22 JAN 2021 · Being vulnerable to connect with others is hard to show. Taking the time to reflect on what you need, then allows you the opportunity to connect with others as well as living to your fullest potential. Rebecca and Lindsay share their story on how taking a risk to reach out to a complete stranger from a podcast show has allowed them to reap the rewards in not just friendship, but through all facets of their career and growing personally. MasterClass - https://wethrive-3.hubspotpagebuilder.com/in-search-of-excellence

15 JAN 2021 · Today's episode is all about asking for help as Carla Hayden, COO for hopewriters, shares how she has learned to make the ask. Most of us are not great about asking for help, so therefore we don't have the opportunity to get good at it. We will hear from Carla how she has found the intention to practice and follow a bit of a checklist to get better at asking for help.

9 JAN 2021 · Reflection is about, who I am, what I want, what I am good at, how I feel, and what I need. It is important to take the time to reflect on yourself and what you need. Connection is about using your gifts, talents, and abilities to serve other humans. We are all wired for connection, and wired to help and to be helped. We need time to pause away from the frenetic busyness of our lives and reflect. We need to ask ourselves who we are and what we need. In this week’s episode, we will listen to Rebecca Fleetwood Hession as she talks about the importance of reflection and connection in 2020, and walks you through a reflection exercise. It is the perfect time to reflect as we are finally wrapping up 2020, and moving to a new year. She encourages you to use this time to reflect on your year, and set intentions for next year. During today’s episode, she walks you through 14 questions to help you reflect on the year, and think about what you want for next year. Listen in to learn more about how to reflect on the year, organize your thoughts, and set intentions for next year.

8 JAN 2021 · Sharing your journey and your story can be a powerful tool. It can make recovery easier and it can also help others heal and grow. Reflection and connection are so important to our growth and healing as human beings. We must be vulnerable and know ourselves through reflection to authentically connect with others. In this week’s episode, we talk to Ashley Kesner about her journey with alcoholism and how she recovered. She talks about her depression, her battle with alcohol, and her recovery. Ashley discusses why she turned to write during her sobriety, and how her blog, “Ghost in My Bedroom got started.” In her conversation with Rebecca, she emphasizes the importance of recognizing that you are enough, and not focusing on being perfect. She talks about why she helps other people free their own ghosts and work through their addiction and recovery. She even explains why it is so important to be yourself and not be afraid of criticism because we are all unique, beautiful, and individual people. Listen in to learn more about how to make your mess a message, free your ghosts, and share your journey along the way.

28 DEC 2020 · Most of us know when we are not doing well. However, we struggle to define what it would mean for us to feel better. We can’t identify the barriers to happiness, and sometimes we can’t even describe what that happiness would look like. Our culture promotes happiness despite it being a deeply individual thing. As career-achieving women, we often wait to care about ourselves until we are caught up or have more free time. But it is important to find time to invest in ourselves and incorporate those moments into our busy lives. In this week’s episode, we will listen to Dr. Victoria Dalton — a psychologist and Rebecca’s therapist — as she tells us about the barriers to feeling better. She talks about the philosophies behind internal and external forces, and why some people rewrite the history of their successes and failures. Dr. Victoria Dalton also discusses how to give yourself permission to enjoy the moments you work toward instead of looking for what’s next. In her conversation with Rebecca, she emphasizes the importance of tackling the world with a mindset that you can handle it and reminding yourself that you are not alone. She also emphasizes why you should create meaningful, workable goals that can help you track your progress. Listen in to learn more about what barriers you might be facing, ways to change your mindset, and how you can define happiness for yourself.

28 DEC 2020 · Many of us want to feel better, but don’t know where to start. We have to define how we are feeling and set personal goals are in order to make any progress. To feel better, we often have to adapt our behaviors and patterns and connect with other meaningful people in our lives. We even have to step outside ourselves and empathize with other people around us. In the end, the most important part of this process is keeping a positive mindset, so that we can problem-solve and plan rather than catastrophize. In this week’s episode, we talk to Dr. Victoria Dalton again about how we can start to feel better. She talks about why humans repeat behaviors, and how we can adapt those same patterns and behaviors. Dr. Victoria Dalton also discusses how to change your mindset, and understand that you can’t always change other people. In her conversation with Rebecca, she emphasizes the importance of not allowing negative interactions to internally influence you and your experiences. She also discusses how and why you should evaluate which patterns and behaviors serve a purpose in your life and which ones are inefficient. She even explains how you can learn from your mistakes and focus on them in a nonjudgemental way. Listen in to learn more about how to set goals for yourself, adapt your behaviors and patterns, and connect with meaningful people in your life to feel better. This episode is the second part of last week’s episode, so if you haven’t listened to last week's yet, check it out now.

