Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey

60th Anniversary Bermuda Captives 2022:Catherine Duffy, Author of “Held Captive” (2003) sets out the development of international business thanks to the captive industry setting the foundation for that we celebrate its 60th year.What Intrigued Me:Cathy is a civic and community leader, diversity equality and inclusion advocate, and the first woman Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter in Bermuda. As a 40+ year veteran of the Bermuda insurance market 🏆 Cathy was the recipient of the 2021 Fred Reiss Lifetime Achievement Award. Past recipients include Jill Husbands, Michael Burns, Brian Hall, and Jeremy Cox.What Inspired Me:Cathy was the first woman to lead AIG Bermuda insurance operations. She's been chosen as one of the 36-woman leaders globally as a fellow for the International Women's Forum in 2018 and 2019. About the Guest:Catherine Duffy leads operations and drives the achievement of AIG’s strategic objectives in Bermuda. She is a champion for diversity and inclusion. About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjaneSupport the showSupport the show

Jill Husbands encourages young professionals seeking an insurance-sector career to consider beyond the big-name insurers and reinsurers.  Why not check out opportunities in the “quiet industry” that being captive insurance, which was pioneered in Bermuda by the late Fred Reiss. With 100’s of captives, the Bermuda captive insurance markets continue to be of global significance.Jill Husbands:🏛️    Lloyds of London first female broker🏝️    Green Island Treaty co-designer🗓️    30+ years in Captive Insurance🏆 Inaugural Fred Reiss lifetime achievement award in 2016About the GuestJill Husbands, the winner of the inaugural Fred Reiss Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 and 30+ year in the Captive IndustryAbout the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjaneSupport the showSupport the show

From Coal to Steel 🏗️ of yesteryear, now 🌿 Cannabis, Ξ Crypto Ξ, and Cyber show how Captives evolved through to the present.Mentions:📚 Held Captive (2004) by Catherine R. Duffy  https://amzn.to/3Fgellj 🌐 Bermuda Captive Network https://www.bermudacaptivenetwork.com Bermuda Monetary Authority www.bma.bm Business Insurance https://www.businessinsurance.com ▶️ Captive Glossary https://www.captive.com/captives-101/glossary About the Guest:Son of Fred Reiss, Jonathan Reiss is the Managing Director at Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), a full-service insurance management business with operations in North America, Europe, Bermuda, Cayman and Barbados. SRS has been managing insurance companies for over 25 years and currently manages in excess of 600 insurance entities that collectively write $7 billion in annual premiums.  SRS is expanding its Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) practice, including Fund Administration.About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjaneSupport the show

Heart💖Centered Connector Meredith Bell, is an author who is purposeful about growing strong leaders, teams and creating tools and opportunities for peer coaching made simple.   What Intrigued Me00:05:27 The qualities Meredith Bell admires in men today in the corporate world today.  What Inspired MeThe qualities Meredith Bell admires in women today in the corporate world today. About the GuestMeredith Bell, author, speaker, podcaster, Co-Founder and President of Performance Support Systems, Inc.📚 My Strong for Performance book: https://amzn.to/2YZze0GAbout the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjaneSupport the show

We are kindred spirits, helping women's voices be heard. Mary E. Knippel is an intuitive book mentor and writer unleashed inviting you to ✍️ unleash your story worth writing!Do you have an impact story to share?Do you wish to leave a legacy of life’s wisdom that stands out from the competition?Define and communicate your value?Establish your expertise in your field? Transform your readers into clients and customers?What Intrigued Me✍️ Learning how to get that conversation out of my head, on the page, and get published.  What Inspired Me✍️ Learning how to reach deep and find the story of my humanity.About the GuestWriter Unleashed, Publisher, Author, and Speaker, Mary E. Knippel is an intuitive book mentor. About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

