The Widening Your Aperture Podcast

Episode Summary:In the terminal episode of this four-part case study series, Kristen Henry deconstructs the ultimate phase of relational unsafety: Performative Awareness. When overt anger and subterranean control fail to break your boundaries, an unsafe actor moves behind a wall of therapeutic jargon, pathologizing labels, and religious piety.Through forensic Zoom receipts, private regulation logs, and text archives, this episode breaks down what happens when a partner demands the perks of high-level emotional intimacy while refusing to step into the mud of real-time repair. Learn how to identify "The Frictionless Consumer," recognize psychological self-distancing, and execute the ultimate door-closing boundary to reclaim your total sovereignty.Key Clinical Concepts Covered:Active Humility vs. Performative Awareness: Why Steven Bartlett's "I'd say begun" defines true emotional maturity, while "I have done my work" creates a false hierarchy.The "Frictionless Consumer": The extraction scheme of demanding a convenient, symptom-free partner without paying the relational price of co-regulation.Psychological Self-Distancing & Informed Consent: Using third-person self-talk during high-friction states vs. being pathologized as "unstable."The Poetic Mirror & Co-Regulation Anchors: Why performative actors reject shared historical anchors of repair.Structural Closure: Converting a partner's conditional "maybe" into an absolute, dignified "NO."Key Quotes from the Episode:"Access is earned through presence, not demanded through entitlement. You do not get front-row seats to someone’s growth if you abandon the theater when the work gets difficult.""Real safety does not withhold presence as a penalty. Real safety steps into the room, sits in the vulnerability of repair, and honors the boundaries you have built to protect your peace.""Honor the space between no longer and not yet."Resources & Links:Read the full essay on Substack: Widening Your Aperture (Part IV)📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

🎙️ Episode 3 Show Notes:When direct accountability becomes too threatening to an unsafe partner's self-image, communication doesn't stop—it moves underground.In this episode of Widening Your Aperture, host Kristen Henry explores what happens when an avoidant or volatile partner lacks the somatic capacity for true vulnerability and accountability. Moving beyond open conflict, we unpack the subtle ways relational leverage is maintained through passive-aggressive architectures, weaponized lectures, manufactured victimhood, and transactional demands.Key Takeaways & Core Concepts:Passive-Aggressive Archiving & The Zoom Lecture: How unsafe partners use one-sided lectures and infantilization ("eat right, sleep, get a routine") to lower your status and regain control when direct boundaries are set.The "Zero Baseline" Fallacy: Deconstructing the absurdity of an inexperienced partner dictating "standard cadence and frequency" without historical metrics or relational baselines.The "Worst Thing" Deflection & DARVO: Analyzing manufactured quotes, false bluffs over 108 pages of texts, and how actual receipts dismantle DARVO under clinical oversight.Transactional Amnesty & The Moratorium: Why unearned clean slates and unilateral demands to "forget the past" are forms of active suppression, not genuine repair.Covert Punishment & Intermittent Tethers: Recognizing strategic communication delays, weaponized indifference, and low-stakes check-ins as low-risk fishing lines designed to test availability without offering safety.🎧 Related Episodes & Deep DivesEmotional Intelligence in High-Friction Dynamics with Rachel Kuhlen: Rachel Kuhlen - 'Amplify Your Impact: Emotional Intelligence | Part 1/4: Self-AwarenessRachel Kuhlen - 'Amplify Your Impact: Emotional Intelligence | Part 2/4: Self-RegulationRachel Kuhlen - 'Amplify Your Impact: Emotional Intelligence | Part 3/4: MotivationRachel Kuhlen - 'Amplify Your Impact: Emotional Intelligence | Part 4/4: Empathy + Social SkillsMastering Conflict Resolution & Boundary Architecture with Kathi Kulesza: Kathi Kulesza - 'Mastering Conflict Resolution'📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

What happens when a trauma-informed partner transitions from passive participation to active relational sovereignty? The true measure of a partner’s safety is never revealed during the honeymoon phase or behind a screen; it is exposed the moment you introduce real-world boundaries, high-level emotional transparency, and somatic realities to the dynamic.In Episode 2 of Widening Your Aperture, host Kristen steps out of theoretical frameworks to unpack the five distinct operational mechanisms that unfold when real-time operational presence replaces performative intimacy:Judicial Defiance & Cadence Pathologizing: How unsafe actors step into the "Judge's Chair" to validate the substance of your boundaries while pathologizing your timing, frequency, and communication cadence.Task-Saturation Evasion & Operational Hypocrisy: The mechanics of building unassailable walls of self-imposed, non-essential busyness to dodge accountability, and weaponizing self-induced exhaustion to play the victim.Somatic Freeze Exploitation & Live DARVO: How an unsafe partner detects autonomic Freeze, motor stuttering, or prefrontal shutdown and exploits that cognitive window to flip the script ("You make me feel like shit").The Disregard & Unearned Absolution: Processing deep trauma disclosures as mere logistical inconveniences while granting unearned moral absolution ("I hold nothing against you").Performative Remorse vs. Genuine Repair: Unpacking tearful pleas and intermittent tethers to recognize why intensity isn't intimacy and chaos never leads to connection.