183: Don't always stick to the original plan with Christina Eanes

07/06/22 • 37 min

Christina Eanes’ first career took an entrepreneurial path just as she was about to enter middle school. Living near a golf course, she would retrieve stray golf balls and set up a lemonade stand at the ninth hole, selling golf balls and ‘cold ones’ to thirsty golfers. How enterprising!

While in college, Christina did an internship doing crime data analysis, and upon graduation, she was hired full-time at a local California Police Department. A few years later, she joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a crime analyst helping local law enforcement agencies solve complex crimes. She thoroughly enjoyed this work describing it as solving a series of complex puzzles. In more than 15 years of public service, Christina worked on an array of programs, including the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, and the FBI’s Leadership Development Program where her team helped to train thousands of leaders.

Christina enjoyed the professional development work with the FBI so much that she joined a consulting firm offering training and development programs and services to a variety of corporate and organizational clients. After several years, she decided to establish her own training company. Today, Christina is on a mission to help others achieve more in life, mainly by getting out of their own way.

Christina inspires others to take responsibility for their success at work and home. She has designed and delivered an array of professional development programs, providing strategies that lead to better professional and personal relationships, improved communication skills, and increased productivity in accomplishing personal and organizational goals.

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Christina has written several books, hosts a YouTube channel and speaks to groups and organizations on a regular basis.
She hosts a podcast, Quit Bleeping Around, dedicated to helping individuals achieve more in life – to own their inner superachiever!

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In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Christina’s journey:

Christina has written several books, hosts a YouTube channel and speaks to groups and organizations on a regular basis.
She hosts a podcast, Quit Bleeping Around, dedicated to helping individuals achieve more in life – to own their inner superachiever!

Learn more and connect with Christina here:

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182: My Clients Are My Best Teachers with Emma Arnoff

Emma Arnoff told me that helping others has always been in her blood. As a young child growing up in New York City, she had strabismus, a condition that caused her to have crossed eyes, requiring her to wear large glasses. Her physical coordination wasn’t too good and she never felt as if she fit in with other kids. Emma’s antidote to this feeling was to befriend the school bully as she felt he was misunderstood and needed a friend. Or when a new student arrived from a different country, she wanted to help them learn English.

Graduating college with a degree in sociology and women’s studies, Emma worked for several years with children and families in schools, residential treatment centers, and the foster care system. She then pursued a master’s degree in social work.

Today, Emma is the owner and director of The Sensory Space in Poughkeepsie, New York. At The Sensory Space, children can use sensory supports while participating in play therapy and psychotherapy in a safe environment. Emma has a team of 11 clinicians who work with children, adults, families, and groups. Supportive services are also offered including occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy.

In addition to working with clients individually, Emma facilitates programs and groups on inclusion, bullying, and social skills. As a parent herself, she understands the skills needed for child-rearing, working with parents individually and in groups on developing the parenting approaches needed for different developmental stages. Emma has also presented workshops at schools and colleges on supporting neurodiversity in schools and organizations.

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Emma is a certified children's yoga instructor and loves to incorporate yoga and movement into therapy sessions.
She facilitates discussions on sensory integration, emotional regulation, and inclusion.

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184: Building Inclusive Cultures Through Mentoring with Lisa Fain

Lisa Fain grew up in a family of lawyers and while there was no obvious pressure, she ended up going to law school. She had envisioned a career in public interest law, but upon graduation, she had significant student loan debt which she wanted to clear before moving forward. Fortunately, Lisa was able to work in an area that interested her, labor and employment law, while squaring away her loan, working for a large law firm. She enjoyed counseling clients, using her negotiation and mediation skills while focusing on matters pertaining to EEO, diversity, and compliance.

Yet, still, Lisa knew this was not the way she wanted to work. The turning point came after she had pulled an all-nighter preparing for a litigation case. She saw a blinking light on her phone indicating she had a voicemail. It was a message from her four-year-old daughter. She said “Mommy come home. We need a mommy, not a lawyer.” Lisa shared, “It was the worst best gift I ever got because I recognized that I wasn't living my values. Although I was doing great work, I wasn't able to be the kind of mother that I wanted to be.”

Lisa left the large firm and transitioned to an in-house role at a company where she developed workplace policies, eventually focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion. She loved the work and demand across the company grew. Lisa was asked to create a mentoring program so she reached out to Lois Zachary of the Center for Mentoring Excellence to provide consultation on how to set it up. Full disclosure: Lois is Lisa’s mother!

Fast forward to today: Lisa is the CEO of the Center for Mentoring Excellence. She is a global speaker with expertise in cultural competency and mentoring. Her passion for diversity and inclusion fuels her conviction that leveraging differences creates a better workplace and drives better business results.

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Lisa is the co-author with Lois Zachary of Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring and the 2022 revision (3rd Edition) of The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships.
She is an Executive Coach who guides leaders to create better workplaces and is known for her frank, kind, and holistic approach to helping leaders help themselves.

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