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What Has My Attention

by John Biethan

Elevating women's voices to be heard. Conversations with Women in Strong Leadership. And anything else that has my attention in this highly distracted world.

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  1. 064: Once Upon a Time... The Power of Storytelling for Your Business feat. Andria Taylor

    In a meeting not long ago, at the Chamber of Commerce in Carlsbad, I had the pleasure to hear Andria Taylor give a remarkable presentation. Her discourse, "Once Upon a Time... The Power of Storytelling for Your Business," was both delightful and insightful and I knew it needed a wider audience.…

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  2. 063: Why Plan Ahead feat. Marguerite Lorenz, Amber Anderson, and Barbara Norman

    In this engaging discussion, the speakers, Marguerite, Amber, and Barbara, delve into the importance of financial planning, estate planning, and the role of professional advisors. They emphasize the need for planning ahead for financial security and estate distribution, even when the future is...

  3. WISL 62 Andria Taylor: Keep Your Best Talent for Yourself

    In this insightful podcast, guest Andrea Taylor, the founder of TalentXponential, discusses the shifting dynamics of the workplace and the importance of meaningful work in fostering employee engagement. Taylor expresses her wish for businesses to focus more on their social responsibilities and to...

  4. Ep. 61 Changing The World Through Business with Adam Jacobs and Erin Scheriff

    For a long time, I've been interested in the opportunity and benefits that come with cross-generation collaboration. So I was excited to bring Adam Jacobs and Erin Scheriff from The Jacobs Scheriff Group on the podcast. Some of the topics covered today include Cross-Generation Collaboration;...

  5. Ep. 60 The Y Method with Wade Blair and Nikki Tobia

    In January 2023 Wade Blair gave a presentation at the Carlsbad, CA Chamber of Commerce First Friday Breakfast and asked "Why do people set goals and never take the next steps to properly see them through?" Wade then introduced us all to "The Why Method". Nikki Tobia was present that day. Months...

  6. Ep. 59 How to Hack Your People - Helping Others Navigate Change! feat. Dr. Deborah Gilboa and Patricia Ciano

    In this thought-provoking episode, my guests delve into the art of leading as women, embracing resilience, self-awareness, and grit. They recount personal journeys, underscoring the value of drawing lines in the sand, harmonizing personal and work lives, and being aware of one's worth. Dr.…

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  7. WISL 58 Championing Your Boundaries feat. Nicole Guberman

    In this episode, we delve deep into the topic of boundaries with our guest, Nicole Guberman. Nicole is a coach who helps her clients find true self-love and take control of their lives by setting healthy boundaries. She shares her own journey of discovering the importance of boundaries and how it...

  8. Ep. 57 Destigmatizing Neurodiversity in the Workplace feat. Jamie Martin and Heather Wagner

    Today I'm giving the microphones to Jamie Martin and Heather Lynn Wagner who will help destigmatize Neurodiversity in the Workplace. I really want to thank Jamie for bringing Heather on the show… and for that matter, all the other guests she's brought on other episodes as well! Topics covered in...

  9. WISL 56 Infertility feat. Jamie Martin and Christie Huber

    In this episode with Jamie Martin and Christie Huber, they discuss how infertility has impacted themselves, their spouses, and their work. Topics Covered In This Episode Include… How infertility impacts couples and their work. How important it is to find a support system. Becoming financially...

  10. WISL 55 How Trust Builds Business

    Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. We are continuing the conversation with our three Women in Strong Leadership, Lisa Pachence, Audrey Holst, and Patty Block. This is the 13th episode in this series with them and it's titled "How Trust Builds Business" which follows the...

  11. WISL 54 The High Achieving Collaborator with Lisa, Audrey, and Patty

    This is a continuation of the conversations with Lisa Pachence, Audrey Holst, and Patty Block. Here are a few things that caught my attention I pulled out of the conversation today: Success is in a "we" and not in an "I." Trauma-informed leadership. The difference between feedback and validation....

  12. WISL 53 Business Storytelling with Patty Block

    If you're a regular listener here, you know about once a month I present a themed conversation with the Women in Strong Leadership Lisa Pachence, Audrey Holst, and Patty Block. Those insightful and valuable conversations can be found on this channel, What Has My Attention. Our last conversation...

  13. WISL 52 Kristi Mitchell has a Simple Strategy for Marketing

    This episode, "Kristi Mitchell has a Simple Strategy for Marketing" was recorded on May 6th, 2022. I've attended several of Kristi's Marketing Master Classes and I've always been amazed by how intelligible, lucid, straightforward, uncomplicated, and understandable Kristi makes marketing. I really...

