Real Life with a Tina Twist Tina Graves

Our next podcast episode is live, and this week I am talking about “Getting Unstuck”. As a continuation to the discussion I had with Nivi in our last episode, this week I dive deeper into tools I have used in life and work when I have felt ‘stuck’. As I have in all episodes, I share real-life examples that I hope will help ‘at least one person’ to navigate that uncomfortable (often frustrating) situation, and come out stronger and more fulfilled on the other side.Thanks as always ...

We are back with Episode 5 of Real Life with the Tina Twist. This time with a special guest, Nivi Thyagarajan, an inspiring leader who I am thrilled to welcome to the podcast. Together, Nivi and I discuss the role of curiosity in Nivi’s journey, the 2 questions she always asks herself as she continues along her career journey, and the value of writing your ‘path in pencil’ as you navigate your North Star.Despite taking a break from the podcast as we watched events unfold in the Ukraine, ...

We are back with Episode 4 this week, and this week I am talking about International Relocation as a Family of 5.This week we pull the curtain back on what an International Relocation looks like, and the lessons we learned moving from Canada to Belgium right before the global pandemic.We have been asked ‘was it worth it’, and ‘would you do it again’ many times, particularly in the setting of relocating just 2 months before the pandemic, and we can confidently answer ‘absolutely yes’ to both o...

We are back with Episode 3 this week, and I am talking about Courage (and fear), and Confidence. in episode 1, I talked about having the courage to write your own story. It is very easy to say; just Google ‘courage and confidence’, and you will find more memes on this topic than you can count! It is often not as easy to put into practice. In this episode I break down how I have built my confidence in the workplace in certain circumstances through big and small acts of ...

We are back with Episode 2 this week. If you listened to Episode 1, we talked a lot about having the courage to follow your own path, and write your own story. To allow yourself the space to do this takes energy and prioritization. So this week we are talking about “The Power of not doing it all”. I share what this has looked like for me at work and at home, talk about burnout and my personal journey and learnings through it, and then finish by talking about the Wonder...

If I can help one person, this will be worth it…. A little bit about why this podcast exists, and who I am!