Inside Journey

Do you have a hard time turning work off and tuning into your own needs? Do you think that failure is NOT an option? How attached to praise are you? Meet Nicole, a hard charging, energetic and successful sales leader who would work 14-hour days to win praise. When it did not come her way, she would feel resentful which would lead her to get back on the hamster wheel and work even harder. This unsustainable pattern resulted in no ho...

Whether you’re at the beginning of your career or the top of your game, we all experience impostor syndrome. This is the voice that says, “You can’t do this. You’re not who they think you are. Just wait ‘til you get found out!”

In this episode, we coach Chris — a leader that people want to follow — who is about to take on a huge new role. He opens up to us about that voice in his head that says, “What if you’re not partner mater...

Many of us have built successful careers in industries that we no longer feel connected to. When we let ourselves daydream, we imagine doing something very different.

Yet our inner critics immediately stop us in our tracks with messages like, “You’re too old/inexperienced/young to make this kind of change. ” Or, “You won’t make enough money.” Or “People won’t understand why you are giving up something so stable.”

In this next “Get ...

“If you avoid conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself.” - anonymous

How many of you say “yes” when you want to say “no”? Does setting healthy boundaries make you nervous? Are you someone who fears feedback and takes it personally?

In this “Get Coached” episode, we work with Diana, a digital marketer and entrepreneur, to uncover why it is so hard to say no to clients and help her transform her relationship to set...

For many of us, thinking about our own death is too daunting, so we turn away. Yet embracing our mortality can help us create more meaning and purpose in our lives and cause us to explore questions like… What do I most hope for? What’s most important to me? What is the legacy I want to leave behind?

These are some of the questions that our wise guest, Dr. Steven Pantilat, founding director of the UCSF Palliative Care program, asks ...

In our last podcast with Serena + Lily, we were so inspired hearing them talk about their shared “why” for going into business together. We also loved learning about the unique approach that Serena and Lily took to creating their healthy, balanced, kick-ass partnership. In this teachable episode, we talk more deeply about the power of knowing your “Why”, how to connect with your purpose and what makes a great partnership. We also s...

After a chance meeting in 2003, Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter came together to create Serena & Lily, one of the largest e-commerce home furnishing stores and now-ubiquitous coastal lifestyle brands. 

In this podcast, Serena and Lily share their inside journey of what it took to make the leap into partnership, entrepreneurship and being kick-ass women, both professionally and personally - all while still valuing a work/life balance. ...

Get ready to have a mini-masterclass on the art of coaching. In this podcast, Kim and Johanna go deep on what coaching is, how it can be beneficial in so many areas of life, and how to coach people effectively. You will learn ways to remove the internal and external obstacles that block people from reaching their potential and gain valuable tools to increase personal accountability. Kim and Jo will share real-life stories and power...

When football Coach Matthew LemMon first laid eyes on the Tamalpais High School varsity football team, he was concerned. They were scrappy, inexperienced and out of shape. But through the course of the season, Coach LemMon used a series of winning strategies that transformed the team and led them to their most winning season in 112 years.  

In this riveting conversation with C...

We all have creative ideas - but very few people have the courage to take action and put them out into the world. In our riveting conversation with award winning film maker, author, internet pioneer and TED speaker, Tiffany Shlain, she shares what it takes to trust your own experience, overcome fear and live a courageously creative life. As important as it is to take action, Tiffany talks about how it is even more important to un...

Our brain is amazing! It can process 40 million bits of information per second and make sense of it all!! Sounds powerful, right? Not always...The filters we use to sort information can oftentimes create separation, fear and prejudice in the name of keeping us safe.

In this conversation with Carson Johns, learn about what unconscious bias is, how it serves us and how it impacts every decision we make in life. Carson will share powe...

Are you ready to have a feedback conversation, but feeling held back or unclear about how to deliver the message? In this episode, we go deep on how to overcome the fear that holds you back from feedback so you see it as a productive way to move the relationship forward rather than something to dread or avoid. We also map out the nuts and bolts for organizing feedback so that it is well received by the other person. And, we'll shar...

Feedback is a gift. We all know that receiving feedback is a necessary component to growth and success. Yet for a variety of reasons, we avoid feedback conversations because we feel uncomfortable giving it, asking for it and receiving it.  

In this episode, we dive deeply into the topic of feedback with Erika Gregory, a serial entrepreneur, Ted speaker and former actress w...

In this episode, Kim and Johanna invite mindfulness teacher, Janell Flores Bolte, back on the show to share the tools that she used to stay grounded and resilient throughout the most challenging times of her life. In this episode, Janell shares a powerful exercise that will allow you to acknowledge, feel and ride out difficult emotions so that you can get back to center more quickly. We will also examine how to transform the way yo...

When Janell Flores Bolte learned to meditate at the tender age of 6, little did she know it would become her most powerful tool to not only survive but thrive, when her husband was diagnosed with terminal stage 4 lung cancer.

In this episode, learn how Janell navigated trauma and loss with incredible grace and courage. She’ll leave you feeling inspired - and armed with some practices and new ways of thinking that can lead to a life...

If you are a leader wanting guidance on how to navigate this time of change and uncertainty, this is the episode for you.

Our guest, Eric Berridge, is one of the most inspiring, compassionate, creative, and hard-working leaders we’ve ever met. In this episode, we harvest the learnings he gained from starting his company right after 9/11 to navigating the financial crisis, to then selling his company to IBM. 

In this interview, lear...

In our last episode, Mondo President Stephanie Wernick talked about her internal journey of becoming more self-aware, mindful and empathetic. In this teachable episode, Kim and Johanna will bring you a powerful tool to manage your emotions so that when things get chaotic, you can be more resourceful and make better choices. They will also share a tool to help you cultivate greater empathy and become more effective at motivating, in...