The FEW Collective

The FEW Collective

Welcome to The FEW Collective Podcast – Partners in Your Purpose This is more than a podcast. It’s a sanctuary for elite executive women who lead with vision and crave deeper alignment between their purpose and their power. Each episode brings you into intimate conversations with trailblazing C-suite leaders, thought partners, and change-makers who are redefining success on their own terms. Through the lens of The FEW Collective's Four Pillars—Purpose Discovery, Peer Support, Growth, and Legacy—we explore the real stories behind high-stakes decisions, personal reinvention, and the pursuit of impact. Whether you're navigating boardroom dynamics, building a values-driven career, or mentoring the next generation, this podcast offers the clarity, encouragement, and tools to lead with authenticity and leave a lasting legacy. Join us—and discover what’s possible when executive women come together to lead with intention, influence, and heart

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    When Your Success No Longer Fits: How to Redefine Winning in a New Season

    Candace Langston and  Cunningham discuss a common “Pivot Moment” when life looks successful externally—title, income, influence—but feels misaligned internally. They emphasize that outgrowing a former definition of success can bring real grief, especially for high performers, and that gratitude can coexist with recognizing misfit. They explore why women stay too long (attachment to rewarded roles, others’ comfort, fear of being misunderstood, confusing external proof with internal peace, “zombie mode”) and reframe redefining success as refining rather than shrinking.  Their practical framework is permission, assessment, and experimentation before exit, with guiding questions about the cost of success, what feels life-giving versus draining, who you’re becoming, and what you’d change if no one were watching. They close with a journaling call to update success intentionally and view pivoting as wisdom. Find Candace Langston Find Amy Cunningham Questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you...send us a text! To stay up to date with The FEW Collective Email us. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple or Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. You can also follow all the behind-the-scenes content on Instagram & Linkedin. Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

    22 min

  2. 6 APR

    The Messy Middle: What to Do When You’ve Outgrown Your Life but Haven’t Built the Next One Yet

    Candace Langston and Amy Cunningham continue The Few Collective’s pivot series by discussing “The Messy Middle,” the in-between season when the old life no longer fits and the next one isn’t formed yet, which can be especially uncomfortable for high-performing women who rely on clarity, momentum, and productivity. They frame messiness as transformation, emphasizing that rest and boredom can be productive and that the messy middle is often where a new identity quietly forms alongside grief for the old self and unmet expectations.  Candace shares a “rebranding” concept learned in marketing—sometimes you must “go dark” before emerging with a new identity. They explain why achievers struggle with ambiguity, worth tied to competence, and responsibility to others, and offer four anchors: normalize the season, create stability through routines, stay in wise conversation, and take small experimental actions. They warn against forcing certainty, comparison, self-labeling as broken, isolation, and interpreting the middle as failure, ending with a weekly practice to name what you’ve outgrown and take one action honoring who you’re becoming. Find Candace Langston Find Amy Cunningham Questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you...send us a text! To stay up to date with The FEW Collective Email us. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple or Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. You can also follow all the behind-the-scenes content on Instagram & Linkedin. Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

    42 min

  3. 23 MAR

    Feeling Stuck? A 4D Pivot to Move from Confusion to Traction

    Candace Langston and Amy Cunningham continue The Few Collective’s series on pivoting by sharing a repeatable “4D” framework—Diagnose, Design, De-risk, Decide—meant for transitions like layoffs, leadership shifts, burnout, reinvention, and identity shock. They argue people don’t need clarity first; they need traction, because action produces clarity, even through “messy movement.”  They recap pivot archetypes to reduce shame, then explain the "4D's"  Diagnose what changed and the root behind feelings like boredom, resentment, or exhaustion and recognize patterns and understand your situation without attaching drama to it. Design focuses on two to three plausible paths as experiments, not permanent vows. De-risk means testing hypotheses through conversations, small projects, and real-world signals. Decide is a time-bound 30–90 day commitment based on evidence, with guardrails like stabilizing before strategizing, keeping identity bigger than title, and controlling a calm narrative. They end with a seven-day pivot sprint and emphasize compassion, support, and purposeful adjustment. Find Amy Cunningham Find Candace Langston Questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you...send us a text! To stay up to date with The FEW Collective Email us. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple or Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. You can also follow all the behind-the-scenes content on Instagram & Linkedin. Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

