Shameless Leadership

This time 5 years ago I had just started listening to podcasts. I was inspired and challenged by so many things I learned from the mentors I invited into my ears. I was soaking so many new opportunities for learning and growth. Within a few months, I would decide that I wanted to start my own podcast… someday….I figured it would take me many months, if not a year or so to get a show off the ground. However, when I shared this dream with another podcaster, the momentum began and I had a show up and running within a matter of 8 weeks. WHOA.I didn’t expect it to happen so fast at all. But my podcaster friend was quick to remind me that there is no reason to wait to share your message or your mission with the world. He was so right.I know there are mamas who tune into me twice a week religiously who think, “Mayyyybe someday I’ll start my own podcast.” Maybe that someday is now???Podcasting has changed my life in some very profound ways. It has afforded me opportunities for impact and growth that I never saw coming. I has allowed me to build beautiful and deeply profound client relationships, upgrade my entrepreneurial skills (and income), make ridiculously awesome new friends and colleagues, and redefine what I stand for and where I am going.Podcasting can do the same for you.Listen in to hear how podcasting has changed my life and can change yours too.Links mentioned:Join my Purposeful & Profitable Podcasting WorkshopThank you to our sponsor: BetterHelp: Special offer for listeners: get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/shameless    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a mother, educator, businesswoman, and household manager, Nicole Adams leverage’s her life experiences, dual masters degrees, and 15 years of Fortune 100 human resources expertise to assist working parents in increasing their confidence, capability, and fulfillment in their career and life. Using a combination of therapeutic and business acumen tactics, Nicole partners with individuals and companies to provide coaching, workshops, events, and custom programs to create deeper support and engagement.Nicole told me she wanted to come on the show to talk about her motherhood mission statement and I thought this would fit so well with all the talk we’ve been having around core values recently. I love the idea of having a motherhood mission statement and hope you’ll create your own after listening to this conversation with Nicole.Listen in to hear Nicole share: The impact a road trip from Seattle to South America had on her identity How creating a personal mission statement shifted her sense of self and identity How she recognized her loss of identity in motherhood - and then rebuilt it How to create your own Motherhood Mission Statement The two things she wishes she did differently when she became a mom (her advice to new moms!) The importance of letting your mission statement grow and evolve over time Links mentioned: Connect with Nicole Instagram: Cambia_NW Cambia NW Facebook: CambiaNW Thank you to our sponsor: BetterHelp: Special offer for listeners: get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/shameless   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your voice is a gift and a tool. It is the bridge between your brilliance and your impact. To use it is to change the world. To quiet it is to withhold one of your biggest assets from the world. The world needs your voice - because with your voice comes a perspective and a power that can shift how others see things. Your voice has the power to change minds and missions and policy. And when you use your voice you grant others permission to use theirs.How will you use your voice in the remaining critical months of 2020?Will you set firm boundaries with others so you can stop wasting your precious energy on those who do not deserve the best parts of you? Will you start a podcast (yes, please) or a blog or a memoir? Will you run for office or step into a leadership position in your community (YES, PLEASE)?How will you build the bridge between your brilliance and your impact during this critical time?Links mentioned:Get on the WaitList for my podcast workshop   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jaclyn Mellone helps experts exponentially grow their business by becoming the Go-To Authority in their space. She is a coach, strategist, Keynote speaker, mama, guac lover, and host of the Go-To Gal podcast!She helps her clients get out of their own way, package their expertise to scale, position themselves as the go-to authority, and have their dream clients and opportunities landing on their lap! Her signature approach combines restructuring her clients business models, reframing their mindset, and revamping their marketing so that they become the go-to authority from the inside out. Jaclyn supports experts at all stages from freelancer to global brands!She has spoken at marketing conferences around the US, grown her social media channels to total over 50K followers, and has been featured in Entrepreneur, Yahoo Finance, Reader’s Digest, Parents, Well + Good, and in dozens of podcasts and radio appearances.Jaclyn has proudly built the Go-To Gal empire in her slippers from her living room in Rochester, NY while raising two babies.Listen in to hear Jaclyn share: The impact of helping her dad start a business in 2004 How strength comes from vulnerability, not showing up as your strongest self Her journey into motherhood as the mother of a preemie How she managed emotions by not letting herself experience them - and then