Brilliant Balance

The Week That Works for Everyone — Except You

Have you ever looked at your calendar and realized you've created a week that works for everyone else, but leaves very little space for you? In this episode, I'm explorin

What Gets Scheduled Gets Done

We all have good intentions. The challenge is turning those intentions into action. In this episode, I'm revisiting one of the very first episodes of the Brilliant Bala

How Change Really Happens with Kristy Ellmer

Change is hard. But it isn't because people resist it. In this episode, I'm joined by Kristy Ellmer, Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group and co-aut

Life as you Climb with Betsy Hamm

What does it take to build an ambitious career without losing sight of what matters most? In this episode, I'm joined by Betsy Hamm, former CEO of Duck Donuts and found

Performing for People Who Aren't Even Watching

How many decisions do you make based on what you think other people will think? In this episode, I'm unpacking the quiet fear of judgment that shapes so many of our cho

What avoidance really shows us

Have you ever finally done something you've been putting off and immediately wondered, Why did I wait so long? In this episode, I'm exploring what avoidance really is a

How to Hold the Room - Lessons Learned On Stage

What makes someone command a room? It isn't having the perfect script. In this episode, I'm sharing what I've learned from hundreds of speaking engagements, including t

Being a Likeable Badass - with Alison Fragale

Can you be both warm and ambitious? Kind and confident? Supportive and successful? In this episode, I'm joined by organizational psychologist and bestselling author Dr.

Am I being selfish? Listener Questions Answered

Have you ever tried to do something good for yourself, only to feel guilty the second someone else had a reaction to it? In this episode, I'm answering listener questions

They're Watching How You Treat Yourself

Every Mother's Day, I see the same message on cards: Thank you for giving up everything for us. But the cards my own kids write tell a different story. In this episod

How to grow your career and family without losing yourself

How do you grow your career and your family at the same time without losing yourself in the process? In this episode, I'm exploring why that question feels so familiar to

The Good Mother Rulebook Nobody Published but Everyone Follows

Do you ever feel like you're measuring yourself against an invisible standard of what a "good mother" should be? In this episode, I'm unpacking the unwritten rulebook so

They're Not Oblivious. The System Just Lives in Your Head.

It turns out I'm carrying an invisible operating system that runs beneath the surface of my entire life, and chances are, you are too.  This one is for the women who ar

The All-Or-Nothing Trap

Have you ever abandoned a goal entirely because you couldn't pursue it perfectly? In this honest and deeply personal episode, Cherylanne pulls back the curtain on her o

What Happens When You Stop Doing Everything Yourself

Ever feel like you're carrying the weight of the world on your own shoulders—handling every email, project, and task yourself? I've been there, telling myself it was the

What If You Let Them Take the Wheel?

Do you always end up taking charge of others' problems because you know you can solve them faster or better? I know I do, and if you're a high-achiever, this episode will

What Conversation Do You Need to Have?

Are you avoiding that one conversation you know you need to have? I get it, most of us have a tricky topic we're sidestepping at work, at home, or even with a friend. In

The Hidden Costs of Drive

Ever feel like the very drive that's building your dreams is running your life instead of serving it? If you're the woman everyone admires for getting it all done, but yo

Why Highly Competent Women Still Feel Overwhelmed (And What I Built to Help)

Have you ever wondered why, despite being wildly competent and organized, you sometimes still feel like everything is just too much? I know that feeling well, and I'm sha

Functional Freeze: The Hidden Nervous System Pattern Holding Women Back with Beatriz Albina

This week, I'm joined by Beatriz Albina, a nurse practitioner, somatic coach, and the bestselling author of End Emotional Outsourcing, to discuss a hidden nervous system