🧠 Featured Clinical Concepts & ReferencesSomatic Regulation & EMDR: Navigating window of tolerance shifts during high-conflict discussions.DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender (Jennifer Freyd, PhD).Curiosity as a Prerequisite for Intimacy: Insights on relational accountability inspired by Jimmy on Relationships.🛠️ Resources & ConnectRead the Full Article: Explore the companion essay, complete case study, and integration prompts on our Substack: [Widening Your Aperture Post] https://substack.com/@kristenhenry1Resource Roadmap: Access Marcus's recommended Gaslighting Clinical Guide, the Jimmy on Relationships Part II Vault, and somatic tools at [wideningyouraperture.com/roadmap]Live Q&A Submission: Have questions about Judicial Defiance or breaking free from empathy asymmetry? Submit your questions for our upcoming Live Q&A to [email protected] this episode resonated with you, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with someone navigating their own healing journey. You can follow us on Substack 📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

🎙️ Performative Intimacy & Breaking the Funhouse MirrorWelcome back to Widening Your Aperture! In this solo episode, Kristen brings the receipts, clinical insights, and step-by-step diagnostic breakdown of performative intimacy, text-based love bombing, and what happens when digital fantasy collides with real-world vulnerability.🔑 Key Takeaways:The Digital Honeymoon: Why text-based idealization is easy, cheap, and theoretical—and why the louder the digital performance, the more fragile the somatic capacity often is in person.Somatic Betrayal: Navigating physical disconnects, performance anxiety, and the pivot to digital disengagement when real vulnerability shows up.Sanctuary Looting: How unsafe partners act as a safe haven to gain your confidence, only to weaponize your past disclosures when cornered.Clinical Validation: Grounding insights from a therapy team on normal emotional processing vs. pathologizing terms like "splitting."Breaking the Spell: Using circuit breakers like "I'm not going to argue about it" to step out of circular DARVO arguments and trust your nervous system."When the performative noise clears, the receipts don't lie, your somatic nervous system doesn't lie, and your healing is entirely yours."🧰 Resources & Links:📚 The Sovereign Toolkit: Access our therapeutic reading list, reflection journal prompts, and our practical AI Co-Regulation Protocol for somatic freeze states.✉️ Submit Your Questions: Email [email protected] for our Friday live Q&A session!📰 Stay Connected: Subscribe to the Substack Newsletter so you don't miss Part 2 of this 4-part series! Follow along on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.Stay grounded, trust your nervous system, and keep choosing yourself!📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Episode Overview: "You Are Enough" Guided MeditationIn this gentle guided meditation, I lead you through a grounding somatic and self-discovery exercise designed to explore how your nervous system responds to a powerful truth: Who you are is enough.Whether you are listening to start your morning, take a mid-day pause, or wind down for the evening, this session offers a safe sanctuary to tune into your body, notice internal resistance without judgment, and anchor yourself in supportive resources.📝 Key Takeaways & Meditation StepsSettling & Safety: Creating physical comfort, security, and presence in your space.Noticing External vs. Internal: Building curiosity around where your awareness naturally lands.The Affirmation Inquiry: Observing your body’s true, unfiltered reaction to hearing "Who you are is enough."Uncovering the Root: Acknowledging old memories, bodily tension, or internal "lies" with gentle self-compassion.Resourcing & Integration: Bringing in a person, memory, nature anchor, or spiritual resource to ground your nervous system.Reflection & Integration: Returning to the room with gentle movement and reflective journaling prompts.🧘 Reflection & Journaling PromptsAfter completing the meditation, take a few moments to write down or internally note:How did your body physically respond when you heard the phrase "Who you are is enough"? (Did you feel relaxation, tension, heavy emotions, or resistance?)If resistance or "no" showed up, what earlier memory or belief might be tied to that feeling?What resource (a person, pet, place in nature, memory, or spiritual practice) helped bring you back to a sense of calm and love?"Bring a gentle awareness to yourself—it's all okay. Whatever you're noticing in your system, just notice that there is a root to that, and meet it with curiosity." — Kristen Henry📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

