Catching North Stars

In this episode of Catching North Stars, Alexis speaks with Corinna Freitag about her journey from Chemist to Coach. Corinna's first career was in the industrial chemical and automotive industries where she studied in worked in a number of different countries. She discovered that she cared more about helping make other people's work lives better and became a coach. Corinna shares openly about being "nerdy and her journey to overcome limiting beliefs. She shares some of the tools that she uses to help her coaching clients, including Positive Intelligence. Join for this intriguing conversation into overcoming limiting beliefs!

In Catching North Stars, Alexis Halkovic interviews inspiring individuals whose core values have driven their careers.In this episode, we speak with Kalia Garrido - entrepreneur and co-founder of Hike2, creator of Healthy Women Leaders, public speaker and author of "The Well Within: Unlocking Your Personal Power Through Radical Self-Care." Kalia shares her story of how she discovered a deep personal need to find alternative forms of self-care when her tried-and-true workout practice was no longer enough to manage all she was holding. Seeking out inspiration from other women, Kalia discovered her own reservoir of power within herself.

In this episode of Catching North Stars, I sit down with coach, researcher, professor, and author Pamela Larde, PhD - aka "The Joy Whisperer" or the "Joy Researcher" to talk about how she became a coach and built her own coach training program. We also dive into her new book, "Joyfully Single: A Revolutionary Guide to Enlightenment, Wholeness, and Change" - it's not just for single folks - exploring the practices of joy as well as the ethics of joy. Enjoy!

In this episode of Catching North Stars, I sit down with psychologist, coach, CEO, and author Nadia Nagamootoo about her new book, "Beyond Discomfort: Why inclusive leadership is so hard (and what we can do about it)" which invites leaders to explore their own relationships to inclusion and creates meaningful ways for them to develop in this area. We also talk about her career journey into DE&I work, which spans 2 decades. Using empathy as a way in, Nadia's work inspires sustained work in this important field.

In this episode of Catching North Stars I have a conversation with Charlie Oliver about her wide-ranging career in media and technology, starting out in film and television and moving into new media and tech as the technology - and the possibilities evolved. Charlie started Served Fresh Media in New York City in 2006, taking advantage of new media. Recognizing her ability to predict how emerging and disruptive tech would change industries, Charlie has been called upon by many major companies to provide guidance on how to think about and incorporate new tech into their operations. She developed Tech 2025 as a space where people can work on emerging tech design possibilities in a welcoming environment. In our conversation, Charlie shares her excitement and frustrations about emerging tech, discussing how the large number of significant new tech that has emerged in recent years is both exciting and unprecedented.

In this episode of Catching North Stars, I speak with Susi Snyder - a Nobel Peace Prize winning, life-long activist working towards the elimination of nuclear weapons and greater possibilities for peace for all human beings. She shares about the path that lead to her following her passion to solve the biggest problem she could think of which she sees as a path to greater happiness. She also talks about her current area of expertise - the political economy of nuclear weapons.