The Shameless Mom Academy: Motherhood, Motivation, and Mindset Tips for Busy Moms Sara Dean

Sienna Lytle, a dedicated Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DI&B) leader and practitioner, has a passion that lies in helping individuals and organizations create environments where everyone feels valued and empowered. She believes embracing diversity isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s a catalyst for innovation and growth.
With 15 years of experience in consulting operations and multiple DEI certifications, Sienna has had the privilege of collaborating with amazing humans on various teams to foster inclusive cultures. As a Black woman late-diagnosed with ADHD and autism, Sienna is also shifting a lot of her work into researching and advocating for neurodiversity in the workplace.    
Sienna lives in a transracial, blended family with her husband Jamie and their three teenage sons in Wisconsin where she loves enjoying the outdoors, cooking restaurant-worthy meals for her friends, and anything related to Beyonce.

Listen in to Sienna share:

The intersection of white supremacy, capitalism, and our current corporate landscape 

The significance of honoring historical markers and organizational memories to keep us accountable to consistently moving forward

Her identity as a Black cisgender mom and bonus mom to three sons, a wife, a member of a multi-racial family, and an autistic person with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) and ADHD

How she discovered her autism diagnosis in recent years

How she sees the worldview around autism expanding

How systems of inclusion for neurodiversity make navigating the world better for everyone

The importance of clarity, patience, and grace when creating inclusive systems


Links mentioned:

Attend my Influence & Ignite Retreat for Women Business Owners: shamelessmom.com/retreat


Connect with Sienna: siennalytle.com



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I have to tread lightly here, lest I offend my Swiftie listeners! This episode is the only one in which I’ve spoken about Taylor Swift. Generally speaking, I feel wholly unqualified to speak about her, as I recognize I don’t know nearly as much about her as most of her rabid fans do. However, as someone who has watched her sweep the globe in one fell swoop over the last 18 months, I find her fascinating to watch and learn from. 
As I have watched people share experiences from the Eras Tour on social media, I started thinking about Taylor’s impact over the course of decades, or eras. I’ve seen many outfits and costumes representing her various eras. This got me thinking - what about my eras? What about your eras? What era are you in? What era are you coming from? And, which era are you heading toward?  
If we take a moment to characterize the era we are in, it seems we may be able to influence who we are in this current moment as well as who we are becoming. This feels powerful. In this episode, we talk about the importance of knowing what era you’re in, what you want to release in this era, what you want to embrace in this era, and what this era says about who you are becoming. 

Link mentioned:
Attend my Influence & Ignite Retreat for Women Business Owners: shamelessmom.com/retreat

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Leah Neaderthal is a Shameless Mom of 2 littles, a stroke survivor, a sales coach for women consultants, and the founder of Smart Gets Paid. In her program, The Academy, she teaches women how to get more of the right consulting clients and get paid more for every consulting contract.
She’s also the host of The Smart Gets Paid podcast, where listeners go behind the scenes into her actual calls with clients where Leah is tackling their biggest sales challenges, and they can learn sales strategies they can use in their businesses.
Before starting Smart Gets Paid, Leah built, grew, and sold three businesses. Learn more about Leah at smartgetspaid.com.
Listen in to hear Leah share:

Her experience of having a stroke at age 36

Her major life lessons on time management that came with becoming a mother

How motherhood helped her overcome some Type A habits

How to use small amounts of time (just a few minutes) to take care of yourself and your body

Why women are so uncomfortable with selling and advocating for ourselves

What “bro marketing is” and how to avoid it when you’re promoting your services or your ideas at work

How women embracing sales helps us train people how to treat women on a larger scale

Links mentioned:

Attend my Influence & Ignite Retreat for Women Business Owners: shamelessmom.com/retreat


