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CANCER BUZZBridging the AYA Survivorship Gap It is essential for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) to have a foundation of care prior to discharge after their cancer treatment, and the multidisciplinary care team, including primary care providers (PCPs), must be equipped to support these patients. In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Scott J. Capozza, PT, MSPT, on his journey navigating care after cancer treatment as a young adult and his ASCO JCO Oncology Practice article, "Patient is Otherwise Healthy." CANCER BUZZ then speaks with Melody Griffith, MSW, LMSW, Outpatient Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology social worker at Mayo Clinic Arizona, on her role...
2025-10-0218 min
Selling the Couch394: How To Set Boundaries With Clients By Managing UpToday’s session covers strategies for setting boundaries, managing client expectations, and raising rates. All of these tasks can be uncomfortable for clinicians, but we have expert tips for adjusting your mindset and understanding your value. Join us for more!Our Featured GuestMelody WildingMelody Wilding, LMSW, has been in the coaching space for the past few years, doing amazing work through speaking engagements, workshops, and coaching. She recently wrote Managing Up: How to Get What You Need From the People in Charge. “Managing up” refers to the process of navigating relationships and im...
2025-05-1538 min
She Said / She Said with Laura Cox Kaplan327. Unlocking Workplace Influence by Learning to Manage Up with Melody WildingSHOW NOTES
Episode 327. Unlocking Workplace Influence By Learning to Manage Up
Guest: Melody Wilding, Professor, author, and career coach
THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: Ever wonder why managing up feels more confusing—or downright daunting—than any other professional skill? This week, we’re diving into what managing up truly means with Melody Wilding, executive coach, licensed social worker, and bestselling author of “Trust Yourself” and “Managing Up”.
Managing up is not about “sucking up” or politics, but about taking charge of your own success, building alignment, and setting boundaries for sustainable, productive relationsh...
2025-04-1850 minShe Said / She Said327. Unlocking Workplace Influence by Learning to Manage Up with Melody WildingSHOW NOTES
Episode 327. Unlocking Workplace Influence By Learning to Manage Up
Guest: Melody Wilding, Professor, author, and career coach
THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: Ever wonder why managing up feels more confusing—or downright daunting—than any other professional skill? This week, we’re diving into what managing up truly means with Melody Wilding, executive coach, licensed social worker, and bestselling author of “Trust Yourself” and “Managing Up”.
Managing up is not about “sucking up” or politics, but about taking charge of your own success, building alignment, and setting boundaries for sustainable, productive relationsh...
2025-04-1850 min
Work From The Inside Out271: Take Control of Your Career: The Power of Managing Up with Melody WildingIn this episode, I had the pleasure of welcoming back Melody Wilding, executive coach and author of Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge. Melody is an executive coach, licensed social worker, and professor of human behavior at Hunter College. She has worked with professionals at companies like Google, Amazon, and JPMorgan and has been featured in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Forbes.Melody and I had a fantastic conversation about how we can all take control of our work experience, build better relationships with managers...
2025-03-2641 min
Hello Monday with Jessi HempelManaging Up 101: How to Get More from Your Boss with Melody WildingHave you ever felt like you lack agency at work, like your boss doesn’t hear you, or like you need to shift your relationships with the people in charge? Managing up might be the key to creating positive, lasting change. In today’s episode, Jessi Hempel talks with Melody Wilding to give you the roadmap to managing your manager. Melody Wilding is an LMSW, executive coach, and author of the new book Managing Up: How to Get What You Want from The People in Charge.Melody and Jessi discuss:
Five conversations you can have with your...
2025-03-0334 min
Sensitive Stories16: Trusting Yourself at Work as a Sensitive StriverDo you feel overwhelmed and underappreciated at work? In this episode, I talk with Melody Wilding, LMSW about trusting yourself at work and: • Balancing the strengths and liabilities of being what Melody calls a “Sensitive Striver” • Trusting your intuition as a valuable source of information • The key to speaking up in meetings starts by building relationships and taking care of your nervous system before the meeting • Living with an honor roll hangover from your school days and how that could be contributing to burnout as an adult in the workplace ...
2024-06-2540 min
The Hilariously UnemployedDo The Humans Need Resources?In this highly anticipated episode, Big Speaker brings you the latest updates on life post-Season 1 and her comically precarious unemployment status.We're thrilled to welcome back our fan-favorite guest, JRuss, for a much-anticipated catch-up session. JRuss opens up about her recent ADHD diagnosis and the unexpected twists and turns of her nine-month unemployment journey. Amidst the challenges, she shares heartwarming stories of using her art to bring joy to herself and her friends.But that's not all! Big Speaker provides a rundown of the current unemployment rate and the latest news about the most recent...
