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Most professionals believe their work should speak for itself until they realize opportunity favors those who are understood, not just competent. In a grounded, candid conversation, Shauna Van Mourik explores why personal branding is no longer about self-promotion, but about clarity, connection, and translating internal value into external opportunity. Together, the discussion reframes personal brand as a deeply human practice rooted in values rather than vanity, offering leaders a realistic path to visibility that feels aligned, sustainable, and true to who they already are. Key Takeaways: When Competence Stops Converting – Understand why expertise alone no longer guarantees recognition, advancement, or trust.Internal Value vs External Signaling – Learn how unseen impact creates frustration and how to bridge that gap with clarity.Why Soft Skills Are Performance Skills Now – Discover why human connection has become a differentiator, not a bonus.Personal Branding Without Self-Promotion – See how visibility can be built without chest-beating or burnout.The Reality of Being Seen at Work – Explore why even high-level leaders can remain invisible inside large organizations.Talking About What Matters – Notice how sharing what’s already alive inside you creates momentum and resonance. About the Guest: Shauna Van Mourik is a marketing strategist, speaker, and host of Marketing Rebels, a podcast with 150+ episodes challenging outdated marketing norms for coaches and therapists. A #1 international bestselling author and featured expert on 22+ stages and podcasts, she’s helped 100+ women service-based entrepreneurs clarify their messaging, streamline their marketing, and grow businesses that actually feel good to run. Shauna blends marketing psychology, neuroscience, and bold creativity to help clients attract aligned clients, charge their worth, and build brands that feel like home. Website: https://www.shaunaleigh.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ShaunaLeighVM TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sla.marketingconfidence Instagram: www.instagram.com/sla.marketingconfidence LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunavanmourik-slamarketingconfidence/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SLAMarketingConfidence Facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/PrettyChicken/ About Amy: Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends...

Something breaks when devotion outpaces reciprocity, and many high-performing women do not realize the cost until the collapse is unavoidable. In this conversation, Alexandra Norris traces her journey from decades of HR leadership into a profound reckoning shaped by codependence, ambition, and identity loss. Together with Amy, she explores how care becomes self-erasure, why boundaries fail where standards succeed, and what emerges when women transition from relentless responsibility into the clarity and authority of crone wisdom. The result is an honest examination of leadership, power, fairness, and the quiet transformation that occurs when women stop managing outcomes and start standing in truth. Key Takeaways: When Success Becomes Self-Abandonment – Understand how high achievement can quietly evolve into emotional and financial overextension.The Hidden Mechanics of Codependence – Learn how belief, loyalty, and knowledge can become traps rather than strengths.Why Boundaries Fail and Standards Hold – Discover a reframing that restores personal agency without control or blame.Fairness Versus Justice in Relationships – Gain a new lens for evaluating partnerships without collapsing into moral absolutes.The Crone as a Leadership Archetype – See how post-caretaking wisdom offers steadiness, truth, and cultural repair.Strategic Culture as Human Alignment – Explore how belief systems, not strategy decks, determine execution and trust. About the Guest: Alexandra Norris has spent 30 years building a successful HR leadership to strategic culture consultant career when everything crashed around her. Now she shares her expertise and lessons learned to (1) help executives reach $10m, $40m, and $100m ARR milestones, (2) help Gen Zers define and navigate their careers in corporate, and (3) help women transition from Mother to Crone. www.linkedin.com/in/alexandraknorris https://www.youtube.com/@StrategicCulturePartners-x3 www.strategicculturepartners.com https://career-navigation-mastery-studio.mn.co/ About Amy: Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends practical leadership strategies with spiritual intelligence to unlock human potential at work. She’s a certified Executive Coach through UC Berkeley & the International Coaching Federation (ICF) In addition, Amy holds coaching certifications in Spiritual Intelligence (SQ21), the Edgewalker Profile, and the Archetypes of Change . In addition to being the host of the Create Magic At Work® podcast, Amy is the author of Create Magic At Work®, Creating Career Magic: A Daily Prompt Journal and the founder of Magic Thread Media™. Through her work, she inspires intentional leadership for thriving...

