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The Next Better Podcast042 -- From Burnout to Breakthrough: Barbara Sennrich on Resilience, Purpose & Leading ChangeIn this episode of the Next Better Podcast, Barbara Sennrich shares her powerful journey from corporate burnout to founding the Change Resilient Advantage Group. Barbara opens up about the challenges that led her to redefine success, discover her purpose, and build resilience through intentional change. Learn how to create space for reflection, build resilience through purpose, and lead with integrity—whether in your personal life or at work.📌 Topics Covered:- Redefining resilience: Clarity, control, and competence- Barbara's burnout story and the path to recovery- Creating space for self-reflection and p...
2025-02-1033 min
Canoodle PodcastWhile You Were SleepingToday we discuss Colleen's pick, While You Were Sleeping. Lucy Moderatz (Sandra Bullock), a lonely Chicago “L” token collector, has a secret and hopeless crush on Peter Callaghan (Peter Gallagher), a handsome commuter who passes her booth every day. While working a shift on Christmas Day, Lucy witnesses Peter getting mugged and falling off the train platform. Without thinking, Lucy jumps onto the tracks and rescues an unconscious Peter from being hit by an oncoming train, saving his life. At the hospital, Lucy is mistaken for Peter’s fiancée and unwittingly becomes entangled with his rau...
2020-12-151h 06Canoodle PodcastNever Been KissedToday we discuss Barbara's pick: Never Been KissedWhen Josie Geller (Drew Barrymore), a bright but socially-awkward magazine editor, gets an undercover assignment to pose as a high school student, she leaps at the chance to prove herself as a reporter. However, Josie quickly learns that life in high school isn’t any easier the second time around and she becomes a target for the cool-but-cruel popular kids. As the pressure to write the story grows, so does Josie’s attraction to her handsome and kind-hearted English teacher, Sam Coulson (Michael Vartan). Things start looking up when Josi...
2020-10-271h 04Canoodle PodcastSomething's Gotta Give Today we discuss Liv's pick: Something's Gotta Give Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicolson) loves the ladies and definitely has a type: beautiful, sexy, and half his age. When he suffers a heart attack while on a weekend beach getaway with his latest squeeze, he unexpectedly finds himself under the care of Erica Barry (Diane Keaton) — a quirky and accomplished playwright who just happens to be his girlfriend’s mother. Harry and Erica find love by the sea but Harry’s return to real life threatens their newfound happiness. Will they find their way back to each other or will H...
2020-10-2059 minCanoodle PodcastHitchToday we discuss Lucy's pick: HitchAlex “Hitch” Hitchens (Will Smith) has found success discreetly helping bashful bachelors find true love in New York City. Albert Brennaman (Kevin James), a sweet but hapless accountant with his heart set on “out-of-his-league” celebrity heiress Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta), may be his biggest challenge yet. But, while Albert surprisingly impresses Allegra, Hitch stumbles repeatedly in his pursuit of Sara Melas (Eva Mendes) — a smart, cynical gossip columnist. Things get even more complicated when Sara becomes fixated on getting the scoop on Allegra’s unlikely new romance. Can this Date Doctor heal his own...
2020-10-131h 01Canoodle PodcastMoonstruckToday we discuss Colleen's pick: MoonstruckLoretta Castorini (Cher) learned the hard way not to marry for love. Now a 37 year-old widow, she vows that her bad luck will finally change and agrees to marry Johnny, a mild-mannered businessman (Danny Aiello). Before leaving on a trip to Sicily to visit his dying mother, Johnny asks Loretta one simple favor — to invite his estranged brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage) to their wedding. Things get more complicated when Loretta and Ronny meet and are wildly attracted to each other. Is it love? Or is it just the moon playing tricks on...
2020-10-061h 06Canoodle PodcastMonster in LawToday we discuss Barbara's Pick: Monster in Law When dashing brain surgeon Kevin Fields (Michael Vartan) and charming artist/dog walker Charlie Cantilini meet-cute three times in one day, they have no choice but to fall truly, madly, deeply in love. Kevin takes Charlie to meet his mother, Viola (Jane Fonda) — a celebrity talk show host who is barely holding it together after a career-destroying on-air meltdown — and surprises both women by proposing to Charlie on the spot. These two seem destined for happily-ever-after, but Viola is convinced that Charlie isn’t good enough...
2020-09-2900 minCanoodle PodcastThe ProposalToday we discuss Liv's pick: The ProposalAndrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) is determined to advance his career in publishing, even if it means paying his dues as the overworked and under-appreciated assistant to Margaret Tate, a.k.a “Satan’s Mistress” (Sandra Bullock). When Margaret realizes she’s about to be deported back to Canada, she and Andrew embark on a risky scheme: he’ll pose as her fiancé and she’ll give him the promotion he’s been working for.Trouble ensues when a dubious immigration officer gives them an ultimatum: prove that they are a real coup...
2020-09-221h 00Canoodle PodcastBridget Jones's DiaryToday we discuss Lucy's pick: Bridget Jones's DiarySassy singleton Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) makes a New Year’s resolution: get a diary, get her life together, and finally (!!!) get a proper boyfriend. The trouble is, her two main candidates are a study in bad judgement.Bridget’s Boss/Sexy Bad Boy Daniel (Hugh Grant) makes her feel like a “wanton sex goddess.” But why does brooding, strait-laced Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) keep showing up? Will Bridget finally find the love she’s been waiting for?2001 — written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fieldi...
