How She Really Does It

Koren Motekaitis
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Dec 11, 2012 • 35min

Master Baker Susan Reid from King Arthur Flour

Susan Reid has an interesting personal journey. She had careers in advertising, running restaurants and teaching at the New England Culinary Institute. She is now in her fourth career at King Arthur Flour where she started by testing recipes for The Baker s Companion and has since coauthored the subsequent King Arthur books while writing and editing The Baking Sheet. Susan is talks about how you can learn the no-fail tips to making your favorite holiday treats. In this interview we discuss: Tips for creating less stress in the kitchen. Food is an expression of one feels. Doing something you have never done before. Tips for newbies. Letting go of perfection. Listen to how Susan views “baking is like driving.” Flour containers Measuring flour tips Sifting flour Different types of flour Takeaway Items mentioned in this interview King Arthur Baker’s Companion King Arthur baking tips & primers King Arthur contact info King Arthur guarantee Connect with Susan blog facebook Here is the gingerbread village my daughter and her friends made this holiday season. I hope this interview helps with baking tips as well as your mindset to help you get out of your way and spend time having fun in the kitchen. smiling, The post Master Baker Susan Reid from King Arthur Flour appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.
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Jun 8, 2012 • 56min

Adam Baker

In 2008, after the birth of their daughter Milligan, Adam Baker and his wife, Courtney, decided to sell everything they owned, pay off their consumer debt and travel the world as a family. The Baker s simple motto is The first step to living a life of passion and purpose is to remove the barriers that hold you back. This journey lead to the creation and work on ManVsDebt.com. Now Adam is finishing up a new project as the producer of I m Fine Thanks a feature length documentary about complacency. It s a collection of stories about life, the choices we all make and the paths we ultimately decide to follow. The windows of possibilty is the theme to my show each week. It’s about not being defined by our past and working towards a new future. In the interview Adam talks about how he was kicked out of college, worked in two fast food restaurants, prior to his latest accomplishments with Man vs. Debt and now his documentary I’m Fine, Thanks. I asked him the question that he has never been asked – “How did he not let that experience define him as who he was and what he was capable of?” We also talked about: why the documentary I m Fine, Thanks curse of 7 complacency who’s script are you living creating your opportunity for you to choose what did Adam learn from making his documentary I’m Fine, Thanks kickstarter project Connect with Adam Kickstarter project – I’m Fine, Thanks Man vs. Debt twitter facebook music Christine Kane – Virginia smiling, The post Adam Baker appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.
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May 25, 2012 • 57min

Angela Wheeler

Angela Wheeler is the Operations Specialist and Community Manager at Productive Flourishing. She successfully climbed a ladder of academic success earning a Ph.D in sociology. While working in her academic teaching appointment Angela realized this was not a good fit for her. Angela had spent her life doing what she thought she was supposed to do and what others expected her to do which lead her to a near death experience. Angela has been on quite a journey with her health and recovery. She has been open about her journey on Productive Flourishing and started a powerful conversation – Extraordinary Women Change the World. Angela is here to talk about how you can understand yourself and your strengths through adversity. In this interview we discuss: doing what you are supposed to do – doing what others expect of you health scares being vulnerable empowering women Two takeaways – for the listeners to practice to practice empowerment Click the player below to listen now Connect with Angela Extraordinary Women Change the World twitter facebook If You Enjoyed this Interview . You ll LOVE my newsletter. Get interviews and reminders of interviews delivered straight to your inbox. Special newsletter-only promotions The takeaway of each interview (only available to newsletter subscribers). music Christine Kane – Virginia smiling, The post Angela Wheeler appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.
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Feb 3, 2012 • 54min

Alicia Rittenhouse

A high school dropout. Pregnant at 18. What’s possible for this person? What can she accomplish in this economy? How can she provide for her daughter and herself as a single mom? Alicia Rittenhouse is now a successful entrepreneur as a Tech Cheerleader + Digital Diva. She has built her business bootstrapping from the ground up while raising her daughter and being the sole provider. Alicia teaches other entrepreneurs to use technology so they can build successful online businesses. We discuss: how she went from making $10 an hour to $75,000 last year how she bootstrapped her business and ways for you to build your business using technology Connect with Alicia website facebook twitter music Christine Kane – Virginia smiling, The post Alicia Rittenhouse appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.
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Dec 2, 2011 • 51min

