Ask Chardee.

Chardee McEwan-Guzda
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Ask Chardee is a weekly conversation for leaders, founders, and high-performers who refuse to leave their humanity at the door. Board Certified. Psychotherapist and Executive Coach Chardee McEwan-Guzda draws on 15+ years of work with leadership teams to explore what actually holds people together under pressure, standards, identity, delegation, burnout, and the quiet moments no one talks about in the boardroom. New episodes every Monday. For leaders who are done pretending they have it all figured out. 🔗 chardeemcewan-guzda.com

  1. 19 hrs ago

    When Your Old Life Stops Fitting

    There's a feeling that comes with real growth that almost nobody talks about. Not the breakthrough feeling. Not the clarity or the excitement. It's what comes after, the quiet sense that the life you're living no longer quite matches who you're becoming. In this episode of Ask Chardee, we're exploring why your old life starts to feel like a coat that's a size too small, and why that feeling is not a problem. It's information. We talk about why this happens, the temptation to ignore it, what this feeling isn't (it's not ingratitude, not restlessness, not a signal to burn everything down), and how to begin aligning your life with who you've become... starting with the smallest possible step. 📌 Find me: Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ chardeemcewan-guzda.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book a call: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardee_magicwoman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardeemagicwoman⁠⁠⁠

  2. 13 July

    When the People Around You Don't Change With You

    Sometimes when you grow... the people around you don't. And nobody warns you about how that feels. In this episode of Ask Chardee, we're having the conversation most personal growth spaces avoid: what actually happens to your relationships when you change. We talk about the three ways people respond when you grow... expansion, friction, and distance. We talk about the grief of outgrowing a relationship, or feeling someone outgrow you. And we talk about how to navigate all of it with integrity, without guilt, and without abandoning who you're becoming. If your relationships have felt different, more strained, or more complicated since you started doing this work, I want you to know: you are not imagining it. And you are not alone in it. 📌 Find me: Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ chardeemcewan-guzda.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book a call: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardee_magicwoman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardeemagicwoman⁠⁠⁠

  3. 6 July

    What Integration Actually Is

    You did the work. The insight landed. Something genuinely shifted. So why does life still feel... strange? In this episode of Ask Chardee, we're opening July with the conversation nobody warns you about... what actually happens after the breakthrough. We talk about the difference between insight and integration. Why insight is the moment you see something clearly, and integration is the long, unglamorous process of your whole life, your habits, your relationships, your identity, catching up to what you now know. If you've been feeling a quiet disorientation since May or June, like the shift happened, but life hasn't quite caught up yet... this episode will explain exactly why, and what to do with it. You're not going backwards. You're integrating. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. 📌 Find me: Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ chardeemcewan-guzda.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book a call: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardee_magicwoman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardeemagicwoman⁠⁠⁠

  4. 29 June

    The Woman I Had to Leave Behind

    This one is personal. To close out June, I'm doing something I've never quite done before on Ask Chardee... I'm telling you about Bonnie. Bonnie was me. My twenties. A version of myself who was doing the absolute best she could, but living by standards that, if I'm honest, were slowly breaking her. Standards she hadn't chosen. Standards she'd absorbed from relationships, from experiences, from messages she'd received about what she deserved. In this episode, I'm sharing the story of who she was, what she tolerated, the moment something shifted, and why I had to gently, lovingly, let her go. Because everything we've talked about in June, standards, tolerations, alter egos, self-respect... it all lives inside this story. And if you have your own version of Bonnie? This one is for her too. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. 📌 Find me: Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ chardeemcewan-guzda.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book a call: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardee_magicwoman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardeemagicwoman⁠⁠⁠

  5. 22 June

    The Quiet Power of Self-Respect

    Self-respect isn't something you feel. It's something you build. And most people are building it... or eroding it... without even realising it's happening. In this episode in June, we're dropping the truth that ties everything together: Self-respect is both the source and the result of every standard you hold, every toleration you end, and every promise you keep to yourself. We're talking about what self-respect is actually made of and it's not confidence, it's not self-belief, and it's not something you can decide to have in a moment of inspiration. We're talking about why it's quiet, how it compounds, and what it looks like to start building it from exactly where you are right now. This is the episode that makes everything else make sense. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. 📌 Find me: Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ chardeemcewan-guzda.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a call: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardee_magicwoman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardeemagicwoman⁠⁠⁠

