We Go Boldly Podcast

SEASON 7, EP 3: Embracing Our Power with Amy Nelson

This season on We Go Boldly we are leaning into our power and learning how to embrace it.  Last week we chatted about boundaries because setting boundaries is essential to stepping into our own power.  This week we can learn from the amazing Amy Nelson.  

Amy Nelson is the founder and Co-CEO of The Riveter, a start up providing coworking, content and community for working women. A graduate of Emory University and the NYU School of Law, Amy practiced corporate litigation with a focus on high-profile First Amendment matters for over a decade in New York City and Seattle. She also served on President Obama's National Finance Committee where she co-chaired Gen44, the under 40 fundraising arm of the campaign. Additionally, Amy previously worked with President Carter's The Carter Center. Amy is the mother of four daughters aged six and under. She is a contributor for Inc. and the host of iHeartRadio's What's Her Story with Sam and Amy.  In addition to raising $30 million in venture capital to grow The Riveter, Amy has been published broadly including in/on outlets including The TODAY Show, Refinery29, Buzzfeed, The Washington Post and The Seattle Times. She has spoken across the world on many stages, including Fortune's Most Powerful Women, Cannes Lions, and SXSW. If that doesn’t make your head spin, Amy is also a mother of four young children.  

Join us for this amazing conversation with Amy!

For more about all of Amy’s incredible life and work at the Riveter you can find her at all the places @amk_k_nelson and @theriveterco. You can check out her podcast @Whatsherstorypodcast.

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We are Going Boldly into season 7 and talking all about boundaries and embracing our power this week. Setting boundaries with ourselves can change the way in which we look at the world, but even more importantly it can change how we feel about ourselves. Once we learn to listen to our inner voice, hear and tend to our needs without judgment or shame we begin to build healthy stable boundaries around our lives. Those boundaries set the stage for how we can embrace our power in a meaningful and lasting manner.

The purpose behind building those boundaries is to create that lasting relationship with the honest version of yourself, and in order to do that you have to take the time to get to know that person. Healthy boundaries around who you are, who you want to be, what values and morals you hold, what you are willing to do all serve to build that foundation. Over time as you continue to grow and develop that person and those boundaries in an intentional manner, you can expand them out to include other people. 

Those boundaries with other people then set the stage for how you are willing to, and expect to, be treated by others and by the Universe at large. Putting those expectations out into the universe is a part of setting forth on your path in life. The clearer you can be around what you are willing and unwilling to accept the better off you will be. Weak and unhealthy boundaries will often cause you to give away or diminish your own power, rather than embrace it as we are meant to. Tune in to our full episode to learn more about how setting boundaries will help you embrace your power and potential.

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Journal: Take time to reflect on your relationships as they are right now. Those you have with yourself, your family, your work colleagues, friends etc.
2. Make a list of the 5 most important relationships you have (your relationship with you should be at the top) Then make a list, or brainstorm, or freewrite how those relationships are working, could be better, or have changed over time. 
3. Check out our Defining You course!  It is going to be an excellent guidepost this whole season. 
4. We launched our Go Boldly Together Circle this week and we would LOVE to have you join us. 

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It is here!  Season 7 is out today and we could not be more excited.  This is the time to Embrace Our Power.  As women.  As human beings.  As people of the universe.  

Step one. Be honest with who you are to yourself.  No matter how much you coat it with colors to please the world, you will always be what you are at the core. Your core is your truth. This is because, at the end of the day, you can hide your truth from the world but not from yourself. Being true to yourself is important if you wish to be proud of who you are.

This season is all about knowing who we are and understanding the world around us.  It is all about grieving and feeling and embracing all of ourselves so we can step into the sunshine.  Embrace our power. 

Like every season we are bringing amazing women to share their story.  We have a special treat for Episode 100.  That’s right, episode 100 is right around the corner. 

Join us today and this whole season for this amazing adventure. 

