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The Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthThe Breakout Introduces Notes on ResilienceJoin us for a bonus episode this month, as we share Keri and Kelly's appearance on Notes on Resilience, hosted by Manya Chylinski!What if the secret to effective leadership wasn't having all the answers, but rather creating space for genuine human connection? In this enlightening conversation with Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther, co-founders of the Abbracci Group, we explore the transformative power of compassion in the workplace.The dialogue begins with a fundamental truth: people want to feel cared for, regardless of whether they're at home or at work. Despite...2025-06-2531 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthThe Story That Changes Minds – Celebrating Pride Month with Trystan ReeseTrystan Reese is a dad to three great kids, he has a loving partner, and a fulfilling career. It's a beautiful, somewhat typical life. But as a transgender man, there's nothing typical about how he got here.How he grew his family – from an unexpected adoption, to his very public trans pregnancy – is a huge part of how Trystan does his LGBTQ+ advocacy work. And in this episode, we hear Trystan’s family story, how he pushes past judgment to tell his story, and why, even with the war on DE&I, he thinks there’s still hope...2025-06-1134 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthThe Breakout Introduces Season of StuckJoin us for a bonus episode this month, as we share Keri and Kelly's appearance on Season of Stuck, hosted by Deanna deBara!SummaryIn this episode of Season of Stuck, Deanna sits down with Kelly Guenther and Dr. Keri Ohlrich, co-hosts of The Breakout, authors of Whatever the Hell You Want, and co-founders of the Abbracci Group. They'll discuss what it means to get unstuck and how to navigate the fear, resistance, and challenges that come with change. From personal experiences to professional insights, this episode is packed with actionable advice...2025-05-2853 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthBoiling Point – The Collapse That Changed Everything, with Justin MaffettI had a budding career as an attorney. I was making more money than I knew how to spend. I was living in the Upper East Side. Everything looked promising.On paper, it seemed like Justin Maffett had achieved the life he'd always wanted, but instead of enjoying it, he felt trapped in a career that was making him miserable. Then in 2020, COVID lockdowns forced Justin into a state of physical and emotional isolation, and that simmering resentment he felt towards his work turned into a mental health crisis - followed by arrests and f...2025-05-1434 min
Notes on Resilience122: Compassionate Leadership in Uncertain Times, with Keri Ohlrich and Kelly GuentherSend us a textWhat if the secret to effective leadership wasn't having all the answers, but rather creating space for genuine human connection? In this enlightening conversation with Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther, co-founders of the Abbracci Group, we explore the transformative power of compassion in the workplace.The dialogue begins with a fundamental truth: people want to feel cared for, regardless of whether they're at home or at work. Despite this simple reality, many managers struggle to show genuine empathy and vulnerability—often because they've been conditioned to maintain professional distance or believe th...2025-04-3033 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthThe Breakout Introduces Hotter Than Ever, with Erin Keating, Featuring Dr. Keri and KellyJoin us for a bonus episode this month, as we share Keri and Kelly's appearance on Hotter Than Ever, with Erin Keating!SummaryIs entrepreneurship truly a solo journey, or would you rather start a business with a friend? For Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther, co-founders of the leadership and HR consultancy the Abbracci Group and co-hosts of “The Breakout” podcast, the answer is clear: collaboration is key. Together, they’re on a mission to help women and entrepreneurs navigate both professional and personal changes, big and small. Their book, “Whatever the Hell...2025-04-231h 06The Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthReimagining the Possible – The Art of Change with Dr. Tasha Golden“I often say that creativity is rooted in refusal. That you refuse to accept that the world as it is, is just fine as it is, because you recognize that the world as it is can be altered”. Dr. Tasha Golden wants everyone to see the extraordinary power in creativity. Tasha is a behavioral scientist, and a leading expert in how creativity drives transformative change. And she should know. Because before Tasha became a scientist, she was a successful singer and songwriter touring the world, until a shattering case of burnout forced her to chang...2025-04-0932 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal Growth“I Didn’t Want to Be a Patient” – How to Take Control of Your Body, with Kim Rahir“I really fought against this identity of being a patient - being someone who's just expected to wither away and to rely on doctors”. When Kim Rahir was hit with a life-altering diagnosis, she knew she needed to take control. After a terrifying episode of paralysis, she learned that she had Multiple Sclerosis - and her life changed dramatically. But, facing frightening changes in her body, and lifelong drug treatments, Kim’s instinct was to push back on what her doctors were telling her. With a burning drive to be able to rely on her bod...2025-03-1233 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthStuck Happens – The Truth about “Stuckness” and What to Do About It, with Deanna deBara“You can't think your way out of a body problem…You have to address what's happening in the body and the brain before you can actually take those steps forward”. Deanna DeBara knows all about feeling “stuck”. And, if you're a human navigating life right now, you probably do too. Being stuck is that odd sense of not wanting to stay where you are, but not being able to – or knowing how to – move forward. It’s something that many of us think about as being an individual feeling, but Deanna wants us to know that it’s actually a foundational huma...2025-02-2632 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow To Be Hotter Than Ever – Valentine’s Day Episode! With Erin Keating“While I was in the hospital…people started sending flowers and the biggest bouquet of flowers was from my work. And that is a metaphor for how my life was going”. The week before she turned 50, Erin Keating ended up in the hospital, and nearly died from COVID. That’s when a lot of things in her life became crystal clear. At the time, Erin was the picture of success – but she was also telling herself a lot of lies. It took a dire illness and a mid-life reckoning to launch a complete life reinvention. And she noticed...2025-02-1232 min
Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhDHow to Embrace Career Pivots Without Fear With Kelly Guenther and Keri OhlrichWelcome back to Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD!I'm your host, David Mendes, and today, we delve deep into the art of pivoting professionally without fear. In this episode we are joined by two extraordinary guests, Kelly Gunther and Dr. Keri Ohlrich, cofounders of Abbracci Group and cohosts of the Breakout podcast. In this episode, we explore the complex and often challenging process of stepping out of life's predestined boxes—the expectations set by society, family, and even ourselves. Kelly and Keri share their personal stories, professional insights, and the powerful narratives of those who have made brave, life-altering ch...2025-01-3057 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthNew Generation, New Rules – Gen Z Career Coaching, with Madeline Miller“It's very easy to say Gen Z’s and millennials are demanding, they're needy, but if you really look at the core of what they want, they're basic human needs that we all want.”There's a generational divide in the work place that Madeline Miller wants to change. Madeline is a career coach who focuses specifically on Gen Z and millennial clients, who she says are entering the workforce with an entirely novel set of challenges.Madeline’s clients are in their twenties, and grew up in the age of climate change, sweeping tech innovations, and bein...2025-01-2933 min
Literally First Class™How the Right Rooms Shape Your FutureAre you familiar with the "Butterfly Effect"? This concept suggests that a small decision in your life can lead to various consequences over weeks, months, or even years. While it's often associated with personal experiences, it can also apply to your professional life. Small actions, such as connecting with the right person, attending a local business congress, or investing in a coaching program, can significantly change the course of your life. In today's episode, we will explore this very topic. Keri shares real-life examples of specific experiences that transformed her life over the course of a year...2025-01-2820 minLiterally First Class™Pop Up Party in First Class with Kelly RoachToday, Kelly Roach visited us in First Class for a POP UP PARTY! We discussed fundamental business strategies for growth and transformation, the importance of team management, and working with individuals who believe in the company's vision. We also talked about how to be more responsible with finances, since it's one of the most important tasks for entrepreneurs, especially in the first years of business. Building a business from scratch requires a significant amount of work, and keeping it running can be stressful without the right guidance. Kelly shared valuable tips to help maintain a thriving business...2025-01-2140 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthSmall Steps, Big Changes - Science-Backed Yoga and Meditation for Everyday Life, with Ann Swanson“We can look at fertility, we can look at cognition, memory, the nervous system, sleep, really there’s not a single system of the body that yoga and meditation don’t have have evidence to support for helping you function.” Ann Swanson has written the book on the science of yoga. Literally. After dealing with chronic pain and anxiety throughout her life, Ann tried yoga and meditation. Reluctant at first, once she started seeing real improvements, she went all in - and today, Ann’s published two books that map out the hard evidence on the profound impacts these practices...2025-01-1532 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Do Nothing: Our Toxic Relationship with Work and What to Do About It, with Celeste Headlee (rebroadcast)Happy New Year everyone! As you contemplate your resolutions for 2025, sit back and listen to Celeste Headlee's pitch for... Doing Nothing. It's a replay of one of our favorite episodes of 2024, and we're hoping it helps you kick off the new year on the right foot. Enjoy.“People who overwork - more than 55 hours a week - which is most Americans, will die younger. Not that it's correlated with early death. It causes it. This is serious”.Celeste Headlee wants to start a revolution.In her new book Do Nothing: How to Break Away...2025-01-0132 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthBreaking Out the Holiday Cheer!The festive season has arrived, life is even busier than usual, and there’s still so much to do! That’s why today on The Breakout, we’re going with something simple: sending our best wishes, and sharing a few teasers for what you can look forward to in the new year.Join us today for a quick look at 2024, and a glimpse ahead to 2025. And as always, a big thank you to our listeners for making this year one of our best yet! We can’t wait to connect with you again in January for more incr...2024-12-1801 min
The Kelly Roach Show1083. Self-Care and Somatic Healing: Essential Tools for Female Leaders and EntrepreneursIn this episode of The Kelly Roach Show, Kelly dives into the transformative power of self-care, somatic healing, and nervous system regulation, offering essential tools for female entrepreneurs and leaders navigating high-pressure business environments and personal responsibilities. Keri Ford, a renowned expert in somatic healing, shares her journey from fitness and nutrition to leadership coaching, revealing how subconscious factors can limit professional success. Kelly and Keri discuss the importance of aligning mental health practices with business strategies for sustainable growth, highlighting how understanding trauma, self-care, stress management, and meditation can unlock new levels of performance. Bo...2024-12-0520 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthRiding the Waves: Olympic Swimmer Ryan Murphy on Wins, Losses, and Staying SteadyRyan Murphy is a nine-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer, but it hasn't all been podium glory. At this summer's Paris Games, Ryan missed qualifying for the men's 200 meter backstroke by one tenth of a second. And that was after he had just won bronze in the 100 meter. It's these extraordinary swings between triumph and disappointment that Ryan is so brilliant at managing. Through it all, he's learned to roll with the lows just as easily as he celebrates the highs. There are few endeavours that can match the intense 24-7, 365 day per year commitment and pressure of being...2024-12-0430 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHealing Outside the Lines: Rethinking Why We Get Sick, and How We Get Better, with Tatiana MillerAt 33 years old, Tatiana Miller suddenly lost feeling and movement in her legs, and was lying in a hospital bed. “I had four orthopedic surgeons tell me, ‘this is going to be your new normal’, and at that moment, I remember thinking, no, absolutely not. You're wrong”. When it comes to her health, accepting the status quo has never been in the cards for Tatiana. As a teen, she saw multiple doctors to find help for her autoimmune disease and chronic pain. For years, she struggled to find answers, studying holistic medicine and practicing yoga, but her body...2024-11-2031 min