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Hey friends, welcome to this week’s solo episode! In today’s episode I am going to share what it means to meet yourself where you are and how to accomplish this. This weeks episode is a bit shorter because it will directly tie in to next weeks episode and I wanted to make each steps small and achievable. Plus, the work you’ll do this week will take some time to complete. Here is a simple metaphor for the work we will be doing the next few weeks in the solo episodes. Let’s say youre going on a journey.  Before you start out on the journey there are a couple of important details you need to know before you go. First, you have to know where you are starting from (where am I right now). Next, you have to know what your destination is (where do I want to be). Then you have to create a  path to follow (how am I going to get to the destination). Then before you set out you need to make sure you have your compass to guide you along the way. Last week I dove into Core Values which is the compass you will use on your journey. In this weeks solo episode you will learn how to meet yourself where you are right now so you know where you are starting your journey from. I will talk about this process today and I will be sharing a resource with you that will help you determine where you are right now (your starting point). Then next week we will talk about how to determine where you want to go (your destination) and how to create your path so you know the exact steps you are going to take to get to your destination. The metaphor illustrates the process I use with my coaching clients: defining your core values, doing a whole life review of all 8 pillars to evaluate your satisfaction in each pillar currently and identifying the pillars that you want to improve your satisfaction in, then creating AIM SMART goals to identify what you believe will bring you more satisfaction in your pillar(s) of choice (AIM GOAL) and the exact steps that will get you there (SMART GOALS). If you did the work with the Core Values Assessment and Worksheets last week then you have you compass! Let’s talk about how to meet yourself where you are and clarify your starting point.Now it’s time for you to do the work! Download the Holistic Wellbeing Review worksheet and carve out some quiet time to do it. If you have questions about any of the material covered in todays episode or about the worksheet send me a DM on IG, FB or linked in or shoot me an email at [email protected]. Additionally, if you would like to set up a free 30 minute discovery call with me to explore how 1:1 coaching can support you in your growth journey, go to my website www.wideningyouraperture.com and fill out the contact form. As a special thank you for being a listener of The Widening Your Aperture Podcast use code TWYAP2023 to get 25% off all 1:1 ala carte sessions and coaching packages! Have a great rest of the week and tune in next Monday for another subject matter expert conversation AND next Wednesday for the FIRST Wide Open Aperture episode! 📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

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Hey friends, welcome to this week’s solo episode! Today I am going to be speaking about core values. I have found in with working with my clients that identifying and defining your core values is really the foundational first step in cultivating holistic well-being because they are the compass you use in making decisions, a guide for how you want to show up and move in this world and they will be the root in how you go about cultivating all 8 pillars in your life. Today I will be covering several aspects of core values such as defining what they are, what influences them, conscious versus unconscious values, what happens when we are aligned with, honoring and expressing our values, what happens when we are misaligned, compromising or experiencing a conflict of values, how to discover and define YOUR core values and how to put your values into practice.Now it’s time for you to do the work! Download the worksheets and carve out some quiet time to do them. If you have questions about any of the material covered in todays episode or about the worksheets send me a DM on IG, FB or linked in or shoot me an email at [email protected]. Additionally, if you would like to set up a free 30 minute discovery call with me to explore how 1:1 coaching can support you in your growth journey, go to my website www.wideningyouraperture.com and fill out the contact form. As a special thank you for being a listener of The Widening Your Aperture Podcast use code TWYAP2023 to get 25% off all 1:1 ala carte sessions and coaching packages! Have a great rest of the week and tune in next Monday for another epic conversation with a familiar voice from Season 1!📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