Finding Treasures in the Trash has always lived between what we hide and what saves us, and this moment marks its most honest turning point yet. Cari Jacobs-Crovetto shares why the show is stepping out on its own and moving to the newly formed Magic Thread Media, a network devoted to weaving conscious voices into business, creativity, and spiritual life. As she reflects on the early episodes, Cari names the deeper work that has quietly emerged: inner truth work. She explores how anxiety, shadow, and disowned parts of ourselves become survival strategies, why truth often freezes in time, and how unexamined insight can slip into self-justification and managed presence. This episode grounds the future of the Finding Treasures in the Trash podcast in coherence and congruence, where nothing essential is pushed away and nothing is performed. This evolution invites you into a deeper relationship with yourself, where the treasure is found only by staying with what once felt unbearable. Key Takeaways: Truth Can’t Be Reached Through Performance – Learn why looking good, being right, and staying safe block real self-truth.Shadow Is Adapted Truth – See how shadow reflects parts of you that learned to survive, not parts that are broken.Why Truth Freezes in Time – Understand how safety, shame, and belonging force parts of us underground.When Insight Turns Performative – Learn how values and spirituality lose depth when disowned parts stay hidden.Coherence and Congruence – Discover the difference between looking aligned and actually being whole.Why Trust Frays in Relationships – See how self-betrayal quietly erodes trust long before words do. About Cari: Cari Jacobs-Crovetto is a coach, secular meditation teacher, and somatic healing practitioner who blends decades of senior corporate leadership with deep therapeutic training to support meaningful personal and professional growth. After a successful career spanning global brands, media networks, consulting, and multiple Bay Area startups, she now works full-time with business leaders and individuals navigating transition, anxiety, disconnection, and the desire for deeper fulfillment. Cari offers one-on-one and relationship coaching, group work, retreats, organizational alignment, conflict resolution, and strategic future-visioning, helping clients cultivate clarity, resilience, and more conscious ways of leading and living. https://www.bravedirections.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/carisf/ https://www.instagram.com/cari_jacobs_sf Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews...

Welcome to Create Magic At Work®. This podcast lives at the intersection of leadership, spiritual intelligence, and quantum awareness — where leaders stop sleepwalking through inherited systems and begin leading from the edge. Create Magic At Work® explores: Leadership as a consciousness practiceSpiritual intelligence in real organizational lifeThe ripple effects of leadership on people, culture, and the planetHow leaders can sense what is emerging instead of clinging to what is familiar If you feel called to lead differently — more consciously, more courageously, more truthfully — you are in the right place. Subscribe and walk the edge with us. www.createmagicatwork.net https://www.linkedin.com/in/amylynndurham/

