Kara Diane's guest appearances

Kara Diane

The Art of Speaking Up

Teach the Geek Podcast - public speaking for technical professionals

The Merilyn Show

Trina Martin

Kanika Tolver

Grace Lee

Matt Johnson

Angela Duckworth

Jeff Perry

Bobby Umar

Carol Scott

Margot Leitman

Dana Brownlee

Monica Perez

Mike Roberts

Erin Foley

Jim Morris

David Goldberg

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Welcome to the show!  Today I’m talking with ex-engineer and current Coach/Consultant Kara.  This conversation is deep, honest, and full of femininity and soul.  I personally loved it, and I hope you enjoy it just as much.   Listen in and you’ll hear us talk all about:   Kara’s definition of confidence The split between one’s work person (how we ‘should’ show up) vs. one’s true self How to change our default patterns of behavior How Kara uses mindfulness to grow, develop, and build confidence Gaining distance &amp; feeling more peaceful during triggering situations How being in a hypermasculine environment was challenging to Kara How to get in touch with your true self How to build confidence &amp; uncover your talents and gifts The struggle &amp; the power in recognizing your own gifts Intellectualizing and thinking about something vs. deeply feeling it and tuning into bodily wisdom    Kara’s website &amp; blog: https://karadiane.com/about/   To join the facebook group, click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theartofspeakingup/   I’d love to hear what part of this conversation resonated most.  Shoot me a DM or tag me on Instagram @theartofspeakingup so I can say hi.   Big hugs,   Jess

Welcome to the show!  Today I’m talking with ex-engineer and current Coach/Consultant Kara.  This conversation is deep, honest, and full of femininity and soul.  I personally loved it, and I hope you enjoy it just as much. Listen in and you’ll hear us talk all about: <ul><li>Kara’s definition of confidence</li> <li>The split between one’s work person (how we ‘should’ show up) vs. one’s true self</li> <li>How to change our default patterns of behavior</li> <li>How Kara uses mindfulness to grow, develop, and build confidence</li> <li>Gaining distance &amp; feeling more peaceful during triggering situations</li> <li>How being in a hypermasculine environment was challenging to Kara</li> <li>How to get in touch with your true self</li> <li>How to build confidence &amp; uncover your talents and gifts</li> <li>The struggle &amp; the power in recognizing your own gifts</li> <li>Intellectualizing and thinking about something vs. deeply feeling it and tuning into bodily wisdom</li> </ul> Kara’s website &amp; blog: <a href="https://karadiane.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://karadiane.com/about/</a> To join the facebook group, click here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/theartofspeakingup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/theartofspeakingup/</a> I’d love to hear what part of this conversation resonated most.  Shoot me a DM or tag me on Instagram @theartofspeakingup so I can say hi. Big hugs, Jess

79 | Cultivating a strong sense of self at work with Kara Diane

Now this interview is fascinating. I'm chatting with Kara Diane Festa about the masculine and feminine styles of operating in business. She is a now a business coaching who was an engineer and owner of a 8 figure engineering and environmental business for over 20 years. So she well knows how to operate as a women in a man's world. She now is dedicated to supporting other women in business and STEM careers (science, technology, engineering and math, aka “traditionally male-dominated fields”). Kara believes that the old ways of "doing" life and business need to make way for a more compassionate, conscious, connected way of being. We talk about:Masculine and feminine working styles - how do we navigate this.Work-life balance - is it real?Being vulnerable and jumping from the known into the unknown world of starting one's own business. More details, and to contact Kara go to: merilyn.comWow is an energy. It's an expression of beauty, of awe, of wonder... of genius, of insight and ah-ha's. In a world that feels a little grey, the spirit of Wow must be felt. And heard. This podcast season exists to explore the magnetism of 'wow' in life and business, to showcase the Wow in others and to talk about how they discovered their Wow.  I believe the future is wow... join me. Follow me on Instagram: @merilynWebsite: merilyn.com

Now this interview is fascinating. I'm chatting with Kara Diane Festa about the masculine and feminine styles of operating in business. She is a now a business coaching who was an engineer and owner of a 8 figure engineering and environmental business for over 20 years. So she well knows how to operate as a women in a man's world. She now is dedicated to supporting other women in business and STEM careers (science, technology, engineering and math, aka “traditionally male-dominated fields”). Kara believes that the old ways of "doing" life and business need to make way for a more compassionate, conscious, connected way of being.  We talk about:<ul><li>Masculine and feminine working styles - how do we navigate this.</li><li>Work-life balance - is it real?</li><li>Being vulnerable and jumping from the known into the unknown world of starting one's own business. </li></ul> More details, and to contact Kara go to: <a href="https://www.merilyn.com/blog/87" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">merilyn.com</a> Wow is an energy. It's an expression of beauty, of awe, of wonder... of genius, of insight and ah-ha's. In a world that feels a little grey, the spirit of Wow must be felt. And heard. This podcast season exists to explore the magnetism of 'wow' in life and business, to showcase the Wow in others and to talk about how they discovered their Wow. I believe the future is wow... join me. Follow me on Instagram: @merilyn Website: <a href="http://merilyn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">merilyn.com</a>

87. It's a man's world (or is it?) - interview with Kara Diane Festa

Kara Diane Festa, a civil engineer by training, worked as a consultant for 20 years. She now coaches women in Engineering and other traditionally male-dominated fields. I was especially interested in hearing her thoughts on female leadership, her motivation to become a coach, and her thoughts on public speaking, of course.  Learn more about Kara at karadiane.com  TEACH THE GEEK  teachthegeek.com youtube.teachthegeek.com teachthegeek.slack.com @teachthegeek (Twitter) @teachthegeek (FB) @_teachthegeek_ (IG)

Kara Diane Festa, a civil engineer by training, worked as a consultant for 20 years. She now coaches women in Engineering and other traditionally male-dominated fields. I was especially interested in hearing her thoughts on female leadership, her motivation to become a coach, and her thoughts on public speaking, of course.  Learn more about Kara at <a href="http://karadiane.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">karadiane.com</a> TEACH THE GEEK <a href="http://teachthegeek.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">teachthegeek.com</a> <a href="http://youtube.teachthegeek.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.teachthegeek.com</a> <a href="http://teachthegeek.slack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">teachthegeek.slack.com</a> @teachthegeek (Twitter) @teachthegeek (FB) @_teachthegeek_ (IG)

EP. 52 - Kara Diane Festa