In this week’s episode, I have special guest Lieutenant Colonel Kate DeGategno on to tell us about her personal story of entering the military, how she pulled out of burnout, ways she has grown her career, and how she balances her well-being with working in a high demanding workplace.

Lieutenant Colonel Kate DeGategno, serves as the Deputy G2 and Women, Peace, and Security Program Lead at the 9th Mission Support Command at Fort Shafter Flats, Hawai’i. Graduate of University of Richmond and University of Delaware, she has served in the U.S. Army for 16 years, in over 15 states and U.S. territories and 8 countries as a Military Intelligence Officer, Commander, Master Resiliency Trainer, Inspector General, Aide de Camp, Executive Officer, Joint Planner, Talent Manager, and Chief of Staff. Kate currently lives in Honolulu with her girlfriend, Cara, and 15 y/o cat, Boo Radley, making the most of every day and every Hawaiian rainbow.

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Today’s Topics

• Kate shares her story with us about her life and how she started the career that lead to becoming an Intelligence Officer in the Army (2:51)

• Different broadening opportunities Kate has been offered to experience throughout her career and how she has been able to apply them to her various roles (17:00)

• What Kate did differently than others in order to be nominated to as an Inspector General (23:00)

• How Kate recognized she was in burnout AND how she escaped it with the help of her support system (29:34)

• How she practices well-being now to avoid hitting burnout again while still working in a high demanding working environment (36:50)

• Kate’s advice on how to uphold integrity in your workplace while still putting emphasis on your personal well-being (47:33)

  
  

Related Episode:

(Ep 25) Be a Leadership Athlete & Create Options as CEO of your Career, w/ Executive Coach, Dr. Mike Smith

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Connect with Kaycee, Host of Hello Flow Podcast:

Website:

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Instagram:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olyspider/

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In 2023, the beautiful island of Maui experienced devastating wildfires that is considered the most deadliest and destructive in modern US history. The entire town of Lahaina, a historic town and former capital of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, was completely destroyed. To support the relief efforts, see links below to donate:

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In this week’s episode, I have a conversation with special guest, Alana Eagle, about choosing an alcohol-free life and what it has taught us about ourselves.

Alana Eagle is a speaker, media and events consultant and the founder of (DABL) Design A Beautiful Life, where she organizes alcohol-free events and wellness workshops. Alana quit drinking on January 1, 2021 after doing a dry January challenge with her husband. She was motivated by being a new mother and wanting to get her mental and physical health back on her side. She now advocates for an alcohol-free lifestyle by supporting others through her community events. Alana lives in Hawaii where she was born and raised and is a lover of the ocean, travel, performing, learning, self-improvement and supporting community.

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Today’s Topics

• Alana shares the story about her decision to start an alcohol free life style (2:30)

• How Alana viewed casual drinking before the pandemic hit and how she viewed drinking as a vice during the pandemic while also experiencing postpartum (5:43)

• Why people might be using alcohol as a vice in an attempt to make them “feel better” (7:26)

• Alana talks about the waves of emotions she experiences now that she doesn’t suppress them with alcohol (9:52)

• What Alana does to practice being more present in her body and her overall life now that she doesn’t rely on alcohol (12:17)

• Alana and Kaycee discuss the normalization of drinking alcohol and the stats around what age the average person starts to drink (15:13)

• The worries that Alana faced when she decided to live an alcohol free life style (20:04)

• The first DABL event Alana ever put on and why (21:26)

• Alana tells us what DABL means and the different types of events she hosts (24:22)

  
  

Related Episode:

What Dharma Represents and the Four Goals of Life through the Lens of Ayurveda

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Connect with Kaycee, Host of Hello Flow Podcast:

Website:

https://www.hello-flow.co/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/helloflowcollective/

Connect with Alana Eagle, Founder of DABL:

Website: https://www.dablwithus.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dablwithus/

Email: alana@dablwithus.com

Donate to Maui

In 2023, the beautiful island of Maui experienced devastating wildfires that is considered the most deadliest and destructive in modern US history. The entire town of Lahaina, a historic town and former capital of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, was completely destroyed. To support the relief efforts, see links below to donate:

Donate Directly to Families impacted (locally vetted) - Help Maui Rise

https://www.helpmauirise.org

Hawai’i Community Foundation - Maui Strong Fund

https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong

© 2024 Hello Flow Collective

*Podcast Produced By Alpha Echo Media L.L.C.

