All Episodes

#0088: Alice Bowman on leading a diverse team, facing obstacles + calling a spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth

#0087: Claire Sprouse on low-waste sustainability, non-preachy activism + serving inspiring food and drinks

#0086: Kat Wilson on recognizing opportunities + navigating work at the 3D intersection of art and engineering

#0085: Eileen Uchitelle on managing distractions, problem-solving + sticking tenaciously with the tedious, invisible things

#0084: Dipti Mehta on persistence, pluck + playwriting to inspire social change

#0083: Deana Burke on democratizing cryptocurrency, generating financial empowerment + being a startup founder

#0082: Julianne Holt-Lundstad on the fraying of our social fabric, social connection + our health

#0081: Ruth Ungar Merenda on balancing your craft and business, leveraging patience and impatience + connecting with human mammals

#0080: Leah Penniman on farming, ending racism in the food system + creating your own trusted Council of Friends

#0079: Megan Atkinson on listening loudly, operating w/ raw honesty + rebooting your creative practice

#0078: Jingmai O'Connor on flying dinosaur birds, responding to feedback + dispelling misconceptions in academia and beyond

#0077: Aja Schmeltz on just transitions, leaning on others + taking off the workplace armor

#0076: Melany Dobson on rituals, regenerative agriculture + the cannabis space

#0075: Evelyn Wright climate change, imagination + the possibility of a New Economy

#0074: Susie Thornberry on creating space, curiously meandering + exploring the human impact of conflict through art

#0073: Patti Wilcox on blind spots at work, her anti-burnout "rules" + pleasure

#0072: Krishna Patel on connecting, combatting human trafficking + offsetting work with humor, playfulness and perspective

#0071: Carmen Medina on thinking better, being a rebel + befriending bureaucratic blackbelts

#0070: Katharine Hayhoe on studying climate change, knowing when to engage + unpacking science-y or religious-y smokescreens

#0069: Jana Blankenship on reclaiming artistic confidence, building a B Corp + not doing all the things all the time

#0068: Whitney Beatty on changing things up post-anxiety attack, betting on yourself + leadership in the cannabis space

#0067: Kelly interviews Kara on power, coming out of the career closet + not belonging

#0066: Mary Waldner on healing, achieving joy, navigating how to run and exit a business + measuring success

#0065: Doniece Sandoval on transforming how we see and engage our unhoused neighbors, designing radical hospitality™ + the power of a shower

#0064: Heather Hansen on asking questions, elegantly advocating + building credibility

#0063: Sarah Saxton-Frump on being great at work you hate, surviving a mental breakdown + redesigning the college pathway for working adults

#0062: Diane Crump on breaking good, quiet determination + the freedom to follow (not force) what's in your heart

#0061: Sharon Rowe on the subtle power of going tiny and glasses of water and the death of single-use plastic bags.

#0060: Saundra Williams on starting with a hairbrush microphone, working with working mom guilt + building a positive reputation in a competitive industry

#0059: Jeannette Wolfe on Sex & Gender 101, walking the boredom-overwhelm tightrope + strategically driving your career bus

#0058: Carla Hammond on realizing "cute" ideas, persisting + stoking folks to eat their mental veggies

#0057: The Mentor Sponsor Mashup - Part 2

#0056: The Mentor Sponsor Mashup - Part 1

#0055: Maé-Bérénice Méité on climbing out of burnout, getting into the flow state + strategizing when to do absolutely nothing

#0054: Veronica Schreibeis-Smith on running too fast, constantly shifting habits + wellness architecture

#0053: Kate Nnanna-Ibemgbo on navigating ultimatums in the workplace, recognizing the depth of a mother's love + leaving footprints in the sands of time

#0052: Jessica Grounds on creating women leaders + the gender diversity rubber meeting the workplace road

#0051: Megan Offner on moral hangovers, being of service + feminine energy at work

#0050: Zuzu Perkal on getting your mind right, leveling up + talking about money as a working artist

#0049: Barbara Oakley on learning, changing professional gears + mitigating workaholic tendencies