“Yes. Of course. I’d be happy to. It’s no problem at all.”Sheryl Green has taken “people-pleasing” to Olympic levels. For decades, she put everyone else’s needs above her own… until she hit a metaphorical brick wall.After committing to one-too-many responsibilities, Sheryl discovered the importance of boundaries… okay, she actually discovered that boundaries were even “a thing.” Now, she works with individuals and organizations to establish healthy boundaries to improve relationships,  communication, and well-being.“Goth” as a teenager, Sheryl dreamed of being an FBI Profiler and hunting down serial killers. She earned a Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology but decided against spending her days in the minds of criminals. Instead, she has worked in Mental Health, Customer Service, Public Relations, Education, and the Non-Profit world. This brings a unique blend of experience and insight to her audiences.Sheryl is the author of six books (of her own), including her latest, “You Had Me at ‘No’: How Setting Healthy Boundaries Helps Banish Burnout, Repair Relationships, and Save Your Sanity.”She is also an avid animal advocate, dedicating her life to providing a voice for those who cannot speak. She donates her time, talent, and money to animal welfare organizations.When she’s not working, she’s spending time with her husband and their two fur babies, doing yoga, and tending to a small jungle’s worth of houseplants.Social Media links:LinkedInInstagramFacebookYouTubewww.YouHadMeAtNo.com - get a free downloadable "How to Say No" Cheat Sheetwww.SherylGreenSpeaks.com - main website📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Hello friends and welcome back for season two of The Widening Your Aperture Podcast! There’s been a bit of a gap since the ending of season one and I wanted to use this intro episode to share the changes I have made to the format as well as share a little bit about what’s in store for season 2. Last season the focus of the podcast was personal stories of transformation. While that is still an important undercurrent in season 2, we widen the aperture and look deeply at how to cultivate holistic well-being using an eight pillar framework. In the process of building your holistic well-being foundation you are also becoming the best version of yourself, which already exists, you just have to step into it. The word thrive means something different for everyone, for me it it means that I am flourishing and expanding. These definitions may resonate with you, but ultimately, you get to define what holistic well-being and thriving mean to you and what that looks like in your unique human experience. My guests this season will also share what they think it means to thrive in life at the end of each episode. The process of creating holistic well-being will look different for everyone. For me, in this season of life, this process is re-identifying who I am now after all of these major life changes and then fostering, aligning and integrating the 8 pillars of my life. This is, and will always be, a work in progress.My guests this season are what I consider to be subject matter experts on the topics that they speak to in each pillar. They cover a vast breadth and depth of knowledge, and they serve in a variety of career paths such as coaching, solopreneurship, medicine, public speaking, organizational psychology, writing, and financial advising just to name a few.  You can expect episodes with relevant how to’s and information on each of the eight pillars of holistic well-being. I am also very excited to share a monthly special episode called Wide Open Aperture that will air on the second Wednesday of every month. My cohost is my favorite human who also happens to be my brother, Brian. These episodes will be off the cuff, somewhat lengthy, and funny conversations about current events, books we’ve read, podcasts and documentaries we’ve enjoyed, the hard things we are doing, our wins of the month, and our attempts to solve some of the what the fuck’s of life. These episodes will also serve as an AMA opportunity for listeners! If you have a question, a hard decision that you want some outside perspective on, unsolicited life advice, or just want to vent your own what the fuck to be acknowledged and validated, send us an email at [email protected] Lastly, this season you can also watch all of the guest conversations and Wide-Open Aperture episodes on YouTube. As always, links will be provided in the show notes.My favorite quote is from Ram Dass “we are all just walking each other home”. I would be honored to walk with you. My ultimate intention for this podcast is to step into my full potential and guide others to do the same. Together we strive for mastery in all areas of our lives, and yet accept the paradox, that mastery is never fully available to us. I love discovering the many complexities of the human experience and I consider it my mission to elucidate those complexities into manageable steps that makes sense and are easy to accomplish. I hope to provide you the tools, resources, and wisdom, so that you can take each of those steps with confidence. And now, welcome to season two of The Widening Your Aperture Podcast. My name is Kristen Henry, and I, along with this seasons guests, look forward to meeting you on our shared journey to holistic well-being and thriving in life.📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Biju Kewalram has 30+ years of C-level and management board experience. He has been CIO, COO, CEO, Chief Digital Officer and Chief Transformation Officer in organizations ranging from start-ups with 20 people to global multi-nationals in the logistics industry with almost 20,000 people. He has a special emphasis on teams & technology for Digital Transformation and has spent most of his career at the intersection of people, technology, and process to achieve transformational results. He has a passion for teaching and is a guest lecturer at the Global Logistics Professional Program at CSULB / CITT, where he focuses on the role of technology. He is currently the principal of Transformation Core, a board and executive advisory firm where he has developed his own framework to power Digital Transformation initiatives. Transformation Core’s tag line, “technology is not enough”, illustrates his belief that multiple elements, included in the Transcore™ framework, are equally important for using technology to respond to disruptive change.He says that he has realized over the years that people, not just technology, are the building blocks of organizational transformation. This has made him a passionate believer in the power of Agile as a transformational set of team practices. Biju can be found on LinkedIn and on X @Bkewalram📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Kristen Henry is a Certified Professional Midlife Transitions and Holistic Wellbeing Coach and host of The Widening Your Aperture Podcast. After experiencing several major midlife transitions simultaneously, she made the decision to leave her 14-year career in healthcare to enroll in the Coach Training Program through The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) which led to her jumping into the wild world of entrepreneurship and starting her private coaching practice. She immediately began cultivating a community that strives to guide, inspire, empower and support individuals on their human experience journey. In her private coaching practice, Kristen creates a safe space for her clients, meets them where they are, and partners with them in facilitating a process that leads to self-discovery and decision making as they navigate various midlife transitions and identity shifts. Working with Kristen, clients will learn valuable tools and resources that will strengthen their resiliency and develop their transitional intelligence, giving them the ability to navigate future transitions with more ease while maintaining their holistic wellbeing through the process. Utilizing 1:1 coaching, group coaching, online education, podcasting, community and retreats that foster a connection with nature, Kristen hopes to impart a positive impact on humanity and raise the collective vibration by empowering each individual’s self-transformation, integration and alignment of body, mind and soul.If you are interested in working with Kristen you can find her here:WebsiteInstagramFacebookLinkedIn PersonalLinkedIn Widening Your AperturePinterestXKristen is offering a 50% discount off an ELI Assessment with 1:1 Debrief. For more information and to redeem this offer please go to: https://www.wideningyouraperture.com/packages/p/eli-assessment-with-debriefResources mentioned in this episode:‘A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life’ by Donald Miller - https://amzn.to/3Dx3a8c📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Lauryn Girgenti did all the ‘right’ things, go to school, get good grades, get into university, get a degree (in her case she got two bachelor's and a master's), and land a corporate job. Registering as a Psychologist, she spent 10+ years building a corporate career as a Human Capital Consultant only to realize that doing all the right things is neither a guarantee of success nor happiness. This was the inflection point and catalyst for radical change in both her life and career, including founding her own company Laurintium, where she supports emerging to mid-career professionals to find more freedom, fulfillment, and purpose by re-defining their careers and unleashing their potential.  Links for SM accounts LinkedIn Personal LinkedIn LaurintiumInstagram Offer for Listeners - Free Saboteur Assessment and Discovery Session. To access this offer email [email protected] and be sure to include your biggest takeaway from the WYA podcast.📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Richelle Jessey is a former HR/Training Development Manager turned Business and Mindset Coach for female coaches looking to scale their coaching business so they too can escape their 9-5 doing work they're passionate about!While in her previous 9-5 career, Richelle discovered the coaching industry and the personal impact it had on her colleagues and the organization as a whole. This intrigued her enough to pursue a yearlong coaching certification from iPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching), so she could master the skills needed to guide others to achieve their highest potential.After successfully launching a leadership coaching business, she had others in her network seeking guidance on creating, launching, and scaling a business. While feeling her passion being pulled from leadership coaching to business coaching, Richelle developed the Side Hustle to Main Hustle Coach Academy which is her signature methodology that walks her clients through a proven framework for scaling a coaching business in a way that combines mindset work that is critical for the entrepreneurial space and industry-leading