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Pieces of Grit Full Library
Passion and perseverance are the things that determine our success. Here you'll find stories of women digging in, getting to the root of who they are and making big things happen in their lives.
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Episode 51: Women Do Power Different with Maria Connolly & Louise Santiago
Women lead differently than men. It doesn’t mean it’s better - it’s just different. Maria & Louise explain why this happens and how women can embrace and appreciate their differences.
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Episode 50: Success Starts with Brutal Honesty with Brooke Lee
Brooke Lee speaks to women all over the country encouraging them to get in touch with who they were created to be, get honest with themselves and be obedient to what they know is the right path for them.
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Episode 49: The Girls Known By a Number with Noel Yeatts
There is so much happening in the world outside of our daily lives. We can get caught up in our own challenges and life situation. What would happen if we all shifted even a portion of our focus to the women around the world who face more adversity than most of us will ever know?
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Episode 48: Kicking Perfection to the Curb
It is completely possible to be driven and focused and still live in a state of zen. We are conditioned to pursue perfection, but here's a little twist that can make a big difference.
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Episode 47: Reframing Goals on the Go
You have all the best intentions, but sometimes it's good to shift on the fly. Never be afraid to adjust your expectations and your life.
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Episode 46 Healthier Communication at Work: When to Shut Up
Sometimes you need to say less, interrupt less, and sometimes you need to speak up. How do you know when to do what? We need to not just allow people to speak into our lives, we need to encourage them to do it.
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Episode 45: Translating Personal Expression into Fashion
Elysia connects fashion and identity, giving you a few tips on how to bridge these two areas.
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Episode 44: How to Keep Yourself in the Moment
A mini-sode challenging you to get out of the past, stay away from the future and be here; now.
Learn MoreEpisode 43: The Way Your Brain Has Fun with Melisa Celikel
"Creativity is intelligence having fun." Albert Einstein reminds us that everyone has the ability to be creative. It's up to you to unleash that in your own unique way. Melisa opens up about the unexpected ways her creativity appears in life and how she's using that connect hundreds of people.
Learn MoreEpisode 42: Staying Healthy in a Fast-Paced Life, Part 2
Brianna Wikerson gets into the nitty gritty of what might be triggering health challenges in your life and home and how to substitute natural options. She loves helping career-minded create strategies to align their health goals with the demands they face everyday.
Learn MoreEpisode 40: Defining & Communicating Your Value
You bring value to the table. Refuse to let anyone talk you into less than you are worth. Correy is giving all the wisdom on admitting your worth to yourself and how to let the people around you know you mean business.
Learn MoreEpisode 39: Stop Waiting for Permission
You may not even realize all the ways you wait for someone to validate your ideas and decisions.It's not healthy for you and it's certainly not healthy for those around you. Find the best pieces of you when you take ownership and go for it. Whatever "it" is.
Learn MoreEpisode 38: Choose to Respect Differences
You know we need to be further along as a society. You want to play your part. Where in the world do you start? Right here with Oneya and this conversation.
Learn MoreEpisode 37: How to Use the Enneagram in ALL the Wrong Ways
My guest, Mikala JVR, and I are taking you into the recesses of our minds when it comes to the enneagram, the ways we misuse it and the numbers that most annoy us. Marriage, work, all the relationships put us to the test when personalities are involved.
Learn MoreEpisode 36: Beating Burnout For Good
You don't have to stay in a state of stress and fatigue. Recognize the signs early and get out of the rut that leads to burnout.
Learn MoreEpisode 35: Fighting to Create a Family: Infertility, Local Adoption, & Fostering with Christina Jenkins
The journey through infertility is devastating. One story of deciding adoption & fostering was the right choice may bring you hope and light on your own path.
Learn MoreEpisode 34: How to Be a Modern Day Nomad with Courtney Cox
From girly-girl to living out of a backpack for over a year in Europe, then traveling the US living in a van, this girl has enough wanderlust for us all. Author, illustrator, and artist Courtney Cox shares her best tips to travel cheap and go minimalist.
Learn MoreEpisode 33: From Dreamer to CEO: Focusing on Your Financial Goals with Brandy Avery
Inspired by her own childhood and early career experience helping women navigate medical financial challenges, Brandy discovered her passion and turned it into her mission.
Learn MoreEpisode 32: How to Make All the Right Decisions
The earlier you know your core values, the earlier you can start making decisions that lead to greater fulfillment in every area of your life.
Learn MoreEpisode 31: Joy is My Superpower
Corielle Heath Laaspere is sharing her contagious excitement about all the ways she is making her mark in this world. Everyone needs a cheerleader. Corielle is doing that for more than a few women.
Learn MoreEpisode 29: Cannabis 101: An Intro to THC & CBD
It's still controversial in some places, but we are tiptoeing into the world of hemp and cannabis. We're talking to the owner of an educational website that teaches people how to use CBD for a variety of uses.
Learn MoreEpisode 27: Creating a Connection with Food & Online Health Contradiction with Tara Coleman
We take our bodies for granted and assume they will work for us without giving them the care and attention they need. There's a better way to figure out nutrition and learn to love food.
Learn MoreEpisode 25: Period Cramps are NOT Normal!
Kirsten is busting myths that women have to suffer at any point during their cycle. After a lifetime of living with common misconceptions, Kirsten has helped move into a place of better health and I'm on a mission to share this with as many women as I can.
Learn MoreEpisode 24: Say Yes to the Hard Things with Laura Hairston
Sometimes taking on the tough decisions leads us to the breakthroughs we need most. Don't stay on the path of least resistance.
Learn MoreEpisode 23: Blazing the Ice Age Trail with Annie Weiss
Twelve hundred miles, 31 counties, countless energy gels. Annie Weiss ran for days following a prehistoric glacier path to set the record for running the Ice Age Trail, beating every other woman AND man who had attempted this feat.
Learn MoreEpisode 21: Think Out Loud with Henry Rose Lee
Henry Rose Lee is the Generation Game-Changer: Award-Winning Global Speaker, Author, Founder & CEO, entrepreneur, creative, script-writer, and voice-over artist; lover of people, champagne, dancing, flying first-class.
Learn MoreEpisode 20: 5 Hacks to Elevate Your Growth Mindset
It's time to get serious about achieving the ideas and dreams living inside you. You have the power to reduce or elevate your own potential, so start believing there is more for you.
Learn MoreEpisode 18: Healing Trauma Through the Body with Lauren Going
As a Baltimore yogi and therapist, Lauren helps others heal holistically from the inside out and is sharing her best tips. There's never been a better time to get healthy and become the best version of you.
Learn MoreEpisode 15: Secrets to Unlocking Your Creativity & Authenticity
Ever wonder how to go deeper in your understanding of yourself? Lana has all the best advice for you.
Learn MoreEpisode 14: Feeding Models Confidence and Health
Brittney is walking out her childhood dream as she elevates the fashion and modeling scene in Pittsburg. She has studied and trained in some of the top fashion cities of the world, yet felt called back to her childhood stomping grounds with a vision to provide a holistic style of care and coaching for teens and young women entering the world of modeling.
Learn MoreEpisode 12: How to Create a Life Purpose Statement, Part 1
This is an opportunity for you to begin with a clean slate, a fresh perspective. Creating a Life Purpose Statement will challenge you to look at the deep and dark parts of you to see your true reflection, then strengthen and highlight the awesome parts of you that people around you most likely see already.
Learn MoreEpisode 11: Make Excellence a Habit with Sabrina Little
She can run 100 miles. She can quote Aristotle. Catch the realness and the work behind the magic in this convo with the sweetest philosopher you've ever met.
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