That's a Hard No
That’s a Hard No is a podcast about saying no and setting boundaries – without feeling fear, guilt, or FOMO. Hosted by Heather Drago, a busy wife, mom, business owner, and cancer survivor, we talk about everything related to boundaries, and why it can feel so damn scary to set them. We meet all kinds of interesting people from different walks of life with various takes on the subject, and we look at what’s happening in our culture and how it all comes back, sometimes, to simply saying no. New episodes every Tuesday!
Episodes
July 23, 2024 • 53 mins
Dr. Jenny King is an Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity in the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. After more than a decade of doing therapy, Dr. King now works to prepare future social workers to engage in clinical practice that is rooted in the neurobiology of trauma and healing. A highly sought-after speaker and consultant, she draws from her practic...
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July 16, 2024 • 53 mins
Rachel is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 13 years of experience working at one the most prestigious hospitals in the world. She is a former critical care nurse and nurse educator; teaching in both the clinical and classroom setting. After noticing changes in her infant son's behavior, Rachel took matters into her own hands and began to get a second (and third) opinion to receive the devastating news that he had Hyd...
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July 9, 2024 • 50 mins
Jenn Alvin was a typical people pleaser working for a high-profile company, the hours were long, her identity was strongly tied to work, and suddenly she was laid off. Soon after she was dealing with a divorce and her father's Alzheimer's diagnosis. When her world seemingly came crumbling down, she decided to take a good hard look at what she really wanted out of life. Jenn realized creativity was missing. She used creativity to se...
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June 26, 2024 • 48 mins
Maria Duroseau is a pediatrician, children's book author, and parenting coach who believes parents becoming the best version of themselves is one of the best gifts they can ever give to their children. She was born and raised in Zambia before she immigrated to the US where she became a physician. She is very passionate about supporting and enhancing parenting skills through her learned experience. As a parent to a neurodivergent ch...
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June 4, 2024 • 45 mins
Jim Elios, MBA, ChFC®, CLU®, AIF®, is the founder & CEO of Elios Financial Group, he is a wealth advisor who specializes in comprehensive financial planning and investment management. He loves to help people understand the finance world. He speaks frequently about financial planning issues, the economy, and financial markets. He's held workshops for companies, government organizations, non-profits, and charity organizations includi...
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May 21, 2024 • 50 mins
Anthony Kuo is a Career Satisfaction Coach - and he wants to help others intentionally craft a career they're excited to wake up for. Anthony graduated from the NYU Stern School of Business in 2010 and subsequently took an 8 year tour through the Fortune 500 world, rising up the corporate ladder before realizing he was filling his bank account but leaving his soul empty. Anthony integrates his practical experience with his training...
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May 14, 2024 • 47 mins
Mint Miller, host of BetterMint, a podcast meant to be a survival guide by allowing her stories, experiences and healing to help others recognize their own self-worth.
Through much lived experience, Mint used what she learned and began to set boundaries that changed the narrative of her life and allowed her to step into who she really is and the person she knows she was meant to be. Mint feels that her practice of setting limits an...
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May 1, 2024 • 65 mins
Every season we cover important topics and hear lots of questions from our listeners, this week our host, and incredible expert guests, answer questions from some of our most listened to episodes. Heather uses her experience and recent conversations to help support some of listeners on their hard hitting “saying no” struggles.
Key Takeaways
Year of No
Fear of intimacy in healthcare
Getting comfortable being uncomfortable
Copin...
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April 23, 2024 • 55 mins
Amanda Cole joined Plexus LGBT + Allied Chamber of Commerce as the first Executive Director, she is an activist with an extensive history in the non profit sector supporting at risk youth living in vulnerable communities and her community involvement and training includes leadership and change facilitation through Points of Light Youth Leadership, People’s Institute for Undoing Racism, and Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. Listen in a...
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April 16, 2024 • 44 mins
Meet SaCola Lehr is currently making waves in the real estate world, dedicated to helping individuals turn their dreams into reality. But that's not the extent of her expertise—SaCola is also the dynamic host of the empowering podcast, 'Work it, Live it, Own it!' Beyond her professional accomplishments, she takes on the roles of a loving wife and devoted fur baby momma, finding joy in the simple moments shared with her loved ones.
