Beyond Influential

I’m excited to introduce this week’s guest, Dr. Molly Maloof, who has been at the forefront of how biohacking, functional medicine, and personalized healthcare can be used to optimize your health. 

Dr. Molly provides personalized medicine to world class entrepreneurs, investors, and technology executives in Silicon Valley. She has also worked as an advisor or consultant to over 50 companies in the digital health, consumer health, and biotech industries, and she’s currently writing a book on biohacking for women.

Dr. Molly gives so much incredible information on this episode that you can start implementing today. To make it a little bit easier, I created this free downloadable “Optimize Your Health Checklist” that lists out Dr. Molly’s recommended steps for achieving optimal health.

On Ep. 176, we cover:

• Dr. Molly’s background: Her path away from “traditional” medicine to create her own lane
• Biohacking 101: How to start optimizing your health (with lots of actionable specifics!)
• Why women and men need to take different approaches to biohacking
• Testing you should be doing, supplements you need to take, and more specific recommendations from Dr. Molly. 
• Her new venture as the founder and CEO of Adamo Bioscience, a company pioneering the science of love
• The biggest driver of long term happiness and health, and more!

**Please note that this is for informational purposes only, and is not intended to be taken as medical advice.

Free Resource!

Dr. Molly's Book Recommendations

My Book Recommendations

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“Should I have kids?” “Do I want kids?” “Will I regret becoming a parent?” “Will I regret not becoming a parent?”

Indecision around parenthood is way more common than you think and it’s time to remove the shame and judgment from the topic by having open conversations like this week’s Beyond Influential episode. 

Ann Davidman is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a motherhood and fatherhood clarity mentor,  and the co-creator of the program and book, Motherhood - Is it for me?, which has been a trusted resource for women experiencing ambivalence about motherhood. 

For the past 30 years, Ann has been coaching potential parents in a supportive and non-judgmental way to help them discover their true desire about whether they want to have children or live a childfree life.

On Ep. 175, we cover:

• How Ann started a business around parenthood indecision
• Motherhood & Fatherhood Clarity Framework: What it is & How it was developed 
• The shifts and similarities over the decades on concerns and attitudes on parenthood 
• How the decision is different for men vs. women
• Regrets & the myth of changing your mind  
• “Do I want kids?” What factors you need to evaluate
• Destigmatizing a child-free life, what she would add to her book today, & more!

Ann's Book

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I loved chatting with this week’s Beyond Influential guest—it’s easily one of my favorite interviews I’ve done for the show because it dives into the highly relevant topic of what it truly means to be an adult in today’s world. This is an important conversation as many millennials and more and more Gen Z-ers are currently trying to be an adult while simultaneously starting to raise the next generation of adults. 

New York Times bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims is a speaker, teacher, mentor, and activist who brings so much value and experience to the table and delivers insight after insight in this conversation. 

As the former Stanford dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising, Julie has encountered countless twenty and thirty somethings who feel they’re just playing the part of “adult,” while internally struggling with anxiety and stress.

She has written multiple books that I can highly recommend. Her first book, How to Raise an Adult, led to a popular Ted Talk on How to Raise Successful Kids Without Overparenting. And now her most recent book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, examines and answers the question, “What does it really mean to be an adult today?” and includes practical strategies for living a more authentic adult life. 

In Ep. 174, we cover:

• Julie’s journey from lawyer to creating her own role at Stanford to acclaimed author
• The overparenting phenomenon and its effects
• Why many millennials don’t feel confident in their adulting skills
• What it actually means to be an adult (and why it’s a process, not a checklist)
• Why you need to stop “playing it safe” in order to live your most authentic life, and more!

Books by Julie Lythcott-Haims

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Are you too hard on yourself? Do you hold yourself to the highest standards and demand perfection? For many entrepreneurs, self-compassion and being nice to yourself usually aren’t at the top of the to-do list.

It’s common for business owners and high achievers to put pressure on themselves as a way to motivate, perform, and succeed. (And you might not even notice the negative ways you speak to yourself.) While this may be effective in the short term, ultimately it’s harmful and doesn’t produce the desired results in the long-term. 

Self-compassion is essential for entrepreneurs to succeed sustainably. When most people think of self-compassion, it’s usually associated with complacency or lack of ambition and drive, when it’s actually the opposite. It turns out (and research shows) that self-compassion is highly effective for helping increase motivation and achieve your goals. 

This week’s Beyond Influential guest, Dr. Kristin Neff, is a pioneer and one of the most influential researchers in the field of self-compassion. Nearly 20 years ago, she conducted the first self-compassion empirical studies, including setting the standard to define and measure it and has been leading the way since. 

She has authored several bestselling books that I can recommend, including Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself and The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook. 

Her newest book, Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive, is a must-read for all women.

