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Advancing Women Podcast

Advancing Women Podcast

著者: Dr. Kimberly DeSimone
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Welcome to the Advancing Women Podcast where ambitious women come together to challenge the status quo, advance their careers, and up-level their lives. The Advancing Women Podcast is hosted by Gender Equity Expert and Executive Coach Dr. Kimberly DeSimone.Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
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  • Cracks, Courage, and the Light That Gets In
    2025/07/14
    Episode Summary: In this deeply honest episode of The Advancing Women Podcast, we explore what it means to stop hiding the cracks—and start honoring them. Inspired by Leonard Cohen’s iconic lyric, “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in” from his song Anthem (1992), we dig into the cultural and professional pressures that push us all, especially women , toward perfectionism as a form of self-protection. Through the lens of the Japanese art of Kintsugi—the practice of repairing pottery with gold lacquer, which highlights rather than hides breakage—and the concept of “Prove-It-Again” bias coined by sociologist Joan Williams in her book What Works for Women at Work(2014), this episode invites listeners to see their so-called imperfections not as flaws, but as places of power, healing, and light. Host Dr. Kimberly doesn’t just speak about vulnerability—she practices it, sharing her own season of struggle and the truth that letting the light in starts with acknowledging - maybe even honoring - the cracks. In this episode, we unpack: The cultural myth of perfectionism—and who it really servesHow gender bias reinforces the need to over-perform and under-restWhat Kintsugi and Leonard Cohen’s Anthem can teach us about resilienceJoan Williams’ research on the “Prove-It-Again” bias and how it impacts women at work References Williams, Joan C. and Rachel Dempsey. What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know. New York: New York University Press, 2014. (Chapter on “Prove-It-Again” bias) Cohen, Leonard. “Anthem.” The Future [Album], Columbia Records, 1992. https://youtu.be/1jzl0NlTmzY?si=S1wUBVh_7sXq_Wj3 Kintsugi: The Japanese Art of Precious Scars. [For readers, a good primer is by Bonnie Kemske, Kintsugi Wellness: The Japanese Art of Nourishing Mind, Body, and Spirit (2020)] Advancing Women Podcast (Spotify, iTunes) The Progress Principle https://open.spotify.com/episode/73WsiPl2cisLSd5XjZlco5?si=wfiNpNMPQpeWR9Cbl0tcAQ The Therapeutic Art of Kintsugi: Applying Japanese Pottery Repair Techniques to Personal Healing. Posted in: Mind/Body Medicine, Self-actualization, Spirituality (Guest post by Prudence Sinclair.) https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-therapeutic-art-of-kintsugi-applying-japanese-pottery-repair-techniques-to-personal-healing/ Let’s Connect @AdvancingWomenPodcast Subscribe, rate, and share the podcast! Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/advancingwomenpodcast/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/advancingwomenpodcast/ More on Dr. DeSimone here! https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-desimone-phd-mba-ba00b88/
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    15 分
  • “Lazy Days” Summer Shortcuts to More Joy and Less Grind
    2025/06/30

    Episode Summary: What if the most productive thing you could do this summer… is less?

    In this gentle-yet-grounded episode of the Advancing Women Podcast, we challenge the pressure to “make the most” of summer by doing more—and instead embrace the science and soul of slowing down. Host, Dr. Kimberly DeSimone offers five simple, evidence-based shortcuts to reclaim moments of real joy, presence, and restoration—without guilt or hustle.

    Grounded in psychology and full of permission to pause, this is your gentle invitation to swap striving for savoring, even just for a few minutes a day.

    In This Episode, We Explore:

    • Why summer sometimes feels like a grind (and how to resist it)
    • The science behind savoring: Attention Restoration Theory + Positive Psychology
    • The power of micro-rest and ritual for combating burnout
    • The Broaden-and-Build Theory and how joy makes us stronger
    • 5 liberating shortcuts to lighten the mental load

    Here’s a sneak peak! 5 Tiny Summer Shortcuts for More Joy & Less Grind:

    1. Do chores in the sunshine – Boost mood & vitamin D while still getting things done.
    2. Reclaim waiting time – Turn “wasted” minutes into mini-retreats.
    3. Make a ritual, not a routine – Infuse meaning into daily habits.
    4. Go outside for no reason – Unplug, un-goal, and let nature reset your brain.
    5. Say yes to low-stakes joy – Let go of perfection and embrace play.

    Manifestatement: You don’t need to escape your life to enjoy your summer. You just need to insert small moments of pause, presence, and play into the life you already have.

    Listener Invitation: What does your micro-moment of joy look like? Tag @AdvancingWomenPodcast on IG or Facebook, or send a message to share how you’re reclaiming rest this summer!

    References:

    • Attention Restoration Theory (Kaplan, 1995)
    • Broaden-and-Build Theory (Barbara Fredrickson, 1998)
    • Positive Psychology + the science of savoring
    • Norton & Gino (2014) on the power of ritual

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    DM or tag to share your summer shortcut joy!

    More on Dr. DeSimone here! https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-desimone-phd-mba-ba00b88/

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  • Contaminated Leisure: Yep, It Has a Name!
    2025/06/16

    ~A follow-up to “Permission to Pause”

    If you've ever stepped away to “rest” but came back feeling just as drained, this episode is for you. In this powerful follow-up to Permission to Pause, we name and unpack a concept that deeply resonated with listeners: contaminated leisure — the kind of downtime that looks like rest but still carries the weight of responsibility, guilt, and multitasking. And naming it matters. Because once we recognize what’s happening, we can begin to reclaim the kind of rest that actually restores.

    This episode dives deep into:

    • What contaminated leisure really is
    • The neuroscience behind why it’s so exhausting
    • Why ambitious women are especially affected
    • What the research says about emotional labor and the “leisure gap”
    • How to reclaim rest as a biological, psychological, and cultural necessity

    If rest has ever felt like another item on your to-do list, tune in.

    In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

    • The origins of the term contaminated leisure and how it shows up in everyday life
    • Why “just relaxing” often doesn’t work — and how pseudo-recovery tricks our brains
    • How true rest activates the Default Mode Network (DMN), the brain’s key to meaning-making, emotional regulation, and creativity
    • How internalized expectations and the "casualty of competence" leave ambitious women especially vulnerable to burnout
    • Five science-backed strategies to create space for real, uncontaminated rest

    Manifestatement: Rest doesn’t make you less ambitious, it makes your ambition sustainable.

    #ContaminatedLeisure #RestIsResistance #AmbitiousWomen #PermissionToPause

    References Bianchi, S. M., & Mattingly, M. J. (2003). Time, Work, and Family: What Do We Know? Social Forces. Immordino-Yang, M. H. – Research on the brain’s Default Mode Network (DMN) and emotional processing. Shockley, K. M. – Studies on psychological detachment and pseudo-recovery. Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Hochschild, A. (1989). The Second Shift – On invisible labor and emotional management. For more about Dr. DeSimone and the Advancing Women Podcast

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    27 分

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