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What would it look like to be in love with your life? What would it take to live as you to show up as your full and authentic self? What would you need in order to find rest? It would take a spark of something new! Something to help you think differently, act differently, build relationships differently, and lead differently. You'll find that spark here, on the Spark Something New Podcast!
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Episode Snapshot: What if resilience isn’t about pushing through — but about how you live before the hard moments arrive? In this episode, Tissa Richards shares a powerful reframe — moving from reactive resilience to intentional, energy-aligned living. Learn practical tools to build sustainable strength, avoid burnout, and navigate both challenges and opportunities with clarity and confidence. Summary: Dr. Katie sits down with Tissa Richards to challenge the cultural narrative that resi...
Episode Snapshot: What if your exhaustion isn’t a sign that you’re failing—but proof that you’re managing far more than anyone sees? This episode reframes the chaos of everyday life as something you can actually lead—with intention, clarity, and systems. Summary: In this episode, Dr. Katie sits down with Lisa Woodruff, founder of Organize 365, to explore what it truly means to run your home—and your life—like a CEO. Together, they unpack the concept of the “invisible CEO,” the often-uns...
Episode Snapshot: We often think other people cause our emotional experience — but what if our feelings are actually revealing something deeper happening within us? In this thought-provoking conversation, Dr. Katie and Carole Stizza invites us to rethink how we understand emotions, needs, blame, and personal agency. Emotional responsibility, she argues, is not about denying impact or suppressing feelings — it’s about recognizing that our emotions are signals, and what we do with them is ours ...
Episode Snapshot: What if listening isn’t about being quiet, nodding, or waiting your turn to speak — but about helping someone feel truly understood? In this conversation, Christine Miles challenges the idea that most of us are good listeners and offers a powerful reframe: listening is not a personality trait, it’s a skill we must learn and practice. Summary: In this episode, Dr. Katie sits down with Christine Miles to unpack what listening really means — and why so many of us misunder...
Episode Snapshot: Some of the hardest conversations in our lives are the ones we were never taught to have. In this episode, Dr. Katie chats with Betty-Anne Howard about why topics like sex and money (among many others) still carry so much silence, shame, and discomfort — and how learning to talk about them can transform the way we communicate about everything else. Summary: In this thoughtful and energizing conversation, Katie sits down with speaker, author, educator, former sex therapist, a...
Episode Snapshot: We all wear masks—some to belong, some to protect, and some to survive. On this episode, Dr. Katie and John Patrick Henry explore what it means to take off the masks and learn to remove shame, find safety, and be fully seen. Summary: This episode explores how the "masks we live in” represent curated versions of ourselves that we wear to fit in, stay safe, earn approval, or avoid what we feel inside. John reflects on how his earliest masks showed up as a child and later evolv...
Episode Snapshot: What if the “truth” you’re living is actually just a story you learned to believe? In this episode, leadership coach Barbara Boselli helps us separate fact from story—so we can lead, relate, and respond with more clarity, curiosity, and choice. Summary: Dr. Katie sits down with Barbara Boselli—leadership coach, facilitator, and former senior leader in corporate environments including Google—to explore how the narratives we inherit and repeat shape who we become as lead...
Episode Snapshot: Creativity isn’t an artistic identity — it’s a human capacity that helps you make meaning, solve problems, and build a life that fits. In this episode, Dr. Steve Diasio breaks down creativity as a muscle you can train — and shows how to use it as a compass for clarity and alignment. Summary: Dr. Katie sits down with Dr. Steve Diasio — creative strategist, facilitator, coach, and founder of the School of Creativity and Innovation — to dismantle the myths that keep...
Episode Snapshot: Humor isn’t a punchline — it’s a human skill for making meaning, relieving tension, and creating connection. In this conversation, Kathy Klotz-Guest reframes humor as playfulness + truth-telling that builds trust, unlocks creativity, and makes hard moments easier to navigate. Summary: Dr. Katie and humor strategist/comedian Kathy Klotz-Guest unpack the myth that humor is only for “funny people.” Kathy distinguishes being funny (performing for laughs) from humor (sense-making...
Episode Snapshot: What if discomfort isn’t something to fix or escape—but something to notice? In this episode, Dr. Katie shares a powerful realization from a long treadmill run that reshaped how she understands growth, discomfort, and presence. Through story, science, and simple practices, she invites listeners to rethink how quickly we label sensations as “bad”—and how that judgment quietly fuels suffering. Summary: Discomfort shows up everywhere—in our bodies, emotions, relationships...
