In this podcast, Edna explores the invisible connection between the perspectives we form early in life and how they surface years later in our leadership, performance, relationships, and self-worth. Drawing on her experience in youth development, corporate leadership, sports, culture, and motherhood, Edna examines the "lenses" we don’t remember choosing. These episodes aren't lessons; they are observations, reflections, and invitations to pause, question your default setting, and perhaps adjust your own lenses...
Latest episodes
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29 min
Day5 Without My Lovable Dog MIa
My first reflections on grief, love, shock, and the little dog who filled our home.Five days after losing Mia, my little Yorkie, I’m sitting with the shock, grief, and unexpected d…
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29 min
The Authority Lens - Part 1
Why do we hold back the thoughts we know the room needs to hear? In Part One of The Authority Lens, Edna explores the quiet phrase some of us carry, "wait for the right time, there…
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15 min
"It's Okay to Fail"... Hmmm. Is It??
Two kinds of failure. One teaches you. The other costs you. And we keep mashing them together under a single phrase. Episode 9 of Lens Reflections takes on performance, standards,…
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8 min
The Meaning YOU give
What if it’s not what happened… but what you decided it means?In this episode, we explore why certain conversations stay with you and why the more you replay them, the worse they c…
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12 min
Being left out is NOT your Identity
Last weekend I spent eight hours sitting on metal bleachers at a volleyball tournament watching my daughter’s team play. Three matches, multiple rotations… and my daughter barely s…
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12 min
The Belonging Lens
Why does rejection hurt so much?Research shows that social rejection activates the same regions of the brain associated with physical pain. In this episode of Lens Reflections with…
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9 min
Control Lens: Waiting without Answers
In this episode, I explore what I call the Control Lens, the internal filter that connects safety with certainty. When uncertainty rises, the mind shifts into threat simulation, co…
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11 min
Putting the Lens on Mentorship
We hear it all the time: “Find a mentor.”But what does that actually mean?In this episode, Edna puts the lens on mentorship, not just as a formal program or professional strategy,…
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8 min
Part 2: Growth mindset when life doesn’t seem to cooperate
This is the continuation of the Unexpected. In this episode, I want to explore what happens after the shock, when loss lingers, when plans unravel, and when we’re forced to adjust…
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9 min
The Unexpected (Part 1)
Life rarely happens one thing at a time. In The Unexpected (Part 1), Edna shares a deeply personal reflection on loss, resilience, and perspective, inviting listeners to notice how…
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6 min
The First Lens We Don’t Remember Choosing
What if the way you lead, strive, and doubt yourself today was shaped long before adulthood?In the first episode of Lens Reflections with Edna, Edna reflects on how beliefs formed…