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Today at Belle Curve, we talked about how to resurrect your confidence after it has been beaten up, downtrodden, maybe even murdered by someone or something or some combination of circumstances. Let’s face it, confidence destroying situations happen to everyone. And if it hasn’t happened to you yet, hate to break it to you, it […]
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One of the biggest challenges facing organizations right now, and throughout the past year-plus, is the “Great Resignation”, some have called it “the Great Reshuffle.” According to Business Insider, January 2022 was the 8th straight month in which more than 4 million Americans left their jobs and “quits are still up 23 percent above pre-pandemic […]
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It seems like one can’t scroll through Instagram or TikTok for more than 30 seconds without seeing a hashtag or a graphic or a video proclaiming the virtues of “Self Care.” But many (MANY) people struggle with Self Care—Liz, Rachel, and Mary Scott included—but not for the reasons you may think. In this episode of […]
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Welcome to Episode 78 and Happy 2022! Mary Scott Hunter here, along with today’s co-hosts Rachel Bryars and Liz Beshears. Fittingly, today, we are talking about growth. These 21 months of COVID have been hard, and I think we all know that we aren’t done with this cursed disease yet. A big hats-off to our […]
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Ever wanted to kick yourself after “oversharing” something online or in a conversation that you really just wished you’d kept to yourself? Of, what about that situation where someone tells you something that you would just really prefer not to be told? Of course, you have! We have all done it and had it dumped […]
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Is it too early to talk about the holidays? Well, too bad if it is! Because today is the day we begin to prepare. Last year’s holiday season was so different. Many of us stayed away from family gatherings and big Christmas parties, but this year we’re warming up to things looking a little (dare […]
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Belle Curve is brought to you by HigherEchelon, Inc. – find HigherEchelon at higherechelon.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Linchpins: We’ve likely all known and worked with one before. This is the person in your company or volunteer organization who is indispensable. It’s the person who leads whether they have a title or not. The person who creates so […]
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Belle Curve is brought to you by HigherEchelon, Inc. – find HigherEchelon at higherechelon.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. When you digest news, do you ever feel as if you are being experimented on, manipulated, told what to think? Know anyone, maybe even someone you love, who you think has changed, and not for the better, because of their […]
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In this week’s episode of Belle Curve we discuss Sorry Syndrome. What is Sorry Syndrome? It’s basically the compulsion to apologize for things incessantly, even when they’re things outside our control. Here are a few signs you might be afflicted, according to a few articles we found: You apologize for things you have no control […]
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Belle Curve is brought to you by HigherEchelon, Inc. – find HigherEchelon at higherechelon.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Reminder, our season break is coming up, and we will be taking July and August off and will be back with you in September. Curvies, it is so important to recharge. A lot of you go, go, go all the […]
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Belle Curve is brought to you by HigherEchelon, Inc. – find HigherEchelon at higherechelon.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.Belle Curve Book Club Episode is coming up in early June, and we will be doing Wonder Girl – The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. This is one of Mary Scott’s all-time favorite books and a great, inspiring summer […]
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Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS Belle Curve is brought to you by HigherEchelon, Inc. – find HigherEchelon at higherechelon.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Have you ever opened your closet only to have a comedic shower of shoe boxes or purses rain down? Or shuffled through your desk looking for a particular Very Important Paper? Or raided the pantry looking for a […]
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Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS Belle Curve is brought to you by HigherEchelon, Inc. – find HigherEchelon at higherechelon.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Belle Curve Book Club Episode is coming up in early June, and we will be doing Wonder Girl – The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. This is one of Mary Scott’s all-time favorite books and a […]
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Belle Curve is brought to you by HigherEchelon, Inc. – find HigherEchelon at higherechelon.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Ever been so mad, frustrated, or upset you just pop off, blow your stack, vent some steam? Think back on a time you vented some negative feelings. Was it helpful, or did it cause you problems? How did you feel […]
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Belle Curve is brought to you by HigherEchelon, Inc. – find HigherEchelon at higherechelon.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Today’s Belle Curve Book Club Episode is The Push by Audrey Audrain . Click to purchase your copy. Instead of just describing the plot, I’m going to use the author’s own words in a recent interview to give you her view. “Blythe Connor […]
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Belle Curve is brought to you by HigherEchelon, Inc. – find HigherEchelon at higherechelon.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Belle Curve Book Club Episode is coming up on March 23, 2021, and we will be doing The Push by Audrey Audrain . Click to purchase your copy. Today we spoke with generations expert, Kristin Scroggins of GenWhy about the current […]
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Most of us go through times in our lives when we experience inner doubt and lose confidence, second-guess our success, or deal with unhelpful thoughts that sometimes sound something like: “I’m not as smart as people think I am (or I used to be) and pretty soon they’re going to figure that out and cast […]
