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Women's Empowerment SchoolAccess to Truth in Times of Lies - EP051Spend just a few minutes scrolling social media or watching the news and you’ll be bombarded with multiple competing ideas, all advertised as truth. But how do you know if something is true or not? What if you don’t need anyone else to tell you what’s true? What if you have, inside yourself, a lie detector you can activate at any given moment? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is walking us through an exercise for accessing truth in times of lies. She explains why we must get out of fear in order to...2020-11-2025 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Unconditional Love - EP050We are in a season of growing conflict, dissonance and even hatred among people. And faced with someone we disagree with, it’s easy to get dragged into a sea of negative emotions—where unconditional love feels entirely out of reach. But what if we DO have the power to choose love, regardless of the circumstances? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is sharing the twelfth chapter of her book, 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women, ‘The Power of Unconditional Love.’ She weighs in on the patriarchal love-falls-from-the-sky paradigm of love, explaining how it takes the power out of our hands an...2020-11-0613 min
Women's Empowerment School#1 Leadership Skill: Creativity - EP049We are living in a volatile, uncertain and ambiguous world. Change is the norm and it happens fast. So, what skills do leaders need to conquer the unknown and find solutions to complex problems in such a chaotic environment? Academic research points to creativity as the most important leadership skill for our time. Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia shares her seven perspectives on creativity, explaining why it’s considered to be the #1 leadership skill for the 21st century and challenging us to reflect on how creativity was seen in our families grow...2020-10-0914 min
Women's Empowerment School5 Brain Keys for Completing Projects - EP048How do you want to feel while you’re working on a project? Do you want to struggle through and end up exhausted and unfulfilled? Or would you rather experience joy, flow and a level of energy and efficiency that’s through the roof? What if following five simple principles of neuroscience could make the process more rewarding and drastically increase your chances of finishing the project at hand? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia shares the five brain keys for completing projects. She explains the importance of safety, describing how our subcon...2020-10-0228 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolBe Strong, Stand Up & Stand Out – with Pattie Grimm - EP047We are in the midst of a perfect storm for change. And the world needs diverse leadership to guide us through this messy transition to healing. So, what can we do, as women, to lead in an authentic, engaging way that honors our vision? How can we learn to be strong, stand up and stand out in a time when our voices are needed more than ever? Pattie Grimm is the President and CEO of Advantage Training, a firm that specializes in organizational effectiveness, leadership and team development. Pattie has 25-plus years of experience in organizational development...2020-07-0951 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Your Intuition - EP046Feeling overwhelmed in your thoughts lately? When there are too many voices shouting at you the antidote is to power yourself and strengthen your intuition. So, how can we find our inner voice? And what do we do with it when we find it? Sylvia shows you the way with this reading of “The Power of Your Intuition” from her book, 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women. With social media exploding and the news media full of contentious content, this chapter comes at a crucial time. Centered on training your inner guidance system so you can protect yourself from...2020-07-0721 min
Mz Optimizm Speaks™Interview with Second Echo!On the scene starting at 2016, Second Echo has built a brand like a small business. From solo acoustic shows to doing full band shows they play original music like EvElution, Innocent, along with a few covers. The love of the art, and the challenge of writing memorable songs makes Second Echo a name to be reckoned with!https://secondechomusic.com2020-06-2554 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolDissection of the Coronavirus – with Neimologist Sharón Lynn Wyeth - EP045What’s in a name? According to Sharón Lynn Wyeth, our name gives us our contract with the divine in this lifetime. So, what can we learn about our purpose and personality based on the letter combinations in our name? And can we leverage an understanding of neimology to make sense of our experience with the coronavirus? Sharón is the creator of Neimology Science, the study of the placement of letters in a name. In 15 years of research and three years of testing in more than 70 countries, she has evaluated thousands of names and developed an e...2020-05-1235 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolLeadership During Crises: Self-Empowerment During C-19 Crisis Part 3 - EP044How are you showing up during the COVID-19 crisis? Are you simply reacting to your thoughts and feelings as they come up? Or are you acting with intention? The world needs you and your leadership, now more than ever. Will you rise to the occasion? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia walks us through the three critical aspects of leading through a crisis—presence, intentionality and service. She discusses our tendency to regress or retreat in difficult times, challenging us to examine the way we are showing up right now and ask ourselves if our actions alig...2020-05-0415 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolHigh Performance at Home: Self-Empowerment During C-19 Crisis Part 2 - EP043We are ALL affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, and many of us are coping with the collective fear with comfort food, cozy pajamas and Netflix. And while we do need to give ourselves time to process the emotions and rest, we can’t get stuck there. So, what can we do to show up as leaders—even though we can’t leave the house? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia offers practical tips on how to achieve high performance at home. She describes the delicate dance between giving ourselves time to retreat and be with our emotions...2020-04-0815 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolFear Mastery 101 - EP042We are in the middle of the Coronavirus crisis, perhaps the biggest disruption to our lives since World War II. And while it is natural for us to be afraid, if we make decisions from a place of fear and panic, we make a bad situation much, much worse. So, how do we recognize our fear without letting it take over? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia explains why fear mastery is a crucial skill to cultivate in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis. She weighs in on the negative impact of our fear response to th...2020-03-2514 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolImmunity of Your Mind - EP041The coronavirus has dominated the news cycle for the last several weeks, leading to widespread concerns around contracting COVID-19. Many of us have taken precautions to protect ourselves on a physical level. But it is just as important to safeguard ourselves from the irrational fears surrounding the outbreak. So, how do we strengthen the immunity of the mind? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is explaining how to develop an immunity of your mind and protect yourself from the panic surrounding the coronavirus. She walks us through the three negativity biases that impact the way we th...2020-03-0626 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Your Word - EP040Our world faces complex problems that simply cannot be solved with the same thinking that got us here. We desperately need diverse voices to tackle crises like large-scale conflict and climate change. And while we may consciously believe that women have the same right as men to lead with our words, many of us still hesitate, fearful of how we might be perceived or convinced that our ideas aren’t good enough. So, how do we learn to trust ourselves and feel safe in sharing our truth? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is sharing the tent...2019-11-1934 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolNew Leadership Traits, Part 3: The 3 Hyper States - EP039Difficult circumstances are fertile ground for bringing out the best in us as leaders. But we don’t have to go through the eye of the hurricane ourselves to develop the new leadership traits Sylvia identified in dealing with her father’s death. In fact, we can consciously hone the skills in our daily lives and enjoy the 3 hyper states that emerge as a result. Today, Sylvia introduces the 3 hyper states that result from applying the new leadership traits—hyper presence, hyper intentionality and hyper love. She shares the heightened sense of awareness that characterizes hyper presence, explai...2019-11-0820 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolNew Leadership Traits, Part 2: The 3 Big Cs - EP038Strong leaders show up as the best version of themselves in difficult times. Recently, Sylvia endured the death of her beloved father and moved her mother into a nursing home, circumstances requiring that she navigate unknown territory and make a great many decisions. And along the way, she discovered several new leadership traits that supported her through the process. Today, Sylvia introduces the 3 Big Cs of leadership in a post-patriarchal world—courage, commitment and compassion. She discusses the old paradigm of courage in the form of a lonely hero, sharing her new definition of courage as a wi...2019-10-2827 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolNew Leadership Traits Part 1 - EP037Most women have a love-hate relationship with words like LEADERSHIP and POWER. Yes, we want to make an impact and influence others. But the patriarchal model of leadership is that of a bully who uses their ego to wield power over others. Someone who is not particularly kind, loving or compassionate. How can we redefine what it means to be a good leader? And what are the characteristics of strong leadership in an evolving, post-patriarchal world? Today, Sylvia walks us through the first 6 of 12 new leadership traits or freedoms that helped her navigate her father’s death. Sh...2019-10-2128 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolDeath—The Ultimate Empowerer - EP036We live in a culture of disconnection. We’re disconnected from each other, from nature, from the divine. And life is disconnected from death. In fact, most of us avoid thinking about our mortality entirely. What if we learned to accept death as a natural part of life? What if we could use death to empower our decision-making? What if we engaged death as an advisor on our team? Today, Sylvia explains the value of embracing death as a part of life and bringing it into our conscious awareness. She shares her recent experience with her father’s pa...2019-10-1423 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Emotion Management - EP035How do you think about emotions? What triggers them? Do you have the power to manage those emotions? Or are they outside your control? Do the circumstances dictate your reaction? Or can you choose how to feel? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is sharing the ninth chapter of her book, 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women, ‘The Power of Emotion Management.’ She explains why most people believe that emotions are an undeniable reality, discussing the misconception that there is a cause-effect connection between external situations and how we feel. Sylvia goes on to describe the hu...2019-08-2319 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolDismantle Your Drivers - EP034What is driving you? Do you do what you do because you feel like you SHOULD? Because it’s what you NEED to do to be successful? Because it’s what’s EXPECTED? If so, is this motivation model serving you? What’s the alternative? Today, Sylvia invites us to dismantle our drivers and explore what motivates us to act. She shares the characteristic patriarchal motivation, the SHOULDS, defining it as the mental expression of our underlying fears and explaining how the SHOULDS trigger a physiological stress response that is detrimental to our performance, our relationships and our heal...2019-08-2118 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolSeek Power Always – with Diane Halfman - EP033If you’re feeling overwhelmed or anxious, a power RESET may be in order. What steps can you take to get rid of what’s not serving you, design an environment that supports you, and ultimately, reclaim your power? Diane Halfman is the founder of Spa Life, a venture designed to help high-achieving women entrepreneurs and corporate leaders move from a life of emergency to emergence. Her work as a speaker, mentor and organizational expert supports clients in eliminating overwhelm, and Diane is passionate about helping people create the ultimate personal spaces—physically, emotionally and spiritually. She also s...2019-08-0542 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolEmpower Your Power- EP032How would you change as a leader if you allowed yourself to be truly empowered? What if you used your mental intelligence, discipline and willpower in concert with your emotional intelligence and ability to connect deeply with others? What if true power and fulfillment comes from aligning with the feminine AND masculine aspects of yourself? Today, Sylvia challenges us to reconnect with BOTH sides of our power, integrating everything in us that is beautifully female AND beautifully male. She introduces the patriarchal definition of power, describing how it devalues emotional intelligence and diminishes connection with each other...2019-08-0225 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Commitment - EP031Do you struggle to make important decisions? If you suffer from self-doubt before, during or after, you know that indecisiveness is tantamount to self-torture. So, how can we learn to trust our decisions—and receive support from the universe? The answer lies in channeling the power of commitment. Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is sharing the eighth chapter of her book, 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women, ‘The Power of Commitment.’ She walks us through the six most common decision-making resistance patterns that plague women, making it difficult for us to make important decisions or causing decision...2019-07-0825 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolEmpower Your Strategy - EP030We have created a working culture where there is only space for Superwomen. So, we adopt an attitude of whatever-it-takes, leveraging the patriarchal strategies of dominance to reach our goals. And in the short-term, this approach is effective at getting results. But in the long-term, it kills the joy we have for our work, it kills the connections between us, our creativity and vitality—and in some cases, it even kills us. Today, Sylvia challenges us to explore how the patriarchy influences the strategies we use to pursue our goals. She explains how we have assumed the gu...2019-07-0124 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolEmpower Your Goals - EP029Where did your goals come from? Do they support your soul’s longing? Or were they projected onto you by an outside force? Are you realizing your full potential, independent of external expectations? Today, Sylvia encourages us to examine our goals and determine whether they align with our true desires and values. She describes the characteristics of the patriarchal culture we are swimming in, explaining how the collective subconscious impacts our thoughts and behavior—and why the patriarchy is not sustainable in the face of current global challenges. Sylvia goes on to share the powerful stor...2019-06-2438 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Imposter Syndrome – with Dr. Emee Vida Estacio - EP028Do you struggle with self-doubt? Are you worried people will find out you’re a fraud? Do you have a hard time internalizing success? If you feel incompetent and inadequate, despite ample evidence to the contrary, you have a serious case of imposter syndrome. The good news is, there is a remedy that will help you examine that negative self-talk and transform your inner critic into an inner cheerleader! Dr. Emee Vida Estacio is a chartered psychologist, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and life and leadership coach. She earned her BA in psychology from the University of the Ph...2019-06-1042 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Projection - EP027Memory is a fickle thing. You may be confident that your memory of an event is absolutely correct, yet someone else may remember the details very differently—and be just as confident that they’re right. Most of us understand that remembering is subjective, but you may be surprised to learn that your biased memory influences the reality you create! When you project your memory of a person or situation (and added judgement) on current circumstances, people respond by living up to your expectations. How does this work? Can you use this creative power to script a different outcome? 