☯️ Leaving a healthy planet for future generations of all species is front of mind with Environmental 🌎 Stewards 🟢 who all bring their wisdom, strength, and hope to inspire you on your conscious journey as a values-led leader.About the GuestsPaul Quaiser talks about human sustainability.Rae André speaks about climate change and inspiring leaders.Steve Weinstein shares about climate and ESG.Eyes on the Sky team members raise awareness about their transmedia story world project.  Dr. Moriba Jah shares as a global space evangelist.ReEconomist, Storm Cunningham reminds us that “What we restore restores us and what we revitalized revitalizes us!”About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

What challenges the high achieving You?How do You go from "busy & stressed" to "happy & productive?” Join me in conversation with Geneviève Pépin for some inspiring wisdom.Bullet PointsWhat Intrigued Me: Trading busy & stressed to being happy & productive sustainably! What Inspired Me: 😂 Achievement through joy not stress. About the GuestGeneviève, accredited life coach, certified mindset specialist, productivity and leadership development coach and improv facilitator.About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

📚Dancing with Your Muse: Inner Magic to Release Fear and Embrace Creativity (2021)🤷 What Inspired Me📚This heartfelt, motivational guide speaks to the fear of having a dream and chances of failure. You are not alone in this fear.  Dance with your muse and progress past the fear fencing you in to achieve your goals without inhibition.About the GuestGilda Joffe is an Executive Presence & Mindset Coach for high-performing female leadership.About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

Celebrating International Women's Day (IWD) with Katarina Hoskins the founder of IWD Bermuda, Jonathan Reiss, Felicia Rickards, Jannat Maqbool a Mother, twin professional leaders in the marketplace Lorene Phillips and Pearline McIntosh and Karen Grace.  Join us in conversation on this global day celebrated for 110+ years.  Let’s choose to acknowledge the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Let’s join the call to action for accelerating women's equality.Bullet PointsKatarina Hoskins, The Founder of IWD BermudaJonathan Reiss, Corporate Captain in International BusinessFelicia Rickards and the Evolution of You Jannat Maqbool Mum | AI | Smart Cities | Fintech | Digital Inclusion & EnablementLorene Phillips and Pearline McIntosh, Women InfluencersKaren Grace, Grandmother and Wise Baby BoomerKnowledge Bomb"Let's Break the Bias” (IWD).The gender parity clock still runs backwards. About the GuestsKatarina Hoskins,  Founder of IWD Bermuda - @IWDBermudaJonathan Reiss - LinkedIn Felicia Rickards - LinkedIn, Facebook - Felicia Rickards Int’l, IG - @thefeliciarickardsJannat Maqbool - LinkedIn Lorene Phillips - LinkedInPearline McIntosh - LinkedInKaren Grace, quietly wise and deeply thinking.About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.Social media accounts:WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterSupport the show

Make a DATE with yourself and take a fresh journey of self-discovery! Sophrology offers an alternative holistic health approach to develop clarity of mind using this dynamic. Build better sleep habits and gain inner happiness. Learn to know yourself. 💪🏽🤍🤟🏽About the GuestLani Puriri is a sophrologist based in Raglan New Zealand.  She is a Mental Health Professional. Applying holistic strategies to determine human experience and behavior. Website: https://www.sophrosolace.com/FB & IG: @sophrosolaceEmail: sophrosolace@gmail.comAbout the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

Dr. Michelle St Jane believes with great hope that each of us through our leadership serves as examples of what a new legacy for the future could be.By sharing her leadership experiences over the decades, she hopes to create a path and future for those on a conscious journey by sharing the complexity of transferring the wisdom. She shares, “that it is in the depths of times endured and enjoyed that our contributions and learnings that the wisdom rises in us to serve others.”Knowledge BombThe Cahow is Bermuda’s endangered national bird.Cahow: Bermuda’s Own (2013) Music VideoVideo Clips: LookBermuda Cahow Cam, Poverty in Paradise Documentary 2010 Bermuda Coalition for Protection of Childrenwww.coalition.bmhttps://www.lookbermuda.com/ Michelle’s Doctorate linkAbout the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

