The Heightening

Dr. Yolanda Caldwell
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Are you contemplating what's next? Have you had success in your life and looking to grow in other areas? You're in the right space. This podcast is the musing of Dr. Yolanda Caldwell, an executive, international speaker, consultant, community leader, wife, mother, and friend about how to live the life you were created to live. The Heightening is a gathering space for women to share how to live an authentic, intentional, and empowered life. Guests give insights into their life choices and offer suggestions to help others as they consider the options before them. Visit www.theheightening.com

  1. APR 5

    Navigating Transitions with Intentionality

    🎙️ The Heightening – Leading with Intention Episode 37: Navigating Transitions with Intentionality Host: Dr. Yolanda Caldwell 🔍 Episode Overview In this empowering episode, Yolanda Caldwell explores how to navigate life and career transitions with intentionality. Whether you're shifting into a new role, contemplating a career pivot, or walking through a personal season of change, Yolanda reminds us that transitions are less about perfection and more about process and progress. She shares practical strategies for recognizing when change is necessary, assessing where you are, exploring new possibilities, and embracing each step with confidence and clarity. 🧠 What You’ll Learn How to recognize the signs that it's time for a changeWhat it means to assess your current season with honesty and curiosityTools to explore new opportunities aligned with your values and strengthsSteps to plan your transition with clarity and flexibilityWays to build resilience and embrace the journey—not just the destination ✨ Key Takeaways ✅ Misalignment with your values, loss of energy, and a desire for growth are clear signs you're ready for something new ✅Self-reflection, feedback, and past successes help you uncover your unique value ✅Exploring opportunities and learning something new can reignite your passion ✅Transitions are successful when approached with clear goals, flexible plans, and a growth mindset ✅Small steps still move you forward—celebrate your progress and give yourself grace 📣 Call to Action Think about a transition you're currently navigating or anticipating. Recognize the need for changeAssess your current situationExplore new opportunitiesPlan and take intentional actionEmbrace the transition with courageThis week, choose one actionable step to move forward. Then, share your insights or questions with Yolanda on LinkedIn or social media. She’d love to hear how you're leading with intention! 🔜 Coming Up Next: Episode 38 Why Leaders Need Coaching (And How It Works) In the next episode, Yolanda breaks down the value of coaching. You don’t want to miss this conversation—it’s a game-changer for anyone ready to lead at the next level. 🎶 Until next time—keep leading with intention! Subscribe at www.TheHeightening.com Comment and Follow us on Instagram @TheHeightening.com #TheHeightening #LeadingWithIntention #NavigateTransitions #CareerShift #LifeTransitions #PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #NextChapter #SelfLeadership #LeadYourselfWell #EmpoweredLeadership #IntentionalGrowth

    11 min

  2. MAR 26

    Strength-Based Leadership – Leveraging What You Do Best

    Overview The Heightening Podcast is an extension of Dr. Yolanda's coaching program. A program that informs and empowers women to live the life they were created to live. We talk about life-touching and life-changing topics to plan life strategies that result in personal and professional growth. Series: Leading with Intention! 🎙️ Episode 36: Strength-Based Leadership – Leveraging What You Do Best 🔍 Episode Overview In this episode, Yolanda explores the powerful concept of strength-based leadership, an approach that shifts the focus from fixing weaknesses to amplifying what you naturally do best. If you're feeling stretched thin or stuck in roles that drain you, this episode is your permission slip to lean into your strengths and lead from your zone of genius. 🧠 What You’ll Learn Why the most effective leaders build on their strengths—not their shortcomingsHow working in your strength zone boosts confidence, energy, and productivityPractical ways to identify your strengths through self-reflection and feedbackStrategies to align your work and leadership style with what you naturally do best 💪 Key Takeaways Fixing weaknesses is draining; doubling down on strengths is energizingYou’re more efficient and engaged when working in areas that come naturallySelf-awareness and feedback are key to identifying your unique talentsLeading with strengths creates a positive ripple effect across teams and organizations 📌 Call to Action Take a strengths assessment like CliftonStrengths or VIA Character Survey Here's the link for a free assessment https://theheighteningpodcast.pro.viasurvey.org/Reflect: What activities leave you feeling energized and accomplished?Start reshaping your work around your top strengths for maximum impact 🔜 Coming Up Next... Next week, we’ll explore navigating transitions with intentionality—because leadership and career pivots are inevitable, but they don’t have to derail your progress. Learn how to embrace change with clarity and purpose. 🎶 Until next time—keep leading with intention! Subscribe at www.TheHeightening.com Comment and Follow us on Instagram @TheHeightening.com

