Feel free to reach out with new ideas.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

You’ll hear Rosanna and Marsha talk about:

1. The most important thing about virtual presence and communication is that you need to be good at it, Marsha claims. She firmly believes that the workplace will never go back to being 100% in-person, so it’s necessary for people to master their skills in virtual communication going forward.
2. Looking into the camera makes your audience feel like they’re having a one-on-one conversation with you, which builds your relationship with them.
3. Overhead lighting is ideal - underhead lighting casts shadows around your face and makes you look old. Furthermore, it’s better to have light shining toward your face rather than behind you; the latter shrouds your face in darkness, and your audience will be unable to read your expressions.
4. Sometimes, you don’t have a lot of options when it comes to places to have a virtual call in. In these cases, it’s best to try to minimize your audience’s view of your background as much as possible. You can also try unconventional places like a closet.
5. Virtual backgrounds are, more often than not, more distracting than a messy one.
6. Great lighting and a clean background are the most necessary components for a professional virtual presence. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Marsha Redmon | LinkedIn - Twitter

Marsha Redmon | On the Web

Rosanna Berardi is talking about material things versus interpersonal relationships. In this era of consumerism, it’s easy to get swept away focusing on the gifting part of Christmas instead of what it’s truly about: spending time with your loved ones and sharing experiences together.

You’ll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. How we remember and cherish experiences more than material things. She talks about the trips her family has been on together, and how fond those memories are.
2. The instant gratification we’re familiar with. We no longer have to wait for anything, so the holidays and gift giving aren’t as meaningful as they once were. Rosanna emphasizes the importance of gratitude.
3. Rosanna’s craving for deep and meaningful relationships over material things. She urges listeners to remember the spirit of the holidays and identify what Christmas means to them.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

You’ll hear Rosanna and Amber talk about:

1. A major factor that influences someone’s ability to sustain weight gain is their mindset, Amber claims. Sometimes, your weight is a symptom of other things that are happening in your life.
2. Women, in general, are prone to eating for comfort - hence the term ‘comfort food’ - because it’s easily available and an enjoyable way to unwind.
3. Cutting certain foods out of your life completely may not necessarily help, but at the same time, there may be foods you should avoid due to the state of your health. Having a balanced diet is one of the best and safest ways to lose weight. 
4. Amber recommends that listeners drink half their body weight in water each day. If this isn’t feasible, then drink 64 ounces.
5. Applying the all-or-nothing mentality to weight loss hinders more than helps - people are so paralyzed by perfection that they would rather do nothing if they can’t achieve ‘plus’ work on the first try. Allowing yourself to do ‘B minus work’ gives you the grace to make mistakes while actually doing what you committed to do.
6. Snacking during meals can sabotage your weight loss. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Amber Sandberg | LinkedIn

Amber Sandberg | Mom Inspired Show

You’ll hear Rosanna and Soda talk about:

1. Women have a higher threshold for sleep deprivation due to the numerous roles they play, Soda says. Though they sleep more than their male counterparts, they are twice as likely to have issues like insomnia and sleep-related tiredness. 
2. Exposure to natural light is important when you wake up in the morning. It’s the start cue to several physiological processes, including the production of serotonin.
3. To improve the quality of your sleep, limit your exposure to artificial light from things like your phone and the TV after the sun sets.
4. To manage your energy levels, you need to be able to understand your body.
5. Soda recommends that listeners wear blue blocker glasses at night when using digital devices. It helps prevent overstimulation.
6. Taking supplements isn’t a bad thing, but if you aren’t hydrating enough then you could be depriving your body of magnesium.

Sleep affects all areas of your health, from physical to mental. It can be challenging, but there are many ways you can improve both your quality and quantity of sleep.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Soda Kuczkowski on LinkedIn

Start With Sleep

You'll hear Rosanna and Caroline talk about:

1. You should never let anyone else take control of your finances. Invest confidence in your own decisions, and never leave it up to someone else. 
2. It's important to know and understand the basics of finance. 
3. Caroline talks about creating Cash Flow Queen to help educate other women about finance, and help them build confidence in their decisions. Cash Flow Queen is about building a holistic view of wealth building. 
4. Wealth building is not just about being frugal. It's about making more money, spending less than you earn, and investing smartly. All these aspects have to work together. 
5. Caroline talks about the importance of having multiple streams of income. 
6. The goal of making your money work for you is so that you can lessen your hours of work.

As working women, you can't ignore your finances. Finance is confusing and a lot to take in at first, but there are tools to help you and those tools can help make your money work for you. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Caroline Yuki | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Cash Flow Queen

You'll hear Rosanna and Lori talk about:

1. Sex therapy is a way of engaging people in regard to their sexual health and is different from traditional talk therapy.
2. Desire discrepancy is a frequent issue that comes up among couples. It is when you have desires different from your partner. Many partners feel shame because of this discrepancy. It's also easier for a person to simply cut off sexual interaction with their partner because of this shame. 
3. Sensate focus is a recommended method for couples to engage in mutual non-sexual touch; it builds intimacy between both partners. 
4. Emotionally focused therapy helps couples get down to the why of their reduced sexual desire. "A lot of times it's not about the what of the sexual relationship, it's about the why," Lori says. Talking out your feelings and doing deep introspection with your partner and the therapist can go a long way. 
5. Sex, whether it's with a partner or it's solo, should be something to look forward to and something that's enjoyable.
6. Sex therapy is important for many people, and they welcome the opportunity to talk about and get in touch with their sexuality. It also gives them the opportunity to talk about any past sexual traumas. 
7. It's never too late to seek therapy, and it's never too late to heal from whatever has hurt you in the sexual sphere. 
8. The more you can learn about yourself and your own sexuality, the more you can show up for somebody else.

Your sexual health is just as important as your physical health. It's something precious, and something to be nurtured. Take care of it. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Dr. Lori Lawrenz

Hawaii Center for Sexual and Relationship Health

You'll hear Rosanna and Lia talk about:

1. A place women can get stuck is when they're figuring out their next move. "I think a lot of times we feel like, 'Well I've been successful in this one area, and I've invested a lot of time', so it can feel like there's a sunk cost in pursuing another route," Lia says. What Lia suggests to her clients is to look at their passions, their strengths, and what makes them excited to go to work.  
2. Many of your skills are transferable. When you get stuck, you may downplay your potential, but it's quite the opposite. "It's about reframing that story," Lia remarks. 
3. Rosanna asks Lia what compelled her to write Unstuck. It was her way of culminating challenges she and other women were going through, and breaking free of them, she responds. 
4. Feedback is important and needs to be acknowledged. Feedback breeds growth and keeps you from falling into dangerous behavioral traps and patterns. 
5. There is magic in failure. Failure is where you learn. Women often shun failure because of the way society conditioned them, but failure is actually a good thing. "Differentiate between a failure which is something bigger we want to learn from than just a simple mistake," Lia says. Own up to failure, correct it, and it will allow you to self-reflect. 
6. As managers, business owners, and entrepreneurs, you have to build psychological safety for people to share mistakes. You have to make it safe for people to fail, and help one another when they do. 
7. Change your why questions to what questions. This will help you understand why you're feeling stuck and help you address the issue.

Feeling stuck often feels like failure, but failure isn't catastrophic. Failure is where you learn and where you self-reflect. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Lia Garvin | LinkedIn | Instagram 

Unstuck

You'll hear Rosanna and Melissa talk about:

1. How Melissa started in chiropractic.
2. Patients nowadays want immediate reprieve of their ailments. "We're in this mentality of ‘I don't have time to get to the root cause of this’," Melissa says. 
3. Medical companies fund research on medical issues, and as research increases, treatments for patients improve. Getting to the root cause means healing you, Melissa remarks. She advocated looking at the complete picture of patients’ medical history and taking a layered approach to better understand the type of care they need. 
4. Gut health helps combat hormonal issues, so you need to have the proper nutrients to make the hormones in your body.
5. Your hormones are your body signals. 
6. Regulating your blood sugar and improving your gut health is vital. 
7. When all your body systems are functioning in harmony, good health is the result, and you have a higher chance of achieving your goals. 
8. Melissa tells Rosanna where High Wire Women can access her services. 

Taking care of your body is taking care of your life. Treat yourself with the same care and love you do your tasks and you will be able to accomplish them better, and you will be healthier for it too. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Dr. Melissa Wenrich | Instagram  

Nashville Brain and Body

You'll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. The various times she, her husband, and her son traveled to Disney World, and his favorite rides.
2. Rosanna remarks on going back to Disney World two years after COVID and how emotional it was for her. "I looked over at my son, and it became apparent to me that he was no longer a baby," she comments. 
3. The importance of traveling. If you and your family have the opportunity to travel, take advantage of it. "[Travel] puts us in a different space both physically and mentally," Rosanna expresses. 
4. As working women, it is important to go out and do activities with your family. They don't have to be expensive activities. They can be as simple as going for a walk in the park. 

