ago. Listen in as they share how the path of activism unfolded leading them to co-found White People For Black Lives (WP4BL), what is white supremacy culture, how we've experienced it, how to start doing the work, and more.
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Things covered in this ep:
- Dahlia's path to activism - side note, they were featured on "Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea." on Netflix
- Being called out by POC friends for showing up from a white lens, which was a big inflection point in Dahlia's life
- Why a white space is important for racial injustice work
- White Supremacy as a system and the main characteristics
- Tema Okum's White Supremacy Culture document, and how they show up and negatively impact the workplace
- Joining a cause in solidarity, not from charity
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Tabitha Salomon, a Google and Harvard MBA alumna, shares her tried and true growth mindset strategy thanks to her morning routine. Plus, we get into her life as a co-founder of two businesses during COVID, how to stand out, how to hire the right people, and working with her Hollywood actress sister. She shares the 3 things you need to optimize before launching anything.
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Book Recommendations
- Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Miracle Morning Millionaires by Hal Elrod
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Tabitha Salomon, a Google and Harvard MBA alumna, shares her go-to resource that helped her build both of her start-ups, Party Dash and Dash Camp.
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Investing can feel daunting and downright intimidating. Katie Perry, the VP of Marketing for Public.com, shares how women are changing their investing habits.
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Things we cover in this episode:
- Claim your free stock when you sign up for Public
- Importance of having money dialogues
- Katie’s career trajectory
- Overreach your professional abilities in new industries
- Combatting imposture syndrome
- Women invest 40% less than men
- Fractional shares
- How much I invested in Public
- Personal opinions on industries to invest in
- The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing recommended book
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This interview reflects my opinion and the opinion of the guest. It does not reflect the views of Public Holdings Inc. This episode is for informational purposes only; it is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security, nor is it the basis of any investment decision. Seek a licensed professional for investment advice.
Monica Brown has made a name for herself in Tech, carving out her own successful path in Corporate America. She candidly shares her ups and downs in the workplace as a Black woman and how she has instilled self-confidence in her every day life. We get into race and gender microaggressions, plus the power of not letting others dictate how you should show up in the world.
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Full show notes for prompts and tips: https://torchpodcast.com/25-proactive-diversity-monica-brown/
Things we cover in this episode:
- Proactive diversity
- Microaggressions at work and how to deal with them
- Race and gender biases
- Avoiding the victim card – Monica walks us through the best way to have difficult conversations at work
- Writing a book in 5 weeks
- Navigating expectations of others
Purchase Monica’s book Only One: How to Be a Bad Ass Boss in Corporate America
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Get the most out of your journal by understanding its benefits and how to use writing prompts to help you achieve goals and reduce anxiety.
I've had a consistent journaling practice since 2017 and it has changed my life in so many ways. It's helped me reduce some anxiety around specific fears relating to work, relationships, personal goals, hobbies, etc. You name it, I've journaled about it.
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Full show notes for prompts and tips: https://torchpodcast.com/journal/
Things I cover in this episode:
- The 6 benefits of journaling
- How some of The Greats have journaled
- Journaling prompts from Tim Ferriss, Mel Robbins and Minaa B. and how I use them
- What is The Isolation Journals community
- Best journal and pens to buy
Recommended books to help with journal prompts:
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday
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Welcome to a Bonus Q&A with Dr. Payal Sharma! We answer real-life workplace conundrums – AKA office politics questions – that were submitted by listeners via Instagram.
Dr. Payal is a field researcher who studies power and stress in organizations.
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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/23-bonus-office-politics/
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Power and politics go hand-in-hand in the workplace. Much of this power game may relate to old trauma and stories that leaders carry from their home to the office.
Dr. Payal Sharma, a field researcher who studies power and stress in organizations, shares her tips and findings with us. We discuss types of power, how personal trauma can play out at work, how to prime yourself to feel more powerful, and how to manage up when dealing with a difficult boss.
