Here Be Dragons

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Ready to awaken your inner dragon? Here Be Dragons is the podcast from Dragonhood where we explore the whole map of who we are — even the uncharted territory. Through candid conversations with Dragonhood team members and special guests, we dive into career empowerment, leadership, identity, workplace culture, and what it means to grow as a whole human being. This is a space for anyone navigating change, seeking clarity, building confidence, or learning how to take up more space in their work and life. We talk about the messy middle of becoming: the career pivots, the confidence wobbles, the cultural expectations, the leadership lessons, the boundaries, the breakthroughs, and the small moments that help us reconnect with our authentic power. Rooted in curiosity, connection, and growth, Here Be Dragons invites you to rethink what success looks like, challenge the stories that keep you small, and explore new ways to lead, work, and live with more intention. Learn more about us at https://www.dragonhood.world/ Follow us: Instagram: @the_dragonhood TikTok: @thedragonhood YouTube: @thedragonhood LinkedIn: @dragonhood

  1. 6월 30일

    Gentle Systems and Tiny Supports: For Brains That Carry A Lot (aka Neurodivergence, Perimenopause & Practical Magic)

    In this deeply validating and practical episode, Rachel Inabinet and Clair Poletti explore the quiet, often invisible work of navigating the world with a brain that’s carrying a lot. Whether it’s neurodivergence, hormonal shifts, stress, or simply modern life, they unpack the power of tiny supports and gentle systems that make daily functioning more possible and more humane. The conversation highlights: Why traditional productivity systems fail and who they leave outGentle systems vs. rigid structures: designing support that works with your brain, not against itTiny supports as “practical magic:” cues, rituals, and micro-adjustments that reduce frictionShame vs. support: moving from self-judgment to self-compassionLeadership implications: how teams and organizations can better support diverse brains This episode is both a permission slip and a toolkit: you don’t need more discipline, rather, you need better support. Reflection Prompts: Where are you still using shame in places where support might work better?What’s one small system or cue that genuinely helps your brain function better?What’s one thing you could make easier instead of harder this week?What support have you resisted because you thought you “shouldn’t need it?” Keep Soaring with Additional Resources: Buy the book! ADHD, Unpacked by Alex Connor & James BrownBuy the book! How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis LPCBuy the book! How to ADHD by Jessica McCabeSign up for Dragonhood Coaching or any of our other services! https://www.dragonhood.world

    41분

  2. 5월 26일

    Storm Mode: Knowing When To Stand Down

    What if the storm has already passed — but you’re still bracing for it? In this episode, Rachel and Clair explore what they call “storm mode” — that state of heightened awareness where we’re scanning, preparing, anticipating, and holding everything together. It’s an intelligent, necessary response to uncertainty and change… but one that isn’t meant to last forever. Together, they unpack what storm mode looks like in our thoughts, bodies, and behaviors, why it can quietly become our baseline, and how to recognize when it’s time to stand down. From the subtle cost of prolonged vigilance to the practice of recalibrating your energy, this conversation offers a more sustainable way to care without carrying everything at full intensity. Whether you’re navigating personal stress, leadership demands, or the constant hum of the world around you, this episode is an invitation to soften your stance, release the brace, and return to steadier ground. Action Item: What would it look like to care deeply without staying in constant vigilance? Keep Soaring with Additional Resources: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkBurnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily & Amelia NagoskiFour Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mere Mortals by Oliver BurkemanSign up for Dragonhood Coaching or any of our other services! https://www.dragonhood.world Listener Call We’d love to hear your reflections: askthedragons@dragonhood.world #HereBeDragons