realized this was harmful How she practices embracing feelings knowing that her personality type is prone to avoiding emotion Be ok with your feelings being uncomfortable and inconvenient 4 practical tips to practice feeling hard feelings Links mentioned: Connect with Jaclyn: Jaclyn Mellone Jaclyn on IG Go To Gal on IG  FB group for Go To Gal    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A member of Tenacious Mamas (my business and leadership mastermind group) recently shared with us that she was feeling stuck - without a sense of direction or much clarity around her goals. These feelings of stuckness and perhaps even confusion around stuckness are so common given what we have all been through this year. Things have been unpredictable for many months now and will continue to be so for many more months. This leads us to feel like we lack control and direction, which makes it hard to connect to a sense of purpose and specific goals. So, how can we keep moving forward? The answer lies in who you’re spending time with, how you’re spending time alone (yes, you need to be spending a little time alone - which may feel nearly impossible in COVID times), and what thought patterns you’re making space for.Links mentioned: Tenacious Mamas Interest: info@shamelessmom.com Get my 15 Minute Manifest: shamelessmom.com/15mm SMA Episode 462 with Jasmine Bradshaw: How To Talk To Your Kids About Race   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonya Coleman is owner of Soiree-Event Design™, a full-service event planning, styling, and graphic design studio and founder of The Partypreneurs School of Party Planning™, a course & coaching program that teaches new and aspiring party planners how to transform their hobby into a money-making business. She is a busy wife and mom of 5 and after over 20 years as a small business owner, she is all about that entrepreneurial life! She has worked with many businesses, brands, and celebrities over the years and is humbled to do what she loves EVERY DAY! She most recently launched The Partypreneurs™ 101 SQUAD - her signature membership program inside the Partypreneurs School of Party Planning™ which brings all of her Partypreneurs™ 101 courses, products and coaching programs all under one roof at an affordable price so MORE women can follow in her footsteps of creating the business you love, making real money so you can create the lifestyle you want.Tonya and I are friends from a past mastermind group. Recently, I watched (via Facebook) as her daughter teenage Faith stood up as an activist in her community, resulting in getting on the TODAY show. When Tonya and I talked about her coming on the show, I knew I wanted to ask her about Faith’s badassery. Prepare yourself - Faith’s story is going to blow you away!Listen in to hear Tonya share: How Faith was censored at school - and how she spoke up, stood up, and organized a protest to support Black history and denounce censorship How Faith chose to show up after George Floyd’s death - resulting in getting on the Today show Faith’s lesson to “just throw the rock” to start to create ripples of impact How she cultivated confidence and built something from nothing by showing up as the person she wanted to become Her motto around “don’t let the defeats define you” Why it’s ok to turn a fun hobby into a business (it’s ok to make money doing fun things!) Links mentioned: Join Tonya’s Partypreneurs™ 101 SQUAD by Sept 1 with this special discount: | Discount Code: SQUADFOUNDER Tonya’s The Partypreneurs™ School of Party Planning Connect with Tonya: Soiree Event Design Tonya on Facebook: SoireeEventDesignStudio Tonya on Instagram: Soiree Event Design Tonya on Pinterest: Soiree Events Thank you to our sponsor: Care.com: To save 30% off a Care.com Premium membership, visit Care.com/SHAMELESSMOM   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Katherine Winter-Sellery is the CEO of the Conscious Parenting Revolution and co-creator of the Guidance Approach to Parenting, a program that applies conflict-resolution skills to communicating more effectively with children and adults. Through her workshops, books, and her three TEDx talks, she has taught thousands of parents (and educators, social workers, medical professionals, and anyone else needing to converse with 5-year-olds or 17-year-olds, or even 85-year-olds!) in a half dozen countries and cultures to minimize misunderstandings and melt-downs, and communicate with more collaboration, cooperation, and consideration. Her methods positively influence relationships for generations.She created and chaired the 2019 National Summit on Mental Health and Mental Fitness, a conference on the intersection of science, medicine, faith, and politics and their impacts on mental wellness that culminated in the nation’s largest-ever group meditation. Katherine, a trained mediator, is passionate about people’s abilities to transcend their past trauma, current dysfunction, and ongoing negative self-talk to create more collaborative and supportive environments in their homes, offices, and families.Listen in to hear Katherine share: What COVID has been like for her as her third pandemic after living in Hong Kong for 30 years The significance of the relationship between breathing and emotions The difference between conscious and unconscious parenting and the impacts of both Why we need to deeply understand that we are the catalyst, not the cause, of other people’s feelings Why you might want to reconsider your use of rewards & punishments in parenting How the use of rewards & punishments lead to retaliation, rebellion