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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/22-win-the-power-game-dr-payal-sharma/
Things we cover in this episode:
- Where you have agency and control at work
- How to manage up
- What employees expect from female VS male leaders
- How to prime yourself to feel powerful
- Personalized power VS socialized power
- How to find work allies and why
- Most successful types of employees
Recommended leadership books:
- Dare To Lead by Brené Brown
- Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
Follow @power_sharma on Instagram. Learn more about Payal at her faculty website or email her here.
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Does negotiating with your kids feel endless? On average, you’ll negotiate with them 6 times today about things like bedtime, screen-time, homework, and on and on.
After much research – plus professional and personal experience in the world of negotiation – Dr. Terri Kurtzberg shares proven tactics that will help you better negotiate with your kids.
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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/19-negotiating-with-kids/
Things we cover in this episode:
- NEWLY RELEASED BOOK: Negotiating at Home: Essential Steps for Reaching Agreement with Your Kids
- 3 challenges that arise when negotiating with kids
- Common tactics kids use for getting what they want
- Real life examples that will help you get what you want VS argue with your kid
- Dealing with the “that’s not fair” complaint
- The power of asking “why?”
- The 3-Question Checklist that will help you negotiate better
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"There’s no burden in life, or failure. There’s only opportunity." – Chef Dominique
Chef Dominique Crenn is no stranger to adversity. She was adopted in Versailles, France and grew into a Poet, Activist, and Chef. In her early twenties, she flew to San Francisco and never looked back…decades later becoming the only woman in the U.S. with 3 Michelin Stars.
Rebel Chef - In Search of What Matters https://amzn.to/30mBIah is her second book. Dive into her life challenges, opportunities, children, relationships, surviving breast cancer, and her humanitarian heart.
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Things we cover in this episode:
- Of course, we talk about food! Learn how to make a killer grilled cheese, 3-Michelin star-worthy
- Lessons from her twin daughters
- How she stepped up at 9 years old to cook for her family while her mother was sick
- Her passion and support for small business
- Her approach to leadership and hiring staff
- Rapid-fire Q&A about salt, David Bowie, books, Maria Bello, nicknames, and that insane grilled cheese
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"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." – Maya Angelou
This episode is about making a difference in your own way. Anything is better than staying silent. Anything is better than not taking a step towards justice.
How we can improve this broken system, this country?
It’s no longer enough to be non-racist. It’s a matter of being anti-racist. Listen up and visit the full show notes https://torchpodcast.com/blacklivesmatter for a helpful list of resources to help make a difference.
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Want to make more money? Want that dream job? Putting an offer on a home? If you think about it, we're always negotiating...at home, at work, with our partner and family, and on and on.
Want to be a negotiating warrior? Dr. Terri Kurtzberg – a Social Scientist as I like to call her! – shares proven tactics to prepare you for your next big (or little negotiation) conversation.
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Dr. Terri is an Associate Professor of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School where she teaches graduate students the strategies and tactics of negotiating. Her research has been quoted in media outlets like The New York Times, Fortune Magazine, BBC and CNN. She's also the co-author of four books.
Things we cover in this episode:
- 3 things you get wrong when negotiating
- How to prepare for a negotiation
- Getting the raise you deserve!
- How to negotiate a sweet new job package deal
- Best negotiating tactics and how to use them in your favor
- Multiple Equivalent Simultaneous Offers (MESOs)
- Analogical Transfer
Links Personal Leadership Books
- Negotiating at Home: Essential Steps for Reaching Agreement with Your Kids
- Distracted: Staying Connected without Losing Focus
- Virtual Teams: Mastering Communication and Collaboration in the Digital Age Kindle Edition
- The Essentials of Job Negotiations: Proven Strategies for Getting What You Want Kindle Edition
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Personal leadership is the ability and determination to grow internally. It’s the actions you take to connect to who you truly are and consciously show up in your values and in integrity. Having a north star in the shape of your values and principles can help guide you. This makes all the difference in how you experience the world and in how others experience you.