Why high achievers keep chasing and still feel unsatisfied often has little to do with effort and everything to do with where attention is placed. In this conversation, Amy and Harper A. Bailey unpack how driven people become conditioned to equate movement with progress and achievement with worth, slowly losing connection to their internal signals along the way. They explore how performance mode, urgency, and the need to prove keep leaders stuck in a cycle of doing more while feeling less fulfilled. Rather than offering another strategy to optimize output, the discussion points inward, revealing how awareness, presence, and listening to the body restore clarity and direction. When achievement stops being the primary compass, work becomes more intentional, decisions feel steadier, and satisfaction stops living somewhere in the future. Key Highlights Why high achievers confuse constant movement with real progress - See how staying busy can mask a deeper lack of clarity and direction.How performance mode quietly replaces self-trust - Understand why proving your value externally makes it harder to hear what you actually need.Why achievement stops delivering satisfaction over time - Learn how success can lose its impact when worth becomes tied to outcomes.How ignoring the body leads to misaligned decisions - Discover why physical signals often reveal burnout and misdirection before the mind does.What keeps driven people stuck in urgency and pressure - Explore how the need to stay ahead prevents reflection and recalibration.What shifts when clarity replaces chasing - Notice how slowing down creates steadier decisions, cleaner boundaries, and more grounded leadership. About the Guest: Harper A. Bailey is the pen name of Tiosha Bailey, a Chicago native, public health leader, and powerful storyteller who challenges the status quo. She was the first Black woman to lead a prominent national women's healthcare nonprofit, where she prioritized health equity and amplified the voices of underserved communities. Her first book, It Was Her: A Memoir—featuring a foreword by renowned motivational speaker Lisa Nichols—invites readers into a deeply personal story shaped by loss, resilience, and transformation. Through honest and compelling storytelling, Harper explores identity, healing, and the courage it takes to reclaim your narrative. As a speaker, Harper brings clarity, depth, and humor to conversations about leadership, purpose, and the lived experiences of Black women. She connects with audiences through truth-telling and a passion for Creating spaces where people feel seen, heard, and empowered. Grab a copy of Harper's book - It Was Her www.harperabailey.com https://www.instagram.com/harper_abailey/ https://www.facebook.com/harperabailey About Amy: Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm,

Something shifts when joy stops being a side effect of success and becomes a conscious way of living and leading. In this episode, Amy explores the idea of Exponential Joy with Kristin Joy Ekkens, founder of Exponential Joy™ movement, and how choosing joy on purpose can transform the way we work, communicate, and show up in our lives. Together, they unpack how joy is not about bypassing difficulty, but about developing the awareness, presence, and courage to meet life honestly without losing yourself in the process. Kristin shares how exponential joy grows through small, intentional choices that reconnect you to your voice, your body, and your truth, even in high-pressure environments. This conversation invites you to rethink productivity, success, and leadership through a more human lens, where joy becomes a renewable resource that deepens connection, expands impact, and creates work that feels aligned instead of draining. Key Takeaways: Why Exponential Joy Is a Practice, Not a Personality Trait – Understand how joy grows through intentional choices rather than circumstances or temperament.How Joy Changes the Way You Show Up at Work – Learn how choosing joy affects presence, communication, and how others experience you.The Difference Between Performing and Living in Joy – See how chasing approval or productivity blocks joy and creates quiet exhaustion.How Awareness Creates Space for Joy Under Pressure – Discover why noticing your internal state is the doorway to sustainable joy, even in demanding environments.Why Joy Expands Impact Instead of Diminishing It – Learn how grounded joy strengthens leadership, trust, and influence rather than making work feel less serious.Returning to Your Natural State of Joy – Understand how reconnecting to your voice, body, and truth allows joy to grow exponentially over time. About the Guest: Kristin Joy Ekkens is the visionary founder of the Exponential Joy™ movement and creator of the Joy Operating System (JOYOS™)—a blueprint for conscious leadership, wellbeing, and human flourishing. A TEDx speaker, executive coach, and social entrepreneur, she blends emotional and connectional intelligence, well-tech, and ancient wisdom to help leaders and creators upgrade their inner operating systems. After overcoming severe burnout and autoimmune illness, Kristin developed the EPIC Joy Codes™—Energy, Purpose, Intention, and Connection—to help others transform stress into vitality and purpose into joy. Her mission: to rewire humanity for exponential joy. http://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjoyekkens https://exj.global/joyos-accelerator/ About Amy: Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends practical leadership strategies with spiritual intelligence to unlock human potential at work. She’s a certified Executive Coach through UC Berkeley & the International Coaching Federation (ICF) In addition, Amy holds coaching certifications in Spiritual Intelligence (SQ21), the Edgewalker...

