Episode #71: Overcoming Adversity with Guest: Andrea Johnson

In this week's podcast episode, you'll hear from coach, Andrea Johnson. She'll share her own journey with health and weight, and how she's used those experiences to shape her career and help others. Andrea Johnson empowers executives and founders to lead with authenticity, conviction and confidence so they can make a positive impact on their lives, organizations and communities.As an adoptive parent, who grew up internationally, navigating mental and physical wellness, she learned that emotional resilience must be earned. The process of uncovering and understanding the significance of her Core Values became the key to the process that allows her clients to do the same. Andrea works with leaders who feel stifled, and have grown unsatisfied with their current level of influence. She facilitatesimproved communication and corporate culture within teams and organizations as a Maxwell Certified DISC Consultant, speaker, trainer and coach. Her passion is equipping female leaders to define a new culture by trusting their own ability to think critically, create imaginatively and lead effectively.Her personal story of overcoming childhood obesity, bulimia and depression, early menopause, gastric bypass surgery and private adoption, are all threads in the lovely tapestry of a journey leading to a personal growth lifestyle, Intentional Optimism. It provides the framework for how we do what we do. It’s the attitudes and mindsets we employ and embody to live out our own values, goals and dreams with excellence.Her podcast, Stand Tall & Own It, is for high performing female leaders who are ready to make an impact by discovering the safety that comes from understanding their own value and exercising their authority. It’s time to truly “be you,” to Stand Tall & Own It. She’s a certified Maxwell Leadership Speaker, Trainer, Coach, and DISC Behavioral Analysis Consultant.● Website: www.theintentionaloptimist.com● Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIntentionalOptimist● Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-johnson-the-intentional-optimist/● Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theintentionaloptimist/● Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stand-tall-own-it/id1529018466● YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUQ47fVQzItvM2NEAtLZ2Q