Archived Episodes
FROM LOST TO LEADERSHIP: A Powerful story of resilience, transformation and leadership
Today, we have Major Lorrena Black with us to share her incredible story. She is a bi-racial, retired U.S. Army Veteran and the Founder/CEO of She Served LLC. Lorrena’s journey from early childhood trauma, to...
Title Episode 20: FROM HEARTBREAK TO HEALING: HOW EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TRANSFORMED DAV...
In today's episode, we’re joined by David Cory, a renowned emotional intelligence leadership coach whose global journey has empowered countless leaders to unlock the transformative power of emotional intellig...
Title Episode 19: THE POWER OF PRESENCE: DISCONNECT TO CONNECT
In today's episode, I speak with Chris Coladonato, a speaker, coach, and founder of Connection Catalyst. She helps individuals disconnect from the busyness of life and reconnect with themselves and the world around...
Title Episode 18: MASKS OFF FOR PEOPLE-PLEASERS & PERFECTIONISTS
In today's episode, we will be talking with Kim Gross. Kim is a podcast host, author, coach, mom, recovering people-pleaser perfectionist, and recovering codependent.
Title Episode 17: YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS!
Today's episode will focus on an "adversity as a springboard to greatness" story. Today, Connie Smith, founder of HighFive PR firm, shares her story, how it has sha...
Title Episode 16: Expectations Versus Agreements
We are diving into a topic that can truly transform how we navigate all types of relationships—personal, professional and even our relationship with ourselves. We’re talking about the power we crea...
Title Episode 15: Our Bodies as Partners in Our Empowerment
In this episode, we discuss the importance of utilizing our bodies and nervous system as vehicles for self-empowerment. Along with our Essence and Ego, Experience in our bodies help us make empowering decisio...
Episode 14. Title: Inside Out 2 - Lessons on Overcoming the Feeling of Not Being Good...
TToday's episode highlights the film "Inside Out 2," which delves into our struggles with navigating emotions and combating feelings of not being good enough.
Episode 13. Title: What Is All this Buzz about Mindfulness?
Today, we’re diving deep into mindfulness -- what it means, how it cultivates self-awareness, strengthens the witnessing mind, and why is important in our everyday lives. We explore its transformative po...
Episode 12. Title: Triple A’s: Authenticity, Allowing and Accepting
In this episode, we discuss how authenticity is becoming a highly valued trait. Authenticity is currently a popular concept and is appearing in various contexts. We explore how authenticity is nurtured through two ...
Episode 11. Title: IMPOSTER SYNDROME
In this episode of The Empowered Living Zone™, we talk about how Imposter Syndrome can hijack our sense of personal power. We will discuss what it is and what it isn't, where it comes from, its cos...
The Great Paradox: To Be SEEN or NOT to Be Seen
In this episode, we discuss the great paradox-The very thing that we so desperately want is the thing that we are so terrified of. We unpack how we all so desperately want and crave to be seen, valued, to fee...
You Got it All Wrong—The Real Purpose of Lived Experience, PART II
This episode is Part II of the series, Lived Experience. In this episode, we continue to discuss why learning to take in experiences and to metabolize them are important to one's self-empowerment. We wi...
You Got it All Wrong—The Real Purpose of Lived Experience
In this episode of the Empowered Living Zone™, we discuss how we all are so focused out there in getting what we want that we lose sight of the importance of being right here, right now in creating what ...
The Ego: Friend AND Foe aka "Sneaky Little Bastard!"
In this episode, we discuss how the Ego can either help or hinder your ability to step into your personal power to create what you want out of your life. We give examples of how the Ego can run amok in our li...
The EGO is not your Enemy and Here’s Why.
In today's episode, we will discuss what Ego is and how it is an important partner, along with your Essence, in self-empowerment. Watch Here: https...
What is Essence and Why Is It Important?
This episode will focus on the Essence piece of the self-empowerment equation. We will discuss what Essence is, how you know when you are accessing this form of awareness and how it can help you navigate your...
What is Self-Empowerment, What it's not and Why is it Important?
In today's episode, I will discuss how what many believe is self-empowerment is actually wrong. I will discuss what self-empowerment actually is and how I came to this understanding of what it is. I wil...
So I'm an Empath... Now What?!?
Don't miss Part 2 of this intriguing conversation of two Empaths dealing with life before they understood what was happening to them. Hear the fascinating dynamics of how Empaths are wired and experience the world ...
Episode 23 - Embracing the Pause
We are coming up on our one-year anniversary of the SHIFT Podcast - Perspective and Our Power to Change, and we're taking a look back, embracing the pause and reflection on where we have been this past year.
On the Edge of Dying with Dignity
Dying is a part of living. Every culture has their beliefs about the nature of dying and what happens after we die. But what about the process of dying? Should we have a choice in the manner in which we die, if we ...
Finding Your Full Spectrum Light- Rev. Dr. AdaRA L. Walton
Being positive can be a challenge when many avenues of sadness are in our world. Each of us carries a light source within, and Rev. Dr. AdaRA L. Walton will empower each of us to be all we can by finding and keepin...
Grounding Your Recovery with Stuart Alpert, Psy. D, LCSW, Co-Founder of Hartford Family I...
There is a perception that if you can stop your addictive behavior and move into recovery, you are good to go on with your life. However, the reality is that when you enter recovery, that is when the true healing b...
Episode 6 - Reframing Selfish Series - From Self-Sacrifice to Self-Care
The SHIFT Podcast - Episode 6 - Reframing Selfish Series - From Self-Sacrifice to Self-Care We began this conversation i...