    39분

  3. 4월 28일

    Make Room: The Practice of Letting Go

    What if letting go isn’t about loss but about making room? In this episode, Rachel and Clair explore the quiet, often complicated practice of release: not just letting go of what’s broken or obviously misaligned, but of what is still good, still useful, and still meaningful, yet no longer true for who we are in this season. Together, they unpack the tension between usefulness and alignment, the role of gratitude in releasing without rejection, and the unexpected clarity that space can create. From physical belongings to emotional patterns, identities, and expectations, this conversation invites a more compassionate way of letting go — one that honors what has been while creating room for what’s next. Whether you’re clearing a closet, shifting a role, or rethinking a version of yourself, this episode offers a gentle reminder: Making room isn’t about having less. It’s about creating space for what matters now. Action Items: What’s something in your life that still makes sense on paper, but doesn’t feel true anymore?What would it look like to thank something — and then let it go?Where have you created space and noticed something new emerge?What are you holding onto that isn’t a thing — but is still taking up space? Keep Soaring with Additional Resources: Essentialism by Greg McKeownThe Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie KondoFour Thousand Weeks by Oliver BurkemanDragonhood paid memberships have access to the Founder Message Library, a compilation of A Time of Dragons (reflections on releasing “shoulds”)Sign up for Dragonhood Coaching or any of our other services! https://www.dragonhood.world

    50분

  4. 3월 31일

    Strategic Restraint: Choosing Less On Purpose

    In this episode, Rachel and Clair explore strategic restraint — the practice of intentionally narrowing focus, conserving energy, and resisting the pressure to respond to everything. Not as disengagement, but as a leadership skill rooted in clarity, alignment, and care. Together, they unpack why hustle culture confuses busyness with effectiveness, how “less is more” only works when it’s chosen on purpose, and what it looks like to lead — and live — without burning yourself out in the process. Whether you’re navigating leadership, creative work, caregiving, or simply feeling stretched thin, this conversation invites you to rethink effort, redefine impact, and practice restraint as an act of integrity. Action Item: What would it look like to do less, but with more intention? Keep Soaring with Additional Resources: Dragonhood Empowerment Coaching to equip yourself with the skills to practice strategic restraintShop our Bookshop.org store for inspirational reads!

    49분

  5. 2월 24일

    We Are Still Becoming: Letting Go of Resolutions, Choosing Ritual, and Becoming Without Force

    What if the problem isn’t that we can’t keep resolutions — but that resolutions were never built for who we actually are? In this episode, Rachel and Clair explore why the annual pressure to reinvent ourselves so often collapses into self-critique, and how shifting from resolution to ritual offers a more compassionate, sustainable path to growth. Drawing inspiration from Suleika Jaouad’s Against Resolutions, the quiet power of daily practices, and Clair’s long-standing Word of the Year ritual, they unpack what it means to move from forcing change to creating conditions for becoming. Whether you’re exhausted by self-improvement culture, craving a gentler way to evolve, or simply ready to meet yourself with more presence this year, this episode reminds you that becoming isn’t something you achieve — it’s something you continue. Action Item: What would it look like to let this year unfold without demanding a version of yourself you haven't met yet? Keep Soaring with Additional Resources: "Against Resolutions" article in the Isolation Journals substack by Suleika JaouadThe Book of Alchemy by Suleika JaouadJoin the Dragonhood for access to the Time of Dragons reflectionsSign up for Dragonhood Coaching or any of our other services! https://www.dragonhood.world"Hold on Loosely" song by 38 Special Listener Call We’d love to hear your rituals, your words, or the ways you’re letting yourself become this year. Share your reflections with us at askthedragons@dragonhood.world or tag us with #HereBeDragons.

