If today was your last day on earth, are you happy?

Whether you go into an office or work from home, you likely spend the majority of your time “at work” with colleagues. So if you’re not happy at your work, chances are, you’re not happy in life, which is not a healthy way to live.

And when you peel back the layers, many times it can be attributed to a misalignment between your priorities and your work, a lack of boundaries, and/or poor communication.

The good news is, these things are all fixable!

Joining me in this episode is my colleague and former manager, Terri Quinn. Terri started her career in the tech industry 25 years ago and was one of the early pioneers of the TME (Technical Marketing Engineer) role.

You’ll hear Terri share what it was like starting her career as a young wife and mother in a male-dominated, fast-paced, highly-demanding industry. She discusses how it taught her the importance of knowing what your priorities are (because not everyone does) and owning them without guilt.

You’ll also hear us discuss how to establish boundaries in the workplace by:

• Understanding your priorities and using them as a guide in setting boundaries

• Recognizing your power within and asking for what you want

• Self-marketing yourself with effective communication

This episode is a mirror of the discussions that Terri and I had every day for the three years that she was my manager. While always supportive, she constantly challenged my way of thinking. Her influence had a profound impact on how I approach my work and my attitude towards it, which has changed my outlook and how I communicate with others beyond the job.

So you want to live a cleaner lifestyle but it’s overwhelming and you don’t know quite where to start. That’s where Emily Popson comes in.

Emily is the founder of the Pop of Health community and the creator of The Non Tox Box™, a series of stylishly curated and impactful boxes, with products to help you reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals in items that you use every day.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How the Pop of Health Community and The Non Tox Box™ came to be

• How Emily runs these businesses as side hustles to her full-time job as a woman in tech

• The role exposure to toxins played in both of our early development and the emotional challenges we experienced from it

• A behind-the-scenes glimpse into how Emily curates each The Non Tox Box™ and a preview into the next soon-to-be-released bundle!

This week marks the second anniversary of The Live FAB Life Podcast!

In this episode, I discuss having an epiphany, with the help of some friends, on my unique position to help women in tech bring health and wellness to the forefront of their careers and lives.

You'll hear me share my work experience of working in startups to large corporate environments, the different stressors I experienced and how being micro-managed directly impacted my health and how I learned to reframe and deal with the situation for the better.

How do you know you’re on the brink of burnout? Or maybe you’re already there. And if you are, what do you do about it?

In this solo episode I take you behind the scenes of how I found myself on the edge of burnout and how I pressed paused to rest and reset.

You’ll hear me share:

• How I define self-care

• What does pressing pause mean

• How I was able to that and reset

I don’t know about you, but whenever I’m on business travel, I find it challenging to keep up with my workouts and my way of eating and many of the clients that I’ve worked with have struggled with this too.

So this week I’m joined by Jessica Sutera. Jess is a Director of Corporate Communications, who’s job is in a completely different part of the country from where she lives - so she’s become quite the pro at business travel. In this episode she shares her best practical tips on how to stay healthy while on business travel.

In this episode I’m joined by Dana Pulley of Stillwater Leadership. Dana is an accomplished leader, coach, consultant and a certified corporate-based mindfulness instructor who has learned first hand how mindful awareness enables you to lead and live in a more fulfilling way. You’ll hear Dana share how she began practicing mindfulness, what is mindfulness, the neuroscience behind it, and how we can bring mindfulness in our offices to create more enjoyable and productive work environments.

In this episode, I discuss how to align your work with your core values and why this is vital to your health.

If you’re a woman who in the corporate world, and you work from home, this episode is for you!

In this episode I’m joined by my friend, Jolene Peixoto. Jolene is a 15-year veteran of the high-tech industry, working in business-to-business public relations and social media. Outside of her 'day job,' she is passionate for all things fitness, and spent five years also working as as a barre instructor in addition to her highly demanding corporate job.

You'll hear us chat about what it’s like to work from home - the pros and cons of it (and yes, there are cons to working from home), how we get past those challenges, the importance of setting boundaries and communicating effectively, and how to find the time to fit in fitness, and Jo even gives us some insight on what it was like to work as a barre instructor!

This was a really fun episode for me because it’s really just two women having a conversation about some things that we find challenging and sharing what worked for us to overcome them.