Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

*We apologize for any issues with sound quality. Due to the ever-changing state of the world because of Covid-19, many of our guests are taking interviews and recording shows outside of their homes which interferes with recording.*

In this unprecedented time of isolation, we should be so thankful that we have the technology to remain connected. Here to discuss her new venture as well as what it means to be technologically connected is JJ Ramberg. JJ is no stranger to media and her new company is an amazing way to connect and learn all at the same time.

JJ is an entrepreneur, TV host, speaker, and best-selling author, and she is no stranger to the perils and beauty of media. Earlier this year she and her brother launched Goodpods, an app that allows you to follow your podcast loving friends and see what they’re listening to.

Her insights on the ways that we can connect in this crazy world and how to navigate entrepreneurship in this new landscape are impressively poignant. Her words of advice and encouragement are much needed and the fact that she has successfully launched a business in spite of world events is uplifting.

You won’t want to miss any of JJ’s nuggets of wisdom and reflection. Take a moment, step away from the enforced family time, and listen as we chat about all things business and entrepreneurship.

• [01:46] Welcome back! We live in an amazing world of technology.
• [03:02] Deirdre welcomes JJ Ramberg to the show to discuss how lucky we are to have the technology we do today.
• [03:57] What prompted JJ to shift her business?
• [05:33] JJ shares what skills she had to learn to pivot her business.
• [07:23] How do the challenges of being a TV host differ from being an entrepreneur?
• [08:32] Which responsibilities would JJ like to delegate to her brother and business partner?
• [11:31] Learn more about Goodpods.
• [14:09] How does JJ face fears as an entrepreneur?
• [15:49] Has JJ had any “aha!” moments that have impacted her path?
• [19:37] JJ shares how she is managing her stress so that she can help others.
• [22:49] Listen as JJ leaves you with her parting words of advice.
• [23:57] Connect with JJ.

• Goodpods
• Goodshop
• JJ on Twitter
• JJ on Instagram
• JJ on LinkedIn
• Goodpods on Twitter
• Goodpods on Instagram

Episode Sponsor: FEEL First Test

We all need a little bit of magic sometimes. Ale B has built a career by helping women of all ages see and feel who they are meant to be. She is a self-proclaimed light-worker helping others to reveal the magic of confidence, joy, and love in others.

From an early age, Ale knew she was meant for more. With the help and encouragement of her mother, she found her true calling and has been beautifying the world ever since. An actor, director, teacher, set designer, wardrobe stylist, makeup artist, producer, and choreographer, Ale wears many different hats.

She reveals how her experiences have helped her to encourage and inspire others and how her business is changing in light of the current state of the world. We are in unprecedented times, but this does not give us the right to give up.

Listen as Ale shares how you can reveal your light and magic, why we need each other now more than ever, and why we need to take the time now to do some introspection. Pay attention to your thoughts and actions and work to reframe the negative.

Ale is truly inspiring. Take some time and let her help you find your magic too.

• [01:40] We’re focusing on self-discovery.
• [02:37] Welcome Ale B to chat about activating your magic.
• [03:05] Why did Ale become a beautifier?
• [05:05] What are the first steps you need to experience to activate your gifts?
• [07:21] How do you start living in the now?
• [09:54] Makeup is a revelation tool. Use it to enhance.
• [11:15] Ale shares her process for helping her clients believe in their gifts.
• [12:50] Learn how Ale faces her fears.
• [16:01] How can you reframe negative thoughts?
• [19:07] Use this time to reconnect and rewire.
• [22:41] Ale gives poignant advice on how to show the world your magic.
• [24:13] Connect with Ale.

• Ale B’s Website
• Ale B on Facebook
• Ale B on YouTube
• Ale B on Instagram

Episode Sponsor: FEEL First Test

This is a good one! Today we welcome Karen Walker to discuss how CEOs should view organization growth. Karen is an executive coach and consultant who advises CEOs and senior leaders on how to grow and thrive. She is the author of No Dumbing Down: A Guide for CEOs on Organization Growth, and has influenced and grown multiple businesses beyond the 6-figure mark. This is not an episode you want to miss.

First, we discuss Karen’s start in engineering and tech. She was one of very few women in both spaces and she thrived in the environment. After helping Compaq grow from a few employees to over 100,000 employees, she realized that being a part of a high-performing team and meeting and exceeding goals was one of her major drivers. She has taken that drive and applied it to coaching CEOs and business leaders in how to duplicate her efforts at Compaq.