2019-06-0327 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolYour Power Paradigm - EP026For the last 7,000 years, power has been reserved for men. And though cultural norms are changing, many women continue to resist power, viewing it as an ugly or destructive force. How can we better understand our personal power paradigm? How can we step into our power without allowing it to corrupt our character? How can we learn to embrace power and feel safe doing so? Today, Sylvia is helping us explore our personal power paradigm. She explains how a paradigm is influenced both by culture as well as our past experiences, walking us through a series of...2019-05-2723 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolStop the Self-Sabotage - EP025It’s difficult enough to make progress toward our vision when we come up against challenging, unforeseen circumstances. But what about the situations where we get in our own way? How do we identify what aspect of ourselves is behind the disruption? And how do we ultimately protect ourselves from such self-sabotage? Today, Sylvia is explaining how self-sabotage keeps us from honoring our commitments, describing the challenge around managing energy in circumstances beyond our control. She discusses how to identify the self in self-sabotage, making the distinction among the conscious and subconscious mind, the mature self and th...2019-05-2226 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolEmpower Your Dreams with Easter - EP024Easter is an ideal time to feed your soul with the message of hope and abundance. To let go of what’s gotten in your way and remind yourself of the ambitions you may have abandoned. To reexamine the big goals you are pursuing and breathe new life into your dreams. Today, Sylvia is sharing the history of Easter, explaining why and how the date was chosen by the church. She discusses the springtime Pagan festivals celebrating the end of darkness and scarcity and honoring the goddess Ostara, an image of the power to give birth to ne...2019-04-2317 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Selfcare - EP023We live in a culture that seems to revere pushing ourselves beyond the limits of what is healthy. We wear sleep deprivation as a badge of honor and move our own self-care to the bottom of the to-do list (if it makes the list at all) lest we be seen as selfish or vain. But how can we lead with power, clarity and grace if we are drained, irritable and low on energy? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is sharing the sixth chapter of her book, 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women, ‘The Power of Self-Care.’ She ex...2019-04-0827 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolHow to Avoid Five Common Goal Setting Mistakes Part 3- EP022In the US alone, a woman dies of a stress-related heart attack every 28 seconds. But what is causing this kind of life-threatening overwhelm and anxiety? No doubt a major contributor to the crisis lies in the way we work toward goals, as most of us take on the Superwoman archetype and push ourselves in a way that kills our results, kills our joy, and sometimes even kills us. The good news is, there is a better way—the Evolutionary Woman’s 7-step approach to pursuing goals. Today, Sylvia is sharing the fifth and final common mistake we make...2019-04-0337 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolHow to Avoid Five Common Goal Setting Mistakes Part 2- EP021So, you set a new objective. What’s next? For most of us high-achieving leaders, we put our heads down and focus on the hustle. But the actions we take to reach our goals are only one piece of a much bigger puzzle. How do we avoid the mistake of placing our attention on the doing alone? How do we expand our idea of what it means to set and pursue goals? How do we lay the groundwork so that our action is inspired—and sustainable in the long-term? Today, Sylvia is sharing the fourth of five comm...2019-03-0628 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolHow to Avoid Five Common Goal Setting Mistakes - EP020Most of us operate under the working premise that setting and pursuing goals is about putting in the hard work to get what we want. But what if you’re doing all the right things, yet you’re still not achieving your objectives? Or worse yet, what if you’ve reached your goals—got everything you wanted—and you’re still not happy? Today, Sylvia is sharing the first three of five common mistakes people make when setting and pursuing goals: 1) Wrong strategy, 2) Wrong time, and 3) Wrong guidance. She explains why DO-HAVE-BE is the wrong approach and offers an al...2019-02-1928 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Acknowledgement - EP019We all claim to want LESS drama in our lives. But when it comes right down to it, most of us pass judgement on everything and everyone we come in contact with. We then mistake those personal opinions for an objective representation of the external reality—which separates us from others and causes conflict. We make MORE out of what was observed and create a lot of unnecessary drama. So, how can we harness the power of acknowledgement to label things simply, let go of the drama, and free up our energy to produce better results? ...2019-02-0713 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolRefuse the Rat Race - EP018At the end of 2018, when we should have been celebrating, hibernating and contemplating, most of us were busy. Busy shopping for the holidays. Busy meeting end-of-year deadlines. Busy running from one event to the next. December 31st became a finish line that we were racing toward, and the pressure of meeting that arbitrary cutoff date left many of us stressed and in some cases, unhealthy. But what if you could refuse the rat race and live a different life? Today on the podcast, Sylvia shares three nuggets to help you get out of the rat race, once...2019-01-3020 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolYour Gratitude Path to Success - EP017Gratitude makes us feel good. Taking the time to express what we are grateful for releases feel-good hormones in the brain, making us feel content and more connected to the people in our lives. But what if gratitude can do MORE than help us feel good in the moment? What if it has the potential to put us on the path to success? To support us in manifesting our vision of the future? Today on the podcast, Sylvia explores the miracle of gratitude in helping you identify the opportunities and resources necessary to fulfill your dreams. She...2018-12-0726 