2024-02-1650 min
Creative Mind AudioHow our high sensitivity may be our biggest professional strengthAuthor and executive coach Melody Wilding, LMSW "help sensitive high-achievers overcome the emotional challenges of success in the workplace."She comments in a post that the traits of highly sensitive people “are often seen as weaknesses, but they may actually be your biggest professional strengths.“A Sensitive Striver is a high-achiever who is also more sensitive to their emotions, the world, and the behavior of those around them.”This audio is a brief excerpt from her 2023 Trauma Super Conference presentation "Navigating high sensitivity in the workplace."See more d...
2023-08-0808 min
Girl, Take the Lead!82. Book Discussion: Trust Yourself, Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions at Work, by Melody Wilding, LMSWDo you see yourself as a high achiever and who happens to be really sensitive to things? If so, this is the episode for you! We dig into Melody Wilding’s book, Trust Yourself, Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions at Work. She uses the term “Sensitive Strivers” for those of us that are high achieving sensitives and it describes Yo to a T. We’ll explore when our sensitive traits can be a liability and also what it means to overthink things.
Enjoy the listen.
Here are the episode take-aways:
1. STR...
2023-07-1914 min
Living Once Twice PodcastLiving Once Twice Ep 58 - Sensitivity is not a Shortcoming but a Superpower w/ Melody Wilding“Sensitivity can be an amazing advantage in your career and in business overall” Melody Wilding In this episode I speak with Executive Coach, Human Behavior Professor, and best-selling Author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work, Melody Wilding, LMSW. Melody defines what it means to be a Sensitive Striver and why sensitivity can be a superpower in your career. She provides tips on how Sensitive Strivers can overcome the challenges of overthinking, achievement addiction, and people pleasing in the workplace. Melody also discusses boundary setting and shares advice on how managers can s...
2023-03-0159 min
AS THE MASSAGE TABLE TURNSUnique Personalities & How to Turn Your Brain Off at NightContent provided by: https://hackspirit.com by “10 Signs, you have a unique personality some people can’t get” by Lachlan Brown • DDOD OXFORD LANGUAGES “archaic” • Saturday Feb 4 2023 Interlude • https://forbes.com “How to turn your brain off at night according to a sleep psychologist” by Melody Wilding LMSW
2023-02-0537 min
AS THE MASSAGE TABLE TURNSUnique Personalities & How to Turn Your Brain Off at NightContent provided by: https://hackspirit.com by “10 Signs, you have a unique personality some people can’t get” by Lachlan Brown • DDOD OXFORD LANGUAGES “archaic” • Saturday Feb 4 2023 Interlude • https://forbes.com “How to turn your brain off at night according to a sleep psychologist” by Melody Wilding LMSW
2023-02-0537 min
Work Your Inner WisdomEpisode 2 - Growing as a Spiritual Entrepreneur (with Melody Wilding)In this episode, Lee interviews business coach and writer Melody Wilding. Together, they look at how to incorporate intuition and spirituality into business, and how doing so can help entrepreneurs find balance and satisfaction in their lives.
Melody also introduces the “sensitive striver” – the personality that is both highly sensitive AND highly ambitious – and discusses how to leverage sensitivity as a strength.
Melody Wilding, LMSW, is an entrepreneur, licensed social worker, and business coach who helps smart, sensitive high achievers manage the mental and emotional aspects of striving for a succes...
2022-08-2839 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakeThe Honor Roll Hangover with Melody WildingBelieve it or not, your emotions are a competitive advantage: 90 percent of top performers are also high in emotional intelligence, and 92 percent of executives rate soft skills like the ability to manage emotions as a critical priority in today’s business environment.That said, if you relate to the idea of being a Sensitive Striver, you may still be suffering from what Melody Wilding calls The Honor Roll Hangover—a tricky trifecta of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and overfunctioning. Listen in to this conversation for the antidote.More About Melody: Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach, huma...
2022-06-1245 min
Feel Good From Within with Yvette Le Blowitz - #spaitgirl podcastTrust Yourself with Melody Wilding, LMSW - Executive and Leadership Coach, AuthorÂWelcome to the #SPAITGIRL Talk Show with Yvette Le Blowitz EP.135 - Trust Yourself with Melody Wilding, Executive Coach, Author Melody Wilding is an executive and leadership coach for smart, sensitive high-achievers who are tired of getting in their own way. Through her coaching programs, talks, small-group workshops, and articles, she's here to help you break free from self-doubt and overwhelm, master your emotions and use your sensitivity as the superpower that it is. Recently named one of Business Insider's "Most Innovative Coaches", Melody coined the groundbreaking idea of "sensitive striving"....
