Don’t Wait!

Sarah Nichols is an attorney who has more than 20 years of experience in HR employment law. She is the founder of Nichols Law P.C. where she represents individuals who experience discrimination and retaliation at work and helps them with wage and hour claims. She assists employees in negotiating their exits from their employers and she is a tough and conscientious advocate for her clients. Sarah believes that having experience on both sides makes her a better attorney.

Sarah is passionate about different cultures in the workplace and in closing the pay gap. She is also involved in the community through her work with Youth Speaks, an educational non-profit empowering youth through the spoken word. A percentage of her firm’s profits is donated to Equal Rights Advocates every year as she believes the work that organization does is essential to closing the wage gap.

Sarah is also the host of The Women’s Advocate podcast where she discusses how women can negotiate and support each other to close the wage gap.

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Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

  • Sarah Nichols’ career background and how she ended up starting her own law firm
  • The difference between running one’s own firm versus working in a bigger law firm
  • What has driven Sarah’s success in her law firm and the types of cases she handles
  • What inspired a 12-year old Sarah Nichols to become a lawyer and move to the US?
  • The focus of Sarah Nichols’ podcast, The Women’s Advocate
  • The most challenging part of Sarah’s job and what she loves most about it
  • Sarah talks about a big mistake she did and what she learned from it
  • Sarah talks about mentors, the best piece of advice she has received from them, and her advice to fellow women leaders and entrepreneurs
  • Sarah explains why her passion is her superpower

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When someone is looking to go into business or is considering taking up a new leadership position, most people tend to wait too long because they want to feel that they’re ready before taking the plunge. The thing is, there is never a “perfect time” to take that leap because all you really need is to have courage.

In every situation or circumstance, there is always a decision to be made. And if that decision can be made quicker, it can help propel people forward to where they want and need to go. Staying focused on your story and your path are also crucial in making your success into a reality. It is also important to be focused and own your story and path.

Sarah Nichols, Founder of Nichols Law P.C., is Andrea Heuston’s guest in this week’s episode of Lead Like a Woman, where she talks about the importance of women taking the leap in their careers and not waiting for the perfect time. Sarah shares details about her career history and why she decided to move to the US from Australia and start her own law firm, what drives her success, and she also shares her advice for women leaders and entrepreneurs. Stay tuned.

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This episode is brought to you by Artitudes Design by Andrea Heuston. Artitudes Design is an award-winning creative agency that has been creating visual communication for Fortune 500 companies for over 25 years. They have worked with notable companies such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Expedia, and have also served startups and nonprofit organizations.

They specialize in connecting speakers with audiences by creating visual value with presentations and through the creation of motion graphics, video, and content.

To learn more about Artitudes Design, visit their website today. Checkout their portfolio to see their previous projects, and contact them today to find out how they can help you bring your business a cut above the rest.

[10KSB] Climb the Mountain to Jump off the Cliff

Wendy Pease is the President of Rapport International, a translation, interpretation, and language services company that eliminates spoken and written language barriers in 200+ languages. Prior to this, she served in corporate senior management positions in international marketing and business development. She has an MBA from Dartmouth College and a BA in Foreign Service from Penn State.

Wendy is a frequent speaker and writer on language, culture, marketing, HR, entrepreneurship, and exporting. She has lived in Mexico, Taiwan, and the Philippines, and is enthusiastic about languages, culture and communications. Her lifetime passion is to connect people, especially when it leads to friendship and productive business relationships.

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Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

  • How Wendy Pease ended up at Rapport International and what has changed in the languages and localization industry over the years
  • What Rapport International does and what Wendy did to help the company grow
  • How Wendy has created a culture around work-life balance and working virtually for the company
  • The available opportunities for global businesses in the USand the benefits of understanding different cultures and languages
  • Wendy talks about a big pitfall or mistake she made in her business and what she learned from it
  • The most challenging part of Wendy’s job and what she loves most about her work
  • Wendy’s mentors and her advice to fellow women leaders 
  • Wendy talks about her superpower and the superpower she wishes she had
  • How to get in touch with Wendy Pease

In this episode…

For a number of women, the decision to take a major risk in business or leadership can be scary. It is similar to climbing a mountain before taking a big jumpoff of a cliff.

It is for this very reason that leaders need to come prepared for anything. They need to set goals, create a strategic plan, and build a support community around them that can help them achieve success. Once all the necessary preparations have been put in place, getting to the goal will be a piece of cake.