Plan a trip, do something fun. Even though you have to work, and make money, plan something with your family. The memories of those experiences are so important and they will stay with you forever. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

You'll hear Rosanna and Eunicia talk about:

1. In business, having financial experts tell you about the markets and your own finances, is not the way to go. You need to understand them for yourself. Eunicia advises having those experts sit with you and help you understand your finances, so you can make better decisions. 
2. Automate your investments, but don't forget about them. What you focus on, especially when it comes to money, is what's going to end up growing in the future. 
3. A 401k plan must be designed to make sense for the client. Eunicia encourages clients to understand that they have other options. "Money in a situation where it's not truly optimized is not going to be the same as money put in a situation where it can truly grow to the benefit of the client," she says. 
4. You can’t control the financial industry. However, you do have control over the ability to ask questions and that is something, Eunicia says, that individuals often don't do. 
5. A lot of failed financial planning is due to a lack of education, and a lack of desire to gain that education.
6. Eunicia talks about how and where High Wire Women can access her services.

Finance is scary but it's not impossible. Talking with experts, doing your research, and asking questions all can help to ease the anxiety and uncertainty about managing your money, and making it work for you. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Eunicia Peret | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook 

The Empowered Financial Planner

You'll hear Rosanna and Christy talk about:

1. Parenting is not an easy job, and it doesn't come with a manual. Parenting for teenagers especially in the midst of a pandemic, as well as with rising rates of suicidal thoughts, depression and anxiety, is even harder. You have to be willing to show up for them every day, and reinforce that you care and that you're there for them no matter what. 
2. The only person whose feelings, thoughts and actions you can control is yourself. Accepting that as a parent is so important. 
3. Give your kids expectations and responsibilities instead of threats. They will respond better. 
4. Have family meetings that are collaborative instead of lectures. Your kids are more likely to listen if they feel heard. 
5. It's important to set boundaries with your children. However, boundaries won't have any effect if there is no connection, respect or listening between you and your children.
6. Christy talks about the importance of understanding that all social media is public and permanent. She also cautions against giving children smartphones before they're mentally and socially developed for them. 

Parenting is a challenge, but it's a challenge that can be undertaken with the right amount of patience, care and love. Achieving the right balance will help you in the long run and build a stronger family foundation for you and your children. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Christy Keating | LinkedIn | Instagram 

The Heartful Parent

You'll hear Rosanna and Elise talk about:

1. The three main concepts from the book Fair Play: conceptualizing, planning, and executing. 
2. Resentment and desire cannot coexist in your heart, whilst you're in a relationship. "While one is holding resentment, one really cannot feel desire for their spouse," Elise says.
3. So many women are living in inequitable relationships to the point where there's no emotional connection with their spouse anymore. Rosanna comments on how resentment can turn to numbness, and that it makes for many toxic situations, eventually leading to divorce. 
4. If your partner does not respect you enough to listen to any suggestions on how you can improve your relationship, ask yourself if it's a relationship worth keeping.
5. Find your unicorn space. Don't get lost in your role as a parent, a partner, or in your profession. 
6. Take time for yourself and don't feel apologetic about it. 

Don't get lost in your role as a parent, a partner, or in your profession. Reclaim your time and be unapologetic about it. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Elise Buie | LinkedIn | Facebook

Fair Play

Find Your Unicorn Space

You'll hear Rosanna and Christine talk about:

1. Rosanna's and Christine's previous diagnoses of breast cancer, as well as the importance of women getting both mammograms and ultrasounds done often. 
2. Prioritize your health and don't overwork yourself. When Christine found out about her diagnosis, she stepped back from the grueling day-to-day and started taking it slow. It's important to know how to delegate and not take everything on by yourself. 
3. Doing the important jobs and tasks as entrepreneurs, even when you don't feel like it. 
4. Christine talks about the new project her company started: StartupFundHub. 
5. Don't wait for the right time to start your business. If there is an opportunity now to do so, seize it and capitalize on it. 

Seize the opportunity now. Don't wait for the right time to start your entrepreneurial journey because there’s never a perfect time. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Christine E.B. Howard | LinkedIn | Twitter

EB Howard Consulting

StartupFundHub

You'll hear Rosanna and Heather talk about:

1. Heather created Chaos 'N Cookies to help working moms find time for themselves to do the things they wanted to do.
2. The Chaos Control System is the family playbook. It has all the detailed information about its owner and their family so that if one member of the household is unavailable, the running of the household doesn't fall by the wayside. 
3. The Chaos Control System has helped Heather's clients become more organized and aware of the tasks that they need to do. 
4. You need to be prepared for anything. Writing down the operations of your household, such as finances or how to repair items, gives you the information you need to leave bad situations such as abusive households. You can be self-sufficient with the knowledge you possess. 
5. You don't have to be organized all at once, you can do little things one at a time during the week. By doing this, you are buying yourself peace of mind. 
6. When you start off reactive as opposed to proactive, it sets the tone for the rest of your day. Be proactive. 

Be proactive instead of reactive. If you can get all of the pieces you can control in place, it makes for a much better life. Control your chaos and take charge of your life and your time. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Heather Steinker | Instagram | Facebook

Chaos 'N Cookies

You'll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. Everyone you think looks perfect wishes they could change something about themselves. 
2. If you can't love all of yourself yet, love part of yourself first. 
3. You are perfect, even if you don't believe you are. Outsiders are admiring you.

Give yourself grace. You are doing the best you can, and even though you may think that you aren't, someone on the outside is admiring you. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

You'll hear Rosanna and Agnese talk about:

1. Good time management comes from your mindset and inner world. 
2. Distraction comes from a need to avoid discomfort. Analyzing yourself, and digging deeper to understand what discomfort or pain is under a particular task, can help you understand how to overcome it and no longer seek distraction.
3. If an important task is not in your calendar or planner, you won't find time to do it because you don't respect the task enough to find time to do it. 
4. Putting too many tasks on your to-do lists can overwhelm you. Remove some of the tasks and put them in your schedule so you can find time to do them, and ease some of your stress. 
5. Plan ahead, so you can be focused on your tasks the next day.
6. Limit your social media intake and spend that time doing things that are actually important. 

You are in control of time. Time is not in control of you. Take charge, organize, strategize. Own your time and make it work for you.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Agnese Rudzate | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook

You'll hear Rosanna and Katie talk about:

1. How Katie started her blog. 
2. Seeing the variety of 'mom' bodies be portrayed authentically through social media has had a positive impact on the mental health of new moms. It has allowed them to know that nothing is wrong with the way they look, and that there is nothing to feel ashamed of. 
3. The importance of representation of different body types in children's media. 
4. The positive feedback that Katie's book received from moms and the mass media. 

Your body can do anything. It's meant to protect and take care of you and will do so no matter how it looks. Love yourself and embrace who you are.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Katie Crenshaw | Twitter | Instagram

Her Body Can

You'll hear Rosanna and Parul talk about:

1. What made Parul diverge from her career in engineering.
2. It's ingrained in women to be humble when talking about their achievements. This is due to societal expectations and media. Women have power and need to start embracing that power and empowering each other. 
3. Just by telling your story, you can impact someone else in ways you won't even realize. Your story can be the motivation and empowerment someone else needs. 
4. Parul talks about the mind map and the book map when writing your story. Start with the central idea then 'branch out' from there with subsections and sub-stories. Another way to get your story out is to record it, then transcribe it. 
5. Writing is powerful, therapeutic, and can change your life. Your story is inspirational even if you never share it with anyone. 
6. Parul talks about her book, The Growth Hacking Book. 

Everyone has a story burning inside of them. A story that is worth sharing and that can change lives. You can share that fire with the world and impact so many. Tell your story!

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Parul Agrawal | LinkedIn | Twitter

The Growth Hacking Book

You'll hear Rosanna and Kim talk about:

1. Women tend to end up in 'the gutter' because they want to function in a space of high energy, but also feel guilty about doing so because of their other responsibilities. 
2. Pass off the things in your life that allow you the time to do the things you actually want to do. 
3. Break the cycle of trying to fit into the box society expects you to fit into. 
4. Take time every day to do something that makes you happy. 
5. Everyone has a set happiness baseline and level, and they are different for everyone. Happiness levels can change by percentages due to circumstances but eventually revert to the baseline. "Every human being has the ability to increase their happiness levels by up to 40% and that has to do with your actions, your thoughts, and your behaviors," Kim says.
6. Kim talks about what she has upcoming for 2022.

Happiness isn't determined by what you have or who you are. Happiness is determined by your thoughts, actions, and behaviors. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Kim Strobel | LinkedIn | Twitter

Strobel Education

You'll hear Rosanna and Jill talk about:

1. Jill started her community by gathering mompreneurs. "I was looking for answers to 'How do you do your marketing when you have a screaming baby? How do you do drop-offs when you're trying to figure out your sales?'" Jill says. Now that meeting has transformed into an online community where members can access a plethora of video courses on entrepreneurship.
2. The typical founding mom faces loneliness and needs a community to bounce ideas off of. She needs people to help her and give her advice. Having other people around who understand what you're going through, and what you're carrying is extremely helpful. It also helps you grow as an entrepreneur.
3. Jill talks about the upcoming events she has for 2022, and the new activities for members that will happen as well. 
4. Rosanna and Jill talk about Jill's webinar in January, and where High Wire Women can go to learn more. 
5. There is no such thing as failure in entrepreneurship. Learn from your mistakes then do better. 

As a mompreneur, community is important. You need people around to encourage and support you and that's what Jill Salzman can help you with.  

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Jill Salzman | LinkedIn | Twitter

Why Are We Shouting Podcast

Found It: A Field Guide For Mom Entrepreneurs 

The Founding Moms

You'll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. The harder you work, the luckier you get.
2. Rosanna gives an account of her life story. 
3. Do good and forget about it. Be kind for kindness’ sake. 
4. How you do one thing, is how you do everything. Show up and be consistent.

