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Elevate with Grace

Claire Cornfield & Miranda Mikrou

28 episodes

1 week ago

In The Creative Cure: Why Cultivating Creative Expression Fuels Success, we explore how creativity isn’t just for artists, it’s an important leadership and wellbeing tool. We unpack the neuroscience behind creative expression, its power to lower stress and boost problem-solving, and how leaders can cultivate creativity to enhance empathy, resilience, and innovation. Key Takeaways Creativity is a core leadership skill: It strengthens cognitive flexibility and resilience like a workout for your...

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Society & Culture,

Self-Improvement

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In The Creative Cure: Why Cultivating Creative Expression Fuels Success, we explore how creativity isn’t just for artists, it’s an important leadership and wellbeing tool. We unpack the neuroscience behind creative expression, its power to lower stress and boost problem-solving, and how leaders can cultivate creativity to enhance empathy, resilience, and innovation. Key Takeaways Creativity is a core leadership skill: It strengthens cognitive flexibility and resilience like a workout for your...

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Society & Culture,

Self-Improvement

Episodes (20/28)

Elevate with Grace

The Creative Cure, Why Cultivating Creative Expression fuels Success

In The Creative Cure: Why Cultivating Creative Expression Fuels Success, we explore how creativity isn’t just for artists, it’s an important leadership and wellbeing tool. We unpack the neuroscience behind creative expression, its power to lower stress and boost problem-solving, and how leaders can cultivate creativity to enhance empathy, resilience, and innovation. Key Takeaways Creativity is a core leadership skill: It strengthens cognitive flexibility and resilience like a workout for your...

1 week ago

32 minutes

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The Smart Guide to Surging Ahead (& knowing when to Tilt)

Episode Introduction In this conversation Claire and Miranda bust the myth that success requires operating at peak performance 24/7. Surge. Tilt. Succeed: This episode offers your Blueprint for Sustainable Energy as they introduce the powerful concepts of surging (those intentional high-energy periods where you harness momentum) and tilting (the conscious pauses and adjustments that keep you aligned, healthy and creative). Learn how to plan both phases so you can thrive in work and lif...

1 month ago

44 minutes

Elevate with Grace

The Leaders AI Can't Replace

Season 3, Episode 4 The True Value of Human Skills in Leadership In an era quickly changing & obsessing over AI tools and automation, this episode emphasizes that our most valuable career asset continues to be fundamentally human. Claire and Miranda remind us of the human advantage: the leadership skills that no algorithm can replace. From emotional intelligence and empathy to clarity and courage, this conversation is a call to elevate our HI (human intelligence) alongside ou...

2 months ago

35 minutes

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AI Inspiration for Career Women

Season 3, Episode 3 In this episode of Elevate with Grace, Claire and Miranda tackle a topic that’s been buzzing in every inbox, newsfeed, and team meeting: AI. Not from a tech-guru angle, but from a grounded, thoughtful perspective on how it can actually help us live and work better. Whether you’re dabbling, avoiding, or already deep in AI experimentation, this conversation will help you find clarity, confidence and a human-first mindset in this new landscape. We’re here to explore: How AI c...

3 months ago

34 minutes

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Season 3, Episode 2: Success Redefined - Let's Do This!

In this episode of Elevate with Grace, we explore how the evolving landscape of Workforce 2.0 demands a fresh take on success, resilience, and wellbeing. We dive into the power of brave conversations during times of change, the importance of protecting your energy, and how to lead with intention. We talk about tips to seize the opportunities that come with change, and the future 4 framework to help listeners build more balance and clarity into daily life. You’ll hear why reimagining success g...

4 months ago

42 minutes

Elevate with Grace

Season 3, Ep 1 Thriving in our new Workplace 2.0

Elevate With Grace: Navigating the New World of Work | Season 3 Launch Welcome to the first episode of Season 3 of Elevate With Grace! Join Claire and Miranda as they reflect on the journey since 2021, discussing significant changes in the workplace and the evolving concept of success. This episode dives into topics such as the impact of remote work, the importance of mental health, effective leadership, and communication strategies in the modern work environment. Tune in for insights, action...

5 months ago

34 minutes

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Elevate with Grace is back! Season 3 Introduction

Elevate with Grace: Cultivating Success in the New World of Work Welcome back to Elevate with Grace! In our Season Three intro episode, Miranda and Claire discuss the exciting return of the podcast after three years. We explore the evolving workplace and how embracing change can lead to success in 2025 and beyond. Three key areas of change iclude adopting a quality-over-busyness mindset, moving beyond outdated workplace models, and promoting true equality and balance. As you navigate th...

6 months ago

15 minutes

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S2, Ep 8 Mindsets, Tips & Conversations on Money

The third in our money in focus series, this episode rounds out the conversation we started in Episode 6 with Sallie Krawcheck's Own It and continued last episode (#7) exploring mindset, conditioning and biases. In our final epsidode in this series we bring to life the tips, hacks and conversation starters to drive you to take regular, sustained action. From mapping out your current situation with candles and permission not to judge or whip yourself, through to heavy goal ...

3 years ago

26 minutes

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S2, Ep 7 Money is Not a Dirty Word

In this episode Miranda and Claire are here to convince you that conversations about money and finances are fun! How can that be, you ask. Because having a positive mindset about all things $ is a critical element to unlocking our opportunity to live life on our own terms. We dive into some of the crazy stats about how much women are stressing about money. We chat about how wonderful it can be to embark on a learning journey to explore our own money mindsets and change them for the bet...