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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep17-your-guide-to-personal-leadership-with-sandy-hessler/
Sandy Hessler is a steward of personal leadership. Most recently, she has been teaching leadership and entrepreneurial courses at the Start-Up Institute which she co-founded in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She runs her own app Six Minutes Daily that helps set up your day by giving you space to connect to your purpose, your intention, and acknowledge what you are grateful for.
Things we cover in this episode: * How her free app, Six Minutes Daily, helps you set the tone for how you show up in the world * The importance of good habits that keep you grounded and focused * Life changing questions you need to ask yourself * Dealing with imposture syndrome * How to find your values and stick to them * The number one advice for anyone who’s had difficult bosses * How trust makes or breaks teams * How Sandy handles her nerves and fears * Building a strong leadership foundation
Links * Contact Sandy via email * Learn more about Sandy, her courses and app at SixMinutesDaily.com * Download the Six Minutes Daily app on iOS
Personal Leadership Books * The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey * Shift Happens: How to Live an Inspired Life by Robert Holden Ph.D. * Essentialism: The Disciplines Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown * Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. by Brené Brown * Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
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"Great branding is creating an emotional connection between you and your audience." — Mark Schaefer
There is no better time to know how to build a personal brand than now. Branding, marketing, and business strategy expert Mark Schaefer shares the 4 things that all successful personal brands do.
As a business consultant and everyone's go-to for marketing advice, Mark has been asked by many entrepreneurs and businesses about the science of becoming known. He embarked on two years of research and today he shares the 4 things that all known people do. He breaks them down for us with precision, with real life stories, and an action plan we can start using today.
Win one of Mark's books – KNOWN – so you can become your very own branding expert. Enter on Instagram @torchpodcast. Three winners will be chosen on May 16th, 2020.
Mark is the author of one of the top five marketing blogs in the world, businessesgrow.com. He is the host of the Marketing Companion podcast, an author of 8 books where he shares his research and theories about marketing, social media strategies, and branding. He’s also a keynote speaker, educator at Rutgers, and founder of a marketing consulting company that works with global brands from Adidas and Johnson & Johnson to the U.S. Air Force.
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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep16-how-to-build-a-personal-brand-with-mark-schaefer
TOPICS WE COVER:
- Side topic: His personal experience in coming down with Covid-19
- Why you need a personal brand whether you work for a company or yourself
- The FOUR things you need to build a personal brand
- The one BIG mistake people make when building a brand
- The only sustainable advantage in business today
- How to leverage yourself when applying for a job
- How employers can better attract new employees and keep great ones
- Why engagement is a useless metric
- The best source of advocacy… it’s not more advertising!
- Top of mind preference VS top of mind awareness
- How to STAND OUT
LINKS
- Subscribe to Mark’s blog Businessesgrow.com
- Subscribe to Mark’s podcast Marketing Companion with co-host Brooke Sellas
- Follow Mark on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
MARK's BOOKS
- Marketing Rebellion: The Most Human Company Wins
- Known: The handbook for building and unleashing your personal brand in the digital age
- Lessons: Essays to Help You Embrace the Chaos
- Content Code: Six essential strategies to ignite your content, your marketing, and your business
- Social Media Explained: Untangling the World’s Most Misunderstood Business Trend
- The Tao of Twitter
- Born To Blog: Building Your Blog for Personal and Business Success One Post at a Time
- Return on Influence: The Revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring, and Influence Marketing
Check out full show notes for more information.
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Deep talks about radical acceptance, finding a flow state to connect to Source, tapping into pure inspiration, and showing up in the world for our kids and family.
Abigail Lorick lives a life that is well-connected to her inner voice. She grew up surfing off of Amelia Island, Florida and doctoring up her school uniforms as a kid. Now, as Co-Founder and Creative Director of Ansea the timeless lifestyle brand for women who love the water, she’s able to perfectly blend her childhood passions: water and fashion. The best part…Ansea is sustainable.
She shares her past experience as the ghost designer to Eleanor Waldorf’s fashion line in the iconic Gossip Girl TV show. Abigail also had her design-hands in & Other Stories, Cynthia Rowley and Stance.