    39 min

  4. 9 MAR

    The Neuroscience of Pivots: Why Change Feels So Hard (and How Your Brain Rewires) with Jessica Billet, Part 2

    The Few Collective at Rockefeller Plaza, Candace Langston and Amy Cunningham continue their talks with Jessica Billet , a neuroscience-informed leadership and change management expert and the founder of Excelsior Professional Services, where she equips leaders and organizations with brain-based strategies to drive sustainable performance, reduce burnout, and lead change more effectively. She has worked with Fortune 50 companies on complex transformations including mergers and acquisitions, cloud transformations, succession planning, and enterprise change initiatives. Known for her ability to bring clarity to complexity, Jessica specializes in translating neuroscience, behavioral science, and habit science into practical leadership tools that actually change how people work. In Part 2, The FEW Collective speak about why major pivots feel so destabilizing through a neuroscience lens. Jessica explains three disrupted brain systems: the hippocampus (mental maps and prediction errors that trigger cortisol), the amygdala (alarm response tied to safety and survival, intensified by losing a paycheck), and the basal ganglia (automation/habits that must be rebuilt without clear rewards).  She breaks down why uncertainty feels physically uncomfortable via sustained cortisol, erratic dopamine, and reduced serotonin, and how losing an expected future creates disorientation and grief. The conversation also covers thought loops, blame/shame as protective mechanisms, and how the reticular activating system filters evidence to reinforce imposter-syndrome or confidence narratives, ending with rapid-fire personal questions. Find Amy Cunningham Find Candace Langston Find Jessica Billet Questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you...send us a text! To stay up to date with The FEW Collective Email us. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple or Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. You can also follow all the behind-the-scenes content on Instagram & Linkedin. Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

    35 min

  5. 9 MAR

    Pivoting Without a Plan: Jessica Billet on Predictability, Worth, and Brain-Based Leadership, Part 1

    The Few Collective continues their series on unchosen pivots with guest Jessica Billet, a neuroscience-informed leadership and change management expert and the founder of Excelsior Professional Services, where she equips leaders and organizations with brain-based strategies to drive sustainable performance, reduce burnout, and lead change more effectively. She has worked with Fortune 50 companies on complex transformations including mergers and acquisitions, cloud transformations, succession planning, and enterprise change initiatives. Known for her ability to bring clarity to complexity, Jessica specializes in translating neuroscience, behavioral science, and habit science into practical leadership tools that actually change how people work. Jessica is a change management leader who was laid off after surviving eight rounds of layoffs amid constant leadership turnover. Eight months later, she still lacks a full-time role but has gained clarity, developing brain-based leadership and “rewire” workshops that treat resistance to change as a neurological signal.  Jessica shares that the hardest impact was losing predictability, explaining how prediction error triggers stress physiology and can lead to compulsive checking behaviors similar to doom scrolling. She describes realizing she equated busyness with worth and created new daily containers to restore predictability, enabling her to publish two books, build 65+ hours of training, and help 30+ people earn their CCMP, ultimately shifting from chasing validation to pursuing alignment with her values. Find Amy Cunningham Find Candace Langston Find Jessica Billet Questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you...send us a text! To stay up to date with The FEW Collective Email us. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple or Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. You can also follow all the behind-the-scenes content on Instagram & Linkedin. Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