If you work hard, and you do good and you forget about it, and you're consistent with everything you do in life, your walk on your High Wire will be simple and easy. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

You'll hear Rosanna and Karen talk about:

1. People often refuse to ask for help because they are attached to the notion of self sufficiency, and because asking for help makes them feel vulnerable. 
2. Assert your own value, and make sure you're not selling your value over price. 
3. You need to have a mindset of growth to become better at communication.
4. Karen talks about her coaching program Speak With Confidence. 

With the right mindset, you can assert your value, take up space, communicate your wants and needs better and ultimately develop better relationships. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Karen Laos | LinkedIn | Twitter

Karen Laos Consulting

You'll hear Rosanna and Mridu talk about:

1. How Mridu started Life is Organized.
2. The same strategy you use to organize your clothing is the same strategy you can use to organize your life. 
3. In your everyday tasks and errands, identify the goal and purpose of those tasks and act accordingly. When you start there, you can reverse engineer. 
4. Work with the time and space you have. 
5. Declutter and take out tasks that don't fit, or delegate where you can. Get rid of what doesn't make you happy, and what you don't enjoy doing. 
6. Create a system that makes work easier for yourself, and establish and uphold boundaries around that system. 
7. Mridu talks about the services she provides to her clients.

With the right roadmap, guidelines and the right hands holding them, even the most chaotically organized people can go to a more in control, and more organized lifestyle. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Mridu Parikh | LinkedIn | Twitter

Life Is Organized

Accomplish It: Seven Simple Actions To Get The Right Things Done and Achieve Your Goals

Productivity on Purpose Podcast

You'll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. Taking advantage of Airbnb's Online Experiences; you can have over ten different online experiences with people around the world. This is a great gift to give to someone as it's something different and exciting, and it’s not costly.
2. Doing low-key activities such as hikes, walks, and going out to eat at places you've never been to before with people you love. 
3. Sending meals as gifts. It's easy and thoughtful, and you can put a smile on someone's face. 
4. Renting a house not far away from your own and just doing relaxing activities with family and friends. 
5. One of the best experiential gifts is the gift of a spa day. Plan a spa day with a loved one and just enjoy the relaxation.

You don't have to spend thousands of dollars trying to get your loved ones the perfect Christmas gifts. Giving them the gift of experiences is cheaper, easier, and they'll appreciate it so much more. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

You'll hear Rosanna and Laurie talk about:

• How Laurie started in the field of diet health, and her struggles with perimenopause.
• Intermittent fasting is not a program, it's an eating schedule that matches the design of a human being. This is because throughout history people have never had 24/7 access to food.
• The calorie theory is flawed as the body actually has no calorie receptors. The idea that taking in less calories means less weight gain does not work because weight loss is hormonal. If the body perceives less nutrients than it receives, it slows the metabolism. Many people have to be coached in permanently balancing their hormones, lowering their insulin, and accessing the body's stored fat. 
• You get to decide how long your fasting period is and the factors that you need to consider are: your goals, your lifestyle, what meals you like to eat, your social life and your work schedule. 
• Tiny meals a day to rev up your metabolism is a flawed concept. You can't tap into your body's fat storage when insulin is high, and insulin is high when you're eating all the time.
• The two-step process of intermittent fasting is deciding when your eating window closes and discovering the foods that love you back.
• You should take in no flavors or nutrients while fasting, so the body can be in a full state of rest. Even a simple flavor like mint or lemon sends signals to the brain that food is incoming, and it makes fasting harder.
• One important aspect of a diet is choosing to eat real food.
• "If we can be enthusiastically, deliberately pausing from eating every day and feeling so well in those fasting hours and then looking forward to eating delicious food later...we get to relish in the experiment of what we're eating and notice what makes us feel well and what makes us feel poorly," Laurie tells Rosanna.
• When opening your eating window, try to eat as much protein and fat as possible and save the refined carbohydrates such as grains for your dinner. Also start paying attention to how different foods make you feel. 
• Where High Wire Women can go to get more information on Laurie's program.

You don't have to resort to elaborate diets, or vigorous exercise regimen to lose weight. All you have to do is simply take charge of when you eat and when you don't. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Laurie Lewis | LinkedIn | Facebook  

Fast Forward Wellness

You'll hear Rosanna and Ginatalk about:

1. How Gina got started in medicine.
2. The intersection of burnout and moral distress is something that needs to be discussed as it speaks to a deeper problem within society.
3. What Gina discovered in medical literature about coaching as an evidence-based approach to help treat burnout. She tried out the method on herself, then sought training in the field so she could offer service to clients.
4. The three core elements of burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal and professional accomplishment. When work takes a toll on you to the point where your body is not functioning well, when you are approaching work and people at a distance and not being present, and when the things that previously motivated you, don't anymore, you are burnt out.
5. High functioning people with burnout still need help. You need a holistic look at how your work and life integrate before you reach a tipping point because that's when it becomes dangerous.
6. Gina talks about how she maintains her own personal work-life balance, and where High Wire Women can go for more information about her services.

Depending on where you are in your journey, there may be a goal that you're trying to work on. Gina Geis can help you achieve it without putting yourself at risk.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Gina Geis | LinkedIn | Twitter

You’ll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. How we remember and cherish experiences more than material things. She talks about the trips her family has been on together, and how fond those memories are.
2. The instant gratification we’re familiar with. We no longer have to wait for anything, so the holidays and gift giving aren’t as meaningful as they once were. Rosanna emphasizes the importance of gratitude.
3. Rosanna’s craving for deep and meaningful relationships over material things. She urges listeners to remember the spirit of the holidays and identify what Christmas means to them.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

You’ll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. Her visceral grief from losing her mother to a plethora of health problems. She bares it all, telling listeners how she struggled after her mother’s death and her subsequent breast cancer diagnosis.
2. The numerous methods she has tried to lose weight. From personal trainers to coaches to exercise programs, Rosanna’s done them all, but still has yet to see the fruits of her labor.
3. Rosanna’s eating disorder and how it links to why she hasn’t lost weight.
4. Her hope for the future. Despite the challenges and obstacles she has overcome and the successes she has gained, there are still times when Rosanna feels inadequate for being unable to lose weight even after 10 years. However, she holds onto her mother’s words in her heart as a reminder that her weight doesn’t define her.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

“Not all that glitters is gold; there are sometimes really hard things going on in the background.”

You’ll hear Rosanna and Hillary talk about:

1. Hillary’s switch from corporate to coaching. She talks about her journey from cinematography - something she had always dreamed of doing - to finding a passion in helping others actualize their potential.
2. Debunking the myth of the one-size-fits-all morning routine. People, especially women, are frequently bombarded with numerous versions of the ‘right’ way to do things. This causes them to draw comparisons to their own lives, and often leads to self-deprecating inner dialogue. 
3. Layering habits. When we burden ourselves with doing too much at one time, we can become overwhelmed, and subsequently, demotivated. Hillary teaches listeners how to layer habits so that they can maintain consistency while avoiding biting off more than they can chew.
4. The power of gratitude. Gratitude is overlooked as a cliche, but there is a reason the cliche exists in the first place. It is a powerful, transformative force, according to Hillary.
5. The true essence of a morning routine. Despite the name, Hillary says your routine does not necessarily have to be in the morning, though she recommends it as a great way to start your day.

“Even in the darkest days, finding something to be grateful for helped me put one foot in front of the other.”

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Hillary Bennett | LinkedIn | Instagram

Mompreneur Digest

Hillary Bennett | Podcast

You'll hear Rosanna and Jill talk about:

1. People want to do meaningful work and feel valued in their environments. 
2. The importance of vision and knowing what you want. You have to articulate your goals.
3. Find something meaningful and market it so it's valuable.
4. If you want to start a business, you have to want to do it for free because it requires time and investment.
5. The importance of introspection and why entrepreneurs need this skill.
6. To succeed in business you can't be the one who does everything. You have to accept help.
7. Why Jill wrote her book.

You need to stop complaining and start doing! Transform your life and become the best version of yourself.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Jill McAbe | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

It’s Go Time: Build the Business and Life You Really Want

You’ll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. The exacerbated challenges working women are facing due to the pandemic.
2. How to devote time to what you love: “Life is way too short to [spend it] doing things you hate.”
3. The Pomodoro technique.
4. The value of consistency. “It’s that consistency that builds good habits,” she says. “You’ll get hooked because you’re going to look forward to it, and you’ll be so much happier.”

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

You'll hear Rosanna and Lauren talk about:

1. Lauren’s career journey.
2. Make sure you are passionate about what you are doing.
3. Lauren talks about her career in the marketing industry and building her own company.
4. The growth pace that’s set out for employees in the corporate world is too slow. What Lauren has done differently for her employees is map out a growth plan for what they would like to achieve. She’s setting them up for success so that they can manage their own systems.
5. Giving people the independence to manage their own workload without micromanaging, allows them to have the creative and strategic freedom to make decisions and act on directions.
6. Bring your teams into the loop whenever you’re making changes, and paint a full picture of why you’re making those changes.
7. Lauren talks about Hubspot.

You have the capacity to strike out on your own and achieve success. Be passionate, and stay true to your values and take that leap of faith!

