

MINDSET ZONE
Ana Melikian
Our mindsets determine the way we see the world, as well as, the way we behave and who we are as people. It’s very easy and normal to stay stuck in fixed mindsets – limiting beliefs about our abilities and skills that prevent us to learn new things. We can intentionally cultivate a growth mindset that allows us to stretch our minds and amplify the realm of possibilities of what we do, and who we are. Amplifying our mindsets is one of the secrets of success, for most entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals out there.
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Apr 14, 2023 • 31min
Take Charge of Your Career & Life with Tammy Gooler Loeb
 “We have to start from the inside out because that’s where we have the power and control over our own lives. We have to drive our own bus. That’s where it begins.” 
- Tammy Gooler Loeb
Tammy joins me today to discuss how to create career and life transitions and take charge of the uncertainty that comes with it.
She explains why there’s so much dissatisfaction in today’s workplaces and why we need to shift our mindsets around professional development and career progression. She describes the complexity of career satisfaction and why creating a fulfilling life can’t be done with quick fixes.
Tammy also highlights why it’s never too late to make shifts in your career and underscores why identifying one’s core values is essential to making life or professional transitions.
This week on The Mindset Zone:
Common uncertainties people experience when making transitions in their lives or careers
The “reactionary” phase people encounter when they want to change their careers
The complexity of career fulfillment and satisfaction
Making lasting changes in life and embracing the experimentation mindset
Ana’s “PIE” method and the three types of pauses
Why professional transitions and changes are never linear
The importance of self-reflection and seeking the help of career professionals
How fear can prevent us from making changes in our lives and careers
Why it’s never too late to make shifts in your career
Learning to be gentle with ourselves and preventing the inner critic from taking over
Guest:
Tammy Gooler Loeb is a career and executive coach who has been helping her clients clarify their goals, develop personalized plans, and achieve fulfilling results since 1991. Tammy held various roles in mental health services, higher education, fundraising, and public policy before establishing her coaching practice—Tammy Gooler Loeb Coaching & Consulting. These roles include serving as the Master Coach for the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley for over nine years and working as an executive and leadership coach for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. A public speaker and facilitator, Tammy also serves as a core guide and executive coach at Chief, a private member network for women executives. She hosts the podcast, Work from the Inside Out, and is the author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You.
Connect with Tammy Gooler Loeb:
Tammy Gooler Loeb Website
Book: Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You
Podcast: Work from the Inside Out
Tammy Gooler Loeb on LinkedIn
Tammy Gooler Loeb on Instagram
Tammy Gooler Loeb on Facebook
Resources Mentioned:
Book: The Gift: 14 Lessons to Save Your Life by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Book: The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Related Content:
Human Potential. Unlocked. Tammy Gooler Loeb interviews Ana Melikian
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Apr 7, 2023 • 31min
How the 7 Habits Changed Your Business with Austin Clark
 “Where you sit today is the accumulation of all the decisions you’ve made in life. People are responsible for how they want to respond to stimulus.” 
- Austin Clark
Austin joins me today to outline the core concepts from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People that greatly impacted his life and business. He explains how the Moxie Pest Control company has incorporated concepts from the book into its leadership training as it relates to its salespeople, sales program, and operations.
Austin also highlights the value of perspective, the difference between great and good pieces of work, and the importance of seeing and widening the space between stimulus and response.
This week on The Mindset Zone:
The first time Austin read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and how it impacted him
Evolving as a person and how Austin still learns new things from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People even by reading it annually
Taking responsibility and becoming more proactive than reactive to life’s stimuli
The How of Happiness and the limits of genetic circumstances
The power of interdependence, synergy, and group collaboration
Sharpening the saw and the importance of self-care
The Mindset Zone’s PIE method
Learning to press pause
Increasing your self-awareness
Embracing a mindset for experimentation and exploration
The Guest
Austin Clark is the owner of Moxie Pest Control, an Arizona-based company honored among the Inc. 5000 Companies in 2022. Since its founding in 2001, Moxie Pest Control has been raising the standard of service in the pest control industry with its mission to improve the quality of life for its customers, team, and community. As the owner of Moxie Pest Control, Austin manages and oversees every aspect of the company and is focused on building relationships and growing his team. He co-authored the book, The E-Myth Pest Control Business,with Michael E. Gerber and holds a degree in Business Administration & Management from Arizona State University.
