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"What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?" - mary anne evansThis quote summarizes my life purpose. Life isn't easy. It's complex, filled with the unexpected, and sometimes really hard. While life is full of challenges, I believe there are myriad things we can do to help make life less difficult for each other.On this podcast we'll share stories, struggles, and successes that help us know we're not alone. And knowing we're not alone is one way to make life less difficult.
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My guest today is Silvia Iaia.Silvia is an executive coach and an incredibly inspiring woman. We first met through her husband, Felipe, and the world of real estate investing. Silvia is the founder of Be Executive, the co-founder and executive director of Growing Assetz and Notes for Growth.Originally from southern Italy, Silvia has lived in many places around the world, including her current home of Santiago, Chile. My connection and friendship with both Silvia and her husb...
My guest today is Alicia Ford.Alicia is a seasoned US diplomat with more than 17 years at the U.S. Department of State. She has experience serving domestically and overseas in over a dozen different consular and management roles. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and has lived in Honduras, Peru, Barbados, Türkiye, Romania, and Trinidad and Tobago.Alicia is also the Editor, Curator, and Co-Author of Diplomats, a book about US women serving as diplomats around the world. In this book, eac...
My guest today is Nane Bittencourt.Nane is a leadership coach with a mission to empower leaders to achieve their full potential. Nane is originally from Brazil and now lives in the US. With over eight years of coaching leaders in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, she helps clients unleash their full potential to drive their careers, seeing their work as a meaningful part of their lives rather than just a job and strategizing accordingly. Nane is dedicated to empowering leaders to ...
My guest today is Vinay Kumar.Vinay is an executive coach who partners with executive to accelerate their growth from the inside out. He’s also the co-author of Language and the Pursuit of Leadership Excellent: How Extraordinary Leaders Build Relationships, Shape Culture and Drive Breakthrough Results. His book is required reading in MBA programs and Leadership Development and Leadership Coaching Programs at several major universities and beyond.Rising from humble beginnings, and ...
My guest today is Istvan Rab.Istvan is a leader and consultant at a global management consulting firm, working with clients across the globe on strategy and innovation topics. While his interests and his job took him to many places in the world, for most of his life he had lived in Europe and had only recently moved to Vancouver, Canada – where he and his family are ‘starting new’, from building new friendships to rediscovering new-old passions in life.Istvan and I met at mutual work events a...
Before I introduce my guest today, I want to take a moment to recognize this as the three-year anniversary of the Make Life Less Difficult podcast! What an amazing journey it has been! This started as an experiment and has grown into an incredible passion project for me. The conversations here fill my heart and soul and I hope they do the same for those who listen – whether you listen to just one or many of them! Every person who has joined me here shares vulnerable pi...
My guest today is Alicia Rodriguez.Alicia is on a mission to help people connect – to their deeper, essential selves, to spirit, and to nature – so they can get clear, get bold and get ready to embrace limitless possibilities to forge powerful futures.Alicia is a mentor, guide, and truthteller. Through 1:1 work, immersive retreats, writing, and speaking, Alicia partners with her clients to help them find what they need to take life-changing action.In our conversation today, Alicia share...
My guest today is Max Palomeque.Max is an executive coach and educator for the FBI, Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, Georgetown University, and many other clients. His company, Infourge Leadership brings his philosophy of coaching and leadership development to executives, entrepreneurs, and leaders in both the private and governmental sectors.Max is a proud and distinguished veteran after serving as an intelligence officer, as well as a respected former FBI agent specializing in h...
My guest today is Sophie Cerella.Sophie is a student at the International School in Como, Italy, where she lives with her family. Originally from the US, Sophie has lived in a number of places around the world because of her father’s military career.It is a distinct honor to have Sophie on as a guest, and in fact, my youngest guest up until now! Sophie and I connected after both her dad and mom were guests. If you haven’t had the pleasure of listening to those conversations,...
My guest today is Patrick Murphy.Patrick Murphy is a leadership coach and facilitator based in Brooklyn, NY, and owner of Project Murphy, LLC. He is committed to bringing passion, joy, and contagious enthusiasm to leadership development.I had the pleasure of meeting Patrick through a mutual work engagement and immediately wanted to learn more about his story! Fortunately, he said yes to coming on the podcast!In our conversation today, Patrick shares pieces of his journey as he tri...
