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Welcome to the Advancing Women Podcast where ambitious women come together to challenge the status quo, advance their careers, and up-level their lives. The Advancing Women Podcast is hosted by Gender Equity Expert and Executive Coach Dr. Kimberly DeSimone.
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Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Women represent half of the workforce, yet still, it is necessary to call out the subtle and overt ways the narratives surrounding women's contributions in the workforce can serve to reinforce biases.
Too often, discussions on women and work, especially women, in a partnership or marriage suggest that work for women is a "choice" or in some way less important than it is for men. This can perpetuate the bias that men's, careers, and career successes are more important than women's AND that in a partnership women should be the ones to subordinate their careers.
This episode emphasizes the importance of women's workforce contributions. Work outside of the home is essential to women's economic security, and social equality, and to creating a robust and sustainable economy. Research shows that work results in far more than a "pile of paystubs". It can give us a greater sense of purpose and personal fulfillment.
Having a life of our own and enjoying it on our own terms is very important, for every individual. We often see men as entitled to success beyond their families and kids, while at the same we ask if women can "have it all?" Women can absolutely have a life beyond their family and kids, and there's nothing wrong with that, just as men do. Having a sense of self-accomplishment and fulfillment outside of their family is not something that women should have to apologize for.
#Tunein to hear more!
Reference:
Podcast episode referenced in this episode (The Deals We Make)
iTunes/Apple
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deals-we-make/id1569849100?=1000532205688
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Mtio2sckpzlkgEgba6Tus?
Si=A4D6rM9UTICjm7iYVXibzg
Crittenden, D. (1999). What our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why
Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman. Simon & Schuster, New York,
NY
The Opt-Out Revolution
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/magazine/the-opt-out-revolution.html
The Opt-Out Myth
https://archives.cjr.org/essay/the_optout_myth.php
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https://advancingwomenpodcast.com/
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Want to know what you can do to show support for your family or friends who have a child with autism? This is the episode for you. April is autism awareness month so here are some things to be aware of.
Research shows that mothers of children with autism have elevated levels of depression and stress levels comparable to the stress levels of active combat soldiers! This episode is about awareness, acknowledgment, empathy, and small ways YOU can show your support. This is what moms of children with autism want people to know, so don’t miss this episode of the Advancing Women Podcast to better understand the experience of autism moms and what you can say and do to show empathy and support.
“No matter how confident we seem, we are scared all the time. No matter how energetic or enthusiastic we seem, we are exhausted all the time. No matter how together we seem, we often feel like we're barely surviving. No matter how easy, we might make it look…it is so freaking hard every day.”
Reference:
Twin Cities Mom Collective (March 2022). My Secret World as an Autism Mom. https://twincitiesmom.com/my-secret-world-autism-mom/
Recker, L., & Babcock, E. (2021). Parent/Caregiver Burnout with Autism Due to COVID.
Seltzer, M. M., Greenberg, J. S., Hong, J., Smith, L. E., Almeida, D. M., Coe, C., & Stawski, R. S. (2010). Maternal cortisol levels and behavior problems in adolescents and adults with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(4), 457–469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0887-0
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Tune in for this pragmatic interview on mindful communication with communications strategist Anna Bulszewicz. After working for nearly 20 years in corporate, the media, and academia, Anna helps leaders and businesses implement mindful communication practices that increase emotional, quotient and generate successful business communities. In this episode, she shares incredible insight and some useful tips you won’t want to miss. It’s all about communication, community, and connection.
Let’s stop calling communication skills and emotional intelligence “soft skills.” These are ESSENTIAL skills that women tend to be exceptionally good at, so let’s make sure we are acknowledging, honing, utilizing, and touting these super skills!