Karen shares amazing insights into what it means to be successful, why you should think bigger about your business, and how CEOs and leaders should look at the success of their business. She is a paragon in the business coaching space, and the advice and information she provides is priceless. Check out nodumbingdown.com for Karen’s book and let us know if you have any questions.

Show Notes:

• [01:07] Women Worldwide is turning 5! Thank you to all of our listeners!
• [02:02] There’s still time to register for the Turn Up the Volume Workshop!
• [02:55] Our topic for today: the CEO and growth for the organization.
• [03:15] Welcome Karen Walker here to discuss how CEOs affect their organizations.
• [05:19] Karen shares how she transitioned into coaching from the engineering and tech space.
• [09:07] What was it like to be a woman in tech during her Compaq days?
• [10:58] Any common challenges in her women’s groups?
• [12:03] Karen shares the biggest takeaways she wants leaders to glean from her book.
• [14:59] Do most senior leaders look externally for indications of success?
• [17:13] The skills needed to be amazing individual contributors are not the same as those needed to be an amazing team member or leader.
• [18:13] What is Mayple and why do you need it?
• [19:39] Karen shares what her interview questions would be for a marketing department interviewee.
• [21:26] How can CEO’s be more accountable and do they get in their own way of showing accountability?
• [24:15] Resist falling back into old habits when trying to pivot in a different direction in business.
• [24:56] Is there any way to help leaders stop the “blame game” feeling in meetings?
• [27:08] Does Karen face stress and challenges in her role today?
• [29:02[ Growth is never in a straight line.
• [30:42] Karen shares her parting advice to the listeners.
• [33:32] Connect with Karen.

Links and Resources:

• Karen Walker’s Website
• Episode’s sponsor: Mayple
• Quest Nutrition
• Karen on Twitter
• Karen on Instagram
• Karen on LinkedIn
• Karen’s Book
• No Dumbing Down Podcast

When people are at a crossroads in their life and are looking for healing they will often seek out the help of a shaman. Shamans are all about connecting to the Earth and energy healing. My guest today is Julie Hannon. Julie began her career in HR, but always felt called to the Earth. After leaving her high-stress job, she went back to her roots and rediscovered shamanism.

Julie is the founder of Inner Peace & Wellness where she facilitates joy and wellness in the lives of those she works with. Julie also has a master’s degree in psychology, over 20 years experience as a human resources director, she is HeartMath certified, she has 20 years of yoga experience and has completed yoga teacher training, and she is also a teacher at the Light Body School for energy medicine & shamanism. She is here today to share her journey and story with us.

Show Notes

• [02:43] Julie worked in HR at a biotech company and helped the company grow from 140 employees to 2,500 employees until they restructured down to 1200.
• [03:02] She loved her work, but didn't love not being able to see her two young children more often.
• [03:19] Julie decided to take a leap of faith and take some time off. During this time someone gave her a book about shamanism.
• [03:27] Reading the book changed everything for her. She had studied some Shamanism in the past. Her call to be connected to the Earth was a lifelong calling.
• [05:51] A shaman dances with their feet in both worlds. The world of energy and the world of matter.
• [06:35] A shaman is someone who can shift their state of consciousness at will for the purpose of healing and accessing information.
• [07:21] In quantum physics we are mostly energy and .00001 percent matter. We spend all of our time thinking that matter is what matters.
• [07:48] The shaman works with the other percent and helps us pay attention to the energy and change our frequency so that we can have joy.
• [09:09] We should upgrade our energy body as often or more often than we upgrade the operating system on our phones.
• [09:58] Ways to upgrade your energy include meditating and being in nature. Along with, yoga and being still.
• [10:44] We can update our frequency by connecting to the Earth. You can do grounding exercises by taking your shoes off and standing outside on the grass.
• [11:31] People who've tried other things and our looking for their purpose and happiness try Shamanism.
• [12:05] It's about the body, mind, and soul. The third place of perception is the soul level. Outside of that is the energetic.
• [13:27] Her focus is really about helping people rediscover their own connection to the Earth and living their best life and giving them the tools to do that.
• [14:46] How do you clear your energetics in in order to see new possibilities? Anything is possible.
• [15:27] Imagination is the largest nation on Earth and when you join into that place anything is possible.
• [16:16] Julie never imagined traveling the world and teaching Shamanism, but it changed her world.
• [17:16] If we release our suffering, we have joy. If we let go of our attachments, we have possibility.
• [18:09] Things that would prevent people from Shamanism could be their logical mind.
• [18:42] The left brain is about logic, and the right brain is about possibilities.
• [20:11] Being in nature you can grow the connections between your left and your right brain.
• [23:33] One of Julie's biggest challenges is she doesn't like to sit in front of the computer.
• [23:59] Julie is an extrovert, and she finds entrepreneurship somewhat lonely.
• [24:27] It's really important for her to participate with groups that brainstorm and finding community.
• [26:23] Failure is an opportunity for learning.
• [27:26] Success is a place of having people show up to classes. It's getting up and making moves forward.
• [29:19] It is possible to tap into that energy. Have you ever had a few moments when everything was connected? The idea is to clear the pathway, so we have these more often.
• [31:05] Julie had a lot of exposure teaching. Now she is partnering with other people and having local ceremonies in the Boston area.
• [32:26] She is growing a business brand and uses social media for this.
• [33:40] Social media is about making connections and finding people. The best relationships are in the physical world with people in person.
• [37:21] Julie uses music online and InsightTimer which is a meditation app.
• [38:18] It has access to a lot of amazing teachers and free meditations.
• [40:06] Julie feels news can deplete your energy.
• [41:42] Breathe in and out of your heart. Take a breath and really find what's in the way of breathing out of your heart.
• [42:32] Be present ...