business essentials for building a sustainable, results-driven coaching business.Her clients have achieved results that include:• Leaving their 9-5 during the 6-month academy,• Selling out their services,• Increasing the pricing (and sales!) of their services,• Gaining PR and collaboration opportunities,• Increased inquiries from ideal clients, and more!She is passionate about empowering women to build the life and coaching business of their dreams so they can experience time and financial freedom doing work they love! When not coaching, Richelle enjoys traveling, exploring new restaurants, wine tasting, and enjoying time with friends and family!LINKS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richellejessey_coaching/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richelle.jesseyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richelle-jessey/Freebies/Offers:FREE Facebook group with weekly live training on business building and mindset topics: https://www.facebook.com/groups/businessincubatorforcoachesComplimentary 60-minute Coaching Business Audit: https://calendly.com/coachrichelle/coachingbusiness-audit📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Jana Day is Leadership Development and Career Coach and Consultant. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation, EQ-I, EQ360 and PQ Certified Coach.Jana's coaching practice developed from years of working with executive leadership, and organizations and finding competitive and cutting-edge solutions. She has worked with highperformance leaders in Fortune 100 companies and supported Academy Award® and Emmy Award® winning crews. Her first Emmy Award® winning crew was Steven Spielberg’s Animaniacs and her first Oscar crew was with Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse. At the moment, her primary client is Nickelodeon Animation.Website:www.janaday.comLinkedIn.com:https://www.linkedin.com/in/janaday/Offer:Through January 2023, mention “Widening Your Aperture” in our intro email or session andyou’ll receive a listener discount on a four month package.📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Danielle Dvora is a Kabbalistic Astro - Coach.Danielle served the IDF for 5 years, she became a squadron commander and managed over 1000 soldiers, commanders and officers. She has experience in managing large groups of people from all over the world. Danielle has worked with the Israeli ministry of education, welfare and municipal affairs. Danielle was often sent on short-term assignments to manage and improve the organization's structure. Her focus was on yielding results, creating efficient processes and to identify & refine the organization's culture. Danielle served in the units competent to command disadvantaged populations and youth at risk, back then, she fell in love with the sense of vocation that surrounded her role. That's why she decided to sign permanently for another three years beyond the mandatory service. Danielle took three extensive courses that specialize in command, leadership, management and organization.For the last 4 years she has been a student of Kabbalah and currently serves as a mentor for groups of students in the basic courses of Kabbalah. In the last 2 years she studied Kabbalistic astrology, and took a coaching course. Her vision is to create a unique mixture between Kabbalistic astrology and coaching, to raise awareness and encourage people to step out of their comfort zone in order to stimulate spiritual and material development, realize their full potential and achieve the "impossible". Just like it happened and continues to happen to her in her personal life.Danielle is married and lives in NYC. In her spare time, she educates herself in business management, currently writing a book of poems and a TV series.📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Rachel has 17+ years of experience leading, developing, and coaching global teams in Fortune 500 companies. Her expertise is in learning and development, where she has designed, developed, and launched multiple billion-dollar brands and trained teams who have negotiated multiple billion-dollar contracts. Rachel's favorite accomplishment was creating multiple leadership capabilities academies focused on the holistic development of individuals and leaders.In 2020, Rachel took the biggest leap of faith and started my coaching/consulting business, Realize You Coaching. Rachel has had the opportunity to coach thousands of people on the power of creating awareness, connecting within, and finding the confidence to overcome fear and self-doubt to amplify their impact personally and professionally.Social Media Links:LinkedInYouTubeTikTok📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Dana Rabara is an empowerment coach for women.She encourages women to go after the life they want and to face their biggest fears/challenges head on.Her message: you don’t need to settle for where you are today and you are capable of creating the life you desire and aspire to.Building that life requires you to rewire your pre-programmed self, move through personal blocks, obstacles & fears and do self-forgiveness along the way. She helps you transform into the person you’ve been secretly hiding inside, the person you truly want to be and