    54분

  6. 1월 27일

    Second Acts: The Art of Becoming

    Who decided we only get one version of ourselves? In this episode, Rachel and Clair explore the art of second acts — how we evolve not by starting over, but by becoming more fully who we already are. Drawing inspiration from Arthur Brooks’ From Strength to Strength, the concept of Wisdomnomics, and the idea of Ancient Grandmother Energy, they unpack what it means to move from proving to being, from speed to depth, from noise to meaning. Whether you’re shifting careers, identities, or simply rhythms, this episode reminds you that transformation doesn’t belong to one age — it belongs to all of us. Action Item: What’s your second act — or the one whispering to you right now? Share your reflections with us at askthedragons@dragonhood.world or tag us on social media with #HereBeDragons. Keep Soaring with Additional Resources: From Strength to Strength — Arthur C. BrooksThe concept of Wisdomnomics — Oleg KonovalovAncient Grandmother Owl Wisdom - Katherine SkaggsIn Defense of Witches — Mona CholletSmack Dab in the Middle of Maybe - children’s book by Jo Watson HacklChip Conley's Modern Elder AcademySign up for Dragonhood Membership and Services

    50분

  7. 2025. 12. 30.

    Be Water, My Friend: Navigating Life with Fluidity and Strength

    Clair and Rachel explore Bruce Lee’s famous quote, “Be water, my friend,” and how it applies to leadership, adaptability, and emotional resilience. The conversation dives into what it means to stay flexible without losing form — to move with change rather than against it — especially in high-pressure or uncertain environments. Together they unpack: Fluid leadership — how adaptability and boundaries can coexist.Resilience through softness — why strength isn’t rigidity, but responsiveness.Flow in action — tools for recognizing when to push, when to pause, and when to pivot.Cultural and emotional lessons from Bruce Lee’s philosophy as applied to modern workplaces. The takeaway? Water is powerful not because it resists, but because it moves — and that’s the art of sustainable leadership. "Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."Action Item: Where in your life are you being asked to “be water”? Where could you use more fluidity (and strength)? Share your reflections or flow stories with us at askthedragons@dragonhood.world Keep Soaring with Additional Resources: Dragonhood's Thunder of Dragons Ecomap: map your people, places, and anchors for when the water gets roughBuy mentioned books from our Bookshop.org shop!  Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan DavidWhere "Be Water, My Friend" originated: Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce LeeHarvard Business Review's "5 Principles to Guide Adaptive Leadership"The Power of the PauseThe Pivot YearSHIFTSign up for Dragonhood Coaching or any of our other services!

    36분

  8. 2025. 11. 25.

    Better Ways to Say Yes - And No

    Saying “yes” often feels like the right thing to do—being a team player, stepping up, helping out. But automatic yeses can cost us time, focus, and energy. In this episode, Rachel and Clair explore better ways to say yes (and no) using three practices: curiosity, connection, and prioritization lenses. Together we talk about how to pause before responding, how to support others without overloading yourself, and how to align your yeses with what truly matters. This week’s takeaway: you don’t have to choose between clarity and connection—say yes wisely, not reflexively. Action Item: What’s one curiosity question, one connection, or one lens you’ll try this week? Keep Soaring with Additional Resources: Working Genius assessment, part of our transformative Dragon Dossier toolkit.Listen to the Chronic Apologizing episode for my easy swaps at work!Paid memberships have access to webinar recordings (both video and audio here on the podcast stream). Join today! Listen to The Balancing Act episode for more great information!

    48분
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Ready to awaken your inner dragon? Here Be Dragons is the podcast from Dragonhood where we explore the whole map of who we are — even the uncharted territory. Through candid conversations with Dragonhood team members and special guests, we dive into career empowerment, leadership, identity, workplace culture, and what it means to grow as a whole human being. This is a space for anyone navigating change, seeking clarity, building confidence, or learning how to take up more space in their work and life. We talk about the messy middle of becoming: the career pivots, the confidence wobbles, the cultural expectations, the leadership lessons, the boundaries, the breakthroughs, and the small moments that help us reconnect with our authentic power. Rooted in curiosity, connection, and growth, Here Be Dragons invites you to rethink what success looks like, challenge the stories that keep you small, and explore new ways to lead, work, and live with more intention. Learn more about us at https://www.dragonhood.world/ Follow us: Instagram: @the_dragonhood TikTok: @thedragonhood YouTube: @thedragonhood LinkedIn: @dragonhood

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    Dragonhood
  • 방송 연도
    2024년 - 2026년
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