Connect with Leah: https://www.smartgetspaid.com/ 

Leah’s Podcast: Smart Gets Paid 


Leah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahtn/



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Today’s episode is an episode from almost two years ago where I talk about collective trauma and growth mindset. As I listened back to this episode recently, I was quick to realize the collective trauma we were experiencing two years ago as we clawed our way out of Covid still hasn’t been healed. From where I’m sitting, people are still suffering in tremendous ways and as we approach what many consider to be the most disappointing and disheartening election season of our lives, the sense of instability and insecurity across the US cannot be overstated.  
Given the state of the US and the world, I thought it would be helpful and supportive to revisit this episode so we can continue to move forward and see potential in our day-to-day lives, in spite of all the things we cannot control.  
An article on collective trauma in Psychology Today states that collective trauma “can change the entire fabric of a community… In fact, collective trauma can impact relationships, alter policies and governmental processes, alter the way the society functions, and even change its social norms.” 
Once we acknowledge that we are experiencing this and have been for years now, we can see how our mindsets have shifted to match this arduous cultural moment in history. In fact, it stands to reason that we have quite possibly (and very understandably) shifted our default mindset to a fixed mindset framework, instead of a growth mindset framework. Best-selling author, Carol Dweck, provides fantastic guidance around this terminology and topic.
In this Greatest Hits episode, we explore why you might be defaulting to fixed mindset, how it’s limiting you, and how to shift out of it to see more opportunities, potential & possibilities in your life - instead of defaulting to seeing obstacles & roadblocks. This isn’t to say the obstacles aren’t real. Things are hard. But let’s uncover how to hold space for two truths:

Things are hard. 

You are resourceful and resilient and can make great things happen in your life. 


Links mentioned:

Attend my Influence & Ignite Retreat for Women Business Owners: shamelessmom.com/retreat


Psychology Today article: What is Collective Trauma?


Book: Mindset by Carol Dweck


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La’Kita Williams is the founder and principal strategist of CoCreate Work, a workplace culture consultancy guiding businesses to systems-level changes that result in measurable successes and true inclusivity.
As a certified professional coach with a Masters in Social Work and 20+ years of experience, La’Kita is passionate about helping leaders perform the deep work of personal transformation, which is a critical element for organizational transformation. She firmly believes culture is not separate from strategy — it IS strategy. She has done culture-building work with organizations from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. La’Kita has been quoted in several national outlets including The New York Times and written for Harvard Business Review.
While I love and admire everything La’Kita is doing professionally, I really wanted to talk to her on a more personal level for this conversation. I’m grateful she was willing to dive in and go deep with this conversation!
Listen to hear La’Kita share:

How a health crisis in the middle of the pandemic upended her life and resulted in her diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis

How her diagnosis impacted her 4 children who were ages 10-20 years old at the time of her diagnosis

The changes she had to make with her relationship with ambition as a result of her diagnosis

How she uses Spoon Theory to manage her energy daily

Her advice to other leaders or folks who are managing chronic illnesses, including what pieces and resources to get in place to protect yourself at work

What needs to happen systemically to provide protection for people with chronic illnesses so that disclosing chronic illness isn’t putting someone at risk of losing their job 

The critical importance of flexible schedules and WFH flexibility across all organizations and industries who claim to be creating accessible, inclusive workplaces and communities

What her company, Co-Create, does to create a great culture in the organizations they partner with  

Her vision of the future of leadership


Links mentioned:

Connect with La’Kita and her work: cocreatework.com


La'Kita's Instagram

La'Kita's LinkedIn

CoCreate Work Instagram

CoCreate Work LinkedIn


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So, what is personal agency? 
According to Shaun Gallagher and his work on philosophical conceptions of the self, personal agency refers to, “the sense that I am the one who is causing or generating an action.” This means that a person with a sense of agency perceives themselves as the subject influencing their own actions and life circumstances.
A couple of years ago, I had the chance to do a three-day Trauma-Informed Practice Intensive for Coaches and Leaders. One of the things we kept coming back to over the course of these three days was making sure we, as coaches and leaders, are creating spaces that allow our clients a strong sense of agency.  
As we dug into this from various angles and examined it through the lens of trauma, I got more and more curious and started doing my own research on the side. I know, super nerd alert. I love geeking out on this stuff. While I won’t bore you with the super coachy stuff, I do want to share with you the juicy parts that I know have the potential to benefit you right away. 
One of the best parts of my job is providing you with tools to see your own power and your own ability to make choices that serve you. I want you to feel confident in your own sense of self and sense of agency that guides your decision-making and action-taking.

In this Greatest Hits episode, I dig into:

What personal agency is and what it can mean for you

Why is a sense of agency important

6 ways to develop your sense of agency


It is my hope that developing your sense of agency will give you clarity and discernment around who you are and who you are becoming, and that, in turn, will impact how you show up and have impact in the world.  

Links mentioned:

Trudi Lebron: trudilebron.com


Article: https://www.mindful.org/seven-ways-to-develop-personal-agency/



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