Emotional Intelligence & Self-Care
🧠 Emotional Intelligence & Self-Care
Explore episodes that help you tune in, recharge, and lead with greater awareness and balance. These conversations cover essential topics like self-care, listening, energy, and emotional agility—practices that fuel personal growth and authentic leadership.
You'll also find dedicated playlists on our YouTube channel for each of these areas—self-care, listening, and energy —to deepen your learning and reflection.
268. You Can Have It All—But You Can’t Do It All with Dr. Denise Brown, The Fairy God Doctor
Welcome back to Girl, Take the Lead! — the podcast where we talk honestly about leadership, womanhood, and all the messy, beautiful parts in between. Today I’m joined by Dr. Denise Brown , also known as The Fairy God Doctor — a Stanford-trained physician, former CEO, wife, mom, and now author of The Fairy...
263. How to D.R.E.A.M. Your Way to Wisdom with Lori Pappas
In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, we meet Lori Pappas , one of the first female computer sales reps in the world, an award-winning entrepreneur, and founder of the Global Team for Local Initiatives , where she spent over a decade in Africa helping more than 100,000 people. After years o...
261. Trust Yourself — Pathfinding for the Modern World with Hillary Spiritos
Today’s guest is Hillary Spiritos (Millennial) — a pathfinding coach and founder of Bat Outta Hell , where she helps young adults find the courage, creativity, and resilience to build lives that feel authentic, invigorating, and meaningful. A former university advisor at Duke, NYU, and Northeastern, Hi...
252. Rewriting Memories, Rekindling Connections with Amy Weinland-Daughters
Welcome back to Girl, Take the Lead! — the podcast where we share real, raw, and remarkable stories that inspire us to lead with courage and heart. Today’s guest is Amy Weinland-Daughters — Gen X keynote speaker, satirist, and author of both fiction and nonfiction works that explore memory, connection...
244. Busy Is a Four-Letter Word: Peggy Sullivan on Reclaiming Your Life
Peggy Sullivan, author of Beyond Busyness: How to Achieve More with Less , joins us for a refreshing and deeply practical conversation about why busyness has become the ultimate addiction—and how to break free from it . A self-described “busyness addict in recovery,” Peggy shares her personal wake-up call...
236. Lead Yourself First: Emotional Mastery and the Power of Reflection
Valarie Sandjivy, GenX, is an adaptive leadership mentor and business coach with over 20 years of experience. She is an engineer, master degree recipient, and business coach with over 20 years of corporate experience. As the founder of Ellipus, she helps executives, C-suite leaders, and entrepreneurs lead...
235. Lead Yourself First: Elisabeth White on Empathy, Emotion & Empowerment
Elisabeth White, Millennial, is an Agile (and coffee) aficionado with a passion for people and transformation. She has spent the past fifteen years guiding organizations on incredible Agile journeys—focusing on continuous improvements within leadership, culture, people, and processes. Her contagious perso...
233. Joy Is My Job: Creating a Ripple Effect with Lisa Even
Guest: Lisa Even – Millennial Leadership Coach, Author, Keynote Speaker In this uplifting episode, we’re joined by Lisa Even, a leadership coach, author, and keynote speaker whose mission is to bring more joy into the world—one ripple at a time. Lisa believes that joy won’t just find us—we have to go afte...
228. Managing Up Without Selling Out: Emotional Intelligence & Self-Leadership with Nejat Abdurahman
Nejat Abdurahman, Millennial, is a Keynote Speaker, the Author of The Art of Managing Up , and founder of N-BAC, a business advisory & consulting firm that helps organizations and leaders transform the way they lead. She is a certified leadership and emotional intelligence coach andDISC Practitioner w...