Plucking Up with Liz Bohannon

Inspiring is one of many words I'd use to describe Daniela Pierre-Bravo, who has faced many adversities immigrants know all too well. She's emerged victoriously and is now a producer for MSNBC's Morning Joe and the author of Earn It! Know Your Value and Grow Your Career, in your 20s and Beyond! Alongside Mika Brzezinski. She recently released her book The Other: How to Own Your Power at Work as a Woman of Color. She's Empowering young women and offering advice and guidance on navigating the workplace and achieving success.Daniela's worked twice as hard her whole life and is talking with me today about her journey. her lessons, and reminding us that a pluck up doesn’t have to be something you regret. Take a listen. Learn more about Daniela Pierre-Bravo here. --Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review! Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns. This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are thousands of ways to measure success. As a poet, Bianca Stone measures it through the people that connect with her work. She feels most successful when she gets a message from an individual reader about how her poetry spoke to their specific situation. On the show, we talked about success and the different ways to measure it. We also talked about success as a poet. Bianca is the granddaughter of another iconic female poet, Ruth Stone. And while she clearly told me that her poetry is her profession, she also runs The Ruth Stone House, a space to encourage the creativity of other poets.  Learn more about Bianca Stone here and The Ruth Stone House here.--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review! Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns. This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chanel Dokun is uniquely qualified to help us find purpose and to help us get through the pluck ups along the way. She’s a life planner, therapist, podcaster, and author of the book, Life Starts Now.According to Chanel, everyone deserves a life of purpose and many of us don’t feel like we have one. Her work and her book are about helping people figure out who they are, what they want, and how they can get there.On the show, we dove into building a life of purpose, the feelings of self doubt that everyone has, and how to write out your own life story.As a therapist and podcaster, Chanel is usually the one asking questions. I’m so glad she switched it up today and offered us her deep insights on self discovery and stepping into your purpose.Learn more about Chanel Dokun here.-- Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review! Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns. This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katy Milkman is a professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the former president of the international Society for Judgment and Decision Making. She’s also the author of the best selling book, How to Change: The Science of Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. So, with all her expertise and years of study, one would think Katy is the ultimate decision maker. But, she says she struggles to make decisions just like the rest of us! And that’s why she loves researching how we make decisions in key areas of our life, like finances, health, and education.  In this episode, we talked about common mistakes people make when trying to make choices or build habits. To me, the most interesting pluck up Katy described was escalation of commitment.  It means that once we make a decision, oftentimes we stick to it, even though sometimes it’s better to reassess and move on. Katy says we can reinterpret our failures and see them as successes because we learned something about ourselves. I know I learned so much about decision making, as well as success and failure from Katy and I hope you do as well. Learn more about Katy Milkman here. -- Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review! Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns. This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maybe quitting is a good thing. Once you find your passion, vocation and community, leaving can be really hard but moving on to the next chapter and growing is part of life. Today’s guest, Katelyn Beaty, found her community as the first female managing editor of Christianity Today. But it eventually came time to move on to the next season of her life. She’s now editorial director for Brazos Press and the author of two books, one of which was just released! "Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms and Profits Are Hurting the Church" (2022) and "A Woman's Place: A Christian Vision for Your Calling in the Office, the Home and the World" (2016).In this episode, Katelyn shared the struggle of being a woman in a christian workplace and we discussed how your vocation becomes a part of your identity.Learn more about Katelyn Beaty here.-- Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review! Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns. This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jessamyn Stanley does it all! She’s a yoga teacher, wellness influencer, fat acceptance advocate, author, podcaster and so much more! In each of these roles Jessamyn is reframing how we view people and things. As founder of The Underbelly, which she describes as a “wellness community for the rest of us,” Jessamyn is making room for everyone to achieve holistic wellness. On her podcast, Dear Jessamyn, she gives listeners access to her own relationship to act as an example.  On the show, Jessamyn and I talk about this reframing as well as her books, yoga, and the fat acceptance movement.  Learn more about Jessamyn Stanley here. -- Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review! Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns. This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Authorship and podcasting have a lot in common. You’re putting a piece of yourself out, into the world. Putting ourselves out there is something our next guest and I found we have very much in common. Keltie Knight is an author and one third of the trio behind the LadyGang podcast. She came on the show to talk about the group’s new book of essays, Lady Secrets: Real, Raw, & Ridiculous Confessions of Womanhood.  In this episode, Keltie and I talk about therapy, what getting canceled looks like, having an invisible army, and a secret sauce to female friendship. Learn more about Keltie Knight and LadyGang here. -- Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review! Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns. This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Chinn is one of those people who gets it. She got me, she got the point of this show, and in true Plucking Up style she got why it’s so important to share stories of failure, loss, and instability.On the show, I had the opportunity to chat with the author, script writer, and actress about her new memoir, Acne.Laura says the process of writing a memoir and putting it out into the world is cathartic. We also got into what we’ve learned through therapy and working on ourselves. Do some self-reflection while listening to this episode. I certainly did!Learn more about Laura Chinn and her work here.--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review! Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns.This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to season 5 of Plucking Up! We’re rolling out the canary yellow carpet for a new lineup of amazing guests starting with Deesha Dyer.Deesha was social secretary for the Obama White House. This unbelievable woman worked her way up from intern all while finishing community college. Now, she’s Founder and CEO of social impact consulting company, Hook and Fasten.On the show, Deesha told me about her life now and her time working in the White House. We talked about some of the legendary events she planned, feelings of imposter syndrome, and what privilege means to her.Pluckies, YOU ARE MOST WELCOME for this introduction to the amazing Deesha Dyer. Learn more about Deesha Dyer and Hook and Fasten here.--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review! Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns.This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m sharing some exciting news in this episode. My company Sseko Designs has merged with fellow fairtrade fashion brand, Noonday Collection.In this episode, we’re talking about our merger, or our wedding as I enjoy calling it. I’m introducing all of my pluckies to my new business partner, Jessica Honneger. And Jessica is introducing me to her podcast audience.To celebrate our partnership this episode is airing on both Plucking Up and Jessica’s podcast, Going Scared.Learn more about Jessica, Going Scared and Noonday Collection here.--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review! Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns.This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.