2020-09-151h 03Canoodle PodcastWhen Harry Met Sally... Today we discuss Colleen's pick: When Harry Met Sally...When hopeless cynic Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) first meets hopeful romantic Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) it’s not love at first sight. As they drive across the country together from the University of Chicago to New York City, the two can’t seem to agree on anything, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. They part as strangers because, as Harry tells Sally, men and women can never be friends, because the sex part always gets in the way.But fate ensures that these pola...
2020-09-0800 minCanoodle PodcastLove & BasketballWhen 11 year-old Quincy (Omar Epps) meets girl-next-door Monica (Sanaa Lathan) on the basketball court he’s shocked to discover that a girl can play ball as well as he does. Monica is competitive and emotional; Quincy is talented and arrogant. The only thing they seem to agree on is their total commitment to basketball. Over the years their love/hate relationship changes from rivalry to friendship, eventually blossoming into first love. But as their paths to sports stardom diverge and threaten to tear them apart, can they find a way to love each other and basketball?...
2020-09-011h 05Canoodle PodcastThe Wedding PlannerToday we discuss Liv's pick: The Wedding Planner.Gorgeous control freak Mary Fiore is up to her highly glossed kisser in weddings. She’s the top Wedding Planner in San Francisco and is set to become a partner in her firm, if she can land their biggest account yet: The Donnelly Wedding. Tragically unlucky in love, things seem to be looking up for Mary when she meets Steve Edison, a charming Pediatrician who quite literally knocks her off her feet. But sparks really start to fly when Mary discovers that Steve is the groom in the Donnelly We...
2020-08-251h 01Canoodle PodcastCrazy Rich AsiansToday we discuss Lucy's pick: Crazy Rich AsiansRachel Chu, a beautiful and smart Chinese-American Professor of Economics, is in L-O-V-E with Nick Young, an expat from Singapore who uses her Netflix password and works out at the YMCA. When Nick invites her to travel with him to meet his family for the first time, she’s surprised to discover that they are among the richest in Singapore. Rachel is determined to win Nick’s family over, but will she ever really fit into his world? A 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Jon M. Chu...
2020-08-181h 00Canoodle PodcastYou've Got MailToday we discuss Collen's pick: You've Got MailStruggling boutique bookseller Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) hates Joe Fox (Tom Hanks), the owner of a corporate Foxbooks chain store that just moved in across the street. When they meet online, however, they begin an intense and anonymous Internet romance, oblivious of each other's true identity. Eventually Joe learns that the enchanting woman he's involved with is actually his business rival. He must now reconcile his real-life dislike for her with the cyber love he's come to feel.1998 - written by Delia and Nora Ephron, directed by...
2020-08-111h 12Canoodle PodcastBridesmaidsToday we are discussing Barbara's pick: BridesmaidsAnnie (Kristen Wiig) is a single woman whose own life is a mess, but when she learns that her lifelong best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), is engaged, she has no choice but to serve as the maid of honor. Though lovelorn and almost penniless, Annie winds her way through the strange and expensive rituals associated with her job as the bride's go-to gal. Determined to make things perfect, she gamely leads Lillian and the other bridesmaids down the wild road to the wedding.2011, written by Kristen Wiig and...
2020-08-041h 00Canoodle PodcastPretty Woman An 80’s update on the classic fairy tale “Cinder-fucking-rella”, Pretty Woman is the story of Vivian (Julia Roberts) — a charming but down-on-her-luck sex worker, and Edward (Richard Gere) — a handsome but emotionally-stunted corporate raider, who meet and form an unlikely business partnership that takes Vivian from the Red-light district in Hollywood to the high-class playground of the super-rich: Beverly Hills. Over the course of one week, the pair negotiate and navigate their relationship and, in the end, they are both changed forever.1990, written by JF Lawton, directed by Garry Marshall Sources include:Wikipedia: https://en...
2020-07-281h 16Canoodle PodcastBull DurhamToday we discuss Colleen's pick: Bull Durham."Crash” Davis (Kevin Costner), is a veteran minor league catcher brought in to teach rookie pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) about the game in preparation for reaching the major leagues. Baseball aficionado Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon) chooses Nuke as her season-long romantic project but finds herself increasingly attracted to Crash.1988, written and directed by Ron SheltonSources include:Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_DurhamWhy Crash Davis is the Best Name Ever, and Other Tales from the Making of...
2020-07-2140 minCanoodle PodcastForgetting Sarah MarshallToday we discuss Lucy's pick: Forgetting Sarah MarshallThis modern rom com follows Peter Bretter (Jason Segal), who is a musician writing a Dracula Muppet musical (yes, you read that right) and is going through an unexpected breakup with his TV star girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). To heal his broken heart, he books a flight to Hawaii to escape, only to find that his recent ex and her new rockstar boyfriend Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) are staying at the same hotel. Hilarity and humiliation ensue.2008, written by Jason Segal and produced by Judd Apatow
2020-07-2155 minCanoodle PodcastWelcome to Canoodle!“Let’s do like a book club. But with Rom Coms.” And just like that, Canoodle was reborn.A couple of years ago, while on a New Year’s vacation with some girlfriends, one of them confessed that she had just spent several days hiding from her family and secretly binge-watching Christmas RomComs on the Hallmark channel. Within seconds we were all weighing in with our own favorites, savoring their schmaltzy but irresistible titles: It’s Christmas, Eve!, Christmas Under Wraps,, A Boyfriend for Christmas (the ultimate gift!).After we’d exhausted Hallmark and moved on to non-ho...
2020-07-1902 min