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Ep65: Develop the skill of being confident with Tara LaFon Gooch

Tara LaFon Gooch offers insightful perspectives on the importance of confidence and the various ways we can cultivate it in our lives. She emphasizes that confidence is a choice, rooted in embracing gratitude, taking responsibility for our actions, and maintaining a clear vision. Importantly, she clarifies that true confidence is not about arrogance or seeking validation from others.Gooch also highlights the value of collaboration and the need to uplift those around us, which is essential for personal development. She discusses how negative thought patterns can hinder our growth, while positive self-talk can empower us. By taking ownership of our thoughts and actions, we can create a more positive external environment.Additionally, she stresses the significance of discovering one’s purpose and aligning it with the goal of helping others. Rather than fostering competition, she advocates for collaboration and mutual support. Finally, Gooch addresses the role of confidence in parenting, underscoring the importance of setting a positive example for future generations.
Bio:
Tara LaFon Gooch embodies a paradigm of modern leadership, serving as a TEDx speaker, CEO, branding and marketing expert, podcast host, and bestselling author of "How To GRASP Confidence & Own Your Power." Her journey underscores a dynamic approach to leadership, empowering individuals to thrive in today's rapidly evolving landscape. In recent years, Tara's influence has reached unprecedented heights, gracing the covers of leading publications like Forbes, MSN, LA Weekly, and Yahoo Finance. Her features in the United Business Journal, Fox News in New York, the Digital Journal, and TEDx in Nottingham, England, highlight her ability to resonate with diverse audiences, offering compelling insights into contemporary leadership and personal empowerment.
Tara's academic credentials reflect a commitment to staying at the forefront of innovation and knowledge. With an MBA specializing in Business Analytics from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, she possesses a strategic mindset tailored for navigating the complexities of modern business environments. Complemented by certificates in Management from The University of Notre Dame and Financial Management from Cornell University, Tara exemplifies the fusion of traditional expertise with contemporary insights. Beyond individual accolades, Tara's role as the United States Country Chair for Start-Up Ecosystems at the G100 Mission Million underscores her dedication to fostering inclusive leadership ecosystems. Through her visionary stewardship, she champions the elevation and support of female entrepreneurs nationwide, catalyzing a new era of inclusive economic growth and opportunity.
Engaging Tara LaFon Gooch as a speaker offers profound benefits rooted in modern leadership principles. Her unique blend of expertise, charisma, and real-world experience resonates deeply with audiences, inspiring them to embrace innovation, resilience, and adaptability in today's dynamic landscape. By sharing her transformative insights and strategies, Tara equips individuals and organizations alike to navigate complexity with confidence, fostering cultures of innovation, inclusion, and sustainable growth in an ever-changing world.
 
Contact Tara:
www.TaraLaFonGooch.comwww.BestBranding.Solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-lafon-gooch https://www.facebook.com/tara.lafon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTXN57YGfMOMJdkphzr2PoQhttps://x.com/taralafongoochhttps://www.instagram.com/taralafongooch
 
Episode Chapters:
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
02:49 Tara's Journey to Confidence
04:57 Defining Authentic Confidence
10:15 The GRASP Framework: Gratitude
13:43 The GRASP Framework: Responsibility
21:15 The GRASP Framework: Action
24:35 The GRASP Framework: Sight
30:08 The GRASP Framework: Purpose
35:35 Finding Your Purpose
43:57 Navigating Self-Promotion
46:29 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Self-Doubt
54:09 Self-Exclusion: Why Women Hold Back
56:03 The Power of Collaboration and Abundance
58:42 Embracing Your Unique Purpose with Confidence
01:02:53 Conclusion
 

Ep64: Physician Burnout, Compassionate Care, and Asking Your Dr. Questions with Dr. Diana Londoño, MD

Dr. Diana Londoño has an inspiring story about her path to becoming a doctor and her experiences with burnout. Her journey began when she watched her father suffer from illness and noticed how little dignity he received in healthcare. This motivated her to bring compassion and respect back into the medical field.
She emphasizes that really listening to patients and addressing their fears and emotions is crucial. Dr. Londoño believes that leaders in healthcare should be empathetic and curious. She also highlights the importance of self-care to combat burnout. Stress can manifest physically, leading to issues like asthma and joint pain, as the body reacts with a fight or flight response, which can cause digestive problems too.
Finding purpose and having a solid support system are key to managing stress. Establishing self-care routines and setting boundaries can help prevent burnout. She points out that emotional connections are vital for healthy relationships, and issues like porn-induced erectile dysfunction can stem from dopamine depletion.
Dr. Londoño argues that society needs to embrace emotions to reduce suffering. She suggests practical changes like avoiding inflammatory media, engaging in creative activities, and fostering deeper connections with others. The themes of unity, love, surrender, and personal growth are central to her message. She encourages letting go of ego and fear while embracing our interconnectedness.
Support, whether from higher sources or friends, is crucial during tough times. The conversation also touches on self-discovery, self-care, and choosing relationships that reflect our values. Ultimately, it’s about being curious, introspective, and willing to face discomfort to foster personal growth and build deeper connections with others.
 