This episode is a collective pause at the edge of 2025, gathering voices from across the year to name what is quietly changing in how we lead, work, and relate to one another. Through reflections on presence, play, courage, compassion, wisdom, and humanity, the conversation invites a different way of moving forward. One that values being grounded over being rushed, connection over control, and truth over performance. As these voices come together, a deeper invitation emerges to lead with awareness, to stay human in the face of uncertainty and technology, and to step into 2026 willing to challenge old patterns while creating work that feels more alive, meaningful, and whole. Key Takeaways: 00:55 – Paul Haas – Rediscovering presence as the doorway to meaning, aliveness, and everyday magic 03:25 – Dr. Josh Plaskoff – Healing the split between systems and soul in how organizations are built 07:09 – Tracy Clark – Using play to unlock creativity, challenge assumptions, and open new possibilities 09:53 – Doy Charnsupharindr – The quiet power of staying with someone in uncertainty instead of rushing to answers 11:36 – Marcy Moriconi – Rewriting how women relate to one another at work and what it really takes to rise 13:04 – Dr. Mark Rittenberg – Leading bravely through dialogue, storytelling, and radical kindness 17:18 – JC Carr – How simple conversations can become turning points for growth and mentorship 19:07 – Jenn Ayala – Leading as a real human being, not a role, and why trust starts there 20:19 – Brian Gorman – Moving from intelligence to wisdom in leadership and collective decision-making 23:18 – Dr. Shonna Waters – Standing at the crossroads of AI and humanity and choosing the future we’re creating 27:13 – Sandra Bargman – Ferocious compassion, self-truth, and the courage to stop betraying yourself to belong About Amy: Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends practical leadership strategies with spiritual intelligence to unlock human potential at work. She’s a certified Executive Coach through UC Berkeley & the International Coaching Federation (ICF) In addition, Amy holds coaching certifications in Spiritual Intelligence (SQ21), the Edgewalker Profile, and the Archetypes of Change . In addition to being the host of the Create Magic At Work® podcast, Amy is the author of Create Magic At Work®, Creating Career Magic: A Daily Prompt Journal and the founder of Magic Thread Media™. Through her work, she inspires intentional leadership for thriving workplaces and lives where “magic” becomes reality. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/create-magic-at-work https://www.facebook.com/112951637095427 https://www.instagram.com/createmagicatwork https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEm4h3fUgaq8qgvZpz6dGg Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the...

In this trailer, Aaron Tabacco introduces the heart of the show and the two forces that shape our human experience. The circles are the patterns, rituals, relationships, and rhythms we move through every day. The edges are the moments of choice, the boundaries we meet or create, and the thresholds where growth quietly begins. This podcast is a space for reflection, attention, and connection. A place to notice what often goes unseen and to listen inward during moments of transition. Circles | Edges is not about fixing or forcing change. It is about awareness, presence, and understanding who we are becoming. Intro music "Unraveling the Night" composed by Miriam Milewska provided under license through Pond5