Hotter Than EverHow To Manage Career & Personal Change with Dr. Keri Ohlrich & Kelly GuentherIs entrepreneurship truly a solo journey, or would you rather start a business with a friend? For Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther, co-founders of the leadership and HR consultancy the Abbracci Group and co-hosts of “The Breakout” podcast, the answer is clear: collaboration is key. Together, they’re on a mission to help women and entrepreneurs navigate both professional and personal changes, big and small. Their book, “Whatever the Hell You Want”, is a guide to identifying the “boxes” that confine us, creating a roadmap to break free, and living a life of choice and freedom. Keri and Kelly’s story i...2024-11-141h 08The Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthThe Breakout Introduces Say More with Tulaine MontgomeryToday, instead of our usual episode, we're excited to share a podcast we think you'll love: Say More with Tulaine Montgomery. Tulaine is an entrepreneur, activist, and CEO of the venture philanthropy firm New Profit. In her show, she speaks with people who are deeply committed to making the world a better place, while also taking care of themselves and supporting their communities.In this episode, Tulaine interviews Rachel Cargle, an activist, best-selling author, and founder of The Loveland Foundation. Together, they explore how self-study can help us uncover our true selves and empower us to...2024-11-0640 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthCasting Doubts: Unpacking the Electoral College System, with Maximina Juson, director of One Person, One Vote? (rebroadcast)With this crucial election right around the corner, everyone at The Breakout agreed it’s a great time to re-share this interview with Maximina Juson, the director of the documentary, One Person, One Vote?This is a beautiful film that examines America’s Electoral College Voting System, and who it really represents. The movie premiered in September on PBS and it's streaming now on the PBS app. Follow @1person1votedoc on IG, FB & TikTok to stay updated. To host or attend an in person screening visit onepersononevote.co. And of course, check out our interview with the amazi...2024-10-2329 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Do Whatever The Hell You Want: The Breakouts That Inspired the BookThe day has finally come! Friends…our book is officially launched! Join us on today’s episode as we celebrate the book, vacillate from excitement to nausea, and look back on the incredible guests on The Breakout who inspired it all.One of our amazing guests once said, “all these rules that have been taught to us? They were not bargained for collectively. We did not actually agree to them”. She was actually talking about monogamy, but for us, that sentiment applies universally to every expectation we live by. It’s also a sentiment that serves as the startin...2024-10-0929 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Prove Them Wrong: Breaking barriers in swimming, with four-time Olympic medalist Cullen JonesEnter our Giveaway! Get in on it before it’s gone!Keri and Kelly’s new book, Whatever the Hell you Want: An Escape Plan to Break Out of Life’s Little Boxes and Live Free from Expectations is coming out October 8th, but you can pre-order it NOW! And there are bonuses for you if you do! Our fabulous podcast listeners can win the deluxe new AirPods Max headphones. Here's how to enter: 1. Pre-order the book on Amazon at this link between August 14th and October 8. 2. Post a podcast review on your favorite listen...2024-09-2531 min
Re-defining NormalEmotional Balance for Parents and FamiliesEver wonder why parenting often feels like an emotional minefield? Join us as we uncover the secrets to navigating conflict and big emotions with our children. We'll explore how societal norms can trigger reactive parenting and share how building emotional capacity can transform your approach. Jamie dives deep into the importance of holding presence and guiding our kids through their emotional experiences without projecting our own issues. Listen in as we reflect on our personal journeys of overcoming dysregulation and reactivity, and discover how these skills are crucial not just for parenting, but for all relationships.We'll...2024-09-1735 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthWhen Trauma is Everywhere: Making Invisible Victims Visible, with Manya ChylinskiENTER OUR GIVEAWAY!Keri and Kelly’s new book, Whatever the Hell you Want: An Escape Plan to Break Out of Life’s Little Boxes and Live Free from Expectations is launching October 8th, but you can pre-order it NOW! And you could win if you do! A set of deluxe new AirPods Max headphones are up for grabs.Here's how to enter: 1. Pre-order the book on Amazon at this link by October 8. 2. Post a podcast review on your favorite listening app 3. Post your book receipt on Facebook or Instagram using the hash...2024-09-1131 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Stop a Bully: Breaking the Silence with Women’s Rights Lawyer, Alreen HaeggquistGIVEAWAY ALERT!!Keri and Kelly’s new book, Whatever the Hell you Want: An Escape Plan to Break Out of Life’s Little Boxes and Live Free from Expectations is coming out October 8th, but you can pre-order it NOW! And there are bonuses for you if you do! Our fabulous podcast listeners can win the deluxe new AirPods Max headphones. Here's how to enter: 1 Pre-order the book on Amazon at this link between August 14th and October 8. 2 Post a podcast review on your favorite listening app 3 Post your book receipt on Facebook or I...2024-08-2830 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Do Nothing: Our Toxic Relationship with Work and What to Do About It, with Celeste Headlee“People who overwork - more than 55 hours a week - which is most Americans, will die younger. Not that it's correlated with early death. It causes it. This is serious”.Celeste Headlee wants to start a revolution.In her new book Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, she’s asking out loud the question we’ve likely all been wondering: Why are we so obsessed with productivity and efficiency? Even when it's making us miserable?Celeste is an award-winning author and broadcast journalist with NPR and PBS. She’s also a p...2024-08-1432 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Be Shameless: Squashing Your Inner Critic, with Maggie Langrick“It was easy for me to say to people ‘your stories are valuable’ but when I would turn that lens on myself, I was tongue-tied and embarrassed.” As the founder of Wonderwell Press, a non-fiction publishing company, Maggie Langrick has been a champion of writers for years; in fact she was a huge influence in the development of Keri and Kelly’s upcoming book, Whatever the Hell You Want (coming in October!). But while Maggie was helping everyone else find their voice, she was actively repressing her own, because, as she tells us, she felt like it was “weird…...2024-07-3130 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Seize the Day: A Practical Guide to Taking Action and Changing Your Life, with Best-Selling Author, Scott Allan“I think everybody has limitless potential to create whatever they want”. That’s the core idea that coach and best-selling author, Scott Allan lives by. Scott's made it his mission to "help people create the life they want to own". How does he do that exactly? With the extraordinary series of self-help books he's written, and by sharing his life story.In the late 90’s, Scott was working as an electrical engineer on the west coast of Canada when he decided to turn everything upside down. “I've got to do something with this life”, he decided, “I didn't come this...2024-07-1728 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Start Over and Ignore the Doubt (and the doubters): Dr. Cindy Starke on Finding Midlife Magic“You don't have to let your past define you. You can change in a heartbeat”. Dr. Cindy Starke is a firm believer that it’s never too late to begin again. Cindy is a physician and geneticist, and at mid-life she made the bold decision to leave her full-time hospital position and top-end salary to found a coaching program dedicated to empowering women at that tricky second-half-of-life milestone. Despite huge pushback from her partner and a lot of fear and trepidation, Cindy made the leap. She tore down societal boundaries to reinvent her life, and now she helps h...2024-07-0329 min
ChaseLife with Kelly115: Edging to Expansion with Keri Ford[3:52] The Power of Somatic and Healing Work "With somatic work and healing work, now that I know that I have leaned into the courage that requires to move through and work on those things." [16:05 ] Embracing Your Calling "When you step into your calling it can be a little bit scary." [24:55] Healing at a Systemic Level "I want to become a trauma-trained practitioner and learn how to actually heal, on a systemic level, a nervous system level." [29:28] Navigating Cognitive Desire and Physical Resistance "There's something here...2024-07-011h 06The Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthCasting Doubts: Unpacking the Electoral College System, with Maximina Juson, Director of One Person, One Vote?“The electoral college is a real pain point for the electorate. They don’t understand it, and they don’t know why we have it in the first place…So that’s why I made this film.” That’s how Maximina Juson explains her motivation for making the extraordinary, and necessary, new documentary, One Person, One Vote? It's a film that takes a closer look at something that lots of Americans rarely question: the electoral college voting system.If you’ve been listening to The Breakout for a while now, you’ll know that we love guests who questio...2024-06-1929 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthBreaking out of the Cubicle: Rethinking Work and School for the Neurodivergent Community“It's amazing that we have this tunnel vision around what success needs to look like, even though our society is filled with people who are wildly atypical.” Dr. Matt Zakreski is a dedicated clinical psychologist who's made it his mission to help harness the often overlooked abilities of the neurodivergent community – that’s anyone with a brain that works differently from the average or neurotypical person. Growing up as a gifted kid, Dr. Matt was neurodivergent himself. and saw firsthand how rigid practices in schools and workplaces can stifle the growth and talents of people in this comm...2024-06-0531 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow To Save Lives: Flipping the Script on Addiction, with Sean Daniels“When I was trying to get sober, I couldn't find anything that had a sense of humor, and so I guess I at some point was like, well, then I have to write the thing that I can't find”. Sean Daniels is the hilarious, warm, and honest writer behind the hugely successful play, The White Chip, a comedy about addiction. Since its debut in 2019, The White Chip has had rave reviews, sold out shows in New York, and pulled in big producing partners like Hank Azaria, Jason Biggs, and John Larroquette. But the play is just one of Sean's proje...2024-05-2232 min
Life IntendedThe Unchained Executive: Living and Leading with Purpose with Keri Durkin CauneIn this episode, Keri Durkin Caune, an accomplished C-level leader and mentor, shares her journey of becoming an Unchained Executive and living with greater intentionality. She emphasizes the importance of mindfulness, reflection, and aligning decisions with values and purpose. Keri's "Why" is her family, and she cherishes the love and bond shared with them. As a mother, she instilled the value of kindness in her children and emphasizes the importance of education and goal setting. Keri also discusses her approach to controlling her thoughts by working to not let anyone live rent-free in her mind. She shares t...2024-05-2146 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthBreaking up with Alcohol: Reframing Recovery with Sisters in Sobriety, Sonia Kahlon and Kathleen KillenMay is Mental Health Awareness month, and in this episode we're thrilled to shine a light on Sonia Kahlon and Kathleen Killen who host the fantastic podcast Sisters in Sobriety. We’re also talking about Everblume, an entirely unique alcohol recovery support community founded by Sonia. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. “I was functioning at such a high level. I'm not going to refer to myself as an alcoholic. There's a stigma to that word”. Sonia Kahlon is a recovery coach and former addict...2024-05-0833 min
Living a Nutritious Life with Keri GlassmanEpisode 20: Kelly Gores on Harnessing the Power of the Mind for HealingLiving a Nutritious Life PodcastIn this latest episode of the Living a Nutritious Life Podcast, we are thrilled to welcome Kelly Gores. About Our Guest:Kelly Gores is a passionate wellness advocate. She is an entrepreneur, writer, director, and producer. She gained recognition for her award-winning documentary HEAL (2017) which explores the power of the mind-body connection and the body’s natural healing capabilities. She is also the creator of the wellness platform HEAL. Click here for full bio. What You'll Learn in This Episode:Th...2024-04-3057 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Speak Up: Assertiveness, Boundaries, and the Beauty of Anger, with Cara Tuttle“Anger is telling us something. It's often telling us that something isn't right or that a boundary is being violated”. Cara Tuttle is a lawyer, consultant, and educator focused on addressing sexual assault and harassment in higher education, and she wants us to explore our anger as a key tool in assertiveness training. After years of working on a university campus, Cara found that assertiveness was a