Podcast referenced in this episode (Let’s teach girls bravery and teach boys empathy)
iTunes/Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/lets-teach-girls-bravery-and-teach-boys-empathy/id1569849100?i=1000576175167
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/10oW7FgzU65qrJ5JAsMDrc?si=gCQUw6hxR7GtYpP_f1r2TA
For more info on Anna Bulszewicz and Anna Michele Communications (AMC):
Website: https://www.annamcommunications.com/
Blog: https://www.annamcommunications.com/blog/woman
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabulszewicz/
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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
A recent Pew Research Center report is gaining a lot of attention in the media. The study found that 30 percent of U.S. adults are neither married, living with a partner, nor engaged in a committed relationship and nearly half of all young adults are single. Here’s what is surprising, 34 percent of women, and a whopping 63 percent of men are single.
Why are so many young men shying from marriage or even dating? Are younger men getting lazier or more selfish? Are young women getting choosier or more demanding? Find out what is going on and why it is definitely NOT our fault as women, but also (hot take here) – not our problem.
In this episode, we address cultural shifts in the meaning of wife and what that means in terms of relationship expectations, sex, dating, marriage, and commitment.
Reference
The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century by Anne Kingston (Author)
Pew Research Center Report: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/10/05/rising-share-of-u-s-adults-are-living-without-a-spouse-or-partner/
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/11/06/marriage-and-cohabitation-in-the-u-s/
https://ca.style.yahoo.com/expert-says-marriage-makes-men-happier-than-women-092140705.html
https://heragenda.com/p/this-is-why-men-benefit-from-marriage-more-than-women/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-07-04/-happiness-expert-on-love-and-marriage-video
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Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
February is black history month, an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans, and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. African American women have too often been overlooked in the history of our fight for gender equity. The struggle against racism, sexism, and all other-isms. All must be addressed simultaneously.
This episode honors and quotes many brilliant, brave, black women who fought and fight, to create a fairer and more equitable world.
Don’t miss this episode with the wisdom and inspiration of so many brilliant black women who have provided so much wisdom. These words have tremendous power and impact like the important work of Kimberlé Crenshaw who coined the phrase intersectionality. Crenshaw simply and poignantly said, "If we aren’t intersectional, some of us, the most vulnerable, are going to fall through the cracks."
This is at the heart of together we rise, bringing to the forefront that we must consider layers of oppression when we talk about advancing ALL women. As Audra Lord said, “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”
Celebrate black history month and honor the many insights of so many brilliant black women including Sojourner Truth, Shirley Chisholm, Bell Hooks, Pauli Murray, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, Dr. Maya Angelou and more!
References:
Hooks, B. (1981). Ain't I a woman: Black women and feminism. Chicago
Hooks, B. Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics. Cambridge, MA :South End Press
About Kimberlé Crenshaw https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination
Sojourner Truth’s Ain’t I A Woman Speech (read by Dr. Maya Angelou) https://youtu.be/mM4JjuQeqDA
Truth, S. (Original Speech, 1851) https://thehermitage.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Sojourner-Truth_Aint-I-a-Woman_1851.pdf
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Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Fashion is one of the most visible ways we express ourselves, yet too often we feel compelled to choose what is most flattering. We choose clothing that shrinks us or “sucks us in” versus what makes us feel joyful. Fashion should NOT just be for some, we should all be comfortable and confident enough to enjoy fashion, but that requires dismantling the negative external messaging around women’s bodies, perfection, and who is “deserving” of fashion.
Increasingly there is a movement to make fashion more inclusive. This episode of the Advancing Women Podcast with fashion, lifestyle, and body positivity influencer and content creator Veronica Freund explores positive body image, body neutrality, and learning to love ourselves enough right where we are now. As Veronica says, we need to “Stop waiting to be this “perfect version” of yourself to truly start living your life.”
In this episode, we explore dopamine dressing and enclothes cognition (how what we wear impacts how we feel!) because research shows that fashion looks better when you feel good on the inside, but you can also feel better on the inside when you love how you look on the outside. So, let's not wait to be a certain weight to enjoy fashion. All of us warrior women deserve to step into our power and feel fashionable and confident in clothing that makes us feel playful, sexy, and beautiful at any size.