In a world that often rewards silence over truth, this conversation invites us into the radical possibility that courage can be compassionate and compassion can be ferocious. Sandra Bargman joins Amy to explore how choosing authenticity over approval transforms the way we lead, speak up and refuse the quiet self-betrayal that so many of us have normalized. Together they peel back the layers of social conditioning, especially for women and leaders, and show how the simple act of pausing, breathing and telling the truth becomes a liberating spiritual practice. This episode reminds us that real compassion begins with ourselves and that the courage to be disliked is sometimes the most loving choice we can make. Key Takeaways: The Paradox of Ferocious Compassion - Learn how strength and tenderness can coexist and why true compassion sometimes requires uncomfortable honesty.Why Self-Betrayal Happens in Leadership - See how people pleasing, approval seeking and silence accumulate and undermine your integrity and confidence.The Courage to Be Disliked - Discover why speaking your truth is an act of self respect and how developing this muscle changes every room you walk into.Reclaiming Your Voice in Moments That Catch You Off Guard - Find approaches for pausing, breathing and responding instead of freezing, laughing it off or internalizing harm.Confrontation as Presence, Not Conflict - Understand how facing a moment directly, without attack or avoidance, becomes a deep expression of integrity.Practicing Boundaries With Compassion - Explore ways to assess your safety, values and intentions so you can decide when to stay, when to speak and when to walk away. About the Guest: Sandra Bargman helps leaders unlock truthful presence with a blend of vocal mastery, storytelling skill, and deep emotional intelligence. Drawing from decades as an actor, singer, director, and life counselor, she teaches people to express themselves with clarity, authenticity, and intention. Her holistic B.I.G. Approach brings together breath and body work, vocal strength, diction, silence, mindfulness, and story craft, giving clients the tools to communicate with confidence and purpose. Whether she’s coaching one-on-one or leading groups, Sandra guides people of all ages and professions to access their inner truth, sharpen their message, and step into bolder, more grounded communication. https://www.sandrabargman.comhttps://www.sandrabargman.com/podcast About Amy: Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends practical leadership strategies with spiritual intelligence to unlock human potential at work. She’s a certified Executive Coach through UC Berkeley & the International Coaching Federation (ICF) In...

Gen Z was never the problem child of the workplace as much as a mirror showing leaders how our parenting and leadership habits shaped the next wave of employees. In this conversation, Amy talks with psychologist and author Dr. Andrea Mata about why the gentle parenting movement has unintentionally fueled the youth mental health crisis and how that shows up as “the American corporate tsunami” inside our teams. You’ll hear how overfocus on feelings, avoidance of consequences, and treating kids like peers can create adults who crumble after feedback, call in sick after small mistakes, or expect promotion on day one. Dr. Mata walks leaders through a better path built on high expectations with high support, frequent coaching style check-ins instead of once a year reviews, and scaffolding that builds emotional strength instead of enabling fragility. You’ll also hear how to respond when someone calls in sick after a breakup, how to work with parents who step into workplace conversations, and how to turn your own anger and frustration into a clear sense of passion and purpose in your career. Key Takeaways: Why Gentle Parenting Backfired - See how overfocus on feelings and partnership parenting can weaken emotional strength in young adults at work.Inside the Gen Z “Corporate Tsunami” - Learn why managers fire Gen Z faster, struggle with basic expectations, and feel blindsided by new workplace norms.High Expectations With High Support - Explore how clear behavior standards plus real coaching create confident, capable Gen Z employees instead of collapse.Feedback Without Fragility - Hear how to replace yearly reviews with short cycles, normalize discomfort, and use “exposure” to build feedback muscles.Scaffolding Skills Instead of Saving People - Get simple tell show do steps for teaching presentations, ownership, and independence without throwing people to the wolves.Turning Heartbreak and Hard Days Into Growth - Discover how to honor mental health days with empathy while still protecting results, planning, and team trust. About the Guest: Dr. Andrea Mata, PhD, is on a mission to throat-punch the youth mental health crisis and equip parents, educators, and leaders with the tools they need to raise emotionally strong kids and build resilient communities. Statistically, she shouldn’t be where she is today, growing up as the daughter of a Mexican immigrant in a gang-infested neighborhood on the Southside of Chicago. But Dr. Mata transformed her challenging upbringing into a source of strength, becoming a nationally recognized psychologist and speaker. She is the author of The No. 2 Parenting Book: Practical Tips for the Pooped-Out Parent and a leading voice in promoting authoritative parenting: a research-backed approach that combines high expectations with emotional warmth. Her insights have been featured on CNN, The Tamron Hall Show and in The Wall Street Journal, where she offers real-world strategies for navigating parenting, behavior, and mental health with clarity and confidence. With advanced degrees from Valparaiso University and Kent State University, Dr. Mata founded BrightSpot Families and partnered with the Anxiety Treatment Center of Greater Toledo. Known for her direct, relatable style, she delivers practical tools with just the right mix of science, humor, and...