I get a bit personal with a story relating to a drug lord – I know, so off topic! – and what my recent spiritual journey has been like.
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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-15-finding-inspiration-with-sustainable-designer-abigail-lorick/
TOPICS WE COVER:
- Lessons in fashion and being on the set of Gossip Girl
- The power of getting dressed each morning
- How to reach a state of flow
- Her main source of inspiration and power
- Fika, the wonderful Swedish coffee ritual
- Sustainable fabrics: Yulex and Econyl
- Neoprene and its negative impact on the environment, and why it’s still used by many corporations
- Biggest lesson in life
- A habit that changed her life – what she eliminated
- Piano music we go crazy over!
LINKS
- Shop Ansea.co
- Follow Ansea on Instagram and Facebook
- Follow Abigail on Instagram
BOOKS MENTIONED
- Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach
- Seat of The Soul by Gary Zukav
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal
Check out full show notes for our dream list of contemporary pianists and other great sustainable brands from fashion to cleaning products and TP.
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"As a woman, everything can be discounted. What can’t be discounted is what you do. It can’t be taken away from you. It’s indisputable." — Lynsey Dyer
What does it take to ski off a 65 ft. cliff in the back country of Jackson Hole? Lynsey Dyer, one of the best big mountain skiers in the world, explains the motivation and mindset needed to accomplish so many feats in the male-dominated industry of extreme sports.
At 16, she won the Junior Olympics in Downhill Skiing, and soon after leaned into a life of back country freestyle skiing where rules were meant to be broken. She’s charged down fresh powder winning titles at the Freeride World Tour and was named Skier-of-The-Year multiple times.
Featured on major networks and TV shows – check. Heli-skiing – check. Spoke at TEDTalks – check. Starred in several ski movies – check. Magazine covers – check.
For those unfamiliar with the ski world, Lynsey's other accomplishments range from running a business, leading heli-skiing trips around the world, and directing/producing the first and only all-female ski movie called Pretty Face. The film empowers women and girls alike through the love of sport and community.
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Full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-14-honor-your-fear-with-world-skier-lynsey-dyer/
TOPICS WE COVER:
- Her proudest ski moment
- Terrifying avalanche story
- Connecting with your feminine
- Tackling a male dominated world
- Using fear and disappointment as a motivator
- Morning routine to get her mind and body right
- Techniques that improve her mindset
- The power of surrender
- Complicated female friendships
- Reducing limited beliefs
- Her interview with Alex Honnold of Free Solo
- How she works with top sponsors
LINK:
- Find Lynsey on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook
- Watch Pretty Faces on iTunes, Vimeo, or order the DVD
- Showing Up With Lynsey Dyer podcast on Apple or Spotify
- Unicorn Picnic on Instagram and Facebook
- SheJumps non-profit on Instagram and Facebook
- Edythe Heus from Revolution in Motion
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Dipping your toes into an eco-friendly way of life? Or are you ready to go deeper in your eco-friendly buying habits?
SAVE 20% on your first 2-month order of Tampon Tribe with code TORCH
Giana Korth, the Founding Member of Tampon Tribe, walks us through the importance of examining our purchasing habits. Feminine hygiene products we purchase may not always be the best for our bodies or the planet. It’s crucial to put our bodies first, and we do that through our buying power, ladies!
In support of Covid-19 relief, Tampon Tribe is using their manufacturing facilities to produce 200,000 medical grade masks a day to help clinics and medical staff in the U.S. You can donate to their Mask Appeal GoFundMe campaign.
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TOPICS WE COVER:
- Importance of truly organic products
- Yes, we get into the menstrual cup, so listen up!
- How meditation changed her life
- The one lesson you need to learn when selling or negotiating
- How to relay value to customers
- Running a Needs Analysis for potential customers
- Breaking long-term buying habits
- How to educate customers on your product values and quality
- Giana's personal focus this year to grow as a leader in her life and career
- Key management books that guided her
LINK:
- Visit TamponTribe.com and save 20% on your first two-month order with code TORCH
- Donate to the Make Appeal GoFundMe campaign
- Visit Project Code Red to help reduce period poverty in the U.S.