11 DEC 2020 · We need to trust ourselves and ask for help when we need it. Sometimes we feel miserable in careers that fit society’s mold for what we should be doing. When that happens, we are striving. However, sometimes we feel at home in a job and we feel like we belong, and that is when we begin to thrive. Our jobs should play to our unique talents, gifts, and abilities. As humans, we are personal, emotional, and social beings, and we need all of those needs to be met at work. In this week’s episode, we will listen to Renae Saager — a life coach who focuses on emotional eating — as she tells us her story of the past decade. She reflects on the past ten years and the careers she has had and the ways she has grown. In her conversation with Rebecca, Renae talks about her personal journey with food and why she became a life coach that focuses on emotional eating. She also talks about the different career paths she has taken, and how some have resulted in her striving while others have helped her thrive. Listen in to learn more about how Renae Saager regained trust in herself, found a career that made her feel alive and began thriving.

4 DEC 2020 · Community is a powerful tool we all have. When we share our stories, experiences, and knowledge we can help our people around us. In this week’s episode, we will listen to Kathleen Wiant — a public speaker, a mother, and an anti-hazing activist — as she tells us about the tragic death of her son. Her son, Collin Wiant, died in a hazing incident at Ohio University in 2018. Ever since that moment, Kathleen has spent her time trying to understand everything she can about hazing. She has learned about the neuroscience behind it, the stereotypes associated with it, and the ways we can break the cycle. In today’s conversation with Rebecca, she shares her story and what she has learned in an effort to help other parents and children dealing with issues of hazing. She wants to change the idea of hazing and help people talk about the issue rather than just be a bystander watching it happen. Kathleen talks about when and where hazing starts, and the emotional journey of hazing itself. Listen in to learn more about what you can do to break the cycle of hazing and how you can understand and recognize hazing when it is happening in today’s conversation with Rebecca Fleetwood Hession and Kathleen Wiant.

25 NOV 2020 · Uncertainty is a human phenomenon. We have all had uncertainty in our lives, and this year we have had more than ever. Right now, many working moms are facing uncertainty with the announcement of all-virtual learning. They are concerned and stressed, and I am here to help. Even though we, as career women, have been hit the hardest, we will learn skills that will help us persevere and make us stronger in the business world moving forward. In this week’s episode, we will listen to Rebecca Fleetwood Hession as she shares three things that will help working moms in their careers and in their homes right now. The first thing she discusses is the importance of connection versus control when facing uncertainty. She also talks about paring back expectations right now and focusing on physical safety, psychological safety, and human connection instead of what you are producing in this time. Lastly, she emphasizes why all moms should ask for help and work as a team right now with everyone in the house. Even though right now is difficult, Rebecca reminds working moms to call on past experiences of uncertainty and use the skills you have to get through this time one step at a time. Listen in to learn more about what you can do during this time of uncertainty and how you can grow as a mom and a career woman with the three tips Rebecca shares.

13 NOV 2020 · We all walk around with a story. Sometimes we feel alone in our stories and sometimes we don’t know how to share our stories. But if we can be vulnerable and connect with others, we can start to heal and grow from our stories. We can find hope in our trauma, and use our experiences, talents, and abilities to help others in their stories. In this week’s episode, we will listen to Michelle Corrao and Emily Sutherland as they talk about the importance of sharing your story to heal from trauma. In 1996, Michelle was found in the trunk of her own car by an off-duty police officer after being abducted and violently assaulted. With Emily’s help, Michelle has written a book — Found: Found: Triumph Over Fear With Grace and Gratitude: The Michelle Corrao Story — about her story and trauma as a source of hope for other survivors and their families. In their conversation with Rebecca, Michelle and Emily talk about three things: 1. The importance of listening to the whispers and pay attention to the gut feelings we all get 2. How the most horrific aspect of our life and our trauma can be used to help someone else heal 3. The power of connection and community to help us bring our stories to light Listen in to hear more about how Emily helped Michelle tell her story, and how we can all find hope in any sort of trauma we are experiencing.