Bio:
Dr. Diana Londoño is a Board-Certified Urologist and one of the 10% of urologists in the US who is a woman and the 0.5% that are Latinx and a woman. Dr. Londoño is originally from Mexico City, and she received all her education in the Los Angeles Area, going to Claremont McKenna College for her undergraduate studies and then attending UCLA for her medical school training. She finished a 6-year residency in Urology at Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles.
She has experienced burnout twice, which led her to write and speak about it to raise awareness and help others. She has published multiple articles in Medscape, Doximity, Kevin MD, Men’s Health, Giddy.com, medmic.com, and others. She is also a contributor author to the books “Thriving After Burnout” and “Medic S.O.S.” Her burnout journey led her to become a certified life coach and founder of Physician Coach Support.com. This free and confidential 1:1 peer support platform for physicians, led by certified physician life coaches, is available seven days a week via Zoom.
In 2022, she received the Los Angeles County Medical Association Physician Leadership Award for her work. She is an international speaker and guest on multiple podcasts discussing wellness, boundaries, ego, humanity in medicine, mindset, and mindfulness. She has also been featured on TV on Univision, Telemundo, Mundo Fox, CNN Latino, KCET, and ABC News as a health consultant discussing urological topics. She is also a Reiki Master and a Pranic Healing student, and the mother of two determined and joyful 6 and 8-year-old girls, Daniela and Paloma.
Contact Dr. Londoño:
https://dianalondonomd.com
https://physiciancoachsupport.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianalondonomd/ https://www.instagram.com/dianalondonomd/ X: @dianalondonomd https://www.youtube.com/@dianalondonomd
 
Episode Chapters:
00:00 Becoming a Doctor and the Importance of Dignity in Medicine05:58 The Role of Leadership in Medicine13:11 Addressing Patients' Fears and Concerns20:08 Preventing Burnout: Self-Care and Energy Management30:27 The Impact of Stress on Physical Health42:21 The Role of Emotional Connection in Sexual Dysfunction50:23 The Importance of Vulnerability in In-Person Connections55:44 Practical Changes for Managing Stress and Improving Well-being59:30 Unity, Love, and Letting Go01:01:27 The Beauty of Breaking and Healing01:03:21 Overcoming Burnout and Finding Purpose01:05:10 Self-Care and Meaningful Relationships

Ep63: CEO of Your Own Life with Marty Moore

What is self-leadership? How does being a CEO a multi-billion dollar company translate to the habits and mindset needed for self-mastery? Marty Moore (Your CEO Mentor) has some hard earned advice for those wanting to excel in their companies and shares his personal story of leaving his corporate digs to create his own company to teach and inspire high performers to rapidly improve their leadership performance. 
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Martin is a global thought leader, whose wisdom was forged in the cauldron of high-performance leadership. A university law school dropout, he worked his way up to become CEO of multi-billion dollar company, CS Energy. In 2018 he left the corporate world to establish Your CEO Mentor, the business he founded with his daughter, Emma Green. Since then, his direct, cut-through approach has made No Bullsh!t Leadership one of the top leadership podcasts globally, with over 5 million downloads in 150+ countries, and his book debuted at #2 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list. His sole purpose is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.
 
Website: https://yourceomentor.com/
Podcast: https://yourceomentor.com/leadership-podcast/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yourceomentor/
Book: "No Bullsh!t Leadership" https://yourceomentor.com/book/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor
 

Ep62: From Rock Bottom to Enduring Success with Trish Kendall

Rock bottom is a place nobody wants to be, but many who have been there attest to rock bottom being the place of deep transformation. Trish survived her traumatic childhood in the only way she could with escaping through drug use. She nearly ended her life when a chance phone call saved her and put her on a new path. The road out of poverty and to a thriving sales career which bloomed into an international keynote speaking career, enduring success expert, and a personal and team development coach. 
What impresses me the most about Trish though isn't her admittedly amazing accomplishments, but her willingness to trudge into the deepest truth, knowing that's where we get to be honest about choosing love and connecting wholeheartedly. 
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Trish Kendall is proof that we each have the power to create true success—enduring success—no matter our story, experiences, or circumstances. Trish climbed from the pit of despair and summited the peak of success, overcoming childhood sexual abuse, poverty, drug addiction and near suicide. Inspiring people around the world, and providing a pathway to enduring success, Trish helps organizations, teams and individuals create enduring success, together. 
Connect with Trish on her website https://trishkendall.com/
on Instagram @trishkendallspeaks and LinkedIn @trish-kendall-speaks/

Ep61: When You Feel STUCK

I'm not going to tell you how to get OUT, but how to be IN stuckness by changing the way you think about it. 
Here are the 7 perspective shifts I'm exploring today:
can you let yourself be stuck...for now?
can you remember when you weren't stuck and believe it’s not forever?
can you make a small change (even if it’s unrelated to the area you feel stuck in); are you actually paralyzed because you’re trying to change too much too fast
can you actually do something but you’re afraid?
is it not so much you that’s stuck as it is something you need to say that’s stuck? Where do you feel “stuck” in your body? 
do you know how to get unstuck but you don’t feel like you can? Can you be okay with choosing to be stuck on purpose for now?
do you feel stuck because you are comparing yourself to others?
 