- Follow Tampon Tribe on Instagram and Facebook
BOOKS:
- How To Master The Art of Selling by Tom Hopkins
- Spin Selling by Neil Rackham
- Measure What Matters by John Doerr
- Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
- The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard
- The Making of A Manager by Julie Zhuo
SAVE 20% on your first 2-month order of Tampon Tribe with code TORCH
Find links and full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-13-become-an-eco-warrior-with-tampon-tribe/
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As the world continues to ebb through the pits of uncertainty, successful handbag designer Gelareh Mizrahi takes matters into her own hands. She quickly put a hold on her fashion business to focus all of her time and effort to raise money for PPEs (personal protective equipment) that she is distributing to doctors, other medical staff and hospitals across the US.
Support began a few weeks ago when her brother, a doctor at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, desperately needed protection to help combat the growing spread of the Covid-19 virus.
Gelareh shares how she's turned her GoFundMe into a larger coalition with other non-profits.
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Gelareh also dives into her thought process when building a brand, finding the write people to work with and be mentored by, learning from past managerial mistakes, and more.
And yes, Kylie Jenner is a fan of her notorious micro mini bags! Kylie's daughter Stormi has been seen on several occasions with her very own micro mini collection. Gelareh's fashion vibe is always tide to "humor" as she says; she wants to make a positive impact with her collection through the tongue in cheek bags she's created over the last eight years.
Things we cover in this episode:
- How to find a brand’s voice and vibe
- Receiving incredible PR
- Getting her bags in the hands of celebrities like Kylie Jenner
- The app she uses to cultivate incredible business connections
- The future of fashion
- What success means to her
- The one thing that helps her acknowledge her fears and move past them
- The hardest and biggest management lesson she had to learn
- Her big inner-work focus for 2020
- What leadership means to her
- Quarantining at home with her husband and two young sons
- Putting her collection on hold and starting a GoFundMe for Covid-19 relief efforts
Links:
- Donate to the Protect Those Who Protect Us GoFundMe campaign
- Visit GelarehMizrahi.com
- Follow Gelareh on Instagram and Facebook
Find links and full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-12-gelareh-mizrahi-bag-designer-and-covid19-relief-fundraiser
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Have you experienced anxiety or burnout? Do you want to connect to your true purpose? Ready to manifest and create a better life?
Jenni Wendell shares her years of insight and life experience that has led her to build a successful career in yoga. As the owner of Just Be Yoga studios and Luminary Farm, a 160-acre retreat space in Northern California, she dives into how she made a change from her corporate position to transforming into a business owner, visionary and leader of a team of employees and yoga teachers.
We cover topics like what inner work she had to embrace in order to become a better leader, what keeps her from self-sabotage, what one word she focuses on in order to stay true to her vision and life purpose, pivoting her business during Covid19, the two books that changed her life, the most powerful practices that help manifest what she wants, and more.
Things we cover in this episode:
- The one word to focus on when setting true intentions
- How to reduce self-sabotage and self-doubt
- The life changing power of practicing non-attachment (or Aparigraha)
- The one thing that keeps us stuck from moving forward
- Life after experiencing burnout, depression and anxiety
- How she created a vision for her next step in life
- The power of manifesting and other tools she uses to work towards her purpose
- Building organic growth in a business
- Growing as a leader
- How she quickly pivoted her business during Covid19
Links:
- Visit Just Be Yoga studio and follow them on Instagram and Facebook
- Visit The Luminary Farm and follow them on Instagram and Facebook
- Connect with Jenni on Instagram and LinkedIn
- Book 1 – The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga’s Ethical Practice by Deborah Adele
- Book 2 – Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters by Psychotherapist Robert Augustus Masters
- More info on Aparigraha
Find links and full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-11-the-one-word-that-will-change-your-life-with-jenni-wendell/
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How do you move forward in the world after experiencing the worst – losing a child? Natalie Pizarro shares her deeply personal and moving experience of losing her first daughter Sabrina who was just shy of turning two years old.