What may be holding your back from FULLY stepping into your Dharma? You may already be climbing your next mountain, but how can you “speed up” the journey to the summit? Join me this week as I discuss some of the barriers and roadblocks that may be keeping you from fully living and embodying your Dharma. I also introduce more context behind what Dharma is and a deeper meaning that drives why understanding and following our Dharma is what keeps the world in balance and harmony.

I breakdown the episode in 3 different sections:

1 - More context and knowledge around around Dharma

2 - The barriers or roadblocks that may be keeping you from FULLY living your Dharma

3 - Ways you can remove these blocks and barriers

Key Takeaways:

• We are meant to keep a fixed gaze on our Dharma. When doing so, we are able to feel a sense of purpose and trust, and know that where we are, is exactly where we’re meant to be.

• Dharma is less so what you DO for your profession, it’s how you participate and operate in life as it relates to yourself and others, and how, what, and where you choose to direct your energy.

• Listen to your intuition, tap into your inner truth, what is that gut instinct trying to tell you? What will make YOU happy? Not your EGO happy, but deep down, what would make your SOUL HAPPY?

I included a quote from Michael Jordan into this week’s episode again!

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” ~Michael Jordan

Connect with Kaycee, Host of Hello Flow Podcast

Website: https://www.hello-flow.co/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloflowcollective/

Donate to Maui

In 2023, the beautiful island of Maui experienced devastating wildfires that is considered the most deadliest and destructive in modern US history. The entire town of Lahaina, a historic town and former capital of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, was completely destroyed. To support the relief efforts, see links below to donate:

Donate Directly to Families impacted (locally vetted) - Help Maui Rise

https://www.helpmauirise.org

Hawai’i Community Foundation - Maui Strong Fund

https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong

© 2024 Hello Flow Collective

In this week’s episode, I reconnect with a former colleague of mine, Dr. Mike Smith, to talk about how we should all look at ourselves as leadership athletes & the CEO of our own career.

Dr. Mike Smith is the Founder of Huddle Advisory, a firm that guides leaders & teams to their “Leadership Athlete” potential. Mike founded Huddle after 25+ years in sports & entertainment working with the NFL, NBC, & Deloitte. His unique background includes leadership roles in Human Resources, Finance, Technology, & Administration. He has been repeatedly tapped to lead the most important initiatives ranging from creating a coaching culture at the NFL to Super Bowl weather planning to NBC’s acquisition of Universal.

Having been both a CHRO & CFO, Mike has a special lens to align business & talent strategy. He guides leaders & teams through skilled inquiry, objective data analysis, & practical counsel. His diversified background allows him to work effectively with public company CEO’s, startup founders, & rising talent across consumer-facing and B2B industries.

Mike recently completed his Doctoral degree in Leadership & Learning at Vanderbilt University. He received his executive coaching education at Columbia University & is certified in a number of leadership assessment tools.

Key Takeaways:

• The importance of talent mobility - careers are employee driven & manager supported. You are the Chief Executive of yourself & your own career. Declare what you want, why you want it, & how it’s good for the organization.

• Hold a mirror up to yourself, & get a clear sense of how people are perceiving you, how you are showing up, what your strengths are, & what are your blind spots. Determine these so you can see the entire field clearly.

• Ask people & mentors for advice & to be candid with you - when do they see you at your best & when do they see you not playing to your strengths. Constantly try to learn, grow, see what’s working, what’s not. It’s a cycle of revising that never ends.

• When taking a pause, step back & re-evaluate where you are, what’s important, & how you want to show up in service of others or to benefit others are around you.