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April 9, 2024 • 52 mins
Lianna Purjes, LCSW is a therapist and Empowerment Coach helping adult children of alcoholics master the tools and strategies needed to build healthy and long lasting relationships. Lianna has Masters degrees in Clinical Social Work and Education and over 15 years of experience helping clients improve their relationships.
Key Takeaways
[00:02:24] Setting boundaries with family
[00:06:33] Adult children of alcoholics
[00:11:21] Att...
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April 2, 2024 • 51 mins
Star Hansen is a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO©) and Clutter Whisperer on a mission to help you banish your personal Clutter Monster, take control of your stuff, and create a life you’re truly proud of. She has appeared on over 30 TV shows, given a TEDx talk, and shared her fitted sheet folding secrets with Oprah & her fans. Her unique methodology has helped thousands of people get (and stay!) organized when nothing else wo...
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March 26, 2024 • 57 mins
Tino Bvunzawabaya, founder of Black and Raww, a black man on the quest to change race and gender norms, dismantle stereotypes and demonstrate, teach, and develop ways to become allies in ways that support minorities of every basis. He is trying to create a new and diverse definition of what it means to be a black man. Listen in as we discuss the search for equality and equity in today's culture.
Key Takeaways
[00:03:06] Conversatio...
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March 19, 2024 • 50 mins
Angela Melfi, CEO and Co-Founder of Threads Worldwide, joins us to discuss the importance of building community, setting boundaries around our purchases to be conscious consumers, and empowering women in business and their lives.
Key Takeaways
[00:04:52] Building a community around passion
[00:09:35] Empowering women through community
[00:15:44] Ethical fashion and fair trade
[00:18:26] Women empowered through organization
[00:27:0...
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March 12, 2024 • 41 mins
Erin "Big" Diehl, is a Business Improv Edutainer, Failfluencer, and Professional Zoombie. Through a series of unrelated dares, Erin created improve it!, a unique professional development company rooted in improv comedy, that pushes leaders and teams to laugh, learn, play, and grow. She is also the proud host of The improve it! Podcast, which helps develop leaders and teams through play, improv and experiential learning.
Key Takeaw...
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March 5, 2024 • 39 mins
Katie Jackson, owner of Fuel for Impact, personal trainer, health & wellness coach and mom
Key Takeaways
80% of New Years resolutions have failed by end of February.
[00:02:24] Prioritizing self-care as a mom
[00:05:57] Importance of having a system
[00:10:24] Nutrition plans
[00:16:18] Changing your eating habits
[00:18:42] Self-care and balance
[00:21:46] Obtaining your goals
[00:26:05] Unbreakable energy
[00:29:42] Change pers...
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February 27, 2024 • 45 mins
Marci Rossi is a Certified Alcohol-Free Coach, Success Coach, Mindset Coach, and NLP Practitioner who is passionate about helping women let go of limiting beliefs around alcohol and themselves so that they can create the lives they’ve always dreamed of. Listen in as we talk societal pressure and beliefs, when it's considered a problem, and how being sober can vastly improve your life.
Key Takeaways
[00:01:30] Alcohol abuse in soci...
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February 20, 2024 • 47 mins
Jay Schwedelson is the founder of SubjectLine.com, the CEO of Outcome Media, and one of the top marketing thought leaders in the industry today. In this conversation we cover a lot of ground, including boundary setting as both humans and marketers, business ownership, marketing pet peeves, and oh yeah, we laugh a lot, too.
Key Takeaways
[00:01:31] Marketing and ethical boundaries
[00:08:17] Boundaries in Email Marketing
[00:11:30]...
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February 13, 2024 • 48 mins
Chantal Landreville, certified relationship coach and author, who struggled with "having it all" and finding balance in love outside of all other life successes. She was thriving in her career, friendships, finances and more but couldn't seem to find her right match. Listen as she discusses finding joy in her relationships.
Key Takeaways
[00:03:40] Finding love and rejection
[00:06:12] Dating trends for 2024
[00:10:28] Finding acti...
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February 8, 2024 • 55 mins
This book club roundtable was spent discussing "Just Do Nothing: A Paradoxical Guide to Getting Out of Your Way" by Joanna Hardis. Friends and colleagues Jenn Prochaska, The Write Difference, and Jen Bauer, Joop Art Studio join us to discuss getting comfortable with distress and making changes.
The Book: “Just Do Nothing” by Joanna Hardis
Key Takeaways
"I found myself whipping through this because I just found it very endearing and...
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