major struggle for women of all ages, and that has a lot to do with how women have been raised, and how complicated anger can be for women in particular. As Cara expla...2024-04-2431 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthLifescaping: How to Dig Yourself Out of Entrepreneurial Trauma, with Monique Allen “One of the jokes I have in coaching is, the surefire way to kill passion is to build a business around it, or marry it”. Monique Allen will tell you that entrepreneurship is it’s own special kind of trauma, and it needs a special kind of business coaching. Monique is a professional gardener who has spent almost four decades in the industry. Over that time, running her own landscaping business she began to see a crucial need amongst her fellow creatives and trade-based entrepreneurs: they had started a business because they loved their work, and then suddenly...2024-04-1030 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthWalking Away: How to Leave a Promising Career and Make Your Life Your Own (Camino stories part 2 of 2!), with Christine Job“I was expecting to feel a certain way about the accomplishments. But it wasn't fulfilling, and I couldn't understand why.” Christine Job was a talented law student and the first Black female president of her class. From an early age, her family had expected her to go into law, but despite her achievements she was terribly unsatisfied. Christine’s early professional life was a series of fits and starts. Big opportunities kept leading to dead ends until one day she had a nagging feeling that would not go away. A friend had told Christine about the Camino de Sant...2024-03-2730 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthLeaving Your Life: The Transformative Power of the Camino de Santiago (Camino stories part 1 of 2), with Writer and Entrepreneur, Kelli FieldOne night, at the tail end of a vacation in Europe, Kelli Field suddenly hit a wall. “I just started crying and I just told my husband, I can't do it anymore”. After decades of working in a high earning, high stress career that took a huge toll on her health, she realized she couldn’t go back to work. Something deep inside her had finally said no. “My life had all the trappings of the American dream. Big house, expensive cars, long commute. I did everything I thought I was supposed to do to be happy…but it was like a...2024-03-1333 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthChanging the Narrative: The Untold Her-story of Human Evolution, with Cat Bohannon, Bestselling Author of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution“There’s this really old, really crap story that how we got here is about what the guys did. And women were just like some side character behind a hill, just like pounding some tubers, saying, ‘Oh, sorry guys. I see you're busy. I'm just gonna build the future of our species in my actual body’.” That’s how the brilliant and hilarious Cat Bohannon introduces the idea behind her New York Times bestselling book, Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. Ten years in the making, and making a huge splash internationally, the book is a fascina...2024-02-2834 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Escape Monogamy: The Valentine’s Day Episode! Featuring Psychologist, Sex Educator, and Best-Selling Author, Dr. Joli HamiltonGet ready for a Valentine's Day episode like no other. True to form, we're challenging some expectations, and today, it's that age-old ideal of “the couple”. Why is it still so glorified, and what are some ways to do relationships differently? Psychologist and sex educator Dr. Joli Hamilton is one expert who wants to shake up the monogamy paradigm. In her practice, Joli helps people explore non-monogamy and the many ways it can be implemented in a relationship. Joli specializes in helping couples develop their own self-awareness, and navigate the bumpy road of non-monogamy – a choice that for lots...2024-02-1434 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthStuck In-Between: How to Defy Cultural Labels and Define Yourself (without all those rules), with Urmi Hossain“I never felt I was Bengali enough. I never felt I was Italian enough…And because of that, I struggled to find my cultural identity”. Urmi Hossain is Italian by birth, and Bengali by blood, but there’s always been friction between those two identities. Born and raised in Italy to immigrant parents from Bangladesh, Urmi grew up at the center of a clash between Italian culture, strict Muslim parenting, and a society that wanted to categorize her one way or another.You know that tendency we all sometimes have where we want to define someone's cultural identity...2024-01-3131 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow To Save Your Kids: Kidnapping, Trauma, and Fighting the Odds...and Your Own Demons, with Author, Lizbeth Meredith“Four years after I left – four long years of being stalked and having my tires slashed – my former husband took the kids one day and disappeared out of country.” That’s the beginning of Lizbeth Meredith’s years-long nightmare of searching for her two young daughters after her abusive ex-husband kidnapped them and took them to Greece. Living on just $10 an hour at the time, Lizbeth embarks on a $100,000 journey working with a private detective, fighting through a foreign court system, getting arrested, and taking terrifying risks to bring her children home.But this is a story that really...2024-01-1730 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthResolutions Out of the Box: Expectation-Shattering Heroes from 2023, with Kelly Guenther and Dr. Keri Ohlrich (and some of our epic guests from the past year)With every new year comes the resolutions: the promises of big change, self-improvement, personal growth, breaking bad habits, and even plans for complete reinvention. Whatever your goals for 2024, The Breakout is back to inspire you with powerful breakout stories, perspective-shifting leaders, and thought-provoking expert advice. So, as we jump into the season of new breakouts, Keri and Kelly decided to look back on some of their favorite and most powerful breakout guest moments of 2023. Join us for this special new year’s episode to hear from some of these gems of 2023: guests who broke out of men...2024-01-0322 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthSleighing It: Holiday Greetings and The Breakout’s Year in High Gear, with Kelly Guenther and Dr. Keri Ohlrich2023 has been a big year with highs and lows for everyone. As the year draws to a close, Keri and Kelly are looking back at their breakout year with The Breakout (sorry, had to). The show has hit number 1, the audience has had huge growth, and they’ve been hard at work on their new book that dives into a lot of the learnings from the show. It’s called Whatever the Hell You Want – An Escape Plan to Break Out of Life’s Little Boxes and Live Free From Expectations, and we’re thrilled to announce that it’s now availab...2023-12-2010 