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Lauren Kennedy | LinkedIn 

Coastal Consulting

You'll hear Rosanna and Katie talk about:

1. Katie’s acting career.
2. Taking one step at a time. Stop and take a breath every once in a while. Be in tune with yourself and appreciate the gifts you have.
3. The importance of being your authentic self and ‘shedding the old skin’ so that you can get back in alignment with your goals, intentions, and what makes you happy.
4. “When you want to set your intention to do something...the things that you don't know, start messy,” Katie stresses.
5. Doing things for the love of doing them. 
6. Why it’s important to disconnect from the world for a little while and recenter yourself. Resetting is important so that you can just be in the moment and catch up with yourself. 
7. Intuition is the energy of the life force of what we have around.
8. Turning your phone off, so that you can focus on the task at hand. Trust your intuition; make it into a game or curiosity and interpersonal challenge with yourself.
9. Katie narrows in on the importance of hacks, and applying limiters to your everyday routines. Cutting back on your media consumption, even if it’s just a few minutes less, removing toxic people from your lives or people who drain your energy, and simply doing what’s best to protect your own mental health is so vital.
10. Katie talks about her book and what’s next for her.

You have the power to do it all. Tap into that power by showing up for yourself; remove the barriers to unlocking that power and stay focused on your goals.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Katie Chonacas | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

She’s All Over The Place

You'll hear Rosanna and Diane talk about:

1. As an entrepreneur you need to do a mind shift on a daily basis. This reduces stress, and keeps you from worrying where the next dollar is coming from. Knowing that it will come, and that money comes and goes will make things easier for you as an entrepreneur.
2. Diane talks about her studio, JDS Video and Media Productions.
3. Being an entrepreneur is about providing hope and making dreams come true, and putting that into practice into your organizations.
4. The book Diane is writing and what it's about.

Entrepreneurship is about providing hope and impacting lives in any way that you can.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Diane Strand | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

JDS Video & Media Productions

You'll hear Rosanna and Cheryl talk about:

1. How Cheryl transitioned from academia into entrepreneurship.
2. People view integrity as something that is egregious and don't look at it from a personal standpoint. They don't look at how their actions align with their words and so end up violating integrity because of self-esteem. 
3. When you have clarity about your core values, you distance yourself from environments, actions, and people that do not align with those values.
4. If you don't understand the why of what you're doing, you will always revert to your former behaviors. 
5. Understanding the progress you've made instead of criticizing yourself constantly, will do so much for you in achieving your goals.
6. Cheryl talks about her book. 

Integrity is being in support of yourself because the first line of integrity is with yourself not others. What you do with yourself will determine how you show up with others and your organization.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Cheryl Gray Hines | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

In Support of Myself: A Woman's Guide To Asking For and Receiving Help From Others

You'll hear Rosanna and Kristen talk about:

1. How Kristen got started in her career in health.
2. Your energy saps because your adrenals are lacking potassium, magnesium, and salt. Having a consistent diet of potassium rich foods, especially foods that are also rich in other minerals and potassium, can help you build up endurance and strength and re-energize you.
3. Without magnesium, you can't get proper levels of Vitamin D. 
4. How our skin absorbs magnesium.
5. Taking charge of how you react to your emotions can keep your stress levels down, and help stop the drain of magnesium in the body.
6. How Living The Good Life Naturally works, and what they offer customers. 

Your body is so powerful and so you need to do the best to take care of it. Every small step you take to keep yourself upbeat and positive will do wonders to keep you from falling into a slump.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Kristen Bowen | LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube

You'll hear Rosanna and Melissa talk about:

1. How Melissa is passionate about partnering with women in high pressure situations.
2. Perfection doesn't exist. It's okay to be good enough where you are at and embrace the amazing things you have around you.
3. The work Melissa does with Brené Brown.
4. Shame doesn't hold you back. There is nothing wrong with being perfectly imperfect, and you can find a way to live authentically.
5. You can make your life better even with circumstances that are out of your control. Focus on what you can control and live in that bubble.
6. Be who you are at the core, and if you don't know who that is, take some time to figure it out. It is scary to figure out but also very freeing because then you can proudly say who you are and what your core values are.
7. Make decisions that are in line with your core values.
8. Melissa talks about how High Wire Woman can work with her.

Perfection doesn't exist and striving for it - striving to maintain an image that isn't real - is only going to hold you back. Be who you are and live your authentic life.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Melissa Russiano | LinkedIn | Website 

You'll hear Rosanna and Monica talk about:

1. Companies are more concerned with making profits than with producing healthy foods. They don’t take our health or biological reactions to ingredients into account. Don’t fall for their advertising tricks, Monica warns. 
2. Keeping it simple when it comes to our health takes just 2 steps: creating a baseline, and tracking your water intake. Creating a baseline involves understanding the percentage of products, as opposed to whole ingredients, that are in the foods you consume. When you track your water intake you can gauge just how much water you are consuming daily and make the necessary modifications.
3. Understanding how ingredients work together, or don’t work together, for your own specific needs is very important for your personal health.
4. You should focus on the quality of your ingredients instead of counting your calories.
5. How Monica’s approach differs from popular diet plans.
6. Where High Wire Women can get more information on Monica and the work she does.

Your bodies are made to heal. Your brains know what is best, and so you just need to tune into those key parts of yourselves in order to develop a healthy food plan that is specific to your own needs.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Monica Lopera Nassar | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook 

Calibrate Your Wellness

You'll hear Rosanna and Javacia talk about:

1. How Javacia first started writing.
2. See Jane Write was started in a Mexican restaurant and has since grown due to the many meetups and workshops Javacia has hosted.
3. The ways High Wire Women can get connected to See Jane Write.
4. Blogging is important for writers in two ways: marketing, and practice. It’s a great way for writers to get their name out there, and it also helps them get in the habit of writing every day.
5. A good way to find something to blog about, Javacia advises, is finding the intersection between something you’re passionate about, and something people consider you an expert in. There will be many blogs passionate about the same thing you’re passionate about but your own perspective and story is what’s going to set you apart.
6. To stay focused on writing in this noisy world, remind yourself of why you’re writing. Telling another person that you are writing will keep you motivated. 
7. Where High Wire Women can go to find more information about writing, and writing tips.

Writing is a great way to stay in the moment in our busy lives. It slows things down and helps us to appreciate every moment as it happens and improving those skills can help us not only in the business world, but in our personal lives too.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Javacia Harris Bowser | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest | Facebook 

See Jane Write

You’ll hear Rosanna and Tracy talk about:

1. “The Path” that so many of us end up on – school, to college, to the corporate ladder that leaves us unfulfilled, and what that is so often the case
2. How we can pivot away from the “should” and get in touch with who we really want to be. Tracy shares the critical first step.
3. Once you understand where the “should’s” in your life comes from, you can choose how you want to act, instead of acting on autopilot according to what other people think you should do.
4. Why it’s important to celebrate your successes and your good works – even if it feels uncomfortable at first.
5. The unique power of a group of women working together, supporting each other, and celebrating themselves and one another. 

Resources:

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Tracy Litt | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

TheLittFactor.com

Ted Talk

You’ll hear Rosanna and Dr. Stockwell talk about:

1. How someone becomes an intimacy expert. - it wasn't in the plan but came about when all of the markers of success didn’t result in the contentment and satisfaction Dr. Stockwell expected. She decided to start making huge changes.
2. The beauty in allowing ourselves to give up expectations of intense experiences, and allowing ourselves to enjoy being in nature and being ourselves.
3. The struggles and opportunities in relationships caused by the pandemic.
4. The shifts we can make to improve communication in our relationships. 
5. How to be vulnerable and make requests for change in a way that is likely to be heard and responded to. 

Resources:

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Alexandra Stockwell: Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn

The Marriage Podcast 

Uncompromising Intimacy

You'll hear Rosanna and Jessica talk about:

1. How Jessica started teaching people to land corporate sponsorships.
2. In the corporate world, it’s important to surround yourself with people who see the best in you and can help you reach your potential.
3. Getting a corporate sponsorship is not about the amount of followers that you have. It’s about the value that you can provide to your potential partner. 
4. You should customize your experiences for your clients, and that requires research and really knowing your clients. If you do the research, and can demonstrate how your ideas will benefit your customer, they will want to work with you. 
5. When you first call your potential sponsor, make sure to ask the right questions, and brainstorm with them how to make the partnership successful.
6. The three best options for High Wire Women to get started with Jessica.

Relationships are the true backbone of sponsorships; if we can foster relationships, it will be easier for us to land great collaborations and sponsorships.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Jessica Chinyelu | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

The Sponsorship Lady

It’s the first week of December, and we’ve officially entered the “busy” season. I’m not talking about tax season for accountants. I’m talking about the holidays, which is the crazy, busy, madness season for all working women. Think of the last time you asked a friend or colleague “how are you doing?” I guarantee all of them responded “busy” or “busy, busy” or “crazy busy.” We wear this badge like a medal of honor. It protects us from all of the things we don’t want to do in life. 

But I challenge you to think about what wearing your “busy badge” really does to your life? I’ll go first. When I say I’m “busy,” that’s a signal to leave me alone because I’m disorganized and don’t have a grasp on what needs to be done in my personal and professional life. I go from one thing to the next, putting out the hottest fire, responding to the client who is screaming loudest. I don’t have a plan on my “busy” days. I’m a hot mess.

Sound familiar? Us “busy” ladies go through our lives this way. We teach our kids that their lives will be like this too. Wait—what? Do you want your kid to live your life? Especially on your worst days, when you have too much to do and not enough hours? I certainly don’t.