Episode Snapshot: What if “doing less” isn’t quitting? What if it's the most strategic way to reclaim clarity, energy, and real impact? In this episode, Nell Derick teaches us how to stop living on the hamster wheel of gold-star achievement and start making space for what actually matters. Summary: Dr. Katie sits down with keynote speaker, leadership advisor, and author Nell Derick to unpack her countercultural framework: systematic subtraction. Together they name the tension so many hi...
Episode Snapshot: What if “reality” isn’t reality… but a well-worn habit of thinking that once protected you and is now quietly running your life? In this episode, Amy Kemp helps us name those subconscious patterns so we can stop living on autopilot and start making millimeter-shifts toward a life we actually love. Summary: Dr. Katie and Amy unpack how ~80% of our thoughts happen below conscious awareness, meaning we’re often reacting from old mental grooves that were built for survival—not f...
Episode Snapshot: What if being “your own cheerleader” isn’t self-promotion… but self-respect in motion? In this episode, Dr. Katie chats with organizational psychologist, Neelu Kaur, who reframes self-advocacy as a generous act—one that helps you and leaves a trail for others to follow. Summary: In this conversation, Katie and Neelu explore the tension so many of us feel: we’re told to share our voice and value—yet we’re also conditioned not to “brag,” “show off,” or “rock the boat.” Neelu i...
Episode Snapshot: It’s the first Monday of 2026—aka “new year, new health goals” season—and this episode offers a refreshingly different way to take control of your wellbeing: track what’s happening inside your body, not what’s showing up on the scale. Dr. Torkil Færø breaks down important metrics from everyday wearables that can become your personal health dashboard for energy, resilience, and longevity. Summary: In this conversation, Dr. Katie nerds out (in the best way) with Dr. Tork...
We talk a lot about the roles we hold—parent, partner, leader, creator—but how often do we ask if those roles actually feel fulfilling? In this powerful conversation, Dr. Katie chats with Professor Daiki Kato, who coined the term rolefulness: a practical, human way to experience meaning and harmony in everyday life by nurturing both our “big” roles and the small, easily overlooked ones. Katie and Professor Kato explore why modern life pulls us toward checklists and away from conne...
In this conversation, Dr. Katie sits down with Marina Ivanov, co-founder and CEO of Apex Transit Solutions, a transportation and logistics company. They explore what it really means to lead as yourself—especially when the room, the industry, and the playbook weren’t designed with you in mind. They talk about the inner work it takes to step into your own power, how to find purpose in an industry that doesn’t look “sexy” from the outside, and what it really means to be the only (or first) woman...
We live in a culture that worships busy, celebrates burnout, and treats worthiness like something you earn through overwork. In this beautiful, soulful conversation, Dr. Katie and Fabi Preslar gently challenge that narrative. Fabi is the founder and president of SPARK Publications and the author of Wilted and Worthy: Essays on Holding On, Letting Go, and Living Fully. She shares how a cancer diagnosis, a healing sabbatical, and a camera turned toward wilting flowers completely shifted her rel...
What does it really look like to surrender to the life you’re actually living—mess, mortification, miracles and all? In this raw, funny, and deeply human conversation, TEDx speaker-in-training and entrepreneur Cindy Ruzicka shares her story of “Welcome to the Sh!t Show.” It’s a journey from secrecy and shame to nervous-system healing, cold-water courage, and a new definition of strength: not the tidy “I’ve got it all together,” but the grounded “I can be with what is.” Content note: We use th...
In this conversation, Dr. Katie sits down with longtime friend and purpose-driven leader Dan Sahd, third-generation co-owner of Sahd Metal Recycling. Scrap metal isn’t an industry people typically associate with deep meaning and inspiration, but that’s exactly why Dan is on the show. His story proves that you don’t need a glamorous job or a “noble” profession to live—and lead—with deep purpose. Dan shares how he moved through several careers before realizing he could build a meaningful, integ...
Sometimes we don’t even realize we’re stuck — we just call it busy, fine, or being responsible. But what if that overwhelm is actually pointing to something deeper? In this week’s conversation, Kristy Kuhl — high-performance coach, keynote speaker, and energy catalyst for entrepreneurs and executives — joins Dr. Katie to unpack what “stuck” really means. She helps us see that "stuckness' is a signal of misalignment between who we are and how we’re showing up. Kristy and Katie talk about the t...
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