• Growth comes from the recovery, your muscles grow back stronger. Think about your personal growth & development the same way as your own work performance.

• If you are thinking about taking a career pivot, identify your “fadeaway jumper” (Michael Jordan) that you are developing, & how do you develop it months or even years in advance, so if and when you make the pivot, you run through it with full confidence.

• You are the CEO of your own career. Make it easy on people, tell people what you want, why you want it, why it’s good for the organization, & start with a conversation. Declare what’s your ambition & what you’re looking for, have people view you in a new light.

• You have to marry up strong performance with navigating & creating your own options, including networking & building strong relationships.

• Relational Leadership Theory - all about the power of relationships, communication, & collaboration in order to achieve a result.

Connect with Kaycee, Host of Hello Flow Podcast:

Website:

https://www.hello-flow.co/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/helloflowcollective/

Connect with Dr. Mike Smith, Ed.D., Executive Coach and Founder of Huddle Advisory:

Website: https://huddleadvisory.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-p-smith/

Donate to Maui

In 2023, Maui experienced devastating wildfires that is considered the most deadliest & destructive in modern US history. The entire town of Lahaina, a historic town & former capital of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, was completely destroyed. To support the relief efforts, see links below to donate:

Donate Directly to Families impacted (locally vetted) - Help Maui Rise

https://www.helpmauirise.org

Hawai’i Community Foundation - Maui Strong Fund

https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong

© 2024 Hello Flow Collective

*Podcast Produced By Alpha Echo Media L.L.C.

How do we achieve true freedom and happiness in a world where it is not only normal, but encouraged and celebrated to constantly pursue and achieve life and career goals? Listen in as I discuss the four aims of life through the lens of Ayurveda, and how Dharma fits in all of it. I re-visit career and Dharma and introduce two other goals of life. 

Key Takeaways:

• According to Ayurveda, there are four goals in life - Artha (prosperity and economic values), Kama (seeking joy, pleasure, and experiences), Dharma (career, self-expression, moral values), and Moksha (freedom and liberation).

• Dharma is not just career, it’s a career that provides us meaning and that is of service to something greater than ourselves. It also reflects our moral values, represents our higher ego, allows us to achieve self-realization, and more.

• Artha, Kama, and Dharma are all goal-seeking pursuits that the vast majority of us focus on. However, to achieve true peace and happiness, Moksha should be our primary goal of life.

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Introduction to Dharma

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Revise your Space, Refine your Life with Chelsea Tsuchida, Professional Organizer and Feng Shui Consultant

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Connect with Kaycee, Host of Hello Flow Podcast

Website

Instagram 

Donate to Maui

In 2023, the beautiful island of Maui experienced devastating wildfires that is considered the most deadliest and destructive in modern US history. The entire town of Lahaina, a historic town and former capital of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, was completely destroyed. To support the relief efforts, see links below to donate: 

Donate Directly to Families impacted (locally vetted) - Help Maui Rise

https://www.helpmauirise.org 

Hawai’i Community Foundation - Maui Strong Fund

https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong 

© 2024 Hello Flow Collective

Do you have a passion for learning about personal and professional development through reading books? If you do, then you’ll love this week's episode of Hello Flow with Sammie Bergan. The first half of the episode we talk about what inspired our reading habits, our favorite books/authors, and book recommendations. In the second half of the episode we focus on a casual book review of Best Selling Book, Atomic Habits by James Clear.

Sam Bergan is the owner of BookHouse Hawai’i, a mini thrifted bookshop that hosts bookish events! She also works as an event planner and a marketing/communications consultant. BookHouse is Sam's passion project for sharing great books, bringing book lovers together, and getting more people excited about reading. She's been reading since a young age, and in her adult life has been able to connect with other amazing book lovers, now friends, through her bookstagram and her shop! Her mission is to expand her business to offer more events, a book club, and a larger space for everyone to come together and share their love of books.