3 years ago

33 minutes

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S2, Ep 6 "Own It" Book Chat

Sallie Krawcheck's book OWN IT, comes at a terrific juncture in our podcast episodes as her concepts support and build on discussions we have shared around courageous conversations, time & boundaries in earlier episodes and also some of season 1 around women's key strenghs and the value of your WHY, your purpose and owning your power. As a financial guru, owner of Ellevest female investing platform and a vetran of wall street Sallie is also the perfect starting point for our...

3 years ago

29 minutes

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S2, Ep 5 Tips & Tools for Mastering your Time

Ever wished for more time, found yourself sacrificing sleep to fit more into the day. This is the episode for you. Part 3 in our Time and Boundaries series we are delving into tips & tools for mastering your time and setting you up for success. Time is such a hotly discussed, bemoned, and challenging issue right now for so many and it is so, so important for our mental wellbeing that we take back control of our time. To recognise our time for the absolute asset t...

3 years ago

28 minutes

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S2, Ep 4 Tips & Tricks on Establishing Healthy Boundaries

Welcome to part 2 of a 3 part series on time & boundaries. In episode 3 we explored why boundaries and time management were so important and why NOW is the right time. In this episode we dig down on our boundaries and start to consider personality traits, and why its important to communicate your boundaries - as cultural, demographic, generational and lived experience backgrounds result in others never really knowing what you need... unless you tell them. Its a great episod...

3 years ago

33 minutes

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S2, Ep 3 Our Boundaries & Our Time

This week we are diving head first into the area of healthy boundaries and time management a perfect follow up from our episodes on courageous conversations. Leveling up on our ability to have brave conversations provides the perfect framework to now focus on cultivating new healthy boundaries and ensuring you start owning your time as the most precious resource you have. There is a very good chance that even if you had good boundaries pre 2020 these have blurred so we are sure this is th...

3 years ago

30 minutes

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S2, Ep 2 Tips for Tackling Brave Conversations

Hold onto your hats ladies, this is a conversation you do not want to miss! Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2, where Claire and Miranda explore the ins and outs of helping you plan, prepare and have courageous conversations. We're talking about those truly brave conversations you want and need to have to live your life designed and defined on your terms. We know these conversations can be tough so we've got your back, serving up the best of the best bite sized curated content and actionable ti...

3 years ago

35 minutes

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S2, Ep1 New Season... its time for a brave conversation

We are back and excited for the season ahead. Each fortnight we are dishing up bite sized, curated content and actionable tips to help focus you on achieving success on your own terms. This episode we check in on our word for the year and then dive into a very topical issue of facing into the changes that are occurring in our post pandemic workplaces and homes as we all seek to solve how we learn from this experience and perhaps adapt to a new way of working. We encoura...

3 years ago

25 minutes

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S1, Ep 12 Season wrap up, Best parts & Tips for switching off

It is season wrap up time. We are so incredibly grateful for all who have joined us on the podcast journey over the past few months & can not wait to return in 2022 with more curated content and bite sized actionable steps to move you from where you are to where you want to be. We wish you the very best over this festive time! In this episode we reflect, discuss, curate & plan: Reflections from the season & checked in on how we were living up to our miss...

3 years ago

36 minutes

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S1, Ep 11.Our Financial Pillar & Our First Interview

This week I have convinced my wonderfully talented co-host to share some more insights into her financial background as we introduce our last pillar, finessing your finances. We share why we have included our financial pillar and set minds at ease. We are not financial advisors nor do we plan to be giving any direct investment advice. Instead we want to bring awareness to the power that comes with a solid financial mindset, paired with some probing questions to help you id...

3 years ago

37 minutes

Elevate with Grace

S1,Ep 10: Cultivating Your Career Success

This week's pod, episode 10 we are exploring what it means to cultivate your career. In terms of success on our own terms model, it's about having a long-term view of where you want to be, set some goals and work towards our future selves. Doing some mindful and active reflection on the year that's been and how that can help you think about career for 2022 and beyond. Then using those reflections with some of the work we did in earlier podcasts, forming your why and what your long-term ...

3 years ago

39 minutes

Elevate with Grace

S1, Ep 9: Smart Risk taking "Winging It" Book Review

Welcome to our 9th episode of Elevate with Grace. In this episode we are rounding out our first smart risk taking series with an excellent book from Emma Isaacs', Winging It! https://www.emmaisaacs.com/ As the title suggests Emma has some great tips on taking a chance on yourself, trusting your gut and winging it. The sub-heading on her book - Stop thinking, Start Doing. Why Action beats planning every time - gives you a hint. There is a lot of rich content with...

4 years ago

37 minutes

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S1, Ep 8: Decision Making Tools to support Smart Risk Taking

Welcome to Episode 8 & the third in our series of Smart Risks. In this episode we are exploring the all important tools to help you make better decisions. Last week we explored some of the decision making biases, this week we paired your profile with some of the biases to watch out for and offer tools to overcome these biases. In this Pod you will receive quick hacks, larger decision analysis systems and some watch outs for decisions making in teams. ELEVAT...

4 years ago

30 minutes