My guest today is Ravi Ram.Ravi is the Vice-President of Enterprise and Executive Education at Springboard, an online learning platform that prepares students for the tech industry’s most in-demand careers. Ravi also works as an independent leadership coach and trainer. Earlier in his career he was a management consultant with McKinsey & Co.Ravi and I met through mutual work engagements and I immediately wanted to have him on the podcast. I remember hearing Ravi introduc...
My guest today is Cathy Carroll.Cathy is the Founder and President of Legacy Onward, Inc., where she serves as a leadership coach for family business leaders. She is the author of the book, Hug of War: How to Lead a Family Business With both Love and Logic.Though Cathy grew up surrounded by her grandfather’s business, she initially carved out her career path as an actuary at Hewitt Associates, later progressing to executive roles at Sabre Inc. and United Airlines. In 2009, her father invited ...
My guests today are Mikah Meyer and Larry Edwards.Mikah is an avid outdoorsman who set a record of being the first person to visit all 419 National Park sites in the US in a single 3-year journey. He also made history by being the first openly gay man to be in an outdoor recreation campaign by REI.Larry, is Dr. Lawrence Edwards, the Artistic Director of the Memphis Symphony Chorus since 1988, often conducting both the orchestra and the chorus. He is a retired professor, having ser...
My guest today is Dr. Alex Korb, author of the book Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time.Dr. Korb is a neuroscientist, writer, and coach. He has studied the brain for over 20 years, having earned his undergraduate degree in neuroscience at Brown University and then later completed his Ph.D. in neuroscience at UCLA. He has published over a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles on depression, neuromodulation, and other topics. He is cu...
My guest today is Tom Finn.Tom is a performance improvement consultant and coach for leaders and teams. He’s also the author of the newly published book, The Shift Effect: How Small Shifts Improve Leader Performance, and a previous book titled, Are You Clueless 7 Clues to Profit, Productivity, and Partnership for Leaders in a Multicultural WorldTom has over 30 years of experience in executive coaching, team building, strategic planning, and counsel and training in diversity and inclusio...
My guest today is Claire Uncapher.Claire is an intuitive and transformational life coach, energy healer, and speaker. She is on a mission to help people understand their symptoms don’t always mean there’s something wrong with them and the traditional model of medicine isn’t the only tool at their disposal for emotional healing.Claire’s first career was as a nurse and during that time she realized that people didn’t always get the real and lasting change they were seeking in the traditio...
My guest today is Kim Brundage.Kim is an award-winning headshot and branding photographer on a mission to deliver a truly transformative experience that assures her clients feel nothing short of beautiful and confident, both on and off camera!Kim was a guest on episode 159 and if you haven’t heard that conversation, please check it out!In that first conversation, Kim mentioned the book, Come as You Are, by Emily Nagoski, Ph. D. After hearing about it, I read the book, and reached back o...
My guests today are Jaylee Kordosky and Jessica Cotton. I was introduced to Jaylee and Jessica through the thoughtfulness of Shannon Yzquiero-Cochran. Thank you, Shannon! I’m delighted to have this connection!Jessica is a co-founder of Shenanigans Comedy Theatre, a non-profit comedy club in Huntsville, Alabama. Jessica and her wife, Kimberly, opened Shenanigans in 2019 to provide a venue that is a safe space for all performers and producers. From stand-up shows and imp...
My guest today is Caitlin Avery.Caitlin is an award-winning author, a triathlete, mountain biker, backpacker, black-diamond skier, and yoga enthusiast.I was honored to meet Caitlin through the kind introduction from Andrea Barton from episode 165. Thank you, Andrea!One of the books Caitlin has written tells the fictional story of a woman who outed her high school rapist through a Facebook post over 20 years after the fact. The book is titled, Life of Cyn. As you’ll hear in o...
My guest today is Natasha Smith.I met Natasha through the kindness of Shannon Cochran-Yzquierdo. Thank you, Shannon! You are connected with so many amazing people and I’m honored to get to meet some of them!Natasha is a firm believer that we can all create positive change. Regardless of the industry in which she works or the title behind her name, her passion is to inspire others. And our conversation today demonstrates that exact thing!Natasha has a wealth of experien...
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