Questions to Hold with Casey Carroll

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Welcome to the Questions to Hold podcast hosted by BWB founder, Casey Carroll. In a world that praises answers over questions, the act of holding a question is an act of resistance, presence and devotion. In this podcast, we explore the intersection of life’s biggest inquiries and our personal and professional worlds. Whose story are you telling? What impact are you having? Are you happy? Tune in for honest conversations with progressive leaders and entrepreneurs dedicated to questioning our institutions, igniting change, and provoking new possibilities. Join us for our next discussion.

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August 22, 202531 min

EMBRACING THE UNKNOWN: Unleashing your Great Work with Amanda Crowell

Join us for a conversation with Amanda Crowell (she/her), where we explore how to unleash your Great Work, and what it looks like to approach work as a path of curiosity, clarity, and collaborative momentum. Dr. Amanda Crowell is a cognitive psychologist, keynote speaker, and the author of Great Work: Do What Matters Most Without Sacrificing Everything Else, now in its 2nd edition. She’s also the creator of the Great Work Journal, host of the podcast Unleashing Your Great Work, and founder of the Great Work Series: a slate of monthly community classes that explore how to do work that feels meaningful, aligned, and lights you up.Amanda’s TEDx talk, Three Reasons You Aren’t Doing What You Say You Will Do, has been viewed nearly two million times and was featured on TED’s Ideas blog and TED Shorts. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Al Jazeera, Thrive Global, and MSN.She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two awesome kids, and a remarkable Newfiepoo named Ruthie. These days, she splits her time between educating future teachers, coaching creative professionals, and helping individuals and organizations bring their Great Work to life.In this episode you’ll hear about:Why your Great Work matters, is possible, and can be done without burnoutHow to figure out what your Great Work isWhy “doing less” often leads to doing your best workHow you can use the time you have today and this week to move toward your big visionSOCIAL HANDLES WebsiteInstagram: @aj_crowell LinkedIn: Dr. Amanda Crowell BookKindlePodcastConnect with BWBwearebwb.com@we.are.bwbCasey LinkedINCait LinkedINBWB LinkedinBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating + review!Podcast Song: Holding you by PrigidaMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/holding-youLicense code: CELWR55ONTDIFRSS

June 16, 202538 min

EMBRACING THE UNKNOWN: How to Be With Change with Maren Gauldin

Join us for a rich conversation with Maren Gauldin (she/her), where we explore the landscape of change through the lens of tools such as the Enneagram, deep listening practices, and holistic approaches to transformation. Maren guides us on how to be with change even when change feels like the scariest thing we could do. Maren Gauldin is an organizational development consultant, a certified Enneagram coach, a parent, a partner, an advocate, and a community-tender who envisions a world where all are able to discover and fulfill the depths of their potential. Maren leads Seeds to Wholeness, an organizational development consultancy dedicated to unlocking the potential of purpose-driven individuals and businesses. Maren offers Enneagram-based coaching for individuals, couples and teams, along with team-building workshops and organizational development consulting to small businesses and organizations. She is a devoted coach, a tenacious strategist and the co-founder of a non-profit that supports trans children. In this episode you'll hear about: How to move through times of change and transformation The differences between externally and internally driven change Tools to track and listen to fear to open up opportunities for changeThe powerful inquiry of "what if everything is happening for me."Presence and somatic practices to experience change SOCIAL HANDLES Maren’s LinkedInMaren’s websiteConnect with BWBwearebwb.com@we.are.bwbCasey LinkedINCait LinkedINBWB LinkedinBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating + review!Podcast Song: Holding you by PrigidaMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/holding-youLicense code: CELWR55ONTDIFRSS

May 28, 202539 min

EMBRACING THE UNKNOWN: Honing your Courageous Story with Ahri Golden

Entrepreneur + Award-Winning Media Midwife Ahri Golden is a podcast series creator supporting wise visionary women entrepreneurs ready to bring their next level impact into the world.Golden is fascinated by being human and is deeply informed by stories and creative responses to the world that is unfolding within and around us. Golden's experimental audio projects inspired from lived experience enlist documentary, music + memoir to create a more urgent human response to the roiling changes in society.Golden is Adjunct Media Professor at Southern Oregon University, where she teaches her course ALIVE: YOUR VOICE, THIS MOMENT, supporting students to hone one courageous story from life that gives them strength in times of great change.In further response to this moment, since 2022, Golden embodies the role of Media Midwife in The Story Womb, a Podcast Series Production + Mentorship Program for visionary wise women leaders ready to grow their impact. Join us for a conversation with Ahri Golden (she/her), where we explore Ahri's own courageous stories, and how she works with others to give birth to their unique stories into the world. In this episode you’ll hear about:Ahri's life-changing experience sharing her own story live on public radioThe importance of listening to stories - our own and othersWhy oral story telling and podcast expression is such a critical art formAhri's process for guiding others to identify and give voice to their own courageous storiesSOCIAL HANDLES Ahri’s Website IG + LinkedIn: @ahrigoldenConnect with BWBwearebwb.com@we.are.bwbCasey LinkedINCait LinkedINBWB LinkedinBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating + review!Podcast Song: Holding you by PrigidaMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/holding-youLicense code: CELWR55ONTDIFRSS

May 28, 202540 min

EMBRACING THE UNKNOWN: Building a Breathing Culture with Sarah Hutcherson

Sarah is the founder of Slo Breathworks and she combines years of training and experience in breathwork facilitation, yoga, sustainability, and leadership to offer mindful breathing experiences - workshops, walks, and seasonal containers - to integrate mindful breathing into daily life so busy doers can move from overwhelmed to empowered. While Sarah has hundreds of hours of trainings in the mechanics and physiology of breathing, it is the lived experience of consciously breathing when anxiety, pain, and stress arise that ignite Sarah’s passion for helping hurried souls slow down through intentional breaths. Join us for a conversation with Sarah Hutcherson (she/her), where we explore how our breath is a tool and companion to walk with us on the path of change and growth. Sarah guides us through an opening and closing breath to bring us into an embodied practice while we listen.In this episode you’ll hear about:How intentional and conscious breaths effect usLearning to accept who we are through the power of breathWhat a breathing culture is and the impact it can have in our livesBreathing techniques that we can explore at any point of the dayThe practice of breath walksSOCIAL HANDLES Sarah’s WebsiteSarah’s LinkedInConnect with BWBwearebwb.com@we.are.bwbCasey LinkedINCait LinkedINBWB LinkedinBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating + review!Podcast Song: Holding you by PrigidaMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/holding-youLicense code: CELWR55ONTDIFRSS

May 28, 202539 min

EMBRACING THE UNKNOWN: Looking to the Sky for Direction with Jocelin Martinez

Jocelin Martinez is a seasoned communications trainer and astrologer. Jocelin has facilitated thousands of successful sessions, providing expert advice on messaging and presentation skills to clients across industries like home and luxury goods, healthcare, beauty, and entertainment. She considered her 15-year career successful, but a meeting with an astrologer in 2016 introduced a new perspective and another professional practice.Her childhood curiosity with astrology began with Walter Mercado’s captivating television appearances, a must-watch in her household. Though she later enjoyed reading her horoscope, she remained unaware of astrology’s depth until that pivotal meeting at a friend’s party. The subsequent invitation to attend a weekly astrology meeting sparked a profound transformation in her. She now utilizes modern and Hellenistic predictive techniques to help clients navigate life’s ebbs and flows…and their key messages. Jocelin often says, "I don't ‘believe’ in astrology. I have an astrology practice because it works.”Join us for a spirited conversation with Jocelin Martinez, where we explore the power and potential of astrology to better understand who we are, what we are, and how what’s happening in the sky can give us direction in our lives on Earth. In this episode you’ll hear about:Leveraging astrology to guide us through times of unknown and changeHow we’re so much more than our (sun) signsWhy it’s not the “planets fault” when something goes wrong in our livesApproachable ways to be in relationship with astrology in your every day lifeSOCIAL HANDLES Jocelin's WebsiteConnect with BWBwearebwb.com@we.are.bwbCasey LinkedINCait LinkedINBWB LinkedinBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating + review!Podcast Song: Holding you by PrigidaMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/holding-youLicense code: CELWR55ONTDIFRSS

