Plucking Up with Liz Bohannon

Hey Pluckies! Welcome back to our new series called Third Way Thinking. In this series, I'll dive into interesting topics and my own insights on a different outlook towards them.In this week's episode, I am actually doing a solo podcast! It's like a personal journal, but open for all of you to hear as well. I look into how the podcast and hosting it over these years has actually helped me and guided me as a parent.How can we be okay making mistakes as parents? What does it teach our kids? How do we help them learn from mistakes too?Hope you guys enjoy this short episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“When I sat with my anger long enough, she told me her real name is grief.”That was just one of the many gems I got to hear from my guest today, Jake Kauffman. Jake is a business coach and motivational speaker, and author of ‘Let Love In,’ a truly inspiring book.We dive in almost immediately into an open conversation about accepting our trauma and learning to be vulnerable about the pain.Jake explains how our suffering, pains and shame manifest externally as anger sometimes in our lives. He also opens up about the emotional struggles men face and the patriarchal society we live in today.I’m sure we can all learn something more about ourselves and become more empathetic after listening to this one. There’s so much to unpack and reflect on in this episode! I want to warn y'all  that in this episode we talk about trauma and sexual abuse.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You ever feel like there’s an expectation of what you SHOULD be like overshadowing who you truly are? And that these expectations may come from the outside but are also present in our egos and thoughts? I can totally relate to that struggle!My guest today, Mike Foster is an executive coach, speaker and best-selling author. He speaks to me about the hurdles of being a founder of a company and learning to break the barriers of expectations.He speaks on not being stressed by the paths we are told to follow. Instead, we can learn to be our authentic, true selves as leaders.Mike is fully transparent about his own pluck-ups. He believes he’s able to help people because of these very pluck-ups!Check out his latest book, The Seven Primal Questions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“We are manifestations of who we were as children.” Such a bold but true statement that our guest today said, during my conversation with her.Ritu Bhasin, a leadership coach, author and motivational speaker, talks to me about how her childhood trauma and hurdles shaped her.Ritu is unabashedly honest about the racism she faced as a South Asian child of immigrants and the mental health hurdles she overcame.She speaks to me about how she learned to embrace her true self and cultural identity. She tells me how she hopes others can do the sameI hope you can also learn and enjoy this wonderful episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if I told you this was the most meta episode of Plucking Up yet?Okay, I’ll explain what I mean!I couldn’t believe how many pluck-ups occurred while preparing and recording this podcast itself. Planning this episode was filled with pluck-ups. And lots of laughter as a result!But it did become a catalyst for conversation with my wonderful friend and guest today, Ryan Leak.Ryan is an executive coach and leadership speaker. We spoke about embracing our mistakes and blunders - because that makes us authentic in the workplace and beyond. He explained how being a great employee means being a good helper and genuine with your team.This conversation was filled with laughter. We couldn’t stop laughing.I hope you guys enjoy this conversation as much as I did. I can’t wait for you all to listen, learn and laugh too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many times in my conversations with successful people, I see that they never planned to do what they ended up doing. Somehow and in some way, we stumble upon the mission and goals we seek to achieve.But our guest today is someone who knew exactly at a young age what he wanted to succeed in. But that doesn't mean his journey didn’t come with hurdles and pluck-ups!My guest today is Danny Pellegrino, comedian and host of the popular entertainment podcast, 'Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino.'Danny knew he had a passion for the comedy and entertainment world as a child. But when it came to trying to succeed in the field, he did experience a reality check.Danny talks to me candidly about facing his own mental health struggles trying to “make it,” and feeling like “it wasn’t meant to happen.”He talks to me about being happy in your own skin, learning to hustle and his favorite pop culture topics!This is certainly a vulnerable conversation but also a very fun-filled one - Danny is so fun to talk too!Can’t wait for y'all to take a listen as well! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To combat the racial injustices plaguing America, as organizations and individuals we tend to take action in different ways.Whether that means providing more equitable resources, access to opportunities, economic mobility or even just educating ourselves to be more aware of the racism around us.But our guest today teaches us about something as important - emotional justice.Esther Armah is the founder of the Armah Institute of Emotional Justice. Esther is an award-winning journalist and playwright. But much of her work focuses on educating white and Black people about the emotional work needed to end systemic inequity.In our conversation, she spoke about her journey as a journalist and her current mission to help provide racial healing and end the systemic racism in our society.Join me in this wonderful, insightful conversation! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey Pluckies! I wanted to give you all an opportunity to listen in on a different type of conversation here on Plucking Up. In this monthly series of 'Third Way Thinking,' I'll be joined by my good friend, Ken, to talk about some relevant topics in the news and entertainment worlds. We open up the conversation to a more nuanced, middle-ground approach to these topics that may sometimes seem missing in our public discourse.At the core, I think this gives us a good chance to have an open-minded, fun-filled conversation alongside ya'll! In our first episode of this series, we talk about the Barbie movie - what we learned from it, our issues with it but also understanding feminism in today's world.Join us in the fun, thought-provoking conversation! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can the trauma we’ve faced heal or even shape the stories we tell?My guest today, Dan O’Brien certainly has insight and wisdom on this question.He’s a renowned playwright for plays like The Body of an American. His plays have won him prestigious awards like PEN American Award for Drama and The Guggenheim Fellowship.With his bestselling poem collections and books, Dan is a storyteller at heart.In this extremely transparent and vulnerable conversation, Dan speaks about his childhood trauma, his battle with cancer and how storytelling is therapeutic for him.He opens up and takes me down memory lane in his struggles succeeding as a playwright.Dan has a series of different upcoming books and memoirs coming up. Check them out here: 'From Scarsdale' , True Story, and Survivor's Notebook. There was so much to learn from this episode. I can’t wait for y'all to take a listen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The universe has something greater planned for you.’ Have you heard that quote being thrown around?It’s so commonly said - but I believe it’s also so true. And our guest today would totally agree!Anabel Oelmann is the co-founder and director of The Healing Company, building and running path-breaking wellness brands including Deepak Chopra’s Chopra Global.But before becoming a health & wellness expert and nutritionist, Annabel was an aspiring model. The physical and mental toll on her health modeling led Anabel to a journey of wellness and alternative medicines.In our conversation, Anabel speaks about her struggles in the modeling industry and her discovery of Ayurveda and becoming a nutritionist.This was such an eye-opening conversation with so much wisdom! Check out The Healing Company here: https://www.healingcompany.com/Take a listen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.