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The Pausecast — 246 episodes

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Ep. 252 🎙️ Burnout Is a Two-Way Street with Janice Litvin

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🎙️ Ep. 251: Olympic Silver Medalist: Finding Your Next Big Career Move with Kate Johnson

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Ep. 250🎙️ Why High Achievers Struggle to Trust Themselves

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Ep. 249 Grow Where You’re Planted: The Power of Intention with Monique Sanchez

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Ep. 248 From Autopilot to Awe with VIP Saul Blinkoff

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Ep. 247 Networking Minus the Dread 🤝⚡

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Ep. 246 From Overwhelm to Authority: How To Make Your Next Move 🚀

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Ep. 245 You Built the Career… Now What? Purpose & Resilience in Tech Leadership: Ishwar Joshi

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Ep. 244 9 Years Later… Pause Matters More Than Ever

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Ep. 243 Getting Real with Sharon Salzberg

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Ep. 242: Layoffs & AI: The Real Fear No One Talks About

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Ep. 241 🎙️ Ruthless Priorities, Relationships, and Resetting for Tech Careers

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Ep. 240 Lead Your Career Like a System: SRE Wisdom for Burnout-Free Tech Careers

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Ep. 239 How to Recharge Tech Leadership: Full Spirit Workout

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Ep. 235 When Success Isn’t Enough: A Career Wake-Up Call w Sandra Ma

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Ep. 238: From Self-Doubt to Strategic Clarity w Product Manager Chealsea Wierbonski

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Ep. 236 Advocate, Influence, and Lead in big tech with Liz Heaney

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🎧 Ep. 237: Happy for No Reason: A Career + Leadership Convo Marci Shimoff

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Ep. 234 Exploring New Horizons - Career Convo with Melody Olson

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Ep. 233: Riding the Wave: Ada Lau on Confident Leadership, Constant Change

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🎧 Ep. 233: AI Read My Book PAUSE... Here's What Happened

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Ep 232: Dr. Bob Wright on the 2026 Inner Work That Changes How You Lead This Year

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🎉 Ep 179: New Year, Clear You: Design Your Vision for 2026 📚

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Ep. 178: Presence 🎁 Is Your Power

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🎄 Ep. 177: Ditch Stress & Meet Your Joy-full Future Self 🎉

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Ep. 228: From Overthinking → Optimal Thinking: Your Guided Reset

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Ep. 227: Dr. Richard Davidson on Neuroscience

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Ep. 226 Max Your Attitude of Gratitude as a tech leader 🦃💛

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Ep. 225: 5 Lessons from Thailand Travels

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🎧 Ep 224:How Curiosity Fuels Confident Leadership - with Aidan Booth

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Ep 223: Mindfulness for High Achievers — How Kids Teach Leading with Calm + Clarity

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🎧 Ep. 222: How to Lead Big Moves Without Losing Yourself — with Alex Phillips

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Ep. 221 How to Get Into Your Groove—and Stay There with Rich Berta

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🎧 Ep. 220 – Heart Coherence for Tech Leaders: Breathwork to Reboot Clarity + Calm

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Ep. 219 - VIP Christine Comaford : Going from critter brain to clarity

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Ep. 218: From Overwhelmed to In Control: 3 Boundaries WFH Leader Need

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Ep. 217: 😭 Don't Panic! How to Stay Calm When Your Manager Pushes Your Buttons

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Ep. 216: From Scattered Stressball To Top Tech Exec - Hacks to Keep Your Cool In The Hot Seat

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🚨 Ep. 215: Lead Like a Visionary, Not a Taskmaster

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🎙️ Ep. 214: The Secrets to High-Performing Teams with Dr. Vanessa Druskat

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Ep. 213: Reclaim Your Identity Beyond Work + Redefine Success 🚀

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🎙Ep. 212: I Am Not My Job (Part 1): Untangling Work from Identity