    11 min

  3. MAR 19

    Learning & Development – Becoming Your Own Best Investment

    🎙️ The Heightening: Leading with Intention  Hosted by Dr. Yolanda Caldwell, ACC Episode Summary: As leaders, we invest in our teams, families, and organizations—but how often do we invest in ourselves? In this episode of The Heightening, we’re exploring the importance of continuous learning and development. True leadership requires growth, and that means making yourself a priority. You’ll discover how to cultivate a leadership growth mindset, practical ways to invest in your development, and how small, intentional learning investments can transform your career and life. 📌 Key Takeaways: ✔️ Great leaders never stop learning—stay curious, seek mentorship, and challenge your own perspectives. ✔️ Learning isn’t just formal education—it’s books, podcasts, courses, and hands-on experience. ✔️ Mentorship and coaching provide invaluable insight—learning from others accelerates your growth. ✔️ Growth doesn’t happen by accident. Be intentional about your personal and professional development. Next Steps: ✅ Your Action Step: Choose one way to invest in your development this month! Whether it’s reading a leadership book, finding a mentor, or enrolling in a course, commit to prioritizing your growth. 📩 Let’s Connect! Have a leadership or learning question? DM me on LinkedIn. Next Episode Preview: Next time on The Heightening, we’re talking about strength-based leadership—because success isn’t about fixing weaknesses; it’s about maximizing strengths. You won’t want to miss it! 🎧 Subscribe & Share! If you found this episode helpful, be sure to subscribe and leave a review. Share it with someone who needs a reminder to invest in themselves! 🎶 Until next time—keep leading with intention! Subscribe at www.TheHeightening.com Comment and Follow us on Instagram @TheHeightening.com

    12 min

  4. MAR 12

    The Self-Leadership Framework – Clarity, Confidence, and Consistency

    Overview The Heightening Podcast is an extension of Dr. Yolanda's coaching program, which informs and empowers women to live the life they were created to live. We talk about life-touching and life-changing topics to plan life strategies that result in personal and professional growth. Series – Leading with Intention Episode 34: The Self-Leadership Framework – Clarity, Confidence, and Consistency 🎧 Welcome back to The Heightening – Leading with Intention Series! In our last episode, we explored the importance of self-leadership and how it serves as the foundation for personal and professional success. Thank you to all the listeners who connected with me on LinkedIn—I’m excited to hear that this journey resonates with you! Today, Dr. Yolanda Caldwell, ACC, continues our exploration by diving into the Self-Leadership Framework, focusing on three pivotal elements: Clarity, Confidence, and Consistency. These building blocks will help you lead yourself with greater intention and impact. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: ✅ The role of clarity in defining your purpose and values ✅ How confidence helps you trust in your abilities and decisions ✅ Why consistency is essential for aligning actions with your goals Key Takeaways: 🔹 Clarity: Defining Your Purpose and Values   Clarity is the cornerstone of self-leadership—it helps you make intentional decisions and resist external pressures. Without it, you may find yourself drifting without direction. Three ways to cultivate clarity: ✔ Identify Your Core Values – Reflect on the non-negotiable principles in your life. A recent GQ article highlights how defining personal values is essential for growth and decision-making. ✔ Set Clear Goals – Determine what success looks like for you, both personally and professionally. ✔ Engage in Regular Reflection – Allocate time to assess whether your actions align with your values and goals. 🔹 Confidence: Trusting in Your Abilities and Decisions   Confidence isn’t about always having the right answers—it’s about trusting yourself to navigate challenges effectively. Three ways to build confidence: ✔ Acknowledge Your Strengths – Recognize and celebrate your skills and achievements. ✔ Embrace Vulnerability – Being open and authentic fosters meaningful connections and growth. ✔ Seek Continuous Improvement – Engage in learning opportunities that expand your knowledge and skills. 🔹 Consistency: Aligning Actions with Your Intentions   Consistency is the bridge between intention and achievement—it’s about ensuring your daily actions reflect your long-term objectives. How to enhance consistency: ✔ Develop Routine Practices – Create habits that support your goals and well-being. ✔ Monitor Your Progress – Regularly assess whether your actions align with your desired path. ✔ Be Adaptable – Adjust strategies as you grow and evolve in your leadership journey. Your Call to Action: Choose one of the three elements—Clarity, Confidence, or Consistency — and commit to strengthening it this week. For Clarity: Take an assessment to identify your values or spend time journaling about how you live them out. Reflect on moments when you act contrary to them—how does that impact your leadership? For Confidence: Have a conversation about one of your strengths—explore how to use it to support...

    9 min

  5. MAR 4

    Leading with Intention: Why Self-Leadership Matters

    Overview The Heightening Podcast is an extension of Dr. Yolanda's coaching program. A program that informs and empowers women to live the life they were created to live. We talk about life-touching and life-changing topics to plan life strategies that result in personal and professional growth. Series: Leading with Intention! Episode 33: Why Self-Leadership Matters 🎧 Welcome to the first episode of The Heightening – Leading with Intention Series! In this episode, host Dr. Yolanda Caldwell, ACC sets the foundation for the series by exploring the power of self-leadership. Whether you’re a high-achieving professional, an executive leading a team, or someone navigating a career transition, this conversation will help you realign, refocus, and lead with greater intention. What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✅ Why self-leadership is the foundation of impactful leadership ✅ How clarity, confidence, and consistency shape your leadership journey ✅ The cost of neglecting self-leadership—and how to shift toward growth Key Takeaways:🔹 Leadership Starts with You – Before you can effectively lead others, you must lead yourself with intentionality, self-awareness, and a commitment to growth. 🔹 The Three Pillars of Self-Leadership – Clarity: Knowing who you are, what you value, and where you want to go.Confidence: Trusting yourself and making empowered decisions.Consistency: Aligning daily actions with your vision and goals. 🔹 The Cost of Neglecting Self-Leadership – When you don’t prioritize leading yourself, it can show up as stagnation in your career, burnout in your personal life, and disconnection within your team. Your Call to Action:Take five minutes to reflect on your leadership journey. Ask yourself: What does self-leadership mean to me?Where am I leading with confidence, and where do I feel uncertain?What small action can I take today to lead myself more intentionally? 💬 Let’s Connect! Share your insights from today’s episode—DM Yolanda on LinkedIn or tag #TheHeightening on social media with your reflections. Next Episode: The Self-Leadership FrameworkIn Episode 34, we’ll break down The Self-Leadership Framework—Clarity, Confidence, and Consistency—and how you can strengthen these areas in your leadership journey. 🔔 Subscribe now so you don’t miss it! And if you’re already thinking, I need to work on this, let’s connect. Whether for your executive team or for you personally, Yolanda facilitates leadership development that transforms how you lead. 🎶 Until next time—keep leading with intention! Subscribe at www.TheHeightening.com Comment and Follow us on Instagram @TheHeightening.com zk0mNsOu3bagQcEkLdCp

    9 min
  6. Setting Your Gaze with Tiffany Dixon

    02/03/2022

    Setting Your Gaze with Tiffany Dixon

    SUMMARY How to stay focused on your path and realize your goals Overview The Heightening Podcast is a coaching program that educates and empowers women to live the life they were created to live. We share life-touching and changing topics and feature experts in personal growth and success. Brief Guest Bio Tiffany is the founder of Rubies of Wisdom Ministries and Tiffany Dixon, LLC. With creativity and spiritual discernment, she empowers and inspires with classes, workshops, and coaching. Tiffany is a life and purpose coach. She has many roles. She is a wife, a mother, a corporate manager, entrepreneur, certified life and purpose coach. Episode Summary To stay focused and realize your goals, you have to make changes in any area of your life. However, making change requires going through a lot of transitions. Whenever we sit down to write our resolutions and goals, we normally horn in to spend time with ourselves and meditate within our spirits. This leads us into finding one word that will help us through everything we intend to do. Working on yourself and applying this one word in every area of your life will drive the desire for change to make yourself better maybe personally or even professionally. Focus Having focus as your one word and applying it throughout everything you do without disruptions can help you realize your goals. However, a lot of distractions such as socializing, binge-watching, mindless eating, or spending without planning can ultimately disrupt your focus. Whenever you have something in your life that is taking you away from your purpose or goals, you need to replace it with something that's going to bring you to your goal or help you focus. This replacement process is known as transition. Transition Transition is a mindset you need to switch the way you view it. It is allowing you to look at everything with a different lens. You need to change your lens and look at it from a different perspective. Distractions Distractions are things that interfere with our focus by interrupting our transition. Distractions such as social media can make things look like life is so perfect yet they can get you to the point of not being able to handle it anymore. That’s when you should seek transition and desire things to be different. You have to set your gaze on the path before you without getting attracted to the distractions. The following can help you overcome your distractions. Honest and consistent evaluation    Look, think, and decide       Take both physical and spiritual action To all the ladies out there, we are kingdom builders. We are citizens of the kingdom and it's time for us to make an impact in every area of our lives. God has taken us from level to level, glory to glory. He has elevated us in our minds, our bodies, and our spirits to go look at our goals. Therefore, stay on the path and keep going. Heighten yourself along your lines. Episode Sponsors This episode is sponsored by Paint Jamz. No more average painting party. Jam to your favorite tunes while unleashing your inner Picasso -  live hosts and DJs are available to ignite the canvas and the dance floor. Check them out on their Instagram @PaintJamz  invite them to paint...

    36 min
  7. Achieving Purpose Intentionally with Mallory Rothstein

    01/31/2022

    Achieving Purpose Intentionally with Mallory Rothstein

    Overview The Heightening Podcast is a coaching program that educates and empowers women to live the life they were created to live. We share life-touching and changing topics and feature experts in personal growth and success. Brief Guest Bio Mallory Rothstein is a woman of faith who is on a mission to help teens and assistants level upon their development journey, to fulfill their purpose, and have a greater business impact. She found Learn What Matters and More than an admin to fulfill her mission. In 2016, Mallory joined Google as an administrative business partner in search ads. She since then supported 20+ leaders in search ads and people operations. She is a TEDx speaker and already booked another TEDx in 2022 because she is someone always full of ideas worth sharing. Learn more about Mal at www.learnwhatmatters.org  www.morethananadmin.com Episode Summary In this episode, we discuss how one can live a purposeful life through being more intentional. With the world of information and thousands of energizing ideas every day, many people still live either purposeless or unfulfilled because of confusion or lack of being intentional. Being passionate This is when you love and put all your resources into whatever you do and keep on loving it no matter what you go through. Being passionate about your job, dreams or interests can make you more intentional. Having faith in others This is when you have faith in others and get more concerned about their welfare. By having faith, you also empower them to be more confident and proactive. This makes you and everybody around you intentional. Living an authentic life This is when you really know who you are and constantly check who you are or who you want to become. By being authentic, you become self-aware and only speak through your actions with little self-sacrifice. Being self-aware To be self-aware, spend a lot of time by yourself and engage in activities such as solo trips. This will enable you to interact with many people who will help you learn, understand and respect other people's cultures. It also draws you closer to God and trust in him. Being influential The other way of being intentional is through being influential. Talking to the right people about life matters such as dreams or interests can keep you influential to people and more intentional to yourself. Sharing your successes and failures The other way to be intentional is by telling people your own life experiences and research. Talking about people's personal development and self-awareness, health and wellness make you more intentional even to others. Episode Sponsors The Heightening has introduced this year, a new Affirmation Pack. Visit www.theheightening.com to get information about The Evolution of a Queen, the affirmation pack that will help you live the life that you were created to live. Subscribe, Review, Share, and Tag Us! If you enjoyed the podcast, please subscribe, review, and share it on your favorite social media platform and tag us! Subscribe at www.TheHeightening.com Comment and Follow us on Instagram @TheHeightening.com Comment and Follow us on Twitter @TheHeightening Engage in conversation on Facebook a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheHeightening" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    39 min
  8. Thriving through Change with Dr. Sheree Bryant Sekou