#0048: Nicole Stott on painting in space, experiencing transcendence + accepting our status as Earthlings

#0047: Theresa Wiggins on achievement-contingent happiness, obsessive thoughts + courageous communication

#0046: Aimee Gardner on exchanging the art of medicine for the medicine of art + slaying the star-farting cat

#0045: Debra Cleaver on being abrasive, getting fired + bolstering democracy

#0044: Miranda Mims on knowing what to hold + when to let go as a steward of cultural heritage

#0043: Ruby Silvious on making it all up as you go + testing your discipline

#0042: Chelsea Collier on smart communities + boldly creating a career for yourself that doesn't exist yet

#0041: Sara Cantor Aye on human centered design, social innovation + equal parenting

#0040: Alix Kram on diving in at the intersection of discomfort and pain + expecting more

#0039: Totally Kara on dodging cyclical burnout + existential arm wrestling

#0038: Sherry Lee Benson-Podolchuk on staying powerful + positive when facing workplace bullies

#0037: Anna Mayta on perseverance, wanting to be good + learning to say "I don't care/No me importa nada" to haters

#0036: Kishau Rogers on burning out on a cycle + honoring the power of quitting stuff

#0035: Galen Ayers on growing ourselves, choosing our roles + applying compassion

#0034: Dara Kass on being likable, choosing your battles + carrying the mental load

#0033: Teresa Garrett on optics, options + choosing what to suck at

#0032: Jennifer Farmer on grace, pace + walking the line between mission and burnout

#0031: Patti Wilson on getting things done, decompressing + getting off the path to nowhere positive as an Air Traffic Controller

#0030: Kelly Lyndgaard on Radical Leaps of Faith, Playing to Your Strengths + Geeking Out Over Personality Tests

#0029: Dorie Hagler on 10-Minute Transformations, Non-Airbrushed Eves + Choosing Joy

#0028: Lauree Ostrofsky on Brain Tumors, Magical Pens + the Power of Choice

#0027: Sarah Jacob on being an office antacid dealer, tango gypsy + CFO

#0026: Magnolia Levy on deep listening, pulling threads + a to-go cup of beer

#0025: Kirsty Grosart on slowing down, breaking things down + handstands

#0024: Rachel Citron on communicating + dream job alchemy

#0023: Kara Rota on food, feminism + being a woman online

#0022: Courtney Smith on structured creativity, career pivots + indie rock on MTV

#0021: Donna Cohen on negotiation, dealing with haters, and what to do when you don't know what to do

#0020: Erin Barra on navigating shifted life goals + being perceived as a b*tch

#0019: Susan Parnell on embracing the pain + starting a business when life gives you Lyme

#0018: Lany Sullivan on being an interview faker, caretaker + digital nomad

#0017: Yvi Heiman on overthinking, wasting time + Netflix binges

#0016: Minda Harts on being at the table, using the right fork + imaginary mentors

#0015: Lauren Faulk on hustle, health scares + investing in people

#0014: Nicole Atkins on fear + friends

#0013: Pam Victor on improv, self-inquiry + being enough

#0012: Katy Moonan on leadership, social life + social enterprise

#0011: Beth Martinez on confidence, sexual assault + self-care

#0010: Jamie Lee on negotiation, money + fear

#0009: Sandra Costello on hugs, panic attacks + shaking off judgment

#0008: Nicole Barsalona on maternal loss + connecting music mavens

#0007: Sarah Williams on rivalry, not fixing everything + surviving entrepreneurial funks

#0006: Marika Anthony-Shaw on getting the work done and holding it together(most days)

#0005: Robin Rodig on shaking things up, growing thicker skin, and simplifying life

#0004: Sally Ekus on career zig-zags, negotiating and literally celebrating mistakes

#0003: Amber Ladley on creative reuse, upcycling + web design

#0002 Angela Lussier on finding your voice and using it

#0001 RJ Redden on productivity and priorities

#0000 Welcome to Le vital corps Salon!