Without change business owners will become irrelevant. Change is all around us, but it’s never easy whether in your personal life or business life. Entrepreneurs who are able to embrace change and integrated thinking are the ones who create opportunity. I have the perfect guest today, to talk about change and her journey going through change.

Gini Dietrich is a Women Worldwide alum and the founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich, an integrated marketing communications firm. She is the author of Spin Sucks, co-author of Marketing in the Round, and co-host of Inside PR. She also is the lead blogger at Spin Sucks and is the founder of Spin Sucks Pro. She is a speaker, award winning blogger, and we are fortunate to have her here today to share her story.

Gini on Google+Spin SucksSpin Sucks: Communication and Reputation Management in the Digital AgeMarketing in the Round: How to Develop an Integrated Marketing Campaign in the Digital EraInside PR PodcastSpin Sucks Pro@ginidietrich on Twitter@spinsucks on TwitterSpin Sucks on Facebook

Show Notes

• [03:19] Gini is a PR and digital marketing pro.
• [03:30] AI and machine learning are some of the biggest changes out there right now. We need to think about how this will change what we do with our jobs.
• [03:49] We are even seeing these changes with animation and computer software making our lives a little more efficient.
• [04:07] Most of what we do can be replicated by robots, so we really need to think about what we can do to generate income.
• [04:17] We need to focus on things that AI can't replace like creativity.
• [04:59] Women and millennials have fears of their jobs being taken over by A.I.
• [05:36] With all of the technology changes we have to change as professionals and in business.
• [06:09] The fear of change may be in part to humans getting busy and not learning anymore.
• [07:23] Calculated risk when we aren't under pressure is best. If we don't take risk we can't reach our goals.
• [08:28] The importance of getting into the habit of learning and the habit of professional development.
• [09:18] A habit is rewiring something to become muscle memory.
• [10:24] Change can be stressful. Any entrepreneur is somebody who sells an idea and then figures out how to deliver it.
• [11:44] When Gini's team launches something new she creates the course and gets the process in place. Then roles adjust or new people are added to the team.
• [13:29] This year Gini's business was about $40,000 away from laying everybody off. They then discovered that their messaging and marketing weren't correct. They took a step back and figured out what was going on.
• [16:03] A pivot is where you think you are going to go down one path then you pivot until you find what works.
• [17:23] Using data to handle the pivot and correct course. If something isn't working use data to find out why.
• [19:11] There is a math fear that revolves around data, but it is really about reading the numbers.
• [21:49] When it comes to professional development Gini has been working on her writing and working on becoming a better communicator.
• [25:35] Feedback is a gift to help us grow and learn things.
• [26:15] Being a virtual organization has challenges, but Gini thinks being a good leader comes down to listening and motivating people according to their strengths.
• [27:38] Going from a manager to a leader is a challenge.
• [29:02] Throughout Gini's career she has had mentors that took her under their wings, but now there is mentoring through communities.
• [33:58] A significant improvement for Gini has been hiring a nanny. You have to know when to ask for help.
• [36:23] What success feels like. For Gini, it is having her daughter say that the best part of the day is hanging out with her. From a business standpoint, it...