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Relationships are hard especially if you don’t establish the right connections early. This is as true in business as it is in life.
Our guest today is Roseann Higgins, a professional matchmaker and relationship expert. 
As CEO of Single Professional Introductions for the Especially Selective, Roseann implements executive recruiting techniques, coupled with a highly ethical and personal touch to bring people together who are looking for love. 
Find out more about Roseann Higgins and SPIES here

This episode is brought to you by the letter B or, rather, the B-word. 
Keith Walters joins us again for a full on “bitch session” on the word “bitch.”
What are the implications of calling someone or being called a bitch? Is it ever appropriate to call someone that in the workplace? How should you react when that kind of language is causally thrown around? And is there a way to reverse engineer words meant to demean and wield them to our advantage?
Listen for a real, raw and honest discussion of what workplaces are REALLY like, how to survive them and how to make them better. You’ve been warned!
More about Gina
Engagement Expert – Speaker – Sales Trainer – Entrepreneur – Improv Comic
Gina is a Master Sales Trainer for Jeb Blount’s Sales Gravy who combines street smarts and improv comedy skills with her experience in the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds, which sets her apart from her competition. 
“Sass without too much crass” is how Gina Trimarco describes herself. A high energy entrepreneur, engager, speaker, trainer, improv comedienne and podcast producer, Gina credits most of her success on her upbringing by her Italian mobster dad and German immigrant mother

Do you ever feel like an outsider, like you don’t belong? Ever been bullied?
This week’s guest is Paige Spiranac. Despite becoming a famous golf pro, rising media personality and anti-bullying advocate, she has felt the pain that comes with feeling different her entire life. In this episode, she teaches us how she recently learned to step back and embrace who she is and how she looks, despite what others say. Even in today’s male-dominated professional world of golf, Paige deals with bullying and negativity every day.
People are going to judge you regardless but it’s really about how you judge yourself. She shares her insights and experiences with overcoming bullying in business and how it applies to beauty, how you look and its effect on your performance.
About Today’s Guest
Paige is no stranger to being bullied and body shamed based on how she looks, which makes her intensely passionate about doing her part to stop bullying, especially cyber bullying and online hate. She’s an official ambassador for the Cyber Smile Foundation and often speaks out about her many experiences of being bullied throughout her childhood, college and Golf Career. She also focuses on encouraging women to be themselves and fight for what they believe and to embrace their true calling in life through hosting events and clinics, supporting other young women and posting inspirational messages. Paige hopes to help women not only discover the game of golf but to also feel empowered to achieve their wildest dreams.
You can connect with Paige here:
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Cybersmile

The Cycle. Aunt Flo. Time of the Month. Code Red. All of these are cute nicknames for a reality that is wrapped in shame, cultural stigmas and headaches for women everywhere. Of course, we’re talking about your period. 
It’s the first installment in a series of discussions on taboo topics. Gina, Rachel and Keith try to answer some of the question marks around your period and how it affects the way you work. How should you approach someone who is moody and you suspect may be on their period? Should you ever say, “I bet she’s on her period.” Spoiler: NO! And how do you fight through your own cycle and get what you need to get done, done right.
If this topic makes you uncomfortable. Good! Those are the best topics to discuss and think about. You’ve been warned!

When someone goes to prison, it doesn’t mean they are at the end of their options…it can be a new beginning. That’s the message our guest Michelle Cirocco and her company Televerde are trying to spread and the mission they live. Michelle should know, she lived it.
About 25 years ago, Michelle Cirocco, made some “misplaced entrepreneurial” choices that led to her own incarceration. Now she’s helping to educate, train and prepare female prisoners for life after release. It’s not easy. As we’ll learn, the pipeline between prison and the workforce is full of roadblocks and deadends. 
Michelle will share what she’s doing to knock down those roadblocks and why this mission is so important.

WARNING: The following episode is part of our Going Rogue series. You know, one of those episodes where we started the show before we started the show, you know, we were recording and then things happened. So put on your big girl panties and buckle up for the ride.
Today we’re discussing the newest book by Dave Asprey called Game Changers: What Leaders, Innovators, and Mavericks Do to Win at Life. In it the bestselling author of Head Strong and The Bulletproof Diet answers the question, “How can I kick more ass at life?” by culling the wisdom of world-class thought leaders, maverick scientists, and disruptive entrepreneurs to provide proven techniques for becoming happier, healthier, and smarter.
You’ll find out the mind and body hacks have Gina, Rachel and Keith implemented into their routine to get them wired for success each day. And…why bee penises explode. You’ve been warned!