Life Empowered Living with Celeste Cuffie
Life Empowered Consulting Services is committed to it's mission to Reach, Empower, and Motivate the whole person, professionally and personally. This podcast will have a host of guests that will speak to a large variety of topics (family, friends, church, education, career, and so much more) that we must encounter and deal with as we strive to live life empowered! Listen in!
Life Empowered Living with Celeste Cuffie
Achieving Balance and Self-Value with Leana Nakielski Mesdjian
Celeste Cuffie welcomes Leana Nakielski Mesdjian, a woman with an intricate journey of self-discovery, professional transformation, and cultural appreciation. This episode focuses on how Leana has reconnected with different versions of herself.
Leana speaks about her upbringing in a bilingual, multicultural household and how those experiences shaped her identity and career. From starting in engineering to exploring urban agriculture, and now setting her sights on completing a novel, Leana offers a fresh perspective on resilience and purpose.
Wondering how Leana has managed to pivot her career multiple times while staying true to herself and her roots? Tune in to find out her secrets to maintaining balance and self-value amid life’s transitions.
Episode Highlights:
03:42 - Bringing life into this world, it's just like a whole 'nother space to live in. And so reconnecting first with that physical and spiritual self, I think, is what then propelled me into this larger scope of, who am I without the work title?
05:23 - I grew up in this very multicultural, bilingual environment where some weekends would be Spanish only with my mom's family, very rich in culture. And then other weekends would be Green Bay Packer games and very Wisconsin-y experiences.
28:25 - I think it's about reminding myself just that success and progress take steps and reminding myself that certain steps need to be achieved in order to get to the end goal.
Guest Bio
Leana Nakielski Mesdjian has a background in Agriculture and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She transitioned from nonprofit roles focused on urban farming and sustainability to corporate endeavors, eventually pursuing an MBA. Now an aspiring novelist, Leana combines her diverse experiences to inspire others through her writing and speaking engagements.
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