Episodes

A staggering number of people suffer from anxiety. For some it flares up at more stressful times in their lives, and for others it’s a constant presence, a constant struggle. I’ve talked many times about my own challenges with anxiety over the...

Slowing down, pausing, and taking a moment to appreciate what we have is so important to our wellbeing, but in the hectic day-to-day rush of our lives we rarely take time for appreciation. In the United States we have the holiday of Thanksgiving,...

There are many paths to wellness, and many kinds of wellness beyond simple physical health. In today’s episode my special guest, Adri Kyser, and I discuss a holistic approach to wellness. Adri also discusses some of the traumas she survived as a...

What does it mean to be an empowered woman? What’s the difference between being empowered and having power over someone else? In today’s episode I dive into one of my favorite areas, what it means for a woman to be truly in her power. I talk...

Are you frustrated with where you are at work? Maybe you feel like you aren’t advancing as you should be, as you deserve to be, or you struggle to define your own style of leadership. Women leaders (and companies) typically focus on two areas when...

Shortly after receiving my Masters in Applied Positive Psychology I combined my years in corporate marketing with my new expertise in positive psychology and began supporting a wide range of companies. There was a growing awareness at the executive...

Recently I had the great fortune to attend Women Warriors: The Voices of Change, at Lincoln Center in New York, led by Amy Andersson, conductor with Orchestra Moderne NYC, and to say that it was earth-shattering would be an understatement. From their...

Teenage girls face so many pressures from family, dating and social lives, school, trying to prepare for the future (maybe trying to get into a good college or get a good job), and more. As a teenage girl I definitely struggled with anxiety and panic...

This is the first in a series of episodes in which I’m interviewing clients of mine who have uncovered their purpose and gone after their dreams. These women are truly inspirational and serve as fabulous examples of what we can do when we decide...

Around two years ago I had one of the happiest and one of the most unhappy times in my life. After several years of a challenging fertility journey we finally learned we were pregnant, and several weeks later we learned that we had our second...

So many women are cut off from their own desires, from what brings them pleasure, but being in touch with, and in control of, our sexual selves is critical to our overall wellbeing. My special guest today, Lauren Harkness, teaches us about getting in...

When I recently turned 45 I started feeling anxious about my age, how much time I have left, what I’ve accomplished, and how much I still want to do in life. Some women go through a “quarter-life” or a “third-life” crisis -- these issues...

At any given time there are countless children spending extended periods of time in hospitals battling serious illnesses. For these children and their loved ones, this can be an incredibly draining, debilitating, isolating experience, but it doesn’t...

A few days before recording this I got back from a week at Burning Man. If you’re unfamiliar with Burning Man, here’s their brief description: “Once a year, tens of thousands of people gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock...

I am so excited to announce the first ever PurposeGirl ALIVE event, the event for women to reclaim their Power, stand for their Pleasure, and create a path toward their Purpose! PurposeGirl Alive is all about becoming the happy, brave, bold, fierce...

A dear friend and client of mine passed away a few days ago, and it got me thinking about what it means to live one’s life fully, to live so that you don’t have regrets. A research study showed that at the end of life, people tended to regret the...

The way that our clothing fits has a huge impact not only on how comfortable we feel, but also on how beautiful we feel. My special guest, Elizabeth Olson, has had her own issues around feeling comfortable and beautiful in clothing, and in particular...

In my work with women over the years, both through one-on-one coaching and in group programs and retreats, I’ve identified seven things that tend to keep women stuck, what I’ve dubbed the Seven Sacred Sins: Self-doubt, self-hatred, shame,...

Financial literacy is more closely tied to wellbeing and happiness than wealth. Those with a high net worth can be extremely unhappy, and those with a relatively low net worth can be very deeply fulfilled. More important than the amount of money in...

I’m recording this episode on July 24, which is the anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies of my life. In today’s episode I open up about what happened and how it affected me. I then take you through the process I went through to turn this...

It’s an unfortunate fact that many women have been silenced, their voices have been suppressed, they don’t feel free to speak their truth, and this has a wide range of harmful effects on our lives, from interpersonal to professional and beyond. My...

It’ll come as no surprise to you that living one’s purpose is core to what I believe and what I teach. After all, this is the PurposeGirl Podcast, and my business is called PurposeGirl. I’ve addressed it before, but in today’s episode I come...

Do you consider yourself a very confident person? Or, do you feel that you’re not very confident? People often think of confidence as binary, where you either have it or you don’t, either you’re a confident person or you’re not. My special...

In June 2019 I held the first Women’s Happiness Summit (), the event for women worldwide to become our happiest, most fulfilled, most alive and most vibrant selves! I interviewed 30 female experts on everything from overcoming self-doubt, to...