308: Soulful Advice for Navigating Business Launches and Career Transitions with Confidently CEO, Tom Austin
Moxielicious with Alexia Vernon
Release Date: 05/25/2021
513: Talking About Death Won’t Kill You with Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller
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Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller, MSW, PhD has made it her mission to spread the message that “Talking About Death Won’t Kill You.” She has a passion for palliative care and improving the end-of-life care for all. She is an associate professor in the School of Social Work and the Director of the Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada. Kathy was named the Lakehead University Research Chair on Aging and End of Life and is committed to improving the care provided at the bedside and in the community. She is the author of the book,...
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512: Value-Based Care with Kim Grana
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Kimberly Grana, RDCS, CMPE is a healthcare executive with over two decades of dedication to the value-based care community. Kim is currently the Vice President of Operations for Valley Oaks Medical Group, the third largest primary care group in Southern Nevada. A detailed-oriented, high accessible leader who always puts employees first and is focused on building a culture of engagement, growth and development, and inclusion, Kim is the 2023-2024 President of the Nevada Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Kim is also a Nationally Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) and a...
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511: The Future of Healthcare is Personalized Care with Dr. Apeksha Desai
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Dr. Apeksha Desai is a board-certified internist in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada. She has been practicing medicine for nearly 14 years and has held several leadership roles including, most recently, serving as the Medical Director for OptumCare where she led a team of 135+ providers who delivered value-based care across 18 clinics in the Las Vegas Valley. Now, Dr. Desai is the founder of Ace Primary Care, an organization focused on delivering excellent primary care. She specializes in delivering personalized care that empowers her patients to live their best lives. Dr. Desai understands...
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510: Make Healthcare Work Better for All with Heidi Kyser
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Heidi Kyser joined Desert Companion, the premier city magazine that celebrates the pursuits, passions, and aspirations of Southern Nevadans, as a staff writer in January 2014. In 2018, she was promoted to senior writer and producer, working for both DC and State of Nevada. She produced KNPR’s first podcast, the Regional Murrow Award-winning Native Nevada, in 2020. The following year, she returned her focus full-time to Desert Companion, becoming Deputy Editor, and became interim editor, replacing Andrew Kiraly, in July 2022. In her 20 years as a print and on-air journalist, Heidi’s done...
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509: Disability Inclusive Leadership with Sarah Kirwan
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An expert on disability inclusion and disability-inclusive leadership, Sarah Kirwan is the founder and CEO of Eye Level Communications, a woman-owned and disability-owned business. She is a forward-thinking DEIJ Consultant and Trainer with 25 years of experience advising leaders and collaborating across disciplines to advance culture in line with shared values and strategic plans. Sarah has held multiple executive positions, including Assistant Hospital Administrator and Public Information Officer for Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, a world-renowned physical rehabilitation...
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508: Navigating Compassion Fatigue and Burnout as a Socially Conscious Leader with Dr. Rebecca Eldredge
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Dr. Rebecca Eldredge is on a mission to ensure socially conscious leaders don’t succumb to compassion fatigue. I’ve had the privilege of working with Dr. Eldredge for the last two years, and she is unparalleled in her ability to integrate stories, statistics, and practical suggestions for how to create workplaces that create more wellbeing for their people. For the past 20 years, Dr. Eldredge has used her commitment to mental health, cultural competence, and social justice to support individuals and organizations to cultivate compassion to protect their wellbeing as they bring compassion...
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507: Health Care Law and Women’s Leadership and Well-Being with Ayesha Mehdi, JD, MHSA
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As a partner with Spencer Fane, LLP’s health care practice group, Ayesha Mehdi, JD, MHSA collaborates closely with healthcare providers and professionals, as well as closely held businesses, to provide legal guidance on various corporate, regulatory, and licensure matters. She serves as outside counsel to her clients, helping them achieve their objectives in areas such as physician employment, recruitment, mergers & acquisitions, and joint ventures. Additionally, in the area of health care law, Ayesha offers solutions for handling professional board complaints, reimbursement issues, and...
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506: Health Equity in Medicine with Dr. Cheryl Brewster
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Dr. Cheryl Brewster is a fierce advocate for improving health equity in medicine. As the founding executive dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Roseman University College of Medicine (RUCOM), the only private allopathic medical school in Nevada, Dr. Cheryl Brewster is charged with leveraging diversity, equity, and inclusion to advance the College’s vision and mission with the goal of ensuring a learning and work environment in which students, faculty and staff realize a sense of belonging and facilitate more health equity in medicine. RUCOM is in the accreditation process and...
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505: Opportunities in Digital Healthcare with Tracy Lewis
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Tracy Lewis is currently the Health Coach Manager at Hinge Health, a leading physical therapy provider in the digital healthcare space. In addition to being a board-certified health coach, Tracy has her own bravery-centered coaching practice, and she empowers audiences and clients to bravely navigate career and life transitions. She is a recovering perfectionist who shamelessly shares the story of reclaiming her own self-worth. Tracy is on a mission to support other women to pursue their purpose and their passion in life. She has triumphed over much and now boldly speaks up and speaks out,...
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504: Process Improvement for Work and Life with Mary Grace Gardner
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Mary Grace Gardner, MPH is a corporate transformation leader, multi-passionate entrepreneur, and speaker who helps ambitious change-makers achieve personal and professional goals with ease and joy. An expert of process improvement, she helps her clients design the life they want without limits. Mary Grace rose quickly in her career, leading large-scale transformations in hospital and medical device industries, launched an educational coaching practice, and co-founded a corporate consulting company offering personal and professional development certifications. Mary Grace is a Lean Six Sigma...
info_outlineIn episode 308 of Moxielicious®, I speak with Tom Austin, the co-founder and CEO of Confidently. The Confidently app makes coaching fun, easy, and effective for both individuals and organizations who have the ability to access a variety of science-backed tools to cultivate mental fitness. Tom is also a former co-founder of AND1, a brand that grew famous for its trash-talk T-shirts and was a cultural movement in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. It was so popular that hundreds of athletes tattooed the logo on their bodies, and Netflix has a documentary about this movement coming out in 2021.
While I invite most guests onto the podcast, when my partner, Stephen, showed me the pitch Tom’s PR company sent, it was an immediate yes for me. Not only was I super intrigued by the design of the Confidently app, but I could sense Tom would have an awesome story and wise recommendations on a variety of subjects at the intersections of developmental psychology, creativity, storytelling, and entrepreneurship. And as you’ll hear in this episode, my gut was spot on.
While unapologetically celebrating his successes, Tom also pulls back the curtains to describe his multiple pivots. He acknowledges that women have a much harder time being multi-passionate and accounting for career interruptions. And throughout our interview, he provides whip-smart recommendations on a variety of subjects, such as:
- What the Confidently app is, who it’s designed for, and how it’s democratizing who has access to coaching
- Why Tom repeatedly decided to “begin again” rather than get 10% better at something he already knew or mastered
- Why “Is it soul satisfying?” and “Am I productive to society?” are great questions for gauging meaningful work and future opportunities
- How to know when it’s the right time to make a sharp right turn in your career or launch a new venture (Tom is super honest about not leaping until you have secured a net.)
- The mindset and strategies to activate your network to support you and your endeavors (I absolutely love Tom’s recommendations for how to conduct a strengths audit, sculpt a powerful narrative, and approach the people in your network – as well as the value of “weak ties”.)
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Save $500 and apply early to the Moxielicious® Mastermind.
- Learn more about the Confidently app here.
- Listen to Moxielicious® episode 103 to identify your personal Board of Advisors.
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