Workplace angst is rising, even among high achievers, and Dr. Shonna Waters is here to explain why so many people feel unsafe, unseen or stuck in their growth. You’ll hear how security, significance and growth shape our wellbeing at work and why leaders must design cultures that support those needs. Together, we explore the risks of altitude sickness in leadership, how power can pull leaders away from the truth, and what it takes to stay connected with compassion and clarity. You also get a grounded look at AI and why people need a hopeful vision to move through this moment with confidence. This episode invites you to rethink how you lead, how you support your team and how you create a workplace where people feel valued and able to thrive. Key Takeaways: Why Workplace Angst Is Rising – See what causes discomfort at work even for people who appear to be thriving.The Three Needs Every Employee Shares – Get a clear look at how security, significance and growth shape energy and engagement. How Leaders Lose Perspective – Spot the signs of altitude sickness and what happens when leaders drift away from real insight.Building Psychological Ergonomics – Discover how small shifts in systems and habits create healthier, calmer workplaces.Leading Through AI Without Fear – Explore ways to guide teams through change with clarity and a hopeful message.Creating Cultures That Support Humans – See how connection, trust and simple daily practices help people feel respected and valued. About the Guest: An award-winning organizational psychologist and executive, Shonna is a recognized thought leader in HR, psychology, and business with over 100 articles, technical reports, book chapters, and books and over 100 conference talks, keynotes, and panels. With a background in consulting and executive leadership roles, Shonna has advised organizations on people strategy and transformation across various sectors. At BetterUp, she stood up and led teams in behavioral science, strategic partnerships and alliances, and executive advisory, driving research-backed insights to enhance organizational performance. https://www.drshonnawaters.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/shonna-waters/ About Amy: Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends practical leadership strategies with spiritual intelligence to unlock human potential at work. She’s a certified Executive Coach through UC Berkeley & the International Coaching Federation (ICF) In addition, Amy holds coaching certifications in Spiritual Intelligence (SQ21), the Edgewalker Profile, and the Archetypes of Change . In addition to being the host of the Create Magic At Work® podcast, Amy is the author of Create Magic At...

What if the strongest culture strategies aren't crafted in boardrooms, but in breakrooms, maintenance closets, and one-on-one hallway conversations? In this episode, Amy Lynn Durham is joined by Todd Wuestenberg, Chief Culture Officer at Haverkamp Properties, to explore how culture becomes tangible when ordinary people are empowered to create extraordinary impact. Drawing from his agricultural roots and over two decades in leadership, Todd offers a grounded, people-first perspective on building cultures that truly care. Together, they unpack three pivotal ideas: Culture as Stewardship: Why true culture means caring for people, not just hitting KPIs.From Posters to Practice: How to move from laminated values to lived behaviors through everyday recognition and leadership modeling.Measuring What Matters: How honest, third-party culture surveys can spark real dialogue, realignment, and renewed trust across departments. Todd and Amy also explore the power of peer-to-peer recognition, redefining the "customer" within departments, and how "work-life harmony" is the new standard for a healthy workplace. Listen if you're ready to stop chasing performance and start cultivating purpose. 🎧 Create Magic at Work® is hosted by Amy Lynn Durham, executive coach and founder of Create Magic at Work®, where spiritual intelligence meets modern leadership. Additional Resources: Connect with Todd on LinkedInDiscover Your Spiritual Intelligence at WorkConnect with Amy Lynn DurhamLearn More About Create Magic at Work Key Takeaways: Culture means caring for people, processes, and the organization.Leadership must model values, not just display them.Peer recognition builds authentic workplace connection.Culture starts with micro-teams, not top-down mandates.Work-life harmony replaces outdated balance expectations.