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Ep. 211: Moving beyond the grind: The New Paradigm

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🎙️ Ep. 210: Your To-Die-For Life — A Wake-Up Call You Didn’t Know You Needed

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Ep. 209: Why Fulfillment at Work Isn’t Fluff—It’s Foundational 💼✨

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🎧 Ep. 208 — The Surprising Power of Surrender at Work

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Ep. 207: Belonging Isn’t Earned—It’s Claimed 💥 The Leadership Gap No One Talks About

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Ep. 206: Emily Fletcher on Manifesting, Momentum & Meaningful Leadership

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🎧 Ep. 205: Neurodivergence, Sensitivity & the Pause That Changed Everything

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Ep. 204: 🔥 The High Achiever’s Reset: 5 Micro-Pauses to Stay Sharp, Calm, and Clear

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Ep. 203: 3 Trends That Will Define Winning Tech Teams This Year

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🎙️ Ep. 201: VIP Dr. Rick Hanson - Resilient Leaders Aren’t Born—They’re Built

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🎙️ Ep. 200: Stop Procrastinating - Start Leading

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Ep. 199 🚀 Boldness & Humble Brags – Owning Your Story and Helping Others

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🎧 Ep. 198 PRACTICE — 🌬️ Reset Your Body, Calm Your Mind

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Ep. 197: 🎙️ VIP Dr. Amishi Jha Train Your Brain to Stay Present

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Ep. 196 ⏳ Hanging Around Unhappy – The Cost of Not Taking the Leap

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Ep. 195: 🧠 Diving Into Inner Work – The Hidden Prep for BIG Moves

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Ep. 194: Recipe for Resilience: Turn Change into a Success Story

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Ep. 193: Breathe Your Way Out of the Pressure Trap 💨💫

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Ep. 192: Free Yourself from Conflict w/ VIP Jennifer Goldman-Wexler

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Ep. 191 How to Mini-Leap Before a Big Leap

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Ep. 190: The Art of Owning Your Story

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Ep. 189 Why Feeling at Ease Matters for High-Achieving Leaders

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Ep. 188: 🎙️ Mastering Conflict with HBR's Amy Gallo

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Ep. 187: 🎙 15-Minute Power Pause: Mastering Your EQ as a Female Leader 💼✨

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Ep. 186: 5 Signs you need a pause - my 2025 version of letting go

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Ep. 185: Breaking Your Career Limits

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Ep. 184:🎙️ Pause and Lead with Mike Robbins 🚀

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Ep. 183: 🎙️ Spilling the Secrets of High EQ Leadership

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Ep 182: Founder Focus: What do you want and need?

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Ep 181: From Fire to Focus: 3 Ways to Stay Grounded in a Natural Disaster 🌟🌬️

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Ep. 180 Jenny Blake: Pivot & Get Free Time

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Ep. 176 I believe in myself - PRACTICE

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Ep. 175 Leading Leaders: Candy Motzek's Coaching Secrets

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Ep. 174 - How to Think Pause-a-tive and 10x Your Gratitude 🙌🏼

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Ep. 173 How to Lead Smarter + Get Stuff Done

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Ep. 172 - Let's Practice! Breathwork booster "I let go"

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Ep. 171 The job of getting a job VIP Dr. Bob Wright

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Ep. 170 - Reclaiming Your Ideal Self as a Corporate Leader 🚀

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Ep. 169 Unlocking Fulfillment: How Top Leaders Can Thrive in Fast-Paced Times

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Ep. 168 Write Your Way to Success: How Journaling Fuels Startup Leadership

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Ep. 167 5 min PRACTICE: Listening To Your Inner Leader

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Ep. 166: How to Be Houdini - Escaping Golden Handcuffs with Dr. Bob Wright

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Ep. 165 Leading with Self-Awareness: Behind the Scenes of Rachael's New Book

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Ep. 164 Pause Like a Pro: How Founders Get $#@! Done