Interviewing Dr. Michelle St Jane, the founder and content creator of the Life & Leadership Podcast in response to her audience requests since the podcast started.  Her friend of 30 years, Thad Hollis, gratefully accepted the challenge to ask about her life story, learnings, and future hopes.Knowledge BombSleep 🥱is your 🦸🏾Super Power🦸‍♀️ 💤💤 Ōura Ring provides deep insights about your health statistics.Check outFrom Symptom Suppression to Biohacking 💪🏻Lumen increase your Metabolic 💪🏻FlexibilityReinvention across the decadesMichelle’s Doctorate linkAbout the Guest:Dr. Michelle St Jane 🎙️TEDxWoman2021 Speaker 🎥 | 📚 Author 📚 | 💎 Living Legend | 🌎 Global Impact Connector About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

"Get mentally tough. Go from workplace STRESS to SUCCESS." - Deb Lewis, Colonel USA Ret.If you are not immune, why not grow your opportunities turning stress 💦 into your superpower! 🦸‍♀️What Inspired Me?Stress 💦 used for your success can: sharpens your attention on what is possiblelook beyond the challenges and into the presentcreate a culture of health enhances your wellbeingWhat Challenged Me?The American Institute of Stress reports in the Attitudes in the American Workplace VII study that 80% of workers feel stress on the job. Almost 50% said they needed assistance learning how to manage stress.Knowledge BombWorkplace related stress 💦 can result in a host of physical and mental health effects ranging from:depressing your immune systemanxietydepressionheart diseaseAbout the GuestDeb Lewis, Colonel USA Ret. is a West Point Pioneer and Founder of Mentally Tough Women. Free Gift - "The Stress MythBuster"Stress ToolsAbout the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

“Time is what we want the most, but what we use the worst.” - William PennThere are newly emerging fields, such as spiritual and contemplative studies, peace studies, and transformative leadership worthy of our attention.Scott J. Spears believes life is a puzzle piece. Piece it together and organize it with time management, life organization, and self-connection.What Challenged Me?The risks of being a human doing: long work hours ⌛burnout ⌛What Inspired Me?VisualizationManifestationKnowledge BombILO WHO Workplace KillersMoral Blindness by Zygmunt Bauman and Leonidas Donskis (2014) About the GuestScott J. Spears, Transformation Consultant and Culture Strategist.WebpageAbout the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

Learn, Lead and Lift: How to Think, Act and Inspire Your Way to Greatness is for those:who is curious to learn more about how to have an empowering mindset as a leader? who is interested in unique insights?who is ready to make a positive impact through leadership?What Inspired Me?Wendy Ryan’s book: Learn, Lead and Lift: How to Think, Act and Inspire Your Way to Greatness.I was intrigued by the deepening of my understanding of engaging cultural humility.Knowledge BombThe touchpoints: From PTSD's post-traumatic growth to personal transformation as one of the outcomes of trauma.Everyone has experienced some level of 🚩 trauma that can range beyond:intergenerational trauma ancestral traumaadverse childhood eventsadult trauma MentionsThe Sea Ranch Association Sonoma County Northern CaliforniaAbout the GuestWendy Ryan (she/her), Kadabra CEO, leads an interdisciplinary team of leadership and change experts based in Silicon Valley. An advocate for expanding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the investor and business ecosystem, she is a mentor and angel investor in early-stage women-led companies.Learn, Lead & Lift BookAbout the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

A great time to rewild your health. Awakening your body to its pain-free power so you can lean into your legacy. Nicole Parsons is passionate about supporting women leaders to find their personal path back to health and reclaim lost energy to create a massive impact in their life and business. About the GuestNicole Parsons is a Health Transformation Coach, Postural Alignment Specialist whose mission is to align women with the pain-free power of their bodies.https://www.instagram.com/rewild.your.health/About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