Natalie is very candid about the day that is forever burned in her memory, and how she found strength in creating a fulfilling life for herself and her husband in the wake of such a tragedy.
We start the interview with us talking about a trip I took her on two months after the loss and how it allowed her to breathe a bit. We then get into detail of what Natalie did for herself to remain sane and not fall into a puddle of despair on most days. You’ll hear more about what gave her strength, hope, what she needed most from friends, and how her perspective on life has changed.
Sabrina and her second daughter, Anna Sofia, are both IVF babies. Find more info in the show notes.
Episode 9 is part one of this interview where Natalie explains the incredible research and results from Ketamine for depression, anxiety and other mental disorders. She is the Director of Marketing and Sales at the Ketamine Health Centers, and has experienced Ketamine personally and seen remarkable effects on patients.
Things we cover in this episode:
- The one important thing to cultivate after a loss
- How to connect to yourself during the first months of loss
- Moving beyond “why did this happen to me?”
- What helped their marriage move past this
- What friends and family can do to best support
- EMDR Therapy treatment that helped with the trauma of her loss
- The little things that can help you heal
- Natalie’s new mindset years later
- How to find joy again
Find links and full show notes: https://torchpodcast.com/ep10-finding-joy-after-losing-a-child-with-natalie-pizarro-ivf/
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Are you going through a hard time? Do you or someone close to you have severe anxiety, depression or other mental issues? This episode covers an FDA-approved treatment that is administered intravenously; it’s called Ketamine.
Natalie Pizarro, the Director of Marketing and Sales at the Ketamine Health Centers, shares her incredibly moving story of personal loss and growth, as well as the health benefits of Ketamine. Ketamine has an incredible success rate for PTSD, OCD, depression, suicidal ideations, bipolar depression, severe anxiety, Fibromyalgia and other pain syndromes.
This working mom and wife shares her tips to create connection and stay sane during this global pandemic, her personal experience with Ketamine as a worker and a patient, and her outlook on life after experiencing the loss of a child.
*Episode 10 is part two of this interview where Natalie goes deep into the passing of her first daughter… it’s a deeply moving story filled with inspiration and hope.
Things we cover
- Privileged Guilt during this global pandemic
- How to deal with the stress of Coronavirus as a mom, wife, and career woman
- Natalie’s perspective on Coronavirus given the loss of her first daughter
- New habits that can help during this time of uncertainty
- Ketamine treatment
- Benefits of Ketamine
- Natalie and her mother’s personal experiences with Ketamine to treat severe depression and PTSD
- The full outpatient process and what to expect
- What Ketamine feels like during treatment
- Great alternative to other medication like pills
Full show notes and links: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-9-tackle-anxiety-and-depression-with-ketamine-guest-natalie-pizarro/
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Nadia Koski is an American expat who has been a Florentine resident for 15 years. She and I became close friends when I lived in Florence from 2011 to 2014. Along with her Florentine husband Matteo and adorable Jack Russell named Gilberto, she has been on Coronavirus Lockdown in Italy since Saturday, March 7th. They are projected to lift the lockdown on April 3rd, which can change.
Her story is very important because she shares how even a day or two before Coronavirus Lockdown she was not sure how serious to take the warnings, like many of us in the United States. Now that she has been confined to her condo in Isolotto, a neighborhood in Florence, she is grateful that this has been a countrywide mandate.
She was one of the thousands of musicians in Italy playing live music from balconies each afternoon. We get into the joy of how these Balcony Concert Series, if you will, bring her and how it has changed her perspective on things, on community, and on her own self-reflection.
Things we cover
- What does a Coronavirus Lockdown really look like
- The importance of feeling good during these times
- Why it's important to get dressed in the mornings and not succumb to wearing PJs all day
- How to manage stress and anxiety
- Why the US needs to act faster with testing and lockdowns
- Incredible dedication from the Italian medical teams
- How businesses should be supporting clients VS "selling more" on social media
- The silver-lining in all of this
- It's a beautiful, touching interview - thanks for listening and sharing this!