be seen as.facebook.com/iamdanarabaraIG @iamdanarabaraSpecial offer: 1 month coaching package for $333 (4 sessions total)📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Cecelia Burokas is a coach who is interested in how people use their work to live their visions for a more just world. Cecelia honed her professional coaching and consulting skills working in schools, corporations, government, and a global consulting firm. Burnt out at the age of 50, she resigned her corporate consulting job and started her own business, working with nonprofits, small businesses, and schools. Regardless of the content of any project, her interest was in helping people and organizations contribute to making the lives of all people more equitable and meaningful.Cecelia is now on the faculty of Northwestern University, where she teaches and coaches in the MS in Learning and Organization Change Program. She has extensive training in Client-centered (Rogerian) Counseling and is a certified GetFive career coach. She also continues to consult.Recently, she has been working as a volunteer to bring vaccines, education, and healthcare resources to underserved communities, as well as working for political candidates who value social justice and equity. She also works with an organization that serves people without permanent housing.Her coaching clients come from many worlds—corporations, government, nonprofits, consulting, healthcare, technology, education and more. What they have in common is the desire to contribute to a more just and equitable world.OFFERGo to www.congruenceforlife.com to request a free conversation to discuss your vision and values and possibilities you might explore to bring them alive in your work. Mention this podcast for a 10% reduction in group or individual coaching fees through the end of 2022.www.Linkedin.com/in/ceceliaburokaswww.congruenceforlife.comwww.workingwithgroupsatwork.com📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Ashley Orlando is more than a jazz vocalist, ukulele artist and charisma coach. She's a joyologist. A breath of fresh air. A charismatic leader and community builder who helps high-achieving women step into their voice (whether musical, spoken or creative), and move through self-doubt/imposter syndrome to realize their full potential.A classically trained soprano, Ashley fell in love with the creativity and playfulness of jazz as a kid, but at the time she felt too quiet and shy to give it a try. A very windy road through Wales, France, Wisconsin and Texas finally led this Louisiana native to pick up her now trademark ukulele 5 years ago and start exploring this dream genre.Today her warm, angelic voice evokes a more glamorous era. Her pitch-perfect melodies transport audiences to a time when standards flowed live into homes from the big-city studios and grand hotels. And her inspiring story demonstrates how we can all learn to move past the #1 thing holding us back — ourselves.Website: https://www.ashleyorlando.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashleyorlandomusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleyorlandomusic/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AshleyOrlandoAnd my offer for listeners will be a complimentary 1-hr Discovery Call.📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Kath Grimmitt is an Intuitive Branding Magician for heart lead entrepreneurs. Through a more holistic approach to branding, Kath guides her clients through connection and visualisation to curate brands built on values, integrity and intuition. She believes in creating a brand experience that goes beyond visuals to create genuine and authentic brands that connect with real humans to do good in this world.My details are:Website: www.grimmdesigns.co.ukInstagram: @grimmdesigns.ltdFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/grimmdesignsltdOffers:Free 12 minute guided visualization meditationSign up to my newsletter for all the branding thought nuggets📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Jon Passaro is an executive and team coach based in Paris, France. He developed his no-nonsense approach to coaching with a lawyer's sensibilities in mind, based on the decade he spent working as a lawyer in top-ranked international firms and on the in-house legal team at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)). With his results-driven approach, Jon helps his clients to navigate the challenges of demanding careers by clarifying their clients' and colleagues' expectations, and what they need to do to satisfy them; developing a better understanding of their coworkers' and clients perspectives; improving their self-confidence, and reconnecting them with what gives them meaning in their career, so that they can rediscover the motivation they had when they first started working.📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

