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The Principles of Decision-Making

Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

Release Date: 04/01/2022

Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

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Tuning Into Your Energy with Rebecca Ahmed

Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

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Channeling Your Passion Into Writing with Annette Berkovits

Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

Inspiration can come from anywhere, but for today’s guest, her family has been the biggest inspiration of all, creating opportunities to channel her passion into writing. Author Annette Berkovits does just that with each and every one of her books and today she shares her journey. Annette Libeskind Berkovits was born in Kyrgyzstan and grew up in postwar Poland and the fledgling state of Israel before coming to the U.S. at age sixteen. Despite being uprooted from country to country, Berkovits has channeled her passions into language study and writing. Her first memoir, , a story of her...

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Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

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Getting More Women on Corporate Boards with Jocelyn Mangan

Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

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Finding Your Baseline: Voice, Verbal Cues, and Non-Verbal Cues

Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

When it comes to communicating, there are a surprising number of elements that go into effectively speaking to others, whether that be in a professional setting or a personal one. And it all starts with knowing your baseline. In this episode, I explain what a baseline is and how the knowledge of your own baseline can impact the effectiveness of your communication. As you are thinking about your baseline, you have to consider things like the sound of your voice and body language. It is broken down into three parts: voice, verbal cues, and non-verbal cues. Listen on to find out more about each...

Did You Get the Memo? with Yemi Penn

Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

Did you get the memo or do you feel like you missed something? Today’s guest admits that for a long time, she felt that she had totally missed the memo. But in reality, she just hadn’t made her own yet. Today’s guest is Yemi Penn, an engineer by profession, a fascinating and successful entrepreneur, author, speaker, and transformation mindset coach. In our conversation, Yemi helps us understand transformation and how we can make the necessary shifts to feeling empowered. Yemi uses the “memo” comparison to life because many of us feel or have felt at some point that we’re not living...

The Power of Relationship Building with Mary D’Souza

Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

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Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

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Solving Problems with Technology: Who Says You Can't?

Women Worldwide with Deirdre Breakenridge

I am sitting down with Amy Pyles in this episode of Women Worldwide to discuss various topics such as how to embrace technology and become better at solving problems! Amy is the president of Saxum, a digital integrated agency that solves complex problems for brands and organizations! Amy helps brands make more effective connections with those whom they serve – even brands as big and as recognizable as Walmart! Tune in as she shares her journey, touching upon how she got on this path and how she launched Saxum. Amy also reveals what she believes makes an effective leader and why empathy is so...

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Have you ever been faced with a decision that could mean someone lived or died? Jillian Haslam, author of the new book, A Voice Out of Poverty, has faced life-threatening decisions, which kept her younger sister alive.

Jillian is an inspiration and her story is one you won’t want to miss. Listen as Jillian shares her inspirational story and learn more about the principles behind her decision-making process.

She took those words to heart and when her little sister was born and given only three days to live, she said no. Instead, she took a bowl to tea shops in the area and asked for milk. That one decision saved her sister’s life and now she’s happily married and thriving.

Despite their poverty, her parents were unbelievably giving because no matter what they had they always had room to give.

Growing up around such truly inspirational people helped her to never see the suffering in the situation. Instead, she and her siblings found happiness and joy. She’s now a successful author, speaker, and entrepreneur and her goal is to give back in huge ways.

Jillian is an inspiration and her story is one you won’t want to miss. Listen in to hear all of her advice and the advice of those she’s learned from.

Show Notes:

[02:30] Jillian shares her story and the decisions she made as a child that led her here.
[04:55] “Your end is up to you.” - Jillian
[05:51] How do we better trust and tap into our gut instinct?
[09:50] Is any one principle more important than another?
[11:29] What does she want readers to take away from her book when they read?
[13:51] Has she had any lessons learned or aha moments as she’s built her career?
[15:56] Does she have a self-care routine to keep herself balanced and centered?
[18:10] Why isolation leads to depression.
[19:14] As a child, how did she handle the stress of living in poverty?
[22:34] Jillian shares her final bit of advice.
[23:57] Connect with Jillian.