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Check out our Defining You course.  A huge part of embracing our power is finding ourselves. Our mission statement course can help with that!  Head over to our website to check it out.
2. Go Boldly Together Circle.  Friendship and sisterhood helps lift us up.  Join us each Monday in our Go Boldly Together Circle.  More details can be found at our website. 
3. Journal one: Are you completely honest with yourself? Or do you find it hard to live authentically and face the truth at all times?

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Belonging and fitting in are not the same thing. This week we continue the second half of our mini series on what it means to belong as an adult. We wade through the tangle of emotions and conditioning that cause us to force ourselves to fit it, even at the cost of our own happiness. 

On this episode of We Go Boldly we talk about the reality that belonging is something fundamentally necessary to our well being. Humans need to feel that sense of connection in order to thrive. We build our sense of belonging not by trying to fit it, rather by bringing our true and honest self to the table. 

As we go further into how we can break through some of the social conditioning, early childhood misinformation, and other blocks to cultivating a sense of belonging within ourselves. We bring some practical suggestions on what to do each day to help you on your journey! 

Finally, we dive into why it is so important to get to know yourself well, build your sense of self-awareness and inner voice in order to really develop the ability to feel comfortable and confident in who you are and that you belong. Join us and let us know what you think!

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Do some mantra work. Write down Mr. Rodgers quote “I like you just the way you are.” Every day for a week look in the mirror or write down on a piece of paper and say “I like myself just the way I am.” Do it for a week!
2. Let us know how it goes on social media. Send us a message or email and tell us.  Post away and tag us.

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“Belonging is being accepted for being you. Fitting in is being accepted for being like everyone else.”  - Brene Brown

As we head back to school we thought we should take a break and talk about belonging.  This impacts our children and it impacts us.  Today we talk about the kids.  Don’t be surprised if we talk a  bit about our inner voice and our authentic self. .  

The challenge is that belonging isn’t measured by simply participating in activities like eating dinner together as a family, showing up to a school building, or joining a group. Belonging is measured by how we feel about ourselves and others once we get there.  

We spend time in this episode sharing the ways we can start building a sense of belonging at home.  It is not the easiest thing to do but we can start with simple steps like making rhythms and memories. We can give our children, and children in our lives a safe place to belong.  

Just take it from Mister Rogers, who knew how important it was for children to know that “I like you just the way you are.”  And join us this week as we talk about how we can help the children in our lives find that sense of belonging. 

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Journal time. Think back to your  time as a child. When did you experience a sense of belonging? Was it with family or friends? Write why you felt that way? What triggered your sense of belonging?
2. If there are children in your life, what can you do to help ensure they have a sense of safety and belonging when with you?

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Interested in self-care and boundaries and how they go together? Join us today for the final episode of Season 6, our journey into busyness and self-worth. Today we take on the potentially confusing and often abused topic of self care. Setting boundaries is one of the best and most cost effective ways of participating in actual self-care. All of this leads us to address our role in the busyness we engage in within our lives. 

Join us today for all of this and more on We Go Boldly. 

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1.  Journal: We are practicing boundary setting. Visualize and name your limits.  Think about what kind of boundaries you have in your life.  Make a list of the boundaries you have already set. These don’t have to be huge boundaries. Go through the process we talked about before. Picture it as an actual boundary. Make a plan for setting your limits and communicating those limits in a kind and positive way. Add other boundaries you would like to add to the list and think about how you will set those. 
2. If you are not participating in self care, figure out how you can fit it into your life.  What selfcare is most important to you.
3. Reach out to us on social/email/website and let us know how it goes. 

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“You don’t always have to be doing something. You can just be, and that’s plenty.” - Alice Walker

Buckle up friends.  This is a big and very important conversation.  Tovah and Rielly talk about white supremacy, the patriarchy, and even capitalism.  Truth be told they are all connected.  We are definitely not the first to have these thoughts and thus we will be directing you to a lot of great resources including but not limited to Tricia Hersey with the @napministry.

In case you’re wondering what this has to do with burn out, don’t worry, it has everything to do with busyness. The report found that 68 percent of working moms say they’re burned out compared with 42 percent of working dads. Not only are we working more and spending more time with our children—we have less help. This leads to our conversation on the human giver syndrome as recently highlighted in the book Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski.  