Key Takeaways:

• What sparked the idea for Sammie to become a bookstore owner & how she built a business around books

• Sammie shares what made her love reading and some of her favorite books she has read over the years 

• How books are sometimes used as a form of escapism and what Sammie’s personal experience was growing up using books to escape 

• How reading helps people in general with their personal and professional development, and how learning through reading books is different than watching movies or shows

• Sammie and Kaycee share their favorite fiction and nonfiction authors

• What books Sammie is currently reading and what books she would recommend you read in 2024

• Kaycee and Sammie give a strong review on Atomic Habits by James Clear

• Kaycee explains chapter 11’s quality vs quantity experiment and how she applies the same technique in her business 

• How to use affirmations to create and stick to good habits

Make sure to tune into the next episode where I talk about what Dharma represents and the four goals of life through the lens of Ayurveda.

Connect with Kaycee, Host of Hello Flow Podcast:

Website: https://www.hello-flow.co/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloflowcollective/ 

Connect with Sam, Owner of BookHouse Hawai’i:

Website: https://bookhousehawaii.com 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookhousehi/ 

Donate to Maui

In 2023, the beautiful island of Maui experienced devastating wildfires that is considered the most deadliest and destructive in modern US history. The entire town of Lahaina, a historic town and former capital of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, was completely destroyed. To support the relief efforts, see links below to donate: 

Donate Directly to Families impacted (locally vetted) - Help Maui Rise

https://www.helpmauirise.org 

Hawai’i Community Foundation - Maui Strong Fund

https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong 

© 2024 Hello Flow Collective

*Podcast Produced By Alpha Echo Media L.L.C.

Have you ever been curious about feng shui and how organizing your home in a specific way can improve the functionality and energy within it? Today, Chelsea Tsuchida is here to educate listeners on how to revise your space and refine your life using feng shui. She really dives into what your desire to declutter means, how your physical space is a reflection of your inner being, and how you can clear out any stagnant energy that your home may hold.

Chelsea is a professional organizer and feng shui consultant, or your "Feng Shui Bae" as she likes to say. She believes that by being curious about your environment and belongings, you can ultimately come home to yourself. In 2020, Chelsea started Revise+Refine to inspire and help people to declutter and get organized, and her services expanded to also include feng shui design in 2023. She loves working with her clients to co-create environments, specifically focusing on interior spaces like homes, offices and commercial spaces, that support them functionally and energetically. Her motto is, "Honor your past, celebrate your present, and create space for your future."

Key Takeaways:

• What happened in Chelsea’s life to encourage her to become a professional organizer and feng shui consultant for her business, Revise and Refine

• How Chelsea’s approach to organizing and feng shui is different than Marie Kondo’s approach

• Chelsea explains her 4 step R&R method to clearing out clutter and improving the functionality and energy in any area of your home

• The differences between declutterring and organizing, and how each impacts us beyond our physical space

• Chelsea shares challenges that can come up when people are decluttering, as well as why people tend to feel stuck in this process

• How holding onto an item that’s not fulfilling its purpose creates stagnation of energy around home and impacts the overall space

• How feng shui can shift the overall balance of energy in your environment, and how that relates to you being more aware of what does and doesn’t serve you

Make sure to tune into the next episode where I have a book review of Atomic Habits with another special guest! 

Connect with Kaycee, Host of Hello Flow Podcast:

Website: https://www.hello-flow.co/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloflowcollective/ 

Connect with Chelsea, Founder of Revise and Refine:

Take the quiz to discover your clutter-clearing superpower! https://www.reviseandrefine.com/quiz 

Website: https://www.reviseandrefine.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reviseandrefine/ 

Donate to Maui

In 2023, the beautiful island of Maui experienced devastating wildfires that is considered the most deadliest and destructive in modern US history. The entire town of Lahaina, a historic town and former capital of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, was completely destroyed. To support the relief efforts, see links below to donate: 

Donate Directly to Families impacted (locally vetted) - Help Maui Rise

https://www.helpmauirise.org 

Hawai’i Community Foundation - Maui Strong Fund

https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong 

© 2024 Hello Flow Collective

*Podcast Produced By Alpha Echo Media L.L.C.