PODCAST & BLOG

PODCAST & BLOG

Episode 348: Defining Your Future with Leah Campbell Badertscher
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This week on the YKAL podcast, my guest is Leah Campbell Badertscher. She is a former attorney turned artist and Master Life coach for world-class performers and leaders in the arts, business, and movements in positive change for the social good. During our...
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347: CASTMWUP: Andrea and Jessica Talk About Diversity and Inclusion
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Today I have a Conversation About Shit That Matters With Unqualified People (CASTMWUP as we call it over here). But, this time my guest/friend is qualified to talk about today’s topic on diversity and inclusion. CASTMWUP episodes are less interviews and more...
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Episode 346: Self-Reflection and Unpacking Unconscious Biases with Leesa Renee Hall
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Leesa Renee Hall has helped over 33,000 leaders explore their unconscious biases using her signature process called Explore Biases Now. Author of ten books, Leesa was known as a technology pioneer before turning her attention to disrupting the misinformation hardcoded...
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Episode 345: YKAL Coaching Sessions: Coping with Perfectionism and Unwanted Identities with Katie
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Today, I bring you a YKAL Coaching session. Katie is a proud introvert and physical therapist in Nevada. She came to me because she has a desire to reduce her work capacity so she can focus on following her passions and interests. Together we discuss what she’s been...
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Episode 344: Whole Body Healing with Emily A. Francis
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When I met this week’s guest, I knew I needed to have her on the show, just based on her enthusiasm alone. Emily Francis is the host of the radio show All About Healing and author of the new book, Whole Body Healing: Create Your Own Path to Physical, Emotional,...
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Episode 343: The Enneagram and Personal Development with Jessica Denise Dickson
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How does the enneagram relate to personal development? Well, today we find out. Jessica Denise Dickson is a life empowerment Enneagram coach (and Black mermaid) who believes that when Black women heal, the world heals. She joins me to talk about the enneagram as a...
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Episode 342: Are we all in this together? With Mike Robbins
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This week I am sharing my conversation with Mike Robbins. Mike Robbins is a speaker and author of five books, including, Bring Your Whole Self to Work and We're All in This Together. I had a bunch of questions ready to ask Mike about his newest book. But our...
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Episode 341: The Human Condition and Liberation with Makenna Held
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This week I have an episode featuring Makenna Held. Makenna is someone who is wise beyond her years. She is a writer, educator, and serial entrepreneur. While she's most known for being ‘the woman who bought Julia Child’s house’, that is one of the least interesting...
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Episode 340: Self-help and social activism
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Before we jump into this week's episode, I want to direct your attention to what I mention in the first few minutes of the show. If you've followed me for some time, you know that I have a firm belief that as a white person, it's not okay to teach personal development...
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A reckoning, what I need to own, and what’s next.
Dear YKAL community, What we are seeing with the protests around the country and social media feeds being filled with conversation around race is a reckoning. Four hundred years of white supremacy, countless years of patriarchy, capitalism, and other systems that...
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Pay attention
Dear YKAL Community, Once again, the senseless death of a Black person, George Floyd, has sent our nation into outrage, as it should. There are things as a personal development teacher I encourage you to do, and one of them is to pay attention. So, now, I’m asking us...
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Episode 339: Living Healthy Doesn’t Have to Suck with Talia Pollock
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Talia Pollock is on the show this week! Talia is the author of Party In Your Plants, speaker, storyteller, plant-based chef, TV personality, and health and empowerment coach. I was a guest on Talia’s podcast, Party in My Plants, last year. She has a fantastic sense of...
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Episode 338: Overcoming Overwhelm with Dr. Samantha Brody
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Dr. Samantha Brody, author of Overcoming Overwhelm: Dismantle Your Stress From the Inside Out, is on the show this week. And y’all, who doesn’t deal with overwhelm, right? When she reached out to be on the podcast and told me the title of her book, I thought, “Hell...
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Episode 337: Your Power, Your Voice with Alexia Vernon
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Alexia Vernon is on the YKAL podcast this week! Alexia is a sought-after speaking and leadership coach to female (and male) executives, entrepreneurs, media personalities, and change makers who want to spread their ideas, positively impact people’s lives, grow their...
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Episode 336: The Girl on Fire Manifesto with Cara Alwill Leyba
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This week I have Cara Alwill Leyba on the show! Cara is a long overdue guest, and I am thrilled to introduce you to her. She is a New York City-based creative entrepreneur who encourages women to live their most effervescent lives, celebrates themselves every day,...
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