Tune in to this episode of Lead Like a Woman Show as Andrea Heuston talks to Wendy Pease, President of Rapport International, about the benefits of having a strong culture and connection when running an organization. They also discuss the services provided by Wendy’s company, how she built her company’s culture, and the steps to take before taking a big jump in leadership.

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This episode is brought to you by Artitudes Design by Andrea Heuston. Artitudes Design is an award-winning creative agency that has been creating visual communication for Fortune 500 companies for over 25 years. They have worked with notable companies such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Expedia, and have also served startups and nonprofit organizations.

They specialize in connecting speakers with audiences by creating visual value with presentations and through the creation of motion graphics, video, and content.

To learn more about Artitudes Design, visit their website today. Checkout their portfolio to see their previous projects, and contact them today to find out how they can help you bring your business a cut above the rest.

Fall 7 Times, Get Up 8

Stephanie Dalfonzo

Stephanie Dalfonzo is an integrative hypnotist, coach, and speaker. She has spent over 20 years researching simple ways to calm stress, anxiety and fear. She has authored a very timely book called Goodbye Anxiety, Hello Freedom: How to Build Resilience and Overcome Anxiety.

Stephanie helps women heal and find freedom from the past, reclaim their lives, and create the life they deserve with ease and joy. Her journey has taken her through several career transitions from being a celebrity radio DJ to the proprietor of a successful hypnosis practice for 10 years, and ultimately, becoming an anxiety expert.

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Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

  • What led Stephanie Dalfonzo to hypnotism and her success in helping other people
  • Stephanie talks about her book, Goodbye Anxiety, Hello Freedom: How to Build Resilience and Overcome Anxiety
  • How Stephanie has been preparing for this time in history, her Resilience in Challenging Times webinar, and how she is using her work for the common good
  • Stephanie shares her experience as a celebrity DJ and why she left the radio career to become a coach
  • Stephanie explains why she considers her lack of business training as her biggest mistake and what she learned from it
  • How gratitude and being positive can shift things for you
  • Stephanie discusses the importance of digging for the personal script in each person’s life
  • Why it’s important for women to have a mentor and why Stephanie considers her ability to connect with people and elevate them to their freedom point as her superpower

In this episode…

No one ever goes through life unscathed. People are bound to make mistakes and failures at some point in their lives but what separates successful people from the not–so-successful ones is their determination to rise up, learn from their mistakes, and try again. People who find success have learned that the only way to live life is to move forward.

And more often than not, women have a tendency to beat themselves up after experiencing failure. They are often inclined to judge themselves harshly and this leads to unhappiness and unproductivity and this is something that Stephanie hopes to remedy and turn around so that instead of becoming miserable, they end up as the best version of themselves.

Andrea Heuston is joined by Stephanie Dalfonzo, a hypnotist and coach, on this episode of Lead Like a Woman Show to talk about the power of hypnosis and being kind to oneself. Stephanie also discusses her book and how she’s preparing for her webinar, how she shifted her career from being a celebrity radio DJ to a coach, why it’s important to be kind to yourself, and the value of asking “What’s right right now?” Stay tuned.

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This episode is brought to you by Artitudes Design by Andrea Heuston. Artitudes Design is an award-winning creative agency that has been creating visual communication for Fortune 500 companies for over 25 years. They have worked with notable companies such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Expedia, and have also served startups and nonprofit organizations.

They specialize in connecting speakers with audiences by creating visual value with presentations and through the creation of motion graphics, video, and content.

To learn more about Artitudes Design, visit their website today. Checkout their portfolio to see their previous projects, and contact them today to find out how they can help you bring your business a cut above the rest.

[Women Presidents Organization] A Lack of Reality is Never Your Friend

Sue Peterson

Sue Peterson is a Managing Director of Client Management at Cornerstone Advisors. She has more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry, helping high-net-worth individuals and families achieve their financial goals. Over the course of her career, she has developed expertise in helping widows and divorcees, women business owners, and couples approaching retirement. She enjoys helping clients plan their financial future while shaping the legacy they will leave to their heirs and community.

Sue’s dedication to serving others reaches beyond her role at Cornerstone. She also offers her expertise to a variety of other charitable organizations and nonprofits such as the YWCA.