Connect with Austin Clark:
Moxie Pest Control
Book: The E-Myth Pest Control Business: Why Most Pest Control Businesses Don't Work and What To Do About It
Moxie Pest Control on LinkedIn
Austin Clark on LinkedIn
Email: AClark@MoxiePestControl.com
Resources Mentioned:
Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
Book: The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Mar 31, 2023 • 29min
Entrepreneurship, B-Corps & Impact with Lindsay LaShell
 “When women, queer, people of color, and entrepreneurs do well, the whole world becomes a better place because of justice and power.” 
- Lindsay LaShell
Lindsay LaShell is a marketing activist dedicated to helping purpose-driven organizations direct their marketing toward sustainability and impact. She is the founder of Open Lines Marketing and the creator of the Open Lines Marketing Framework, a one-of-a-kind strategic framework made to advance equity, justice, and sustainability through exceptional marketing.
Lindsay joins me today to discuss B Corporations, entrepreneurship, and creating an impact. She shares her background and why she became an entrepreneur despite her initial reluctance to be one. She explains why it was important for her to become part of the B Corporation movement and describes the mindset that bolstered her to create a supportive and inclusive company geared toward growth. 
Lindsay also highlights what her teaching experience taught her about the roles of respect and collaboration in entrepreneurship and underscores why empathy is a key trait of an effective leader and marketer.
This week on The Mindset Zone:
Living in survival mode, getting through life’s toughest moments, and Lindsay’s journey to founding her own advertising agency
Why it was important for Lindsay to become a B Corporation
The “triple bottom line” maxim and how Ana initially found B Corporations
Learning about privilege and racial wealth inequality
What Lindsay’s teaching experience taught her about leadership, relationships, and collaboration
Caring for employees’ mental well-being and how empathy can make better leaders and marketers
Lindsay’s transition from running an ad agency to being a solopreneur
The Open Lines Marketing Framework
Why Lindsay calls herself a “marketing activist”
The Guest
Lindsay Dayton LaShell is a Marketing Activist and the creator of the Open Lines Marketing Framework. Her work is to advance justice, equity, and sustainability through access to excellent marketing strategies for women, indigenous, queer, or POC founders, B Corps, and nonprofits. Through workshops, speaking gigs, and consulting, she’s helped thousands of organizations reevaluate and realign their marketing strategies to be more empathetic, efficient, and effective. 
Connect with Lindsay LaShell:
Open Lines Marketing
Open Lines Marketing on LinkedIn
Open Lines Marketing on Instagram
Lindsay LaShell on LinkedIn
Resources Mentioned:
Book: Literally Unbelievable: Stories from an East Oakland Classroom by Bronwyn Harris
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Mar 24, 2023 • 49min
Human Potential. Unlocked. Tammy Gooler Loeb interviews Ana Melikian
 “Within us, we have this amazing potential wanting to be unlocked.” 
- Ana Melikian
In this episode, I join Tammy at the Work from the Inside Out podcast to discuss unlocking human potential. We explore my academic journey and how I became fascinated with personal development at a young age. We discuss the several pivots I’ve made in my career and how I became a life coach.
We describe the systemic and cultural disruptions of the past few years and how organizations and leaders can respond effectively to change. We also highlight the relationship between business and personal problems and underscore the importance of doing inner work and having strong core values.
This episode was rebroadcast here at the Mindset Zone with explicit consent from Tammy Gooler Loeb,the host of Work from the Inside Out.
This week on The Mindset Zone:
Ana's life growing up in a small village in Portugal and her early interest in human development
How an individual’s external system impacts their internal world
What Ana learned about perception and her own culture after traveling overseas for college
Studying psychology in college and how Ana's interest in technology served her
Ana's time pursuing a Master’s in Psychotherapy at Salamanca, Spain
How systemic psychotherapy can complement traditional psychology
How organizations and their leaders can adapt to a fast-changing culture
The growth mindset and why Ana decided to pursue a Master’s degree in Spain despite her early challenges in speaking foreign languages
The messiness of change and the twists and turns of Ana's career
How Ana stumbled into life coaching and why she decided to become a life coach
How the “Book Yourself Solid” system by Michael Port helped Ana launch my coaching practice
Her advice to people making transitions and changes in their career.
