books

248: When Pleasing Hurts: Healing the Mother-Daughter Dynamic
Girl, Take the Lead!August 27, 2025x
248
00:44:5841.18 MB

248: When Pleasing Hurts: Healing the Mother-Daughter Dynamic

Katherine Fabrizio, Boomer, psychotherapist with 35 years of experience, joins us to explore the often hidden dynamics between mothers and daughters. Drawing from her extensive clinical work and her book, Katherine dives into how good daughters navigate boundaries, individuation, and maternal expectations...

215. Exploring Mel Robbins’ Let Them Theory as a Way to Live with Love & Intentionality
Girl, Take the Lead!January 29, 2025x
215
00:18:4817.21 MB

215. Exploring Mel Robbins’ Let Them Theory as a Way to Live with Love & Intentionality

In this very special episode of “Girl, Take the Lead!”, we celebrate our 3rd anniversary by diving into Mel Robbins’ inspiring new book, Let Them Theory . Mel’s simple yet transformative idea encourages us to release control, embrace love, and focus on what truly matters. Through key takeaways from Mel’s ...

212. Understanding Ourselves Through Talk: A Conversation with Dr. Amanda Kenderes

212. Understanding Ourselves Through Talk: A Conversation with Dr. Amanda Kenderes

Dr. Amanda Kenderes, author of the book, “ Talk Types: How What We Say Reveals Who We Are ” joins us to talk about her talk type model. Also joining and giving generational perspectives are Yo's daughters: Kiki, the GenZer, and Emma, the Millennial. AMANDA is a professor of interdisciplinary studies at ...

156. In the Presence of Light: Exploring NDEs with Dr. Bruce Greyson’s Book: After.
Girl, Take the Lead!May 02, 2024x
156
00:17:4816.3 MB

156. In the Presence of Light: Exploring NDEs with Dr. Bruce Greyson’s Book: After.

This is a shorter episode with Yo Canny building on our previous episode where we explored Amber Ontiveros’ near-death experience. I had so many questions after hearing her story, I knew I wanted to know more so here are some of the ones we explored: What are common near-death experiences based on resea...

148. Seeing Deeply: Exploring Empathy from How to Know a Person by David Brooks
Girl, Take the Lead!April 04, 2024x
148
00:13:4812.63 MB

148. Seeing Deeply: Exploring Empathy from How to Know a Person by David Brooks

This is a Sound Bite episode that builds on our previous episode with Bernadette Smith where we talked about Diversity, Equality and Inclusion efforts covering a variety of topics. One of them was about empathy and sincerity. While we have covered this topic with Brené Brown’s book, Atlas of the Heart, ...

145. Part 1: Navigating Relationships with Candor and Trust - Insights from Peter Yaholkovsky and Sue Staker

145. Part 1: Navigating Relationships with Candor and Trust - Insights from Peter Yaholkovsky and Sue Staker

Peter Yaholkovsky and his partner in life, Sue Staker , Boomers, join Yo to discuss Peter’s book, Listening for Candor: Building Trust in Relationships that Matter, which illuminates a path for trust conversations by starting with a shared sense of what matters. Peter has an extensive background in the li...