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Ep. 163: Startup Serenity - the 10 Minute Breathwork Break

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Ep. 162 You Have a Choice with VIP Eric Nehrlich

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Ep. 161 Dr. Daniel Goleman: Mastering EQ for a Healthy Brain

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Ep. 160 Dr. Ellen Langer on Mindful Leadership

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Ep. 159 - ❤️ Coherence for Founders: Breathwork to Boost Startup Success

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Ep. 158: Julie Trell - Mastering Leadership with Improv & Play

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Ep. 157 - Mastering Daily Resilience: Your 5-Minute Power Ritual for Leaders

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Ep. 156 Jill Bolte Taylor Unlocks Whole Brain Living - Essential Insights for Corporate Leaders

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Ep. 155 - 3 Step Recipe to Confidently Create Your Personal Brand

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The Pausecast Ep. 50 3 Step Recipe to Confidently Create Your Personal Brand

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Ep. 154 PRACTICE Breathwork Booster "I let go"

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Ep. 153 VIP Pamela Slim

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Ep. 152 Unlocking the No. 1 Secret of Job Interviewing

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Ep. 151 Mastering Leadership Through Social Intelligence

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Ep. 150 Let's Practice: "I am awake"

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Ep. 149 VIP Kerri Jacobs Empathy as a Leader

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Ep. 148 Know the 4 I's as a Transformational Leader

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Ep. 147 What's your body EQ?

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Ep. 146 PRACTICE "I am the healer"

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Ep. 145: VIP Scott Shute x-LinkedIn, Corporate Influencer, Author of Full Body Yes

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Ep. 144 How to break the procrastination cycle for good

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Ep. 143 How to Heal Lonely Leader Syndrome (LLS)

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Ep. 142 How to 10x your downtime as a corporate leader

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Ep. 141 PRACTICE When I am true to myself I align with my purpose

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Ep. 140 Jessica Grossimer Reimagining Workplace Well-Being

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Ep 139: How to go to the next level of thinking as a high EQ leader

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Ep. 138 - How to be a focused exec and NOT do 'all the things'

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Ep. 137 Practice: "I'm always supported through the twists and turns"

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Ep. 136: Lisa Thee on career pivots, AI and human trafficking oh my!

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Ep. 135 Are you a corporate mystic leader?

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Ep. 134 Why it matters to be more self-aware and learn more about yourself

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Ep. 133 PRACTICE "I am ready" breathwork for corporate leaders

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Ep. 132 Collaboration is the new competition Priscilla McKinney

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Ep. 131 Recipe for Resilience: Turning Workplace Change into a Success Story

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Ep. 130 Are you "belonging" as a corporate executive?

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Ep. 129 Ten things to love about being a high EQ Exec - part IV

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Ep. 128 PRACTICE: "I release any limits I place on myself"

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Ep. 127 - Dr. Bob Wright - Excelling as a Transformational Leader

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Ep. 126 - 3 Keys to Enjoy the Holiday Stress Free

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Ep. 125 - How to be an extraordinary executive leader

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Ep. 124 - PRACTICE "New doors are always opening for me"

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Ep. 123 - How corporate leaders can create a better work culture

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Ep. 122 A New Dawn at Work: Empowered Leadership with Dr. Leslie Carr & Rachael O'Meara

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Ep. 121: Top 6 reasons burnout happens at work

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Ep. 120: PRACTICE "I am all that I need"

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Ep. 119: Ellen Langer The Mindful Body: Thinking our Way to Chronic Health

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Ep. 118 - What's your leadership SQ?

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Ep. 117: 3 Steps to Master Recovery as a Corporate Leader

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Ep. 116 What women leaders can learn from ChatGPT

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Ep. 115 PRACTICE "I am exactly where I'm supposed to be."

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Ep. 113 Are you a Stressed and Pressed Exec (PSE?)