  6. 15 June

    What You Tolerate Becomes Your Life

    There's something in your life right now that you've been tolerating. You know what it is. You've probably known for a while. And if you're honest... it's costing you more than you've let yourself admit. In this episode of Ask Chardee, we're having the conversation most people avoid: What you tolerate doesn't stay neutral. It becomes your normal. And your normal becomes your life. We're talking about the five tolerations that cost the most...in your stress levels, your relationships, your sense of self-worth, your energy, and your environment. And we're getting honest about why smart, capable people keep tolerating things they know aren't working, and what it actually takes to stop. This one is going to hit. But it's going to hit the way the truth hits... like something you already knew but finally have permission to say out loud. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. 📌 Find me: Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ chardeemcewan-guzda.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a call: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardee_magicwoman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardeemagicwoman⁠⁠⁠

  7. 8 June

    The Alter Ego Advantage with Dr. Shalando Jones

    What if the most confident, authoritative, fully-expressed version of you isn't something you have to become... it's something you already are? In this episode of Ask Chardee, I'm joined by the incredible Dr. Shalando Jones PhD in communication, public speaking coach, university professor, and author of The Heart of Public Speaking for a conversation that is going to change how you think about identity, confidence, and showing up. We're talking about alter egos. Not faking it until you make it. Not putting on a costume and pretending. Something far more powerful than that. An alter ego is conditioning. It's developing the characteristics already inside you and giving them permission to show up. Dr. Jones breaks down exactly how to create one, how to name it (she introduces us to her own alter ego, the iconic Scarlett Noir 🖤), and why this simple, underutilised tool might be the missing piece in how you step into your next level. This one is a treat. I promise. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode: What "alter ego" actually means and why you're already using one without realising itThe three-step process for creating an alter ego that actually worksWhy an alter ego is completely different from "faking it until you make it"How to name your alter ego and why the name matters more than you thinkMeet Scarlett Noir: Dr. Jones's own alter ego and the story behind herHow Chardee's alter ego "Bonnie" got retired (and why that matters)Where to find Dr. Jones and her book The Heart of Public Speaking📌 Reminder Dr. Jones's book: The Heart of Public SpeakingYouTube: @speechcoach.shalandoInstagram: @speechcoach.shalandoTikTok: @speechcoach.shalando 📌 Find me: Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ chardeemcewan-guzda.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a call: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardee_magicwoman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardeemagicwoman⁠⁠⁠

  8. 1 June

    Your Standards Are Creating Your Future

    You've been told your future is built by ambition. By how hard you work. By how big you dream. But what if that's not actually true? In this episode of Ask Chardee, we're opening June with a truth that might be the most important reframe you hear all year: Your standards... not your goals... are creating your future. Right now. Every single day. We're talking about the five areas of your life where your current standards are already determining what comes next: your relationships, your health, your business, your environment, and your emotional life. And we're getting honest about the gap between the future you say you want, and the standards you're actually living by. If your life isn't matching your ambition, this episode will show you exactly why, and what to do about it. This is the life your standards create. Let's talk about it. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. 📌 Find me: Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ chardeemcewan-guzda.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a call: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardee_magicwoman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chardeemagicwoman⁠⁠⁠

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Ask Chardee is a weekly conversation for leaders, founders, and high-performers who refuse to leave their humanity at the door. Board Certified. Psychotherapist and Executive Coach Chardee McEwan-Guzda draws on 15+ years of work with leadership teams to explore what actually holds people together under pressure, standards, identity, delegation, burnout, and the quiet moments no one talks about in the boardroom. New episodes every Monday. For leaders who are done pretending they have it all figured out. 🔗 chardeemcewan-guzda.com

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  • Creator
    Chardee McEwan-Guzda
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    96
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Chardee McEwan-Guzda
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    Ask Chardee.

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