Heartbeat For Hire with Lyndsay Dowd

Heartbeat For Hire with Lyndsay Dowd

The Heartbeat for Hire Podcast was created to inspire leaders on how to get through the most difficult of circumstances. I feature CEOs, Olympians, Professional Athletes, Authors, Disruptors, Emmy Winning Journalists and more as they share their stories of resilience with my lens on leadership and culture. My guests share their vulnerability and lessons learned so those of you who have never had a good leader can see the possible in the way they lead. My goal is to transform leadership as we know it and this podcast features the best of the best in showing you the way.

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March 4, 2026 33 mins

Entertainment • Empowerment • Elevation

 

Creator of the Heart Coherence Method™

 

15×Award-Winning Entertainer | Award-Winning Wellness Expert & Comic | Executive Coach | Transformational Keynote Speaker | Corporate & Team Resilience Strategist | Trauma Therapy Professional | Positive Psychology Practitioner & Certified Coach | Certified Resilience Facilitator

 

From Broadway to boardrooms, Carolann is a globally recognized execut...

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Risk Isn't Reckless | Elite Risk Management with SuperFrenchie

What does it take to make decisions when the margin for error is zero?

In this episode of The Heartbeat for Hire Podcast, Lyndsay sits down with Matthias Giraud — better known as SuperFrenchie — two-time world record–holding ski BASE jumper, professional alpinist, and the only person in history to ski BASE jump the Alps Trilogy: Eiger, Matterhorn, and Mont Blanc.

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AI can generate content. It cannot build credibility.

 

Owning your voice is the leadership advantage most executives are overlooking right now.

 

In Episode 190 of Heartbeat for Hire, Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award–winning journalist Cristina Mendonsa joins Lyndsay to unpack authentic leadership storytelling, editorial trust, and radical relevance in an AI-driven world.

 

If you are a founder, executive, communicator, or brand le...

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Elizabeth Ralph is a former energy trader turned spiritual teacher and high level wealth strategist. She retired at age 39 and is now the host of The Spiritual Investor Podcast (top 2%) and creator of The Spiritual Investor Program — a non-linear, frequency-based approach that blends financial strategy with energetic alignment. With a deep understanding of markets, money psychology, wealth management, and spiritual law, Elizabeth h...

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Henna Pryror Speaker. Executive Coach. Workplace Performance Expert.

 

Considered one of the best recruiters on the east coast - and gave it all up. She had an incredible sales and consulting career. She shattered records and was in the top 10% of the company every year. She loved the industry – but her heart broke every time she helped a high-performing employee exit their high-potential team.

 

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Victoria Pelletier is recognized across North America as a dynamic, captivating keynote speaker, published author and dynamic executive. Her story of overcoming unspeakable odds to live a life of #NoExcuses is both moving, and incredibly inspiring.

 

Victoria draws from her 20+ years in corporate senior leadership at companies like IBM and American Express to deliver engaging, inspiring keynotes to audiences across North America.

 

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Elatia Abate is an entrepreneur with a mission to revolutionize leadership to empower humanity in the Age of AI. Named a Forbes leading female futurist, she is a globally recognized expert on the futures of work and strategy and is a distinguished member of the American

 

Her Future-Led Leadership learning and development content has been utilized in organizations including Verizon, UniGroup RMI – Rocky Mountain Institute, Grupo Gl...

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Gabe Lullo is the CEO of Alleyoop, a sales development agency working with industry giants such as ZoomInfo, Salesloft, and Adobe.

 

He has trained over 8,000 salespeople across diverse businesses and, during his tenure in Alleyoop, he has personally hired and managed more than 1,500 BDRs.

 

With over two decades of experience in sales, marketing, and executive recruitment, his strategies have significantly driven Alleyoop's growth...

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Dana Grant is an International Master Life and Business Coach, best-selling author of The Truth Within The Lie: How to Align with Universal Principles to Create the Life You Deserve, host of global retreats, keynote speaker, host of top performing podcast The Dana Grant Show, and co-founder of the multi-million-dollar-brand, Cali'Flour Foods. Her influence spans continents, leading transformational retreats in Italy and delivering ...

