The Pivotal Breakthrough Podcast With Angela Hucles Mangano

Angela snagged this conversation just about to pivot to a new season in her family’s life…going from being a mother of 3 to a mother of 4. Listen as Angela talks with Dr. Kathy Nguyen, a Family & Sports Medicine Physician in Houston and the Chief Medical Officer of the Houston Dash. She's also a Team Physician for the Houston Dynamo, LOVB Houston, and serves on the Executive Medical Advisory Team for the National Women's Soccer League. Kathy approaches patient care as a long-term coaching relationship, as her work runs from professional sidelines to primary care to concussions and return-to-play decisions. Listen as these soccer leaders explore topics related to women athletes, and what they see on the horizon in terms of research and new treatments need for female athletes throughout their lives. Kathy understands that an athlete’s body is her livelihood, which requires a high level of patient/provider trust. She prioritizes creating safe spaces for her athletes, while understanding the cultural differences that may impact the effectiveness of her care. On a personal level, Kathy is learning to pivot towards all that fuels her passion by saying ‘no’ to those things that do not. No time fillers here. Drink your water and stay on purpose! We will be hearing a lot more from Kathy as investments in women athletic medical care continues to grow and evolve.Pivots are not detours; they are the breakthroughs needed to expand the path forward. Consume this podcast wherever you get yours, and connect with Angela across social channels. Share your breakthrough moments that may give someone else the courage to pivot. Thank you for being here.

According to a report released by SHRM in 2024, 44% of 1,405 U.S. employees felt burn out from work. If you are in that number, tune into Angela’s important conversation with Amanda Phillips, President of Performance at Exos, the global leader in human performance providing coaches who work to unlock the potential in everyone from corporate employees, elite athletes, and military personnel. While we may not all be high performing athletes, the science related to our physical and mental health works the same. Amanda discusses that when our physical stress management load becomes too high, it will manifest as an injury to the body. Likewise, mental stress overload results in burnout. The antidote for burnout is recovery. Recovery cannot be a reward; it should be an integral part of your day. Listen as Amanda  describes some recovery tools that we can all tap into fairly easily. Women, you will be happy to know that there is now a concentrated focus on how to optimize our mind/body performance, factoring in our hormonal cycles and changes. We have to create spaces for these conversations, and engage with experts like Amanda who are leading the way with important data that will benefit all of us.  We hope that this will be the first of many discussions on this topic.Pivots are not detours; they are the breakthroughs needed to expand the path forward. Consume this podcast wherever you get yours, and connect with Angela across social channels. Share your breakthrough moments that may give someone else the courage to pivot. Thank you for being here. 

Lean into Angela’s high-energy conversation with Lakisha Jackson, Growth & Partnerships Director at Firstline Brands, a Blackowned enterprise specializing in haircare tools and accessories designed for multicultural hair types. Lakisha is a proud graduate of the University of Houston (Go Coogs!), and she recently won the Nerdy Girl Success Women Making an Impact Trailblazer Award for her efforts involving her network & community in raising funds to provide scholarships for girls in the Houston area. Lakisha had always known that marketing and advertising were her passions points. (The 90’s hit TV show, Living Single, with Queen Latifah spoke to her soul!) Lakisha’s journey may be similar to so many others.  She started with a clear vision and straight lines to desired objectives….and the pivots came later, at unexpected times. Lakisha’s pivots challenged her to reconstruct her work ethic, and tap into her internal tools to manage anxiety. Though it all, she honed her superpowers of authenticity and kept moving forward; reminding us that if we remain stagnant, the great things intended for us may not reach us. We may not be able to choose when all of our highs and lows will enter our experience, but let’s take a play from Lakisha and channel our inner-Beyonce vibes to help mentally frame our pivots into our net meaningful breakthroughs.Pivots are not detours; they are the breakthroughs needed to expand the path forward. Consume this podcast wherever you get yours, and connect with Angela across social channels. Share your breakthrough moments that may give someone else the courage to pivot. Thank you for being here. 

This is the last in the series of ‘breakthrough’ conversations recorded in the Dash House, a cool summer pop-up space in Houston, Texas. Angela sat down with Joni D. Goodman, Founder & Chief Breakthrough Officer of JDGAdvisors and award-winning author of Rappel, Break Through to a Better You. You know the synergy is going to be on fire for this conversation since the word ‘breakthrough’ is in the title of this podcast, Joni’s job title, and the title of her book! Joni has always been passionate about helping people, and she recently pivoted to channel that energy exclusively into working women leaders, a shift she contributes to her desire to be a model for how women can better support themselves and each other. Joni shares how finding clarity is often a journey…not an instantaneous epiphany that many of us hope for. Joni is an amazing example of where your start may not be indicative of where you end up; but if you exercise self-trust and use discomfort as a growth catalyst, you will land exactly where you are intended to be. Joni has also coined the phrase ‘breakthoughts’ which serve as the fuel needed to power your next breakthrough. Ladies, if your girl power vibe ever starts to wane, Joni is the phone-a-friend that we all need on speed dial!Pivots are not detours; they are the breakthroughs needed to expand the path forward. Consume this podcast wherever you get yours, and connect with Angela across social channels. Share your breakthrough moments that may give someone else the courage to pivot. Thank you for being here.

This series of ‘breakthrough’ conversations recorded in the Dash House, a cool summer pop-up space in Houston, Texas, continues as Angela talks culture and women’s leadership with Arquella Hargrove, Chief Culture Officer & Founder of Alchemy Consulting Group which specializes in transforming work cultures, one workplace at a time. Listen as Angela and Arquella exchange keen insights and sage advice about creating winning workplace cultures.  Workplace evolution does not happen overnight; transformation takes time and is the sum total of small, intentional acts of change. Arquella shares that creating the culture of any group is the responsibility of everyone. Leaders must be comfortable with expressing vulnerability, and specifically for women leaders, they also need to flex their voices without fear of reprimand. Arquella reminds us that a super power for many women is resiliency. This trait can also lead to a tendency to serve others, and neglect serving ourselves. Arquella implores women leaders to lean into the power of restoration. We cannot pour into others from empty cups.  Pivots are not detours; they are the breakthroughs needed to expand the path forward. Consume this podcast wherever you get yours, and connect with Angela across social channels. Share your breakthrough moments that may give someone else the courage to pivot. Thank you for being here.