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My guest today is the incredible Madelaine Claire Weiss. She’s a Harvard-trained psychotherapist, mindset expert, and board-certified executive coach. With a background that spans corporate leadership, education, and mental health, Madelaine has dedicated her career to helping people navigate life’s challenges with clarity and confidence.
She’s the bestselling author of Getting to G.R.E.A.T.: A 5-Step Strategy for Work and Life, which breaks down a powerful framework for personal and professional success. And now, she’s bringing that wisdom to young minds with her new book, What’s Your Story?—a personal development workbook for kids featuring a character named Brainy, who helps children understand how their minds work and how they can take control of their own narratives.
In this conversation, we’ll explore the role of storytelling in resilience, why emotional intelligence is key to making better decisions, and how parents can equip their children with the coping skills they need to thrive. We’ll also break down her G-R-E-A-T framework—grounding, recognizing, exploring, taking action, and tackling resistance—and how it can help all of us lead happier, more fulfilling lives.
Madelaine Claire Weiss, LICSW, MBA, BCC, is a Harvard-trained Licensed Psychotherapist, Mindset Expert, and Board-Certified Executive, Career, and Life Coach. She is a former administrative director of a group mental health practice, a corporate chief organizational development officer, associate director of an educational resource program at Harvard Medical School, founder and former chair of The School-Business Partnership in Acton, Massachusetts, Parenting Education Facilitator for the Massachusetts court system, and current Outreach Volunteer with DC Tutoring and Mentoring Initiative (DCTMI) in Washington, DC. Madelaine is a co-author of the "Handbook of Stressful Transitions Across the Lifespan," bestselling author of "Getting to G.R.E.A.T.: A 5-Step Strategy for Work and Life" and, most recently, the author of "What’s Your Story: Building Your Best Adventures in School and Life—A Personal Development Workbook for Kids." Madelaine has been featured on NBC, W4WRadio, Fox TV, and Talk4TV; has written for Thrive Global and Authority Magazine’s Editor’s List; is an opinion columnist for CEOWorld Magazine, and presented for The American Bar Association, Harvard Law School, The International Association of Business Communicators, National Association of Realtors, DC Academy of General Dentistry, AARP, Wharton Innovation Summit, Bureau of National Affairs, Women in Federal Law Enforcement. Madelaine has two grown, married children and five grandchildren, all of whom she adores.
What have you done today to make your life a better life? What have you done today to make the world a better place? The world is a better place if we are better people. That begins with each of us as individuals. Be kind to one another. Be grateful for everything you’ve got. Make each and every day the day that you want it to be!
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