A Lesson on Showing Up for Yourself with Trey Anthony
Release Date: 03/08/2021
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A Lesson on Owning the Room with Kim Kuhteubl
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If you’ve ever shown up in a room, boardroom or otherwise, on a job site or at a conference where people don’t expect to see a woman like you, raise your hand. If you’re Generation X or older, it’s pretty much par for the course. Voice Lessons Podcast Creator and Co-Producer Kim Kuhteubl leads “A Lesson on Owning The Room.” VOICE LESSONS SHOWNOTES: VOICE LESSONS ON INSTAGRAM:
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Meet Pascale Sablan, a visionary architect with an impressive track record of transforming the built environment. Pascale has been recognized as one of the most influential architects of her generation, with a practice characterized by a commitment to excellence, innovation, and sustainability. She currently serves as the NOMA Global President and Chief Executive Officer at Adjaye Associates, New York Studio in charge of all operations, whilst continuing to lead efforts for architectural projects, community engagement and business development. Pascale is not only an accomplished architect but...
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A Lesson on Commitment with Rich Nichols
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In this , Rich Nichols talks about fighting for equal pay for the US Women's soccer team. Rich shares insights into what it takes to stand up to the entire US Soccer Federation and why women are just people who get things done without any ego involved. Nichols was the catalyst for the USWNT quest for equal pay and created and executed the strategic media strategy that catapulted the teams push for “equal pay” to the top of international, domestic, and social media coverage and transformed the women on the USWNT into reputational pioneers for social and economic change. VOICE LESSONS...
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A Lesson on Mindfulness with Dr. Ellen Langer
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In this Lesson On Mindfulness, Dr. Ellen Langer, known as the "mother of mindfulness," shares her profound insights on mindfulness, its impact on our lives, and how it enhances leadership, especially for women. Dr. Ellen J. Langer is the author of more than two hundred research articles, and thirteen books including the international bestseller Mindfulness; The Power of Mindful Learning; On Becoming An Artist, and Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility; The Art of Noticing; and most recently, The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic...
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A Lesson on Doing What You Love with Allison Eden
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A Lesson on Sharing Your Stories with Renee Bracey Sherman
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A Lesson On the Courage of Choice with Merle Hoffman
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A Lesson On Saying It with Sugar with Becca Rea-Tucker
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A Lesson On Creating Joy with Jennifer Freed
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Jennifer Freed, Ph.D, M.F.T. is a psychological astrologer who believes that your cosmic DNA serves as a roadmap for your life. Even when we are experiencing oppression from our societies, if we learn to embrace our past traumas, use our unique gifts to create change, and incorporate movement into our day each day, we can make joyful choices that allow us to show up for ourselves and others during times of hardship.
info_outlineTOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
- How Trey’s grandmother influenced her creativity, career, and eventually her voice.
- Why Trey started her first piece “Da Kink in My Hair” and what the show represents in regards to issues Black women face in their daily lives.
- How “Da Kink in My Hair” became an overnight sensation.
- Trey is the first Black woman in Canada to ever have a television show on a major prime-time Canadian network.
- Black Culture in Canada vs. the United States.
- How Trey made space for Black women in the self-help market.
- Black Girl in Love (with Herself) addresses the real things that occur to Black women as they move through spaces.
- There's a stigma in the Black community around depression and mental health issues that we do not talk about, and yet it's happening.
- How do we create a safe space for Black women to fall apart if they need to?
- If you look at so many of the movements of social change that are happening, Black women are at the forefront.
- When you are not recognized, you have nothing to lose.
- Many women leaders are viewed as the strong ones and have a hard time admitting when they are struggling, and how Trey navigated this personally.
- By the time Black women actually seek health for mental health issues, their symptoms are 5X more severe than white women.
- As women, we think we can handle more than we actually can and it’s ok to ask for help.
- There is a common misconception among women that receiving comes with strings attached.
- Asking for that support and being carried is part of the modeling of what the new success means.
- How mothering changed Trey and her journey as a solo parent.
- The rules that are written in the culture for the way we do things don’t actually make sense for busy women.
- Feminine leadership looks like in today’s society looks like so many different things, because we are doing it all.