No Ego

In today's episode, I want to share new ways I'm starting to come to terms with the meaning of accountability. Our team had an opportunity to deepen our understanding through a recent training we did with Tim Gallwey & IGEOS. If you haven't yet, leave a rating & a review whenever you're listening - I'd love to hear your thoughts and get some feedback! By the way, Season 2 of Life's Messy, Live Happy is going strong! I'm answering questions from you! Check it out here: facebook.com/lifesmessylivehappy

One of my great teachers and a leader on the science of happiness, Fred Luskin and I talk about choices that lead to happiness, grieving, forgiveness, and venting. He answers the age-old question, is it ever ok to vent? Here are two great pieces of Fred’s work if you want to dive deeper: What is forgiveness? https://bit.ly/2MCEizT The Science of Happiness: https://bit.ly/2G7Ns6B Have a question for me? Submit yours anonymously and I may answer it on an upcoming video: https://bit.ly/2DEv2Zz

This week's guest is Michael Bungay Stanier, author of several books including The Coaching Habit and Do More Great Work, and CEO of Box of Crayons. Michael is one of my greatest teachers and I invite you to listen in to all the wisdom he has to share! If you haven't yet, leave a rating and a review whenever you are listening - I'd love to hear your thoughts and get some feedback! By the way, I'm @cywakeman everywhere. Find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

Do you mentor someone? Are you in a mentoring relationship? If so, have you really thought about what it means to be a mentor? Many times, when we are in a mentoring relationship, we need to take a step back and evaluate - are we moving the needle towards good? And what is the goal of the person looking to be mentored? There are so many ways to mentor and today I want to give a glimpse into how I mentor and why. 

My first guest of the new year is the incredible Monica Hawkins! CEO. Founder. Leader in diversity and inclusion. Faculty member at Georgetown. The list goes on and on. I was struck by her brilliance and it was instant love - I'm so excited for you all to meet her on today's episode. 

This is the last episode of 2018! Next week, I'll be on a break as I start my New Year off. We'll be back the following week with more episodes.

Lisa is co-founder of the billion dollar company Quest Nutrition and President of Impact Theory. She works alongside her husband Tom Bilyeu to delivery inspiring content and videos to hundreds of thousands of people a day.

I almost can't put into words how excited I am to have the incredible Martha Beck on my podcast today. This is someone I look up and have learned so much from, and I'm so happy to have her on today's episode. 

For this week's episode, I'm reaching back into the archives for a classic episode from Season 1 on why suffering is optional. If you've been following me for a while, you have often heard me say this. In this episode, I break it down step by step and explain exactly what I mean and how you can live happy even when life is messy.

This week's guest is the amazing Steve Glaveski - an inspiring founder and CEO, Steve says his life mission is to unlock the latent potential of organizations and people to create more impact for humanity and lead more fulfilling lives. We had a great talk.

On today's episode, I want to look back on Thanksgiving and reflect on some different aspects of it - my own stories, the untold story of the holiday we didn't learn in school and more.

My guest on today's podcast is a personal friend of mine who I am so thrilled to have on - Sue-Ellen Watts, or Sel as her friends know her, is a leader and changemaker in today's HR world

On this episode today, I'm telling you guys "how to start" - where do you begin with the Reality-Based Leadership philosophy and how can you start implementing it?  Have you tuned into Season 2o f my Q&A show Life's Messy, Live Happy? I'm answering fan questions - and you can submit one too! Check it out here: facebook.com/lifesmessylivehappy

So excited about today's episode, where I chat with Sara Patterson, the VP of HR for Walmart's Digital Consumer Brands like Bonobos and more. She is also the head of talent management. Needless to say, she is an HR veteran with so many great ideas and we had a conversation that I think you guys are really going to enjoy listening in on.

This podcast is off this week as I prepare for my big talk at TEDx Omaha this Saturday! So instead of a full episode this week, I bring you this bonus from a conversation I had a while back with the amazing Joel Block, a business executive, leader, and professional speaker specializing in finance, sales and beyond.