How to Make Anything Easier

In this episode with Liz Gilbert, we talk about all that went into creating a hugely successful year of new projects, managing heritage clients more efficiently and creating tons of time and space for her to feel healthy and present for planning her epic New Year's Eve wedding and taking a month off to honeymoon.This is what it's all about, creating tons of success at work while making time to exist FULLY in your life. Thank you to Liz for joining me on the pod.

Being a senior executive woman is hard, and everyone struggles with something. Here's how to make it easier and live a life of fun, freedom, and peace while you're a badass at work. 

We're all told to create more value at work - that's how you get noticed, listened to and promoted.You think to yourself "I want to be valuable at work." And so you start doing everything you can think of that makes you valuable.There's a little hang up with this though.Did you know that there are two kinds of value?There's your work value and there's Your Value. They are very very different things that often get confused. I've confused them for the better part of my life.And confusing them is a sure fire way to find yourself burnt out, exhausted and miserable.What's the difference between work value and Your Value and how do you know if you're confusing the two? You've come to the right place. It's all in this podcast.I also share a funny/embarrassing story from Maria's College Era that I still get picked on about. And I'm dan glad it can be of service now. I swear I can use ANYTHING to create a learning. Anyways, listen UP.

You are up to big things. You don't want an average life. And you're always working on something. This can be really exciting.And inevitably it will also include disappointment. It will include things taking longer than you thought they would. It will sometimes take a winding road to arrive at the result you want. And when you're self-driven, you're likely to also self-punish or be disappointed in yourself.I made this episode for you, because there's something to know about the loop you find yourself in when trying to create something new. And that is that self-punishment or self-remorse when we're disappointed doesn't work (even though there's part of us that thinks it does)This episode is personal in that I share a lot of my own experience in what has worked for me.This doesn't mean that it will absolutely work for you, but it is an invitation to approach your life and reaching goals with more energy,  and more fun.

Being the manager of a stressed out team can feel worse than individually feeling stressed. A lot of questions swirl. What should you do?Should you just do things yourself?How responsible are you for your team's stress?Does a good manager make sure their team is not stressed?If my team is stressed, does it mean I'm a bad manager?I answer all of this and more. We talk about what makes a great leader and manager, even in the face of a stressed out team. 

In this episode with my client Michelle, we explore how she transformed her relationship with her job at a big tech face-paced, high pressured company without ever leaving.Listen for how Michelle faced her feelings of fear, nervousness and urgency, and used what she learned to get better at her job and gain more responsibility, which always leads to raises, promotions and choices.

My client Megan Atashroo and I take a trip down memory lane to when she was epically burnt out and almost de-moted herself. (De-moted is when you purposefully take a lower level job). Luckily she didn't because now her team gets to experience her incredible leadership and guidance, which has impacted her organization and HUNDREDS of individual lives including the many, many patients who receive care at Stanford Healthcare, where she works.Megan shares all kinds of corporate war stories and deep wisdom about how she approached our work. She also reflects back on how she reduced her weeks from 60+ hours to a solid 40 even though she's more senior and has taken on more responsibility at work than ever before. It's a do not miss episode!

Do you ever want to drop kick your boss? LOL, in a non-violent, metaphorical way (because that’s our vibe here)But seriously, I see so many smart, kick ass, impactful, senior women getting all kinds of tangled up about their boss.Your boss is not your dictator.Your boss is not mad at you.Your boss doesn't secretly hate you.And even if these things were true, your focus on them only just keeps you focused on them.Your boss CAN BE your biggest ally to all the goods you want.Managing UP as well as you manage your team is how.Learn how to leverage your boss to help yourself expand, get promoted, gain invaluable knowledge and make more money.It’s in this episode.Afterwards, rate and review the podcast and be entered to win a pair of AirPod Pros and $200 of glossy, saucey, bossy gifts. Giveaway closes on June 30, 2022.

Do performance reviews make you feel like Kendall cutting a cucumber?Confusing. Uncomfortable. Disappointing.You leave feeling okay/good because you never get super bad feedback, but also wondering WHERE THE HELL is your money/promotion.BEEN THERE.Let’s Performance Review Myth Bust for a sec.Because here’s the dill (HAHA get it?!) - performance reviews CAN BE the keys to the castle aka money aka promos aka C suite aka your dreams.You just have to know how to use them in this way.And also know what’s IN the way of getting the most juice for the squeeze.Episode 15 of the ‘Burnout to Boss” pod is a MUST listen because you have to do performance reviews anyways, so USE THEM FOR YOU.Afterwards, rate and review the podcast and be entered to win a pair of AirPod Pros and $200 of glossy, saucey, bossy gifts. Giveaway closes on June 30, 2022.

You think that your promotion is in your boss’s hands.That the boss just has to decide.That the boss either likes you or doesn’t.That the boss has a special formula.And you spend your time thinking about what will make your boss just do it.Or thinking about why they haven't done it yet.You think that if you can figure out your boss, you can get the promotion.But that isn’t the problem.The problem is that all of your energy goes towards thinking about your boss rather than thinking about how to make impact.YOU ARE THE ONE WHO CREATES A PROMOTION.When you’re thinking about and focusing on creating impact, the other pieces come easily.You will begin to create unapologetic clarity about what’s most important.You will leave behind or delegate the appropriate tasks to the appropriate people/levels.You will go find answers to the things that are confusing without drama or insecurity.Essentially, you get to work in the most efficient way possible. You can’t miss this podcast - episode 14. Guarantee your next promotion. Create it now.Afterwards, rate and review the podcast and be entered to win a pair of AirPod Pros and $200 of glossy, saucey, bossy gifts. Giveaway closes on June 30, 2022.