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Jeanne is on a mission to show people what’s possible for themselves so they can create the lives they’re only dreaming about today. Working across several industries over 19 years, and as certified professional coach, she has seen too many people grow frustrated by not asking for what they really want and feeling boxed in, stuck, alone, and unsupported. This is why Jeanne is committed to helping professional men and women get clear about what they want andchampion them to take action! The heart of Jeanne’s mission is to partner with folks to have the work and personal lives they desire now, rather than waiting for the “right” time. Jeanne brings to her coaching practice over 25 years of experience in telecom and financial data with a focus in training and learning, CRM administration and operations. Prior to coaching she worked in HR consulting centered on leadership development, culture creation, policy design, and regulation compliance. Ms. Rooney is SHRM and ICF certified.📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

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Susan Sotnick is an ICF certified Professional Development Coach with a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership and a focus in Talent Development. She brings 17+ years of experience in human services and non-profit management as a mentor, coach, instructor, and facilitator. Susan partners with clients to develop and leverage executive presence so they can increase their visibility and expand their impact. One of Susan’s coaching specialties is helping clients to eliminate symptoms of imposter syndrome. This is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents, accomplishments, and experiences and feels a persistent fear of being exposed as a fraud despite evidence of past success. She does this by coaching clients to expand their leadership presence so they can show up authentically and confidently to strategically accomplish their career goals.https://www.susansotnickcoaching.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-sotnick/[email protected]📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Elaine Rodriguez is a professional speaker, life coach, native New Yorker, nerd, and all-around multipotentialite! Elaine has spent her adult life going from one career to another, while trying to deal with the holy trinity of insecurity: imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and fear of failure. Today, Elaine’s mission is to guide her clients on how to understand the messages they’ve spent a lifetime internalizing, and help them build their confidence to follow that dream, get that new job, write that book, and just live the life they’ve always hoped they could.Links:www.elainerodriguez.comInstagram, Facebook, TikTok: @elainerodriguezcoachingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaine-rodriguez-erod/Deal: 15% off one of my packages.📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

Liz is a Director of Behavioral Science at Coachhub, where she marries her expertise in organizational psychology, employee experience, and organizational development to close the gap between coaching research and practice. Liz has 15 years of experience working with world-class organizations across industries to design and implement scalable talent solutions ranging from employee experience listening strategies, development programs, to performance practices, career architecture, culture assessment and change initiatives to drive transformation in organizations. As leader in HRTech for the past few years, she built global advisory teams to deliver on customer employee experience programs and provide expertise in the design of new employee experience product features and solutions.  Liz earned her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Seattle Pacific University and is an ICF Certified Professional Coach. Liz is an active  member of the Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, International Coaching Federation, and Portland Women in Tech. 📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

RD Weeks believes in a fun-filled life fueled through authenticity. He is on a mission to inspire and support others to share their authenticity to the world. At his first networking event after College, RD didn’t have the courage to share his authenticity by speaking with other attendees. Since that event 8 years ago, he made a promise to get more confident in his public speaking and help others do the same. RD has supported others to develop their public speaking skills and let their authenticity shine through his coaching programs and workshops. RD is focused on having fun, while making his job obsolete inour world.LinksInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rdweeks50/Beacon: https://beacons.ai/rdweeks50 (currently getting a renovation)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdweeks50/Also in regards to the offer I don't have any discounts I provide anymore for 1-on-1 and there isn't a virtual workshop around the launch date for when I use discounts. However, if we can emphasize another statement to share their public speaking questions with me through a direct message on Instagram or Linkedin with the title:" Kristen's Epic Podcast" I'll be happy to answer their questions directly!📩 Connect & SupportSubscribe on Substack: kristenhenry928.substack.comEmail the Show: [email protected] & Join the Newsletter: kristenhenry928.substack.comSupport WYA: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help this work reach others!

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