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Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

  • Sue Peterson discusses how the financial services industry has changed over the years
  • How Sue got into the finance industry and why she is passionate about helping women achieve financial freedom
  • Why money is often considered as taboo in family discussions and how this negatively affects people in adulthood
  • How Sue leads like a woman through the power of influence and doing what she’s good at
  • Sue shares the inspirational women she looks up to and why she encourages everyone to look up The Criteria for Success by Charles Bernard
  • Why Sue is passionate about giving back to the community and how she puts it in practice
  • Sue’s financial advice to women who have reached their tipping point but don’t know where to go for help
  • Why Sue’s superpower is her ability to hear a problem and see the sequential steps on how to solve it
  • Where to learn more and connect with Sue Peterson

In this episode…

In some households, the subject of money or finances is often considered a taboo. This means that a lot of people grow up having zero knowledge on how to address financial issues properly which often leads to problems with debt and financial insecurity. And while this is a pervasive problem among adults in general, the circumstances become even more problematic for women who are either divorced or widowed.

This is where Sue Peterson comes in. Thanks to her more than 30 years of experience in the financial services sector, she is able to help women gain a foothold on their financial challenges and come out triumphant. She is a strong advocate for women to make better financial decisions, to save up, and achieve financial freedom no matter what situation they may be in.

Join Andrea Heuston in this episode of Lead Like a Woman Show as she interviews Sue Peterson, the Managing Director of Client Management at Cornerstone Advisors, about her work in providing financial guidance to women and high-net-worth individuals and families. Sue also talks about how she leads like a woman, why she’s passionate about giving back to the community, and she shares her top financial advice to women who have reached their tripping. Stay tuned.

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This episode is brought to you by Artitudes Design by Andrea Heuston. Artitudes Design is an award-winning creative agency that has been creating visual communication for Fortune 500 companies for over 25 years. They have worked with notable companies such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Expedia, and have also served startups and nonprofit organizations.

They specialize in connecting speakers with audiences by creating visual value with presentations and through the creation of motion graphics, video, and content.

To learn more about Artitudes Design, visit their website today. Checkout their portfolio to see their previous projects, and contact them today to find out how they can help you bring your business a cut above the rest.

Tragic Death of an Employee with Cancer – 4 Life Altering Events That Have Tested Her Resiliency

Andrea Heuston is the CEO and Creative Principal of Artitudes Design, an award-winning creative agency. She has over 20 years of experience in the design industry and has won several awards such as the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 40 under 40, the Annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards for Enterprising Women Magazine, Cambridge Who’s Who, and the Key4Women Achieve Award.

Andrea holds a degree in Communications and Design from the University of Washington. She is a speaker, author, and a volunteer who helps plan, purchase, prepare, and serve meals for the members of The Matt Talbot Center. Andrea is also the host of the Lead Like a Woman Show where she features top women leaders in order to share their inspirational stories on life and leadership.

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Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

  • Andrea Heuston shares how losing her long-time employee and friend, Rian, to colon cancer affected her personally and business-wise
  • How Andrea dealt with the depression she didn’t know she had following Rian’s death
  • What Andrea did to turn things around for her company
  • The people Andrea turned to during times of difficulty and her advice to people going through a crisis
  • Andrea’s fondest memory of Rian

In this episode…

Losing a close friend or family member is painful in many different ways. But losing someone you’ve worked with for a long time can be just as devastating. This is what happened to Andrea Heuston when she lost her long time employee and dear friend, Rian, to colon cancer.

Andrea was affected by his passing in ways that she didn’t expect. In fact, she wasn’t just affected personally; her business was affected as well. But she managed to get through this life altering event with the help of family and friends. She was able to pull herself and her business back together while keeping close to her heart the huge impact that came with Rian’s passing.

In this week’s episode of Lead Like a Woman Show, Andrea Heuston gets interviewed by Dr. Jeremy Weisz, Co-founder of Rise25 Media, about losing her friend and long-time employee to colon cancer and how it affected different aspects of her life. Andrea also shares how she dealt with the depression she didn’t know she had, how her inner circle pulled her out of her dark place, and her advice to people going through difficult times in life Stay tuned.

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Sponsor for this episode…

This episode is brought to you by Artitudes Design by Andrea Heuston. Artitudes Design is an award-winning creative agency that has been creating visual communication for Fortune 500 companies for over 25 years. They have worked with notable companies such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Expedia, and have also served startups and nonprofit organizations.

They specialize in connecting speakers with audiences by creating visual value with presentations and through the creation of motion graphics, video, and content.

To learn more about Artitudes Design, visit their website today. Checkout their portfolio to see their previous projects, and contact them today to find out how they can help you bring your business a cut above the rest.