Acknowledging Gender and Diversity

Diversity is something all companies, as well as everyone in society, need to educate themselves on. Gender is just one aspect that many feel is not understood enough, and the conversation about gender is one that is necessary in order to promote inclusion.

Celia Sandya touches on the difference between gender and sex, the importance of recognizing someone’s gender, and making sure everyone of different diversities feels included in a company. In having this conversation about gender, anyone listening can feel more educated and use this knowledge to make anyone they encounter feel included and respected.

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Controlling Ways to Perceive Life

There are many ways to go about our lives, and we may have different opinions on to what extent we have control over it and what we can do about it. Ultimately, though, it is up to us to mold how we view certain experiences and mindsets.

In this episode, Casey Berman describes the energy you can connect to through networking and being in the moment, dealing with the fear of the unknown, and projecting your meaning onto the world. He also believes that the only control we have over our lives is the freedom of choice, and the reactions we choose determine how we continue on.

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What is My Inner Work?

There is an inner work within all of us that has the capacity to influence our outer work. We just have to look deeper into the big picture of the world as well as the individual experiences of others in order to unlock it.

This episode features Amit Raikar discussing topics such as empathy and compassion, facing shifts in your life, and how your inner work can help you be able to handle discomfort. He also relates these topics to events the world is facing today and how we can try to understand them better.

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Being at Peace With Your Story and Identity

Adoption is complicated, and the life of the adoptee can be one faced with many obstacles. This is why it is necessary to find peace with your story and your identity, so that the difficulties you face do not define your journey.

In this episode, Michelle touches on topics such as the importance of claiming your identity and your truth as an adoptee, the relationships between adopted families, and understanding the language of adoption. With all of these factors in mind, you can be able to open yourself up to your experiences and your identity, and how you want to view each of them.

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Understanding and Eliminating Incivility

Incivility is on the rise, specifically in the workplace, whether everyone may realize it or not, so what can we do to get people to acknowledge it and end it?

Sejal Thakkar discusses how to recognize acts of incivility, what to do if you witness such behavior, and how to understand what behavior is acceptable. By educating ourselves on incivility, we can help create a more respectful and welcoming work environment for everyone, and we can also use this knowledge outside of the workplace.

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Living in Possibility

We are faced with many different possibilities in life, many of which we may not always be aware of, and it is up to us to decide what we do with each of them and what they will mean for us.

In this episode, Shamila Gopalan talks questioning why you and others make certain decisions, what opportunities can come from anything, and how all this impacts your life. Since we all live in possibility, we are given many different ways we can carry on our journey, and facing these different paths can bring us to something great. 

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How Do You Keep the Fire Going?

We all feel motivated when we get hired at a new job, and we work hard to make sure that we get that job, but how do we keep that same work ethic going past the first day?

This episode features Scott Mason and focuses on topics such as creating a good work environment, knowing how to assess positive and negative feedback, and building relationships with people. All of these points culminate to provide an answer on instilling motivation in ourselves as well as coworkers in order to maintain that fire during your entire time at a job.

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The Journey to Pursuing Dreams

We encounter multiple obstacles and successes on our individual journeys to fulfilling our dreams, and each of these interactions can have an influence on our overall purpose and character.

In this episode, Lauren LoGrasso discusses dealing with criticism to build your self-worth, knowing how experiences and people impact your life, and the multiple dreams you may find while pursuing your original dream. She believes those dreams may be even more powerful than your intention, and what you do with your work, the people you encounter, and your own confidence can help you succeed in those dreams.

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Acknowledging Racism, Injustice, and Inequality

Conversations about race may be uncomfortable, but that just makes them even more necessary to discuss. In acknowledging different experiences of racism, you can understand the importance of fighting it.

This episode features Nancy John discussing educating yourself on different people of color’s experiences, realizing your own bias and taking action against it, and being aware of the language you use in conversations. She explains the meaning of understanding things on a personal level and challenging the lens you see things through in order to create change.

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The Importance of Patience and Networking

Networking is an essential process to make connections and gain support from a variety of people, and patience is a necessary tool to have when creating your network.

Steve Blanchard takes this episode to talk about having an open mind when making connections, understanding other people and the impact we make on one another, and why patience is needed in business and networking. During this time of a pandemic, now more than ever is patience needed in order to create a healthy environment and mindset and to maintain a support network.

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