and resistance Why obedience and compliance a dangerous goal in parenting The truth about self esteem and where most of us get our self esteem Links mentioned: LAST DAY: Sign up for Construct Your Core Values Workshop Watch Katherine’s TED talks: Surviving & Transcending Unconscious Parenting The Rebellion is Here - We Created It, We Can Solve It From overriding my inner knowing to trusting myself Connect with Katherine: Conscious Parenting Revolution Katherine on FB: Conscious Parenting Revolution Katherine on IG: Katherine winter Sellery Katherine on LinkedIn: Katherine Sellery Join Katherine’s next Conscious Parenting Revolution group with a discount: Ebook | Discount Code: PODCAST20 Free ebook: 7 Strategies to Keep Your Relationship with Your Kids from Hitting the Boiling Point Thank you to our sponsor: Best Fiends: Download FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Larissa Maloney is a former professional beach volleyball player and owns an online fitness and wellness company that serves both home school and brick and mortar school families! Active Kids 2.0 specializes in kids classes(boxing, karate, yoga, cheer, gymnastics, ballet, jazz, hip-hop dance, toddler time, strength, cardio, and many more!) She’s a kid fitness equality advocate as well as a mental health and human rights advocate!Listen in to hear Larissa share: How she is stepping up to #sharethemic during this cultural revolution The specific steps she’s taking to take care of herself as a black female leader, advocate, and mom during this time How she has experienced racism throughout her life, often as the only black child and young woman in white spaces What microaggressions are and the ones she has experienced repeatedly The deeply painful experience she had as a college freshman, experiencing loud and blatant racism, without any allies supporting her Specific steps you can take to be a better ally The debates she has been having with other moms about anxiety in parenting white kids vs black kids The super successful company she built in the pandemic to keep kids active in the most fun and engaging ways Links mentioned:  Enroll in my Construct Your Core Values Workshop: shamelessmom.com/values Save on your Active Kids 2.0 membership: activekids2.com | code: SHAMELESSMOM10 Larissa on IG: https://www.instagram.com/larissa.maloney/ Active Kids 2.0 on IG: https://www.instagram.com/activekids2.0/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ActiveKids2.0/, https://www.facebook.com/larissawitherspoon Thank you to our sponsor: BetterHelp: Special offer for listeners: get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/shameless    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you know your core values, you can make decisions with ease, peace, clarity, and power. This is so freeing if you’re someone who has long struggled with analysis paralysis or decision fatigue. How would it feel if you had a ton of clarity around what you want to say YES to and what you want to say NO to? How would it feel if you could confidently express yourself without worrying about what others might think?How would it feel to clearly understand and own who you are becoming as a woman, leader, mom, partner?This would all feel so freeing and liberating right?The key to creating and defining your core values is in asking yourself 3 simple questions. If you can think through these 3 questions, all the sudden so many answers will become clear, if not obvious for you.I have been working on these 3 questions for about 5 years now and I have way less analysis paralysis when I’m making decisions. I worry so much less about other peoples’ opinions. And I can truly see exactly how I show up as a leader in all the different roles in my life.  THIS IS POWER.Listen in to learn these 3 questions and how to use them in your life to create and define your core values. Links mentioned: Enroll in my Construct Your Core Values Workshop Ep 455: 3 Steps To Create Core Values You Can Confidently Commit To Thank you to our sponsors: Margaret M: Margaret M’s offer to SHAMELESS listeners: 25% off by using the promo code: SHAMELESS25. Just go to margaretm.ca.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Makayla Ervin is a Brand Activation Strategist specializing in personal brand development and authentic relationship marketing strategies. As a visionary leader with a knack for bringing ideas to life, her calling is helping you create the business of your dreams without sacrificing your life to the hustle.As a retired photographer turned business coach, workshop leader, community builder, and entrepreneur extraordinaire - Makayla’s best days are spent in the sunshine with her 2 blonde headed boys and handsome husband before getting down to business and guiding women like YOU into greatness.Listen in to hear Makayla share: What your brand really is - yes, you have one even if you don’t know it and even if you don’t have your own business How you are constantly building your brand, for better or worse - especially right now The misinterpretation of mom owned businesses - and how we paint ourselves into our own corners The unlearning she went through to shift her identity from mompreneur to strategist When and why you should listen inward (vs googling) for answers The one question to ask yourself when you’re shifting your identity and brand Links mentioned: Register for our Construct Your Core Values Workshop  My website - Makayla Ervin My Instagram - Mrs. Makayla Ervin My Brand Authority Quiz   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices