Get Real. Get Loud. With Purpose.

Amber Griffiths

Get Real. Get Loud. With Purpose is a podcast dedicated to exploring the power of personal branding through life-inspiring, transformative experiences we all hold, and the impact they have on us in life and in business. powered by Call to Legend ®

  1. 1d ago

    Fia Sylvan (she/her) - Author "Like a Redwood Seed, Stronger Than the Flames" Proves Impossible Odds Can Be Overcome

    Fia Sylvan writes under a pen name for a reason: protection, both for her and for the people whose lives are woven into her story. Fia is Latin, rooted in Sophia, meaning wisdom. Sylvan means of the woods. She chose both words on purpose. Fia is a new author, a healthcare professional, an animal rescuer, and a gardener who grows food alongside urban habitat on her small city lot. Her memoir, Like a Redwood Seed, Stronger Than the Flames, took over 20 years to write, not because the words were hard to find, but because some of the memories were too heavy to sit with long enough to put on the page. It covers 25 homes, 8 states, abuse, fundamentalism, homelessness, and a life that also included training Iditarod sled dogs, fighting wildfires, and working construction. In this conversation, Fia and Amber talk about what it means to hold both an ordinary life and an extraordinary one you survived, why black-and-white thinking fails the people caught inside broken systems, and why she chose the word "stubborn" over "resilient." Fia has already heard from a total stranger who tracked down her email just to say the book made her feel less alone. That is the whole point: proof that overcoming impossible odds is possible, and that you are not the only one who has lived through something like this. https://likearedwoodseed.godaddysites.com/ **Check out one of the organizations Fia supports: Cascading Wild - protecting endangered wildlife in the PNW https://www.cascadiawild.org/

    Fia Sylvan (she/her) - Author "Like a Redwood Seed, Stronger Than the Flames"  Proves Impossible Odds Can Be Overcome
  2. Sep 16

    Debbie Brannan - Why "People Are People First" Is the Leadership Philosophy Everyone Needs and Almost No One Practices

    What if the best leadership advice you ever get has nothing to do with a framework, and everything to do with whether you actually see the human in front of you? This week Amber sits down with Debbie Brannan, a certified leadership coach, speaker, and consultant with more than 25 years of experience helping people navigate growth, change, and what's next. Her approach is practical and deeply human, built on four words that guide everything she does: people are people first. Debbie works in what she calls "the messy space in between," where the old way of leading no longer fits and the new way hasn't quite shown up yet. It's where she helps people who feel stuck or uncertain shift their mindset, spot where they've been getting in their own way, and see possibilities they couldn't see before. That's where momentum starts. In this conversation: Debbie's "Curiosity Ruler" for measuring how deeply you're actually showing up for someone, why a leadership title and leadership behavior are two different things, and why comfort zones aren't comfortable, they're just familiar. People are people first. Leaders are human first. https://www.debbiebrannanconsulting.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/debrabrannan/ **Check out an organization Debbie supports, the work of Rooted Within Wellness. They support parents and caregivers for children with complex medical needs that are often unimaginable. Primarily women, they spend so much of their lives focused on someone else. I love that their work creates space for the caregiver to be cared for too. https://rootedwithinwellnessllc.org/

    Debbie Brannan - Why "People Are People First" Is the Leadership Philosophy Everyone Needs and Almost No One Practices

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