Ever ignored your gut and paid the price? Cari sits down with beloved teacher and mindfulness pioneer Trudy Goodman for a soul-stirring conversation about intuition, trust, and healing the parts of ourselves we've hidden away. Trudy vulnerably shares the ways denying her intuition led to deep personal pain, and how reclaiming it helped her rebuild a life of wisdom, creativity, and self-love. 🌱 The episode dives into the spiritual paradox of "no-self" vs. self-work, the nuanced dance between confidence and vulnerability, and how the practice of meditation can lead us not away from our messy truths, but straight into them. 🧘‍♀️ Trudy's stories will crack you open, make you laugh, and leave you thinking differently about what it really means to "heal." If you're ready to start reclaiming the parts of yourself you've pushed aside, head to http://www.bravedirections.com Follow along on Instagram @cari_jacobs_sf for more inspiration! Additional Resources: Follow Trudy on Instagram - @trudy_goodmanLearn more about InsightLAConnect with Cari on LinkedIn Key Takeaways: Intuition is trustworthy. Learn to listen and retrain it.Self-confidence grows through compassion, not perfection.Healing is messy, ongoing, and incredibly human.Vulnerability fosters true connection and belonging.Meditation uncovers inner wisdom and emotional clarity.

In a world obsessed with artificial intelligence, what if the future of work actually belongs to authentic intelligence? In this episode, Amy Lynn Durham sits down with Brian Gorman, author of Leading Into the Age of Wisdom: Reimagining the Future of Work, to explore how leaders can reclaim humanity at the heart of business. Together, they unpack three essential shifts: 💡 Reclaiming the Human Core: What truly separates wisdom from AI, and why empathy and discernment may be our most vital leadership tools. 🔄 Rethinking Work: How to move from time-based pay to energy- and results-driven work, and why flexibility creates more humane workplaces. 🔮 Leading Into the Age of Wisdom: What wisdom circles teach us about collective intelligence and how to lead from presence, not power. Brian and Amy also discuss how fear of AI can become an invitation to rediscover purpose, how wisdom emerges from collaboration, and how unlearning old paradigms can open us to a more conscious, connected future of work. Listen if you're ready to lead not to control, but to liberate. 📘 Grab Brian's book, "Leading Into the Age of Wisdom", and connect with him on LinkedIn. 🎧 Create Magic at Work® is hosted by Amy Lynn Durham, executive coach and founder of Create Magic at Work®, where spiritual intelligence meets modern leadership. Additional Resources: Get Brian's new book: "Leading Into the Age of Wisdom"Connect with Brian on LinkedInListen to Brian's podcast: Qonversations: Powered by QuantuvosLearn more about Brian's work!Connect with Amy Lynn DurhamLearn More About Create Magic at Work Key Takeaways: Wisdom guides how we use AI-driven intelligence.We're entering a transformative Age of Wisdom.Human connection and empathy are workplace essentials.Measure productivity by energy, not hours.Leadership thrives through shared, collective wisdom.

What does it really mean to lead without falling into burnout? In this episode, Amy connects with Ashley Cox, leadership mentor, author of "Transform Your Stories", and host of the Impact Ripple podcast, to unpack three common leadership traps that quietly sabotage even the most well-intentioned leaders. ✨ In this conversation, you'll hear about: The "worker bee," "niceness," and "helicopter" traps that drain leadersHow reframing delegation as empowerment changes team dynamicsThe role of self-trust in building high-performance culturesAshley's Fire Mapping method for getting to the root of issuesWhy authenticity and human connection still outperform old-school tactics 🎧 Tune in for a refreshing reset on how to lead with clarity, courage, and compassion, without doing it all yourself. Additional Resources: Connect with Ashley on LinkedInLearn more at https://ashleycox.co/roadmapConnect with Amy Lynn DurhamLearn More About Create Magic at Work Key Takeaways: Delegation is empowerment, not abdication.Leadership requires self-trust above all.Worker bee habits lead to burnout.Authenticity creates trust and consistency.Clear expectations prevent recurring team issues.