    29 min

  6. 23 FEB

    Pivot Archetypes: How to Reinvent Without an Identity Crisis, Part 2

    Candace Langston and Amy Cunningham continue The Few Collectives' conversation about pivoting by introducing “pivot archetypes” and why pivots can feel deeply personal when identity gets fused to what you do. They explain identity as the many “hats” you wear beyond a job title and define archetypes as a mirror for self-leadership rather than a box. The episode highlights several archetypes, including the laid-off high performer (and the identity shock of being cut), the golden handcuffs executive (high pay but depleted peace and relationships), the burnout achiever (performance as safety and the need to redesign, not always quit), and the AI-disrupted professional (upskilling and moving from tasks to judgment, strategy, creativity, leadership, and relationship skills).  They share practical pivot guidance—experiment before you give up, manage identity instead of title, and protect relationships by controlling the narrative—plus reflection prompts: choose your archetype, ask what staying the same is costing you, and run a small 30-day test. They close by emphasizing that pivoting is proof you’re paying attention and preview a next episode interview with neuroscience and leadership expert Jessica Billet about transition, with more info to learn at republiccg.com. Find Amy Cunningham Find Candace Langston Questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you...send us a text! To stay up to date with The FEW Collective Email us. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple or Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. You can also follow all the behind-the-scenes content on Instagram & Linkedin. Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

    16 min

  7. 23 FEB

    Pivoting as a Leadership Skill: Identity Shifts, Resume Shock, and Messy Movement, Part 1

    In this episode of The Few Collectives' Podcast on pivoting, hosts Candace Langston and Amy Cunningham explore why clarity comes from movement, not waiting to feel ready. They frame pivoting as an intentional leadership skill—often an identity shift more than a job change—whether it’s a small daily adjustment or a major career plot twist driven by mergers, reorganizations, layoffs, market shifts, or changing values. Amy shares her own pivot story across ministry, social work and child protective services, community mental health leadership, healthcare leadership development and succession planning, and eventually finance at Republic, emphasizing the consistent purpose of helping people.  The episode also addresses common emotions like imposter syndrome and guilt, and uses a real-time travel crisis as an analogy for turning around when things feel wobbly. They close by myth-busting pivot misconceptions, including needing clarity before moving, fearing judgment, believing a pivot must be a giant leap, and thinking the next step must be perfect—encouraging “messy movement,” traction, and treating change as an experiment for gathering data. Find Amy Cunningham Find Candace Langston Questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you...send us a text! To stay up to date with The FEW Collective Email us. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple or Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. You can also follow all the behind-the-scenes content on Instagram & Linkedin. Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

    24 min

  8. 9 FEB

    Breaking Barriers: Identifying Habits That Hinder Women's Leadership Growth

    In this episode of The FEW Collective, Forum of Executive Women Collective, hosted by Candace Langston and co-host Amy Cunningham, discussions focus on detrimental habits that can hinder women's leadership growth. Key topics covered include the need to people-please, ruminating on mistakes, the queen of the castle mentality, and mean girl energy. Through personal anecdotes, psychology-based insights, and actionable advice, the hosts emphasize the importance of shifting these behaviors to build a more supportive and collaborative work environment. They encourage women to identify and work on habits that might be limiting their potential, fostering a culture where everyone can thrive. Find Amy Cunningham: www.linkedin.com/in/amy-cunningham-leadership-dev Find Candace Langston: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candacelangston/ Questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you...send us a text! To stay up to date with The FEW Collective Email us. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple or Spotify or where ever you get your podcasts. You can also follow all the behind-the-scenes content on Instagram & Linkedin. Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

    28 min
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Welcome to The FEW Collective Podcast – Partners in Your Purpose This is more than a podcast. It’s a sanctuary for elite executive women who lead with vision and crave deeper alignment between their purpose and their power. Each episode brings you into intimate conversations with trailblazing C-suite leaders, thought partners, and change-makers who are redefining success on their own terms. Through the lens of The FEW Collective's Four Pillars—Purpose Discovery, Peer Support, Growth, and Legacy—we explore the real stories behind high-stakes decisions, personal reinvention, and the pursuit of impact. Whether you're navigating boardroom dynamics, building a values-driven career, or mentoring the next generation, this podcast offers the clarity, encouragement, and tools to lead with authenticity and leave a lasting legacy. Join us—and discover what’s possible when executive women come together to lead with intention, influence, and heart

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  • Creator
    The FEW Collective
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    20
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