Human Design and the Gene Keys, each two very different interpretations of the same algorithm, can be harmonized.Imagine:What could happen if you are involved in creative collaborations?Could you unlock the true nature of prosperity through the liberation of your mind?What could happen if you opened your hearts to others and the wider multiverse?What Intrigued Me?Being on a conscious journey of self-exploration to discover the potential of your 🗝️ cognitive 🧠 architecture and reshape your inner world with the Gene Keys and the Human Design System.  MentionsRichard Rudd, The Gene Keys: Embracing Your Higher Purpose (2013) Richard Rudd, The 64 Ways: Personal Contemplations on the Gene Keys (2020)Richard Rudd, The Art of Contemplation: A gentle path to wholeness and prosperity (2021)About the GuestOlwen Glanville lives on the South Island of New Zealand.  She is a philanthropist and explorer of the human design system. She studies both the gene keys and the Human Design System. She helps people reconnect with themselves.About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

Today, we are living in a world of unique opportunities to be intentional optimists and unconventional leaders.We are all role models in:how we show up as global women leaders, how we choose to thrive in the world of work, how we pivot into new opportunities, and how we contribute and lean into legacy.What Inspired Me? Andrea Johnson builds community and lives in authenticity in order to have the freedom she values.About the GuestAndrea Johnson coaches high-performing, mission-minded women to grow, lead and succeed, using the six tenets of Intentional Optimism - Optimistic, Present, Energetic, Courageous, Wise, and Intentional. She empowers women to find community and freedom to be as BIG as they are created to be, through coaching, speaking and podcasting. Intentional Optimist LinksAbout the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

Imagining if you could record your voice, create 🎥 video, upload images, 🖊️ write or dictate letters and share important information and ⛲  memories with your loved ones, as well as post to a future date to 💓 celebrate any future 💓 occasion in one easy to use the intuitive award-winning app.Why not develop a Life legacy that securely stores:Life story, memories, thoughts, wishes, and important or meaningful information privately in the After Cloud App as a 🎁Gift 🎁 for your loved ones?Meet After Cloud 🌤️ a business in the ‘Life tech’ space with this exact social purpose: “Sharing life's enriching moments with messages of love!”Knowledge BombAn app bridging the digital legacy 🌁 gap💾 Capturing your digital memory, ⏳  Creating your digital timeline, ⛲ Life enrichment,💓 Personalized digital legacy📖 Digital Legacy Plan, Angela Crocker Vicki McLeod (2019)About the GuestDarren Evans is the CEO of After Cloud a digital life legacy and life enrichment award-winning app.WebsiteAbout the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show

Do LOVE the idea of restoring our world as your career? Are you interested in 🟢revitalizing and 🟢 regenerating? Storm Cunningham, a green leader, is passionate and on purpose with his 🟢 Reconomics Process as the path to Resilient Prosperity.redeveloping revitalizing regenerating restoring repurposing renewing reconnectingKnowledge BombThe UN declared 2021-2030 Decade On Ecosystem Restoration.About the GuestAuthor, speaker, and Green Leader, Storm Cunningham, the Executive Director of RECONOMICS Institute: The Society of Revitalization & Resilience Professionals in Washington, DC. The Editor of REVITALIZATION: The Journal of Economic & Environmental Resilience. Books by Storm Cunningham:RECONOMICS: The Path to Resilient Prosperity (2020)ReWealth! (2008) About the ShowPodcast Host: Life & Leadership: A Conscious Journey with Dr. Michelle St JaneA podcast for Global and Re-Emerging Leadership creating community/tribe, a circle of influence, transcendency of compassionate leadership in the world and wider universe. A unique destination for learning about Leadership + Conscious Stewardship + Legacy.⬇️ Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share ⬇️ PodpageAppleSpotifyStitcherSocial Media AccountsFacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitterPinterestClubhouse: @michellestjane Support the show