In 2021, I am throwing my “busy badge” away. Flushing it down the toilet, where it belongs. I’ve been researching time efficiency methods over the last few months and think they are my ticket to freedom. Here’s a few I like:

1. OHIO—this stands for “Only Handle it Once.” This nifty acronym can apply to your personal life (your mail or laundry) or your in-box. Stop reading the same emails over and over. Instead, block 20 minutes on your calendar to read and RESPOND to emails. Read and respond…ONCE. If you do this cumulatively, you will get back a lot of time and feel way more in control of your life.

2. Pomodoro technique—this is an oldy, but goody. The concept is we can only effectively focus for 25 minutes at a time. The Pomodoro technique encourages us to set a timer for 25 minutes and devote our attention to a project. It then recommends taking a five-minute break. Depending on the task at hand, you can get an alarm for a series of focus times and breaks. There are plenty of apps that mimic this concept. Try it—it really works.

3. Time blocking—this one is HUGE! As lawyers, we have a lot of responsibilities each week. Meetings, conf calls, emails, drafting, marketing. It’s tough stuff to get accomplished. However, I recommend two ways to time block:

a. Weekly: on Sunday night, spend 10-15 minutes and look at your week ahead. Enter all of your “musts” in your calendar as appointments. Please include time for getting your nails and hair done! Block out your client appointments, calls, etc.

b. Daily: look for gaps in each day. Or pick a day or two that you will only work on drafting or client correspondence. If you have the flexibility, make every Monday or Wednesday am your drafting days. Block 25 minutes each day for emails.

These ideas aren't brain surgery. They are simple and basic techniques. However, they work. Just like we know that if we want to lose weight, we need to eat less and move more. Not that complex. But few of us ever accomplish our weight goals because we don’t have a plan. Spend a few minutes every day and time block. Time block as if your life depends on it.

Being “busy” wasn’t your life or career goal. Rather, you were put on this earth to do meaningful work. Try some of my recommendations and let me know when your “busy badge” start to collect dust.

RB

You'll hear Rosanna and Robin talk about:

1. Women in the corporate world are very reluctant to say what they want and assert themselves. Robin says we have to find our voice and be confident in ourselves and in the value of our work. 
2. What is an alpha woman? There are phases of being an alpha woman, and not every alpha woman is the same. We have different characteristics and motivations which drive us. Robin describes those characteristics in her upcoming book ‘From The Glass Slipper to The Glass Ceiling.’
3. When you go back to the workplace, have confidence in knowing what will work for you in the new working environment.
4. Our work and home lives are going to blur so we need to be flexible. We will be able to manage that flexibility properly with courage and defined boundaries. 
5. We can’t be everything to everyone or try to dedicate our time to everything at once. We should give time to the important things in our lives but we must also remember our dreams and who we want to be.

To become alpha women we need to have courage, confidence, boundaries, and be able to assert ourselves and say what we want. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Robin Rotenberg | LinkedIn 

Rotenberg Consulting (Alpha Women Rock)

From The Glass Slipper To The Glass Ceiling

You'll hear Rosanna and Jen talk about:

1. It’s important that we are connected when we communicate. It’s hard to build relationships by text messaging alone.
2. “We need to get to a point where we are ... showing up in a way that allows others to see who we are and make that connection as easy and organic as possible,” Jen says.
3. The types of conversation starters that Jen recommends.
4. If we make it easy for people to talk to us, chances are that they will. This is the differentiator in business and in business relationships.
5. The five steps to asking better questions.
6. When asking focus questions, walk people through the conversation with you, and set them up to give you the perfect answer. That builds trust and rapport even if you're only going to ask them three questions.
7. The way we communicate is not going to go back to the way it was pre-pandemic. We need to know how to communicate in a hybrid space, otherwise we’re going to miss substantial and organic conversations.
8. A walkthrough of Jen’s Talk Sporty To Me website and how High Wire Women can get started. 

We should think through the conversation, and not just simply our parts of the conversation and the message. We need to communicate.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Jen Mueller | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

Talk Sporty To Me 

You'll hear Rosanna and Nika talk about:

1. Conscious living is looking at how we can change our daily activities or behaviors to maintain a healthy lifestyle while also doing our part to keep the world healthy and combat climate change.
2. Research shows that counting calories doesn’t work. What works is eating nutritious food and trying to lower your stress and anxiety. It is this research and evidence that contributed to the changes in the diet industry.
3. We need to stop the negative self-talk when we’re going through difficult times. All this does is hold us back. We need to rework our mindsets to a more positive one.
4. Traditions and community connections are important, and they contribute to a longer and healthier lifespan.
5. It’s exhausting and overwhelming to think about having to make a healthy meal, or going to the gym, or getting up and exercising. We view it as one more thing we have to do. Nika implores us to change our priorities and to make the conscious decision to put our health first.
6. How we only need to take 15-30 minutes out of our busy schedules to exercise and that will go a long way.
7. Becoming a digital minimalist means putting our phones down and turning off all social media. Once we start removing these distractions we will realize how much more free time we’ll have to pay attention to the more important things in our lives, like our families and friends.
8. What a consultation with Nika entails.

Our health is our wealth and we should make it our first priority. We need to remove the distractions and devote the time needed to take care of ourselves.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Nika Lawrie | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 

Health + Hustle

Avapothecary

The Health + Hustle Podcast

You'll hear Rosanna and Rebecca  talk about:

1. How Rebecca got into filming.
2. The biggest obstacle to women getting in front of the camera is that we hold ourselves to unattainable standards.
3. How to do the virtual vision board activity on Rebecca’s platform.
4. Going beyond headshots and backgrounds, and how to be seen as approachable.
5. The services Rebecca offers via Serving Up Social.

We need to work past our insecurities and fear so that we can really shine and market our brands the way we need to.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Rebecca Ryan | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook

Serving Up Social

You'll hear Rosanna and Kathryn talk about:

1. The financial structure in the West is linear, goal-oriented, task-oriented, and has an outward focus. Kathryn explains that this is a masculine way of looking at money.
2. The obstacles that women face that hinder us from having a healthy relationship with money and wealth.
3. The feminine way of looking at money is first internalizing our wants, then allowing those wants to inform our decisions. It’s doing first, then having.
4. The importance of taking a step back and releasing stress so we can respond instead of react. 
5. What Kathryn’s book is about.
6. Start noticing when you're allowing your mind to tell you when you're doing and then having.

When it comes down to it, money is just energy. It’s the type of energy that mirrors our own so High Wire Women should focus on generating the right energy to generate the right type of wealth.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Kathryn Eriksen | LinkedIn | Twitter

Empowered Way

The Money Tree

You'll hear Rosanna and Bridgette talk about:

1. What Bridgette’s clients are looking for regarding fashion.
2. Women need to spend more time developing our mid-casual attire.
3. Tips on how to prepare quickly for virtual meetings.
4. How fashion is evolving. Retailers will have to learn how to navigate and thrive in the new landscape, or they are going to go out of business.
5. Online shopping is going to make big box retailers less necessary.
6. The different services Bridgette offers and how High Wire Women can get started with her.

Style is an investment in time, and it’s about knowing that you’re not only looking good, but feeling good and comfortable in what you’re wearing.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Bridgette Raes | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest

You'll hear Rosanna and Cailen talk about:

1. What is the three-day workweek concept?
2. Outsourcing frees up your time and allows you to focus on the more important aspects of your life. 
3. It’s important that working women find a schedule that honors their energy and their time.
4. Tracking your time daily so that you can see what bad habits you need to break.
5. We should also schedule the non-business stuff in our lives.

It’s important to remember that even as working women, our lives are happening right now at this moment, and so we need to be intentional with every minute. 

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Cailen Ascher | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest

CailenAscher.com

You'll hear Rosanna and Maria talk about:

1. How and why Maria started in the financial sector.
2. Psychology and finance are linked: a lot of our money problems come from the way we view money, our beliefs about money, and our family stories.
3. 52% of women feel that money is the biggest source of stress in their lives.
4. Many women aren’t confident enough to negotiate better salaries or fees because they don’t think they’re equipped to handle those conversations.
5. Maria counsels women by giving them the knowledge they need to ask the right questions about money.
6. “We give different options depending on your lifestyle, but it really always starts with having a conversation with where you are and where you want to go with your money, your relationship to money, how you feel about it…. make you empowered about all financial things in your life,” Maria tells Rosanna.
7. The pandemic has taught Maria to value what’s really important in life.
8. We need to be deliberate about how we’re spending our time and our time with family.

Even though it may seem daunting, we High Wire Women need to develop the confidence to ask the right questions around money.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Maria Alcantara | Facebook

Millennial Money Queens

You'll hear Rosanna and Karena talk about:

1. If we don’t change our mindsets, we won’t change our behaviors.
2. Once you begin to unveil your authentic self, and you discover what your true purpose is, you have to be unapologetically in that zone.
3. Discovering your purpose will make people who knew the old you uncomfortable.
4. The process of unveiling your authentic self.
5. What High Wire Women can expect when they sign up for Karena’s website.

