What makes a friendship meaningful? Is it how long it lasts? How often we talk? Or could the gift of friendship be something else entirely—the experience of knowing another person and allowing ourselves to be known? This Sound Bite was inspired by my recent conversation with my longtime friend Roz Sobel ....

What if travel isn't simply about seeing someplace new—but about opening ourselves to more of life? In this episode of Girl, Take the Lead! , I’m joined by someone very special to me: my longtime friend Roz Sobel . Roz and I met almost 50 years ago when I was assigned to convince her to take a job wit...

What if grief has been present in more of our lives than we realized? This Sound Bite was inspired by my recent conversation with somatic nurse coach Lisa Ketcham-Hendrickson, who reminded us: “We can’t heal what we don’t feel.” That conversation brought me back to Francis Weller’s The Wild Edge of Sorrow...

What if recovery isn’t about getting around our pain—but learning how to be with what we feel? In this episode of Girl, Take the Lead! , Yo welcomes Lisa Ketcham-Hendrickson , somatic nurse coach and founder of Human Recovery . Drawing on more than 30 years in emergency and trauma nursing—as well as her o...

Why can it feel so difficult to admit that we don’t know something? This Sound Bite was inspired by my conversation with sport and performance psychologist Dr. Darby Bonomi, who reminded us that there is no shame in being at the beginning. But that got me thinking. Maybe being a beginner isn’t actually th...

Some of the loudest voices we hear aren't coming from other people—they're the ones inside our own heads. That inner critic can convince us we're not ready, that everyone else has it figured out, or that asking for help somehow means we've failed. Over time, those thoughts can quietly keep...