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It’s the week of Valentine’s Day, so it’s time to talk about love. More specifically, it’s time to translate how we communicate love and appreciation into the workplace and home. 29 years ago Dr. Gary Chapman distilled his years of couples counseling into a book called The 5 Love Languages. From the website: “The premise […]
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Belle Curve is brought to you by HigherEchelon, Inc. – find HigherEchelon at higherechelon.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Belle Curve Book Club Episode is coming up on March 16, 2021, and we will be doing The Push by Audrey Audrain . Click to purchase your copy. It’s important to carefully consider the importance of confidences. If we treat confidences […]
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Have you ever worked hard for something you knew was going to pay off, only to be disappointed when that long awaited day finally comes? Maybe you pined for something, some milestone, or even someone. Maybe it was a promotion, a relationship, or even a big event like a vacation or a sporting event. You’ve […]
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With the terrible human impact COVID has wreaked, we expect many may not think of 2020 as a positive year. We certainly wish the world had never been inflicted with the pandemic. Even so, we challenged ourselves to answer the question, “Has the pandemic prompted any positive outcomes in our lives?” The truth is, there are some positives, and we hope you too will challenge yourself to think about the positives in 2020 […]
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We’re nearing the end of 2020, which has been a year that has taken a toll on most of us in at least some area of our lives. Perhaps two of those areas, for many, have been in the areas of our bodies, as we have faced the challenge of staying healthy during quarantines, and […]
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The holidays are coming, and if you are like so many other families, you may be thinking “here we go with the family drama, fights, squabbles, disagreements, etc.” Internal family dissension can be BAD. It messes with your head and can mess up other areas of your life because it is so hard to compartmentalize when the dissension is with or among those you love the […]
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In a time when there are so many things that seem to work against us. How do we keep our chins up and our head cool under immense pressure?
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On today’s Belle Curve episode, Mary Scott, Rachel, and Liz get to geek out on the science of high performance with guest Dr. Angie Fifer – a HigherEchelon, Inc. mental performance expert who provides executive coaching and training in public and private sector organizations. Fifer holds multiple degrees from Penn State, Cal State and Michigan […]
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Researchers have begun scrutinizing the phenomenon of bullying. What they are finding is as sad as it is alarming: Bullies are a special breed of children. The vast majority of children (60 to 70 percent) are never involved in bullying, either as perpetrators or victims. Early in development, most children acquire internal restraints against such […]
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I have a juicy story to tell you. Did you hear about what Bob did at the Christmas party? Can you BELIEVE what our boss is making us do? Stacy said the wildest thing, but this stays between us, ok? I think we’ve all been tempted to partake in workplace gossip, but studies have shown […]
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Journalist and Pulitzer Prize Winner Ellen Goodman said, “There’s a trick to the ‘graceful exit.’ It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over–and let it go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of future, […]
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We talk a lot on Belle Curve Podcast about developing inner qualities like resilience, authenticity, and growth mindsets. And for many of us, 2020 continues to be a year of uncertainty and challenges related to COVID-19. In this episode, we talk to two guests who draw upon backgrounds in psychology, counseling, military service, business, academia, […]
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In this second edition of our favorite life hacks, we break down how to organize your week and workflow to bust stress and increase productivity. Listen to our first Life Hacks episode Please consider supporting us on Patreon! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and many other apps. Please leave us a review, it really helps us! Connect with the Belle Curve team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. […]
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Today we spent some time discussing race and racism, as well as reconciliation, reform and healing. We’ve carefully chosen three guests whose perspectives and views are important as our country mourns the death of George Floyd and all those who have been victimized. Our guests are: Dana Gillis: Mr. Dana Gillis holds multiple degrees and certifications from James Madison University, Duke, Southern […]
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No matter our career field or volunteer role or personal goals, we are willing to bet selling is at least some part of it – be that selling an idea, selling a product, selling yourself as a service provider, or maybe selling someone on why they should support a cause. Selling is part of life […]
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Today we are talking with Patti Callahan, author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis. Patti is a New York Times best-selling author who lives in Birmingham, Alabama. She has written a fabulous novel about the bold, beautiful, and controversial life and loves of Joy Davidman, American divorcee and wife of CS Lewis, author of the Chronicles of […]
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Today we are talking about American Suffrage because almost exactly 100 years ago, the US Congress passed the 19th Amendment giving American women the right to vote and ¾ of the states ratified that Amendment. Our expert guest Emily Peck talks about the history of Suffrage in America, tells us some interesting stories, and reminds […]
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Do you ever sit down to look something up on the computer or phone, blink, and 45 minutes have passed? Have you ever been scrolling through your Twitter feed or Facebook timeline and found your mood souring by the minute? Have you ever read an article citing “experts” and left feeling more confused and unsure […]
