Season 2

Episode 85. “Collecting business cards isn’t networking. I tell people, getting someone's card or adding someone on LinkedIn and saying they're in your network, that's like swiping right on a dating app and saying, this perso...

Episode 84. “I don't drink anymore. I haven't had a drink in almost three years, so why do I have to tell the world I'm an alcoholic? I'm a non-drinker, I'm not an alcoholic. I did have an issue with …

Episode 83. “… those lies early on really informed a whole lifetime of shielding myself that really was unnecessary because we have unlimited capabilities that are never tapped if we just give every individual the opportunity...

Episode 82. "... it's each individual person's duty in their life to fulfill on their purpose, and follow the path of their dharma and this is where the societal conditioning and all of those lies that we are set up …

Episode 81. “… people appreciate my leadership style, which is one of caring and empathy and really trying to relate with people but still have standards and expectations. But, because I couldn't see myself in a lot of the p...

Episode 80. “… one of the great joys of my life is to really question how I'm living and the choices I'm making. Whether things need to be a certain way, whether I want them to be a certain way …

Episode 79. “… entrepreneurship can feel really lonely. And the reason that it feels really lonely is because I believe we isolate ourselves based on this competitive, usually adopted, mindset or collective behavior that we h...

Episode 78. This is a compilation of Linda’s most recent guest's answers to her finale questions: What’s the best piece of advice you received when you were younger? A lie you wish you discovered sooner? What’s the thing that...

Episode 77. Prithvi Madhukar is known as The Marketing Nomad. Prit is the CEO of The Marketing Nomad LLC, a global Marketing Consultancy Firm in Delaware that, as of this year, has helped sixty-plus clients from eight differ...

Episode 76. “… white supremacy mythology is so deeply embedded in the US culture… meaning images and stories on television and other places, and it's slippery and it's insidious and it's persistent.” Jill Nagle is an author...

Episode 75. “… if you're in a place where you know you need to make changes, if you're suffering, it's okay. The way to get through all of this, the way to get to what you actually want, is love …

Episode 74. “…hopefully people will realize that there's nothing wrong with a bit of showing off and it's not showing off. It's just being confident…” Jackie Goddard has spent 30 years working in the arts. She’s been a High S...

Episode 73. “… to me, the secret to a life that is satisfying and has peace and happiness in it, is learning how to connect to yourself.” Tanya Cole-Lesnick has been a psychotherapist (licensed clinical social worker) and c...

Episode 72. “Things are not the way they used to be. And a lot of times when people who will criticize the younger generation will say that we are soft, that we don't work hard. They're thinking of what hard …

Episode 71. *This episode deals with the subject of child sexual abuse, listener discretion is advised.* Valerie Dimino joins Linda to talk about her experience coauthoring the memoir, The Man Behind the Curtain, her debut bo...

Episode 70. “I think that our sense of happiness and how we feel about things, is both something we can influence through our perspectives, but I also think it is related to, “Are we spending time on things that most …

Episode 69. “I think goals are a useful tool, but like any tool you have to decide where is the appropriate place to deploy them and and how are they serving you?” Dr. Carla Fowler is an MD PhD and …

Episode 68. Linda, once again, brings a compilation of her most recent guest's answers to her finale questions: What’s The best piece of advice you received when you were younger? A lie you wish you discovered sooner? What’s ...

Episode 67. “We will stop someone from being foolish with their money. We'll stop someone from being foolish with their marriage. But we'll just let people eat their way into an early grave and not think anything of it.” Mark...

Episode 66. “Sometime the things that we thought are good for us may not be good in the long term. Those are the moments when those things are happening (and) you will feel catastrophic loss and all those kind of …

Episode 65. "This podcast is about the “normal lies" that we have been born into that have become so “normalized.” I think is one of them is that whole “American work ethic.” Yes, we, we want to work, but it's …

Episode 64. “My happiness is being true to myself and being a better person today than I was last year. The only person I should really compare myself to is me. Am I growing? Am I learning? Am I responding …

Episode 63. “My hope is really for people to reclaim or to claim and know that they have the power to design a life that truly serves them first and foremost.” Sarah O’Brien Hammond Sarah O’Brien Hammond is Chief Community …

Episode 62. “…one of the pieces of advice that I would give to any woman (is) to believe in yourself, no matter what, no matter what anybody says, no matter what your childhood was like, no matter what kind of …

Episode 61. “What role does social media play in your business? A lot of times, I don't think people can even answer that question. And so, if you're not clear on that, how are you gonna know if you're getting …

Episode 60. "I've never really feared failure. I've always felt like there's a million ways to make money in this world. You can figure it out, right? " You are going to love Linda's conversation with Michelle DeNio. Michel...

