Topic Badass Interviews

All the Episodes About Badass Interviews

Let’s get one thing clear: if you’re experiencing weight gain, brain fog, anxiety, or sleep disruption, it might not be burnout or aging—it might be your hormones. In this week’s episode of Possibilities, I sat down with Dr. Cindy Parnes, board-certified OB/GYN and founder of the New Jersey Women’s Wellness Center, for a no-BS conversation […]

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Let’s talk about a word that doesn’t usually get enough airtime in professional circles: part-time. Or, more accurately, the perception of it. Because here’s the truth: part-time doesn’t mean part-skilled, part-driven, or part-impactful. In my recent podcast episode, I had the absolute pleasure of talking with Elizabeth Willetts—a force of nature, a mom, a recruiter […]

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Let’s get one thing straight: strength isn’t about pretending everything’s fine while you’re silently losing it behind the scenes. Strength is crying in the car before soccer practice, showing up anyway, and still managing to coach a killer meeting or cheer from the sidelines. This week on Possibilities with Monique de Maio, I sat down […]

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We’ve all said it… “I should write a book.”But most of us never do. Why?Because we’re busy.Because we’re scared.Because deep down, we’re not sure anyone wants to hear what we have to say. Danielle Hutchinson has heard every excuse in the book and has dismantled them all. As a strategic book coach for high-achieving women, […]

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Let’s talk about that sinking feeling you get on Sunday night…the one where your stomach tightens, your brain starts spiraling, and the thought of Monday makes you want to cry into your wine glass. Yeah, that. Emily Claire Hughes felt it too. And instead of pushing it down, numbing it out, or blaming herself for […]

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You don’t need another vision board. You need a moment of gutsy, unapologetic clarity. And Mary Lou Quinlan? She’s the proof. At the height of her career, CEO of a major ad agency and award-winning marketer, Mary Lou stepped away from “success” as the world defined it. She wanted more. More meaning. More creativity. More […]

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Let’s be blunt: loneliness is making us sick—and the real cure probably isn’t in your medicine cabinet. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, chronic loneliness has the same impact on your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Read that again. In a world obsessed with biohacking and productivity, we’ve forgotten one of the most […]

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