Finding Brave

Today’s guest for Finding Brave is Austin Belcak, the founder of Cultivated Culture. Through his work, Austin helps people land amazing jobs that they love - at the salaries they deserve. Austin shares his powerful personal story of pursuing a degree that in the end, didn’t help him land work he would enjoy (or work at all!). After applying to approximately 200 jobs online in the space of a couple of months and hearing nothing but one letter of rejection, he decided he needed to take a completely different tack. He embarked on a journey of researching exactly what people his age had done to secure amazing positions at the nation’s top companies, including Google, Microsoft and Twitter. From his intensive research, he began applying what he learned to secure a dream job, and launched his own business helping others do the same. Austin’s strategies have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Inc., Fast Company, and more, and his students have landed interviews and offers at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Uber, Deloitte, Accenture, ESPN and more. The strategies you’ll hear in this episode go far beyond what you hear every day, and Austin’s advice can be applied immediately to your own job search to get you noticed and moving in a direction you’ll be thrilled with. Austin is one of those individuals who has truly turned his “mess into a message,” and you’ll be inspired by his success to build your own. To learn more about today's guest, visit https://cultivatedculture.com/.

Bestselling author and nationally renowned couple’s and family therapist Terry Real joins Finding Brave to explore the critical and complex  issues at the heart of Gender, Power, and Relationships. A lecturer for over twenty years, Terry is a member of the senior faculty at the Family Institute of Cambridge and Director of the Gender Relations program at the Meadows Institute in Arizona.  His work shares a rigorous yet commonsense approach, and speaks to both men and women powerfully. His ideas on men’s issues and on couple’s therapy have been celebrated in venues from Good Morning America, The Today Show and 20/20, to Oprah and The New York Times. A proponent of “full-throttle marriage,” as described in his book The New Rules of Marriage, Terry has been called “the most innovative voice in thinking about and treating men and their relationships in the world today.”  Join us in this raw, emotional and eye-opening discussion that explores: The far-reaching and damaging effects of patriarchy for both men and women today How men are trained to hate and shun vulnerability and what that does to their ability to live fully, relate with others and connect intimately How men can assess with one simple question if their behavior with and to women is appropriate or not Ways in which parents can help their children today find wholeness, which is what’s essential for healthy, loving, connected lives Why empathy is overrated, and compassionate is more impactful The top three steps to take today to begin to reverse the damage that our gender role training has forced within us To learn more about today's guest, visit http://www.terryreal.com.

Avril McDonald, award-winning author of the Feel Brave book series and founder of Feel Brave, joins Kathy to discuss how we can move forward to launch our big creative idea into the world with tremendous success. From the early age of 8, Avril experienced anxiety and panic attacks, and felt very alone in understanding what it was and how to deal with it. Later in life, after becoming a teacher and witnessing the pervasiveness of anxiety in young children, Avril developed a heartfelt vision to provide all children around the world with access to effective tools to help them manage tough emotions and reach their highest potential. Her books are now being translated into many languages, and she’s working with one of the world’s largest global broadcasters on a new animated series. Further, she’s launching a pilot program with schools around the world to integrate Feel Brave strategies into schools every day and help children effectively address their fears and gain the strength and resilience to thrive. To learn more about today's guest, visit http://www.feelbrave.com/.

Cheryl Hunter, bestselling author, speaker and resilience expert, joins Kathy to share her moving and powerful story of surviving -- and finding brave -- after experiencing a traumatic crisis as a teenager. Cheryl offers powerful, inspiring strategies for overcoming and moving beyond deep crisis and challenge and transforming it - to bring out the best, most impactful and authentic version of ourselves, so we can live the life we're destined for. To learn more about today's guest, visit https://www.CherylHunter.com.

In this inaugural episode, Kathy shares her deeply personal story about how she embarked on “Finding Brave” in her own life, and why mustering more bravery and courage is a vital endeavor for men and women around the world who want to live the highest version of themselves and reach their highest, most joyful potential. She defines #FINDINGBRAVE as this: Recognizing — and courageously leveraging — what you’re made of as a human and spiritual being, and mustering the commitment, passion and courage to draw on all that you are to create the life you dream of, through the fear and the pain. And she offers 10 essential ways to find brave in your life, with specific tips to get moving on your brave path.