  14. WISL 51 The Ripple Effect: Leading Using Events feat. Sarah Fejfar

    Recorded February 11, 2022, my conversation on this topic with Sarah Fejfar has been sitting in the can until a time when I was moved by timing to release it. That time is now. Topics How attending one event changed the trajectory of Sarah's life and caused her to dive deep into personal...

  15. WISL 50 How Did We Forget Ourselves? A conversation with Nicole Guberman

    Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. The last time Nicole and I had an episode together was on episode 40 "The Sovereign Voice of Influence." https://www.whathasmyattention.com/40 Topics Covered Today How, what, when, and why did we forget ourselves. Self-denial. Where is your...

  16. WISL 49 How to Pioneer in Business feat. Audrey Holst, Lisa Pachence, and Patty Block

    Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. We are back again today with Audrey, Lisa, and Patty talking about how to pioneer in business. Topics Introductions; John's upcoming Business Story Anchor workshop facilitated by Patty; Stories create emotions and emotions create memories...

  17. WISL 48 Stepping into Your Power feat. Audrey Holst, Lisa Pachence, and Patty Block

    We're continuing the Women in Strong Leadership series with Lisa Pachence, Audrey Holst, and Patty Block. Today they're talking about "Stepping into Your Power." Previously from Lisa, Audrey, and Patty WISL 20 Women In Strong Leadership feat. Lisa Pachence Apr. 29, 2021 WISL 25 Women in Strong...

  18. WISL 47 Breakdowns and Breakthroughs feat. Audrey Holst, Lisa Pachence, and Patty Block

    We're continuing the Women in Strong Leadership series with Lisa Pachence, Audrey Holst, and Patty Block. Today they're talking about breakdowns and breakthroughs. The last time we got together was on episode 46 released on February 22nd, 2022 - we titled it "Service and Success - How To Have...

  19. WISL 46 Service and Success - How To Have Both feat. Audrey Holst, Lisa Pachence, and Patty Block

    To contact us and/or leave us an audio message visit WhatHasMyAttention.com Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. We are back today with Audrey, Lisa, and Patty. We decided to continue the conversation from episode 43 "Redefining Humaning" and talk about service and success, and...

  20. WISL 45 Let's Win In 2022! R.I.P.P.L.E a Recipe For Success feat. Rachel Ivanovich

    My conversation with Rachel Ivanovich from Easy Life Management (ELM Tax) was recorded on December 17, 2021 and with the perspective of offering you Rachel's Success Recipe for 2022 she calls RIPPLE. So here we are in mid-February 2022 and it's not too late at all to glean the advice and wisdom...

  21. WISL 44 a Whole Body Approach to Money Mindset feat. Karen Berzanski

    https://www.theluckysoul.com/moneypilot Visit more Women in Strong Leadership here https://www.whathasmyattention.com/category/wisl/. Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. Today I had the pleasure of bringing back Karen Berzanski to talk about a "Whole Body Approach to Money...

  22. WISL 43 Redefining Humaning feat. Audrey Holst, Lisa Pachence, and Patty Block

    Contact us at WhatHasMyAttention.com. Here are more shows with Women in Strong Leadership. This is John Biethan. This is What Has My Attention: Redefining Humaning feat. Audrey Holst, Lisa Pachence, and Patty Block. Topics covered in this episode include: redefining humaning, stop settling for...

  23. WISL 42 Juliana Sih: Stick Out with your Authentic Leadership Style

    Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. In today's show, I'm talking with Juliana Sih, a graduate of Accomplishing Coaching. The program there is built around developing your potential. More than growth, more than development, the program is about transformation. This episode was...

  24. WISL 41 Self-Care Survival Guide for Employees feat. Misty Giordano

    Visit WhatHasMyAttention.com Visit Misty LoveYourLifeWithMisty.com Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. In my conversation with Misty Giordano, after talking about Toyota 4Runners and SUVs, I asked Misty "What has your attention?" Her response? Uncertainty and loud noises.…

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  25. WISL 40 The Sovereign Voice of Influence feat. Nicole Guberman

    Contact Nicole at TrueSelfLove.club #vocalpower, #ownyourvoice, #fearofvisibility, #fearofpublicspeaking, #authenticallyunapologetic Contact us at WhatHasMyAttention.com Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. Today's episode is titled "The Sovereign Voice of Influence" feat.…

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  26. WISL 39 Being Brave on Social Media feat. Shannon Dalton Giordano

    Visit WhatHasMyAttention.com and leave me audio feedback. Visit SerendipitySocialMedia.com to create a social media strategy that works! Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. I first had Shannon Dalton Giordano from Serendipity Social Media on episode 21titled "Your Tone of...