July 20, 202438 min

Unpacking Partnership: Exploring the Enneagram with Maren Gauldin

Join us for a conversation with Maren Gauldin (she/her), where we explore the Enneagram and how it can be used to understand ourselves, build relationships with others, develop deeper partnerships, and enhance team dynamics.Maren Gauldin is an organizational development consultant, a certified Enneagram coach, a parent, a partner, an advocate, and a community-tender who envisions a world where all are able to discover and fulfill the depths of their potential. Maren leads Seeds to Wholeness, an organizational development consultancy dedicated to unlocking the potential of purpose-driven individuals and businesses. Maren offers Enneagram-based coaching for individuals, couples and teams, along with team-building workshops and organizational development consulting to small businesses and organizations. She is a devoted coach, a tenacious strategist and the co-founder of a non-profit that supports trans children. In this episode you’ll hear about:The fundamentals of the EnneagramHow the Enneagram can be leveraged for your personal and professional developmentWhat each Enneagram type means, and how we all have all of these types inside of us How the Enneagram helps us be more strategic in business and community buildingWhy Casey and Caitlin hired an Enneagram coach (Maren!) to deepen their partnership and the impacts it’s had in BWBSocial Handles: Maren’s LinkedInMaren’s websiteConnect with BWBwearebwb.com@we.are.bwbCasey LinkedINCait LinkedINBWB LinkedinBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating + review!Podcast Song: Holding you by PrigidaMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/holding-youLicense code: CELWR55ONTDIFRSS

July 2, 202436 min

Unpacking Partnership: Letting partnership evolve with Sally Ekus

Join us for a conversation with Sally Ekus (she/her), where we discuss what it means and looks like to let partnership evolve alongside our life and business needs and desires.Sally Ekus is a Senior Literary Agent at JVNLA where she spearheads The Ekus Group, a boutique culinary division specializing in cookbook and lifestyle titles. She represents a wide range of culinary, health, wellness, and lifestyle talent, from first-time cookbook authors to chefs, restaurant owners, professional food writers, bloggers, online creators, and journalists. On the non-culinary side, Sally represents books about caregiving and parenting, and is expanding into select other non-fiction genres. From concept to contract, she has brokered over 300 book deals with top publishers including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and numerous indie publishers. Sally also hosts an online community called How to be a Cookbook Author where she posts a wide range of general publishing news, agency programing, and facilitates connections among the community.Sally loves cooking and conceptualizing new spicy dishes. She is a dedicated supporter and previous board member of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society New England Chapter and currently sits on the board of Happier Valley Comedy. She is an active member of The Women’s Presidents’ Organization Hartford chapter, International Association of Culinary Professionals, Women’s Media Group, The Association of American Literary Agents, and the Cherry Bombe Bombesquad among other organizations. She is a mom, taco lover, and improvisor.In this episode you’ll hear about:Why partnership and collaboration are central to all client relationshipsHow to build a succession plan in business partnership The potential of business mergers and acquisitionsNavigating changing needs in family businessSOCIAL HANDLES Not So Secret Agent NewsletterJVNLA agencyThe Ekus GroupHow to be a Cookbook Author Facebook GroupSally Ekus on IGConnect with BWBwearebwb.com@we.are.bwbCasey LinkedINCait LinkedINBWB LinkedinBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating + review!Podcast Song: Holding you by PrigidaMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/holding-youLicense code: CELWR55ONTDIFRSS

April 16, 202436 min

Unpacking Partnership: On leaving a legacy & life's intentional decisions with Stephanie Schott