When we unlock our true and authentic selves, we can be so powerful.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Karena Calhoun | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Warkry

You'll hear Rosanna and Jyotsna talk about:

1. How Jyotsna went into writing and publishing her own book.
2. Why books are the best way to share our expertise as thought leaders.
3. The two ways of writing a book, and what is an Angel Writer.
4. The difference between writing and authoring.
5. The timeline of constructing a book, and the process of writing, publishing, and marketing.
6. How to make your book an Amazon bestseller.
7. Your book as a marketing tool for your business.

We have so much insight as working women and we should share it with the world. Write the book!

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Jyotsna Ramachandran | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

JyotsnaRamachandran.com 

Job Escape Plan

Happy Author's Tribe

You'll hear Rosanna and Jenny talk about:

1. What inspired Jenny to get involved with yoga as a practice.
2. What Rebel Human is about.
3. Why we need to acknowledge our failures.
4. How Jenny incorporates tools from traditional yogic practices into wellness as an action and not just a statement.
5. Humans are wired for comfort.
6. We need to bring something more compelling into our lives so that we can start to do away with bad habits.
7. Choosing joy.
8. How Jenny launched a business in 2020.
9. How High Wire Women can become Rebel Humans.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Jenny Arrington | LinkedIn 

Rebel Human 

JennyArrington.com

You'll hear Rosanna, Sally, Lynne and Marianne talk about:

1. What the Ronald McDonald House does, and how it works.
2. The needs of the house, how you can donate, and how the pandemic has impacted the operations of the charity.
3. The House’s hospitality policy, the ‘happy wheels cart’, and the free ‘therapy sessions’ they offer to parents of patients.
4. The House’s upcoming physical and virtual events and how you can get involved if interested.
5. The pull-tab program, what it is and how it contributes to the funding of the Ronald McDonald House.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Sally Vincent | LinkedIn

Lynn Hughes | LinkedIn

Marianne Hoover | LinkedIn

The Ronald McDonald House | Facebook | (716) 883-1177

You'll hear Rosanna and Lauren talk about:

1. Lauren’s four-year inward quest and her journey to publishing her book.
2. We need to strengthen our mind to get back in touch with our heart space.
3. Why we should not look at other people’s lives as blueprints for how to live our lives.
4. How Lauren’s book can help us reclaim our power.
5. We don’t need to be passionate about just one thing; we can have multiple passions.

We reclaim our power when we allow more passion into our lives.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Lauren Krasnodembski | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

Reclaim Your Power by Lauren Krasnodembski

You'll hear Rosanna and Stephanie talk about:

1. Stephanie’s career change, including how she started life coaching entrepreneurs.
2. In the first three years of business, we need to say yes to everything and not be reactive.
3. We need to stay true to the original mission of our business.
4. Noticing when our brains are giving us false stories.
5. Planning our week at the beginning so that we can always have something to do.
6. Being present in your own life.
7. Stephanie’s platform The Profit Lounge.

We high wire women need to be organized so that we don’t become overwhelmed.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Stephanie Heller | LinkedIn

The Profit Lounge | Facebook Group | Business In Balance

You'll hear Rosanna and Veronika talk about:

1. How Veronika started her video blog.
2. How surviving cancer has changed Veronika's outlook on life.
3. Working on the 'Last Life Ever' podcast.
4. Why following our passions is fulfilling our life's purpose.
5. How Veronika began her journey of overcoming her struggles with her weight after reaching 304 pounds.
6. How we need to keep moving forward whenever we achieve a goal.
7. Reframing and reprogramming ourselves to think less negatively.

There is a reason that you have a burning desire to do something. You have been given that desire because it is your calling.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Veronika Childs

Veronika Childs on YouTube

You'll hear Rosanna and Michele talk about:

1. How the pandemic has affected the job market.
2. Who are the hardest hit in society by the lack of availability of jobs.
3. How we as women sometimes look for compensation for the ‘invisible jobs.’
4. When seeking employment we need to chat with our partners or our support system and help them understand that the endeavor we are embarking on is serious and that they need to treat it that way.
5. We need to stop micromanaging our partners and our loved ones.
6. Being good at one thing doesn’t mean that you are good at another thing.

Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should. We should let others take some of the weight we carry and allow other people to do things for us without feeling guilty.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Michele Olivier | LinkedIn

Hey I Want Your Job | Podcast | YouTube

O&H Consulting | Website | Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter

Instagram: @oandhconsulting

You’ll hear Rosanna and Em Hollis talk about:

1. The society-wide victim mindset. 
2. Taking pride in who you are.
3. How breathing the right way can shake off stress.
4. Listening to your body’s needs. 

“It's the most freeing thing in the world to really understand that it all starts and ends with you.”

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Em Hollis on LinkedIn | Instagram

The Freedom Project

You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter by Dr. Joe Dispenza

You'll hear Rosanna and Audrey talk about:

1. Having something in your life that helps make tasks easier or helps ease your daily stress.
2. Surrounding yourself with people smarter than you who want to support you.
3. Having someone in your life outside of your family who understands your struggles whom you can vent to.
4. Paying for menial tasks to be done - having your groceries delivered, for example -  so you can have more time to focus on more important aspects of life like family and work.
5. Being intentional about everything to keep your sanity.
6. Understanding that life will never be perfect and appreciating the messy moments.

We need to stop trying to do everything at once and accomplish every possible task. Knowing what to put all our energy into is how we can achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Audrey Hall | LinkedIn

Ecoservepest.com

Eco Serve Pest Services

audrey@ecsoservepest.com

You'll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. The parental inventory.
2. The ‘parenting memo’.
3. How parenting has changed from generation to generation.
4. Why you have to let your kids lose sometimes.

We need to stop trying to protect our children from every possible unpleasant event or emotion and just spend time with them. Put your phone down, and just be there.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

You'll hear Rosanna and Sunil Godse talk about: 

1. The science behind intuition.
2. Positive and negative intuitive signals.
3. How women channel their intuition to their benefit.
4. The importance of removing bad influences in your life.

“When you are unsure of what decision to make, your intuition is already looking into the past to help.”

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Sunil Godse on LinkedIn | Twitter

SunilGodse.com

You'll hear Rosanna talk about: 

1. The precursor to every horrible disease.
2. The effects of reducing her sugar intake.
3. Why too much processed sugar is bad for you.
4. Why you shouldn’t focus on being 100% perfectly committed to your diet plan.

“Sugar is like putting fuel on a fire.”

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

The Rotisserie Chicken is your best friend!

I don’t love chicken. But the rotisserie chicken is the base of simple and easy meals. I buy one every week (Instacart delivers them) and get at least two meals from one chicken.

Here’s a simple formula:

1.  Use the chicken for:

·     Chicken sandwiches (chicken, lettuce, tomato, mayo on a roll or wrap)

·     Chicken tacos (chicken, instant rice, avocado, lettuce, tomato)

·     Pulled chicken sandwiches (shred the chicken, add BBQ sauce, heat and serve)

·     Chicken burrito bowl (instant rice, chicken, cilantro, lettuce, cheese)

·     Chicken salad (chicken, mayo, salt, pepper)

2.  Use the leftover chicken for:

·     Easiest chicken soup ever! 

Chicken broth, large-sized mirepoix (pre-cut carrots, celery and onions), salt, pepper, entire chicken carcass. Add pasta or rice to “beef” it up. 

The Ninja Foodi should win the Nobel Peace Prize!

At the beginning of this year we were looking for an indoor grill that didn’t create a huge mess and was easy to use. We bought the Ninja Foodi Indoor Grill at Walmart on a whim. You guys…it has been life-changing to say the least! Here’s what it comes with:

Ninja® Foodi™ 5-in-1 Indoor Grill with 4-Quart Air Fryer

5 cooking functions - grill, air crisp, bake, roast, dehydrate

Foodi™ Indoor Grill Grate

Foodi™ Indoor Grill Crisper Basket

Foodi™ Grill Brush

15-recipe book

1-year VIP warranty

Let me tell you—this grill is worth the $200 price tag and type. We use it almost every day. It is a fantastic grill that perfectly cooks chicken, steak and pork chops in minutes! The air fryer has been life changing. It crisps up chicken fingers and french fries just like your local pizza joint. It makes crispy bacon without the mess! It cooks small roasts in under 20 minutes. The possibilities are endless for the Ninja Foodi—it will surely simplify your meal planning.

Breakfast for Dinner

There is nothing easier to make than breakfast for dinner. Whip up some scrambled eggs, toast some bread and have some pre-cut fruit. Or there is always ingredients for french toast! And pancakes with butter and syrup. Breakfast for dinner is cheap, fast and easy!

You'll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. Sending cards and gift cards.
2. Checking in on people.
3. How to be empathetic.
4. The importance of social interaction.

“Think of the ripple effect; if we all spend some time daily or weekly doing something for someone else, maybe we can change the tide.”

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

You'll hear Rosanna talk about:

1. Common myths about paying for services.
2. Investing in yourself vs saving $8 a week on groceries.
3. Letting go of your inner control freak.
4. “If you don’t find ways to shorten your to-do list, you’re gonna suffer greatly.”

Delegating and outsourcing tasks is the only way to make strides in your personal and professional life. Spend the money!

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

This time of year, in the cold, and in a pandemic, it can be a little hard to find things to be happy about, so I wanted to put together a list of things that I have really loved in the last little while. None of these links are affiliate links, I just think they’re great, and you might too.

First of all, reading. It’s hard to avoid doomscrolling our social feeds, but it is considerably easier if you have something more pleasant to consume.

