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The OurVoice Podcast with Reena Merchant OurVoice
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5.0 • 15 Ratings
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We all have a desire to be more authentic - but what does this really mean and how can we go about doing it? How can we strengthen our self confidence and self esteem? In the OurVoice podcast, founder and host Reena Merchant has heart to heart conversations with people who are inspiring her on her own personal journey to authenticity. We hope that these conversations will be supportive, and will make self confidence and authenticity a bit more accessible to all of us.
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Lighting the Way With Purpose and Well Being - with Cherie Healey
Cherie Healey helps people love, lead, and light the way for a better world. She centers her coaching around wellbeing, connection, and self awareness, and creates the conditions for all to succeed. On this episode of The OurVoice Podcast, host Reena Merchant chats with Cherie about the gifts we each have to give the world. Finding our purpose is all about identifying these gifts, but the bigness of this idea can seem overwhelming at times. They discuss how we can even begin to identify what our purpose is, and how we can balance the desire to give, with the need to take care of ourselves.
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Meditation, Confidence, and Trusting Ourselves - with Reena Merchant
On this episode of The OurVoice Podcast, host Reena Merchant discusses how meditation has changed her life. She shares how it can help us find and trust ourselves, and in turn boost our self confidence. Reena has recorded a guided meditation called TRUST, which she also shares in this episode.
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Belonging, Acceptance, and a Road Trip to Love - with Chris Tompkins
Chris Tompkins is a teacher, TEDx speaker, spiritual life coach, and LGBTQ advocate. He believes all kids are the future and teaches social-emotional learning throughout Southern California. On this episode of The OurVoice Podcast, host Reena Merchant chats with Chris about his upcoming book Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent's Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground. They discuss how childhood conditioning defines our sense of belonging and acceptance through adulthood. Chris shares his thoughts on how we can better support children from a young age, and create a world where everyone is accepted.
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All About Authentic Connection - with Kat Vellos
Kat Vellos is an esteemed UX designer and speaker. She is an expert on the topic of connection, and has authored two books about building strong, authentic connections with others, We Should Get Together and Connected From Afar. On this episode of The OurVoice Podcast, host Reena Merchant and guest Kat discuss connection. Kat and Reena talk about building deep and honest friendships, how to navigate awkwardness, fear, and shyness, how to establish boundaries, and what to do when connections end.
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Transformation from the Inside Out - with Christina Pate
Christina Pate is a PhD psychologist and founder of Wellness Wayfinder. Christina also works for an education nonprofit and spends time consulting with state and local agencies. Her work involves topics such as social and emotional development, education, personal well-being, organizational climate/culture and more. On this episode of The OurVoice Podcast, host Reena Merchant and guest Christina Pate discuss transformation. Christina shares her thoughts on how we can support powerful transformation in our personal lives and create authentic cultures at work.
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Voice, Courage, and Permission to Speak - with LaDonna Willems
LaDonna Willems is an Associate Writing Director at Dropbox. She is an expert on the topic of voice, and an author and speaker on Permission to Speak. On this episode of The OurVoice Podcast, host Reena Merchant and guest LaDonna Willems discuss voice. As an expert on the topic of voice, LaDonna shares her insight into how we evolve over time and how we choose to express ourselves. She emphasizes seeing the importance of our own voice, the power of vulnerability, and the beauty of telling stories.
Customer Reviews
Inspiring
Grateful to know about this podcast. Reena is the real deal and asks really powerful questions that help inspire powerful conversations. I look forward to hearing more of them.
Very relevant to the current situation
I enjoyed the Authentic Connection episode, it’s very important and relevant to the current situation with the lockdown where everyone is isolated and dealing with some personal problems. I like Kat’s approach to deepening emotional bonds with the closed ones by weekly check-ins and treating it as a self-care ritual.
Empowering..
Having personally experienced many of the topics discussed in this interview, I thought both Reena and LaDonna reinforced the power of an authentic conversation by actually having one in this podcast. Listening to this interview motivated to make subtle positive changes and left me feeling empowered.