My mentor, teacher, and friend Susanne Conrad and I have a conversation about the good, great, hard, and uncomfortable path to accessing more personal freedom and compassion in your life.  

We also discuss: 

• How to love yourself and also love those who've hurt you, and remain hopeful they can change
• How to envision a future for yourself when you feel hopeless
• Why vision work is life changing and how we're making it more accessible to all, especially our youth 

I share some of the earlier steps in my understanding of what was authentic about me and my process to accepting these parts of myself. There was lots of testing and trying, patience, and curiosity. I also talk about the very first time I kissed a boy. 

Susanne Conrad is the Founder of Lightyear Leadership and is one of the few global women leaders and entrepreneurs in the personal development and leadership space. She was the co-developer of lululemon's renowned leadership culture and served as Director of Possibility at lululemon from 2007-2017. Susanne has over 30 years of experience transforming tens of thousands of lives across the globe and revolutionizing culture at hundreds of organizations, including Toms, Kit and Ace, Earls Kitchen + Bar, and imagine1day.

Susanne trains, develops, and certifies leaders around the world. The Lightyear Leadership programs she leads alongside educational leadership programs in Mozambique and Ethiopia create a unified force for positive transformation among students, teachers, government ministers, and community leaders.

She’s a storyteller who will restore the things that make you peculiar and empower you to be who you came to be. She demonstrates powerful inner listening and has a deep connection to a higher power. Susanne sees the best in all people and their full potential, no matter their background or walk of life. She has the ability to challenge and gently coach people through hard things, and is an agenda-free champion for people's goals, vision, and success.

She is the author of Get There Now: Transform Yourself and The World Through Laughter, Listening and The Power of Choice. 

RESOURCES

• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)
• Lightyear Leadership's FREE Power My Future course 
• Connect with Susanne on Instagram at @susanne_conrad.
• Lightyear Leadership's Instagram: @lightyearleadership 
• Connect with me @lucca_petrucci on Instagram or TikTok.

This episode was produced by Lucca Petrucci and mixed and mastered by Joel Yoshonis.