The Interviewer
Tammy Gooler Loeb is a career and executive coach, speaker, and facilitator who has been helping her clients clarify their goals, develop personalized plans, and achieve fulfilling results since 1991. She is also a core guide and executive coach at Chief, a private member network for women executives. Before establishing her coaching practice—Tammy Gooler Loeb Coaching & Consulting—Tammy held various roles in mental health services, higher education, public policy, and fundraising. She formerly served as the Master Coach for the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley for over nine years and worked as an executive and leadership coach for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Tammy graduated from Hampshire College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston University. She hosts the Work from the Inside Out podcast and is the author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You.
Connect with Tammy Gooler Loeb:
Tammy Gooler Loeb Website
Book: Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You
Podcast: Work from the Inside Out on Apple Podcasts
Podcast: Work from the Inside Out on Google Podcasts
Podcast: Work from the Inside Out on Spotify
Tammy Gooler Loeb on LinkedIn
Tammy Gooler Loeb on Instagram
Tammy Gooler Loeb on Facebook
Resources Mentioned:
Original Episode: Work from the Inside Out Episode 201 - Human Potential. Unlocked.
Book: Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling by Michael Port
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Mar 17, 2023 • 31min
B Corps as a Force for Good with Carolina Miranda
 “Everyday people are stepping up and wanting to know that the work they do in their company—whether they’re the CEO or employee—does something good in the world.” 
- Carolina Miranda
Carolina joins me today to discuss B Corporations and B Labs and how an organization can be certified as a B Corp. She explains why B Corporations have an advantage over recruiting and retaining the best talent in the workforce.
She outlines the beginning of the B Corp movement in the early 2000s and describes how we can use our purchasing power as consumers to support B Corporations worldwide. Carolina also highlights what makes the B Corp community different from other business groups and underscores how the B Corp movement can be a force for social good.
This week on The Mindset Zone:
What B Corps and B Labs are, and why awareness about them needs to be raised
The process of becoming a certified B Corporation
How B Corporations generate profit while having a positive impact on the world
The advantage of B Corporations on workforce recruitment
The history and timeline of the B Corp movement
Supporting B Corporations and the B Corp movement as consumers
Misconceptions about the B Corporation movement
The WeTheChange group and the power of the B Corp community
The best time to be certified as a B Corporation
Guest
Carolina Miranda is the founder and CEO of Cultivating Capital, a Certified B Corporation that works with small businesses to implement sustainable business practices. As a B Corp consultant, Carolina has helped businesses achieve B Corp certification, increase impact and score with recertification, and develop action plans for team engagement. In addition to her work at Cultivating Capital, Carolina serves on the Leadership Circle of WeTheChange, a community of women CEOs of B Corporations. Before founding Cultivating Capital, Carolina served as a Green Business Consultant for the Alameda County Green Business Program for over 10 years. She is also the former Chairperson of the advisory board of the Sustainable Business Alliance of the East Bay and served as a sustainability coach for REV Sustainability. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Sustainable Enterprise from the Dominican University of California and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History from the College of Wooster.
Resources Mentioned:
B Lab Global Site
WeTheChange
Related Content:
The Art of Supportive Confrontation with Flip Brown
Antidote for Quiet Quitting with Anne-Claire Broughton
Connect with Carolina Miranda:
Cultivating Capital
B Impact Collective
Cultivating Capital on LinkedIn
Carolina Miranda on LinkedIn
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Mar 10, 2023 • 30min
The Death of a Workaholic with Jenny Lynne
 “The difference between hard work and being a workaholic is consciously choosing what gets your energy, and when it’s done, putting it down and getting to rest.” 
- Jenny Lynne Erickson
Jenny joins me today to share how she became aware of her workaholism and consciously made steps to move away from it. She explains how workaholism can be a blindspot and how to recognize the cues and red flags of being a workaholic.
She describes why workaholics can’t seem to hire the right employees and struggle with delegating tasks and working with coaches. Jenny also outlines the steps everyone can take to address their workaholism and underscores how having a clear life purpose can help alleviate the symptoms of being a workaholic.