My mantra when I'm stuck: "Please help me be present."
Being stuck is not bad. Use it to clarify where you want to go, lean into gratitude, and claim your autonomy and ability to choose. 
 
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Ep60: When your dream doesn't make sense with Stefanie Boyce

What if you've got a dream for your life but it doesn't seem possible with your current circumstances?
Stefanie and I are both part of the "Child Loss" club, which is just a nice way of saying we've both had our children die from Sanfilippo Syndrome. Today we're discussing the reality of having children with a debilitating and terminal disease, what to do when you've got a vision for your life that just doesn't match up, and what to do in the season of waiting. 

Ep59: Sex, Shame, and God with Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers

How did you get your views about sex and sexuality? What contributed to your sexual ethic? We learn about sex, shame, and sexuality from our parents (through what is said or not said), movies, pornography, friends, magazines, and more. But how often do we challenge our views and really dig into what we believe and why. This conversation with Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers is a great way to start asking those important questions. 
We discuss some of the downstream affects of sexual shame, the outcomes of purity culture (and what purity culture actually is), and how to raise our children in sex-positive households. 
Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers is a licensed sex and gender feminist psychotherapist, best-selling author, researcher, emeriti professor, and media personality whose expertise spans sex therapy, spiritual intimacy, parenting, and social justice. Her revolutionary perspectives have been expressed on platforms such as Spirituality & Health, Refinery 29, Vocal, Medium, and Bust Magazines, along with many podcast, radio, news, and TV interviews. Known for exposing the impact of sexual shame on our ability to securely attach to our partners, and instruct our children to attach to theirs, Dr. Sellers’ book Sex, God, & the Conservative Church – Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy has had a global impact. Her latest book, due out June 1, 2021, Shameless Parenting – Everything You Need to Raise Shame-free, Confident, Kids and Heal Your Shame Too! was a New Release Bestseller in five categories. She speaks throughout the world on how to heal, and how to raise shame-free relationally confident children. She can be followed on Instagram @DrTinaShameless
 
Dr. Tina's website
Dr. Tina Shameless on Instagram 
Resources for parenting with sex-positive intention
Book: Shameless Parenting: Everything You Need to Raise Shame-free, Confident Kids and Heal Your Shame Too!
 

Ep58: Emotional Eating--The Cool Science Behind Why We Eat When We're Stressed

I find myself rummaging in the cupboard when I'm particularly stressed out. But why do I do that? Why do we emotionally eat?
I'm in an anatomy and physiology class right now, focusing on the nervous system. We started learning about the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems and my mind lit up about one thing in particular: how digestion relates to the stress state. These branches of the autonomic nervous system are in charge of the "fight or flight" and "rest or digest" states. So what does stress have to do with eating? 
I think eating is like a cheat code. It helps us bump ourselves out of the fight or flight state by forcing our bodies to rest and digest. It's a brilliant strategy if you think about it! But what happens when we don't manage our stress in other ways? 
This episode is about mindfulness, gratitude for the wisdom of our bodies, and practical tools to help reduce stress and introduce more mindfulness into how we eat, because eating isn't just for fuel, it's also for pleasure!
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Ep57: Who wrote the script for your life?

We're all members of the cast in this big play called life. For the majority of our lives, we play along, delivering our lines, and embodying the character we were told to play. 
But what happens when we realize we don't like how the script is written? What if this character that was written for me doesn't really fit? We can start to intentionally change the script. Write a different story. Say the lines that resonate with who we truly are. 
Additionally, we like to hold other people to a script that we've written for them, not understanding the damage we're doing when we demand that others behave in a certain way according to our plans. When we can release people from our expectations, we give them the gift of being exactly who they are. Does that mean we allow any and all treatment? No way, but we can co-write the play.
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Ep56: When You Feel Like Giving Up

I came across a poem that made me feel incredibly hopeful:
 
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” -Albert Camus
 
I found a small snippet of this poem when I was cleaning out my office and found the book I purchased years ago as a guest book for Anni's funeral. When I needed it, I couldn't find it, but a year after her funeral--there it was.
This poem was just what I needed in this moment, and it sparked this deeper thought about this big question:
What do we do when we feel like giving up?
I hope today this episode offers some hope amidst the hard things, gives you some practical advice on how to handle naysayers and dream-squashers (including that critical inner voice), and how to keep going when you can't quite make out the light ahead. 
 
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