Balancing Life's Issues Season 2: This Is Your Job Now

Announcing season 2 of Balancing Life’s Issues the Podcast "This Is Your Job Now"

Because leadership means showing up—especially when it’s uncomfortable.

Hosted by Wendy Wollner, CEO of Balancing Life’s Issues, This Is Your Job Now helps leaders navigate the hardest parts of managing humans—burnout, mental health, DEI fatigue, grief, and more. With expert voices, real stories, and zero corporate jargon, this show asks the only questi...

In this powerful episode of Balancing Life's Issues, host Wendy Wollner welcomes Kath Koschel, founder of the Kindness Factory, to share her extraordinary journey of resilience, hope, and the life-changing power of kindness. From surviving personal loss and physical adversity to sparking a global kindness movement, Kath’s story is a testament to the strength found in compassion. Together, Wendy and Kath discuss the science of kindn...

Welcome to Season 2 of Balancing Life's Issues!

In this heartwarming episode Wendy Wollner sits down with Alex and his mother, Val, whose famous letter to President Obama touched millions of hearts. Wendy, Alex, and Val dive into the power of empathy, raising children who believe in the magic of life, and how to maintain hope and inspiration amidst cynicism. Together, they explore how we can uncover life's miracles, even in the smal...

Welcome to Balancing Life’s Issues the podcast! 

On today’s episode "quirky and perky" CEO of BLI Wendy Wollner, dives deep into the secrets of business success by inviting renowned expert and founder of FitMinded, Dr. Jen Huberty (https://www.jenhubertyphd.com/about). They discuss the pivotal role of data in your business, the consistent challenges of being a female business owner, and how to address imposter syndrome as a CEO. Dis...

Welcome to Balancing Life's Issues, the podcast and today, we're celebrating Pride Month and asking the essential question: why do we celebrate Pride Month?

As we discuss this, it's crucial to acknowledge the challenges still faced by the LGBTQIA+ community. Currently, the ACLU is tracking 516 anti-LGBTQ bills in the U.S., encompassing curriculum censorship, healthcare restrictions, facility bans, sport bans, and even forced outing ...

Meet BLI trainer Garrett Sorensen! Today he joins us to discuss the trainings he specializes in as well as the psychological impacts of financial stress that we all carry - often through our whole lives. We chat the importance of budgeting and planning, and how financial education can serve as a powerful tool for mental health improvement. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrett-sorensen-mw/

Garrett is a Consultant, Financial Planner, a...

Welcome to Balancing Life's Issues the podcast! I'm your host Kai and today we are celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month which runs May 1st through 31st. 

And it comes at a time when suicide rates continue to increase. Suicide and suicidal behavior are influenced by negative conditions in which people live, play, work, and learn. It's deeply personal and it's not happening in a silo. It's happening right in front of us. 

We can a...

Happy Earth Day 2024! 

In the spring of 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day knowing there were no legal or regulatory mechanisms to protect our environment. As a result, twenty million Americans demonstrated in different U.S. cities, and it worked! In December 1970, Congress authorized the creation of a new federal agency to tackle environmental issues, aptly named the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the EPA. 

O...

We can solve the world health crisis! Yes, you heard that right! 

CEO of Last Mile Health, Lisha McCormick, joins the podcast with THE answer. Community Health Workers. If we invest in the health care workers who are part of the communities that need the help...quality of care increases. This is a fact. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisha-mccormick-150a8b5/

https://lastmilehealth.org/ 

So join Lisha and BLI as we celebrate “World Healt...

Today we're here to continue the celebration of Women's History Month by sharing the stories of inspiring women and honoring the choices that they've made throughout their lives. Today Wendy invited national speaker, trainer, and Toastmasters graduate Rah Kalon onto the podcast. Rah got their bachelor's in strategic communication from the University of North Texas and claimed their master's in clinical counseling from UNT Dallas. T...

Welcome to Balancing Life’s Issues the podcast. Today we are wrapping up Black History Month with a call to action. Reach out to your community.  

In our concluding episode Kai Sorensen, Director of Podcasts and Chester NY resident, delved into his community to explore its Black history. It was during his interaction with Clifton and Leslie of the Chester Historical Society that he uncovered the profound Black history embedded in hi...

As we wrap up Black History Month, our featured guest on the podcast is John Ebron, a distinguished BLI top trainer and military veteran. In a candid conversation, John shares how cultivating a resilient mindset played a transformative role in saving his life as a black, gay man. 

Hailing from Greenville, North Carolina, John's origin reflects a town divided by a railroad – one side inhabited by the white population and the other by...

Black people make up 12 percent of the US workforce but only 8 percent of employees in tech jobs. That percentage is even smaller further up the corporate ladder (https://www.mckinsey.com/bem/our-insights/how-to-close-the-black-tech-talent-g). 

As we continue the celebration of Black History Month, we will be sharing the story of someone we at BLI work with every single day. His name is Michael Havis, and he is a Technical Project ...

Have you heard of the term HBCU before? It stands for "Historically Black College or Universities" and these are not institutions that just happen to be majority black. In the late 1800s, they were founded to both educate Black American students and to equip them with the viable skills necessary to excel in the nation’s workforce...while also acknowledging and celebrating their ethnic histories and cultures (https://www.tmcf.org/hi...