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard trained neuroanatomist. At 37 she experienced a stroke and since then has shared her insight with us. In this interview we discuss how you can experience your right hemisphere how to stay out of your own way how your thoughts and feelings can affect your life why compassion is so important Jill Bolte Taylor: STROKE of Insight TED TALK httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU smiling, The post Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.
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Oct 21, 2011 • 56min

Ariane de Bonvoisin

Ariane was very successful in our society’s view – she went to the London School of Economics, earned her Stanford MBA, climbed the very tall corporate ladder at Times Warner running their $500 million digital-media venture fund. Then she left to start First30Days.com. She leapt. Ariane has been here before discussing her journey leaping from corporate America to becoming an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. Today she returns to talk about Spritual Living in the Real World. We discuss: living spiritually in the real world self-inquiry Ariane’s journey Connect with Ariane book website facebook smiling, The post Ariane de Bonvoisin appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.
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Oct 11, 2011 • 56min

Adelaide Lancaster & Amy Abrams

Adelaide and Amy are co-founders of In Good Company, a community business learning center and co-working space for woman entrepreneurs in Manhattan. They are also the co-authors of THE BIG ENOUGH COMPANY: CREATING A BUSINESS THAT WORKS FOR YOU. We discuss: what women entrepreneurship is really like? women entrepreneurship and 2nd class? pitfalls of entrepreneurship how you know when you are successful two takeaways Connect with Adelaide and Amy website facebook twitter book httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tX6_Rmc5tU smiling, The post Adelaide Lancaster & Amy Abrams appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.
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Sep 8, 2011 • 54min

Amy Block Joy

Amy Block Joy, Ph.D., Nutritional Sciences has worked for the University of California for more than thirty years. Amy was the director of a $14 million program for poor families. While at the UC Davis campus, Amy uncovered some embezzlement and that lead her down a road to becoming a whistleblower. Amy is here today to discuss her journey. We discussed: her experience truth seeker’s in an organization for those considering becoming a whistleblower what she recommends retaliation Two takeaways Connect with Amy website book Sign up for my newsletter to receive upcoming info, each show’s takeaway and newsletter only promotions. music Christine Kane – Virginia smiling, The post Amy Block Joy appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.
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Aug 5, 2011 • 60min

Elyse Resch

Elyse Resch is the co-author of Intuitive Eating. Intuitive Eating is about dropping the diet wars, and nurturing your body rather than starving it, which encourages a reconnection with your innate signals of hunger, fullness and taste preference and helps you find the weight you were meant to be. Elyse is a child and adolescent obesity expert and has just finished writing a chapter about Children and Inuitive Eating for the 3rd edition of her book Intuitive Eating. We discuss: Intuitive Eating What you can do if you have a child who eats past hunger. What you can do to help your child go back to being an Intuitive Eater. Children who are picky eaters The purpose of exercise and movement. If as a parent you have been doing it all wrong – NOW WHAT? Takeaways Connect with Elyse   website book audiobook Another interview with Elyse Resch Make Peace with Food. Sign up for our newsletter to receive upcoming info and newsletter only promotions. music Christine Kane – Virginia The post Elyse Resch appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.
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Mar 12, 2011 • 53min

Ashley Merryman

Ashley Merryman is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children. The central premise of the book is that modern society’s most popular strategies for raising children are in fact backfiring because key points in the science of child development and behavior have been overlooked. Listen as Ashley and I discuss: Praise Lying Sleep Takeaway – specific thing you can do as a parent with good results Does your child lie? What do you do when your child lies? Consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to have future interviews delivered to your feed reader. Sign up for our newsletter to receive upcoming info and newsletter only promotions. Connect with Ashley book website twitter facebook music Christine Kane – Virginia smiling, The post Ashley Merryman appeared first on howshereallydoesit.com.

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