Resources:
To learn more about Veronica:
https://www.tiktok.com/@veronicafreund
https://www.instagram.com/veronica_freund87/
https://twitter.com/veronica_freund
For more about Dr. DeSimone and the Advancing Women Podcast
https://advancingwomenpodcast.com/
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
With the super bowl approaching many of us are going to be thinking about and talking about the ads. Recent studies show that despite an increased cultural focus on equality and empowerment movements, women report feeling that major brands are still not effectively acknowledging women’s priorities or communicating with women in an empowering or authentic manner.
This conversation is about more than entertainment. It's about continuing to challenge a media industry, organizations, and brands that too often misrepresent women, distort women’s experiences, and speak inauthentically to women. We are joined in this episode of the Advancing Women Podcast by Pamela Long, Partner at Little Big Brands, a brand strategy and design firm to talk about the importance of “speaking to women, understanding what they want, what motivates them, and how they want to be portrayed.”
We have to demand more! Marketing and the media play a major role in how women and girls see themselves, so we must continue to challenge unrealistic portrayals and misrepresentations and champion authentic representation. We deserve better!
Learn more about Pamela and Little Big Brands here:
https://www.littlebigbrands.com/
https://www.instagram.com/littlebigbrands/
https://www.facebook.com/littlebigbrands
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelalongatlittlebig/
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Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
There is NOT an expiration on our goals. It’s our lives and our goals, so it should be on our timeline. We must be mindful though, that our timeline isn’t when things get “less busy” or when “you’re ready.” Here’s the thing warriors, things will NEVER not be busy. You will not likely ever find that elusive “more time” and there is no “perfect time.”
We don’t want our goals to be on someone else’s timeline, but we also don’t want the internal saboteur to talk us out of moving forward with our goals. Because warriors, you were meant to have bold, audacious, meaningful goals!
In this episode of the Advancing Women Podcast, I talk about WHY we should have BOLD, RADICAL, AUDACIOUS goals and how to recognize and overcome the internal and external barriers that keep us from moving towards our goals.
Episodes referenced in this episode:
Bold Radical Audacious Goals: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bold-radical-audacious-goals-b-r-a-g/id1569849100?i=1000546833576
Conquering Resistance: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conquering-resistance/id1569849100?i=1000559405192
New Year’s Resolutions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/afraid-you-wont-keep-new-years-resolutions-make-them-anyway/id1569849100?i=1000591952163
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Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Happy New Year! In this first Advancing Women Podcast episode of 2023, we’re talking fresh starts, blank slates, and resolutions.
Research shows that the most popular New Year’s resolutions are about self-improvement (living healthier getting happier, improving relationships, meeting goals.) Yet research also shows that less than 10% of people actually reach their goals. So, this reality leaves many of us questioning the point of it all – why even bother? This episode is about the good that can come from hope and inspiration. Having goals, living with intention, and a desire to grow and improve, are good things, important things that can lead to more happiness, fulfillment, and purpose.
#tunein to better understand the advantages of resolutions and how we can benefit from shifting our #mindset from goals to systems and habits. This episode is about deemphasizing the goal in favor of focusing on the habits and systems that help us move toward our goals!
Bold Radical Audacious Goals (B.R.A.G). Advancing Women Podcast:
Achieving Goals: Mindset, Skillset, Toolset. Advancing Women Podcast:
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Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
As women, we can find ourselves feeling more stressed with all the holiday prep that so often disproportionately drains us of our time and our calm. We feel like if we don’t do all the things, others will be disappointed, or things will fall through the cracks. So, we do everything in our power to mediate that, often at great personal cost to our comfort and joy.
This episode focuses on YOUR comfort, joy, calm, and cozy. Learn more in this episode of the Advancing Women Podcast about the Danish practice of Hygge (coziness & comfort) and the art of joyful living. For all you do to care and do for others, take a little time this holiday season to get cozy, you deserve it!
Tidings of Hygge & Joy Resources
The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking
The HYGGE manifesto https://medium.com/10-bullets-100-words-book-summary/10-bullets-100-words-book-the-little-book-of-hygge-by-meik-wiking-3656e2b8035c
Joyful: The surprising power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee
The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify
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