Posts by Giovanna Rossi
303 When Black Women Thrive at Work with Ericka Hines
On Show this week, I interview Ericka Hines, principal of Every Level Leadership and author of Black Women Thriving, a report and call to action which seeks to define what it means for Black women to thrive in the workplace and determine how they find joy, success, and stability at work. Ericka has committed to helping organizations build an equity culture for the last ten years, working with government agencies, nonprofits, and foundations across the country to help their staff and stakeholders learn how to work in more inclusive cultures.
We discuss:
– Why focusing on black women actually helps everyone.
– Why having DEI practices in your workplace helps your bottom line.
– How universal the work that Erika does is.
As always, all the links and information are at wellwomanlife.com/303show
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302: Three Things All High Achievers Need to Thrive
Over the years, I’ve interviewed hundreds of high achieving women, from Byron Katie to Dr. Shafali, Elizabeth Lesser and Deepak Chopra’s daughter, Mallika Chopra. And you know what the common thread is between all of them? They all do these three things:
- Engage in a mindfulness practice – this doesn’t have to be sitting on a cushion meditating. It can be any meditative activity, such as walking, cooking, dancing or breath work.
- Identify and prioritize their needs (ie. self care) – this is a daily practice, not just getting a massage once every six months. Seriously, the self care industry has us believe that we need to buy expensive treatments and products in order to practice self care. In reality, we have the ability to identify our needs and take care of them already.
- Share and grow in a community of women – this can be your circle of friends, but usually you’ll need something more structured and a place where you can show up as the woman you want to be (not who people label you as, or who your friends and family think you should be). You show up differently when you are supported to BE the writer, the woman who gets promoted, the leader, the changemaker, the innovator, or whoever it is you are in the world. This is what the Well Woman Academy™ offers.
Inside the Well Woman Academy™, you have access to all of the things above that support you to thrive.
As always, all the links and information are at wellwomanlife.com/302show
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301: Release 2022 & Power Up 2023
On this week’s episode, we’re discussing 2023.
You’re excited to make plans for 2023, right? I’m right there with you.
But first, let’s talk about 2022. Do you remember the highs and lows? Or is it a bit of a blur? Either way, now is the time to reflect on 2022 – not just because it’s a nice mindfulness practice (though it is), but it actually provides the foundation to launch you into 2023.
Without this deep reflection, it’s near impossible to move forward. Instead we spin our wheels making the same plans year after year and then face the same obstacles we always do. Nothing moves, nothing shifts and nothing changes.
That is not what I want for you, friend.
But it’s not just what I want that matters. It’s what the world needs right now. We need smart women – that’s you – who have the capacity and support to show up powerfully in 2023 and beyond. Our families need us to do this, our communities need us to do this and the world needs us to do this.
So if you thought your 2023 planning was just about you in your corner of the world, making your individual plans, you’d be wrong! Now more than ever, your bold actions matter.
Your actions to take back your health, to make the career move that is going to help you thrive, to make the impact you’re here to make or to love deeply and allow others to love you is the foundation of co-creating a world we all want. For ourselves, for our families and for our communities.
It starts with you. How do you want to show up in the world?
Part of the process is to reflect on your successes as well as the disappointments, without judgement. If it sounds hard, that’s because it is if you do it alone. I will help you do this. Then, we powerfully anchor into the knowledge we’ve either gained or remembered this year (we’ll talk about this distinction on Friday), so we can take it with us into 2023.
Join me for the Year end event on Friday: Release 2022 and Power Up 2023
This is a special FREE year end event to release 2002 so you can powerfully move into 2023, grounded and with ease and spaciousness.
Block off 90 minutes for this special event on zoom
December 30th 10:00-11:30 mountain (12-1:30 ET)
Register at wellwomanlife.com/freeyearendevent and receive your workbook right away.
I’m here to give you permission to RESIST. To slow down, take a breath and release 2022 before you power up for 2023. (And if you aren’t ready for deep reflection and release, that’s ok too. Go make a cup of tea and come back to this when you’re rested and want to get started.)
You can actually take all of January and into February to do this year end process. I want you to ease into the new year and not feel you must start “crushing” goals right away. Seriously, if you are doing self reflection, you are not falling behind.
Take your time, I’ve got you. Answer the following questions to get started:
What did you do in 2022 that most felt like you? Where did you feel yourself in your power?
Were there any surprises in 2022? Pleasant or unpleasant, recall the unexpected things you experienced.
Now, what were the disappointments? It’s important not to bypass this question.
And what do you know to be true about what happened in 2022? This can be a deep knowing, your inner wisdom reminding you of what’s important to either release or take with you into 2023.
As always, all the links and information are at wellwomanlife.com/301show
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300 Baking through Your Feelings with Becca Rea-Tucker
Hello Well Women; Happy December. On Show this week, I interview Becca Rea-Tucker, @thesweetfeminist. She is a baker and author with a passion for mixing sugar + strong opinions. She likes using baked goods as an artistic medium, talking about feelings, destigmatizing abortion, and all butter pie crust. Her first cookbook, Baking by Feel, is out now, discussing how to bake through your emotions and including recipes for all different emotions. She lives in Austin, TX, with her husband Rhys and pup Otis.
We discuss:
– Using your platform for advocacy.
– How Baking can be therapeutic
– There are no good and bad emotions – all emotions are OK
As always, all the links and information are at wellwomanlife.com/300show.
The book she mentions:
Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of America in 11 Pies by Rossi Anastopoulo
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But first, we’ll hear from Dara Romero, stylist who will give us tips on holiday styles. And I’m sharing the 2022 Well Woman Gift guide – curated items and resources by women, mostly native and black women – to make your month cozy and nourishing. All of these items and links are at wellwomanlife.com/300show.
Fashion Advice for Well Women From Dara Romero, Personal Stylist at Macy’s
To work with Dara, or find her recommendations: macys.com/PersonalStylist for booking appointments or 
2022 Well Woman Gift Guide
- First up, I have The Future Is Indigenous Women 2022 Holiday Shopping Guide which has items from native women owned businesses including soaps, clothing and jewelry.
https://nmccap.my.canva.site/2022-holiday-shopping-guide
- Second on my list is the Buy Black event on December 16th from 11am – 8pm in Albuquerque by the African American Chamber of Commerce, where all items are from black owned businesses.
African American Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
- Third, I have the Lunar Abundance book available at Luna and Luz, a woman owned shop in old town Albuquerque.
Luna and Luz Modern West Goods
- Fourth and final item is natural soaps at Bison Naturals, a native woman owned company.
Bison Star Naturals: Soap and Lotion | Taos New Mexico
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299 Release Stress and Elevate Your Mood with Anastacia Marx de Salcedo
Hello Well Women; Happy November. On Show this week, I interview Anastacia Marx de Salcedo. She is a nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in the Atlantic, Salon, Slate, Vice, and on PBS and NPR blogs. She has worked as a public health consultant, news magazine publisher, and public policy researcher. She is the author of Combat-Ready Kitchen: How the U.S. Military Shapes the Way You Eat, also published in Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
We discuss:
The idea that physical activity is more important than diet for health
The important message that you CAN be healthy at any size as long as you get enough exercise, despite what the marketing and media might say.
And
that every day scientists are discovering new cellular and molecular impacts of physical activity, including that it elevates mood, relieves stress, and has a powerful anti-inflammatory effect. We’re all learning together.
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As always, all the links and information are at wellwomanlife.com/299show
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