Full show notes and links: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-8-stories-from-coronavirus-lockdown-in-italy/
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Rachel Tipograph quit her lucrative job at Gap as Global Director of Digital and Social Media and traveled the world for 100 days. Soon after she went to work building an eComm platform, MikMak, in 2015.
She's made impressive lists, like Forbes 30 under 30, The Most Creative People of The Year by Fast Company and Ad Age, The Most Influential Women In America by Marie Claire, and so many more. Plus, MikMak was included in Inc.'s Best Workplaces List.
Gary Vaynerchuk, AKA Gary Vee, is one of her investors! Rachel shares her fast and furious investor pitch and the number one lesson she learned from him.
Aside from understanding the digital space, Rachel's the master at building company culture and hiring the right people for her growing team. She shares views on the importance of a boss in an employee's life and how the interview process is a two-way street.
Things we cover
- Biggest lesson she learned from Gary Vaynerchuk
- How to finds opportunities
- Best country from her 100-day trip around the world
- Hardships building a company and where she failed
- Great questions to ask candidates
- How to treat a reference call when vetting candidates - love this one!
- Corporate culture and benefits employees actually love that increase happiness and foster team moral
- Best ways to build employee loyalty
- Characteristics a great leader needs to have
Full show notes and links: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-7-how-to-build-company-culture-rachel-tipograph-investor-gary-vaynerchuk/
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This is an emotional interview with a powerful woman who is a human trafficking survivor.
Rebecca Bender is not just a survivor. She is a leader in supporting other human trafficking survivors, the go-to authority for law enforcement in related cases, an author, speaker, entrepreneur and community leader. She is such an inspiration!
Full show notes and links: https://torchpodcast.com/ep6-human-trafficking-survivor-turned-author-podcast/
Things we cover
- Misconceptions of human trafficking
- What traffickers look for – who’s most at risk
- Mental state of when she tried to escape and effects of trauma to this day
- Building healthy relationships after trauma, and rebuilding trust
- Full decimalization of the sex trade: brothel owners, procuring, pimping
- Anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts from living in a prolonged state of fear
- False sense of independence – that feeling some of us women take on since a young age as a sense of protection
- Challenge of asking for help
- Scariest part of starting something new – Rebecca started many for profits and non-profits
- How to help survivors in your community
Full show notes and links: https://torchpodcast.com/ep6-human-trafficking-survivor-turned-author-podcast/
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After leaving a secure corporate job, Susan Jit embarked on a new journey with her two sisters Shelina and Rovina. Sulina Shop was initially their side hustle that was born during the wee hours of many weekdays and most weekends.
Sulina Shop is an all-natural, organic, Ayurvedic skincare company that makes clean products like face oils, masks, body butters, scrubs, deodorants and more. It was founded in 2015 when the three sisters wanted to create a business that used natural ingredients they were raised with back in Fiji.
She did a lot of the leg work herself along with her sisters rather than pay for outside help for each task that needed to get done. Because of this, Susan took all the photos you’ll see on sulinashop.com using just an iPhone. And it looks great! Plus, with help from YouTube tutorials she figured out Photoshop and other tools to create graphics and videos for the site and marketing collateral. It’s impressive what a trip to Home Goods and an iPhone can do!
She tells it like it is: the crying, the questioning, the self-doubt.
Topics we cover in this episode:
- How she built an Instagram audience
- What made her quit a well-paid, comfortable corporate position and take a risk embarking on her own company
- Mistakes leaders tend to make
- How Sulina Shop started
- How to work with family, one sister being a stay-at-home mom and the other sister having a full-time job
- How to deal when times get tough, from crying and picking yourself back up
- How years of meditating bring answers and solace
- How to not be “careful” with your own brand
- Start-up challenges when working with large distributers
- Applying good leadership skills from lessons from bad leaders
- Why you don’t need a fancy camera to build a website or marketing collateral
Full show notes with links: https://torchpodcast.com/ep-5-turning-your-side-hustle-into-a-business-with-susan-jit
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Sarah Weise, CEO of Bixa Marketing Research and author of InstaBrain: The New Rules for Marketing to Generation Z, shares an incredible amount of knowledge in this episode. Listen in on why it's so important to understand, not only what Gen Z like, but why. We go into depth as to the many reasons behind the Gen Z mindset, some key terms they use, what types of influencers they are obsessed with, and why they prefer tutorial videos over a night watching Netflix.
