It’s time for women to shine and have a voice!

In this episode, Lucy is joined by Sarra Fleur Abou-El-Haj and Nicole Fasolino of The What Lies Beneath Project.

They discuss Sarra and Nicole’s careers in the fashion industry and how their work led them to launch a new photography project celebrating the essence of women at their strongest, most authentic and beautiful selves.

They also pull back the curtain on their decades-long friendship and how they support each other personally and professionally in good and bad times.

Tune in for inspiration to let your vulnerability — and your mistakes — guide you forward. Then subscribe to our monthly newsletter to connect with other women seeking freedom and friendship.

Jump into the conversation:

[07:00] Nicole & Sarra’s career journeys

[12:00] Female friendship & the power of community

[15:00] The origins of The What Lies Beneath Project

[22:45] Stories of the women photographed

[29:15] Expectations vs expectancy

[34:00] Working with women you trust & how to find them

[38:30] Generational differences between women

[45:20] Pearls of wisdom from Nicole & Sarra

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• Follow Nicole on Instagram @nicolefasolino

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Happy Spring, Collective Wisdom listeners! In this episode, Lucy is joined by Chelsea Madeline, the brilliant author of In Her Own Right.

Chelsea shares her journey as a writer and community builder — telling us the stories of the women she’s gathered, the family she’s tended, and the words she’s written.

This conversation is about all the ways women can support each other as we create tangible manifestations of our dreams. Chelsea also shares a few poignant passages from her book to draw us deeper into our soul’s work.

Tune in for inspiration to go deeper together. Then join us in Spain this May to meet more women who can change your life. Use the code CREATE20 for 20% off.

Jump into the conversation:

[03:00] Why Chelsea created Boss Ladies Magazine

[07:00] The importance of connecting deeper with women

[10:30] Chelsea’s greatest fear & how it inspires her creative process

[13:00] How to create tangible manifestations of our lives

[19:00] Simple ways to gather communities of women

[23:25] The questions Chelsea asks to deepen relationships

[25:00] The beautiful story behind In Her Own Right

[28:00] Cultivating self-trust & overcoming doubt

[39:00] The stories of Toni Morrison & Lee Krasner

[42:30] Finding space to create

[45:00] How Chelsea wrote her book in stolen moments of time

[49:30] The moment of great repair

More about our guest: Chelsea Madeline is a writer, editor, and a mother exploring the world through a kaleidoscope of philosophy and poetry. She grew up in a fishing town in Maine, spent a decade in Santa Monica and currently lives with her family on a finca in Puerto Rico covered in mango trees and roaming chickens. Chelsea's editorial projects include Boss Ladies Magazine, Paper Airplanes, a newspaper of the poetry and art created during quarantine, and the Love Calendar. She is committed to creating contexts that evoke our brightest, softest selves.

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• Mentioned in the episode: Reshma Khan, Sofia Sprechmann

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We all know work-life balance is a lie. But how can we build fulfilling careers without sacrificing our lives or leaving our jobs in the process?

In this episode, Lucy is joined by Christiana Smith Shi, a retail executive and management consultant formerly of Nike and McKinsey who is now the co-author of Career Forward: Strategies of Women Who’ve Made It — which just came out in paperback last week!

Together they dive deep into how to take control of your career, build your professional equity, and cultivate your 360° life. Christiana also answers your questions about how to handle lay-offs, ways to avoid career breaks, and places you can find support when your company’s values don’t align with your own.

Tune in for a powerful pep talk on getting your needs met while staying in the game. Then join us for an upcoming immersive in Montana, Spain or Kenya where you can get the support you need to design what’s next for your work and life!

Jump into the conversation:

[6:00] Creating options and opportunities for your career

[9:30] The story of how Christiana wrote Career Forward with Grace Puma

[15:00] Why your job is not your career

[18:00] How to build rapport with recruiters and why LinkedIn matters

[25:15] Building your professional equity

[34:45] The power of staying in the game

[38:15] Why work-life balance is a lie and how to cultivate a 360° life

[51:00] How to steer into the skid and make career pivots

[56:45] How to handle a lay-off or being fired

[63:00] The pros and cons of being a “strong contributor”

[69:20] Why it’s worth it to build a successful career

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When we last spoke to Sarah Cunningham, she was trying to figure out how she wanted to show up in the world as both an executive leader and a boxer.

Today we’re thrilled to have her back on the show to share how she recalibrated her life, her work, and her values over the past year — and to tell us why she feels more in alignment than ever.

Join us for inspiration to meet this moment with creativity, accountability, and discipline. And be sure to listen to the end for an invitation to do this crucial work in community with other leaders this spring!

Jump into the conversation:

[5:00] How Sarah integrated her dual lifestyles

[7:30] The dangers of dissonance & resentment

[10:00] How to lead from behind & coach your team

[12:00] Designing your relationships to cultivate more trust

[13:00] Why Sarah turned down a promotion to focus on her personal life

[17:00] Why the magic you’re looking for is in the work that you’re avoiding

[19:00] Accountability mirrors & pearls of wisdom

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• Mentioned in the episode: David Goggins, The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin

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Today we’re revisiting one of our favorite conversations from season one where Lucy sat down with Sarah Cunningham, an executive leader at AKQA and a winner of the Golden Gloves tournament at Madison Square Garden.

In this conversation, Sarah shared her inspiring journey from Ireland to NYC and the transformative coaching experience that helped her achieve alignment between her personal and professional life.

A lot has changed for Sarah since we first shared this episode, so next week she’ll be back on the show to give us an update on her journey! We’ll also be sharing a new coaching container we’re launching for our community this spring.