This week on The Mindset Zone:
Jenny’s self-discovery journey
Workaholism and its symptoms
The internalization of workaholism
The progression of workaholism’s symptoms
The cultural impact of workaholism on teams
The difference between work ethic and workaholism
The importance of having a life purpose
Focusing on your strengths and delegating your weaknesses
Why workaholics struggle with delegation and working with coaches
Finding a kill switch, creating boundaries between work and self-care, and working smarter
Guest
Jenny Lynne is a keynote speaker on work-life integration, hustle culture, and leadership. Jenny is on a mission to guide entrepreneurs and leaders beyond workaholism and reorganize their businesses. In addition to her work as a speaker, Jenny serves as the Idea Activator behind ACThoughtful Consulting LLC, an organization that changes the odds for micro-businesses and helps them start and sustain their impact. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Management and Communications from Concordia University, St. Paul.
Connect with Jenny Lynne:
Jenny Lynne Website
ACThoughtful
Podcast: Death of a Workaholic
Jenny Lynne on LinkedIn
Jenny Lynne on Facebook
Jenny Lynne on Twitter
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Mar 3, 2023 • 34min
Inner Game of Success with Joanne McCall
 “The inner game of success is where it all begins. Anything you want to put, do, accomplish, or make happen out there will all start with the inner game.” 
- Joanne McCall
Joanne joins me today to discuss why success starts with the inner game. She explains why people repeatedly set goals that they fail to reach. She describes how limiting beliefs stop people from reaching their goals and aspirations and outlines the three steps to take when your inner game is off and you can't achieve your goals.
Joanne also highlights the three buckets of media and underscores the value of embracing the beginner’s mindset.
This week on The Mindset Zone:
The inner game of success
What it looks like when your inner game is off
Rewiring your neurology and addressing your limiting beliefs
The “expert-beginner” infinite loop and the value of always learning something new
Why goals don’t work for many people
Identifying and confronting your mindset blind spots and limitations
“You” media and its importance in building your visibility
The need to prove your expertise in earned media
Using social media to amplify the other media buckets
How to overcome impostor syndrome when writing a book
Embracing the beginner’s mind when promoting a book
The three kinds of mindset and their relationship to mastery
Guest:
Joanne McCall is an author, speaker, media trainer, and visibility strategist. She is also a publicist and PR coach dedicated to helping authors and influencers gain media attention and become “media darlings.” Her clients include business consultants Brian Tracy and Ken Blanchard, radio host Dave Ramsey, and NLP founder Dr. Richard Bandler among others. In addition to working with entrepreneurs, consultants, and coaches to get top-tier, national media attention, Joanne serves as an adjunct faculty member at Marylhurst University, where she teaches social media.
Connect with Joanne McCall:
Joanne McCall Website
Book: Media Darling: Shine Through Every Interview
Joanne McCall on LinkedIn
Joanne McCall on Instagram
Joanne McCall on Facebook
Joanne McCall on YouTube
Joanne McCall on Twitter
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Feb 24, 2023 • 33min
Overcoming Brain Fog with Monica Tarr
 “[Cognitive decline] is possible to reverse—and it’s preventable. The reversal works best when you catch it early, and there’s not really too soon a time to start.” 
- Monica Tarr
Monica joins me today to discuss the pillars of overcoming and preventing brain fog and cognitive decline. She shares her experience with brain fog and describes her initial tendency to push through it despite her body’s fatigue.
She outlines her journey toward enhancing her brain health and describes how long it took before she started seeing results on her cognitive sharpness, mood, and weight. Monica also recounts how she became inspired to help others navigate brain fog through health coaching and highlights the role of food in maintaining cognitive health.
This week on The Mindset Zone:
Monica’s experience with debilitating brain fog and the changes she made in her professional life
The “chemo brain” and our tendency to push through tiredness
Ignoring health symptoms glaring at our faces
Dr. Dale Bredesen’s protocol to prevent and reverse Alzheimer’s
The power of food in reducing brain fog and cognitive decline
The seven pillars of enhancing cognition and reversing cognitive decline
How Monica’s work on her brain and cognitive health also improved her emotional state
Why rest and breaks are essential to health
How working on their brain health gave Monica’s clients courage
How the keto diet helped me recover faster during cancer treatments
The Guest:
Monica Tarr is a national board-certified functional medicine and health coach. She is the founder and Chief Health Advocate of Restore and Renew, where she helps high-performing professionals preserve and improve their brain health. Monica also served as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies looking to grow their customer base and develop high-performing teams. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton.
