Plucking Up with Liz Bohannon

Jamie Kern Lima is a self-made entrepreneur, philanthropist, and is the author of the new book “Believe It: How to Go from Underestimated to Unstoppable”. Before co-founding IT Cosmetics, Jamie was a news anchor who personally experienced a persistent skin issue that eventually brought her on a journey of building her own beauty brand. IT Cosmetics, a company she started in her living room was sold to L’Oreal for $1.2 billion dollars. Jamie became the first female CEO in L’Oreal’s 100+ year history.In this episode, we will dissect that highlight reel and dive into self-doubt. Jamie will talk about all the ‘Nos’ she got — including one brutal and heartbreaking rejection that will seriously make your jaw drop and stop you in your tracks.To purchase a copy of Jamie’s book “Believe It”: www.believeit.com--Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nona Jones is an incredibly accomplished leader at the intersection of faith and technology. She was appointed to her first executive role at only 23-years-old with a Fortune 100 company. She’s an author of the book "Success from the Inside Out," a speaker, and an entrepreneur who’s worked for companies like Facebook and many of the world’s most influential faith leaders. But in this episode, we will talk about Nona’s profoundly traumatic childhood, from being sexually abused in her own home to her attempts at her own life at the ages of 9 and 11. We also go deep into the topic of humility and why Nona believes her story makes her “a statistically improbable product of grace.”--Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Academy Award winner and #1 New York Times best-selling author Matthew McConaughey has had a wildly successful career — but it’s also rife with pluck ups! Matthew is best known for his roles in films like Dazed and Confused, A Time to Kill, and Dallas Buyers Club for which he won an Oscar. He recently added author to his long list of titles, after releasing his memoir, Green Lights.In this episode, we dive into Matthew’s life with a 360 lens. We talk about parenting, from how he was raised to how he’s raising his own children and his learning journey as an actor, how we went from complacency and shame to getting roles of a lifetime. There’s a lot of uniquely introspective wisdom about failure, guilt, and embarrassment that we talk about, as well as visceral experiences Matthew shared in our conversation that I’m just dying for you all to simmer in!--Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On International Women’s Day, we are featuring the brilliant and award-winning journalist and producer, Noor Tagouri. Her documentary and subsequent podcast series, Sold in America: Inside Our Nation’s Sex Trade received a 2019 Gracies award for Best Investigative Series. She’s amassed a  community of over two million social media followers while garnering international praise as one of new media’s most influential voices.Being born to immigrant parents from Libya, Noor talks to me about how her ethnicity and how she felt so unsure about who she was in a sea of kids who didn’t look like her. Apart from Noor’s background, what’s so interesting about the conversation you’re about to hear is how Noor has always been a journalist, from the moment she could speak. In this episode, we dive into so much, from empathy, shame, misrepresentation of Muslims in American media, to why modern-day activism begins with yourself and your home.--Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Susan McPherson is a profound, serial connector who has built longstanding relationships with the most influential leaders in social impact and CSR. She is the founder of McPherson Strategies, a communications consultancy focused on the intersection of brands and social impact, and the author of the upcoming book, “The Lost Art of Connecting” which will be released in March 2021.I’m excited for you to hear my conversation with Susan. Her message around life being about detours and not the destination is crystal clear. In this episode, she talks about finding the silver lining in a tragic event that she experienced in her 20s and years later, not having a paycheck at age 48. If you’re in the social impact space or work in corporate social responsibility, you might particularly love hearing from Susan because she is a force and leading voice in the sector.You can get a copy of Susan's Book "The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Business Relationships" amazon.com/Lost-Art-Connecting-Meaningful-Relationships/dp/1260469883--Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emma Guns is a podcast host and an experienced beauty, health, and lifestyle writer who served as the Beauty Editor at OK! Magazine for 10 years.In this episode, we get to hear about one type of journey — and that is, being so laser-focused on one dream, getting there, and overcoming challenges that come after.There are so many parts to Emma’s story that I know might really touch some of you in an unexpected way. From working her way through extreme insecurity, anxiety, and depression and this sort of U-turn in her life when she had to move back into her parent’s house at age 37.Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luvvie Ajayi Jones is one of those rare humans who have the words, energy, and power to invite you into seeing the world -- and yourself in a new way. She is a sought-after speaker and podcast host who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology, and justice. Luvvie also happens to be the author of the New York Times bestseller, “I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual,” and is currently working on her second book, “PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER: The Fear-Fighter Manual,” which will be released in March 2021.In this episode, Luvvie talks to me about her moving from Nigeria to the US at a young age and her journey of both fitting in and standing out. In this episode, we talk about a painful failure that led Luvvie to find her voice in blogging, dating all the way back to 2003, and how finally owning the title ‘writer’ opened up doors for her.Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you’re not familiar with Arianna Huffington’s highlight reel, here’s a rundown: She is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global and the founder of The Huffington Post. Arianna is the author of 15 books and has been named to Time Magazine’s list of the World’s 100 Most Influential People and Forbes Most Powerful Women List. Thrive Global, her company, is a leading behavior change tech company that aims to change the way we work and live — by ending how we see burnout as this price we pay for success.  But, we do things differently here at Plucking Up. Instead of going through her insane achievements, Arianna so honestly shares how she sucked in life for a while, and why that’s okay! In this episode, we talk about Arianna’s accent, a motto she lives by, and why everything in life shouldn’t be a ‘make or break.’ I’m telling you I made all kinds of assumptions before meeting Arianna and she just surprised me in the most amazing way. Do not miss my favorite conversation on this podcast, EVER.  Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our season finale, Liz shares her favorite moments from previous episodes (which was a daunting task considering there's so much wisdom, humor, and authenticity in each one). If you're tuning into the podcast for the first time, this is actually a perfect beginner's episode because Liz does not only talk about highlights from episodes that stood out to her, but also some serious behind the scene stuff (one involving a lot of nervous sweating before her interview with Liz Gilbert!) Liz B. also recalls a profound experience from a year ago that led her to launching her own podcast. In doing so, Liz hopes that Plucking Up has become a place for listeners to walk away feeling inspired and feeling a little bit less alone with their very own messy and beautiful pluck ups.--Join our podcast and send a voice memo/audio recording for our new segment "I Plucked Up!" :Anchor Voice Message: anchor.fm/pluckingup/messageEmail: liz@lizbohannon.co--Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Janice Bryant Howroyd is the founder and CEO of The ActOne Group, an award-winning company in the human resources industry. The ActOne Group is a multi-billion dollar business she started with just about $1500 in savings.But Janice is more than an incredible businesswoman with tons of accolades and accomplishments under her belt. Janice has lived a phenomenal life that, while filled with challenges, can inspire anyone in pursuit of changing the course of their own history. In this episode, she talks to me about living in a Bible-based community in the Deep South and the supportive environment Janice’s parents created for her, as well as 10 other siblings. We also dive deep into her experience of being the ONLY student of color to integrate at an white school in 11th grade — and why she calls it the worst year of her life. Janice also shares leaving North Carolina to move to LA — and the success that she was able to build from the ground up.Finally, we’ll also hear from Janice about a moment when she was putting into the universe negative narratives about herself and who ultimately gave her the encouragement she needed.--Join our podcast and send a voice memo/audio recording for our new segment "I Plucked Up!" :Anchor Voice Message: anchor.fm/pluckingup/messageEmail: liz@lizbohannon.co--Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.