wellness

Lora DiCarlo on Sex Tech and Fighting Double Standards with Success

In The Interview: Episode #16, Ciara Pressler interviews Lora DiCarlo, tech founder, inventor, and sexual health advocate. Lora and Ciara talk about… Tech entrepreneurship and equity in an industry that worships innovation while undermining innovation’s full potential with overwhelmingly homogeneous leadership The importance of hiring the right team and having people to support you Creating […]

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Petra Kolber on Detoxing From Perfection, Authenticity, and Confidence

People, Video / Pregame HQ

In The Interview: Episode #10, Ciara Pressler interviews Petra Kolber, author of The Perfection Detox. Petra and Ciara talk about… What it means to be of service to others right now How being a fitness professional created unrealistic expectations and goals Shifting the message away from a need to attain perfection Using the metrics of

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An American Intervention

7 Comments / Life / Ciara

Photo: The author inside a human cage at The Whitney Plantation, the only American plantation restored to honor the memory and plight of enslaved African people. Welcome to the week of waking up. I am watching the stream of Official Statements from various organizations from the back of the room, leaning against the wall with

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My Career Story: Lori Eberly, That F*ckery Lady

Career / Pregame HQ

Name: Lori Eberly, LCSW Current Job: Founder of Radius, providing executive coaching & development Current Place: Portland, OR Hometown: Born in NYC, raised in Chester, VA Age: 46 What I wanted to be when I grew up: Hospice social worker College degree: MSW from Portland State University What do you love about what you do? Collaborating

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Karla Starr on Resilience, The Nature of Luck, and Trusting Your Abilities

People, Video / Pregame HQ

In The Interview: Episode #08, Ciara Pressler interviews Karla Starr, author, health and behavioral science fanatic, and freelance journalist. Karla and Ciara talk about… Redefining relationships with uncertainty and focusing what we can control Human psychology and how it applies to properties of stress and resilience How we can apply insights of human psychology to

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I Did Not Expect To Break In This Way

Life / lisawagner

We don’t know what the new normal holds or when we will get back to it. We don’t know who will emerge with life, health, fortune, dreams and love intact. But the entire planet has never before centered on such a shared pivot of direction. We can be kind to ourselves, just as we must be kind to each other. We can take a breath and take a beat.

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Love and Lessons

Life / Christina Noel Mitchell

I’m not going to make up statistics, but it seems like most people become parents on accident and then improvise as needed, accepting their new role, as humans do, fairly easily. I think I may have a skewed view of that, and the ‘accidents’ just stick with my memory better, but it does seem that

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