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Deliberate Destruction of Trust - EP016We are living in the midst of a trust crisis. A recent study reveals that more than two-thirds of the global population has no confidence that current leadership can address their country’s challenges, and seven in ten people worry about fake news being used as a weapon. What is causing this widespread skepticism and fear? And what can we do to resist this deliberate destruction of trust? Today on the podcast, Sylvia is investigating the pervasive falloff of trust. She shares the highlights of the 2018 Edleman Trust Barometer, discussing the trends around public trust in institutions in...2018-11-2952 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Loving Your Ego: Turning Your Fears into Fuel - EP015Conventional wisdom tells us that ego is a bad thing. Successful leaders with too much ego have questionable integrity, and they tend to create toxic cultures detrimental to the organizations they command. Ego is painted as the enemy, an adversary to be restrained and limited. But what if this is the wrong approach? What if we could enlist the ego as a powerful ally and turn our fears into fuel? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is walking us through the fourth chapter of her book, 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women, ‘The Power of Lovi...2018-11-0512 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Just One Question: How to Rescue Yourself from Struggle - EP014When faced with a difficult situation or problem, we resist. We get stuck in victimhood, anger and resentment. So, how do we rescue ourselves from struggle and overwhelm? What if I told you it’s possible to bring yourself back into power with just ONE question? Today on the podcast, Sylvia explores the idea that what you resist persists, explaining her own recent personal experience with a difficult set of circumstances around her parents’ health and her changing business. She describes the connection between perception and experience, discussing the necessity of shifting out of resistance to a...2018-10-3113 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolFear of Failure AND Success: How to Stop Freaking Out When Going BIG - EP013What happens when you start moving toward the edge of your comfort zone? Most of us start freaking out, as fears of both failure and success invade our consciousness. But true fulfillment lies outside that comfort zone. So, how do you quiet those fears, expand your comfort zone, and go BIG—running in the direction of your dreams? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia explores the dichotomy of success, discussing the gender-specific rules defined by the patriarchy and why men tend to fear failure while women fear success. She explains the ego’s commitment to keeping you at...2018-10-2215 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolFighting for a Gender-Equal World – with Dr. Jackie Blue of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission - EP012“Getting a gender equal world? That’s going to take a lot of culture change, a lot of role reversals—our prime minister and her husband showing the way—where women are valued the same as men, where family violence is eliminated … and really where women are respected, and the fact that you’ve had time out and had children out of the workforce [is] valued as a skillset.” Dr. Jackie Blue is the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner at the New Zealand Human Rights Commission. She began her career in medicine as a general practitioner and New Zealand’s firs...2018-10-1558 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Your Attention - EP011You simply cannot accomplish all of your goals by yourself. Your role as a leader involves aligning the attention of your team toward a common purpose. But how do you master the art of attention management for yourself as well as the people you lead? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is walking us through the third chapter of her book, 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women, ‘The Power of Your Attention.’ She explains why attention is one of our most precious resources and how you can connect with others by addressing their point of focus—and then mov...2018-10-0124 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolFrom Effective Manager to Authentic Leader – with Pat Foley CEO of Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico - EP010What is the difference between an effective manager and a true leader—someone who owns the culture and delivers on the purpose of the organization? What are the characteristics of an inspiring C-suite executive of the future? And how do leaders go about creating the right environment for their team to be successful? Pat Foley is the CEO of Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico, a company that provides state-of-the-art aircraft overhauls in the Americas. At Pat’s 215,000 square-foot facility, planes are inspected, repaired and tested by his staff of 400 who perform base maintenance on A319, A320 and A321 aircr...2018-09-241h 01