Resources Mentioned:
Book: The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline by Dale Bredesen
Book: The End of Alzheimer's Program: The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age by Dale Bredesen
Connect with Monica Tarr:
Restore and Renew
Restore and Renew on Facebook
Restore and Renew on YouTube
Monica Tarr on LinkedIn
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Feb 17, 2023 • 31min
Antidote for Quiet Quitting with Anne-Claire Broughton
 “Keep your purpose, vision, and values front and center, and they shouldn’t be just words on a wall. Build a culture and get buy-in.” 
- Anne-Claire Broughton
Anne-Claire joins us today to discuss quiet quitting, its factors, and its antidote. She explains how a changing workforce demographic, corporate culture, and the pandemic impacted quiet quitting.
She discusses the power of employee engagement and highlights why companies need to intentionally cultivate organizational culture. She also explains how companies impact communities and the world and underscores why leaders need to maintain transparency amid uncertain times.
This week on The Mindset Zone:
Why quiet quitting is prevalent today
The dimensions and causes of quiet quitting
Why companies need to intentionally cultivate culture
The importance of focusing on purpose, vision, and values as a company grows
Open Book Management for transparency and engagement
Maintaining a culture of collaboration and engagement in the face of crisis
Believing in the good of human nature
What B Corporations are and why they’re important to Anne-Claire’s work in employee engagement
Expanding human possibilities through leadership
The Guest:
Anne-Claire Broughton is the Principal of Broughton Consulting, LLC, a certified B-Corp that helps organizations engage employees at all levels for business success. Broughton Consulting supports companies in building thriving workplace cultures of engagement, accountability, and results through open-book management, employee ownership, and healthy organizational cultures. In addition to her work at Broughton Consulting, LLC, Anne-Claire is the founder and Board Vice Chair of the North Carolina Employee Ownership Center, which serves as the central hub for employee-owned businesses in North Carolina.
Resources Mentioned:
Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Connect with Anne-Claire Broughton:
Broughton Consulting, LLC
The Great Game of Business
Broughton Consulting, LLC on LinkedIn
Anne-Claire Broughton on LinkedIn
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Feb 10, 2023 • 33min
The Innovation Mindset with Natalie Turner
 “If we think about human history, we’ll see that innovation is and has always been our survival skill.“
Natalie Turner
Natalie joins us today to outline “The Six ‘I’s of Innovation.” She describes what it takes to infuse, motivate, and drive innovation in organizational life.
She explains how organizational culture can increase or stifle innovation in a company and discusses the role of creativity in innovation.
Natalie also highlights the need for different skill sets and mindsets to cultivate innovation as a holistic journey and emphasizes how everyone has something to contribute.
This week on The Mindset Zone:
Defining innovation and its different aspects
The value of human-centered innovation
Purpose-driven, people-driven, and planet-driven innovation
The Six ‘I’s of Innovation and its background
Applying the Six ‘I’s of Innovation to our everyday, personal lives
The multi-layered nature of purpose
The Guest:
Natalie Turner is the founder and CEO of The Entheo Network, an innovation and lifestyle company. Natalie has been serving as a corporate innovation director, business consultant, and entrepreneur for the past 25 years. She has helped the world’s leading organizations grow their teams, businesses, and capabilities and build innovation systems, culture, and capabilities. She has collaborated and consulted with organizations such as Cisco Systems, GSK, and Leo Pharma Asia. She is the author of Yes, You Can Innovate and the inventor of The Six ‘I’s of Innovation—a model that helps people evaluate their innovation strengths to harness diversity and create greater impact.
Connect with Natalie Turner:
Natalie Turner Website
Book: Yes, You Can Innovate: Discover Your Innovation Strengths and Develop Your Creative Potential
Yes You Can Innovate
Six ‘I’s of Innovation
Natalie Turner on LinkedIn
Natalie Turner on Facebook
Natalie Turner on YouTube
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