The Change Adam Baruh

Here with us today is Patrick Jones, a journalist, producer and podcaster. Patrick is host of That Gives Me Anxiety, a show about the things that scare us and how to deal. He's also an accomplished improviser and sketch comedian.

In the world in which we're living now, I am proud to be living in this moment where we're seeing a lot of different people and organizations really understand that we all suffer in one way or the other from mental health issues - whether it's a persistent chronic thing, or whether it's just based on some sort of event.

I am so appreciative to have these interviews working to normalize anxiety and other mental health issues. Today's conversation with Patrick is one that inspires us to relate to others and practice empathy.

Our guest today, Shayna Renee Hammond, is the CEO and founder of Lead for Liberation and Indigo Women and has spent several years developing leaders that demonstrate emotional intelligence inclusivity, and diversity.

Shayna explains the spiritual call she had several years before she launched Lead for Liberation which ultimately lead to the birth of Indigo Women. Indigo Women is a coaching practice specifically for black women in leadership and all sectors. Its flagship program is the 9-week Indigo Women Group Coaching Experience, where really women are called back home. 

During our conversation, Shayna shares her excitement about the future of leadership, and how more and more people are opening up their minds and hearts around being more open about what it means to be a leader and not so tightly held to the beliefs that we've had for the past 30 or 40 years.

I’ve spoken often on this podcast about the consulting industry and the way it has historically produced a lot of burnout.  Another role that has been known to produce a significant amount of burnout and anxiety, given the constant pressure to succeed and win as well as its competitive nature, is sales.  Here to speak with me today about the relationship between sales and mindset is Chris Hatfield, owner of Sales and My Psyche, an organization dedicated to exploring and improving mindset and anxiety issues in the sales industry.

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Jay Shifman is an open book. A vulnerable storyteller and stigma-destroying speaker, podcaster, and event host, Jay’s story of struggle is familiar to the millions of people the world over who also struggle with issues of mental health, substance misuse, and addiction. The survivor of two suicide attempts and an overdose and now in long-term recovery, it is Jay’s mission to encourage difficult conversations and honest education concerning these and similar struggles.

Today our guest is Katie Maycock, has a double degree in nutrition and Advanced Physiology yet after graduating and pursuing a career in business recruiting, she experienced burnout, twice, which left her body and mind in shambles. She could barely walk up and down the stairs and her joints were so inflamed that it left her unable to make a fist with her hand for over six weeks. Over an 18-month period, she ended up spending over $30,000 trying to figure out what was wrong with her body. What she realized drastically changed her life, and having turned herself around, she is dedicated to helping others get their shit together.

We all know and can relate to the five senses: smelling, touching, tasting, seeing, and hearing. But in the words of our guest today, “Empathy is like one of our senses. Intuitive and present, standing by whenever we want to tap into it.” In my own experience, I’ve found this to be very true. As an empath, I have a heightened ability to feel the emotions of others. And so, it is very much a core sensation in my body: and the more I’ve leaned into empathy, the greater my sense of self-awareness. As a business leader and CEO, I’ve found that my qualities as an empath have been vital to the success of my business. This has been true for how I’ve been able to relate to my team and also in how I’ve been able to relate to my customers. In working with eCommerce businesses, it’s pretty important for me to be able to truly understand the motivations driving my customer, and also in understanding how users will interact with the web pages we are building.

Here to talk with us about empathy and how it shows up in our personal and professional lives is Rob Volpe, CEO of Ignite 360.