    01/20/2022

    Thriving through Change with Dr. Sheree Bryant Sekou

    Overview The Heightening Podcast is a coaching program that educates and empowers women to live the life they were created to live. We share life-touching and changing topics and feature experts in personal growth and success. Brief Guest Bio Dr. Sheree is a leadership and learning consultant, international facilitator, and positive change catalyst. Her work is grounded in a strengths-based philosophy of searching for the best in individuals and organizations. Episode Summary In this episode, we discuss some tips you can use to help you thrive along even as the pandemic continue to hit the world. Many people all over the world were caught unaware of the sudden eruption of the Covid-19 pandemic. Travel plans were canceled, people lost their jobs as some were also forced to work from home. Consequently, people learned to be proactive and innovative other than sticking to their old means. Here are some of the tips you too can use to thrive. Facing Change Human beings are known to be creatures of habit and are constantly faced with the desire for change. To thrive through change during this pandemic, it is good to position yourself by accepting that change is a journey, it is constant, and could be sudden. Another consideration is to be aware of the change. You should pay attention to what bubbles up for you during change.  It can show you where you should place your focus to achieve the desired positive change. You can also face change by taking action and experimenting to discover what works and what doesn’t work as you work towards your desired change. Being Innovative Another way to thrive during this pandemic is to be innovative. Be proactive and come up with people-want ideas. People want options on how to care for themselves better and having access to suggestions and tips to care for their mind, body, and soul at the ready can help them do just that. Celebrating Wins In a soulful change journey, remember that you have a purpose and uniquely designed purpose. It is vital not to get caught up in the business of comparing your progress to anyone else. You, therefore, have to celebrate all your efforts because it’s what gives you the momentum to keep moving. Starting before you are ready Another great tip for thriving is starting before you think you are ready. Many people overthink whenever they desire to achieve a particular goal. Dr. Sheree suggested two books - The One Thing by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan and Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, they helped her focus on writing her book, What A Difference A Change Makes! and can direct your life towards having priorities and achieving your goals. With these tips, you can face this pandemic boldly and thrive. The tips give a clear roadmap towards your success. Episode Sponsor The sponsor of today's episode is The Heightening's Self-Care Kit. - Self-care is essential for you to have a healthy, wealthy life. It's also essential to help you live the life that you were created to live. So honor yourself, nurture your mind, your body, and your soul in new ways. The kit has over 120 ideas for you to explore. So visit www the heightening.com to grab the new year special for you or someone you love. Visit www.TheHeightening.com to order your kit today. Episode Offers Rhythms of Rest: 40 Devotionals for Women on the Move by Suzan Johnson Cook – Yolanda Caldwell is a contributing author Self-Care Pack a...

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Are you contemplating what's next? Have you had success in your life and looking to grow in other areas? You're in the right space. This podcast is the musing of Dr. Yolanda Caldwell, an executive, international speaker, consultant, community leader, wife, mother, and friend about how to live the life you were created to live. The Heightening is a gathering space for women to share how to live an authentic, intentional, and empowered life. Guests give insights into their life choices and offer suggestions to help others as they consider the options before them. Visit www.theheightening.com

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  • Creator
    Dr. Yolanda Caldwell
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    31
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Dr. Yolanda Caldwell
  • Show Website
    The Heightening