Amazon Prime Reading and the New York Public Library are two of my favorite resources, and some of the books I’ve really enjoyed recently are Pretty Little Things by Janelle Brown, and Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.

If you’re more in the mood for something to watch, check out The Prom on Netflix if you like a feel good song and dance movie with Meryl Streep. (Who doesn’t?) Another show I enjoyed recently is Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist o NBC – if you’re a theatre fan like I am, you’ll enjoy it. Finally, I watched A Million Little Things – on ABC – this is a show with wonderful character development as a group of friends navigate the aftermath of a tragedy.

Taking care of our bodies is as important as entertaining our minds. As you probably know, I work with Dr Brandon Mancuso for training, and you can watch a video I made with him last year about conquering next and back pain for good! For workout clothes, on the recommendation of a friend, I finally tried Lululemon leggings. I was surprised by just how comfortable they are. By the same token,  Sketchers socks. Trust me.

I’ve also found a couple of new body products I’m really enjoying: Thrive Mascara is good for the earth, vegan, toxin free, and goes on beautifully, and silicon makeup sponges, which I know everyone else has been using forever, but I just tried and loved.

Finally, it’s important to remember to take a little time for yourself. I know you’re busy, but you can find 10 minutes. Have the tea. Read the book. Have your groceries delivered. You can do it. 

You’ll hear Rosanna talk about:

1.  Decluttering your life.
2.  Keeping things in your life that bring you joy.
3.  Stepping away from the over influx of digital information.
4.  Spending time away from your home to reflect.

And don’t forget - hydrate like your life depends on it - because it does.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

Rachel experienced discomfort when breastfeeding her first son, Samuel, and was diagnosed with mastitis and clogged ducts. Her doctor advised her to hold warm, wet washcloths or diapers in place for 20-minute intervals all day. Rachel knew there had to be a better way and created Rachel’s Remedy.

Learn how Rachel launched a new business, raised capital, and maintained her law practice all while taking care of a newborn. You’ll learn so many things from this High Wire Woman.

Can you imagine this? Moving from California to New York when you are six months pregnant. Studying for the New York State bar exam. Starting a new job. 

Our guest today, Jessica Shpall Rosen, did just that and will share with us her secrets to staying on the high wire. 

Tune in to learn more from her!

The most common question I’ve received in the last couple days is “do you have your Christmas shopping done?” I always laugh because one of my favorite hobbies is shopping. Some may even say I have my Ph.D. in shopping. 

My love language is gifting. And I have to say, gifting for women is SO much easier than men. Men are so one-dimensional—you can buy them clothes, cologne, socks and that’s it. Now women—that’s a totally different ball game.

So today I’ll share some of my Favorite gifts for the people in your life!

Give an international experience!

Our friends at Air BNB have recently started to offer amazing online experiences. You can sign up for a pasta making class from Italy, a tarot card reading from Spain. There are a ton of them and they are cheap (generally less than $20 a person) and are so many options. My law firm is doing a Coffee Masterclass from Mexico, where we’ll learn the science of a perfect cup of coffee, make one and enjoy our time together on Zoom! I’m also doing a “walking tour” of Venice with a native Italian for the holidays with my family in Canada.  

Check out the link for more ideas!

Grow your indoor garden

Like many people this year, I really enjoyed my outdoor flower garden. I spent so much time planting, weeding and enjoying the beauty of my flowers. Since I live in Buffalo, I am missing my flowers and plants so much! Not to worry! I recently found a really cool Hydroponic Garden on Amazon and bought one for my home and one for the office. It’s a great little system that grows herbs with lighting. It’s incredible and so fun to watch. We are well on our way to a great Caprese salad from our hydroponic garden that is growing basil for us in December!

Ring light

Everyone and their brother are spending time in front of a camera these days. Enter the Selfie Ring Light. This little darling clips to your laptop, iphone or tablet and provides professional level lighting. It will enhance your image and smooth your wrinkles on camera! This one comes with a rechargeable battery. 

Herban Essentials

Stand back Oprah—these babies were my favorite things long before they hit your list!!! Herban Essentials are hand wipes made of essential oils. They come in lavender, lemon, orange, peppermint and eucalyptus. They are AMAZING and will make you so happy when you wipe down your keyboard, steering wheel and iphone. Trust me—once you use these, you won’t be able to stop! They are perfect for travel!

RB

It’s the first week of December and we’ve officially entered the “busy” season. I’m not talking about tax season for accountants. I’m talking about the holidays, which is the crazy, busy, madness season for all working women. Think of the last time you asked a friend or colleague “how are you doing?” I guarantee all of them responded “busy” or “busy, busy” or “crazy busy.” We wear this badge like a medal of honor. It protects us from all of the things we don’t want to do in life. 

But I challenge you to think about what wearing your “busy badge” really does to your life? I’ll go first. When I say I’m “busy,” that’s a signal to leave me alone because I’m disorganized and don’t have a grasp on what needs to be done in my personal and professional life. I go from one thing to the next, putting out the hottest fire, responding to the client who is screaming loudest. I don’t have a plan on my “busy” days. I’m a hot mess.

Sound familiar? Us “busy” ladies go through our lives this way. We teach our kids that their lives will be like this too. Wait—what? Do you want your kid to live your life? Especially on your worst days, when you have too much to do and not enough hours? I certainly don’t.

In 2021, I am throwing my “busy badge” away. Flushing it down the toilet, where it belongs. I’ve been researching time efficiency methods over the last few months and think they are my ticket to freedom. Here’s a few I like:

1.  OHIO—this stands for “Only Handle it Once.” This nifty acronym can apply to your personal life (your mail or laundry) or your in-box. Stop reading the same emails over and over. Instead, block 20 minutes on your calendar to read and RESPOND to emails. Read and respond…ONCE. If you do this cumulatively, you will get back a lot of time and feel way more in control of your life.

2.  Pomodoro technique—this is an oldy, but goody. The concept is we can only effectively focus for 25 minutes at a time. The Pomodoro technique encourages us to set a timer for 25 minutes and devote our attention to a project. It then recommends taking a five minute break. Depending on the task at hand, you can get an alarm for a series of focus times and breaks. There are plenty of apps that mimic this concept. Try it—it really works.

3.  Time blocking—this one is HUGE! As lawyers, we have a lot of responsibilities each week. Meetings, conf calls, emails, drafting, marketing. It’s tough stuff to get accomplished. However, I recommend two ways to time block:

a.  Weekly: on Sunday night, spend 10-15 minutes and look at your week ahead. Enter all of your “musts” in your calendar as appointments. Please include time for getting your nails and hair done! Block out your client appointments, calls, etc.

b.  Daily: look for gaps in each day. Or pick a day or two that you will only work on drafting or client correspondence. If you have the flexibility, make every Monday or Wednesday am your drafting days. Block 25 minutes each day for emails.

These ideas are brain surgery. They are simple and basic techniques. However, they work. Just like we know that if we want to lose weight, we need to eat less and move more. Not that complex. But few of us ever accomplish our weight goals because we don’t have a plan. Spend a few minutes every day and time block. Time block as if your life depends on it.

Being “busy” wasn’t your life or career goal. Rather, you were put on this earth to do meaningful work. Try some of my recommendations and let me know when your “busy badge” start to collect dust.

RB

Let’s take a moment and step back from it all. This year is different. And while it’s been different in many negative ways—think remote schooling—it’s forced us to slow down, take inventory and reinvent ourselves. 

This week we will celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday. It’s my favorite holiday. I am beyond grateful. Eight years ago, my mother passed away and I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was 40 years old. Our son, Salvatore, was six-years old. I was grief-stricken and terrified. I couldn’t do anything other than put one foot in front of the other. I will never forget the day I was diagnosed. I was with a client at the US/Canadian border and received a phone call from my local radiologist. “You have breast cancer.” I still shudder when I think of those words.

2012-2013 was a horrible time. I had a bilateral mastectomy on Dec 18, 2012 and struggled with grief and fear for years afterwards. I was so afraid to lose everything I loved—my husband, our son, the small life we built. I know what it feels like to lose a mother. I didn’t want my son to know that pain. 

I’m here—healthy and happy—eight years later. I am beyond grateful every moment of my life. I never take a single day, breath or moment for granted. I celebrate being alive. I have to. I live like a lunatic and travel, experience and enjoy everything I possibly can. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed.

I will cook dinner for 12 on Thursday (don’t tell Governor Cuomo). I will be stressed out and annoyed that I’m having a hot flash while making my mother’s stuffing recipe. I will complain that my back hurts and I’m tired. But under it all, I will savor the moments. The first sip of coffee on Thanksgiving morning. Enjoying the “reimagined” Thanksgiving parade. Watching our neighbors play in our annual football game. Watching my mother-in-law walk in with her amazing soup. I know these days won’t last forever. Our son, nieces and nephews will grow older. Possibly move away. There will be empty seats at our table. I will embrace Thursday, no matter how hot or tired I am.

I encourage you to make this holiday season different. Put the “should” away. No one will care if you bake cookies or order them from a bakery. No one will care if you don’t decorate every portion of your house. Our lives are not like the Pottery Barn catalogues. Pottery Barn decorates bedrooms for Christmas because they sell Xmas bedding and sheets. You don’t need to hold yourself to those false standards.

Embrace the small stuff. The extra time you have with your partner or kids. Yes—they can be annoying but they won’t be around forever. Take a walk. Get some fresh air, even if it’s cold and dark. Look up at the stars. Put your phone down. Be present. Fully present.