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Ep. 112 - 3 Hacks I learned about leadership driving across the country

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Ep. 111: Pause Practice - "I am purpose"

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Ep. 110 Chip Conley and The Modern Elder

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Ep. 109: Still in the spiritual closet at work?

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Ep. 108: How to Map Your Flow for Corporate Executives

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Ep. 107: How to activate your inner leader as a female executive

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Ep. 106 - PRACTICE "Things are always working out in my favor"

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Ep. 105 - Dr. Ellen Langer on Mindfulness for Women Leaders

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Ep. 104 - How to build the best team as a corporate exec

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Ep. 103 - How I burned out of Google

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Ep 102 - PRACTICE - I release any limits I place on myself as a corporate leader

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Ep 101 - VIP Michael Bungay Stanier - Do Great Work

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Ep. 100 ❤️ - 100th Episode Celebration 🎉

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Ep. 99 - The blueprint to thrive in a corporate layoff

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Ep. 98 PRACTICE - New doors are always opening for me

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Ep. 97 Jake Thompson: Compete Every Day

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Ep. 96: How women executives can leverage time to be more successful

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Ep. 95: PRACTICE "I release any limits I place on myself and know all things are possible"

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Ep. 94: 5 Signs you need a pause for corporate leaders

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Ep 93: 3 keys for execuive leaders to feel more sustained

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Ep. 92: Pausing with Dr. Richard J. Davidson

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Ep. 91: What does Emotional Intelligence or EQ solve for?

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Ep. 90 The No. 1 must-have skill for successful female business leaders

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Ep. 89 PRACTICE Meditation "Knowledge applied"

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Ep. 88 - Naketa Ren Thigpen Let's Be Selfish

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Ep. 87: The corporate women's cure for imposter syndrome

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Ep. 86: Finding balance in an unbalanced world

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Ep. 85: PRACTICE Breathwork Booster "I let go"

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Ep 84: Marci Shimoff Happy For No Reason

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Ep. 83 Give me 20 minutes and I'll give you your BHAG

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Ep 82: How your triune brain navigates the corporate landscape

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Ep 81: Unmistakable traits of heart-based leaders

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Ep. 80 Uplevel Your Resilience with Dr. Rick Hanson

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Ep. 79: Laidoff or fear of layoffs? 3 Uncomfortable Truths you need to know.

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Ep. 77 - How to take the work out of networking in 3 easy steps

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Ep. 76 3 steps to firm up flimsy boundaries if you're working remotely or from home

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Ep. 75 Mind over Medicine with Lissa Rankin MD

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Ep 74 Why journaling is a powertool for corporate leaders

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Ep. 73 5 Things to love about being an EQ leader - Dec 22 edition

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Ep 72. How to explore new things without burning out - esp at the end of the year

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Ep. 71 Dr. Daniel Goleman and How to Maintain a Healthy Brain using Emotional Intelligence

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Ep. 70 How to pause and still get @#$ done as a female leader

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Ep. 69 How to max your attitude of gratitude as an executive

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Ep 68: How quiet quitting is the worst thing you can do for your career

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Ep. 67: 3 hacks for women leaders to stop feeling overwhelmed to firing on all cylinders again

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Ep. 65: How to manage stress effectively as a corporate executive

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Ep 64: What do I do when I'm frustrated with my manager?

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Ep 63: The difference between a corporate leader vs a corporate manager - which are you?

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Ep 62: How executive woman leaders can feel more fulfilled

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Ep 61: What does it mean to master your EQ as a woman in corporate?