Episode 59. At the end of each guest’s episode, I ask them to complete these sentences: The best piece of advice when I received when I was younger is… One lie I wish I discovered sooner is… The thing that …

Episode 58. "How many times have you heard, "never give up." It sounds great, just keep working hard, don’t give up and your dreams will come true. It makes my head want to explode because I think to live by …

Episode 57. “…everybody's talking about the great resignation. I think it's just the great reshuffling.” Bill Gilliland is an award winning business coach, best selling author, presenter, and a 5X business owner and entrepren...

Episode 56. “It’s our culture that cannot be denied. Whether it's music, whether it's motion pictures, whether it's television, the creativity in America is unbelievable.” Mitchell Fink returns for part two of his conversatio...

Episode 55. “Nobody ever took a course in a college or a high school that teaches you how to be famous. So everyone who becomes famous is learning it in real time.” Mitchell Fink is an internationally recognized journalist an...

Episode 54. Juneteenth celebrates the day that the last of the slaves in this country were freed. It is truly a day for all of us to celebrate! In honor of the upcoming Juneteenth celebration, Normal Lies is replaying episod...

Episode 53. “This isn't going to look perfect. This is going to be messy, but as long as it gets done and keeps moving in a forward direction, it doesn't matter how many steps you take. It's part of being …

Episode 52. Meet Golden Madume, a teacher, coach and speaker. Born in Nigeria, Golden moved to the United States as a teenager in 2007 and began his journey of education and self-discovery. Golden is a Gallup-certified streng...

Episode 51. “…everyone’s really excited about a new baby, and so is the mom, don't get me wrong. But ask mom if she's okay too. It's possible, she’s really not.” A few months ago, Megan Mills introduced Linda to the …

Episode 50. Nyeshia Gibson is 31 years old, a single mother of three and the CEO of Saving AJ, Inc. Nyeshia spends her days working with single moms, victims of domestic violence, victims of rape, victim of circumstances, pos...

Episode 49. "You can never be productive if you’re exhausted." Vaida Cesnulyte is a numbers girl from Lithuania who has her Bachelor's and Masters's degrees in Applied Mathematics. She then moved to Finland to get her Ph.D. i...

Episode 48. The best piece of advice when I received when I was younger is... One lie I wish I discovered sooner is... The thing that makes you, you is... What is one change you’d like to see in the …

Episode 47. “I had this really challenging client, very dysfunctional company. I was really struggling about what to do with them, because I felt like we just were doing the job well, but I felt like we weren't being super …

Episode 46. For 10 plus years, Sara Troy and her hosts at Self Discovery Media have lived within the philosophy of authenticity. With thoughtful guidance from extraordinary people from all across the world, they have come to...

Episode 45. Ashley Fico is back with some exciting news! The Innoquests App is launching on April 16th, 2022! We first heard from Ashley in episode 25 when she told us that she and her brother, Kyle, were in the …

Episode 44. "If you're not willing to do the hard work of looking inside, you shouldn't be out in front of people. You shouldn't be beside them, you shouldn't be behind them. You shouldn't be leading them in any way." …

Episode 43. In honor of Women’s History Month, Linda brought back the 20 women who were guests over the last year to share their wisdom on: work/career religion health & wellbeing addiction trauma & resilience racism and more...

Episode 42. Undaunted: not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty, danger, or disappointment. Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham’s picture should be next to the dictionary entry of undaunted. Tracy is the Founder and President...

Episode 41. HR stands for Human Relations, but what is it really? What is HR supposed to be doing for employees? For companies? Kevyn Rustici works as a Strategic Human Capital Consultant helping HR teams, business leaders a...

Episode 40. How can women claim their space, stand tall, and let their voice be heard? You can start by listening to today’s episode with Eliza VanCort, and purchase her powerful book, A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space ! El...