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Betsy Hamm, MBA, is the former CEO of Duck Donuts, where she led the brand's expansion from 20 locations in 2016 to nearly 200 by 2025. Under her leadership, the company grew across the United States and expanded internationally into nine countries, including locations in the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Asia. Before serving as CEO, Betsy held key roles at Duck Donuts, including Chief Operating Officer and Director of Marketing....

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After nearly 200,000 cold calls and a million auto-dialer calls, Stephen Oommen discovered something shocking: 98% of his revenue came from warm referrals. Today, he breaks down how sellers can turn relationships into predictable growth.

In this episode, host Lyndsay Dowd sits down with Stephen Oommen, a 25-year go-to-market veteran, speaker, and author of the upcoming book The Referral Effect. Stephen shares why nearly 98% of his...

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What if the solution to feeding the world isn't on land—but in the ocean? Today, we're diving into the future of food with James Beard and Emmy-nominated storyteller Jennifer Bushman.

In this episode of The Heartbeat for Hire, we dive into the deep blue with Jennifer Bushman, a James Beard Award–nominated chef, Emmy-nominated producer, and co-founder of Fed by Blue.

Jennifer shares her journey from growing up in a cattle-ran...
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What if the secret to leading creative teams wasn't control — but curiosity? Rob Sharenow shares the leadership philosophy behind decades of award-winning programming.

 

In this episode of The Heartbeat for Hire Podcast, host Lyndsay Dowd sits down with Rob Sharenow, President of Programming for A+E Networks, overseeing the creative vision behind A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime, A&E Indie Films, and Home.Made.Nation.

 

Rob is one of the mos...

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What It Feels Like to Lead the World's Most Successful Musical with Maggie Brohn
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She started answering phones. Now she runs Broadway's biggest global hit. Meet Maggie Brohn, the powerhouse behind Hamilton.

In this episode of Heartbeat for Hire, host Lyndsay Dowd sits down with Maggie Brohn, Chief Operating Officer of Adventureland and the powerhouse Executive Producer of Hami...
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The Truth About Food Nobody Told You with Matt Beaudin | with Lyndsay Dowd
 
Some chefs chase fame. Matt Beaudin chased truth. From riverbank fires in Vietnam to volcanic soil in Rwanda, he learned from people whose kitchens often had no walls—only stories, culture, and purpose. Today, he shares that journey with us.

In this cinematic and eye-opening episode, we sit down with Chef Matt Beaudin, a world-c...
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In this transformative episode, Lyndsay Dowd sits down with Dr. Iris Crawford, the world's leading authority on the Pre-Hormone System and one of the most trusted voices in women's hormonal health. Known as The Hormone Boss, Dr. Crawford reveals the truth about menopause, perimenopause, burnout, fatigue, and why conventional medicine is still operating from outdated hormonal science.

Dr. Crawford opens up about her journey from gr...

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In this fascinating episode of Heartbeat for Hire, host Lyndsay Dowd sits down with Brian Galke, a communication strategist, keynote speaker, and founder of Subtle Skills, to explore the science of face reading, body language, and connection in an increasingly digital world.

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In this deeply moving episode of the Heartbeat for Hire Podcast, host Lyndsay Dowd welcomes back Scott MacGregor— 4x bestselling author, entrepreneur, and founder of 
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Annika Hylmö, Ph.D. is an award-winning filmmaker and documentarian whose films have screened at CameraImage, Tribeca Film Festival, as well as smaller specialty festivals. She co-produced Image Makers: The Story of America's Pioneer Cinematographers for TCM and her narrative short film Dr. Penelope (2022) is winning awards and hearts around the world. Annika produced Women in Media's renowned CAMERAderie Initiative, creating power...

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Sarah Kalmeta, also known as Sarah the Pivoter, is a leadership catalyst with a knack for flipping chaos into clarity. She built Pivot Point International and The Adaptability Lab™ to help leaders stop clinging to certainty and start thriving in the unknown.


Her background runs from aviation and aerospace to global stages, but what makes Sarah stand out is how she fuses sharp strategy with real humanity—and a little irreverence—to...

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