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow to Change the World, One Kid at a Time: From Medicine to Toys – Career Reinvention for a Better World, with Dr. Zee of InKidz“I lived in Southern California, born and raised my whole life. And I was bullied for being different”. That’s how Dr. Zabina Bhasin, better known as “Dr. Zee”, experienced her childhood as a South Asian American growing up in California. Today she is a child psychiatrist who is deeply committed to the health and wellbeing of children. Her work is about building self-confidence and self-awareness in kids, and she’s been committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the healthcare space since her career began. So when her own child came to her upset and confused about how she was trea...2023-12-0632 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthDerailed by Divorce: How to Shake it Off So You Can Shake it Up, with Stacie Shifflett“I didn’t want to be a leaf floating down a stream. I wanted control of the oars in this next phase of my life”. Stacie Shifflett has always led a bold life. She’s been pushing against boundaries and expectations since she was a teenager and she walked into the principal’s office to demand that she graduate high school early. She went on to several leadership positions, building a construction business, working for a large consulting firm, and then even ran a llama farm while raising a family. But when her marriage ended after 28 years, for the first time...2023-11-2231 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthHow To Escape a Life-Sucking Career: Extreme Career Reinvention with Criminal Lawyer Turned Clown, Robert Markowitz “I was beginning to lose my ability to feel. I would go to movies just to be able to cry, because otherwise I didn't feel anything”. If you’ve ever felt dead inside and that your job was killing you, you’re going to want to hear Robert Markowitz’s reinvention story. Years ago, Robert was a very successful, and incredibly miserable, criminal lawyer. And then something broke and he traded in his respected, high earning law career for a new career that no one would have predicted, especially not himSettle in for one of our favorite bre...2023-11-0830 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthAftershocks: Why Disaster Leads to Personal Growth, with Cognitive Scientist and Disaster Specialist, Jolie Wills“The beauty of adversity is it creates these amazing conditions for growth”. Jolie Wills is a cognitive scientist and a specialist in disaster relief who wants us to rethink how we deal with disasters. In 2011, Jolie lived through New Zealand's worst earthquake on record. As she helped her community through the aftermath that included 5 years of devastating aftershocks, she saw how disasters can make people re-assess their whole way of life. “You hit this point where you're having to innovate constantly, you're really tired, and suddenly the things that maybe were there hidden, but didn't really get in your way, re...2023-10-2532 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthWhat’s Holding you Back? The Surprising Reasons You’re Not Making Progress with Your Goals, with Erica Rooney“We have so much more in our own control than we acknowledge”. Erica Rooney knows there are big glass ceilings that are tough to bust through, but she also believes that sometimes we also hold ourselves back. Erica is a C-suite executive, speaker and podcaster who’s on a mission to help women break free of what she calls “sticky floors”. Those are the limiting beliefs and toxic behaviours that keep us from moving forward.On this episode Erica explains those sticky floors, and how they can show up as a lot of things: imposter syndrome, fear, burnout, a...2023-10-1130 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthWhy Conflict Happens and How Dealing with it Helps You Grow, with Conflict Expert, Carol Bowser“I like to say that I help people break out of the sucking vortex of ‘pissed off’ ”. That’s how Carol Bowser describes her role as a conflict management expert. Carol is a former employment lawyer but after years of practicing law, she found herself much more drawn to mediation. She realized that conflict, and breaking it down, was her real passion. Carol now works to train others in mediation and conflict resolution in the workplace, and on this episode she shares the big truths about conflict, and how dealing with it head-on can also be a journey of...2023-09-2730 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthMindset Mastery Part Two! Dr. Brian Davidson Takes a Snapshot of Keri and Kelly’s MindsAre people born gritty and resilient, or can anyone learn to be that way? Dr. Brian Davidson says that the tools for success can be developed by anyone, we just need to know what needs improvement. We met Brian in our last episode, when he told Keri and Kelly about MindVue, the assessment tool and learning platform that he built which uses positive psychology principles to first measure your mindset and then help you improve it. On this episode, Keri and Kelly put it all out there when they take the MindVue assessment and Brian breaks down t...2023-09-1332 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthMindset Mastery: Dr. Brian Davidson Takes a Snapshot of Your Mind – Part OneBrian Davidson is a psychologist and leadership expert who has always been fascinated by what drives successful people, and whether these same qualities can be taught to everyone. After years of research, he developed MindVue, an assessment tool and learning platform that first measures your mindset and then helps you improve it. But when he began to assess a range of individuals, from high-ranking military personnel to prison inmates, Brian learned some surprising things about success. On this episode, we dive deep into the assessment tool and what those mindset scores really mean for success and failure. A...2023-08-3032 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthBecoming Brave: Building Women Up, with Jennifer Pestikas“When we start our corporate careers, no one gives us any tools on how to enter the working world as a female. And I'm coming back in my mid-forties to say, here's some of the resources I wish I would've had”. Jennifer Pestikas is a senior VP in financial services, but after battling burnout she realized how many other women also struggle with balance, and being able to thrive in their careers. That’s when she established Brave Women at Work, where she’s made it her mission to help women navigate their careers and get what they want from their...2023-08-1632 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthSmall Straws, Big Burdens: How Microstressors Derail Us, with Rob CrossRob Cross’s latest book was supposed to be about how relationships have a positive effect on people’s well-being. But during one interview, he ended up discovering something else. When Rob asked his subject what had stopped her from doing what she wanted in life, she’d answered “just life, I guess”. And Rob realized it wasn't the big stressors, like a health scare or a nasty boss that derails people, rather “it’s an accumulation of small that it creeps up, week to week, month to month.”On this episode, Rob explains the micro stress effect, those ti...2023-08-0230 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthLost in Translation: Breaking Out of a Culture Clash, with Janet Livingstone“It's so beautiful to meet other people and work with them, because then we can see our own society with so much more clarity and perspective”. Janet Livingstone has a unique perspective on the bubbles we all inhabit. After decades living and working throughout Europe and Africa, she’s learned a thing or two about how our cultural expectations get in the way of understanding each other, and ourselves.On this episode, Janet talks about her work as an intercultural competency coach, and the how she helps her clients break through communication barriers, and learn about our ow...2023-07-1929 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthFear-Free: How Grief Inspired Courageous Living, with Clint Hatton“I looked at the way Gabriel lived and, and he just didn't allow fear to get in the way of anything he wanted to do”. Clint Hatton’s son Gabriel was a bold kid who embraced life completely. So when he died in a plane crash at only 17 years old, Clint made a choice to honor his son by living fearlessly, and helping others do the same. On this episode, Clint tells about his devastating loss and how he created Big Bold Brave, a personal coaching company aimed at helping people move beyond fear to find the life th...2023-07-0529 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthWeathering the Storms: Following a Path to Grit and Resilience, with Danielle CoboA hurricane, premature twins, gallstones, a husband deployed to Iraq, a toxic workplace, and terrible grief; these are just some of the incredible stressors that Danielle Cobo has tackled in the past few years. But as difficult as all this was, it led to Danielle leaving her sales job, and following her passion. Today, Danielle is a change management, leadership development, and burnout prevention consultant, and she uses her own difficult experiences to help others develop grit, resilience and courage to thrive in the workplace.On this episode, Danielle takes us through her process for conquering self-doubt...2023-06-2129 min
The Unstoppable SingerS4 Episode 4: Sitting down with the talented Keri LarsonThis is The Unstoppable Singer and we're sitting down with Keri Larson! Keri is a session singer with a diverse list of credits in film, television, and albums. Keri has sung on albums for artists such as Harry Styles, Rosalía, Ariana Grande, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Andra Day (Rise Up), Zedd, Kelly Clarkson, Josh Groban, Neil Diamond, Idina Menzel, Pentatonix, Mary J. Blige, Andrea Bocelli, and more. Keri worked as an off camera background vocalist on all six seasons of Glee on Fox and has leant her voice to most all of the vocal competition shows for episodes on...2023-06-0959 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthLove and Loss: Finding Meaning in Grief, with Kim SorrelleIn 2009, Kim Sorrelle was diagnosed with breast cancer. If that wasn’t devastating enough, four months later, her husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and passed away six weeks later. In that extraordinarily difficult time, Kim did something surprising: she decided she needed to embrace her own life even more, and went looking for the meaning of love.On this episode, we dig into Kim's year-long quest to find out what love really is. We'll hear about her incredible adventure, and what she discovered about how our understanding of love affects how we experience everything in our liv...2023-06-0730 min
RIMS AVID RoundtableDr. Keri Penny, Avid District Leader for Desert Sands Unified School DistrictToday's episode is a conversation with Dr. Kari Penny, the Avid District Leader for Desert Sands Unified School District. Keri's passion for AVID and the success of all students is obvious. When given any chance at all to talk about AVID you simply cannot rein her in. Kari is the glue that keeps AVID going strong in the district, the biggest cheerleader and the driver of the AVID bus at Desert Sands.Tweet us @rimsavid Just for our high school students @rims_avid Email: rimsavid@sbcss.netCheck out our website rimsavid.org 2023-05-2453 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthCareer Reinvention: From Job Loss to Job Love, with Liz AltermanLiz Alterman was at a comfortable place in life. She and her husband were enjoying solid jobs in their respective careers, supporting their three children, and paying their mortgage. And then just before the holidays, her husband was laid off from a job he’d had for 18 years. Six weeks later, so was Liz. That’s when she was forced to face a crossroads of her life and future.On this episode, Liz shares the inspiring story of how she realized there is no ‘right time’ to pursue your dreams, and how she finally bit the bullet a...2023-05-2427 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthFrom Struggle to Strength: Overcoming Mental Health Challenges with Tyler Nehila“I didn’t want to be a statistic”, says Tyler Nehila, “I just kept trying to chase that improvement and that brought me to where I am now”. Diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar disorder in his teens. Tyler struggled for years to find his way. Now with the launch of his clothing company, Self Conquered Apparel, Tyler is starting a new conversation about mental health.May is Mental Health Awareness month, so we’re kicking off the month with Tyler’s story about how pushing his limits with marathons and other physical challenges has helped him take control o...2023-05-1026 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthFinances Without Fear: Transforming Your Relationship with Money, with Beth DanaAfter years of working in the financial industry, Beth Dana began to notice something interesting. Despite the fact that money touches every aspect of our lives, many people have a limited understanding of our financial systems. Not only that, but those systems are rooted in a highly masculine, acquisition-focused mindset that is unhealthy in so many ways. Beth decided to challenge that paradigm.On this episode, Beth tells us how she created a teaching system and nonprofit organization called Wellth Living that embraces a more holistic approach to money. We dive into her big vision to...2023-04-2625 min
