Kristy and Danielle talk with Kate Morrison, a beautiful person who has started and led several charitable initiatives to help the homeless in her home town of St. Louis. Kate shares her process for starting home-grown charitable drives and getting the goods to the people that need them. It’s easier than you think to start something like this yourself and you don’t have to know all the answers before you begin.

In this episode Danielle and Kristy discuss empathy in leadership with Alain Hunkins. Alain is an author, keynote speaker, facilitator and coach that focuses on leadership. His new book Cracking The Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders launched as the #1 best selling new release in Business communication on Amazon.

Danielle and Kristy sit down with Dr. John Stubblefield to discuss how to lead others through meeting their needs for safety & belonging, clarity, boundaries, and significance. Danielle gives us a life hack about listening to music.

Danielle and Kristy check in with each other about sheltering at home during the pandemic. Kristy shares her best practices for working from home including creating the right working environment and engaging with co-workers virtually.

Danielle and Kristy talk with Carolynn Morris of Orange Soul about how to find joy in the workplace, why we should rethink the golden rule in a way that acknowledges our diversity, and how interacting with an eye of curiosity [and not an eye of judgement] fosters both empathy and respect.

Danielle and Kristy sit down with Jay Coulter, founder of conquerworry.org, a global platform for mental health information. and author of the book Conquer Worry. We talk about strategies (also known as Protocols) that can be used to reduce stress. In the book Jay calls it the ‘Protocol System’ - a process where you pick 5 strategies and do them for 30 days to see how you feel. During a high-stress time like a pandemic, you may want to focus on just one protocol to get started.

In this episode Danielle and Kristy sit down with Chanee Momoko, a retired WBFF bikini pro who now teaches others how to have the mindset of a fitness lifestyle. We talk about ways to combat negative self-talk.

Danielle shares her best advice about how to make new friends.

Danielle and Kristy discuss the online talent assessment Clifton Strengths (formerly Strengths Finder) and how to apply the results to your life. Kristy gives a life hack for remembering information.

Kristy and Danielle host an interview with Brian Olinger, who shares his knowledge and experience in reading body language.

Kristy reports back on her last challenge, to reflect on the past decade. Danielle and Kristy talk about what it means to have a growth mindset. We introduce our first listener challenge, a simple idea to demonstrate growth mindset.

Danielle and Kristy talk about goal setting and why having a goal is more important than achieving it. We discuss some methods that can be used to set goals. Danielle reports back on her challenge to try peanut butter Oreos and gives an Oreo eating life hack. Danielle gives Kristy a new challenge.

Part 2 of our networking discussion, Kristy and Danielle discuss how to go from initially meeting someone into developing ongoing relationships and why you should report back when someone helps make a connection for you. Kristy gives a communication life hack about how to limit filler words.

Danielle and Kristy discuss networking including what it is, different strategies for growing your network, and the ever important question of how to gracefully exit a conversation at a networking event.

Danielle and Kristy talk about Reshma Saujani’s book, Brave Not Perfect and consider how the ideas relate to their lives. Kristy shares a hack related to sleep and how to get more time to yourself.

In this episode we talk about originality and authenticity. Danielle gives a life hack about address management. Danielle gives Kristy a challenge during a time of work transition.