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe #1 Love Lie - EP009When you come across a seemingly inspiring meme on social media, it is tempting to hit ‘share’ and watch the ‘likes’ pile up without stopping to question whether the concept or idea is truly empowering. Do these perceived truths really motivate us? Or do they create an illusion of perfection that sabotages our success? Today on Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia addresses a listener request to discuss self-love and its impact on our relationships. She dismantles the popular meme, ‘You have to love yourself first before you can love someone else,’ explaining why she is taking a stand against...2018-09-1723 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Purpose: Reconnecting with Your Big WHY - EP008Stepping outside your comfort zone is the hallmark of a powerful leader. It is also incredibly painful! So, how do you override the brain’s tendency to run away from discomfort to reach your full potential? The answer lies in developing a connection to your big WHY—a purpose or calling whose fulfillment is more joyful than the pain associated with change. On today’s episode of Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is sharing the second chapter of her book, 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women, ‘The Power of Purpose.’ She explains the significance of either discovering OR reconnecting...2018-09-0320 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolSelf-Doubt: The Enemy Between Your Ears - EP007You cannot NOT suffer from self-doubt. As long as you are growing and changing, you will be faced with uncomfortable situations. And because your brain is wired to protect you from the potential threat of the unfamiliar, it will trigger the uncertainty and insecurity that stems from tackling the unknown. But how do you get past the self-doubt and reach your full potential? How do you eradicate this enemy between your ears? On today’s edition of Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is teaching us how to fight back when self-doubt threatens our confidence. She discusses the ment...2018-08-2741 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Attraction/Aversion Dilemma of Power: Why Women Refuse to Step into Positions of Power - EP006Why are the best and brightest women still not reaching C-Suite positions? We can blame the system or society. We can point to a lack of role models or mentors. But what if a big part of the problem is us? What if we secretly have an aversion to power? What if, deep down, we are disgusted by the lack of ethics sometimes demonstrated by top-ranked executives? What if we are really afraid of losing our femininity and becoming like ‘them’? Today, Sylvia is digging deep into the attraction/aversion dilemma of power. She offers insight around the...2018-08-2036 min
Women's Empowerment School5 Steps to Empower Yourself - EP005As women, we have a lot to overcome in the process of reclaiming our power. Not only are we fighting the biases of people around us, we also have to overcome our own subconscious belief that power is inherently male. How do we go about rewiring our brains and empowering ourselves to take control of our lives? On this episode of Women’s Empowerment School, Sylvia is tackling the topic of power. She shares her expanded definition of power to include an influence over our own behavior and thinking in addition to the behavior of others. Sylvia en...2018-08-1342 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe Power of Total Alignment - EP004Chapter one of Sylvia’s book “Instant Insights on 12 Leadership Powers for Successful Women”. Power- Statement to use like an affirmation saying it out loud repeatedly: “I align my brain for success and my life with my purpose.” Questions for you to journal about to start realizing where you are on your EVElutionaryTM path towards total alignment: 1. What are my conscious desires? / What goals do I choose to pursue? What gets stirred up when I put my attention on my goals? Fears? Resistances? What is important for me in life? What red flags warn...2018-08-0616 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolBuilding an Internal Network of Support for Women in Business – with Christa Stienen - EP003Is it possible to rise through the ranks of corporate leadership to become a high-level executive—without abandoning your femininity? And if so, how do you override the patriarchy between your own ears and show up as a strong woman who speaks her mind? Better yet, how do you leverage your strengths to build an internal network of support that helps all talented women rise? In the last 20 years, Christa has worked in human resources departments across the globe in a number of industries, from politics to retail to pharmaceuticals to sport, building internal coaching programs and su...2018-08-0649 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolThe First Patriarchal Commandment for Women - EP002In this episode Sylvia starts the process of dismantling the patriarchy in our minds by discussing one of the 10 Patriarchal Commandments Women face around the world: “Be quiet! Don’t be heard and don’t oppose, so others don’t feel threatened or uncomfortable.” This is the one which cost women literally millions of money over their life-time, confidence, freedom, self-expression, relationships, leadership, sense of integrity… and the world their creativity, brilliance and solutions which only can come from women (alone or in partnership with men’s voices.) Listen to Sylvia’s thoughts to be i...2018-08-0618 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolFighting for an Inclusive World That Works for Everyone – with Kristin Engvig of WINConference - EP001Do you ever feel like the Ugly Duckling? Like something is off about the environment you’re working in? What if we could create inclusive workplaces where everyone felt like a Swan most of the time? Where we could use our intuition AND manage a spreadsheet? Where everyone felt safe enough to speak up? Kristin Engvig is the founder and CEO of the WINConference, a globally recognized network and resource for women working internationally. A prominent thought leader in the evolution of the female leadership journey, Kristin created WIN to inspire women worldwide in becoming agents of po...2018-08-0652 min
Women's Empowerment SchoolDismantling the Patriarchy Together - EP000In this short intro-episode Sylvia shares with you what you can expect from the Women’s Empowerment School Podcast and answers a few questions you might have when choosing a podcast to subscribe and listen to. #1 for whom is this podcast #2 what is the Becker-Hill Women’s Empowerment School #3 how will the podcast serve you, what can you expect to get #4 who is Sylvia and why is she so passionate about the school and its mission #5 co-creation: Sylvia’s dream for you and this podcast Resources: Link...2018-07-3110 min