  27. WISL 38 Leadership, Collaboration, and What's Next

    Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. We continue to elevate the voices of Women in Strong Leadership in this episode with guests Lisa Pachence, Patty Block, and Audrey Holst. While doing the edits on the episode, I felt like I was in a Master Class with the three of them. You…

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  28. WISL 37 Fortitude and Flow feat. Audrey Holst

    Visit WhatHasMyAttention.com Visit FortitudeAndFlow.com Welcome to What Has My Attention. This is John Biethan. Continuing on with Women in Strong Leadership, Audrey Holst came to me through the network of women coaches I've met, which all started with Lisa Pachence, who you can hear on episode…

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  29. WISL 36 Beating The Broken Cookie Effect(™): Price for Value and Stop Settling for Crumbs

    Visit WhatHasMyAttention.com https://www.whathasmyattention.com/36 Visit Patty's MyRevenueRoadblocks.com https://myrevenueroadblocks.com Welcome to What Has My Attention #wisl I'm not going to spend any time here talking about what this episode is about. I'm going to let it speak for itself and…

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  30. WISL 35 Leading with Soul feat. Priscilla Stephan

    Find Priscilla at https://priscillastephan.com/ Find us at https://www.whathasmyattention.com/ Mentions and Quotes from Priscilla Alignment is quintessential. It's the state of resource optimization. Mentions: Brene Brown. Simon Sinek. Donald Miller. How can we do great work? Do Good. Feel good....

  31. WISL 34 Brave and Courageous at Techive feat. Kim Brown and Jamie Martin

    Techive.club, get a free month of membership using the code: taste-of-techive On the last episode WISL, which stands for Women in Strong Leadership, number 33, I had a conversation with Jamie Martin titled: How To Be a Strong Female Voice in a Room of Men. Today we continue the conversation with…

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  32. WISP 33 How To Be a Strong Female Voice in a Room of Men feat. Jamie Martin

    To contact us and/or leave us an audio message visit WhatHasMyAttention.com "I've spent 17 years in technology with most of it in a state of denial, overwhelm and exhaustion. I knew this wasn't the life I wanted. I loved the idea of building things for people. I always have. The engineer in me...

  33. WISL 32 Elena Armijo: a Women in Strong Leadership… In a Manner of Speaking

    We welcome audio feedback at WhatHasMyAttention.com https://www.whathasmyattention.com/ Talking Points Covered In this Episode Lisa Pachence, CoachingWithLP.com https://www.coachingwithlp.com/ Accomplishment Coaching, 7 years https://www.accomplishmentcoaching.com/ Elevating women to be heard.…

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  34. WISL 31 One Man and 3 Women in Strong Leadership - Jani, Abigail, and Michelle

    Today I'm joined by three women in Strong Leadership. I've had Jani Jackson on before. She was on episode 4 at AllMavensBrandedPodcast.com. That episode was titled: Develop Your Team - Make the Relationships and Connections Strong and Lasting. I asked Jani to come back and bring a few women to…

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  35. Ep. 30 Violinist Ashley Rescot: The Intersection of Music, Writing, Language, and Literature

    Visit RescotCreative.com and her book A Change In Tune Ashley Rescot is a musician by trade. A third-generation musician who started playing violin at 2. Her pianist grandmother was also a writer and taught her how to write. Ashley's always been fascinated by anything that has to do with music...

  36. WISL 29 Women in Strong Leadership: Trauma - What We Can Do Now with Gretchen Schmelzer, PhD

    Dr. Gretchen Schmelzer, PhD has worked hard for twenty-five years to "change the conversation about trauma, growth, and development for individuals, groups and organizations." As she says on her website, "Healing From Trauma is Possible - Healing is Brave - No One Heals Alone." Shannon Giordano...

  37. WISL 28 Tomorrow's Women, Salaam~Shalom

    This episode is time-sensitive and is a PSA for Tomorrow's Women, a non-profit organization headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico that empowers young Israeli and Palestinian women to create change in areas of conflict. So if you like what you hear, on Saturday, July 31st, 2021 you'll have the...

