Breaking Free: Embracing Authenticity and Letting Go of Others' Expectations for Greater Freedom with Charisse Fontes

Balance Boldly for Ambitious Women in Business

Our next guest is an accomplished author, speaker, and thought leader in the culture industry. Working with organization levels that range from start-ups to billion-dollar corporations, she’s helping decision-makers and key leaders cultivate strong cultures at the head to help empower the employees that move the body of the business. Charisse Fontes is utilizing her expertise in philosophy, anthropology, community building, and pulling in skills from her surprise hat as a birth doula to inspire and energize rooms of executives and employees alike. Today, Naketa Ren Thigpen, the host of the BBP, sits down with Charisse for a triple-count conversation on what it looks like to no longer be hindered by the expectations of others (and) how that is directly connected to freedom.

What to expect in today's BBP episode:

-Benefits of being a human helping humanity one kind act a time

-How improving workplace culture helps your overall work life balance

-The importance of a culture of authenticity, breaking free from expectations, and self-trust

-The reason community building is crucial for business and life

-Why we can all learn life and business lessons from the birthing process, regardless of gender

More about Charisse Fontes

Charisse is a culture industry thought leader and founder of Culture Circle. With expertise in philosophy, anthropology, and community building, she helps businesses of all sizes develop strong cultures and support employee growth. Charisse's intuitive guidance and infectious energy inspire and motivate executives and employees at all levels.

Contact Charisse Fontes

https://www.culturecircle.co/

https://www.humanitypower.org/

Order the book: How to Keep Your Company Culture From Going to Shit: A Guide to a

Healthy Workplace Culture on Amazon

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charissefontes

Email: [e-mail]

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On the Balance Boldly Podcast, host Naketa Ren Thigpen talks with ambitious women in business (and a few brave men) from a wide array of industries about their pursuit of success, how they face business burnout, navigate relationship hurdles, and what overall work/life balance looks like for them. Not your conventional personal development podcast, Balance Boldly uncovers real solutions to real problems afflicting real people at home and in the workplace, daily.

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