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A lighthearted update and some exciting news! CONNECT WITH US! Read our next Book Club Book! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and many other apps. Please leave us a review, it really helps us! Connect with the Belle Curve team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Connect with Mary Scott Hunter on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Connect with Rachel Blackmon Bryars on Instagram and Facebook. Connect with Liz […]
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We feel like we are on week gajillion of coronavirus quarantine! Anyone else feel the same? We are thrilled to this week interview Dr. Neil Lamb of HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, who has been creating short explainer videos that take the complicated COVID-19 situation and explain it in ways anyone can understand. In this episode, we […]
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How does an Alabama professor get to take part in one of the most auspicious reconstructions of modern time? Dr. Jennifer Feltman has been at the University of Alabama as assistant professor of Medieval art and architecture since 2016. Her research focuses on the ways in which works of medieval art, whether architecture, sculpture, or manuscripts, intersect with […]
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Today we are talking about change resilience, and there’s no better professional to give us the insights we need than Laura Huckabee Jennings. Laura is offering a free webinar about change resilience. To connect with her, and get into her webinar go to: https://leadfearlessly.com/project/laura/ Laura is the founder of Transcend, which has been serving executives, […]
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Please consider supporting us on Patreon! We recorded this on Friday, March 27, and we share the date because we are living in strange times related to the coronavirus pandemic – and we’re aware that by the time you hear this, things may have changed in the world, even in a matter of days, so […]
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After last week’s very raw show, we decided to follow up with some practical, helpful and edifying discussion about life in the times of Covid 19. We came across Lori’s blog where she talks about handling the feelings associated with the pandemic. It takes some good emotional intelligence and self-awareness to best position yourself, and […]
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Please consider supporting us on Patreon! Hi Belle Curve community, we are recording this on Sunday March 15 during a time that can only be described as historic as the entire world watches and participates in events related to the global outbreak of Covid-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus. Today we are not here to […]
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Please consider supporting us on Patreon! We are officially 10 weeks into the New Year, which means we have had 70 days to either implement or break our New Year’s Resolutions. And for any of us who may follow a Christian traditional liturgical calendar, we’re also about two weeks into Lent, when many of us […]
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Liz turns 30 tomorrow, and she decides it would be a good idea to give her younger self some advice! Connect with Belle Curve on Instagram and Facebook and please consider supporting us on Patreon. Many people support their favorite podcasts on Patreon, for as little as the cost of a cup of coffee per month. The Belle Curve hosts […]
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Our last show of the month is always an Ask Us Anything Show. Our monthly AUA show is always just a bit shorter, and we take on a topic that we can cover with you in quick time. We decided to address a question I get a lot. How do you remember people’s names? “Succeed […]
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Did you know scientists can look at our DNA and determine whether we are at risk for certain diseases like cancer? Do you know what a “genome” is? Did you know that, today, a human genome can be mapped in a little more than 24 hours and for a few thousand dollars, but it took […]
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Since we’re celebrating President’s Day next week and with a primary election in high gear, we thought it would be interesting to talk about the American presidency. For you Curvies who love politics, today’s show may be little more history and civics leaning than you like. We aren’t going to delve too much into the current political […]
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Today we’re talking about real-life tips to get out of debt and before we get into that, first let us say another HUGE thanks for the awesome support rolling in on Patreon. In a world where not only can you choose from a billion shows on Netflix, but there are also more than 700,000 podcasts […]
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We’re back after a restful Martin Luther King Jr. break with an Ask Us Anything. This week we answer the question: if you can only give one piece of advice, what would it be? We are now on Patreon! If you like Belle Curve and want to support the show, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/BelleCurvePod. The […]
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Music Therapist Stephanie Bolton teaches us about how music can heal, even bringing relief to symptoms of Alzheimer’s, autism, and stuttering! Stephanie is a certified music therapist, practicing in Huntsville, Alabama. She explains how we can choose music that’s right for us and right for our activities and needs. Did you know that music […]
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Can y’all even believe it’s 2020? What were you doing 20 years ago? Remember Y2K? Well, whether we’re talking about the year 2000 or 2020, or whatever year, most of us get the itch to reform our lives, reflect on the new year, make new goals … it’s just in our psyches to clean mental house once […]
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Does your family go all out for Christmas then feel bored and empty by lunchtime? Do you find yourself struggling to come up with ideas for things you’d like or to give your loved ones?
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We talk this week to Virginia Bradlee Linzee – a New York City makeup artist who has worked with celebrities such as DRAKE, Andie MacDowell, Solange Knowles, Milla Jovovich, Ethan Hawke, Michael Phelps, Nina Garcia, (and many, many more), clients such as Badgley Mishka, Oscar de la Renta, and many others, and has worked fashion […]
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