2021-07-2648 min
Seek The Joy PodcastLessons In Owning Our Sensitivity with Melody WildingMelody Wilding joins us to share a lesson she’s learned about owning our sensitivity, channeling it as your superpower, and how we can enjoy success without stress and overwhelm. Melody shares what a Sensitive Striver is, how we can use the Strive Framework to identify which qualities are in balance vs. out of balance, how we can reframe boundaries, and use our emotions as a guide and asset at work. Melody’s reflections, honesty, and vulnerability will leave you feeling inspired, and remind you that our journey owning our sensitivity is a journey of developing greater trust and inne...
2021-07-2029 min
Therapy Chat286: Sensitive Striving: Learning To Trust Yourself For Success In Work + Life - with Melody WildingWelcome back to Therapy Chat! In this week's episode host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews author and coach Melody Wilding, LMSW about her new book, "Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success At Work." You will hear Melody explain the concept of sensitive striving and how Sensitive Strivers can harness their superpowers to achieve success. Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach for smart, sensitive high-achievers and author of TRUST YOURSELF: STOP OVERTHINKING AND CHANNEL YOUR EMOTIONS FOR SUCCESS AT WORK. Recently named one of Business Insider’s Most Innovative Coaches for her groundbreaking work on “...
2021-07-0939 min
Reflect ForwardStop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work w/ Melody WildingGuest: Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach, human behavior expert, and author of “Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work.” She has coached hundreds of private clients, from CEOs and Fortune 500 executives to leaders from the US Department of Education, the Federal Reserve, and the United Nations. She teaches graduate-level human behavior and psychology at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in New York. Her writing is regularly featured on Medium and in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, Business Insider, and Quartz. Her advice has been featured in the New York...
2021-06-2937 min
Keep Leading!®Trust Yourself as a LeaderKL112Melody WildingExecutive Coach to Sensitive Strivers® and HBR ContributorTrust Yourself as a LeaderEpisode SummaryBrene Brown gave readers the courage to be vulnerable. Susan Cain reminded introverts of the power of being quiet. In 2021, Melody Wilding has emerged as the expert reframing the intersection of ambition and sensitivity as a strength! Listen to this episode to learn how to Trust yourself!BioMelody Wilding, LMSW, is an executive coach, human behavior expert, and author of T...
2021-06-2532 min
Key Conversations for LeadersTrust Yourself with Melody WildingMelody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach for smart, sensitive high-achievers and author of "Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work." Recently named one of Business Insider's Most Innovative Coaches for her groundbreaking work on "Sensitive Strivers," her clients include CEOs, C-level executives, and managers at top Fortune 500 companies such as Google, HP, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, IBM, Citibank, JP Morgan, and others. Melody has been featured in the New York Times, O Magazine, NBC News, and spoken at Stanford University, Walmart, Adweek, Burberry and more. She's here to help you break free from self-doubt and impo...
2021-06-0120 min
Quietly VisibleStop OverthinkingMelody Wilding is a human behaviour expert and executive coach whose recently published book TRUST YOURSELF: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work draws on decades of research and client work to examine the intersection of sensitivity and achievement in the workplace and offers neuroscience-based strategies to break free from stress and self-doubt, to find the confidence to work and lead effectively.
We talk about Melody's book and how “Sensitive Strivers” (what Melody calls individuals who are both highly sensitive and high performing) are often so influenced and worried by how they appear to othe...
2021-05-2827 min
I Wish They Knew(Ep. 40) Melody Wilding: Your sensitivity is a strengthSensitivity isn't a flaw. It's a superpower. In this episode, Melody explores how "sensitive strivers" -- high achievers who are highly reflective and emotionally earnest -- can impact the workplace and how leaders can set the conditions for people to disclose, rather than disguise, these sensitive strengths.
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ABOUT MELODY:
Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach for smart, sensitive high-achievers and author of TRUST YOURSELF: STOP OVERTHINKING AND CHANNEL YOUR EMOTIONS FOR SUCCESS AT WORK. Recently named one of Business Insider’s Most Innovative Coaches for her groundbreaking work on “Sensitive Strivers”, her clients...
2021-05-2609 min
Escape To The Soul-Stirring Full Audiobook Experience!Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work by Melody Wilding LMSWPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494913to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work
Author: Melody Wilding LMSW
Narrator: Melody Wilding LMSW
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Release date: May 4, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Mindfulness & Meditation
Publisher's Summary:
Are you a Sensitive Striver? Learn how to get out of your own way and rediscover your sensitivity as a superpower. Highly sensitive and high performing? Need time to think through decisions before you act? Judge yourself harshly when you make mistakes? Take feedback...
2021-05-045h 21Enjoy An Riveting Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work by Melody Wilding LMSWPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494913to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work
Author: Melody Wilding LMSW
Narrator: Melody Wilding LMSW
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Release date: May 4, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Mental Health & Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
Are you a Sensitive Striver? Learn how to get out of your own way and rediscover your sensitivity as a superpower. Highly sensitive and high performing? Need time to think through decisions before you act? Judge yourself harshly when you make mistakes? Take...