Stephanie Schott is the founder of Amplify, an organization committed to equipping companies with the mindsets and skills to navigate and thrive in today’s corporate environment. Join us for a conversation with Stephanie, where we discuss navigating the constantly changing terrain in our lives, and the impact of holding questions. We also discuss building in partnership (versus being an individual contributor), and the question Stephanie is holding around what it means to leave a legacy. In this episode you’ll hear about:Bringing awareness and provocation to your work, and working in partnership to do soMoving from an “advice monster” to “coaching leader”How to listen more, ask more, and give advice lessTapping into our authentic selves and bringing consciousness and awareness to thisSOCIAL HANDLES Website: www.withamplify.comSocial: stephschott__Email@ steph@stephanieschott.coStephanie’s Substack SHARED RESOURCESCourtney Leak's website Immunity to Change method, Robert Kegan and Lisa LaheyShared consciousness (General McChrystal)The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay StanierConnect with BWBwearebwb.com@we.are.bwbCasey LinkedINCait LinkedINBWB LinkedinBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating + review!Podcast Song: Holding you by PrigidaMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/holding-youLicense code: CELWR55ONTDIFRSS

March 20, 202435 min

Unpacking Partnership: Finding Peace within Ourselves & Making Peace with Others with Brad Farris

Join us for a conversation with Brad Farris (he/him) where we discussed finding peace within ourselves to help make peace with others, and how this contributes to partnership.Brad Farris is an engineer turned leadership coach who specializes in helping creative agency owners unleash growth, in their agencies and themselves. He has 20 years of experience working with agency founders. As a result, he can quickly spot patterns and solve problems that stunt growth. Since its founding, Anchor Advisors has helped more than 450 agency owners lead confidently and find more hours in the day.If there’s one thing his experience has taught him, it’s this: the biggest barrier to growing your business is between your ears!===In this episode you’ll hear about:What does it mean to make peace with yourself?What does it mean to better serve clients?How ego plays a role in business ownershipBrad’s commitment to a lifetime of learningBeing champions for “true selves” and “our best and worst day” selvesRuth Haley Barton; Transforming Center Theresa Campbell; Level up with Listening Connect with Brad:AnchorAdvisors.com AnchorAdvisors.com/Conversations (sign up for the infamous newsletter!!!)blfarris@anchoradvisors.comhttps://anchoradvisors.com/accelerate-your-business-growth/Connect with BWBwearebwb.com@we.are.bwbCasey LinkedINCait LinkedINBWB LinkedinBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating + review!Podcast Song: Holding you by PrigidaMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/holding-youLicense code: CELWR55ONTDIFRSS

March 15, 202442 min

Unpacking Partnership: In the business of family & relationships with Maeghan Scott & Melodie Toby

In the business of family and relationshipsJoin us for an honest discussion with Maeghan Scott and Melodie Toby, where we talk about running a family business and the importance of the relationships built along the way.Maeghan and Melodie are a mother-daughter team, running Right at Home of Essex County, providing in-home care to seniors and adults in Essex County, New Jersey. They are also celebrating 20 years in business this year. Established in 2004, Right at Home of Essex County employs a team of Certified Home Health Aides who provide personal and companion care services to adults with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson's, physical or mental disabilities, diabetes, chronic conditions and beyond.They believe aging isn’t just about staying healthy, safe, and independent; it’s also about living well. Their goal is to help their neighbors stay in a place where they’re comfortable for as long as possible.===In this episode you’ll hear about:Defining partnershipHow to make authentic connections to build partnershipWhat it means to be a family in business togetherUnique paths to business ownership, and the evolution of a business over two decadesRunning an ethical and community businessThe importance of the partnerships between clients and caregiversConnect with Right at Homehttps://www.rightathome.net/essex-countyrah.essexcounty@gmail.com 973-669-1822LinkedIN:: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-at-home-of-essex-county/Connect with BWBwearebwb.com@we.are.bwbCasey LinkedINCait LinkedINBWB LinkedinBe sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify, and leave us a 5-star rating + review!Podcast Song: Holding you by PrigidaMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/holding-youLicense code: CELWR55ONTDIFRSS