Before then, tune in to this inspiring conversation where we explore:

[3:15] Sarah’s career dreams as a little girl and what advice she would give that little girl now

[5:19] Inner Wisdom and how to know when you are in alignment with your values

[15:27] What happened when Sarah had the courage to integrate her two worlds and share them publicly with others

[19:19] Sarah’s story of stepping into the ring at Madison Square Garden to finally achieve her dream.

[23:46] The power of asking for help and activating your Board of Advisors.

[27:30] Sarah's final pearl of wisdom using a boxing metaphor of not staying in the pocket too long

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Your Montana Immersive Awaits! — Our flagship retreat, the Montana Immersive, brings you to Rocking R Guesthouse, a private residence on Flathead Lake’s breathtaking shores. Together, we’ll dive into our expansive curriculum, moving bodies and mindsets until the pathway forward becomes clear. Happening Oct 23 - 26. Learn more and join us.

How do you move forward when you’re not sure what comes next? And what information do you need to make the most aligned decisions?

In this episode, Lucy is joined by Tracy Bech, the Author and Co-Founder of 60 Minute CFO. Tracy has launched, run and sold multiple successful businesses, including a website design agency, a designer jewelry e-commerce store, and now a business finance course and consultancy that she founded with her dad.

Tracy’s here to share the story of her entrepreneurial journeys and show us how being unafraid to fail helped her move past imposter syndrome and create her version of success. She also unlocks the tried-and-true principles of finance — not from a CPA lens, but from the perspective of an empowered collaborator.

Tune in for inspiration to design your life around your dreams with the financial fluency you need to understand what’s possible.

Jump into the conversation:

[5:00] How Tracy cultivates her mindset & follows “glimmers”

[6:30] Why Tracy designed her life around where she wanted to live

[12:00] The story of Tracy’s first business

[17:00] Skill-building, imposter syndrome and the importance of perspective

[25:00] How Tracy pivoted to e-commerce and built a multi-million dollar jewelry business

[38:30] What to do when you don’t know what you want

[46:00] Tracy’s totally unexpected partnership with her dad

[50:00] Unlocking financial fluency and Tracy’s tried-and-true ratios

[63:00] The importance of celebrating & bragging on yourself

More about our guest: Tracy Bech is on a mission to empower business leaders with the knowledge and tools to build thriving enterprises by mastering the language of finance. She specializes in curating moving industry-specific best practice groups of CEOs, fostering an environment where financial insights are shared, compared, and benchmarked regularly.

With a deep understanding of the challenges that entrepreneurs face, Tracy's journey from an intuitive, seat-of-her-pants entrepreneur to a financially-focused business leader has been transformative. She recognizes that financial fluency can often be intimidating, but she's here to demystify it for you.

Tracy is also a prominent speaker and educator at 60 Minute CFO, a book and consultancy practice dedicated to simplifying complex financial concepts. Her dedication to teaching and mentoring shines through in her engaging talks and workshops.

A serial entrepreneur, Tracy loves thinking up business ideas and writing business plans. When she's not focused on business, you can find her spending time in the outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. She's a mom of 2 curious kids and wife to an inventor husband.

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• Mentioned in the episode: Gorge Women in Business & Deschutes Women in Business

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So many of us are conditioned to do more, achieve more, and be more. We’re always striving toward the next goal, milestone, or promotion, and we don’t pause to check in with what success looks like for us. Today we’re working on changing that.

In this episode, Lucy is joined by Sara Mostafavi, a Murmuration Collective coaching client and community member, who after 16 years of corporate life, found her more authentic way of moving professionally and personally through the world.

This conversation is about how to listen to the signs that you might be on the wrong path, then to uncover your deeper values and create alignment between your work and your life.

Sara shares her journey of how her body and her family made it clear she needed to make a change, then how coaching gave her the clarity and the courage to actually redesign her life.

Tune in to give your inner overachiever a big permission slip to take a much-needed break in 2025 and beyond.

Jump into the conversation:

[4:30] Stepping out of the “achiever” mindset & redefining success

[10:30] How Sara found alignment between her career & her values

[15:00] Impact of leaving corporate after 15 years

[18:30] Working with your core strengths

[23:05] Finding clarity in the quiet

[28:25] The many ways Sara redesigned her life in 2024

[33:15] From over-achieving to high-achieving

[37:00] The power of leaning into your network

[45:00] Sara’s pearls of wisdom for any overachievers tuning in

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Happy New Year, Collective Wisdom listeners!

Today, Lucy is joined by a group of extraordinary women who recently completed The Great World Race — running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days.

It’s hard to believe that Becs Gentry, Jenny Simpson, Chirine Njeim, Hillary Kupish and Ashley Paulson didn’t know each other when they started running, but this experience bonded them like nothing else as they supported each other to and through their limits over the course of the race. With many of them even winning awards for their finish times!

In this conversation, Becs, Jenny, Chirine, and Hillary share how they decided to run this race and everything they yielded from making it to the finish line together. We dive deep into the expansive mindset, the grueling reality, and the lasting impacts. They also offer the pearls of wisdom they’re taking away from their once-in-a-lifetime event.

Tune in for a huge dose of inspiration to dream big in 2025 and a reminder that we often find our people along the way to our goals.

Jump into the conversation:

[3:00] Meet these extraordinary women

[10:30] How they each mentally + emotionally prepared for this experience

[27:00] Advice from Becs for moving beyond your fears

[44:45] Chirene shares exactly how the group supported each other

[50:00] Finding your people along the way to your dreams

[58:50] The exact lessons Jenny learned about herself

[62:45] How this experience inspired Hillary to dream bigger for her life

[68:05] Pearls of wisdom + advice

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