  38. Ep. 27 Employed? Rebecca Le Vine will show you How to Love Your Mondays

    Today Rebecca Le Vine will show you as an employee how to move out of "magical thinking" and into action and learn to love your Mondays. Rebecca and I met at Mary Cravets Watch Us Thrive networking calls which, if you're looking to spend time with quality people, I highly recommend you go to...

  39. Ep. 26 Unpacking Why Podcast with Sam De Santo S&G Studios

    If you've been following me for a while, you know I've been doing a series of conversations with "Women in Strong Leadership." Those conversations will continue. But today I wanted to share a conversation about podcasting which I had with Sam De Santo, my creative director at my podcast creative...

  40. WISL 25 Women in Strong Leadership - Leading from Love feat. Lisa Pachence and Jess Lily

    This is the 2nd in a series of Women in Strong Leadership. Here we discuss several enhancements to coaching by leading with love. It's interesting to me, and there's more on this topic to come, as the ground is fertile here. It has my attention and is important to me and others as the business...

  41. Ep. 24 Storytelling with Chris Sheridan

    So if you've been with me recently, you know I've developed a curiosity and work ethic for writing. Well today, I get to have Chris Sheridan on the show. Chris is a writer. A storyteller, and an executive coach. So I was thrilled to have him on the show. If you'd like, come by...

  42. Ep. 23 Stress Less "Spiritually" with Carlee Myers

    Get your FREE copy of the Alternative Ways to Reduce Stress Playbook here. In this episode part 2 of 2 Acupuncture and cupping, Carlee wants the Venus of Willendorf tattoo, defining moments in Carlee's life, shame and guilt, RelationshipByDesign.com and their podcast, loneliness and isolation,...

  43. Ep. 22 Stress Less with Carlee Myers

    Get your FREE copy of the Alternative Ways to Reduce Stress Playbook here https://bit.ly/AltWaysPlaybook Carlee Myers is an expert at helping leaders (think high achieving executives, business owners, and managers) who feel overworked and exhausted find the peace and freedom they desire. As the...

  44. Ep. 21 Your Tone of Voice with Shannon Dalton Giordano, Serendipity Social Media, Inc.

    Today I have the pleasure of having Shannon Dalton Giordano from Serendipity Social Media, Inc. on the podcast. I met Shannon through Eileen Cox from True To Choice who I had met through Mary Cravets and her excellent Watch Us THRIVE online Zoom calls. "I'm a singer and love to sing just for fun,...

  45. WISL 20 Women In Strong Leadership feat. Lisa Pachence

    You can view the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel for this episode titled "Women In Strong Leadership: Lisa Pachence." Lisa Pachence is a Success, Life, and Leadership coach. She specializes in helping women transition from surviving and struggling through a nine-to-five job…

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  46. Ep. 19 Integritas Leadership: Whole and Complete with Barry Berman

    Subtitled: An easier way to be an extraordinary you The information in this podcast is drawn from: Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological / Phenomenological Model, is authored by Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, and Jeri Echeverria. ©2021 W. H....

  47. Ep. 18 Kent Sanders: a Daily Writer and Podcaster

    The journey of a writer that took him to podcasting. Since I recently started writing I've noticed a few things that may be apparent to you, but they certainly weren't to me. As I've said before in previous episodes, writing with intention is a new experience for me. In the middle of the audio…

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  48. WISL 17 Sandtray feat. Stephanie Murphy, MA, RN, MEd, LPCC, ATR-BC

    What Has My Attention podcast https://www.whathasmyattention.com/17 You're probably wondering what sandtray has to do with podcasting. Simply put, it's had my attention for a very long time. And since this podcast is about what has my attention, well there you go. But it was being on Kim Shea's...

  49. Ep. 16 Social Distancing NOT

    What Has My Attention podcast https://www.whathasmyattention.com If this is your first time here, welcome. I'm John Biethan your host. This is being recorded on March 12, 2021, and I know things look very much like if we mind our P's and Q's we'll be able to get back to some real unmasked...

  50. Ep. 15 Up Close and Personal with Kim Shea

    With podcasting, when you have a good "dynamic" microphone and learn how to use it, you'll be up close and personal with the person you're having a conversation with. You'll experience the person more fully, which makes it easier to "empathize" and BE WITH the person you're talking with…

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Elevating women's voices to be heard. Conversations with Women in Strong Leadership. And anything else that has my attention in this highly distracted world.

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John Biethan

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