On Ep. 173, we cover:

• What is self-compassion & how it’s different from self-esteem and empathy
• The two types of self-compassion: Fierce vs. tender
• Myths and misunderstandings around self-compassion 
• Why self-compassion is more effective than criticism for successful achievement
• How self-compassion increases your ability to be authentic 
• How to practice self-compassion, why it’s especially important for women, and more!

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Self-Compassion Books by Dr. Neff

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If you enjoyed this, check out these other Beyond Influential episodes:

• Optimizing Your Brain & Business Through Therapy with Dr. Jordan Hoffman: https://www.brittanykrystle.com/optimizing-your-brain-business-through-therapy-with-dr-jordan-hoffman/
  
  
• Dr. Joan Rosenberg on How to Build Lasting Confidence and Create a Life You Love https://www.brittanykrystle.com/dr-joan-rosenberg-on-how-to-build-lasting-confidence-and-create-a-life-you-love-updated/

Rachel DeAlto is a relationship expert, coach, media personality, speaker, and the author of relatable: How to Connect with Anyone Anywhere (Even if It Scares You). You might recognize her from Lifetime’s Married at First Sight and TLC’s Kate+Date, or as a guest expert on The TODAY Show, Access Hollywood Live, and Fox News. I met Rachel when we shared a Clubhouse stage together and immediately hit it off as recovering lawyers who now get to be ourselves for a living!

On Ep. 171, we chat about:

• Rachel’s journey from lawyer to relationship expert
• What relatability actually is
• How to authentically be yourself without oversharing
• Tips for overcoming social anxiety and making friends as an adult
• How to connect with anyone anywhere, and more!

This week’s episode is an awesome conversation I had with retired Marine Corps Captain Rich Cardona for his podcast, The Leadership Locker. I love that he says starting and growing a business is harder than it was to serve in the United States Marines. We had a great conversation not only during the interview, but also after we finished recording. We really hit it off, and I appreciate how incredibly thoughtful and intentional he is around the integrity of his podcast and it’s an honor to have been a guest on his show. I definitely recommend checking out the Leadership Locker Podcast as well as his recently-started podcast on NFT’s called NFTs for Newbies.  

In this conversation, we chat about all things personal branding and the pivots I’m currently making in my own personal brand and business. 

On Ep. 170, we talk:

• Tips for building your personal brand: Getting started, content creation, niching down vs. going broad, & keeping it authentic 
• Important lessons I learned before starting my own business
• Happiness, sunk cost fallacy, and why you need to listen to your gut 
• Designing my business around life and not my life around business
• Why I’m pivoting and going all in on Beyond Influential, and more!

Leanne Perice is the founder of MADE BY ALL, a digital talent management and branding company representing the industry's most innovative creators, influencers, and celebrities, including Teyana Taylor, Helen Owen, and Tessa Brooks. With clients that reach over 300 million consumers, she recognizes the limitless rise of digital voices and provides strategic management to turn them into new age empires.

Being at the forefront of the digital economy, Leanne values the art of all partnerships and helping her clients monetize outside the box while helping them build a strong brand identity. This episode is a must listen whether you’re an influencer or content creator or if you’re looking to use influencers and content creators for your brand or business.

On Ep. 169, we chat about: 

• Influencer management, including what a manager does and when you need one 
• How Leanne works with clients  to really bring their vision to life
• Points to consider when negotiating a deal
• How creators should be looking to monetize outside of brand deals, and more!

I love love love this week’s guest, Christi Lukasiak. You might recognize her from the hit reality Lifetime series Dance Moms, but I actually first became aware of her when she joined my community and became one of my coaching clients, and it wasn’t until after that point that I learned about her time on reality TV. We’ve since become friends, and what you see is what you get. On top of being incredibly smart and a boss, she’s just as hilarious as she comes across on the show and social media. 

I ended up watching Dance Moms to prepare for this conversation and I see why she’s still everyone’s favorite cool mom. Not only does she have an incredible social media presence, but she’s been reaching all new audiences through the syndication of Dance Moms on various streaming platforms. 

She’s refreshingly honest, and for better or worse, she fully owns her time on the show and the ups and downs that brings. She’s on a mission to empower the next generation of women with the tools they need to succeed as an adult, and on this episode, she gets real with me on all the things you want to know.

On Ep. 168 with Christi Lukasiak, we cover:

• The reality behind reality TV: What it was really like behind the scenes of Dance Moms
• Regrets, mental health, and why she left a hit show in its prime
• Bullying, mom-shaming, and the challenges of parenting in the public eye
• How she worked with me to find her niche and why personal branding has been essential to her and her family’s success  
• Christi’s business: How she monetizes, creating Adulting 101, launching her Begin Planner, what she’s focusing on next, and more!