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Ep 60: Why Surrender Matters as a Corporate Leader

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Ep. 59: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor and Whole Brain Living

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Ep 58: Next Top Things To Love About Being an EQ Leader

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Ep 57: Top 10 Things To Love about Being a High EQ Leader - Part 1

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Ep 55: How to Ask Your Boss for Time to Learn New Things

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Ep 54 My Top 5 Daily Pause Hacks for the Female Executive

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Ep. 53 Leadership is shifting - here's what you need to stay relevant

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Ep. 52 How to Self Soothe in < 5 Minutes a Day - for leaders

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Ep. 51 3 Secrets Influential Women Leaders Know that Overwhelmed Managers Don't

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The Pausecast Ep. 49 - Simon Severino - Strategy Sprints

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The Pausecast Ep. 48 Heather Dominick and Highly Sensitive People Leaders

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Pausecast Ep. 49 Sneak Peak Preview with Simon Severino - Strategy Sprints

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The Pausecast Ep. 47 - Money, Wealth, and Abundance

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The Pausecast - Ep. 46 Pause the Journal Launch Party

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The Pausecast Ep. 45: Kori Hahn Rituals of the Soul to Deepen Your Yoga

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The Pausecast Ep. 43 Kate Eckman Full Spirit Workout

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Pausecast Ep. 44 Darcy Luoma Thoughtfully Fit Leadership

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The Pausecast Ep. 42 - 3 Simple Steps to Wellness as if your Life Depended On It - Rachael O'Meara

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Ep. 41 Why Pause Now - The Overwhelm Fix Day 1 Excerpt w Rachael O'Meara

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The Pausecast Austin Hill Shaw Ep 40

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The Pausecast - Naz Beheshti Pause.Breathe.Choose Ep. 39

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The Pausecast - Kim Chestney Radical Intuition Ep. 38

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The Pausecast Emily Fletcher Ziva Mediation Ep. 37

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The Pausecast Shir Nir CEO of Handel Group Ep 36

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The Pausecast Christine Arylo Ep. 35

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The Pausecast Ep. 34 - Maintain Your Sanity with Rachael O'Meara

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The Pausecast Ep. 33 Ellen Langer

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The Pausecast Ep. 32 Judith Wright

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The Pausecast Ep. 31 Aaron McHugh - Fire Your Boss

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The Pausecast Ep. 30 Derek Sivers

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The Pausecast Ep. 29 Erric Solomon - Co-Author of Radically Happy

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The Pausecast Ep. 28 Rachael O'Meara Pausing in the Corona Virus

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The Pausecast Ep. 27 Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler Optimal Outcomes

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The Pausecast Ep. 26 Ron Carucci - Rising to Power

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The Pausecast Ep. 25 Marci Shimoff

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The Pausecast Ep. 24 Dr. Richard J. Davidson

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The Pausecast Ep. 23 Tiffany Shlain Author of 24/6

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The Pausecast Ep. 22 Wendy Yellen - Eidetic Imagery Expert

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The Pausecast Lissa Rankin Ep. 21

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The Pausecast Julia Arndt Ep. 20 - Chief Stress Management Officer

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The Pausecast Chip Conley Ep. 19

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The Pausecast Reena Vokoun Ep 18 Founder of Passion Fit

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The Pausecast Rick Hanson Ep. 17

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The Pausecast Amy Gallo Ep. 16

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The Pausecast Michael Bungay Stanier Ep. 15

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The Pausecast Christine Comaford Ep. 14

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The Pausecast Laura Putnam Ep 13 - Wellness at Work Expert

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The Pausecast Ep 1 with Roman Krznaric

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The Pausecast Ariane de Bonvoisin Ep. 12

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The Pausecast Ep 10 with Alice Boyes

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The Pausecast Ep 9 with Dawa Tarchin Phillips

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The Pausecast Ep 8 with Dr. Amishi Jha

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The Pausecast Ep 7 with Caroline Miller

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The Pausecast Daniel Goleman Ep 11

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The Pausecast Ep 3 with Christine Arylo

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The Pausecast Ep 2 with Karen Henson Jones

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The Pausecast Ep 4 with Jenny Blake

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The Pausecast Episode 6 with Lisen Stromberg

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The Pausecast Ep 5 with Mike Robbins