2020 is certainly different but it’s also amazing. We have been excused by the world from doing things that make us crazy—attending too many holiday parties, traveling great distances, etc. We have been permitted by the world to stay home and look out the window. And in some small way, that is a magical blessing.

Happy Thanksgiving, High Wire Women!

RB

Today’s guest, Natalie Caetano Feitoza, is a Brazilian national who currently resides in Canada. She is a pharmacist by training and also holds a Master’s degree in Applied Health Sciences. She currently works as a Nutrition Consultant. Natalie has some great recommendations that we can integrate in our daily lives:

1.  Eat your veggies! Natalie recommends 4-10 cups a day, which sounds insane but also recommends using them in omelets, smoothies, and as side dishes.

2.  Meal prep: even if it’s one or two things. It’s so much easier to have food to warm up waiting for you at home.

3.  Supplements: Vitamin D is the super-star-supplement. It can help with anxiety, depression, and a host of other maladies. Vitamin C is also a super star.

4.  Sleep! Eight out of 10 working women have difficult sleeping. Magnesium glycinate is a terrific supplement that helps relax the body. It can also be used for headaches.

Our lives don’t have to be as hard as we make them. Try one or two of Natalie’s recommendations and I promise, you will walk with ease and grace on that high wire!

Reach out to Natalie at nourishednatalie.ca@gmail.com. 

Simple and easy ways to brighten up your home and office

The pandemic has caused all of us to stay home more. Whether we’re working from home or supervising our kids’ remote learning, we are definitely in our homes now more than ever. I don’t know about you but when I’m home more often, I start to take inventory of our décor and start thinking about some new paint colors or furniture. And out comes the Pinterest board or endless scrolling through Houzz.

Today I’m chatting with Erin Kent, owner of Erin Kent Interiors, based in Buffalo, New York. Erin has the eye for interior design and can transform your personal space on any budget. I’ve personally worked with her on several projects and the results are amazing. Despite the pandemic, Erin is busier than ever as people are deciding to spend money on home transformations and improvements rather than travel.

Tune in today to hear:

1.  How COVID has changed the interior design business.

2.  What is trending now?

3.  Is the “gray” trend fading?

4.  How we can upgrade our workspace on the cheap.

Check out Erin’s website to see some of her work. She’s available for virtual and in-person consultations. 

 Today I’m chatting with Michelle Giamberdino, owner of Face Fitness. Michelle has decades of experience in the skin care world and is the owner and Skin guru at Face Fitness where she helps women and men love the skin, they’re in.

Michelle recommends a few key things to do NOW in order to prep your skin for the winter:

1.  Hydrate—drink an ample amount of water each day. You don’t want your skin to look like a dry sponge.

2.  Moisturize—this will help prevent acne and create a great barrier between your COVID mask and your skin. No more mask-ne!

3.   Use sunscreen—we need this year-round regardless of the weather. It will prevent aging and burning.

Check out Michelle’s website for a ton of fabulous tips and information on getting your best skin.

Hydrate, moisturize and stay on that high wire!

The Rotisserie Chicken is your best friend!

I don’t love chicken. But the rotisserie chicken is the base of simple and easy meals. I buy one every week (Instacart delivers them) and get at least two meals from one chicken.

Here’s a simple formula:

1.  Use the chicken for:

·     Chicken sandwiches (chicken, lettuce, tomato, mayo on a roll or wrap)

·     Chicken tacos (chicken, instant rice, avocado, lettuce, tomato)

·     Pulled chicken sandwiches (shred the chicken, add BBQ sauce, heat and serve)

·     Chicken burrito bowl (instant rice, chicken, cilantro, lettuce, cheese)

·     Chicken salad (chicken, mayo, salt, pepper)

2.  Use the leftover chicken for:

·     Easiest chicken soup ever! 

Chicken broth, large-sized mirepoix (pre-cut carrots, celery and onions), salt, pepper, entire chicken carcass. Add pasta or rice to “beef” it up. 

The Ninja Foodi should win the Nobel Peace Prize!

At the beginning of this year we were looking for an indoor grill that didn’t create a huge mess and was easy to use. We bought the Ninja Foodi Indoor Grill at Walmart on a whim. You guys…it has been life-changing to say the least! Here’s what it comes with:

Ninja® Foodi™ 5-in-1 Indoor Grill with 4-Quart Air Fryer

5 cooking functions - grill, air crisp, bake, roast, dehydrate

Foodi™ Indoor Grill Grate

Foodi™ Indoor Grill Crisper Basket

Foodi™ Grill Brush

15-recipe book

1-year VIP warranty

Let me tell you—this grill is worth the $200 price tag and type. We use it almost every day. It is a fantastic grill that perfectly cooks chicken, steak and pork chops in minutes! The air fryer has been life changing. It crisps up chicken fingers and french fries just like your local pizza joint. It makes crispy bacon without the mess! It cooks small roasts in under 20 minutes. The possibilities are endless for the Ninja Foodi—it will surely simplify your meal planning.

Breakfast for Dinner

There is nothing easier to make than breakfast for dinner. Whip up some scrambled eggs, toast some bread and have some pre-cut fruit. Or there is always ingredients for french toast! And pancakes with butter and syrup. Breakfast for dinner is cheap, fast and easy!

Working from home has made it difficult to establish boundaries, work hours, set realistic expectations and maintain any type of work-life balance.

We no longer have scheduled lunch dates with colleagues or a commute home to listen to a podcast or just unwind.

We are always “at work” and it’s taking a toll.

Every year, McKinsey and Company, a global consulting company, issues a “Women in the Workplace” study where they survey more than 40,000 people on their workplace experiences and conduct more than 45 interviews to dive deeper on the issues. This year’s study is concerning. Alarming. It found that ONE in FOUR women are contemplating what many would have considered unthinkable just six months ago: downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce entirely.

Ladies…let that sink in. 25% of working women are contemplating leaving the workplace. That is troubling and is creating an emergency for corporate America. And more importantly, for working women everywhere.

This can’t happen. Women have worked so hard to get to where they are today. To educate ourselves, work our way up the corporate ladder, to demand fair pay and equal opportunity for senior management positions. We can’t give this up.

What can we do? We need to act and act now. You can’t afford to wait. Here are some tips for recreating your work from home life and to stop living at work. You don’t need to quite your job. 

1.  Schedule a call with your boss. Today. Discuss how COVID-19 has impacted your work life and identify what is no longer working for you. Is it possible to work hours other than 9-5pm? Is it possible to have “on call” hours for meetings and calls? Are there other ways to accomplish your tasks? 

It is better to have a conversation like this in person, but if it’s not possible, schedule a call and be prepared to send a follow-up email. Do not create a problem for your boss. Rather, frame the conversation by:

a.  Discussing your issue;

b.  Proposing your solution;

c.  Requesting a follow-up call in 30 days to reassess

d.  Writing your proposed new schedule in a follow-up email.

2.  Create a functional work space. Look at where you are working right now. On a dining room table? Kitchen table? STOP! Please don’t do an important Zoom call from your kitchen. Pick a corner of a room (not your bedroom) and set up a professional space. Even if it’s in your partially finished basement. 

A dedicated work area that you can leave each day is critical. Stop working on your laptop from your couch. This is a bad habit. Your couch is for napping and watching bad TV. Instead, only work from one area in your home.

3.  Time blocking. This is critical for planning your day. You need to block out times of the day for important tasks. Instead, only work from one area in your home and set a timer to work in 25-minute periods. Then take a five-minute break. This is called the Pomodoro technique and it works. The human brain can’t pay attention for more than 25 minutes. There is even an app to help you track your time.&

Women are now not only trying to work but cook, clean and teach their kids.

We are home 24/7, often under the same roof as our families.

It makes focusing impossible and creates a ton of tension.

We are seeing a “Pink Recession”:

Women are trying to do it all, can’t and quitting their jobs. This can’t happen!

We’ve come too far to backslide. What do we do?

Today I have some simple action items and tips for you to use in your daily lives!

1. Stop being a martyr—ask for help. You need to have a serious conversation with your partner, kids and boss. You need to discuss your “new normal” and how they can help you.
2. Pick ONE THING to let go of—one that you hate. Cooking? Laundry? Teaching? Find a way to delegate or automate it. Cooking? Get a rotisserie chicken, some pasta and some frozen pizzas. Dinner for a week. Have the kids/partners make their own lunches and help with dinner. Laundry? Everyone does their own. Or send it out to your local dry cleaners. Teaching? Delegate it or hire a tutor or college student to assist.
3. Commit to a 20-minute treat: you have to find 20 minutes for yourself every day. What do you love to do? What can you fit in? Online shopping? Netflix? Bad TV?Walking? Doing your nails?

It doesn’t have to be this hard. I promise. As working women, we create a lot of our own obstacles. Let go of perfection. Your kids will survive if they eat Pop Tarts a few times a week for breakfast. We live in a world of modern conveniences. Take advantage of them and improve your life!!!

ENOUGH! It’s impossible to do it all, yet we’re asked to each day. 

Listen in to hear how one High Wire Woman, Rosanna Berardi, stays on the high wire while managing a busy law firm, a consulting business, teaching at a law school, parenting her 14-year-old son, maintaining a happy and healthy marriage and visiting Disney four to five times a year. Let Rosanna show you how to make sense of your life and stay on that high wire!