Life feels hard because it is hard.  It is time to recognize the system we live in is part of the reason. Whether you’re new to thinking about these issues or not these are important conversations to have and we are glad to have you! 

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Time for some journaling.  Ask yourself a few questions: 
   1. Am I assuming this woman has a moral obligation to be pretty, happy, calm, generous, or attentive to the needs of others?
   2. Am I assuming this man has a moral right and obligation to be competitive and acquisitive, to take and have anything he can, regardless of the impact on others?
   3. How am I contributing to a patriarchal system? What am I doing every day to make it worse and make it better? 
2. Take some time to broaden your world.  Look in both real life and online to expand your circle to include those who do not have the same life experiences. Listen and learn.

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It's time to get serious…of course that’s what we’ve been doing all season but this week we get serious about perfectionism and “pinterest parenting.” What happens when we set goals and achievements for our kids without reflecting on what our kids need?  What happens when we set unrealistic expectations for ourselves as parents? When we demand perfectionism of ourselves, what are we teaching our kids?

There are some truths shared today (truths that Tovah wants to ignore). We talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of perfection parenting.  We also talk about how we can do things differently. 

Join us this week as we all work on making sure we can navigate parenthood and life without perfectionism. 

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Grab your journals!  If you are a parent, think about how you are parenting right now.  Are you pushing your kids to be something or do something that they are not? Do you feel that perfectionism or demanding?
2. Keep journaling and think about your childhood and reflect on what your experience was like growing up?  Did you have this kind of perfectionism in your life?  (Only do this if it is safe.  If not, reach out to a therapist.)
3. Take a minute to journal about your ideal day with your kids and how you would be. Compare this to how you were raised and how you are currently raising your kids. 

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All season long we are continuing our conversation around busyness and self-worth. This week we are going even deeper.  We are thrilled to continue our interview series with a fellow podcaster and parenting expert, Jordana Horn Gordon.

Jordana Horn has been deemed a ‘parenting expert’ by both the NBC Today Show and Fox and Friends…so it must be true! She’s host of the popular parenting podcast “Call Your Mother,” and interviews parents on everything from celebrity to addiction, and host of the podcast “Characters on the Couch” which takes a deep dive into the psychological makeup of popular TV characters. Jordana is a contributing editor at the Jewish parenting site Kveller, and has written extensively on parenting for The Today Show, The Washington Post and The New York Times, among other publications. 

She has been a panelist and panel moderator across the country on parenting. She studied English and communications at the University of Pennsylvania, went to graduate school for international relations at the London School of Economics, and got her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is a retired attorney and past New York bureau chief for Israel’s largest English-language newspaper, The Jerusalem Post. 

She’s mother to six children aged 7-18, and has the not-insubstantial undereye bags to prove it. In her spare time, she reads and tries to save American democracy through voter registration and engagement.

Join us today for this most excellent conversation with Jordana!

You can learn more about Jordana Horn by following her on Twitter at @jordanakvells.

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Welcome to this week’s conversation all about goals and achievement.  Why do we set all of these goals?  What are we trying to prove?  Rielly and Tovah are fans of goal setting as much as the next person, actually quite a lot more, but they are not fans of goals for the sake of goals.  That is next level achievement culture getting in the way.  

Achievement Culture and setting goals for the sake of setting goals rather than to actually achieve our dreams is not the path to a limitless life. 

We talk all about the rat race, what we do to our kids in school, and how we can decide when to opt out of the achievement culture. The good news is that you CAN achieve your goals and be present! 

Join us as we talk about how we can have your cake and eat it too. No seriously, there is a way to set goals that matter without getting caught in the rat race. 

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Bust at that journal. Look at your 5 year plan (If you have one).  Why is that your plan?  Does it fit with who you are? Does it connect with your authentic self? Are you simply checking the boxes?
2. Do something purely because you want.  With no goal. What kind of fun are you going to have this week?  Don’t forget to share what you did with us on social media. 

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