2021-05-045h 21Feel Your Ears To A Sensational Full Audiobook.Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work by Melody Wilding LMSWPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494913to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work
Author: Melody Wilding LMSW
Narrator: Melody Wilding LMSW
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Release date: May 4, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: HR & Admin
Publisher's Summary:
Are you a Sensitive Striver? Learn how to get out of your own way and rediscover your sensitivity as a superpower. Highly sensitive and high performing? Need time to think through decisions before you act? Judge yourself harshly when you make mistakes? Take feedback...
2021-05-045h 21Get Top Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & MeditationTrust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work by Melody Wilding LMSWPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494913to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work
Author: Melody Wilding LMSW
Narrator: Melody Wilding LMSW
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Release date: May 4, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Mindfulness & Meditation
Publisher's Summary:
Are you a Sensitive Striver? Learn how to get out of your own way and rediscover your sensitivity as a superpower. Highly sensitive and high performing? Need time to think through decisions before you act? Judge yourself harshly when you make mistakes? Take feedback...
2021-05-045h 21Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Business & Economics, HR & AdminTrust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work by Melody Wilding LMSWPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494913to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work
Author: Melody Wilding LMSW
Narrator: Melody Wilding LMSW
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Release date: May 4, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: HR & Admin
Publisher's Summary:
Are you a Sensitive Striver? Learn how to get out of your own way and rediscover your sensitivity as a superpower. Highly sensitive and high performing? Need time to think through decisions before you act? Judge yourself harshly when you make mistakes? Take feedback...
2021-05-045h 21
How to Be Awesome at Your Job663: How to Stop Negative Self-talk, Beat Impostor Syndrome, and Feel Confident with Melody WildingMelody Wilding shares powerful strategies to stop overthinking and deal with your inner critic. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The two behaviors that greatly hinder sensitive professionals 2) Three tactics for silencing your inner critic 3) Powerful questions to counter negative thinking Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep663 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT MELODY — Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach, human behavior expert, and author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work. She has...
2021-04-2937 min
Unapologetically SensitiveThe Challenges and Strengths of Sensitive Strivers in the Workplace with Melody Wilding, LMSWTITLE The Challenges and Strengths of Sensitive Strivers in the Workplace GUEST Melody Wilding, LMSW EPISODE OVERVIEW Melody was named one of Business Insider's "Most Innovative Coaches" for her work on "Sensitive Strivers." Melody defines Sensitive Striver, and she talks about common challenges sensitive strivers face in the workplace. She talks about imposter syndrome, and ways to work with your inner critic. Melody gives strategies for speaking up and using your voice as well as tips to better manage stress when working from home. GUEST Melody Wilding, L...
2021-03-231h 00
Insatiable with Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC95. Self-Care Myths That Keep You Stuck, Broke and Eating Treats with Melody Wilding, LMSWSelf-care has become a buzz word and catch-all solution to anything that ails you. Marketers have pounced on this as a way for women especially to empower themselves, while making them a lot of money. But the kind of self-care that leaves you feeling replenished, not broke or indulging in wine, are rarely identified and discussed. Instead, you end up with temporarily relief yet long-term depletion of your bank account and trust in yourself if you don’t have time for your self-care routine!In today’s episode, Melody Wilding, LMSW and coach and I discuss: 1...
2017-08-231h 06
The Matt Townsend ShowLate Night Snacks, Codependance, Emotional IntelligenceTravis Masterson - Why we indulge in late night snacks (11:51)
Travis Masterson has a BS in Exercise and Wellness and is working toward his Masters in Exercise Science from Brigham Young University. His study was published in the journal "Brain Imaging and Behavior." He is the Director of Training and Assessment for "Y be Fit" at Brigham Young University. Mr. Masterson talks about his study about late night snacking.
Melody Wilding - Codependent Relationships: How to recognize if you're in one (59:04)
Melody Wilding is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW). She is a licensed therapist who helps women overcome emotional cha...
2015-05-082h 17
LJNRadio: Moving Up the LadderLJNRadio: Moving Up the Ladder - Are You the Office Martyr?Every workplace has ‘those’ people…the ones that eat fish every Friday, the ones that constantly pop their gum, and each office even has it’s own martyr. These are the people who are the first person in the office in the morning, and the last ones to leave at night. All through the day they’ll complain about their workload: “I’ll be okay. Somehow. Some way.” Are you this person? Tune in to find out more from Melody Wilding, LMSW, a licensed therapist and psychology expert. Moving Up the Ladder gives employees and employers fresh perspectives improving upon the success of y...
2015-03-0516 min