Doing The Impossible

Tune into this episode with special guest Dr. Cleopatra Abdou Kamperveen, on how to successfully compete for large grants.   If you've ever wondered if you may qualify for a grant; whether you're in academia, a founder of a nonprofit, or are interested in grants for any other reason, this episode is for you.    The wealth of expertise Dr. Cleopatra has in the field of grant writing is shared openly, and we welcome you to listen in, and bear in mind your own opportunities, or perhaps opportunities for those you may know and love.   You can learn more about Dr. Cleopatra and her programs, such as her In Bloom Pregnancy Prep System, at https://drcleopatra.com. For research and grant strategy, you can also reach out to Dr. Cleopatra via her think tank IdeaSpringz at https://ideaspringz.org/.   *   If you enjoyed this episode, you might enjoy some of our others. Ever need to deal with strong negative emotions like anger? How about how to apologize well when the stakes a

My book Multiple Streams of Coaching Income is 16 years old, and a lot has changed in the coaching industry since it was published. Tune into this episode for an excerpt from one of our Community Coaching Calls, where we look at Multiple Streams of Coaching Income: What's Working, What's Not and What's Next. We'll touch on the major principles of Multiple Streams of Coaching Income, including how each of these principles has changed in the last 16 years, and how to rework and revise each of these principles to better align with where coaching is now, and where it is heading. Oh, yes, the principles also apply to *your* income streams. My hope is you will find both strategic and tactical ways to make meaningful shifts that create results. * You can sign up for our complimentary Community Coaching calls here: https://andreajlee.com/ask-andrea/ We get together occasionally; sometimes monthly, sometimes we take a month off. When you sign up you'll immediately receive access to a sampling of our juiciest calls ove

Welcome to this episode which features an example of successfully conducting business in our online world by creating our own rules. The Internet is a malleable place, ours for the shaping. So why not shape it in alignment with the values we believe in most? This is what my guest, and mentor to underrepresented women of colour, Sonali Fiske did when she created the highly-acclaimed Black, Indigenous, Women of Colour (BIWOC) Masterclass called 'Dismantling White Dominance in Women's Entrepreneurship - Potent Conversations with BIWOC countering the Narrative Right now.' Listen in to hear what it's like to intentionally break new ground in both format, and content, and get a huge amount of attention for it on a controversial topic. If you've ever had an inkling that something is not quite right (on any topic) and you wish you could change it, OR, perhaps you chafe at the rules reality seems to impose on doing business in a certain way, well, this will be a must listen. Sonali shares candidly and personall

Talking politics among friends and family is already considered taboo, and in the era of Trump as President of the United States, this seems true more than ever. But when friends disagree about politics, what we actually have is opportunity - the chance to lean on the love we have for each other to understand things we might not bother with.   To that end, this episode is a very special one with someone I consider to be a friend, who is a coach, and a Trump supporter. You'll hear Mary Allen talk about her experience being public about opinions that some of her friends disagree strongly with. As Van Jones says, 'We earn the right to disagree with someone ONLY when we understand them."  This episode has one goal: to encourage us all to cultivate 'friends on the other side' no matter what the topic. In this way, we create the possibility of a demilitarized conversation zone. I hope you'll help 'do the impossible' by generously listening to people you disagree with the next time you have a chance. Y

This episode is about love. Specifically, the limits we sometimes put on it, kow-towing to a (some would say) outdated way that love 'should' look. You know, dating leads to marriage, leads to kids, leads to getting old together, etc. To some, anything else but that traditional path would seem downright impossible. Listen in as long-time colleague and friend Lisa Cherney, a mentor to entrepreneurs, shares her journey of opening up her marriage to ethical non-monogamy, and in doing so has brought more love into not just her life, but also that of her husband, her boyfriends, her daughter, her mom, and really everyone around her.  This episode is for you if you're curious about what it looks like to more authentically express your desires, your sexuality and how you live in the world with your body, regardless of your marital status.  In a world that could without a doubt use more love, we hope that listening in will increase: your sense of possibility around being in love, being loving, and being

To err is human, and as such, it seems like a smart idea to get better at apologies. But is it even possible to apologize in certain circumstances, such as the sexual misconduct being revealed in the #metoo movement? Is an apology always the answer? Above all, what makes for a good apology? What becomes possible when one occurs, for giver and receiver? We discuss all this, plus the story of a very healing apology, shared by our special guest Nina Hasen, who was one of the commenters on a facebook post that sparked this dialog.   https://www.facebook.com/AndreaJLee01/posts/10154905539036637 Whether you wish you could say you're sorry for something you did, or you wish someone would apologize to you, this episode is designed to help us deepen our relationship to wrongdoing, and creating a path to making things right.  -  Additional notes for each episodes of the show will be posted soon at the facebook community we will be kicking off soon. If you like what you're hearing on 'Doing the

This is the story of your host, Andrea J. Lee, and her first taste of power in the form of violence at the age of 18. She shares how her 2-minute video on Upworthy.com (now over 500,000 views) came to be, and follows that up with her talk about the cycle of emotional abuse. Prepared over 6 months for a TEDx audition, the talk was rejected, not once, but twice.  If you've ever worried about your own behaviour, whether you've struck out in anger just once for self-defense reasons, or, you have an ongoing anger issue...OR, perhaps you know someone who is grappling with their relationship to violent behaviour. This episode is rallying cry for all sides of the violence equation.  To add your voice to the discussion, go to www.facebook.com/doingtheimpossibletogether

Being upset can lead to action, but usually not the sustainable kind. Being compassionate can also inspire action. But what's magical is when we can combine upset with love. Listen in on 3 members of the Doing the Impossible podcast community as they describe how they are living with their upset, and turning it into fire for action in new ways.  This is our first episode where you get to hear the wise and loving voices of our community. You are invited to join the extended conversation at www.facebook.com/doingtheimpossibletogether where our next live recording sessions will be announced.

Strong emotions like anger, rage, shame...grief, shame, humiliation and more, are often the place where action comes to a halt. Even though we want to do something about the state of our world, we're blocked. And difficult things feel harder to do. Until we learn how to relate to our strongest negative emotions differently, doing the impossible will stay...impossible. Instead of repressing these emotions, we can create a fresh relationship with them. This episode covers exactly how in a hands-on exercise followed by further discussion. 

We kick things off in this intro episode with a few words about the podcast and what you can expect - big picture thinking and practical things you can do. Joining us for the first time is our live listening audience via web chat.  For more conversation about each episode, visit us at www.facebook.com/doingtheimpossibletogether