Geek Girl SoupTainted Meat: David Choe Ruins "Beef" PLUS the Ridiculous Fun of "Cocaine Bear"We had to scrap the episode we had previously recorded on the Netflix series “BEEF” after we learned about the David Choe scandal. So, we’re replacing it with a discussion of the Choe incident(s) and a blow-by-blow of the “Final-Destination”-esque deaths in “Cocaine Bear.”In 2014, on his podcast DVDASA (Double Vag, Double Anal, Sensitive Artist), Choe admitted to “rapey behavior” and said that “the thrill of possibly going to jail” was a turn on for him. (Nice.)Previous to that, some 23 years ago, Choe wrote the following in an open-letter, cuss-y tirade to people in th...2023-04-2154 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthThe Comeback Kid: No Compromises, No Limitations (not even cancer) with Fitz KoehlerFitz Koehler is a passionate fitness innovator, speaker, and author who's devoted her life to health and wellness. But when she was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer in 2019, her dynamic career as a motivational force was really put to the test. On this episode, Fitz talks about the many breakouts she's had, from calling out the diet industry, to finding strength and resilience during her harrowing 16 months of cancer treatments. Her books My Noisy Cancer Comeback, and Your Healthy Cancer Comeback are game-changing resources for recovering from cancer, and her no BS approach to overcoming o...2023-04-1231 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthBeyond Brainstorming: Unleash Your Creativity, with Robin Landa“As children, most of us are creative”, says Professor, Author and Designer, Robin Landa, “but somewhere along the line, we start to believe that we’re not”. A range of societal perspectives have led to a narrow view of what creativity really means, and who we define as creative. In her latest book, The New Art of Ideas, Robin sets the record straight. On this episode, Robin talks about her book and her many years teaching students how to generate ideas worth pursuing. She shares what makes us creative, why simple brainstorming doesn’t work for everyone, and...2023-03-2929 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthRewriting Your Story: Taking Control of Midlife with Lucie QuigleyFive years ago, Lucie Quigley’s world was changing. Just as her son was leaving home to go to university, Lucie confronted an intense emotional crisis and survived what she calls her darkest day. To turn things around, Lucie had to ask some critical questions about who she really is.This is the third and final instalment of a three-episode run about different aspects of motherhood on The Breakout. On this episode, Lucie talks about being a midlife mom and the identity crisis that came with that. She shares the story of her darkest day and th...2023-03-1527 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthWhat You Think You Know: Inside an Abortion Clinic with Patrice D’AmatoDuring her 40 years as a nurse, Patrice D’Amato has seen a lot of things, but it was her years spent providing abortion care that had the biggest impact on her. She’s never thought of herself as an activist, but as the polarizing debate about abortion raged on, Patrice realized that the real problem is our perception. So she decided to do something about that.This is the second installment of a three-episode run that will explore different aspects of motherhood on The Breakout. In this episode, Patrice tells us about the fascinating book she wrote to t...2023-03-0130 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthSaying Yes: Meirav Zur On Sharing Her Infertility Journey“This was a very big, well-constructed, covert military spy operation that we were on. I didn’t want anyone to talk about it”. That’s how Meirav Zur felt about her long, painful journey through fertility treatments. She’s an actor and writer who makes a living being open and vulnerable on stage, but for almost a decade, Meirav insisted that she and her husband keep this part of their lives top secret. Until one day, something shifted, and Meirav found a beautiful way to get past her silence. This episode kicks off a three-episode run that will e...2023-02-1528 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthLessons From a Crash: Will Samson on Rebooting Your LifeContest Alert! Find details below after the episode summary!Will Samson is a successful C-Suite coach and social scientist but three years ago he had what he could only describe as “a life crash”. On this episode of The Breakout, Will shares what happened, the ways it reshaped his life, and how it formed his mission to disrupt the self-help industry. It’s an extraordinary Breakout story of rebooting your life and embracing how much we depend on each other to thrive.The Breakout is hosted by HR and talent specialists, Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly...2023-02-0128 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthIntroducing The BreakoutJoin people and change experts, Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly Guenther on The Breakout, as they get advice and insights from change experts, and dive into the stories of people who have busted out of life’s stifling boxes and shifted their lives into bold new territory. Because when you can’t stay in a box any longer, Kelly and Keri are here to help you breakout.Connect with Dr. Keri Ohlrich and Kelly GuentherThe Breakout on Twitter https://twitter.com/thebreakoutpod1The Breakout on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theb...2023-01-1802 minThe Breakout – Unleashing Personal GrowthEp74: Happy Holidays! Our Podcast ReCHARGEDAs things wrap up for the end of 2022, Kelly and Keri share a short and sweet holiday message…and an exciting announcement. Listen to find out more, and see you back here in January!Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter at https://abbraccigroup.com/Please subscribe, leave a review and tell your friends about our podcast. Learn more about the CHARGE® model by purchasing the book, The Way of the HR Warrior. Let us know about the moments for you that changed your life trajectory. Drop us a note via our website....2022-12-2103 min
Deprogrammed with Keri SmithKerfefe Break - Oh Canada! with Christian Boutin and Kelly LambJoin us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak, 12pm CDT on Friday, May 13th, on #Deprogrammed - with special guests Christian Boutin and Kelly Lamb! It's a Canadian Invasion on Deprogrammed.2022-10-121h 47
Adam and Ben (New and Selected)29. Bedtime StoriesLucien and Shane discuss Adam Sandler's only Disney movie, 2008's Adam Shankman-directed Bedtime Stories! We discuss Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand and the movie's excellent blend of adult and kids humour.2022-09-131h 09
Closer TogetherDolly Parton w/ Kelly BercotThis episode, my friend Kelly & I discuss the true inspiration that is Dolly Parton! We talk about her music, her influence, her philanthropy, and how she has made the world a better place. If you are wondering why you should care about Dolly Parton, Kelly lays it out clearly in this episode ;-) If you are curious about volunteering for the performing arts festival, Bloom, in Charlotte, NC, contact Kelly via: volunteers@inspireyourbloom.comAnd of course you can Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTokMusic: Layers by Crystal ShardsG...2022-06-0134 min