Topics we cover in this episode:
- Goat Yoga – ya it's a thing!
- Gen Z upbringing in post-911 world, one with more diversity and family dynamics than ever before
- How Technology Parenting played a major role in how they see the world and interact with it
- Gen Z attention span and how many screens they can master at once
- Their love for apps VS search engines, and how this affects your content and marketing dollars
- Their inclination to share pre-purchasing decisions VS post-purchase experience and how as a company you can tailor to their social media sharing habits
- How to best resonate with Gen Z when marketing to them and leading them
- The importance of standing out in a social media feed as they continue to scroll through content
- The type of influencers they resonate with most
- Some brands and influencers we call out: Mejuri, Grace Atwood, and James Charles
- Why leaders need to help them work on their soft skills
- Rapid fire Gen Z terms – LMK if you know any of these high-key terms yourself!
For full show notes, visit https://torchpodcast.com/ep4-how-to-mentor-market-to-generation-z-with-sarah-weise
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Madeline Abel-Kerns is a professional opera singer and a voice coach who teaches students how to find their voice. She uses somatic methods and vocal techniques that allow students to better connect to their bodies. This creates a deeper connection to their voice, an instrument which Madeline believes we don’t access enough.
I was her student for some time with the goal of connecting to my breath and not speaking from my throat, which is called “vocal fry”. She’s currently a voice teacher at Southern Oregon University, but also teaches via Skype and Zoom.
Topics we cover in this episode:
- Benefits of breathing correctly, and how it has helped me in my personal and professional life
- Why do women tend to hold our breaths more?
- How managing your breath affects your presentation skills
- How breathing correctly can assist with physical ailments
- Margaret Thatcher’s voice transformation with the help of her voice coach
- Body and breath aerobic training
- Bartenieff Fundamentals and other somatic techniques
- What is vocal fry
For full show notes, visit https://torchpodcast.com/ep-3-harness-the-power-of-your-voice-with-madeline-abel-kerns
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In this episode, I interview Lila Harding. She owns a consulting company that helps CEOs master their lives and take that needed next step in their career. She has years of experience helping others through their inflection points with clarity and support. She advises people based on their desired life shift - on what they want to work towards or accomplish and strives to not just balance life, but actually live in intention towards a more thoughtful path.
Topics we cover in this episode:
- How to build a support system based on your real needs
- Why gossip in the workplace is more dangerous than you think
- Stop being used by others in the workplace
- What being “busy” really says about ourselves
- The best way to approach a difficult boss
- How we all live our own “story lies”
- Questions leaders need to ask themselves
- Professional boundaries with your team
- What is "inspired followership"
- How to mastermind the team you need for where you plan to take your life and career
- How to pinpoint success in your life and career
- How to deal with self-employment woes
For full show notes, visit https://torchpodcast.com/2
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Welcome to Torch! In this first episode, I share my vision for Torch and what leadership means to me in a broad sense. Leadership does not only represent a specific corporate role or someone who owns their own business. A leader is so much more than that. It’s the way you lead your own life that determines what type of leader you are for yourself and for those around you. How you lead affects not just co-workers or those you may manage, but your friends and family.
Things I cover in this episode:
- The concept of leadership and the different forms it takes
- Types of interview guests that will be on Torch
- Why I left a great corporate position… and moved to LA!
- Lessons from past jobs that I was able to translate into future opportunities
- My professional background and experience as a poor and strong leader
Don’t forget to download Torch’s FREE list of the 3 Top Leadership Characteristics by visiting https://torchpodcast.com/1. Click that link for full show notes too.
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